The Canglan Continent.
In front of the Cliff of Northern Desolation, the most dangerous of the three great forbidden lands, a young man with black hair and dark eyes leaned against a massive boulder. He was drenched in blood, his chest heaving violently. Within few seconds, a pool of crimson had gathered at his feet, a stark sign that he was at the end of his rope, his life force nearly extinguished.
In his arms, he held a woman of peerless beauty. She, was covered in blood too. Her eyes were tightly closed, with undried beads of blood still clinging to her beautiful lashes. Her stunning face was deathly pale and she had long since lost all signs of life.
In front of him a huge crowd of people filled the horizon blocking out the sky. The elite forces of the entire Canglan Continent were all here. Ancient monsters from the strongest sects had emerged, and the legendary figures were also very powerful. It was surprising to see them because people thought they had passed away a long time ago. The power of the people was so great that it could shake this continent.
But today they had only one target: Ye Lingyun, the Nether Demon Emperor, one of the ten Great Emperors whose name made everyone tremble in fear.
If someone could beat him they would get a lot of power, a status, many treasures and divine favor!
"Ye Lingyun! Surrender peacefully and stop this futile struggle! You have fallen into demonhood. Hand over the Exquisite Pagoda, let us hurt your cultivation so you can not use them anymore, and return with us for judgment! Perhaps then, we might spare your life!" The people were very angry. They were yelling at Ye Lingyun and their voices were so loud that they were shaking the mountains.
Ye Lingyun looked up and sneered, his eyes filled with supreme irony.
"Bah! You fucking bastards! You're nothing but fools, being used as tools by that old dog, Mo Xuanye!"
"Besides, there is only one Exquisite Pagoda and there are hundreds of you, so who gets it? How will you divide the prize?"
As the words fell, the crowd stiffened. A mix of awkwardness, anger, and suspicion flickered in the eyes of the gathered masters as they began to eye one another with wariness.
"How dare you, vile youth!" A middle-aged man in crimson-gold battle armor stepped forward, his voice booming like a bell. "Ye Lingyun you are causing trouble. That is not a good thing to do. If you keep thinking you are right you will get hurt badly today!"
Ye Lingyun laughed hard. He laughed much it seemed like he had just heard the funniest thing ever. He slanted his gaze toward the man. "A gentleman? You call yourself a gentleman?"
His eyes flashed with cold light. "Song Yunfeng, great Sect Master... if your father hadn't begged me to save you a hundred years ago, your bones would have rotted inside a spirit beast by now. I don't get how you are still alive and standing here talking to me like that, like a dog barking loudly."
"Actually, I take that back. A dog at least knows gratitude. You? You are less~than~an~animal."
"You... you..." Song Yunfeng trembled with rage, His face was white. Then it turned gray. He pointed a shaking finger at Ye Lingyun but he could not get any words out.
"Yunfeng, why you are wasting words on a dying man?"A gentle voice spoke up. Beside Song Yunfeng, a man who was wearing snow- robes and holding a horsetail whisk stepped forward. The man looked like a wise person who lived a long time ago his voice was warm but the things he said could hurt Ye Lingyun very badly.
"Ye Lingyun do you really not get it? Even your master, Feng Yueyao, Even your Master, has died to save you. And now, no one can save you!"
Images from a year ago flashed before Ye Lingyun's eyes. That group of hypocrites had attacked his sect together. The sect he built was destroyed, his disciples were killed, and his best friends died trying to protect him... and now, even his beloved Master had died right in front of him to save his life.
A huge wave of hatred burned in his chest like lava, almost making him lose his mind.
Returning to the present, Ye Lingyun let out a smile of utter derision: "You pieces of shit think you can kill me?!"
The mans eyes were closing. Then a cold light came into his eyes. His fingers, which were covered in blood grabbed the edge of the rock he was sitting on. At that moment something crazy happened to his body. It was like his body was bursting with energy. His skin started to glow with streaks of blood over it.
"Fuck! He's self-detonating his Origin! Retreat! Fast!" The masters who were standing there turned white with fear. They stopped pretending to be brave. They quickly moved back. Started calling for their most powerful treasures to keep themselves safe.
His meridians were hurt. He felt a pain all over his body. Ye Lingyun slowly lifted his face , which was all twisted, in pain.
BOOM!!
A huge explosion broke the sky into pieces. A red fog filled the air and fire burned the sky of the Northern Desolation. This fire swept away the people who wanted treasure so badly and had been yelling for it. The Northern Desolation was, on fire. The greedy masters were gone.
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Canglan Continent, a thousand years ago.
Ye Lingyun's consciousness slowly came back. 'What? How am I not dead? I clearly detonated my Origin...'
He opened his eyes wide and it hit him that he was lying on a really soft bed. The warmth of the quilt told him he was alive.
[Bzzzt.... bzzzt] Static noise suddenly filled Ye Lingyun's mind.
[System updating... Progress: 81%... 93%...]
[...100%... System update complete!]
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for gaining a new life!]
A cheerful, mechanical system voice rang in his mind.
"System! You're alive too!This is amazing! We've been reborn! Yaay Yatta!" Ye Lingyun grew excited. "System did you make this happen to us?"
[Nope, Host!] the System replied with a puzzled mechanical tone. [Regarding this rebirth, even me is completely baffled!]
Ye Lingyun rubbed his chin thought for a moment. Then he shrugged his shoulders. "Bruh forget it. It must be because I am a a lucky person, a man who has a special destiny!"
System: [mmmmhhhh....]
[Ding! I have good news for the Host!] The System spoke again. [Because you were reborn, the system has completed a full upgrade. New function unlocked: Samsara Reality Simulator!]
"Samsara Reality Simulator? What is that?" Ye Lingyun asked, sounding confused.
[Simply put, it's a shortcut to quickly increase Host's cultivation! The system will use your soul as a base to create a "Mirror Clone" that never existed in the past timeline. Your consciousness can attach to this clone to experience that time personally.]
[You can choose when to end the simulation. Once you exit, the cultivation your clone gained in the virtual timeline will be added to your real body at a ten-to-one ratio!]
[Each simulation costs one million system points!]
Ye Lingyun froze for a moment, trying to process this insane setting.
In the next second, he clenched his fists tightly, his eyes exploding with excitement.
Ten times the cultivation feedback?
This was absolutely broken! With this function, couldn't he max out his cultivation in a very short time?
"Good, good, good..."
Coming back to his senses, Ye Lingyun looked around the stone hut. It was clean and nice. He knew this place. This was where he lived when he was an outer disciple of the Phoenix Sect. It was under the System's guidance that he had once saved the hunted Saintess, Feng Yueyao, in a secret realm, becoming her disciple and rising very fast to the top.
He checked his current cultivation: Ninth Level of the Qi Refining Realm.The Foundation Establishment was one step away.
The cultivation levels of this world are: Body Tempering, Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Severing, Void Refinement, Body Integration, Tribulation Transcendence, Saint, and Emperor. Each realm is divided into nine levels, from the First to the Ninth Level.
[Ding! Host awakened. Distributing Beginner Binding Reward—3x Bone-Washing & Blood-Changing Pills!]
With a thought, three white, fragrant pills appeared in his hand. He put all of the pills in his mouth and swallowed them. The pills made him feel warm over. This warm feeling went through his body and the man could feel his energy the white pills made his energy go up high.
First Level of Foundation Establishment! Second Level of Foundation Establishment! ...
It didn't stop until the Fifth Level of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Ye Lingyun let out a breath of air. This power was not much compared to what he used to have. But Ye Lingyuns eyes were still full of ambition. In this life Ye Lingyun had his past memories and the System so Ye Lingyun believe he could become an Emperor Realm again even if Ye Lingyun did not have Feng Yueyao.
"The Exquisite Pagoda, the Seven-Colored Glazed Fruit, and Mo Xuanye..."
This time, those who owed him... he would collect every debt with interest!