Chapter 83: Simulation Successful, Power Transformation

You decided to undergo tribulation; the legendary Heavenly God Tribulation, with the help of a Dao Lord, was indeed not very difficult for you, and you easily passed the Heavenly God Tribulation and became a Heavenly God.

At the moment you became a Heavenly God, you felt the previously all‑embracing heavens and earth suddenly turn wildly violent, as if to devour and tear you apart, while a force also acted upon you, intending to take you away.

You did not resist, allowing the force to carry you away from the Thousand Stars Continent.

You arrived at the legendary Immortal Realm; the celestial forces there were indeed many times denser than those of the Thousand Stars Continent, and in the Immortal Realm you could clearly sense numerous different Dao, far surpassing what you had on the Thousand Stars Continent. Yet before you could truly comprehend everything, a five‑person squad found you. Each of them exuded a strong aura; you discovered that all five were Heavenly Gods, and the five Heavenly Gods were surprised to see you also a Heavenly God. New ascended beings are usually weak Heavenly Immortals, and Heavenly Gods are extremely rare.

The five quickly told you that they belong to the Enforcement Squad of this world, tasked with locating newly ascended beings; all ascendants must verify their identity before entering this realm. At this point you choose: 1. Obey. 2. Flee.

Obey.

Zhou Yu did not think much and chose to obey.

You followed the five to the center of this world, where stood a temple radiating a terrifying aura of destruction. From their mouths you learned that this is the Destruction Temple, built by the creator of this world; every Chaos Era the creator appears and will take all Ancestor Gods and Ancestor Immortals away from this world to the legendary Divine Realm.

You understand that this Immortal Realm is a particular cave heaven world, while the Divine Realm is the primary cosmic space of this alien universe.

After leaving your identity information in the Destruction Temple, you arrived at a city below. This city requires tribute of treasures for residence; you possess many treasures, so you settled there.

Inside the city you scoured for information and soon realized that this Immortal Realm is extremely cruel and chaotic; ordinary Heavenly Immortal ascendants are the lowest tier, unable to live in safe cities, and once outside they are quickly plundered or forced to join raiding factions, becoming raiders themselves.

Heavenly God ascendants fare a bit better; they can join some factions, but most factions are unstable, since every Chaos Era all Ancestor Gods and Ancestor Immortals are taken away, causing a reshuffle. Only the Destruction Temple remains stable, yet joining it is extremely difficult—it requires being a peerless talent of the same level.

At this moment you realize how fortunate you are; with resources left by the Iron Star Dao Lord, you can avoid many worries.

You began cultivating the divine arts left by the Iron Star Dao Lord within the city. The most powerful art is the "Great Thousand Clone Technique", which can split into a thousand clones; this matches the "Thousand Body Scripture" in your memory, both requiring extremely precious treasures to cultivate. Normally a Heavenly God could never practice it, but fortunately the Iron Star Dao Lord had prepared it for you.

Soon you successfully cultivated a thousand Heavenly God‑level clones, and then practiced a technique akin to a unique True Form, merging 980 of the clones into one while retaining twenty ordinary clones as reserves.

With the 980 clones merged, your divine power has fully reached the True God level.

You then proceeded to cultivate the divine art "Dark Star Divine Power", dramatically boosting your divine power burst.

You continued cultivating the divine art "Golden Light Imperishable Body", and your divine body quickly attained a level comparable to a primordial treasure.

You also cultivated the divine art "Flying Swan Technique", and your evasion speed easily reached the limit of the Celestial Dao.

With many divine arts mastered, you feel terrifyingly strong; any Heavenly God can be eliminated with a flick of your hand. At this point you choose: 1. Go out to join the Destruction Temple. 2. Continue to consolidate.

"Let's consolidate and see," Zhou Yu thought and chose to consolidate; the conditions were truly excellent, even hard cultivation could hope to become a True God.

You chose to continue consolidating, silently perceiving the Dao of the Immortal Realm. Based on the information you gathered, the Dao here corresponds to the Three Realms in your memory; the Dao here also divides into Ordinary Dao, Great Dao, and Celestial Dao, though the number of Dao is greater—there are as many as thirty‑six Celestial Dao, and countless other Dao.

When you were on the Thousand Stars Continent, you were already adept at perceiving Time and Space; now you also begin to perceive the Great Dao of these aspects. Relying on a divine body formed by nearly a thousand merged clones, comparable to a True God, and a divine soul on par with a True God, your speed of Dao comprehension is astonishing.

At 11,000 years old, you comprehended a Spatial Great Dao.

At 13,000 years old, you comprehended a Temporal Great Dao.

At 15,234 years old, using the demonic‑divine refining body method "Vast and Boundless Demonic‑Divine Body" prepared by the Iron Star Dao Lord, you found an opportunity to become a True God and chose a low‑profile breakthrough.

After becoming a True God, your divine body is as strong as an Ancestor God, and you stand at the pinnacle of the Immortal Realm.

At this point you choose: 1. Continue consolidating. 2. Go out.

"Consolidate." Zhou Yu thought briefly and made that choice; after all there is no time limit, and he will always choose the safest option.

You chose to continue consolidating, beginning to contemplate the Spatial Celestial Dao and the Temporal Celestial Dao. Unnoticed, you have already reached a million years old. During these million years you used an Ancestor God‑level divine soul to perceive the Celestial Dao, but progress was modest. You understand that your innate talent is not high; reaching this point is almost entirely thanks to the resources stacked by the Iron Star Dao Lord.

You decided to start making a name for yourself in the Immortal Realm, but you did not rush to expose your strongest clone; instead you sent a ten‑in‑one clone away from your residence to the Destruction Temple to undergo the assessment.

Although your Dao comprehension level is average, you wield many powerful divine arts, and the ten‑in‑one clone naturally possesses ten times the divine power of a normal True God; you ultimately passed the assessment and truly entered the Destruction Temple.

As a True God, you were assigned to an Enforcement Squad, tasked with capturing those who violate the Destruction Temple's rules. Here you also encountered many methods concerning the Celestial Dao, and your Dao comprehension speed improved markedly.

You were extremely busy in the Enforcement Squad, frequently venturing out to capture rogue cultivators. At this time the entire Immortal Realm seemed on the brink of chaos. You quickly learned that the next chance to ascend to the Divine Realm was near; many secluded strong cultivators were emerging, seeking breakthrough opportunities, for otherwise they would have to wait another Chaos Era, which is far too long.

You also felt you could not miss this chance, so you chose to trade the treasures left by the Iron Star Dao Lord for a chaotic artifact that accelerates time, and began contemplating the Celestial Dao within the time acceleration.

The Enforcement Squad acted frequently; you earned many merits and obtained more resources. You are not lacking divine arts, and you poured all these resources into contemplating the Celestial Dao.

Relying on an Ancestor God‑level divine soul and abundant resources, even while simultaneously perceiving the two major Celestial Dao of Time and Space, your progress was steady. Though you cannot match geniuses who have comprehended the Celestial Dao in tens of thousands of years, after spending several million years—equivalent to hundreds of millions of years under time acceleration—both of your major Celestial Dao reached their ultimate bottlenecks.

You know the ultimate bottleneck is the hardest, yet you are not in a hurry.

When you were twelve million years old, a clone of yours in the Enforcement Squad met an accident and was slain by a True God nearly at the level of an Ancestor God.

In a fury, you dispatched your strongest clone and annihilated that True God outright.

Your action caused a considerable stir, since it was your powerful divine body that granted such strength, but you remained unflustered. Previously you concealed your special talent to avoid exposure, yet after years in the Enforcement Squad you had already investigated and learned that you are not the only one with such extraordinary circumstances.

As you had learned, the Destruction Temple was not overly surprised by the power you displayed; on the contrary, they valued you highly and listed you as a core cultivation target.

You enjoyed more resources, and at thirty million years old you suddenly had an epiphany, fully comprehending the Spatial Celestial Dao.

After another hundred thousand years, you used the "Vast and Boundless Demonic‑Divine Body" to find an opportunity to break through the Ancestor God, and you chose to break through the Ancestor God.

Simulation successful.

Dayu Human Clan World.

"Simulation succeeded"

Zhou Yu looked at the text appearing before him and wasn't particularly surprised.

Normally, achieving Ancestor God status with only a single talent is extremely difficult.

Previously, even with three talents, and even the ostensibly highest‑success talent two, the chance of failure was still great, because no one can guarantee that no accidents occur during cultivation; even the best talent requires room for growth.

An important fact is that most geniuses fall during their growth; only those who ultimately rise become the strong.

To become an Ancestor God solely by talent is indeed too difficult.

But he ultimately chose Talent Three; this talent, when not chosen, is less stable than Talent Two, yet its start attracted the Iron Star Dao Lord, making it different.

When a Dao Lord invests effort, cultivating an Ancestor God is truly not difficult.

Sure enough, in the simulation he sailed smoothly through the Heavenly Tribulation, after becoming a Heavenly God he laid an incredibly terrifying foundation, and finally easily reached the Ancestor God level.

At this moment—

Boom!

A massive influx of memories surged into Zhou Yu's mind; the memories were enormous, yet Zhou Yu remained calm.

From previous memory transfers, he had already mastered the methods left by the Iron Star Dao Lord.

At this moment, the only part of this subsequent memory that truly concerns him is the insight into the complete Spatial Celestial Dao.

The Celestial Dao differs from the primal force, yet they are deeply linked; grasping the Celestial Dao greatly benefits the comprehension of the primal force.

"Of course, merely the Spatial Celestial Dao is insufficient; if I also master the Temporal Celestial Dao, that would be impressive," Zhou Yu thought.

In the simulation's "Immortal Realm" records, an Ancestor God who simultaneously wields the Temporal and Spatial Celestial Dao is a top‑tier Ancestor God.

Obviously, this is the same as the opposing Celestial Dao of the Three Realms; figures like the Three Purities and Tathagatas achieve leadership by mastering the opposing Celestial Dao.

Of course, this step is extremely difficult; in the simulation, he has already reached the final stage of the Temporal Celestial Dao, but that final stage is interfered with by the Spatial Celestial Dao, and with his simulated talent there is essentially no chance of success.

But now Zhou Yu has taken over this avatar; with his current talent, it is entirely possible to simultaneously grasp the Temporal Celestial Dao.

Zhou Yu speculated that mastering both the Temporal and Spatial Celestial Dao would greatly aid his comprehension of spacetime.

"Moreover, with the Spatial Celestial Dao, I no longer need to grasp the Three Realms' Celestial Dao," Zhou Yu sighed inwardly.

Although it is the Spatial Celestial Dao of an alternate universe, under a perfected World Prison the Dao of the Chaotic Universe and that of the alternate universe are indistinguishable.

To breakthrough an Ancestor God or Ancestor Immortal requires the support of a Dao; any Dao at the Celestial Dao level can naturally sustain an Ancestor God's divine body and also support an Ancestor Immortal's Golden Core.

Just as the strong ones beyond the Three Realms, they do not wield the Three Realms' Celestial Dao, yet they can also become Ancestor Gods and Ancestor Immortals.

Zhou Yu follows the same principle; using the Spatial Celestial Dao as support, breaking through poses no problem.

"Although mastering the Three Realms' Celestial Dao might be quick for me, if it requires no time, that is naturally better," Zhou Yu nodded silently.

He had previously decided to master the Life Celestial Dao, since he has some foundation there, but he is not particularly interested in the "Life" path; pursuing it merely to break through an Ancestor God feels like a waste of time.

At this moment, that problem is perfectly resolved.

"The final one is the 'Born Different Person' talent."

Zhou Yu pondered; this talent performed excellently in the simulation, after all it directly attracted a Dao Lord.

But in reality, that's uncertain.

"It should be like the Child of Fortune; to attract a great power, a great power must be nearby," Zhou Yu understood; this talent cannot arise from nothing.

"Moreover, according to Iron Star Dao Lord in the simulation, when the simulated me was born he felt a familiarity, so he chose to stay; it seems that even if this talent draws a great power's attention, it's due to a favorable direction," Zhou Yu was not surprised.

If the talent had no effect, that would be fine; it cannot betray him.

He chose this talent, betting only on what level of strong being it would attract; the opening…

"However, breaking through an Ancestor God still requires time to find an opportunity, whereas an Ancestor Immortal can be broken through directly," Zhou Yu thought, and he rose immediately, heading to the ancient Human Tribe treasury in the Dayu Human Realm.

"Ah? It's Senior Qian Yu!" the Celestial Immortal guarding here saw Zhou Yu and greeted him with overwhelming enthusiasm.

At this moment Zhou Yu's reputation in Nüwa's camp was extremely high; his command of the great formation was terrifyingly strong, so he was naturally respected.

"I want to exchange for some Great Luo Immortal Pills," Zhou Yu smiled.

"Great Luo Immortal Pills?" the Celestial Immortal was momentarily stunned, but said nothing further.

However, when Zhou Yu stated a number, the Celestial Immortal was instantly stunned.

"This… that's too many; I cannot decide, Senior Qian Yu, please wait a moment," the Celestial Immortal immediately reported the news upward.

If an ordinary Celestial God True Immortal came to exchange treasures, they would not receive such treatment; none means none, but Zhou Yu is different.

"Qian Yu wants to exchange this many Great Luo Immortal Pills? That's enough for several Celestial Gods to cultivate the Ninth Stage of the Eight‑Nine Profound Art," the news quickly reached Emperor Yao.

Though puzzled, he immediately dispatched a divine avatar to assist Zhou Yu in exchanging the required Great Luo Immortal Pills.

"Regardless, in the previous battle I could easily win all thanks to Qian Yu's intervention; unfortunately he had no particular demands before, and I don't even know how to thank him," Emperor Yao sighed inwardly, now seizing the opportunity, unwilling to owe too many favors.

After a brief courtesy, Zhou Yu accepted the Immortal Pill, which he indeed urgently needed.

"Begin."

After Zhou Yu returned to the quiet chamber of his residence, his primary avatar and his second primordial spirit avatar began voraciously ingesting the Great Luo Immortal Pills.

A massive influx of power surged into his Golden Core, with the Spatial Celestial Dao as its core, and his Second Grade Golden Core began to transform.

Simultaneously, within the World Prison and in the Chaos, Zhou Yu's other avatars also began to breakthrough.

However, the breakthroughs of the other avatars required no Immortal Pills.

The reason Zhou Yu's primary self and second primordial spirit in the Dayu Human Realm chose to breakthrough with Great Luo Immortal Pills is that those two avatars could not conveniently leave the Dayu Human Realm; directly drawing Heaven and Earth power would cause too much movement and stillness, and the speed would be slow.

The other avatars faced no such hassle; they could simply draw power directly from the Chaos.

Having mastered the Spatial Celestial Dao, he already possessed some insight into the Chaos, so he could naturally draw power directly from it.

Zhou Yu's breakthrough this time lasted a long while, but eventually the day of success arrived; when he successfully broke through, Zhou Yu realized he was fundamentally different.

"Second Grade Ancestor Immortal!"

Zhou Yu felt his immensely powerful magical energy and silently reflected.

With such power alone, he is already near the pinnacle within the Three Realms, not to mention he has as many as fifty‑four such avatars.

"If all avatars formed an array, their combined strength should approach top‑tier Ancestor God level," Zhou Yu mused.

Of course, the premise is that he can control this power; whether his array‑craft mastery can restrain such massive force remains an unknown.

"There's no rush; when all avatars emerge, they will reach top‑tier Ancestor God level; I'm still far from that," Zhou Yu had no anxious thoughts at this moment.

He understood that the situation within the Three Realms is too complex; he must make thorough preparations before truly acting.

At this moment Zhou Yu's mind shifted, and instantly the terrifying aura that was about to burst forth was suppressed into silence.

Previously he was a Second Grade True Immortal, and by using the hidden‑aura technique of the Three Realms he could easily conceal himself, but now that is no longer enough.

Fortunately, in this simulation Iron Star Dao Lord gave him many practical techniques; hiding the aura of a Second Grade Ancestor Immortal poses no difficulty at all.

On the other side—

"Wow!"

Zhou Yu's True God Avatar returned to his cave dwelling; he had just taken the World Prison into the Chaos, and now all avatars had completed their breakthroughs.

After returning to the cave, Zhou Yu's True God Avatar likewise entered the World Prison.

"By using the Peering Heaven Bright Tower, this True God Avatar should soon find the opportunity to breakthrough the Ancestor God," Zhou Yu thought.

"As for the divine abilities obtained in the simulation," Zhou Yu mused.

Forget about the "Great Thousand Avatar"—the treasures needed for celestial god cultivation are so precious they're absurd, making even true god cultivation unimaginable.

Zhou Yu can actually cultivate the divine ability that merges all his avatars into one.

But after thinking it over, he decided not to cultivate it for now.

After all, once this ability merges the avatars, they can't be separated, which is actually worse than having his many avatars work together to set up a powerful formation.

Of course, merging also has its benefits: the soul becomes more than ten times stronger, and in terms of comprehending the Dao, it's actually faster than having over ten avatars study together.

"Let's see; if later we don't need the avatars to join forces for a formation, it's not too late to cultivate this ability then." Zhou Yu didn't dwell on it too much.

"Besides those, there are the three abilities: Dark Star Divine Power, Indestructible Golden Light Body, and Flying Swan Technique." Zhou Yu pondered.

"Dark Star Divine Power" is a divine power burst ability, on the same level as Ninefold Destruction Divine Power and Plucking Stars Hand, but those two only reach true god level at most, whereas Dark Star Divine Power is a method of world god level.

"Moreover, Dark Star Divine Power has low external material requirements; I can cultivate it to ancestor god level in the three realms." Zhou Yu understood, and once he becomes an ancestor god he will definitely be able to cultivate this ability.

"The Indestructible Golden Light Body is a body‑protecting ability, and the Flying Swan Technique is an escape art that reaches the limit of the heavenly Dao; both likewise have low external demands, and I can certainly master them." Zhou Yu felt.

Once these two great abilities are mastered, he instantly becomes an extremely troublesome existence among peers.

His divine body will rival the Tathagata, and his speed will rival the Golden Crow Dao Ancestor.

This is only at the true god level; if he becomes an ancestor god, it will be even more terrifying.

"At present, I'm only a step away from transformation—just need time." Zhou Yu also felt eager.

。。。

The situation within the three realms was blazing hot, and before he knew it, three hundred years had passed.

During these three hundred years, Zhou Yu continued to participate in realm wars, but the Gate of No Interval sent a Myriad‑Things Envoy plus several purple‑light puppets to deal with him, preventing him from carrying out another massive slaughter as he did in his first outburst.

However, Zhou Yu wasn't in a hurry either; although he was held back, the Nüwa camp also had other means to win the war.

As long as they win, he can naturally also reap some heads.

That day, in an inconspicuous cave‑world inside a certain alien universe...

Hum!

Suddenly the heavenly Dao trembled.

At that moment, many ancestor gods and immortals who mastered the temporal Dao within this cave‑world sensed from afar that someone had comprehended the temporal Dao.

"Hiss, it's actually the Thousand‑Star Ancestor God."

"This Thousand‑Star Ancestor God became an ancestor god through spatial Dao, yet now he has also comprehended temporal Dao? It's simply heaven‑defying."

「. 」

Many ancestor gods and immortals felt utterly astonished.

The Thousand‑Star Ancestor God is arguably the most terrifying being of this era; his divine body was already comparable to an ancestor god even when he was a true god, and now that he has become an ancestor god, it's simply unimaginable.

That aside, his performance in Dao comprehension has been mediocre.

But now he has actually comprehended both temporal and spatial Dao at once, instantly surpassing countless ancestor gods and immortals.

Such a heaven‑defying divine body, and yet his Dao comprehension is also astonishing?

At that moment, near the Temple of Destruction, in a cultivation cave, the black‑clad 'Thousand‑Star Ancestor God'—the avatar Zhou Yu obtained from this simulation—was sitting cross‑legged.

This avatar possesses a divine body and soul comparable to a world god, and its Dao comprehension speed is nothing short of incredible.

With such a soul and his talent, only now has he rapidly comprehended the temporal Dao.

Once the two great Dao were achieved, countless insights about time and space surged into his mind.

"Indeed, mastering opposing Dao mainly brings a breakthrough in the perception of certain primordial forces." Zhou Yu understood.

Like the Three Pure Ones and the Tathagata within the three realms, even if they leave the three realms they remain at leader level.

It's obvious they rely not on heavenly Dao power, but on the might of primordial power.

After mastering temporal and spatial Dao, Zhou Yu's temporal and spatial powers naturally reached the fifth level, and he swiftly grasped numerous mysteries of the union of time and space.

By virtue of the union of time and space, Zhou Yu's cultivation now equals the leader level within the three realms—even surpassing his own temporal‑spatial insight, for relying solely on time and space he still falls short of the three realms' leaders.

"First combine, then fuse; having the time‑space union as a reference, I believe I will soon be able to advance further in time and space." Zhou Yu naturally understood this.

While Zhou Yu was thinking, a phantom within the Temple of Destruction was also observing him at that moment.

"Calculating the time, there are less than ten thousand years left; my master will probably arrive soon. Although this era has seen no world gods or chaotic immortals born, the fact that this Thousand‑Star Ancestor God breaks through now means I have fulfilled my duty." The phantom sighed with emotion.

Such cave‑worlds called 'immortal realms' are countless within the ancient domain.

Each chaotic era sees a large batch of ancestor gods and immortals, even world gods and chaotic immortals, born from these cave‑worlds, after which they are sent to spaces outside the ancient domain.

Among these cultivators, an extremely few fortunate ones are absorbed into the 'Temple of Destruction'.

The Temple of Destruction is a terrifying existence that has unified the entire universe; joining it represents a meteoric rise.

Unfortunately, in this era no ancestor god or immortal had any hope of entering the Temple of Destruction—not even the Thousand‑Star Ancestor God, who could rival a newly ascended world god, necessarily had a chance; though his divine body is strong, his Dao comprehension is too low, so while ordinary powers might crave such talent, the Temple of Destruction might not.

But now, being able to comprehend the two opposing Dao, though his Dao comprehension isn't exceptionally high, it's no longer a hindrance; combined with his immensely strong divine body, there is still some hope of entering the Temple of Destruction.

The appearance of such an ancestor god will surely please his master as well...

(End of Chapter)