What entered Ye Ling’s vision was a bright, but bone chilling blue light followed by the outline of a small bell, it’s color unrecognizable.
Kong Junyu couldn’t help but look at Ye Ling with awe and a slight hint of envy.
So, only the Demon Saint could activate the formation and take out that bell...what is it even, anyways?
He couldn’t help but wonder as he walked towards Ye Ling.
Ye Ling, on the other hand, couldn’t take his eyes off the bell in his hands as he clutched it tightly. It was only when Kong Junyu’s aura landed on him did he wake up from his stance.
"Th-this thing...it’s dangerous.."
Ye Ling couldn’t help but spill out, his gaze turning solemn as he quickly hid the bell to avoid falling into a trance again.
"What is it even about? Is it a Dharma Artifact or a treasure of some sort?"
Kong Junyu asked in a confusing tone of voice, his brows furrowed as he stared at the clasped hands of Ye Ling.
"I don’t know..I’ve seen Rank-10 Dharma Artifacts before, but this is something of an entirely different level...it’s definitely higher than a normal Rank-10 Dharma Artifact. We need to ask a senior of the demonic path or Demon Race about this."
Ye Ling said in an extremely solemn tone of voice. Whatever was happening had already gone beyond his comprehension.
At the same time, he secretly asked the Heavenly Devil System.
What is this bell like thing? Why is it so strange?
[Host, all I can tell you for now is that this bell surpasses the ranks of Dharma Artifacts, including Rank-10. Your qualifications aren’t sufficient enough to know about anything else.]
Tch...this system is so useless!
He cursed inwardly, and upon not receiving any response from the Heavenly Devil System, he just gave up.
"That seems plausible, but we have to wait here until we get the signal to go to the Isle of Heavenly Demons. That will be when the mighty figures of the demonic path and Demon Race have already restrained Demon Lord Nine Calamities and others who betrayed us."
Kong Junyu said, looking at Ye Ling.
"And what are we gonna do here knowing that we’ll only get the signal dozens of years later?"
Ye Ling couldn’t help but ask. He had no heart for cultivation and only raised his cultivation level by completing missions assigned by the Heavenly Devil System or killing other cultivators.
He felt that his cultivation would get stagnant if he remained here.
"What then? Do you plan on going against the orders of both the demonic path and the Demon Race? Didn’t you see for yourself how terrifyingly powerful those old monsters are?"
Kong Junyu snorted as he stared towards the direction of the East Coast, wondering how the battle there was going.
"I’m the Demon Saint. For some reason, both the demonic path and the Demon Race need me, so they obviously won’t do any harm to me."
As he said these words, dangerous thoughts began to appear in Ye Ling’s mind before he was quickly pulled back to reality by Kong Junyu’s harsh tone of voice.
"Do you seriously think the Demon Saint’s identity matters here? The Demon Saint, no matter how prestigious or useful, is still only at the peak of Golden Core Realm! You can be manipulated at will by any random existences who surpasses the Immortal Ascension Realm out there! They choose not to do so is their mercy, and you think it’s because they need you?"
Kong Junyu’s voice was low but sharp at the same time, causing Ye Ling to frown.
His cultivation had indeed increased a lot since the last time, mainly because they encountered quite a few cultivators who were about to attack them but instead got killed by them.
That’s how Ye Ling was able to reach the peak of Golden Core Realm so fast.
"But..."
However, as he thought it through, he couldn’t help but admit in the end that he was too naive to think that those high and mighty beings cared about his identity as the Demon Saint.
"Alright then, let’s just stay here for some time."
He then replied, letting out a long sigh of frustration.
I need to cultivate now and breakthrough to the Void Refinement Realm.
I already have quite a few rewards from completing missions which can help me breakthrough, so it won’t be too hard, I guess.
With this, he sat cross-legged in the air and started cultivating.
Kong Junyu also did not say anything and started to cultivate on his own.
...
15 years passed by in the blink of an eye.
Eternal Peak.
Tian Yongheng finally finished upgrading all his skills and abilities to their utmost limit!
Now, all was left was to test them out in the Simulation Battle Trial!
At this thought, he couldn’t help but feel a little excited. He always felt excited at the thought of completely crushing his opponents in the Simulation Battle Trial, as it was a way of ensuring his safety while also showcasing how powerful he was.
However, he needed to do something else before that.
Looking at a corner of the cave abode, Tian Yongheng saw his clone sitting calmly, the Sword of Diligence, now a Rank-9 Dharma Artifact, shining brightly in its hands.
It had successfully upgraded it using the Dharma Fusion Stone.
His other consciousness in the clone instantly understood his thoughts and went out of the cave abode, quickly leaving the range of the Eternal Peak in a matter of seconds and started to patrol the entire Qingyun Region.
It was to guard against any unexpected danger, specially after the incident with the Sword Lord of the Darkest Night!
Opening his profile, Tian Yongheng was momentarily shocked to see that the Sword Lord’s hatred towards him had decreased to a mere 1-Star.
What is this fellow doing?
Now that it’s only a 1-Star hatred, is it not worth it for him to come here and risk his life trying to kill me?
A 1-Star hatred should only be annoyance or jealousy, nothing worth risking one’s life for, so it’s pretty reasonable, but...
I’ll still fight a thousand of you in the Simulation Battle Trial first!
With that, he instantly entered the virtual battle with a thousand Sword Lords of the Darkest Night!
*Swoosh!*
All of them unleashed a flurry of techniques, spells, and a vast Sword Intent which covered the world of the simulation, turning the sky grim dark and thunderstorms to roll over!
However, at that very instance, a strong beam of light burst forth from the middle of the world towards the horizon above, clearing the entire sky immediately while also directly turning the Sword Lords in the surroundings to ashes.
Simulation Battle Trial, completed!
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Coming out of the simulation, Tian Yongheng, feeling unsatisfied, started yet another simulation, but with over ten thousand Sword Lords of the Darkest Night this time!
Last time, he had instantly finished the battle by using the Divine Power, Everlasting Yellow Sword Qi. This time, he planned on defeating everyone using no Divine Power!
As he continues to fight in the Simulation Battle Trial, he finally managed to defeat over a hundred thousand Sword Lords of the Darkest Night after a few hours, being fully confident in his abilities now.
A hundred thousand Sword Lords of the Darkest Night, a hundred thousand peak Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivators!
They combined couldn’t defeat Tian Yongheng!
His confidence naturally soared, and he challenged a hundred of an Immortal Ascension Realm cultivator who had developed favorability towards him due to either his reputation or the commotions he had caused while cultivating his Divine Powers.
He defeated them all in less than a minute and continued to challenge them until he insta-killed them.
A hundred Immortal Ascension Realm mighty figures were no longer powerhouses, but mere ants in front of Tian Yongheng now!
He decided to test the water and directly challenged the Truth Endeavoring Arhat, a Human Immortal this time!
As soon as he appeared in the virtual battle, he no longer felt the same pressure from the Truth Endeavoring Arhat as he first did when he fought him. It was just a suppression of cultivation level now, not of strength.
Before the Truth Endeavoring Arhat could even make a move, Tian Yongheng had already stabbed forward with the Everlasting Yellow Sword Qi, killing him instantly!
He then moved onto a hundred Truth Endeavoring Arhats right after that.
Once again, he only came out after insta-killing all of them.
Next, he scrolled through his personal relationships to see if he had any friend or enemy who was a Mid Stage Half Immortal to see how well he would fare against such a being.
His gaze landed on a certain individual, with a 1-Star favorability towards him and a cultivation level of Mid Stage Half Immortal Realm.
This person was called the Thundercloud Empress, and she was the Sect Master of the Thundercloud Sect in the Northern Continent.
She was also the master of Yan Guo, the Human Immortal who had taken interest in him before!