[You pondered for a moment before writing a letter, summoning Zhou Hai back to attempt Foundation Establishment within the spiritual-vein cave dwelling at the Luofeng Mountain market.]
[Cultivators on the frontlines were rotated every few years. Zhou Hai could use this window to attempt Foundation Establishment.]
[Two months later, Zhou Hai returned to Luofeng Mountain.]
[You carefully observed your eldest brother's grandson. After his baptism by war, Zhou Hai's temperament had grown much more composed, and he carried a faint scent of blood.]
[Half a month later, Zhou Hai successfully broke through, becoming a Foundation Establishment cultivator.]
["Greetings, Market Lord."]
[Even as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Zhou Hai remained exceptionally respectful toward you.]
[If not for the life-saving talismans you had given him, Zhou Hai would have died on the frontlines long ago.]
[Moreover, the external environment was crucial when attempting Foundation Establishment. Without the cave dwelling prepared for him at Luofeng Mountain, Zhou Hai could never have focused on his breakthrough with peace of mind.]
[After consolidating his Foundation Establishment realm, Zhou Hai still chose to head to the frontlines.]
[The frontlines were fraught with danger, but they were also filled with opportunities.]
[Compared to the peaceful and secure interior, Zhou Hai much preferred the battlefield.]
[Year 106. You were 122 years old.]
[Your divination arts reached the mid-grade.]
[Year 107. You were 123 years old.]
[On the frontlines, the Taiyuan Domain secured a major advantage and invaded the Jiuyou Domain for the first time.]
[This news came in a letter from the Taiyuan Palace cultivator Wu Ming, so its authenticity was beyond doubt.]
[You silently memorized this critical intelligence.]
[Year 108. You were 124 years old.]
[You made progress in your poison inheritance, becoming a high-grade poison master.]
[Year 109. You were 125 years old.]
[You successfully refined several types of Tier Two High-Grade pills, no longer limiting yourself to Foundation Establishment Pills, and officially became a Tier Two High-Grade alchemist.]
[Your alchemy skills did not disappoint you.]
[Year 110. You were 126 years old.]
[As usual, you took out Dachun's blood essence and concluded that he was still alive.]
[Your mindset was gradually changing.]
[If you had been rather worried about Dachun before...]
[...now you simply wanted to see just how long he could live.]
[He couldn't possibly outlive you, could he?]
[Foundation Establishment body refiners theoretically had a maximum lifespan of 240 years as well. However, you sat on a mountain of resources, could refine numerous health-preservation pills, and stayed out of fights.]
[You had no doubt that you would live past 230.]
[Year 111. You were 127 years old.]
[You continued to purchase various skill inheritances.]
[Year 112. You were 128 years old.]
[You acquired an incredibly obscure inheritance—the ghost-enslaving art.]
[This inheritance was similar to beast taming, except it controlled ghosts.]
[In the cultivation world, aside from body cultivators and dharma cultivators, there were also ghost cultivators and corpse cultivators. The ghost-enslaving art was an inheritance of the ghost cultivator lineage.]
[Year 113. You were 129 years old.]
[You successfully crafted a mid-grade puppet, becoming a mid-grade puppet master.]
[Year 114. You were 130 years old.]
[After halting your cultivation, you devoted all your time to comprehending your numerous skills.]
[Your progress in these crafts advanced by leaps and bounds.]
[Year 115. You were 131 years old.]
[You acquired another obscure inheritance—the corpse rearing art.]
[Year 116. You were 132 years old.]
[Shen Lingxiu was conscripted by Taiyuan Palace to head to the frontlines.]
[As an array master, she could be of immense use on the battlefield.]
[You could not defy the will of Taiyuan Palace, and Shen Lingxiu herself was willing to go.]
[Decades ago, she had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and she needed to prepare for Core Formation.]
[Taiyuan Palace had released many Core Formation Spiritual Items for exchange on the frontlines.]
[As an array master, Shen Lingxiu only needed to set up arrays. She would not have to fight the enemy demonic cultivators head-on.]
[She would undoubtedly be much safer than Zhou Hai.]
[Before she left, you gave her a large stockpile of life-saving talismans and pills.]
[You also wrote a letter to Wu Ming. This Taiyuan Palace cultivator held a fairly high position on the battlefield and could look after her.]
[Year 117. You were 133 years old.]
[The war raged on, and countless cultivators died in battle.]
[However, the cultivators you were keeping an eye on were all still alive.]
[Year 118. You were 134 years old.]
[You successfully crafted a high-grade puppet, becoming a high-grade puppet master.]
[In recent years, you had poured a third of your energy into puppet arts, leading to this distinct progress.]
[Year 119. You were 135 years old.]
[You forged a Tier Two magical artifact, becoming a Tier Two artifact refiner.]
[Artifact refinement was your third skill inheritance to reach Tier Two.]
[Year 124. You were 140 years old.]
[You received news that Junior Sister Lan of Hundred Flowers Valley, with the help of her sect, had finally nurtured the Dark Magic Eagle to the level of a Tier 3 Great Demon.]
["Good job, Xiao Hei!"]
[You were in an excellent mood.]
[Although this Tier 3 Great Demon didn't belong to you this time around...]
[...it would be yours in the next simulation.]
[You went to Hundred Flowers Valley and presented the Spirit Contract you had signed back then.]
[Junior Sister Lan did not break her promise. She politely handed over the many plans and procedures for nurturing Xiao Hei to you.]
[You committed these procedures to memory and declined her invitation to go see Xiao Hei.]
[You felt that after so many years in the hands of the female cultivators of Hundred Flowers Valley, Xiao Hei had long since become something else entirely.]
[It was better not to meet.]
[Year 134. You were 150 years old.]
[Shen Lingxiu returned from the frontlines.]
[After decades of service, she had finally accumulated enough merit to exchange for a Core Formation Spiritual Item.]
[She had returned specifically to attempt Core Formation.]
[Shen Lingxiu was decades older than you. If she didn't attempt the breakthrough now, it would be too late.]
[That night, you and Shen Lingxiu shared a deep intimacy.]
[Compared to the past, she was exceptionally fierce.]
["Wang, my love... if I fail my Core Formation and perish, don't miss me..."]
[Shen Lingxiu whispered, pressing her face against your chest.]
["You won't."]
[After considering it carefully, you took out a Fire Essence Jujube.]
[The Fire Essence Jujube Tree that True Person Blood Sea had told you about had borne two fruits, one large and one small.]
[The one you took out was the smaller of the two.]
[The effects of identical Core Formation Spiritual Items couldn't be stacked.]
[This small jujube was less effective than a normal Core Formation Spiritual Item. Even if you tried to trade it, you wouldn't be able to get a different one in return.]
[It was better to just give it to Shen Lingxiu.]
[If she could break through to the Core Formation Realm, even if she only formed a false core, she would be of immense help to you.]
[Two months later.]
[You brought Shen Lingxiu to Taiyuan Immortal City.]
[Taiyuan Immortal City was established by Taiyuan Palace, and its scale was far greater than Biyue Immortal City had ever been.]
[Shen Lingxiu rented a dojo on a Tier Three Spiritual Vein and began her breakthrough to the Core Formation Realm.]
[A month later, you watched the spiritual energy vortex that had formed above her cave dwelling collapse. You sighed inwardly.]
[Shen Lingxiu had failed her Core Formation.]
[You entered the cave dwelling. Shen Lingxiu was suffering from the backlash of the failed breakthrough, her life hanging by a thread.]
[You held her in your arms, silent.]
["Wang, my love... there is a sect in the Jiuyou Domain that can control the corpses of cultivators..."]
["After I die, burn my body and scatter my ashes over Luofeng Mountain... That way, I can stay with you forever without being disturbed..."]
[Shen Lingxiu's voice carried a deep, lingering affection before she finally closed her eyes.]
[You remained silent for a few days, then brought her ashes back to Luofeng Mountain and scattered them to the wind.]
[The maple leaves of Luofeng Mountain continued to dance through the air, exceptionally beautiful as always.]
[But it felt somewhat foreign to you now.]
["Core Formation..."]
[You returned to your cave dwelling and continued your secluded comprehension.]
[Year 144. You were 160 years old.]
[After decades of bitter cultivation and comprehension, not only had your alchemy, talisman, and artifact arts reached Tier Two, but your array, poison, and puppet arts had successively reached Tier Two as well.]
[You had mastered a total of six Tier Two skills.]
[Even among core formation masters, very few had mastered so many Tier Two skills.]
[Theoretically, a core formation master operating from a higher vantage point could rapidly comprehend a skill to the high-grade or even Tier Two, provided they were willing to spend the effort.]
[However, a core formation master couldn't afford to waste too much energy on numerous side crafts.]
[Core formation masters needed to cultivate, too.]
[In fact, cultivation consumed the vast majority of a core formation master's time and energy.]
[Unless a Master had no intention of progressing and was willing to stagnate at the Core Formation Initial Stage forever, they would never dive so deeply into so many skills.]
[Year 154. You were 170 years old.]
[Your talisman arts broke through to Tier Two High-Grade, matching your alchemy.]
[At the same time, you discovered that the war between the Taiyuan Domain and the Jiuyou Domain was gradually entering its final stages.]
[The two Nascent Soul True Monarchs had clashed dozens of times, and the armies of cultivators on both sides had fought bitterly. Ultimately, the Jiuyou Domain gained a slight upper hand, seizing nearly a hundred thousand li of territory from the Taiyuan Domain.]
[Using various methods, you gathered detailed information about the war, as well as the various strokes of luck, fortuitous encounters, and opportunities that had appeared during the conflict between the two domains.]
[You planned to put this knowledge to use in your next simulation, or the one after that.]
[Year 164. You were 180 years old.]
[Looking back, you realized that nearly a century had passed since Qi Sha Demonic Monarch first struck, devouring millions of cultivators across an entire city and igniting the great war between the two domains.]
[Over this hundred-year war, an unknown number of cultivators had perished, but a vast number had also risen to prominence in the chaos.]
[Take Zhou Hai, your eldest brother's grandson. Seizing the opportunities presented by the war, he had already broken through to the peak of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.]
[He had even led the Mortal Zhou Family to establish a Foundation Establishment cultivation clan.]
[Ever since your eldest and second brothers died, you hadn't kept in touch with the Mortal Zhou Family at all.]
[Year 174. You were 190 years old.]
[You learned a critical piece of intelligence.]
[Millions of li away from the Taiyuan Domain, in a Savage Wilderness, a female Nascent Soul True Monarch had appeared. She pacified the violent spiritual energy and opened up a new great domain named the Moon Demon Domain, widely inviting demonic cultivators from all directions to settle there permanently.]
[This female Nascent Soul True Monarch who pioneered the new domain was highly likely to be True Person Biyue from back then.]
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