98: Chapter 98 Reward Selection

Chen Yuan was a bit confused; even if he had killed that Abyssal Demonic Thought, it was only within the Void Spirit Abyss.

How could it possibly affect the living beings of the Universal Spirit Realm?

He carefully recalled the details of the simulation, and a sudden flash of inspiration struck him.

"Could it be that the existence of the Abyssal Demonic Thought was itself a threat to the Upper Realm?"

"Did its death break some kind of balance?"

The more Chen Yuan thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

Mo Qing had survived in the Void Spirit Abyss for tens of thousands of years, and even the Upper Realm cultivators who captured the abyss couldn't do anything to him. This showed that Mo Qing's strength far exceeded his imagination.

Perhaps Mo Qing's existence had been secretly influencing certain rules of the Upper Realm all along.

And his own death, which detonated the primordial qi, not only eliminated Mo Qing but might have also purified some kind of pollution within the Void Spirit Abyss.

"However, the time span of this simulation was a bit too long."

Chen Yuan recalled the experiences in the simulation.

From unifying the entire Spirit Ruins Realm to participating in the City-State War in the Southern Region, and then joining the Heavenly Demon Hall through the introduction of the Heavenly South Immortal King.

Finally, he even relied on his strength to counter-kill Mo Tian and found Zhang Xiaobai and Guan Qingqing.

"This Zhang Xiaobai is too ridiculous; he could actually cross through space into my simulation."

The text kept replaying in Chen Yuan's mind.

In the simulation, Zhang Xiaobai had been saved by him from the primordial qi rampage, and he had almost lost his own life in the process.

But that kid's potential was indeed terrifying; the amount of primordial qi stored in his body was simply absurd.

"Forget it, there's no use thinking about this now. I should handle the matters at hand first."

"Saving the lives of an entire realm, the Universal Spirit Realm..."

Chen Yuan murmured to himself, his eyes gradually brightening.

If that was truly the case, then the gains from this simulation were immense.

Not only did he obtain the cultivation of the Late Stage of Tribulation Transcendence, but he might have also inadvertently uncovered some secrets.

Furthermore, the amount of intelligence gathered in this simulation was unprecedented.

The true face of the Xingzhi Academy, the secrets of the Void Spirit Abyss, the truth behind Cang's sealing, and the formation spirit inside Guan Qingqing's body...

Every piece of information was enough to change his strategy in reality.

"Especially those people from the Xingzhi Academy..."

A flash of coldness passed through Chen Yuan's eyes.

On the surface, they were a prestigious and righteous sect of the Upper Realm, but in the shadows, they participated in the destruction of his father's clan and even sealed the clan's guardian divine beast, Cang, in the catacombs of the Void Spirit Abyss for ten thousand years.

He would settle this debt sooner or later.

But it was still too early to think about that; the immediate priority was to choose the simulation rewards.

Chen Yuan took a deep breath and focused his attention back on the simulator interface.

Five options floated quietly in his mind.

The Late Stage of Tribulation Transcendence cultivation, which included the seventh layer of the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Art for his physical realm, was a solid increase in raw strength.

The Born to be King talent went without saying; its effectiveness had already been proven in the simulation when he relied on it to unify the Spirit Ruins Realm and establish the Upper Realm branch of the Qinglan Sect.

However, the remaining three options made it difficult for him to choose.

One was Cang's soul; although it was fragmented, having it in hand would definitely be a super trump card.

Another was the hunyuan immortal liquid.

This item was given as a reward to city lords in the City-State War, showing how precious it was.

"Improving True Immortal aptitude... but since I have the Perfect Great Dao Body, I don't particularly need it."

As for the final option, the simulation memories, the memory fragments it contained were also extremely precious.

In this simulation, Chen Yuan had even touched the threshold of the Great Dao laws.

Time, Space, Karma, and Lightning laws...

These were all top-ranking ancient laws in the Upper Realm.

It could be said that choosing the simulation memories would definitely be of great benefit to his future cultivation.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Yuan finally made his decision.

"System! I choose one, two, and four!"

After hesitating for a long time, Chen Yuan still chose the fragmented soul.

He felt that this soul would somehow be very useful to him in the future.

As for the hunyuan immortal liquid, if he wanted it, he could just go into another simulation and get a few bottles; it wasn't worth choosing right now.

The same logic applied to the simulation memories; it wouldn't be too late to choose them in the next simulation.

[Detected that the space in this realm is unstable. Do you wish to receive the cultivation here?]

While Chen Yuan was lost in thought, the system's prompt sounded in his mind.

"Right! I almost forgot I'm still in the Spirit Ruins Realm!"

"System, hold the options for now!"

Chen Yuan snapped out of it and quickly instructed the system in his mind.

He hadn't fully recovered from the previous simulation just now and almost made a huge mistake.

If he accidentally chose to receive the cultivation here, the Spirit Ruins Realm might be brought down by its own person before the Upper Realm even came to attack.

When he received the Early Stage of Tribulation Transcendence cultivation last time, the Heavenly Tribulation almost struck down. This time it was the Late Stage, so the commotion would only be greater.

Chen Yuan felt a wave of lingering fear and secretly resolved to use his head and think more in the future.

Having regained his senses, he found a random rock to sit on and began planning the next simulation.

After carefully calculating his balance of spirit crystals, Chen Yuan felt another headache coming on.

"The last simulation cost seventy thousand, and now there's over fifty thousand left... If I receive the cultivation, I don't even know how much the price will rise."

Chen Yuan rubbed his temples; that familiar spirit crystal anxiety was back.

He only wished there was a Powerball in this cultivation world that could turn him into a millionaire with tens of millions of spirit crystals instantly.

"This is the most annoying part of every simulation. As cultivation rises, the cost rises too. This damn system is like topping up a phone bill."

Chen Yuan grumbled, but his mind began to work.

He had just finished off Zou Xianyun and Elder Tie. Zou Xianyun was quite a wealthy guy, with a hundred thousand spirit crystals on him.

According to their memories, there were still many remnant outposts of the Tanyan Sect in the Spirit Ruins Realm.

If he cleared out all those outposts, although he might not get as many spirit crystals as he did from killing Zou Xianyun, it should be enough for his next simulation.

Thinking of this, Chen Yuan's eyes lit up.

The Xiujin Tower in reality had already been picked clean, but there should still be some fish that slipped through the net from the Tanyan Sect.

If he paid them a visit one by one, wouldn't he have enough!

"It seems I need to find an opportunity to go to the Upper Realm. If I stay here, I might not even be able to gather enough money for the next simulation."

Chen Yuan felt somewhat helpless.

Once he cleared out these forces in the Spirit Ruins Realm, there really wouldn't be any places left for him to continue scavenging for spirit crystals.

He couldn't just keep plucking feathers from the Luoyu Dynasty, could he?

"Right! Aren't there still people from the Upper Realm in the Heavenly Sword Thunder Pool? Why don't I go collect some interest from them too!"

"But before getting spirit crystals, I have to go to the Pudu Buddhist Sect first."

Chen Yuan thought of his eldest and second brothers.

In the last simulation, they didn't ascend to the Upper Realm as expected, and he didn't see any news of them in the simulation either.

This matter had been weighing on Chen Yuan's heart.

In reality, they were still in Hao Xitian's small world; he had to go check on the situation first.

Thinking of this, Chen Yuan stood up and flew towards the Pudu Buddhist Sect.