Chapter 208: The Simulation's New Function
“Simulation Anchor?”
What exactly a Simulation Anchor was, Lu Qingyang did not quite understand.
But as the prompt to continue the simulation sounded, Lu Qingyang instantly heard a string of System notifications.
【Ding! Simulation saved: loading save】
【Loading, please wait…】
【Load successful】
【Simulation continues】
【Set a Simulation Anchor?】
【Anchor: Each simulation allows one opportunity to set an Anchor. At the end of the simulation, you may return to the moment of the Anchor and re-simulate other possibilities, with hope of changing the simulation’s course.】
Looking at the System’s introduction of this new function.
Lu Qingyang could not help but feel shocked.
This is… giving me one chance to start over within the simulation!
And it’s not starting from the beginning — it lets me choose any moment to return to!
This was simply too good.
Lu Qingyang’s heart pounded rapidly.
Hereafter, his simulation progress would surely run deeper.
And he still had two chances for trial and error!
But for now, there’s no need to set an Anchor.
When a major decision comes up, I can try setting an Anchor then.
Lu Qingyang mused to himself.
He did not rush to set the System Anchor.
Instead, he shifted his gaze.
He fixed his attention on the lines of the Simulation System Panel.
【Age 1600: After a century in secluded cultivation, you still failed to break through to Second-Turn Human Immortal. This realm was like a chasm before you, impossible to cross.】
【Age 1601: To seek a path to breakthrough, you borrowed your family’s precious treasure from your father and began wandering the world, searching for an opportunity. However, you were hunted down, narrowly escaping death, and suffered severe injuries as a result.】
【To restore your strength, you did not hesitate to set foot in an Immortal Realm Secret Realm, hoping to find divine pills and spirit medicines to repair your foundation.】
【Yet in the end, you failed to get your wish. You were gravely wounded and fled the Immortal Realm Secret Realm with nothing to show for it. But the injuries within your body worsened, forcing you to urgently search everywhere.】
It seems my fortune really isn’t enough to keep up as the plane rises.
Lu Qingyang watched the string of text showing that not long into the continued simulation, he had already landed in peril, and could not help but sigh.
But Lu Qingyang was also very clear on this.
For the vast majority of cultivators, daring to wander so freely through the Immortal Realm — where crisis and opportunity coexisted — already made surviving a matter of tremendous luck.
Never mind. I may as well set the Anchor here.
Perhaps in the future it will be time to try upgrading “fortune” again.
Lu Qingyang was silent for a moment, then finally spoke in a low voice.
“Set Anchor!”
【Ding! Setting Simulation Anchor】
【Setting, please wait…】
【Setting complete】
【Simulation continues】
As the System notification sounded, the simulation continued once more.
【Age 1602: After a year of searching everywhere for divine pills and miracle medicines with no result, and with your lifespan nearly exhausted, you took a desperate risk and charged into the Demon Race’s forbidden ground — the Demon Den. However, by the time you realized it, you understood the gravity of the situation.】
【You used the Demon Race’s Sacred Water to heal your injuries, but were discovered by a Demon Immortal as a result. You fell into a heavy encirclement, unable to escape.】
【Age 1603: After a year of torment at the hands of the Demon Race, your lamp finally ran dry, and you perished.】
【Ding! Simulation ended: You died】
【Simulation Anchor set】
【Returning to Anchor, please wait…】
【Return to Anchor complete】
【Simulation continues】
【Age 1602: After a year of searching everywhere for divine pills and miracle medicines with no result, you had no choice but to try sealing yourself away, waiting for a future opportunity to see the light of day again.】
【Age 1603: You fell into slumber within the seal】
【Age 1604: You fell into slumber within the seal】
【Age 1605: You fell into slumber within the seal】
【…】
【Age 1755: One hundred and fifty years after you sealed yourself, your father finally found you through their connection.】
【He forcibly broke open your seal and awakened you. At the same time, he took out the spirit pills and miracle medicines he had obtained over the years, but still failed to heal your injuries.】
【Age 1756: By selling off all of his own Immortal Artifacts, your father finally restored your injuries completely.】
【And during your sealing, some among your descendants also ascended to the Immortal Realm and joined the Great Evil Immortal Sect. The one who ascended was precisely your son from the lower realm.】
【Age 1757: You returned to the Great Evil Immortal Sect. Three generations of your family lived under one roof, two Human Immortals, and the Great Evil Immortal Sect flourished.】
【…】
【Age 1958: Years of exploration had left hidden wounds, and cultivation had left its dregs. Your cultivation saw no further progress. A hundred years had passed, and you had only barely advanced to Second-Turn Human Immortal.】
【Age 1959: You were unwilling to stop at the Human Immortal stage. To that end, you collected resources everywhere and sought a path to breakthrough.】
【Age 1960: You learned of a secret treasure, rumored to allow a cultivator to step into Second-Turn Human Immortal and break through the barrier between heaven and earth.】
【So you ventured out to obtain information on the secret treasure, only to return in defeat.】
【Age 1961: Ignoring your father’s objections, you gathered the sect’s strength to attempt a breakthrough to Second-Turn. That breakthrough took several decades.】
【…】
【Age 1990: Your place of secluded cultivation showed no movement at all. Your father grew worried, went to check, and discovered that you had actually passed away in the cave due to a breakthrough heart demon.】
【To the very end, you failed to make any further breakthrough in the Human Immortal Realm.】
【Ding! Simulation ended: You died】
【This simulation lasted: 1990 years】
【Simulation settlement in progress, please wait…】
【Settlement complete】
【Items obtainable this time: Human Immortal Remnant Shells (Armor) *1, Human Immortal Remnant Shells (Seal) *1, Human Immortal Remnant Shells (Cauldron) *1, Demon Race’s Sacred Water *1】
【Simulation Points obtained this time: 20】
【Panel loading, please wait…】
【Loading complete】
【Name: Lu Qingyang】
【Constitution: Tier 17】
【Comprehension: Tier 10】
【Fortune: Tier 18】
【Family Background: Tier 22】
【Remaining Simulation Points: 99】
【Simulation Save: No save】
【Simulation Return to True: Not cooled down】
【Simulation cooldown: 29 days 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds】
【Return to True cooldown: 0 days 0 hours 8 minutes 30 seconds】
“Hah… nearly two thousand years of simulation time. That really is long.”
Listening to the System notification marking the end of the simulation, Lu Qingyang could not help but ponder.
This simulation makes it clear — my weak points within the simulation are growing more and more obvious.
No matter how good the starting point is, once I reach a new height, my fortune and comprehension will both fall short.
Hundreds of years in secluded cultivation, and I actually got stuck to death in the Human Immortal stage. Heh heh…
Lu Qingyang could not help but laugh at himself.
And fortune… going out to explore in the Immortal Realm really is just going out to explore.
Any Secret Realm of a slightly higher level, and the overwhelming probability is death and Dao dissolution.
Nothing at all like the lower realm, where a way out appears at the end of the road.
Thinking of this, Lu Qingyang also naturally understood that he could no longer willfully focus on upgrading “Family Background” alone.
Otherwise, no matter how high Family Background rose, as the planes grew higher in the future.
Even if he started as the son of a Great Emperor, he might still be blown to death by a rogue gust of wind from bad luck!
Never mind. In the future, I’ll raise my comprehension first.
But… this simulation actually produced those few supreme treasures again…