Blood Demon Trial

Swallowed Star world.

Dutuo Star Domain, Richi Star System.

"Where is this?" Wu Yun woke up feeling groggy. He looked around blankly, only to discover dozens of iron pillars as thick as bowls surrounding him; he was clearly trapped inside an iron cage.

There were nine others slumped beside him, but these people had extremely strange appearances, some even possessing three arms; they were nothing like the creatures of Earth.

Occasional sobs drifted in from the surroundings.

"Mommy..."

"The Blood Demon Trial, why were we chosen?"

Wu Yun was surprised to discover that the language these strange people were speaking was not any language from Earth, yet he could understand exactly what they meant.

Looking at other areas, there were dense rows of cages, each one holding exactly ten people.

Through their occasional conversations, Wu Yun understood that they were being transported to a certain planet to participate in the Blood Demon Trial, where only one hundred out of ten billion Planetary Level beings would survive.

"This is the Swallowed Star world? Am I in the Primal Universe?" Wu Yun had drunk too much and slept the night before; he never expected to wake up in this place.

With his current physical fitness, going up against ten billion Planetary Level beings, he would likely die from a single sweep of spiritual energy.

"How is this even winnable..." Wu Yun looked at the young boys in the same cage. Although their faces looked extremely youthful, every one of them was a powerful Planetary Level expert.

They were powerhouses who could easily level a city back on Earth.

Thoughts raced through Wu Yun's mind. He could only hope that his time-travel had landed him in the right period and that Luo Feng would come to rescue these ten billion Planetary Level beings.

"Where is this star system?" Wu Yun naturally spoke in the Universal Language. He had to stabilize these young boys; otherwise, the moment they landed, the shockwaves alone would wipe him out.

But those young boys didn't pay him any mind, instead curling up in the corner and sobbing incessantly.

"Richi Star System." In the cage, another man with bronze-colored skin spoke in reply: "I have been to that trial planet before. We will land in three hours at most."

Wu Yun's heart sank upon hearing this. Having read the original Swallowed Star novel thoroughly, he naturally knew in which star system Luo Feng stopped that Blood Demon Trial.

In other words, in this current timeline, there was a high probability that Luo Feng was not there!

"What do I do? What do I do?!" Wu Yun had always maintained a good mindset, but facing such a predicament, he couldn't think of any solution. Those were ten billion Planetary Level beings.

Not to mention that the powerhouse overseeing the Blood Demon Trial was a World Lord!

Just then, a voice rang out in Wu Yun's mind.

[Heavens Simulation System loaded. Host has received one free simulation opportunity. Would you like to initiate a simulation?]

"Start." Wu Yun quickly absorbed all the information about this simulation system. He only needed to succeed in the simulation to transfer the cultivation gained to his original body.

At the same time, he would gain a clone in the simulated world.

However, the original body would not be able to inherit any levels gained by the clone through subsequent cultivation.

Time in the outside world had completely paused. Wu Yun stood in a void, a simulation panel floating before him.

[Simulated world drawing...]

[Simulated world loaded: Desolate Era world.]

[This simulation is a standard simulation. Please choose one random talent.]

Wu Yun couldn't see what the talents were; there were bubbles of various colors before his eyes. He could only rely on his intuition to choose a golden bubble.

[Congratulations to the host for drawing a random purple talent: Distinguished Background!]

[Please choose an achievement goal.]

[1. Pass the Heavenly Immortal Tribulation and become a Heavenly Immortal.]

[2. Pass the Heavenly God Tribulation and become a Heavenly God.]

[3. Succeed in Dao Integration and become an Eternal Emperor Lord.]

After a moment of thought, Wu Yun chose the first goal. He had to succeed in the simulation to gain cultivation, so he could only choose the option with the lowest difficulty.

Heavenly Immortals appeared in the Great Xia World once every million years, while Heavenly Gods were a thousand or ten thousand times rarer, not to mention the terrifying difficulty of succeeding in Dao Integration to become an Eternal Emperor Lord!

[You are born into a cultivation family named the Wu Shan Clan. It is said that your clan has a Heavenly Immortal ancestor presiding over it.]

[Carrying memories from before your transmigration, you are very clever. Through conversations you overhear, you confirm that this is the Desolate Era world.]

[You grow up carefree until the age of four. Although you have not undergone any cultivation, your physical fitness already crushes that of your past life.]

[Your parents prepare for you to begin cultivation. You choose A: Refuse, B: Accept.]

Wu Yun thought, does this even need thinking? He chose B.

[Your parents tell you that there are two paths to immortality: one is Qi Refining, and the other is the extremely difficult Body Refining. You choose A: Qi Refining, B: Body Refining, C: Both.]

"I need to pass the tribulation to become a Heavenly Immortal, not a Heavenly God, but dual-cultivating both paths will increase my survival rate significantly. I'll go with both." Wu Yun chose C.

In the worldview of the Desolate Era, in a chaotic world that has never produced a Chaos Immortal, the path of Body Refining absolutely crushes Qi Refining.

The survival capabilities of Body Refining Fiendgods are also extremely strong.

[You chose to cultivate both paths. Your parents believe that as the offspring of a Primordial Spirit Daoist, your talent should be quite good, so they let you try cultivating the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map first.]

[Your talent is decent, and you have successfully mastered the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map.]

[Due to your outstanding talent, your parents decided to cultivate you well, providing you with a large amount of precious medicine and even visualization diagrams to enhance your soul. Your father would guide you in various techniques every day, while your mother taught you footwork.]

[You are eight years old. This year, you successfully reached the realm of Unity of Man and Staff.]

[Your parents arranged life-and-death battles for you, requiring you to kill Houtian monsters and Houtian death-row prisoners every day.]

[At ten years old, both your footwork and staff techniques reached the Unity of Heaven and Man.]

[At ten years old, your God-Demon Body Refining reached the Xiantian Lifeform stage, and your parents were overjoyed.]

[At thirteen, you accidentally encountered a cave dwelling, but it looked somewhat eerie and possessed intense baleful qi. You choose: A. Go inside to explore, B. Call your parents over.]

Wu Yun chose B directly. How could a Xiantian Lifeform dare to enter a dungeon casually? If he ran into some evil cultivator, he would end up being stuffed into a Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

In the Wild Continent world, there is no shortage of cultivators who refine wicked magical treasures.

[The Immortal Mansion was extremely dangerous. Your mother took you back, and you are unaware of what happened afterward.]

[At sixteen, your Qi Refining Path broke through to the Purple Mansion.]

[At seventeen, you comprehended the True Meaning of the Dao. In the same year, your Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Map broke through to the Purple Mansion.]

[At twenty-five, under your father's guidance, you comprehended the Domain Realm of the Dao, shocking many Primordial Spirit Daoists in the tribe.]

Ji Ning comprehended the Domain Realm of the Dao at sixteen; for Wu Yun to comprehend it at twenty-five is already considered quite a monstrous feat, especially since he only relied on the guidance of his Primordial Spirit Daoist parents.

[Since there is no suitable master in the tribe to teach you, your choice is: A. Continue to stay by your parents' side, B. Go out and join another sect.]

Wu Yun pondered for a moment and chose B.

Staying at home might be safer, but crossing the tribulation to become a Celestial Immortal is not that easy. His so-called distinguished background and talent only provided him with two Primordial Spirit Daoist parents.

Since his parents themselves have not become immortals, there is no point in staying.

[Your father bestowed upon you many protective treasures and personally took you to the Canghai Sect to join the sect.]

[The Canghai Sect possesses countless secret manuals and many Earth Immortals and Loose Immortals. You were taken as a disciple by a Loose Immortal who has lived for four hundred thousand years: Venerable Wuchen.]

[You are living quite well in the Canghai Sect, and your cultivation progress is rapid.]

[While chatting with Venerable Wuchen, you heard him mention Immortal Juhua. He sighed that he probably wouldn't live for such a long time, which left you extremely shocked. You realized that Immortal Juhua is still alive now, and it is still a very long time until the era of Ji Ning.]

[At thirty-one, you became a Wanxiang Adept.]

[You chose to go out for training and joined the Yinglong Guard. Occasionally encountering life-and-death crises, you relied on the Dao-Protecting Treasure given by your father to survive.]

[At thirty-five, you heard that the Immortal Fate Assembly was about to be held, but since you are still young, you decided to participate in the session three hundred years later.]

[At thirty-seven, you and your junior sister became Dao companions.]

[At fifty-five, during a life-and-death adventure, you accidentally obtained the wealth of an immortal, including a Primordial Chaos Source Pearl, which can be used to cultivate a Second Primordial Spirit.]

[At fifty-nine, you returned to your clan. Rarely going out, you began to cultivate in silence, waiting for the Immortal Fate Assembly three hundred years later.]

[At eighty-six, you gained entry into the two Great Daos of the Staff and the Universe.]

[At one hundred and thirty-five, your soul finally met the requirements. You successfully cultivated a Second Primordial Spirit and allowed it to quickly break through to the Primordial Spirit Daoist stage.]

[At one hundred and ninety-seven, you finally had your own descendants.]

[At two hundred and six, your father became a Void Return Earth Immortal.]

[At two hundred and seventy-three, your realm grew rapidly, and you comprehended two complete Daos. The Celestial Immortal ancestor of the tribe appeared, bestowed upon you an ancient divine ability, and urged you to perform well at the Immortal Fate Assembly.]

[At three hundred and thirty-five, the Immortal Fate Assembly was held. After signing up, you swept through all the opponents you met in the first few rounds and successfully fought your way into the top 100.]

[In your group, you met a member of the Xia Mang Clan. After defeating him, you advanced to the next round.]

[At this moment, you feel that your prospects are boundless.]

[You continued to pass through the ranks and entered the top fifty.]

[You met a terrifyingly strong monster. Although his true self was only a Wanxiang Adept, his Second Primordial Spirit had long since become a Void Return Earth Immortal. His strength was unfathomable, and he defeated you.]

[However, due to your previous outstanding performance, three Celestial Immortal ancestors still wanted to take you as a disciple: the Celestial Kumu of the Shaoyan Clan, the ancestor of the Dongyan Clan, and the Celestial Mobei of the Xia Mang Clan. Please make your choice.]

This choice is simple; Ancestor Dongyan is a Pure Yang True Immortal.

Even if he might not be one yet, he will definitely become a Pure Yang True Immortal after some time. As for the Shaoyan Clan, Wu Yun will absolutely not consider them.

[Ancestor Dongyan accepted you as his personal disciple, bestowing upon you more precious Qi Refining techniques and many rare divine abilities. The Celestial Immortal ancestor of your clan was also very satisfied.]

[At three hundred and ninety-four, you became a Primordial Spirit Daoist.]

[Ancestor Dongyan has high requirements for you; he hopes you will cultivate both Qi and body, but your body refining is stuck at the Wanxiang Adept stage and is difficult to improve.]

[Three hundred years later, you broke through to become a Void Return Earth Immortal.]

[You do not have any confidence in surviving the Celestial Tribulation, so you chose to continue cultivating in seclusion.]

[Your strength is becoming increasingly unfathomable, and you have traveled to many places in the Great Xia World.]

[Five hundred years later, you encountered a Void-Returning God-Demon in the wilderness. Your true self and your Second Primordial Spirit joined forces to engage in a fierce battle with it, and in the end, you actually forced it to flee.]

Wu Yun cannot see his specific cultivation progress and can only judge his realm through some vague battle records.

[At this moment, you sigh at your extraordinary strength and wonder whether you should choose to undergo the Celestial Tribulation.]

Wu Yun pondered for a moment before choosing no.

He needed at least a ninety percent chance of success before attempting the tribulation; if he crashed and burned, it wouldn't just be a matter of the simulation world.

[Opportunities are hard to find, Ju Hua is not dead, and the Star-Plucking Mansion is impossible to scheme against. You are stuck at a bottleneck and unable to progress. You choose A: Leave the Great Xia World, B: Ask your master for help.]

Wu Yun chose to seek help from Ancestor Dongyan. His family and all his connections were in the Great Xia World, and it was easy to encounter danger as a Void Return Earth Immortal outside.

[Ancestor Dongyan preaches the Dao for you, and you seem to have an epiphany.]

[One hundred years later, you face the Heavenly Tribulation and Earth Calamity once again, and you successfully pass through them.]

[You have already comprehended five complete Daos.]

[Three hundred years later, your Dao companion also becomes a Void Return Earth Immortal.]

[One hundred years later, your cultivation is still stuck at a bottleneck. At this time, you choose A: Undergo the tribulation, B: Continue to endure.]

Wu Yun chose B. As a Void Return Earth Immortal not undergoing the Heavenly Tribulation, the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations were of very low difficulty for him in his daily life. He had to endure at least until his strength was comparable to Immortal Beixing.

Everything was for the sake of steadily becoming a Heavenly Immortal.

[You know the terror of the Heavenly Tribulation well, and with a True Immortal master, you decide to accumulate and break through, not daring to attempt the tribulation until your strength reaches the level of a Heavenly Immortal.]

[Through the guidance of Ancestor Dongyan, you begin to study other Great Daos.]

[At three thousand six hundred years old, you have achieved great success in the Staff Dao, the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and the Streamer Great Dao.]

[Your strength becomes increasingly unfathomable. You successfully win in sparring matches against other Loose Immortals in the tribe and are recognized as having the strength of a million-year Loose Immortal!]

[A Loose Immortal in the tribe invites you to explore, with the destination being the North Nether Sea. You choose A: Accept, B: Refuse.]

Wu Yun's current strength was definitely not weak in the Great Xia World, and the Heavenly Immortal ancestors rarely appeared over the long years, so he chose to accept, preparing to go and gain some experience.

[You arrive at the North Nether Sea and, according to legend, come to an immortal mansion, where you unexpectedly obtain a top-grade immortal-tier magic treasure.]

[Your strength becomes increasingly unfathomable, and the thought of undergoing the tribulation arises. At this time, you choose A: Undergo the tribulation, B: Continue to endure.]

"I should be able to undergo the tribulation now." Wu Yun made a judgment. With his talent and background, and given that the Three Realms were not in turmoil, it was difficult to encounter an overly terrifying Heavenly Tribulation.

[You choose to undergo the tribulation, but being cautious by nature, you still choose to undergo it on the territory of Ancestor Dongyan.]

[You trigger the Heavenly Tribulation. The tribulation is very difficult; you encounter the Five-Nine Lightning Tribulation.]

[You successfully pass the Heavenly Tribulation and become a Heavenly Immortal!]

[Simulation ended...]

Boom!

The river of time began to flow again, and Wu Yun returned to the present world.