"Only by seizing the opportunity of merging with the Dao..."
Wang Yuan's plan was to reach a state of oneness with the consciousness of the Heavenly Dao within the simulator, to merge with the Dao in the simulation, and thus cover himself with that merged state.
That way, he would naturally merge with the Dao.
The minimum standard for merging with the Dao was the early stage of Nascent Soul. Those who could reach the Nascent Soul realm at least had the qualification to participate in the competition for merging with the Dao.
The difficulty of merging with the Dao was clearly far greater than breaking through any previous realm.
Later, Wang Yuan spent a full hundred simulations. Besides raising his cultivation from the early stage of Nascent Soul to the peak of Nascent Soul, he still could not contend with that Dao-Merging Emperor.
Each time, it ended in failure.
Either he was defeated by that Dao-Merging Emperor, or by other Dao Lords in the Nascent Soul stage.
Sometimes he was killed by a Nascent Soul cultivator of the Medicine King Sect, sometimes by a Nascent Soul cultivator of the Blood Demon Sect, sometimes he died under the hands of a Nascent Soul cultivator of the Lan family...
Sometimes he died under Dao Lord Bai Ye...
But he died at the hands of that Dao-Merging Emperor a full thirty-six times.
In these thirty-six instances, although the process differed, each time he died at his hands.
Wang Yuan felt something was wrong. Could it be that this person was destined for greatness?
Otherwise, why would the outcome always be like this?
Thousands of days passed.
That is, ten years passed in reality.
During these thousands of days, Wang Yuan conducted thousands of simulations. The total lifespan lived by the simulator added up to nearly a million years.
Regardless of whether that person was a child of destiny or anything else, whether he was planted by the world of the Azure Heaven Realm, the sole protagonist of the past 129,600 years... being able to obliterate Wang Yuan in each of thousands of simulations.
But facing the terrifying golden finger of the simulator, which allowed one simulation per day, that child of destiny finally had his life ended by Wang Yuan in one simulation.
Even if he could maintain thousands of victories, as long as there was one failure, Wang Yuan could obtain everything.
In this regard, Wang Yuan, who possessed the simulator, was the true undefeated one.
[In the 395th year, you killed all the Nascent Soul Dao Lords of the Azure Heaven Realm. The will of the Heavenly Dao manifested, and you merged with the Dao.]
[From then on, the remaining seventy thousand years of the Azure Heaven Realm were under your control. Your will was the will of the Heavenly Dao. You mastered all three thousand Great Daos, and all 129,600 laws were within your grasp.]
[You became the eternal ruler of the Azure Heaven Realm, a Dao-Merging Emperor...]
[...]
[At the age of seventy-two thousand one hundred years, the world cycled, and the Azure Heaven Realm began anew. You died with the world consciousness.]
[Please choose one of the following three rewards.]
[1: Dao-Merging Realm cultivation (Azure Heaven Realm Dao-Merger)]
[2...]
Finally, one simulation succeeded in merging with the Dao.
Thousands of simulations to achieve Dao-merging gave Wang Yuan a profound understanding of its difficulty.
The difficulty of breaking through all realms before merging with the Dao, even combined, was not as great as the challenge of Nascent Soul attempting to merge with the Dao.
Therefore, Wang Yuan had no hesitation regarding the simulation rewards.
Even though he could perform a simulation once a day, thousands of simulations were still a considerable amount of time for the impatient Wang Yuan. Thus, he chose the first reward without even clearly seeing what the second reward was.
Dao-Merging Realm cultivation.
An Azure Heaven Realm Dao-Merger.
Upon selecting this cultivation.
He felt enveloped by a grand will.
Wang Yuan's will echoed within this grand will, and in his mind, the entire Azure Heaven Realm, all forty-two prefectures, were reflected in panoramic view.
His will continuously ascended, merging with the entire Azure Heaven Realm.
During this process.
He heard the exclamations of the Nascent Soul Dao Lords from various parts of the Azure Heaven Realm.
"Dao-Merging Realm? How is this possible?"
"There are still over three hundred years until the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao's will, how can a cultivator merge with the Dao now?"
"Could it be someone who proved the Dao by force?"
"This will is not that of any Nascent Soul Dao Lord I know; it's an unfamiliar aura..."
Different Nascent Soul Dao Lords exclaimed.
Clearly, the Nascent Soul Dao Lords knew that the Heavenly Dao's will would manifest in over three hundred years. Some of them had made countless preparations for this event, but no matter what preparations they had made, they had never expected someone to merge with the Dao at this time.
Wang Yuan, for the first time, felt the real-world presence of numerous Nascent Soul Dao Lords.
He saw the Nascent Soul cultivator of the Medicine King Sect, the Nascent Soul cultivator of the Blood Demon Sect, Dao Lord Bai Ye, the Nascent Soul cultivator of the Lan family... and that child of destiny...
Wang Yuan had only seen them in the simulator before. This was the first time he was seeing them in reality.
This was because after Wang Yuan obtained the simulator golden finger, he had never once had a moment of showing off or being humiliated, nor had he traveled the four seas. He had never visited the Central Continent, the Seven Star Cloud Sea, the Ten Thousand Mountains, or even the nearby Ming Prefecture.
He had only been active in a small area of Kang Prefecture, near the Wang family.
He was unknown to any cultivator in this world.
Nor was he known to any Nascent Soul cultivators or Dao Lords.
But now, he had merged with the Dao.
He had become the true controller of the Azure Heaven Realm.
"Dao-Merging Realm..."
Having achieved the Dao-Merging Realm, Wang Yuan had fully comprehended all three thousand Great Daos and held all 129,600 laws within his grasp.
The world consciousness revolved according to Wang Yuan's will. Wang Yuan understood everything that had happened in the Azure Heaven Realm since its creation and was also fully aware of everything that was to happen in the future.
Every person, every being in the world, regardless of their cultivation level, from Qi Refining to Nascent Soul, was completely seen through by Wang Yuan.
This was the Dao-Merging Realm.
Omniscient and omnipotent within the Azure Heaven Realm.
At this moment, Wang Yuan even saw beyond the Azure Heaven Realm, far away, where other worlds existed.
He knew that his journey had not ended.
Merging with the Dao was not eternal life.
Merging with the Dao merely meant having a lifespan equal to heaven and earth. When the heaven and earth entered world reincarnation again, Wang Yuan would inevitably die.
From the simulator's description, one could tell.
The Wang Yuan in the simulation, after merging with the Dao, had also ruled the Azure Heaven Realm for seventy thousand years. But when the world cycled and restarted, even the Heavenly Dao itself perished, and naturally, Wang Yuan also perished.
This was merely having a lifespan equal to heaven and earth, not eternal life.
Wang Yuan sought eternal life.
Therefore, Wang Yuan once again summoned the simulator.
New content appeared in the simulator.
This content was enough for Wang Yuan to explore how to achieve eternal life beyond the Dao-Merging Realm, how to remain undying through world reincarnation, and how to remain undying through world restarts.
It would also allow Wang Yuan to transcend the Azure Heaven Realm and travel to other worlds, even to the legendary Great Worlds.
And in that ancient era, above the Great Worlds, there was a Celestial Realm...