One Trait Draw Per Year Even Simulations Count

【Besides having more lifespan, Guardians can also communicate with the Earth Spirit and borrow its power.】

【You’ve seen this before from Hua Wuyan.】

【Additionally, Guardians can also invoke the Seven Luminaries’ power of a plane to a certain extent.】

【They just can’t do it as absurdly as the Seven Luminaries Immortal Array.】

【The Seven Luminaries Immortal Array is like having GM privileges straight up, while Guardians face many permission issues and can’t do whatever they want.】

【”Senior Hua always says I have some Great Dao Fruit. Do you know what that is?”】

【Li Lingyue thought for a moment.】

【”It should be Realm Master.”】

【”Isn’t that just a title? Can it actually have real benefits like being a Guardian?”】

【”It does. Being a Realm Master is also a form of power. The strongest person in a plane has a chance to become a Realm Master, but my master never told me what changes come with it.”】【Speaking of which, you can be considered a Realm Master right now.】

【You saved the entire world, and every living being in the human world worships you as a god. Your personal cult is at its absolute peak.】

【Every household has your portrait hanging up, with your shrine set up for offerings.】

【Your faith is many times stronger than Li Lingyue’s.】

【Year Eighty-Seven, age one hundred and six.】

【The Ten Thousand Souls Banner, who was king of the Spirit Artifact Nation, reported that Hu Tiangong wanted to speak with you.】

【”Brother Hu, are you recovering well?”】

【The Seven Luminaries Immortal Array took the power of the Dragon Corpse and Phoenix Corpse, so it didn’t affect Hu Tiangong much.】

【Still, he did suffer some minor injuries. After recuperating in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, he should be mostly recovered by now.】

【”Thanks to you, Brother Chen. Everything is fine.”】

【”I heard you have something important to tell me?”】

【”Mm. I want to take the remaining Demon Tribe in the human world and leave, to find a new home.”】

【You were somewhat stunned.】

【”Why is that?”】

【Hu Tiangong smiled.】

【”The human world is ultimately the world of humans. We Demon Tribe hope to find a more primitive world and start over. If we can also call back our people scattered across other void realms, even better.”】

【Humans and demons were once mortal enemies.】

【During the Dragon-Man war, both sides fought shoulder to shoulder, living and dying together.】

【The price the Demon Tribe paid in that war was even greater than what humans sacrificed.】

【But now, with peace restored, no one can guarantee whether the two races will be friends or foes in the future.】

【Hu Tiangong had extremely high political intelligence.】

【He was worried that after victory, you would ”kill the donkey once it’s done grinding” or ”settle accounts with meritorious officials,” completely eradicating the Demon Tribe, which could no longer contend with humanity.】

【Hu Tiangong had extremely high political emotional intelligence.】

【But even if you told the truth, no one would believe you.】

【This kind of thing wasn’t about belief or disbelief—it was about capability.】

【You didn’t try to dissuade him much. You just explained the difficulty.】

【”Right now, the human world’s Five Element Root Vessels are still missing the Heaven and Earth Sword, with only four root vessels. Opening passages to other planes isn’t easy.】

【What’s more, you have requirements for the target plane. It’s almost impossible to directly learn about other worlds unless you go check them out yourself.”】

【”Brother Chen, you misunderstand. I heard that your Qiankun Mirror is very skilled at opening passages to the Demon World. Just help us with that, and we’ll be fine.”】

【”But there’s nothing in the Demon World. Why go back?”】

【”Once we return, we’ll find a way to search for a new home on our own.”】

【You didn’t ask further.】

【With you and Li Lingyue, plus the Four Ancestors going all out, breaking through the world barrier was no problem.】

【The pressure was back on the Qiankun Mirror.】

【”Can you do it?”】

【”When I was all by myself, I could still pinpoint the Demon World accurately. Now with three old buddies helping me, nailing the target is a piece of cake!”】

【The Qiankun Mirror flicked half its body, as if tossing its bangs.】

【No bangs came out, but quite a bit of smoke did.】

【”Was that you pinpointing the Demon World accurately, or was it just a lucky shot? Besides, are you fully recovered yet? I suspect you’re talking in your sleep.”】

【”I am completely clear-headed right now!”】

【After years of Star Source treatment, the Qiankun Mirror had indeed recovered quite a bit.】

【Before long, the passage to the Demon World was successfully opened.】

【The Four Ancestors—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—along with the grown second-generation ancestors like Hong Luan, Mystic Tortoise, Green Flood Dragon, and Mountain Lord, used demonic arts to pack the Demon Tribe into their bodies and charged into the passage one after another.】

【As Hong Luan was leaving, she gazed at you deeply.】

【”Benefactor, Hong Luan is leaving...”】

【That look from Hong Luan, in a daze, sent you back a hundred years.】

【In the vast Great Wastes back then, you had just obtained「Heartsteel」and met Hong Luan for the first time.】

【...”I am Hong Luan, the youngest daughter of Vermilion Bird. I was trapped in the Forbidden Land Riot while trying to save my people. Thanks to your help, young hero...”】

【The past was like the wind, freeing the heart.】

【”Hong Luan, take care.”】

【”Mm-hm!”】

【The Demon Tribe was gone.】

【Everything in the Great Wastes slowly returned to human control.】

【Perhaps one day in the future, the two races would meet again at the peak.】

【Year Eighty-Eight, age one hundred and seven.】

【Wu Yue died.】

【During the Dragon-Man war, she was attacked by an Earth Venerable and severely wounded, her soul itself suffering heavy damage.】

【Despite being rushed to Danxiang Valley for treatment immediately.】

【After suffering in bed for several years, she ultimately passed away.】

【By the time you arrived, Wu Yue had already stopped breathing.】

【You sat quietly by the bedside, staring at that face identical to Second Sister’s, your heart a mixture of emotions.】

【Hua Wuyan, Sword Lord, Li Chengqian, Sun Cheng’en, Free and Unfettered God, Baili Su, Long Yang, Wu Yue, Dongfang Shuo...】

【The Dragon-Man war had taken far, far too many lives.】

【But what would soon kill even more was named Time.】

【A martial artist’s theoretical lifespan was just theory.】

【Martial Kings who couldn’t even live to two hundred were common as dirt.】

【Injuries from battle, damaged foundations, cultivation backlash—there were countless cases of shortened lifespans.】

【Which of the strong who survived the Dragon-Man war didn’t carry wounds?】

【You only had thirty years left to live. That didn’t seem long, but many people would leave even before you did.】

【”Old friends are like leaves in the wind, withering and falling away...”】

In the subsequent simulations.

Chen Yi entered seclusion mode.

Other than occasionally interacting with Li Lingyue, he hardly went anywhere.

He found a scenic, serene spot in the Five Regions to cultivate and research.

Either improving his cultivation level.

Or advancing his knowledge.

His realm, formations, Alchemy Dao, artifact forging, Faith Dao, and others all steadily progressed.

When bored, Chen Yi would also do some tedious repetitive movements, using the ”Proficiency” trait tag to keep raising his Heaven-Grade martial arts even higher.

One trait tag per year, naturally, he kept drawing.

Among them were quite a few high-quality trait tags with excellent effects.

However, these trait tags have little to do with our story, so we won’t dwell on them.

Because Chen Yi held an exalted status, people from all over the world came to pay homage and offer treasures.

Among them were some that extended life.

Even though these treasures only worked the first time, they still helped Chen Yi extend his lifespan by a few years.

Unfortunately, the pressure of repaying his debt was too great, so overall, he couldn’t prolong things by much.

”This simulation should be over. Rare indeed! Another natural death!”