Simulation of the Heavens: Starting from the Age of Desolation

Chapter 193 First Entry into Nine Clouds: Gathering
In the chaotic void, there was only one holy realm long ago, known as the Primordial Ancient Holy Realm.

Later, a great war shattered the primordial ancient holy realm, forming countless universes and chaotic continents.

The Nine Clouds Continent is a relatively large fragment of the original ancient holy realm after it was shattered.

Therefore, although the Nine Clouds Continent is just a continent, in terms of suppression alone, it is not much weaker than places like the Seven Star Sea Holy Realm.

Furthermore, there are no fixed spacetime passages established within the Nine Clouds Continent, making travel even more difficult than in the Holy Realm.

At this moment, in a certain void of the Nine Clouds Continent, a significant distortion suddenly occurred, followed by—

Wow!
Zhou Yu's figure suddenly emerged from within.

"With a single teleportation, I was sent from the Seven Star Sea Holy Realm to the Nine Cloud Continent. The Ancient Cultivation Talent of the Heavenly Questioning Palace Master is indeed remarkable," Zhou Yu thought to himself.

At this time, his ancient cultivation had also reached the peak of the Unity Realm, but a single traversal was not enough to cross the entire Holy Realm, and he was still quite far from the level where he could instantly reach various places in the chaotic void.

"However, it's enough for the Nine Clouds Continent." Zhou Yu thought to himself as he activated his ancient cultivation talent, instantly extending his perception to a distance of billions of miles.

"One trip will allow me to traverse half of the Nine Clouds Continent." Zhou Yu nodded inwardly. This would make it much easier for him to collect treasures.

. . .

A few days later.

After investigating a great deal of intelligence, Zhou Yu arrived at a place called Caiyun Daze. Here, there were two major forces: Tianjian Sect and Flame Valley. The leaders of these forces were both experts at the fourth level of the Star Tower.

The Star Tower has several levels: the first level is the ordinary Unity Realm, the second level is the top Unity Realm, and the third level is the peak Unity Realm. In fact, for many systems, normal cultivation reaches its limit at the Unity Realm, which is about the strength of the third level of the Star Tower.

Reaching the fourth level signifies a unique and extraordinary attainment of the Unity Realm.

In the Nine Clouds Continent and the Five Sacred Realms, those at the Unity Realm on the fourth level of the Star Tower are considered experts, while those at the fifth level are extremely rare.

After all, even a powerful place like the Taixu Heavenly Palace only has a little over thirty fifth-level Unity Realm cultivators. Wild fifth-level Unity Realm cultivators are extremely rare.

With a fourth-level expert from the Star Tower in charge, both the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Flame Valley are renowned forces in the vicinity.

The two major forces have always been hostile and have had many conflicts.

At this moment, the Valley Master of Flame Valley was in a shrine, worshipping his deceased master.

"Heavenly Sword Old Ghost, you killed my master. I would rather join the Mother Ancestor Cult than not get rid of you." The Valley Master of Flame Valley's gaze was extremely cold.

The Nine Clouds Continent was in utter chaos.

Both the Ancient Saint Sect and the Mother Ancestor Sect were proselytizing, while the remaining forces, including the Taixu Heavenly Palace, also sent experts to eliminate the power of the two major sects.

Generally speaking, powerful figures in the Nine Clouds Continent are extremely likely to perish once they get involved in these conflicts, so joining the Mother Ancestor Cult is a very risky thing.

But in his pursuit of revenge, he couldn't care less about anything else.

However, at this moment——

Rumble!
The entire Valley of Flames suddenly trembled.

"Ok?"

The Flame Valley Master's expression changed slightly. He teleported and appeared above the Flame Valley. There, a towering figure, thousands of miles long, was walking towards them step by step.

"what is that?"

The Flame Valley Master looked surprised. The suppressive force of the Nine Cloud Continent was terrifying. If it were a cultivator's physical body, what kind of physical body would it be to grow to be tens of millions of miles tall?
"This senior."

The Valley Master of Flame Valley hurriedly spoke, but at that moment, the towering figure had already bent down, and a massive hand reached out to grab him.

The Lord of Flame Valley gritted his teeth and activated countless magic arrays in Flame Valley, but all of them were useless, and many magic arrays were directly crushed by brute force.

With a single grab, the Valley Master of Flame Valley, despite his desperate resistance, could not withstand the massive hand's attack and was easily seized.

The number of floors in the Star Tower accurately reflects one's strength. A difference of one floor makes it difficult to withstand a direct confrontation and will result in a rapid defeat. A difference of two floors means complete annihilation.

It was Zhou Yu who made the move at this moment. With his strength at the sixth level of the Star Tower, dealing with the Flame Valley Master was indeed a piece of cake.

At this moment, Zhou Yu's power permeated the soul of the Flame Valley Master, and a bright green mark caught Zhou Yu's attention.

"It seems you've joined the Mother Ancestor Cult. I can't let you live." Zhou Yu showed no mercy at this moment, unleashing his power and instantly annihilating the Flame Valley Master into dust.

He came to the Nine Clouds Continent to search for the Nine Clouds Emperor's treasure and to seek revenge, but those were personal reasons, and he also had a mission from the Taixu Heavenly Palace.

That is to eliminate followers of the Mother Ancestor Cult and the Ancient Saint Cult; once a target is discovered, it should be killed.

Anyone who joins the Ancient Saint Cult or the Mother Ancestor Cult, regardless of the reason, will die. This is a rule jointly established by many forces. Zhou Yu can earn a lot of merit points in the Taixu Heavenly Palace for killing a member of the Mother Ancestor Cult.

Zhou Yu left an avatar in the Taixu Heavenly Palace, and maintained his cultivation at ten thousand times faster through the Myriad Manifestations Hall. The merit points were still quite useful.

call!
At this moment, Zhou Yu reached into Flame Valley again and quickly captured many of the Flame Valley disciples.

"Senior, have mercy on me."

"Spare your life!"

At this moment, the disciples of Flame Valley were all begging for mercy; they were all terrified.

Traveling across the Nine Clouds Continent is extremely difficult. They have never traveled far in their lives, and the most powerful cultivators they have ever seen are at the level of the Valley Master of Flame Valley.

But to everyone's surprise, their valley master was captured and killed in a single move.

“As long as you haven’t joined the Mother Ancestor Cult, you can naturally be spared from death,” Zhou Yu said calmly, his power permeating everyone’s soul.

Soon, Zhou Yu discovered that most of the higher-ups in Flame Valley already bore the mark of the Mother Ancestor Sect, while the ordinary disciples were still free.

laugh!laugh!laugh!
Zhou Yu unleashed his power to eliminate the Mother Ancestor Cult members one by one, and released the rest.

Sigh. Zhou Yu turned around and walked away.

Soon, the sect leader of the Heavenly Sword Sect heard about the Flame Valley.

Despite the annihilation of their formidable enemy, the Heavenly Sword Sect Master felt no joy, but rather a deep sense of worry.

"Transformed into a giant spanning millions of miles? A Chaos Realm giant? Why would a dignified Chaos Realm giant attack Flame Valley? Will this affect my Heavenly Sword Sect?" The Heavenly Sword Sect Master was in utter confusion.

A Chaos Realm giant is someone the Heavenly Sword Sect absolutely cannot withstand.

And at this time—

Suddenly, a disciple flew over.

"Sect Master, there is a powerful expert outside with an extremely strong aura. He said he just killed the Valley Master of Flame Valley."

As the disciple spoke, the Heavenly Sword Sect Master stood up in shock.

"Please, please come in quickly!"

"No, I will go to greet you myself."

The Heavenly Sword Sect Master immediately stood up and quickly flew out of the sect.

The fact that the other party didn't come knocking on his door directly made the Heavenly Sword Sect Master feel quite fortunate, and he naturally dared not be negligent.

After a while——

Zhou Yu, who had disguised his appearance and aura, entered the Heavenly Sword Sect at the sect leader's warm invitation and had a cup of hot tea.

Taking the opportunity, the Heavenly Sword Sect Master also found out why Zhou Yu attacked the Flame Valley Master. When he learned that the Flame Valley Master was eliminated because he joined the Mother Ancestor Cult, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems this expert is from one of the three factions: the Eastern Lin Holy Realm, the Seven Star Sea Holy Realm, or the Ancient Witch Realm," the Heavenly Sword Sect Master realized.

In the chaotic void, there are a total of five holy realms. The three holy realms, including the Eastern Lin Holy Realm, are one faction, while the remaining two holy realms are each in their own faction.

These forces are also engaged in fierce battles on the Nine Clouds Continent.

The good news is that the experts from the three holy realms will not attack the natives without a reason.

"Sect Master of Heavenly Sword, this thing looks familiar to you, doesn't it?" Zhou Yu suddenly spoke up, and the next moment, a treasure resembling a golden hairpin appeared in his hand.

Upon seeing the treasure, the Heavenly Sword Sect Master's heart skipped a beat. A multitude of thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and he said:

"To be honest, senior, the former Valley Master of Flame Valley and I discovered two golden hairpins at the same time. You obtained the one belonging to the former Valley Master of Flame Valley, but I do have another one here, which I would like to offer to you."

“No need, you can keep the treasure for yourself.” Zhou Yu shook his head and said, “I came to you to gather enough people to go to the Nine Clouds Emperor’s Treasure.”

These golden hairpins were left by Emperor Jiuyun. There are 36 of them in total. Once you collect five of them, you can be teleported to the treasure space left by Emperor Jiuyun.

Zhou Yu knew that the Valley Master of Flame Valley possessed one and was a follower of the Mother Ancestor Cult, which is why he directly attacked Flame Valley.

However, one gold hairpin is not enough; he must collect five. So he went to find the sect leader of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

At this moment, the sect master of the Heavenly Sword Sect was quite pleased to see that Zhou Yu was still willing to take him along.

“Senior, I have a friend who knows the whereabouts of the remaining person who possesses the golden hairpin. I will immediately send a message to my friend, and I believe we will receive news soon,” the Heavenly Sword Sect Master said at this moment.

However, to the surprise of the Heavenly Sword Sect Master, Zhou Yu shook his head at this moment.

"Gather all the people scattered across the Nine Clouds Continent? That would take too long," Zhou Yu said.

"Senior, as far as I know, those who possess the golden hairpin are at least at the Unity Realm. The Unity Realm can already travel short distances through the void. I believe that in a few tens of millions of years at most, everyone will be able to arrive," the Heavenly Sword Sect Master said with considerable confidence.

In his view, tens of millions of years is really a short time.

"I can't wait that long," Zhou Yu said, shaking his head.

First, it's impossible for him to wait tens of millions of years for the Nine Clouds Treasure.

Secondly, he didn't hide his strength this time. In the Nine Clouds Continent, even the emergence of an unfamiliar fifth-level Unity Realm expert would immediately attract the attention of many forces, let alone someone like him at the sixth level.

I believe that soon, powerful figures from the Mother Ancestor Cult and even the Ancient Saint Cult will arrive to investigate.

Although few people know that Zhou Yu has passed the sixth level of the Star Tower, there are many strange and unusual ancient cultivation talents. Perhaps they have some means to help the two major sects confirm Zhou Yu's identity and find him.

Therefore, Zhou Yu naturally preferred to find the Nine Clouds Treasure as soon as possible.

"What does Senior mean?" the Heavenly Sword Sect Master asked.

“Tell me who your friend is, and I’ll go find him myself,” Zhou Yu said. “I believe he’ll be willing to tell me the identities of the other three.”

Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Sword Sect Master felt quite helpless. He was unwilling to betray his friend, but at this moment, he seemed to have no other choice.

The Heavenly Sword Sect Master's friend is a female Unity Realm expert and a fourth-level Star Tower master.

After Zhou Yu found her, he asked her a few questions and learned the identities of the other three people holding the golden hairpins.

Once their identities are known, things will be much easier.

Zhou Yu used the ability to travel through the void to instantly reach the faction where the three were located.

Of the three, one of the Mother Ancestor Cult members was discovered and killed on the spot by Zhou Yu, while the other two were taken back by him directly.

And so, Zhou Yu collected five gold hairpins.

Five gold hairpins can allow a maximum of five people to enter the Nine Clouds Treasure Space at the same time. Because there was an extra gold hairpin, Zhou Yu simply gave the spot to his friend, the sect leader of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

After each of the five people revealed their golden hairpins, they quickly activated the method left behind by Emperor Jiuyun, and all five of them were teleported to a hidden space near the Jiuyun Continent.
P.S.: That's all for today.

(End of this chapter)