[After the Ten Thousand Souls Golden Banner performed a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering reformation, two proud Dragon-Man warriors became your most loyal servants.]

[You controlled the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and placed their souls back into their bodies.]

[When the two awoke, they immediately knelt and paid homage.]

["Greetings, Master!"]

["What are your names?"]

["Kajila Fat! (Kajila Thin!)"]

["Enough with the 'Fat' and 'Thin'. From now on, you'll be Ka One, and you'll be Ka Two."]

["Thank you, Master, for bestowing names!!"]

[Long Yang and the others saw your entire operation through the Cauldron's external view.]

[They couldn't understand it, but they were deeply impressed.]

["Th-this... turning enemies into subordinates just like that? What kind of move is this?"]

Your banner wasn't short of two Soul Tempering Realm small fry. You took them in to gather intelligence.

After a quick round of questions, you learned your current situation.

This place wasn't the human world. This was the Three-Headed Realm.

It got its name because the intelligent race of this Void Realm naturally had three heads.

Twenty years ago, the Dragon-Man tribe launched a world war against the Three-Headed Realm.

Within a year, the Three-Headed Realm was defeated. Their Guardian, whose cultivation level reached the Martial King Realm, died in battle, and the leaders of the major factions perished.

After that, the Dragon-Man tribe carried out a bloody, indiscriminate massacre of the Three-Headed Realm.

"Indiscriminate" meant they spared no one, whether they were cultivators or ordinary people, intelligent races or common plants and animals.

No mercy was shown.

Areas that had undergone this indiscriminate massacre were called "Crushed Zones."

But there were also areas called "Reserved Zones."

The Dragon-Man tribe hadn't killed off all the Three-Headed tribe.

Not because they were kind-hearted, but because they needed some labor to serve as slaves and do menial work for them.

The Dragon-Man tribe considered themselves noble.

Even if they could finish a task faster by doing it themselves, they still preferred to use slower-working slaves.

As for themselves, they only needed to bask in the sun and supervise.

["Currently, the Seventh Expeditionary Force has withdrawn from the Three-Headed Realm. We belong to the Slave Management Army's 97th Regiment, responsible for supervising the work of the Three-Headed tribe slaves in the reserved zones."]

The Dragon-Man tribe used the powerful Expeditionary Force when attacking.

After winning, the follow-up work was handed over to the weaker Slave Management Army.

["What work are you making the Three-Headed tribe do?"]

Ka One and Ka Two answered one after the other, like a comedy duo.

["Excavation and transportation of resources in the Three-Headed Realm."]

["Construction and maintenance of world passages."]

["Production and repair of non-core components for various world war weapons."]

["Planning and implementation of the Heaven-Earth Reformation Array."]

["..."]

The two rattled off a long list.

You had to admire the Dragon-Man tribe.

They had already turned world war into an assembly line operation.

It was extremely professional and streamlined.

From this intelligence, you spotted an opportunity to return to the human world.

You returned to the Cauldron Realm and explained the situation to everyone.

Baili Su spotted a key point.

"The Dragon-Man tribe built many world passages in the Three-Headed Realm's reserved zones? Maybe there's one that leads to the human world? If so, wouldn't we be able to go back!"

Long Yang retorted.

"Impossible. If there was a passage leading to the human world, wouldn't we have seen these so-called Dragon-Men in the human world already?"

You looked at this "Big Brain" Long.

"Isn't it possible that there are Dragon-Men in the human world, and you just don't know about them?"

Big Brain Long covered his mouth, the thought sending chills down his spine.

Wu Yue directly drew her sword and held it in her hand.

"Since they have the ability to open world passages, even if there isn't one leading to the human world, I can force them to open a way home for us!"

A few who feared battle spoke up. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"There are only twenty of us. They're an entire alien army, and there might even be experts above the Martial King Realm. How can we 'force' them?"

Wang Mingbai supported Wu Yue's view.

"From what we've learned, this is our only way home. Even if it's dangerous, we have to try. We're no pushovers either!"

Someone had a sudden inspiration.

"We are all unparalleled geniuses. Why don't we cultivate here until we're stronger before making a move?"

You threw cold water on that idea.

"Can't cultivate. The Essence of Heaven and Earth has been completely drained."

Just like the Demon World that had been removed, the Essence of Heaven and Earth in the Three-Headed Realm had been completely transferred away by the Dragon-Man tribe through some method.

Combined with what Old Shen had mentioned about Mundane Qi earlier.

You suspected that it wasn't just the Essence of Heaven and Earth that had vanished—it was an entire world's Mundane Qi!

Maybe you were right on the money. The Dragon-Man tribe had a way to change the ownership of Mundane Qi.

That was why, after a world war, they would slaughter all life in an entire world. Their purpose was to release the Mundane Qi, then transform it and send it back to their own world.

Realizing this world didn't even have the Essence of Heaven and Earth.

Everyone put on a "we're going all out" attitude.

There was no point in just surviving here anymore.

They were all geniuses from various martial arts aristocratic families, raised with their own pride.

Heaven had blessed them with such good talent. If they had to live the rest of their lives unable to cultivate, they might as well be dead.

Everyone's attitude had turned radical. As the person present who feared the alien race the least, there was nothing much for you to say.

You absolutely had to go back. Otherwise, failing to break through to the Martial King Realm in this simulation would be a huge loss!

That was something you absolutely could not accept.

"Since that's the case, let's head to the reserved zone now and raise some hell!"

Long Yang asked.

"Brother Chen, do you have a plan already?"

You put on an air of confidence.

"No, but sitting here won't make a plan fall from the sky. We'll take it one step at a time and adapt to the situation!"

You all remained inside the Cauldron Realm.

Da Chun controlled the Nine Provinces Cauldron, flying toward the reserved zone.

In a world without the Essence of Heaven and Earth, the Nine Provinces Cauldron couldn't fly fast.

Fortunately, Wang Mingbai was inside the cauldron, and his Storage Ring was full of Spirit Crystals, so there was no worry about running out of energy.

Year thirty-three, age fifty-two.

Extracting trait tags...

Extraction successful!

[「Leader Aura」(Gold Legendary):

Heroes never fight alone!

During team battles, you gain unlimited stamina. Allied units within a certain range around you will gain the following aura effects:

Consumption of Immortal/Martial energies such as stamina, Three Energies, and True Qi is halved; Physical strength increased by 50%, injury recovery speed increased by 100%; Combat will increased by 1000%; willpower is strengthened, faith is high. No external factors can cause betrayal, confusion, being seduced, or mistaking friend for foe—situations detrimental to teamwork.

Aura range is related to your cultivation level. Current range: one thousand meters in diameter.

I will lead the charge!]

[Adjust trait tags?]

[Yes/No]

"Another gold!"

The current probability for a Gold trait was 5%.

In the first thirty-three years of this simulation, three had already appeared, pushing the probability to nearly 10%.

That's how probability works.

A 1% chance event happening every time is possible.

A 99% chance event never happening is also perfectly reasonable.