[No matter how you looked at the Black-Clad Man before you, you could not figure out how he had found you.]
[By all rights, Chu Wudi should have found you five years later. This was completely different from the results of your previous simulations.]
[Gu Xinyue also sensed the Black-Clad Man's presence. She flew out of the house, her expression grave as she stared into the sky.]
[She could not sense any aura from him, which meant his cultivation was far higher than hers.]
["Who are you?"]
[Chu Wudi ignored Gu Xinyue and instead walked toward you with a gentle expression.]
[Knowing what kind of person he was, you naturally would not be deceived by that outward appearance.]
[You gritted your teeth and directly used the Great Void Technique to leave the residence, then fled toward the edge of the Southern Region.]
[Chu Wudi stood in the courtyard, slightly frowning as he looked at the place where you had vanished.]
["Void Technique?"]
[Before his words had faded, Chu Wudi chased after the direction in which you had fled.]
[Before long, Chu Wudi appeared in front of you. You had not expected that even when you used the Great Void Technique at full force, he would catch up so easily.]
[Chu Wudi looked at you curiously and asked.]
["Young man, this should be our first meeting, shouldn't it? Yet from your eyes, I feel as though you know me?"]
[Although there was a gap of three major realms between you and Chu Wudi, a sliver of hope rose in your heart.]
[Thus, you did not answer Chu Wudi. Instead, you took a deep breath, making him think you intended to explain yourself.]
[The instant he lowered his guard, you used the Great Void Technique to flee.]
[Seeing that you still refused to give up, Chu Wudi shook his head and looked toward the direction in which you had disappeared.]
[And so, Chu Wudi hunted you down. In the short term, you could shake him off with the Great Void Technique, but in the long run, you would inevitably be caught.]
[Chu Wudi's teasing voice came from behind you.]
["Kid! Since you refuse to talk, I'll have no choice but to search your soul myself!"]
["I want to see just how many secrets you carry. For the Great Void Sword to fall into the hands of a junior like you!"]
[Hearing this, your heart sank sharply.]
[As expected, he had no intention of letting you go. Fortunately, you had decisively chosen to stay far away from Gu Xinyue and the others.]
[What surprised you even more was that Chu Wudi seemed to have found you through the Great Void Sword.]
Su Ming frowned deeply when he saw this.
He had just been wondering how Chu Wudi had found him. Now, he had a slight clue.
The clue that had led Chu Wudi to him might lie with the Great Void Sword.
Su Ming remembered that in the previous simulation, Chu Wudi had also found him because of the Great Void Sword.
Thus, he could now determine with considerable certainty that Chu Wudi had found him because of the Great Void Sword.
But another problem arose. He had possessed the Great Void Sword from the very beginning, yet he had never encountered Chu Wudi.
The last time he encountered Chu Wudi had been in the twentieth year of the simulation, while this time, their meeting had been brought forward by another five years.
Su Ming kept recalling the differences between these simulations.
Before long, his eyes suddenly widened.
"Great Void Sword Fragment!"
If he had to name the difference, it was that in every simulation, he had entered the Immortal Falling Secret Realm to retrieve the broken Great Void Sword atop Sword Mountain.
And every time he obtained a Great Void Sword Fragment, his Great Void Sword grew stronger. With every growth, the time when Chu Wudi found him was brought forward.
Therefore, he now suspected that Chu Wudi possessed something capable of sensing the aura of the Great Void Sword. Each time the Great Void Sword grew, its aura became stronger, and the range in which it could be sensed grew larger.
After figuring everything out, Su Ming continued looking at the Simulator.
[You fled all the way. When you reached the capital of the Great Gan Dynasty, you shouted above the city that there was a Demonic Cultivator.]
[For a time, everyone in the capital turned their attention toward you and Chu Wudi.]
[At the same time, a figure flew out from the Great Gan Imperial Palace, erupting with a powerful aura as he blocked the path between you and Chu Wudi.]
["A Human Race Mahayana in the early stage? When did the Human Race produce another Mahayana?"]
[Looking at the Great Gan Emperor before him, Chu Wudi frowned deeply. As he watched you retreat farther and farther away, he said viciously.]
["Kid, do you think this will let you escape? Just wait for me. You cannot run forever."]
[The moment he finished speaking, he began fighting the Great Gan Emperor.]
[You temporarily escaped Chu Wudi's pursuit. Both he and the Great Gan Emperor were in the Mahayana Realm; you did not know whether the Great Gan Emperor could kill Chu Wudi.]
[You did not dare let down your guard and repeatedly used the Great Void Technique to distance yourself from the Great Gan Dynasty.]
[For the time being, you did not dare return to Gu Xinyue and the others. Right now, you could only rely on yourself.]
[After leaving the Great Gan Dynasty, you headed north.]
[A month later, you arrived at the Barren Wasteland.]
[After using the Great Void Technique at full force for an entire month, the spiritual energy in your body was now exhausted, leaving you without any means of resistance.]
[If Chu Wudi came looking for you now, you planned to enter the Barren Wasteland directly.]
[During these years of cultivation in Central Prefecture, you had learned that the forbidden lands of Central Prefecture were completely different from those of Green Prefecture.]
[The forbidden land in Green Prefecture, Sky Abyss, was merely a forbidden ground for Sinister Worms, while the forbidden lands of Central Prefecture were true forbidden lands.]
[Whether human or Sinister Worm, almost no one who entered could come out alive.]
[Because it lay near the Barren Wasteland, there were no cultivation cities here, only a few mortal villages.]
[You casually entered one of the villages and hid there.]
[A year later, not only had you fully recovered your spiritual power, but disaster had turned into fortune, and your cultivation had broken through to the middle stage of Spirit Transformation.]
[Living in Li Family Village for an entire year brought subtle changes to your state of mind.]
[There were no conflicts of the Cultivation World here, nor the troubles brought by Sinister Worms. In this mundane mortal world, you experienced an ordinary life.]
[Maintaining this state, you lived in Li Family Village for another three years.]
[After three years of tempering, your sword intent finally reached the realm of Man and Sword as One.]
[After breaking through to Man and Sword as One, your cultivation surged to the late stage of Spirit Transformation.]
[The realm of Man and Sword as One that had troubled you for years had unexpectedly been broken through amid the mortal world.]
[However, this peaceful life was soon shattered once more.]
[In the twentieth year, Chu Wudi found you again.]
[This time, you did not panic. These past few years had made your state of mind even stronger.]
["Ant, do you know how miserably you made me suffer five years ago?"]
["Don't worry. I certainly won't let you die easily. I'll extract your soul and make you endure the burning of blazing flames for all eternity."]
[You sneered and directly used the Great Void Technique to flee toward the Barren Wasteland.]
[Blinded by hatred, Chu Wudi did not pay any attention to the direction in which you were fleeing.]
["You think you can escape with the Great Void Technique?"]
[Chu Wudi quickly caught up to you, but just as he was about to seize you, he decisively pulled back.]
["Ant, have you gone mad?"]
["You actually dare enter the Barren Wasteland?"]
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