``` [If East Sand True Person did not die, he would seriously disrupt your plans and arrangements for the next century or two of this simulation.]
[Several years ago, you had already begun considering how to eliminate East Sand True Person.]
[Your actual combat strength was now no weaker than that of an ordinary middle-stage Core Formation True Person. With your four third-tier puppets and Little Black, a mighty demon beast that had already entered the third tier...]
[Killing East Sand True Person was not impossible, but you needed to leave him no opportunity to react, preventing him from sending word back to Profound King Island.]
["Golden Core middle stage!"]
[Your yearning for a cultivation breakthrough grew ever stronger.]
[With your flawless golden core, once you entered the middle stage, your strength would approach that of a Late-Stage Grand True Person.]
[If you also accounted for your many other means, such as the enhancement your Mountain Sea Dao Body provided to your magical power...]
[Your actual strength might directly rival a Late-Stage Grand True Person.]
[With the strength of a Late-Stage Grand True Person and your numerous trump cards, dealing with East Sand True Person would be all but a sure thing.]
[He would not even know how he had died.]
["Soon..."]
["Almost there....." You gathered your thoughts. By taking the strand of primordial yin qi Li Yan had nurtured, you had spared yourself two and a half years of arduous cultivation. You were only two or three years away from Peak Early Golden Core.]
[Once you reached Peak Early Golden Core, you could immediately choose to break through into the middle stage.]
[In the sixty-second year, you were seventy-eight.]
[Yellow Wolf True Person came as usual to report the latest intelligence on Azure Moon True Person, bringing along the