[The Fourth Purple Talent, Idle Cultivation, a Conjecture]

[Age 20]: [You learned that you had become the incarnation for the Seventh Simulation.]

[Unlike before, you saw no Light Screen. You could not even sense the connection to the [Simulator] itself in your mind.]

[You felt the peak cultivation within you—[Qi Refining Perfection Ninefold Limit-Breaking]—inherited from your previous life because you had chosen to retain your memories.]

[With the powerful Talents you had brought along this time as well, you felt more confident than ever before.]

[With a thought, you first addressed the precious [Blue Talent: Ascension].]

[You possessed two other blue talents: [Twice the Results with Half the Effort] and [Eye of Illusion].]

[After weighing your options, you decided to upgrade [Twice the Results with Half the Effort].]

[At your current stage, improving your cultivation efficiency was crucial to building your strength and breaking through to higher realms.]

[Meanwhile, other methods could partially substitute for the information-gathering abilities of [Eye of Illusion] for now.]

["Ascend [Twice the Results with Half the Effort]!"]

[As your intent settled, a brilliant purple radiance enveloped the Talent rune representing [Twice the Results with Half the Effort].]

[When the light faded, the rune had transformed into a more intricate and profound purple form. New information flooded your consciousness:]

[Purple Talent: Once and for All]:

[Define the [cause], and automatically pursue the [effect].]

[[Effect]: Retains all the abilities of [Blue Talent: Twice the Results with Half the Effort], then elevates them further.]

[As long as you made initial progress in a task, that task would enter an "autopilot" state.]

[It would continue operating automatically until it achieved the preset goal or encountered an insurmountable obstacle.]

["Idle autopilot?!" You instantly understood how heaven-defying this Talent was.]

[It had practically turned "perseverance" and "accumulation" into concepts!]

[Even more astonishingly, the instant this Talent took effect, your cultivation—which had already reached its peak, with no room left to advance—actually increased again, ever so slightly, but undeniably!]

[It was as though an invisible version of you was performing the most basic cultivation and accumulation on your behalf without a moment's pause!]

["This is... idle cultivation?!"]

[You examined it closely. Although the increase was minuscule, nowhere near the speed of active cultivation or cultivation amplified by the [Supreme Limitless Dharma Seal], its advantage lay in never stopping, not for a single moment!]

[You estimated the efficiency of this passive cultivation.]

[It was roughly equivalent to a tiny fraction of your Peak Period “hundred-thousandfold” efficiency, but considering its uninterrupted nature, the long-term gains would be considerable.]

[This saved you a great deal of time that would otherwise have to be spent meditating in arduous cultivation, allowing you to focus more on other matters.]

[Next, you activated another crucial Talent—[Purple Talent: Wish Echo].]

["Use [Wish Echo]! I need something crucial that can help me break this deadlock!"]

[Purple light flashed, and an ancient-looking token fell into your hand. It was the [Damaged Spacetime Token].]

[Just as you had expected.]

[You examined it with [Eye of Illusion]. Its charge level clearly read: 100%.]

[This meant you could activate it at any time and attempt to contact Lin Feng, the Ruler of [Beyond Heaven], in the Past.]

[However, you did not use it immediately.]

[A bolder plan took shape in your mind: give this fully charged [Spacetime Token] to Chen Qingyan to use.]

[As Lin Feng's personal disciple, Chen Qingyan might receive more direct, effective guidance and assistance if he communicated with his Venerable Master himself.]

[You knew full well that revealing crucial information to Chen Qingyan would invite [Karmic Law punishment].]

[But if Chen Qingyan became the user of the [Spacetime Token] and took the initiative to obtain information from Lin Feng, could that circumvent this portion of the punishment?]

[Your previous simulations had met with setback after setback. You needed to introduce a more powerful variable.]

[Allowing Chen Qingyan to establish stable contact with Lin Feng ahead of time might completely overturn your predicament of helplessly taking blows.]

[The key to this plan lay in your meeting with Chen Qingyan two days later.]

[Until then, you turned your attention to the core of this simulation—the two newly acquired Purple Talents.]

[Heaven's Mandate] could be set aside for now. It had been pulsing with purple light from the very beginning, indicating that it was continuously taking effect.

[Infinity]: This one-use Talent, on the other hand, remained utterly quiet.

[As a test, you took out a wooden box containing a sealed wisp of ordinary spiritual energy. The moment your finger touched its seal,]

[The Talent rune for [Unrestricted] immediately flashed with a dangerous, mesmerizing radiance. A prompt appeared: "Remove this conceptual restriction of 'sealing'?"]

[Startled, you quickly selected "Decline."]

[What a joke. How could you waste this precious one-use opportunity on testing an inconsequential spiritual-energy seal?]

[You tried several other approaches and discovered that [Unrestricted] Talent was extraordinarily sensitive to any form of "restriction," but the exact extent to which it could remove them remained unknown.]

[For the moment, you suppressed the urge to use it immediately and decided to save it for the most critical moment.]

[For the next two days, you did not leave this secluded place.]

[Instead, you adjusted to the experience of "automatic cultivation" brought about by [Once and for All], while quietly awaiting the crucial figure who could change your situation.]

[Two days passed in the blink of an eye.]

[Chen Qingyan appeared at the cave entrance right on schedule.]

["Hmm?"]

[The moment he stepped into the cave and his gaze fell upon you, he gave a soft sound of surprise.]

[A distinct flicker of astonishment crossed those eyes that could see through Falsehood.]

["Your fortune and origins... I can no longer discern them?" He frowned slightly, his probing tone carrying a trace of disbelief.]

[You knew this had to be the effect of [Heaven's Mandate] Talent, but you followed his lead and asked:]

["Why can't you discern them?"]

[Chen Qingyan shook his head, his expression growing more solemn:]

["They aren't concealed. Rather... the level of existence involved is too high. Its Fate is beyond what my current realm allows me to glimpse."]

[He gave you a long, searching look, as though seeing you anew.]

["Even in the reincarnation of a [Nascent Soul True Lord], I can glimpse a trace or two left behind by his fate pattern.]

["But you, Chen Fan... at our last meeting, I could still see something of your mortal Essence. Now, it's like looking at flowers through the mist, their outlines impossible to discern."]

["..."]

[His words left you briefly silent.]

[In truth, when you selected [Heaven's Mandate] Talent, you had thought it would turn you directly into a legendary "child of the realm."]

[—Someone with fortune that reached the heavens, who could kick a spiritual treasure just walking down the road, while peerless Immortal beauties threw themselves into his arms.]

[Those rosy fantasies had also been a significant factor in your choice.]

[Yet in reality, no spiritual treasures had fallen from the sky, nor had any beauties pursued you. Instead, even someone like Chen Qingyan could no longer see through your origins.]

[*Could this bizarre "concealment" effect be connected to that "supreme being's gaze"?!*]

[A rather ominous thought arose in your mind, leaving you faintly uneasy.]

[Before you could consider it further, Chen Qingyan had already extended his hand toward you, his tone carrying an unmistakable expectation:]

["Where's the [Spacetime Token]?"]

[You gathered your thoughts, knowing this was no time to dwell on the matter, and decisively took out the ancient-looking [Spacetime Token], placing it in his open palm.]

[At the same time, you explained your earlier idea]

[—Having him use the token to contact his master, Lin Feng, in hopes of obtaining more direct assistance and avoiding karmic backlash—in a brief, clear account.]

[The instant you took out the [Spacetime Token], you could distinctly feel much of the faint air of distance surrounding Chen Qingyan dissipate.]

[In its place came a more pragmatic enthusiasm, tinged even with a little eagerness.]

[This supreme treasure, tied to his sect's legacy, clearly held extraordinary significance for him.]

[He accepted the [Spacetime Token] and followed the method you described, trying to pour his spiritual sense and magical power into it. He even traced several profound runes in an attempt to activate it.]

[Yet no matter what he tried, the [Spacetime Token] remained as dormant as ever. Not the slightest radiance appeared on its ancient-looking surface, as though it were merely a piece of ordinary iron.]

[After a long while, Chen Qingyan stopped. With a sigh of resignation and understanding, he handed the token back to you:]

["Divine Artifact has a spirit of its own. It chooses the Rulers it serves. It... doesn't acknowledge me. I can't use it."]