Chapter 42: Opportunities Come One After Another

You chose to train your body, but you also understand that you were just born not long ago, your body is still too fragile, so you don't dare to train too hard.

Time passes, you live alone in this unnamed mountain cave, you feel loneliness, endless loneliness envelops you, making you immerse even more in books.

Gradually, your heart settles from annoyance to calm, and you begin to adapt to all this.

Unbeknownst to you, you are already six years old; you are very fortunate— in six years you have had no illness nor any accident, and you have survived.

Now your physical quality has reached a state far exceeding your condition before transmigration, and you realize you have met the standard of cultivation.

You successfully sense the existence of external energy and begin to absorb it to strengthen yourself.

Your physical quality leaps forward.

At nine, you have already reached Mortal Level Peak; your powerful physique makes you feel extraordinary— if placed before transmigration you'd already be superhuman, but according to the book's description you realize you are still very weak on the Endless Continent, and any random wild beast could kill you.

At twelve, you naturally break through that bottleneck and reach Origin Force Level.

You joyfully discover you can finally open the World Ring left by your father; entering it, you feel immensely astonished— inside is an incredibly real world; though your consciousness cannot perceive its entirety, the heaps of countless items inside let you grasp the value of one-tenth of your clan's accumulated treasures.

Among the treasures you find more cultivation manuals, and when selecting one you choose the Black Light Blade Technique created by your father.

After opening the World Ring, your life becomes rich and colorful; each day you organize treasures and also seek more books to read.

Suddenly one day you realize something is off; among many books you find a volume summarizing cultivation realms, and you notice many cultivation conditions seem familiar— such as domain, law, and so on.

You realize the place you transmigrated to seems to be Swallowing Starry Sky World.

You begin seeking more evidence; gradually you determine you have indeed transmigrated to Swallowing Starry Sky World, and that on the Endless Continent the realm called Origin Force Level is actually Planetary Level.

This discovery makes you feel pensive, but it doesn't greatly affect your life; you continue to strengthen yourself daily.

With the clan's treasures, your evolutionary level rises swiftly; at twenty-one you break through to Flying Heaven Level, i. e., Star Level.

At thirty-two you reach Space Heaven Level, i. e., Cosmic Level.

Unbeknownst to you, you are already Cosmic Level Ninth Stage Peak, but you have not yet comprehended domain, so you cannot break through; at this point you choose: one, continue waiting; two, go out to explore and hone.

"Go hone!"

Zhou Yu sighed and made a choice.

In the current simulation, the hope of breaking through immortality is extremely slim, almost impossible, let alone becoming a venerable.

To wait further is just to wait for death.

Only by choosing to believe in the Child of Fortune and going out to hone.

Upon reaching the bottleneck you also realize you should leave; although you at Cosmic Level Peak are still an insignificant ant on the Endless Continent, you now have some self-defense capability and would not be killed by any random wild beast.

Unsure if hostile clan members await outside, you prepare to leave via the surrounding rock passages; among more than ten such passages you rely on feeling and casually enter one.

The passage contains no light and is extremely long and narrow; you advance cautiously, and unknowingly you have already traveled for several months, feeling shocked as you seem to have been continually descending, not knowing how far you have gone.

You grit your teeth and press on; suddenly one day you are attacked by a rock lifeform whose strength has reached Cosmic Level Peak, but fortunately you have grown, relying on treasures and combat techniques far superior to it, and you easily slay it.

Having looted the rock lifeform's treasures, you press on; soon the view opens into an immensely vast underground space so large you cannot see its end, where not far away lies a seven‑colored pool whose light illuminates the surroundings, the pool empty except for a lotus blooming at its center.

You instantly realize this is some kind of treasure; you feel delighted yet extremely wary, for it is a treasure you have never seen in the many books you've read, and by common sense the stronger the treasure the more likely a powerful guardian lurks nearby.

At this point you choose: one, pretend you didn't see it and leave; two, investigate.

"Investigate." Zhou Yu directly makes a choice; at this time you can still only rely on the luck of the Child of Fortune, and without a bit of fortuity this simulation will surely fail.

You choose to approach the pool; as you draw near, your body feels light and airy, as if instantly shedding countless years of burden, and you quickly realize this is not a bodily sensation but your soul has been cleansed.

When you cautiously approach, however nothing occurs, and a bold idea arises in your mind: the rock lifeform you previously killed might be this place's guardian.

Having encountered no danger, you begin studying the pool and lotus; you judge the lotus should be a soul‑beneficial treasure now about to mature, and the pool is extraordinary, brimming with energy and vitality— better than the clan's finest treasure— leaving you incredulous.

You wait beside the pool; under the seven‑colored light you feel the bottleneck that had long stalled you finally loosen, and you successfully comprehend domain.

After one year the mysterious lotus fully blooms, revealing a crystal‑clear seven‑colored bead; you feel the soul's yearning and directly swallow it.

You lose consciousness.

After a full thousand years you finally awaken to find you have unknowingly reached Domain Lord Level, your soul having undergone some transformation; the secret manuals that once felt difficult and obscure are now simple by many times.

Overjoyed, and long accustomed to loneliness, you simply begin to cultivate yourself in this mountain cave.

Your domain level rises rapidly, you gradually begin to comprehend laws, and relying on the pool's rich energy and vitality your evolutionary level also rises swiftly.

After a hundred years you break through to Realm Lord Level, and as the pool nears exhaustion you reach Realm Lord Level Peak.

You now realize it's time to leave, having long discovered another road linking this vast space; at this point you choose: one, return the way you came; two, press forward along the other road.

"Continue forward."

Zhou Yu thinks it over and still chooses two, perhaps there are other opportunities ahead as well.

As Zhou Yu makes his choice, many memories flood into his mind; this bit of memory means nothing to him, but from the memories he also determines that the lotus is absolutely a terrifying treasure.

"In the Vast Light Divine General inheritance the three soul‑type treasures I consumed together probably still can't compare to a single hair of this lotus." Zhou Yu finally understands, this treasure at least rivals a great treasure.

"Child of Fortune" is indeed still exerting its influence.

Although the start is poor, sufficient opportunity can still make up for it.

The simulation continues.

You choose to continue forward, advancing along another passage all the way; this time you feel you are continually going upward, and being cautious your pace is not fast.

After walking a full year you finally reach the passage's end.

You find the outside is an endless marsh surrounded by extremely dense mist; the mist is profoundly strange, so that even with your Realm Lord Level Peak vision you cannot see clearly, and you can only observe the surroundings via world projection.

You quickly determine you are now inside one of the Endless Continent's Ten Dangerous Lands, the Mist Marsh.

You realize the Mist Marsh is no place to linger, and you immediately decide to turn back.

But at this moment a mysterious call suddenly arises in your mind.

You are somewhat startled; at this point you choose: one, go see; two, ignore the sound.

"Go see." Zhou Yu makes a choice.

You ultimately choose to venture forth.

You carefully advance a distance in the Mist Marsh, finally discovering the source of the call: a broken long spear.

You feel the long shuttle looks somewhat familiar; suddenly you recall that you saw in a book the weapon Heaven-Piercing Shuttle of the human clan chief of the Endless Continent, which is somewhat similar to the long shuttle before you.

But before you could think further, a phantom drifted from that broken shuttle, and an elder-like figure appeared before you. Although you had never seen him, you quickly recognized him as the old clan chief of the human race on the Endless Continent, and it was precisely because of his disappearance that the hostile tribes launched their attack.

At this moment the old clan chief tells you that he has long been dead, and what remains here is only a trace of consciousness, which will soon dissipate.

You inform the old clan chief of the news that your tribe has been annihilated; he feels immense guilt, but he also tells you that it is not impossible to make amends, for not far ahead lies a tremendous opportunity awaiting you.

At this point you finally understand everything: the old clan chief discovered in this misty swamp an extraordinarily heaven-defying lifeform; although it is only of the Realm Lord level, its strength surpasses that of ordinary immortals. The old clan chief is greatly excited, wanting to seize this lifeform and bring it back to the tribe, for if someone can take over its body, the human race on the Endless Continent will quickly rise.

Unfortunately the old clan chief underestimated the terror of this lifeform; the opponent suddenly unleashed an incredibly terrifying attack, instantly slaying the old clan chief, but before dying he also unleashed his strongest soul attack, severely wounding that lifeform.

You now understand: this must be a special lifeform with extraordinarily high genetic tier; it surely possesses a terrifying innate secret technique that allows it to unleash attacks far beyond its own level, which is why it slew the old clan chief.

You also realize that the Guardian of that mysterious lotus may not be the stone lifeform but this special lifeform! It was only because the old clan chief severely wounded it, preventing it from returning to its nest, that you got a windfall.

The old clan chief's trace of consciousness soon could not hold on and was about to dissipate; he finally begged you that if the possession succeeds, you must surely restore the tribe, and you agreed.

After the old clan chief's consciousness dissipated, you collected his damaged weapon; at this moment you choose: one, go directly ahead to have a look; two, make sufficient preparations before proceeding.

"Two."

Zhou Yu thought it over and still chose two.

Although judging by the situation, that special lifeform likely suffered extremely severe soul damage, otherwise it would not be unable to return to its nest so close at hand.

You should know that in that nest a heaven-defying soul treasure is being nurtured; if it consumes the soul injury, it is likely to be repaired.

But no matter what, it is still necessary as a precaution; otherwise, if things go wrong, it will be tragic.

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