Surviving the Simulation

[Your journey in the simulated Immortal cultivation holds the key to abundant rewards. The longer you survive and the more thrilling events you experience, the greater the generosity of the rewards upon your death.]

[To qualify for the rewards, you must persevere for a minimum of five years.]

[Rest assured, death within the simulator does not mean to true death and you will continue to live in the real world, unharmed.]

[Your personal attributes are being randomly generated...]

[Name: Xuan Ji]

[State of mind: 1]

[Fortune: 1]

[Perseverance: 2]

[Background: 2]

[Talent: Sword]

[Hint: If any attribute reaches zero, the probability of death will be greatly increased.]

[Your simulated life has officially begun –]

[Countdown: 10, 9... 0!]

[Simulation begins!]

Xuan Ji's started reading the lines of words before him. However, as he reached the end, a wave of dizziness washed over him, and his consciousness began to fade.

When Xuan Ji regained awareness, a feeling of suffocation overwhelmed him. Instinctively, he fought against the oppressive sensation, desperately struggling to break free. Finally, he managed to escape the confinement, gasping for air.

As he broke free from the suffocating sensation, Xuan Ji's first instinct was to burst into tears. Confused and tearful, Xuan Ji became aware of a chorus of voices, each with its own unique tone—some elderly, some youthful, some experienced. Although he couldn't comprehend the language, he somehow understood their words.

"Congratulations!"

"Young Master has been born."

"The child is healthy."

"Mother and child are safe."

"Let me... Let me see my child."

Amidst the cacophony, a voice filled with warmth and concern caught his attention. Xuan Ji's cries subsided as he found himself cradled gently in the arms of a beautiful middle-aged woman, her eyes brimming with tender love. A deep connection surged within him, instantly recognizing her as his mother.

'I Reincarnated?' Xuan Ji thought

As he pondered over the events confused, new line of words materialized before him.

[Age 0: You have been born into a merchant family. Your father is the head of the merchant family.]

A year passed by.

[Age 1: Your first year was ordinary, like that of any child.]

Xuan Ji discovered that he was in a village called Yuan Village, located in a remote corner of the Great Lin Dynasty. Village wasn't big and hand close to 1000 people living in it. Having lived for a year here, Xuan Ji began to realize the stark differences of this world compared to his previous life.

The books he had secretly read at home revealed the absence of a northern region and an entirely different language, leaving him greatly perplexed.

However, he surprisingly faced no language barrier and understood everything clearly, as if he had been learning the language for years. Initially confused and plagued by countless questions—where was he? Was he dead? What was this "simulation" mentioned in the text? —these thoughts lingered in his mind.

Over time, he managed to gather fragments of information, gradually piecing together that he had been transported to another world—a place where he had to survive. The longer he could stay alive, the greater the rewards he would receive upon his death in this world.

Although unsure of the purpose behind his personal attributes, he understood that if any of them reached zero, his situation would become increasingly perilous, hastening his death. However, death in this world was not the end as he can return to the world he came from.

Though uncertain of the truth behind the words and the reality of this world, Xuan Ji dismissed the concept of it being an illusion. His conviction stemmed from a past experience within the Frostbite Sect's Illusion Tower—which was made by founder of sect, an expert in a realm higher than Nascent Soul.

The sensations he felt within the tower lacked authenticity, unlike the vividness of this current world. It also didn't make sense for someone to dedicate so much effort only to kill him.

The complexity and realism of this world hinted at a deeper purpose.

While the truth remained elusive, Xuan Ji chose patience over hasty conclusions, embracing the opportunity presented to him, whether real or not.

[Age 2: Your father gifted you a wooden sword for playing. Holding it in your hands, you felt an immediate connection to the sword, as if it was made just for you. This revelation unveiled your talent: your progress in cultivating sword-related techniques is twice as fast with half the effort.]

[You tried to cultivate using "Frostbite Sect" technique but you got the warning.]

[Warning: You cannot use any type of cultivation techniques from the world you are from in this world otherwise you will be penalized.]

[Age 3: You didn't lose hope and secretly explored the technique and other books in your village library. To your surprise, cultivators were extremely rare in your hometown. Instead, people relied on external and internal martial arts to grow stronger, as their talents couldn't make them cultivators. Moreover, cultivation techniques were beyond even with your father's means and riches, leaving you disheartened and decreasing your state of mind by one point.]

Although he had visited the village down the mountain and had encountered many cultivators there, he now understood that it was because the village was in close proximity to the sect and for places far away from a sect, it was extremely rare for people to come across a cultivator.

At this point, Xuan Ji grasped that the world outside the sect was different. Abandoned at the sect's doors as a newborn, he was taken in and adopted by the sect due to his exceptional talent that was also the reason he don't know these basic information.

He also realized that becoming a cultivator was not something that anyone could achieve easily as the path of cultivation required special talent, techniques and also resources.

…

Xu Han had returned home and was observing Xuan Ji's simulation. He was not present there in physical form, but he could witness Xuan Ji's progress through the lines of words that appeared before him.

He discovered that one year in the simulation was equivalent to only one minute in real life. Initially, this time balance surprised him, but he soon realized that it was necessary for the simulation to maintain its purpose.

After all, if there was no difference between cultivating in real life and cultivating in the simulation, then what purpose would the simulation serve?