Inside Simulation
[The Competition of the Younger Generation of Eastern Wilderness is held once every two centuries by one of the major forces of the Eastern Wilderness, in which all young people under the age of 200 years from the Eastern Wilderness can participate.]
[This time, the Competition is going to be held by the strongest force of the Xuantian Realm, the Shen Family, within the City of Gods.]
[The City of Gods is a place solely ruled by the Shen Family, where, except for Shen Family members, only God-Transformation Realm cultivators or those who possess combat power enough to rival a God-Transformation Realm can enter.]
[There are even rumors in the Lower Realm that the Shen Family is a strong force even in the Upper Realm.]
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Holy-Sword Sect, Inside the Trial Tower
[Over these years of cultivation, you comprehended your Sword Law to the 8th level and integrated your newly created sword style into your muscle memory more perfectly.]
[When you received the news, you left the Trial Tower. This was your second visit to the Trial Tower, in which you had cleared up to 10,000 years and ranked as the number 1 prodigy in this entire time. However, there was a problem—you hadn't confronted anyone other than the avatar of your master for the first rank and didn't meet the avatar of your Grandmaster.]
[Regarding this matter, you asked your master and learned that his master was a pure devotee of cultivation who didn't want to do anything other than cultivate. He had little interest in accepting disciples and only took your master as his disciple just over a thousand years ago, when he was about to ascend after tens of thousands of years of cultivation. This was done simply for your master to carry out the legacy of Hidden Sword Peak in the Lower Realm.]
[To inherit the Hidden Sword Peak, your master had to increase his strength quickly and prove worthy of it. For this reason, he needed to cultivate fast. Otherwise, he would have also liked to try the Ancient Ruins for a chance to obtain the Supreme Foundation of the God-Transformation Realm.]
[After hearing your master's sad story—yes, a sad story—you also felt sad. After all, being chosen by the Peak Master of Hidden Sword Peak but not being able to fully enjoy its benefits was truly tragic. It was like a pie falling from the sky that was taken away from your mouth.]
[After getting answers to all your questions, you headed toward the Spiritual Boat specially arranged by the Holy-Sword Sect for you. During the small walk, you overheard discussions among your fellow disciples.]
[The content of their discussion was about the destruction of many Immortal Cities of the Eastern Wilderness, which had turned into ruins. All the corpses of the victims had their blood sucked away, leaving only the dried corpses of the netizens from the destroyed cities.]
[From their conversation, you speculated that the culprit of this destruction must be Yu Rong, the possessor of the Blood-Devouring Demonic Sword. But your reaction was indifferent, because you thought that maybe you would have been like her if you had a strong soul just like hers.]
[While thinking about this, you arrived at the Flying Spiritual Treasure, which was specifically made for the travel of higher officials of the Holy-Sword Sect. There, other than the Great Elder, you met Ling Yujian, the Saintess of the Holy-Sword Sect.]
[After years of joining the Holy-Sword Sect, she was no longer the silly girl she used to be but had transformed into a strong and graceful lady.]
[From your master, you learned that she possessed the Innate Sword Body, a physique specially suited for sword cultivation.]
[Throughout these years of cultivation, her cultivation had already reached the Peak of the Foundation-Building Realm, and she had already completed the third turn of the Nine-Turn Supreme Foundation Condensation Method.]
[Just like all other legitimate Holy Children in the past, she also knew all the secret methods and core skills of every peak, but under one condition: she had sworn on her own Dao Heart that she wouldn't reveal these core techniques to any other person, or else her Dao Heart would collapse, and she would die a tragic death.]
[After arriving at the Flying Spiritual Treasure, it soon headed toward the City of Gods.]
[In the spare time, you both discussed the Tao of Swordsmanship.]
[After a full month of travel, you finally arrived at the City of Gods. However, you didn't need to display your strength and combat power like others. After all, as the Young Holy Lord of one of the major forces, you were granted mutual respect and had already gained fame. But Ling Yujian couldn't avoid the test and had to demonstrate her combat power. The result didn't surprise you at all—Ling Yujian defeated the opponent with a single sword strike.]
[After testing combat power, you both entered the city along with other disciples who had passed the test.]
[Upon entering the city, you were guided to the Guest House arranged for you and received the news that there was still one month remaining before the tournament began. You started collecting information.]
[A few days later, you learned that, aside from the things provided by the Shen Family itself, you couldn't use external support like talismans, weapons, armor, pills, etc. But if you wanted to use such items, they must be made by the contestant himself. For that, you had to pass a test at the Pavilion arranged by the Shen Family.]
[Thinking of yourself as a 4th-grade Talisman Master, it would be a waste not to use it in this highly competitive tournament where everyone fought for the first rank. So, you decided to take the talisman test.]
[One day later, you successfully completed the test and officially became a 4th-grade Talisman Master. When your master heard the news, he was surprised that despite your strong combat strength, you were also a 4th-grade Talisman Master.]
[During this month, you traveled most of the city's areas, joined in many activities, and found that God-Transformation Realm cultivators were as numerous as dogs in the City of Gods.]
[A month later, you arrived at the arena arranged for the competition. Amid the dense crowd of people, except Feng Chen, you saw every familiar face you had met during these years, like Yu Rong, Liehuo, Xu Caihua's sisters, and more.]
[Soon, the competition began. After a brief moment, the first round of the draw ended. Among many people, you also found your arena. After choosing a silver-green sword, you, like the others, began to wait for the second round of the draw to end and for the fight against the chosen opponent to begin.]
[After a moment, a person arrived at the arena you were drawn in and attacked you with a shaky sword in hand. But before he could draw his sword, he collapsed.]
[This was the perfection of the Ten Thousand Swords Return to One technique.]
[After comprehending the Ten Thousand Swords Return to One technique to perfection, you could now control thousands of swords simultaneously against sword practitioners whose Dao Hearts were weaker than yours.]
[They wouldn't even dare draw their sword against you, lest their sword surrender to you and their body collapse, like the person just now.]
[Just like this, you won against many opponents one after another.]
[Five months later, the Top 10 ranks of the competition were confirmed. Now, the next fight began for the Top 3 ranks.]
[In the next round, you met Liehuo, whose cultivation had reached the Peak of the Nascent-Soul Realm.]
[After fighting with him for several rounds, you found that his strength was quite formidable—stronger than you anticipated. He must have also condensed the Supreme Foundation of the Nascent-Soul Realm, but you didn't know how.]
[What you didn't know was that after he left the core of the Yin-Yang Secret Realm, he found the Yin-Yang Lotus—another source of Yin-Yang Law which rarely grew in the central path of the Yin-Yang Secret Realm, where the two sources of Yin and Yang were equal.]
[But it wasn't much of a challenge for you, and after just tens of rounds, you defeated him easily.]
[After defeating him, you moved toward the semi-finals, and your draw this time was against the Little Princess of the Shen Family, Shen Qingyao.]
[When you arrived at the arena, you saw a girl holding a spear, standing heroically—not at all resembling a jade beauty like her name suggested.]
[When she saw you enter the arena, she said words that stunned you and made you stop in your tracks, "Lin Chen, I challenge you. If you defeat me, I will marry you; but if I defeat you, you must marry me. Understand?"]
[Her words sounded absurd. She didn't leave you any room for maneuver. It wasn't that you had never been confessed to by a girl in public, but this was a whole different level. From her tone, it was obvious that she would not let you go and would tie you to her side if you rejected her.]
[Just as you pondered what to do, a Shen Family elder responsible for overseeing the championship arrived, took her away, and your battle was postponed.]
[A day later, your postponed battle began. Today, you noticed Shen Qingyao's mood was off. You speculated that she must have been scolded heavily.]
[You both began to fight. After a while, you realized she was stronger than Liehuo. The image of the Shen Family became even foggier and more mysterious in your eyes.]
[But you still defeated her after a hundred moves and qualified to participate in the finals. Your opponent in the finals was Yu Rong.]