136 – Rich Rewards! The Mist Anomaly!

“It seems that for Wang Ping in the simulation, breaking through to the Half-Step Yin-Yang Realm with Grade One Yin power is the best choice…”

Wang Ping looked at the simulation content and thought to himself.

However, breaking through to the Half-Step Yin-Yang Realm with Grade One Yin power was not his best choice…

He wanted to become stronger, achieving perfection at every realm so that he could go further in the future…

Of course, he could understand Wang Ping in the simulation. Struggling alone was indeed very difficult…

“I have Group points for enhancement, no need to worry so much. Besides, I still have a Nirvana Fruit that I haven’t eaten. I just don’t know if the Nirvana Fruit can let Grade One Yin power evolve to Pure Yin power…”

Wang Ping pondered this question.

However, he quickly shook his head. Although the Nirvana Fruit was precious, it shouldn’t be able to do such a thing…

If it could, those quasi-Emperors wouldn’t risk venturing deep into the Eternal Frozen Wastes to seek Pure Yin power…

For such great figures, obtaining a Nirvana Fruit was much easier than obtaining Pure Yin power. Naturally, they wouldn’t do such thankless and arduous things…

【When you were breaking through to the Half-Step Yin-Yang Realm, you startled the elders and even the master of the Ice Poison Gate. They were surprised by the commotion caused by your breakthrough and chose to secretly help you suppress the phenomenon, to avoid attracting attention.】

【After you completed the breakthrough, the master and many inner sect elders of the Ice Poison Gate were very enthusiastic, hoping you would officially join the Ice Poison Gate. If you agreed, they would pass on the legacy techniques of the Ice Poison Gate to you.】

【After thinking it over, you felt the Ice Poison Gate was trustworthy and decided to join them. The master and others were very happy and passed on the legacy technique, Ice Poison Technique, to you. You successfully mastered the legacy technique, Ice Poison Technique. It is a King-level technique, like the Bloodthirsty Demon Art; the middle level is a Heaven-level supreme technique, and the lower level is a King-level, but it also requires Life and Death Realm cultivation to practice.】

【Of course, limitations are limitations, but for some true prodigies, even without reaching that realm, they can still comprehend King-level techniques and gain power far beyond others.】

【While practicing the Ice Poison Technique, you accidentally triggered the Unstable Optimizer. You were surprised and hesitant about whether to optimize… Eventually, you steeled your heart and chose to optimize.】

【In the end, the Ice Poison Technique was optimized into the most suitable Primordial Spirit Technique for you. This time, the Primordial Spirit Technique was different from the last time; it was at the King-level. You were overjoyed; you didn’t expect it to actually succeed.】

【You must know, over the years you have gained a detailed understanding of the Unstable Optimizer. The Unstable Optimizer has a very low trigger rate. At the same time, it has a characteristic: the higher the level of the item, the lower the probability of successful optimization. You and Cai Yonglong have obtained precious artifacts over the years for optimization, each time failing and wasting over a dozen artifacts, leaving both you and Cai Yonglong frustrated.】

【In fact, in the end, even Cai Yonglong pleaded with you with a bitter face not to optimize anymore. This time, it was a King-level technique, and the optimization succeeded. It was indeed very fortunate.】

【You were very happy about this and began to switch to the Primordial Spirit Technique. Finally, you successfully switched to the Primordial Spirit Technique, with Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Ice, and Poison attributes coexisting in your body. You were very satisfied with your changes.】

【Next, you deeply studied various powerful secret techniques of the Ice Poison Gate, enhancing your combat power and means to the extreme. Then, through an elder of the Ice Poison Gate, you obtained a detailed map of the outer and inner areas of the Eternal Frozen Wastes. After making thorough preparations, you set off.】

【For your safety, a Nirvana Realm Grand Elder of the Ice Poison Gate followed you secretly to protect you. You were unaware of this.】

“Damn, is this the benefit of joining a major power? I truly love it…”

Wang Ping looked at the simulation content, feeling deeply moved…

As a loose cultivator, it’s too hard; everything has to be done on your own. Even if you encounter great opportunities, sometimes you don’t have the strength to seize them. It’s really tough…

Now it’s good. After joining the Ice Poison Gate, there’s no shortage of techniques and secret techniques…

Even going out, there’s a Nirvana Realm Grand Elder secretly protecting him, fearing he might fall…

This is the treatment of a genius; it’s truly wonderful…

Thinking this way, he felt that the previous simulated Wang Ping’s life was too miserable and unbearable to look at…

【After you entered the Eternal Frozen Wastes, you went through some twists and turns and found a Grade Three Yin power near the inner area. You were not particularly satisfied, hesitating whether to enter the inner area.】

【However, before you could go in, an extreme cold aura erupted from the inner area, possessing terrifying power capable of freezing Yin-Yang Realm experts. Even you felt a piercing cold. You realized that if you went in, you would definitely die in there.】

【In the end, you decided to leave the Eternal Frozen Wastes. But as you were about to leave, you were targeted by an ice-type beast from the inner area. It was very powerful, with terrifying combat strength. Even with the huge difference in cultivation, you were no match and were about to die miserably.】

【At the most critical moment, the Grand Elder of the Ice Poison Gate took strong action, defeating the beast and saving your lives. You were terrified and truly recognized the danger of the Eternal Frozen Wastes.】

【Now, still only in the outer area without entering the inner area, there were already such terrifying cold auras sweeping over occasionally and lurking terrifying beasts. Even Yin-Yang Realm experts could be in danger. It was truly terrifying. This was not a place for those with insufficient cultivation to stay.】

【After expressing your gratitude to the Grand Elder of the Ice Poison Gate, you distanced yourself from there. Cai Yonglong also expressed that there was no need to continue taking risks for him. He was only a Grade Two Profound Elixir. Breaking through with Grade One Yin power might be dangerous, and Grade Two was hard to find. Therefore, he planned to use Grade Three Yin power to break through to the Yin-Yang Realm or wait until he accumulated enough contribution points in the Ice Poison Gate to exchange for it.】

【You sighed inwardly, feeling that this was the only way and stopped persuading him. However, the Nirvana Realm Grand Elder shook his head, saying that you might have been loose cultivators for too long, thinking that everything had to be relied on yourself. Actually, the best way to obtain high-quality Yin-Yang power was to complete sect missions and earn contribution points for exchange. Grade Two, although rare in the Ice Poison Gate, was not impossible to obtain.】
【Only Grade One is hard to obtain, and the Ice Poison Gate has no stock. However, the power of Grade One Yin-Yang is unnecessary for the average prodigy. Those who have not condensed a Grade One Profound Elixir are not qualified to use the power of Grade One Yin-Yang for breakthroughs. Not even the Holy Sons of the Holy Land may have condensed a Grade One Profound Elixir, let alone the prodigies of other forces.】

【Next, the Grand Elder of the Ice Poison Gate remarked that your standards are too high, and he was curious how you, as rogue cultivators, reached this point.】

【Hearing the words of the Grand Elder from the Ice Poison Gate, you felt uneasy. Indeed, you set your standards too high. Realistically, a Grade Two Profound Elixir is already the standard for most true disciples of the Holy Land. The power of Grade Two Yin is only accessible to true disciples of the Holy Land for breakthroughs and is something only the heirs of King Realm forces can achieve.】

【Finally, you completely gave up on your obsessiveness, feeling content with your current state, and decided to return home. The Grand Elder of the Ice Poison Gate offered to tear space to send you back directly. However, you refused, intending to continue your journey through the snow and ice.】

【Though puzzled, the Grand Elder of the Ice Poison Gate didn’t dwell on it and decided to continue following you, preventing any accidents.】

【Perhaps due to your strong affinity with Xue’er, you encountered her again on your way back, riding a white fox and searching for resources in the snow.】

【Seeing her, you felt a complex mix of emotions. Although you only knew of Xue’er’s existence and had never met her, in your memories, you had become Dao companions, and she had even borne you a daughter.】

【You knew Xue’er to be a gentle girl. Although you had never met her, you always had a good impression of her. Now seeing her in person, whether due to memory or because of Bing Ningyue, you wanted to keep Xue’er by your side.】

【However, before you could approach Xue’er, the Grand Elder of the Ice Poison Gate appeared beside her instantly, with a surprised expression. He discerned Xue’er’s extraordinariness—her appearance was identical to the current heir of the Ice Palace, and her bloodline shared the same lineage as the Ice Empress and the Profound Ice Sect Master, potentially regressed to an ancestral state but not yet awakened.】

【The Grand Elder of the Ice Poison Gate was ecstatic, believing that the heavens favored their sect. The Ice Palace had found a descendant of the Ice Empress, holding hope to become a Holy Land again. Simultaneously, the Ice Poison Gate found another descendant, also aspiring to become a Holy Land.】

【If Xue’er grew into a quasi-Emperor, they could venture into the core regions of the Eternal Frozen Wastes to confirm something crucial—to see if their master, long presumed dead, was still frozen there and could be revived.】

【For the significant figures of the Ice Poison Gate who once followed the Profound Ice Sect Master, they longed for the return of their master, hoping to witness her revival.】

【However, the core area is a place even quasi-Emperors dread. They had no ability to enter. Now, with Xue’er, they finally had hope!】

【As for the rumors spread by the Holy Land Emperors that the Profound Ice Sect Master had perished, they didn’t believe or accept it. Their revered master, the unparalleled Profound Ice Sect Master, couldn’t have fallen just like that. Only by witnessing it themselves could they make a judgment!】

【Watching the ecstatic Grand Elder of the Ice Poison Gate, you had your suspicions confirmed. Xue’er was indeed a descendant of the Ice Empress, with a bloodline possibly regressed like Bing Ningyue’s, yet somehow lost in the Eternal Frozen Wastes.】

【You then couldn’t help but speculate whether in your memories, the sudden disappearance of Xue’er and Wang Yuxin was due to them being accidentally found and taken away by the Elders of the Ice Poison Gate.】

【You returned to the Ice Poison Gate. Cai Yonglong, leveraging the power of Grade Two Yin from the Ice Poison Gate, successfully broke through to the Half-Step Yin-Yang Realm. However, fate is unpredictable. Your existence was too unique to be hidden, and your identities were eventually exposed.】

【Although your identities were exposed, it wasn’t a major issue. The Ice Poison Gate had a King Realm expert in residence. Those hostile to the Emperor of Judgement wouldn’t start a conflict with a force harboring a King-level expert over small fries like you.】

【However, you were quite unlucky. Because the Eternal Frozen Wastes is a special place, every few years, Emperors or even quasi-Emperors enter it in search of high-quality Yin power. Before entering the Eternal Frozen Wastes, some of these experts visit the Profound Ice Sect and the Ice Poison Gate to get recent updates on events in the Eternal Frozen Wastes.】

【You were identified by a visiting quasi-Emperor, who exposed your identity as transmigraters. Due to the previous battle in the Central Continent, which resulted in greater losses than the other four continents, and after that battle, the Central Continent couldn’t retain its position as the strongest continent. Consequently, the cultivators of the Central Continent deeply respected the Emperor of Judgement. Thus, the quasi-Emperor was very hostile to you and exposed your identity.】

【When the high-level members of the Ice Poison Gate found out you were foreign invaders, their attitudes changed. Though they weren’t hostile towards those with the Profound Turtle Aura and even had goodwill, they deeply hated foreign invaders.】

【If not for the Blood Demon Clan and the Nine Nether Demon Emperor, the Purple Spirit Realm wouldn’t be in such chaos, nor would they have lost so many loved ones.】

【You and Cai Yonglong remained silent, feeling bitter, knowing you were doomed. Facing a quasi-Emperor, you had no chance of survival.】

【In the end, the quasi-Emperor coldly stated that you did not deserve to live. However, acknowledging that your souls were still pure, he wouldn’t soul-search you and would give you a dignified death.】

【You and Cai Yonglong sighed inwardly, thanking the quasi-Emperor for his ‘kindness.’ You knew very well that if he soul-searched you, he would discover your secrets, and you would face a fate worse than death.】

【Expecting a quasi-Emperor to cherish you after discovering your Golden Finger wasn’t realistic. He would erase your will, turning you into puppets to exploit your Golden Finger. Such a life wasn’t what you wanted.】

【Without hesitation, you both chose to commit suicide. Unwilling to use the Rebirth Talisman to revive, you died completely.】

【Because of your death, this simulation ends.】

“Uh…”

Wang Ping looked at the simulation’s content, speechless.

All calculations aside, he didn’t expect a quasi-Emperor to descend upon the Ice Poison Gate and directly see through the simulation’s identity of Wang Ping and Cai Yonglong… It felt as if calamity had struck them out of nowhere.

However, this also clarified something.

The Purple Spirit Realm was more hostile to foreign invaders than he had imagined.

The previous words of the Lord of the Heavenly Sword were more deceitful than he had thought, completely misleading and insincere.
As Wang Ping grumbled inwardly, his consciousness flickered, and his vision changed.

Next, Wang Ping saw himself and Cai Yonglong helplessly committing suicide in the face of a quasi-emperor… It felt truly powerless.

In front of such a powerful being, life and death were entirely controlled by the other party.

After he memorized the scene before him, Wang Ping’s vision returned to normal, and the System’s voice echoed.

“Ding, rewards have been successfully generated. The host can choose two of the following rewards:

①. Half-Step Yin-Yang Mirror cultivation.

②. Mid-grade Divine Ability: Cover the Sky and Block Out the Sun.

③. King-level Technique: Primordial Spirit Technique.

④. King-level Technique: Ice Poison Technique.

⑤. Various Secret Techniques.

⑥. Red Talent: True Dragon Form.

⑦. Low-grade Divine Ability: Shadow Sun Nine Rays.”

“So many good things… I really want them all…”

Wang Ping looked at the rewards in front of him, quite tempted.

Every reward was quite impressive.

However, the Red Talent: True Dragon Form, was a must-have.

As for the second reward, Wang Ping was truly torn.

King-level Technique: Primordial Spirit Technique; Mid-grade Divine Ability: Cover the Sky and Block Out the Sun; Various Secret Techniques.

These three were what he desired the most.

The first two were obtained through the Unstable Optimizer, while among the various secret techniques were those for concealing his aura and the techniques from the Ice Poison Gate, all very good.

As for the cultivation, achieving Half-Step Yin-Yang Mirror with the Grade One Profound Elixir was not what he wanted.

“No, I can’t choose directly.”

Wang Ping quickly calmed down.

This time, he was on a mission.

He was about to face an unknown anomaly!

Maybe, under normal circumstances, choosing the most cost-effective rewards would be the best option, but now is different.

“I’ll hold on and choose wisely.”

Wang Ping’s eyes flickered as he thought silently.

Then, Wang Ping spoke in his mind, “System, I want to perform a Free Simulation.”

“Ding, Life Simulator activated, Free Simulation starting, the host has fourteen Free Simulations remaining.”

The System’s voice resounded in Wang Ping’s mind.

Although, after this long period of accumulation, the number of simulations should have reached twenty, Wang Ping had used several Free Simulations while on missions these past few months.

Therefore, the number was only this much.

However, this count was still sufficient.

In the past, to deal with anomalies, it was at most five or six simulations.

【On the first day, you discuss strategies. Ultimately, you decide to use Lin Yuanyuan’s status as Empress to call upon the world to investigate anomalous events.】

【Within a month, numerous anomalous events are found among the populace, but after investigation, none seem to be the work of anomalies.】

【However, these investigations eventually reveal an abnormal area. In a valley, dense fog covers the area year-round, and this fog seems to be spreading over time, covering a large area.】

【These white mists, unlike the thin fog in the valley, do not seem to bother people. At most, some hunters who went hunting in the mountains went missing, appearing to get lost within.】

【After analysis, you decide to go personally. Sitting in the Imperial Palace to analyze won’t uncover the truth.】

【When you arrive at Fog Mountain, you unleash your Spiritual Sense to cover the area and inspect the inside of the mountain. However, to your astonishment, as a Profound Elixir Realm expert, your Spiritual Sense is unable to penetrate the fog; it is blocked.】

【You find this quite unusual, considering the power level of this world isn’t high enough to completely block a Profound Elixir Realm cultivator’s Spiritual Sense.】

【After discussing, you make a decision. You plan to destroy Fog Mountain directly. Whatever secrets it holds or if the anomaly is hiding there, it won’t matter. Destroying the mountain will clear everything away.】

【You unleash your full battle power and strike with a terrifying blow. You expect to easily wipe out Fog Mountain, but to your shock, the fog surges and effortlessly blocks your powerful strike.】

【Seeing this, you are both startled and delighted but also fearful. You confirm that the anomaly is likely hidden inside Fog Mountain and possibly related to the fog, but its brute strength is terrifying—it effortlessly blocked your full strike. Confronting it will be extremely difficult.】

【You plan to retreat and strategize. However, as you try to leave, the white fog surges, surrounding and compressing you.】

【Despite you and Lin Yuanyuan’s frantic attacks, it has little effect. Finally, the white fog crushes you. Chen Si, Chen Kang, and Wu Jun perish first. You, Qin Tian, and Lin Yuanyuan struggle a bit longer but also die.】

【Your death marks the end of this simulation.】

“This is…”

Wang Ping opened his eyes, frowning.

Finding the anomaly so quickly is undoubtedly a good thing.

But this anomaly seems overwhelmingly strong.

He hadn’t fully understood the opponent’s abilities yet, whether it simply controlled the fog for combat or had other abilities, before getting crushed.

The battle strength of both sides was on completely different levels.

To be honest, it’s a bit troublesome.

“Brother Wang, how did it go?”

Seeing Wang Ping frown, Wu Jun asked first.

“A bit troublesome.”

Wang Ping shook his head, recounting the simulation’s details.

“This is indeed a bit tricky.”

Wu Jun murmured, a bit distressed.

“Is this anomaly really that strong?”

Lin Yuanyuan frowned, her eyelid twitching, feeling like she’d narrowly escaped death.

Fortunately, the anomalous fog hadn’t spread to her yet.

Otherwise, the opponent could kill her at any time.

“Stay calm, stay calm. Isn’t it always like this when facing anomalies? In the beginning, there’s always death.”

Qin Tian waved his hand, speaking.

“Don’t be overconfident. Facing anomalies requires a level mindset; don’t be blindly confident.”

Wang Ping frowned, admonishing.

“Uh, I know.” Qin Tian scratched his head, not talking back.