[{"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-719":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},2347734,4587,"Chapter 719: Lu Hua is Astonished: Truly a Monster, Not Fate Alone Could Achieve This","simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-719",719,"\u003Cp>Unaware, the conversation had lasted until the sun slanted westward; Madam Gongsun, as the courtesan of the West Wing Pavilion, was exceptionally perceptive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the three seemed to have urgent matters to discuss, she rose gracefully to take her leave, yet her parting gaze carried a faint air of resentment toward you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You watched her retreating figure, then turned back to find Lu Hua already inside, familiarly brewing tea; his previously upright back now slumped lazily against the chair, all pretense of dignity long gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You couldn’t help but smile: “Master Lu, was that immortal aura of yours just for outsiders?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lazy voice came from beneath the wide-brimmed hat: “Youthful ignorance. The Dao follows nature—when to hold form, hold form; when to slump, slump—that is the Dao following nature.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua scanned the small courtyard and clucked: “The Qunfang Banquet was nine months ago, and you’re still living in such misery. I told you to come with me to Mount Zhongnan in Great Sui—I’d have been the first to nominate you for the position of Celestial Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female Daoist Lu Ruyun pressed her temple and sighed. This uncle-ancestor, adopted by her ancestral master in place of her own, held an extremely high rank among the Three True Ones, yet her conduct always left others both exasperated and amused. She stole a glance at Xie Guan—the sole living disciple of the Second Master’s direct sword lineage—if he were truly lured away to become a Daoist, the Academy would erupt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Xie, the Celestial Master is just joking—don’t take it seriously!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua sprang to her feet in protest: “Sister Ruyun, you may not know—the Three Pure Ones’ Council on the fifteenth of the third month has already drafted a Daoist name for Xie Guan, and the elders nearly came to blows over which lineage he should join.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ruyun gasped in surprise—Mount Zhongnan truly intended for Xie Guan to become Celestial Master?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua suddenly shifted her tone, her gaze piercing you like lightning; deep within her pupils, two golden “Ren” characters emerged, spinning wildly like living things, then slowly faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strange… truly strange,” her voice beneath the hat carried a note of astonishment. “Only eight months since we last met, yet I can’t quite fathom your cultivation base anymore?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside her, Lu Ruyun remained silent—she had already known since the Misty Lake that you had entered the Divine Fire realm, single-handedly slaying twelve Upper Third-Realm cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before her words ended, the gauze atop Lu Hua’s head stirred without wind, and her entire form dissolved like a mirage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, thunder erupted behind you—her left palm condensed a violent purple lightning bolt, crashing down upon your crown!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This strike appeared casual, yet concealed profound artifice. She had already foreseen your use of the Yin Fu Jing’s substitution technique, and within a three-zhang radius, the “Small Thunder Realm” array had been instantly erected—specifically designed to nullify your substitution Dunshu .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet where the lightning struck, only a phantom butterfly fluttered out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua softly “hmm’d,” her form vanishing again, appearing with uncanny precognition at the southeast corner, her palm wrapped in lightning, striking precisely at empty air—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, a figure was forced into visibility, yet remained calm, exhaling a single thread of crimson flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire met the purple thunder—and extinguished the violent lightning outright!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the dazzling clash of lightning and flame, Lu Hua’s figure vanished once more, leaving only the scent of scorched air drifting through the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ruyun stood aside, her fingers unconsciously clenched. Though their exchange seemed light and effortless, it was perilous beyond measure—if she had been in their place, she would have been defeated within three strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The qi in the courtyard flowed like spring rain, not shattering a single tile, not dislodging a single leaf. Yet the more effortlessly they moved, the more clearly it revealed their mastery over true qi had reached the pinnacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female Daoist gazed at the elusive, masked figure, silently sighing. Lu Hua, her uncle-ancestor, was indeed worthy of the Three True Ones—fastest in cultivation, deadliest in combat among her generation, her primary lightning arts and sword techniques both fiercely direct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, she had used the “Palms of the Five Thunder Heart Decree,” and had already refined it to the point of summoning it without ritual or hand seals—effortless as plucking a flower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crimson flame Xie Guan exhaled—clearly the Supreme Yang True Fire that had burned away all yin malevolence at Misty Lake! It had shattered even the Daoist realm’s foremost lightning art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though both had vanished, they had already exchanged blows thrice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ding—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clear, resonant sword chime suddenly pierced the courtyard’s silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ruyun’s pupils contracted—three faint, threadlike emerald lights appeared in the air, linked end to end, forming a naturally perfect sword circle—the “Zhou Tian Sword Array,” one of the Three True Ones’ supreme martial arts, the “Ten Thousand Methods Sword.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her uncle-ancestor was finally serious—the blue stone slabs beneath her feet cracked like spiderwebs, crushed by invisible sword intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua leapt thirty feet into the air, her feet stepping upon the three sword lights, which transformed into illusory blue phoenixes, white tigers, and black tortoises—mirroring the Three Talents of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the parasol tree, Xie Guan’s figure suddenly appeared. He lifted a finger, and three crisp sword intentions spiraled before him, merging gradually into one—a sword Gang  that was both real and unreal, like a wind blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword qi surged, standing firm against the descending Three Talents Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One above, one below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua uttered a single word: “Ji—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath her hat, her vermilion lips parted, and a Dao incantation exploded like thunder, summoning rolling lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three celestial forms—blue phoenix, white tiger, black tortoise—blazed with radiant light and plummeted with the force of heaven and earth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strangely, Xie Guan suddenly dissolved his sword intent, his body engulfed in golden light, then expanded outward—a majestic, solemn Buddha Golden Body rose proudly from the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Three Talents sword qi struck the Golden Body, spraying sparks like metal on stone, absorbing the entire array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female Daoist’s eyes widened—she recognized this as the Buddhist “Buddha Golden Body.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stared in disbelief at the figure enveloped in chanting golden light—when had this disciple of the Second Master attained the Buddhist pinnacle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You suddenly reached into empty air, fingers closing—and pulled forth a long spear, its surface coiled with dark patterns. Purple electric arcs writhed along its shaft, each flash accompanied by a piercing crackle; the air of the entire courtyard twisted and trembled, faint, agonized wails seeming to emanate from its tip—as if countless vengeful spirits were imprisoned within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ruyun turned pale—this was unmistakably the demonic sect’s supreme secret art, the “Heavenly Net Qi Weapon,” refined to perfection!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua instantly dissolved the entire sword array; her gauze hat drifted gently down onto the courtyard’s blue stone slabs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up at the sky—when had it happened? The entire courtyard was now shrouded in an amber-hued primordial spirit force, with towering palace illusions floating in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ziwei Hengjie?!” Her lips beneath the hat twitched slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had not sensed it during their clash—Xie Guan had quietly unfolded his primordial spirit domain, sealing all disturbances within it; their sword exchanges had left no trace beyond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You smiled faintly, and the demonic spear in your hand dissolved into wisps of black mist, drawn back through your fingertips. The suffocating demonic aura vanished with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua removed her white gauze hat, revealing a face of exquisite beauty—three thousand black tresses cascaded behind her, her skin whiter than snow, her features like a painted scroll, her autumn-water eyes gleaming with brilliance, more radiant even than Madam Gongsun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet two faint dimples on her cheeks added a touch of childish charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She furrowed her mountain-like brows, studying you closely, her vermilion lips parting in disbelief: “Ziwei Hengjie? That martial intent just now—the Lotus Pool Elder’s Buddha Golden Body, the Demon Master’s Demon-Opening Scripture!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice rose sharply: “You’ve reached the Eighth Realm of Martial Cultivation—Ocean-Viewing?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You smiled faintly, nodding gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stepped closer, scrutinizing you, then sighed, lifting the teacup on the stone table and draining it in one gulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua sat back in the chair, muttering repeatedly: “One year… still missing a few days…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Martial Ocean-Viewing. Ziwei Hengjie!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ruyun stared at her own Celestial Master in confusion. She distinctly remembered—this uncle-ancestor had achieved Ziwei Hengjie before turning twenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, upon hearing it, she had been astonished—and even remarked that Mount Zhongnan would soon gain another “Li Qingniu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Master Xie had only just come of age… Lu Ruyun stole a glance at the tall, elegant youth beneath the parasol tree—how could he have achieved this alone, without any teacher?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua swayed like a drunkard for a long while, then finally stilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I thought my Yangshen was impressive—I was even planning to provoke you a bit… but you’ve advanced so fast.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You heard this without surprise—since Lu Hua entered, you had sensed her qi as if suspended in emptiness, elusive and ethereal—clearly a sign of Yangshen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua asked: “When did you break through to Ziwei Hengjie? Your primordial spirit is full as the moon—I suspect you’ve already touched the threshold of Yangshen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You replied casually: “About four months ago.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua froze again, her lips twitching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So… only eight months…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua sank heavily back onto the stone chair, poured herself another cup of tea, sipped it, and said: “Your tea’s gone cold!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ruyun blinked in confusion. Even if Master Xie was exceptionally gifted, the Three True Ones had produced disciples who reached Ziwei Hengjie before twenty—why was the Celestial Master so shaken?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua noticed the female Daoist’s expression and suddenly grew mischievous: “Sister Ruyun, do you know—our Master Xie—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She deliberately stretched the syllables: “has cultivated for less than a year—precisely eleven months and sixteen days!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eleven months?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female Daoist was struck as if by lightning: “How is that possible?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her reaction, Lu Hua suddenly felt utterly bored: “Ah, compared to you, I, Lu Hua, am just a talentless mediocrity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The female Daoist sat frozen, unable to recover for a long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three returned to the matter at hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua’s expression turned serious: “Your cultivation has advanced faster than expected, but as the First Master said—this ascension opportunity demands you forge your True Core. Without the realm of a World Grand Master, you’ll be crushed to dust.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sighed softly: “Who could have foreseen this celestial sign arriving so suddenly? We thought we had four or five years… yet within a single year, the Twenty-Eight Mansions shifted, the Ziwei Emperor Star flickered three times—three celestial instruments at Mount Zhongnan cracked.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her brow was heavy with gravity: “Even I—ninth realm of martial cultivation, Yangshen primordial spirit—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still, to forge a True Core in such a short time is pure fantasy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You nodded slightly, recalling the day of the Qunfang Banquet—the great tripod suppressing fate had emerged, since when spiritual energy had boiled and calamity qi spread across the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven sends its killing wrath—the stars shift; Earth sends its killing wrath—the dragons and serpents rise from the land!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua’s eyes flickered with unwillingness: “If only I had three more years… no, even two…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up at the sky, her black tresses fluttering in the evening wind, her feminine grace vanished: “I, Lu Hua, will forge my True Core, ascend to Grand Master, and fight the world’s heroes—shatter the void, achieve ascension, and as the first female Celestial Master in three thousand years, stand before Ancestor Lu Chen!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, her expression hardened, her gaze sharp as a blade: “I came today to advise you. I know what you truly seek—it’s not this courtyard, not Great Qi, not Great Sui, not even this world!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t seek Dao from the Three True Ones, nor study in the Academy. Worldly wealth lies within your grasp, yet you refuse it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But now… this is not your time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have the talent—but not the timing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua sighed: “You haven’t even reached the Ninth Realm of martial cultivation, your primordial spirit isn’t Yangshen yet—above you still lies the realm of forging the True Core.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you force yourself into this ascension battle, how will you stand against the Grand Masters who ruled the world sixty years ago? They’ve lain dormant, waiting far too long… and the Master has lived over a thousand years.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up at the sky—though it was still afternoon, the previously dim heavens had brightened again, as if an invisible hand had drawn back the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The celestial timing grew longer, more unfathomable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua said: “The day the Crimson-Eyed Army breaches Bianjing is the day heaven and earth invert—the Ascension Platform opens!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before her words ended, all three looked up—the heavens had changed again: above Bianjing, a golden fissure split the high clouds, stretching across the sky like the eye of heaven opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua said gravely: “Less than two months.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if the Crimson-Eyed Army fails to breach Bianjing, someone else will succeed. The fall of Bianjing is fate—this calamity cannot be avoided.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Three thousand years have passed since the last ascension. No one knows how long we must wait for the next. Now, among the Ten Great Sects, who will let this chance slip from their grasp?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hua finished, gazing at you, her tone tinged with regret—if only you had more time, you would have been a certain World Grand Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Unfortunately, there isn't enough time!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The female Daoist seemed to understand why the Master had come to Xie Guan’s courtyard today; their bond appeared deep, each recognizing the other’s worth.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Otherwise, this uncle-ancestor, known for his aversion to reason, would never have spoken so earnestly today.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Lu Hua, seeing your silence, continued: “When fortune comes, heaven and earth unite in support; when the tide turns, even an ordinary man can ride the wind upward. Without fortune, even a genius becomes merely a stepping stone for others.”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“When heaven lacks its time, the sun and moon lose their light. When earth lacks its time, grass and trees refuse to grow. A man may harbor lofty ambitions, but without fortune, he cannot realize them.”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“Look back over these three thousand years—through the golden ages of Yan and Tang—how many brilliant ancestors of the Three True Ones sect died with resentment, passing away in regret?”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【You smiled at her and asked, “Then will you go?”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Lu Hua fell silent abruptly, suddenly overcome with melancholy, yet her tone shifted, firm and unyielding.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“Go? Of course I’ll go!”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【You said: “Going means death!”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“Then let me die!”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【PS: The bonus chapter at the end features a character illustration of Wu Tong!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【(End of Chapter)】\u003C\u002Fp>",2471,"2026-06-21T01:33:03.787Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e919f813ccf0afdf54c5915fedde892906d4d4b3b62a5e95156960e45eff8f7a","simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-720","simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-718",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsimulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-cover.jpg"]