Speedrunning the Heavens: Ascending to Emperor

As a top-tier speedrunner, Zhai Yujia has mastered every conceivable strategy for *Projections of the Heavens: Shifting Worlds*, from conventional builds to the most unorthodox exploits. He has conquered the game using every mythical physique and forbidden art imaginable—Chaos Body, Innate Holy Body and Daoist Fetus, Devouring Demonic Art, Ancient Sacred Body, and more. But when he is suddenly transmigrated into the actual game universe, there is only one mindset for a true veteran: a hardcore permadeath run. No matter the odds, he must speedrun his way to the top. Starting with an ordinary mortal shell, Yujia realizes he has time to kill before the iconic Dragon-Pulled Coffin arrives. Why waste a single second? He decides to jumpstart his evolution using a bloodline-atavism strategy, projecting his consciousness into the *Infinite Terror* universe just long enough to conquer the Lord God and unlock the fundamental genetic lock. Skipping through the lower tiers effortlessly, he uses the fourth-tier self-retrospection to rewrite his DNA and awaken dormant ancestral power. After all, as a proud citizen of Earth, his lineage traces back through the ages—why not tap into the legendary blood of the Yellow Emperor, Yan Emperor, or even Chi You of the Jiuli? Of course, before making his grand entrance, he just needs to sculpt the perfect face: perhaps a replica of Ye Fan, or better yet, the ancient Emperor Di Zun. Having speedrun the path of the Heavenly Emperor in five hundred years and the Quasi-Emperor in three hundred across countless virtual simulations, this new reality is just a slightly higher difficulty setting. Now, if only he could find the quit button...