[Year 14, you begin a secluded cultivation within the Qingyang Sect.]

  [This time, you no longer focus on Pill Dao.]

  [Instead, you fully commit to enhancing your Immortal Dao cultivation level.]

  [Year 16, your Immortal Dao cultivation reaches the Second Layer of Tribulation.]

  [It only took you two years to advance a minor realm.]

  [This is a sensation you haven't experienced in a long time.]

  [You must know, this isn't even the period when your Late Bloomer talent is triggered.]

  [The fact that you can cultivate so quickly is naturally thanks to the Qingyang Sect.]

  [Although Qingyang Sect is just a third-rate sect, its treasure trove has plenty of resources for you.]

  [With the entire treasure trove at your disposal, it's hard not to advance quickly!]

  [Of course, you must also thank your Taotie Divine Body!]

  [Without it, you wouldn't be able to digest the resources so swiftly.]

  [Year 18, your Immortal Dao cultivation reaches the Third Layer of Tribulation!]

  [Year 20, the Fourth Layer of Tribulation.]

  [Year 23, the Fifth Layer of Tribulation.]

  [Year 26, the Sixth Layer of Tribulation.]

  [Year 29, your Immortal Dao cultivation breaks through to the Seventh Layer of Tribulation.]

  [At this point, the resources in Qingyang Sect's treasure trove that can quickly enhance your cultivation are nearly depleted.]

  [Only the most basic Spirit Stones remain!]

  [Year 30, you choose to exit seclusion.]

  [Upon exiting, you discover that Little Peach's cultivation has already reached the first level of Body Integration Realm.]

  [This is the seventh realm before becoming an immortal, and you can't count how many simulations it took you to reach Body Integration Realm.]

  [Yet Little Peach has achieved it in such a short time.]

  [With no cultivation resources and such rapid progress, it's truly enviable!]

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  [Of course, you merely sigh in admiration.]

  [After all, you know clearly that this is just within the simulation.]

  [No matter how fast she progresses, in reality, she can't possibly catch up to your realm!]

  [And in the simulation, the stronger Little Peach becomes, the more she helps you.]

  [Year 31, you once again lead the captives on an expedition.]

  [Although the captives are somewhat unwilling, their lives are in your hands, so they have no choice but to obey.]

  [This time, your target is a sect called Xingyue Sect.]

  [How did you learn about this sect?]

  [Because you found a map of the Great Wilderness's power distribution in Qingyang Sect's library.]

  [This is also why you previously confined all the captives, preventing them from scouting.]

  [Using the same method you used to deal with Qingyang Sect, you easily take down Xingyue Sect.]

  [In fact, you don't need the captives; with your current strength, you could rob Xingyue Sect on your own.]

  [But you think it's safer to use the Mortal Domain to bring the enemies down to the mortal realm, then have the captives you control suppress them with their cultivation.]

  [This is why you've been controlling these people.]

  [After taking down Xingyue Sect, you immediately open its treasure trove.]

  [Confirming the abundance of cultivation resources, you once again confine all the captives.]

  [You then enter seclusion for cultivation.]

  [But this time, before going into seclusion, you take out some resources for Little Peach.]

  [You instruct her to cultivate with all her might but to come to you before breaking through to immortality.]

  [Little Peach doesn't understand why you give such instructions but nods in agreement.]

  [After all, in her eyes, everything she has is given by you, the Young Master.]

  [Whatever you say goes!]

  [Year 32, you focus on cultivation!]

  [Year 34, your Immortal Dao cultivation breaks through to the Eighth Layer of Tribulation.]

  [Year 39, you reach the Ninth Layer of Tribulation.]

  [Year 43, your Immortal Dao cultivation reaches the peak of Tribulation Crossing.]

  [But you can't break through to the Immortal Realm because your Martial Dao is still stuck at the Eighth Layer of Semi-Saint.]

  [You then start focusing entirely on Martial Dao cultivation.]

  [You haven't used the Martial Dao treasures you had before.]

  [With the Taotie Divine Body, you believe it won't take long for your Martial Dao to catch up.]

  [In the blink of an eye, several years pass.]

  [Year 60, your Martial Dao finally reaches the peak of Semi-Saint, just one step away from breaking through to War Saint!]

  [Both your Immortal Dao and Martial Dao are on the verge of breaking through.]

  [At this point, you only need to summon the tribulation for becoming an immortal to cross it and become an immortal.]

  [But you seem to have some concerns and haven't chosen to break through yet.]

  [Instead, you start cultivating the War God Body and Sword of Killing Intent from the War God Art.]

  [You continuously strengthen your combat power!]

  [Year 70, Little Peach comes to find you.]

  [She tells you she has reached the peak of Tribulation Crossing and is ready to cross the tribulation to become an immortal.]

  [This is what you instructed her before, to inform you before crossing the tribulation, and Little Peach has always remembered.]

  [You are overjoyed upon hearing this.]

  [You've been waiting for this day for a long time.]

  [You tell Little Peach to go ahead and cross the tribulation to become an immortal.]

  [Little Peach doesn't ask why and agrees immediately.]

  [In the blink of an eye, a day passes, and Little Peach successfully crosses the tribulation, reaching the Mortal Immortal realm.]

  [After she successfully crosses the tribulation, she doesn't encounter any danger.]

  [This puts your mind at ease.]

  [You think perhaps you were overthinking it.]

  [Becoming an immortal outside the Southern Regions should be safe.]

  [That's right, the reason you haven't crossed the tribulation to become an immortal is that you're worried about danger.]

  [Although you know there are immortals outside the Southern Regions.]

  [But who knows if those powerful beings in the Immortal Realm are targeting the Southern Regions or the people of the Southern Regions.]

  [If they are preventing people from the Southern Regions from becoming immortals.]

  [Then you think, even if you leave the Southern Regions, it would still be dangerous.]

  [After all, you don't know the capabilities of those powerful beings.]

  [Can they lock onto every person from the Southern Regions?]

  [This is why you haven't crossed the tribulation to become an immortal.]

  [Also, knowing Little Peach's talent, you gave her a lot of resources to let her cultivate with all her might.]

  [You were waiting for Little Peach to cross the tribulation to the Immortal Realm.]

  [You treated Little Peach as your pathfinder.]

  [Now that she has crossed the tribulation without incident, you think you can also choose to cross the tribulation.]

  [So, you start releasing your cultivation to summon the tribulation.]

  [As you continuously release your cultivation.]

  [The Primordial Energy of your Martial Dao and the spiritual energy of your Immortal Dao within you seem to know you are about to break through the bottleneck.]

  [They start intertwining with each other.]

  [You see the Primordial Energy of your Martial Dao and the spiritual energy of your Immortal Dao bizarrely begin to merge.]

  [You confirm that you are not mistaken; they are merging, not transforming.]

  [They gradually merge into a new kind of energy.]

  [Gradually, strands of golden chaos energy are born within you.]

  [And at this moment, you suddenly feel a chill down your spine.]

  [As if something terrifying is looming.]