The Final Reversal, the Simulation Ends

[Just as you thought you might be lucky enough to escape with your life]

[(A body at the Great Perfection of Embryonic Breath Realm was extraordinarily resilient. Though a pierced heart was a grievous injury to a vital organ, your powerful vitality might still slowly repair it. At the very least, you would not die immediately),]

[A sudden change erupted!]

["Chen Ming," who had seemingly compromised, abruptly froze. His entire body grew even stiffer and more wooden, as though all sentience had vanished in an instant, leaving nothing but the purest commands.]

[He mechanically raised his hand, his target clear as he struck straight at your face!]

[His speed reached the absolute limit, carrying a pure, undisguised will to destroy!]

[Only moments ago, he had been weighing Karma and fearing World Correction. Now, it was as though his core had been replaced, and he attacked you with merciless intent to kill!]

[A chill crawled over your skin, and an overwhelming premonition of death enveloped you!]

[But your grievously wounded body made even moving a finger difficult, let alone dodging or blocking this thunderous strike!]

[Chen Qingyan, standing nearby, seemed to sense something wrong as well. Shock and fury flashed through his eyes as he tried to intervene.]

[But his condition was even more precarious. His liberation by violence had already become irreversible, and without any cultivation rank whatsoever, he could not react effectively in time to this sudden attack.]

[With all these circumstances combined—]

[**"Thud!"**]

[A muffled impact rang out.]

[Half your skull burst like a watermelon beneath that terrifyingly powerful fist.]

[Your consciousness blurred and descended into chaos in an instant, like spilled ink.]

[You could distinctly feel your life draining away at an irreversible speed.]

[In another minute at most, your soul would scatter completely.]

[Just then, "Chen Ming" froze again.]

[The blankness faded from his eyes, revealing the consciousness of that [Golden Core Powerhouse] once more. But first, it filled with profound confusion, which swiftly turned into terror, then disbelief!]

[He muttered to himself, his voice trembling:]

["I have mastered the art of puppetry for years. My soul imprint is incomparably stable... and I even used a [fruit position divine ability],]

[empowered by the [Illusion-Reality Fruit Position]. Unless... unless the True Lord behind me personally intervened, this would be utterly impossible..."]

[His face was filled with incomprehension. "But how could that be?! Why would the True Lord do this? This would bring him a hundred harms and not a single benefit!"]

[He seemed to want to remedy the situation, directing the Puppet closer to you. A faint light appeared on his hand, as though he intended to heal your wounds and prolong your life.]

[But the next instant, he froze again!]

[His raised hand withdrew against his will, then began gathering an even more terrifying power instead. His target was still you!]

[**"True Lord! It is the True Lord! Why are you doing this?! Why must you kill him to the last?!"**]

[The Puppet "Chen Ming" Venerable now seemed split in two. Only his mouth remained under the Golden Core consciousness's control, voicing indignant, terrified questions. His body refused to obey him entirely, intent on carrying out the command to destroy you.]

[**"True Lord! If you truly overturn this predetermined Karma, that is tantamount to [defying Heaven]!**]

[At best, your dao path will be utterly ruined, and your way forward severed. At worst, Heaven's punishment will strike you down on the spot, destroying both your life and your cultivation! Why... why would you do this?!"**]

[He screamed himself hoarse, questioning the [Nascent Soul True Lord] behind him whom he had always trusted and revered.]

[Just then, Chen Qingyan, who had been watching coldly, exhausted his last shred of strength to speak in a faint voice:]

["Have you considered the possibility... that the one standing behind you was never the True Lord who wielded the [Illusion-Reality Fruit Position], but..."]

[You could no longer make out the crucial words that followed.]

[Because "Chen Ming's" second fist, brimming with power, had already thundered toward you with a gale that could annihilate everything!]

[Darkness, accompanied by the agony of your skull shattering completely, became your final sensation.]

[You died. Simulation ended.]

[This simulation has ended. Duration: 9 years.]

[Final cultivation realm]: Great Perfection of Embryonic Breath Realm (Ultimate Strength, perfection)

[Evaluation]: Trapped deep in a labyrinth, as though plunging into an abyss. Even in death, you never saw the full picture, reduced to a sacrifice in a contest played on a higher level. How tragic, how lamentable!]

[You may retain one of the following]:

[One]: Your cultivation realm at the time of death (Great Perfection of Embryonic Breath Realm)

[Two]: Your life experience and talents at the time of death (including the blue talents "Eye of Illusion" and "Twice the Results with Half the Effort")

[Three]: Items carried at the time of death (None)