Chapter 23

The Three Realms have a mysterious world, also called the Fifth World by the Unceasing Gate.

This is one of their lairs, and many important forces of the Unceasing Gate are stationed here.

At this moment, inside a certain pavilion of the Fifth World, a figure clad in blood‑red robes sits cross‑legged here.

Bloodhand True Immortal is the master of the Blood Cloud Tower, responsible for invading the Great Summer World, the Stele Mountain Great World, and the Great Dream World.

To invade a great world, one must first divide its forces; and to divide forces, besides inducement, threats, assassinations, and similar means are also very effective.

The Blood Cloud Tower is such an assassin organization.

At this moment, Bloodhand True Immortal suddenly took out a talisman, only to discover that this talisman had already shattered into several pieces.

"Zhumu died? I sent him to persuade a scattered immortal to surrender, yet he died?" Bloodhand True Immortal's eyes turned icy.

Losing a heavenly immortal also pained him; he had only over a thousand heavenly immortals under his command.

Moreover, Zhumu the heavenly immortal was not weak in strength; he was a capable subordinate of his.

"Xu Wu, conceal your identity and go to East Sea Commandery to investigate."

The Bloodhand True Immortal immediately gave an order to another subordinate.

Not long after, news arrived: Zhou Yu's scene of setting up a formation with the might of heaven and earth was indeed astonishing, the whole East Sea Commandery could feel the disturbance; a little investigation would naturally uncover it.

Moreover, it was not hard to discover that the source of the anomaly was above the Zhou tribe.

The Bloodhand True Immortal, extremely knowledgeable, upon hearing the news, immediately determined that this was some kind of heaven-and-earth grand formation.

"To lay down such a grand formation with the might of heaven and earth, I myself cannot do it; one must master the complete formation arts to have hope—could a scattered immortal have mastered the complete formation arts?" The Bloodhand True Immortal shook his head inwardly.

How could this be possible?

Some heaven-defying Returned Void gods and demons could possibly master the complete Great Dao; their divine bodies nurture souls, which are quite formidable, their souls at most slightly inferior to heavenly immortals, indeed they have hope of comprehending the Great Dao.

But a scattered immortal? That's far too far off.

Besides some actively reincarnated heavenly true immortals or even great beings, I've never heard of anyone being this heaven-defying at the scattered immortal stage.

"Could he be a reincarnated great being?" The Bloodhand True Immortal merely flashed this thought, then didn't think further.

How could a reincarnated heavenly true immortal possibly lack friends and mentors to guide him?

A heavenly true immortal who after reincarnation becomes a scattered immortal is simply too foolish; the Bloodhand True Immortal dare not imagine such a person existing.

"Perhaps someone is helping him, related to the disappeared Ji Ning?" The Bloodhand True Immortal formed a suspicion in his heart.

Of course, this suspicion still needs verification.

"Zhumu's death cannot just be left like that." The Bloodhand True Immortal's eyes narrowed slightly.

If it were ordinary times, facing other heavenly true immortals he might choose to retreat, but now the conflict has already begun; whoever stands opposite the Hell's Gate must pay the price.

He is not alone; behind him stands the vast Hell's Gate!

On the other side——

Zhou Yu returned to the tribe; after comforting the clansmen, he went back to his usual place of cultivation.

He had another simulation opportunity, so Zhou Yu naturally would conduct a simulation.

However, before starting, Zhou Yu also calculated the number of strong experts he had killed after the previous simulation.

Naturally, the most kills came from his avatar in the Cang Yuan Diagram world.

In the Cang Yuan Diagram world, although one of his avatars self-exiled to the outer realms gained nothing, another avatar remaining in the Cang Yuan Realm slaughtered extensively, killing vast numbers of minor demons daily, occasionally mixed with some demon kings.

Mainly because the three demon sovereigns of the demon race still do not know Zhou Yu's true strength, they still hold the idea of wildly consuming the Cang Yuan Realm's manpower; whenever a world passage appears, they immediately dispatch large forces to the Cang Yuan Realm.

However, although the Cang Yuan Diagram world yielded many kills, the quality was too low.

For high quality, it must be the Swallowing Star Cosmos world.

In the Swallowing Star Cosmos world, time flows faster; nearly fifty years have passed since the last simulation. During this period, Zhou Yu naturally slew a host of immortals on the Dark Continent, among whom were marquises and kings.

On the contrary, in the Wasteland Chronicle world, Zhou Yu focused solely on improving himself; only a few died at his hands: the Mysterious Opportunity Heavenly Immortal, the Shaoyan Chou avatar, and Zhumu the heavenly immortal, etc.

"It seems that under mass slaughter, the primal energy I obtain may be more than I thought." Zhou Yu reckoned; the reason he obtained another simulation opportunity so quickly was that his slaughter of vast numbers of minor demons in the Cang Yuan Realm surely contributed greatly.

Without further thought, Zhou Yu quickly chose to begin the simulation.

【Drawing world.】

【Draw successful, this simulation world is the Wasteland Chronicle world!】

"Wasteland Chronicle world?"

Zhou Yu staggered, having drawn it again?

"Last time I failed; this time I cannot afford to lose again." Zhou Yu became solemn.

【Drawing initial talent——】

【Draw successful, please choose one of the following three talents.】

【One, Celestial Dao Rewards Diligence——Effort will always reap rewards】

【Two, Child of Fortune——Born with extremely high fortune】

【Three, Heaven‑Born Sage——When leading the tribe to rise, will gain various cultivation bonuses】

"The Child of Fortune has appeared again?"

Zhou Yu felt a sigh; objectively speaking, this talent is still not bad, but his previous failure left him a shadow, so he ruled it out first.

"Talent three, looking at the description is quite interesting." Zhou Yu pondered, however this talent is obviously not easy to get through the early stage, and even after rising, it may not be useful.

This time he is aiming for simulation success.

"Moreover, the Celestial Dao Rewards Diligence talent looks unimpressive, but it is actually absolutely one of the most aberrant talents." Zhou Yu felt emotionally; past experience made him understand that this talent is absolutely terrifying.

"Effort will always reap rewards?" I don't know how many ordinary‑aptitude cultivators seeing this talent would burst into tears.

Without hesitation, Zhou Yu chose Talent One: Celestial Dao Rewards Diligence!

【Please select one of the following simulation objectives.】

【One, pass the tribulation to become a Heavenly God — after completion, one can obtain a Heavenly God avatar and the talent 'Heavenly Dao Rewards Diligence' with fifty percent effect。】

【Two, become a True God or Ancestral Immortal — after completion, one can obtain a True God or Ancestral Immortal avatar and the complete talent 'Heavenly Dao Rewards Diligence'。】

【Three, become a World God or Chaotic Immortal — after completion, one can obtain a World God or Chaotic Immortal avatar and the talent 'Heavenly Dao Rewards Diligence' with three hundred percent effect。】

「There's no option to become a Celestial Immortal or True Immortal? And there's no time limit! 」 Zhou Yu wondered in his heart; if there were an option to become a Celestial Immortal or True Immortal, he would have chosen it directly, as that is the easiest.

「Then I'll still choose target two. 」 Zhou Yu thought it over and made a decision.

The difficulty of passing the tribulation to become a Heavenly God is very high; in the previous simulation he seemed to succeed easily, but actually it was because of favorable circumstances, and behind him stood two Ancestor Gods supporting him.

Normally, the chance of passing the tribulation to become a Heavenly God is very low; in the endless ages of the Great Summer World one could accumulate tens of thousands of Celestial Immortals, yet not a single newly advanced Heavenly God.

Like most Heavenly Gods in the Three Realms now, they are born Heavenly Gods; those who pass the tribulation themselves are the minority, and every one who succeeds in passing the Heavenly God Tribulation on their own is a legendary figure.

「Being able to become a Heavenly God through one's own tribulation makes the hope of becoming a True God Dao Ancestor much higher than that of an ordinary Heavenly God, especially since this simulation has no time limit! That is to say, completing target one gives hope for target two; conversely, if one dies on the path to becoming a Heavenly God, choosing one or two makes no difference at all. 」 Zhou Yu thought in his heart.

So, rather than choosing one, it's better to pick two and give it a try.

And as Zhou Yu made his choice, time around this avatar of his once again froze, lines of text began to appear, and the simulation started.

(End of chapter)