Opportunities Arriving One After Another

[You choose to exercise, but you also understand that you were born not long ago and your body is still too fragile, so you dare not train too intensely.]

[Time passes. You live alone in this nameless cave. You feel lonely, an endless solitude enveloping you, making you immerse yourself even more in books.]

[Gradually, your inner restlessness settles into peace, and you begin to adapt to all of this.]

[Before you know it, you are six years old. You are lucky; in six years, you have not fallen ill nor encountered any accidents. You have successfully survived.]

[At this point, your physical fitness has reached a state far beyond what it was before you transmigrated. You realize you have met the criteria for "cultivation."]

[You successfully sense the existence of external energy and begin to absorb it to strengthen yourself.]

[Your physical fitness advances by leaps and bounds.]

[By age nine, you have reached the peak of the Mortal Rank. Your powerful physique feels absurd; if you were back before your transmigration, you would be a superhuman. However, according to the descriptions in your books, you realize you are still very weak on the Endless Continent, where any random wild beast could take your life.]

[At 12, you naturally break through that bottleneck and reach the Force Rank.]

[You are pleasantly surprised to find that you can finally open the World Ring your father left behind. Entering it, you are filled with awe. It is an incredibly realistic world. Although your consciousness is not strong enough to survey the entire space, the dense piles of items inside reveal the true value of the one-tenth of the clan's treasures stored within.]

[Among the numerous treasures, you find more cultivation manuals. When choosing one, you select the Black Light Blade Technique created by your father.]

[After opening the World Ring, your life becomes rich and colorful. Every day, you organize treasures and look for more books to read.]

[Suddenly one day, you notice something amiss. Among the many books, you find a summary of cultivation realms and realize that many of the conditions—such as domains and laws—seem familiar.]

[You realize that the place you have transmigrated to seems to be the Swallowed Star World.]

[You begin to search for more evidence and gradually conclude that you have indeed transmigrated to the Swallowed Star World. The realm known as the Force Rank on the Endless Continent is, in fact, the Planetary Rank.]

[This discovery moves you, but it does not significantly change your life; you continue to strengthen yourself every day.]

[With the clan's treasures, your evolution level rises rapidly. At 21, you break through to the Flying Rank, also known as the Star Rank.]

[At 32, you reach the Sky Rank, also known as the Universe Rank.]

[Before you know it, you are at the peak of the ninth stage of the Universe Rank, but because you have not yet comprehended a domain, you cannot break through. At this moment, you choose: 1. Continue to wait. 2. Go out to explore and hone your skills.]

"Let's go hone my skills."

Zhou Yu sighs and makes his choice.

Based on the current simulation, the hope of breaking through to Immortal is extremely slim, almost impossible, let alone becoming a Venerable.

Waiting any longer is just waiting for death.

The only option is to trust in being a "Child of Luck" and head out to train.

[After reaching the bottleneck, you realize it is time to leave. Although you are still an insignificant ant on the Endless Continent at the peak of the Universe Rank, you actually have some ability to protect yourself and will not be killed by just any wild beast.]

[Unsure if there are members of hostile clans outside, you prepare to leave through the surrounding rock tunnels. Among the dozen or so tunnels, you rely on your intuition and step into one at random.]

[The tunnel is pitch black and incredibly long. You advance cautiously. Before you know it, you have been traveling for several months. You are shocked; it seems you have been descending this whole time, and you have no idea how deep you have gone.]

[You grit your teeth and continue forward. Suddenly, one day, you are attacked. The assailant is a rock lifeform with strength at the peak of the Universe Rank. Fortunately, you have grown strong by now, and relying on treasures and combat techniques far superior to those of the rock lifeform, you easily kill it.]

[After looting the treasures from the rock lifeform, you continue forward. Before long, the space opens up. It is an incredibly vast underground chamber, so large you cannot see the end. Not far away lies a pool of seven-colored water, its light illuminating the surrounding space. The pool is empty, save for a single lotus flower growing in the center.]

[You immediately realize this is some kind of treasure. While pleasantly surprised, you are also extremely vigilant. This is a treasure you have never seen in all the books you have read. According to common sense, the more powerful the treasure, the more likely a powerful guardian exists nearby.]

[At this moment, you choose: 1. Pretend not to see it and leave immediately. 2. Investigate further.]

"Investigate further." Zhou Yu makes the choice directly. At this point, he can only rely on the luck of being a "Child of Luck"; without some miraculous encounter, this simulation is bound to fail.

[You choose to approach the pool. As you get closer, you find your body becoming light, as if a burden of countless years has been lifted. You quickly realize this is not a physical sensation, but that your soul has been cleansed.]

[When you cautiously approach, nothing happens. A bold thought arises in your mind: the rock lifeform you killed earlier might have been the guardian of this place.]

[Facing no danger, you begin to study the pool and the lotus. You judge that the lotus is a treasure beneficial to the soul and is nearing maturity. The pool water is also extraordinary, containing abundant energy and vitality, even better than the best treasures left by your clan. You find it incredible.]

[You wait by the pool. Under the seven-colored light, you feel the bottleneck that has been holding you back finally loosen. You successfully comprehend a domain.]

[One year later, the mysterious lotus blooms completely, revealing a crystalline seven-colored bead. Feeling the craving of your soul, you swallow the bead.]

[You fall unconscious.]

[A full thousand years pass before you wake up. You find that you have unknowingly reached the Domain Lord Rank. Your soul has undergone a transformation; when you study the manuals that previously felt difficult and obscure, they are now countless times easier.]

[You are overjoyed. Having long been accustomed to loneliness, you decide to settle down and consolidate your progress within the cave.]

[Your domain level rises rapidly, and you gradually begin to comprehend laws. At the same time, relying on the pool water rich in energy and vitality, your evolution level also surges.]

[100 years later, you break through to the World Lord Rank. By the time the pool water is nearly exhausted, you have reached the peak of the World Lord Rank.]

[At this point, you understand it is time to leave. You have long since discovered that there is another path connecting to this massive space. You choose: 1. Return the way you came. 2. Continue forward along the other path.]

"Continue forward."

Zhou Yu thinks about it and chooses option two; perhaps there are other opportunities ahead.

As Zhou Yu makes his choice, a flood of memories enters his mind. While these memories are nothing much to Zhou Yu, he deduces from them that the "lotus" was definitely a terrifying treasure.

"The three soul-type treasures I consumed during the 'Kongguang Divine General' inheritance probably don't even compare to a single petal of this lotus," Zhou Yu thinks, finally realizing that this treasure is at least comparable to a Heavy Treasure.

The "Child of Luck" is indeed working its magic.

Even with a poor start, as long as the opportunities are sufficient, it can be compensated for.

The simulation continues.

[You choose to continue moving forward. You travel along another passage, feeling as though you are constantly ascending. You are very cautious, so your pace is not fast.]

[After walking for a full year, you finally reach the end of the passage.]

[You discover that the outside world is an endless swamp, surrounded by incredibly thick mist. This mist is extremely bizarre; even with your peak World Lord-level vision, you cannot see the scenery outside clearly. You can only observe your surroundings using your World Projection.]

[You quickly determine that you are currently within the "Mist Swamp," one of the ten most dangerous places on the Endless Continent.]

[You understand that this Mist Swamp is not a place where you can stay for long, so you immediately decide to return the way you came.]

[But at this moment, an inexplicable call suddenly appears in your heart.]

[You are somewhat startled. At this time, you choose: 1. Go and take a look. 2. Ignore the voice.]

"Go and take a look." Zhou Yu makes his choice.

[You ultimately choose to venture forward.]

[You carefully advance a distance into the Mist Swamp and finally discover the source of the call. You find that it is a broken long shuttle.]

[You feel the long shuttle looks somewhat familiar. Suddenly, you recall seeing in a book that the weapon of the human race leader of the Endless Continent, the "Sky-Piercing Shuttle," bears a resemblance to the long shuttle before you.]

[But before you can think too much, a phantom drifts up from the broken shuttle. A figure resembling an old man appears before you. Although you have never met him, you quickly recognize him as the old leader of the human race on the Endless Continent. It was his disappearance that triggered the attacks from hostile races.]

[At this time, the old leader tells you that he has long since died, and what remains here is merely a wisp of consciousness that will soon dissipate.]

[You inform the old leader of the news that the race has been wiped out. He is filled with immense self-reproach, but he also tells you that it is not beyond remedy; just a short distance ahead, a heaven-defying opportunity awaits you.]

[You finally understand the reason for everything. It turns out the old leader discovered an incredibly heaven-defying life form in this Mist Swamp. Although that life form was only at the World Lord level, its strength exceeded that of an ordinary Immortal. The old leader was incredibly excited and wanted to capture this life form to bring back to the race; as long as someone could possess it, the human race could rise rapidly on the Endless Continent.]

[Unfortunately, the old leader underestimated the terror of this life form. The opponent suddenly unleashed an incredibly terrifying attack, instantly killing the old leader. However, before dying, the old leader also unleashed his strongest soul attack, severely wounding that life form.]

[You finally understand now that this must be a special life form with an extremely high genetic level. It must possess a terrifying innate secret technique that allows it to unleash attacks far exceeding its own level, which is how it killed the old leader.]

[You also realize that the guardian of that mysterious lotus might not have been the rock life form, but this special life form! It was only because it was severely wounded by the old leader and unable to return to its lair that you were able to pick up such a massive bargain.]

[The old leader's wisp of consciousness can no longer hold on and is about to dissipate. He makes one final request: if you succeed in the possession, you must restore the race. You agree.]

[After the old leader's consciousness dissipates, you put away his broken weapon. At this time, you choose: 1. Go directly ahead to take a look. 2. Make full preparations before heading over.]

"Two."

Zhou Yu thinks for a moment and still chooses two.

Although, based on the situation, it is highly likely that the special life form has suffered severe soul damage, otherwise it would not have been unable to return to its lair, which was close at hand.

One must know that a heaven-defying soul treasure is currently gestating in that lair; if it were to consume it, there is a high probability that its soul injuries would be healed.

But regardless, taking precautions is necessary; otherwise, it would be a tragedy if you were to capsize in the gutter.