Reading her description, Tian Yongheng couldn’t help but feel slightly excited about defeating her in the simulation.
This would be the first time he was fighting a leader level existence of the righteous path, and if he could defeat or even be on par with the Thundercloud Empress, then his true strength was already the same as the leading experts of the world!
However, that didn’t mean he could already be counted among the strongest in the world. One had to know that the leading figures of the world weren’t necessarily the strongest in the world as well.
If that had been the case, then the current Kunlun Saint would have been considered the best candidate to compete for the position of the strongest, not the Saint Master.
Just like how the Saint Master of Kunlun was the ultimate pillar of the Kunlun Divine Mountain, other existences similar to him were the supreme pillars of other factions, making up the hierarchy of the strongest beings in the world.
But nonetheless, a leader level figure was still one of the top hundred.
Thinking that he would reach the level of the strongest in a hundred or so more years, Tian Yongheng put aside his other thoughts and entered the Simulation Battle Trial.
The Thundercloud Empress, clad in a blue imperial like robe resembling the waves of the ocean and lightning appeared before him, holding a small staff like weapon in her hand. She could be said to be a heavenly beauty and had an imposing aura, just like how someone of her cultivation level and position should be.
Tian Yongheng could confirm that the weapon in her hand was a Dharma Artifact similar to the Wood Essence Umbrella, but he didn’t know exactly what it was.
However, at that very instance, he directly used one of the strongest Divine Powers in his arsenal to test out if he could insta-kill the Thundercloud Empress.
A strong sword light burst forth from his fingers which seemed as if he was holding the light, causing the sky to turn golden and be completely still, as if time itself had stopped.
*Boom!*
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The Thundercloud Empress had no time to react as an extremely overbearing Sword Intent engulfed her, a supreme divine might pressing down on her as the space shattered and the void of the simulation world was revealed by the sheer power of the attack.
Heaven Earth Quintessential Sword Finger!
The Thundercloud Empress was annihilated along with the spacetime rift of the simulation world, not even having a chance to display her abilities.
The Heaven Earth Quintessential Sword Finger was just too overpowering!
Tian Yongheng didn’t consider it one of his strongest abilities for no reason!
As he exited the simulation and appeared in his cave abode again, all the exhaustion of using the Heaven Earth Quintessential Sword Finger from before disappeared in an instant, even though it was only minimal.
It was obviously because the simulation was not real, and thus, even if he was killed in the simulation, his real body will not be affected in any way.
Next, he chose to fight the Thundercloud Empress again, but without using any Divine Powers this time. He would fight with only Dharma Artifacts.
And then, he entered the simulation again.
This cycle went on for a few days till he was finally able to insta-kill the Thundercloud Empress without using any Divine Powers and Dharma Artifacts, just with the spells and techniques he had.
Now, to raise the difficulty again, he wanted to challenge a hundred Thundercloud Empress all at once!
An entire week passed by like this, with Tian Yongheng finally being satisfied after he was able to kill a hundred Thundercloud Empresses in less than 3 seconds. Even if he couldn’t insta-kill them, he knew that it was already an impressive feat to be able to kill a hundred Mid Stage Half Immortals in less than 3 seconds without being a Late Stage Half Immortal.
He knew the fact that the minor realms from the Immortal Ascension Realm onward will be far apart from the last, meaning a hundred Late Stage Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators might not be able to handle a peak Immortal Ascension Realm cultivator.
Him being capable of almost insta-killing a hundred Mid Stage Half Immortals meant he was probably comparable to a Late Stage Half Immortal at the very least.
But just to be sure, he once again skimmed through his interpersonal relationships to find any Late Stage Half Immortal who had any favorability or hatred towards him to test out how he would actually fare against a true Late Stage Half Immortal.
After searching for a while, a certain profile finally caught his eyes, but he was surprised to see the name of this person and reading the description even more.
[Demon Lord Nine Calamities: Late Stage of Half Immortal Realm.
Demonic Human Descendant. Strongest of the three Demon Lords of the demonic path. Former Valley Master of the Forbidden Demonic Valley. Master of the Isle of Heavenly Demons. Archenemy of the Demon Race.
A former rival of the Kunlun Saint Master who betrayed the demonic path after knowing their and the Demon Race’s goals and decided to ally with the righteous path to prevent the world from falling into utter ruin by the hands of unspeakable existences.
He took countless powerful experts of the demonic path and Demon Race both with him, even killing another supreme expert of the Demon Race which caused them to have irreconcilable hatred for eachother. He has taken an interest in you because of your rising fame and unfathomable background, also secretly nurturing your disciple, the Supreme Archer, to build connections with you.]
[Current favorability: 1-Star.]
Reading the description, he couldn’t help but be extremely shocked.
There were way too many things which he didn’t know about in this description!
Demonic Human descendant, strongest of the three Demon Lords, former Valley Master of the Forbidden Demonic Valley, archenemy of the Demon Race...such Connate Providences and titles..
This person is one of the greatest players of this game of chess going on with the entire Mortal World as the chessboard right now!
And to think such a supreme persona is secretly nurturing that outrageous disciple of mine so that we remain on good terms?
Even if he’s from the demonic path and a Demon Lord, he seems to have already betrayed them, though the reason is quite...unique.
As he thought of this, he couldn’t help but wonder what goals did the demonic path and the Demon Race actually have that caused Demon Lord Nine Calamities to betray them.
To prevent the world from falling into utter ruin by the hands of unspeakable existences...
What does it mean?
Are there powerful beings out there who wish to destroy the Second Great Mortal World?
Or is there something more to it?
I can’t seem to understand what’s actually going on under the surface of the Mortal World...
At this point, Tian Yongheng couldn’t help but only blame himself for being so timid and not being involved with worldly affairs, but these thoughts vanished as soon as they appeared when he remembered how dangerous the Immortal Cultivation World actually was.
He was still on the right path!
There was no need to doubt himself!
At the same time, he also wondered who these "unspeakable existences" mentioned by the system were.
Immortal Gods?
No way, it cannot be, right? Why would such high and mighty beings interfere with the Mortal World or the entire Lower Realm as a whole?
That just doesn’t make sense.
But if there are other beings on the same level as the Immortal Gods and they wish to achieve something by descending down to the Mortal World...then that would be major trouble.
At this thought, he couldn’t help but feel a chill run down his spine.
He knew that he wasn’t yet on the level to even compete for the position of the strongest in the Mortal World, he possibly couldn’t fight against beings beyond the Half Immortal Realm, right?
Even if he could, it would probably take a few more centuries for him to reach that level of strength. Who knew when those otherworldly beings may begin to take action?
But considering the fact that such thing is not yet common knowledge means that we, or the Mortal World, is still far away from this hopeless future.
If Demon Lord Nine Calamities succeeds in whatever he’s planning to do by joining hands with the righteous path, then there definitely wouldn’t be anything for me to worry about.
Yeah, why should I worry about things I have no control over?
It’s better to just cultivate and quietly raise my strength than getting involved in these matters.
There is a chance that I’ve misunderstood the situation as well and it’s entirely different from what I think, but oh well.
With this, he entered the simulation with Demon Lord Nine Calamities as his opponent and prepared to use the Everlasting Yellow Sword Qi.
No matter the situation, I’ll just run away if I can’t protect myself.