Chapter 14

Zhou Yu

You proposed to your master the idea of going out; after pondering for a long time, he still agreed, but as a rare genius of Primordial Beginning Mountain unseen in countless years, he arranged many protective measures for you and also arranged a false identity as a cover.

You understand these are necessary; now in the Azure Origin Realm there are no monster race, but internal strife among humans has become even fiercer.

You left Primordial Beginning Mountain, like a wild horse freed from its reins, freely observing and enjoying everything in this world.

You used the True Vision Pupil to observe this world; your understanding of the rules of heaven and earth deepened rapidly, and you gradually realized that pure swordsmanship is not your path.

Domain Realm

At 22 years old, using the Thirteen Sword Slaughter Demon Body, you formed a special domain in which you could instantaneously move up to ten kilometers, and your skill realm broke through to the Domain Realm.

King-Sealing God Demon

Marquis-Sealing God Demon

At 27 years old, you encountered an extremely proud woman who, at only 33 years of age, had become a Marquis God-Demon; she likewise concealed her true identity, and you knew that someone with such talent could not be an ordinary person.

You clashed over a treasure; you displayed the strength of a King God-Demon, easily subduing her, but she possessed an extremely powerful life-saving item, escaped from your grasp, and declared she would surely retrieve it.

Creation Venerable

Black Sand Cave Heaven

Lunar Holy Maiden

You returned to Primordial Beginning Mountain; your master, upon learning you had reached the Fifth Layer of Primordial Spirit, was very pleased, but he also wondered why your skill realm remained at the Domain Realm, believing that with your talent grasping the rules of the Cave Heaven Realm should be no problem; you told him you would create an ultimate supreme art.

Your master felt astonished at your ambition—something no one in the Azure Origin Realm had ever accomplished—but soon he thought it natural, for what others lacked confidence to achieve, you might not.

When you returned to Primordial Beginning Mountain, your instantaneous movement distance had already reached a thousand li; you had long felt that this was the limit imposed by the rules of heaven and earth, and breaking through a thousand li would be the ultimate supreme art.

In Primordial Beginning Mountain, after thirty years of silence, a sudden enlightenment, you silently broke through this limit; you and your master exchanged blows, at this point he was far from being your match, but just as your master thought you would rely on this breakthrough to become a Creation Venerable, you did not; relying on your memories from before crossing over and the insights gained from cultivating to this stage, you judged that breaking through now, your Primordial Spirit realm and physical body realm were insufficient to perfectly unleash the advantages brought by the ultimate supreme art.

You bade farewell to your master and once again went out to travel the world.

King-Sealing-level Body

One year later, you encountered the woman from before again; she was now a King God-Demon, she instantly recognized you and challenged you again, but you casually struck and she suffered a crushing defeat.

After pondering, you chose to let the woman go; this time she made no sound and chose to leave silently.

【In the same year, heaven and earth underwent a great change.】

【The demon world and the Cang Yuan Realm began to draw near in the river of time and space; world entrances started appearing in both worlds, and hordes of demons poured into the Cang Yuan Realm.】

【You realize that the demon catastrophe you remembered has finally arrived, but it is something you cannot stop.】

【Since the initial contact between the two worlds was shallow, most of the appearing world entrances were low-level, so the demon calamity was not yet severe; humans could easily withstand it, and you used your ultimate skill's super-strong teleportation ability to rush around providing fire support.】

【At the same time, you began capturing demons to study their flesh; with the aid of the True Vision Pupil, your understanding of the demon cultivation system deepened rapidly—the demon system is a body-refinement system, utterly different from the Cang Yuan Realm's true essence system, and at the same time, the demon system is unsuitable for human cultivation.】

【You decided to create your own body-refinement system; this will be the key to your becoming a Lord of Creation.】

【Creating a cultivation system from scratch is far harder than imagined; after years of research, your gains were meager, so at this point you face a choice: one, directly breakthrough; two, continue creating.】

"My previous goal was merely to become a Lord of Creation; choosing breakthrough ends this simulation—how absurd."

Zhou Yu sighed at this point; this 'cultivation genius' opening is truly exaggerated, in the early stage of cultivation he is practically a cheat-like existence.

Of course, this is also because the Cang Yuan Map world is rather special; Zhou Yu speculates that this world may have some special rule: cultivators have extremely short lifespans, yet their Dao comprehension efficiency is much higher.

Otherwise, no matter how heaven-defying, it would be impossible for many people to reach extremely high cultivation levels in such a short time.

"Still, let's continue the simulation." Zhou Yu thought for a moment and quickly made a decision.

At this point, in the simulation he has virtually no rivals in the Cang Yuan Realm; the only thing that could defeat him is time, but in the simulation he is still under a hundred years old, thus still considered young, and he has plenty of time.

No matter how you say it, directly breaking through now would certainly be regrettable.

"You are unwilling to just breakthrough like this; you choose to continue to consolidate."

"You gradually changed your mindset, feeling there's no need to pursue a perfect system; you only need to strengthen your own body."

"At 80 years old, you married; your partner is the mysterious woman who once challenged you. During your repeated encounters while sweeping demons across the Cang Yuan Realm, you came together. Her true identity is the Yin Holy Maiden of the Black Sand Cave Heaven. By rule, the Yin Holy Maiden cannot marry out, but your current strength is enough to break the rule."

"You also asked her why she agreed to marry you. For a Yin Holy Maiden, not being a virgin would greatly affect her cultivation, yet her answer surprised you: she had long known your identity. She is usually extremely proud and confident, but your astonishing talent erased any sense of superiority, and instead she secretly grew fond of you."

"At 105 years old, you reached the seventh layer of the Nascent Soul; your Nascent Soul split into nine. With a single teleport at this stage you can travel tens of thousands of miles, allowing you alone to guard the world. However, each of your supports is a remote strike, and the demons still do not know of your existence."

"At 120 years old, in your research you gradually embarked on another path; studying formation dao, you easily broke through the Cave Heaven realm."

"At 200 years old, your formation dao reached the Heaven-Earth realm, and you began to refine your body using formation dao."

"You regard yourself as a vast formation, treating every tiny particle within as a formation base, drawing heavenly and earthly power to temper your flesh."

"At 230 years old, your wife became a Lord of Creation; she gradually felt anxious for you, because the King-level Gods and Demons have a lifespan of only 500 years, and their physical peak can only be maintained until 300 years old—only before 300 can they break through to Lord of Creation."

"You are not in a hurry; your body, having been tempered, is already different, and you can maintain physical peak until the age of 500."

"At 255 years old, your flesh has become immensely strong; relying solely on your body, you are already comparable to a Lord of Creation."

"Your ultimate skill, seventh-layer Nascent Soul, and Lord-level physique have all reached an unbelievable level; you realize the time for your breakthrough has come."

"Your breakthrough succeeded; your life has reached the perfect level of a Lord."

"Simulation successful."

PS: In the original, Meng Chuan's breakthrough to Lord was via ultimate skill + seventh-layer Nascent Soul + blood-drop physique (comparable to King-level Gods and Demons), but after his breakthrough he had to absorb the Primordial Stone to strengthen his physique before he could further improve; I think this is a flaw, because if he never encounters the Primordial Stone, he's doomed.

I personally think the reason might be that his physique at breakthrough wasn't strong enough; after all, a King-level physique pales compared to the ultimate skill and seventh-layer Nascent Soul, not matching the same tier.

Therefore, at this point I added an extra physique condition, making the breakthrough more perfect; if anyone has issues, please point them out.

(End of chapter)