Chapter 117 A Dream of the Vast Ocean, Eighty Years

[Real World, Rental Apartment.]

The night outside the window remained deep.

On the real-world time scale.

Only a few minutes had passed since Li Ang began his fourth simulation.

He didn't gasp for air due to the pain of death like the previous times, nor was he drenched in a cold sweat from a horrifying experience.

He simply opened his eyes quietly.

Those clear eyes, which originally belonged to a seventeen-year-old high school sophomore, were now settled with endless vicissitudes.

Deep within Li Ang's pupils, the soul fire burning at the peak of the Heavenly Ladder was still reflected.

As was the shocked and furious face of the high-and-mighty Divine Venerable 'Han Ming'.

"Whew..."

Li Ang let out a long breath of turbid air, his breathing long and steady.

In this simulation that lasted nearly eighty years, he had experienced too much.

Although this death was tragic to the point of "boiling blood, burning soul, and total annihilation of form and spirit."

But for the current Li Ang, the memory of death in the simulator was already commonplace.

He had experienced being physically dissected by the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce, bitten by exotic beasts, and the Possession of a Blood Soul Demon...

Li Ang was already an "old bird" who repeatedly skipped between life and death.

"Nearly eighty years..."

Li Ang raised his hand, looking at his palm which, although covered in thin calluses, was young and full of vitality.

A strong sense of spatio-temporal dislocation welled up in his heart.

He slowly closed his eyes and began to organize the vast sea of knowledge and experiences from this simulation, like sorting through books in a library.

"Although I fell short at the last moment, collapsing before the seventy-second step of the Heavenly Ladder."

A faint smile curled at the corner of Li Ang's mouth.

But it didn't matter.

"It was just a simulation."

A faint smile curled at the corner of Li Ang's mouth.

For him now, death in the simulation was not a terrifying end, but a horn signaling the harvest of spoils.

In these nearly eighty years of bitter struggle, he had gained too much.

Not to mention the massive amount of Divine Dao methods and Spiritual Form secret arts he had forcibly deduced in the Grotto-Heaven to deal with Han Ming's various tests.

Just for the crisis brought by the Heart-Eroding Cult in the real world, Li Ang had already found a way to break the deadlock.

By utilizing the early layout of this simulation, he had completely mapped out all the deployments of the Heart-Eroding Cult in Longnan City.

As well as their core stronghold—the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce Headquarters Building.

He didn't even need to act himself; he just needed to skillfully borrow the power of Wuyue City, just as he did in the simulation.

By bringing Great Grandmaster Zhao Zongtian and that cold-faced Deputy Director Cold Kite into the game, those rats in the gutter would be wiped out.

But there was no need to rush this.

Li Ang was actually not very satisfied with this solution.

Possessing the Life Simulator, he could slowly find a more perfect plan within simulations.

As for that experience of being trapped in the Grotto-Heaven.

Although the progress of his Martial Dao was far lower than expected due to Han Ming's deliberate suppression and the lack of Origin Qi.

He had even played the role of a cult leader, founding the 'Cang Ming Divine Cult' to collect faith and enhance his Divine Soul's computing power to analyze the Heavenly Ladder's formation base.

Combined with decades of experience managing the Mutual Aid Society and the cult, the current Li Ang only needed sufficient funds.

He could even immediately pull together a decent, fanatical cult in the real world.

"However, being a cult leader means facing Grandmaster Zhao's iron fist, which isn't exactly fun."

"In this world, one's own great power is everything."

Li Ang laughed at himself, sealing those complicated trifles of cult management in a corner of his memory palace.

Leaving only the purest Martial Dao insights and Divine Art formation base analyses.

Then, he turned his attention to the simulator settlement panel that had been flashing on his retina.

This settlement was brilliant with golden light, its contents richer than ever before!

Leaving only the purest Martial Dao insights and Divine Art formation base analyses.

Then, he turned his attention to the simulator settlement panel that had been flashing on his retina, emitting a dazzling golden light.

The richness of this settlement was unprecedented.

[Ding! Fourth Life Simulation settlement in progress...]

[Fate is like a web; every tiny pluck will trigger a tidal wave of the era.]

[Survival time in this simulation: 78 years.]

[Evaluation: SSS-rank!]

[Comment: You planned the overall situation, making moves without regret. In the mortal world, you drew your blade to break the deadlock, saving an orphaned girl from fire and water, and severing the evil cult into invisibility.]

[Rewrote the life and death fate of the Grandmaster's daughter.]

[In the Secret Realm, you stirred up the clouds and winds, dragging all living beings into the game, and built your own kingdom of divine authority within the god's cage.]

[You endured what ordinary people could not, and amidst constraints at every turn and killing intent at every step, you forcibly tore open a sliver of life in the gap between rules and divine schemes.]

[Ultimately, you burned yourself in a desperate situation, achieving the ultimate sublimation!]

[Boiling blood and burning soul, you forcibly tore through the oath-bound shackles set by the god.]

[Your death was not an end, but the overture to a counterattack.]

As the evaluation was given, the reward panel Li Ang looked forward to most unfolded with a boom.

Since the novice period ended, he no longer needed to make difficult choices!

[This simulation rewards have been issued (pending extraction):]

[1. Martial Dao Realm]

[Description: Includes Martial Dao · Soaring Realm cultivation!]

[As well as the 'Cang Ming Lotus Heart Divine Fetus' forged by the god 'Han Ming' over a long period using a massive amount of dimensional secret treasures!]

(Note: This Divine Fetus contains a faint trace of divinity and comes with the Heaven-Defying ability to isolate Karma and block calculations. This was originally the flawless vessel Han Ming created for himself to descend into reality, and it now belongs entirely to the host.)

[2. Martial Arts Experience]

[Description: Includes a massive amount of Divine Dao methods and Spiritual Form secret arts deduced and learned by the host over eighty years.]

[("Cangming Spirit Guarding Art" Perfection, "Xuan Xi Origin Condensing Shield" Perfection, "Acting Shepherd Divine Might" Perfection...)]

[And the ultimate sublimation of Martial Dao techniques ("Water Moon Mirror Ripples Saber Technique" Perfection, "Cangming Sea-Suppressing Stance" Spirit Condensation, "Eight Extremes Fist" Internal Power/True Intent...), covering nearly eighty years of experience in combat, preaching, and Divine Soul application.]

[3. Memory and Experience (Automatically fused)]

[Description: All details regarding the "Blood Shadow Life Replacement" plan, intelligence on the Heart-Eroding Cult's Longnan distribution, analysis of Han Ming's Grotto-Heaven Laws...]