“爽!!!”
Su Bai regained consciousness and immediately let out a victorious cheer. Five hundred years simulated, three hundred years under house arrest—she had finally found a way to break the deadlock. Using her Golden Core-bound status, she plotted against three Nascent Soul adversaries and successfully achieved a stunning reversal!
How many hardships, how many tribulations, how many sacrifices for survival, how many great hatreds avenged with unbridled satisfaction… only Su Bai herself knew.
Five hundred years of wind, frost, snow, and moonlight; five hundred years of great changes in the world; five hundred years slipping by like a fleeting moment.
Su Bai didn’t dwell on it any longer. She sat cross-legged and began to circulate a carefully selected cultivation method for this simulation.
Though this life’s simulation lasted five hundred years, one hundred and fifty of those were spent in secluded cultivation, some time was devoted to managing sect affairs as the sect leader, and the remaining three hundred years were all spent under house arrest—half of which were endured on her bed, violently tormented by that scoundrel!
From birth to now, Su Bai’s real life spanned only nineteen years—an instant in the grand scheme—but she had been brutalized by that scoundrel for a full one hundred and fifty years!
Ever since being placed under house arrest by that scoundrel, she had worried whether the flood of memories from this massive simulation would one day overwhelm her, causing her to lose her sense of self and become nothing more than a trembling, obedient little furball belonging solely to that scoundrel.
For this reason, during the simulation, she deliberately sought out a cultivation technique—
《Longevity and Clear Mind Mantra》
As the name suggests, it was designed to clear the mind, suppress desires, eliminate distractions, and quiet the heart to cultivate the Dao.
However, Su Bai had uncovered another ingenious use: to extract useless memories from her mind, package them up, and throw them deep into the Sea of Consciousness, then artificially build a high wall to isolate them from her core memories so they wouldn’t interfere with her.
After considerable effort, she had packaged away all the “cream puff” memories inflicted over these five hundred years and tossed them deep into the Sea of Consciousness. Su Bai then turned to the simulator.
【Ding! First simulation complete. Newbie gift pack awarded: ten consecutive draws. Use now?】
Newbie gift pack?
It’s been five hundred years already—she was practically a, oh no, she had become a cream puff.
Muttering a silent complaint, Su Bai casually opened it.
【Ding! Received the Three Relics of the Human Emperor (One-time simulation experience card): Human Emperor Banner, Earth Emperor Cauldron, Heaven Emperor Divine Mirror—plucked casually by the Vine Monster while passing through a certain human world’s Great Prosperity Era.】
【Ding! Received Outer Path Seventh Technique: “Heaven Has Eyes” (One-time simulation experience card): a blue vertical pupil with a trace of purple charm, stolen by the Vine Monster while passing through a certain Cloud Immortal world. Possesses 50% power in dispelling illusions, detection, and absolute prohibition.】
【Ding! Thunderstrike Sword (One-time simulation experience card): a little toy casually crafted by Sister Lingshu and handed to the Vine Monster.】
【Ding…】
Ten “Ding” sounds rang out consecutively. Su Bai looked at the lineup of experience cards and couldn’t help but twitch at the corners of her mouth. This so-called Vine Monster, the simulator’s creator, was unbelievably stingy—almost as bad as some gacha games.
Oh well, something is better than nothing.
With that thought, Su Bai set down her phone, humming a cheerful tune as she stepped out the door.
Five hundred years of simulation was over. Naturally, it was time to have some fun and relax. She wasn’t a workaholic, but a living, breathing person with real needs.
For her, the greatest motivation to continue using the simulator had been to find a way to reverse the gender transformation and return to her original self.
…
“Dao-unifying Immortal Lord possessed, God-transcending Heavenly Lord missing…”
“White Bone Yaksha calamity, Jiuyou Sect…”
“Abnormality surrounding Su Xiaohei…”
After ten days of rest and recovery of her spiritual energy, Su Bai stroked the cat while reviewing the various events from the last simulation. Putting aside the three hundred years of being house-arrested and turned into a cream puff by that “scoundrel,” she had still gathered quite a bit of useful intelligence during the first hundred years.
As she pieced everything together, many doubts surfaced.
“First, the attitude of the Immortal Alliance’s upper echelons toward the Jiuyou Sect is very ambiguous—sometimes they strike, sometimes they don’t. The mid-levels of the Alliance see it as just a minor irritation that won’t lead to major trouble. As for the lower levels, those cultivators stuck at Foundation Establishment completion or Dan Formation stages who are stuck without breakthroughs, they quietly make contact… until the White Bone Yaksha disaster erupted in the Five Domains.”
“After the White Bone Yaksha outbreak, the Immortal Alliance’s upper echelons and even the God-transcending Heavenly Lords above the Five Domains either suddenly became possessed or mysteriously disappeared.”
“The Eight Divisions are greatly alarmed, and it all traces back to Jiuyou’s homeland.”
“Jiuyou, Jiuyou… what exactly happened there?”
Su Bai murmured to herself, her thoughts drifting to the simulation’s final moments. At that time, she had used a Heaven-offering ritual to borrow the power of Heaven and Earth, turning the tide.
Using her own Golden Core as a conduit, she sacrificed a sapling of the Tongtian Wood, exchanging it for power approaching pseudo-Dao-unification. Though this power was rootless and borrowed from elsewhere, it was nonetheless a terrifying force beyond God-transcending level.
Heaven’s will favored her. At the moment of communion between Heaven and Man, she sensed a subtle emotion—Heaven’s Dao seemed… to be pleading for help?
No, more accurately, it was seeking aid, like a body growing two heads, each vying for dominance.
Burying these strange thoughts in her mind, Su Bai then turned to consider another matter.
Su Xiaohei, her adopted son, disciple, and little pet within the simulation.
Also the “scoundrel” who had imprisoned her for three hundred years—unrepentant to the very end!!
When he was young, he had been an adorable bundle, always wanting hugs, kisses, and to be lifted high—cute and spoiled. But as he grew up, he dared to rebel against his master, defy his sect, and even gave himself a name: Zhou Xuan.
Though Su Bai had tested him repeatedly during the simulation, she still couldn’t determine whether he had been possessed.
If so, when did the possession occur? She only noticed it later.
If not, how did this “scoundrel,” who had been carefully educated and taught proper values from childhood, grow into such a rebellious and disrespectful troublemaker?
Silently noting these major questions, Su Bai hugged the black cat tightly and inhaled deeply. The little guy nuzzled her neck obediently.
Unlike those first few days when she’d just picked him up, the little fellow had now grown plumper, his fur shiny and soft, eyes clear and bright—a sleek coat of black velvet.
“You’re still the best little guy.” Su Bai poked the cat’s head and laughed at the confused head tilt it gave her in return.
“Although you’re also called Xiaohei, you’re much better behaved than that rebellious ‘scoundrel’ Xiaohei. Don’t you dare follow his path. If you ever dare to defy me, I’ll clip your whiskers off.”
“Meow~~”
The black cat blinked its dark eyes as if it understood Su Bai’s words, then quickly buried its head back into her arms, motionless except for its soft, warm breathing.
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