208 – Great Opportunities in the Secret Realm!

Under the anticipation of all parties, you had a great battle with the Fourth Imperial Son. At first, both of you demonstrated the cultivation of the seventh level of the Saint King Realm and used your respective physiques to engage in a terrifying battle.

This battle left everyone in the Ji family and Wang family in awe, marveling at how you both lived up to the title of imperial sons of the Taiyi Emperor Palace, far surpassing the imperial sons of their own families.

As the battle reached its peak, the Fourth Imperial Son no longer held back, his cultivation unexpectedly advancing by another small realm, reaching the eighth level of the Saint King Realm. He also used even more powerful secret techniques, which greatly surprised you. You did not expect the Fourth Imperial Son to have also reached the eighth level of the Saint King Realm. You couldn’t help but reflect that other imperial sons should not be underestimated.

Next, you revealed your true cultivation. When you also showed your eighth level of the Saint King Realm, the Fourth Imperial Son was quite surprised. Although he found you very troublesome, he remained confident in defeating you.

At this moment, you used yet another hidden trump card: six-tenths peak mastery of the Space Laws. The Fourth Imperial Son was indeed powerful, his comprehension of the laws also reaching six-tenths, but still not at the peak. Combined with the fact that the Space Laws inherently surpass most laws, the Fourth Imperial Son was utterly suppressed by you.

In the end, though the Fourth Imperial Son fought to the last, he was still no match for you and was defeated. However, he accepted his defeat, greatly admiring you.

Seeing the Fourth Imperial Son’s defeat, the Wang family was quite helpless and could only accept the outcome. After all, this was a fair duel, and the battle was extremely exciting with no elements of acting. Skills speak for themselves; there was no need to say more.

The Ji family, on the other hand, was overjoyed and began to celebrate. The younger generation of the Ji family even started to flatter you. Ji Bingyan also looked at you with sparkling eyes.

After that, you all entered the secret realm. Upon entering this special cultivation secret realm, you finally understood why the Ji family and the Wang family fought so hard for it. The Wang family’s imperial son even chose to burn his origin for victory, adopting a desperate fighting style.

Because this secret realm is quite wondrous, its laws are very clear and can help people comprehend the Dao. Its effectiveness is much stronger than that of the Taiyi Emperor Tower. Moreover, the secret realm can help people quickly improve their cultivation, repair their origin, and strengthen it.

If the Wang family had won, their imperial son could have restored his burnt origin and even strengthened it. Moreover, it would help him comprehend the laws, offering many benefits.

However, this secret realm opens only once every five thousand years, and it is somewhat affected during the era of the last law. Otherwise, if it were stronger than the Taiyi Emperor Tower, it wouldn’t have been occupied by two quasi-empire-level forces.

Of course, the Taiyi Emperor Tower not only helps people comprehend the laws but is also rumored that its upper areas can help cultivators increase their chances of breaking through to Supreme. In this aspect, the secret realm cannot compare. Ultimately, this secret realm is only highly useful for those in the Saint Realm.

Next, you found an uninhabited state, entered a state of cultivation, and attempted to absorb the special origin in the secret realm to enhance your incomplete version of the Spacetime Dao Body, hoping to restore it to a perfect state.

However, you were ultimately disappointed. Your Spacetime Dao Body’s level is too high; this secret realm cannot restore it. You understand that to transform your Spacetime Dao Body to a perfect state, you must find the missing time origin. And the opportunities to supplement the time origin are exceedingly scarce and precious.

Although disappointed, you did not dwell on it and entered a cultivation state, intending to take this chance to comprehend seven-tenths of the Space Laws, which would significantly enhance your strength.

As time flew by, nearly three months passed, and you successfully comprehended seven-tenths of the Space Laws. Your cultivation also made great progress, reaching the peak of the eighth level of the Saint King Realm. This was the result of focusing on Dao comprehension; otherwise, your cultivation would undoubtedly be higher.

However, compared to improving cultivation, comprehending the Dao in this secret realm was undoubtedly the most cost-effective choice. Forsaking Dao comprehension to enhance cultivation would be foolish.

Next, you planned to end your cultivation and consolidate your gains. After all, the secret realm could only remain open for three months, and there wasn’t much time left before it closed. Continuing to cultivate would be meaningless and prone to accidents.

Just as you were consolidating your gains, you sensed a peculiar fluctuation from the pond in front of you, which quickly disappeared, leaving you quite astonished.

After some thought, you concluded that the earlier sensation was not an illusion. Thus, you decided to enter the pond.

As you jumped into the pond, you felt it was very strange and extraordinarily cold. It should be noted that your current cultivation had reached the peak of the eighth level of the Saint King Realm, making you an imperial son, not an ordinary peak eighth-level Saint King.

Yet, this pond could still make you feel cold, which was quite terrifying. Therefore, you believed there had to be a great secret in the depths of the pond, possibly an unknown major opportunity.

Next, you continued diving without hesitation. You found that as you dove deeper, the pond water became increasingly colder. Even you started to feel your whole body tremble, as if your origin was about to be frozen.

However, you did not give up, forcing yourself to dive deeper until you were about to reach your limit and were thinking of ascending. It was then that you finally saw a special ice-blue crystal floating in the pond, emitting a terrifying chill.

Amazed, you recognized what this was. This was a treasure of the ice element, known as Heavenly Frost Ice, a precious item in the hearts of ice cultivators. Whoever could obtain and be acknowledged by it would undergo a transformation and acquire the Heavenly Frost Ice Physique, a powerful physique comparable to the Sacred Body.

You felt feverish; if you could obtain the Heavenly Frost Ice and gain its recognition, you would gain another powerful physique. With the addition of two powerful physiques, your combat power would increase dramatically.

Thus, you bore the risk of being completely frozen and forced yourself to charge forward, intending to subdue the Heavenly Frost Ice.

However, as you approached the Heavenly Frost Ice, it emitted a deeper blue light, and the pond’s temperature plummeted drastically. At that moment, your body became completely rigid, and even your consciousness was entirely frozen, falling into a special state of suspended animation.

Due to your special state, this simulation ends here.

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

“This Heavenly Frost Ice is truly terrifying, capable of even freezing the soul…”

Finally, his figure appeared in the depths of the pond, seeing the Heavenly Frost Ice emanating an eerie blue glow. He couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow and sigh in amazement.

“However, this pond is also extraordinary. It can remain unfrozen despite being eroded by the Heavenly Frost Ice’s chill. Of course, it could also be deliberately done by the Heavenly Frost Ice. But even so, it proves the pond’s uniqueness.”

Wang Ping stared at the pond again and murmured to himself.

Next, just as Wang Ping planned to exit the immersive simulation, he suddenly sensed something in the deeper part of the pond, a place deeper than the location of the Heavenly Frost Ice.

For even at the Heavenly Frost Ice’s location, it was still not the deepest part of the pond.

The pond remained unfathomably deep.

“This feeling… it is what I sensed from the shore, similar to the aura of drifting origins in the secret realm. Could it be that the deepest part of this cold pond holds the greatest opportunity of this secret realm, and the reason for its formation?”

Wang Ping’s eyes gleamed brightly as this thought flashed through his mind.

At this moment, Wang Ping’s consciousness wavered, exiting the state of immersive simulation and returning to the real world.

“It’s a pity this time it was a free simulation. Although I encountered many opportunities and my strength increased, I can’t receive the rewards or insights. The biggest issue is not being able to reasonably reference the potential dangers when heading to the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign’s inheritance site.”

Wang Ping let out a gentle sigh and shook his head.

“But there’s no point in conducting another free simulation. After all, if I leave the Great Origin Ancient Star within a short time, that Yuanlei Supreme will notice and act against me. Exposing myself while dealing with that Saint of Slaughter last time was truly troublesome.”

Wang Ping frowned again, feeling a slight headache.

“Oh right, I almost forgot. I have learned the secret technique of the Nine-Star Pavilion. The Nine-Star Pavilion’s secret technique can conceal one’s appearance and the cultivation method in use, completely avoiding the detection of Yuanlei Supreme and preventing him from seeing through my identity.”

Quickly, Wang Ping remembered the secret technique of the Nine-Star Pavilion and couldn’t help but cover his forehead.

In this free simulation, I was indeed too careless. Despite having the secret technique of the Nine-Star Pavilion, I forgot to use it, and instead, used other secret techniques to alter my appearance and aura.

Although those secret techniques are also powerful, the cultivation gap is too large to be effective against a Supreme.

Not to mention, in previous simulations, I didn’t even change my appearance and aura.

“The downside of text simulations is that watching the screen doesn’t truly allow me to grow, so I tend to make some elementary mistakes at the beginning, and only after long-term simulations can I fully mature. Every simulation repeats this process.”

Wang Ping shook his head and let out a gentle sigh.

However, if he had to choose, he would still opt for text simulations over immersive ones, as he is unwilling to enter immersive simulations.

After all, the longer he spends in immersive simulations, the more time passes in the real world, and his physical body isn’t very safe.

Besides, Wang Ping didn’t forget certain matters.

It’s been about twenty years since that kid Chi Feng completely disappeared.

Moreover, he must quickly go and save the family of that kid with the Black Abyss Demon Physique, so as to prevent him from becoming too twisted.

After all, hatred can easily drive one to fall into demonic cultivation.

Although it’s a demonic physique, naturally inclined towards demonic cultivation, excessive indulgence is still dangerous.

Thinking of this, Wang Ping activated the secret technique of the Nine-Star Pavilion, altering his appearance, physique, and aura, and looked towards the starry sky.

Then, with a movement, Wang Ping traversed various regions of the Great Origin Ancient Star, kidnapping a Divine Monarch Realm cultivator and preparing to bind this Divine Monarch with the Purple Talent: Substitute Puppet at any time.

After making these preparations, he rushed towards the depths of the starry sky.

Although this scene was detected by Yuanlei Supreme, he merely frowned slightly and was slightly surprised that another Saint King had emerged from the Great Origin Ancient Star, before ignoring it.

As Wang Ping arrived in the starry sky and didn’t encounter any attacks, he breathed a sigh of relief. After casually throwing the Divine Monarch Realm cultivator back to the Great Origin Ancient Star, Wang Ping continued his spatial transfer towards the depths of the starry sky.

He aimed to reach the ancient star where the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign resided in the shortest time.

According to the star chart, it would take about three years to get there.

In the blink of an eye, about three years passed.

During these three years, many events transpired.

Firstly, many newcomers joined the Transmigrator Chat Group.

Although many newcomers perished during the missions, the number of active group members still exceeded a hundred.

However, these newcomers’ Golden Fingers were not of much use to Wang Ping, so he didn’t pay special attention.

During these three years, many group members showed remarkable growth.

Many veteran members had reached combat strength at the Divine Realm level.

Especially Lin Yuanyuan, with Wang Ping’s support and her own efforts, she attained the cultivation of the peak of the sixth level of the Saint King Realm.

The current Lin Yuanyuan was no longer the previous kind with just cultivation and no combat strength.

Lin Yuanyuan, by accumulating group points, further enhanced her Golden Finger.

After optimizing her Golden Finger, its effect increased significantly, just as Wang Ping had predicted, allowing her to absorb others’ insights into cultivation.

In other words, Lin Yuanyuan’s configuration had caught up.

In fact, Wang Ping believed that if he continued to help Lin Yuanyuan, or if Lin Yuanyuan had some good luck and knew how to develop stealthily, her growth speed might not be inferior to his, and might even surpass him at particular times.

Lin Yuanyuan’s Golden Finger was that domineering, and after further optimization, her combat strength was likely to increase much faster than Lin Qinghe’s.

Of course, Lin Qinghe too had an advantage that Lin Yuanyuan didn’t: she could devour the essence and acquire various physiques, which might eventually lead to the creation of a Chaos Body.

However, Lin Yuanyuan could not extract physiques and the like, which was a drawback.

However, Wang Ping felt that if Lin Yuanyuan underwent one more optimization, she might be able to achieve it.

Unfortunately, even Wang Ping couldn’t continue optimizing now, let alone Lin Yuanyuan.

A trillion group points, coupled with the Stone of Rules… The optimization conditions were too daunting.

Even though Wang Ping has completed various tasks over the past three years and received commissions from other group members’ task rewards, he has only accumulated fifty billion group points.

In Wang Ping’s view, it would take him more than a hundred years to gather a trillion group points.

This is considering that he becomes stronger in the future and frequently encounters high-difficulty tasks.

Otherwise, it would take even longer to amass a trillion group points.

Aside from the trillion group points, the most troublesome matter is the Stone of Rules.

This item is only available in the Allheavens Playground and is undoubtedly a very precious thing.

Of course, neither Wang Ping nor Lin Yuanyuan needs to rush to optimize their Golden Finger again right now.

After all, their current Golden Fingers are already good enough. As long as they do not completely fall in the middle, they can at least help them grow to the Emperor level.

Besides Lin Yuanyuan, the other veteran group members have also made considerable progress.

Among them, Chen Yao and Zhang Hu, leveraging the special nature of their Golden Fingers, are only second to Lin Yuanyuan.

Chen Yao, with the resources she has, has also reached the Saint level. Zhang Hu, by taming a mount at the Saint level, has achieved that combat power.

At the next level is Zhang Jun, who can become stronger through killing. However, even if he runs to Wang Ping’s world, in the Post-Apocalyptic Era, there aren’t that many strong people for him to kill.

Moreover, if he acts recklessly, it’s very easy for him to find trouble and get killed by some strong person.

“At long last, we’ve arrived at the ancient star where the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign resides.”

In the starry sky, Wang Ping looked down at the gigantic ancient star not far away, his eyes gleaming.

Then, he tore through space once again and descended upon this ancient star.

When he arrived on this star, the Black Abyss Demon Spear began to tremble, guiding him to the secret realm arranged by the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign.

Of course, even without the guidance of the Black Abyss Demon Spear, he could easily find the place based on the position in his memory.

“Looks like it’s time to say goodbye to you.”

Wang Ping looked at the Black Abyss Demon Spear and sighed.

Naturally, he was reluctant to part with this Supreme Artifact.

But, sometimes to gain something, you must lose something.

Compared to the resources he would get next, the Black Abyss Demon Spear was nothing.

Anyway, with his simulations, he was sure to get another Supreme Artifact. Getting his hands on a quasi-Emperor’s Weapon wasn’t impossible either.

Of course, what Wang Ping desired the most was the Emperor’s Weapon of the Dao Palace.

If he could qualify to wield the Dao Palace’s Emperor’s Weapon, that would be truly satisfying.

Following this, Wang Ping steadied his mind and arrived at the secret realm where the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign’s inheritance was located. Using the Black Abyss Demon Spear as the key, he stepped inside.

Then, just as in his Life Simulation, Wang Ping encountered the fragment of the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign’s consciousness.

Although Wang Ping’s encounter with the fragment was a bit earlier than in the simulation, nothing changed in the subsequent developments.

Wang Ping still obtained those vast resources.

At the same time, he also lost the Black Abyss Demon Spear.

“Next, it’s time to find that little fellow Wan Yu.”

After leaving the secret realm, Wang Ping’s eyes flickered as he used a secret technique to search for Wan Yu’s location.

Very soon, Wang Ping locked onto Wan Yu and immediately tore through space, rushing towards the location.

Meanwhile, in a certain field, a five-year-old child happily played with mud, molding various little figures, looking carefree.

His parents, clearly exhausted from farming, were sitting and drinking water.

Wang Ping looked at the family of three and shook his head slightly.

Who could have thought that this poor farming family would produce a Black Abyss Demon Physique?

If left unchecked, this somewhat impoverished but happy family of three would be bullied in the future, the adults would die tragically, and the child would awaken the Black Abyss Demon Physique, likely embarking on a heartless demonic path.

Perhaps, after his revenge, Wan Yu would no longer have a strong desire to kill.

But Wang Ping felt it was more likely that after his revenge, Wan Yu would fall deep into the demonic path and commit widespread slaughter.

Because, if one cannot control the Black Abyss Demon Physique, it will only grow more bloodthirsty, with a killer instinct as deep as the abyss. This is the origin of the name Black Abyss Demon Physique.

In the end, he will either fully grow and prove himself as a Supreme or a quasi-Emperor, or be killed early by a terrifyingly strong person.

Various thoughts flashed through Wang Ping’s mind as he walked through the air, arriving above the family of three.

As Wang Ping appeared, the three had different reactions.

Wan Yu’s parents dropped the water kettle in their hands directly to the ground, staring at Wang Ping in shock.

Meanwhile, Wan Yu blinked his eyes, looking at Wang Ping with surprise and curiosity. Pointing at him, he exclaimed, ‘Wow, Dad, Mom, look quickly, this big brother can fly… Could he be one of those immortals you mentioned?’

As Wan Yu spoke, his parents were so frightened that they quickly knelt down to Wang Ping, simultaneously pressing down Wan Yu’s head. They said, ‘We beg the immortal not to blame us, the child is still young, so he rudely pointed at you.’

Wan Yu’s parents were truly terrified.

After all, immortals were beings of higher standing. They had once seen an immortal destroy a village in a fit of anger… very cruel.

Such figures were not ones ordinary people like them could afford to offend.

‘Hehe, no need to worry. I came here because I feel your child is quite talented and I want to take him as a disciple and guide his cultivation. Would you be willing to let him take me as his master?’

Wang Ping chuckled softly and spoke kindly.

Upon hearing these words, Wan Yu’s parents were stunned.

Next, they showed expressions of surprise and joy, quickly saying to Wang Ping, ‘Immortal, please accept our child!’

In their view, this was an encounter with immortal fate.

If their child could embark on the path of cultivation and become the legendary immortal, they would no longer have to struggle for food and clothing, they could live a worry-free life. And once they became relatives of an immortal, no one would dare to bully them.

‘Yu’er, quickly bow to your master… don’t miss this immortal fate.’

Then, they hurriedly spoke to their child again.

‘Immortal, please accept me as a disciple, I want to cultivate.’

Wan Yu knelt on the ground, looking at Wang Ping with eager anticipation on his face.

‘From today onwards, you will be my disciple, under the title of Sacred King Tianyan.’

Wang Ping casually made a gesture, causing the three of them to stand up and said with a smile.

At this moment, Wang Ping suddenly felt his cultivation level rapidly increasing.

Seventh level of the Saint King Realm!
Eighth level of the Saint King Realm!
Ninth level of the Saint King Realm!
Great Perfection of the Saint King Realm!
‘Hiss!’

Wang Ping felt the changes in his cultivation and couldn’t help but be slightly amazed.

This was truly terrifying.

Just accepting Wan Yu alone as a disciple directly increased him by four levels, which was quite a surprise.

After all, the higher the cultivation level, the smaller the increments in progress.

Based on his past simulations of recruiting disciples, it would take at least a hundred ordinary prodigies to rise from the peak of the sixth level of the Saint King Realm to the Great Perfection of the Saint King Realm.

This was a true example of one person being worth a hundred.

‘If I can find another prodigy like Wan Yu, I could break through to half-step Great Saint, and even the Great Saint would not be impossible.’

Wang Ping thought silently in his heart.

‘It’s a pity the natural Saints from the First Minor Universe can’t be taken as disciples with my current strength. Otherwise, I would think of ways to go to the First Minor Universe.’

‘However, there’s no need to hurry about this. There’s still over a century left until the next natural Saint’s birth. I just need to become strong enough by then or find a talent that can snatch opportunities from quasi-emperors.’

Wang Ping’s thoughts flickered, and after collecting himself, he looked at Wan Yu and his family again.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he brought Wan Yu close to him.

‘From today onwards, this child will stay with me. Here are some techniques, pills, and spirit stones, you can also use them to start your cultivation journey. Even if your qualifications are poor, you can still strengthen your bodies and extend your lives.’

Next, Wang Ping took out some items and handed them to Wan Yu’s parents.

‘However, be careful. Do not let outsiders know about these items, or it will bring disaster upon you.’

By the end, Wang Ping’s expression had become extremely serious.

Although he had left some contingency measures in these items, some disasters were not something these measures could withstand.

The best way to protect themselves was to not reveal anything.

‘Immortal, rest assured, we understand the principle of hiding one’s wealth.’

Wan Yu’s parents were very excited and quickly said.

Wang Ping nodded, said nothing more, and swiftly left with Wan Yu.

Wang Ping had no intention of directly heading to the Central Immortal Continent.

Although, the distance from here to the Central Immortal Continent is not too far. With full effort and using the teleportation arrays of various ancient stars, it would take about a year.

However, Wang Ping would not risk venturing into a place teeming with powerful beings in the real world.

Therefore, he planned to stay on this ancient star, conduct simulations, and simultaneously train Wan Yu until he had the power to protect himself before leaving.

Wang Ping’s teaching style had always provided ample resources in the early stages, imparted some cultivation knowledge, and then allowed his students to cultivate and grow freely.

Not long after, Wang Ping arrived at a God City, purchased a cultivation residence, and moved in. After laying a solid foundation for Wan Yu and teaching him the initial cultivation knowledge, Wang Ping planned to continue his simulations.

‘System, I want to conduct a Paid Simulation.’

Wang Ping’s eyes flickered as he spoke in his mind.

‘Ding, consuming eighty thousand upper-grade divine sources, Life Simulator activation, talent refreshing…’

The System’s voice sounded.

‘Ding, talent refreshing successful, congratulations to the host for successfully refreshing Golden Talent: Damage Nullification; Red Talent: Wood Profound Body.’

Golden Talent: Damage Nullification: Using this talent, the host will not suffer any damage from any attack within three seconds. Ps: This talent is a special type of talent, usable once every ten years, and can exceed the capabilities of the gold rank, making it not only effective against the Saint Realm but also against Supremes.

‘Uh, my luck sure is getting better, huh? This is already several consecutive talents. Two golds, one colorful, and another gold. Additionally, if Cai Yonglong saw this golden talent, he’d definitely cry.’

Wang Ping looked at the talents refreshed this time, his gaze unusually strange.

This Golden Talent: Damage Nullification is exactly the same as Cai Yonglong’s later acquired Golden Finger. Although the names are different, their effects are identical, and its effectiveness is stronger than Cai Yonglong’s unoptimized Absolute Defense.

After all, this can defend against attacks from Supremes.

Cai Yonglong’s unoptimized Golden Finger likely couldn’t achieve this.

Of course, Cai Yonglong’s Golden Finger had a much shorter cooldown time, which means they each had their strengths and weaknesses.

However, one thing could be confirmed, which is that the golden talent had already reached the level of the initial Golden Finger.

Though… this is a special golden talent.

Wang Ping once again felt a myriad of emotions.

His Life Simulator was truly overpowered.

Each transmigrator only had one Golden Finger, but he was fortunate enough that, if his luck held, he could wholesale the Golden Fingers of the group members for himself.

‘System, I choose Golden Talent: Damage Nullification.’

Then, Wang Ping made his choice, his eyes flickering with uncertainty.

This time, with the Golden Talent: Damage Nullification, he wondered if he could acquire the Heavenly Cold Ice from Ji family’s secret realm.

Although obtaining the recognition of Heavenly Cold Ice is required, simply nullifying the damage alone is useless.

Based on previous simulations, the chance of Wang Ping being recognized was very low, probably a future fortune for Ji Bingyan.

However, this was not a big deal, as previously he died before touching it.

If he could touch it, then there would be a chance for it to be refreshed as a reward.

Though the current Life Simulator doesn’t require contact to have a probability of refresh, after contact, the probability of refreshing would certainly be much higher, worth trying.

‘Ding, talent selection successful, Life Simulation starting.’

As thoughts flickered through Wang Ping’s mind, the System’s voice sounded, his consciousness blurred, and he entered an immersive simulation state.

Then, the screen appeared, and familiar text began to emerge.

【On the first day, you chose to continue teaching Wan Yu’s cultivation.】

【Three years later, you felt the time was ripe, and let Wan Yu explore freely. At the same time, you began to desire to recruit more disciples. You first traveled around this ancient star to recruit, causing a stir.】

【Unfortunately, after hitting a bottleneck, you found that ordinary prodigies could no longer help you gain cultivation improvement, unable to reach the half-step Great Saint level.】

【This felt helpless to you. It seemed you needed top-tier prodigies like Ye Chen and Wan Yu to break major bottlenecks.】

【Ultimately, after considering it, you abandoned the idea of wandering through various ancient stars and decided to head directly to the Central Immortal Continent.】