Seamless Gate's Reaction: Another Simulation

In the Three Realms, there exists a mysterious world known to the Seamless Gate as the "Fifth World."

This place serves as one of their primary lairs, housing much of the Seamless Gate's vital strength.

At this moment, inside a pavilion within the Fifth World, a figure clad in blood-colored robes sits cross-legged.

True Immortal Blood Hand is the master of the Blood Cloud Tower, responsible for the invasions of the Great Xia World, the Beishan Great World, and the Qumeng Great World.

To invade a Great World, one must first sow discord among its forces; beyond bribery, methods like threats and assassinations are highly effective.

The Blood Cloud Tower is precisely such an organization of assassins.

Suddenly, True Immortal Blood Hand produces a jade talisman, only to find it shattered into several pieces.

"Celestial Bamboo Wood is dead? I sent him to coerce a Loose Immortal into surrendering, and he died?" True Immortal Blood Hand's gaze turns icy.

The loss of a Celestial Immortal pains him, as he only has a thousand or so under his command.

Not to mention that Celestial Bamboo Wood is no weakling; he is one of his most capable subordinates.

"Xu Wu, hide your identity and go to the Donghai Commandery to investigate."

True Immortal Blood Hand immediately issues an order to another subordinate.

Before long, news arrives. The scene of Zhou Yu setting up an array using the momentum of heaven and earth was truly astonishing; the entire Donghai Commandery felt the tremors. A brief investigation is all it takes to uncover the truth.

It is not difficult to discover that the source of the anomaly is directly above the Zhou Clan Tribe.

True Immortal Blood Hand is exceptionally knowledgeable. Upon receiving the report, he immediately judges it to be a grand array of heaven and earth.

"To set up such an array using the momentum of heaven and earth—even I cannot do it. One would need to master the complete Array Dao. A mere Loose Immortal has mastered the complete Array Dao?" True Immortal Blood Hand shakes his head inwardly.

How could this be possible?

Some heaven-defying Return to Void God and Devils might master a complete Dao, and their divine bodies nourish their souls well enough that they are only slightly inferior to Celestial Immortals, making it possible for them to comprehend a Dao.

But a Loose Immortal? That is far too distant.

Unless they are Celestial Gods, True Immortals, or even great beings who chose to reincarnate, he has never heard of anyone so heaven-defying at the Loose Immortal stage.

"Is he a reincarnated great being?" The thought flashes through True Immortal Blood Hand's mind, but he quickly dismisses it.

If he were a reincarnated Empyrean God or True Immortal, how could he lack friends or masters to guide him?

A Empyrean God or True Immortal who reincarnates only to become a Loose Immortal? That would be too foolish; True Immortal Blood Hand cannot even imagine such a person existing.

"Someone must be helping him. Could it be related to that missing Ji Ning?" True Immortal Blood Hand speculates.

Of course, this theory requires verification.

"Celestial Bamboo Wood's death cannot be left unavenged." True Immortal Blood Hand's gaze narrows.

In ordinary times, he might choose to retreat when facing other Celestial Gods or True Immortals, but the struggle has already begun. Regardless of who stands against the Seamless Gate, they must pay the price.

He is not alone; behind him stands the vast Seamless Gate!

On the other side—

Zhou Yu returns to his tribe. After comforting his clansmen, he retreats to his usual place of cultivation.

Having gained another simulation opportunity, Zhou Yu naturally intends to use it.

However, before starting, Zhou Yu calculates the number of powerful beings he has killed since the last simulation.

He has killed the most in the Cangyuan Realm via his clones.

In the Cangyuan Realm, although one of his clones gained nothing while self-exiled in the outer realms, the other clone remained in the Cangyuan Realm and went on a killing spree, slaughtering massive amounts of lesser demons daily, occasionally mixed with some Demon Kings.

The main reason is that the three Demon Race Emperors do not yet know Zhou Yu's true strength, so they still cling to the idea of heavily depleting the Cangyuan Realm's vitality, dispatching large numbers of troops whenever a world passage appears.

However, while the kill count in the Cangyuan Realm is high, the quality is too low.

In terms of quality, the Swallowed Star World takes the lead.

The flow of time in the Swallowed Star World is faster; nearly fifty years have passed since the last simulation. During this time, Zhou Yu has naturally killed a heap of Immortals in the Dark Continent, including many Marquis-level and King-level existences.

Conversely, in the Desolate Era World, Zhou Yu has focused entirely on self-improvement, with only a few, such as Celestial Immortal Xuanji, the Shaoyan Chou clone, and Celestial Bamboo Wood, dying by his hand.

"It seems that through large-scale slaughter, I might have gained more origin energy than I thought." Zhou Yu understands now; the reason he obtained a simulation opportunity so quickly this time is certainly due to his mass killing of lesser demons in the Cangyuan Realm.

Without further hesitation, Zhou Yu chooses to begin the simulation.

[Drawing world...]

[Drawing successful. This simulation world is: Desolate Era World!]

"Desolate Era World?"

Zhou Yu is stunned. He drew it again?

"I failed last time; I cannot afford to fail again this time." Zhou Yu becomes solemn.

[Drawing initial talent...]

[Drawing successful. Please choose from the following three talents.]

[1. Heaven Rewards Diligence—Effort will always yield results.]

[2. Child of Luck—Possesses extremely high luck upon birth.]

[3. Heaven-Sent Sage—Gains various cultivation bonuses when leading a race to rise.]

"A Child of Luck has appeared again?"

Zhou Yu sighed with emotion. To be fair, this talent was quite good, but his previous failure had left him with a shadow, so he excluded it for now.

"Talent three, the description is quite interesting." Zhou Yu pondered, but this talent was clearly difficult to survive the early stages with, and even after rising to power, it might not necessarily be useful.

He was aiming for a successful simulation this time.

"Besides, the Heaven Rewards Diligence talent may seem unremarkable, but it is actually one of the most broken talents in existence." Zhou Yu lamented inwardly. Past experience had taught him that this talent was absolutely terrifying.

Effort always yields results? Countless cultivators with mediocre aptitude would weep upon seeing this talent.

Without hesitation, Zhou Yu chose talent one: Heaven Rewards Diligence!

[Please select one of the following simulation goals.]

[1. Transcend the tribulation to become a Empyrean God—Upon completion, gain a Empyrean God avatar and the 'Heaven Rewards Diligence' talent at 50% effectiveness.]

[2. Become a True God or Ancestral Immortal—Upon completion, gain a True God or Ancestral Immortal avatar and the full 'Heaven Rewards Diligence' talent.]

[3. Become a World God or Chaos Immortal—Upon completion, gain a World God or Chaos Immortal avatar and the 'Heaven Rewards Diligence' talent at 300% effectiveness.]

"There isn't even an option to become a Celestial Immortal or True Immortal? And there's no time limit!" Zhou Yu wondered. If there had been an option to become a Celestial or True Immortal, he would have chosen it immediately, as it was the easiest path.

"Then I'll choose goal two." Zhou Yu made his decision after a moment of thought.

The difficulty of transcending the tribulation to become a Empyrean God was extremely high. He had seemed to succeed easily in his last simulation, but that was only because of his exceptional fortune and the support of two Ancestral Gods behind him.

Normally, the probability of transcending the tribulation to become a Empyrean God was incredibly low. For instance, the Great Xia World had accumulated tens of thousands of Celestial Immortals over endless years, yet not a single newly ascended Empyrean God.

Most Celestial Gods in the Three Realms today were born as such; those who transcended the tribulation themselves were in the minority. Every individual who managed to succeed in the Empyrean God tribulation on their own was a legendary figure.

"If I can become a Empyrean God through my own tribulation, my chances of becoming a True God or Dao Ancestor will be much higher than a normal Empyrean God, especially since there is no time limit for this simulation! In other words, if I complete goal one, goal two becomes hopeful. Conversely, if I die on the path to becoming a Empyrean God, it makes no difference whether I chose one or two." Zhou Yu thought to himself.

Therefore, rather than choosing one, it was better to gamble on two.

As Zhou Yu made his choice, time around his avatar froze once more, lines of text began to appear, and the simulation commenced.