Inside Simulation
[After defeating Shen Qingyao, you qualified to participate in the finals. Your opponent in the finals was Yu Rong.]
[After greeting each other, you began your fight.]
[After battling for hundreds of rounds, you realized that you had to end this quickly. You could also see the impatience on Yu Rong's face, as if she was about to unleash her ultimate move. You decided that before she used it, it would be better for you to strike first.]
[You activated the technique, Ten Thousand Swords Return to One, and all the swords present came under your command, except for the ones in the hands of Yu Rong and Ling Yujian.]
[Just as you were about to launch your attack, you felt your blood flow reverse, and you spat out a mouthful of blood.]
[Thinking that this wouldn't do, you channeled your Extreme Yang True Flame throughout your body to normalize your blood flow. You succeeded, but before you could rejoice, Yu Rong launched a fierce attack, which you dodged with great difficulty.]
[After evading her fatal strike, you didn't give her a second chance to attack. Instead, you trapped her with a talisman and began performing the Ten Thousand Swords Return to One technique again. This time, you succeeded and finally won the championship.]
[For you, this round was far more difficult than the others. But because you had more time to hone your sword skills after cultivating to the Peak of Nascent-Soul Realm, and because you could use talismans, you had the advantage. She had to divide her attention between cultivation and comprehension, which weakened the sharpness of her sword compared to yours. In the end, you prevailed.]
[During the fight, you realized that after refining the Soul of the Yin-Yang Ancestor, she had also comprehended the Yin-Yang Intent through his soul. However, it was just intent—insufficient to pose any real threat to you. Yet, it remained an incredible achievement, considering the source of his soul was very weak after leaving the secret realm, and comprehending the intent through that small fragment of soul was extremely difficult.]
[After winning the competition, the resources gathered by the Four Major Forces for this event were awarded to the victor's force—the Holy-Sword Sect—and you received a large share of it.]
[After returning to the Holy-Sword Sect, you resumed your cultivation.]
[After the championship, you understood the value of opportunities. Compared to the others, you knew your talent was inferior, and you always doubted that they would surpass you sooner or later. Yet, from your past struggles to this seemingly one-sided victory, your worldview turned upside-down.]
[But you didn't let your guard down. After all, if you could quickly increase your strength by seizing opportunities, so could they. It wasn't certain who would have the last laugh in the end. So, you continued cultivating wholeheartedly.]
[Years later, you received a marriage proposal from Shen Qingyao of the Shen Family, which you accepted and began preparations for the wedding.]
[The reason for accepting this marriage was self-evident. After your previous battle with Shen Qingyao, you became curious about the secrets that the Shen Family held.]
[On the eve of the 100th year of the simulation, you married Shen Qingyao.]
[While both the City of Gods and the Holy-Sword Sect were bustling with celebration, there were many broken hearts in the crowd.]
[Who knew how many young hearts were shattered that day.]
[There was a lonely figure in the crowd, her red hair draped over her shoulders. Her fiery red eyes were numb as they stared at you.]
[After the wedding concluded, you were soon led to the Wedding Chamber by a Shen Family member.]
[Just as you entered the chamber, Shen Qingyao, who had been waiting for you for a long time, couldn't hold back and jumped on you.]
[Outside the mansion arranged for you, an experienced elder heard the sounds coming from within and quickly set up a sound-proofing array, muttering: "That little girl, Qingyao, was so excited that she forgot to arrange the sound-proofing array herself. Fortunately, I had an extra one."]
["I can't control myself either, Madam. I'm coming for you," he said playfully, before leaving after setting up the formation.]
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Outside Simulation
"System, can you please stop giving these unnecessary details?" Lin Chen's mouth twitched as he read the content of the simulation.
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Inside Simulation
[The next day, upon the arrival of the 100th year of the simulation, after a night of intimacy, a notification sounded in your mind.]
[Ding. Congratulations to the host for maintaining first rank in Yongcheng City. You were rewarded with: An Item, an Ordinary Stone.]
[Ding. Congratulations to the host for maintaining first rank in Qingcheng County. You were rewarded with: The Pill, Descendant Fortune Pill.]
[Ding. Congratulations to the host for maintaining first rank in the Taiping Dynasty. You were rewarded with: A Sacred Elixir, Fertility Pill.]
[Ordinary Stone: Don't expect anything extraordinary. It's really ordinary.]
[Descendant Fortune Pill: After consuming this pill, the descendant of your spouse will possess some of the special qualities of his parents.]
[Fertility Pill: A Sacred Elixir that, after consumption, makes your fertility rate soar to 💯 despite your strong cultivation.]
[Seeing these rewards, you took this session as a gift from the system for your wedding.]
[After examining the rewards, you concluded that except for the Descendant Fortune Pill, you didn't need the others. After all, you weren't planning to create a clan or anything. It would be better if the Fertility Pill was removed from the reward and consumed by you, outside the simulation.]
[After consuming the Descendant Fortune Pill, your wife, Shen Qingyao, soon became pregnant.]
[The year ended, but there was still no news of your child's birth. You now believed that the better the talent, the longer the gestation period. Your seniors from your past life hadn't lied to you.]
[During this year, your business began expanding and soon entered the periphery of the Shen Family, with their help.]
[Because of your recipes, your restaurant business became famous throughout the entire Eastern Wilderness, and it thrived.]
[In this year, you even won over Shen Qingyao's taste buds and learned many things about the Shen Family.]
[You discovered that when most people opposed her marriage with you, her brother, the young master of the Shen Family, Shen Mo, was the one who strongly supported her, crushed all opposition, and sent the wedding invitation to you.]
[From her, you also learned that Shen Mo was the one who guided her cultivation. Thanks to his tutelage, her strength became the strongest within the entire younger generation of the Shen Family.]
[Hearing her praise of her brother so much, you became very curious to meet him.]
[You asked about Shen Mo's love interests. After all, you hadn't forgotten the mysterious death of yours in the second simulation and were curious to learn the identity of that young master.]
[But her answer only deepened your confusion. She said her brother wasn't expressive about his emotions.]
[You realized you would have to unravel this mystery over time.]
[Thinking of your child, you asked how long it took for Shen Mo to be born.]
[Her answer surprised you: It took a full thousand years for Shen Mo to be born. At that moment, you couldn't even fathom how strong his talent must be.]
[Her next words answered your question. She said, "It just took him less than a day to reach the Extreme of the Qi-Refining Realm."]
[You were again astonished. After cultivating for a full hundred years, you knew how difficult advancement was.]
[Her next revelation surprised you even more: "Despite having the strongest talent in the entire Xuantian Realm, no one knows why my brother's cultivation was stuck at the Qi-Refining Realm for over 500 years."]
[Every word that came from her mouth confused you further. How could a Qi-Refining Realm cultivator guide someone to the Nascent-Soul Realm and even to the Supreme Foundation of Nascent-Soul?]
[At that moment, your only plausible guess was that Shen Mo's body was possessed by an old monster.]
[But if that was true, the Shen Family should know. After all, many artifacts can detect an old monster within major forces. How could they not notice it?]
[You knew you were becoming more confused the more you dwelled on it, so you decided to set the matter aside and let time reveal every truth.]
[But one thing was certain—you knew something was very wrong with the Shen Family.]
[In the 127th year, you officially became the Holy Lord of the Holy-Sword Sect. However, because your cultivation hadn't broken through to the Integration Stage, you couldn't shoulder the full responsibility. Therefore, the former Holy Lord of the Holy-Sword Sect took over the position of Deputy Holy Lord and managed affairs on your behalf. Still, you received the corresponding resources of the Holy Lord.]
[Your child still hadn't been born.]
[But the time for the opening of the Ancient Ruins was drawing closer and closer.]
[In the 133rd year of the simulation, the Ancient Ruins appeared in the world.]