Chapter 5: The First Life Simulation
After finishing reviewing Long Aotian's memories, Dugu Bo gained a general understanding of the major events that would unfold on the Douluo Continent.
Just as he was still questioning the authenticity of those memories, the system's cold, emotionless voice rang out again:
[Do you want to begin the life simulation?]
This time, Dugu Bo only hesitated briefly before replying:
"Begin."
[Starting life simulation]
[At age 70, you finally break through to Rank 90, reaching the Title Douluo level. You spend the entire day stabilizing your newly advanced cultivation beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.]
Looking at the lines of text scrolling across the crystal panel in front of him, Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow slightly.
In this simulation, Long Aotian never appeared—everything proceeded normally.
[Day 1: You stabilize your cultivation beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.]
[Day 2: You continue cultivating and stabilizing your newly achieved breakthrough.]
…
[Day 5: Your cultivation is finally stable. You set out to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to ask Yu Yuanzhen to help you hunt a soul beast.]
Seeing this, Dugu Bo's thoughts stirred.
This was indeed something he would very likely do.
Because of the successive deaths of his loved ones, he had become isolated, temperamental, and unpredictable. Aside from his granddaughter, he was practically alone in the world.
Yu Yuanzhen was one of the few powerful individuals he was somewhat familiar with—a connection formed long ago at an auction.
Meanwhile, the text on the crystal panel continued scrolling:
[Yu Yuanzhen agrees to help you, both to befriend a newly advanced Title Douluo and due to your past acquaintance. For safety, he also brings along another Soul Douluo-level expert.]
[Day 5: You and your group head to the Star Dou Forest to search for a suitable soul beast.]
[Day 5: You search all day but find nothing suitable.]
[Day 6: You encounter a 50,000-year Man-Faced Demon Spider and kill it. Although it is poison-attributed, its soul ring is too weak for your standards, so you do not absorb it.]
[Day 7: You continue searching but find nothing.]
[Day 10: At dusk, just after setting up camp, a ten-thousand-year Scarlet Chain Snake flees past you, chased by a 70,000-year Medusa soul beast.]
[You, Yu Yuanzhen, and the accompanying elder act decisively and kill the "Queen of Serpents," the Medusa soul beast.]
[A deep black soul ring rises. Just as you prepare to absorb it, a strange fluctuation emerges from the corpse—you discover a head soul bone.]
Seeing this, Dugu Bo's eyes flickered.
A Medusa… and it even produced a soul bone.
If the simulation was accurate, this was worth searching for in reality.
[After some hesitation, you decide to give the soul bone to Yu Yuanzhen to ensure your safety.]
[Unexpectedly, Yu Yuanzhen refuses, saying that since the soul ring and soul bone come from the same beast, you should absorb both for maximum benefit.]
[You absorb the 70,000-year Medusa soul ring and soul bone, gaining a powerful soul skill called "Biphosphor Divine Light." You are very pleased.]
[Your soul power only reaches Rank 91 after absorption. You lament the difficulty of cultivation at the Title Douluo level.]
[Day 12: You begin your return journey.]
[Day 13: You visit the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and inform your granddaughter, Dugu Yan, of your breakthrough. She is overjoyed.]
[Day 14: You go to the Spirit Hall for your Title Douluo coronation ceremony. Bibi Dong attempts to recruit you, but you refuse.]
[Though she shows no reaction outwardly, she is displeased. Shortly after leaving, you are attacked by Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.]
[You are no match for the two, but since they have no intent to kill, you manage to escape to the Heaven Dou Empire.]
[There, Prince Xue Xing forces the two Douluo to retreat with military pressure. You reluctantly agree to assist him occasionally.]
Years passed in the simulation:
Age 71–73: You cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; Chrysanthemum Douluo repeatedly challenges you.
Age 74: Your poison array is disturbed, but it's only a stray soul beast.
…
[Age 78: Prince Xue Xing asks you to drive away troublemakers from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.]
[You drive away Tang San and his group.]
[They go on to Blue Tyrant Academy.]
[Later, your granddaughter Dugu Yan tells you Tang San used realgar wine to counter her poison. Intrigued, you abduct Tang San.]
[You bring him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Using his knowledge of poison, he passes your test and impresses you.]
[You entrust him with treating you and your granddaughter, even handing over your entire herb garden.]
[After you leave, Tang San smiles—he quickly develops a cure.]
At this point, Dugu Bo couldn't help but feel furious.
That brat really knows how to act.
If he hadn't seen Long Aotian's memories beforehand, he would have fallen for it all over again—treating Tang San as a confidant, even a close friend despite the age gap.
Yes, Tang San did help suppress the poison in his body…
But he never truly eliminated it.