"Wow..."

Seeing the golden light shine, Chen Yi couldn't help but let a smile rise at the corner of his mouth.

He checked the effect.

"Realm +1? Is that adding a major realm? Or a minor realm?"

Adding a minor realm would mean going from Spirit Condensation sixth layer to seventh layer, which felt a bit unworthy of a gold quality.

Adding a major realm would mean Spirit Condensation directly becoming Martial King, which perfectly fit the positioning of a Gold Legend!

The effect of "Half-Emperor for a Thousand Ages" seemed to have negatives and limitations, but in reality, it had none at all.

Once theoretical lifespan passed the halfway point, he could just uninstall it.

It was enough to have a great time in the first half of life.

"I can't use it in this simulation anymore, I'm already ninety. Theoretical lifespan, even with the increase from the Five Regions Sacred Pill, is only one hundred and forty years."

Chen Yi decided to wait until the simulation ended and try equipping this trait in reality himself, to see exactly how the realm calculation worked.

Actually, some descriptions in the trait system didn't quite match reality.

For example, the "Enhancement!" trait's "Grade +1" wasn't always a full one-level increase in quality either.

[The disaster descended suddenly.]

[But you knew it wasn't actually sudden. The enemy had just been deploying, disguising, and biding their time all along.]

[Now that they were starting to move, it was simply because everything was ready.]

[The Dragon-Man tribe's invasion had begun.]

[On the seas surrounding the continent, countless Water Demon Spirits blockaded the maritime regions.]

[These biological weapons, whose weaknesses were unknown to ordinary people, left even powerful experts helpless against them.]

[They sealed off any possibility for the living beings on the continent to leave the mainland in search of a way out.]

[Inside the continent, armies of Earth Demon Spirits, Metal Demon Spirits, Wood Demon Spirits, and Fire Demon Spirits, similar to the Water Demon Spirits, descended from the sky.]

[Their targets were clear: they prioritized attacking martial artist factions, Spirit Crystal mines, and spirit herb fields.]

[When facing martial artists, they also prioritized hunting down craftsmen like alchemists, artifact refiners, and Formation Masters.]

[The enemy understood very well where humanity's advantages lay.]

[Ordinary people were merely collateral damage at this moment, but even so, the scene was already one of utter devastation and carnage.]

[At first, the martial artists of the Five Regions didn't even know these were the Dragon-Man tribe's biological weapons.]

[They were still wondering where all these monsters had come from.]

[Having been to the Demon World and witnessed Water Demon Spirits, you shared this information. Only then did the Five Regions learn what they were facing.]

[However, even as the entire Five Regions was locked in fierce battle with the Five-Element Demon Spirit armies...]

[You didn't see a single Dragon-Man.]

[The Dragon-Man tribe gave you the feeling that they disdained personally dealing with the Five Regions, that sending a few biological weapons was enough.]

[They were probably fighting the Holy Lands and the Shen Family.]

[Yet, this notion was quickly shattered.]

[Facing the Alien Race's biological weapons, your old blade remained sharp. Chen Jing appointed you as the Grand Marshal of Demon-Breaking, commanding a hundred thousand elite cavalry!]

[The Demon-Breaking Army swept across the Northern Frontier on horseback, crushing the Demon Spirits. Under your command and leading charges, morale was high, and they fought with exceptional bravery!] 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

[Once the Northern Frontier situation was largely under control, you rode Black Wind and led troops south to support Great Qian.]

[Along the way, a scout rider came to report.]

["Grand Marshal! Something strange is happening ahead!"]

["What strange thing?"]

["People are falling from the sky!"]

[You were stunned for a moment, then thought of something.]

["Quick! Take me to see!"]

[Approaching, you saw that indeed, people were falling from the sky like hailstones.]

[There were dead people, living people, and some who were alive but died from the fall.]

[You recognized most of these people.]

[Shen Family disciples!]

["Shen Yufeng?"]

[Back when you participated in the Mirror Wielder selection at the Shen Family, Shen Yufeng was responsible for standing guard at the entrance of your residence, casually cracking melon seeds when idle.]

[Shen Yufeng was not young anymore, but she had probably taken something like a Beauty-Preserving Pill, so she still looked exactly as you remembered from your time at the Shen Family.]

[You recognized her at a glance.]

[Shen Yufeng had multiple severe injuries, covered in blood.]

[Her consciousness seemed relatively clear, but falling like this, even as a Spirit Sea realm martial artist now, she couldn't withstand it.]

["Thump! Thump!"]

[You leaped into the air, stepping on the footwork of the "Seven Divine Starry Steps," soaring up from Black Wind's back.]

[While mid-air, you unleashed the "Cloud-Scorching Hand," but removed the flames from it. Using this large hand condensed from Spiritual Energy, you steadily caught Shen Yufeng and then lowered her to the ground.]

["Spread the nets! Save as many as we can!"]

[You gave the order. The soldiers quickly responded, riding their horses to spread out rapidly, each holding one end of a rope, pulling open a huge rope net.]

[Shen Family members fell onto it like dumplings dropped into boiling water.]

[Most of them ended up dying anyway. Only a fortunate few survived.]

["Shen Yufeng! Wake up!"]

[You fed Shen Yufeng a medicinal pill.]

But according to your divine sense investigation, her breath was already as faint as a thread. That spirit medicine wasn't enough to save her.

["You..."]

["I'm Chen Yi... oh, Shen Yi."]

["Shen Yi, you're actually still alive?"]

["It's a long story. What happened to you all? Did something happen in the Starry Domains?"]

[Shen Yufeng nodded with difficulty. She already had more breath going out than coming in.]

["It's the Dragon-Man tribe..."]

[As expected. You couldn't think of any other enemy.]

["Has the Starry Domains already fallen, with the invasion just starting?"]

["No... the first wave of attacks began fifteen years ago..."]

[You were shocked.]

[Fifteen years ago, the Great Wastes Demon Tribe and the Five Regions humans hadn't even officially gone to war yet.]

[You originally thought the Dragon-Man tribe had incited both sides to fight, waiting for them to exhaust each other before reaping the spoils.]

[But the reality was, the Dragon-Man tribe acted simultaneously, even taking action a step ahead!]

[They were actually this confident in their own plan!]

[Could it be that the Three Great Holy Lands outside the Five Regions were also attacked by the Dragon-Man tribe right when the Five Regions and the Great Wastes went to war?]

[From Shen Yufeng's mouth, you learned.]

[The Dragon-Man army emerged from the Star Force Mystic Realm.]

[You still remembered the Qiankun Mirror saying that place was where the human world's world barrier was weakest.]

[It wasn't surprising that the Dragon-Man tribe, crossing worlds, would appear from that place.]

[After the powerful experts among the Dragon-Man tribe entered the Starry Domains, their first action wasn't to attack the Shen Family's experts, but to seal the Sky-Earth Barrier.]

[The Sky-Earth Barrier was a naturally existing barrier, not something created by the Shen Family.]

[The Shen Family had merely added some defensive, sealing, and control-type formations on top of it.]

[Once the Sky-Earth Barrier was sealed, all connection between the Starry Domains and the ground below was severed.]

[After that, the Shen Family withstood five years of fierce assaults from the Dragon-Man tribe.]

["There weren't many of them, but the weapons they used were strange... like cannons used by mortals, one per person. The power was immense. Even a Golden Body realm Dragon-Man using that weird cannon could tie down a Martial King realm expert..."]