Simulation Begins, a High-Stakes Gamble!

Back at his residence.

Inside a quiet little bamboo house,

Lu Chen sat on the bed, silently digesting the simulator's usage instructions in his mind.

The Future Life Simulator, as its name implied, could simulate his future life. He had one simulation opportunity every month. If he did not use it, it would be overwritten by the next opportunity and could not be accumulated.

The simulated future would appear in his mind in textual form.

At the same time, the simulation was not fixed. It would be based on his current circumstances. If he died in the simulation, or if a hundred years passed, the simulation would end.

After the simulation ended, he could choose one of three items that had affected his future life.

"Isn't this just exploiting my future self?"

"For free, too?"

Lu Chen frowned, suddenly feeling somewhat displeased.

But on second thought, his future self was not him. Why should he care?

"Start the simulation!"

Ding! Simulation begins—

First year: You cultivated at Northern Spiritual Academy and broke through to the Divine Soul Stage. As an exception, you obtained a core student slot at one of the Five Great Academies. You joined Northern Azure Spiritual Academy and began cultivating...

Second year: You refined the Azure Water Heavenly Flame Beast Spirit Essence, ranked thirty-ninth on the Earth Ranking. Your spiritual energy fused with the Azure Water Heavenly Flame, greatly increasing your strength. You also broke through to the Heaven Merging Realm and became a prominent figure in the academy. Cute junior sisters tried to flirt with you, but you ignored them and cultivated diligently...

Third year: You broke through to the Heavenly Transformation Realm and ascended Northern Azure Spiritual Academy's Heavenly Ranking. A seductive senior sister tried to tempt you, but you pushed her away and continued cultivating diligently...

Fourth year: Having broken through to the Sky Passage Realm, you learned that Mu Chen had already broken through to the Supreme Realm and left the academy several months ago. You could not help feeling lost, and for the first time, began to doubt your own talent...

Fifth year: You passed the first of the Three Minor Tribulations of the Sovereign, the Fleshly Body Tribulation...

Sixth year: You passed the Spiritual Energy Tribulation...

Seventh year: You became stuck at the Divine Soul Tribulation and made no progress for a long time. You left the academy and began traveling the Great Thousand World in search of an opportunity to break through...

Eighth year: You cultivated while traveling across the continent...

Ninth year: You found an Ice Jade Lotus and finally overcame the Divine Soul Tribulation. However, without Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, you could not condense a Supreme Sea...

Tenth year: You met an ordinary disciple of the Endless Fire Territory. Through his introduction, you joined the Endless Fire Territory. You discovered that most people here cultivated the Flame Mantra, which shocked you greatly...

After asking around, you learned that this was the will of Emperor Yan, the lord of the Endless Fire Territory. After entering the Great Thousand World, he had been troubled by the fact that people from his own plane lacked Spiritual Meridians and cultivated slowly. Thus, he improved the Flame Mantra he cultivated, changing the precedent that the Divine Soul Stage could only absorb Beast Souls. Instead, it absorbed Heavenly Flames from heaven and earth, using the divine soul to influence the flesh and artificially create Heavenly Flame Spiritual Meridians. As long as the absorbed Heavenly Flame was powerful enough, one would be no inferior to geniuses possessing human, earth, heavenly, or even God Grade Spiritual Meridians. This was also the foundation of the Endless Fire Territory's strength.

Eleventh year: You accumulated enough contribution points and exchanged them for the Flame Mantra. Before reaching the Supreme Realm, you absorbed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, one of the twenty-two most widely circulated Heavenly Flames in the Endless Fire Territory, and changed your cultivation art...

Twelfth year: You cultivated diligently...

Thirteenth year: You cultivated diligently...

Fourteenth year: You finally came to terms with it. You married the granddaughter of a Ninth Grade Sovereign from the Endless Fire Territory, lived off her, and cultivated the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body, ranked ninety-seventh among Supreme Sovereign Celestial Bodies...

...

Seventeenth year: The Extraterritorial Evil Clan invaded the Endless Fire Territory. Already at the Third Grade Sovereign Realm, you fought desperately and died on the battlefield...

This simulation has ended—

You may choose one item from your future life:

1. Flame Mantra (Emperor Yan's improved version)

2. Sovereign Flame Seed, Myriad Beast Spirit Flame (sealed state)

3. Supreme Sovereign Celestial Body, cultivation method for the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body

Please make your choice.

"I only lived off her for three years before dying? Was my future self really that miserable?"

Lu Chen complained helplessly, then stared at the three options before him and fell into deep thought.

He definitely could not choose the cultivation method for the Supreme Sovereign Celestial Body. He was still far, far away from the Supreme Realm. Choosing it would be useless, and it would only bring disaster upon him for possessing a treasure.

Besides, he was about to break through to the Divine Soul Stage.

So...

"I choose the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame!"

The moment he spoke, a transparent bottle appeared before him.

Lu Chen swiftly caught it. Looking down, he saw a clump of crimson flame as red as blood inside the transparent bottle, faintly taking the shape of ten thousand beasts galloping.

At the same time, a piece of information surfaced in his mind.

Myriad Beast Spirit Flame: Formed from the souls and bloodlines of ten thousand beasts, one of the twenty-three Heavenly Flames Emperor Yan collected in the lower plane.

Lu Chen put away the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame without regretting not choosing the Flame Mantra.

As a transmigrator, he had always believed that making good use of his informational advantage was his greatest cheat. The moment he saw the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, a bold idea had already formed in his mind.

Whether it would work or not, he would know after trying.

One month later,

Black Underworld Abyss.

Located in the southern part of the Northern Spiritual Realm, it was shrouded in poisonous miasma all year round and inhabited by countless venomous insects and giant snakes. It was usually deserted and extremely devoid of human presence, regarded as one of the forbidden lands of the Northern Spiritual Realm.

Lu Chen looked ahead and saw a primeval forest covered in a dark black hue. Above the endless black forest, gray Death Miasma hung in the air.

This Death Miasma was highly toxic. Even experts of the Spiritual Rotation Stage would not dare allow it to enter their bodies lightly.

Lu Chen swallowed the Antidote Pill he had prepared long ago, put on a homemade gas mask, and wore a black robe that covered his entire body before entering the Black Underworld Abyss.

After entering the Black Underworld Abyss, Lu Chen could feel a chill spreading in from every direction, making the blood in his body seem to stiffen slightly.

Lu Chen activated the low-grade Spirit Grade spiritual art he cultivated, the Flame Manipulation Art. The cold was instantly dispelled, and warmth filled his entire body as he continued onward.

After a while,

Whoosh!

Lu Chen felt a sudden tremor beneath his feet. With a tap of his toes against the ground, he instantly retreated.

At the spot where he had just stood, a savage giant snake covered in pitch-black scales burst out from the dead branches and rotting leaves, nearly catching him off guard.

Lu Chen's expression did not change. Spiritual energy surged within him, and crimson spiritual energy gushed forth, wrapping around both arms. His fists became like giant hammers as they smashed forward!

Vibration Fist!

Boom!

The black giant snake let out a mournful cry as two huge holes were blasted into its head. Under the terrifying vibrations, it instantly turned into a mass of bloody pulp.

"Mid-stage Spiritual Rotation Stage, a Black Nether Serpent."

Having done his homework in advance, Lu Chen quickly recognized the giant snake. Then he smacked his forehead and said, "That was an oversight on my part."

He then took out some insect- and snake-repelling medicinal powder from his Mustard Seed Bracelet and sprinkled it over himself before continuing onward.