213 – Perfected Spacetime Dao Body! The Young Emperor!

“Temporal essence?! The origin of time!?”

Wang Ping looked at the content displayed by the Life Simulator, completely stunned, followed by overwhelming joy.

He never expected that what was hidden in the depths of this icy pond was actually a cluster of the origin of time.

Initially, he had planned to rely on the Nine-Star Pavilion to find the origin of time, but now, it saved him a lot of effort… He had practically stumbled upon a great fortune.

Golden Talent: Teleportation, you’re a godsend!

“With this cluster of the temporal essence, my Spacetime Dao Body can be perfected. However, it seems this simulation won’t accomplish it.”

Wang Ping, after calming down significantly, shook his head.

He had no trump cards left. Trying to absorb this cluster of the origin of time, at the risk of being attacked by the Heavenly Frost Ice in the deepest part of the icy pond, was an impossible task.

However, Wang Ping wasn’t in a rush. If this simulation didn’t work, he could obtain this cluster of the origin of time in the next simulation.

As Wang Ping’s thoughts flowed, the simulation continued.

【You were elated and wanted to touch the cluster of the origin of time, but the effect of your Golden Talent: Damage Nullification had worn off. The moment the talent’s effect ended, your body stiffened and turned into an ice sculpture. Whether it was your physical body, your inner world, or even your divine soul, everything was instantly frozen.】

【Because you fell into a peculiar death-like state, this simulation ends here.】

As the text simulation ended, numerous scenes and cultivation insights appeared in Wang Ping’s mind, and his figure reappeared in the deepest part of the icy pond, gazing at that cluster of the origin of time.

Finally, Wang Ping’s consciousness wavered and detached from the immersive simulation state, his vision returning to reality, accompanied by the System’s voice.

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

①. Half-step Great Saint cultivation.
②. Golden Talent: Damage Nullification.
③. Red Talent: Wood Profound Body.
④. Great Sacred Artifact.
⑤. A random Great Sacred Artifact.
⑥. Fifty thousand catties of upper-grade divine sources.”

Without hesitation, Wang Ping made his choices after glancing at the reward list.

“System, I choose ①. Half-step Great Saint cultivation and ②. Golden Talent: Damage Nullification.”

“Ding, distributing rewards.”

The System’s voice sounded.

Then, Wang Ping felt a surge of powerful energy within him, directly elevating his cultivation from the Great Perfection of the Saint King Realm to the half-step Great Saint level.

Additionally, information about the Golden Talent: Damage Nullification appeared in his mind.

“Continue the simulation. This time, I must obtain the temporal essence.”

Wang Ping restrained his own aura, his eyes gleaming.

Just as Wang Ping was about to start the simulation again, the abrupt voice of the chat group System rang out.

“Ding, detected that Lin Yuanyuan’s team is in life-threatening danger. Do you wish to proceed to rescue immediately?”

“What!?”

Wang Ping, hearing the chat group System’s prompt, his pupils slightly contracted.

Lin Yuanyuan is in life-threatening danger? How could this be?

One must know, Lin Yuanyuan is now at the Saint King Realm, though not as strong as him, but after the Golden Finger optimization, her cultivation methods, divine abilities, laws comprehension… all have caught up, and she comprehends even more laws than he does.

After all, Lin Yuanyuan just needs to extract more insights from other Saint Kings or Saints to gain their laws comprehension… quite a bug.

Over the past three years, Lin Yuanyuan has shared many tasks with him.

Basically, Lin Yuanyuan led teams to complete those weak anomalies and some higher difficulty tasks.

Only for those extremely difficult tasks specified by the chat group would he personally take action.

In other words, it was by cultivating Lin Yuanyuan and other senior group members that he was able to simulate with peace of mind.

Now, Lin Yuanyuan encountering rare life-threatening danger surprised him and made him slightly serious.

Immediately, Wang Ping opened the chat group to investigate the situation.

Led by Lin Yuanyuan, with team members Chen Yao, Zhang Jun, Zhang Hu, and Chen Si, they engaged in an interdimensional mission to guard a world affiliated with the chat group.

In this world, under the attack of Abyssal Beasts, the destruction was severe, and the world’s essence was mostly plundered.

“Not only Lin Yuanyuan, other strong group members also went over and faced life-threatening situations… truly troublesome.”

While Wang Ping’s mind was racing with various thoughts, he directly used his authority as the acting group leader to traverse and head to the life universe where Lin Yuanyuan was performing her mission.

When Wang Ping arrived at the life universe, Lin Yuanyuan was struggling to hold on atop a broken ancient star.

“Yuanyuan, let’s retreat. This group of creatures are simply unkillable.”

Chen Yao, pale-faced and maintaining the defensive formation with Lin Yuanyuan, said with a bitter smile.

After arriving in this world, they initially thought they were only dealing with an Abyssal Beast equivalent to an ordinary Saint King level and a few subservient Abyssal Beasts of Saint rank.

However, neither Lin Yuanyuan, Chen Yao, Zhang Hu, Chen Si, nor Zhang Jun expected that the Abyssal Beast’s ability was to split.

Whenever their blood splattered, new individuals could split out.

Although the strength of these individuals was far inferior to the original body, the new individuals could still split again if harmed, making them incredibly hard to kill completely.

The most troublesome thing was that these split individuals could swiftly grow by absorbing the energy from their battles and the life energy of the ancient star.

Even though each split individual’s growth had a limit, maxing out at God King level combat power, with most only reaching the Void God Realm…

However, there were just too many of them.

Too many ants can bite an elephant to death, let alone beings of divine levels.

Entangled with Abyssal Beasts of Saint King level and Saint rank, these weaker split Abyssal Beasts could still exert a stunning effect.

Especially with Chen Si’s low combat strength, things were even more complicated.

Although Chen Si had been given enlightenment by Lin Yuanyuan and now had combat power equivalent to the True God level, this strength was too weak here. Without their protection, Chen Si would be devoured in seconds without even leaving a trace.

“Haven’t you noticed? We can’t retreat. As our strength increases, the task difficulty rises, and the enemies we encounter become stronger. The chat group allows us to teleport or retreat, so naturally, the enemies can too.”

Lin Yuanyuan forced a smile.

“Yuanyuan jie, do you mean… we can’t teleport away?”

Chen Si turned pale.

“Yes. I clearly feel that since we reached the Saint King level, the game rules between the chat group and other heavenly forces seem to have changed. Neither side can leave until one is utterly killed.”

Lin Yuanyuan shook her head and took a deep breath, her face grave.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yao and the others’ expressions turned extremely grave, their faces ashen.

Chen Yao clenched her fists, visibly uneasy.

After all, she had died once already, conned by Xu Yi.

If she died again, who knows how many group points it would cost to revive.

After all, dying more times means revival costs more group points.

Moreover, the revival cost is also related to the group member’s strength.

Now, she had reached the Great Perfection of the Saint Realm, and the revival ability’s price would definitely skyrocket.

Not to mention, if this world is destroyed, they would probably continue to die even if they revived.

“Where’s Brother Wang? We can ask him for help.”

Zhang Hu, riding a Saint-level beast and fighting alongside it, said anxiously.

“We can’t contact Brother Wang at all.”

Lin Yuanyuan smiled bitterly.

This statement rendered everyone silent.

They had long known that Wang Ping’s Golden Finger was a Life Simulator.

Nowadays, Wang Ping seemed to spend a lot of time each time he simulated, making it impossible to be online all the time.

This was also why they had increasingly reduced their dependence on Wang Ping in these three years.

“It looks like we’re going to die here.”

Chen Yao sighed.

Other group members might come, but they couldn’t help them turn the tide.

Perhaps Wu Jun’s Golden Finger might bring a miracle, but if it failed, it would merely mean one more dead person.

Chen Kang, Zhang Yueying, and some newcomers’ Golden Fingers are also good and can assist in battle.

But that abyss beast is very cunning and hard to kill. Even if it is imprisoned for a period of time and Zhang Yueying boosts their combat power, their chance of killing it is still less than fifty percent.

So, letting other group members come to die, they can’t bear it.

They might all have to die once, and then wait for Wang Ping to come online to save them.

Just when Lin Yuanyuan and the others were feeling somewhat desperate, a figure suddenly appeared on the ancient star, overlooking everything on it.

However, because Wang Ping carefully concealed his aura, no one noticed Wang Ping’s arrival, not even the abyss beast.

“The abilities of this Abyssal Beast are indeed disgusting. No wonder Lin Yuanyuan and the others couldn’t deal with it.”

Wang Ping stared at the abyssal beast, frowning slightly.

“However, even if this abyssal beast has high defense, strong vitality, and other OP abilities, like cloning… Its own attack power is equivalent to an ordinary sixth-level Saint King, approaching the seventh level. For me, it is as weak as an ant.”

With one step, Wang Ping directly appeared above the battlefield.

This time, Wang Ping did not continue to conceal his aura. The pressure of a half-step Great Saint burst out, covering the entire ancient star.

In an instant, the many abyssal beast clones were crushed by Wang Ping’s pressure and directly exploded.

However, after these abyssal beast clones exploded, they began to continue splitting, only to be crushed to death upon birth, becoming increasingly weaker.

Eventually, they completely disappeared.

The abyss beast at the Saint rank was not crushed to death, but it was unable to move under the pressure, looking at Wang Ping in the sky with fear.

As for the leading abyss beast at the Saint King rank, it stared at Wang Ping with a look of terror, trembling uncontrollably.

Wang Ping’s aura and energy fluctuations were too powerful, far beyond its reach.

It had a premonition that if Wang Ping made a move, he could directly obliterate it; no matter how strong its splitting ability was, it couldn’t save it.

“Brother Wang!”

On Lin Yuanyuan’s side, seeing Wang Ping appear, she was first stunned, then showed a look of surprise.

They did not expect Wang Ping to appear at such a critical moment and save them.

As expected, whether it was the former chat group or the current one, Brother Wang is the most reliable man.

As long as Brother Wang is here, any danger is nothing.

Wang Ping smiled and nodded at Lin Yuanyuan and the others, then looked at the abyss beast, with terrifying laws of fire appearing around him.

These were the Great Perfection in the laws of fire.

“Intervening midway in this battle breaks the rules; if you dare to kill me, you will be marked by my abyssal beast clan. Then, you will face endless pursuit.”

Seeing Wang Ping’s Great Perfection in the laws of fire, the abyss beast’s hair stood on end, roaring in terror.

Wang Ping was already stronger than it, and now he used the fire laws it feared the most, making it terrified to the core.

“Many forces want to kill me; your abyssal beast clan is not special. Moreover, we are enemies to begin with. Threatening me? Ridiculous.”

Wang Ping said coldly, and directly used his fire-related Divine Abilities.

In an instant, endless flames erupted, enveloping the abyss beasts, including those at the Saint King rank, burning them all to ashes, completely annihilating them.

“Amazing, Brother Wang is so strong!”

Zhang Hu watched as Wang Ping wiped out all the abyss beasts with a wave of his hand, his face full of shock and admiration.

“Feels like we’ve said this countless times.”

Zhang Jun spread his hands and also smiled.

This slaughter of abyss beasts greatly enhanced his strength.

Unfortunately, truly powerful abyss beasts are hard to kill; killing weaker ones provides little enhancement. Even if they are numerous, it can’t break through major levels.

Because of this, although he reached the level of Saint Great Perfection through this slaughter, he was still far from the half-step Saint King.

When Zhang Jun and Zhang Hu relaxed and started bantering, Wang Ping shook his head and reminded them, “If you want to chat, do it in the chat group. I’m leaving first. You should head back directly too. Otherwise, there might be new dangers. This has happened more than once.”

After saying this, Wang Ping turned into white light and disappeared.

Zhang Hu’s expression changed slightly, and he quickly chose to return.

What Wang Ping said was very true. Completing the task, it’s best to go back immediately; the longer they stay, the more danger they face… It’s a lesson learned in blood.

Half an hour after Lin Yuanyuan and Zhang Hu returned, the space of this world shattered again, and a terrifying figure appeared here.

At this moment, Wang Ping returned to the ancient star where the legacy of the Black Abyss Demon Sovereign was located.

Just as Wang Ping was about to start the simulation, Lin Yuanyuan and the others sent over red packets, which contained a large number of group points.

Among these red packets, the one from Lin Yuanyuan had the highest group points.

Regarding this, Wang Ping did not pay much attention. After a simple chat with Lin Yuanyuan, he closed the chat group.

“Ding, you have received an additional reward of one billion group points.”

At this moment, the sound of the chat group system suddenly rang out, causing Wang Ping to be slightly stunned.

“One billion?”

After reacting, Wang Ping said with uncertainty.

“Alpha, did that world get destroyed?”

“Half an hour after you left, a terrifying abyss beast arrived and wiped out that world. So, I and that abyssal beast divided the source of that world.”

Alpha’s voice rang out.

“However, you have been marked by the abyssal beast clan. In the future, do not easily intervene in group missions dealing with abyssal beasts, as it will be very dangerous.”

Alpha coldly reminded Wang Ping.

“I naturally know the danger. If possible, I wouldn’t want to get involved in missions. However, people like Lin Yuanyuan must be saved too. Otherwise, the high-end combat power of the chat group would be wiped out.”

Wang Ping sighed, somewhat helpless.

“Without Yuanyuan and the others, other new group members are of little use… As for Wu Jun and the likes, without Lin Yuanyuan, it will also be difficult for them to get strong quickly, and I’ll be busy again by then. Yuanyuan is my important right hand in the chat group.”

“I’m just reminding you, I didn’t think you did anything wrong.”

Alpha’s cold voice rang out again.

“However, remember that no group member is as important as you. I’ve bet everything on you.”

“Uh, should I feel happy about that or pressured?”

Wang Ping smiled.

“Don’t worry, I cherish my life.”

After a pause, Wang Ping spoke again.

He indeed needed Lin Yuanyuan and others to help him develop the chat group and intended to train them into his future subordinates.

But if Lin Yuanyuan and others encountered a terrifying enemy, while he would definitely assist them he wouldn’t put his life on the line to do so.

This time, it was only because the chat group reminded him that he could go and that he was needed there, so he went.

The chat group is secretly managed by Alpha. If there were truly life-threatening dangers, Alpha would surely not let him go.

“Hmm.” Alpha responded and then went silent again.

“Next, let’s continue the paid simulation. Getting stronger is the right path.”

Wang Ping also gathered his thoughts and thought to himself.

“System, how many upper-grade divine sources do I need for a paid simulation right now?”

Wang Ping asked in his mind.

“Ding, detecting the host’s cultivation level at half-step Great Saint tier, the resource consumption for a paid simulation is 150,000 jin of upper-grade divine sources.”

The system’s voice rang out.

“150,000… Oof… but I can still manage. System, start the paid simulation for me.”

Wang Ping shook his head and said.

“Ding, consuming 150,000 jin of upper-grade divine sources, Life Simulator activated, refreshing talents…”

The system’s voice rang out.

“Ding, talent refresh successful. Congratulations to the host for successfully refreshing the red talent: Earth Profound Body.”

Red Talent: Earth Profound Body:

“Alright, finally some bad luck. If I kept getting gold, I’d start to wonder if I’d end up paying for my luck with my life later on.”

Looking at the talent refreshed this time, Wang Ping wasn’t disappointed but felt it was quite normal.

After all, he had consecutively gotten one gold and one rainbow earlier. If he continued to get gold and rainbow, he’d be worried.

“Ding, talent loaded successfully. Life simulation begins.”

While Wang Ping was sighing, the system’s voice rang out again, and he felt his consciousness blur, entering an immersive simulation state.

Then, the screen appeared, and familiar text emerged.

【On the first day, after some thought, you contemplated your next plan. You considered returning to the Great Origin Ancient Star to accept two disciples. After all, Lin Yan or Fang Xingyu might give you a surprise, allowing you to break through to the Great Saint level.】

However, you still gave up on this naive idea. Talents like Lin Qinghe and Ye Chen, either terrifyingly gifted or having great karmic luck, can’t be found everywhere. If just one Great Origin Ancient Star could produce so many of them, it would be excessively abnormal.

You still think it’s better to find a way to break through to the Great Saint level before returning to the Great Origin Ancient Star to take Fang Xingyu and Lin Yan as disciples. This might help you advance a small stage, which would be the most optimal strategy.

After thinking through these matters, you still made a trip back to the Great Origin Ancient Star. After all, to obtain that source of time this time, you would definitely need the help of Cai Yonglong’s Golden Finger: Absolute Defense. Otherwise, it would be difficult to get past the Cold Pool.

As for trying to get some lifesaving trump cards from the old monsters of Taiyi Emperor Palace, you haven’t even considered it. After all, the time source and Heavenly Frost Ice are too precious, tempting enough to stir greed even from them. If any old monsters have left behind some contingency plans for you, such as an avatar with consciousness then it might prove troublesome to keep the treasure for yourself.

For this reason, you can only rely on yourself to seize these opportunities, using your own strength and Cai Yonglong’s help.

Soon after, you returned to the Great Origin Ancient Star and directly found Cai Yonglong. At this moment, Cai Yonglong had already ascended from the Purple Spirit Realm to the Upper Realm, saving you the trouble of visiting the Lower Realm, conserving a lot of energy.

Next, you took Cai Yonglong away. As for Lin Qinghe, you didn’t plan to take her with you, only leaving her with numerous lifesaving items and resources. After all, your next destination was the Taiyi Emperor Palace.

You were unsure whether the Taiyi Emperor Palace would accept Lin Qinghe, who possesses a Devouring Immortal Demon Body and remnants of a past Devouring Immortal Demon Body’s soul. If they wouldn’t accept Lin Qinghe, then bringing her there would purely be an act of sacrificing her.

Years later, you took Cai Yonglong to the Central Immortal Continent and joined the Taiyi Emperor Palace.

This time, the palace master of the Taiyi Emperor Palace was even more astonished. Because you had reached the half-step Great Saint level, a realm difficult to achieve in the era of declining laws, you undoubtedly defied expectations. As for Cai Yonglong, he was too weak. But since you mentioned he was an important follower, the palace master of the Taiyi Emperor Palace still allowed Cai Yonglong to join as well. Then, you both self-sealed.

In the blink of an eye, nearly a hundred thousand years passed. The golden era arrived, and you and Cai Yonglong emerged from self-sealing, ascending the eleventh level of the Taiyi Heavenly Path, becoming the tenth Emperor Child. Then, you directly challenged the second Emperor Child, suppressing him strongly and seizing his position, shocking the world.

Next, you proceeded into the Taiyi Emperor Tower to comprehend Dao. Finally, after two years, you succeeded in comprehending the Great Perfection level of Space Laws, enhancing your strength once again.

After comprehending the Space Laws, you chose to challenge the first Emperor Child, Yu Daohong. In this battle, you performed much better than in the last simulation, pushing Yu Daohong to reveal more of his hand.

It turned out, he too had comprehended his laws to the Great Perfection level. However, this time he didn’t defeat you as easily as in the last simulation. If not for his physique and bloodline being superior to yours and your failure to trigger a triple combo or higher consecutive attacks to land a critical strike, the outcome would’ve been uncertain.

Of course, you weren’t sure whether Yu Daohong had any hidden trump cards. Nevertheless, this battle greatly benefited you, bolstering your confidence. After all, you had achieved Great Perfection in both Space and Fire Laws, holding a distinct advantage over Yu Daohong, who focused on single cultivation.

Next, if you can supplement the source of the Spacetime Dao Body, making it flawless, you are confident that your physique advantage will surpass Yu Daohong’s, enabling you to cultivate another Time Law. By then, you believe you will easily suppress Yu Daohong.

You are even confident that, in this age of geniuses, only the top ten anomalies on the Saint King List can compare with you at the same level. As for Gu Xuan, you can’t see through him currently, so you don’t have much confidence in surpassing his talent. After all, Gu Xuan’s performance has been terrifying, easily suppressing even Lei Wanqian, who possessed the Great Thunder Immortal Physique.

After that, a quasi-emperor from the Taiyi Emperor Palace appeared and wanted to take you as a disciple. To this, you refused, stating that you currently had no plans to become a disciple. This left the quasi-emperor somewhat surprised. After all, typically, prodigies are taken as disciples by Earth Supremes or Heaven Supremes.

It was rare for an Emperor Child to be personally accepted as a disciple by a quasi-emperor. Most Emperor Children had a high chance of achieving Dao as a Supreme or had to enter the Supreme at least. Only a few Emperor Child-level figures had hope of achieving quasi-emperor status, though it was merely hope.

Thus, if a quasi-emperor came forward to take a disciple, it would be an honor for an Emperor Child-level figure. Your decision to refuse indeed surprised the quasi-emperor. However, he smiled wryly without saying much, merely offering a praise that you had great ambition before vanishing.

This left you slightly embarrassed. Indeed, you have great ambition. The reason for refusing this quasi-emperor’s offer was that you had your eyes set on the current Emperor of the Taiyi Emperor Palace, Emperor Tianyu.

In your view, as long as you absorbed that source of time and perfected your Spacetime Dao Body, you would be qualified to become a disciple of Emperor Tianyu. By then, being the Emperor’s disciple would be far superior to being the disciple of a quasi-emperor.

However, it was clear that the quasi-emperor of the Taiyi Emperor Palace had seen through your thoughts, which is why he mentioned your ambition, making you slightly embarrassed.

From then on, you walked outside as the second Emperor Child of the Taiyi Emperor Palace and helped Cai Yonglong gather many resources, allowing him to grow rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, almost a hundred years passed. Though you still hadn’t found a talented disciple to help you break through to the Great Saint level, you remained calm and unhurried.

Of course, you also considered bringing the strong individuals of the Taiyi Emperor Palace to the First Minor Universe to contest for the natural-born Saint. But ultimately, you chose to give up.

After all, even if you brought the quasi-emperor of the Taiyi Emperor Palace to capture the natural-born Saint, it wouldn’t be someone you could take as a disciple, essentially making them a tool, and you’d only gain many rewards at best.

Comparatively, the biggest trouble was explaining how you knew about a natural-born Saint’s birth. After all, most of your actions were under the watch of the Taiyi Emperor Palace, with a half-step Supreme protector watching over you, making it hard to explain.

Therefore, you felt it was better not to make unnecessary trouble and wait until you were strong enough to take everything for yourself.

At the same time, over the past hundred years, Cai Yonglong, with your help, successfully grew to the level of a quasi-Saint. Although he was only the most ordinary quasi-Saint, he was still a quasi-Saint, much stronger than many ordinary cultivators.

Next, a letter from Ji Bingyan arrived, inviting you to participate in the Ji family’s martial competition. The process didn’t differ much from the previous simulation, except that you secured a spot for Cai Yonglong.

Although the Ji family was somewhat reluctant, they still gave Cai Yonglong a slot out of respect for you.

Finally, you entered the secret realm to cultivate. This time, you had no intention of cultivating in the secret realm but directly took Cai Yonglong to the Cold Pool.

Then, you encountered the Heavenly Frost Ice. However, since you didn’t attack it this time, it also didn’t actively attack you, allowing you to breathe a sigh of relief.

However, due to the terrifying cold aura in the depths of the Cold Pool, you still had Cai Yonglong use his Golden Finger: Absolute Defense. Then, you began to take action on that source of time.

Perhaps because the source of time was inherently close to your Spacetime Dao Body, the process of subduing it was surprisingly smooth.

In the end, you successfully obtained the source of time, incorporating it into your internal world, and brought Cai Yonglong out of the Cold Pool.

Next, you instructed Cai Yonglong to cherish this opportunity in the secret realm, to cultivate diligently, strengthen his source, and break through to the Saint level. As for you, after considering, you decided to absorb the source of time within the secret realm.

After all, the environment here was quite good, with abundant sources, which could provide auxiliary effects.

Finally, just as the secret realm was about to close, you successfully absorbed and refined the source of time, perfecting your Spacetime Dao Body!

When your Spacetime Dao Body reached perfection, the secret realm closed, ejecting you. At the moment you emerged, a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation appeared, causing countless cultivators to reveal expressions of fear.

Even the Supremes and quasi-emperors of the Ji family showed shocked expressions, watching this terrifying tribulation cloud with awe. They were naturally very familiar with Heavenly Tribulations. A cultivator breaking through major realms would inevitably attract a Heavenly Tribulation, and the strength of the tribulation represented the foundation and potential of the one undergoing it.

However, such a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation was rarely seen even by them. The intensity of this tribulation’s aura was enough to rival those attracted by young emperors breaking through to the Great Saint level. No, to be accurate, it even surpassed some.

This led them to wonder if a young emperor was emerging, undergoing the Great Saint’s tribulation here!