[You have already set your mind on dominance, just like your martial arts will!]

【"unlimited!"】

You are incredibly greedy and want to possess everything!

[This path is practically impossible; other martial artists wouldn't be able to take more than a few steps on it in their entire lives!]

Other martial arts principles involve protecting a region or slaying demons; these are things that can be done and accomplished.

Only a few "invincible" but utterly worthless individuals would make a Celestial Perfection cultivator choose a different path: The Azure Domain is full of Supreme Beings, what makes them invincible!

As for going to the lower realm to become "invincible," such self-deception would take thousands of years and still not be enough to complete the path to the birth of hegemony.

[Your martial will is limitless; you desire all of time and space, to change all that is unpleasant—a domineering ambition that other martial artists wouldn't even dare to dream of!]

[Not to mention doing it: even a true king, how dare he flaunt himself before the immense power of the flow of time!?]

“But this is my own exclusive will.” Yun Shou’s smile widened.

"Yun Shi, we've already done so much and changed so much together!"

"We've broken free from the indenture of the Green Harvest Gang!"

"It has given Uncle Ji and the others a better life!"

"It prevented the outbreak of war between the two countries and stopped the tragic human sacrifice of Xiaoye in the giant island fishing village..."

"In previous simulations and future scenarios, tens of millions of people will be slaughtered, and the alien demons of the world-destroying Crimson Star will be trained like dogs!"

"Let Chu Heshang, who was originally a minor character, ascend to the supreme position..."

"Even in this simulation, Xu Ling'er's fate was changed, creating a Saintly Body Innate Realm cultivator and even killing the Golden Crow True King who would one day shatter the battlefield of a hundred races!"

"I haven't touched the past yet, but I'm truly rewriting the future, the original book of history!"

Your path to dominance is swift and unstoppable!

Those weaklings only need a few hundred or a hundred years, you don't need that long!

Even in his previous life, Yun Jiu could have completed the journey within a hundred years, but the impending Holy War threw him into a panic, prompting him to seek shortcuts.

[In 2896, at age 41, something feels off. At this point in time, Bi Wenjun of the Misty Sect should have already come looking for his missing disciple, Chen Kongyu.]

You've decided to go and gather some information.

[The Misty Sect is also within the vast domain of Hangtian Territory, but it's hundreds of thousands of miles away. It took you a while to fly there.]

The Misty Sect is situated within a mountain range, forming a tangible barrier between itself and the mundane world. The mountain range is named after the sect and is called the Misty Mountains.

[Beyond the mountains lies a city, Qiyun City. Nominally belonging to the supreme authority of this domain, it is actually half-official and half-affiliated with the Misty Sect, jointly governed by both.]

[Having fallen into the city, and finding it inconvenient to go to the proper places where identification is required, you relied on your exceptional skills to spot suspicious glances on the street, pressing them relentlessly until you easily discovered the location of the black market's hidden streets.]

[After entering, you were about to find an information shop to find out if the Misty Sect had any relevant information, but you happened to witness a gambling game.]

"Ninth year! 1,361 battle merits!" someone exclaimed.

"Is this a human? Is this a newly arrived Innate Realm cultivator?!"

"Who accumulates innate battle merits so quickly? If a Celestial Being is a little lazy, they can't even accumulate a hundred battle merits in a year!"

"The Holy Body is truly remarkable... I heard she even brought it to its peak!"

"My money! I clearly bet she wouldn't be able to pay it back in fifty years!"

You stepped forward, stared at the image of Xu Ling'er projected onto the energy device and the words "1361 battle merits" below it, paused for a moment, and asked the people around you what had happened.

"You're new here?" The other person sized you up before offering a knowing look: "This story goes back nine years..."

Eleven years ago, you watched your apprentice Xu Ling'er board the Tianyuan Giant Ship. The ship sailed through the air for two years before she arrived at the Second Human-Demon War Zone.

[But before heading to the war zone, she asked the captain to contact the Misty Sect, immediately stating, "I killed your disciple Chen Kongyu."]

Yun Shou felt that Lao Shi's apprentice was really good. When she went to the war zone, she not only refused to follow Lao Shi around to mooch resources, but also did not take Lao Shi's kindness for granted.

She was also responsible for killing a formal disciple of the Misty Sect all by herself. She knew that the Tenth Elder would take responsibility for it—but the Tenth Elder was only a Celestial, while the Misty Sect had a hegemon.

"As expected of me, my judgment is excellent. I've never been repaid with ingratitude... Old Ninth is ill-fated in his later years, his eyesight is failing, so he doesn't count!"

After understanding the situation, the Misty Sect had their captain activate the "True Meaning Platform," a lie detector, confirming that Xu Ling'er's words were true; their disciple's mind was indeed twisted.

The Misty Sect has made a compensation demand, unlike the Ninth Prince in the previous life.

[In the last simulation, you killed Chen Kongyu. Although this meant that the Misty Sect's years of investment in training him and the 2200 battle merits (Chapter 131) used to cover his tracks were all wasted, Chen Kongyu had already committed multiple acts of torture and murder by then!]

[You killed him without making a fuss, which preserved the reputation of the Misty Sect for far more than just resources and military achievements. They might even thank you.]

This time, no matter how crazy Chen Kongyu was—he didn't kill anyone! The nature of the incident is completely different!

From the perspective of the Misty Sect, this was a loss for them; one of their disciples had gone astray, but there was a good chance he could have been brought back to the right path, yet he was killed on the spot!

Therefore, the Misty Sect offered Xu Ling'er a form of compensation: she would join the sect, take Chen Kongyu's place as the one who killed him, and fight for him to repay the 2200 battle merits!

[It just so happens that Xu Ling'er's registered identity didn't include her master or sect as you requested, so you can choose this path. Xu Ling'er only needs to accumulate 220 battle merits.]

However, she stated that she already had a master, who was irreplaceable in her heart, and directly rejected the Misty Sect: "I will not join your sect. I would rather accumulate 2,200 battle merits and return them all to you!"

[The Misty Sect... Agreed!]

[Two thousand two hundred battle merits—most Celestial Realm cultivators earn more than that, but Xu Ling'er is a Celestial Realm cultivator, and even more so, at the early stage of the Celestial Realm!]

[Adding the rare allure of the Sacred Body, the event spread rapidly throughout the Misty Sect, and all disciples became aware of this astonishing gamble.]

[Shocking! A devoted woman waited a century for her lover, only to be hurt by him; in anger, she went to the war zone and earned thousands of merits!]

Meanwhile, in the black market streets of Qiyun City outside the Misty Gate, some people had made bets on this matter, wagering whether Xu Ling'er would die suddenly halfway through or repay the 2200 battle merits within a period of one hundred or fifty years.

You paused for a moment. Nine years and you'd accumulated 1300 battle merits—was that equivalent to killing a mid-stage Innate Realm demon every ten days or so?

This is extremely dangerous and carries a great risk!

[The war zone isn't like entering a game dungeon to grind monsters; the monster levels are strictly limited to a certain area. Who knows where a few powerful demons capable of instantly killing her might suddenly appear.]