Simulation of the Heavens: Starting from the Age of Desolation

Chapter 190 The Inner Palace Elders' Accumulation
clang~ clang~ clang~
The sound of bells rang out, echoing throughout the entire Taixu Heavenly Palace.

At this moment, many of the inner hall elders and hall masters who remained in the Taixu Heavenly Palace quickly arrived at the very center of the Taixu Heavenly Palace, inside the tallest and most majestic hall.

This main hall is called the Taixu Hall, which is the place where the Taixu Heavenly Palace holds its meetings.

At this moment, Ancestor Tianyu, the Sword Master, several Chaos Realm Palace Masters, and more than twenty inner palace elders who remained in the Taixu Heavenly Palace quickly arrived here.

"Ancestor, what has summoned us?" asked a Chaos Realm cultivator dressed in blue robes.

"Haha, what a joyous occasion." Ancestor Tianyu smiled. At this moment, another figure flew in from outside the hall.

"The initial stage?" Everyone looked at it with some doubt.

"Two Palace Masters, all Hall Masters," Zhou Yu said, bowing respectfully.

Although it was the first time they had met, Zhou Yu could tell from the natural aura emanating from the hunchbacked old man and the white-haired man sitting above that they were the two cosmic gods, Tianyu Ancestor and Sword Master.

In addition, many Chaos Realm Palace Masters, including the Demon Ancestor, are also here.

"Sword Master, what do you think?" Ancestor Tianyu asked telepathically.

"He is quite young, and his cultivation time should be around eight hundred billion years."

The Sword Master nodded slightly. Although the Seven Star Sea Holy Realm had great suppression over time and space, the Sword Master could still easily see the cultivation time of Zhou Yu's clone.

During the initial simulation, although Zhou Yu's clone became the ruler after more than 50 billion years, it was still idle for a long time before Zhou Yu truly took over the clone.

Ancestor Tianyu smiled and nodded. After cultivating alone for eight hundred billion years, being able to pass through the third level of the Star Tower at the initial stage of cultivation was indeed an incredible talent.

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The sword master looked at Zhou Yu, seemingly lost in thought. He had also seen Zhou Yu's challenge in the Star Tower, and Zhou Yu's swordsmanship gave him a familiar feeling.

"If he had obtained one of my secret techniques that I left outside, I couldn't possibly not have noticed," the sword master thought to himself, feeling puzzled.

While the sword master was thinking, Ancestor Tianyu finally spoke.

"Everyone, this Void God is named 'Qian Yu,' and he just joined our Tai Xu Heavenly Palace today," said Ancestor Tian Yu.

"He has already passed the third level of the Star Tower."

Upon hearing this, everyone except the Demon Ancestor was surprised, and all eyes turned to Zhou Yu.

Having just joined the Taixu Heavenly Palace, he was able to pass through three levels of the Star Tower in the initial stage? Doesn't that mean he grew to this level on his own?
It should be noted that even in the Taixu Heavenly Palace, there are only 38 existing inner hall elders, and most of them are only able to become inner hall elders after passing through five levels of the Star Tower in the Unity Realm. Even among the geniuses carefully cultivated by the Taixu Heavenly Palace, very few have managed to pass through three levels in the Initial Realm.

How did you manage to get this far by growing up on your own?
“According to the rules of our Taixu Heavenly Palace, anyone who can pass through the three levels of the Star Tower in the initial stage can become an inner hall elder.” Ancestor Tianyu waved his hand, and three golden lights flew towards Zhou Yu.

The three golden lights were a robe, an identity token, and a communication token. Among them, the identity token was an extremely precious life-saving item. The inner hall elder was already a core member of the Taixu Heavenly Palace, but he had not yet fully matured, so the Taixu Heavenly Palace would naturally provide him with the greatest possible protection.

In addition, becoming an inner palace elder of the Taixu Heavenly Palace will directly grant one million merit points, equivalent to one hundred Origin Stones. However, merit points cannot be exchanged for Origin Stones and can only be used within the Taixu Heavenly Palace.

"Thank you, Ancestor." Zhou Yu bowed and expressed his gratitude.

"Qianyu, it must have been quite an achievement for you to cultivate to this level on your own. From now on, you should focus on your cultivation in the Taixu Heavenly Palace and strive to reach the Unity Realm as soon as possible," Ancestor Tianyu said with a smile.

"Yes." Zhou Yu nodded.

At this moment, the white-haired sword master suddenly spoke up: "Qianyu, I see that you are quite skilled in swordsmanship. I have a special sword technique that I did not keep in the Myriad Manifestations Hall, so I will pass it on to you. It may be of benefit to you."

As the sword master spoke, he pointed his finger, and a beam of light entered Zhou Yu's body.

"The Myriad Phenomena Sword Dao." A lot of information surged in Zhou Yu's mind. He was somewhat surprised, not expecting that the Sword Master would suddenly pass on a legacy to him.

"Thank you, Sword Master." Zhou Yu bowed and expressed his gratitude.

In any case, it would be beneficial for the sword master to pass down the classic texts.

. . .

The addition of an inner hall elder to the Taixu Heavenly Palace has little impact on the entire palace, but it has a significant impact on Zhou Yu himself.

After touring the entire Taixu Heavenly Palace, he decided to begin his cultivation and enlightenment.

Zhou Yu first went to the Time Palace and used his merit points to directly open a 10,000x acceleration zone. Although the 10,000x acceleration was very costly, Zhou Yu felt it was worth it. After all, merit points couldn't be exchanged for Origin Stones, so using them to accelerate time was the best option.

As the acceleration progressed, Zhou Yu's main body remained in the Time Palace, while he also sent an avatar to the Myriad Manifestations Palace to begin reading various ancient texts.

By studying ancient texts and comprehending them amidst accelerated time, Zhou Yu's knowledge was deepening at an incredible pace.
"But the Hall of Myriad Manifestations is full of scriptures on the profound system of rules." Zhou Yu thought to himself, and decided to take the initiative to contact Ancestor Tianyu.

"Ancestor, does the Taixu Heavenly Palace have an ancient cultivation system?" Zhou Yu proactively sent a message to Ancestor Tianyu via his communication token.

Ancestor Tianyu valued Zhou Yu highly, so information about Zhou Yu naturally caught his attention quickly.

"You also cultivate ancient techniques?" Ancestor Tianyu asked at this moment, "What is your talent for ancient techniques?"

"It's a talent for traversing the void."

Zhou Yu's simple explanation surprised even the Heavenly Fool Ancestor.

A talent that allows someone who has just reached the Void God level to travel ten trillion miles in the Seven Star Sea Holy Realm in one go?

Based on his experience, if Zhou Yu could cultivate ancient techniques to the Chaos Realm, he would likely possess the ability to "teleport over extremely long distances".

This is a strategic capability, you should know.

Any major power would have a huge need for this ability, as it allows for ultra-long-distance teleportation, which is much faster than most cosmic gods could travel.

For example, the Taixu Heavenly Palace painstakingly cultivated the "Lord of Asking Heaven" who has the ability to teleport over extremely long distances. With the Lord of Asking Heaven, many things become much easier. Without him, even if the Heavenly Fool Ancestor or the Sword Master wanted to travel to various places in the Chaos Void, they would have to travel for a long time.

“If it’s the ancient cultivation tradition of other schools, my Taixu Heavenly Palace doesn’t have many, but the Void School does have some.” Ancestor Tianyu smiled at this moment.

It was also in order to cultivate the Lord of Wentian Palace that he deliberately collected several ancient cultivation inheritances of the Void School.

Since Zhou Yu possesses such ancient cultivation talent, Ancestor Tianyu is naturally willing to nurture him.

Soon, Zhou Yu obtained three ancient cultivation inheritances from Ancestor Tianyu, each of which was at least at the Chaos Realm level.

However, it does not directly point to the lineage of the cosmic god.

In the chaotic void, the lineage of many cultivation systems that point directly to the God of the Universe is extremely rare, not to mention that the ancient cultivation system is further subdivided into the void school.

However, Zhou Yu also obtained an ancient cultivation inheritance of the "Time School" from Ancestor Tianyu.

The ancient cultivation tradition does not necessarily require one to have the corresponding ancient cultivation talent to cultivate. Even without the ancient cultivation talent, one can still cultivate.

Of course, Zhou Yu's request for the ancient cultivation inheritance of the Time-based sect was because his other avatar had awakened the time-related talent of "predicting the future," a direction that Zhou Yu would also need to spend time on. Ancestor Tianyu didn't think too much about it. Zhou Yu's cultivation path originally included the "Path of Time and Space," so researching the ancient cultivation inheritance of the Time-based sect wouldn't be a bad thing. Therefore, after Zhou Yu asked, he gave it to him.

However, the inheritance of the Time Stream School in the hands of Ancestor Tianyu is far inferior to that of the Void Stream School. After all, the Void Stream School was something he deliberately collected, while the Time Stream School was obtained by accident.

Even a lineage of the Time-Traveling School can only barely reach the Chaos Realm.

"That's enough for now."

Zhou Yu didn't think much of it and quickly immersed himself in the accumulation of cultivation.

After reading numerous classic texts and comprehending various mysteries, Zhou Yu naturally grasped the "Source of Time and Space" in just about a century, reaching a state of unity.

Over the next thousand years, breakthroughs were also made in the Dao of Arrays and the Dao of Destruction.

But the Unity Realm was only the beginning; Zhou Yu continued to accumulate and create unique skills.

Around 10,000 years, or a full 100 million years under the accelerated time, Zhou Yu felt that his system of rules and mysteries had accumulated to a near-complete level in the Unity Realm.

"I have studied many ancient texts in the Hall of Myriad Manifestations and comprehended many ancient cultivation traditions. The most powerful text should be the 'Myriad Manifestations Sword Dao' that the Sword Master passed on to me," Zhou Yu thought with emotion.

This legacy is a guide on how to build "the way of the sword".

With the "Path of Destruction" as its core, it absorbs the mysteries of many other paths to form a unique path—the Path of the Sword.

This lineage points directly to the God of the Universe and is divided into several directions.

"Unfortunately, I am not good at the path of swordsmanship, and even the path of destruction is not my forte." Zhou Yu naturally understood this in his heart.

His path to destruction was accidental. Firstly, during the simulation of this clone, the death of his parents gave rise to a desire for destruction, leading him down this path.

Secondly, in the world of "Swallowed Star", he possesses a World Beast clone. As long as he does not perish in the future, he will definitely be able to master the complete source of destruction. It is not impossible for him to comprehend it all the way and reach the ultimate destruction.

With such favorable conditions, Zhou Yu was naturally unwilling to give up this path, since exploring another path would give him more options.

"Overall, the 'Myriad Phenomena Sword Path' is most effective for the Path of Destruction, and also provides some benefit to other paths," Zhou Yu thought to himself.

In the chaotic void or even on the Realm Heart Continent where the Sword Master's other avatars reside, "Sword Dao" may not be an objective Dao existing within the supreme rules, so it can only be created from nothing.

To create a path, one must naturally draw upon the mysteries of many other paths. Therefore, the "Myriad Phenomena Sword Path" contains many mysteries, with the Path of Destruction as its main focus, but its influence can be seen in other paths such as spacetime and even arrays.

"Although I don't practice the sword path, I'm afraid I'll need to create the 'Spatial Path' from scratch," Zhou Yu thought to himself.

He looked through the many books in the Hall of Myriad Phenomena. There were some spatial books at the Chaos Realm level, and some time books at the Chaos Realm level, but there were no books on the "Dao of Time and Space" at the Chaos Realm level.

The strongest version of the Time and Space Dao manual is only at the Unity Realm level.

The Way of Time and Space ultimately requires the integration of time and space. Even though time and space are inherently one, it is not so simple to combine the two mysteries at the same time to form the "Way of Time and Space".

Before the Chaos Realm, it's still within the scope of the universe's rules, but after the Chaos Realm, one must comprehend the mysteries of the supreme rules.

At this point, cultivating a single path, whether in time or space, becomes much simpler; continuing to pursue the integration of time and space will increase the difficulty a thousandfold.

“Even for me, the best approach is to first cultivate time and space to an extremely high level, and then select the mysteries from the two paths and merge them to form the ‘Time and Space Path’.”

Zhou Yu had a clear understanding of his future cultivation in the "Time and Space Dao".

As for the final Array Dao, it is a path similar to the Sword Dao, and it is likely that it does not exist in the Supreme Rules. Zhou Yu still needs to absorb the mysteries of other Daos to form his own Array Dao.

"It feels difficult," Zhou Yu thought to himself.

But no matter how difficult it is, you must continue your practice.

. . .

In the blink of an eye, 20,000 years have passed since Zhou Yu's avatar in the Seven Star Sea Holy Realm joined the Taixu Heavenly Palace.

Within the distant “primordial universe”.

Zhou Yu's other avatar has also been cultivating and comprehending in the "Fire World" of the material world.

This clone, after all, doesn't have time acceleration, so there's not much it can do. Over the years, it has been pondering the ancient cultivation traditions of the Time Stream School.

With the ancient cultivation tradition of the Time Stream School given to him by Ancestor Tianyu as a reference, Zhou Yu has also been creating his own Time Stream School tradition.

“My ancient cultivation heritage has reached the Unity Realm level, but unfortunately, in the universe, it is almost impossible for me to obtain the resources to upgrade the ancient cultivation system to the Unity Realm.” Zhou Yu shook his head inwardly.

The rules and mysteries of the system mean that as long as one does not cultivate certain special techniques, the requirements for resources are not great. Zhou Yu had already silently broken through to become a Void God and even reached the Unity Realm.

The ancient cultivation system, whether it's the Void School or the Time School, is still at the True God Dominator level.

"However, I'm not in a hurry to leave," Zhou Yu thought to himself.

While resources are scarce in the universe, the advantage is safety.

Even if his other clone were to fight outside, and that clone were to die unexpectedly, he could still remain in this world thanks to this clone.

"Ultimately, his ability to protect himself is too weak," Zhou Yu thought to himself.

Before breaking through to the Void God realm, one still has clones to protect their life; but after breaking through, the clones are no longer available.

The endless void beyond the universe is fraught with danger; even joining the Taixu Heavenly Palace could lead to certain death.

Just in case, Zhou Yu naturally didn't want this clone to leave the universe now.

"Keep creating."

Without much thought, Zhou Yu quickly immersed himself in creating the Time Stream School's legacy.

This inheritance is merely the initial stage of the Unity Realm. With his accumulated experience, it wouldn't be difficult for him to create an inheritance that reaches the peak of the Unity Realm.

Although this clone lacks resources, clones within the Taixu Heavenly Palace can cultivate.

However, just a moment later, Zhou Yu suddenly opened his eyes again.

A scene flashed through his mind: his "precognition" talent had suddenly activated on its own.

Although Zhou Yu lacked the resources to elevate the ancient cultivation system, the level of ancient cultivation at the Dominator level was clearly sufficient to foresee many things in the universe.

"This Mother Ancestor Cult, still not giving up?" Zhou Yu shook his head.

P.S.: There will be another update later.

(End of this chapter)