241 – The Upper Realm Refined! Breaking through to Supreme!

No one expected that there would be a huge hand manipulating everything, wanting to wipe out all the prodigies in the Upper Realm… truly ruthless…

What’s more, he succeeded. He successfully swapped the entrance to the secret realm, slaughtered most of the prodigies who entered, devoured their essence, and successfully refined the legendary Chaos Body…

According to Ye Chen’s description, the Chaos Body is frighteningly powerful. With the strength of one person, it fought against the remaining prodigies, gaining the upper hand. If it weren’t for your intervention, pulling it into another time-space, all the prodigies would have died…

Thinking of this, everyone looked at you with a change in expression. The calculations behind this mastermind’s plan are terrifying, and your actions are equally surprising. You survived the battle against the Chaos Body and suppressed Gu Xuan, who erupted with almost the same power just before you made a move. Such combat strength is truly astounding…

However, before this, you appeared to be quite unremarkable, known as the ordinary emperor’s son, the most disgraceful one in the Taiyi Emperor Palace. It can only be said that you hid too deeply, a master of patience…

Subsequently, everyone questioned the Immortal Palace as to why they failed so miserably, being repeatedly calculated against, causing their descendants to die tragically. They demanded an explanation, or they would not let this go…

Faced with the accusations from various factions, the master of the Immortal Palace wore a solemn expression, urging them to remain calm and giving the Immortal Palace some time. They promised to investigate the mastermind and eliminate him, giving everyone an explanation…

The master of the Immortal Palace’s response did not satisfy the factions. They mocked the Immortal Palace, suggesting internal problems or even involvement in the conspiracy; otherwise, who could have such great ability to accomplish all this…

The master of the Immortal Palace had nothing to say to these taunts. Even he didn’t believe there were no internal issues. However, he was also well aware of the real purpose behind the factions’ aggressive stance…

They weren’t just looking for accountability; they were applying pressure. Since the prodigies were dead and the outcome irreversible, they wanted to probe into the secrets of the Immortal Palace, to see why it remained so mysterious and constantly in control of the Immortal Gate and the secrets of immortal fate…

This time, the factions had seemingly seized the handle of the Immortal Palace. If the Immortal Palace didn’t compromise, this matter could become very troublesome. However, expecting the Immortal Palace to compromise, reveal many secrets, or even hand over certain important places, was impossible…

Just as the atmosphere was growing tenser, an even more terrifying presence arrived. The head of the Eternal Life Gu family appeared, who was also Gu Xuan’s father…

When the head of the Gu family arrived, everyone looked over, their expressions serious and somewhat apprehensive, but their thoughts were also racing…

After all, in this secret realm event, Gu Xuan was also positioned as one of the masterminds. Although this was just Ye Chen’s account, Gu Xuan had been labeled, and he was already dead…

With him dead, any defense was futile. If they wished, they could use this to target the Eternal Life Gu family…

Of course, after considering it, they didn’t do so. Probing the secrets of the Immortal Palace was more important at this time, and the power of the Eternal Life Gu family was indispensable. In the Upper Realm, only the Eternal Life Gu family vaguely rivaled the Immortal Palace…

Although this was just speculation, since the Eternal Life Gu family and the Immortal Palace had never had conflicts, the involvement of the Gu family would ensure stability…

Then, all the old monsters from various factions looked at you, thinking you were a good pawn to win over the Gu family. After all, you suppressed Gu Xuan, and Gu Xuan died by your hands. Although Ye Chen said it was the Chaos Body’s doing, there’s no evidence to support that…

You noticed the stares from these old monsters, sensing a crisis. You inhaled deeply, stepped forward modestly, and used your Divine Ability to project your memories, trying hard to prove your innocence…

Meanwhile, you also spoke about many things you knew and some speculations. However, you didn’t mention that the anomaly might already be dead, as you weren’t in an immersive simulation this time and didn’t have a god’s perspective on those events. As you explained, the expressions of those present changed once again. If what you said was true, it could be a big problem…

Due to the various multiverse forces, everyone knew a bit about anomalies. Anomalies are extremely dangerous; once discovered, they must be eliminated. If the presence who refined the Chaos Body with the Devouring Immortal Demon Body was indeed an anomaly, it would make sense how he could control Gu Xuan and so many prodigies without anyone detecting it…

Thus, now didn’t seem the time for argument or probing the Immortal Palace, but rather the time to find and kill the anomalous mastermind. Additionally, any force possibly collaborating with the anomaly must be found and eliminated…

Otherwise, once the anomaly fully grows, it will be a disaster for the Upper Realm. The anomaly’s purpose is the destruction of all life, even the world…

This is undoubtedly a matter of survival for all forces and must be treated seriously. Internal strife at this time would be extremely foolish…

Therefore, upon the confirmation of the anomaly’s presence through your memory projections and the anomalous aura you captured, the old monsters from various forces decided to calm down and set aside their personal grievances. The major figures began entering the Immortal Palace to discuss the major issue…

After the head of the Eternal Life Gu family took Gu Xuan’s body away, he also gave you a deep look. The gaze of an unfathomable emperor exerted great pressure on you, but you showed no fear. After all, Gu Xuan’s death in this simulation had nothing to do with you, and thus you were clear of conscience…

Finally, the assessment of the Immortal Palace was terminated. The few prodigies who survived were all accepted into the Immortal Palace. This left the prodigies who survived feeling both fearful and fortunate. After all, under normal circumstances, their chance of entering the Immortal Palace would have been slim…

However, many sighed inwardly, feeling complex emotions. The so-called golden era had not truly unfolded, and without witnessing the scene of all prodigies attaining enlightenment, it ended in such desolation…

What was supposed to be the most brilliant era in history turned out to be the bleakest, with the quantity and quality of prodigies far inferior to previous golden eras…

“It seems that the weaker forces don’t know about anomalies, but the emperors are aware of their existence. They probably know about the Source of Darkness and its connection to anomalies. Although the Source of Darkness hasn’t acted for so many years, there’s no need to pay too much attention to it,” Wang Ping thought as he looked at the simulated content…

“Of course, considering the level of the Source of Darkness, even if figures in the Upper Realm cared, it wouldn’t matter. What can they do? Destroy it? What the great powers of the multiverse couldn’t achieve, the emperors certainly can’t. Though it’s just a fragment of an anomaly, great powers could destroy it, but there’s no need, and emperors just don’t have the means.”

“However, judging by the reactions of those emperors, if they know about the anomaly, they will abandon their prejudices and try to eliminate it first. Clearly, in past eras, there were instances of chaos caused by anomalies, likely causing great destruction. Otherwise, the emperors might react like the God of Light in Zhang Hu’s world, wanting to use the anomaly rather than jointly destroy it…”

Wang Ping analyzed many things in his mind and felt somewhat relieved…

Wang Ping’s greatest concern was that even the Emperor did not care about the anomaly, thinking of using the anomaly for his purposes. Now it seems he was overthinking.

The one who plans to use the anomaly still comes from the multiverse.

However, in the multiverse, anomalies are public enemies. For him to dare do this is quite insane… He’s not even afraid of being eradicated.

“Seems something isn’t quite right…”

Wang Ping furrowed his brow again, suddenly thinking of something.

He originally thought that the creator of the Nine Star Pavilion was a big boss who utilized the anomaly.

However, the creator of the Nine Star Pavilion comes from the multiverse. Given his status and background, he can manage well in the Allheavens Playground, right?

If his goal is to become immortal and grow stronger, it seems unnecessary to take such a huge risk to do these things.

“Maybe, the development in reality and in the simulation is completely different. In reality, everything is as usual; the creators of the Nine Star Pavilion and other forces like the Slaughter Paradise can normally communicate and move between the Allheavens Playground. However, in my simulation, they are disconnected from the outside world.”

Wang Ping made this association.

“This means, they might panic, thinking something major has happened. In the simulation, they have lost the advantage of going to the Allheavens Playground and using the resources of those forces. This means, in the simulation, they can only rely entirely on themselves and the resources of the Upper Realm to become stronger. Otherwise, they will also grow old. But they will not enter the Source of Darkness like those emperors who had no choice.”

“These people are much more aware of the horrors of the Source of Darkness. They do not hope for the Source of Darkness to never erupt. Therefore, they will try every possible method to grow stronger, become immortal, and head to the Immortal Domain. Only then can they achieve eternal life and escape this world.”

“From this speculation, one can be certain that the creator of the Nine Star Pavilion has a different approach and the thoughts of other multiverse forces in the simulation are entirely different. It could be that in the normal development in reality, the creator of the Nine Star Pavilion would not use the anomaly, and the anomaly would naturally be unable to harm Gu Xuan and others or kill so many geniuses.”

“Although the existence of the anomaly is still a huge hidden danger, without someone as significant as the creator of the Nine Star Pavilion as a backer, he won’t be able to stir up such big waves. Once discovered, he would be eliminated.”

Thinking to this point, Wang Ping sighed inwardly.

All this meddling, turns out it was his fault.

This really leaves him clueless about how to complain.

“Forget it, all of this is just speculation, it’s not necessarily my fault. Surely the creator of the Nine Star Pavilion or other people had these schemes all along.”

Wang Ping covered his forehead again, silently threw off the blame, highlighting his non-stick characteristic.

Next, Wang Ping continued to stare at the screen, wanting to see the subsequent developments.

【In the blink of an eye, a year passed. During this year, you quietly cultivated in the Immortal Palace. It must be said, the cultivation environment in the Immortal Palace is much better than the Taiyi Emperor Palace, and there is even a secret area that helps with proving the Dao.】

【You are confident that if you cultivate in this secret area for another hundred years or so, you will be able to successfully condense the Dao Fruit, break through the Supreme barrier, and prove the Dao of Heaven and Earth.】

【One can say, the near-total extermination of the geniuses this time allowed those of you who survived to gain quite a few benefits. If things had developed normally, accessing these secret areas would have required sufficient contribution points to the Immortal Palace. Now, they are open to you for free.】

【Of course, this is also due to your outstanding contributions in the secret realm, and the Immortal Palace sensing a crisis. The behind-the-scenes manipulator is terrifying, even more so when allied with anomalies, making the Immortal Palace eager to cultivate more geniuses rapidly, even expedite nurturing Immortal seedlings to contend against them.】

【During this year, the Immortal Palace teamed up with other forces to investigate the truth. They have made a lot of progress. They learned that the Heavenly Calculator seemed to have awakened from his madness and collaborated with the anomaly and the behind-the-scenes manipulator. However, this is quite normal. Without the Heavenly Calculator, it would be impossible to resist the Divine Calculator’s Calculation Technique of the Immortal Palace.】

【Additionally, within the Immortal Palace, the Palace Master conducted a thorough investigation, uncovering and eliminating several quasi-emperor spies. The capabilities of anomalies are indeed terrifying, silently controlling even quasi-emperor Great Perfection masters.】

【However, this allowed the Palace Master to catch a trace of the behind-the-scenes manipulator. In the Palace Master’s opinion, only the Nine Star Pavilion has the power to possess quasi-immortal battle strength and control quasi-emperors out of the Immortal Palace.】

【Hence, there were huge suspicions towards the creator of the Nine Star Pavilion. This made many forces increasingly fearful and hostile towards the Nine Star Pavilion, most of them severing ties with it to prevent being schemed on again.】

【Still, although the Immortal Palace Alliance wants to find and kill the creator of the Nine Star Pavilion, in this year, they haven’t been able to locate the creator or the Nine Stars. Even though they have discovered and destroyed many bases of the Nine Star Pavilion, these are fruitless efforts.】

【After all, if the creator of the Nine Star Pavilion doesn’t die, the anomaly cannot be eradicated. It is meaningless to kill as many minions as possible.】

【However, none of this concerns you. You can’t meddle with these matters. The only thing you can do now is practice diligently and make yourself stronger.】

【In a blink of an eye, a hundred years passed. During this hundred years, the Nine Star Pavilion has been continually suppressed, and they barely dared to show their faces. However, the upper echelons of the Nine Star Pavilion have still not been captured, making the Immortal Palace Alliance somewhat frustrated. The Divine Calculator once performed a calculation, sighing, revealing that the secrets of heaven are in chaos and a great change is imminent, suggesting that a great catastrophe could arrive sooner.】

【This made many of the strong even more solemn, determined to find the creator of the Nine Star Pavilion and the anomaly at any cost. Somewhat, the Divine Calculator even planned to use the luck of many forces to perform a forbidden technique of divination.】

After much debate, it was finally recognized by many forces, and began to use luck as a guide, slowly meeting the conditions for using the Heaven’s Secrets Forbidden Technique.

Just when the top powerhouses were making big moves, you also had a breakthrough. By successfully utilizing a secret location in the Immortal Palace, you managed to condense a Supreme Dao Fruit, breaking through the Supreme bottleneck, and achieved the Supreme level.

In an instant, a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation was brewing, alarming the old monsters in the Immortal Palace and astonishing other prodigies who emerged to stare at the terrifying Heavenly Tribulation in the sky. They all had complex emotions, not expecting you to be the first to comprehend the Dao and prove your Supreme level.

However, they remembered that you were the strongest among them, and the prodigies who survived at the half-step Supreme level from the secret realm were all in awe, thinking that this was only natural.

Next, you gazed at the Heavenly Tribulation, laughing heartily without fear, clashing head-on with the Heavenly Tribulation, using its power to temper your Supreme Dao Fruit, making it more perfect. In the end, you successfully traversed the Heavenly Tribulation, becoming a powerful Supreme.

Although you had just broken through to the Supreme level and your cultivation was only at the initial stage of Yuan Supreme, with your powerful physique, divine eyes and talents, you felt that smashing an ordinary Earth Supreme would be a very easy task for you now.

After you broke through to Yuan Supreme, the old monsters in the Immortal Palace were all gratified, and other prodigies came to congratulate you with complex feelings, to which you responded one by one.

Then, you continued to retreat, wanting to consolidate your cultivation and make your realm perfect.

In the blink of an eye, a year passed, and your realm was finally thoroughly consolidated. It was at the time when you emerged from seclusion again that an unexpected event occurred—you felt a terrifying aura of destruction appear.

This aura of destruction made your face change greatly. Using the Origin-Breaking Divine Eye, you witnessed an extremely terrifying scene. You found that the entire Upper Realm was perishing, seemingly being refined by something.

Regardless of the Upper Realm or the cultivators, they were all in the process of being refined. This created a suspicion that a turmoil might have erupted from the Source of Darkness.

However, what you didn’t expect was that it wasn’t the Source of Darkness causing the turmoil, but someone was refining the Ten Great Universes.

While you were in shock, both the Eternal Life Gu family and the Immortal Palace, as well as other powerful forces, were all fuming with rage, never expecting someone would perform such a heinous act of refining the Ten Great Universes along with them.

Although at the Great Emperor level, one could completely escape into the Source of Darkness to survive, no one was willing to do so. What they wanted more was to kill the perpetrator of this act completely.

However, the Heaven’s Secrets Forbidden Technique had already been activated by the Divine Calculator, preventing various Great Emperors from moving. They were the conduits of luck, and if they left indiscriminately, they would suffer a backlash from luck and cause the failure of the Heaven’s Secrets Forbidden Technique.

This made everyone suspect that the adversary seized this opportunity to act. Of course, it could also be a coincidence.

At this moment, the Divine Calculator was also extremely solemn, accelerating the divining of the Heaven’s Secrets. In the end, after spitting out a mouthful of blood, he calculated everything and roared out the names of the Heavenly Calculator and the founder of Nine Star Pavilion.

It turned out that all of this was orchestrated by the founder of the Nine Star Pavilion and the Heavenly Calculator. Whether it was cooperating with anomalies or refining the Ten Great Universes now, it was all part of their plan, successfully being implemented step by step.

The founder of the Nine Star Pavilion obtained the Chaos Body, serving as the array eye situated in the Large Universe, also being the top forbidden area of the time-space forbidden domain. At the same time, he let nine stars appear respectively in the Nine Forbidden Areas, forming a shocking grand array around the Large Universe, to refine the Ten Great Universes.

The goal of the founder of the Nine Star Pavilion was to refine the Ten Great Universes to become immortal instantly, and directly complete his Chaos Body. By then, his combat power and potential would skyrocket to unimaginable levels.

Such actions were extremely ruthless, calculating everyone and desiring to destroy everyone.

‘Goodness, I guessed it right again. The founder of the Nine Star Pavilion is indeed the big boss, and his methods are ruthless enough, wanting to refine the Ten Great Universes directly, become immortal and perfect the Chaos Body. If he really succeeds, his might would be terrifying beyond imagination.’

Wang Ping looked at the content of the text simulation, extremely surprised.

‘But what exactly is the Heavenly Calculator thinking, what is his end goal, collaborating with such a person as the founder of the Nine Star Pavilion… It’s like seeking skin from the tiger. Can he, an aspiring Emperor, really escape the founder’s clutches? If the founder becomes immortal, the Heavenly Calculator surely will be eliminated. Before he might even dispose of him before that happens.’

Immediately, Wang Ping thought about the Heavenly Calculator, murmuring to himself.

‘Forget it, it doesn’t matter what he’s thinking. What I need to do is simple—kill these people ahead of time.’

Soon, Wang Ping gave up thinking, continuing to stare at the screen.

Unexpectedly, the simulation should also end here.

Unless the Immortal Palace Alliance could stop the founder of the Nine Star Pavilion, but that was obviously very unlikely.

With the founder’s cunning and method, if he made a move, it must be with absolute certainty.

The Immortal Palace Alliance soon took action; the old ancestor of the Immortal Palace and the old ancestor of the Gu family, two aspiring Immortals, struck together, leading many Great Emperors against the founder of the Nine Star Pavilion. At the same time, other Great Emperors targeted the nine stars in the Nine Universes, trying to break the array and stop the refining of the Ten Great Universes.

However, they ultimately failed, unable to stop the founder of the Nine Star Pavilion. In the end, the Ten Great Universes were refined by the founder, and you were also refined and thus fell.

Because of your death, this simulation ends here.

The text simulation stopped here, and Wang Ping’s mind flashed with many insights and memories, his figure appearing at the place where simulated Wang Ping had fallen.

‘As expected, I couldn’t stop the Nine Star Pavilion’s creator… I can only say, the Nine Star Pavilion’s creator truly has remarkable means.’

Wang Ping sighed with a mixture of emotions stirring within him.

The Heavenly Dao created so many Children of Luck, perhaps in a bid to save itself…

Unfortunately, even Children of Luck couldn’t grow rapidly and were prone to falling.

It can only be said that this world is too chaotic.

Anomalies and multiversal forces have caused many things to deviate from their intended paths, leaving the script in utter disarray.

As Wang Ping sighed, his consciousness flickered, and his vision shifted back to the real world.

Then, the System’s voice resonated.

‘Ding, reward generation successful. The host must choose one of the following rewards:

1. Initial-stage cultivation of the Primordial Sovereign Realm.
2. Light Profound Body.
3. Dark Profound Body.
4. A random quasi-emperor weapon.’

‘Ugh, this time it’s a forced reward selection? I wonder what the Life Simulator is up to…’ Wang Ping mused, looking at the reward options with a subtle gaze.

Wang Ping fell into a moment of inner conflict.

‘Unusual actions typically precede anomalies,’ Wang Ping thought, feeling that he should choose the cultivation option this time to avoid unforeseen troubles.

Perhaps the Life Simulator was trying to remind him.

However, choosing cultivation would increase the cost of his Paid Simulations to a troubling extent.

‘Forget it, I’ll trust my intuition… System, I choose option 1: Supreme Realm cultivation!’

After much thought, Wang Ping made his decision.

‘Ding, reward selection successful, distributing now.’

The System’s voice chimed.

Then, Wang Ping felt an overwhelming power surge within him. His physical body, magical power, and divine soul all began to undergo a profound transformation.

Simultaneously, he condensed the Supreme Dao Fruit, achieving heavenly certification.

‘So this is the power of the Supreme? Compared to a half-step Supreme, the improvement is enormous… It seems I have underestimated myself.’

Feeling his newfound strength and recalling scenes of ordinary Earth Supremes in combat, Wang Ping’s eyes shone bright.

He believed that if he fought an ordinary Earth Supreme now, it would be even easier than he had initially anticipated.

Of course, this only applied to ordinary Earth Supremes. Facing those capable of claiming the title of quasi-emperor or even emperor would still be a significant challenge.

However, this challenge was based on the assumption that he wouldn’t use his talents and solely relied on his innate combat strength. Otherwise, the outcome could be different.

As Wang Ping analyzed his combat capabilities, a bizarre beam of light suddenly descended upon the Taiyi Emperor Palace, directly striking the grand formation.

Even with the grand formation’s defense, the bizarre beam still penetrated.

To be precise, it weirdly pierced through, shooting toward Wang Ping’s direction, and directly pierced his body.

Despite Wang Ping being at the Primordial Sovereign Realm, he couldn’t react in time and was directly pierced by the strange beam.

When Wang Ping snapped out of his shock, cold sweat trickled down his body. He hurriedly checked his own condition.

“Alpha, what was that thing just now? Why did it appear here, and how did it penetrate my body? Is it some kind of curse?”

Unable to find any problems, Wang Ping grimly asked in his heart.

“It’s not a curse, but a rare targeting assassination tool. Such tools are extremely rare. What you encountered should be a tool capable of pinpoint assassinating cultivators below the Supreme Realm. Even beings surpassing the Emperor level find it hard to obtain one in Allheavens Playground. Acquiring it relies solely on special games and luck, not cultivation level.”

Alpha’s voice rang out.

“In other words, if your cultivation level had been below Supreme tier just now, you would already be dead. This assassination tool reaches the pinnacle of targeted killing, ignoring distance to kill its target. Moreover, once the target is killed, they cannot be resurrected unless they have higher-grade resurrection tools or abilities.”

!!!

Wang Ping listened to Alpha’s words and fell silent.

Damn it, even this kind of tool exists in Allheavens Playground?

Pinpoint assassination… that’s absolutely outrageous.

However, fortunately, these tools are extremely rare. Otherwise, Wang Ping wouldn’t be able to sit still.

“Why are you so calm? I almost died just now.”

Wang Ping rubbed his temples, feeling somewhat speechless as he spoke to Alpha.

“You won’t die. Although the talents you possess now can’t block the attack just now, as long as enough world essence is consumed, I can still protect you.”

Alpha’s cold voice resonated.

Uh…

Wang Ping remained silent.

Alright, this can be considered spending money to avert disaster.

Although he didn’t know how much world essence would be consumed, it was surely an astronomical figure. Just Wang Ping’s own world essence probably wouldn’t be enough.

And now, by merely advancing his cultivation to the Supreme Realm, he avoided the cost of exhausting his world essence. This was indeed a big gain.

“However, this also shows that my Life Simulator is even more special than I thought. What is its true nature exactly?”

Wang Ping recalled the subtle warning from the Life Simulator indicating danger ahead, causing him to raise an eyebrow.

While someone careless might ignore such subtle changes, Wang Ping was always very cautious and naturally didn’t overlook it, which helped him avoid a huge loss.

“I probably won’t know the essence of the Life Simulator in the short term. Instead of pondering this, I should think about who is so ruthless to spend such precious tools to kill me.”

Wang Ping shook his head, his expression turning grim.

Could it be that Senior Supreme Feng Mo did this?

Wasn’t he already bankrupt? How could he possess such a precious tool?

Or perhaps, after this simulation started, Supreme Feng Mo had just learned that I had killed the Saint from Slaughter Paradise, thus exposing my situation to him.

So, Supreme Feng Mo mentioned the matter in the Second-Generation Chat Group.

As a result, the seniors in the Second-Generation Chat Group felt that his growth speed was too abnormal and decided to spare no expense to acquire this rare tool, along with more powerful items like the Heaven’s Secrets Tracker Talisman, to detect his location, and launched this attack.

Although it’s just speculation, Wang Ping felt that it could very likely be the truth.

After all, Emperor of the Cold Moon in the First-Generation Chat Group was still within the Source of Darkness and didn’t know about his situation.

Only the people in the Second-Generation Chat Group, especially Supreme Feng Mo, kept targeting him.

“Supreme Feng Mo, my dear elder, you forced my hand. Originally, I wanted to endure a bit more and kill you after becoming a Supreme Sovereign. Now, it seems I must kill you immediately.”