Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

Chapter 3122: Ding Lingdang’s Way

Li Yao wanted to vomit on the golden wave’s face.

But before he cursed, the ghosts of the Primeval Lord of Heaven and the translucent super warship vanished. He seemed to have been freed from a broken world of crystals and returned to a virtual world that was as vast as the universe.

Pictures, sounds, and historical figures, some heroic, some sordid, some righteous, and some evil, congregated into billions of glittering pieces, symbolizing the path of evolution from the civilization of mankind to the Primeval Civilization and from the tiny Earth to the endless stars. The path of evolution was like a brilliant galaxy that surrounded Li Yao.

In the middle of the starry universe, dozens of translucent, bright gold crystal balls were floating like glittering eggshells. Countless of Li Yao’s family, friends, and even enemies were taking their own tests in them like babies.

Ding Lingdang, Li Jialing, and Boss Bai were not the only standard human experts. The mental devil and Lu Qingchen, who were similar to energy life forms, were among them. Long Yangjun, who was a warrior from the Grand Desolate Plateau, and even the boxing champion, Xiao Ming, and Wen Wen, who had surpassed the civilization of mankind, were among them.

Faced with the choice of life and death and the enormous legacy left by the Primeval Civilization, what would they choose exactly?

Looking at Ding Lingdang, who was deep asleep with her eyes closed, inside the crystal ball, Li Yao clenched his fists. He wanted to break the crystal ball and rescue his wife at any cost.

However, he did not know whether or not the Primeval Lord of Heaven had set up other traps, and whether or not his initiative to help other people pass the test would be deemed as a “fault”, which would only make things worse.

Besides, the real experts had to face the interrogation of the soul all the time. Nobody could compete in their place.

Li Yao could only wait, anticipate, and believe!

Finally—

Out of Li Yao’s expectation, Ding Lingdang’s crystal ball was the first to crack. The interconnecting cracks soon spread to the entire ‘eggshell’, as if a new life that had been bred inside the crystal ball was eager to break out.

“Honey!”

Li Yao was both surprised and delighted. He did not expect Ding Lingdang to be the second person to break through after him. He had thought that Lu Qingchen or the mental devil would be faster!

BAM!

After a crisp sound, the bright gold ‘eggshells’ that covered Ding Lingdang’s body all shattered. The strongest female warrior of the Star Glory Federation, no, perhaps the entire Pangu Universe, had woken up from the ultimate test. She roared in fury and punched Li Yao, who was lunging at her, brutally, almost blowing his soul away.

“Honey, it’s me!”

Li Yao shouted, “Wake up! It’s over! Everything is over!”

“...Li Yao?”

Furious flames that looked like magma surrounded Ding Lingdang. Even in the virtual space, her fighting will seemed to be real, as if she was wearing invisible armor. Her consciousness was still caught in the weirdness of the ultimate test. It was not until a long time later that she realized who was in front of her.

“Careful, this is not a test. Don’t be fooled by them!”

Ding Lingdang was slightly relieved. Then she raised her eyebrow again. “This is a trap. A trap similar to the possession of a civilization!”

“Uh...”

Li Yao did not know how to explain himself. He opened his hands and comforted her. “Honey, calm down first. Of course, I know that it is not a regular test or legacy. But how should I put it? Just tell me what you encountered in the ‘ultimate test’. It seems that you did not inherit the legacy of the Primeval Civilization.”

“What legacy?”

Ding Lingdang still didn’t know what was going on. She pulled out her fist and glared at the surroundings. “Where is the old witch?”

“Old witch?”

Li Yao was confused, too. “Where did the old witch come from?”

“The golden, kind-looking old witch!”

Ding Lingdang gritted her teeth. “Be careful. She is very cunning!”

“Well...”

Li Yao felt a headache coming on. “What did you encounter in the ultimate test?”

Ding Lingdang calmed herself down and told Li Yao about her experience in the ultimate test.

Alright, Li Yao discovered that the content of Ding Lingdang’s test was almost the same as his. Perhaps the two of them belonged to the “bright” and “righteous” camp and were more hot-blooded and impulsive?

However, Ding Lingdang was apparently more hot-blooded and impulsive than him. When the Primeval Lord of Heaven proposed an ‘immigration plan’ in which 99% of the ordinary people on Earth and only 1% of the rich, powerful, and elite could survive, Ding Lingdang turned hostile on the spot and quit the game.

“He tricked 99% of the ordinary people into tightening their belts for the escape plan with the most sordid methods. In the end, only 1% of the rich and powerful boarded the escape capsule. What a f*cking civilization!”

Ding Lingdang said angrily, “What’s the difference between this approach and Wu Yingqi sacrificing an entire planet of innocent people to realize her ambitions? What future can there be in such a civilization that lives on the edge? It will definitely become what you once called ‘space cockroaches’! If I make such a choice, wouldn’t I become a second Wu Yingqi? A greedy, bottom-lineless animal that is worse than pigs and dogs!”

“I would rather die than choose such a shameless path. I would never let myself become a scumbag who is as cruel and unscrupulous as snakes and scorpions. I believe you are the same as me, aren’t you, husband?”

“Well...”

Li Yao scratched his head for a long time. “Then?”

“I didn’t want to do that. Then, the ‘voice’ coerced me into making some stupid ‘no other choice’ and even created all kinds of creepy illusions to threaten me. You know me very well. I can be persuaded by reason but not by force. The more the ‘voice’ threatened me, the more I felt that there was something wrong. Come to think of it, the answer is obvious!”

Ding Lingdang smashed her fists hard. “This is not a test of inheritance at all, but a trap similar to ‘possession of a civilization’. Just like what happened to you on Iron Plateau of the Flying Star Sector, if I made the choice that the ‘voice’ enticed me to, I would have fallen into the trap, made a lot of mistakes, and eventually degenerated into the appearance that the ‘voice’ desired, an incomparably dark and evil zombie!

“Therefore, the ‘voice’ is most likely not an ancient civilization. Even if it is an ancient civilization, it is a dark civilization full of evilness and something even more evil than the extraterrestrial devils.

“Now that you know that your opponent is a ‘super extraterrestrial devil’, what else is there to say? One word—fight!”

“In any case, I don’t like to use my brain in the first place. Fighting is what I like the most! Instead of wasting my mental energy and brain working blindly in a field that I’m not good at, it’s better to drag a battle into a field that I’m good at, right?”

“Is it... right?”

Li Yao did not know what to say. “Then, what’s with the glittering, kind lady? Why do you call her an old witch?”

“After I roared and prepared to fight the ‘voice’, I entered a deeper illusion.

Ding Lingdang thought for a moment and said, “A middle-aged woman who looked like the captain of a starship looked at me with a fake smile, talked to me, and offered me something.

“A key?”

Li Yao asked.

“It seems... to be a key.”

Ding Lingdang shrugged her shoulders. “You know my personality very well. Now that I’ve determined that the other party is an evil existence like a ‘super extraterrestrial devil’, I don’t care what you look like, what you say, or what you do. In any case, it’s all fake. It doesn’t matter if it’s a f*cking key or not. I’ll just punch the old witch in the face.”

“...”

Li Yao really wanted to wipe off the sweat on his forehead from the soul ripples. “You—you were so simple and crude. You really just punched it. Did it never occur to you that the key might represent the legacy of a god-level civilization?”

“The old witch seemed to have said something similar. Let me see. ‘Unparalleled techniques, endless legacies, the king of the universe across ten thousand years’... Don’t you think it’s too much? There’s no such thing!”

Ding Lingdang sniffed and said, “Besides, it is evident from the time when we ran away from Earth. Even if the survivors of the civilization on Earth could survive for billions of years in the boundless sea of stars, even if they could make a name for themselves and rise to a new god-level civilization, they would still be a sordid, sordid, and wretched dark civilization. Even if the old witch was speaking the truth, I would never inherit the legacy of such a dark civilization. Never!

“Are you not afraid that other people will accept your rejection?”

Li Yao said, “Lu Qingchen, the mental devil, Li Linghai, Lei Chenhu, and even Boss Bai and Long Yangjun are all likely to inherit the heritage of darkness.

“Then, I will fight with you against the guys who inherited the dark heritage until the end.

Ding Lingdang stared at Li Yao. “There are always some principles above life and death. You will always support my choice and fight side by side with me, right?”

“Of course.”

Li Yao nodded and couldn’t help but smile. “Then?”

“I punched the old witch hard a few times and blew the bullsh*t gold key that she offered to me into pieces. For some reason, the world around me was shattered, too. The old witch and the demons behind her all vanished into thin air. Then I saw you!”

Ding Lingdang lunged at Li Yao. “What’s going on? You seem to know more than I do. What is the truth of the ultimate test?”

“It is a very, very long story.

Li Yao looked around. “I was wondering whether or not I should wait for more fellow Cultivators to finish the test before I explain everything to everyone. Honey, you must protect me when the time comes!”

“Huh?”

Confused, Ding Lingdang stared at Li Yao.