This was the terror of a Child of Luck? Zhou Yu marveled inwardly.
His father was an Elder God, and his master was also an Elder God. He even stumbled across inherited treasures while walking around. This was absurd.
The simulation continued.
[After carefully reading this inheritance, you were even more delighted to discover that it was an inheritance of Heart Force. Though somewhat incomplete, it was already exceedingly precious. Huntian World possessed only rudimentary methods of condensing Heart Force, and its application of Heart Force was a complete blank.] [You diligently studied this inheritance. Many of its techniques were extremely useful for facing the Heart Demon Tribulation, giving you considerable confidence in undergoing the Empyrean God Tribulation.] [However, you were in no hurry to undergo the tribulation. You continued traveling across the land, silently comprehending the Dao and accumulating insights.] [At ten thousand years old, your heart grew increasingly tranquil.] [At twenty thousand years old, you were still accumulating.] [At thirty thousand years old, a sudden change occurred. A powerful army abruptly appeared in the peaceful Huntian World, claiming to come from the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom and declaring that they would take over this Chaos world.] [A great battle erupted. Both Nine Spirits Ancestral God and Muliu Ancestral God were severely injured and captured.] [Huntian World was taken over, and you could only wait in confusion.] [A hundred years later, the suppressed Elder Gods reappeared. You learned that they had joined the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom. You understood that this was a wise choice. If your memories were correct, the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom was a powerful nation with several World Gods and Chaos Immortals. Huntian World simply had no ability to resist it.] [The returning Elder Gods soon departed again. They had to join the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom in battle, and only after accumulating enough military merit could they return. Before leaving, Nine Spirits Ancestral God gave you much treasure and wealth, while Muliu Ancestral God passed his lifelong work, the True Explanation of Time and Space, on to you.] [You cultivated a Second Primal Spirit and decided to undergo the Empyrean God Tribulation. You succeeded.] [You returned home and spent a long stretch of years with your mother.] [At two million years old, you suddenly attained enlightenment and mastered the complete Great Path of Time.] [Your Second Primal Spirit became a True Immortal, but your true body becoming a True God remained a distant prospect. At this time, you could not sense even the slightest hope of breaking through to become a True God. Restlessness rose within you, and you wanted to venture into Chaos. At this time, you chose: First, remain in Huntian World. Second, enter Chaos.]
Zhou Yu looked at those lines, his expression rather grave.
There was far too much information contained within them.
The appearance of the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom in particular made him realize that this simulation had taken place in a time extremely far in the past.
If that was the case, if the simulation succeeded, would this incarnation appear in the past, or directly in the present?
"No matter what, I still have to continue the simulation."
Zhou Yu did not dwell on it. After considering it briefly, he chose to enter Chaos.
With a divine soul at the Empyrean God level, it had taken two million years just to comprehend a single Great Path. If he did nothing but remain here, comprehending the Heavenly Dao within a hundred million years would be nothing more than a dream. This simulation was bound to fail.
Only by entering Chaos and relying on the Child of Luck's extraordinary fortune to encounter some heaven-defying opportunity would he have a chance to defy fate.
The instant Zhou Yu made his choice, the memories of those two million years surged into him.
Although the simulated Zhou Yu had not experienced many major setbacks and his Dao Heart was rather ordinary, he had nevertheless mastered a complete Great Path. Those memories were not so easy to digest.
Only after a long while did Zhou Yu open his eyes again.
"Continue."
With that thought in his heart, Zhou Yu began the simulation once more.
[You chose to enter Chaos, but you knew very well that, as merely an Empyrean God, you were far too weak within Chaos. Even the slightest danger could claim your life. Thus, you did not dare travel far and only wandered around the vicinity of Huntian World.] [Within Chaos, you could no longer sense the Dao of Huntian World. Gradually, you discovered a more fundamental power. You understood that it was the power of the Origin of Time, a truly powerful force.] [In the third thousandth year after entering Chaos, you discovered a Strange Colored Lotus. After swallowing it, your divine soul was greatly strengthened, and your speed of comprehending the Dao surged dramatically. You were overjoyed.] [In the fifth thousandth year after entering Chaos, you found another treasure. It made your Empyrean God body even more perfect.] [In the eighth thousandth year after entering Chaos, having gained nothing further, you returned to Huntian World.] [Another million years of peaceful days passed. During that time, you entered Chaos many times, making small gains each time. This puzzled you greatly.] [One day, you received a message from your master, Muliu Ancestral God. Your father had died in battle.] [You remained silent for a long time. Your desire for power grew ever stronger.] [You left Huntian World once more and ventured farther into Chaos.] [In the thirtieth thousandth year after entering Chaos, you suddenly discovered with delight that the Bronze Mirror containing the inheritance of Heart Force you had obtained before had produced some kind of resonance.] [Following that resonance, you discovered a Sea of Chaos Lightning. Yet every bolt of lightning erupting within it made you feel extreme danger. You hesitated, but when you thought of Huntian World's current plight and Nine Spirits Ancestral God's death, you decided to enter and take a look.] [Lightning raged within the Sea of Chaos Lightning, but your fortune was outrageously heaven-defying. You actually made your way all the way to the depths of the lightning sea, where you discovered a Black Stone Stele.] [You sensed that this stele was what had attracted the Bronze Mirror. Delighted, you attempted to collect the stele first, but a destructive force of Heart Force suddenly erupted from within it. That power swept across you, and both your true body and Second Primal Spirit perished. You died!] [Simulation failed.]
"What?" Zhou Yu froze.
A Child of Luck had actually died in an accident?
"There wasn't even a choice when he entered the Sea of Chaos Lightning at the end?" Zhou Yu frowned slightly. If he had been given a choice in that situation, he definitely would not have gone in. If he waited until he was powerful enough before going, perhaps he would not have been instantly annihilated by that force.
Yet the simulated Zhou Yu had gone straight in. It had not even given him the chance to choose.
"The further the simulation progresses, the fewer chances it gives me to choose. Is that because the simulated me is growing stronger?"
Zhou Yu suddenly recalled that the previous simulation had been the same. At the beginning, he had needed to make choices over every little matter. But after the simulated Zhou Yu entered the Outer Battlefield, he had never again been able to interfere with his actions until the simulation succeeded.
This time was much the same.
The only difference was that in the previous simulation, his luck had been excellent. Not only had the incarnation not died in the Outer Battlefield, but he had also advanced by leaps and bounds, ultimately succeeding in the simulation.
"So choosing a higher simulation target isn't so simple after all." Zhou Yu understood.
First, the increasingly vast memories would become harder and harder to bear. Second, once the simulated him grew stronger, his actions began to lean toward autonomy.
Thinking about it further, perhaps it was precisely because Zhou Yu found it increasingly difficult to digest the simulated him's memories that he became more autonomous.
"Still, even though it failed, my gains have been great enough." Zhou Yu closed his eyes.
Another flood of memories came rushing in.
They were all the memories from the simulated Zhou Yu's life, right up until his death.
Three million years in total—almost exactly Zhou Yu's own age.
Only after digesting them for a long time did Zhou Yu open his eyes. He rose to his feet with a sigh, and now he could somewhat understand why the simulated him had ultimately charged into the Sea of Chaos Lightning.
"It seems that the most important thing in cultivation is always talent and comprehension. Luck can only serve as support. Of course, possessing both would naturally be best." Zhou Yu understood this as well.
In the previous simulation, he had talent but no luck. From beginning to end, he had not encountered a single worthwhile opportunity. Fortunately, Swallowed Star World valued geniuses enough. With its complete system for nurturing talent, he had successfully completed the simulation.
This time, he had luck but no talent. Although the beginning had gone incomparably smoothly, things became much more difficult later on.
Still, it was not surprising. Not every Son of the Ancestral God could achieve great things. Even the Ancestral Dragon of ancient times had nine children, yet only a few became True Gods or Dao Ancestors.
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