Caelan raised his foot and stepped into the portal.

Along with a faint flash of light, the scene before his eyes was replaced by a thick white mist.

Although he still had no idea what kind of world he would enter, if he could get a decent starting point, it would save Caelan far too much time in his subsequent actions.

Just as Caelan was thinking about this, a prompt box appeared before his eyes.

[Simulation scene is being constructed. Please wait...]

[Simulation beginning. Loading your identity, family, and world...]

[Warm reminder: This is your first time entering this Instance. Therefore, you do not carry any skills and possess no special items.]

[World construction complete. Next, you will begin a fantastical journey through a cultivation world.]

[Finally, good luck!]

Caelan was slightly stunned.

He had never expected that his very first simulation would actually bring him to a cultivation world.

According to his remaining memories, cultivation worlds seemed to be extremely cruel. People often fought fiercely over a single treasure, and some even slaughtered an entire city of ordinary people.

Caelan pondered for a moment, then looked at his own panel.

There was some background information about the Instance world here. For a first-timer like him, it clearly held considerable value.

Caelan opened the introduction panel.

In the next instant, information about the Instance world entered his sight.

[The world you have entered is the Eastern Profound Continent. The experts here all follow the cultivation path. Of course, as your strength increases, you can break through the dimensional wall and travel to other regions.]

[Instance World Background: The Eastern Profound Continent is home to a large number of cultivation sects. They yearn for immortality and care about nothing other than immortality. In this place, only Dao arts can be used. No other supernatural abilities exist.]

[Clearance condition: You only need to become the strongest person in this world to clear the Instance.]

[Eastern Profound Continent realm divisions: Qi Refining, Nascent Soul, Soul Transformation...]

Wait, this was just an Instance. Did it really have to be this realistic?

The corner of Caelan’s mouth could not help but twitch slightly. At the same time, he began experiencing the long simulation.

[You were born on the Eastern Profound Continent, within the most powerful Xuanhuang Dynasty, and you are the one and only crown prince. Your birth brought boundless vitality to the entire dynasty.]

[Because of your birth, heavenly phenomena descended. Many people spread rumors that you were a true immortal who had descended to the mortal realm. Countless commoners respected you greatly...]

[You possess supreme bloodlines: the precious blood of a Divine Emperor, the Supreme Bone, the Emperor’s Eyes...]

[In short, your background, status, and aptitude have all reached the peak of this world!] 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Seeing such an absurdly overpowered introduction, even Caelan began to feel a little lacking in confidence.

Wait.

Why did it feel like this background was even more impressive than his actual self?

But...

To roll such an identity in his very first simulation, he should be considered ridiculously lucky, right?

Just as Caelan was marveling at his good fortune, the other awakeners participating in the simulation elsewhere were all mentally breaking down.

Because time in the Instance constantly flowed forward, the players who had arrived earlier might have already lived in the Eastern Profound Continent for several decades.

They had originally thought that as long as they accumulated enough foundation here, they would eventually be able to truly clear the Instance.

However, none of them had expected that the crown prince of the Xuanhuang Dynasty would actually be born!

And from the moment of his birth, he was already one of the most noble existences in the entire world.

"What the hell? Who got this lucky? They actually managed to be born into the imperial family. From what I know, it seems like no awakener has ever been born into an emperor’s household before!"

"This luck is way too good. When will I get to be born into an imperial family too? I really don’t want to keep following my dad around scooping manure!"

"Bro, why don’t you just restart? What do you think?"

"I can’t! I’ve already restarted a hundred times. If I keep doing this, my lifespan will almost be used up!"

"Sigh. Comparing people makes you want to die, comparing goods makes you want to throw them away. Even grinding an Instance has to be like this? My mentality has collapsed!"

...

The awakeners within the Eastern Profound Continent all suffered a mental breakdown because of Caelan’s arrival.

Many of them had already lived here for over a hundred years, yet they had never seen such a ridiculously lucky player appear!

On the other side, Caelan continued checking the trajectory of his life.

[In the second year after your birth, you had already finished reading every book in this world and learned every cultivation technique. You often fell into melancholy because you were simply too outstanding.]

[In the third year after your birth, you gained a new goal: beating up children. Based on what you learned about the situation in this world, you discovered that some mighty experts, when approaching the end of their lifespan, would choose to reincarnate and be reborn. Their reincarnations often possessed extremely powerful strength from birth. While beating them up, your own strength improved at astonishing speed.]

[In the fourth year after your birth, you learned that beyond the Eastern Profound Continent, there existed an even broader world. You were very clear that these were different simulation worlds, and you developed great curiosity toward them.]

[In the fifth year after your birth, you officially began stepping onto the path of cultivation. You also dug a Heaven-grade cultivation technique out of your ancestral grave. Your rapid progress shocked the entire Xuanhuang Dynasty.]

[In the eighth year after your birth, your strength had already reached the Soul Transformation realm. After your master saw this, his heart disease acted up, and he nearly ascended on the spot. Fortunately, you treated him in time, allowing your master to enjoy his later years in peace.]

When Caelan saw this, the corner of his mouth twitched twice again.

No, seriously, bro. Are you writing a novel here?

Reaching the Soul Transformation realm at eight years old? Even novelists would not dare write something like this. This was way too fake, right?

Caelan had still read some cultivation novels before.

But the problem was, the result simulated for him was far too ridiculous. It was even more ridiculous than those cultivation novels!

However, in the next instant, he suddenly thought of his own experiences.

In just one short month, he had gone from an ordinary person to a peak Five-Star awakener, and he was even only one step away from Six-Star.

Looking at it from this angle, it seemed...

The simulation given by this Instance was not actually that ridiculous?

Thinking of this, a strange expression appeared on Caelan’s face.

So...

It seemed that the version of himself in the Eastern Profound Continent was still a little useless?

Indeed. Taking three years to reach the Soul Transformation realm was a bit too slow!

As Caelan thought this, his gaze continued toward the later parts of the simulation.

[In the tenth year after your birth, you still had not broken through to the Flying Immortal realm. You encountered a qilin. It was transformed from your great-great-great-grandfather. He said that you, his grandson, had the bearing of a Great Emperor!]

Caelan: ???

Wait.

Although it sounded like you were praising me, why did it feel so awkward?