Chapter 82: Return to True!
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【Name: Lu Qingyang】
【Constitution: Rank 15】
【Comprehension: Rank 8】
【Fortune: Rank 8】
【Family Background: Rank 8】
【Remaining Simulation Points: 219】
【Simulation Save: Saved】
【Simulation Return to True: Cooling Down】
【Simulation cooldown: 29 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds】
【Return to True cooldown: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds】
“Huff… huff huff…”
Rough, heavy gasps escaped from Lu Qingyang’s mouth and nose.
His fists were clenched tight, the veins on his forehead bulging, his body trembling slightly.
It was a full half-day before he finally calmed down. He glanced at the Attribute Panel, then looked at the items he had brought back, and a trace of complexity surfaced in his eyes.
I never imagined this System still had functions left unlocked!
Five hundred years is the threshold… What does that mean? Could it be that a new function unlocks only every five hundred years of simulation?
Then next time… wouldn’t I have to simulate all the way to a thousand years old?!
And that Simulation Return to True… what does that mean?
Lu Qingyang looked at the several new attribute columns that had appeared on the Attribute Panel, unsure of their meaning.
Clearly, this Simulation Return to True also had a cooldown. The time should be the same as the Simulation cooldown — once a month.
He just didn’t know what its specific function was for.
With that thought, Lu Qingyang no longer hesitated. He quickly selected the brought-back item, the Seventh-Rank Spirit Tool Universe Umbrella.
Without question, this item had to be the most precious thing from this simulation.
Then, without even taking the time to examine it closely, Lu Qingyang hurriedly added his Simulation Points.
【Ding! Simulation attribute upgrade successful】
【Constitution: Rank 16】
【Remaining Simulation Points: 69】
Only after doing all this did Lu Qingyang, somewhat nervously, place his attention on that Simulation Return to True.
“Huff…”
He drew a deep breath, suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and slowly spoke. “Simulation… Return to True.”
“Whoosh!”
As his words fell, the surrounding scenery abruptly shifted. It was no longer the tent he was in, but an unfamiliar space.
The space was pitch black, without the slightest light.
“This… what’s going on?”
Lu Qingyang was somewhat dazed. He could not even sense the spiritual power throughout his body.
And he felt… as if he had shrunk!
“Bang!”
Suddenly, a tremendous force struck. Before Lu Qingyang could even react, he felt his vision brighten!
Then an unfamiliar middle-aged man appeared before his eyes!
“Hahahaha! I have a son!”
The man’s smile was wild, seemingly overjoyed.
“Who are you?”
Lu Qingyang frowned, instinctively growing wary.
But who would have thought that the moment the words left his mouth, they turned into the cries of a baby!
“Wah—”
Lu Qingyang was stunned…
“Boom!”
“Roar!”
At that very moment, outside the palace, thunder cracked across a clear sky — the roar of dragons and the cry of phoenixes, deafening!
“BOOM—”
Thunder exploded. Amid flashing lightning and pealing thunder, countless brilliantly colored exotic birds flew in from every direction.
“Chirp chirp chirp—”
They circled above the roof, joyful calls spilling from their beaks, as if offering congratulations.
“Hahahaha! Good! Wonderful!”
“A hundred birds paying homage, dragons roaring and phoenixes crying — my son surely has the makings of a Great Emperor!”
Lu Qingyang’s head was muddled. Hearing this, he finally confirmed he had arrived in the Simulation.
Could this be the Simulation Return to True?
Returning a simulation to reality? Letting me complete a simulation as the protagonist?
If that’s the case… then doesn’t that mean I can control the simulation process myself?!
With that thought, Lu Qingyang instantly grew excited. He could hardly wait to meet the cultivators of this world.
At the very least, a father at the Return-to-Void Stage was enough to broaden his horizons!
And he seemed to remember that this simulation had a very high starting point!
A whole world can be used by me. As long as I change the ending that follows, the gains from this simulation will surely be even greater!
With the aptitude I have at the start this time, maybe… there’s hope of becoming an immortal!
With that thought, Lu Qingyang’s mood was excellent…
One year later, within a magnificent palace.
Lu Qingyang sat cross-legged in the great hall.
Innate Dao Body, Mutated Lightning-Attribute Heaven Spirit Root, Stone-Bright Dao Heart — under the augmentation of such a luxurious opening, in less than a year he had already reached the perfection of Qi Refining.
Now he could even begin to attempt Foundation Establishment, two years faster than in the simulation!
This was of course thanks to Lu Qingyang’s temperament.
After all, adding this Simulation Return to True, having lived three lives, he was already so familiar with cultivation he could not be more so.
And now, in his eyes, there was only realm advancement and immortality!
“Yang’er, cultivating again?”
Just as Lu Qingyang was immersed in his own beautiful dream, a gentle, kindly woman’s voice came from outside the door.
“Mother~”
Lu Qingyang opened his eyes and revealed a brilliant smile.
Though the newcomer was only his mother in the Simulation, a mother’s love was real.
Lu Qingyang was not some crazed demonic cultivator. Naturally, he delighted in it.
“Yang’er is a good boy~”
The woman dotingly stroked Lu Qingyang’s head, then walked into the great hall and took out a white jade pill, handing it to Lu Qingyang.
“Yang’er, this is the Essence-Gathering Pill Mother specially refined for you. It will aid your cultivation.”
Having said that, the woman looked at him with a smile.
Lu Qingyang’s eyes lit up at her words. He hurriedly took the pill and put it in his mouth.
“Ah, I wonder which immortal from the Upper Realm you were in your past life. You’re only one year old and already preparing for Foundation Establishment.”
“If word of this got back to the Upper Realm, it would scare those old things to death!”
The woman’s tone was filled with thick doting, her face brimming with happiness.
“Son, you wait. When you’re about to attempt Foundation Establishment, Mother will definitely give you a surprise.”
As she spoke, a sly expression appeared on the woman’s face. She eyed Lu Qingyang with a smile, as if she wanted to see right through him.
Lu Qingyang blinked his large, watery eyes at her words.
A surprise… what surprise? Wait!
Could it be… according to the original progress, it should be when I’m three years old that Mother steals and shifts the fortune of a small world to help me with Foundation Establishment.
Now that my Foundation Establishment is early, then this matter will naturally be early too!
No!
Recalling the tragedy that occurred later in the simulation, Lu Qingyang’s heart tightened. He thought to himself, Absolutely not!
I have to stop it!
Whether for the sake of this mother in the Simulation, or for the sake of his later simulation progress, he could not let this happen.
After all, with his aptitude and status, if he just quietly bided his time for seven or eight hundred years, he would inevitably ascend in the future!
Why would he need any of this? If it happened again, he might end up walking the old path of the simulation!
And the key point was that what happened later in the simulation looked extremely dangerous at a glance!
He had practically been hovering on the edge of the simulation ending!
Lu Qingyang’s thoughts raced as he considered how to respond.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck his mind.
Since I know what happens afterward, why not try confessing?
Just say I’m a reincarnator returned!
Then naturally let Mother take me away from the small world. Wouldn’t that be the most effortless solution?
And…
Both of these two are great cultivators with broad experience. They’ll definitely believe me!
The more Lu Qingyang thought, the more excited he became. He immediately stood up, tugged at the woman’s sleeve, and, pretending to be mature, slowly spoke.
“Mother, actually… I have already lived a whole life… mmm!”
Before he could finish, Lu Qingyang abruptly covered his mouth, because he sensed that his idea seemed overly simplistic…
He saw his own mother’s expression change drastically, turning to look at him.
Her eyes were filled with uncertainty and alarm.
“Mother… I…”
Lu Qingyang’s heart raced, sweat forming on his forehead, yet he still tried hard to appear calm.
“Shut up! You… you dared to possess my Yang’er!”
“No, listen to my explanation…”
Lu Qingyang panicked. He never imagined that the moment he opened his mouth, he would be taken for a body-snatcher!
“No explanations! Get out of my Yang’er’s body this instant!”
Before he could argue, the other party directly raised her hand and cast a soul technique at him.
“Fuck!”
Lu Qingyang cursed inwardly, and then his vision went black.
【Ding! Return to True ended: You died】
【Return to True settling, please wait…】
【Settlement complete】
【Items obtainable this time: Innate Dao Body*1, Mutated Lightning-Attribute Heaven Spirit Root*1, Stone-Bright Dao Heart*1, Essence-Gathering Pill*1】