【Wan Sanqian saw you were about to bow to him and immediately started circulating his cultivation technique at a frantic pace, his speed skyrocketing.】

【This big, fat man took a single step with such speed he nearly took off, quickly supporting your elbows to stop you.】

【"Hero Chen, you speak too seriously! Anyone in that situation at the time would have chosen to help you! Even knowing you weren't the Shen Family Founding Ancestor, even knowing there would be no benefit, I wouldn't stand by and watch that Shen Family bully the weak with their strength and gang up on the few!"】

【Your connections reach the heavens, but you don't hold a high position within any particular faction, nor do you hold any official post in any imperial court.】

【When people address you, calling you directly by your name feels somewhat inappropriate.】

【So now, everyone simply calls you Hero Chen.】

【Wan Sanqian realized in just one second what your so-called apology was referring to.】

【Back then at the Shen Family, you impersonated the Shen Family Founding Ancestor, had Wan Sanqian help you deal with the Shen Family experts, and promised him things like thirty percent of the Starry Domains... of course, that was all a lie to him.】

【You were apologizing for that matter.】

【But who are you now?】

【Let's set aside your connections for a moment.】

【You punched through four Founding Ancestors and repelled a million-strong demon army!】

【Before long, your legendary tale will spread throughout the entire Five Regions, and everyone will sing praises of your glorious name.】

【And you hold a Great Dao Immortal Artifact in your hand!】

【Wan Sanqian and the others all know that Great Dao Immortal Artifacts don't acknowledge masters; they only have cooperative relationships.】

【To be acknowledged by a Great Dao Immortal Artifact, how could he, a mere sect master of the Myriad Methods Sect, possibly accept a bow from you?】 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

【The Sword Lord revealed an expression of sudden understanding.】

【"So the 'benefactor' you mentioned refers to the Shen Family. I'm afraid this 'benefactor' wasn't given willingly, was it?"】

【You scratched your head and said somewhat awkwardly.】

【"You could say he was willing... or you could say he wasn't willing... either works..."】

【Everyone present was shrewd and experienced.】

【They had also seen you take out the smoking Qiankun Mirror and knew you must have caused trouble in the Starry Domains.】

【These people admired you even more.】

【What kind of deity are you?】

【You went to the Demon World and came back safely!】

【You stirred up trouble at the Shen Family and came back safely too!】

【You even managed to snatch the Shen Family's Great Dao Immortal Artifact and bring it back.】

【Outrageous!】

【The various big shots immediately voiced their positions.】

【"Hero Chen, rest assured. The Shen Family is the Shen Family, and the Five Regions are the Five Regions. If the Shen Family dares to cause trouble for you, my Beast Taming Sect will be the first to refuse!"】

【"Treasures of the world belong to the capable! If the Shen Family dares to come, the Five Regions stand united as one!"】

【"What Shen Family! Every time the Five Regions face calamity, they're nowhere to be seen lending a hand. They've probably stayed in the Starry Domains for so long they really think they're immortals!"】

【"The resources of the Starry Domains should belong to all under heaven. That Shen Family has monopolized them for tens of thousands of years. I've long been sick of them!"】

【Hearing these voices, you had just two words in your heart.】

【Reassured.】

【After a three-day-and-three-night military reward ceremony, the allied forces of the Five Regions each returned to their own territories.】

【Year 69, age 87.】

【Time flew by, several years passed.】

【Your cultivation level advanced to the sixth level of Spirit Condensation.】

【After the war ended, the Five Regions returned to peace.】

【You and the Female Emperor went to the Northern Frontier together to collect the gift package of one hundred thousand acres of pastureland your eldest brother had awarded you.】

【Now, Third Sister's family has also settled in the Northern Frontier; their family has fifty thousand acres of pastureland.】

【"Lingyue, you've been staying with me in the Northern Frontier all this time. Is it alright not to go to the Southern Borderlands?"】

【On the boundless great grassland, the wind bent the grass low, revealing cattle and sheep.】

【You and Li Lingyue lay in the wild grass taller than a person, gazing at the blue sky and white clouds, enjoying this rare moment of peace.】

【"The Southern Borderlands' government affairs have people to manage them. If anything urgent comes up, they will notify me."】

【You looked at Li Lingyue and were just about to deepen your emotional exchange when you heard Shen Jia's voice.】

【"Uncle! My father is back! Mom is asking you and Auntie to come over for dinner tonight!"】

【It wasn't until today that Shen Qingshan officially resigned from his post in Great Qian and came to the Northern Frontier to retire.】

【After all, you and Chen Yun are people of the Central Plains and aren't accustomed to living in the felt tents of the Northern Frontier.】

【So Chen Jing ordered people to construct two magnificent estates in an area close to the Central Plains, one for you and the Female Emperor to live in, and one for Chen Yun's family to live in.】

【He also assigned over a hundred servants to take care of your daily needs and manage the estates.】

【This place wasn't far from the Central Plains. If you found life on the grasslands monotonous, going to the Central Plains for entertainment wouldn't take much time.】

【Third Sister Chen Yun is a mortal.】

【You've seen her innate talent: no innate talent, no special physique. Her fortune among mortals wasn't considered low, reaching a maximum of 45.】

【Chen Yun is three years older than you and is now ninety years old, an advanced age.】

【Eldest Brother Chen Jing provided her with many rare medicinal herbs to nourish her body.】

【At the same time, he went and clung to the leg of the Northern Frontier's Grand Elder, crying his heart out to get a stalk of Longevity Grass to extend Chen Yun's lifespan.】

【Chen Yun is now extremely aged and frail, needing servants to support and care for her whenever she goes out or comes in.】

【After arriving at Third Sister's family estate, you saw Shen Qingshan.】

【You were astonished to discover.】

【Although Shen Qingshan is still only at the Golden Body Realm to this day, he possesses a special physique, and it's a Sacred Physique!】

【Dual-Soul Sacred Physique: Your body can simultaneously house two independent souls. The personalities do not affect each other, cultivation can be stacked, and the cultivation aptitude is taken from the stronger of the two souls.】

【"This..."】

【At this moment, you understood some things.】

【In the third simulation, after Shen Qingshan was taken away by the Shen Family, he never returned to the Five Regions.】

【He didn't have an accident during the Mirror Wielder selection.】

【He truly won the chicken dinner!】

Outside the simulation, Chen Yi's mouth opened slightly, feeling somewhat amazed.

"Good heavens, my Chen Family doesn't raise idle people!"

Third Sister, who seemed to have absolutely no cultivation opportunities, actually found a husband who possesses a Sacred Physique!

Judging from the description of the Dual-Soul Sacred Physique, it seemed tailor-made for the Shen Family Founding Ancestor.

He wouldn't need to possess a body; he could choose to coexist with Shen Qingshan's personality!

The benefits of this are self-evident.

Body possession is not tolerated by the rules of heaven and earth.

No matter how much of a genius the Shen Family Founding Ancestor is, no matter how perfect the secret technique he researched, there would always be some side effects.

But with Shen Qingshan, the Shen Family Founding Ancestor could take a shortcut directly, without needing to possess a body!

Moreover, when the Shen Family Founding Ancestor enters Shen Qingshan's body, Shen Qingshan's cultivation talent would synchronize with the Shen Family Founding Ancestor's, and their cultivation could even stack!

The Shen Family Founding Ancestor might be able to advance even further, reaching new heights!

"The benefits probably aren't limited to just this. Sacred Physiques can undergo a second awakening. In other words, this isn't Shen Qingshan's opportunity; this is actually the Shen Family Founding Ancestor's opportunity!"

The Shen Family Founding Ancestor might not necessarily have a special physique.

Even if he does, it might not be a Sacred Physique.

Even if it is a Sacred Physique, would he mind having an additional Sacred Physique?

Who would have thought that in the third simulation, the so-called "great opportunity" that Shen Linfeng used to trick Shen Qingshan actually hit the mark by accident and became real!

"Understood. The must-eat list for the next simulation is now out.

First, take the Sword Lord as my master.

Second, send the Female Emperor to the Southern Borderlands.

Have Shen Qingshan cultivate the 'Righteous Sun Formula' and send him to the Starry Domains to become the Founding Ancestor, creating another powerful connection for me.

Wait until Eldest Brother and Li Chengqian's Secret Imperial Decree war is over, then acknowledge Eldest Brother, and become sworn brothers with the emperor."