At this moment, they were in the cold, dark starry sky. Before them was a massive ancient star, divided into five major landmasses by oceans, just like the Celestial Desolate Star.
“Celestial Desolate Star…” Xia Wuji's expression changed when he saw the Celestial Desolate Star, as if he was trying to escape.
Those beside him were all very perceptive. Xia Wuji's change in expression naturally didn't escape their notice. They naturally knew why Xia Wuji would show such an expression when he saw the Celestial Desolate Star.
As the fiancé of the Nine Li Princess, Xia Wuji had failed to protect his woman. Besides sadness, he felt deep guilt, to the point where he didn't know how to face the Nine Li Princess's family.
“This isn’t the real Celestial Desolate Star!”
At this moment, Yun Wuyue said.
“Not the real…”
“Celestial Desolate Star?”
They gleaned a lot of information from these few words. If it wasn't the real Celestial Desolate Star, then it was a fake. But if the Celestial Desolate Star still existed, why create a fake one and ask them to help with an experiment?
Confusion, doubt… and a hint of relief.
The relief came from Xia Wuji. He admitted his cowardice. The most taboo things on the path of pursuing immortality were romantic entanglements and cowardice, but he possessed both.
He didn't know how to walk the road ahead.
Yun Wuyue had lived for countless years. Even if she had never left the Demon Realm before, she had transformed countless times over the years, and her experience and knowledge were countless times richer than Gu Changsheng's. Naturally, she could see that Xia Wuji had something on his mind.
“Now is also the time to tell you the truth.”
After Yun Wuyue finished speaking, she sent out a divine thought, informing them about Gu Changsheng asking her to create a virtual world.
Their eyes were filled with shock upon shock.
Except for Li Beifei, Liu Yanran, and Liu Yuran, they had all reached the Saint Realm and could create small worlds. However, their small worlds were not independent and had to be attached to ancient stars, relying on the power of the stars to maintain their existence. As long as the stars didn't perish, the small worlds could exist forever. This was why ancient secret realms had been preserved until now.
Secret realms were also a type of small world.
But they learned from Senior Yun's divine thought that she wanted to create a virtual world no smaller than the Red Dust Realm. Moreover, in this virtual world, death in battle would only require paying a negligible wisp of spiritual power. Compared to the cost, the rewards were unimaginable.
The cultivation insights gained in the virtual world could be perfectly fed back to the main body. Even if one died in battle, they could experience the great terror of death.
In that case, even mediocre talents with insufficient talent might become peerless experts after experiencing countless deaths.
Because there was great terror and great opportunity in death.
However, this also required a strong will. If one experienced too many deaths and their will wasn't firm, their souls might self-destruct.
There were advantages and disadvantages. However, for those who liked to challenge their limits, the virtual world provided them with a pretty good option.
But this kind of world was simply playing with death, playing with karma, and playing with fate. Among the fifteen of them, Bai Yifei and the Heavenly Eye Royal Daughter had the deepest understanding of karma and fate, and they knew that if this kind of world was born, it would inevitably suffer divine retribution.
“Is this… really possible? The karma would be huge, right?” the Heavenly Eye Royal Daughter asked. Her master, Divine Calculator, had hidden for countless years because he owed a huge karma.
Bai Yifei also nodded and said, “Senior, if the virtual world you create can really be as you say, the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth will not allow it to exist, right?”
Yun Wuyue revealed a hint of appreciation on her face upon hearing this. She smiled and said, “You’re right. Of course, the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth will not allow this kind of world to be born.”
“Then Senior, why are you still determined to create such a world?” Ye Hongyi asked curiously.
Yun Wuyue looked at Ye Hongyi and smiled, “Didn’t it say in the divine thought? Your master asked me to help.”
“Wow…”
Everyone felt an invisible glow on Yun Wuyue, a glow of risking everything for the one she loved.
They weren't all alone. Several couples were here, so they could naturally feel Yun Wuyue's feelings.
“Senior, what did you see in that old guy?” Li Beifei asked, puzzled. Besides being a little stronger than him, a little more handsome than him, and having a little bigger influence than him, what else was better than him?
This kind of person was actually favored by a super beauty like Senior Yun. It was simply outrageous.
“Pa!”
Just as Li Beifei finished speaking, Yun Wuyue knocked him on the head, causing Li Beifei's tears to flow.
Yun Wuyue looked at Li Beifei with a smile and said, “You brat, you know I like your master, and you’re still saying he’s an old guy in front of me. Are you saying my taste is bad or that I’m also very old?”
“…”
Li Beifei had a headache and a heartache. He was thinking of winning over Yun Wuyue, but now it seemed that Yun Wuyue was completely on the old guy's side. Even the way she looked at him with a smile was the same as that old guy.
Hmph, when I get a chance to go to the Taixu Realm, I'll tell the mistress that the old guy is having an affair!
Li Beifei felt humiliated and stopped talking.
“Serves you right!” Ye Hongyi looked at Li Beifei with a smile.
Li Beifei curled his lips. Senior Sister, you were the one the master tricked into becoming his disciple. I'm different. I refused at the time and got a beating. I wanted to compromise for a while, but who knew the old guy was so strong that I couldn't escape his clutches!
Yun Wuyue ignored Li Beifei and said, “Actually, you don’t have to think too exaggeratedly. Karma, fate, these things look very powerful and mysterious, but as long as your cultivation reaches a certain level, you can ignore these things. These things can only restrain the weak.”
“Then Senior has reached this realm?”
Everyone's eyes were focused on Yun Wuyue. Cultivation and realm were the things they strived for the most in their lives.
Yun Wuyue nodded and said modestly, “Just reached it!”
She didn't say much, because breaking the Dao was too far away for them. Saying too much might backfire.
“By the way, Senior, is it true that the Immortal Emperor can revive the dead?” Li Beifei asked.
Although Gu Changsheng and Lao Liu had both told him, he still wanted to confirm it.
“Yes, but there are also restrictions!” Yun Wuyue said.
“What restrictions?”
This time it wasn't Li Beifei who asked, but Xia Wuji.
Yun Wuyue said, “If the person to be revived will have a great impact on the world, then it will generate an incredibly huge karma. Even the Immortal Emperor is unwilling to touch this kind of karma.”
“How to judge the magnitude of the impact?” Li Beifei asked.
“The higher the cultivation, the greater the impact. At most, the Immortal Emperor can only revive an Immortal King. If they are any stronger, the resulting karma will not be easily dealt with by the Immortal Emperor,” Yun Wuyue said with a smile.
“I see!”
Everyone nodded.
“Any other questions? If not, the experiment will begin,” Yun Wuyue looked at them.
They shook their heads.
“In that case, let me ask you a question. How is your willpower?” Yun Wuyue revealed a strange smile on her face.
Willpower?
Everyone looked at each other.
“I think mine is pretty good!” Gu Xichao said. He cultivated the physical divine treasure. Before he even started formal cultivation, he stabbed himself in the heart with a knife. Without a strong will, he might have fallen at the beginning of his cultivation.
As for Gu Xiruo, she had suffered from the harm of cold poison since she was a child, and every night she had to experience pain that ordinary people could not bear. Her willpower could be said to be very strong.
As for the Heavenly Eye Royal Daughter, her current Heavenly Eye was transformed from her mother's Heavenly Eye, which could prove her willpower.
Everyone else thought their willpower was extraordinary. Li Beifei didn't need to be said. Even if his willpower wasn't good before, after being loved and educated by Gu Changsheng countless times, his willpower was also top-notch.
However, Liu Yanran and Liu Yuran looked a little hesitant. Since they followed Li Beifei, Li Beifei had always stood in front of them when they encountered danger. They had never experienced a life-and-death battle. When it came to willpower, they were a little unconfident.
“Senior Yun, we might not be very good!”
Liu Yanran and Liu Yuran finally told the truth. After they finished speaking, their faces were full of disappointment. They felt that they had disgraced their young master.
“Yanran, Yuran, it’s okay,” Mu Qingyi comforted. She had long seen Liu Yanran and Liu Yuran’s affection for Li Beifei. At first, she was a little jealous, but after learning that Li Beifei and the two sisters had been together for thousands of years and hadn't done anything out of line, she was moved and felt sorry for the two sisters.
She had experienced that Li Beifei was a blockhead when it came to love between men and women. Otherwise, Li Beifei wouldn't have clearly expressed his feelings to her before entering the Ancient Starry Sky Road.
She could imagine that Li Beifei must have been living so comfortably these thousands of years thanks to the care of these two sisters.
Mu Qingyi was not a petty person. She didn't mind Li Beifei accepting Liu Yanran and Liu Yuran, but this blockhead probably didn't even know it!
Yun Wuyue smiled and said, “Since your willpower isn’t very good, then you two won’t participate in this experiment for now. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, it will be a hassle.”
Trouble?
What trouble?
Everyone was puzzled, but soon Yun Wuyue told them.
“In order to make the experience of death more real, I specially created the Celestial Desolate Star for you. Now, you separate a wisp of spiritual power and enter the Celestial Desolate Star. Then, whether you self-destruct or kill whoever you don't like, anyway, die once and then come back and tell me how you feel,” Yun Wuyue said.
“…”
“That… Senior Yun, I think my willpower is not good either!” Li Beifei weakly raised his hand.
“Hehe…” Yun Wuyue sneered.
Everyone glanced at Liu Yanran and Liu Yuran. They didn't expect that people with weak willpower didn't have to die!
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