``` ["Azure Moon True Person... failed to break through to the late Core Formation stage?"]
[You considered this. Several years ago, you had noticed that the immortal city's cave abodes were becoming less available for rent.]
[At the time, you had guessed that Azure Moon True Person might be making preparations for a breakthrough.]
[Now, it seemed that was indeed the case.]
["There is no need to worry. The immortal city will not fall into chaos."]
[Elder Wu looked at you and spoke calmly.]
["Mm."]
[You nodded slightly, having little reason to doubt Elder Wu's words.]
[First, Azure Moon True Person had merely failed to break through, not died.]
[Even after a failed breakthrough, Azure Moon True Person was still a middle Core Formation stage True Person, powerful enough to keep everything in the immortal city under control.]
[Second, during your previous two simulations, the limits of your cultivation and social circle had kept you from learning about Azure Moon True Person's failed breakthrough to the late stage.]
[But you had witnessed the situation in Azure Moon Immortal City firsthand.]
[Whether in your first simulation, when you lived to seventy-seven, or your second, when you lived to eighty-two, you had never heard of any major upheaval in Azure Moon Immortal City, much less its banner changing hands.]
[In this third simulation, you were only sixty-one. Judging by your second simulation, Azure Moon Immortal City would remain exceptionally stable for the next twenty-one years.]
[In other words, Azure Moon True Person's failed breakthrough would have little effect, and certainly would not plunge Azure Moon Immortal City into turmoil.]
["The path of cultivation is fraught with hardship at every step..."]
[After returning to the Pill Tower, you sat in the courtyard, filled with emotion.]
[Even someone as powerful as Azure Moon True