Terrifying Black Shadow

Xiao Jie came back to his senses, put away the scroll recording the Heaven-Burning Fist, and prepared to continue the Life Simulation. Today, he intended to use up his remaining two chances and see what he could obtain.

Simulator, continue the Life Simulation.

Ding. You currently have two simulation attempts available. Begin the Life Simulation?

Yes.

Ding. Life Simulation begins.

Day 1: You successfully refined the Green Lotus Core Flame and advanced to the Peak Two-Star Dou Emperor.

Day 3: You took Xiao Yi Xian to the cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and obtained the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map.

Day 10: You arrived at Shi-Mo City and took Qing Lin in search of the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Day 25: You successfully refined the second Green Lotus Core Flame and reached the Five-Star Dou Emperor level.

Day 30: You waited for the two Dou Emperors from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion. After handing Qing Lin over to them, you headed alone for the Southeast Continent.

Day 113: You arrived at Guiyuan City on the Southeast Continent. You temporarily settled down in the city while gathering information.

Day 632: You spread word throughout Guiyuan City that you could refine Sixth-grade medicinal pills, though others would have to follow an alchemist's rules. Afterward, people seeking medicine came in an endless stream.

Day 1,341: You successfully refined your first seventh-grade mid-tier medicinal pill, the Primordial Blood Spirit Pill. The phenomenon accompanying its completion shocked the entire city.

Day 2,150: You used the Ancestor-Breaking Pill to advance to a One-Star Dou Zong. At the same time, a servant reported news of a Heavenly Flame, and you immediately set out.

Day 2,170: You brought one Dou Zong and six Dou Emperors with you to the seabed where the Fire Cloud Water Flame had appeared.

Day 2,175: In the depths of the seabed, you discovered this Heavenly Flame. The Fire Cloud Water Flame formed only within undersea volcanoes. A fusion of water and fire, it was tempered by undersea volcanic activity and ocean currents. It took a hundred years to take shape and a thousand years to gain sentience. When it formed, a funnel-shaped pillar of energy light would appear in the sky and reach straight down to the seabed. The Fire Cloud Water Flame resembled a two-colored cloud, with red and blue energy constantly circulating within it, looking lively and magnificent.

Day 2,214: You successfully refined the Fire Cloud Water Flame, ranked sixteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking. Your cultivation advanced from One-Star Dou Zong to the Peak Three-Star Dou Zong.

Day 2,782: You advanced to Six-Star Dou Zong and began refining the seventh-grade peak medicinal pill, the Ancestor Origin Pill. This pill could raise a Dou Zong's cultivation by one star.

Day 2,790: You successfully refined the Ancestor Origin Pill. The phenomenon accompanying its completion drew many Dou Zongs and Dou Emperors to watch. Upon learning that the Ancestor Origin Pill you had refined could help a Dou Zong advance by one star, the Dou Zongs present became even more enthusiastic and all asked you to refine Ancestor Origin Pills for them. You agreed to each request.

Day 3,365: You had become an Eight-Star Dou Zong. You planned to travel to a distant island, where there seemed to be a heavenly treasure capable of helping you break through to the Spirit-Realm Soul.

Day 3,371: While crossing the sea toward that island, you were attacked by a sea beast. It was a Tier 8 Sea-Calling Flood Serpent. This beast possessed Dragon Clan bloodline; once it reached adulthood, it could attain the Dou Venerate level. Given a fortuitous opportunity, it could even evolve into a ninth-tier Sea-Calling Dragon Flood.

Day 3,372: You had not expected a male and female pair of Sea-Calling Flood Serpents to be laying eggs here. They pursued you relentlessly. Dealing with one Tier 8 beast was already extremely difficult, but now both were hunting you at once. You realized the danger was growing greater and greater. If you did not leave the sea, you might die here. You immediately activated the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation, surging from Eight-Star Dou Zong to Five-Star Dou Venerate. You fought the two Tier 8 Sea-Calling Flood Serpents for an entire day and night, battling all the way into the deep-sea region.

Suddenly, the two Sea-Calling Flood Serpents seemed to sense something and turned to flee. In your perception, an incomparably terrifying aura shot toward you from the depths of the seabed at extreme speed. You used Lightning Flash Thunder Sound, rapidly transforming into a streak of purple light as you tried to escape. A massive black shadow appeared beneath your feet. Before it, you were as tiny as an ant. The seawater suddenly formed an enormous whirlpool. You discovered that no matter what you did, you could not break free from its terrifying suction. You used every method at your disposal, but could not interrupt it. You watched as the two Sea-Calling Flood Serpents were sucked into the black shadow. After fighting for a day and night, you too gradually began to exhaust your strength. A quarter-hour later, your Dou Qi was depleted, and you fell from the sky into the whirlpool. You died.

Ding. This simulation has ended.

Currently selectable items: Primordial Blood Origin Pill, Ancestor Origin Pill, Tier 8 Sea-Calling Flood Serpent Monster Core.

Please choose.

Choose the Tier 8 Sea-Calling Flood Serpent Monster Core.

Ding. Selection successful. Please collect it.

Xiao Jie casually stored the Tier 8 Monster Core in his Storage Ring and thought,

This simulation was aimed at heading to the Southeast Continent to see whether I could find the exact location of the Fire Cloud Water Flame. Now I finally have some clues. At least I gained something from this information. But dying in that terrifying black shadow at the end was truly chilling. Those two Tier 8 Sea-Calling Flood Serpents were sucked in without the slightest ability to resist, and I ultimately could not escape death either. It seems there are great terrors lurking in the deep sea. Without the strength of a high-level Dou Saint, it is best not to go to such a place. It is too dangerous; I would not even know what creature's mouth I died in.

There was still one final simulation attempt left. He would eat something first, then decide which direction to simulate next. He caught a wild deer, lit a fire, and began roasting it.