Zhou Huai's eyes widened as he sat bolt upright on the sofa. Had smart core ai 2.0 finally finished upgrading?!

He knew that while all of his Clones were powerful, they had always been limited by their lack of independent Souls. They were unable to comprehend their own Domains like a truly top-tier powerhouse. This AI 2.0 upgrade was precisely the perfect solution provided by the System!

To verify the effects of the upgrade, Zhou Huai couldn't wait to extract the Hegemon-King Xiang Yu Clone from within his body.

A black, violent streak of light flashed in the center of the hall. Standing twelve feet tall and clutching the Heavenly Dragon Breaking City Halberd, Xiang Yu suddenly appeared.

Zhou Huai stared at Xiang Yu's face. He noticed that the change was incredibly obvious!

One could see that Xiang Yu's eyes were significantly more vibrant than before. Previously, no matter how staggering their combat power was, the Clones' eyes would be dull and hollow whenever Zhou Huai wasn't actively controlling them with his consciousness. But now, within Xiang Yu's double pupils, there was actually the spiritual agility of a living person!

Bang!

Xiang Yu took the initiative to put away his long halberd and knelt heavily on one knee before Zhou Huai. He raised his head, his resolute face filled with loyalty and awe, as his low, sonorous voice echoed through the hall.

“Subordinate Xiang Yu greets the Master!”

Zhou Huai nodded in satisfaction and laughed. “Interesting. You really do look more like a living person than before.”

However, having agile eyes and being able to speak pleasantries was far from enough. The true core lay in whether he could break through the level seventy Domain barrier.

Zhou Huai no longer hesitated and sent an urgent inquiry to the System in his mind. “System, now that the smart core ai has upgraded to 2.0, how do I shape the Clone's independent personality? What is the specific operational procedure?”

Ding—

“System has detected that the Clone 【Hegemon-King Xiang Yu】 has met the conditions for personality activation. Opening the 【Personality Editor】 for the host.”

In front of Zhou Huai, the Void Realm rippled slightly, and a semi-transparent screen emitting a light blue glow emerged out of thin air.

At the top of the panel, five characters were extremely eye-catching—Personality Editor.

The System’s cold, mechanical voice explained in detail within Zhou Huai's mind: “The host can input the ‘life biography’ of the Clone in text form within the editor. The System will extract these words, generate immersive memories with real visuals, and instill them directly into the Clone's Sea of Consciousness.”

“These memories generated based on text will become the cornerstone for shaping the Clone's virtual personality. When the memories are completely integrated through Fusion, the Clone will possess its own ‘obsession’ and ‘Soul depth,’ thereby crossing the level seventy threshold to comprehend an exclusive Domain.”

Zhou Huai stared at the panel before him, a flash of realization crossing his eyes as he couldn't help but mutter to himself, “So that's how it is... I understand now.”

“A person's personality is actually an empty shell. What truly fills this shell and shapes a unique Soul are memories and experiences.” He stroked his chin, his gaze turning deep. “The traumas of childhood, the arrogance of youth, the glory of the Peak, the despair of the abyss... It is precisely these bits and pieces of experience that turn into the nutrients of memory, changing a person's attitude toward the world bit by bit, eventually forming an unrepeatable personality.”

“A person without a past is like a blank sheet of paper; it's impossible for them to comprehend the Domain power that contains the laws of heaven and earth. The System wants me to personally paint this bold and heavy stroke for them!” 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Having figured this out, Zhou Huai took a deep breath.

“In that case, let's start with you, Xiang Yu.”

Zhou Huai dismissed Jasmine and sat alone on the sofa in the hall, his hands flying across the virtual keyboard on the light screen.

He didn't just write a few lines perfunctorily; he invested one hundred percent of his energy.

To make Xiang Yu's personality sufficiently full and three-dimensional, Zhou Huai poured almost all the details regarding that Hegemon-King of Western Chu from his past life's memories into the editor without reservation.

“In his youth, he failed to learn literacy, so he went to learn swordsmanship, and failed again. Xiang Liang was angry with him. Yu said: ‘Literacy is only enough to record one's name. Swordsmanship only allows one to face a single enemy and is not worth learning. I want to learn what allows one to face ten thousand enemies.’”

“My strength could uproot mountains, and my Qi eclipsed the world...”

From his unbridled youth and the strength to lift a tripod; to the high spirits when raising an army in Kuaiji; and then to the Battle of Julu, where he broke the cauldrons and sank the boats, winning against the many with the few, achieving nine consecutive victories and shaking the world, until all the lords and generals crawled forward on their knees, not daring to look up.

Zhou Huai's fingers danced across the light screen as if he were carving a peerless work of art.

He wrote of Xiang Yu's deep sense of loyalty and righteousness, his indecisiveness, his mistake of letting the tiger return to the mountain at the Feast at Hong Gate, and his exhaustion during the Chu-Han Contention.

He wrote even more about that eternal swan song, the Siege of Gaixia.

Songs of Chu from all sides, an Ambush from ten directions.

With thousands of words flowing eloquently, Zhou Huai wrote for a full three hours.

He rubbed his somewhat aching wrists and looked at the dense biography on the light screen, letting out a long breath of turbid air. “Phew... This way, his pride, his fearlessness, his tragedy, and his final regrets are all there.”

“System, submit the biography and begin the transformation!”

“Ding—Biography submitted successfully. Generating real memory visuals for the Clone 【Hegemon-King Xiang Yu】. Memory synchronization is being shared with the host.”

As soon as the words fell, the editor panel turned into countless deep blue light particles, frantically surging into the brow of the kneeling Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu's powerful frame suddenly trembled, his eyes snapped shut, and the muscles on his face began to twitch violently.

At the same time, Zhou Huai felt a thunderous boom in his mind, and his consciousness was instantly ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ pulled into an incredibly realistic illusion!

He saw those images as well!

Yellow sand filled the sky, amidst the clatter of armored horses and golden weapons.

From a god's-eye view, Zhou Huai personally witnessed a burly youth lifting a thousand-pound tripod in a courtyard, looking down on all the heroes: “This world, I, Xiang Ji, shall take it and replace them!”

The scene shifted to the mist-shrouded banks of the Zhang River.

Xiang Yu stood upon a high platform, clad in heavy armor, his eyes like torches. He drew the long sword at his waist and severed the wooden boat before him with a single strike: “Smash the cauldrons and pots! Burn the houses! Carry only three days of rations! In this battle, there is only advancement and no retreat, only death and no life! If we do not crush the Qin Army, we shall never return home!”

“Kill! Kill! Kill!”

The earth-shaking cries of slaughter seemed to pierce Zhou Huai's eardrums. That resolute Battle Intent of breaking the cauldrons and sinking the boats, of disregarding life and death, made even Zhou Huai, an outsider, feel a surge of boiling blood.

Immediately after, the images shifted rapidly. It was the crushing momentum of the Battle of Pengcheng, the supreme glory of the lords' submission.

In that segment of memory, Xiang Yu was the invincible God of War, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu who looked down upon the world!