You took out some healing elixirs from your storage ring. Without caring if they were the right remedy, you swallowed them all in one go.

Your injuries were recovering rapidly, but the excruciating pain throughout your body remained.

You struggled to stand up.

Amidst the roaring demonic flames and the agonized screams of the severely wounded Martial Saint, you witnessed a scene you would never forget for the rest of your life.

Li Lingyue, her phoenix robe tattered and her entire body bathed in blood, drifted down from the sky like a falling leaf.

You lunged forward in a single stride, catching her in your arms, even forgetting that one of your legs was fractured.

"It's okay, it's okay. I have many elixirs here, all precious medicines and immortal pills refined by the Nine Provinces Cauldron. Take them and you'll live..."

Panicked, you took out the pills and forced them into Li Lingyue's mouth.

However, she could no longer swallow anything.

In the final moments of her life, Li Lingyue tightly gripped your hand, handed you a blood-stained piece of paper, and mumbled a sentence with blurred words.

"Master used her last strength... to tell me... gather seven Martial Gods... form the Seven Luminaries Immortal Array... can break... the alien race... invasion..."

At this moment, you had no mind to listen to what Li Lingyue was saying; you only wanted to save her immediately.

But your "Photographic Memory" would help you remember everything.

"Lingyue! Lingyue!"

Li Lingyue ultimately departed with a smile, because she saw that you were still alive.

"Live... on..."

You embraced the blood-soaked Li Lingyue tightly.

At this moment, heaven and earth lost all color in your heart. Your throat was clearly roaring, yet not a single sound could escape.

The beginning of the story was a scheme, but the ending of the story was two genuine hearts.

...Girl, this isn't Heartbreak Grass, it's Love Flower Grass. Are you sure you want to eat it...

...Incredible! Is this the beauty-preserving secret technique? I feel as if I've discovered a new world...

...How dare you! Who dares to harm him...

Past events, like flowers reflected in a mirror or the moon in water, flashed before your eyes.

In the end, they all shattered, transforming into the face of the Female Emperor, still peerlessly beautiful yet blurred by blood.

Calculated against by the Blood Moon organization, betrayed by her believers, with only fifty percent of her peak strength, the Female Emperor of the Southern Borderlands first slew ten kings. Then, after being ambushed by a Martial Saint and losing a massive amount of True Qi, she still managed to leave two Martial Saints with one dead and one severely wounded!

The legendary life of the Female Emperor ultimately came to an end while protecting the Benefactor and beloved she cherished her entire life.

Outside the simulation.

In the small room of Shen Qingshan's house in Baiyun County.

Although Chen Yi was merely reading these words, his heart was still greatly shaken.

This wasn't because he was being irrational.

At this moment, Chen Yi was like someone reading a novel.

He was immersed in it, empathizing with the joys and sorrows of the character.

Especially since this character was, in fact, himself.

Just a version of him from a possible timeline.

"Don't worry, there's still a chance to turn everything around... Blood Moon organization!"

Chen Yi clenched his fist tightly.

[At this moment.]

[The severely wounded Martial Saint, whom the Ten Thousand Souls Banner had exhausted everything to deal with, actually stood up once again amidst the sea of demonic flames!]

["Bastard!! I am a dignified Martial Saint! A mere Spirit Condensation realm cultivator actually made me so disgraced! I will definitely kill you!!"]

[At this moment, his body was being eroded by countless ghostly flames entering it, coupled with his countless injuries. His strength had severely declined.]

[You gently laid down Li Lingyue's body and tightened your grip on the Violet-Gold Iron Staff in your hand.]

[At this moment, you didn't know that the opponent's combat power was less than one-tenth of its original.]

[Your heart was filled only with rage! Revenge! Who cares about Martial Saint or not! Even if it were a Martial God, you would still fight!]

[Ignoring your own injuries, you charged into the demonic flames that had not yet completely dissipated.]

[You couldn't find a single trace of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner's remains, as if it had never existed.]

[Your eyes saw only that severely wounded Martial Saint.]

[You sprinted at full speed, not uttering a word, gathering all the strength in your body, and thrust the Violet-Gold Iron Staff forward!]

[The iron staff suddenly lengthened. From a distance of a hundred meters, with a "thud" sound, it actually pierced right through the Martial Saint's already tattered body from the chest!]

[You came to an abrupt stop, leaving a long trench in the grassland. Simultaneously, the muscles in your right arm bulged violently. From over a hundred meters away, you forcefully lifted the opponent into the air!]

["Ah!!!"]

[You raised the iron staff high and smashed it down with all your might.]

["Boom!!"]

[The earth trembled, and wild grass flew everywhere!]

[You raised the staff again and smashed down fiercely!]

[One large crater after another was smashed out by you.]

[Cracks spread from the grassland to the hills in the south.]

[You didn't know how many times you had smashed.]

[You only knew that the sky had darkened, you were tired, and you could no longer lift your arm.]

[However, this Martial Saint was actually still not dead.]

[You walked over and saw he was already unrecognizable, his entire body as tattered as a worn-out rag.]

[Black blood gurgled from his mouth.]

[His remaining eye stared at you, actually revealing a vicious, sneering glint.]

["You... don't... be smug... in this world... there is no one... the Blood Moon... cannot kill...

You... orphan from Luoding Village... holder of the Nine Provinces Cauldron...

Blood Moon... will keep sending people... more... stronger... until you are dead..."]

["Splat!!!"]

[You stomped down hard on that ruined face, completely crushing it.]

["Is that so!! Then I will annihilate the Blood Moon!! Wipe you all out in one fell swoop!!"]

[Your gaze seemed to penetrate endless time and space, as if meeting the eyes of yourself outside the simulation.]

Chen Yi's gaze seemed to penetrate through line after line of text, as if meeting the eyes of himself inside the simulation.

"Brother, it's a must."

Damn it...

This Blood Moon wants the Nine Provinces Cauldron, wants my life, and is also one of the behind-the-scenes links in the Luoding Village massacre case.

Not annihilating them?

Keeping them for the New Year?

Every item on the fifth simulation's must-do list has to have its priority lowered.

Investigating the Blood Moon, destroying the Blood Moon, becomes the undisputed Top1!

Thinking about how the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was utterly destroyed to protect him in the just-finished simulation, Chen Yi felt a pang in his heart. He took out the Ten Thousand Souls Banner again.

Thankfully it was just a simulation; the real Ten Thousand Souls Banner was still fine.

Seeing the strange look in Chen Yi's eyes, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner couldn't help but gather its tattered banner surface a little tighter.

"Buddy, you're acting weird tonight... I'm telling you straight up, I sell my skills, not my body."

Chen Yi gave the Ten Thousand Souls Banner a good beating with his old fists.

Felt better.

[You managed to retrieve the Demon Refining Pot from the other party's storage ring.]

[Fortunately, just a small crack. An Immortal Artifact is capable of self-repair.]

[Seeing the dark traces around, the Demon Refining Pot understood everything.]

["You Ten Thousand Souls Banner, alright then, I admit you're not a coward..."]

[Chen Jing rushed back.]

[Only it was too late.]

[Seeing you holding the Female Emperor's corpse, Chen Jing felt your pain as his own, his heart felt as if cut by a knife.]

[He picked up the half-mask from the ground and saw the Blood Moon emblem on it.]

["Dispatch troops to the Great Wastes this very day! Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, find the Blood Moon for me!!"]