[In the 207th year of simulation, the Four Regional Hunting Competition had started again.]
[This time, you decided to participate once more, curious to see if you could meet that snake again.]
[Soon, you arrived at the outermost part of the Southern Deep Forest and met Feng Chen, just as described in the previous simulation.]
[Time passed like fleeting water.]
[In a deep forest, filled here and there with poisonous insects, a young man fought through a storm of poisonous creatures effortlessly, facing only futile resistance. That young man was obviously… you.]
[It had been three months since the competition began. Even though you didn't encounter that snake again, the journey wasn't without benefits — you successfully comprehended the Law of Poison.]
[Suddenly, just as you were rejoicing, the Bloodline Heart Bead within your body began to rotate. You felt your talent decrease slightly, and with it, the cultivation stored within the Bloodline Heart Bead disappeared.]
[Even though this had never happened to you before, your countless experiences reading novels allowed you to anticipate the reason — someone of your bloodline had died.]
[From the Bloodline Heart Bead, after sacrificing some fortune, you even got a rough location of where they died — within the Southern Deep Forest.]
[When you learned the location, you wanted to curse the one who had died. After all, you had specifically ordered everyone not to join the competition because of that snake — but they still did. You could only say that they deserved it.]
[Soon, you arrived at the location, but there were no remains and no mark of struggle, as if they had encountered an unfathomable enemy against whom they didn't even dare resist.]
[You could say for sure that the one they had encountered was none other than that snake.]
[After all, they were your descendants, each possessing terrifying talent with no opponent in the same realm. In this place, other than that snake, no one could trouble them.]
[Soon, a year passed, and the day the competition ended arrived.]
[During this year, you searched every possible place within the outermost part of the forest for that snake but didn't find him at all. Perhaps he had gone to the inner forest or to the outside world — you had no clue.]
[Just like that, you won the competition and received many cultivation resources.]
[Later, you returned to the Holy-Sword Sect.]
[After your return, you learned that not one, but a group of three people had joined the competition — and they all died.]
[Knowing this, you didn't know what to say.]
[In the 210th year, your child with Shen Qingyao was born. And just as he was born, you felt a sudden resonance with the Bow of Destruction — he had been born with qualifications for the Dao of Destruction.]
[From then on, you focused on comprehending the Dao of Destruction. The good thing was that every kind of Dao energy was available in your world — in large amounts. There was no need to go out in search of Dao Source.]
[In the 234th year, a phoenix cry resounded across the world, and with it appeared a phoenix whose body was covered in ice, dancing in the sky as if celebrating the birth of a supreme genius.]
[Xia Ruo Bing had given birth, and it was none other than the Frost Phoenix Holy Body — the same as Xia Ruo Bing.]
[With the birth of the Frost Phoenix Holy Body, you felt the bead in your body rotate. Soon, it stopped, and you sensed that a talent the same as your child's had appeared in your body — but there was something different.]
[Yes, your talent was ten times stronger than his with the blessing of the Aptitude Increase talent, and not only him — your talent was ten times stronger than the sum of your entire clan.]
[Because of this, most of the time, you were troubled about which path to choose and cultivate yourself.]
[In the 245th year of simulation, the Competition of the Younger Generation of Xuantian Realm was held, in which everyone below 500 years old could join.]
[In this competition, without a doubt — you lost.]
[You lost to your wife, Xia Ruo Bing.]
[She even defeated opponents against whom you weren't sure you could win — all effortlessly.]
[Yes, there were many remarkable opponents you didn't think would ever appear, but unfortunately, they were all defeated by her within a second — just like you.]
[Later, she won this competition — easily.]
[In the 273rd year, just as you were playing with and teaching your newly born children, a three-year-old boy appeared before you — a beaming smile on his lips.]
[He was your child with Ling Yujian, named Lin Jian.]
[Just as he was born, a phenomenon of an ancient swordsman splitting the heavens occurred, and he was born with the Innate Sword Body.]
[When you asked him why he was so happy, you learned that — within the Trial Tower — he had successfully defeated you.]
[You didn't think that with his current strength he could defeat your avatar at the time of assessment. After all, he had just comprehended the Sword Law, while — at the moment you had given your assessment — you had already comprehended the 11th level of Sword Law.]
[Thinking of this, only one thought appeared in your mind — an opponent's strength is anticipated by their age and potential.]
[To others, it's nothing. But to you, it's a loophole ready to exploit.]
[On this day, your mind troubled about which path to choose — silenced — and you chose to comprehend the Sword Law without any hesitation.]
[In these past years, most of the time, you had practiced the Marrow-Cleansing Technique and discovered that every year of practice granted 0.11 proficiency points, with a maximum limit of 100 points. Although you didn't know what would happen after completing the proficiency, you were ecstatic. After all, it was a special method, and its effect must be incredible.]
[In the 290th year, your master returned safely.]
[In the 293rd year, a phenomenon of a man fighting against Kun and Peng and feasting on their meat appeared in the world. The world celebrated the birth of the Ancient Holy Body.]
[The one to bear this child was one of the Barbarian Princesses.]
[It was said that the Ancient Holy Body was the first Holy Body in the world, possessing unimaginable combat prowess, thus being called the Ancient Holy Body.]
[There were nine shackles created by the world to bind this physique. To unbind it, the possessor would need to consume many necessary resources.]
[You thought you shouldn't waste any resources on yourself and decided to wait for him to grow up, letting him help unbind the shackles.]
[In the 303rd year of simulation, a wormhole to another world appeared. Rumors said that an Immortal-Grade Treasure was about to emerge, and anyone below Integration Stage could enter.]
[Knowing that an Immortal-Grade Treasure was about to emerge, and that it would be a same-realm battle, how could you hold yourself back?]
[You decided to participate in the loot.]
[Soon, you entered the wormhole and arrived in the other world.]
[Three months later, after arriving, you found the living environment on this planet very harsh.]
[In these three months, you hadn't seen any living organism on this planet, except for a few people from your world.]
[At the moment, you lay on a stone, waiting for the treasure to appear, reciting some poems.]
["The one — hiding in the dark — has been spotted. Please come out, and… die."]
[Just as you finished your poem, many figures with dragon horns began to appear — one after another — from the shadows.]
[You understood that their concern was none other than the Condensation Method of the Four Sacred Beast Body.]
[After all, it was a technique whose possessor would use every means possible to practice it, and they were sure to be targeted sooner or later. They had sent specially trained spies within the Barbarian Tribe to track who had obtained this technique — specifically.]
[Although they all emerged from the dark, no one dared approach you. After all, even though you had been kicked out of the rankings of the Competition of the Younger Generation of Xuantian Realm early on, they all knew of your horror.]
[Just when no one dared approach you, a young man took out a jade token engraved with the word: Formation.]
[Fearing that you would notice its use and attack them, he quickly pressed the button. After successfully pressing it, he sighed with relief.]
[Noticing his actions, you had no plan to stop him at all and just let him do as he wished.]
[Suddenly, that young man noticed that the scene of you being bound by chains and at their mercy didn't appear at all.]
[Looking at their faces filled with horror, you had no thought to play with them further and quickly cleaned the battlefield.]
[Three months earlier, just as you had entered this world, your terrifying perception provided by your soul already revealed that the entire world was covered by a formation — which didn't take much time for you to break.]
[After killing all the young dragons, for the future cultivation of the Four Sacred Beast Body, you directly devoured their blood using the Blood-Devouring Demonic Technique.]
[Suddenly, a footstep sounded, and with it, a questioning voice appeared in your mind: "Are you Lin Chen?"]
[You turned toward the sound and saw a young man walking calmly and composedly, his steps so steady that even heaven couldn't shake them.]
[Soon, another voice sounded: "Answer me! I don't want to kill any weakling."]
[Knowing the opponent's intentions weren't good, you denied, but who knew why he confronted you as if your words weren't true.]
[Knowing the other person wasn't going to do any good, you directly took out your Bow of Destruction and shot an arrow — filled with destructive energy — toward him.]
[Just as you shot the arrow, a bow — identical to yours — appeared in the hands of that young man. Seeing your approaching attack, he pulled his string and shot an arrow.]
[His arrow didn't target you directly but was aimed at the arrow you had shot.]
[Soon, his arrow directly collided with yours. The tip of your arrow shattered immediately, but his arrow didn't stop there — its next target became you, and just like the previous arrow, your body shattered within a second. You didn't get any chance to use your life-saving treasures at all.]
[Because of your death, this simulation ended.]
——
Within Simulation,
After killing Lin Chen, that young man uttered some words which, if heard by the dragons slain by Lin Chen just moments ago, would have greatly shocked them.
"Don't know why grandpa fears an ant like him so much that he even sent me here to deal with him — personally."
After saying this, he crushed a stone and ascended to the Upper Realm.