181 – The Legacy of the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign!
by spirapira“Yu Zhengtao’s world… Could it really share the same world view as mine?”
As Wang Ping sifted through the chat details, he displayed a look of surprise.
Yu Zhengtao’s transmigrated world had a cultivation system similar to his own, akin to a lower dimension of the Purple Spirit Realm.
However, this lower dimension was far stronger than both the Purple Spirit Realm and the Blood Demon Realm, boasting quasi-immortals; not long ago, a Void God Realm expert ascended.
Yu Zhengtao knew these things because of his good fortune. A king, seeing his remarkable potential, invited him to be his disciple after repeatedly testing him, enabling Yu Zhengtao to learn so much.
“Alpha, sending Yu Zhengtao to a different plane within the same world as mine seems pointless… Don’t tell me, anomalies have appeared in that plane too?”
Wang Ping stroked his chin, inwardly inquiring Alpha.
“Affirmative.”
Alpha confirmed Wang Ping’s suspicion.
“Alright… indeed anomalies. This mysterious world truly attracts anomalies, big and small, doesn’t it?”
Wang Ping shook his head, stating.
“You misunderstand one thing. It’s because this fantastical world contains the Source of Darkness that immature anomalies can intrude and dare venture here. Otherwise, immature anomalies are likely to perish in this mysterious world.”
“Nevertheless, they mostly wreak havoc in the Lower Realm.”
Alpha said calmly.
“Mostly? You mean the Upper Realm has other anomalies besides the Source of Darkness?”
Wang Ping raised an eyebrow.
“Yes, but unlike those anomalies you encountered before, they won’t act unrestrainedly—that would be suicidal.”
Alpha’s cold voice resonated.
“The situation in the Upper Realm is becoming more and more complicated.”
Wang Ping sighed inwardly.
Then, collecting his thoughts, he began investigating Zhang Haoran’s world’s situation.
“Zhang Haoran’s world is indeed interesting. They can grow stronger by eating… In that world, people have the blessings of the God of Cuisine, and consuming delicious food enhances their physical prowess. The tastier the food, the greater the enhancement.”
“In that world, countless natural gourmet foods exist, and chefs who can enhance these foods hold revered positions. It’s practically a dream world for food lovers.”
Wang Ping smacked his lips, taking an interest in Zhang Haoran’s world.
“I wonder how strong the upper limit of this world is… If it’s high, that would be great. I’d love to go taste the delicacies and grow stronger.”
“The world is very strong, comparable to the Upper Realm of your mysterious world.”
Alpha’s voice suddenly sounded.
“Huh?”
Wang Ping was stunned by Alpha’s assessment.
What? A world where you grow stronger by eating can rival the Upper Realm?
How absurd.
“Are you sure?”
Wang Ping asked in astonishment.
“Yes. However, as people grow stronger in that world, they easily become consumed by their desire for food, wanting to devour everything.”
Alpha stated calmly.
“Interesting… If possible, I’d like to go for a taste.”
Wang Ping thought eagerly.
“I advise you not to enter that world rashly. Since everything can be food, you are no longer purely human. If you go there, the world’s rules might classify you as food, turning you into someone’s meal.”
Alpha kindly reminded.
“Uh…”
Wang Ping’s face twitched.
Being classified as food and becoming someone’s meal sounded absurdly ridiculous.
That world is truly bizarre.
“What if I create an avatar and send it there? Come to think of it, I’ve never tried using an avatar to explore and simulate in other worlds…”
Wang Ping rubbed his chin and asked with great interest.
“You have already been tagged by this world. Unless you can draw some special talents, it won’t work.”
Alpha’s cold voice sounded.
“Tsk, that’s really a pity…” Wang Ping shook his head, feeling a bit regretful.
“Talent, huh? If I could refresh a powerful talent and go to that special world, maybe my power would grow faster than in the Upper Realm. After all, the Upper Realm is still in the End of Dharma Era, where becoming a Saint is impossible. Even in a normal era, seeking the Dao is extremely difficult. And in that world, all you need to do is eat, eat, eat…”
Just then, the chat group’s system voice suddenly sounded, making Wang Ping slightly surprised.
“Ding, anomaly detected in the world where Zhang Hu is located. Group mission issued: Eliminate the anomaly. This group mission is mandatory, participation limited to five members, selected by Acting Group Master Wang Ping. Please prepare accordingly.”
“Another anomaly… You’re really not giving me a break.”
Wang Ping was a bit speechless.
“Come to think of it, hasn’t Zhang Hu’s world already experienced an anomaly? Why is there another one?”
“Who said that a world that has experienced an anomaly won’t encounter another one? Rather, worlds that have had anomalies are more likely to experience them again because their coordinates have been leaked.”
Alpha’s icy voice sounded again.
“I see…”
Wang Ping was at a loss for words.
Then, Wang Ping didn’t say much more and directly scrolled the chat group’s messages to the latest page.
At this moment, the chat group was indeed in an uproar.
Zhang Hu (5): “What the heck, what’s going on? Why is there another anomaly in my world? Wasn’t it already eliminated?”
Fang Yun (3): “Who knows what’s going on. By the way, I think I can join this group mission. The power level in Zhang Hu’s world isn’t high; I can totally coast through! Haha.jpg.”
Chen Yao (71): “. Another anomaly in the same world? That’s a dangerous signal.”
Lin Yuanyuan (80): “The magic world… brings back some memories.”
Qin Tian (77): “Haha, of course, it brings back memories for you. After all, that’s the world where you made your first fortune… Funny.jpg.”
Lin Yuanyuan (80): “Rather than first fortune, it’s more like the beginning of my freedom. So, I’m planning to join this group mission for some nostalgia.”
Ye Xiaofan (75): “666.”
Yu Zhengtao (91): “Ugh, an anomaly appeared so quickly… Fortunately, I’m a newbie. According to the seniors, the previous chat group situations were too dangerous.”
Zhang Haoran (92): “Newbie trembling… I won’t go.”
Wang Ping (66): “Alright, enough chatting. Lin Yuanyuan and Fang Yun have signed up. Who else wants to join? Raise your hands.”
Wu Jun (20): “Count me in, I’m going.”
Cai Yonglong (1): “Me too. After all, I’m Wang Ge’s task buddy.”
Qin Tian (77): “Damn, Cai Ge took my spot. I am the real task buddy! Gritting teeth.jpg.”
Cai Yonglong (1): “(ˉ▽￣～) Cut~~”
Wang Ping (66): “Alright, sign-ups are over. This group mission’s members are Lin Yuanyuan, Fang Yun, Cai Yonglong, and Wu Jun.”
After that, Wang Ping didn’t say much and went silent.
“System, I want to conduct a Paid Simulation.”
Wang Ping then silently said in his heart.
It had become Wang Ping’s habit to conduct a Paid Simulation before a group mission.
“Ding, consuming ten catties of lower-grade divine sources, payment successful, Life Simulator activated, talent refreshing…”
The system’s voice sounded.
“Ding, talent refresh successful. Congratulations to the host for successfully refreshing the purple talent – Infinite Blade, and the red talent – Ascetic Monk.”
Purple Talent – Infinite Blade: With this talent, the host’s attack might trigger a critical hit, dealing double damage.
Red Talent – Ascetic Monk: With this talent, the host will embrace Buddhism, becoming an ascetic monk, which increases cultivation speed.
“One purple and one red?”
Wang Ping was slightly surprised.
He thought his luck would worsen after consecutively drawing golden talents, but he didn’t expect to get a purple and a red talent.
However, Wang Ping wasn’t thrilled. Instead, he felt oddly uneasy, as if his luck being this good was a sign that he was burning through his life force…
“Before, when drawing cards, after a burst of good luck, there would always be a period of bad luck. That’s normal. If good luck persists, you’re bound to take a big fall.”
Wang Ping inexplicably felt a bit anxious.
“Don’t overthink it. Maybe I’ve just altered my destiny by becoming stronger.”
Wang Ping rubbed his temples, forcibly dispelling the feeling of anxiety.
Then, instead of choosing a talent, he filled out the personnel list for the chat group mission.
Immediately after, Wang Ping turned into a white light and disappeared from the Purple Spirit Realm.
In the world where Zhang Hu was, Wang Ping, Cai Yonglong, Wu Jun, Lin Yuanyuan, and Fang Yun appeared one after another beside Zhang Hu.
At this moment, Zhang Hu was undoubtedly very carefree, in a private room with several beautiful women around him.
There were humans, elves, and even beastmen.
“Damn, you’re living quite the life.”
Wu Jun looked at the radiant Zhang Hu and said enviously.
Poor Wu Jun was an honest guy. Although he had gained power, he remained very low-key in his own world and never acted recklessly.
As for the initial conflicts between Wu Jun and Zhang Hu, they had long been resolved through numerous missions together.
“Tsk, really enviable… No, it’s infuriating.”
Fang Yun smacked his lips.
Although the martial arts world also had brothels, they clearly couldn’t compare to Zhang Hu’s flamboyance.
Of course, ever since he was revived, he had been training desperately and hadn’t visited a brothel for a long time.
“What are you envious of?”
Cai Yonglong tried to smack Fang Yun’s head, but Fang Yun caught his hand with one move.
“Hey, Brother Cai, you are just a three-layer Yin-Yang Mirror, while I’m already a big shot in the Life and Death Realm. What can you do against me?”
Fang Yun grinned and laughed heartily, feeling quite smug.
“You little…”
Cai Yonglong’s face twitched, feeling speechless.
Fang Yun’s cultivation speed was truly outrageous.
With Wang Ping’s help and the accumulation of various resources, his cultivation speed was already insanely fast, reaching the three-layer Yin-Yang Mirror in a short time.
But compared to Fang Yun, he was still far behind.
Fang Yun’s ‘Golden Finger’ that boosted his cultivation speed was truly astonishing.
And that was just his initial ‘Golden Finger.’ Once it was optimized, who knew how terrifying it could become…
“Don’t get too cocky. Once Yuanyuan gives me a direct transmission, your cultivation speed won’t be that impressive.”
Cai Yonglong could only say sourly.
“Hey, your cultivation level can increase quickly, but your understanding of cultivation won’t. Techniques and divine abilities still require your own practice.”
Fang Yun raised his eyebrows.
“Brother Wang, this kid is getting too arrogant. Can you beat him up?”
Cai Yonglong said through gritted teeth.
“Little Yun, you’re getting too cocky. Want to spar with me?”
Wang Ping glanced at Fang Yun, smiling faintly.
Lin Yuanyuan also glanced at Fang Yun, chuckling softly: “I can spar with you too.”
“Uh…”
Fang Yun’s face twitched, not daring to say anything more.
Brother Wang was a Void God, and Lin Yuanyuan was a quasi-immortal. He was just a small fry in the Life and Death Realm, not someone he could provoke.
“Alright, Zhang Hu, let them leave.”
Then, Wang Ping looked at Zhang Hu and the girls who were looking at them uncertainly and spoke lightly.
Seeing this, Zhang Hu naturally didn’t dare to say more and let all the women leave.
Next, without wasting words, Wang Ping spoke directly in his mind.
“System, I choose the purple talent: Infinite Blade…”
“Ding, talent selection successful, life simulation begins…”
The System’s voice echoed.
Immediately, Wang Ping felt his consciousness shift, his vision transformed, and he appeared in Blue Flame Valley, entering an immersive simulation state.
“System, fast forward.”
Wang Ping then continued.
“Ding, fast-forwarding…”
The System’s voice sounded again, a screen appeared, and familiar text floated before him.
【On the first day, you chose to cultivate. Because your pseudo-laws of spacetime reached the Great Perfection level, you had no further insights. In this era and the Lower Realm, it is difficult to advance further and comprehend the laws that only saints can perceive.】
【Therefore, it is better to comprehend more pseudo-laws to lay a solid foundation for future law creation.】
【After setting up many contingencies in the Lower Realm to respond to future crises in the Purple Spirit Realm, you chose to ascend to the Upper Realm.】
【Upon ascending, as you remembered, you joined the Dao Palace. However, the plot development had a slight deviation from your memory.】
【The Dao Palace Master noticed you cultivated the Dao Palace’s Emperor Scripture, and was very surprised and puzzled. You could only explain that it was passed down to you by a senior from the Dao Palace.】
【This surprised the Dao Palace Master, but he did not delve deeper. After all, if it weren’t for a senior from the Dao Palace, you couldn’t have cultivated the Dao Palace’s Emperor Scripture. If you had accidentally learned it, you wouldn’t have willingly come to the Dao Palace.】
【Of course, with your Spacetime Dao Body, even if you accidentally learned it, coming to the Dao Palace would still make you a prized treasure.】
【Subsequently, as in your memory, you became the Dao Palace’s Dao Child. With the resources of the Dao Palace, your cultivation reached the Great Perfection level of the Void God Realm within decades.】
【Then, the Great Saint Secret Realm opened. You knew that the Great Saint Secret Realm was bait for the remnant soul of a Great Saint, so you chose not to enter and continued to cultivate cautiously.】
【As the contention for the Great Saint Secret Realm ended with various factions suffering losses, you also learned that the Dao Palace lost a strong God Sovereign Realm expert, putting the Dao Palace Master in great distress. In this era, God Sovereign Realm experts are top-tier forces and are rare, making them precious to the Dao Palace.】
【At the same time, you learned who obtained the sacred medicine. The sacred medicine went to the Zhang family, the current top family on the Great Origin Ancient Star. As for the one who received the inheritance, their identity was also revealed.】
【Rumors say the person who received the inheritance is a rogue cultivator calling himself Lin Yan. However, even though he is a rogue cultivator, he possesses a powerful special physique, rivaling the heirs of major factions, and even surpassing them.】
【Thus, many factions are searching for this rogue cultivator to obtain the Great Saint’s inheritance. Of course, if they could recruit him, that would be ideal.】
【You heard this and shook your head, mourning this Lin Yan for three seconds. Without your intervention, Lin Yan should be the unlucky one to be possessed by the Great Saint’s remnant soul.】
【In a blink of an eye, a century passed, and you successfully broke through to the quasi-immortal level and created your own top-tier divine techniques and abilities.】
【After breaking through to the quasi-immortal level, you did not continue to seclude yourself but chose to relax. As for Lin Qinghe’s matter, you kept an eye on her.】
【However, you did not plan to alert the enemy this time. You have been pondering a question. Despite Lin Qinghe having the Devouring Immortal Demon Body, why was she only at the seventh level of the Void God Realm after a thousand years?】
【Given the strength of the Devouring Immortal Demon Body, coupled with another soul token within her, it wouldn’t surprise you if she reached the Great Perfection level of the True God Realm or even becoming a God Sovereign in a thousand years.】
【The Devouring Immortal Demon Body, while not as helpful in enlightenment as the Spacetime Dao Body, has few rivals in terms of cultivation speed.】
【Yet Lin Qinghe, after a thousand years, only reached the seventh level of the Void God Realm, as if she was cultivating on her own.】
【After some thought, you believe that Lin Qinghe hasn’t entered the demonic path yet and hasn’t used the Devouring Immortal Demon Body to become stronger. Instead, some past events made her accept the Devouring Immortal Demon Body and choose that path.】
【Thinking this, you feel that forcing Lin Qinghe to expose herself and flee in your last simulation might have caused her to accept the demonic body early, quickly becoming stronger, which backfired.】
【At this point, you consider approaching Lin Qinghe to find out what has happened to make her accept the Devouring Immortal Demon Body and fully enter the demonic path.】
As the text simulation ended here, numerous scenes and cultivation insights appeared in Wang Ping’s mind.
Finally, Wang Ping’s vision changed, and he appeared in the Dao Palace.
“Again at a branching storyline. Approaching Lin Qinghe now… isn’t that courting death?”
Wang Ping frowned slightly, feeling conflicted.
Investigating last time led to his possession by the Great Saint’s remnant soul.
This time, if he rashly approached Lin Qinghe, trouble might arise again.
“Come to think of it, that Lin Yan actually has a name…”
Wang Ping recalled the text simulation’s plot, his expression strange.
Although not absolutely certain, characters who appear by name in the text simulations are definitely not ordinary side characters.
By logic, if he was merely an unlucky soul consumed by the Great Saint’s remnant soul, it should be the Great Saint’s remnant soul that was named, not the possessed.
“Don’t tell me, this Lin Yan wasn’t devoured by the Great Saint’s remnant soul but instead defeated it…”
Wang Ping suddenly thought of this possibility, his eyes gleaming.
If that’s true, then this Lin Yan becomes quite intriguing; his secrets must be astonishing.
“Interesting… maybe I can probe him later.”
Wang Ping chuckled, noting down Lin Yan’s name.
Immediately, Wang Ping thought of the branch option this time and felt a bit conflicted.
“In the future, for exploring or anything like that, I should still use the Free Simulation. Although for someone like me now, as long as my cultivation doesn’t improve, lower-grade divine sources don’t count for much, if the subsequent rewards don’t refresh, I will have to advance to the Upper Realm early. That would still be somewhat risky.”
After thinking it over, Wang Ping chose to give up the idea of approaching Lin Qinghe.
Now is not the time.
This time’s simulation is to refresh good rewards to deal with potential anomalous crises, so it’s better to be cautious.
Thinking of this, Wang Ping said in his heart, “System, continue to fast-forward.”
As soon as the words fell, a screen appeared, and text continued to float.
【After making your decision, you no longer approach Lin Qinghe and instead cultivate diligently, aiming to break through to the True God Realm before the Mo Family makes their move.】
【However, in this age of the end of laws, it’s clearly not so easy to step into the True God Realm. Even if you have talent, it’s the same. In this age, with the suppression of Heavenly Dao, it’s very normal for some prodigies to be stuck at the half-step True God Realm for thousands of years.】
【Maybe, with your extraordinary talent, you can break through to True God in a short time, but wanting to break through in less than a thousand years, unless you have the relevant opportunities, it’s still difficult to force a successful breakthrough without affecting your foundation.】
【Besides that, stepping from the Void God Realm to the True God Realm actually holds great danger. The Void God Realm only involves condensing the divine body and divine soul, and the mana undergoes qualitative change, but it still counts as a pseudo-god. Only when reaching the True God Realm can one be called a true deity.】
【The True God Realm not only undergoes another transformation in essence, energy, and spirit but most importantly establishes the divine platform. After the divine platform appears, it can collect the faith of all beings.】
【As long as the faith of all beings remains, even if a True God falls, there’s a slight chance of resurrection. Many True Gods set up safeguards. If they have the ability to descend to the lower realms, they will choose to reveal divine miracles, spread faith, form deity totems, and be worshipped by all beings.】
【In such circumstances, some past True Gods, even if they fell, might gain new life through the totem. Although it’s impossible to return to their peak, they can still survive as totem deities, relying on the power of faith.】
【Of course, very few True Gods can survive in this way. Most True Gods are unable to activate this possibility and will fall completely.】
【Generally speaking, the higher the cultivation of the True God, the more substantial the constructed divine platform and divinity, plus the stronger the faith, the higher the chance of resurrection.】
【Aside from that, this also relates to one’s foundation and the future cultivation limit. Therefore, every half-step True God won’t rashly attack the True God Realm and needs to find enough excellent divine materials or spend a long time stacking divinity, or a combination of both, before making a breakthrough.】
【You have high-quality divine materials provided by the Dao Palace. Though not the best, they are good enough for this era, and you have no thoughts of disdain. After all, if you sought them yourself, you would likely struggle to find such good divine materials. Even if you found them, the chances of obtaining them at the risk of falling are small.】
【These are painful lessons learned while searching for resources in the Lower Realm, making you quite clear-hearted.】
【In a blink of an eye, several hundred years have passed. During these centuries, many things happened on the Great Origin Ancient Star, and it was far from peaceful, but you didn’t care, remaining in silent cultivation, accumulating foundations for a smooth breakthrough to the True God Realm.】
【Thus, after several hundred years, you still haven’t broken through to True God, but you’re not far from it.】
【However, at this point in time, you no longer intend to continue cultivating and decided to come out of seclusion.】
【The reason for coming out of seclusion is that it’s time for the Mo Family to descend to the lower realm. You plan to bring the strong of the Dao Palace with you, stop the Mo Family, and obtain the black magic stone from the Mo Family Young Master. You also plan to tackle the half-step Divine Lord level demon sealed on the Profound Turtle, and perform a soul search on it to obtain the secrets of the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign’s inheritance.】
【A secret realm formed by the remnant soul of a Great Saint already resulted in such a significant secret realm. Naturally, if you could obtain the inheritance of a Demon Sovereign, the gains would undoubtedly be tremendous and not to be missed.】
【When you mentioned inviting a Divine Lord Realm expert to accompany you with a Sacred Weapon to the lower realm, the Dao Palace Master was very surprised. However, he didn’t ask much but rather chose to help by inviting a Divine Lord Realm elder to descend with you.】
【Thus, led by the Divine Lord elder, you obtained the coordinates of the Purple Spirit Realm and descended directly to the lower realm.】
【Upon arriving at the lower realm, you found that the Purple Spirit Realm and the Blood Demon Realm were still at war. Although you left many preparations for Ye Chen and Ji Bingyan in the Purple Spirit Realm, even if Ye Chen is the Child of Destiny, growing up takes time.】
【Back when you were in the lower realm nurturing Ye Chen, it took over fifteen hundred years to have him break through to the Void God Realm, not to mention after you left the Upper Realm. At this time, Ye Chen is nothing more than an emperor.】
【As for Ji Bingyan, since you didn’t flirt with Ji Bingyue and Ji Xue’er and didn’t spend time getting familiar with Ji Bingyan, she didn’t accept the resources you provided and is still at the quasi-immortal level, confronting other quasi-immortals from the Blood Demon Realm.】
【After descending, you easily killed the strong from the Blood Demon Realm, leaving the people of the Purple Spirit Realm stunned. Ignoring their shock, you chatted briefly with Ye Chen and others, then went to the Profound Turtle, broke the spatial seal, entered the small world, and effortlessly subdued the demon.】
【Then you asked the Dao Palace’s Divine Lord elder to help you with the soul search. After all, this demon, at its peak, was a half-step Divine Lord. Although it is now extremely weak and you are at half-step True God level, performing the soul search is ultimately not stable, so it’s safer to let the elder handle it.】
【With the Dao Palace’s Divine Lord elder’s intervention, the demon screamed, suffering the agony of a forcible soul search, and became dazed, its soul severely damaged. The Dao Palace’s Divine Lord elder obtained a lot of information from its mind.】
【It turned out that this demon indeed knew the secret of the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign’s inheritance. However, the inheritance was not in the lower realm but in the Upper Realm.】
【Back then, the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign was extremely powerful but was hated by many cultivators due to his ruthless and domineering ways. He fought with the Azure Bamboo Emperor at the supreme realm, a battle that shook the heavens and dimmed the earth, even making it tough for the Azure Bamboo Emperor.】
【Eventually, the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign was defeated and fled grievously injured, his life-bound demonic weapon taken by the Azure Bamboo Emperor. In his severe state, heart demons arose, causing complications in his cultivation. After leaving his inheritance in the Upper Realm, he perished.】
【To open the inheritance, one must reclaim his life-bound demonic weapon, which is the key to the inheritance.】
【However, to prevent the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign from reclaiming his demonic weapon with the potential to grow into an emperor’s weapon, the Azure Bamboo Emperor sealed it in the Purple Spirit Realm.】
【The reason this demon, at its peak with only half-step Divine Lord strength, knew so much was that he met an odd cultivator who called himself the Heavenly Calculator.】
【The Heavenly Calculator, claiming to understand everything, told him the matters concerning the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign and the Azure Bamboo Emperor. Initially skeptical, the demon finally succumbed to his greed and ambition and decided to venture to the lower realm in search of the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign’s inheritance.】
【However, he was captured by so-called guardians in the lower realm and sealed here. He never even saw the Black Abyss Sovereign’s demonic weapon, a truly tragic fate.】
“So the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign had such a past…”
Wang Ping was shocked upon reading the simulation’s content.
To have fought a supreme Emperor at the same realm, even though he lost, causing the Emperor to struggle, was truly a case of losing yet still deserving honor.
If the Black Abyss Sovereign had not died, he surely had the potential to become an Emperor, and his demonic weapon could also become a supreme Emperor’s weapon.