Swallowed Star: The Blood Demon Trial Simulation Begins
Chapter 31

Reincarnation (Please Keep Reading)

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A mere Xiantian Lifeform traveling millions of miles was far too risky.

Wu Yun chose A. A hundred thousand miles should still be within the territory of a few tribes. Even if he occasionally ran into a Purple Mansion cultivator, they probably wouldn't kill him.

[You traveled over mountains and rivers to the Shadow Sect and became an outer disciple.]

[Though you were only an outer disciple, you could finally access better Qi Refining Path techniques, and you began to cultivate diligently.]

[At twenty-six, your Qi Refining Path cultivation broke through to the Purple Mansion stage, and you comprehended the True Meaning of the Dao. An inner sect elder took a liking to you and accepted you as an inner disciple.]

[At twenty-eight, you placed in the top ten in a tournament among the Purple Mansion disciples. The ten of you were hailed as the Shadow Sect's Golden Generation.]

[The sect's Primordial Spirit Patriarch took you as his disciple.]

[You were now riding high. A letter arrived from your tribe, asking to use your reputation to expand its territory. After much deliberation, you agreed.]

[The Shadow Sect sent three Purple Mansion cultivators to your tribe, helping them claim tens of thousands of miles of additional territory.]

[At thirty-six, your cultivation reached the peak of the Purple Mansion stage, but your tribe still had no suitable body-refinement method to offer you, so you still couldn't embark on the path of body refinement.]

[At forty, you and Ding Yu, a junior sister from the Golden Generation, fell in love and decided to become Dao companions.]

"Why do I get a Dao companion in every simulation?" Wu Yun thought. His true self still didn't have one, yet every Simulation Avatar did.

Still, having a Dao companion was nice. What if they had a son with extraordinary talent?

[At forty-three, you comprehended the Domain Realm of the Dao. Your sect was astonished, and the Grand Elder appeared, promising to spare no effort in cultivating you.]

For a Purple Mansion cultivator to comprehend the Domain Realm of the Dao was extraordinary, even at an advanced age. It was generally a realm only Primordial Spirit Daoists could reach.

Many Wanxiang Adepts hadn't reached it.

[After comprehending the Domain Realm of the Dao, you chose to break through to become a Wanxiang Adept.]

[You became a Wanxiang Adept with the finest Dharma Aspect. Your talent and potential were not to be underestimated; you could even contend with a Primordial Spirit Daoist.]

[At forty-seven, your Dao companion became pregnant.]

At this point in the simulation, Wu Yun fully absorbed all the memories from the Simulation Avatar's forty-seven years. This was completely unlike before, when he had to wait for the simulation to end.

But he couldn't figure out why just yet, so he could only wait quietly for the simulation to continue.

[At forty-eight, a letter arrived from your tribe. It said that a tribe they had driven away during their earlier expansion had produced an exceptionally talented genius. They asked whether you wanted to eradicate the threat.]

[You now choose A: Eradicate the threat. B: Refuse. C: Befriend the genius and return the land you previously seized.]

"...Why does this feel like something Ji Ning would do?" Wu Yun chose B. The karmic consequences of merely seizing territory didn't involve exterminating a whole tribe. Killing someone for no reason would violate his Dao-heart.

As for befriending the genius and returning the land, that was out of the question. The strong preyed on the weak; it was only natural. If they were strong, they could take it back themselves.

[Your Dao companion gave birth to a baby boy, whom you named Dongque Wutong.]

[At fifty-five, a berserk Void-Returning God-Demon passed by. Your sect was destroyed, and you died in the battle. By chance, your wife and child were back in the tribe and escaped death.]

[You entered the Six Paths of Reincarnation with hatred and regret. The judge ruled that you should continue along the human path. You drank Meng Po Soup, but for a special reason, it did not obscure your memories of your past life.]

"Good thing I chose reincarnation," Wu Yun thought. His luck really had been terrible this time.

This was actually normal. The Wujian Gate had a different attitude toward Gods and Demons. Great Xia was dominated by humanity, so of course they hunted Gods and Demons more aggressively.

But Mozhu Dao Ancestor had been born a Chaos True God. In the great worlds here, humans, demons, and Gods and Demons all lived together. There was nothing to be done if a God or Demon occasionally went berserk.

That was simply the way of the strong preying on the weak.

[You were born again, this time still in the Mozhu Great World.]

Having experienced previous simulations, Wu Yun now understood a little about the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Which great world one was reborn into depended on one's karma.

His ties to the Mozhu Great World ran too deep. Even if he weren't reborn there, he would end up in some other world within the Mozhu Region.

[This time, you were born in a city. Your parents were both ordinary humans, but fortunately, you had the memories of your past life and didn't need to worry about cultivation.]

[You began cultivating at three. Because your realm was so high, you could easily slaughter Xiantian Lifeforms even while still Houtian.]

[By observing your surroundings, you realized that the city where you were born was quite ordinary. Even its lord was only a Xiantian Lifeform and had to pay tribute to the mighty Zhou Clan.]

[At five, you reached the Xiantian Lifeform stage.]

[At seven, you discovered a cave dwelling in the wilderness outside the city. After examining the exterior, you didn't think it was too dangerous. Now you choose A: Enter. B: Leave it for later.]

Wu Yun chose A.

[You entered the cave dwelling and discovered that it was the resting place of a Primordial Spirit Daoist. He had left behind Puppets as a test. You passed and inherited all his belongings.]

[This Primordial Spirit Daoist wasn't from the Mozhu Great World. According to him, he had been caught up in a great battle, and the chaos in spacetime swept him from the Xinhuo Great World here on a spatial rift. He left behind a God-Demon Body Refining manual created by Suiren, titled the Xinhuo God-Demon Scroll.]

[You began cultivating the God-Demon Body Refining method and quickly mastered the basics, absorbing the power of the Supreme Star.]

[At nine, you broke through to the Purple Mansion stage. Relying on your realm to overpower ordinary Wanxiang Adepts, you now chose to seek out a broader world.]

[You arrived at Mozhu City and successfully joined the Mozhu Sect.]

[The Mozhu Sect had extremely high standards, but a nine-year-old Purple Mansion cultivator who had also reached the Domain Realm of the Dao astonished many. They thought you were an immortal reincarnated.]

[But even an immortal reincarnated couldn't awaken memories of a past life at such a young age. Your outstanding talent caught the eye of a Heavenly Immortal, who took you as his disciple.]

[The Mozhu Sect was full of experts, and even Heavenly Immortals were merely elders. They said the sect master was a disciple of a Dao Ancestor—a legendary Pure Yang True Immortal.]

[You soon became a Wanxiang Adept. Under your Heavenly Immortal teacher's guidance, you also made a start on the Dao of Slaughter. You comprehended your own Killing Heart and became known as the God of Slaughter.]

"The killing intent in this simulation is even heavier than it was in the Tianyu Universe."

Wu Yun was surprised too. He had actually comprehended the Dao of Slaughter. Walking this path could lead to great accomplishments, or to madness and self-destruction.

[Your God-Demon Body Refining progress was also rapid, but the killing intent building inside you grew too strong, and your Dao-heart began to become unyielding.]

[Fortunately, your renowned teacher taught you that killing was merely a means and should be used wisely, rather than allowing yourself to be controlled by it. Your heart grew ever colder, and you began studying methods of Heart Power.]

[At twenty, you cultivated to the Primordial Spirit Daoist stage, but your strength was enough to rival ordinary Loose Immortals and Earth Immortals. You now chose to search for your wife and child from your previous life.]

[After making inquiries in many places, you finally found the Shadow Sect's ruins and the former Dongque Tribe.]

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