285 – Wang Ping’s Enlightenment!

“I never expected that a true immortal still existed in the Lower Realm. Even though it’s an immortal tree transformation, it’s still astonishing…”

Wang Ping looked at the content simulated by the Life Simulator and was somewhat amazed.

“However, for this ancient Immortal Tree to survive until now, that in itself is a miracle.”

Wang Ping pondered this point.

Before the Immortal Domain passage closed, there were numerous powerful beings. An entity like the ancient Immortal Tree would definitely catch the attention of stronger immortals and be taken away for cultivation.

However, it wasn’t captured.

It might be that it was not discovered before the passage closed, surviving by keeping a low profile. Or perhaps it hadn’t yet become an ancient Immortal Tree by that time.

If it became an ancient Immortal Tree after the Immortal Domain passage closed, then that would be incredible. The secrets contained within it would be terrifying.

“Maybe, the simulated Wang Ping could obtain the Enlightenment Immortal Tea Leaves this time and easily comprehend the Chaos Immortal Scripture and Chaos Dao.”

Then, Wang Ping shook his head, silently thinking and anticipating the developments.

【Not long after, the Immortal Ascension Conference began, and you arrived on the scene. Your arrival did not attract the attention of other cultivators because you were very low-key and did not exhibit any unique traits.】

【With your current abilities, as long as you don’t display any unique characteristics, even other quasi-immortals can’t fathom your background. Of course, if they did notice you, they would definitely regard you as one of their own, given that they couldn’t see through you.】

【A month later, under your watchful eye, countless cultivators arrived. The Immortal Ascension Conference officially began, and the ancient Immortal Tree started emanating immortal aura, guiding the quasi-immortals to ascend and overlook all beings.】

【For this scene, no one was surprised. Although anyone could expound their Dao and discuss their paths at the Immortal Ascension Conference, it was ultimately the stage for those grand powers. According to historical records, quasi-immortals have always been recognized by the ancient Immortal Tree at these conferences, with only a few emperors surpassing the quasi-immortals in Dao discussions. And those emperors are all anomalies; they were destined to become immortals in an era where immortality was achievable.】

【Just when everyone was marveling at the grace of the quasi-immortals, something surprising happened: another branch from the ancient Immortal Tree descended, which was thicker and more brilliant than any previous branches.】

【The quasi-immortals were also very surprised, looking in the direction where the branch extended, and finally all noticed you.】

【At this, you sighed inwardly. Unable to fathom the depths of the ancient Immortal Tree, you initially planned to observe, but were still discovered. It could only be said that an immortal is an immortal, incomparable to a quasi-immortal like you. Your concealment techniques were nothing before it.】

【However, you weren’t worried, holding two five-figure special items. Although the Holy Light Staff could only be used against evil things, its purification and healing effects could help you out of many predicaments. As for the five-figure intermediate item, the Cursed Doll, that’s even more self-explanatory. If you wished, the King of Quasi-immortals would die.】

【If the ancient Immortal Tree acted against you, you’d also remain unflustered, capable of using the five-figure intermediate item, the Cursed Doll, to kill it. Although it would be wasteful to use it against a true immortal, it should be used when needed.】

【Of course, from a certain perspective, you wouldn’t feel it’s a loss to use it on the ancient Immortal Tree. If you annihilated it, perhaps you could truly become immortal.】

【Thinking this far, you suddenly hoped the ancient Immortal Tree was a scheming boss. That way, you wouldn’t have the slightest guilt in killing it. If it wasn’t a boss, killing it without reason would be excessively malevolent, inconsistent with your style.】

【While you harbored various thoughts, the ancient Immortal Tree’s old and yet immortal voice rang out, welcoming you, a quasi-immortal from another world, to expound your Dao. Of course, if you were unwilling, it wouldn’t force you.】

【The voice of the ancient Immortal Tree astonished many cultivators, not expecting you to be a quasi-immortal from another world. However, the powerhouses among them were all thoughtful, as they were aware of the boundary-breaking phenomena from not long ago, evidently your doing.】

【Because of this, all these quasi-immortals became intensely curious about you, wondering what abilities garnered you such high regard from the ancient Immortal Tree. After all, the ancient Immortal Tree had never treated any other quasi-immortal so courteously.】

【At this moment, you composed yourself, smiled slightly, and expressed your gratitude to the ancient Immortal Tree senior for its recognition. Since the senior invited you, you were naturally willing to expound your Dao.】

【Subsequently, you began to be the first to expound your Dao. Without reservation, you shared your insights into Daoist techniques, which not only explained your Dao but also benefited your comprehension greatly.】

【Your explanation astounded everyone, as they listened intently, even the other quasi-immortals’ expressions changed, realizing your comprehension far surpassed theirs.】

【With your explanation progressing, many experienced breakthroughs. When you finished, anomalies descended from the heavens, and everyone, even other quasi-immortals, bowed deeply to you with renewed respect, finally understanding why the ancient Immortal Tree treated you with such courtesy.】

【It had to be said that someone like you, placed in an era where one could still become immortal, would undoubtedly be a prominent figure who could easily attain immortality and likely advance beyond the true immortal realm.】

【Of course, given your situation, even in this time when becoming an immortal is extremely difficult, it’s still likely that you could genuinely become one.】

【After you finished expounding your Dao, the ancient Immortal Tree was also greatly impressed with your Dao techniques, marveling at how extraordinary a Chaos Body is.】

【At this, you smiled slightly without saying much more.】

Next, there were other quasi-immortals preaching, and even a few daring emperors sharing their wisdom. You did not show any disdain but listened attentively, gaining quite a bit.

Once the lectures concluded, the ancient Immortal Tree announced the results of this ascension conference, stating that your teachings were the strongest of the era. For this, he was willing to grant you Enlightenment Immortal Tea Leaves.

Hearing the ancient Immortal Tree’s words, everyone revealed envious expressions. However, although they were envious, there was no resentment. In terms of teachings, you were indeed the best, undeniably the first place.

After receiving the Enlightenment Immortal Tea Leaves, you cast a deep look at the ancient Immortal Tree, feeling grateful for his generous gift. The ancient Immortal Tree told you not to be courteous, stating it was a reward you deserved.

Then, the ancient Immortal Tree announced that the ascension conference was over and would resume in millions of years.

Upon hearing this, you cupped your hands and slightly bowed to the ancient Immortal Tree before preparing to leave. However, many quasi-immortals approached you, inviting you for a visit to establish connections.

With a polite smile, you declined and left. This made the quasi-immortals feel a bit regretful but they didn’t say much and dispersed.

Soon after, you found an appropriate place, set up a grand formation, and began brewing the Enlightenment Immortal Tea Leaves, entering a closed-door meditation with the intent to use the tea’s effects to comprehend the Chaos Immortal Scripture and Chaos Immortal Dao.

In the blink of an eye, a hundred years passed. There’s no denying that the effects of the Enlightenment Immortal Tea were truly astonishing, putting you in a wonderful state of enlightenment, saving a great deal of time.

After a hundred years, you successfully comprehended the Chaos Immortal Dao and also understood the Chaos Immortal Scripture.

When your retreat concluded, you were extremely excited, laughing heartily, completely satisfied with your gains.

Now that you have comprehended the Chaos Immortal Scripture and the Chaos Immortal Dao, your combat power has already significantly surpassed that of Leng Yue, the predecessor transmigrator.

In your opinion, you could kill him if you wished. However, you do not intend to kill Leng Yue. Though he has killed you many times in simulations, he is ultimately a pitiful person and has helped the real Wang Ping many times; he’s more of a benefactor than an adversary.

Hence, you are more willing to become fellow Daoists with him and grow together.

You chuckled wryly, thinking that you might be getting ahead of yourself. Leng Yue, the transmigrator, has never revealed his true capabilities. Having traversed the Allheavens Playground, his combat skills must be multifaceted. Yet, you have never seen him use any special tools or similar means in battle.

Therefore, if you truly faced him, you ought to be cautious to avoid falling into a trap, which would be quite embarrassing.

“Finally, I have taken this step…”

Wang Ping, looking at the simulated content, felt filled with emotions.

Chaos Immortal Scripture, Chaos Immortal Dao.

As of now, the simulated Wang Ping, at the quasi-immortal level, would be considered top tier among the top tiers.

As for the perfect Chaos Body, it’s not something one can force.

However, even the complete Chaos Body is an unmatched advantage among quasi-immortals in the Lower Realm.

Indeed, even in the Immortal Domain, few could rival it.

“Next, it’s time to return and look forward to a battle with Leng Yue.”

Wang Ping’s eyes gleamed as he thought, looking forward to this fight, feeling hopeful for a triumphant resurgence.

While Wang Ping’s thoughts wandered, the simulation continued.

Next, after a period of consolidation, you prepare to forge your life-bound Immortal Artifact. During your travels across various worlds, you had found numerous powerful materials with side effects and, for security, gathered three clusters of divine source. Now, it’s time.

Without hesitation, you began forging your Immortal Artifact using various materials. The process of forging an Immortal Artifact is extremely intricate and consumes a lot of time and energy.

In the blink of an eye, thousands of years passed. Over these thousands of years, you were entirely focused on forging the Immortal Artifact, constantly infusing your Chaos Immortal Dao into it, consuming a lot of energy.

Nevertheless, your efforts were worthwhile. After thousands of years, you finally forged your life-bound Immortal Artifact: Chaos Immortal Robe!

With the birth of the Immortal Artifact: Chaos Immortal Robe, an Immortal Artifact Tribulation reappeared. This time, the Immortal Artifact Tribulation was even more terrifying than when you created the Chaos Immortal Pearl because the Chaos Immortal Robe, as your life-bound Immortal Artifact containing the Chaos Immortal Dao, few Immortal Artifacts could compare at the same level.

However, you weren’t worried that your Chaos Immortal Robe wouldn’t survive the Immortal Artifact Tribulation, confident it would successfully overcome the tribulation, and with the tribulation’s power, become stronger.

As you observed the Immortal Artifact Tribulation, the quasi-immortals of this world also looked over, showing shock. They didn’t expect an Immortal Artifact Tribulation to descend.

However, when they saw the Chaos Immortal Robe, they knew it must be your life-bound Immortal Artifact. Knowing this, they guessed you must have comprehended the Chaos Immortal Dao, as only those who have grasped the Immortal Dao are qualified to forge their own life-bound Immortal Artifact.

Of course, this is merely a qualification, a prerequisite. Many who comprehend the Immortal Dao cannot forge their own Immortal Artifact at the quasi-immortal level. According to records, most quasi-immortals can only forge their life-bound Immortal Artifact after becoming true immortals. It can be said that any cultivator who can create their own Artifact at the quasi-immortal level is absolutely extraordinary.

Thus, they could only admire you and did not dare to have any covetous thoughts. They were clear that despite being quasi-immortals themselves, if they were to face you, there was a high possibility you could easily kill them. They would not risk such suicidal actions.

Therefore, the Immortal Artifact Tribulation proceeded smoothly. You noticed that the other quasi-immortals were just watching and had no intention of intervening. With a slight smile, you remarked inwardly on how rational these people were, unlike the previous two dark quasi-immortals who recklessly sought death. Of course, this was also related to your earlier discourse with them, which made them aware of how strong you approximately were. Otherwise, there might still have been someone who would have acted out of greed.

In the end, your Chaos Immortal Robe successfully endured the Immortal Artifact Tribulation, becoming stronger and truly an Immortal Artifact, emitting boundless Immortal Light. It returned to your side, and you wore it on your body.

Then, the Immortal Light disappeared, making it look like an ordinary white garment. You were very satisfied with this scene.

At this moment, the many quasi-immortals courteously congratulated you on successfully refining your life-bound Immortal Artifact. In response, you did not arrogantly ignore their congratulations but politely responded to each one.

Next, just as you were considering whether to return to your original world, the voice of the ancient Immortal Tree called out, asking you to come over.

You were quite surprised by this, and after some thought, chose to head to the location specified by the ancient Immortal Tree.

You then saw an old man manifested by the ancient Immortal Tree. The old man congratulated you on acquiring your life-bound Immortal Artifact.

You smiled at this and, after some polite words, asked him why he had called you over.

The ancient Immortal Tree’s expression turned serious, and he expressed his hope that you could go to the Source of Darkness in this world to eliminate a dark creature.

Hearing this, you were astonished and did not immediately agree to the ancient Immortal Tree’s request. Instead, you earnestly asked what that dark creature was and why even the ancient Immortal Tree, as a true immortal, was so wary of it. Could it be that even he could not destroy it?

The ancient Immortal Tree shook his head and explained that while beings below true immortals could enter the Source of Darkness, once one becomes a true immortal, they can no longer enter. If they tried, they would be devoured. Thus, even though he could eliminate the dark creature, he did not dare to enter.

His words made you apprehensive, leading you to infer certain things. Perhaps the Source of Darkness does not mind the presence of beings below true immortals, but once someone becomes a true immortal and enters it, they will attract its attention and be eaten as snacks.

Of course, it could also be that no special attention is drawn; it is merely a simple reaction from the Source of Darkness to devour anything that enters.

Numerous thoughts ran through your mind, and you asked the ancient Immortal Tree why it was necessary to eradicate that dark creature. Was it extremely dangerous?

The old man, manifested by the ancient Immortal Tree, nodded, indicating that the dark creature was created by someone from the multiverse using a special tool. It continuously grows by absorbing dark energy from the Source of Darkness. If it continues unchecked, it may gain the power of a true immortal or even become stronger.

By then, this world would be doomed. Quasi-immortals may break through and escape, but the countless beings in this world would all be annihilated.

Moreover, it wouldn’t just be this world in danger. Once that monstrosity is fully formed, it could trigger a chain reaction, leading to the destruction of many worlds affiliated with the Immortal Domain.

Hearing this, you understood why the ancient Immortal Tree was so dedicated to cultivating powerful quasi-immortals and even hoped for a new true immortal to emerge. The ancient Immortal Tree wanted to solve this hidden danger and thus organized the Ascension Conference and was persistent in nurturing strong individuals. One must acknowledge that the ancient Immortal Tree indeed cared deeply for the world’s beings.

Now, you could feel its genuine nature, coupled with the Holy Light Staff having no reaction towards the ancient Immortal Tree, indicating its truly gentle and kind character.

After some thought, you asked if the ancient Immortal Tree could leave this world.

To you, it seemed that the ancient Immortal Tree might be unable to leave since it was rooted in this world. Perhaps this was one reason for its urgent desire to resolve the hidden danger.

The ancient Immortal Tree shook his head, indicating that he could leave but with some cost. However, he believed that resolving the hidden danger would be safer, considering that if that creature emerged in the currently closed Immortal Domain passage, escaping to another world might not help.

You nodded thoughtfully but still did not immediately agree to the ancient Immortal Tree’s request. Evidently, the dark creature was extremely dangerous, and there was no need for you to take risks fighting it. After all, as long as you left this world and returned to your original world, things wouldn’t fall apart for another one to two hundred thousand years, giving you plenty of time to cultivate, which would be greatly beneficial.

Seeing your hesitation, the old man manifested by the ancient Immortal Tree smiled wryly, stating that the dark creature had not yet reached the true immortal level and that you should be able to destroy it with your current strength. If you agreed to act, he would also give you some Enlightenment Immortal Tea Leaves and a drop of life essence to help you refine your true immortal body.

The ancient Immortal Tree also mentioned that this drop of life essence took millions of years to gather, being extremely precious and enough to tempt true immortals.

Hearing this, your eyes brightened instantly, and you chuckled, saying you would take care of it.

The old man, formed by the ancient Immortal Tree, laughed and cursed you for being someone who wouldn’t act without seeing the benefits.

Afterward, the old man gave you some information before disappearing, saying he would give you the rewards once you returned.

You nodded and then looked toward the location of the Source of Darkness, taking a step forward to go there.

You did not particularly fear the dark creature. Even if its power reached the true immortal realm, you had the Holy Light Staff to deal with it…

After all, this thing is the nemesis of evil spirits. Although this dark being was nurtured through the Source of Darkness, the Holy Light Staff, as a five-figure special item, would not be useless.

Your entry into the Source of Darkness was noticed by the quasi-immortals who had been observing your movements; they were a bit surprised. However, they soon thought it should be related to the ancient Immortal Tree, and all shook their heads thinking you were too reckless, fearing that today you might perish inside.

The fact that the ancient Immortal Tree wanted to destroy a certain presence within the Source of Darkness was no secret to these quasi-immortals. However, in their view, since even the ancient Immortal Tree was so wary of this presence, they naturally could not be its match.

Thus, no matter how many benefits the ancient Immortal Tree promised, no quasi-immortal throughout history had ever agreed. After all, reaching the level of a quasi-immortal, they cherished their lives too much, and no one was willing to venture into the Source of Darkness to slay enemies at the risk of near-certain death.

Moreover, the Dark Emperor and dark quasi-immortals within the Source of Darkness also caused them great dread. They didn’t want to enter and become the nourishment for these entities or, at the very least, be forced into corruption.

You were unaware of the other quasi-immortals’ thoughts and had no interest in them, thus proceeded into the Source of Darkness on your own.

As you entered, you frowned. Because you discovered that within the Source of Darkness in this world, there was not a single sign of the Dark Emperor or dark quasi-immortals.

Logically speaking, a world so powerful should have more accumulation of dark quasi-immortals and the Dark Emperor compared to other worlds. However, you didn’t see even a single dark quasi-immortal or Dark Emperor.

This situation was highly abnormal, making you immediately think of the existence of the dark being mentioned by the ancient Immortal Tree. Perhaps, it was that dark being that had devoured all the dark quasi-immortals and the Dark Emperor within the Source of Darkness, making it so desolate.

This made you frown, your face full of seriousness, always on guard against an attack by the dark being.

However, your vigilance was unnecessary because as you ventured deeper, you did not encounter any attack until you reached the depths of the Source of Darkness, where you understood the reason.

In the depths of the Source of Darkness, there was a blood-black cocoon surrounded by numerous tentacles and tens of thousands of beings… These beings were originally dark quasi-immortals and the Dark Emperor.

Most of these beings had been stabbed by the tentacles and turned into dried corpses; only a very few, bearing faces full of pain, clung to life… all of them were dark quasi-immortals.

Witnessing this scene, you narrowed your eyes, your face becoming even more serious. To be able to capture and absorb all these dark quasi-immortals and the Dark Emperor, it was clear that the power of this dark being had reached a terrifying level, quite possibly far beyond the quasi-immortal level.

Now, it had even turned into a cocoon-like existence, very likely undergoing another transformation. Perhaps once it broke out of the cocoon, it would become immortal. By then, it would be unstoppable, slaughtering across realms and turning into a nightmare for countless worlds.

While your mind was heavy with thoughts, the dark quasi-immortals who were still alive also noticed your presence. Despite their faces contorted in pain, they looked joyous and begged you for help, hoping you could either save or kill them.

To this, you remained unmoved, your expression calm as always, silently using the Origin-Breaking Divine Eyes to observe this cocoon-like object.

At this moment, the cocoon seemed to feel threatened, starting to tremble, and the tentacles began to absorb the dark quasi-immortals’ divine source with greater intensity.

Seeing this, you snorted coldly, no longer ignoring it, and directly unleashed an immensely powerful force. The Chaos Immortal Dao manifested, and you struck the cocoon with Chaos Immortal Fist.

However, something surprising happened. The cocoon was extremely resilient; even with your current strength, striking it with Chaos Immortal Fist did not shatter it in one blow but only created numerous cracks.

Bear in mind that you have now comprehended the Chaos Immortal Dao and the Chaos Immortal Scripture, coupled with the Chaos Battle Armor, pushing your combat power near the peak level of quasi-immortals. Even when faced with severely weakened true immortals, you had the confidence to engage. Yet, despite this, the cocoon remained unbroken with a single punch.

Soon, you launched another attack. This punch struck the cocoon, making its cracks more dense, seemingly on the verge of shattering at any moment.

Simultaneously, you realized a problem: the critical effect of the seven-colored talent: Explosive Blade was further reduced, from doubling the damage to merely increasing it by 50%. Clearly, upon reaching an extremely high combat power, the enhancement from the seven-colored talent was once again diminished.

But you understood. After all, it was just a six-figure talent; for someone who had far surpassed the quasi-immortal level, it was indeed falling behind. Perhaps after you become immortal, this six-figure talent would be useless, and the true Wang Ping could sell it or use it to nurture Lin Yuanyuan and others.

Of course, if you could use it during the Heavenly Tower trial, you wouldn’t choose to hand it over and would definitely use it yourself.

While you had many thoughts in your mind, you once again burst forth with powerful attacks, forcibly shattering the cocoon and killing all the dark quasi-immortals absorbed by it.

After you broke the cocoon, a shrill sound rang out, and then you saw a hideous, insect-like dark being staring at you with its scarlet compound eyes, looking extremely eerie.

To this, you remained expressionless, without a shred of fear, only mocking this insect-like dark being, saying it looked really ugly and should just kill itself.

Your words thoroughly enraged this insect-like dark being; its wings quivered, bursting out with terrifying speed… attacking you.

You were quite surprised because the speed of this insect-like dark being was even faster than that of Leng Yue, the experienced traveler, of course, without utilizing spatial talent. If space talent was used, it would be a different story.

Although you were surprised by the speed of the insect-like dark being, you remained unmoved and untroubled. Because the power fluctuations you felt from it had not reached the level of a true immortal.

Though its power fluctuations were far above the quasi-immortal level, worthy of being called pseudo-immortal, it still wasn’t a true immortal. Therefore, you only felt excitement facing this insect-like dark being.

You eagerly anticipated battling it to see how terrifying your power had become.

Soon, the insect-like dark creature realized that merely showing speed couldn’t scare you or make you reveal any weaknesses, so it launched its attack.

In response, you sneered and erupted with terrifying combat prowess. The Chaos Immortal Dao manifested, and with Chaos Immortal Fist, you clashed head-on with the insect-like dark creature.

However, this insect indeed was close to stepping into the true immortal level. Not only was its speed astonishingly swift, but its strength was also exceedingly fearsome, pushing you to a disadvantage.

Unfazed, you continued to battle, familiarizing yourself with your own power. As the fight progressed, you gradually mastered your strength and began fighting evenly with the insect-like dark creature.

Seeing that it could not defeat you after a long while, the insect-like dark creature grew even more furious. Interrupted during a critical breakthrough and forced to emerge prematurely was already stifling enough; now, being unable to take you down infuriated it further.

Thus, the insect-like dark creature decided to use its true power. Initially planning to conserve energy, intending to kill you and then absorb your strength to continue its metamorphosis, it now realized it couldn’t save any power.

As the insect-like dark creature unleashed its true power, you instantly found yourself in a perilous situation, with your life in constant danger.

You frowned slightly, realizing that this insect-like dark creature had been hiding its strength earlier. Considering whether to use the Holy Light Staff or the seven-colored talent: Flashes of Ephemeral Splendor…

In the end, you decided it wasn’t necessary to waste a life force fighting to the death with this insect-like dark creature. Testing your extreme combat power in this manner was sheer folly, wasting valuable life-saving trump cards.

Then, you directly took out the Holy Light Staff, unleashing its terrifying holy light. As the holy light appeared, even true immortal-level foul things would turn to ashes, let alone this insect-like dark creature.

Therefore, with an extremely miserable scream, the dark creature eventually turned to ashes, completely perishing.

Seeing this, you smiled, satisfied with the effect of the Holy Light Staff, marveling at its unbeatable power as a special artifact from the Heavenly Tower.

However, you were clearly celebrating too early. The Holy Light Staff, being a five-digit special artifact, could unleash holy light to purify foul things. But using such terrifying holy light in the Source of Darkness undoubtedly disturbed it.

Although this level of holy light only produced an itching sensation akin to an insect crawling on human skin, it was still dangerous enough. After all,… When people see insects crawling on them, causing an itch, they instinctively slap them dead. The Source of Darkness would naturally have the same reaction.

As a result, dark energy appeared instantly, engulfing you completely. Before the Source of Darkness, none of your revival methods worked, and you perished instantly.

Because of your death, this simulation has ended.

As the simulated text ended, Wang Ping’s mind was flooded with vivid memories, without any errors.

Of course, this vast amount of memory wouldn’t affect Wang Ping himself.

It could only be said that the Life Simulator, after being optimized again, was indeed much more useful than before.

‘This was really careless… Should I say, the simulated Wang Ping got too cocky?’

After swiftly absorbing the memories, Wang Ping sighed.

The simulated Wang Ping wielded two five-digit special artifacts, two Immortal Artifacts, and had broken through to the quasi-immortal level, comprehending the Chaos Immortal Scripture and Chaos Immortal Dao.

Theoretically, besides true immortals, no one was his match.

Perhaps even true immortals might not be able to completely kill the simulated Wang Ping.

Thus, the simulated Wang Ping indeed got cocky. From his fantasy of returning and thrashing the transmigrator Leng Yue, it was evident.

The huge boost in strength made the simulated Wang Ping lose his former extreme caution, forgetting the significant risk posed by the Source of Darkness.

Of course, this was also due to the Source of Darkness never taking active action before.

Even after hearing the ancient Immortal Tree’s warning that true immortals entering would be swallowed, there was some negligence.

Ultimately, this led to the tragedy.

Naturally, the simulated Wang Ping couldn’t be entirely blamed. His true self, upon seeing the simulated Wang Ping’s skyrocketing strength, also got a bit carried away, just not as much as the simulated Wang Ping.

‘But now, I know the roadmap… Next time I simulate this world, I won’t use the Holy Light Staff against this dark creature. Moreover, as long as I arrive earlier, this dark creature’s strength will definitely not match the end of this simulation. At that time, even without using numerous trump cards, there’s a high chance of single-handedly defeating it.’

Wang Ping thought to himself as his eyes flickered, contemplating various matters.

Just then, as Wang Ping pondered over many things, the System’s voice sounded at the perfect moment.

“Ding, reward generation successful. The host must choose two items from the following rewards:

①. Six-digit Talent: Dragon’s Wrath.
②. Quasi-immortal Cultivation.
③. A cluster of divine source.
④. Enlightenment Immortal Tea Leaves.
⑤. Life-bound Immortal Artifact: Chaos Battle Garb.
⑥. A random quasi-immortal artifact.
⑦. Ghost Valley Stone.”

“Is this the optimized Life Simulator? I love it, I love it…”

Wang Ping looked at the freshly generated rewards, his whole being stunned.

Oh my, although he had guessed that after the optimization of the Life Simulator, the rewards would become even richer with increased tiers, this was too abundant… Immortal Artifacts, divine source, Enlightenment Immortal Tea Leaves…

For a moment, Wang Ping’s rare indecisiveness flared up again.

“First, let’s exclude the Ghost Valley Stone, divine source, and quasi-immortal artifact. Although these three items are precious, they don’t mean much to me now. Of course, the divine source is relatively valuable; it could be used for post-advancement Paid Simulation, or to help Emperor Tianyu break through to the quasi-immortal level.”

“But since they can be refreshed now, they can definitely be refreshed later, so there’s no need to choose them now. It’s more important to select rewards that can enhance myself.”

After thinking it through, Wang Ping filtered out these three rewards.

Then, Wang Ping looked at the six-digit talent: Dragon’s Wrath.

A six-digit talent is quite precious. If it were before, Wang Ping would definitely have chosen it, as the probability of it being refreshed was still low.

However, with the optimized Life Simulator, it guarantees a six-digit talent refresh, lowering the priority for selection.

Of course, this six-digit talent doesn’t seem that significant now; otherwise, Wang Ping might still consider choosing it.

Next, Wang Ping looked at the Enlightenment Immortal Tea Leaves, quasi-immortal cultivation, and Chaos Battle Garb.

Wang Ping really wanted the Chaos Battle Garb, his life-bound Immortal Artifact.

Although he could easily obtain the Chaos Battle Garb through the Life Simulator, that’s the simulated Wang Ping’s accomplishment, not his own.

Wang Ping had a hunch that the probability of refreshing the Chaos Battle Garb was definitely lower than the other rewards.

However, Wang Ping also wanted the Enlightenment Immortal Tea Leaves. This item helped the simulated Wang Ping comprehend the Chaos Immortal Scripture and Chaos Dao. If he chooses it, Wang Ping could have Enlightenment Immortal Tea Leaves every time, and also share them with people like Emperor Tianyu.

Wang Ping felt that the promises he made should be realized.

“Forget it, let’s not choose the Enlightenment Immortal Tea Leaves. This item can be obtained in the ancient Immortal Tree world by asking the ancient Immortal Tree. As for fulfilling my promises, I’ll deal with that later. When I get stronger, making people like Emperor Tianyu into immortals will be a piece of cake. For now, the focus is on self-improvement.”

After thinking it over, Wang Ping shook his head again.

In the end, Wang Ping decided to choose the quasi-immortal cultivation and the Chaos Battle Garb.

Choosing quasi-immortal cultivation might seem like a foolish move, but it’s not.

After all, Wang Ping now has abundant resources and isn’t afraid of lacking resources for simulations after reaching quasi-immortal.

Not to mention, resources can always be earned again.

Wang Ping’s main concern was the group leader of the second-generation chat group causing trouble for him.

The group leader of the second-generation chat group, being a terrifying strong practitioner at the quasi-immortal king level with five-digit peak strength, wouldn’t tolerate his rapid growth.