[Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrived!]
[Looking at the newly issued plot quest, your heart leaped with joy.]
[Now that you had the Chaos Spiritual Root [Hollow Willow] and were within the world nurtured inside it,]
[you were, in essence, outside the bounds of the [Northern Land of Sin], so restoring your cultivation naturally came first.]
[That was also the main reason "Old Self" had issued the quest.]
[According to your experiences in the [First Future Simulation], you were in the [Longevity Realm].]
[The mastermind behind it was Zhuo Zhao. Using her major divine ability [Trader], along with her own rank to provide borrowed attunement, she had created the many Great Emperors of the [Longevity Realm].]
[In essence, she seemed to be harvesting this realm's origin source. The primary prerequisite for becoming a Great Emperor was the [Mark of the Heavenly Heart], which happened to be an unfinished [fruit position].]
(This was mentioned in Chapter 190.)
[In the [First Future Simulation], after you forcibly controlled her through [Purple Talent: I Am the Mastermind],]
[you learned that her plan was to destroy the foundations of the [Northern Land of Sin] and find the [Thieving Immortal]'s life-bound divine ability, [Karma Thief].]
[As for that [Mark of the Heavenly Heart], its main purpose was actually to store this realm's [origin source] and [fortune].]
[Her original plan was:]
[Once she had gathered most of the Origin Source and fortune—three hundred and sixty portions—she would hold this realm's lifeline in her hands.]
[Then, with her [life-bound divine ability], [Trader],]
[she could not only keep herself and the fruit position known as the [Mark of the Heavenly Heart] free of karmic sin, but also use it as stakes,]
[either exchanging it for the heaven-defying Half-Immortal-level divine ability [Star Thief],]
[or taking the [Mark of