182 – Breaking Through to True God! The Undying Anomaly!

“However, achieving the highest level in the demon path and still falling to heart demons, what a tragic end. It can only be said that losing in a battle of equals, having your weapon seized, and fleeing in disgrace shattered his Dao heart.”

Wang Ping thought of the death of the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign and shook his head slightly.

This is the path of cultivation, indeed too cruel.

“Speaking of which, who is the Heavenly Calculator, and why does he know so many secrets? Can he really calculate the heavens and the earth? If he has such abilities, why would he tell such things to a quasi-immortal demon cultivator?”

Wang Ping thought of the Heavenly Calculator from the text simulation and couldn’t help but furrow his brows.

This Heavenly Calculator is not simple; just what is he plotting? Wang Ping’s intuition told him that this man was very dangerous and must be guarded against, otherwise bad things could happen.

Then, Wang Ping exhaled lightly, composed his thoughts, and continued to stare at the screen. The text continued to appear.

【Afterwards, you and an elder of the Dao Palace at the God King Realm went to the Forbidden Ground of the Primordial Holy Land and saw the Black Abyss Demon Spear of the Black Abyss Supreme. The elder of the Dao Palace at the God King Realm also gave an answer: even if he unsealed his power, there was no chance of breaking the seal. Using a Breaking Talisman specifically designed for arrays might cause serious consequences.】

【You weren’t surprised by the answer from the elder of the Dao Palace at the God King Realm. After all, this was a great array and seal set up by the Azure Bamboo Emperor.】

【Although the Azure Bamboo Emperor was only at the Supreme level when he set up the seal, and after so many years the seal has weakened considerably, it still cannot be broken by someone at the God King Realm.】

【Next, you didn’t say much and chose to leave the Forbidden Ground of the Primordial Holy Land. Not long after, the Mo Family Young Master brought his servants and descended to the Lower Realm, where you caught them alive on the spot. With the Sacred Weapon brought by the elder of the Dao Palace at the God King Realm, even the Sacred Weapon carried by the Mo Family Young Master couldn’t act wildly and was easily suppressed.】

【You then obtained a black magic stone from the Mo Family Young Master and began to study it. You discovered that this black magic stone has an extraordinary power similar to the material and energy contained in the Black Abyss Demon Spear, no wonder the Mo Family Young Master was so confident in his ability to unseal it.】

【You asked the elder of the Dao Palace at the God King Realm if he knew the origin of the magic stone. The elder of the Dao Palace at the God King Realm shook his head, indicating that he did not know, but perhaps there might be some records in the library of the Dao Palace.】

【With that, you planned to return to the Upper Realm to check the records in the Dao Palace library. At this time, the Mo Family Young Master also began to beg for mercy, saying that he didn’t know the Dao Palace disciple also had designs on the inheritance of the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign, and admitted their mistake, hoping you would spare his life, expressing his willingness to submit to you.】

【Facing the Mo Family Young Master’s plea, you chose to perform a Secret Technique on him, making him your servant. The elder of the Dao Palace at the God King Realm didn’t say much about this. The Mo Family Young Master is considered a prodigy in the Upper Realm, so making him submit is not a bad thing.】

【As for whether the matter would be exposed? Even if it were exposed, the elder of the Dao Palace at the God King Realm didn’t think it would be a problem. Although the Dao Palace has declined, it is not to the extent that the declining Mo Family could take advantage of it. Even at its peak, the Mo Family only produced a Saint King, which is far weaker compared to the Dao Palace.】

【Next, you ordered the Mo Family Young Master to return to the Mo Family and to inform them that there is no such thing as the Black Abyss Demon Spear in the Lower Realm, then released him.】

【You, on the other hand, took Lin Yuanyuan, Ye Chen, Cai Yonglong, Bai Tianhong, and other acquaintances to ascend to the Upper Realm. After all, previously, you didn’t have the capability to bring them to the Upper Realm. Now that you had a God King Realm elder descending to the Lower Realm, naturally, you had the ability to take them along. They could only grow faster in the Upper Realm.】

【After returning to the Dao Palace, Lin Yuanyuan and the others joined the Dao Palace, while you went to the library, searching for the information you wanted. Not long after, you found information about the magic stone.】

【This magic stone, named the Heavenly Demon Stone, is one of the mysterious minerals used to forge demon weapons, extremely precious. Weapons forged from the Heavenly Demon Stone have high growth potential, making it a treasured material sought after by demon cultivators. Although it is primarily a material for demon cultivators, it also has wondrous effects when forging weapons for righteous cultivators, making it extraordinarily valuable.】

【In addition to this, the Heavenly Demon Stone has another great use, which is to temper one’s will. However, doing so also carries some risks, such as easily falling into deviation.】

【Acknowledging the value of the Heavenly Demon Stone, you praised it and planned to use it for cultivation in the future. If you come across something good in the future, you could also use it for exchange.】

【Next, you left the library and planned to continue secluded cultivation. During this period, news spread that the Saintess of the Yuan Family broke through to the True God Realm, defeating several prodigies and even defeating the Sect Leader of a divine sect, shocking the Great Origin Ancient Star.】

【Not only did the Saintess of the Yuan Family step into the True God Realm with outstanding battle achievements, but successors of influential factions in the Great Origin Ancient Star, like the Saint Son of the Zhang Family and those from the Hengyuan Holy Dynasty, also entered the True God Realm, beginning to challenge various heroes, fight for others’ fortunes, and cultivate their invincible hearts, laying groundwork for future sanctification and reaching the three realms of enlightenment.】

【Hearing the news of these individuals breaking through to the True God Realm and starting various intense battles didn’t surprise you. These people were true prodigies, older than you by one or two thousand years. When you first ascended to the Upper Realm, they were already at the quasi-immortal realm, so their successive breakthroughs were not unexpected.】

【Of course, for cultivators in the Upper Realm, especially those in the Void God and True God Realms, an age of three to four thousand years is equivalent to the teenage years of mortals, so they can still be called young prodigies.】

【It can only be said that the concept of time is different for cultivators. Often, a single closed-door cultivation can consume hundreds of years.】

【However, you didn’t care about the prodigies of the Great Origin Ancient Star who began fierce battles, instead deciding to continue secluded cultivation, aiming to break through to the True God Realm before emerging.】

【Unfortunately, even if you don’t seek trouble, trouble comes to you. The Saintess of the Yuan Family came directly to the Dao Palace to challenge you. You felt helpless; this person has really targeted you and holds a grudge.】

【From your perspective, be it the last memory or this simulation, it was always the younger brother of the Saintess of the Yuan Family who challenged first and was instantly defeated by you, resulting in a problem with their Dao heart. It has nothing to do with you; it can only be said that their Dao heart was too fragile. Nevertheless, the Saintess of the Yuan Family unrelentingly seeks revenge.】

【In recent years, you had heard that the Saintess of the Yuan Family challenged you several times, but each time you were in secluded cultivation, attempting to break through to the True God Realm. Hence, she was always turned away. This time, she probably heard you had emerged and came soon after her breakthrough.】

【Thus, feeling annoyed by her, you decided to seize this opportunity to claim a Sacred Weapon from this unreasonable woman and accepted her challenge.】

【The battle between you erupted under the witness of various elites. Ultimately, you didn’t hold back, using the Dao Palace’s Emperor Scripture and the Great Perfection pseudo-laws of Spacetime to the extreme, defeating the Saintess of the Yuan Family in the True God Realm by leveraging your quasi-immortal realm strength.】

【Being defeated by you across levels, the Saintess of the Yuan Family, who had wagered a Sacred Weapon, was somewhat dejected, almost shattering her Dao heart. The Yuan Family felt deeply pained, while the Dao Palace Master couldn’t stop laughing.】

【The result of the battle shocked the entire Great Origin Ancient Star. After all, Spacetime is the most difficult path to comprehend. You managed to grasp the Great Perfection pseudo-laws of Spacetime at the quasi-immortal realm, which is incredibly terrifying. Furthermore, defeating the Saintess of the Yuan Family in the True God Realm across levels was enough to astonish everyone.】

【This battle directly established you as the number one prodigy of the Great Origin Ancient Star, and the strongest among your peers, causing other prodigies on the Great Origin Ancient Star to fall silent, unable to disobey.】

【Ignoring the external uproar, you refrained from further disturbance in the outside world, choosing secluded cultivation once again to strive for breaking through to the True God Realm and constructing your divine platform.】

In the blink of an eye, twenty years had passed. You finished your seclusion and successfully broke through to the True God Realm, facing an extremely terrifying Heavenly Tribulation. Faced with this, you had no fear and overcame the tribulation with your formidable power, stepping into the True God Realm and becoming a true god. In the current Upper Realm, you could now be considered a true strongman.

After all, the leaders of the great divine sects were no more than at the True God Realm, and you had already reached this level, with cultivation no weaker than theirs. Your peers had taken thousands of years to reach this level.

After your breakthrough, the experts of the Dao Palace all congratulated you, and you were very happy. At this moment, a terrifying pressure swept across the entire Great Origin Ancient Star, causing the whole star to tremble.

This terrifying pressure was not directed at the other forces and beings of the Great Origin Ancient Star but specifically targeted the Dao Palace. Thus, the Dao Palace’s Emperor’s Weapon was alarmed and immediately revived to withstand this pressure.

In addition, the ancestors of the Dao Palace, sealed within divine sources, were also awakened. They broke out of the divine sources and rushed out, intending to wield the Emperor’s Weapon to counter this pressure.

You were extremely shocked at this scene, not expecting such a terrifying enemy to target the Dao Palace. However, you recalled that the Dao Palace still existed several hundred years later, so there shouldn’t be any major issues. The Dao Palace should have withstood this calamity.

However, you were overthinking. The Dao Palace’s ancestors emerged, wielding the Emperor’s Weapon to confront the mysterious strong enemy in the cosmos, only to be killed in one strike. Even the Emperor’s Weapon could not protect him.

Then, you were directly seized by a terrifying force and abducted. After being taken away, you were immediately refined by the other party. It turned out that their goal was you.

Because during your Heavenly Tribulation, the aura of your Spacetime Dao Body was revealed, sensed by this terrifying figure. Therefore, he targeted the origin of your Spacetime Dao Body. Such a physique was greatly beneficial even to someone of his strength.

Knowing that there was no hope for survival in front of such an opponent, you chose not to use the Rebirth Talisman to revive yourself, avoiding giving him another chance to refine you.

Due to your death, this simulation ended.

As the text simulation reached this point, many scenes and cultivation insights flashed through Wang Ping’s mind, and his vision changed.

He found himself in a deep, mysterious place where a terrifying figure with an indistinguishable face was refining and absorbing the essence of his Spacetime Dao Body.

“This guy can even blast away the Emperor’s Weapon and forcefully kill the self-sealed ancestor of the Dao Palace with such overwhelming power. What level of terrifying cultivation has he reached?”

Wang Ping silently watched this figure, marveling in his heart.

“However, it’s currently the era of the end of laws. The fact that he possesses such terrifying power means he must have had this cultivation level ten thousand years ago. For someone like him, living for ten thousand years might be an extremely easy thing.”

Wang Ping made another conjecture.

He also found it quite troublesome.

He didn’t expect that his Spacetime Dao Body would be so attractive to these ancient monsters, causing the other party to ignore the power of the Emperor’s Weapon and forcibly attack the Dao Palace to abduct and refine him.

“But considering the uniqueness of the Spacetime Dao Body, this might be a very normal thing. It seems that I should hide it more carefully in the future and not expose my physique casually. Of course, the reason for this outcome is probably because I used the power of the Spacetime Dao Body during the Heavenly Tribulation to temper myself. This caused the terrifying figure to sense me,”

“Otherwise, the opponent could have acted at any time and would not have waited until now. Additionally, there is a possibility that the opponent just happened to pass by the Great Origin Ancient Star and discovered my Spacetime Dao Body. If that’s the case, then I am truly unlucky.”

Wang Ping rubbed his chin, thinking to himself.

As Wang Ping was thinking, his consciousness shifted, and his vision changed again, returning to the world where Zhang Hu was.

“Ding, rewards successfully generated. The host can choose two from the following rewards:

1. True God Realm First Layer cultivation.
2. Purple Talent: Infinite Blade.
3. Life-bound divine weapon (top-grade divine weapon level).
4. Sacred Weapon of the Yuan Family.
5. Devil Stone.”

“This purple talent really doesn’t make any impression at all…”

Wang Ping looked at the reward list and couldn’t help but complain.

Of course, Wang Ping was also very clear that the reason the purple talent made no impression was still because he experienced too few battles in the simulation.

To be precise, it was because there were too few life-and-death battles that pushed him to the limit.

Otherwise, it would definitely have been prominently highlighted in the simulation.

As for his battle with the Holy Maiden of the Yuan Family, whether it activated the purple talent: Infinite Blade’s effect was also unknown.

“As usual, I won’t choose the rewards for now. I’ll simulate once more to find out the circumstances of the anomaly first.”
Wang Ping collected his thoughts, thinking to himself.

With his current strength, as long as he didn’t encounter anomalous big bosses, the initial anomalies in the chat group were actually quite manageable.

Simply put, with enough strength and intelligence, it’s easy to crush any anomaly encountered.

Besides, in Wang Ping’s view, an anomaly that ends up in a relatively weak world can’t be that formidable.

This task shouldn’t be too difficult.

“System, I want to initiate a free simulation,” Wang Ping said silently in his heart.

“Ding, Life Simulator activated, free simulation starting,” the system’s voice rang out.

Immediately after, Wang Ping felt his consciousness flicker and entered a fully immersive simulation state.

“System, fast forward,” Wang Ping said again.

“Ding, fast forwarding,” the system’s voice echoed again. The screen appeared, and familiar text emerged.

【Day 1, you chose to take action. Your approach was straightforward and rough, covering the entire world with your divine sense, trying to find anomalies directly. However, you didn’t discover any anomalies.】

【In response, you searched even more aggressively. You simply blew up the entire world.】

【Yet, you were surprised to find that you still didn’t hear the group task completion prompt. This made you realize instantly that the anomaly wasn’t in the Lower Realm but in the Divine Realm.】

【Therefore, after locating the connection between the Lower Realm and the Divine Realm through your senses, you tore open the space and forcefully traveled to the Divine Realm, bringing along Cai Yonglong and others.】

【Upon arriving in the Divine Realm, you discovered that the Divine Realm had drastically changed. You didn’t sense the presence of many deities, only the presence of one deity. This presence was both bright and evil, giving a very contradictory feeling.】

【You quickly deduced that this was the aura of the Lord of Light, who had been possessed by an anomaly. The anomaly that possessed the Lord of Light had directly annihilated the other deities and devoured them.】

【At this moment, the aura of the Lord of Light had become immensely powerful. Even you, in your current state, were astonished by the aura of the Lord of Light.】

【In your opinion, the strength of the unpossessed Lord of Light was at most at the Nirvana Realm level. However, the current Lord of Light had already reached the power level of the Void God Realm. This level of improvement was simply terrifying.】

【While you were sensing the strength of the anomaly, the anomaly was not surprised by your arrival. Instead, it welcomed you all, which made Cai Yonglong and others quite baffled, and you furrowed your brows.】

【To be honest, you were a bit surprised by the anomaly’s reaction but not particularly shocked. Since this world had encountered anomalies before, and the Lord of Light had collaborated with anomalies and knew they had come to participate in the task, it was clear that this world had been protected. The appearance of an anomaly would naturally trigger the world’s self-rescue response and seek help from the outside world.】

【You didn’t waste time with the anomaly, directly engaging in a fierce battle. You easily destroyed the anomaly. Although the anomaly was strong, it was only at the level of an ordinary Void God Realm. To you now, it was nothing.】

【After all, while your cultivation was only at the first level of the Void God Realm, your other configurations were too high, far exceeding an ordinary Void God Realm.】

【However, something serious happened. After you killed the anomaly, it revived again. And this time, its strength became even stronger. You fought it again and killed it once more.】

【Yet, the anomaly revived once more, its strength now significantly stronger, reaching the level of the seventh layer of the Void God Realm. You began to suspect that if you killed it again, its strength might equal or even surpass yours.】

【This anomaly grew stronger the more it was killed. When you ascended to the Upper Realm, the Lower Realm you destroyed had no more followers, and the Divine Realm had no other life; in other words, it didn’t revive through followers.】

【Therefore, you could only speculate that the opponent’s revival had a limit, or the revival ability had an upper limit. Only by using power far beyond its tolerance to completely destroy it might it truly die.】

【But from the previous battles, it was evident that you didn’t have the power to exceed its tolerance limit. After all, you used your full strength initially, yet it still revived.】

【As for killing it again and betting on its revival limit, that was too risky. So, you could only think of one solution: let Lin Yuanyuan overpower it and drain the anomaly dry.】

【This method had solved anomalies multiple times. You could say Lin Yuanyuan had become something of an anomaly specialist.】

【At that moment, you unleashed your divine ability in the area of spacetime, forcibly controlling it. Then, you had Lin Yuanyuan forcibly possess the anomaly that had taken over the Lord of Light.】

【But something happened that left you all speechless. The Lord of Light, who was clearly a male god, turned out to have a woman’s body when disrobed. The anomaly mocked you, stating that after you killed one of its kind this way before, did you think it would fall for the same trick again?】

【In fact, Lin Yuanyuan’s ability could be easily countered. Simply transforming into a woman prevented normal intercourse. Besides, cutting off the root of desires and eliminating lust, as well as physiological suppression techniques, could also avoid being killed after being forcibly controlled.】

【Since forcing it didn’t work, Lin Yuanyuan was helpless. She was encountering this situation for the first time. Cai Yonglong, Fang Yun, and Wu Jun were also stunned, not expecting such an outcome.】

【Next, you had Wu Jun try, to see if he could trigger a positive possibility and get rid of the anomaly.】

【Upon hearing your words, Wu Jun unhesitatingly activated his ability. Then, under the anomaly’s bewildered and horrified gaze, his body turned to ashes, and he completely died.】

【After the anomaly died, you all received the group task prompt, declaring that you had completed the group task. You were speechless, not expecting that your intense battle to control it would end up with Wu Jun directly triggering an instant death possibility… It was truly terrifying.】

【However, this strategy is not a normal approach and doesn’t help much in killing the anomaly in reality. After all, Wu Jun could activate this possibility in the simulation but it might not be the same in reality.】

【Due to the completion of the group mission, you chose to actively exit the simulation.】

【The simulation ends due to your choice.】

As the text simulation ended, numerous scenes appeared in Wang Ping’s mind, and then he exited the simulation state, his vision returning to the private room.

“Brother Wang, how’s the situation?”

Seeing Brother Wang’s expression change, Lin Yuanyuan was the first to ask.

“The situation is a bit troublesome.”

Wang Ping frowned as he spoke.

Hearing this, everyone’s expressions became slightly more serious.

Brother Wang is now a Void God Realm expert.

If even Brother Wang says it’s a bit troublesome, it means that the anomaly is not simple and is probably more difficult than any they have faced before.

Wang Ping glanced at everyone, not wanting to waste time, and directly explained the contents of the simulation.

After listening, everyone looked at each other.

This anomaly actually knew they were coming and was guarding against Lin Yuanyuan’s ability… It’s really terrifying.

“Brother Wang, could it be possible that the anomaly is baiting us? The development in the simulation might not be accurate, just like what happened in Wu Yueming’s world…”

Cai Yonglong couldn’t help but send a transmission to Wang Ping.

He knew Wang Ping’s life simulator couldn’t simulate the situations of the myriad realms.

If another anomaly appeared when they arrive, it would be problematic.

“I also considered this possibility, so it’s giving me a headache.”

Wang Ping replied, frowning.

Although another anomaly didn’t appear in the simulator, it doesn’t mean it won’t happen in reality.

Possibly, the other side is on the way and could break into this world at any time.

If that’s the case, they might still face a possibility of total annihilation.

“Wu Jun’s Golden Finger strategy is unreliable… What should we do? The anomaly may not have any dangerous abilities, but killing it only for it to revive and become stronger every time is still a big problem.”

Zhang Hu spoke with frustration.

“Don’t worry. I’ll try again.”

Wang Ping shook his head and closed his eyes again.

Seeing this, everyone also quieted down.

“System, I want to perform a Free Simulation.”

Wang Ping said in his heart.

“Ding, Life Simulator activated, Free Simulation commencing.”

The system’s voice sounded again, Wang Ping’s consciousness flickered, and he re-entered the immersive simulation state.

“System, fast forward for me.”

Wang Ping said.

“Ding, fast-forwarding.”

The system’s voice rang out again, the screen appeared, and text floated into view.

【On the first day, you took action again. However, this time, you didn’t annihilate the Lower Realm but directly headed to the Upper Realm. Upon arriving in the Upper Realm, you found the anomaly already waiting for you.】

This time, you did not intend to kill the anomaly but used your power to seal it. However, although you didn’t kill it, the anomaly’s strength is clearly increasing.

It is evident that this anomaly has another ability—growing stronger by harnessing the power of faith. Moreover, because it has devoured other deities, all faith in the Lower Realm now belongs solely to it.

For this reason, you frowned and massacred the entire Lower Realm. The anomaly’s power stopped growing after that, but it continued mocking you because you couldn’t kill it.

In response, you didn’t waste any words and directly had Wu Jun use his Golden Finger. However, this time, Wu Jun’s Golden Finger failed to trigger the instant death effect. Instead of killing the anomaly, it revived all the gods.

With the revival of the gods, the anomaly’s power drastically weakened. Seeing this, you had to admit it. Wu Jun’s Golden Finger is too much of a bug, essentially an all-powerful wishing machine. However, this wishing machine is random, and anything could happen.

Next, after some thought, you attempted to use your most powerful Secret Technique, burning your core essence, to launch the strongest strike against the weakened anomaly. However, even after you killed the anomaly, it revived again.

You had no way to deal with him completely. After getting a headache over this, you voluntarily ended this simulation. Continuing it would only be a waste of time, utterly meaningless.

‘What a bother.’

Wang Ping looked at the simulation content and sighed.

The power of the Void God Realm First Layer cannot kill this anomaly; he had thoroughly proven this.

In other words, he could only enhance his combat strength through the rewards of the Paid Simulation to utterly eliminate this anomaly.

However, once he picks a cultivation reward, the cost for Paid Simulation will skyrocket, making it truly unbearable.

After all, progressing from Void God Realm First Layer to True God Realm First Layer means not only crossing a major realm but also several minor realms. The resource expenditure for the next Paid Simulation would make his scalp tingle.

And from the previous Paid Simulation by the Dao Palace Master, he knew that resources were scarce in the Age of Endemic Magic. Even if he ascended to the Upper Realm, it might not be possible to obtain enough cultivation resources for another Paid Simulation in a short time.

‘So, I can’t choose cultivation; I only have two choices left.’

Wang Ping thought silently.

Choose the Sacred Weapon and the purple talent: Infinite Blade.

Using the power of the Sacred Weapon to suppress and kill the anomaly.

If the purple talent: Infinite Blade could trigger a critical strike again, that would be ideal.

If even with the power of the Sacred Weapon, he can’t completely suppress and kill the anomaly, Wang Ping would have no choice but to run.

This anomaly cannot be killed; it’s too dangerous to provoke, and it might even be baiting a trap.

For this reason, it would be better to retreat to the Purple Spirit Realm, continue to strengthen through simulations, and come back to deal with it later.

As for whether Zhang Hu would encounter any trouble during this period, Wang Ping could only mourn for him and this world for three seconds.

‘Brother Wang, what’s with that look? I’m a bit scared.’

Seeing Wang Ping looking at himself with a sympathetic gaze, Zhang Hu felt his scalp tingle, feeling extremely panicked.

‘It’s nothing. It’s inevitable; you’ll have to relocate.’

Wang Ping comforted Zhang Hu and said.

‘Damn!’ Zhang Hu’s face darkened, knowing the situation must be terrible.

Wang Ping didn’t hide anything and explained the situation.

This caused everyone to look at each other in dismay.

This anomaly’s revival ability is simply outrageous. No matter how many times it is killed, it comes back to life, leaving them in a quandary.

‘We’ll try to enhance our combat strength and give it one last shot. If it doesn’t work, we should prepare for Chen Si from the group to come and assist. If even that doesn’t work, we’ll prepare to retreat.’

Wang Ping swept his gaze over everyone and candidly spoke these words.

Even after becoming much stronger, Wang Ping felt that temporarily retreating from the anomaly was not a disgraceful action. Preservation of life was paramount.

‘Agreed.’

Upon hearing his words, everyone couldn’t help but nod.

Only Zhang Hu felt somewhat melancholic.

This world is quite nice…he really doesn’t want it to be destroyed…