[{"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-570":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},2347585,4587,"Chapter 570: The Technique of Turning the Phantom Butterfly—Will It Startle the Celestial Ones?","simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-570",570,"\u003Cp>With a thought, the wind and snow around you seemed to lose gravity, no longer gathering toward you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They drifted down like goose feathers into the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifth technique of the Yin Fu Jing corresponds to the fifth realm of the primordial spirit: “Manipulate Objects.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This realm is easy to understand: one uses the primordial spirit to command objects—this is the origin of the legends of “flying swords severing heads from a thousand li away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can now move a brush to write on paper, and keeping the snow in the courtyard from falling is already your limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow falling from the sky had also diminished greatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua said beside you: “The Hawk’s Law consumes corpses; this method harms the harmony of heaven. Had I not been stuck with this ordinary Daoist heavenly art, I would never have casually passed the Yin Fu Jing to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet if you are willing now to join the Three Truths Sect, you would be returning from the wrong path, abandoning darkness for light. At that time, would it be difficult to grant you several heavenly arts leading directly to the ninth realm of the primordial spirit?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Three Truths Sect has a three-thousand-year lineage; its ancestors have accumulated and expanded upon their teachings, naturally gathering several heavenly Daoist arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the tenth realm of the primordial spirit—“Yang Shen”—remains elusive, hard to grasp, accessible only through personal enlightenment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is what the Buddhists call “fate,” “destiny.” One day, the Third Master of the Academy saw an old tree sprout new branches in spring—and that very day, he entered Yang Shen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without such moments of spiritual resonance or a sudden awakening, one cannot reach the tenth realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua’s master had reached the peak of the ninth realm, just one step from Yang Shen, and had sealed himself in a death meditation on Mount Zhongnan for nearly twenty years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Mount Zhongnan, there are no shortage of senior disciples with profound cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The primordial spirit has ten realms; reaching the ninth allows one to live one hundred and eighty springs and autumns. Only by entering the tenth realm can one attain the three-hundred-year lifespan of a mortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua could not help thinking: in this Xie Fu, Xie Hong is the tenth realm, Yang Shen. The entire Great Qi believes this second master of the Xie family has grown disillusioned, hiding in Qingliang Temple to eat vegetarian meals and worship Buddha, as if his cultivation had declined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cultivator’s heart-mind is the most important thing—like a living springhead; otherwise, one becomes stagnant water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua’s master once played Go with the Fourth Master of the Academy; on that board, black and white intertwined—not merely a contest within the confines of the grid, but a battle over heaven and earth beyond it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her master was utterly defeated, his heart-mind shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, how could a master of Yang Shen realm have died in depression before reaching two hundred years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the Academy’s four masters, only the First Master was the Master’s direct disciple; the Third and Fourth Masters were taken in by the First Master on his master’s behalf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Second Master spent the first half of his life traveling the four seas; legend says the Master encountered him by the eastern sea and took him as a disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All four masters of the Academy were once-in-a-lifetime geniuses. Precisely because of this, the ancestral founder of Mount Zhongnan declared: the great calamity of three thousand years, when the gate to ascension opens, will come within the next hundred years. Otherwise, how else to explain the sudden explosion of talent in this world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an age of fierce competition, heroes emerge; the great waves sift the sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua gazed at the boy in the courtyard, thinking inwardly: could this Xie family’s bastard son be the one destined to meet the calamity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, I can also take you in as a disciple on my master’s behalf. You need not formally join my sect—we can be peers within the same lineage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua, though a Heavenly Master, has no disciples. First, she has not met a worthy talent; those so-called Dao disciples on Mount Zhongnan are all wooden blocks. Second, she simply dislikes teaching—finds it tedious!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You heard this and gently shook your head: “I hold the Three Truths Sect in deep respect, but I cannot join now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Lu Hua did not press further. She knew this boy, though seemingly young, had an unyielding heart—not swayed by mere words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when one holds firm to something can one achieve it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You closed your eyes again, focusing inward. Slowly, a deep blue star pattern emerged on your forehead, like a cinnabar jade gem embedded in your third eye, brilliant and dazzling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua leapt lightly, as if lifted by invisible strings, landing steadily atop the wutong tree, five or six zhang high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She extended her left hand, forming a sword seal, and whispered softly: “Gather the transformations of heaven, tread the four yang lights… Liuli Gai Sheng!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke the final four words, a barrier, thin as a cicada’s wing and shaped like a gourd lid, inverted over the courtyard, sealing it off from the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having completed this!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua crossed her arms, standing high atop the wutong tree, looking down upon the boy with an air of superiority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She particularly noticed your forehead’s divine mark slowly shifting, radiating an unusual aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua spoke slowly, her voice filled with wonder: “The sixth realm of the primordial spirit—‘Opening the Stars!’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sixth realm is also the final realm of the middle three; its hallmark is the emergence of a divine mark on the forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cultivator who reaches the Opening the Stars realm has refined their primordial spirit sufficiently to begin cultivating magic treasures and splitting off a portion of their primordial spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They can overlay their primordial spirit onto special objects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most common method is forging “miniature flying swords,” making them as responsive as one’s own limbs, immensely powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary people without cultivation cannot stand against them; defeating a hundred at once is no challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are also external arts like forging “soul banners” or “raising minor ghosts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering the Opening the Stars realm is like acquiring one’s own “appearance”—a unique manifestation of the primordial spirit’s aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All things under heaven and earth have their own “appearance”: some strong, some faint—like a cold room in summer, or the cruel, cold aura radiating from a person—these are all “appearances” perceivable by the five senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “appearance” of a primordial spirit cultivator is the true form of the primordial spirit, gradually taking shape from the Opening the Stars realm onward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its advantage lies in this: if your “appearance” is strong enough, you can suppress other, weaker “appearances.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, a high monk sits calmly on a graveyard, and evil spirits dare not stir—he suppresses the place’s appearance with his own powerful one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the drawback is equally clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators newly entering this realm often cannot conceal their “appearance”; before those of profound cultivation, they are like lanterns shining brightly in the dark, utterly exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua sensed the “appearance” you naturally emitted, and paused in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This “appearance” is intimately tied to the primordial spirit art one cultivates; demonic cultivators naturally radiate demonic aura, killers exude killing aura and karmic stains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet you cultivate the Yin Fu Jing, a forbidden art, but also a true Daoist heavenly art—your appearance should reflect Daoist essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But strangely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your “appearance” is formless, invisible, unobtrusive—as if no appearance existed at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you have no appearance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impossible. Everyone has an appearance—even newborn infants, even weeds, each possesses their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua was puzzled—she had just wasted effort using primordial spirit techniques to shield the entire courtyard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew that within the Xie Fu, besides Xie Hong and the great serpent of Ze Lake, there were several others with profound auras. And now, within Bianjing, the Academy’s capital, caution was always wise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet at this moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath her light gauze hat, Lu Hua’s pupils contracted sharply—she was astonished to find Xie Guan had vanished into thin air!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua’s eyes immediately glowed with two golden “Ren” characters—this was her mastered Daoist method for detecting hidden things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her vision, Xie Guan was shrouded in some mysterious force; though he should have vanished, he appeared like a reflection on water, slowly materializing in place—as if he had never moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua’s suspicion deepened. She leapt down, her toe barely touching the snow, landing with perfect balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stared at Xie Guan, astonished: “The sixth technique of the Yin Fu Jing—‘Shen Die Fa Zhuan Yuan’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Lu Hua’s tone of surprise for the first time, you smiled faintly and nodded slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, your deep blue divine mark flashed—and you vanished completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua, as if foreseeing the future, sidestepped instantly, her gaze fixed on her left side—as if she had anticipated your next move all along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the vast moonlight!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black-haired boy appeared like mist, smiling gently at Lu Hua, as if reaching out to touch her shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua merely curled her lips slightly, clearly unimpressed by the boy’s move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your cultivation is still far too weak. This Heavenly Master could crush you with a single finger.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You nodded seriously. Lu Hua’s current power was utterly unfathomable—even after reaching the sixth realm, you still could not see through her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could she truly be a ninth-realm primordial spirit cultivator?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If so, within the Three Truths Sect, she must hold considerable status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua frowned: “Your ‘Shen Die Fa Zhuan Yuan’ is different?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sixth technique of the Yin Fu Jing, Shen Die, is formless and without appearance—it is a Daoist art that draws others into illusions, representing boundless transformation and all-encompassing meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua spoke slowly: “Zhuan Yuan—through change, one discusses myriad things; meaning is infinite, each with its own form: round or square, yin or yang, auspicious or ominous, each case differs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is from the Tai Shang Jin Hua Jing. Thus, Zhuan Yuan is colorless and formless, born from the mind, capable of transforming all things. Shen Die is the symbol: ‘Shen’ is illusion, ‘Die’ refers to the Daoist tale of the dreaming butterfly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together, they form the divine entity “Shen Die,” drawing one into illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua looked at you again—but your “Shen Die Fa Zhuan Yuan” seemed utterly unique!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did not create illusory images—it made you vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You explained: “If used externally, this technique causes the target’s inner fantasies to manifest. Those fearing demons and monsters see demons and monsters; those burdened by guilt see corresponding nightmare scenes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I suspect this method is useless against those with advanced cultivation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua recalled your sudden disappearance just now—and seemed to grasp something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nodded in agreement: “Indeed. This technique is ineffective not only against those with advanced cultivation, but also against those with pure, unwavering minds.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Especially against someone like me—a Daoist master with a heart as firm as a rock, a mind as pure as a newborn’s, and actions as upright as daylight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You ignored Lu Hua’s self-praise: “So I applied this technique to myself, creating a mirage to conceal myself within it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Lu Hua’s eyes flickered with admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With your sixth-realm cultivation, you just fooled even me. A cultivator of your own realm would be unable to see through you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua clapped her hands, her eyes sparkling with excitement: “This technique naturally places you in the shadows while your enemies remain in the light—this is the perfect art for traveling the martial world, swindling, and ambushing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You blinked in surprise, then explained helplessly: “This is orthodox Daoist art—not meant for swindling and ambush.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she wore a hat, you still felt her gaze burning into you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua grew increasingly pleased with you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cultivation prodigy who ascended three realms in a single day, crossed six realms in two months—no martial foundation, yet in two months already broke through the three minor thresholds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is sharp-witted; not bringing him back to Mount Zhongnan would truly disgrace the ancestors of the Three Truths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this not sinister?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xie Guan, you’re truly impressive. Why not join the Three Truths Sect? When we choose the Celestial Master, I’ll pick you first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You watched Lu Hua’s excitement and simply ignored it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You silently observed the courtyard, its walls and eaves all blanketed in snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow had stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky held no stars, only a half-moon quietly radiating a soft, cold light that illuminated the snow-covered ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua suddenly remembered something: “Did you use the Mirage Butterfly Talisman to conceal your face?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t sense anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You said nothing, but looked up at the vast, deep sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You murmured softly: “Are there truly people above the heavens?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“People above the heavens?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua did not understand, but did not press further—everyone has secrets, and Lu Hua certainly had her own; otherwise, how could she, so young, become the youngest Celestial Master in a thousand years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She too had her own destiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing nightfall approaching, Lu Hua lightly formed a hand seal, and the “Glass Cover” shielding the courtyard vanished instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua stretched lazily, her voice tinged with weariness: “It’s late. Time to go back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to you, her eyes holding a hint of expectation: “Xie Guan, think carefully about joining the Three Truths Sect. You’re still young—anyone who’s walked the martial world knows how deep its ways run. More paths are never a bad thing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua dissolved into a wisp of green smoke and drifted away from the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You remained standing there, motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>～\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>～\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the bustling capital, a grand mansion lay hidden deep behind high walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a quiet corner courtyard, peace reigned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath an ancient parasol tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young man in a simple blue robe stood still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if emerging from deep thought, he raised his head, his gaze gentle, his face breaking into a warm smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ascension? It might startle those above the heavens…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How truly fascinating!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man walked slowly toward the house, his eyes inadvertently passing the ancestral tablet of his mother, always enshrined in the main hall—his tenderness deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped gently before the tablet and bowed silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced toward the side chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man returned quietly to his own room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>～～\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The night passed without incident!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The next day at noon, you continued as always—reading, practicing calligraphy, training in martial arts, and contemplating your primordial spirit.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Today, another guest arrived at the courtyard!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2438,"2026-06-21T01:33:01.587Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b41694d7923aba0a7dfe80193f58d8fc58680322bf48a8d3d241f14bad9b5c35","simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-571","simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-569",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsimulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-cover.jpg"]