Updates and Draws

"Drip, drip, drip..."

When Gu Han opened his eyes again, all he saw was pitch-black darkness. Outside the window, the light rain still pattered on, and waves of snoring rose and fell, reaching his ears and stirring within him a long-lost sense of familiarity—just like before his transmigration!

"Finally, I'm back."

Sensing the scene outside, Gu Han drew a deep breath, and a feeling of shifting time and space rose in his heart.

But before he could adjust, the next instant, another voice sounded in his mind:

"Beep, beep. Detected that host has completed this life simulation. Achievements in the simulation world are now being tallied."

"Beep! Tally complete. The following is this simulator's evaluation of the host."

Two voices rang out rapidly in Gu Han's mind. In less than a second, the simulator had finished its tally.

Immediately after, ripples like water patterns suddenly appeared in the void before Gu Han, coalescing into a virtual attribute panel in front of his eyes, covered in dense lines of text.

Simulation World: Heavenly Azure Realm

Simulation Character: Gu Han

Character Summary:

"You have killed many, and you have saved many. You have slain a Destined Villain and taught a Child of Destiny. You have reached the pinnacle of several mortal kingdoms, and you have abandoned everything to fall."

"You have stirred great upheaval across a wide range, and indirectly altered the course of that range's future evolution."

"You were the number one under heaven in that region, and the founding patriarch who opened a path to its incomparable future glory."

"Your actions have permanently changed that region, and your true name will be sung by its people for millennia upon millennia."

Comprehensive Evaluation: ★★★★ (Perfect)

Note: This system is divided into five levels, from one star to five stars. One star is the lowest, five stars the highest. From bottom to top: Inferior, Ordinary, Excellent, Perfect, Transcendent.

"This tally is now officially concluded. Congratulations, host, for obtaining a four-star Perfect evaluation. You have earned a total of 923 Simulation Points, one designated draw opportunity, and three random draw opportunities.

These draw opportunities can extract anything from the Yan Kingdom or Man Kingdom within the Heavenly Azure Realm, past or present, including but not limited to martial talent, supreme-grade elixirs, world-shaking martial arts, or even the host's own Inner Qi cultivation.

Additionally, because the host has obtained an Excellent (or higher) evaluation in their first life simulation, the simulator formally recognizes the host as its master and activates the third system skill: Deduction!"

Skill Name: Deduction

Skill Effect: Deduction—one of the Immortal Cultivation Simulator's basic system skills. Within the simulation world, the host may consume their own cultivation to deduce any one of their techniques, martial skills, or other abilities, thereby strengthening themselves and expanding their power.

"923 Simulation Points? Designated and random draws? The system skill Deduction."

Seeing the lines of text on the virtual panel formed by the simulator, even with Gu Han's current state of mind, he was deeply shaken.

He was startled by how hard-earned the Simulation Points were: even after he had turned that world upside down, passed down his self-created "Half Spiritual Power Cultivation Method," and altered the future course of the world, he had only obtained this many points.

He was also stunned by the sheer heaven-defying nature of the so-called draw opportunities—allowing him to freely choose anything from the simulation world.

And he was shocked by the system skill Deduction. As a veteran novel enthusiast from his first life, Gu Han knew all too well how terrifying this skill was.

Compared to the other two rewards, this skill was the true divine ability—one that could accompany him all the way to the peak, never becoming obsolete, and granting him boundless help!

"It seems the Immortal Cultivation Simulator's power is far more terrifying than I imagined. I wonder what kind of great being created it, and why it suddenly chose me as its master. Does it have some purpose?"

Gu Han murmured to himself.

But he had no intention of abandoning the simulator just because its origins were unclear.

No matter what kind of existence had created this so-called Immortal Cultivation Simulator, to him, it was an utterly unimaginable great power.

Rather than borrowing trouble, it was better to use it to grow stronger as much as possible. After all, as long as he was strong enough, he need not fear any behind-the-scenes schemer!

"Simulator, use that designated draw opportunity to extract all my martial cultivation from the simulation world and imbue it into my body."

Seeing the prompt on the attribute panel, Gu Han made up his mind without hesitation and chose to restore his cultivation first.

In this perilous two-nation battlefield, only martial power was the true foundation. Without absolute strength to rely on, no matter how many treasures or how great his potential, he would ultimately die in vain, merely making a wedding gown for others.

Thus, even if the talents of Ran Min, A Kakin, or even Patriarch Bodhidharma in the Heavenly Azure Realm were formidable, they were far inferior to the strength he had painstakingly cultivated over decades!

"Beep! Detected host's command. Extracting cultivation..."

"Beep! Extraction complete. Implanting into host..."

"Boom!"

As the simulator's mechanical voice fell in Gu Han's mind, a tremor suddenly arose in the void above his head, as if a massive black hole was about to appear and tear through the void!

Then, an invisible beam of light manifested, carrying waves of powerful energy that poured into Gu Han's body.

"Crackle, crackle..."

With the influx of this energy, a series of bone-cracking sounds rang out from within Gu Han's body. With every breath, his physique was strengthened dozens of times over.

Skin Tempering, Flesh Forging!

Muscle Tendon Strengthening, Bone Forging!

Blood Tempering, Organ Refining!

Gu Han's body grew stronger at a breakneck pace. In less than the time it takes to burn an incense stick, the achievements that had taken the simulated Gu Han over a decade of bitter cultivation to reach were effortlessly completed. Then, he immediately began advancing toward the Inner Qi level.

"Pop!"

In the void, it was as if the sound of a bottleneck shattering rang out. Gu Han, seated cross-legged on the ground, trembled slightly as a stream of emerald-green qi began to grow within his Dantian.

It was neither the Inner Strength of the Yue Kingdom nor the Inner Qi of the Yan Kingdom, but a fusion of the two—a formidable substance far surpassing either one alone, which Gu Han called

"Half Spiritual Power!"

"Break!"

Feeling the formation of the Half Spiritual Power, Gu Han smiled faintly and silently shouted in his heart. The next instant, the Half Spiritual Power, just "born" and as tender as an infant, began to surge through his Twelve Primary Meridians.

"Rustle, rustle!"

The thin stream of Half Spiritual Power flowed through Gu Han's Twelve Primary Meridians. Wherever it passed, all meridians were instantly opened. Though slender, it was like a steel needle piercing cotton—no bottleneck could stop its advance!

One Primary Meridian!

Two Primary Meridians!

Three Primary Meridians!

Four Primary Meridians!

As time passed, the Half Spiritual Power within Gu Han grew stronger and stronger, and the Primary Meridians were opened faster and faster.

Until another incense stick's time later, the energy in the void came to a halt, and Gu Han's rapid growth finally drew to a close.

"Ten Primary Meridians, Second-rate Perfection—not bad at all!"

Feeling such gratifying results, Gu Han opened his eyes, a smile spreading across his face, and joy welled up in his heart.