[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten":3,"chapter-simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-10":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Simulated to Reality: I Once Looked Down Upon Ten Thousand Ages?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2347025,4587,"Chapter 10: Ten Years of Cultivation, Only Persistence Remains","simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-10",10,"\u003Cp>You were fifteen, and the Daoist with a golden toad perched on his shoulder wished to take Lu Yu as his disciple. He openly admitted he had not taken a disciple in many years and now wished to make Lu Yu his final one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To win him over, the Daoist demonstrated his skill, leaping effortlessly to the treetops and landing as silently as a falling feather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Lu household was stunned, calling him a celestial immortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, Lu Yu refused—and even the Liu Daoist was slightly taken aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His uncle immediately cut him off, reminding him to show proper respect; his mother, fully aware of the Daoist’s extraordinary nature, urged Lu Yu to become his disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yu said firmly: “If you wish to take me as your disciple, you must take my elder brother as well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Daoist frowned slightly but did not answer immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A month passed, and Lu Yu’s cultivation advanced further; the Primordial Scripture had reached its fourth level, a pace that amazed all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His uncle sparred with him and could barely defeat him after a hundred moves, leaving the uncle deeply shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Liu Daoist watched with growing eagerness, convinced Lu Yu was an unparalleled talent and the perfect candidate to revive the Three Truths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He proposed again to take Lu Yu as his disciple—and was refused once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yu said: “I will become your disciple, but only if you take my brother too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Daoist fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled the prophecy left by a Daoist sage fifteen years prior: “A celestial star shall descend; the struggle between Dao and Demon shall usher in chaos.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on, Daoist sects began widely recruiting disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, Lu Yu was fifteen or sixteen—matching the prophecy’s description. The Daoist’s heart stirred: perhaps this celestial Daoist child had truly descended in the form of Lu Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Lu Chen, though his martial talent was inferior to Lu Yu’s, he was mature beyond his years, calm and composed, methodical and flawless in all he did—he was destined for great achievement in the mortal world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was unsuited for cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet for the sake of Lu Yu, this possible Daoist child, he was willing to make an exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the two of you became disciples of the Daoist, and your mother was overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Daoist revealed his true name: Liu Jinchan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That year, your uncle traveled north to join your father, and you two brothers followed your master to Mount Zhongnan, the founding seat of the Three Truths Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was your first time leaving home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>New location unlocked: Mount Zhongnan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this day, you two received the True Scripture of the Three Truths Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>New status unlocked: Disciple of the Three Truths Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Three Truths lineage had few disciples, yet each was extraordinary; only then did you realize how high the Liu Daoist’s rank was—even the sect’s patriarch called you both “Senior Uncle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Liu Daoist mastered the Four Books and Five Classics, as well as Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism; you two brothers were deeply humbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thereafter, you and your younger brother began cultivating on Mount Zhongnan, and he personally taught you the Daoist texts and martial arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That year, the world burned with war and chaos, yet you remained secluded in the mountains, cut off from the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation became your daily life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each day you climbed from the mountain’s base to its peak, bathed in morning sunlight, trod stone steps, and trained your body in the pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the first ray of dawn until night fell and all sounds faded, you still trained your stances relentlessly, drenched in sweat, clothes soaked through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Year after year, from blooming spring to drifting winter snow—yet your martial progress was far slower than expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two years passed swiftly, yet you remained stuck at the second level of the Great Yellow Court, merely stronger than an ordinary man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day, you sparred with Lu Yu; his palm techniques were sharp, his footwork agile, and within mere strikes he forced you into desperate peril.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing your defeat was certain, Lu Yu, unwilling to wound your pride, sparred with you again—this time deliberately holding back, only barely winning after two hundred moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You had seen through his act but merely smiled, undismayed; you trained harder than ever, often losing yourself in practice, rejoicing deeply with every small gain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This year you turned eighteen; your mother wrote you a letter, missing you both and asking whether you could bear the hardships of mountain life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wrote that the world grew ever more chaotic: the Northern Xuan Kingdom had crossed the border after autumn harvest, war drums thundering, the north in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your father had returned with white hair; he had passed by home three times without entering. He told your mother to prepare the family for a southern migration—northern winds and the Xuan Kingdom would soon descend southward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That autumn, your cultivation finally broke through, reaching the third level of the Great Yellow Court—a slow advancement, as even new disciples who had joined a year ago now surpassed you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast, Lu Yu, merely seventeen, had already risen to prominence; save for a few elders, he had no equal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His true qi flowed with perfect control, sufficient to protect himself—he had entered the ranks of the top martial masters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He commanded great prestige within the sect; all new disciples bowed to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yu possessed a pure heart, and the Liu Daoist praised him as a natural cultivation prodigy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another year passed; you were now nineteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Northern Xuan cavalry crossed the Yellow River, voices within the Three Truths Sect calling for disciples to descend and save the world grew louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yu was especially incensed; he gathered a group of like-minded disciples and planned to sneak down the mountain under cover of dawn mist, determined to save the people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, the night before, Lu Yu actively sought your opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You resolved:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1. Inform your master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2. Ignore it and let him act as he wishes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3. Go with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4. Join him directly. (0\u002F3)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ke stared at the options in his mind and pondered for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yu’s cultivation had already far surpassed yours; ordinary men could not even approach him—he had the means to protect himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You were already eighteen; even if you tried to stop him, it would likely do no good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, your master’s insight had surely already guessed Lu Chen’s nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ke chose option 2: ignore it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yu, learning you would not interfere, said happily: “Wait, brother—I will achieve great deeds.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Lu Yu descended the mountain, the Liu Daoist appeared silently before you, watching Lu Yu and the group of Three Truths disciples vanish into the distance—just as you had suspected, this could not have escaped your master’s notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Daoist smiled faintly: “Actually, the one who most needs to descend and undergo trials is you, my disciple.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinchan sighed inwardly: one disciple was a born Daoist child, yet his heart lay in the mortal world; the other was destined to be a statesman, yet chose to be a hermit’s chancellor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You did not understand his meaning, but that night you trained with even greater focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another year passed; each day you never wasted a moment. With no roosters or dogs in the mountains, you rose with morning dew and wandered beneath the stars at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This year you turned twenty, yet your cultivation remained at the third level of the Great Yellow Court, with only slight progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You were not anxious; you still trained daily, unshakable in your routine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the new disciples had already reached the fourth level of the Great Yellow Court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since joining the Liu Daoist, you were exempt from all seniority rituals, morning and evening lessons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This drew resentment from other disciples; many mocked you, claiming you had reached your position only by flattering the sect’s elders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yu held great prestige among the new disciples, and since his departure, their resentment toward you had grown even stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1356,"2026-06-21T01:32:57.622Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","18cbdf723e19568e29eb53c76443385fa11beeab1f3fe04a1d7706b8d0eb4661","simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-11","simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-9",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsimulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-cover.jpg"]