Family Destroyed, Loved Ones Lost

[After losing the Three-Year Pact, Nalan Yanran, unable to become a servant to preserve the Yunlan Sect's reputation, drew her sword and prepared to kill herself.]

[You stepped in to save her. Green flames rose from your fingertips and burned away the divorce agreement.]

[Written contracts held little binding power, let alone verbal promises. The Three-Year Pact was over... everyone was free.]

[Just as you thought everything had ended, Ge Ye vaguely recognized that you were the one who had killed Mo Cheng. Yunlan Sect's Great Elder, Yun Leng, prepared to keep you there.]

[Though that was indeed the case, you wouldn't sit still and wait for death.]

[Three Dou Wangs attacked. You unleashed a high-level Profound Tier flight Dou Technique, matching the three Dou Wangs in speed. With the many powerful Dou Techniques you possessed, you even gained the upper hand against the three Dou Wang experts.]

[After his initial shock, Hai Bodong immediately acted according to their agreement and came to your aid.]

[Seeing Hai Bodong intervene, Yun Leng immediately ordered the three Dou Wangs to use a formation to restrain him, while he himself attacked you.]

[After fighting the three Dou Wangs, your understanding of your own Dou Techniques deepened further. You confidently confronted Yun Leng in midair.]

[At a disadvantage, Yun Leng ordered the Yunlan Sect disciples to form the Cloud-Smoke Covering Sun Formation, drawing upon the energy of every disciple in the Yunlan Sect. His strength was nearly comparable to a Dou Huang's.]

[Facing Yun Leng's terrifying attack, you unleashed five of your six techniques in rapid succession.]

[After Void Vortex Force neutralized part of the attack's power, you immediately used the Cosmic Life-and-Death Way to continue wearing it down. Then, you simultaneously unleashed Infinite Void-Sinking Force and Heaven-Earth Yin-Yang Flow. As the attack struck empty space, you redirected it into heaven and earth. Finally came a fierce, tyrannical, unceasing blast of Star-Surging Heaven Qi.]

[After unleashing five great techniques comparable to Earth Tier Dou Techniques, even though the confident Yun Leng mobilized energy to protect himself, he was still grievously injured.]

[Just as you and Hai Bodong were about to leave the Yunlan Sect, Yun Leng used a flute to summon the Yunlan Sect's previous sect master, Yun Shan.]

[Yun Shan possessed the terrifying strength of a Dou Zong. The moment he appeared, he stunned both you and Hai Bodong.]

[What was worse, Hai Bodong, a Dou Huang, wasn't even a match for Yun Shan in a single exchange.]

[At the critical moment, a mysterious Dou Huang appeared.]

[Unfortunately, even two Dou Huang experts were powerless against Yun Shan, who stood at the Dou Zong level.]

"Dou Zong experts are actually this terrifying!" Xiao Yan sucked in a cold breath.

[Seeing that there was no peaceful resolution, you drew upon the Bone Chilling Spirit Flame Medicine Elder had left behind, fused it with the Green Lotus Core Flame, and unleashed Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus against Yun Shan.]

[Though Yun Shan was left disheveled after being struck by Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, he didn't seem seriously injured. Ignoring the two Dou Huangs, he charged straight at you.]

[At that moment, Medicine Elder's voice finally sounded again.]

"Hey, you bully my disciple? Today, I want to see just how you plan to keep me here, even if my strength is less than twenty or thirty percent of what it was at my peak!"

[After a fierce battle, you, Hai Bodong, and the mysterious Dou Huang escaped the Yunlan Sect. The Yunlan Sect began a frenzied pursuit of you.]

[After fleeing into the Magical Beast Mountain Range, you found a hidden place to recover from your injuries.]

"Medicine Elder... that's it?"

Looking at the results of the Yunlan Sect battle displayed by the Simulator, Xiao Yan stood there dumbfounded.

He had thought Medicine Elder's appearance would lead to a slaughter, but it turned out he really had only prevented the Yunlan Sect from keeping them.

Well, all he could say was that the old expert had kept his word.

[During this time, Medicine Elder helped you uncover the secret of the jade fragment you had bought in the Alchemist Association's treasure-hunting area.]

[The jade fragment contained a secret technique, the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame. It could trigger the energy of unusual flames and temporarily raise one's strength, though it came with backlash.]

[Medicine Elder was overjoyed upon seeing the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame. Back then, he had asked to borrow it from Burning Flame Valley for study, yet they had refused! And now, hadn't it fallen into his disciple's hands anyway? If that old man from Burning Flame Valley found out, he would surely fly into a rage.]

[You chose...]

[A: Mock Burning Flame Valley with Medicine Elder for their lack of foresight, then openly practice it to make Medicine Elder even happier.]

[B: Reprimand Medicine Elder. Whether Burning Flame Valley gave it was their goodwill; whether they didn't was their right.]

[C: Listen for now. Secretly learning Burning Flame Valley's treasured art would undoubtedly make a powerful enemy if discovered.]

Xiao Yan rubbed his brow. These three choices were truly difficult.

Without question, the third option was the one he wanted to choose most.

As for Medicine Elder's affairs, he didn't want to comment, much less get involved. Besides, the option made perfect sense.

But the situation was critical now, and Medicine Elder liked it so much. If he didn't practice it, he wouldn't seem like a loyal disciple.

After hesitating for a while, Xiao Yan skipped over the second option he most wanted to say, lowered his head, and chose A.

[After recovering from your injuries, you broke through to a two-star Dou Ling and hurried back home.]

[Upon returning home, your heart sank to the bottom. Many members of the Xiao Clan had been injured. Jia Lie Bi, Oba Pa, and Liu Xi's teacher had joined forces to make trouble for the Xiao Clan.]

[You killed them and learned the details from the Great Elder.]

[Three mysterious black-robed figures had targeted Xiao Zhan, but Xiao Lin and Lin Shuiyao had stopped them. To prevent the Xiao Clan from being implicated, the three of them lured the enemies away from the Xiao Clan. They had yet to return.]

[Fortunately, with the Clan Ancient Jade, you could tell that Xiao Zhan was unharmed. Even Xiao Zhan, the weakest among them, was fine, so there was even less need to worry about the other two. Medicine Elder reminded you that he sensed Yun Leng's aura.]

[After wiping out everyone from the Jia Lie and Oba clans, you sought help from the Mittel Auction House and had the Great Elder lead the Xiao Clan members to Stone Desert City, avoiding the Yunlan Sect's attention.]

[Afterward, you furiously stormed the Yunlan Sect, only to unexpectedly encounter that Dou Huang, Yun Zhi. It turned out she had used a false name as well—her true identity was Yun Yun, the Yunlan Sect's sect master.]

"What?!" Xiao Yan felt his mind go blank.

From the Extreme of the Wind Dou Technique Nalan Yanran used, he had guessed that Yun Zhi had some connection to the Yunlan Sect. He hadn't expected her to be Yun Yun herself.

In the previous two simulations, he had become deeply entangled with this woman. Even in this simulation, he had lost his first kiss to her.

Yet he had never expected that the Yunlan Sect master, the source of everything from the broken engagement to his family nearly being destroyed, was actually her.

[Meeting again as enemies, you still asked about your parents and grandfather.]

[Yun Yun wanted to resolve the conflict between you and the Yunlan Sect, but Yun Shan rebuked her before throwing back his head in laughter. Those who became enemies of the Yunlan Sect naturally wouldn't meet a good end.]

[Yun Leng also laughed in agreement. Though he was somewhat shocked by the Xiao Clan's hidden strength and hadn't killed those three people, he had personally seen the three of them vanish in a bizarre manner.]

[Naturally, you didn't believe such nonsense. Enraged, you prepared to unleash Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.]

[Knowing the power of Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, Yun Shan and the other experts immediately rushed toward you.]

[Facing the siege of so many experts, you relied on Medicine Elder's soul power, dodging left and right as you barely held on.]