[You froze for a moment before exclaiming excitedly: "Good lad, still as spirited as ever!"]

[After some thought, you added: "Whether you comprehend it or not, don't tell me. I'm too old for such devastating revelations."]

[As you finished speaking, you suddenly felt all your strength drain away, overwhelmed by exhaustion]

[Lin Mo nodded hesitantly: "Uncle Yu, I'll listen to you!"]

["Then go!" you said]

["But Uncle Yu, your condition..." Deep worry etched across Lin Mo's face]

["I'm fine, just slightly dead."]

["What?!" Lin Mo turned pale, immediately stowing the Earth Source away. "Uncle Yu, I know a famous physician—let me take you there!"]

[You pulled out a handful of pills and swallowed them: "Haha, just kidding! These pills will fix me right up!"]

[As the pills entered your stomach, your wounds indeed began slowly healing]

[Seeing this, Lin Mo finally relaxed]

["Uncle Yu, I'll stand guard over you!"]

[Suppressing your discomfort, you snapped: "Who needs your guarding?"]

[Then your gaze fell upon Wan Qingluan, who was watching anxiously from below]

[Noticing her too, Lin Mo nodded understandingly: "Then Uncle Yu, you should go to Auntie. I'll go comprehend the Earth Source!"]

["Get going already, you little genius!"]

[Lin Mo gave a solemn nod before flying off into the distance with the Earth Source bowl]

[Your body suddenly trembled as your wounds began worsening uncontrollably]

[No longer paying attention to Lin Mo, you mustered your remaining strength to descend toward Wan Qingluan]

[Your flight path wavered unsteadily—you had reached your absolute limit]

[Wan Qingluan, her face full of concern, immediately activated her Treading Heaven Steps to catch you midair]

[The two of you landed gently]

[You couldn't even stand anymore, collapsing weakly onto the ground]

[Wan Qingluan's eyes filled with tenderness as she cradled you gently in her arms]

[Looking down at your battered body, endless sorrow welled up in her usually cool eyes]

[Your blood stained her pristine white dress a glaring crimson, yet she only held you tighter]

[Her gaze dimmed as she asked mournfully: "The pills... they're not working anymore?"]

[With great effort, you managed a tired smile: "Good news is the Reviving Yang Pill worked. Bad news is I already took it."]

["Reviving Yang Pill?" Hope flashed in Wan Qingluan's eyes. "Are there more?!"]

["Just one. And only I could refine it... which obviously isn't happening now..."]

[Her beautiful eyes trembled before dimming again]

[A single tear rolled silently down her cheek]

[It landed with a soft plop on your wounded face, the salt stinging slightly]

[Lying in Wan Qingluan's arms, gazing at her exquisitely beautiful yet cool features, you remembered how your third simulation had also ended dying in her embrace]

[While others had fixed respawn points, you apparently had a fixed death spot]

[Not that you minded this particular death spot]

[You forced another weak smile, your voice barely audible: "Little Wan... your little pearls are falling on my face."]

[Wan Qingluan also smiled gently: "Don't you like it when I cry?"]

["Smiles always bring more joy than other expressions..."]

["Alright~" She softly wiped away her tears]

[Her face blossomed with a radiant smile]

[More beautiful than ever, more determined than ever, more heartbreaking than ever...]

[In your fading vision, Wan Qingluan's lovely smile grew increasingly blurry]

[In the distance, the battlefield surrounding Li Anlong also became indistinct]

[Further still, what appeared to be a spear propping up heaven and earth suddenly materialized]

[You no longer had strength to wonder what was happening there]

[There seemed to be shouts, screams, a tiger's mournful roar, a golden dragon's shriek, golden blood painting the sky...]

[Your eyes slowly closed]

[Your last flicker of consciousness about to vanish]

[At the very end, you thought you heard Yan Zhixue's anguished cry: "Qingluan—!!"]

[Then instantly, the world fell utterly silent, completely swallowed by darkness]

[You died]

[This simulation has ended]

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More than eighty li north of Xian'an City in Danzhou, inside a small inn.

He Yu's consciousness returned as if waking from a dream.

"That simulation... was fucking amazing!!" He Yu exclaimed excitedly.

Then, an overwhelming flood of memories poured into his mind.

Vivid figures flashed rapidly through his thoughts—

Wan Qingluan, Yan Zhixue, Hu Zhongxuan, Deng Rusong, Xie Huide, Bai Chen, Jiao Mingxu...

And of course Deng Wanshu, whose entire role had basically been a bed scene.

"Auntie really earned her paycheck the easy way—literally sleeping on the job!"

The only technical challenge for Deng Wanshu in this simulation had been not snoring.

He Yu's thoughts surged wildly before finally calming after a long while.

"Time to inherit the rewards!!" His eyes burned with excitement.

These gains were absolutely explosive!

With a thought, He Yu called out: "Simulator bro, tally up the loot!"

The simulator's text immediately appeared in his mind:

[Rewards obtained this time:]

[Peak Essence Refining cultivation]

[Eighth-grade pill refiner (pseudo, intermediate)]

[Top-tier martial arts talent]

[Forty-seven years of pill refining, combat, and other experience]

[Divine Micro-Vision talent (perfected)]

[Nine Condensations Profound Skill (nine condensations at Essence Refining stage)]

[Guarding Gate Body Technique (fused with 64 blood types)]

[Star River Blade Art (sect-protecting Grandmaster technique, peak Essence Refining)]

[Heavenly Desire Formless Technique (sect-protecting Dragon Transformation technique, peak Essence Refining)]

[Wandering Heaven Steps (peerless martial skill, perfected)]

[Mind Awakening Technique (top-tier martial skill, perfected)]

[Wild Heaven Saber Technique (sect-protecting Organ Fortifying technique, peak Organ Fortifying)]

[Lightning Shadow Sword Technique (top-tier Organ Fortifying technique, peak Organ Fortifying)]

[...]

[One portion of Earth Source (Qian Metal attribute, fusible)]

[One wisp of purified Source Power (from Ultimate Grandmaster Hu Zhongxuan)]

[Top-grade pill furnace (practical model)]

[Top-grade pill furnace (collector's edition)]

[One Danxia Sect elder token]

[One Danxia Sect direct disciple token]

[One Reviving Yang Pill]

[Ninety-eight thousand five hundred seventy-nine internal spirit pills]

[Twenty-six thousand eight hundred Blood Qi Pills]

[Three thousand nine hundred forty Rou Sheng Pills]

[Forty-eight Truth-Seeking Pills]

[Twenty-eight Confusion Heart Pills]

[Five thousand eight hundred forty-two Golden Sore Pills]

[Eleven thousand seven hundred Blood Beast Pills]

[...]

[Earth Source comprehension notes (from Ultimate Grandmaster Hu Zhongxuan)]

[True Explanation of Pill Refining (from eighth-grade pill refiner Deng Rusong)]

[True Explanation of Pill Refining (from seventh-grade pill refiner Xie Huide)]

[Five hundred thirty-six pill refining notes (from seventh-grade pill refiner Xie Huide)]

[Five eighth-grade pill recipes]

[Seventeen seventh-grade pill recipes]

[Twenty-six sixth-grade pill recipes]

[Forty-three fifth-grade pill recipes]

[Eighty-two third-grade pill recipes]

[One hundred seventy-five second-grade pill recipes]

[Three hundred twenty-two first-grade pill recipes]

[Internal Spirit Pill recipe (fourth-grade)]

[Truth-Seeking Pill recipe (fourth-grade)]

[Rou Sheng Pill recipe (fourth-grade)]

[Confusion Heart Pill recipe (third-grade)]

[Golden Sore Pill recipe (third-grade)]

[Blood Beast Pill recipe (second-grade)]

[Poxuan Pill recipe (first-grade)]

[Jinming Pill recipe (first-grade)]

[Yangsha Pill recipe (first-grade)]

[...]

He Yu's face nearly split from grinning at the extensive list of rewards.

"Marvelous! With so many gains, I can pad out five or six hundred words... I mean, acquire many benefits! So happy!"

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