"Now, taking into account the time wasted during the assessment and other additional influencing factors, I will probably only need another sixty years to break through to the fifth realm of the Undying Divine Demon Art: Dao Integration."

"Once you increase the number of challenges, it becomes easy. Now, you can easily get the reward equivalent to the thirty or forty challenges you started with by simply passing one challenge."

"I only need to pass one level, which is enough for others to condense two or three Dao Seals in a lifetime!"

"This formula is so awkward to apply."

[In 5003, you advanced to the Fifth Realm.]

"If I didn't have other Dao Seals, the Dao Accomplishment Realm after the Fifth Realm would correspond to the Seventh Realm, but now, it alone cannot form a Dao Fruit; instead, it has been reduced to the Sixth Realm."

"It will take approximately three thousand years to reach the sixth realm through normal, full-speed cultivation!"

"And that was even with targeted resources and full-efficiency absorption."

"Even for someone else, a million years wouldn't be enough!"

"...if they can live that long."

"It seems that Song Chuan broke through in the Immortal Ancient Secret Realm after such a long time."

Yun Shou also deduced some content that was not mentioned in the simulator from the details.

In 4827 (Chapter 462), Song Chuan cultivated the Undying Divine Demon Art to the peak of the fourth realm, and at that time he also showed the ability to defeat several fifth realm cultivators by himself.

Those individuals at the Fifth Realm were not ordinary Fifth Realm cultivators, but rather cultivators who had rebuilt themselves at the Sixth Realm, with their Sacred Body Transformation Area being at least 20 times greater!

However, less than six hundred years later, in 5423 (Chapter 486), Song Chuan successfully advanced to the True Immortal realm.

Even if he broke through to the fifth realm in 4828, it means that he completed the path to becoming a true king, which theoretically takes at least three thousand years, in less than six hundred years.

That must be due to the acceleration from the Immortal Ancient Secret Realm!

"Otherwise, there won't be enough time."

[In the year 5139, you have reached the pinnacle of the Five Realms!]

[Only the condensation of the Dao Seal remains for me to break through to the 54th Heaven!]

[You can pass this level and choose to return!]

[And this strongest Dao Seal could potentially amplify your future and inherent abilities many times over!]

[The Holy Body has an upper limit, including numerical and other functional limits.]

"Hilarious! My true ability has never been the Holy Body. Even my Future Power was overtaken by the Bloodline Holy Body before..."

"Neither of them has an upper limit!"

[The 90th Trial.]

The difficulty continues to rise.

[You received a small amount of intelligence before the mission began.]

"This is just an adaptation of the infinite flow dungeon, isn't it!"

Yun Shou couldn't help but spit it out.

Of course, he was criticizing the Immortal Ancient Secret Realm.

This is a modern world with a somewhat steampunk aesthetic.

[However, it remains in the era of dynastic feudalism and has not yet transformed into a constitutional monarchy or similar system.]

[Or rather, someone initiated this feudal dynasty, established a vast empire, and then rapidly brought it to prosperity!]

You have transformed into a corrupt emperor.

Seated on the throne, you control the empire you built from the ground up.

However, rather than sitting on a throne, it's more accurate to say that it's merely a nutrient pod, with tubes inserted all over your body to forcibly sustain your life.

This test will last for ten years.

You need to successfully save this ancient empire with a 200-year history within ten years, making it stronger and able to unify the world.

[But it is already corrupt, and has been the site of numerous rebellions; enemies are everywhere!]

[You, however, must sacrifice your life to sustain your decaying body on this pod, so that this empire can gradually turn the tide, reclaim the rebellious territories, and conquer the entire world.]

"This time it's a bit like going to jail..."

At first, you have no sensation and no strength.

[I can't even open my eyes on my own!]

[Only through electrical signals from the brain can an implanted sensor be controlled, which then connects to a support device near the corner of the eye to lift the eyelid.]

"Too weak! This is way too frail!"

[And with life support tubes inserted all over your body, do you doubt whether you have even 1% of the mobility of an average person?]

[In this weakened state, even if the attack were to strike ten times, allowing my body to reach a level where even superhuman missiles couldn't kill me, what good would it do if my stamina couldn't keep up?]

Even if you amplify the strength of a rock a hundred million times, it still won't move. You can't just throw it around like a whim, or toss it into a latrine whenever you want!

[You are confident that after descending 18 times, you will make your body invincible.]

The problem is, even if your current stamina increased 200,000 times, you still wouldn't be able to move for long!

Even if you try to move as quietly as possible to conserve your energy, you might only be able to last ten minutes or so before your stamina runs out. How can you possibly conquer the world then?

[You only get ten minutes of sweep time every 18 days?]

[Furthermore, during these ten minutes, you cannot unleash your full power; you must fight with restraint, otherwise you might collapse at any moment.]

[Once the descent phase ends, tubes need to be inserted into the body immediately, otherwise it means losing life support and dying from exhaustion...]

This is a pure test of wits, not a battle. It even eliminates your combat abilities, allowing you only to command the target from a distance.

[Regarding this.]

You'll have no choice but to make full use of your wisdom—

[Before your wisdom was activated, someone interrupted the process; they saw you open your eyes and excitedly shouted.]

【"Your Majesty the Emperor!"】

"Who puts these two names together?"

Your voice came from the speaker implanted in your throat: "What is it?"

You decide to first understand the current situation.

"Now that the War General has rebelled first, and the four barbarian tribes are eyeing us covetously, only Your Majesty the Emperor can save the empire!"

【"???"】

"War General? What War General?"

"What exactly are the Four Barbarian Tribes?"

The information they gave you before you came in was too vague; you didn't understand what they were saying.

Before you, the old men exchanged glances, wondering if the emperor had been asleep for too long, or if his brain was aging and he was suffering from dementia.

But the accumulated authority of the past still hangs high above their heads, and the elders begin to explain one by one, their voices clapping and gesturing, trying to awaken your lost memories.

"You are the emperor of the empire. It was you who conquered the vast territory of the empire 200 years ago and became the supreme emperor."