Outside the simulation, the illusory text kept shifting.
Three options appeared.
[1: Honor your promise] [2: Break your promise] [3: Attack Blood-Sea True Person directly and kill him once and for all]
Zhou Qing stared at the three options.
First of all, option three was definitely out.
Even if he really wanted to attack Blood-Sea True Person, Zhou Qing would never choose to kill him outright.
That was far too risky. Who knew whether this True Person's soul essence had some means of taking them both down, shattering jade and stone alike?
With the methods at Zhou Qing's disposal, keeping him sealed until his lifespan ran out and he died of old age was the safest course.
"The Heart-Demon Oath... Forget it. I'll honor it."
After considering it at length, Zhou Qing made up his mind.
He believed that everything he inherited-cultivation, skills, realms, memories, and so on-came without any negative effects.
But what if the Heart-Demon Oath was rather "mind-dependent"?
Simply knowing about it might count as having sworn the oath...
When his real body was involved, Zhou Qing refused to take the risk, even if the odds were only one in a million or one in ten million.
Letting Blood-Sea True Person go in the simulation was hardly an unacceptable price.
"Choose option one."
You made your choice.
The illusory text shifted rapidly.
``` [You decided to honor the Heart-Demon Oath and release Blood-Sea True Person's soul essence.]
[You opened the Sealing Jade Box and tossed out the Mountain Sea Ring inside.]
[The Mountain Sea Ring hovered in midair. A streak of blood-red light spilled out, condensing into a crimson figure: Blood-Sea True Person.]
["The oath has been fulfilled. You may leave."]
[The Mountain Sea Mana in your body circulated rapidly, ready to unleash numerous Sealing