38: Chapter 38 Such a background?

[You were startled by the voice of the Buddha statue; before this, you hadn't sensed that it was a living thing at all.

Warily, you asked who he was and what kind of place this was.]

[At the same time, you cautiously extended your Divine Sense to probe the nature of the Buddha statue, only to discover to your surprise that an invisible barrier seemed to be blocking your Divine Sense.]

[The Buddha statue smiled slightly, only telling you that you had arrived at the right time and that they had been waiting for you for a long while.

As for who 'they' actually were, the Buddha statue remained tight-lipped no matter how much you asked.]

[The offering table beneath the Buddha statue slowly rose, revealing a passage below.]

[The Buddha statue told you to enter, and you would find the answers yourself.]

[You hesitated for a moment but then dove headfirst into the passage.

Since you had already come this far, you had to figure out what the Pudu Buddhist Sect was up to, even if there was danger.]

[Besides, you didn't believe there was anything left in the Spirit Ruins Realm that could threaten you now that you had reached the Soul Transformation Realm.]

[You somewhat regretted not preparing a Clone in advance this time; otherwise, you could have used it to explore.

At least it would have given you a chance for trial and error.]

[The passage was not long, and after exiting, you were stunned by the sight before you.]

[The area was filled with green mountains and clear waters, and the concentration of Spiritual Qi was ten times greater than that of the Western Regions.

Just standing there, you could feel every pore of your body greedily drinking in the Spiritual Qi.]

[Furthermore, you didn't sense any Formations like Spirit Gathering Formations here, and you were shocked that such a place existed within the Spirit Ruins Realm.]

[However, you didn't have time for amazement before you spotted two familiar figures by a clear pond ahead.]

[Indeed, it was your eldest brother and second brother!

Before you could process everything you were seeing, you walked toward them.]

[You desperately wanted to understand what had happened to them and why such a paradise was hidden within the Pudu Buddhist Sect.]

[You hurried to their side only to find that both of them seemed to be asleep.

You called out loudly for a long time before they slowly opened their eyes and stretched.]

[Ignoring everything else, you excitedly asked why they were here and what this place was.]

[The two didn't seem surprised to see you, but they didn't answer your questions directly.

Instead, they apologized, stating there were reasons for their secret departure; because your cultivation was previously insufficient, they had stayed away to protect you.]

[However, what shocked them even more was that you had actually stepped into the Soul Transformation Realm from being an ordinary Mortal in less than two years.]

[Hearing this, you realized that this was already a new simulation.

It was only then that you suddenly noticed both of their cultivation levels had also reached Soul Transformation, and their Aura even slightly suppressed yours.]

[Now that your cultivation has reached Soul Transformation, it is time for you to know these things.]

[After a moment of brotherly bonding, the two of them began to tell you the reason they had come to this place.]

[Legend has it that the Upper Realm's original name was the Lancang Realm, and it is the intersection of the three thousand Small Worlds of this Universe.

It is also the only Great World in this Universe, and through the Lancang Realm, one can travel to any of the three thousand Small Worlds.]

[Within the Upper Realm, there is a top-tier power called the Nine Heavens Domain, which is controlled by the Taixu Divine Palace, the Wanjie Sword Sect, and the Reincarnation Ancient Cult.

Below them are numerous other forces, and these forces are not something the Luoyu Dynasty and the Qinglian Cult, which are currently invading the Spirit Ruins Realm, can compare to.]

[Any single one of them is a power capable of easily crushing other Small Worlds, let alone the Spirit Ruins Realm.]

[You were greatly shocked to hear this, and then somewhat confused, not knowing what use this information was to you.]

[Then, the two of them sighed and told you that the three of you were actually originally from the Upper Realm, and your biological father is the Palace Master of the Taixu Divine Palace, Divine Lord Xuan Xiao!

However, due to some changes ten thousand years ago, your parents had no choice but to bring you to the Spirit Ruins Realm, where you met your current foster parents.]

"What?!"

Chen Yuan ignored his image and wiped his eyes with his sleeve, confirming the text he was seeing over and over again.

There was no other reason; if this were true, it was simply too ridiculous.

Taixu Divine Palace, Divine Lord Xuan Xiao—they sounded incredibly impressive.

If his biological father really was the person mentioned in the simulator, then why would the three brothers end up in the Spirit Ruins Realm, which was being invaded by the Upper Realm?

"In previous simulations, no other forces ever appeared. The Qinglian Cult and Luoyu Dynasty alone were enough to give the Spirit Ruins Realm a hard time, let alone even more powerful forces."

Chen Yuan shook his head, tossing the messy thoughts out of his mind.

It wasn't that he didn't believe the fact of his extraordinary background; since he could transmigrate to a cultivation world and obtain a Golden Finger, it felt like nothing was too strange anymore.

What he found strange was that since his biological father was in the Upper Realm, why did he still die at the hands of Upper Realm forces in the previous simulations?

Was it because he was in the Spirit Ruins Realm, making it impossible for that Divine Lord Xuan Xiao to sense his lost Bloodline?

Chen Yuan steadied his mind and continued looking at the simulator.

[This news was even more impactful than the previous revelation; even with your Soul Transformation cultivation, you couldn't snap out of it for a long time.

Seeing this, your two brothers gave you some time to digest it; after all, in their eyes, it was already a miracle among miracles that you could struggle your way to Soul Transformation on your own.]

[However, they didn't know about your simulator; they simply attributed everything to the fact that the three of you possessed a Great Emperor Bloodline.]

[Once you finished digesting the news, they continued where they left off.]

[Shortly after you left for the Qinglan Sect, the two of them successively awakened a mysterious power within their bodies, though they couldn't say exactly what it was.

Once this power is activated, it can instantly increase one's combat strength by about ten percent, with minimal side effects, other than a massive consumption of Mental Energy.]

[Hearing this, you weren't particularly shocked. Wasn't this just the effect of adrenaline in your memory?

So, as the children of some Heavenly Lord, they could voluntarily utilize the adrenaline in their bodies?]

[However, your two brothers immediately told you that this ability also scales with one's Realm.

What they mentioned just now was only the effect when they had first entered Qi Refining; now that they were at the Soul Transformation Realm, they could increase their strength by about thirty percent.]

[Hearing this, your pupils suddenly constricted; you knew your old man's Bloodline couldn't be that simple.

If even at the Soul Transformation Realm it could increase combat strength by thirty percent, then if you stepped into a deeper Realm, wouldn't you be able to directly double your combat strength?]