You slowly turned around, the panic in your eyes gone, replaced by a calm and resolute look born of experience. You looked at the Nether Lord, shook your head, and said in a clear and steady voice, "My path... I want to walk it myself."
[The aura surrounding the Nether Lord suddenly deepened. "Stubborn to the end, when the true end comes, you will find that only by submitting to me can you survive."]
[You felt the oppressive force that almost froze your soul. You remained silent, only meeting his gaze with unwavering resolve. The Nether Lord stared at you for a long time, and finally, a cold, enigmatic snort came from the shadows: "I hope... you won't regret your choice today." Before the words were finished, his figure vanished like a ghost, as if he had never been there.]
This resolute refusal felt like severing the last invisible shackle. Your mind was clear; the future was uncertain, but your direction was firm. You began consciously traversing various Immortal Domain and even some treacherous borderlands of the immortal Immortal Realm. You no longer relied solely on the power of the Devil God Origin, but instead attempted to use your own foundation in Immortal Dao as a guide to understand and direct the power of Chaos. You observed the birth and death of all living beings, comprehending the glimmer of life born from destruction.
[Time flies, and a thousand years have passed like flowing water. You never deliberately sought to improve your realm, but as if by magic, you stepped into the realm of the Hunyuan One Qi Daluo Golden Immortal.]
[While you were consolidating your Hunyuan Dao Fruit deep within the starry sea, the outside world had already undergone a cataclysmic upheaval. The Heavenly Emperor returned, and the Heavenly Court, silent for millennia, reappeared in the heavens. The Heavenly Emperor's decree spread throughout the heavens, announcing the annihilation of the Devil Race. Meanwhile, the Devil Ancestor summoned twelve Chaos Devil God from the endless Chaos, attempting to destroy the Heavenly Dao. Calamity descended upon the Immortal Realm once more.]
[This war between immortals and demons far surpasses the last one. Countless worlds shattered like glass, stars fell like rain, the Great Dao wailed, and the Demon Court was the first to be destroyed in this war. Countless races were wiped out. You witnessed this world-destroying scene and deeply felt your own insignificance.]
In the chaos, you try to contact your senior brother, only to find that he has already left the Immortal Realm and disappeared without a trace. A sense of loss washes over you; your last support seems to have vanished. You don't blame your senior brother; in fact, he wanted to take you with him, but you refused. You want to find your own path, and you can't stay by his side forever.
They've run away...
Han Xuanji nodded silently, as if it was indeed something he was capable of doing.
In the simulation, he's probably even more cunning than in reality.
[At this time, the Nether Lord found you again. It turned out that the Nether Lord had not been dormant. Taking advantage of the chaos, he established a powerful force, calling himself the ' Underworld,' and the Nether Lord became the " Lord of the Nether." He declared that he would redefine life and death and re-establish the order of reincarnation, attracting many powerful individuals who had lost everything in the war and craved power to join him, and his power expanded rapidly.]
He promised that if you joined the Underworld, he would give you special training and help you grow stronger... This time, you accepted his request.
[With your Hunyuan cultivation and formidable strength, you quickly established yourself in the Underworld, earning the title " Emperor Shuoyuan." The Nether Lord also provided you with a large amount of Devil God Origin to aid your cultivation.]
[At the same time, Buddhist Order also rose to prominence. Countless Buddhas manifested among suffering beings, preaching the path to liberation, establishing Pure Lands, and guiding the souls of believers. Their doctrine of reincarnation has both similarities and fundamental conflicts with the concept of the Underworld.]
[This year, because of your existence and the promise of the Nether Lord, Human Emperor Lu Fan, in order to protect the Human Race, decided to cooperate with the Underworld and led a large number of powerful individuals to join the Underworld.]
[Under the suppression of the Underworld, Buddhist Order eventually faded into obscurity. Buddha led many followers away from the Immortal Realm, and your relationship with Lu Fan played a significant role in this.]
[Years later, the Devil Ancestor, having amassed sufficient power, led his twelve Chaos Devil God to strike directly at the core of the Heavenly Court. The final battle erupted, with the Heavenly Emperor leading the Heavenly Court's powerhouses in a decisive confrontation with the Devil Ancestor outside the Thirty-Three Layers of Heaven. In this battle, the river of time itself ceased to flow, and all things withered; only a few beings survived. In this battle, all the Devil Race perished, and the Heavenly Emperor also vanished without a trace. Many of the Heavenly Court's powerful figures, including Jiang Hao, disappeared, as if they had never existed.]
[ The Nether Lord emerged from the depths of the mysterious Land of Reincarnation. No longer content with the status quo, he began to forcibly control the Reincarnation Principle in the Immortal Realm with unparalleled power, intending to reshape the order of life and death, thereby becoming the Lord of Reincarnation and stepping into a higher realm. However, he overestimated his power. The primal power of death prevented him from achieving a balance between life and death. From then on, yin and yang were reversed, reincarnation collapsed, the dead could not be reborn, and the souls of the living gradually extinguished, plunging into a deeper dark age.]
[ Human Race life was extremely difficult in this era. The Human Emperor Lu Fan, dissatisfied with the actions of the Nether Lord, joined forces with powerful members of the Dragon Race, Phoenix Race, and other ancient races to question the Nether Lord, only to be suppressed by Nether Lord and exiled to the Land of Returning to the Ruins.]
[You witnessed this ultimate catastrophe, brewed by the ambition of the Nether Lord. Standing amidst endless ruins, gazing at this dying world, memories of the past resurface in your mind.]
"Death... is not the end." A sudden realization dawned on you, and the insights accumulated over tens of thousands of years coalesced in this moment. You no longer suppressed the Devil God Origin within you, but instead actively merged it with your painstakingly cultivated Immortal Dao foundation, your understanding of life and death, and all the will and emotions originating from " Su Ming," in a final, ultimate fusion. Your aura began to rise infinitely, surpassing the limits of the Hunyuan One Qi Daluo Golden Immortal; you successfully attained the Hunyuan Taiji!
[Having achieved the Hunyuan Taiji, you possess the power to interfere with the Heavenly Dao. You clearly perceive that the collapsing cycle of reincarnation is dragging the entire Immortal Realm towards utter nothingness. You wage war against the Nether Lord, and ultimately, he bestows upon you the very essence of his own death.]
[Now that you have become an eternal being, you recall the past.]
[You made your final choice. Your figure appeared at the collapsing core of reincarnation, your gaze sweeping over the remaining beings, over the corner where Lu Fan and the Human Race were, and towards the unknown distance where your senior brother might exist.]
["My name is Su Ming. Today, I am willing to merge with the Dao, to reset the cycle of reincarnation, to balance life and death, and to give this world... a glimmer of hope!"]
[Your voice was calm, yet it resonated in the hearts of every conscious being. The next moment, your Hunyuan Taiji Dao Fruit burst into flames, your physical body transformed into the Six Paths Pillars supporting reincarnation, connecting Yin and Yang; your divine soul merged into the core of reincarnation, transforming into the supreme will that balances life and death, judging merit and demerit; your life's cultivation dissipated into reincarnation.]
[The shattered cycle of reincarnation is reshaped, yin and yang are reunited, life and death are redefined, and the Way of Heavenly Dao is restarted accordingly.]
[You no longer exist, yet you are everywhere. You have become the true cycle of this world itself, silently watching the changes of the world. Future generations only know that reincarnation is selfless and ceaselessly operates, but they do not know that its name was once " Su Ming ".]
[Simulation ended.]
[Comment: A true spirit resides within Chaos; having witnessed the mortal world, its heart remains undaunted; its body transcends reincarnation, ultimately Immortal!]
[Rewards: Samsara Merit, Immortal Realm Samsara Origin Power, One copy of the Reincarnation Devil God Origin, Entry ' Gods and Devils Lineage '.]