"The seventh simulation... was over."
Zhou Qing stared at the illusory text constantly shifting at the bottom of his vision.
Finally, his gaze settled on the line [This simulation has ended].
This meant the simulation was completely over.
Zhou Qing closed his eyes, scenes from the seventh simulation flashing through his mind.
Compared with the previous six simulations, although the seventh had not brought much improvement in his cultivation realm, it had spanned the longest stretch of time of them all.
Counting the hundred years of possession through "Undying After Death," Zhou Qing had lived through a total of twenty-seven hundred years.
"The environment of heaven and earth in the Near Antiquity Period was far too harsh..."
Zhou Qing sighed inwardly. In terms of talent, he might not have been the strongest, but he was far from the worst. Yet after thousands of years across two simulations, he had still only cultivated to the early-stage peak of Spirit Transformation, and even that had required Li Yan's first strand of Primordial Yin Qi.
Without Li Yan, Zhou Qing would still have been some distance from the early-stage peak of Spirit Transformation, a distance that might have taken another two or three simulations to cover.
For Heavenly Monarchs in the Spirit Transformation Period during the Near Antiquity Period, every sliver of progress meant bearing the pressure of all heaven and earth.
The problem lay not with the cultivators, but with heaven and earth.
"Still, aside from being somewhat dissatisfied with my cultivation realm, I can accept the other results."
Zhou Qing thought silently.
In this simulation, his divination and puppetry had both reached the fifth tier, while his talisman arts had gone even further, reaching fifth-tier middle-grade.
Although improving fifth-tier arts was much easier than advancing one's cultivation realm, it was still