[Qin Lei's forehead was slick with cold sweat, acknowledging that with your move, he had no chance of survival!]
[Seeing you release that move so effortlessly, he only thought it was your regular swordplay...]
[Thus, Qin Lei was completely convinced by you!]
[That very day, Qin Lei joined the Tianyuan Army, becoming your deputy!]
[The next day, Qin Lei spread the word, plainly stating that the list of prodigies underestimated you... with your strength, you deserved a spot within the top ten!]
[You responded to this with a smile, neither confirming nor denying...]
[With that, cultivators from the Little Qingyun Realm and the entire Three Thousand Worlds went even crazier!]
[To rank in the top ten of the prodigy list with early-stage Heavenly Immortal power was an unprecedented event in tens of thousands of years!]
[If what Qin Lei said was true, your potential was more than enough to advance to Golden Immortal... even Taiyi Golden Immortal!]
[As a result, in the next few years, more and more cultivators from the prodigy list came seeking you out, to challenge you...]
[In just over a decade, you defeated three cultivators ranked top fifty on the prodigy list... and more than ten others not ranked, but who possessed the strength of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!]
[All these cultivators were subdued by you... and joined the Tianyuan Army voluntarily!]
[From then on, the power of the Tianyuan Army was unmatched, almost on par with the entire Heavenly Demon City!]
[And with it, the overall strength of the Little Qingyun Realm, especially the number of high-realm cultivators, doubled!]
In the real world, Su Xing's mouth curved upwards.
"Not bad... it seems this prodigy list has quite the reputation!"
"Just over twenty years, and more than ten cultivators comparable to the Heavenly Immortal Realm have come to pledge their loyalty!"
"Let's not even talk about others... Qin Lei alone, ranked forty-seventh on the prodigy list, must have at least late-stage Heavenly Immortal strength!"
"With this trend... the Little Qingyun Realm will definitely be able to hold out much longer!"
Su Xing's gaze returned to the Simulation Panel.
[In the 110th year, as your fame grew, many cultivators came seeking you out... The overall strength of the Little Qingyun Realm surged like never before!]
[You were like a banner, with cultivators from other worlds coming to challenge you every year, only to be persuaded to join the Tianyuan Army...]
[As the power of the Tianyuan Army continued to rise, even though the strength of the Red-eyed Foreign Race kept increasing, the Human Race still had the upper hand...]
[Meanwhile, your understanding of the Sword Dao grew deeper, with only a breakthrough needed to fully step into the initial realm of comprehension!]
[Another twenty years passed...]
[In the 130th year, your Qi Refining Cultivation finally took another step forward, reaching the Second Layer of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!]
[From the First Layer to the Second Layer of the Heavenly Immortal Realm... Even though you cultivated the Zhengyi Submission Decision daily, it still took a full ninety years!]
[Included were over fifty years of enjoying the double cultivation speed bonus of the Late Bloomer... amounting to over one hundred forty years of cultivation!]
[Such a cultivation speed made you realize the difficulties faced by high-realm cultivators!]
[For an ordinary Heavenly Immortal cultivator, ascending from the First Layer to the Second Layer would normally require at least three thousand years of arduous cultivation!]
[Even though one hundred forty years was fast, you were still not satisfied...]
[You knew that to cultivate faster, you had to perfect the Third Layer of the Zhengyi Submission Decision!]
[In the 135th year, as the numbers of the Red-eyed Foreign Race continued to grow, the Little Qingyun Realm was gradually losing ground...]
[This was despite you tirelessly recruiting talents over the years... otherwise, the Foreign Race would have completely overwhelmed us long ago.]
[In the 140th year, one day while you were comprehending the Sword Dao in your cave, you put immense effort and focus into every swing!]
[Finally, after one particular swing, you felt yourself entering a mysterious realm!]
[Inspiration burst forth like a fountain... countless insights followed in rapid succession!]
[You successfully triggered a state of sudden enlightenment!]
[You saw through the essence of all things; the Sword Dao seemed to lay itself bare before your eyes...]
[Swing after swing of your sword became incredibly easy...]
[It was as if a shackle within you had been broken open!]
[On the second day of enlightenment, your Sword Dao cultivation effortlessly stepped into the initial realm of comprehension!]
[But the state of enlightenment continued...]