Seven Deadly Sins System

Chapter 201 Heavenly Punishment

The moment the world inside the illusion crumbled, the eyes of Chu Wuyao in the outside world suddenly opened.

The scenes that she had experienced during Heart Demon Tribulation flashed continuously in her mind, and the scenes of the countless killings she did, and her cold, indifferent expression while she did them were especially vivid in her mind.

Out of nowhere, her body exuded an extremely powerful murderous intent and her eyes flashed with bloodlust, making her current appearance look more like a Devil than when she was a real one.

Countless chaotic thoughts raged in her mind, urging her to kill everything and everyone, swallow them, and enhance her strength.

However, faced with these thoughts, Chu Wuyao didn't move, nor she did show any change.

Despite what her current appearance would suggest, she was still able to control her own emotions and had not lost control.

Slowly, the murderous aura in her body and the bloodlust in her eyes disappeared, and her appearance turned back to normal, looking as if nothing had changed.

"Heart Demon Tribulation.", Chu Wuyao couldn't help but mutter, and her words contained a hint of wonder.

Chu Wuyao had long known that cultivators would be pulled into an illusion during the Heart Demon Tribulation, where their biggest weaknesses would be targeted.

Some people experienced constant betrayals and lost themselves, others fell in love inside the illusion and were unwilling to accept reality after they woke up, while others went insane, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion.

"In my case, the Heart Demon Tribulation seems to target two aspects: what would I do if I didn't possess the system, and am I willing to accept my true self?"

For the former, Chu Wuyao faced no issue.

Even if she "lost" the system and turned back into a mortal, she was still able to cultivate extremely fast, even surpassing her speed of progress in the real world.

Although this only happened inside the illusion and not in the real world, it at least meant that Chu Wuyao could succeed as a cultivator even without the system.

"It's the latter that most people would actually fail...", Chu Wuyao thought, and recalled the scenes of killing she did, killings that didn't cause any fluctuations in her mood inside the illusion.

All these killings were somewhat inconsistent with her actions in reality, where she did not go on a rampage to obtain Sin Points, was as if she had been affected by something or someone to act like that.

However, Chu Wuyao understood that this was not true and that her actions inside the illusion were indeed what she would do.

"It's easy to be a good, kind person when you have nothing to lose, but it's hard to remain good when you have everything to lose."

"In reality, the appearance of the system gave me the confidence to survive the chase of Li Ruoshi, and the confidence that I will eventually be able to control my destiny. But in the illusion, 'I', don't have that source of confidence."

"When faced with the threat of losing my life and remaining at the bottom of the Cultivation World forever, it's only natural that 'I' don't care about things like morality and the damage and suffering I caused to the world."

"In essence, the Heart Demon Tribulation targets this and lets me see my true self."

Chu Wuyao analyzed everything and quickly came to a conclusion.

Throughout this whole process, her expression didn't change but remained calm.

If most people were to learn that their true self was an "evil" person who would do everything to obtain power, they would most likely go crazy.

After all, even evil people believed that they were a good person.

Learning that they were evil was bound to shatter their worldview and make them start to doubt themselves.

However, Chu Wuyao was not one of these people, and instead, she quickly came to terms with it.

So what if she was "evil"?

Her ambition had always been to reach the peak of the world and gain the ability to control her destiny.

If this had to be done at the expense of others, she still would be willing.

However, the other elders couldn't blame them, understanding the reason for his shock.

Having lived for so long, the elders knew what the words "Heavenly Punishment" meant.

"It's said that in ancient times, there were some people that angered the world, causing the world to bring down punishment."

"These people were either supreme geniuses that were destined to become Immortals, or evil cultivators who were bound to bring destruction to the world and cause immense suffering."

A female elder thought of a description she had read in an ancient book, and lowering her head, she stared at the target of the Heavenly Punishment, the white-haired woman who was hiding behind her Vision.

"Deputy Leader, should we...?"

The elder didn't finish her words, but everyone could understand her meaning.

Faced with a person who might bring unimaginable disasters to the Cultivation World, it was natural for them to choose to take action right now, wiping out this future hidden threat.

Even if they were to make a mistake and that woman was just a genius, these Supernatural Realm cultivators wouldn't care.

After all, that woman was not their relative, nor their disciple.

Why would they care about her life and death?

Lu Song understood the meaning of the female elder and agreed with her suggestion.

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"Let's wait and see if she can survive the Heavenly Punishment first. If she survives, then we'll..."

Lu Song was speaking, when a figure suddenly teleported in front of him, with their back against them.

The figure's appearance was blurry and a veil made out of sunlight covered their face, making it difficult to see their identity.

However, when Lu Song and the elders saw this figure, they immediately recognized them.

"Sect Leader!", they saluted respectfully, and their eyes filled with admiration, just like the believers of those Gods.

In response, Destiny waved her hand casually, motioning the elders to get up.

Just when Lu Song was about to speak and introduce the situation to her, Destiny interrupted him:

"One of you should go down and take the inner disciples out of the Inner Area. The sect will become a laughing stock if the disciples die like this."

"As for the rest of you. You can leave."

"You don't have to worry about that disciple. I'll deal with it.", she spoke in a commanding tone.

Hearing her words, the elders were a little doubtful, but they knew that this was not the time to ask any questions.

Immediately, they chose to follow her orders and dispersed.

In the blink of an eye, the elders had left, taking the inner disciples with them as they did.

Only Destiny and Chu Wuyao remained in the whole Inner Area, as well as the clouds and lightning in the sky.

"The Heavenly Punishment is not only a 'punishment', but an opportunity too. As long as a cultivator goes through it, they'll get unimaginable benefits.", Destiny whispered as her eyes behind the veil stared at Chu Wuyao.

The moment she finished her words, a loud noise suddenly spread throughout the Original Desire Sect.

"Boom!", the long black scythe of Six Paths and the lightning that fell from the sky collided.