Death by Accident

"Is this the terror of a Child of Luck?" Zhou Yu marveled inwardly.

His father was an Ancestral God, his master was an Ancestral God, and he stumbled upon legacy treasures just by walking around—it was truly absurd.

The simulation continued.

[After carefully reading this legacy, you are even more pleasantly surprised, for it is actually a legacy of Heart Force. Although somewhat incomplete, it is already incredibly rare; the Huntian World only possesses simple methods for condensing Heart Force, and the application of Heart Force is a blank slate.]

[You study this legacy earnestly, and many of the techniques within are extremely useful for dealing with the Heart Demon Tribulation. You gain significant confidence in overcoming the Heavenly God Tribulation.]

[However, you are in no rush to undergo the tribulation; you continue to walk the earth, silently comprehending the Dao and accumulating strength.]

[At ten thousand years of age, your heart grows increasingly tranquil.]

[At twenty thousand years of age, you are still accumulating.]

[At thirty thousand years of age, a sudden change occurs. A powerful army suddenly appears in the peaceful Huntian World, claiming to be from the 'Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom' and intending to take over this chaotic world.]

[A great war breaks out. Both Nine Spirits Ancestral God and Muliu Ancestral God are severely wounded and captured.]

[The Huntian World is taken over, and you can only wait in bewilderment.]

[A hundred years later, the suppressed Ancestral Gods reappear. You learn that they have joined the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom. You understand this is a wise choice; if your memory serves correctly, the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom is a powerful nation with several World Gods and Chaos Immortals—it is simply not something the Huntian World can resist.]

[The returning Ancestral Gods soon leave again. They must join the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom to fight for it and can only return after accumulating enough military merit. Before leaving, Nine Spirits Ancestral God gives you many treasures and wealth, and Muliu Ancestral God passes on his life's work, the True Explanation of Time and Space, to you.]

[You cultivate a Second Primal Spirit and decide to undergo the Heavenly God Tribulation. You succeed.]

[You return to your old home and spend a long period of time accompanying your mother.]

[At two million years of age, you suddenly have an epiphany and master the complete Great Path of Time.]

[Your Second Primal Spirit becomes a True Immortal, but your main body's path to becoming a True God remains distant and uncertain. At this moment, you feel no hope of breaking through to become a True God. You feel a restless urge to go out and see the Chaos. At this point, you choose: 1. Remain in the Huntian World. 2. Head into the Chaos.]

Zhou Yu looked at these lines of text, his expression quite grave.

The information contained within was too vast.

In particular, the appearance of the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom made him realize that this simulation was actually taking place in a time very far in the past.

If that were the case, if the simulation succeeded, would this avatar appear in the past, or directly in the present?

"Regardless, I must continue the simulation."

Zhou Yu did not overthink it; after considering, he chose to head into the Chaos.

With a soul at the Heavenly God level, it took two million years to comprehend a single Great Path. If he just did nothing, dreaming of comprehending a Heavenly Dao in a hundred million years was pure fantasy. This simulation would surely fail.

Only by going into the Chaos and relying on the good fortune of being a "Child of Luck" to encounter some heaven-defying opportunity could he possibly change his fate.

The moment Zhou Yu made his choice, the memories of those two million years surged forth.

Although the Zhou Yu in the simulation had not experienced major setbacks and his Dao heart was relatively average, he had, after all, mastered a complete Great Path; this memory was not so easy to digest.

After a long while, Zhou Yu finally opened his eyes again.

"Let's continue."

Zhou Yu thought to himself, and the simulation began once more.

[You choose to head into the Chaos, but you are well aware that as a mere Heavenly God, you are far too weak in the Chaos; the slightest crisis could cost you your life. Therefore, you dare not go far, only wandering in the vicinity of the Huntian World.]

[In the Chaos, you cannot feel the Dao of the Huntian World. Gradually, you discover a more fundamental power; you realize this is the power of the Time Origin, a truly powerful force.]

[In the third thousandth year of entering the Chaos, you discover a Strange Colored Lotus. After consuming it, your soul is greatly strengthened, and your speed of comprehending the Dao surges significantly. You are very happy.]

[In the fifth thousandth year of entering the Chaos, you pick up another treasure, which makes your Heavenly God body even more perfect.]

[In the eighth thousandth year of entering the Chaos, having no further gains, you return to the Huntian World.]

[Another million years of peaceful days pass. During this time, you enter the Chaos many times, and each time you have small gains, which makes you very curious.]

[On this day, you receive news from your master, Muliu Ancestral God: your father has died in battle.]

[You remain silent for a long time, and your desire for strength grows ever stronger.]

[You leave the Huntian World once again, heading into the more distant Chaos.]

[In the thirty thousandth year of your entry into the Chaos, you are suddenly and pleasantly surprised to discover that the Bronze Mirror you obtained earlier, which contains the Heart Force legacy, produces a certain resonance.]

[Following the resonance, you discover a Sea of Chaos Lightning, but every bolt of lightning erupting within makes you feel danger to the extreme. At this moment, you hesitate, but thinking of the Huntian World's plight and the death of Nine Spirits Ancestral God, you decide to enter and take a look.]

[Lightning rages within the Sea of Chaos Lightning, but your luck is heaven-defying, and you actually make it to the depths of the sea. Here, you discover a Black Stone Stele.]

[You sense that it is this stele that is attracting the Bronze Mirror. Overjoyed, you want to collect the stele first, but a destructive Heart Force suddenly erupts from within it. That power sweeps over you, and both your main body and Second Primal Spirit are annihilated. You are dead!]

[Simulation failed.]

"What?" Zhou Yu was stunned.

A Child of Luck actually died in an accident?

"There wasn't even a choice when entering the Sea of Chaos Lightning at the end?" Zhou Yu frowned. In that situation, if he had been given a choice, he certainly wouldn't have gone in. If he had waited until he was stronger, perhaps he wouldn't have been instantly wiped out by that power.

Yet, the Zhou Yu in the simulation went straight in, without even giving him a chance to choose.

"This simulation gives me fewer opportunities to choose the further it goes. Could it be because the me in the simulation is becoming stronger?"

Zhou Yu suddenly recalled that it was the same in the last simulation; at the beginning, he had to make choices for even the smallest matters, but after the Zhou Yu in the simulation headed to the Outer Battlefield, he was never able to intervene in his actions again until the simulation succeeded.

This time was much the same.

The only difference was that in the previous simulation, his luck had been exceptional; his avatar not only survived the Outer Battlefield but also made rapid progress, ultimately leading to a successful simulation.

It seems choosing a higher-level simulation target isn't as simple as it looks, Zhou Yu realized.

For one, the increasingly massive influx of memories was becoming harder to bear; for another, as his simulated self grew stronger, his actions began to lean toward autonomy.

When combined, it became clear that it was precisely because Zhou Yu struggled more to digest the memories of his simulated self that the latter became increasingly independent.

Still, even though I failed, the harvest was substantial enough, Zhou Yu thought, closing his eyes.

At that moment, another wave of memories surged forth.

These were all the memories leading up to the death of his simulated self.

Spanning three million years, it was coincidentally about the same as Zhou Yu's own age.

After digesting them for a long time, Zhou Yu finally opened his eyes. He stood up with a sigh, finally understanding why his simulated self had charged into the Sea of Chaos Lightning in the end.

It seems that in cultivation, talent and comprehension remain the most important factors, while luck can only serve as an auxiliary. Of course, possessing both is naturally the best, Zhou Yu concluded.

In the last simulation, he had talent but no luck, never encountering a single decent opportunity from start to finish. Fortunately, the Swallowed Star World valued geniuses highly, and by utilizing the complete genius cultivation system, he had succeeded.

In this simulation, he had luck but lacked talent; although the beginning was incredibly smooth, things became much harder later on.

However, this was not surprising. Not every Son of the Ancestral God could achieve greatness; even the Ancestral Dragon of ancient times had nine children, yet very few became a True God or Dao Ancestor.