[The Pool of Destruction.]
[It is a pool filled with destructive energy, though it seems like it is bound by something invisible, so that it can't step out of the area within to cause further destruction.]
[There are legends that a treasure filled with destructive energy is buried deep within it, and its appearance doesn't synchronize with the situation of other treasures in the Ancient Ruins. It isn't mandatory for it to appear every time the Ancient Ruins open, and there are very few times that it has appeared in the world when the Ancient Ruins have opened.]
[So few times that even history forgot what it actually was.]
[But the strange thing is that they clearly remember that just touching it will cause Heavenly Punishment, in which many legends had died. Because of this, they all anticipate that if someone survives that Heavenly Punishment, he will become worthy of that Destructive Weapon.]
[Soon, just when you were pondering over this information, an earthquake happened that shook the ground as waves began to rise within the pool. At that moment, everyone felt like something dangerous, destructive, and mysterious was about to emerge from deep within it.]
[This phenomenon continued for the whole day, and soon a bow filled with destructive aura, seeming otherworldly, emerged from the deepest part of the Destruction Pool.]
[When you saw the bow, suddenly a name emerged in your mind, 'Bow of Destruction.' Shockingly, just when you anticipated the name, many people had already uttered this name. Strange, right?]
[After all, till now they didn't even know of its existence, but suddenly they knew its name. It feels as if an unknown memory sealed in their minds has been unsealed.]
[While thinking of this, some people became terrified, and so as not to forget its name again, they began to write it down. But to their horror, just as they did this, they found that their bodies had slowly begun to disintegrate, and soon, they turned into nothingness. Along with them, their notebooks disintegrated as if they both had never existed.]
[Witnessing this scene, many people became terrified, and they didn't even dare to make a sound—so silent that even the sound of a pin drop would echo in the surroundings.]
[Even with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of them, no one dared to get close to it and take it for themselves.]
[Seeing no one taking the bait, you decided to go and take it away. After all, the current you have many trump cards within your sleeves with the help of the Combat Ranking System that may help you survive the punishment. Also, not taking this chance would seem equal to branding them useless to you.]
[Deciding this, you left this place, and just within a moment, you arrived near the Bow of Destruction and touched it.]
[Just as you touched it, a tribulation a thousand times more powerful than your Nascent Soul realm began to gather above your head.]
[As it appeared, the entire pool was submerged by the will of the Universe, and the outside world couldn't see what was happening inside.]
[As the tribulation began to gather above your head, you threw out Xia Bingming from your consciousness, activated the Heavenly Tribulation Pagoda, and traveled to an unknown space with the tribulation.]
[The reason you threw her out was obvious—you didn't want to survive this entire tribulation while caring about her and ensuring her survival.]
[Soon, you arrived in an unknown space that you were very familiar with and saw the thunder tribulation befalling upon you.]
[Because it was only a thousand times stronger than your Nascent Soul tribulation, you didn't plan to waste any of your trump cards on this and decided to survive it solely by relying on yourself.]
[Within these years, in addition to your cultivation being at the Mid-stage of the God-Transformation realm, you didn't neglect your comprehension of Laws and had comprehended the Sword Law to Level 15, Flame Law Level 5, Flame Sword Law Level 5, Killing Law Level 2, Killing Fire Level 2, and had also strengthened many of your laws.]
[Right now, even though it was difficult to pass, it wasn't fatal enough to cause your death.]
[A day later, at last, you passed this tribulation with some major injuries on your body, but they healed soon with a recovery card.]
[Even though you successfully passed this tribulation, it wasn't the end at all, and another tribulation began to gather above your head—this one a thousand times stronger than your God-Transformation realm tribulation.]
[Even though you could survive this tribulation, it would be at the cost of using all your trump cards. And if another tribulation began to gather afterward, that might be the end of this simulation.]
[But you had no choice at all. If you didn't use them this time, then this would be your end.]
[At the moment, with gnashed teeth, you decided to gamble on this tribulation being the last one.]
[And to boost your confidence, you commanded: Play, ..SEMPERO.]
[The one you ordered was your Heaven's Speaker, with whom you could force even the heavens to sing for you, and the song you were listening to—or wanted to listen to—would resound throughout Heaven and Earth.]
[Soon, a beat very familiar to you began to resound throughout Heaven and Earth.]
[Thousands of miles away.]
[A figure was sitting on the cliff of a mountain. His face couldn't be seen. He was eating popcorn while looking at the tribulation that had just gathered above the Pool of Destruction as it suddenly disappeared into an unknown space.]
[Just after it, music began to resound throughout the entirety. Listening to the song, that Mysterious Figure commented, "You know what, this version of yours is what I fear the most."]
["The reason? Heh, you will soon know." And again, he began to eat popcorn.]
[Soon, the music started.]
SEMPERO, Sempero-pero-pero, Sempero-pero-pero, pero, sem-sem-pero(beat drops)
*music continues*
[With the beat of the music, you upheld your face that covered your eyes with messy hair, facing the Destructive Tribulation befalling, and without a flinch, you jumped toward it—confronting it directly.]
[While doing this, you used the All-Round Enhancement Card (5×), and after using this, you began to punch your acupoints of unconsciousness just to activate your most powerful trump card—the Combat Enhancement Card.]
[Combat Enhancement Card (1× use): Upon being unconscious, you can increase your combat power by 100 times. Duration: Till unconscious.]
[Because of this trump card of yours, you had practiced many times on how to make yourself unconscious and had become proficient in it.]
[Soon, before losing consciousness, you activated this card.]
[From now on, everything that happened is unknown to you. You yourself aren't sure that you can definitely pass this tribulation. Right now, everything depends on yourself while not depending entirely.]
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Within Simulation — additional words of Mysterious Figure not covered within simulation content.
Within Ancient Ruins.
Thousands of miles away from the place where the Pool of Destruction is situated, a figure was seen sitting on the cliff of a mountain. Soon after murmuring some words to himself, he began to eat popcorn, but suddenly his hands stopped, and he again began to murmur something.
"You know what, playing music—and this one at that—is his worst choice." At that moment, his words changed as if he knew he wasn't discussing this with Lin Chen but with someone unknown.
Suddenly, he turned his face toward an unknown direction, as if someone existed there who was listening to him, and said, "Are you curious to know the reason? Don't worry, soon you will know... why?"