Chapter 109: Demon Race World
“Crack, crack!”
“Zzzzt, zzzzt…”
Within the Siege and Conquest Secret Realm.
A disciple with the three words Gongshu Ban floating above his head was currently bustling about inside his own city.
Before him, piles of broken puppet parts were being pieced back together.
“Phew… these idiots, they come in and all they know is fighting.”
“Fight, fight all you want. Once I’ve picked up all your puppet wreckage and repaired it, heh heh…”
Gongshu Ban wiped the sweat from his forehead, his eyes gleaming as he looked at the puppet remains before him.
After a pause, he gathered all the puppet wreckage together.
“Bzz!”
Accompanied by a low hum, the puppet finished assembling.
A three-meter-tall, mottled, malformed puppet appeared in place.
“Phew! Finally done!”
Looking at the ugly malformed puppet before him, Gongshu Ban let out a breath of relief, a faint smile on his face.
He had been interested in mechanisms and artifact refining since childhood.
Not long after joining the Chaotian Sect, he had entered the Spirit Puppet Bureau to work.
Though the days were a bit hard, being able to work with puppets, his greatest love, kept him happy.
But his happiness did not last long before the Chaotian Sect underwent reform.
The Spirit Puppet Bureau no longer recruited Duty Disciples, so he had no choice but to take missions himself to cultivate.
Though the missions he took were still puppet-related.
Either repairing puppets or retrieving malfunctioning puppets from outside the sect.
Until the Grand Sect Competition began. He had taken a liking to this competition Secret Realm, Siege and Capture, at first glance.
And after entering the Secret Realm, he had not charged in killing everyone like the other disciples.
Instead, he gathered his puppets in one place and picked up trash everywhere.
Any puppet parts broken, unwanted, or discarded by others.
He would pick them back up, repair them, and reassemble them.
Even if he could not assemble a complete puppet, at the very least he could fix some parts to swap into his own puppets.
This scene naturally fell into Lu Qingyang’s eyes.
“Huh!”
Since the Grand Sect Competition began, this was the first time Lu Qingyang was shocked.
“To think he could come up with an operation like this. This Gongshu Ban is remarkable!”
“And his puppet craftsmanship is impressive too!”
Watching Gongshu Ban’s performance, Lu Qingyang wore a faint smile, inwardly praising him.
This disciple was clearly not the sort to turn the tide single-handedly.
Instead, he created miracles through diligence, patience, and a clever mind.
This disciple is interesting!
Lu Qingyang narrowed his eyes slightly and observed carefully.
“Jiangxin! Focus on Gongshu Ban! Make him your top priority!”
“Understood, Master!”
Jiangxin answered respectfully.
Afterward, Lu Qingyang watched a few more matches.
He discovered that every disciple who entered the Secret Realm had different methods.
Whether solo duels, group brawls, or joint sieges, all sorts of wild operations emerged endlessly.
But they were ultimately the Qi Refining group. No matter how many tricks they had, the intensity was not very high.
So after watching for a while, Lu Qingyang lost interest.
After greeting Yang Yu and the others, he appeared within the underground palace of Chaotian Peak.
There was no other reason. It was time to explore for treasures!
【Ding! Simulation cooldown complete】
【Yes/No to begin simulation?】
Listening to the System prompt in his ear.
Lu Qingyang was in no hurry to begin. Instead, he set out a wooden recliner and lay comfortably upon it.
After finding a relatively cozy position, he finally spoke slowly.
“Yes.”
Shua!
As his words fell, lines of System text simulation columns appeared before his eyes.
Simulation begins…
【Age 0: You were born into a world where the Demon Race was dominant and the human race was weak. But fortunately, your father was a lackey of the Demon Race, commonly known as: a human traitor】
【Age 1: Your Void Return father followed a Demon Venerable out on business, leaving you alone in his own dao ground】
【Age 2: Many humans were kept in the dao ground. These people all relied on your father to live in this world】
【Age 3: Because your father left you many resources before departing, you quickly stepped into cultivation. But unfortunately, the human race’s fortune was not manifest in this era, so your cultivation speed was not fast either】
【…】
【Age 18: On the day you came of age, you not only condensed your core, but your father finally returned home. To him, several decades were but a blink of an eye】
【Age 19: To complete a mission issued by the Demon Race, your father began wantonly capturing wild humans. To help you adapt early, he even brought you along】
【Age 20: After a full year, you finally witnessed how dark this world where the Demon Race reigned as kings truly was. You could not bear it and always secretly released humans】
【…】
【Age 102: Because of your father’s status, you never lacked cultivation resources. In just a hundred years, you had already stepped into the Great Perfection realm of Nascent Soul, only one step from Soul Transformation】
【Age 103: Your secret aid to the human race was exposed. As punishment, you were imprisoned】
【Age 104: Imprisoned】
【Age 105: Imprisoned】
【…】
【Age 202: A full hundred years. After being imprisoned for a hundred years, you were finally released. Due to your years of secluded bitter cultivation, your cultivation rose to mid-stage Soul Transformation】
【Age 203: After being released, you did not dare recklessly aid the human race again, but you had quietly made a grand vow to revive the human race】
【Age 204: You seemingly accepted your father’s guidance and began accepting missions issued by the Demon Race】
【…】
【Age 498: After three hundred years, you stepped into Void Return, your cultivation now equal to your father’s. At the same time, you finally began preparing to implement your plan】
【Age 499: You secretly gathered a group of humans. You all swore to exterminate all Demon Race under heaven and save your kin】
【Age 500: On this day, you learned that a certain Demon Venerable had returned to his clan gravely wounded, and that his clan held countless cultivation resources】
【…】
【Age 689: Over a hundred and eighty years ago, you led your human subordinates to slay a gravely wounded Demon Venerable in one strike. But despite his wounds, he still cut your subordinates to pieces. You fell into a period of recovery】
【Age 699: You planned to rebuild your forces. With the aid of a Demon Venerable’s resources, your cultivation quickly reached late-stage Void Return】
【Age 700: Secretly you gathered resources far and wide. On the surface, using your lackey identity, you obtained Demon Race intelligence and aided your fellow kin】
【…】
【Age 801: You successfully stepped into the Dao Integration stage. Tribulation Transcendence seemed not far off. But who would have thought your actions were discovered by the Demon Race. Not only you, but even your father was executed alongside you】
【Ding! Simulation ended: You died】
【This simulation lasted: 801 years】
【Calculating simulation results, please wait…】
【Calculation complete】
【Items obtainable this time: Human-Demon Bloodline*1, Void Return cultivator’s dao ground space*1, incomplete human ancient texts*1, incomplete human fortune*1】
【Simulation Points obtained this time: 109】
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【Name: Lu Qingyang】
【Constitution: Tier 17】
【Comprehension: Tier 10+】
【Fortune: Tier 9+】
【Family Background: Tier 9+】
【Remaining Simulation Points: 129】
【Simulation Save: None】
【Simulation Return to True: Not cooled down】
【Simulation cooling: 29 days 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds】
【Return to True cooling: 0 days 0 hours 1 minute 59 seconds】
“So the upper limit of a Soul Transformation simulation is a thousand years.”
“But… what a bizarre simulation…”
“A world ruled by the Demon Race?”
“Then the next Return to True would be…”