Simulation: Wood Spirit Emperor

[Not only that, you feel that your Law Comprehension far surpasses that of a human body. By possessing the Wood Spirit Emperor, you are absolutely confident you can become Ganwu Universe Master's disciple.]

[At 41, you enter the Initial Universe.]

[Ganwu Universe Master has told you that Chaos City Lord examines every lifeform that enters the Initial Universe. But your soul will not change after Possession, so he tells you not to worry.]

[Chaos City Lord takes an interest in you.]

[He discovers your Locke Divine Water, your Plant Lifeforms, and even the surviving Wood Spirit.]

[He is somewhat surprised, but this is your opportunity, and in his eyes, it is only of middling value—not particularly precious. Once he confirms that you are human, he loses interest.]

[The Wood Spirit Emperor looks extremely similar to a branch of the Winged Human Race. If not for its Gene Level and Innate Secret Technique, there would be no reason it couldn't be classified as human.]

[Very few people know that you possessed the Wood Spirit.]

[You choose to live in a small building where the Wood and Space Law patterns are relatively distinct. You select the Mother Ancestor Chaos Tablet as the main Chaos Stele for your study.]

[You break through the fifth level of the Heavenly Bridge in one go, attracting the attention of many Immortals in Chaos City.]

[Normally, many King-level Immortals would have tried to take you as their disciple. But Ganwu Universe Master had already expressed his intentions, and before such an ancient Universe Venerable, their strength seemed inadequate.]

[Thanks to the Wood Spirit Emperor, your progress is extraordinarily rapid.]

[At 72, with nearly a third of your study time gone, you clear the seventh level of the Heavenly Bridge. You will soon earn the highest recognition of the Wood Origin Law.]

[Ganwu Universe Master takes you as a registered disciple. Once you break through to World Lord, he will take you as a personal disciple.]

[At this point, you have a powerful backing.]

"Ganwu Universe Master's disciple—even if I'm only a registered one, not even an Invincible King would dare touch me. That's what having connections means!" Han Han felt a surge of excitement.

He could reveal the Locke Divine Water now!

With a vast number of Immortal Plant Lifeforms at his disposal, just how terrifying would his strength become?

[You tell Ganwu Universe Master about the Wood Spirit's transformation.]

[Ganwu Universe Master is astonished by your good fortune. You obtained such a vast quantity of Locke Divine Water, and it even prompted the Wood Spirit's transformation.]

[He asks whether you are willing to submit the method of evolution.]

[Of course you are willing. There is only one Wood Spirit Emperor, after all. Even if other Wood Spirits absorbed enough Locke Divine Water, they could only raise their Gene Level to 100 times.]

[Ganwu Universe Master asks what reward you want.]

[After some thought, you say you want materials from powerful plant-type Special Lifeforms. This evolutionary method has severe limitations, so the actual reward won't be very generous. You might as well save yourself the trouble of searching for materials from powerful Plant Lifeforms later.]

[Ganwu Universe Master tells you to wait.]

[After cultivating the Wood Spirit Emperor, you expect to have only 3 billion Hunyuan Units' worth of Locke Divine Water left. Even so, it is a fortune that many Kings would envy.]

[You sell half of it.]

[With your newfound wealth, you begin cultivating Spirit Silk Grass. You put Iron Vine Grass and Gold Wood Grass on hold, since neither has a clear path to Immortality. It is better to buy and cultivate other Plant Lifeforms instead.]

[You buy a Cloud-Touching Vine sapling.]

[Unfortunately, thanks to the Locke Divine Water, all your Spirit Silk Grass is exceptionally high quality. Even the weakest has a thousand strands, so with 1.5 billion Hunyuan Units, you can only choose it—and you can only buy one.]

[You cultivate a Thousand-Silk Immortal Spirit Silk Grass.]

[You cultivate a 216-Vine Cloud-Touching Vine.]

[At 120, you clear the eighth level of the Heavenly Bridge and earn recognition from the Wood Origin Law. With the tenfold reward, you earn 255,000 points for clearing the first eight levels.]

[Unfortunately, you cannot break through to Immortality in the Initial Universe, so your Plant Lifeforms have yet to attempt the breakthrough.]

[During this time, you hunt Chaos Beasts and discover that Chaos True Spirits have a negligible effect on the transformation of your soul. You suspect this is because you possessed the Wood Spirit Emperor.]

[At 130, you perfect the Falling Wood Seven Kill Blade, reaching the limit of 100 times strength amplification.]

[At 141, before leaving the Initial Universe, you decide to attempt the Heavenly Bridge one last time. Unfortunately, you fall one step short. The main reason is that the Heavenly Bridge tests only Law Comprehension.]

[You head to the Primal Secret Realm.]

[You need to start cultivating Immortal Plant Lifeforms.]

[There are two options, both with only a 50% chance of success. But thanks to the Locke Divine Water, their actual chance of breaking through should be around 70–80%.]

[Unfortunately,]

[your Cloud-Touching Vine fails its breakthrough. Only the Spirit Silk Grass succeeds, becoming Immortal and condensing an Undying Body.]

[You feel as if you have suffered a huge loss. You think that if you had known this would happen, you should have cultivated the more promising 108-Vine Cloud-Touching Vine instead. Unfortunately, there is no cure for regret.]

[After learning that you cultivated a Marquis Rank Spirit Silk Grass, Ganwu Universe Master revises your training plan.]

[At 142, following Ganwu Universe Master's advice, you break through to Domain Lord Level 1 and are sent to serve in the Ganwu Universe Kingdom ahead of schedule.]

[That same year, you break through to Domain Lord Level 9.]

[At this point, you have a slot for one clone. Humanity had also promised to find materials from powerful plant-type Special Lifeforms for you, so you put off creating one.]

[But you overlook something.]

[Your talent is so terrifying. How could the Alien Races possibly let you grow stronger?]

[At 143, a King comes to the planet where you live. You know it is King Yinshe of the Monster Race, and the one who has arrived is only one of his clones.]

[You are locked in a desperate battle.]

[But the Thousand-Silk Immortal Spirit Silk Grass is only Early Marquis Rank, and your original guard is barely Marquis Rank. How could they possibly be a match for King Yinshe?]

[In desperation, you have no choice but to use the Wood Fusion Secret Technique to strengthen the Thousand-Silk Grass.]

[The Thousand-Silk Grass's strength approaches High-level Marquis Rank.]

[King Yinshe is shocked. He thinks the race had already overestimated you by sending him to kill you, but it turns out that still isn't enough.]

[Eleven arrives. Only then do you learn that Eleven is Peak King, while King Yinshe is Initial King. Two strikes from Eleven force King Yinshe to self-destruct.]

[You survive by the skin of your teeth.]

[Afterward, countless spies are purged. After all, it is no simple matter for a King to enter the core territory of the Human Race.]

[At 144, humanity gives you three kinds of plant-type Special Lifeform materials. If they hadn't arrived in time, you would have been tempted to cultivate a Spirit Silk Grass clone at random; after all, you would still have one more chance as a World Lord.]

[You obtain Special Lifeform materials: a World Tree leaf, a Bo Xue Vine leaf, and a Phantom God Flower petal.]

[Bo Xue Vine.]

[The World Tree is the strongest tree-type Special Lifeform. Although the odds of cultivating it are extremely low, humanity's upper echelon decides to give you a chance to try.]

[The Bo Xue Vine is a thousandfold Special Lifeform. Its strength and size are both formidable.]

[The Phantom God Flower is only an 800-times Plant Lifeform, but it specializes in the soul and has a natural advantage when it comes to resisting Soul Enslavement.]

[You decide to try cultivating them in order from strongest to weakest. The Phantom God Flower is powerful, but it is far, far smaller than the Bo Xue Vine.]

[You cultivate a World Tree Clone... Failure.]

[You cultivate a Bo Xue Vine Clone... Success. You also realize that the Wood Spirit Emperor's maximum Gene Level for cultivating a clone is a thousand times, and the Bo Xue Vine happens to be right at the limit.]

[But the stronger the clone, the longer it takes to cultivate. Your Bo Xue Vine Clone will need nearly 1,500 years to mature.]

[You mutter that this is bad.]

[That means you'll have to wait another 1,500 years before your survivability is maxed out.]

[However,]

[by cultivating a Bo Xue Vine Clone, you also earn the approval of the Virtual Universe Company's upper echelon. They specially grant you 1,500 years of free time, during which you can remain in Human Territory.]

[In response to the previous attack, the Virtual Universe Company assigns Fire Rain King, a King, to serve as your personal guard.]

[You undertake the Highest Points Mission.]

[You receive a mission: wipe out every member of the Yao Hai Family.]

[Since Yao Hai and his disciple Jeffries are both only Immortal Military Lords, they are easy prey for you with Fire Rain King protecting you. The Virtual Universe Company is only going through the motions.]

"Not good!" Han Han thought.

Yao Hai and Jeffries were weak. In the simulation, with Fire Rain King there, he could have easily killed them on his own with the Immortal Spirit Silk Grass.

But—

those two weaklings had an Insect Race Mother Emperor backing them, and she was an Immortal-level Zerg Mother Emperor, nearly an Invincible King.

Now, Han Han could only hope that the King who could teleport in the original story was still around. Otherwise, the simulation was over.

[You receive authority to deploy an army from the Ganwu Universe Kingdom.]

"It's over."

Han Han hadn't seen any mention of Golden Horn Race support. There was no escaping an Immortal-level Zerg Mother Emperor.

[After investigating the situation, you begin your operation. You invite Yao Hai and Jeffries to a banquet. Since the invitation comes from an Immortal, they agree to attend.]

[At the banquet, you release the Spirit Silk Grass, which instantly strangles every member of the Yao Hai Family.]

[At the same time,]

[a golden light envelops the sky above the planet. It is the sign of Divine Kingdom Teleportation. Seeing the Immortal-level Zerg Warriors appear, Fire Rain King immediately takes out a spacecraft and flees.]

[You tell him to go ahead, since the spacecraft you just bought is much more advanced.]

[But the Immortal-level Zerg Warriors are incredibly fast, and the Divine Kingdom Teleportation point is very close to you. Without teleportation, there is no way to put distance between you and them right away.]

[A beam of energy shoots out. You get into the spacecraft first and survive, but Fire Rain King is killed by the attack.]

[Your spacecraft is destroyed and cannot escape.]

[You release the Spirit Silk Grass to enclose the battlefield and keep the Zerg Warriors from attacking your true body.]

[But the Zerg Mother Emperor's strength lies in combined attacks. Another beam of energy shoots out. Though the Spirit Silk Grass is enormous, it is helpless against such an overwhelmingly powerful, focused attack.]

[You are killed.]

[This simulation has ended.]

"Ah!"

Han Han sighed.

The Virtual Universe Company had only given him a safe and easy mission. They had no idea an Immortal-level Zerg Mother Emperor would be involved.

Besides, he suspected—

this Zerg Mother Emperor was at full strength. The Zerg Warriors of the Zerg Mother Emperor Luo Feng encountered were fewer in number.

After all, this one could now kill an Initial King with a single strike.