``` [You controlled your "Other Self," having him feign a chance encounter as he swept over the Chen Family's grounds.]
[Viewed from outside, the Chen Family remained prosperous and vibrant, no different from before.]
[This was within your expectations.]
[Even with his overwhelming authority, that Heavenly Venerable presumably would not dare wantonly alter the historical trajectory firmly anchored by Karmic Law.]
[Seeing this, you severed the connection without hesitation and recalled your "Other Self."]
[You dared not let your clone investigate any further.]
[If he alerted that Heavenly Venerable, the consequences would be unimaginable.]
[You had no desire to sacrifice an "Other Self" painstakingly condensed through your efforts for such flyspeck profits.]
[Then what should you do next?]
[Have your "Other Self" infiltrate the Sacred Land to probe the Illusion-Reality?]
[The moment this thought arose, you firmly rejected it.]
[Your "Other Self" was far too unusual.]
[If the Sacred Land possessed secret arts for tracing karma and examining the past, exposure would mean losing the entire game.]
[By then, this "Other Self" would probably have no fate left but to be reclaimed.]
[As for gathering resources and focusing on cultivation?]
[You shook your head slightly.]
[You were not short on resources; you had the rewards from the previous simulation.]
[And for cultivation, you had the shortcut of once and for all.]
[Besides, a breakthrough from your current realm was utterly hopeless in the short term.]
[Your Foundation Establishment Limit-Breaking had already reached the Ninth-Layer Peak, leaving you unable to advance another inch; meanwhile, your Qi Refining Limit-Breaking had shown no further movement since breaking through Five Hundred Layers.]
[Judging by the sluggish progress feedback, if you continued cultivating step by step, your next breakthrough would take at least ten years.]
[Although breaking through the ninth layer of foundation establishment perfection