As for the Universe Venerable option at the end, that was not something that mere "noble birth" could ever guarantee. Wu Yun directly ruled it out.
Unless he could choose all three talents at once, there was no point considering it.
The simulation quickly began.
[You are born into a large family. Your father is a famous and powerful figure, and your current physical body is already stronger than it was in your previous life before transmigration.]
[You occasionally hear people mention that your father is a city lord who governs an entire world.]
[You feel confused. Looking at your surroundings, you have no idea where you have been born.]
[You learn that this world is divided into ranks such as Earth level, Sky level, Cloud level, Domain level, World level, and more.]
[You finally realize it. You have been born on the Blood Luo Continent.]
Wu Yun stared blankly at the simulation panel.
So I was actually born in the Blood Luo Continent?
Having a father at the World Lord level definitely counts as a "noble background."
[At age three, your physical condition is already close to Planet level. At this time, you tell your parents that you want to start cultivating.]
[The Blood Luo Continent worships strength. Your father is very pleased. He believes that at such a young age you already understand cultivation, and that your future is promising. He decides to personally guide you.]
[Your father gathers many treasures to enhance your body.]
[You soak in medicinal baths filled with natural treasures every day.]
[Physical strengthening is only secondary. Combat technique is the real key. In your father's World City, you are able to learn many combat skills.]
[At age seven, you easily defeat the elite guards your father carefully selected as sparring partners. He begins to believe you are truly talented and may inherit his legacy.]
[Your father emphasizes the importance of fundamentals, so you only step into Earth level at age eight.]
[At age fifteen, you comprehend Domain. Your father is even more delighted. Being able to form a personal domain at Earth level marks you as a true prodigy.]
[You hear your father mention that this world has hostile "extraterritorial races," and that they must be killed with all your strength upon encounter.]
[Because your father invests massive resources in your upbringing, most of your time is spent cultivating rather than absorbing energy directly from the environment.]
[At age twenty-nine, you break through to Sky level. At this point, you also feel that cultivation is becoming increasingly difficult. You have always measured yourself against cosmic genius standards, which leaves you extremely exhausted.]
[At age thirty-nine, your father still allows you to reach Sky level peak using energy fluids alone. You choose to remain at this stage to deepen your comprehension.]
[You originally held yourself to the standard of the top thousand geniuses in the entire universe. Now, you lower your expectations and aim for the top thousand within the Ganwu Universe Nation instead.]
[At age forty-two, you hear that your father has killed a Cloud level cultivator from the extraterritorial race.]
The Blood Luo Continent is vast. You feel that staying in your father's territory for too long is boring.
You choose:
A. Go out to train
B. Let your father arrange escorts to accompany your travels
Wu Yun knew clearly that without life-and-death experience, improvement would be limited.
Comfortable cultivation leads to stagnation. Even his main body's incarnation in the Desolate Era world had gone through countless life-and-death battles.
So he chose A.
[Your Sky level strength is already not weak in the Blood Luo Continent. After some instructions from your father, you leave the world under his control.]
[You travel for a long time, visiting many places. You meet various cultivators and even engage in arena battles within cities.]
[At age fifty-seven, you encounter a peak Cloud level expert attempting to rob and kill you. However, he is eliminated by the secret guards arranged by your father.]
[At age sixty, you finally realize how monstrous the true top geniuses of the universe are. Reaching such achievements at the Star level is far too difficult.]
Wu Yun also understood this.
If he compared himself against protagonists or peerless geniuses, failure was actually very likely.
However, the talent of this Swallowing Starry Sky simulation was still slightly weaker than the Desolate Era world. In the Immortal Fate Assembly, he had even reached the top fifty and been accepted as a disciple by a Heavenly Immortal ancestor.
Talent was never fixed. Different environments, different resources, and different upbringing all influenced it.
[At age sixty-one, you step into Cloud level.]
[Your father is no longer able to provide energy absorption cultivation at Cloud level.]
[He begins attempting to help you absorb Blood Luo Crystals, hoping you will grow strong enough to join the Immortal Temple.]
The Blood Luo Continent does not have the Virtual Universe Network. Because of this, many geniuses miss the best period of cultivation.
Fortunately, Wu Yun's background spared him from that problem.
[At age seventy-three, your father takes you across countless worlds to participate in the Immortal Temple assessment. He tells you that if you succeed, you will have a chance to become an Immortal.]
The assessment is too difficult.
You fail.
Wu Yun thought to himself that it was fortunate he did not choose the Immortal-level goal. Based on this simulation's progression, even given tens of millions of years, the result would likely only be Domain Lord level at best.
[You feel downcast. You believe you have let down your father's expectations and also the identity of a transmigrator. After returning to the World City, you spend your days drinking and indulging.]
Wu Yun silently thought, was his mentality really that weak?
[After two years of depression, you regain your resolve and devote yourself more seriously to cultivation, determined to inherit your father's legacy.]
[Nearly one hundred years after arriving on the Blood Luo Continent, you no longer pursue unrealistic goals. Instead, you focus on steady cultivation.]
[At age one hundred and seven, the city lord of a neighboring World City arrives with his daughter, hinting at a political marriage with your father.]
You choose:
A. Accept
B. Reject
Wu Yun chose A.
Having an additional World Lord father-in-law would not be a bad thing.
[At age one hundred and eight, you hold a grand wedding. Many influential figures attend. Over a dozen World City Lords come to offer congratulations.]
[At age one hundred and ten, you cultivate diligently.]
[At age one hundred and thirty-eight, you feel you are close to a breakthrough.]
[At age one hundred and sixty-seven, you step into the threshold of the Water Law.]
In truth, reaching the Law threshold at the Star level was already considered quite talented across the universe. It was just that Wu Yun had previously been comparing himself to genius battle standards.
Even within the Immortal Temple of the Blood Luo Continent, many carefully selected Star level cultivators had only just reached the Law threshold.
[You do not tell anyone. Instead, you quietly break through to Domain level, and successfully fuse the Blood Luo Crystal your father previously gave you.]
[After awakening, your mental will improves significantly, greatly aiding your cultivation.]
[After a thousand years, your strength is comparable to many Domain Lords.]
[You are very close to being acknowledged by the Origin Laws.]
[You are selected by the Immortal Temple and successfully join. You gain a teacher who is an Immortal, and abundant resources.]
[Your realm is extremely high, and you have already reached Domain level peak.]
At this point, you choose:
A. Break through to Domain Lord
B. Continue accumulating foundation