When leaving the Hundred Deaths Mountain, you asked Hua Wuyan out of curiosity.
"Senior Hua, you said the Great Demon was willing to help once because you helped him find something. What was it?"
Hua Wuyan glanced at you, paused for a moment, and shook her head.
"I cannot tell you."
You were confused.
Hua Wuyan didn't seem like someone who spoke in riddles.
Before, she would tell you whatever you asked. What was wrong this time?
Could it somehow be related to you?
You told Hua Wuyan that you had also solved the problem of the dragon and phoenix corpses. Adding the Great Demon, the Human Realm practically had seven Martial Gods!
"Oh? That array you mentioned, does it work even if they aren't human?"
"At first I wasn't sure either, but as I learned more about the Dao of Arrays, I can now say with certainty that it is possible."
"Are you already an Immortal-tier Array Master? That array of yours is an Immortal-tier one, after all."
"I am ashamed to say I am not there yet."
"Then you must speed up your progress. This old woman's lifespan is running out. When the time comes and your Seven Luminaries are missing one, all your efforts will be in vain."
You didn't panic at all.
Decades ago, she also claimed her lifespan was running out.
She would probably say the exact same thing decades from now.
Panic or not, you still needed to pick up the pace.
In the following simulation, Chen Yi saw himself living through twenty relatively peaceful years.
During these twenty years, he accomplished three major things.
The first was breaking through in the Dao of Arrays.
Relying on his array trait and the enhanced comprehension from consuming the Five Regions Holy Pill, he fully grasped the profound mysteries of Immortal-tier arrays. He fulfilled the lifelong dream of his masters on the Nine Palaces Island, leading them to witness what an Immortal-tier array truly looked like.
Immortal-tier arrays preserved in the Human Realm were incredibly rare.
However, the Carefree Holy Land, being a place that had retained some of its heritage, could still produce one or two complete Immortal-tier arrays.
When they saw the Immortal-tier array rise over the Nine Palaces Island, its dreamlike colors and mysterious power brought immense comfort to the old masters.
As if they had finally fulfilled their dying wishes, the older generation of Nine Palaces Island masters passed away one after another following that event.
Life and death were unpredictable, and lifespans had their limits.
Although the Chen Yi in the simulation felt a great deal of sorrow, he could accept reality.
Afterward, Chen Yi spent some time gradually repairing the incomplete and fragmented Immortal-tier arrays preserved in the Carefree Holy Land.
Having one more array meant they might have one more trump card when the war eventually broke out.
The second thing was practicing the cultivation methods of the three races.
Equipping the "My Knowledge is All Mixed Up" trait, Chen Yi began to practice the cultivation methods of the Monster Race and the Dragonkin Race.
With Hu Tiangong around, the four great body-tempering arts of the Monster Race had naturally been acquired long ago.
The Dragonkin Race's cultivation method came from the Martial King Realm general of the Three-Headed Realm's Slave Control Army, who had been reformed by the Myriad Soul Banner.
Just like the Human Race, the Dragonkin Race had a vast and rich variety of cultivation methods.
Naturally, they also varied in quality.
If Chen Yi was going to practice them, he obviously wanted the best ones.
Presumably, the cultivation method practiced by a Martial King was not bad at all.
What Chen Yi wanted to learn wasn't the Dragonkin Race's combat techniques or moves; there was no need to blindly worship foreign things when his own race's martial arts were far more compatible.
What Chen Yi learned was the soul-tempering art that every member of the Dragonkin Race practiced.
It was widely known that the souls of the Dragonkin Race were very special. They wouldn't be actively dragged away by the Underworld, they could survive freely after leaving their physical bodies, and they could even share bodies with their kin.
This wasn't just because of their innate racial talent, but also due to their acquired practice of soul-tempering arts, continuously enhancing their soul strength.
The Human Race also had soul cultivation methods, but they weren't mainstream among martial artists.
Moreover, compared to the soul-tempering arts of the Dragonkin Race, they were slightly inferior.
With the Monster Race's body-tempering arts and the Dragonkin Race's soul-tempering arts, Chen Yi's physical body and soul were both strengthened, causing his combat power to rise exponentially!
One must know, these were cultivation methods, meaning they could be inherited from the simulation.
After mastering the foreign cultivation methods, Chen Yi resumed practicing his own race's methods.
He currently held multiple inheritances, including those from the Limitless Sword Sect, the Shen Family of the Star Region, the Carefree Holy Land, and the Wang Family of the Chaotic Crystal Sea.
In truth, if Chen Yi wanted the cultivation methods of the Li Imperial Family, the Northern Tribes, or the Hundred Nations of the Southern Borders, he could get them too.
The King of Connections wasn't a joke.
The Wang Family's cultivation methods had been obtained entirely on the basis of his face.
But he had already mastered a lot of cultivation methods.
The "Proficiency" trait didn't just let him break through cultivation realms in the blink of an eye; he still had to spend time practicing over and over again, so it was impossible to advance too many at the same time.
To be honest, it was quite tedious.
The fact that his simulated self could persevere made the real-world Chen Yi want to bow to him in respect.
Human martial artists generally believed that cultivation method mastery only had six stages: Entry, Proficient, Mastered, Minor Completion, Major Completion, and Perfection.
Only a very small minority knew that beyond those were Sublimity and Pinnacle.
Through continuous practice with his proficiency, Chen Yi learned that after Pinnacle, there was yet another realm—Return to the Natural State.
Accumulating through multiple simulations, plus these twenty peaceful years.
Chen Yi had elevated all his Earth-tier cultivation methods to the absolute highest level, Return to the Natural State!
All his Heaven-tier cultivation methods had reached Pinnacle!
It wasn't that he didn't want to elevate his Heaven-tier methods to Return to the Natural State as well.
It was just that the number of practice repetitions required was already an astronomical figure.
Chen Yi was only human; he really couldn't act like a robot, doing nothing else but repeating the exact same motions year after year.
Therefore, his Heaven-tier methods temporarily remained at Pinnacle.
Frankly, it was more than enough.
Any enemy he couldn't defeat with these wouldn't be solved just by raising his cultivation method mastery by another realm anyway.
During these twenty years, Chen Yi also made a trip to the Star Region.
Through Shen Qingshan's connections, he asked for some more Star Essence and stuffed it into the Cauldron Realm.
Thanks to the Myriad Soul Banner being decisive enough back in the Three-Headed Realm.
When the Qiankun Mirror started smoking, it had promptly thrown it into the Star Essence pool of the Cauldron Realm.
After years of soaking, it had miraculously saved the Qiankun Mirror's little life.
Although it was still smoking, it could occasionally spout a line of nonsense, meaning it wasn't completely dead.
At this point, Chen Yi felt that he had completed all the preparations he could possibly make to deal with the Dragonkin Race.
All that was left was to persistently cultivate, persistently pop pills, and raise his cultivation base.
"The timing of the Dragonkin Race's invasion has indeed been delayed this time."
His simulated self was already over eighty years old.
During the last simulation around this time, the Dragonkin Race was already slaughtering everyone across the Human Realm.
"Destroying their strongholds really worked. With the Dragonkin Race's attack delayed, the Human Realm has more time to prepare."
Furthermore, because the older generation had the awareness that a great enemy was approaching, they held absolutely nothing back in nurturing the next generation.
After the older experts passed away, not only did the Human Race avoid a talent gap, but the successors actually surpassed their predecessors. The overall strength of the younger generation was even more formidable.
The various factions' efforts to unearth talents among the commoners at the grassroots level caused the number of martial artists to multiply several times over.
Coupled with frequent exchanges and the sharing of resources among them.
All the major inheritances were in a state of thriving prosperity.
Chen Yi's true cultivation base had also advanced from the mid-stage Martial King to the late-stage Martial King realm.
Everything was trending in a positive direction.
There was only one thing that still left both the simulated and real-world Chen Yi uneasy.
"Blood Moon..."
Therefore, this third matter was to investigate the Blood Moon.
This organization remained shrouded in a cloud of dense fog.
Unless he uncovered its true nature and got to the bottom of it, Chen Yi could not shake the feeling that it was a lingering threat.
Relying on his status as the Holy Son and the mighty banner of the Xiaoyao Holy Land behind him, the investigative resources Chen Yi could mobilize were incredibly vast.
Finally, during his eighty-eighth year, the investigation into the Blood Moon yielded a monumental breakthrough.
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
