"System, who are you saying is meant to be dead? Me or him?" Receiving the least expected answer from the system, Lin Chen asked. He clearly understands who that green-eyed person—the system was referring to—was.
[Him.] System replied.
"Okay, then. Let's resume the simulation." After reaching a tacit understanding with the system, Lin Chen decided to continue the simulation and see if what the system said is true or not.
Inside Simulation,
[Suddenly, just when you take your second step on Heaven's Stairs, you felt your cultivation speed increase a bit: your Maniac talent has been activated.]
[Soon, you turned in the direction where that bloody smell was coming from, only to see a person being cut into countless pieces, each part of his body flying in different directions. In all these parts, what attracted your attention the most was his green—snake-like—eyes that popped out of his eye sockets.]
[Not long after, all his cut body parts began to change at a speed visible to the naked eye and finally turned into countless split body parts of a snake—that resembles the snake you have met previously and is placed within your Storage Space.]
[You understand, it was him and he died. But how and why still remains a mystery to you.]
[Soon, you put this thought aside and focused on the matter at hand and took another step on Heaven's Stairs.]
[Just like that, you easily passed the 100th step and just when you did, you felt an inexplicable pressure disappear from your mind and your comprehension improved slightly, but you didn't stop to comprehend and instead took another step and felt your comprehension increase even more.]
[At the moment, avoiding countless gazes, you had already changed your appearance and all this was because of the fear of her.]
[You understand that from the way the system described her, she was anything but simple.]
[Although there are chances for her to see through your disguise, using her so-called Immortal Eyes, but still, it's better than presenting yourself as a dish to her by going in your original appearance.]
[Just like that, step by step, you got halfway up the stairs.]
[At the moment, you can see the end of the Stairs but what you didn't expect was someone—whose face was covered with mist—was sitting at the very last step of Heaven's Stairs—just a step away from the Fortune of Xuantian Realm.]
[But that figure doesn't seem to have the heart to take that last step and take away the Fortune of Xuantian Realm—it seemed as if he wasn't interested at all.]
[Not long after arriving halfway up the stairs, you fell into a sudden Enlightenment, which you put entirely into comprehending the Ice Domain magical power.]
[The very moment you fell into enlightenment, you were put under the protection of Heavenly Dao and no one can disturb or forcefully end your enlightenment, and so you put your mind at ease and began to comprehend.]
[Soon, your enlightenment ended and you comprehended the Ice Domain magical power to minor level.]
[After the end of enlightenment, you opened your eyes, only to see war—everyone above halfway up the stairs had been ambushed, ambushed by the netizens of other worlds.]
[Seeing you open your eyes and the protection of Heavenly Dao being lifted, a human figure of another world arrived in front of you and attacked you.]
[You also began to confront him but surprisingly, just when you pulled your sword and were about to land your first attack, you found that you had been trapped in mid-air, couldn't move even an inch—as if the time within your surroundings had frozen.]
[When you were trying hard to break the shackles, a fist landed on you and sent you flying. Fortunately, just when you were about to fall out of Heaven's Stairs, you grabbed the very last corner of the stair and were hanging in mid-air.]
[But that person didn't stop at all and launched another attack. In order to avoid it, you instinctively pushed your body upwards and came into a space above Heaven's Stairs and launched an attack on the person below you, only to find that you were trapped in mid-air—your kick was just a hair's breadth away from his face.]
[You know he is about to attack but before he does so, you unleashed your Battle Puppet.]
[Soon, a golem-like figure emerged behind him and attacked—it was your Battle Puppet. But just like you, he froze in mid-air and was crushed within no time.]
[While he was distracted, you activated your Prison-Suppressing Divine Body and Holy Body of Azure Dragon—which had reached the level of organ refinement—and broke the frozen time in your surroundings and kicked the opponent's face and blew him away.]
[Not long after, you activated the Myriad Poison Arts and multiple different types of poison began to emit from your body and turned into a poisonous miasma that covered your body completely.]
[At this moment, you were looking at the opponent on the opposite side.]
[He stood up from the ground, cleaned the blood at the corner of his lips and looked at it for a moment. Looking at it, suddenly, he laughed out loud, "Hahaha... . Good, very good! Finally, a worthy oppone—."]
[Without letting him complete his sentence, you attacked, and just like that, both of you started to exchange moves, sometimes above, sometimes below, as if the pressure emitting from Heaven's Stairs meant nothing to you.]
[On the other side, just while you were fighting, some otherworldly people gathered in front of that figure—who was sitting at the very last step of Heaven's Stairs—and attacked.]
[At the moment, the mist surrounding that figure disappeared, with a faint smile on his lips, he appeared to the world and everyone could see his true face.]
[He was none other than the Young Master of Shen Family, Shen Mo.]
[Looking at the figure that had appeared in front of him, Shen Mo reacted with a slap and said; "Just go and sleep in the Underworld."]
[Soon, the figures' bodies crashed with Shen Mo's palm, one after another—no one able to evade his attack.]
[Just from one slap, figures—that had appeared to assassinate—were beaten into a pulp and merged with the Heaven and Earth—nothing remained.]
[On the other side, you were fighting that figure who, at that very moment, was frozen in mid-air—which you initiated with the Ice Domain magical power. But it took no time for him to break away.]
[Knowing that the opponent was much stronger than you anticipated, you used the Breakthrough Card—that you got in the past simulations—and reached the Late-stage of Fusion Realm.]
[This fight was ongoing for an uncertain time. During this period, you—who were overwhelmed slightly—understood that you both possessed an almost equal amount of strength. And so, you used the Strength Enhancement Card—you got as a reward previously—and boosted your strength to unsurmountable heights and gained the upper hand.]
[Not long after, you successfully managed to kill him and placed his body within the Storage Space.]
[When everything was done, you began to notice your surroundings, only to find that all the invaders of other worlds had been killed.]
[Although some people also died on your side, but knowing that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, everyone—even their friends—ignored it and took another step on the Stairs of Heaven.]
[Within the corpses on the ground or people alive, you didn't find Ling Yujian or your master, Wang Sheng, present and anticipated them to be eliminated by the person you fought earlier.]
[At this moment, there were many people who were left far behind you, because they couldn't bear the increasing pressure at each step and after reaching the stairs within their capabilities, they had already begun to comprehend what they could.]
[Just like that, step by step, you arrived at the last 100 steps.]
[The number of people present here can be counted on 2 hands, but all their attention remains on the figure above, who can decide the fate of all their efforts with one step, Shen Mo.]
[Seeing everyone's eyes on himself, Shen Mo spread his hands helplessly, indicating that he had no interest in this portioned Fortune.]
[Although they didn't want to believe him, at last they had to.]
[After clearing the suspicion, they all began to surround all the people present with vigilance in their eyes.]
[They understood that, at this moment, all the people present have the potential to reach the top of Heaven's Stairs but Fortune is something only one person can take and so, they all have to decide it earlier about who would be the ultimate winner.]
[Just while everyone was analyzing their opponent, from your side eyes, you saw Shen Mo trying to indicate something and with it a voice transmission also appeared in your mind.]
[After hearing the content, you understood that this guy must have seen through your disguise and was trying to trade some recipes with you in order to make you the one to reach the top.]
[Though you can agree to it, the amount he was asking for was an arduous 5 million recipes, which you think isn't worth it and, at that, it may also attract the attention of this girl, Xia Ruo Bing, towards you—which really isn't worth it. So, you rejected it.]
[Listening to your refusal, Shen Mo began to murmur something in his heart, with emotion, "I am about to ascend. Brother Lin, if you had agreed to it, my quota of food for thousands of years would be filled. How sad." Saying this, tears began to well up in his eyes and he jumped down the Heaven's Stairs.]
(System: ...speechless.)
"Me too." Lin Chen, the one outside the simulation, also agreed with system's remark.
Inside Simulation,
[Just while everyone was analyzing the surroundings, the sound of a footstep taken sounded, it was no one but Xia Ruo Bing, herself.]
[When everyone saw her action, without wasting any time, they all attacked her. Noticing their movements, Xia Ruo Bing just glanced at them and they all evaporated—her moves faster than the speed of light.]
[Soon, she turned to you and said, "If you want to leave, you can. Don't complain I didn't give you another chance." Saying this, her eyes were completely devoid of any emotion.]
[Although you have a chance to return, but having the talent at back, you decided to give it your all and launched with full force.]
[At this moment, your Prison-Suppressing Divine Body, Poisonous Miasma, Azure Dragon Holy Body... everything you have, plus the stacked buff of Strength Enhancement Card and All-Round Enhancement Card—that increased your strength by 80 times—are at its full display.]
[Seeing you attack, she didn't flinch for even a second, and said, "So, you have already decided what you want. Then so be it." Just as she finished speaking, you fell from the Heaven's Stairs and hit the ground and turned into meat paste, you died.]
[You didn't even see her make a move.]
[Just when you died, a magical thing happened, your body began to reconstruct at a speed visible to the naked eyes. Your talent, Dead Tree returns to Life, began to take its effect.]
[As you recovered, the first thing you thought was, 'Shit! Is she some kind of monster? That's 80 times my strength but she eliminated it just like that. Just what is she?']
(System: Haha..., that's called the Reincarnation of a Powerhouse. She's not something the Immortals—you previously met—can contend with.)
[As you recovered, you headed for the Holy-Sword Sect, not even trying to step up again, because no one can step on the Stairs of Heaven after being eliminated.]
[At this moment, Xia Ruo Bing—after reaching the top of Heaven's Stairs—in addition to getting the fortune of Xuantian Realm had also fallen into an Enlightenment.]
[Soon, you returned to the Holy-Sword Sect. No one knows that the one to die was no one but you—except one.]
[In the 1745th year, not long after return, you got the news that Shen Mo has ascended.]
[You know, being able to ascend within two thousand years of cultivation is an incredible feat.]
[At this moment, just when you got news of his ascension, a voice sounded within your mind.]
[Ding, Congratulations to the host for ranking first within the entire Eastern Wilderness.]
[You got rewarded with....
————
A figure flying out of Heaven's Stairs was seen, who slowly but steadily landed on the ground, it was no one but Shen Mo, himself.
Soon, just as he landed, a mechanical voice sounded in his mind.
[Ding, Congratulations to the host for successfully completing his choice of voluntarily giving up on the Fortune of Xuantian Realm and you got rewarded with, the copy of complete Fortune of Xuantian Realm and Heaven Defying Enlightenment.]
Listening to the system's voice, Shen Mo, who was already broken, asked the system, "Can all of this be traded in exchange of recipes?"
[...]
His system became speechless.