[You had always wondered why [Lord of the Immortal Palace · Chen Qingyan] had [Affection: 69 points]!]
[In theory, even if you had become the heir to the [Dream Master]'s karma, you had not been the [Dream Master] before this. His affection should not have been so high.]
[Unless... you had already come into contact with him before!]
[But even if you really did gain the ability to travel to the [past] through the [Simulator] or somewhere else in the future,]
[You should not have been able to come to this [Dream Realm] and make contact with [Lord of the Immortal Palace · Chen Qingyan].]
[After all, if that had really happened, given your personality, you would definitely have left traces.]
[And then there was Senior Lin Feng's strange attitude.]
[So... could you have been the [Dream Master] all along? Was the [Simulator] an ability of the [Dream Master]?]
[Ever since you had awakened the [I Am the Chess Player] talent, countless schemes had unfolded, leaving you feeling more powerless than ever.]
[Yet everything connected to the [Dream Master] had followed you like a shadow. That first legacy, the [Myriad Beasts Mountain Range], had run through almost every simulation of yours, from beginning to end.]
[Thinking back carefully, the [Dream Master]'s abilities had pulled you back from the brink of death several times.]
[And at the end of the previous simulation, your [Simulated Clone] had actually become the [Dream Master] while retaining his own consciousness. This was undoubtedly the key.]
[After all, that was an existence on the level of a [Half-Immortal]!]
[Yet your simulated clone back then, even with the effects of [Late Bloomer] stacking layer upon layer,]
Had only barely reached the level of a [Spirit Transformation Dao Master]. The two could not even begin to compare.]
[Senior