Chapter 182 : The End of the Void

Lu Mo’s consciousness slowly returned to reality.

The second Simulated Reincarnation had also come to a complete end.

But… was it her imagination?

That world had disappeared before her eyes.

A song.

As she returned to reality, she seemed to hear Cecilia’s song once more.

Although the second Simulated Reincarnation had ended and Cecilia should have disappeared along with it, Lu Mo still found herself imagining Cecilia’s future life.

Would she still come to that seaside in spring?

Would she still sit by the lake, lie in the library, and spend those long afternoons?

Would she still sit by the empty stairwell and sing that ethereal, slightly melancholic ballad?

If she said Cecilia was an airhead, yet she remembered her until the very end.

If she said Cecilia wasn’t an airhead, yet she kept Lu Mo in her heart, carrying her far along the way.

Lu Mo spoke softly at that moment.

“Then, live well.”

“Forget about me.”

Before long, the system screen appeared once more.

The settlement phase was over.

Next came the reward distribution phase.

[Prizes will now be distributed.]

[Reward One: Host obtains Lu Mo·Kalis’s talent.]

[Reward Two: Host obtains the Saintess’s Sacrifice, can be activated at will.]

[Reward Three: Host obtains… Demon Emperor E’s Authority Fragment, can be activated at will.]

Because the mission’s difficulty level had changed, this round of Simulated Reincarnation’s rewards were richer than the first.

First was Reward One: her talent from the second Simulated Reincarnation.

This included cultivation talent and special talent.

Since Lu Mo had already obtained cultivation talent in the first Simulated Reincarnation, the system had downgraded the importance of cultivation talent this time and distributed it together with special talent.

Lu Mo could sense that her cultivation talent wasn’t simply a brute-force combination of the two.

It had only become slightly stronger than the cultivation talent she obtained in the first round.

As for special talent—

The Kalis Family’s special talent was Super-Class in Battle Qi and Wind, High-Class in Space, and Medium-Class in Fate.

Lu Mo had previously obtained special talent—Light and Shadow.

Now, with two special talents叠加, she immediately possessed four Super-Class attribute talents and one High-Class attribute talent.

In that instant, the rise and fall of Battle Qi, the flow of Wind, and the rhythm of Space became increasingly clear in Lu Mo’s perception.

She also vaguely sensed an extremely faint trace of Fate energy.

But compared to the previous attributes, her perception of the Fate attribute was still much weaker.

“The Kalis Family’s talent, plus Light and Shadow…”

“Does that mean I can now start attempting the fivefold Fusion Sublimation Power directly?!”

“But I still need to raise my realm in reality a bit more.”

Lu Mo spoke, and a bold idea suddenly popped into her head.

She continued.

“Also, this kind of fivefold融合 Sublimation is somewhat different from the融合 Sublimation of positive and negative attributes…”

Next was Reward Two: the Saintess’s Sacrifice.

It wasn’t the painting from The Holy Sanctuary.

It was an illusory thread.

At this moment, it lay quietly within Lu Mo’s body.

“Huh?”

The moment she sensed the thread, Lu Mo was stunned.

Because…

She could clearly feel Cecilia’s presence within the thread!

Holy crap!

Talent and swordsmanship were one thing.

But she could bring something like this out of the Simulated Reincarnation?

The system was amazing!

“Judging from the energy, the thread should contain Cecilia’s power from the time of the Demon King’s Throne.”

Lu Mo murmured.

After all, in the second Simulated Reincarnation, Cecilia had sacrificed her power to Lu Mo at the Demon King’s Throne.

She knew the power contained in the Saintess’s Sacrifice.

It was enough to elevate her talent attributes by one等级 and grant her the Sacred Power talent.

Additionally, the realm power and vast life force contained in the sacrifice were enough to raise her realm and instantly heal her injuries.

In the second Simulated Reincarnation, her strength had already reached the Heavenly Domain Realm, and the realm power from Cecilia’s sacrifice hadn’t been a significant boost.

But if used in reality…

This power could definitely push her directly into the Super-Class, or even Earth Pulse Realm.

However…

Lu Mo didn’t plan to use it now.

So far, her path of cultivation had been smooth, and she hadn’t encountered any danger.

It would be best to save the Saintess’s Sacrifice for when she hit a cultivation bottleneck or faced life-threatening danger.

“If I awaken the Saintess’s Sacrifice, will Cecilia sense it?”

Lu Mo murmured, then quickly smiled.

“When did I become an airhead too?”

The second Simulated Reincarnation was over. Cecilia and that world had already disappeared.

How could that airhead possibly sense it?

“If the system could bring out the Saintess’s Sacrifice, wouldn’t it be even better to give me that drop of God-blood?”

Lu Mo thought of Yuxia again.

That twin-tailed girl who had chased after her all along.

And at the final moment, when she severed the Divine Thread, Yuxia had also helped her.

“I hope… you’ll be fine too…”

She spoke, and a hint of sadness suddenly crept into her voice.

Finally, Reward Three.

Although the system had been repaired, there was still some garbled text.

But Lu Mo at least understood: this was a Demon Emperor’s Authority Fragment.

“Demon Emperor…”

“Which Demon Emperor does it belong to?”

The answer, naturally, was the Original Demon Emperor.

She could feel that static fragment.

When she raised her hand, the fragment quickly materialized above her palm.

Even though it was static and frozen, it still gave Lu Mo a feeling of devouring everything and destroying everything.

Its texture was pitch black and profound, as if it could even devour light.

“Original Sin Emperor Armament…!”

Lu Mo remembered that pitch-black sword and the woman’s voice.

She had a feeling.

If she clenched that fragment right now—

The Demon Emperor’s Authority Fragment would instantly transform into a pitch-black world-destroying sword.

She would once again obtain that power that made even the Demon King tremble.

“The power of the Demon Realm…”

“Does this mean that once I awaken it, I can once again obtain those inverse attribute powers, and thus… use a more powerful Fusion Sublimation Power?”

But seriously, who in their right mind would willingly touch the power of the Demon Realm!

Lu Mo didn’t want to activate it, get exposed, and once again become the enemy of the entire world!

The unknown-difficulty mission had given her the Demon Emperor’s Authority Fragment as a reward upon completion.

The reward was indeed good.

How to put it…

But it was also very dangerous.

Lu Mo murmured.

“The Demon Emperor’s Authority Fragment… I’ll seal it for now.”

Not to mention the Saintess’s Sacrifice.

Right now, Light and Shadow, combined with the Kalis Family’s talent—both叠加.

Her talent was already far superior to the Thrassyll Family, or even the entire Night Ripple Empire!

Adding the path of swordsmanship and Fusion Sublimation Power, if she kept lying low, in three years, as long as she wanted… never mind Cthilla—the entire Night Ripple royal family could become her footstool.

Wait, why did it have to be a footstool!?

[Third Simulated Reincarnation is being prepared.]

[When the countdown is complete, the host can choose to initiate.]

[Time remaining: 6 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds.]

As the settlement panel disappeared, a preview of the third Simulated Reincarnation appeared before Lu Mo.

Lu Mo glanced at it, then quickly closed the screen, pushed open the door, and went downstairs.

As she walked downstairs, the little fat bird was still curiously looking around, and the little maid hadn’t been waiting for her long.

Every scene from the second Simulated Reincarnation felt like a fleeting dream.

“Milady, you’re done?”

“Yes, I’m done.”

Lu Mo sat back down on the sofa, petting the little fat bird, and smiled at that moment.

What kind of world would the third Simulated Reincarnation be?

The first Simulated Reincarnation was probably generated randomly based on history.

She had met the young Elia, walked hand in hand with the girl through that gray world, and told her that there was light in life.

The second Simulated Reincarnation was influenced by the real Saintess.

She and Cecilia had met by the wall.

That girl looked very much like Kiki.

They had walked forward together, passing wall after wall in life.

And in the end, even without Lu Mo, Cecilia could smile and continue walking forward.

Then what about the third Simulated Reincarnation?

Would the system slack off again and just throw the little fat bird in?

Just as Lu Mo was thinking this, she picked up the little fat bird and walked toward the dining table.

At that moment, Afu’s voice rang out.

“Milady, dinner is ready—”

“Oh, Afu.”

“What is it, Milady?”

“In this world… a long time ago, did Demon Kings often descend?”

“It wasn’t really ‘often’…”

“It’s just that a long time ago, Demon Kings would suddenly tear through space, come to the human world, and go on a rampage of invasion.”

Afu continued.

“Because of the Demon Clan’s invasion, the major human factions united and began wave after wave of resistance.”

“What happened next?”

“After that…”

After that, everything was fine.

The corroded lands beyond the Great Barrier gradually returned to normal.

People walked past that heavy wall and began to work, farm, and rebuild their lives on that land.

Town after town was built.

Standing on the Holy Demon Wall and looking into the distance, you could see green trees, wheat fields, and rising plumes of cooking smoke.

In recent years, the world had been very peaceful.

Although the major factions had had frictions, they had all exercised restraint and not broken this balance.

“This scenery is beautiful, isn’t it?”

Cecilia stood on the Holy Demon Wall and spoke softly.

This world was increasingly becoming what she had hoped it would be.

Strangely enough.

And after that, the Demon Clan had not appeared for a very long time.

In the past, with such a long period passing, the Demon Clan should have made a move already.

They would always probe the human world, find the weakest point in the world barrier, and continuously attack until they finally tore open a crack.

Once the crack was opened, it became the Demon Emperor’s Eye.

Endless