When Su Ming saw this, he could not help but let out a long sigh.
"Sigh… I died again!"
Now he finally understood why Ye Chuxue chose to betray the sect six years later instead of continuing to remain undercover within the Qingyun Sect.
That Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure Tower was purely a screening artifact. Every ten years, it checked whether there were any awakened humans within the sect.
Its purpose was to completely prevent the tragedies of the ancient era from repeating themselves.
"It seems the Qingyun Sect is not a place where one can stay for long. The outer disciples are nothing more than substitutes cultivated by the Qingyun Sect."
After careful consideration, Su Ming ultimately chose the Young Supreme talent.
This talent was simply too useful. It was far beyond what a mere late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation could compare to.
An hour later, Su Ming opened the simulator again.
[Simulation begins!]
[Drawing a random talent!]
[Congratulations, you have obtained the purple talent: I Want It All!]
[I Want It All: In the world of adults, there are no multiple-choice questions. Only children have to make choices. I choose to take everything!]
"Uh… what kind of bizarre talent is this?"
Su Ming could not help but laugh bitterly when he saw the talent he had drawn.
[Year One. After confirming that reaching the extreme realm of Qi Refining could suppress the Bizarre Insect, you decided to refine large quantities of pills to exchange for Spirit Stones.]
[Year Two. After an entire year of alchemy, you accumulated a considerable fortune.]
[You began using Spirit Stones without restraint. Having already succeeded once before, you devoted yourself entirely to cultivation.]
[This year, you broke through to the eleventh layer of Qi Refining.]
[Year Three. You successfully broke through to the twelfth layer of Qi Refining.]
[Year Four. You successfully broke through to the extreme realm of the Qi Refining stage.]
[This year, you did not rush to break through. Instead, following the timing in your memories, you deliberately chose a full-moon night to go to the Back Mountain to make your breakthrough.]
[Your main purpose in doing this was to let Ye Chuxue witness your Awakening with her own eyes, saving you the trouble of explaining anything later.]
[At night, you arrived at a cliff on the Back Mountain and began preparing for the breakthrough.]
[After swallowing two Foundation Establishment Pills, signs of your breakthrough quickly appeared.]
[One hour later, you successfully broke through to Foundation Establishment. At that moment, the Heavenly Tribulation arrived as expected.]
[Just as you were preparing to face the tribulation, Ye Chuxue also happened to arrive at that place.]
[When she discovered that you were undergoing tribulation, her eyes filled with shock.]
[She could not understand why you had triggered a Heavenly Tribulation when you had only just broken through to Foundation Establishment.]
[Very soon, you completed the tribulation and stood at the edge of the cliff, your flesh torn and bloodied.]
[Immediately afterward, the aura around your body began to grow chaotic. Seeing this scene from not far away, Ye Chuxue realized that the Bizarre Insect inside your body had begun devouring your primordial spirit.]
[This time, being fully prepared, you did not directly use your primordial spirit to suppress the Bizarre Insect. Instead, you immediately mobilized the true intent of heavenly lightning within your Soul Sea.]
[As soon as the true intent of heavenly lightning appeared, the Bizarre Insect was suppressed within moments. At the same time, you spat out a mouthful of blood.]
[At that moment, Ye Chuxue suddenly appeared beside you and placed a medicinal pill into your mouth.]
[The pill melted instantly upon entering your mouth, and you quickly felt your aura gradually recovering.]
["Thank you."]
[In response to your gratitude, Ye Chuxue did not say much. Instead, she directly brought you to her Cave Dwelling.]
[After setting up a soundproof formation, Ye Chuxue said to you:]
["You have awakened."]
[You nodded without saying much, your expression remaining unchanged.]
["Judging from your reaction, it seems you already knew about this. You do not look surprised at all."]
[Seeing this, you briefly explained to Ye Chuxue that you had dreamed during the Qi Refining stage that you would die upon reaching Foundation Establishment, so you were not surprised.]
["How did you manage to do it? I saw that your spiritual roots are extremely mixed. Logically speaking, you should not have been able to suppress the Bizarre Insect."]
[Ye Chuxue believed what you said, but she was also very curious about how you managed it.]
["You must understand that even a cultivator like me, with a high-grade single spiritual root, cannot suppress the Bizarre Insect without relying on a special physique."]
[You then told her about how you reached the extreme realm of Qi Refining, advanced to a Third-Grade Alchemist, and used the power of your soul to forcibly suppress the Bizarre Insect.]
[After hearing your explanation, Ye Chuxue was greatly shocked.]
[She had not expected that you had succeeded using such an almost impossible method.]
[In her view, the extreme realm of Qi Refining had always been something from legends. It had only appeared during the Remote Ancient Era, and it had never appeared again from the ancient era until now.]
[What you said next shocked Ye Chuxue even more.]
[You asked her when she planned to escape from the Qingyun Sect.]
[Ye Chuxue could not understand how you knew about this matter. In her opinion, someone who had only just awakened should not know anything.]
["In two years. Two years from now will be the once-in-ten-years Enlightenment Assembly of the Qingyun Sect."]
[Immediately afterward, Ye Chuxue told you the truth about the Enlightenment Assembly. It was a trap specifically designed to target Awakeners.]
[Since you had already known the truth, you were not surprised. This time, you decided to leave together with her.]
["Very well. When the time comes, I will inform you, and we will leave together."]
[After parting with Ye Chuxue, you returned to your Cave Dwelling and continued cultivating.]
[Year Six. You successfully broke through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.]
[On this day, Ye Chuxue came to your Cave Dwelling to inform you that the Enlightenment Assembly would take place next month. They had to leave tonight in advance, otherwise they would not be able to escape once the mountain was sealed.]
[Thinking back to the last time you had been blocked from leaving the mountain, you nodded in agreement. However, before leaving, you felt that you should give the Qingyun Sect a farewell ceremony.]
[After hearing your idea, Ye Chuxue looked at you in disbelief.]
["Su Ming, have you gone mad? This is the Qingyun Sect. If you cause trouble like this and we fail to escape, what will we do?"]
[You reassured her not to worry. Under the cover of night, you would sneak into the Cave Dwellings and kill them. As long as the commotion remained small, there should be no problem.]
[After your repeated insistence, Ye Chuxue finally decided to gamble with you.]
[Under her guidance, you arrived at the mountain range where the Inner Sect disciples lived.]
["Let us begin."]
[The slaughter continued until the latter half of the night. With only you at the late stage of Foundation Establishment and Ye Chuxue at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, the two of you killed eighty percent of the Foundation Establishment disciples of the Qingyun Sect in a single night.]
[As for the remaining twenty percent, the reason they were not killed was simply because they were not present in the Qingyun Sect and thus escaped this disaster.]
"Holy… when did I become this ruthless?"
Seeing this, Su Ming began to wonder what had happened to his simulated self to make his temperament become so fond of killing.
However, he quickly understood the truth.
The ones he had killed in the Qingyun Sect were not humans, but Bizarre Insects!
Those above Foundation Establishment who had not awakened were all Bizarre Insects. Once he realized this, the burden in his heart immediately disappeared.
[Early the next morning, the great bell atop Qingyun Mountain rang throughout the entire Qingyun Sect.]
[For a moment, all Outer Sect and Inner Sect disciples gathered at the Qingyun Sect's martial training grounds.]
[Even the Qingyun Sect Master was alarmed and came out of seclusion ahead of schedule!]
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