186 – The Second Emperor’s Weapon! Two Great Saints!

【While you were in seclusion, your battle achievements spread across the Great Origin Ancient Star, creating a sensation throughout the entire star. This has directly silenced your peers like the Saintess of the Yuan Family and the Young Master of the Zhang Family, and even the older generation of powerful figures were greatly shocked.】

【The Dao Palace Master was overjoyed and laughed heartily, claiming that the Dao Child of the Dao Palace has the bearing of a great emperor, making the leaders of various major forces extremely envious.】

【As a result, you gained the title of the Young Emperor, meaning that as long as you don’t fall halfway, when the golden era arrives, you will have the qualification to aspire for the three realms of Dao certification. However, having the qualification doesn’t guarantee becoming a powerful figure in the three realms of Dao certification; it remains an open question.】

【After all, throughout history, there have been countless talented prodigies, but the path of cultivation becomes increasingly dangerous the further you progress. Without sufficient luck, it’s easy to fall halfway, making all your efforts in vain.】

【Sometimes, those who are not exceptionally talented and are even considered mediocre among the prodigies can walk to the end. Cultivation is such that no one can predict who will be the ultimate winner.】

【Therefore, although the prodigies of the Great Origin Ancient Star were heavily hit, they did not give up on chasing after you.】

【In the blink of an eye, five hundred years passed. During these five hundred years, you remained in seclusion, striving to break into the half-step True God Realm. This is not an easy task, but you believe that as long as you spend more time, breaking through to the half-step True God Realm would be just a matter of course.】

【And you are the least short on time, so you have no psychological burden and are in a great state.】

【However, things don’t always go as planned. While you were in seclusion, something happened in the Dao Palace. A terrifying strongman brought an emperor weapon, crossed the cosmic star river, and attacked the Dao Palace.】

【The strongmen of the Dao Palace were alarmed, and the ancestor sealed in divine sources was forced to come out and used the emperor weapon to confront the enemy. You were also disturbed and broke away from your seclusion, seeing the situation outside.】

【You were very puzzled by this, not understanding why the Dao Palace was being attacked. Facing your question, the Dao Palace Master smiled bitterly, saying that the Dao Palace has many enemies. However, in the past, those enemies dared not attack the Dao Palace due to the emperor weapon.】

【Now, obviously, an enemy has obtained a world-shaking opportunity and unexpectedly acquired an emperor weapon, gaining the confidence to eliminate the Dao Palace, so they have taken action against the Dao Palace, intending to erase it. However, the Dao Palace Master reassured you that although the enemy also has an emperor weapon and high cultivation, the emperor weapon is ultimately not from their ancestors, so they cannot do anything to the Dao Palace.】

【Hearing the Dao Palace Master’s confident words, you did not feel relieved, but rather had a sinking feeling. Because this is clearly a flag being set.】

【Sure enough, not long after the Dao Palace Master finished speaking, another terrifying presence appeared, attacking the Dao Palace. It was the aura of a saint. The aura of the saint was extremely terrifying. Without the threat of the emperor weapon, it could undoubtedly cause great damage to the Dao Palace.】

【The battle between the strongman with the emperor weapon caused a stir among many forces and strongmen on the Great Origin Ancient Star. Now, with a saint appearing, and clearly being vigorous with abundant vital energy, being a saint who had recently broken through, it shocked many forces again.】

【After all, in this era of declining magical practices, reaching the True God Realm in cultivation is already very difficult, and becoming a semi-saint is even harder. But the difficulty is relative to the golden age. Due to the scarcity of resources and thin spiritual energy in this era, cultivation speed is naturally slow, but it does not significantly affect one’s comprehension.】

【However, entering the saint realm is different. It requires large resources for one’s transformation and an understanding of the laws. In this era of declining magical practices where laws are not apparent, it is very tough to comprehend them. Being able to do so and stepping into the saint realm speaks volumes about its difficulty.】

【Such a figure, even in the golden age, would become a remarkable person. In today’s era, if no ancient monsters come out, very few can resist them.】

【For a time, many forces felt schadenfreude, thinking that the Dao Palace might be finished. With a terrifying enemy holding an emperor weapon, and a contemporary saint attacking, how could the Dao Palace resist?】

【Some forces even started getting restless, thinking this might be a rare opportunity. If they seized this chance to attack the Dao Palace, they might be able to grab a share of the Dao Palace’s treasures, perhaps even the Dao Palace’s Emperor Scripture.】

【If they could obtain the Dao Palace’s Emperor Scripture, they would be truly fortunate. In terms of the foundation of their techniques, they would not be inferior to the top forces of the Upper Realm. Given time, they might become one of the true top forces of the Upper Realm, rather than just dominating the Great Origin Ancient Star.】

【However, these forces ultimately calmed down and did not summon their ancestors. After all, there were too many unpredictable factors. No one knew what the strongman with the emperor weapon intended, or if he could actually defeat the Dao Palace’s emperor weapon.】

【Given this situation, acting rashly would only lead to their own forces being wiped out. The risk was simply too great.】

【While forces were harboring various thoughts, another ancestor of the Dao Palace broke the seal from the divine source to face the contemporary saint. However, this ancestor’s vitality had declined, his cultivation had regressed, and he was no longer in his peak state. Facing the contemporary saint, he clearly could not easily defeat him.】

【Such a stalemate could drag on until the ancestor is exhausted to death.】

【Seeing this, the Dao Palace Master’s expression turned grim. You narrowed your eyes, staring at the female saint fighting against the Dao Palace’s saintly ancestor. This female saint was evidently the transmigrator senior from the Second-Generation Chat Group, the same one who had killed you once in a simulation. Her name was Ruo Lan.】

【Clearly, she had long known you were in the Dao Palace. This time, she took advantage of the terrifying strongman with the emperor weapon attacking the Dao Palace to take action, intending to kill you.】

【This was likely a result not foreseen by the chat group. Otherwise, given your activity on the Great Origin Ancient Star, the enemy would have contacted other transmigrators of the Second-Generation or other forces across the heavens to deal with you sooner.】

【You asked the Dao Palace Master if there were any other ancestors in the Dao Palace or any quasi-emperor weapons, supreme artifacts, or great saint artifacts.】

【Facing your question, the Dao Palace Master remained silent for a while. He sighed and explained that 120,000 years ago, the Dao Palace experienced a great calamity, depleting all its resources. All the sealed ancestors came out with numerous treasures to fight but never returned, and the treasures were all lost. Only the emperor weapon remained intact due to the methods left by the Great Emperor Dao Tian.】

【At that time, the Dao Palace was extremely precarious, nearly losing its heritage. Fortunately, due to its good relations with the Scarlet Clan, they stepped in, preventing others from daring to attack the Dao Palace, giving it some breathing room. Over the next 20,000 years, a few more saints emerged.】

【However, this foundation was far from enough to restore the Dao Palace to its former glory, and it fell from the ranks of the top forces in the Upper Realm. Later, the Incinerating Heaven Emperor suppressed the Source of Darkness, and the Scarlet Clan also encountered problems, unable to care for the Dao Palace.】

【Consequently, the Dao Palace paid a price, relocating from the central ancient star region of the Large Universe to this relatively remote ancient life star. Despite this, the Dao Palace’s situation still wasn’t good. Over the years, it faced numerous troubles, depleting its foundation further and further. Now, only two ancestors with little remaining lifespan were sealed.】

【These two ancestors, if they come out, whether they defeat the enemy or not, will not be able to seal themselves again and will truly perish. At that time, the Dao Palace’s situation will become even more difficult and dangerous. Although they have the emperor weapon, without a saint to oversee it, more forces will covet them.】

【Hearing this, you were deeply shaken, not expecting the Dao Palace to have suffered such a calamity, depleting its foundation entirely. You were also surprised by the Dao Palace’s dire situation. Previously, you thought a force that had produced a great emperor would have an unfathomable foundation, but now you see you were mistaken.】

【You then asked what the Dao Palace’s strongmen had gone to do, causing them all to perish with no survivors. The Dao Palace Master shook his head, saying he didn’t know what had happened back then, as all the ancestors with knowledge had perished.】

【After a pause, the Dao Palace Master stated that the artifact spirit within the Emperor’s Weapon surely knows what happened, but he is unwilling to speak, and we cannot ask much further.】

【Upon hearing this, you sighed, knowing that it would be difficult to understand this matter in a short time. Clearly, the Emperor’s Weapon thinks the strength of Dao Palace’s people is too weak… Even knowing the truth would change nothing and only add to their burdens. There might also be some taboo involved, and knowing it could bring great danger.】

“The situation in Dao Palace is so dire… It seems I can’t be too ostentatious in Dao Palace in the future. Not only would it attract the attention of senior transmigrators but also other formidable enemies.”

Wang Ping looked at the simulation text with a slight frown.

He had initially thought that joining Dao Palace would protect him unless he encountered top-tier experts. But now, it appeared that was not entirely true.

In this era of declining laws, even Dao Palace’s situation is not good. If we enter the golden age and those old monsters who have been saving their lifespans all come out, along with the rise of new geniuses, the situation of Dao Palace would be absolutely dire.

Even without mentioning those individuals, other forces in the central domain of the Great Origin Ancient Star are already eager to take a share of the pie… They are only hesitating because of the Emperor’s Weapon and terrifying experts, and do not dare to act rashly.

“Dao Palace clearly can no longer help me grow rapidly. Staying in Dao Palace would only bring trouble to it. Hence, in the next simulation, I should not join Dao Palace. With my current strength, being a wandering cultivator should keep me safe as long as I don’t encounter those old monsters.”

Wang Ping silently thought.

To be honest, Wang Ping was somewhat suspicious that the terrifying expert who attacked Dao Palace knew about his monstrous potential and attacked urgently because of it.

Otherwise, according to the timeline in Wang Ping’s mind, Dao Palace shouldn’t have faced any mishap at this point.

As Wang Ping frowned in thought, the text on the screen continued to emerge.

【Outside the ancient star, the terrifying battle grew more intense. The power of the Emperor’s Weapon affected the ancient star, causing it to tremble, and many cultivators shivered in fear. They knew clearly that if the power of the Emperor’s Weapon were to pour onto the ancient star, the entire star would explode, and they would have no chance of surviving.】

【On the ancient star, the battle of the Saints continued fiercely. However, it was evident to keen observers that the Saint ancestor of Dao Palace was increasingly struggling, his power weakening and shifting from dominance to disadvantage. As the saying goes, the fist fears the young and strong… This was precisely the case.】

【This situation made other forces aware that Dao Palace likely didn’t have any substantial reserves left, prompting sighs. The once illustrious Dao Palace, renowned across the Upper Realm, and a giant force within the Large Universe, which they could only look up to, had fallen into such a tragic state, unable to even suppress a newly ascended Saint.】

【Seeing this, the Dao Palace Master felt a heavy heart and gritted his teeth, instructing you to lead a group to leave Dao Palace. He believed you were the true hope of Dao Palace… If you perished, Dao Palace would truly be finished.】

【Feeling burdened, you knew staying would be futile and decided to follow the Dao Palace Master’s arrangements. Soon, you prepared to leave with the core resources and some important figures of Dao Palace.】

【Meanwhile, the Dao Palace Master and the True God Realm experts of Dao Palace, risking their lives, wielded the few Sacred Weapons they possessed, intending to join the battlefield to assist the Saint ancestor in holding off Saint Ruolan.】

【Ruolan, the transmigrator from the Second-Generation Chat Group, upon seeing this, snorted coldly, stating that since Dao Palace had no trump cards left, she had no interest in wasting more time.】

【After saying this, Ruolan promptly unleashed a terrifying forbidden artifact, killing both the Saint ancestor and the Dao Palace Master along with the other experts.】

【Then, just as you were about to escape, Ruolan sealed the space, rendering you immobile. You could only smile bitterly at this… Even if you comprehended the Space Laws, in the face of such an overwhelming power gap, it was of no use. Saints were simply too powerful.】

【With a cold expression, Ruolan stated that if you obediently explained certain things, she would grant you a quick death. In response, you remained silent.】

【Just when you thought you were doomed, an unexpected figure appeared. She was none other than Lin Qinghe.】

【Five hundred years later, after her heartfelt conversation with you, Lin Qinghe had ceased resisting her Devouring Immortal Demon Body, realizing that only power could protect herself and her loved ones. Therefore, over the years, she left the White Flame Divine Sect, killed some demonic cultivators, and devoured their essence to strengthen herself.】

【As a result, Lin Qinghe has now reached the level of the True God Realm. One must admit, the cultivation speed of the Devouring Immortal Demon Body is exceedingly heaven-defying.】

【Of course, this is also related to your Spacetime Dao Body being incomplete… Otherwise, you could similarly accelerate your cultivation without side effects by altering the ratio of time and space, not falling far behind the Devouring Immortal Demon Body.】

【Though Lin Qinghe had reached the True God Realm, she still couldn’t be a match for a Saint. Yet, she stood up to protect you, indicating her willingness to let her second soul take control.】

【Only by relying on her second soul’s power could she possibly contend with a Saint and fend off the Saint. Though doing so would come at a great cost, as the power and laws of a Saint were not something she could easily bear.】

【Furthermore, letting the residual soul of the previous generation’s Devouring Immortal Demon Body fight would likely expose her current identity as this generation’s Devouring Immortal Demon Body, which would lead to severe consequences.】

【Nevertheless, despite the great risk, she still stepped forward. This greatly increased your admiration for Lin Qinghe, and you thought it was a good choice to become Dao friends with her.】

【As long as Lin Qinghe does not turn to the dark side, her nature is not bad… Moreover, her willingness to stand up for you in a life-and-death situation proves everything.】

“Initially, I thought of nurturing Lin Qinghe into a follower or right-hand person, but it seems the path of friendship is the way to go. Indeed, with her talent and the residual soul of the previous generation’s Devouring Immortal Demon Body, making her a follower or right-hand person is nearly impossible.”

Wang Ping looked at the simulation text, his gaze flickering with surprise.

“Never mind… In the simulation alone, I don’t have the ability to nurture her as my right-hand person. Only when I become stronger can I consider doing so.”

“Before that, I’ll just be a Dao friend. Besides, having a Dao friend who is willing to stand up for you in a life-and-death situation isn’t bad compared to nurturing a follower.”

Subsequently, Wang Ping shook his head, set aside his thoughts, and continued to gaze at the screen.

Lin Qinghe’s actions surprised many, but more people thought she was overestimating herself. Challenging a Saint with a True God Realm cultivation is tantamount to seeking death.

A True God Realm cultivator wouldn’t even be capable of withstanding a Saint’s oppressive aura, let alone challenging one. A Saint represents a true qualitative transformation, leagues beyond a Semi-Saint.

One might say that there’s a chance for a True God Realm cultivator to defeat a Semi-Saint, but a Semi-Saint against a Saint would be instantly killed.

No matter if you are the progeny of a Great Emperor or a young Great Emperor yourself, you are but an ant before a Saint.

It can be said that throughout history, no prodigy has ever defeated a Saint head-on while still being a Semi-Saint, let alone in the True God Realm.

Ruo Lan also looked at Lin Qinghe with some contempt, thinking she was overreaching. Then, she mercilessly attacked Lin Qinghe.

However, to everyone’s surprise, Lin Qinghe actually managed to block this strike. Terrifying laws burst forth, directly shattering the sealed space.

Then, Lin Qinghe’s second soul intended to take you away from here.

Yet, something unexpected happened.

Another Saint appeared at this critical moment. The appearance of this Saint plunged you completely into a deadlock.

Though the true form of Lin Qinghe’s second soul was the previous generation’s Devouring Immortal Demon Body, who had killed a waning Great Emperor, she was ultimately not her true self but merely a remnant soul, lacking the actual power and comprehension of Dao.

Moreover, Lin Qinghe’s cultivation was weak, unable to unleash the true power of her devouring laws. Under such circumstances, blocking a casual strike from a Saint and shattering the spatial seal was already remarkable. Thinking of directly resisting two Saints was a fool’s errand.

Seeing this situation, you sighed, knowing that today you would inevitably fall. Instinctively, you had Lin Qinghe escape and then chose to voluntarily exit this simulation.

With your voluntary exit, this simulation ended.

The text simulation stopped here, and various images and cultivation insights appeared in Wang Ping’s mind.

Eventually, Wang Ping’s consciousness flickered and appeared above the Dao Palace.

He saw the terrifying strong figures wielding Emperor’s Weapons battling in the starry sky and also saw the faces of the Saints like Ruo Lan and the suddenly appearing Saint.

Finally, he saw Lin Qinghe risking her life to save him.

After taking all this in, Wang Ping’s consciousness flickered again, exiting the immersive simulation and returning to the real world in the Divine City Inn.

Ding, reward generation successful, the host may choose one of the following rewards:

1. Great Perfection cultivation in the True God Realm.
2. Heavenly Demon Stone Key.
3. One random Sacred Weapon.
4. Purple Talent: Fortune’s Bounty.
5. One random top-grade divine weapon.

System, I choose 4. Purple Talent: Fortune’s Bounty.

After scanning the reward list, Wang Ping quickly made his decision.

Sacred Weapons are precious, but he already had one.

Cultivation cannot be chosen temporarily; choosing it would double the resources consumed for future paid simulations.

As for top-grade divine weapons, they can be ignored.

He already knew the locations of two Heavenly Demon Stones, so there’s no need to claim this reward.

In short, the cost-effectiveness of Purple Talent: Fortune’s Bounty is the highest.

Wang Ping even suspected that the continuous acquisition of True God Realm ancient tomb treasures, sacred medicines, withered precious herbs, and Heavenly Demon Stones in this simulation might have been influenced by Purple Talent: Fortune’s Bounty.

Otherwise, even with sufficient strength, Wang Ping hadn’t had such good fortune in previous simulations.

With Wang Ping making the choice, the talent entered his body.

Although Wang Ping felt nothing, he knew the talent had begun to take effect imperceptibly.

“Alpha, is that second sage also a transmigrator from the Second-Generation Chat Group?”

Immediately, Wang Ping calmed his mind and asked inwardly.

“No, he belongs to another force from the heavens. It looks like he’s cooperating with the people from the Second-Generation Chat Group.”

Alpha’s cold voice resounded, explaining to Wang Ping.

“Another force from the heavens…”

Wang Ping frowned.

So, this actually involves other forces from the heavens? Things are really getting more complicated.

If he were exposed to these people, it would indeed be dangerous.

Although he was strong enough now, in front of a sage, he was still like an ant, incapable of resisting.

Unless he advanced further in cultivation to reach the Great Perfection of the Divine Monarch Realm or even become a demi-saint, only then would he have a chance to battle a sage. Otherwise, thinking of battling a sage with just the True God Realm cultivation, let alone winning, was impossible.

Not to mention fighting, even escaping would be out of the question. The result of this simulation proved that.

“Which force does he belong to?”

Wang Ping’s eyes flashed as he inquired inwardly.

“Slaughter Paradise. They have a significant grudge with the Transmigrator Chat Group I control. Facing them now is very troublesome.”

Alpha’s cold voice resounded again.

“Uh…”

Wang Ping was speechless.

In other words, the grade of this Slaughter Paradise is comparable to the scale of an ordinary force after the normal development of the Transmigrator Chat Group post-destruction?

Damn, that’s too dangerous.

“Was it Slaughter Paradise that destroyed the Second-Generation Chat Group back then?”

Wang Ping’s eyes flashed as he posed another question.

“Yes. In fact, you don’t need to overestimate Slaughter Paradise. If not for the destruction weakening the First-Generation Chat Group significantly, it would have been very difficult for the Second-Generation Chat Group’s transmigrators and Slaughter Paradise to unite and destroy it.”

After a moment of silence, Alpha spoke.

“Alright, so it was just rookies pecking at each other. I highly suspect that in the eyes of truly powerful heavenly forces, both of your entities, although not rookies, are relatively ordinary. Just like the new anomaly we faced earlier.”

Wang Ping’s eyes flashed as he complained.

“The original Transmigrator Chat Group was anything but ordinary among the forces of the heavens.”

Alpha seemed triggered, responding coldly.

“But the first-generation was destroyed, and by the strongest transmigrator under you.”

Wang Ping curled his lips.

“Face reality. The current Chat Group is at the bottom of the celestial forces, on the same level as newbies. Not to mention comparing with Slaughter Paradise, I don’t even think we can surpass the newbies. After all, our strongest person is just me at the Great Perfection of the True God Realm, not even reaching the Divine Monarch Realm.”

Hearing this, Alpha was speechless, a bit exhausted, and chose to remain silent.

Seeing Alpha fall silent, Wang Ping didn’t intend to continue striking at him, but instead, pondered his next steps.

Originally, he thought that the troubles came only from the transmigrators of the Second-Generation Chat Group. Unexpectedly, it also involved the celestial force Slaughter Paradise.

Besides, whether other celestial forces would be implicated remained an issue.

“It’s really troublesome. If I don’t come up with some powerful life-saving trump cards, I feel that my little life is at risk at any moment.”

Wang Ping sighed, feeling a bit troubled.

In the simulation, the opponent couldn’t contact other transmigrators in the chat group, and the situations of other forces in the heavens wouldn’t be simulated.

But in reality, the opponent could do these things.

Wang Ping was most worried that the opponent had already taken action and wouldn’t come after one thousand five hundred years, but rather in the next few years, or even the near future… that would be truly disastrous.

After the coordinates were exposed, it would be too dangerous.

Although he could use the chat group to escape to other worlds, the opponent was also a force that could traverse the heavens, so there was no guarantee they wouldn’t follow.

“Talent, talent… I hope I can draw a gold-level talent, preferably one that can help me avoid divination, conceal my identity, and evade searches. Otherwise, it would be too unbearable.”

Wang Ping shook his head, holding onto hope for the chat group.

The Purple Talent: Breath Concealment was still too low-level; it was ineffective against Saints and merely concealed breath, unable to avoid divination and other search methods, offering him no sense of security.

Only those types of gold-level talents could provide him with a sense of security.

“One last simulation, then I have to go mining. After mining, find the resources left by that ancient tomb’s True God Realm expert, and then make further plans.”

Wang Ping’s gaze flickered as he thought to himself.

“System, I want to do a paid simulation.”

Then, Wang Ping spoke directly.

“Ding, consuming one hundred jin of lower-grade divine sources. Life Simulator activated, refreshing talents…”

The System’s voice sounded.

“Ding, talent refresh successful. Congratulations, Host, for successfully refreshing the Purple Talent: Substitute Puppet; and the Red Talent: Boiling Blood.”

Purple Talent: Substitute Puppet: With this talent, the host can designate a God Realm cultivator as a substitute puppet. When suffering damage, the damage can be fully transferred to the designated God Realm cultivator.

Red Talent: Boiling Blood: With this talent, if the host feels a surge of blood in battle, their combat power will increase.

“Oh, this purple talent is quite nice.”

Wang Ping’s eyes lit up slightly at the newly refreshed talent.

Although he didn’t get the gold-level talent he wanted this time, this new purple talent was also quite good.

The Substitute Puppet was equivalent to having another life.

Not to mention, it could transfer damage to a designated target, making it a highly specific and difficult-to-counter skill.

In the future, when he encountered old monsters he couldn’t beat, he could make the old monster’s favorite descendant his substitute puppet and see if the old monster would still dare to make a move.

However, to be honest, this ability and its usage were somewhat similar to the Purple Talent: Destiny Connection.

It’s just that the Purple Talent: Destiny Connection was too restrictive. Once bound, it couldn’t be undone, which also limited him.

By comparison, this Purple Talent: Substitute Puppet was obviously a bit more practical.

“Unfortunately, this talent is only purple. If it were gold, it could bind Saints, Saint Kings, and even Great Saints… that would be truly awesome. Having a Great Saint take damage for him, he probably wouldn’t get hurt ever again.”

Wang Ping couldn’t help but fantasize.

“System, I choose the Purple Talent: Substitute Puppet.”

After shaking his head and gathering his thoughts, Wang Ping made his choice.

“Ding, talent selection successful. Life simulation beginning…”

The System’s voice sounded, and Wang Ping felt his consciousness blur, knowing he had entered an immersive simulation state.

“System, fast-forward for me.”

Wang Ping silently spoke.