《While Others are Leveling Up, I Alone Will Cultivate Until Mahayana Before Making My Move》 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 I Bound a Cultivation Simulator Great Xia Country, Kyoto. The top institution, Kyoto Polytechnic, a male student dormitory. [Ding~] An abrupt sound appeared in Su Xing''s mind. As Su Xing was packing his equipment, preparing to enter the instance dungeon to farm gold, he froze. "Who''s there? Who''s ying tricks on me?" Su Xing looked around the empty dormitory, but didn''t find anything. Then, a series of voices rang in his mind. [Binding to Life Simtor] [Binding sessful!] [Host: Su Xing] [Age: 21 Years Old] [upation: Cultivator] [Simtion Count: 1] [Energy: 100] [Introduction: The Life Simtor will simte your futurepletely based on your development trajectory in the real world. After the simtion, you can obtain some rewards. Each simtion will consume a certain amount of energy. Simtion counts refresh once a week.] Su Xing rubbed his eyes, incredulously looking at the virtual panel before him. Immediately after, two lines of text appeared on the panel. [Would you like to start the simtion?] [Yes][No] Looking at the panel before him, Su Xing''s eyes suddenly reddened. "Three years! Do you have any idea how I''ve lived these past three years?" "Damn, and here I thought I, as a transmigrator, had no golden finger!" That''s right, Su Xing was a transmigrator who had crossed over to this wondrous world three years ago. Unlike Earth in his previous life, in this world games merged with reality. Demonic beasts, secret instance dungeons, items and equipment, were emerging endlessly... Even more magical, at the age of eighteen, one could switch to a professional upation, gaining experience by ying dungeon monsters, thereby getting stronger. Three years ago, upon arriving in this world, Su Xing awakened the one and only hidden upation, Cultivator! This news caused a sensation throughout Kyoto, and Su Xing was directly recruited into one of the national top institutions, Kyoto Polytechnic! Initially, Su Xing''s performance was indeed outstanding, rapidly standing out among a group of freshmen due to the powerful physical quality of a Cultivator. But soon, Su Xing encountered a critical problem, he could not level up! Other professionals could gain experience points as rewards after killing instance dungeon monsters. No matter how hard Su Xing tried, he could not gain even a bit of experience points no matter how many monsters he killed and how he tried to level up. And so, three years passed. Now in his senior year, his ssmates had grown from Bronze Level to Silver Level, Gold Level, or even higher... And him? He was still that small Qi Refining Stage One Cultivator. But Su Xing refused to give in, persistently searching for a way to level up himself, and finally made some progress. That was Body Refinement! If he could not refine Qi, then he would train his body! Thus, Su Xing relentlessly farmed instance dungeons for equipment to sell for money, even taking freshmen to the dungeons for leveling up. He then used the money earned to purchase Instance Dungeon Items that could enhance his physique. Finally, after three full years, he went from Body Refining Stage One to Body Refining Stage Six. Body Refinement Stage Six, with a strength reaching thousands of catties, sounded quite fierce. But his actualbat power was not evenparable to a Bronze Level 30 strength-based professional. Yet Su Xing did not give up and continued to farm gold in instance dungeons and take on levelingmissions, constantly tempering his physique. Scenes from the past shed before his eyes, and at this moment, Su Xing with an excited heart and trembling hands, silently said: "Start the simtion!" [100 points of energy consumed, no remaining simtion counts.] [Simtion begins!] [This time, talent extraction is free, randomly extracting talent...] [Ding, congrattions! You''ve acquired a white talent, Spiritual Root holder!] [Spiritual Root Holder]: A white talent. Your roots are different from ordinary people, allowing you to embark on the path of immortality. Su Xing was stunned when he saw this talent. Could it be that he had been unable to cultivate these years because he had the profession butcked a Spiritual Root, thus unable to advance his Qi Refining level? Su Xing suppressed the doubts in his heart and chose to continue the simtion. [Inside the dorm, you''ve awakened a golden finger, and you''re very happy.] [That afternoon, several junior sisters from your first year invite you to go to an instance dungeon with them for leveling up, and you dly agree.] [You perform heroically in the bronze-level instance dungeon, and after clearing it, you obtain several white items and a reward of ten thousand yuan.] [One of the junior sisters, embarrassed due to being short on funds, suggests paying in other (ruta) ways.] [You look at your junior sister''s face and agree.] [The next day, you start cultivation feeling refreshed, but you have no idea where to begin.] [You start searching online for Qi Refinement techniques and stumble upon a world-shocking cultivation technique called "Pangu Breaks the Heavens Decree"!] [Overjoyed, you begin to cultivate.] [After a day of cultivation, your Cultivation Level hasn''t improved, and you almost cultivated astray.] [Undeterred, you continue to cultivate day and night.] [A monthter, your Qi Refining Cultivation remains at the first level.] [You realize that the cultivation techniques on the inte are all scams!] [So you start spending a fortune to acquire cultivation techniques, only to end up with cheap goods from some treasure site, all under ten yuan with free shipping.] [With no other choice, you continue to work on Body Refinement.] Su Xing''s heart sank to see this. Without cultivation techniques, how could he possibly continue to cultivate? Su Xing sighed and continued the simtion. [You don''t give up, constantly working on Body Refinement while seeking information on cultivation techniques.] [In your spare time, you often take your first-year junior sisters for leveling up, earning money while also getting plenty of close contact.] [But all good thingse to an end. Half a year has passed, and that first-year junior sister has broken through to be a Silver Level practitioner and cuts off contact with you.] [On a calm afternoon with the wind rather noisy, you find her.] [You ask her, "I thought with our friendship, we could talk about feelings." But she tells you, "That was just business."] [Your pride is wounded, and you turn your frustration into strength, dedicating yourself to cultivation for half a year until your Body Refinement finally breaks through to the seventhyer.] [As graduation nears, your ssmates of the same year have all be famous practitioners, but youck the power to graduate.] [You get held back a year, but you''re secretly pleased because a new batch of junior sisters has enrolled, and you continue to take them for leveling up.] [Gradually, you be famous. All the new students know there''s a fourth-year senior who got held back, who excels at taking new students through instance dungeons.] [You make a fortune, amassing assets worth tens of millions within three years!] Su Xing touched his chin and murmured, "If I could just keep getting held back like this, it wouldn''t be so bad! At least there would always be fresh junior sisters..." But then Su Xing''s expression changed. [You originally thought life would simply continue on this even keel.] [Unfortunately, because you failed to graduate for five consecutive years, you were expelled.] [After being expelled, you lose your biggest source of ie, and due to your low power, you can only linger in bronze-level instance dungeons year-round.] [After much reflection, you decide to dedicate yourself to training your physique.] [It takes you two years and all your savings, but you finally advance to the eighthyer of Body Refinement.] Su Xing felt mixed emotions upon reading this; he hadn''t realized that Body Refinement could be so challenging. He had spent three years to advance from the first to the sixthyer, but his future self had taken a whole seven years to go from the sixth to the eighthyer. Su Xing patiently read on. [Penniless, you have no choice but to go back to your old job, making a living by farming in instance dungeons.] [Still sharp despite the years, you at the eighthyer of Body Refinement be an invincible force in the bronze-level instance dungeons, saving another ten million in assets.] [One day, your parents tell you that your sister, Su Nianan, has died...] Chapter 2: Chapter 2 Talent, Your Spiritual Root is Different from Ordinary People Seeing this, Su Xing was stunned. Su Nianan was his sister, and they had grown up together like two peas in a pod. How could she have suddenly died? Filled with confusion, Su Xing continued to read. [Your parents told you that Su Nianan died during a dungeon leveling session.] [You were overwhelmed with grief, spending your days drowning your sorrows in alcohol, living in a drunken stupor.] [Your good brother Yu Yan found you, and he felt regret for the death of your sister.] [Heforted you, and you walked out from the depths of your sorrow.] [He gave you arge sum of money, which you invested in a professional equipment store.] [You quickly made a fortune and became a somewhat famous second-hand equipment dealer in Kyoto.] [Three yearster, another piece of terrible news came; your good brother Yu Yan had died too.] Su Xing fell silent after reading this. Yu Yan was his college roommate and his best brother in college. Furthermore, Yu Yan was a hidden professional, considered a genius in the whole of Kyoto Universityhow could he have just died like that? [You attended Yu Yan''s funeral.] [At the funeral, you learned that Yu Yan died in a dungeon.] [From your ssmates, you found out that many of your peers from those years had died in dungeons too.] [You were shocked, what kind of dungeons were they that hundreds of powerful professionals died in them?] [But they weren''t willing to reveal more.] [A sense of crisis like never before erupted in your heart, and you decided to dedicate yourself to training.] [You spent a year and managed to reach the ninth level of Body Refinement.] [You continued to train, but your Cultivation Level could not progress any further.] [Out of helplessness, you shifted your focus back to business.] [During an unexpected market fluctuation, the price of healing potion-like tools skyrocketed, but your equipment was ignored.] [You went bankrupt, and by then, you were thirty-two years old and no longer had the grand aspirations of your youth.] [You took your thirty million in savings and prepared to retire to the countryside.] [Four yearster, you became a well-known wealthy person in the vige.] [Seeing that you were single, the vige matchmaker wanted to introduce you to Ru Hua from the vige head''s family.] [You took a look at Ru Hua''s face and politely refused.] [You thought life would just quietly continue on like this.] [One day, while you were enjoying the cool in the courtyard, you looked up to see a colossal beast obscuring the sky.] [In a trance, you saw several golden figures flying into the sky, attacking the giant beast.] [The beast opened its mouth and swallowed the entire Great Xia Country.] [You died, at the age of thirty-six!] [This simtion has ended!] [Your first-time simtion reward is free to im. You can choose one of the following rewards: Spiritual Root Holder (Talent), Body Refinement Level Nine (Cultivation Level).] Looking at the simtion results before him, Su Xing fell into deep thought. Fifteen yearster, fearsomely powerful Demonic Beasts were descending upon the real world, directly swallowing the entire Great Xia Country! Such powerful Demonic Beasts were unheard of by Su Xing. Perhaps the entire Human Race didn''t have any professionals who could resist them right now. Thinking this, Su Xing let out a wry smile: "So it turns out that the apocalypse ising in fifteen years... Sigh, who would have thought that after resisting for over a thousand years, the Human Race would still be exterminated by the Demon Race." Su Xing sighed but then shook his head. "What will happen in fifteen years, who can know... It''s still the things at hand that matter!" Su Xing looked at the two rewards he could choose, torn. The Spiritual Root Holder Talent or Body Refinement Level Nine Cultivation Level - which one should he choose? After some hesitation, Su Xing made up his mind and said: "I choose the Spiritual Root Holder!" At the same time, an imperceptible change seemed to ur in Su Xing''s body, and his senses became sharper. "So this is what it feels like to possess a Spiritual Root?" All of a sudden, Su Xing noticed something and stealthily nced down. Hiss~ ``` Who would have thought being different could bring such good fortune? Su Xing''s heart filled with joy. The reason he chose the Spiritual Root was naturally because this talent was acquired randomly, and he still thirsted for the path of cultivation, so he definitely couldn''t pass up such a gift. As for the Body Refinement ninth level cultivation, although it would be not bad for the current Su Xing, if he continued to use the simtor and retrain, reaching the ninth level of Body Refinement wouldn''t be difficult. After choosing his talent, Su Xing wanted to continue simting but received a prompt from the system. [Ding, this simtion consumed 200 points of energy. Current simtion energy is 0, cooldown time for simtion in progress. Please recharge energy and simte again in one week.] Only then did Su Xing remember that each simtion required energy and there was also a week''s cooldown period. The cooldown period was easy to deal with; he just had to wait a week. But how to obtain energy? [Ding, this simtor can absorb all matter containing energy and convert it into simtion energy!] After hearing this, a thought struck Su Xing, and he quickly rummaged out over a dozen pieces of white equipment. "Absorb!" [Detected white equipment, Sharp Dagger, absorption sessful, 5 points of energy obtained.] [Detected white equipment, Little Princess''s Gauntlets, absorption sessful, 8 points of energy obtained.] [Detected white equipment...] [...] [Simtor remaining energy: 103 points.] After receiving the prompt, Su Xing''s face darkened. Over a dozen white equipment pieces, with some providing up to 9 points of energy, but some even as low as 2 points. They only recovered the simtor''s energy to 103 points, which was nearly half short of the required 200! "Damn it, even a piece of white equipment costs at least 1000 Great Xia Coins, and just like that, I''ve spent tens of thousands?" Su Xing felt a pang of loss but still took out more than a dozen more pieces of equipment, recharging the energy to 205 points. "Sigh, I''ve almost spent all the equipment I''ve collected over these three years, and if I recharge again, I might have to spend real money!" Su Xing sighed. Fortunately, he had been running dungeons and gold farming for money frequently over thest three years and had over a million in savings. "Better stock up on more white equipment and convert it to energy!" Su Xing took out his phone, spending several hours. He bought hundreds of pieces of white equipment on a professional traders'' online tform and converted them all into energy. [Simtor remaining energy: 713 points.] Looking at the energy disyed in the simtor, Su Xing felt a wave of satisfaction. "Now I just have to wait a week!" Knock, knock, knock! Just then, a plump figure walked into the dormitory. "Old Su, there are six first-year girls waiting for you outside the dorm... One of them is a real looker! Heh heh, you sure y the field, kiddo!" The speaker was none other than Yu Yan, known as Fatty Yu, a fire Mage of a hidden upation, a zing Mage! Su Xing knew that it was the underssmen who hade looking for him to help them level up in the dungeons, so he gave Fatty Yu aplicated look. "Got it, they''re here for me to lead them through a dungeon run. I''ll be back in the evening, remember to save me some food!" Su Xing patted Fatty Yu''s shoulder and left the dormitory. At the dormitory entrance, Su Xing saw six freshmen girls dressed to the nines. Su Xing spoke directly: "You know the rules, right? The next dungeon run will cost each of you 2000 Great Xia Coins, and any loot we acquire is mine!" The girls nodded one after another, but one girl with delicate features and a simple outfit seemed hesitant. Noting this, Su Xing was intrigued but did not press the issue, instead saying: "Then follow me!" Soon, the group arrived at a dungeon known as "Ten Mile Slope" on the outskirts of the city. The dungeon was known for continuously spawning a type of Demonic Beast called "Wild Boar Spirits." With levels ranging from Bronze 5 to 10, it offered decent experience for newly ss-changed professionals, though it wasn''t without difficulty. But for a sixth level Body Refinement cultivator like Su Xing, it was like taking candy from a baby. An hourter, all the girls had leveled up. Su Xing happily received a payment of ten thousand Great Xia Coins, then turned to the girl who was still hesitant to part with the money. "Um, senior... I''m a bit tight on cash right now, so could I perhaps..." ``` Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Two Simulations, An Irreversible Conclusion ``` That night, Su Xing returned to his dormitory in high spirits. Don''t get the wrong idea, Su Xing didn''t do anything. He just invited his junior to the little ck room for a thorough but heartfelt persuasion. For a junior who was about to step into the Abyss, Su Xing''s main strategy was spiritual salvation. Over the next week, Su Xing started taking on a frenzy of orders, leading newbies to level up every day, and exchanging the equipment he obtained for energy. In just one week, Su Xing had earned more than two hundred thousand Great Xia Coins, a fruitful harvest indeed. During this time, Su Xing also tried to purchase some higher quality equipment and potions to exchange for energy. But, regrettably, he discovered that converting white-quality equipment into energy was still the most cost-effective choice. That day, the life simtor cooled down topletion. Lying on the bed with excitement, Su Xing chose to simte. "Start simtion!" [You have used 200 points of energy, with 1082 energy points remaining, and unlimited simtions remaining.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1000 energy points, do you wish to draw a talent?] Su Xing hesitated for a moment and chose to draw a white talent. [You have spent 100 points of energy, with 982 energy points remaining, random talent draw in progress...] [Ding, congrattions on obtaining a white talent, ''Business Elite''!] [Business Elite]: Your business acumen is beyond ordinary people, making it easier for you to make money in trade than average merchants. Su Xing nodded slightly. Although the Business Elite talent didn''t directly enhance his strength, it could help him acquire more wealth in the simtion, making it not so bad after all. [Inside the dormitory, with your unique business insight, you n to invest to make money.] [You spent all your savings and purchased arge amount of low-level skill scrolls and equipment.] [You continued to lead neers to level up for extra money.] [While leveling up, you rmended equipment and skills to the neers.] [The neers were persuaded by your eloquence and one by one they took out their money to buy!] [Through buying low and selling high, you made 30 million in just one year.] [You were about to graduate, but as a sixth-tier Body Refinement practitioner, you unsurprisingly had to repeat a year.] [However, you were not discouraged and continued with the business of second-hand dealing.] [You started monopolizing the on-campus second-hand market, dealing with everything from equipment to skill scrolls to restoration potions.] [In just two years, you became a businessman worth hundreds of millions.] [Dissatisfied with just that, you started to develop your ownwork.] [You founded a trading organization called the ''Tarot Society'' and opened shops within Kyoto.] [Another two years passed, and you were expelled from school.] [But you didn''t care, as your business was growing bigger and bigger, until one day, you caught someone''s attention.] [A woman named Wang Qingxuan found you, and to your astonishment, she was the junior you once conducted spiritual salvation on.] [She told you that she had joined a mysterious organization, and her task this time was to recruit you into the organization!] [You asked her what organization it was, but she didn''t tell you.] [You refused to join the mysterious organization.] [She told you that if you didn''t join the organization, there was only one path left: death.] [You scoffed and called out several Grandmaster Level professional bodyguards.] [Your bodyguards were easily taken care of by her.] [To your surprise, after not seeing her for years, she had actually be a Grandmaster Tier professional.] Su Xing was stunned at this revtion. You should know that in this world, the ranks of professionals from low to high are: ``` Bronze Tier, Silver Tier, Gold Tier, Master Level, Grandmaster Level, Heavenly King Tier, Martial Emperor Tier, Legendary Tier, Great Emperor Tier, Holy Tier, Divine Tier. And between each tier, there are precisely thirty sub-levels. For instance, a practitioner at the 30th level of the Bronze Tier, upon reaching max level, can no longer increase their level and mustplete an advancement quest in an "Advancement Dungeon" in order to continue leveling up. And in top institutions like Kyoto Vocational College, breaking through to the Gold Tier within four years would qualify one for graduation. Only prodigies like Fatty Yu have the potential to reach the Master Level. But Wang Qingxuan, she actually grew from Bronze Level to Grandmaster Level in just five years? "Hiss~ There must be a great secret behind this mysterious organization!" Su Xing took a sharp inhale and continued reading. [You thought you were surely going to die, but Wang Qingxuan didn''t kill you.] [She told you, you had shown her kindness in the past, and she wanted to repay you.] [That night, you made love.] [The next day, she left, and there were spots of blood on the bedsheet.] Su Xing was surprised when she saw this; she didn''t expect that Wang Qingxuan was actually a virgin. So why did it turn out that way in the previous simtion, what exactly happened? [After she left, you felt guilty, thinking you had misunderstood her all along.] [You asked around for her whereabouts, but to your surprise, you learned of her death.] [Shock filled your heart, how could a Grandmaster Level powerhouse like her die so easily!] [You suspected that Wang Qingxuan was probably unable toplete a mission and was discreetly dealt with by the mysterious organization.] [You began investigating the mysterious organization behind Wang Qingxuan, but came up empty-handed.] [You gave up the investigation and instead started to enhance your own strength.] [While running your business, you also bought arge number of Instance Dungeon Items that could enhance physical fitness.] [At the same time, you never gave up searching for Cultivation Techniques.] [Two years went by, you didn''t find the Cultivation Technique, but your Body Refinement Cultivation Level improved tremendously, reaching Great Perfection.] [It suddenly urred to you, your sister Su Nianan died in that year.] [You went home once, and patiently told your sister not to enter any instance dungeons that year.] [Although Su Nianan was puzzled, she obediently agreed.] [Your sister was safe and sound that year.] Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief upon reading this, he had finally saved his sister. But then, Su Xing''s face changed. [The next year, your sister continued to take on instance dungeon missions, and she died.] [You began investigating the cause of your sister''s death, but found nothing.] [Unwilling to let it go, you used a wealth of resources and many methods in your investigation.] [Eventually, you made some headway and someone told you, your sister died in an instance called Demon-Subduing Pass.] [You inquired about the Demon-Subduing Pass instance, but you found out nothing.] [Having no choice, you gave up and continued managing your business while striving to temper your body.] [Three years went by, and your strength was still stuck at Body Refinement Great Perfection, making no progress.] [It suddenly came to you, your good brother Yu Yan also died in that year.] [Thus, you found Yu Yan and told him not to go down to the instance dungeons this year.] [Yu Yan hesitated, but eventually nodded in agreement.] [A monthter, you received the terrible news, Yu Yan had died.] [Something felt wrong to you, and you began looking into the cause of Yu Yan''s death.] [True to your suspicions, you found out, Yu Yan also died in the Demon-Subduing Pass instance.] [And it wasn''t just him, many of your ssmates from those years also died in that instance.] [Panic filled your heart, this Demon-Subduing Pass instance seemed like a meat grinder, constantly consuming the lives of those around you.] Chapter 4: Chapter 4: Cultivation Progress, Body Refinement Great Perfection! Seeing this, Su Xing''splexionpletely changed, what exactly was this Demon-Subduing Pass instance? How did it cause the death of so many professionals within? And it seemed these professionals all had reasons they couldn''t ignore, they had to enter the Demon-Subduing Pass instance! Su Xing continued the simtion. "You did not give up your investigation; while managing your business, you continued to strive in your cultivation." "A year has passed, and your business has covered half of Kyoto''s low-tier professional market, but your cultivation level is still stuck at Body Refinement Great Perfection." "During this year, with your foresight, you swiftly sold off arge quantity of low-tier equipment and switched to purchasing many restorative potions!" "Amid the market fluctuations, you made a fortune." "You became amercial tycoon of the Kyoto low-tier professional market." "But you did not let down your guard, for you knew there was a cmitous disaster sweeping across the entire continent in four years." "You started to prepare for this disaster, wanting to leverage your wealth and influence to inform some key individuals of this message." "You failed, no one believed your message." "Out of no choice, you could only ensure your own survival." "You began to sell off your assets en masse and purchased foreign industries." "Three yearster, you moved to America with your parents and hundreds of billions of funds." "America is also a powerful country, with countless high-tier professionals, located tens of thousands of miles across the ocean." "The professions here are quite different from your former country, featuring unique ones like vampires, werewolves, cowboys, and more." "Another year passed, and it was finally the year the giant beasts attacked." "Your heart was uneasy, hoping to avoid the attack of the giant beast in America." "On this day, a demon that blotted out the sun appeared in the skies of America." A demon?! Su Xing was stunned by this, could it be that there was more than one monster attacking the real world? "Countless professionals took to the sky, attempting to deal with the demon, but it was a vain effort." "On the streets, civilians and professionals were frantically fleeing with many taking advantage of the chaos for zero-cost purchases." "You sighed, knowing death was certain, and took a deep drag of a cigarette before you died." "The demon unleashed an endless curse, and all the humans in America perished." "You died at the age of thirty-six!" "This simtion has ended!" "You may choose one of the following rewards: Business Elite (Talent), Body Refinement Great Perfection (Cultivation Level)" "Business Elite (Silver Talent): Priced at 1000 energy points." "Body Refinement Great Perfection (Cultivation Level): Priced at 500 energy points." Su Xing contemted the two rewards in front of him for a moment and then silently thought: "I choose cultivation level!" "Ding, you have chosen to take back Body Refinement Great Perfection (Cultivation Level) from the simtion, consuming 500 energy points, remaining energy 482 points." Boom! At the same time, Su Xing''s physical strength began to surge. In just tens of seconds, his Body Cultivation soared from the sixth tier to the seventh tier. And then, the eighth tier... the ninth tier... to Body Refinement Great Perfection! Su Xing carefully felt the power coursing through his body, at this moment, his strength was probably far beyond ten thousand pounds! His strength had multiplied several times overpared to before! "Hiss... My current strength can probably bepared to those who just advanced to the Silver Tier professionals, right?" Su Xing felt relief in his heart that he had not chosen the wrong talent. While the Business Elite talent could bring him a vast fortune in the simtor, it was of no help to him in the real world for the moment. But the cultivation level of Body Refinement Great Perfection was tangible, with his cultivation level skyrocketing, his efficiency in leading people through instances for leveling and gold farming would greatly improve. In time, he would obtain more equipment, thereby converting it into energy to better perform simtions. Beyond the increase in strength, Su Xing''s heart was also continuously contemting strategies. "Is there really no way to avoid the catastrophe fifteen years from now?" Su Xing shook his head lightly, in that life in the simtor he was already a billionaire. Although he was still insignificant in the eyes of high-tier professionals, he had somewhat more influence. But none in the Human Race believed his message. Was it disbelief? Su Xing''s heart stirred, and he murmured: "Could it be... Did the higher-ups of the Human Race already know about this news, but simply couldn''t avoid it?" "So they suppressed the news, just to prevent the panic among the ordinary people?" Su Xing took a deep breath, he was quite certain that the reason was probably just like that. As for whether the truth was indeed so, Su Xing needed to explore further. After the simtion ended, Su Xing checked his professional panel. The professional panel was an ability every profession possessed, allowing one to see their attributes. [Name: Su Xing] [Profession: Cultivator (Unique Hidden Profession)] [Cultivation Level: Qi Refinement First Layer, Body Refinement Great Perfection] [Cultivation Technique: None] [Talent: Spiritual Root Holder] [Skill: None] [Equipment: Green Blood Longsword (Green), Spiked Chain Mail (Green), Azure Cloud Boots (Green)] Because of his special profession, Su Xing''s professional panel was different from ordinary professionals. For example, where other professionals had "Cultivation Level" disyed as levels. Like Bronze Tier Level 30, Silver Tier Level 15, and such... But Su Xing''s disyed his Cultivation Level, possessing both Qi Refinement and Body Refinement. This allowed Su Xing to enjoy two kinds of bonuses, equivalent to a dual professional, his strength was far superior to ordinary professionals. Also, Su Xing''s panel had an additional category for "Cultivation Technique," which ordinary professionals did not have. The only pity was that Su Xing couldn''t learn normal skills and seemed only able to learn skills rted to cultivators. This had prevented Su Xing from mastering any skill until now. Luckily. Su Xing could still equip various gears. Professional equipment ranged from low to high as follows: White Common, Green Fine, Blue Superior, Orange Rare, Red Treasure, Purple Epic, Gold Legendary, Dark Gold Immortal, Colorful Mythical, ck Supreme... The three pieces of equipment Su Xing frequently used were all of Green Fine quality, not only more durable but also lethal to the average Bronze Tier monsters in seconds. "Tsk tsk, Body Refinement Great Perfection, my strength and physical defense have increased at least several times than before!!" Previously, Su Xing''s physique was already extremely formidable, over ten times stronger than that of an ordinary person, a proper mini-superman level. And now, Su Xing''s Body Refinement Cultivation Level had broken through to the realm of Great Perfection, almost dozens of times that of an ordinary person''s physical quality! He might even be much stronger than the average Silver Tier professional. "However, it''s still far from enough... I must continue to enhance my strength if I hope to face the catastrophe fifteen years from now!" Su Xing murmured. So, in the week that followed, Su Xing continued to grind furiously to make money. Due to the increase in strength, Su Xing''s money-making efficiency had improved a lot, earning over four hundred thousand in a week. Su Xing kept around a million as startup capital, and then he spent the remaining close to four hundred thousand on White equipment. Su Xing had tried buying other equipment or items in exchange for energy. But after experimentation, neither Green nor Blue equipment''s energy exchange ratio was as good as White equipment. For instance, a Green piece of equipment which cost dozens of times more than a White one could only contain ten times the energy of the White equipment. The cost-effectiveness was too low! As for other items like injected healing potions, skill scrolls, and such, it was the same story, too expensive! Su Xing couldn''t afford to exchange for them at the moment... Thus, afterparing, Su Xing decisively invested in a legion of White equipment. That week, he gathered a total of 1600 points of energy. As of now, Su Xing''s energy had reached 2082 points! When the life simtor refreshed that moment, Su Xing couldn''t wait to choose to simte. "Start the simtion!" [Consuming 300 points of energy, remaining energy 1782 points, remaining simtion attempts unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a White talent costs 100 points of energy, Green talent costs 1000 points of energy, do you wish to draw?] "Draw a White talent!" Without hesitation, Su Xing chose, for a White talent took 1000 points of energy, which meant the price of a Green talent would likely be even higher. With Su Xing''s current finances, he could only afford a White talent. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining a White talent, Death Defiance!] Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Cultivation Technique, Changchun Technique [Unyielding Eyes]: After death, you can deduce an extra day. (Damn it, let me see who killed me!) Su Xing frowned upon seeing this talent, but then his expression softened. This talent could perhaps y a significant role in the simtion. For example, he could see what exactly happened in this world after his death! [Your phone rings. Turns out, a junior is asking you to lead them in a dungeon raid to level up.] [You get up from the bed, and head out to take the job.] [Due to your increase in strength, you easily handle the Bronze-level dungeons, earning fifty thousand dors in just one day.] [Over the course of a year, you earn twenty million by tirelessly raiding Bronze-level dungeons and leveling up others.] [Because you exclusively love the Ten Miles Slope dungeon and can kill Bronze-level monsters with a single strike, people have given you the nickname, ''Sword God of Ten Miles Slope!''] [During this year, you haven''t forgotten about the junior you met before, Wang Qingxuan.] [In between jobs, you often casually take her leveling up, and you''ve also been feeding her soul-soothing chicken soup.] [Wang Qingxuan gradually falls for you.] Seeing this, Su Xing smiled wryly. In thest simtion, he knew that Wang Qingxuan wasn''t actually bad. She even risked her life to save himter on, so it was only natural that he wanted to change her fate in this simtion. Su Xing continued the simtion. [One day, Wang Qingxuan approaches you, looking somewhat anxious.] [She tells you a secret, that a mysterious organization has contacted her.] [You urgently tell her not to join the mysterious organization.] [Wang Qingxuan''s face shows hesitation, but she finally nods her head.] [That night, you are intimate with each other.] [The next day, you hear the news that Wang Qingxuan has dropped out of school and her whereabouts are unknown.] Su Xing is startled by this revtion. Did Wang Qingxuan end up joining the mysterious organization? Or was she dealt with by the organization because she refused to join? Su Xing continued the simtion with his doubts. [You are worried about Wang Qingxuan and try to investigate her whereabouts, but you find nothing.] [That year, you fail to graduate due to your insufficient strength.] [But you don''t lose heart, and you continue to run the errand and leveling business in the school.] [Two years pass, and you gradually umte starting wealth.] [You open an equipment store in Kyoto, selling low-tier gear.] [Another two years go by, and due to ack of unique business insight, your business fluctuates but is generally worth hundreds of millions.] [That year, you are expelled from school.] [But you had anticipated this and start to focus on your business, establishing the "Tarot Society" and gradually expanding the business.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan finds you, looking like she''s burdened with concerns.] [But you feel relieved and directly ask her where she has been all these years.] [She remains silent, and you guess it has to do with the mysterious organization, so you don''t probe further.] [After being intimate throughout the night, she leaves quietly, leaving something by your bed.] [It is an ancient tome. Upon opening it, you discover that it''s a cultivation technique called the "Changchun Technique!"] [You have a feeling that this might be a genuine cultivation technique! Unfortunately, it is only halfplete.] Su Xing is overjoyed at this discovery. There actually exists a real cultivation technique! This gives him hope for his own cultivation! So Su Xing continues to read on with a mix of nervousness and anticipation. [Nevertheless, you are ecstatic and begin to cultivate day and night.] [A month passes, and your cultivation level remains at Qi Refinement first level.] [You are puzzled because you are certain this is a genuine cultivation technique and you possess a Spiritual Root, yet you still can''t cultivate!] "You were relentless, attending to the business only when necessary, and devoting all your thoughts to this cultivation technique." "Two yearster, you gradually made a discoverythe reason you couldn''t cultivate was that this worldcked the spiritual energy needed for cultivation." "Feeling helpless, you had no choice but to give up, because you knew that in this year, your sister would die at the Demon-Subduing Pass instance." "You decided to save your sister, so you returned to your rural hometown and found your sister, Su Nianan." "You handed over the business to ''Tarot Society'' and devoted yourself to apanying your sister at home." "Your sister was very happy with your arrival, pestering you to y with her every day." "Over time, Su Nianan''s attitude towards you worsened, often snatching your potato chips and spicy strips." Su Xing sighed upon reading this; his little sister was just like that, very clingy at the beginning of their rtionship. But after a while, she started to lose her temper, which seemed quite normal? However, what surprised Su Xing the most was that he had found out why he couldn''t cultivate! Spiritual Root, Cultivation Technique, Spiritual Energyall three were indispensable! Now that he had a clue about the first two, he only needed thest piecethe Spiritual Energy. Thus, Su Xing continued to simte. "One day, a person iming to be from the official department visited your home. She approached your sister, Su Nianan, inviting her to the Demon-Subduing Pass instance." "You decisively refused, stating that she couldn''t go to the Demon-Subduing Pass." "However, your sister agreed." "You were shocked to discover that your sister had grown into a Grandmaster-grade professional within four years!" "Your sister secretly told you that she was one of the nation''s ranked geniuses, and asked you not to tell anyone." "You were stunned, yet you still didn''t want her to go to the Demon-Subduing Pass." "Left with no choice, she told you that the Demon-Subduing Pass was an instance every Grandmaster-grade professional must attend, and they had to spend at least a month there every year." "She said she would definitely try hard to survive and return." "Although you were extremely reluctant to let her go, you could only remind her to be careful." "A monthter, the news of your sister''s death reached you." Su Xing felt somewhat desperate upon reading this. Could nothing change his sister''s death seven yearster? No! As long as he could keep simting and be stronger, perhaps he could save Su Nianan from death! So, Su Xing continued to simte. "You had anticipated your sister''s death and consoled your parents before returning to Kyoto alone." "While managing your business, you investigated clues about Spiritual Energy." "Your business grew, but you still knew nothing about Spiritual Energy." "Three yearster, you found Fatty Yu, knowing that he would die soon." "You advised Fatty Yu not to participate in the Demon-Subduing Pass instance." "He was surprised that you knew about the instance but still shook his head, indicating he had to go." "Feeling helpless, you had to give up, but before leaving, you borrowed arge sum of money from Fatty Yu." "That year, you dumped various equipment like crazy while buying uprge quantities of healing potions." "Another year passed, and the market fluctuated. You profited wildly by selling the healing potions at high prices, earning tens of billions of Great Xia Coins." "Knowing you only had four years left, you sold all your properties and invested all your money and efforts into finding Spiritual Energy." "You spent a year searching but came up empty-handed." "One day, a mysterious stranger approached you." "When you asked who he was, he simply scoffed, saying that you were nothing but an ant." "He broke your neck, and you died with your eyes wide open!" "You activated your talent, unwilling to close your eyes in death!" Chapter 6: Chapter 6 Innate Ability, Death with Eyes Wide Open! "He kept probing your body and eventually took away that half of the ''Changchun Technique,'' and before he left, he crushed your head with his foot." "You lost your eyes, and your talent for dying with one''s eyes open became ineffective." "This simtion has ended!" "You may choose one of the following rewards: Dying With One''s Eyes Open (Talent), Half of the Changchun Technique (Cultivation Technique)" "Dying With One''s Eyes Open (White Talent)": Price 1000 energy points. "Half of the Changchun Technique (Cultivation Technique)": Price 3000 energy points, the mostmon wood-attribute cultivation technique for immortality, which can extend one''s lifespan and elerate the absorption of spiritual energy. "I didn''t even survive until the end of the world? Killed by a mysterious person?" Su Xing''s expression became serious. "That mysterious person took away the Changchun Technique that Wang Qingxuan gave me... Perhaps, he is also from the mysterious organization?" Su Xing frowned slightly, then noticed the rewards for this simtion. "It really is a cultivation technique!" "Half of the Changchun Technique, does it actually require three thousand energy points?" Su Xing was in a dilemma, murmuring to himself: "So, should I choose the talent of Dying With One''s Eyes Open or the Changchun Technique?" Although Su Xing didn''t have so many energy points on him, as long as he spent a few hundred thousand to purchase white equipment and then converted it into energy points, he could afford it. But... this talent of Dying With One''s Eyes Open is clearly a divine skill in the simtion! At the very least, Su Xing could find out the cause of his death and even what exactly happened on the day of the world''s end! "Sigh..." He rubbed his temples and murmured: "The Changchun Technique might have another chance to be obtained in the next simtion, but who knows how long it will take to randomly get the talent of Dying With One''s Eyes Open again..." Su Xing gritted his teeth and chose the talent of Dying With One''s Eyes Open. "Ding, you have chosen to bring back the talent of Dying With One''s Eyes Open from the simtion, consuming 1000 energy points, leaving a bnce of 782 points." Only 782 energy points were left. Su Xing frowned slightly; he had already made ns for the next simtion. That was to bring back the Changchun Technique! But exchanging for the Changchun Technique would require 3000 energy points. And each simtion''s energy cost increased by 100 points, so the next one would need a simtion fee of 400 energy points, plus the cost of drawing talents, which would be another 100 points. He needed to save up at least 3500 points to bring back the Changchun Technique! There was still an energy gap of nearly 3000 points. Assuming that on average, one piece of white equipment could be exchanged for 5 energy points, he needed to purchase at least 600 pieces of white equipment. The cheapest piece of white equipment would cost at least 1000 to 2000 Great Xia Coins. That means, he would have to spend at least 600,000 Great Xia Coins to get that many energy points. "Ah, what a headache... but the Changchun Technique is a must-have!" "The key is still to make money and develop!" So, in the following week, Su Xing worked day and night, running instances as a substitute, and asionally checking in on Wang Qingxuan. In one week''s time, Su Xing ran instances 50 times like crazy, earning a total of more than 500,000 Great Xia Coins! Together with his previous savings of one million, Su Xing had over 1.5 million on hand. However, after purchasing 600 pieces of white equipment, Su Xing''s savings plummeted to 700,000 Great Xia Coins. "Start the simtion!" "Consumed 400 energy points, remaining energy points 3282, unlimited remaining simtion attempts." "The simtion begins!" "Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1000 energy points, would you like to draw?" "Draw a white talent!" "Ding, congrattions on obtaining a white talent, Calm Seas!" "Calm Seas": No matter how turbulent your heart may be, you always appear calm andposed on the surface,monly known as a poker face. Seeing this talent, Su Xing''s face revealed a peculiar hue. A poker face counts as a talent? Seriously, are we talking Sima the old thief, the stoic emperor? Su Xing shook his head, muttering to himself, "Now why bother with this, better start the simtion!" [You have arranged in advance to take your junior sisters to level up in a dungeon, and you have left the house.] [Seeing the junior sisters'' fair thighs and good figures, your heart blossoms with joy, but you maintain a calm exterior, still posing as a gentleman.] [In the following year, you lead the junior sisters to the dungeon every day for leveling and monster-ying, and although they show you favor, you remain impassive, while internally striving for restraint.] [In one year, you earned 25 million Great Xia Coins.] [At the same time, you didn''t forget to frequently care for Wang Qingxuan.] [But fearing it might disrupt the process from the previous simtion, you also purposefully kept a certain distance from her.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan came to you, telling you about the mysterious organization.] [You still persuaded her not to join using the lines you remembered from before.] [That night, you tried a new position.] [The next day Wang Qingxuan dropped out of school, whereabouts unknown.] [You knew Wang Qingxuan had joined the mysterious organization, so you weren''t worried.] [This year, due to insufficient strength, you were not able to graduate.] [In the following four years, you tirelessly ran dungeons for gold, amassing a fortune worth hundreds of millions.] [As expected, you were expelled from school.] [You left school and founded the Tarot Society, starting a second-hand equipment trading business in Kyoto.] [You quietly waited for Wang Qingxuan to find you.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan indeed came to see you.] [After one night, she left, leaving behind half of the Changchun Technique!] [You memorized the entire Changchun Technique and attempted to cultivate it a few times.] Su Xing saw this and was excitedly gripping his fists. "Sure enough, as long as I follow the previous simtion process, I can obtain the Changchun Technique!" Su Xing continued the simtion. [You still were unable to cultivate, so you stopped fixating on it and chose to investigate the whereabouts of Spiritual Energy.] [You dispatched members of the Tarot Society all over Great Xia Country to help you search for traces of Spiritual Energy.] [Two years passed, and you still hadn''t found any clues about Spiritual Energy.] [But your business grewrger, and you amassed tens of billions in assets.] [This year, you learned your sister was going to die, and you couldn''t prevent it.] [So, you spent a huge sum to buy a piece of Grandmaster Level equipment, hoping it could save your sister''s life.] [Before Su Nianan went to Demon-Subduing Pass, you went home, gave her the equipment, and talked with her for a long time.] [A monthter, news of your sister''s death reached you.] [You felt sad inside, but there was nothing you could do.] [Three years passed, you were fortunate that your business grew evenrger, and the Tarot Society''s members spread across Great Xia Country.] [You knew that the next to die was Fatty Yu.] [So, on the day before Fatty Yu went to Demon-Subduing Pass, you went to drink with him.] [That night, you drank a lot, and Fatty Yu sent you home.] [Soon after, you attended Yu Yan''s funeral.] [This year, you poured all your funds into the potion industry, you made a fortune, and your worth reached hundreds of billions.] [But you were anxious inside because you knew that the mysterious person would find you in a year.] [So you prepared to flee to another country. Before leaving, you sold most of your assets.] [However, an ident happened.] [Luck was on your side. A few days before you were set to head to America, you received a message about Spiritual Energy...] Chapter 8: Chapter 8 Talent: Youve Gone Bald, But Havent Gotten Stronger? Withdraw voluntarily? Good for everyone? Su Xing sneered inwardly, probably only good for your performance as a ss advisor, right? As Su Xing''s ss advisor, Liu Xiaodong naturally must be responsible for the students'' assessment standards and post-graduation employment rates. At the moment, Su Xing was far from meeting the Gold tier''s criteria, and it seemed that Liu Xiaodong harbored intentions of kicking Su Xing out of school. Of course, being expelled sounded terrible. But if a student voluntarily withdrew due to special circumstances, that was a different story! Would Su Xingply with his wishes? Of course not! Su Xing shook his head and said, "Teacher Liu, I have no thoughts of withdrawing. After all, the school''s environment is quite beneficial for me!" Liu Xiaodong''s expression changed slightly upon hearing this, but he continued, "Su Xing, I know things are not easy for you right now. As long as you''re willing to withdraw voluntarily, I am prepared to offer youpensation on behalf of the school: five hundred thousand Great Xia Coins. What do you think?" "In addition, I''m willing to help you find a job! There''s a vacancy for a security guard in the teachers'' residential area, and with your strength, you could give it a try!" Upon hearing this, Su Xing''s face also darkened. A measly five hundred thousand to get rid of him? And kindly offering to help him find a job as a security guard? That was clearly an insult to him! Su Xing stared intently at Liu Xiaodong in front of him, recalling how three years ago, he had begged abjectly for Su Xing to be his student. Even then, this man had promised an annual schrship of three million. Of course, he hadn''t paid a single cent to date. Su Xing took a deep breath and said with certainty, "Teacher Liu, I don''t have any ns to drop out. I find the atmosphere at Kyoto Vocational quite good, suitable for cultivation!" Hearing Su Xing''s words, Teacher Liu stopped putting on an act and sneered, "Su Xing! Have you still not recognized the situation? You are no longer the genius you were three years ago!" "Here in our school, you''re at the bottom, a total drag!" "Kyoto Vocational is a prestigious school with hundreds of years of history. Are we supposed to let someone like you, a parasite, tarnish our school''s reputation? Does your conscience allow that?" Liu Xiaodong mmed the desk, making it ng loudly, and then mocked, "If you withdraw voluntarily now, you can save some face. Otherwise, being expelled will get youughed at by the entire school!" After hearing Liu Xiaodong''s words, Su Xing was even more disdainful. Kyoto Vocational is the top educational institution in the country and wouldn''t care about whether he graduated or not; even if he didn''t graduate, it wouldn''t necessarily tarnish the school''s reputation. And Liu Xiaodong, at the end of the day, was only interested in making his own performance evaluations look better. Thus, Su Xing paid him no mind, saying indifferently, "Is there anything else, Teacher Liu? If not, I''ll be going!" Without giving him any face, Su Xing turned around and left. Liu Xiaodong was left fuming, hopping mad in his office. Su Xing had simted the future and knew that Kyoto Vocational had no intention of forcing him out right now. Even if he were to withdraw, that was a matter for five yearster. In the meantime, he naturally chose to stay in the school. After all, the outside world was very dangerous, but Kyoto Vocational was filled with masters, making it a safer ce for Su Xing. Moreover, the resources provided by the school could help him quickly acquire the energy needed for his simtions. After leaving the office, Su Xing spent all his savings, including the five million Great Xia Coins Fatty Yu had lent him. With that money, Su Xing bought nearly four thousand pieces of white-grade equipment. He then converted all those equipments into energy. As a result, Su Xing''s energy reached an astonishing 22,040 points! A whole twenty thousand points of energy was definitely a huge sum for Su Xing. In the following week, Su Xing continued training others in dungeon leveling, as usual. asionally, he would check on his junior, Wang Qingxuan. Finally, the day when the simtor usage refreshed came. Su Xing, in his dorm room, chose to simte without any hesitation. "Whether I can set foot on the path of cultivation depends on this time!" "Begin simtion!" [500 energy points consumed, 21,540 energy points remaining, no remaining simtion attempts.] [Simtion starts!] [Drawing a White Talent costs 100 energy points, drawing a Green Talent costs 1,000 energy points, proceed with the draw?] "Draw a White Talent!" Although Su Xing now had enough energy to draw a Green Talent, he only needed a White Talent this time because his goal was to bring out Spirit Stones. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the White Talent: You''re going bald, but not getting stronger.] [You''re going bald, but not getting stronger]: White Talent, your hair falls out earlier than your peers, making you more prone to hair loss, but your bald appearance resembles a high monk from a temple, making it easier for you to gain the trust and favor of others.] Su Xing: ??? What kind of ridiculous Talent is this! Su Xing nced at his hair, relieved that it was still thick. [You run your hands through your hair, and a dozen strandse out.] [Sensing something amiss, you hastily bought Regaine shampoo and Minoxidil from a certain treasure site, hoping it could cure your hair loss.] [As usual, you continued to guide neers through leveling, and every session was quite profitable.] [Half a year passed, your hair grew thinner, but your wallet got fatter.] [The thinning hair affected your looks, and you missed many opportunities to interact deeply with new female students.] [But Wang Qingxuan didn''t mind at all and remained enthusiastic towards you.] [Another half a year went by, your hair grew increasingly scarce, and you decided to shave it all off, goingpletely bald.] [For some reason, being bald made you prefer to crush monsters in the dungeons with your fists, and since your physique was strong, you often killed the monsters with a single strike.] [Your approachable appearance led more neers in school to seek you out for training services, and you amassed a fortune of thirty million in just one year.] [You had a bit of a name for yourself in Kyoto Polytechnic, known colloquially as: One Punch Man.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan found you and told you about the mysterious organization.] Su Xing unconsciously touched his hair as he read this, deep in thought. To be honest, he had already acquired the first half of the Changchun Technique and wasn''t very keen on getting further involved with that organization. But the problem was, he only had the first half of the Changchun Technique; Su Xing had to pave the way for the future. And the Changchun Technique originated from that mysterious organization; perhaps they held the second half! Su Xing took a deep breath and continued with the simtion. [You feel that Wang Qingxuan joining the mysterious organization might be more beneficial to you, so you stick with the n and continue to persuade her not to join.] [The next morning, you are the only one left on the hotel bed, and Wang Qingxuan has dropped out again.] [You know that Wang Qingxuan has joined the organization again, so you aren''t too worried.] Su Xing frowned slightly as he read this, an idea gradually forming. "Could it be that my thoughts in reality can instantly reflect in the simtor?" Chapter 8: Chapter 8 Talent: Youve Gone Bald, But Havent Gotten Stronger? Withdraw voluntarily? Good for everyone? Su Xing sneered inwardly, probably only good for your performance as a ss advisor, right? As Su Xing''s ss advisor, Liu Xiaodong naturally must be responsible for the students'' assessment standards and post-graduation employment rates. At the moment, Su Xing was far from meeting the Gold tier''s criteria, and it seemed that Liu Xiaodong harbored intentions of kicking Su Xing out of school. Of course, being expelled sounded terrible. But if a student voluntarily withdrew due to special circumstances, that was a different story! Would Su Xingply with his wishes? Of course not! Su Xing shook his head and said, "Teacher Liu, I have no thoughts of withdrawing. After all, the school''s environment is quite beneficial for me!" Liu Xiaodong''s expression changed slightly upon hearing this, but he continued, "Su Xing, I know things are not easy for you right now. As long as you''re willing to withdraw voluntarily, I am prepared to offer youpensation on behalf of the school: five hundred thousand Great Xia Coins. What do you think?" "In addition, I''m willing to help you find a job! There''s a vacancy for a security guard in the teachers'' residential area, and with your strength, you could give it a try!" Upon hearing this, Su Xing''s face also darkened. A measly five hundred thousand to get rid of him? And kindly offering to help him find a job as a security guard? That was clearly an insult to him! Su Xing stared intently at Liu Xiaodong in front of him, recalling how three years ago, he had begged abjectly for Su Xing to be his student. Even then, this man had promised an annual schrship of three million. Of course, he hadn''t paid a single cent to date. Su Xing took a deep breath and said with certainty, "Teacher Liu, I don''t have any ns to drop out. I find the atmosphere at Kyoto Vocational quite good, suitable for cultivation!" Hearing Su Xing''s words, Teacher Liu stopped putting on an act and sneered, "Su Xing! Have you still not recognized the situation? You are no longer the genius you were three years ago!" "Here in our school, you''re at the bottom, a total drag!" "Kyoto Vocational is a prestigious school with hundreds of years of history. Are we supposed to let someone like you, a parasite, tarnish our school''s reputation? Does your conscience allow that?" Liu Xiaodong mmed the desk, making it ng loudly, and then mocked, "If you withdraw voluntarily now, you can save some face. Otherwise, being expelled will get youughed at by the entire school!" After hearing Liu Xiaodong''s words, Su Xing was even more disdainful. Kyoto Vocational is the top educational institution in the country and wouldn''t care about whether he graduated or not; even if he didn''t graduate, it wouldn''t necessarily tarnish the school''s reputation. And Liu Xiaodong, at the end of the day, was only interested in making his own performance evaluations look better. Thus, Su Xing paid him no mind, saying indifferently, "Is there anything else, Teacher Liu? If not, I''ll be going!" Without giving him any face, Su Xing turned around and left. Liu Xiaodong was left fuming, hopping mad in his office. Su Xing had simted the future and knew that Kyoto Vocational had no intention of forcing him out right now. Even if he were to withdraw, that was a matter for five yearster. In the meantime, he naturally chose to stay in the school. After all, the outside world was very dangerous, but Kyoto Vocational was filled with masters, making it a safer ce for Su Xing. Moreover, the resources provided by the school could help him quickly acquire the energy needed for his simtions. After leaving the office, Su Xing spent all his savings, including the five million Great Xia Coins Fatty Yu had lent him. With that money, Su Xing bought nearly four thousand pieces of white-grade equipment. He then converted all those equipments into energy. As a result, Su Xing''s energy reached an astonishing 22,040 points! A whole twenty thousand points of energy was definitely a huge sum for Su Xing. In the following week, Su Xing continued training others in dungeon leveling, as usual. asionally, he would check on his junior, Wang Qingxuan. Finally, the day when the simtor usage refreshed came. Su Xing, in his dorm room, chose to simte without any hesitation. "Whether I can set foot on the path of cultivation depends on this time!" "Begin simtion!" [500 energy points consumed, 21,540 energy points remaining, no remaining simtion attempts.] [Simtion starts!] [Drawing a White Talent costs 100 energy points, drawing a Green Talent costs 1,000 energy points, proceed with the draw?] "Draw a White Talent!" Although Su Xing now had enough energy to draw a Green Talent, he only needed a White Talent this time because his goal was to bring out Spirit Stones. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the White Talent: You''re going bald, but not getting stronger.] [You''re going bald, but not getting stronger]: White Talent, your hair falls out earlier than your peers, making you more prone to hair loss, but your bald appearance resembles a high monk from a temple, making it easier for you to gain the trust and favor of others.] Su Xing: ??? What kind of ridiculous Talent is this! Su Xing nced at his hair, relieved that it was still thick. [You run your hands through your hair, and a dozen strandse out.] [Sensing something amiss, you hastily bought Regaine shampoo and Minoxidil from a certain treasure site, hoping it could cure your hair loss.] [As usual, you continued to guide neers through leveling, and every session was quite profitable.] [Half a year passed, your hair grew thinner, but your wallet got fatter.] [The thinning hair affected your looks, and you missed many opportunities to interact deeply with new female students.] [But Wang Qingxuan didn''t mind at all and remained enthusiastic towards you.] [Another half a year went by, your hair grew increasingly scarce, and you decided to shave it all off, goingpletely bald.] [For some reason, being bald made you prefer to crush monsters in the dungeons with your fists, and since your physique was strong, you often killed the monsters with a single strike.] [Your approachable appearance led more neers in school to seek you out for training services, and you amassed a fortune of thirty million in just one year.] [You had a bit of a name for yourself in Kyoto Polytechnic, known colloquially as: One Punch Man.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan found you and told you about the mysterious organization.] Su Xing unconsciously touched his hair as he read this, deep in thought. To be honest, he had already acquired the first half of the Changchun Technique and wasn''t very keen on getting further involved with that organization. But the problem was, he only had the first half of the Changchun Technique; Su Xing had to pave the way for the future. And the Changchun Technique originated from that mysterious organization; perhaps they held the second half! Su Xing took a deep breath and continued with the simtion. [You feel that Wang Qingxuan joining the mysterious organization might be more beneficial to you, so you stick with the n and continue to persuade her not to join.] [The next morning, you are the only one left on the hotel bed, and Wang Qingxuan has dropped out again.] [You know that Wang Qingxuan has joined the organization again, so you aren''t too worried.] Su Xing frowned slightly as he read this, an idea gradually forming. "Could it be that my thoughts in reality can instantly reflect in the simtor?" Chapter 9: Chapter 9: Cultivation Towards the Instance, Qingyun Spirit Field Su Xing took a deep breath; he had had such a premonition before. And at this moment, he was ny percent sure that the version of him in the simtor would indeed act ording to his ideas in reality. Su Xing continued to simte. [In this year, because your cultivation level was low, your graduation was dyed.] [You had anticipated this and devoted all your energy to making money.] [You borrowed arge sum of money from your good brother Yu Yan and set up an equipment store in Kyoto, specializing in selling equipment to low-level professionals.] [Because you had a bit of a reputation at school and were highly trusted, many freshmen were willing to buy your equipment.] [While leading dungeons and leveling up neers, you also flipped low-level equipment, and in just three years, you made a fortune.] [In the fifth year, your worth had broken ten billion, and your business of selling equipment was no longer limited to Kyoto. You established the Tarot Society, opened stores throughout Great Xia Country, and focused on Jinling City in Jiangnan Province.] [You instructed your subordinates to scout for information about Spirit Stones, but there was no news.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan found you.] [She brought you half of the Changchun Technique, but you told her you didn''t need this half of the technique, you wanted her to help you find the other half.] [Although Wang Qingxuan was puzzled, she agreed.] [After one night, Wang Qingxuan disappeared again, and you didn''t ask too much and continued focusing on making money and growing your business.] [Because of your benevolent appearance and credibility in the business world, you secured several big orders, quickly doubling your worth.] [You were expelled from Kyoto Polytechnic, but you weren''t sad, wholeheartedly developing your own business.] [In the seventh year, you felt a premonition and knew that your sister was going to Demon-Subduing Pass dungeon.] [Knowing that you couldn''t prevent it from happening, you chose to return to your hometown and devotedly spent a month with your parents and Su Nianan.] [A monthter, you attended Su Nianan''s funeral, feeling grief deep in your heart.] [After the funeral, you returned to Kyoto City and continued to run your business.] [One day, you received news that a Grandmaster Level expert in Jinling City possessed a treasured item known as a Spirit Stone.] Here ites! Su Xing grew excited at this developmentthe Spirit Stone was key to whether he could cultivate or not! [You rushed to Jinling City overnight and met with the Grandmaster Level expert.] [The Grandmaster Level expert, who believed in Buddha, took a liking to you and hoped to have a deeper conversation.] [You nced at her face, and although she was nearly forty, she had taken excellent care of herself and appeared to be only in her thirties, with a certain charm.] [You stayed in Jinling City for seven days, became friends who could talk about anything, and learned that her name was Jin Congxue.] [You learned that she had a total of three Spirit Stones, and you decided to buy them for three hundred million.] [But she shook her head and said that since you were friends, she would sell them to you at a friendship price of thirty million.] [You obtained the Spirit Stones from Jin Congxue, returned to your residence exhrated, and prepared to absorb the Spirit Stone with your cultivation technique.] [You sessfully absorbed a trace of Spiritual Energy from the Spirit Stone, and you were overjoyed, proving that you truly could seed in cultivation.] [Over the next three days, you absorbed half of a Spirit Stone, and discovered that your cultivation level had broken through to the secondyer of Qi Refinement!] [You resisted the urge and saved the two and a half Spirit Stones and chose not to continue cultivating.] Su Xing, after seeing the simtion information, excitedly clenched his fists. Sess! Now that he possessed the Spiritual Root, Spirit Stones, and a cultivation technique, he could finally sessfully cultivate! Su Xing couldn''t wait to bring the Spirit Stones out of the simtion but still patiently chose to continue simting. [You are exceptionally surprised after your cultivation progress advances, and you seek out Jin Congxue again, asking her how she obtained these Spirit Stones.] [Jin Congxue doesn''t hide anything from you, telling you that she acquired the Spirit Stones six years ago, from an instance known as "Qingyun Spirit Field."] [She had entered the instance and helped an old man with farming for a week, and as a reward, she received a bag of Spirit Rice and three Spirit Stones.] Spirit Field, Spirit Rice, Spirit Stones... Su Xing''s eyes widened, without a doubt, the instance Jin Congxue entered was definitely rted to "cultivation". "An instance rted to cultivation... Indeed, it all makes sense now!" Su Xing finally understood where the Cultivation Technique and the Spirit Stones came from C they originated from those cultivation instances! It''s just that instances rted to cultivation must be of a high level, and he waspletely unable to ess them at the moment. Su Xing patiently continued reading. [You realize the importance of this instance to you and eagerly ask Jin Congxue for the location of the instance.] [Jin Congxue shakes her head slightly, saying that the instance of Qingyun Spirit Field had long been closed, and she was the only professional who had entered it.] [Jin Congxue says that at the time, the NPC old man in the instance told her shecked the talent for cultivation, otherwise, she could have received an opportunity.] [After hearing this, you are extremely excited and hastily ask Jin Congxue exactly when and where she entered the instance!] [After thinking for a moment, she says that it was inte November of the New Era year 2023 when she stumbled upon the instance outside the western part of Jinling City. The instance only existed for seven days.] Su Xing was taken aback when he read this, ncing at the time disyed on his phone. New Era year 2023, October 7th, 14:31. "Hiss~" Su Xing took a deep breath C this proved that in the real world, the instance named "Qingyun Spirit Field" had not yetmenced, and he still had the chance to enter that cultivation instance! "No rush... With over a month until the instance opens, the most important thing during this time is to increase my own strength!" Through Jin Congxue, Su Xing knew that to gain more opportunities in that instance, one must possess the talent for cultivation, known as the Spiritual Root. Isn''t this a stroke of luck? Su Xing possesses a talent called "Bearer of the Spiritual Root"! Therefore, all Su Xing needed to do was to head to Jinling City by mid-November! [You continue to operate your equipment trading business as usual, even establishing the Tarot Society''s second base in Jinling City.] [While managing the shop, you haven''t neglected the investigation for the whereabouts of the Spirit Stones.] [Unfortunately, you haven''t obtained more information on Spirit Stones. However, with Jin Congxue''s connections, you gained moreworking resources, and your equipment store''s business thrived.] [Three yearster, you became a well-known tycoon in Jinling City, and because of Jin Congxue, even Grandmaster level professionals treated you with courtesy.] [That year, Fatty Yu died, and you attended his funeral.] [Another year went by, and with your foresight into market fluctuations, you umted arge amount of potion-type items and made a fortune. Your worth reached fifty billion.] [One day, Jin Congxue approached you looking somewhat uneasy.] [Jin Congxue told you that she had been summoned. The pressure at the front lines was increasing, so she had to head to Demon-Subduing Pass.] Su Xing was utterly stunned upon reading this; the Demon-Subduing Pass again! It seemed the Demon-Subduing Pass was like a curse. Su Nianan, his little sister; Yu Yan, his good brother... and now even Jin Congxue was being sent to the Demon-Subduing Pass? [You don''t want her to go to the Demon-Subduing Pass, but she tells you she has to go, that it is the duty of every Grandmaster level professional and above.] [You instead begin to inquire about intelligence regarding the Demon-Subduing Pass.] Chapter 10: Chapter 10: Acquiring the First Spirit Stone, Embarking on the Path to Immortality! ``` [Jin Congxue hesitated for a moment, she told you that Demon-Subduing Pass is the lifeline of the Human Race, which possesses extremely powerful enemies, and the situation at the Demon-Subduing Pass was not optimistic at the moment.] [You wanted to ask more, but Jin Congxue refused to continue.] [The next day, you escorted Jin Congxue to Demon-Subduing Pass.] [A monthter, you attended Jin Congxue''s funeral, you felt neither joy nor sorrow, only a desire to improve your strength as much as possible.] [You decided to sell all your assets, obtaining over fifty billion in cash.] [You used this money to buy arge number of items for honing your physique, with the goal of breaking through to the secondyer of the Body Refinement Cultivator: the Bone Forging Realm.] [Three years had passed, and your Body Refinement Cultivation Level continually improved, but you always felt just a sliver away from the Bone Forging Realm and could not break through for some reason.] [Finally, the day you remembered so well arrived.] [A colossal beast that blotted out the sun appeared in the skies over Great Xia.] [The countless citizens of Great Xia Country were terrified, and several golden figures flew high into the sky to attack the giant beast!] [They failed, and the sky-covering giant beast swallowed the whole Great Xia Country.] [Before being swallowed, you widened your eyes and raised your middle finger to the giant beast in the sky.] [You died at the age of thirty-six!] [You activated the talent "Unyielding Gaze in Death"!] [You were swallowed into the belly of the beast, where you found that not all people died immediately.] [The stomach of the beast was exceptionally spacious, like a world of its own.] [The ground began to tremble continuously, and a strange energy started corroding all life and matter around it...] [Your eyes were digested into a part of the beast, and your talent "Unyielding Gaze in Death" became ineffective!] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] [You can choose one of the following rewards: "I Went Bald, but Didn''t Get Stronger" (Talent), "Half-Step Bone Forging Realm" (Cultivation Level), "Qi Refining Second Layer" (Cultivation Level), "Two Half Spirit Stones" (Item)] It worked! The Spirit Stones were sessfully taken out! Containing his excitement, Su Xing began to check the costs of these rewards. ["I Went Bald, but Didn''t Get Stronger"]: A white talent, priced at 1000 energy. ["Half-Step Bone Forging Realm"]: Cultivation level, priced at 500 energy. ["Qi Refining Second Layer"]: Cultivation level, priced at 100 energy. ["Two Half Spirit Stones"]: Item, priced at 2500 energy. Su Xing touched his thick hair and didn''t even consider this crappy talent. Instead, the "Half-Step Bone Forging Realm" cultivation level caught Su Xing''s attention for a few more moments. ording to the simtor''s description, he was indeed just a little short of breaking through to the Bone Forging Realm in this simtion, yet he couldn''t manage the breakthrough. Perhaps it was due to insufficient aptitude, theck of a Body Cultivation secret technique, or the right medicinal herbs for Body Cultivation? Su Xing had no way of knowing, but what he most desired at the moment, the Spirit Stones, were right before his eyes. "Unexpectedly cheap..." Su Xing raised his eyebrows, understanding that these Spirit Stones might not be particrly precious, just extremely rare in the real world. "Exchange for the two Half Spirit Stones!" [Ding, you have chosen to take Spirit Stones from the simtion, expending 2500 energy points, leaving you with 18940 energy points.] Three Spirit Stones the size of thumbs appeared in Su Xing''s hand. The Spirit Stones were crystal-clear and smooth as jade, bringing a refreshingly clear sensation just by being near the body. Two of the Spirit Stones were as big as a thumb, while one was only the size of a pinkie, probably digested during the simtion. "So, by that logic... one Spirit Stone should be worth around one thousand energy points..." Su Xing began to study the Spirit Stones in his hands. He first asked the simtor about the price for recycling Spirit Stones. ``` [Ding, a low-grade spirit stone has been detected, with a recycling price of 100 energy. Do you wish to recycle?] Su Xing: ??? What the hell! I brought it out for 1000 energy, and the recycling price is only 100 energy points? Isn''t this simtor robbing me blind? "Damn it, I wish there were no second-hand merchants profiting from the spread!" Su Xingined. Immediately after, Su Xing held the half spirit stone in the palm of his hand, sat cross-legged, and began to circte the Changchun Technique. Wisps of warm breath flowed out from the spirit stone and into Su Xing''s limbs and bones through his palm, making one feel invigorated andfortable all over. "Hss~ Is this what it feels like to absorb spiritual energy?" Su Xing''s eyes widened. As the spiritual energy entered his body, he clearly felt slight changes urring within. Su Xing cultivated for an hour before he felt that the meridians in his body could no longer absorb spiritual energy. At the same time, the spirit stone in his hand had shrunk by about one-twentieth of its original size. "Indeed, a single spirit stone should be enough for my practice for half a month, right?" Desire filled Su Xing''s eyes, but he chose not to continue absorbing the energy. Because the few spirit stones he had in hand had an even greater use! In the following week, Su Xing continued his usual practice of leveling up as a proxy and grinding for equipment. In just one week, he had amassed over five hundred thousand again. However, during this period, Su Xing did not choose to continue absorbing energy from the spirit stones for cultivation. That day, the cooldown time for Su Xing''s simtor refreshed again. Su Xing took a deep breath, holding the spirit stone in his hand, he wanted to verify an idea in his mind. "Start simtion!" [Simtion consumes 600 energy points, remaining energy 18,340 points, unlimited simtion attempts remaining.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?] "Draw a white talent!" [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the white talent: Fitness Enthusiast] [Fitness Enthusiast]: You have more talent in physical training than the average person. After seeing this talent, Su Xing paused for a moment, then realizing, he murmured: "Could it be... that this Fitness Enthusiast is a talent for the Body Refinement direction?" This sudden talent disrupted Su Xing''s ns, but he decided to give the simtion a try anyway. [You are in your dormitory, looking at the two and a half spirit stones in your hand, feeling slightly stunned.] [You begin to absorb the spiritual energy from the spirit stones; as the spiritual energy enters your body, your Qi Refining Cultivation makes slight progress.] [In the following month, you spend your days leading newbies in dungeons to level up and earn money, and in your free time, you absorb energy from the spirit stones to convert into cultivation level.] [Thanks to possessing a decent Qi Refinement Cultivation Technique and enough spirit stones, your Qi Refining Cultivation level progresses rapidly.] [In just one month, your cultivation level has advanced to the fourth level of Qi Refinement.] [New Era 2023, November 10th, this day, you leave Kyoto Polytechnic and buy a high-speed rail ticket to Jinling City.] [The next evening, you sessfully arrive in Jinling City.] [For a week, you search outside the west end of Jinling City, hoping to find the dungeon that Jin Congxue once mentioned.] [But youe up empty-handed and do not find the dungeon known as "Qingyun Spirit Field."] [You do not give up and continue to search.] [After a few more days, you encounter a woman on the outskirts of Jinling''s West City. This woman is extremely beautiful but seems quite aloof.] [A premonition rises in your heartthis woman is probably Jin Congxue!] Chapter 11: Chapter 11: Entering the Qingyun Spirit Field Instance, Mysterious Elder! [So, you made up your mind to follow Jin Congxue because you knew that by following her, you might find the entrance to the temporary instance.] [Jin Congxue became wary of you, but after confirming that your strength posed no threat to her, she stopped paying attention.] [You followed her all the way and saw that she was merely nning to return to Jinling City.] [Jin Congxue chose a small path to return to the city, and you had a hunch that she might have discovered the entrance to the instance on this very path.] [With a turn, Jin Congxue disappeared from sight, and you were startled, thinking she had entered the instance.] [At that moment, a cold voice sounded from behind you: "Who are you? What do you want, following me like this?"] [Faced with the slightly annoyed beauty, you could only stiffen your resolve and say that you were very fond of Buddhism and had heard that Jin Congxue was quite knowledgeable about it, so you wanted to ask for her guidance.] [Jin Congxue expressed disbelief and asked you some basic questions about Buddhism.] [Luckily, you had learned some Buddhist teachings in advance, and despite your stuttering answers, you managed to convince her somewhat.] [Jin Congxue asked if you had any questions for her, and you asked about the "Buddhist Verse Ten Difficulties" you had seen online, which she couldn''t answer.] [Jin Congxue stated she would reply in a few days, and you took the chance to say that you wanted to return to the city with her.] [Jin Congxue reluctantly agreed, and you walked together on the small path outside the city.] [Before long, you noticed a strange glow suddenly emanating from a willow tree not far away.] [Jin Congxue was both shocked and delighted, expressing that this must be a temporary instance, and she wanted to explore it.] [You quickly expressed your desire to explore as well, but Jin Congxue said your strength was too low, and she couldn''t protect you.] [You insisted on going in, and she assumed you were courting death, but she didn''t refuse.] [You entered the "Green Cloud Spirit Field" instance.] Su Xing was ted to see this; he had seeded! The Green Cloud Spirit Field was evidently a cultivation-oriented instance, and while Su Xing didn''t yet know the secrets it contained, it was definitely of great use to him. Excited, Su Xing continued to simte the scenario below. [You arrive at an unfamiliar environment, a mountaintop with clear waters and lush greenery, and a thatched cottage in the distance.] [You are ecstatic, because from the surrounding environment, you sense an abundance of spiritual energy C this clearly is a cultivator''s abode!] [Jin Congxue walks towards the thatched cottage, and you follow.] [You knock on the door of the thatched cottage, and out walks an old man with youthful features and white hair.] [The old man is surprised by your arrival, saying this ce is a secret spiritual realm for immortals, and only those with deep fortune may enter.] [The old man deres that you carry luck, and if you are willing to undertake hismission, he will give you an opportunity.] [You ept the task, which is to manage a spirit field within a week''s time.] [You and Jin Congxue each receive an acre of spirit field, nted with numerous spirit grains. Your task is to make the spirit grains grow better.] [You and Jin Congxue nce at each other, realizing that this is probably a significant opportunity, so you both diligently start managing the spirit field.] [Because you grew up in the countryside, you have some understanding of farming and quickly get the hang of it.] [Since Jin Congxue has never farmed before, she is clumsy and ends up damaging a lot of spirit grains.] [Jin Congxue seeks your guidance, and you dly agree, teaching her much about farming.] [Jin Congxue''s fondness for you grows, and you be friends.] [While managing the spirit field, you discover that spiritual energy can promote the growth of the spirit field, especially your wood-element cultivation technique, the Changchun Technique, which works wonders for growing spirit grains!] [You cherished the opportunity this task presented and thus spent eight hours every day tending to the Spirit Field, infusing it with Spiritual Energy.] [Under your attentive care, the growth of the Spirit Grains was very pleasing.] [Seven days quickly passed and, aside from managing the Spirit Field, you spent all your free time cultivating, achieving a breakthrough to the fifth level of the Qi Refinement Realm.] [On the day the task was to be submitted, the elder came out of the thatched cottage to inspect the results of your farming.] [The elder first went to inspect Jin Congxue''s Spirit Field, and after walking around the field, his expression remained calm.] [Soon he came to your Spirit Field and, seeing the thriving growth of your Spirit Grains, the elder showed a look of surprise.] [After inspecting the Spirit Fields, the elder called you aside to distribute the rewards for the task.] [The elder gave Jin Congxue ten Spirit Stones and a small bag of Spirit Rice.] Su Xing looked on with a look of surprise. If he remembered correctly, Jin Congxue''s previous reward was supposed to be three Spirit Stones and a small bag of Spirit Rice. But now the reward had increased by seven Spirit Stones, and there could be only one reason... With Su Xing''s help, the growth of the Spirit Grains in Jin Congxue''s Spirit Field had improved! Given that the growth of Su Xing''s Spirit Grains far surpassed that of Jin Congxue''s, what reward would he get? Su Xing was somewhat expectant. [After giving Jin Congxue her reward, the elder waved his hand, and she was teleported out of the copy.] [The elder then took out a transparent stone and asked you to ce your hand on it.] [Youid your hand on it, and soon a faint five-colored light shed across the stone.] [The elder sighed faintly, saying you had a Mixed Spirit Root. While you possessed talent for cultivation, the prospect of eternal life was hopeless.] Su Xing was not surprised by this, as after all, the talent of his Spirit Root was of white quality, so having a Mixed Spirit Root was quite normal.] [The elder hesitated for a while, but eventually took out a small bag of Spirit Stones and arge bag of Spirit Rice for you, containing 30 Spirit Stones and about 30 jin of Spirit Rice.] [The elder waved his hand, expelling you from the copy.] [After leaving the copy, you encountered Jin Congxue, who asked what reward you had received.] [You took out a portion of the Spirit Stones and Spirit Rice, indicating that your reward was the same as hers, just in a greater quantity.] [Jin Congxue nodded slightly and did not trouble you.] [You stayed in Jinling City for a few more days, having a harmonious time with Jin Congxue, then returned to Kyoto Polytechnic.] [Back at Kyoto Polytechnic, you continued selling equipment as before, setting up the Tarot Society.] [Your fortune was considerable. Wang Qingxuan found you, you took the hint, and tried out new positions you had never attempted before.] [Afterward, Wang Qingxuan indeed disappeared, and you continued to run your business.] [You did not use the Spirit Stones obtained from the copy, but every few days, you would cook a bowl of Spirit Rice to satisfy your cravings.] [The Spirit Rice was delicious and satisfying; eating one bowl would mean you wouldn''t need to eat for three days, and it also nourished your body.] [A year passed, and you found that your Body Refinement Cultivation Level had unconsciously made a breakthrough to the Bone Forging Realm!] [You understood in your heart that this was probably due to thebination of the Spirit Rice and regr fitness routines.] [By the fifth year, you were expelled from school, which you had anticipated, and you continued with your old trade of selling second-hand equipment.] [During these five years, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level steadily improved, and you became a cultivator of the fifthyer of the Bone Forging Realm.] Chapter 12: Chapter 12: Treating a Good Brother as an ATM, The Surge in Energy! [Bone Forging Fifth Level, with the strength of tens of thousands of pounds, your power has significantly increased!] [You attempt to challenge a silver-level instance, your strength overwhelmingly crushes the silver-level boss, easily clearing the stage.] Su Xing clenched his fists upon seeing this. The fact that he could crush a silver-level boss at the Fifth Level of Bone Forging showed that the potential and practicalbat ability of cultivation were far higher than those of ordinary professionals! You should know that a normal silver-level professional team of five, equipped with roles like tank, warrior, mage, and priest, could barely manage to defeat a silver-level boss. And yet, he alone could crush them with ease! "Is this the advantage of simultaneously refining the body and the Qi..." Su Xing was very satisfied and continued to read on. [Your business growsrger andrger, with a worth exceeding ten billion.] [That year, Wang Qingxuan came to you, offering you the first half of the Changchun Technique, you refused and asked her to help find thetter half for you.] [Two yearster, your sister died, and you attended her funeral.] [Three years after, your good brother Fatty Yu also died, and you equally couldn''t do anything.] [In the market fluctuation that urred a yearter, you made a killing, with your worth exceeding one hundred billion.] [You found Jin Congxue and wanted to buy those ten Spirit Stones from her.] [Jin Congxue didn''t ask for money but made a request of you.] [You took her virginity and were entangled with her for several months.] [Jin Congxue was called up for duty, and a monthter, news of her death came.] [Four yearster, the giant beast that blotted out the sky and sun appeared once again.] [You flipped it the middle finger, and it swallowed the entire Great Xia Country in one bite.] [You died at the age of thirty-six!] [Your talent, "Unyielding Eyes", activates!] [You witnessed the human tragedy within the belly of the beast.] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] [You may choose one of the following rewards: Fitness Expert (Talent), Bone Forging Fifth Level (Cultivation Level), Qi Refinement Fifth Layer (Cultivation Level), Forty Spirit Stones (Item)] Su Xing took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and looked at the rewards. [Fitness Expert]: White talent, priced at 1000 energy points. [Bone Forging Fifth Level]: Cultivation Level, priced at 4000 energy points. [Qi Refinement Fifth Layer]: Cultivation Level, priced at 400 energy points. [Forty Spirit Stones]: Item, priced at 40000 energy points. Su Xing pondered for a while. Fitness Expert was obviously a good talent, which could enhance his Body Refinement potential, but it was momentarily useless to him. Bone Forging Fifth Level was a reward that could immediately enhance his strength, indeed very tempting. As for Qi Refinement Fifth Layer, Su Xing ignored it outright. What Su Xing truly wanted to exchange for were those forty Spirit Stones! With these forty Spirit Stones, Su Xing could use them in subsequent simtions to quickly break through his strength! Most crucially, the Qingyun Spirit Field instance was closing in less than a month''s time. If Su Xing didn''t take out the Spirit Stones now, who knows if he would be able to get them againter... Then Su Xing''s breakthrough would be hopeless indeed. But having forty meant having countless stones... Because as long as he refrained from using them, Su Xing''s initial number of Spirit Stones in each simtion would be forty! And forty Spirit Stones might even suffice for him to cultivate to the Great Perfection of Qi Refinement, or even the Foundation Establishment Realm. When the timees to bring his Cultivation Level back from the simtor, wouldn''t that be splendid? But the only problem was, Su Xing didn''t have enough energy points. He currently had only 18240 energy points, and even if he sold all his money for white equipment, he could barely reach 2000 energy points. There was still a gap of nearly half. "s, ack of money can stump even the bravest of heroes... seems like there''s only one way now!" Su Xing sighed and then dialed Yu Yan''s mobile number. "Hello, Fatty, can you hear me?" "I can hear you! Damn, I was just about to enter an instance! You startled me What do you want?" "Well, uh, I''m a bit strapped for cashtely, lend me some money!" "How much do you need?" Su Xing asked brazenly, "Um, a hundred million! Do you have it?" From the other end of the phone came Fatty Yu''s roar, "Do you freaking think I''m an ATM? A hundred million, why don''t you just dream on?" Su Xing: "..." "How much do you have now?" "I can lend you fifty million at most! Not a penny more!" "Fine, transfer the money over now!" "Doot doot doot~" The sound of the phone hanging up came from the mobile. Ten minutester, Su Xing''s bank ount received a wire transfer of fifty million. Su Xing looked at the huge sum of money that appeared in his bank ount and was ovee with emotion. Together with the five million that Yu Yan previously lent to Su Xing, the total loan to Su Xing was now fifty-five million! Yu Yan might be a prodigy, but his family background was average at best. His main source of ie was the reward from school and the money he made from selling equipment achieved in dungeons. Apart from his own equipment purchases and strength enhancements, this fifty million was probably the most money Fatty Yu could muster. After all, Yu Yan was likely not a Grandmaster-level professional yet. Once Su Xing got the fifty million, he did not hesitate and immediately went to Kyoto''s biggest low-level professional equipment trading market to ce arge order. Su Xing ordered a batch of fifty thousand pieces of white-quality equipment. This definitely counted as a big order, so the equipment market''s boss personally took the order and sold the items to Su Xing at the lowest price of one thousand per item. However, due to therge quantity, the boss said he needed a week to gather the goods. Therefore, after paying the deposit, Su Xing received only ten thousand pieces of white equipment right away. Su Xing converted all these white equipment into energy. As a result, Su Xing''s energy surged from eighteen thousand to a full seventy thousand points! "Luckily, I can always im rewards before the next simtion... otherwise, I really couldn''t save up this much energy at once." Without hesitation, Su Xing spent forty thousand points of energy to bring out forty Spirit Stones. With forty Spirit Stones in hand, Su Xing felt a strong sense of security. These Spirit Stones were the guarantee for him to make a fortune and improve his strength! But forty Spirit Stones were still far from enough! Su Xing narrowed his eyes. He nned to choose Spirit Stone rewards in the next several simtions to build up his initial capital. After all, so far, the only way Su Xing knew to acquire Spirit Stones was through this one dungeon. And this dungeon would officially open in a month. Hence, Su Xing must umte as many Spirit Stones as possible before the "Green Cloud Spirit Field" dungeon officially opened. "Soon... with enough Spirit Stones and the help of the simtor, my cultivation level will soar rapidly!" Su Xing''s heart thumped excitedly. But then, Su Xing said to himself: "No... I can''t get carried away! In the future, Grandmaster-level experts are cannon fodder... The apocalypse is fifteen years away, and I still have a long way to go to change all that!" Su Xing''s state of mind became even more steady. Soon, a week passed and the day for another simtion arrived. During this week, Su Xing diligently took his junior underssmen into dungeons to level up and hunt for equipment daily. Only, recently the new underssmen''s levels had grown higher, so fewer and fewer sought Su Xing out for leveling. In a week, Su Xing made less than five hundred thousand. However, it was fortunate that the equipment trading market''s boss delivered the remaining forty thousand pieces of equipment on time. Su Xing''s energy points soared once more, reaching a full 250,000 points! For a short period, Su Xing was not worried about ack of energy. Su Xing nced at the date, October 21st, 2023 New Era. One month exactly until the Green Cloud Spirit Field dungeon opened. After everything was ready, Su Xing chose to simte. "Start simtion!" [700 points of energy consumed remaining energy 250,107 points, unlimited remaining simtion opportunities.] [Simtion begins!] [Extracting white talent costs 100 points of energy, green talent costs 1,000 points of energy, do you wish to extract?] "Extract green talent" [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the green talent, Longevity.] Chapter 13: Chapter 13: Simulating Again, Accumulating Spirit Stones! [Longevity for a Century]: Green talent. You will live a life free of illness and pain, able to live until one hundred years old. Su Xing: "..." Seeing the new green talent he''d drawn, Su Xing immediately felt like he''d been screwed over. God damn it, live until a hundred years old? He was a Cultivator. Wouldn''t living to only a hundred mean dying young? Moreover, with the apocalypseing in fifteen years, what good would it do to live a long life? Su Xing sighed. His original goal had been to try his luck and see if he could draw a green-quality Spiritual Root talent. After all, in thest simtion, the elder had personally told him that his talent was inadequate, merely a Mixed Spirit Root. If Su Xing''s talent could improve further, he might be able to get better rewards. "s, it''s a pity. A thousand energy points wasted..." Su Xing felt the pinch but chose to continue with the simtion. [You received an order from a junior sister who''s just started, you go out to do power-leveling for others.] [For the next month, you diligently power-level every day, practicing your Cultivation in your spare time.] [Your Qi Refining Cultivation level has risen to the fourth level of the Qi Refinement Realm.] [On November 18, 2023 of the New Era, you set off for Jinling City.] [The next day, you pretend to coincidentally meet Jin Congxue outside the city.] [You repeat your old trick, asking Jin Congxue for Buddhist teachings and gaining the opportunity to travel with her.] [You take a shortcut back to the city through a small path and identally discover the "Qingyun Spirit Field" instance.] [You enter the "Qingyun Spirit Field" instance.] [You ept the task from the elder in the instance, and you start farming.] [Since you seriously crammed some farming knowledge, the Spirit Grains in your Spirit Field grew better than before.] [In your spare time, you strive to improve your Cultivation level, teach Jin Congxue farming knowledge, and also channel Wood-attribute Spiritual Energy to help Jin Congxue farm.] [Jin Congxue''s fondness for you greatly increases, and you be good friends.] [On the day the task is to be submitted, the elder gives Jin Congxue fifteen Spirit Stones, along with a reward of ten catties of Spirit Rice.] [The elder asks you to ce your hand on a transparent stone. After testing, your talent is still a Mixed Spirit Root.] [The elder sighs and gives you thirty-five Spirit Stones, as well as thirty catties of Spirit Rice.] [You''re not disheartened and wish to take the elder as your master.] [The elder gently shakes his head, bluntly saying your aptitude is too poor and a long life hopeless, and you are asked to leave the instance.] [You stay in Jinling City for more than ten days, bing as close as Guan and Bao with Jin Congxue.] [You return to Kyoto and continue to start selling equipment.] [Monthster, Wang Qingxuan finds you, and you repeat your old trick.] [Five years pass, and your business grows bigger and bigger, amassing a fortune of ten billion.] [You keep the newly acquired thirty-five Spirit Stones and also keep ten catties of Spirit Rice.] [In five years, your Qi Refining Cultivation reaches Great Perfection, and your Body Refinement Cultivation Level ascends to the first level of the Bone Forging Realm.] [Wang Qingxuan finds you again and brings you the first half of the Changchun Technique, you refuse to ept it and ask her to help find the second half.] [In the seventh year, your sister Su Nianan dies, and you attend her funeral.] [In the tenth year, your good friend Yu Yan dies, and you attend his funeral.] [In the eleventh year, the market fluctuates, and your worth increases tenfold.] [You find Jin Congxue. Over the years, you''ve never lost touch with her and you ask for those fifteen Spirit Stones, which she gives to you without any charge.] [In the fifteenth year, gigantic beasts descend.] [You give the giant beast the middle finger.] [The giant beast swallows the entire Great Xia Country in one bite. You die, aged thirty-six!] ``` [You activated the talent "Death with Eyes Wide Open"] [Ding, the simtion has ended!] [You may choose one of the following rewards: Longevity (Talent), Bone Forging Realm Second Layer (Cultivation Level), Qi Refinement Great Perfection (Cultivation Level), Fifty Spirit Stones (Item), Ten Jin of Spirit Rice (Item)] Su Xing took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and looked at the rewards. [Longevity]: Green talent, priced at 10,000 energy points. [Bone Forging Realm Second Layer]: Cultivation level, priced at 2,000 energy points. [Qi Refinement Great Perfection]: Cultivation level, priced at 900 energy points. [Fifty Spirit Stones]: Item, priced at 50,000 energy points. [Ten Jin of Spirit Rice]: Item, priced at 10,000 energy points. Su Xing unhesitatingly chose the reward of fifty Spirit Stones, although spending 50,000 energy points made him feel quite pained, he deemed the Spirit Stones a must-have. Afterward, Su Xing turned his attention to the description of the Spirit Rice. [Spirit Rice]: Rice nourished by Spiritual Energy and Spiritual Springs, sweet and delicious, long-term consumption can improve constitution, enhance physical strength, and prolong life. Upon seeing the introduction to Spirit Rice, Su Xing''s face showed an expression of "just as I thought". The reason he had been able to break through to the Bone Forging Realm originated from this Spirit Rice. However, this time in the simtion he lost the Fitness Expert talent, so his simted realm was not as good as before. "It looks like the n needs to change, it''s not just Spirit Stones; I also have to umte some Spirit Rice" Su Xing mused, narrowing his eyes. "Doo doo doo~" Just then, the ringtone of Su Xing''s phone rang. "Hello, Senior Su, do you have an appointment this afternoon? I would like to ask you to take us leveling!" Upon hearing this, Su Xing nodded and said, "Sure, call Wang Qingxuan as well, I''ll take her to level up too!" "Okay, Senior!" Su Xing packed up and was ready to go out. Soon, at the appointed ce, he saw six or seven junior sisters dressed to impress. And there was Wang Qingxuan, hiding behind the crowd, feeling somewhat inferior. Wang Qingxuan stood in the farthest corner, asionally stealing nces at Su Xing, her pretty face slightly flushed. Su Xing pretended not to know and continued to farm monsters as usual. During this time, Su Xing would asionally call on Wang Qingxuan to join him in the dungeons when he was leveling others, even allowing her to owe him and pay him backter. Naturally, the purpose was to maintain a good rtionship with Wang Qingxuan, as her clue about the mysterious organization was key, being rted to thetter half of the Changchun Technique, although Su Xing didn''t have time to deal with it for now. ording to Su Xing''s findings, Wang Qingxuan should not have been in contact with the mysterious organization yet, and her actual contact with the organization would likely be in ten months'' time. But that didn''t affect Su Xing grinding for favorability! After all, it woulde in handy one day. Time flew by quickly, and a week had quietly passed. Su Xing''s ie for that week was still just under half a million, all of which was converted by Su Xing into simtion energy. New Era, October 28, 2023, Su Xing prepared for the simtion in his dorm room. "Start the simtion!" [You have used 800 energy points, with a remaining energy bnce of 208,700 points, and unlimited simtions left.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, do you want to draw?] "Draw a green talent." Su Xing was still hoping to try his luck, as a green-quality Spiritual Root talent was very important to him. [Ding, congrattions on acquiring the green talent, Sword Dao Genius!] (ps: To rify a bit, the Qingyun Spirit Field dungeon, ording to the information obtained by the protagonist, is a time-limited dungeon that will disappear after a month... Once the dungeon disappears, from the protagonist''s perspective, there would be no other sources to obtain Spirit Stones and Spirit Rice, which makes it a top priority~) ``` Chapter 14: Chapter 14: Green Talent, A Face Like Guan Xi! ``` [Sword Dao Prodigy]: Green talentyou naturally have a greater understanding of the sword than the average person, showing considerable talent in the practice of swordsmanship. ``` ``` Su Xing slightly furrowed his brows as he looked at this talent and sighed softly, "It''s a pity, Sword Dao talent is a good one... but as for the current me, it''s of no use." ``` ``` Improving his Spiritual Root aptitude or umting more cultivation resources was the urgent matter at hand for Su Xing. ``` ``` [In the dormitory, you take out a Spirit Stone and begin your cultivation.] ``` ``` [You know there are more than twenty days left before the Qingyun Spirit Field dungeon opens, thus you spend most of your time on cultivation and learning farming knowledge.] ``` ``` [Twenty dayster, your cultivation level has barely broken through to the fourthyer of the Qi Refinement Realm.] ``` ``` [On November 18th, you set off for Jinling City.] ``` ``` [The next day, you encounter Jin Congxue by chance, and after showcasing your abilities, you sessfully find the Qingyun Spirit Field dungeon.] ``` ``` [You enter the Qingyun Spirit Field dungeon.] ``` ``` [You epted the task of farming; you diligently work on the fields as usual, sparing time to help Jin Congxue with the farming when you can.] ``` ``` [One weekter, the elder issues your task rewards.] ``` ``` [You receive a reward of 40 Spirit Stones and 40 jin of Spirit Rice.] ``` ``` [You request the elder to exchange the Spirit Stones for Spirit Rice.] ``` ``` [The elder agrees, and you receive 80 jin of Spirit Rice.] ``` ``` [After leaving the dungeon, you stay in Jinling City for a few days and then return to Kyoto.] ``` ``` [You go back to your old business of trading equipment, continuing to gather capital.] ``` ``` [You focus more on enhancing your Qi Refining Cultivation, not using even a bit of the 80 jin of Spirit Rice.] ``` ``` [Five yearster, you are expelled from school, but by then you are worth over a hundred million, and with an ample supply of Spirit Stones, your cultivation level reaches Great Perfection in the Qi Refinement Realm.] ``` ``` [In the seventh year, your sister dies, and you attend her funeral.] ``` ``` [In the tenth year, Fatty Yu passes away, and you attend his funeral.] ``` ``` [In the eleventh year, market fluctuations cause your worth to increase tenfold.] ``` ``` [In the fifteenth year, within the month before the attack of the giant beast, your cultivation breaks through.] ``` ``` [You sessfully advance to a Cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Realm, with a lifespan of two hundred years.] ``` ``` [A monthter, the giant beast attacks.] ``` ``` [You flip the giant beast the middle finger...] ``` ``` [You die, aged thirty-six.] ``` ``` [You trigger the talent "Unyielding Eyes"] ``` ``` [Ding, this simtion has ended!] ``` ``` [You may choose one reward from the following: Sword Dao Prodigy (Talent), Foundation Establishment Level 1 (Cultivation Level), 80 jin of Spirit Rice (Item).] ``` ``` [Sword Dao Prodigy]: Green talent, priced at 10,000 energy points. ``` ``` [Foundation Establishment Level 1]: Cultivation level, priced at 1,000 energy points. ``` ``` [80 jin of Spirit Rice]: Item, priced at 80,000 energy points. ``` ``` Without much hesitation, Su Xing chose the reward of 80 jin of Spirit Rice. ``` ``` Su Xing''s simtion energy was drastically reduced, leaving only just over 120,000. ``` ``` But at the same time, a bag of Spirit Rice appeared in Su Xing''s hands. ``` ``` The Spirit Rice was translucent and well-defined; each grain was as smooth and full as polished white jade. ``` ``` Su Xing picked up a grain of Spirit Rice and tasted it raw. ``` ``` It wasn''t as bitter as he had imagined, in fact, it was even tastier than cooked rice from the mundane world by a margin. ``` ``` At the same time, a thread of Spiritual Energy entered Su Xing''s body, improving his constitution. ``` ``` After tasting just a single grain, Su Xing reluctantly stowed away the bag of Spirit Rice. ``` ``` Delicious as the Spirit Rice was, using it now would have been like quenching thirst with poison, cutting off his own future prospects. ``` ``` Only by eating in the simtor and then purchasing cultivation levels at a low price could Su Xing maximize their use. "Indeed, even with a talent of Mixed Spirit Root of the Five Elements, as long as one has enough spirit stones, one can break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm!" Excitement began to swell in Su Xing''s heart, knowing that a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm would definitely increase his strength tremendously. However, Su Xing currently couldn''t bring back cultivation levels from the simtor, because he needed to stockpile plenty of spirit stones. After all, only by having a sufficient amount of spirit stones could he achieve greater progress in the simtor. The only thing Su Xing felt a bit regretful about was that he had to temporarily give up the green talent of Sword Dao Prodigious Talent, which was clearly extraordinary. "Just hope I get the chance to draw it once againter..." Su Xing took out a spirit stone and began cultivating. He now had ny-two and a half spirit stones on hand, so using one or two wasn''t a big deal. More importantly, Su Xing realized if he didn''t start cultivating now, he might still be at the Qi Refinement first level when entering the "Spirit Field Dungeon" side quest. And the farming speed at the Qi Refinement first level was obviously too slow, so Su Xing had to ensure his cultivation level would be at least at the Qi Refinement fourth level by then to receive more rewards. For the following week, Su Xing devoted most of his energy to improving his cultivation level and learning farming knowledge. Of course, he asionally took some newbies through dungeons to level up and support himself. In a week''s time, Su Xing used half a spirit stone and sessfully advanced to the Qi Refinement second level. New Era 2023, November 4th. On this day, Su Xing started his ninth simtion. "Begin simtion!" [900 energy points consumed, remaining energy 120,000 points, limitless remaining simtions.] [Simtion has begun!] [Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, would you like to draw?] "Draw a green talent" Su Xing took a deep breath, counting this time, he only had three chances left to possibly draw a green Spiritual Root talent before the opening of the Spirit Field Dungeon. [Ding, congrattions! You''ve obtained the green talent, Face like a Celestial!] [Face like a Celestial]: Your appearance is exquisitely handsome, greatly increasing your attractiveness to the opposite sex, and your talent in photography has significantly improved. Su Xing: "..." Damn it, what''s the use of this talent for me! This is the world of cultivation! Not some urban conquest game! Su Xing instantly burst intoints. [In your dorm room, you unconsciously looked at yourself in the mirror and were stunned by your own handsomeness.] [That afternoon, you took some junior sisters through the dungeon to level up. They were distracted, always sneaking nces at you.] [Among them, Wang Qingxuan sneaked peeks at you 278 times throughout the afternoon.] [In the following period, you kept receiving invitations from junior sisters asking you to take them through dungeons, and even some second-year girls wished for you to lead them.] [Feeling rather annoyed, you turned down all their requests.] [When you went to the cafeteria for a meal, a female ssmate asked for your WeChat.] [There was even a scout who invited you to enter showbiz, offering a handsome fee.] [With your mind totally focused on cultivation, you sessfully advance to the Qi Refinement fourth level in the following ten-plus days.] [On November 18, 2023, of the New Era, you traveled to Jinling City.] [On the ne, a flight attendant asked for your WeChat and gifted you a cup of orange juice.] [Upon reaching Jinling City, the next day, you chanced upon Jin Congxue outside the city.] [Jin Congxue was stunned at first when she saw you, her pretty face blushed, and she subconsciously wanted to turn her head away, not daring to look at you.] [You seized the opportunity to ask Jin Congxue for directions, she led you on a shortcut, where you encountered the Spirit Heaven Dungeon.] [You sessfully entered the Spirit Field Dungeon.] ``` Chapter 15: Chapter 15: Breakthrough of the Spiritual Root, Wood and Fire Dual-type Spiritual Root! [Inside the instance, the elder praised you as people of deep fortune, handed out a task to you, and gave you a few extra nces.] [For a week, you continuously used Spiritual Energy to ripen the Spirit Grains and helped Jin Congxue in your spare time.] [Jin Congxue gradually fell for you.] [A weekter, the elder distributed the task rewards to you.] [The elderplimented your good looks and gave you an extra ten Spirit Stones, you obtained 50 Spirit Stones, as well as 40 jin of Spirit Rice.] [You asked the elder to exchange the Spirit Rice for Spirit Stones, and the elder agreed, you got 90 Spirit Stones.] Su Xing saw this and several ck lines appeared on his forehead as heined, "Sure enough, it''s a world where looks matter. Not to mention strong individuals like Jin Congxue judging by appearance... even those in the cultivation world value looks!" Su Xing continued with the simtion. [Moved by a thought, you wanted to ask the elder to take you as a disciple, but the elder slightly shook his head, saying your talents were too poor and rejected your request.] [Helpless, you left the instance, and Jin Congxue was waiting for you outside the city. She confessed her feelings to you, telling you that she had never been in a rtionship and had fallen for you at first sight.] [After some thought, you agreed to Jin Congxue''s confession and the two of you lived in Jinling City for a while.] [You returned to Kyoto, and Jin Congxue told you she woulde to find you and gave you all her 15 Spirit Stones.] [Back in Kyoto, you diligently practiced cultivation, asionally going into instances to lead neers to level up.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan found you and informed you about a mysterious organization.] [After one night, Wang Qingxuan dropped out of school.] [In the second year, you practiced cultivation diligently, your cultivation level grew constantly, and you broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refinement Realm.] [In the third year, you simultaneously practiced cultivation and led female neers in instances to level up, your services were in high demand, and you increased your order prices.] [In the fourth year, you set up an equipment shop to sell secondhand gear, and your store was bustling, mostly with female customers.] [In the fifth year, your business grew bigger and even some female bosses from the same industry wanted to "support" you.] [In the same year, your cultivation level rose to the Great Perfection of the Qi Refinement Realm.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan found you, and you repeated your old trick, asking her to help you find the second half of the Changchun Technique.] [In the seventh year, your sister died, and you attended her funeral.] [In the tenth year, your good brother Yu Yan died, and you attended his funeral.] [In the eleventh year, you sessfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.] [In the fifteenth year, a behemoth descended.] [You raised your middle finger at it.] [The behemoth devoured the entire Great Xia Country, you died at the age of thirty-six.] [Your talent "Unable to Rest in Peace After Death" activated...] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] [You may choose one of the following rewards: Face like a Crown Prince (Talent), Foundation Establishment Second Layer (Cultivation Level), 105 Spirit Stones (Item)] [Face like a Crown Prince]: A green talent, priced at 10,000 energy points. [Foundation Establishment Second Layer]: Cultivation level, priced at 1,500 energy points. [105 Spirit Stones]: An item, priced at 10.5k energy points. Seeing the oue of this future simtion, Su Xing felt a wave of embarrassment. "Damn it, is this world really all about looks? Handsome people have it all their way, huh!" Suppressing the desire to choose the "Face like a Crown Prince" talent, Su Xing selected the third reward of 105 Spirit Stones. A bag of Spirit Stones appeared in Su Xing''s hand. Now, Su Xing''s count of Spirit Stones had reached 195! ``` However, Su Xing''s energy points had also dwindled to a mere fifteen thousand. "Sigh, this energy really isn''t enough to spend!" Su Xing shook his head slightly, obviously he could no longer exchange for Spirit Stones, resource that required heavy spending. "After all, it''s still ack of energy!" Su Xingmented. Thus, in the following week, Su Xing, motivated by his poverty, transformed into a grinding emperor! During the day, Su Xing diligently took on leveling orders to earn more money for preparations and to exchange for energy. By night, Su Xing began his practice in the dormitory. In this way, with less than four hours of sleep each day, Su Xing made a breakthrough to the thirdyer of the Qi Refinement realm in a week and earned more than seven hundred thousand Great Xia Coins. Su Xing used all the transferred money to purchase equipment, and finally, he barely managed to gather 20,000 points of energy. On November 11, 2023, in the new era, Su Xing performed his technique in the dormitory. "Blessed be the Mysterious Yellow Celestial, please let me acquire a green-quality Spiritual Root!" Su Xing prayed continuously in his heart, after all, before the instance opened, he only had two more simtion opportunities left. When the minute and second hands of the clock both pointed to eight, Su Xing, with sincere heart, silently incanted: "Begin simtion!" [This simtion will consume 1000 points of energy, remaining energy 19040 points, no more simtion opportunities.] [Simtion Starting!] [Drawing a white talent costs 100 points of energy, a green talent costs 1000 points of energy, do you wish to draw?] "Draw the green talent," Su Xing said without any hesitation. It seemed that the Mysterious Yellow Celestial had shown its miracle, as Su Xing''s metaphysics finally took effect. A pleasant voice rang in Su Xing''s ears. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the green talent, Wood-Fire Dual-type Spiritual Root!] [Wood-Fire Dual-type Spiritual Root]: Green talent, your cultivation aptitude far exceeds that of an ordinary person, no longer the lowliest Five Elements Mixed Spiritual Root, you possess the Wood-Fire Dual-type Spiritual Root, capable of practicing Wood and Fire type cultivation techniques. Seeing the new talent he had drawn, Su Xing clenched his fists with excitement, making a popping sound. "It''s here, it''s finally here! A green-quality Spiritual Root talent!" Su Xing took a deep breath, and, restraining the excitement in his heart, chose to continue the simtion. [In the dormitory, you notice something unusual about your body, the Dual-type Spiritual Root makes your senses keener.] [You take out a Spirit Stone and begin your practice; in just one day, your cultivation level breaks through to the fourthyer of the Qi Refinement realm, your training speed is now a full ten times faster than before!] Su Xing, seeing this, sighed emotionally: "Indeed, cultivation really depends on talent! The lowest-level Five Elements Mixed Spiritual Root would take ten years just to barely break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm... If it''s a Dual-type Spiritual Root, perhaps a year would be enough!" But what Su Xing did not know was, above the Five Elements Mixed Spiritual Root were the Four Elements Mixed Spiritual Root, the Tri-type Spiritual Root... And the Wood-Fire Dual-type Spiritual Root that Su Xing had drawn, in the Cultivation World, could also be considered the level of a minor genius cultivator, which is why he had such astonishing cultivation speed. Su Xing continued to read on. [You spend a week to raise your cultivation to the fifthyer of the Qi Refinement period, and the Spiritual Energy inside your body is more abundant.] [On the day of November 18, you head towards Jinling City and wait quietly outside the city for Jin Congxue''s arrival.] [The next day, you encounter Jin Congxue outside Jinling City and ask her to teach you Buddhism, earning the qualification to apany her.] [She takes you on a shortcut back to Jinling City, and on the way, you discover the entrance to the "Azure Cloud Spirit Field" instance.] [You enter the Azure Cloud Spirit Field instance!] ``` Chapter 16: Chapter 16: Immortal Technique, Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique! [The spiritual energy within the copy was abundant, and when you took a deep breath, you felt every cell in your body emitting sounds of joy.] [You and Jin Congxue walked toward the thatched cottage in the distance, and after knocking on the door, a child-faced, white-haired elder appeared.] [The elder praised you both as people of profound fortune and presented you with the task of farming the Spirit Fields.] [You and Jin Congxue each received a plot of Spirit Field to cultivate.] [Due to your breakthrough to the fifthyer of Qi Refinement, your internal spiritual energy was more abundant, which made the growth of your Spirit Field particrly good.] [In your spare time, you taught Jin Congxue the knowledge of farming and helped him hasten the maturity of the Spirit Grains.] [You and Jin Congxue gradually became good friends.] [On the day the task was to be submitted, the elder rewarded Jin Congxue with 20 Spirit Stones and 20 catties of Spirit Rice.] [After Jin Congxue left the copy, the elder called you aside alone.] [The elder took out a talent-assessment stone and asked you to ce your hand on it.] [You ced your hand on it, and the stone disyed flickering green and red lights.] [The elder nodded with a smile, praising your talent as extraordinary and seeing hope in your journey to the Immortal Path.] [The elder took out a Jade Slip and a bag of seeds for you, saying that your Wood-type spiritual energy was very suited to cultivating Spirit Fields, and that if you mastered Fire-type cultivation techniques, you had a chance to embark on the path of Alchemy.] [You did not ept the elder''s reward but instead wished to be his disciple.] [After hearing this, the elder shook his head slightly, saying that you didn''tplete his task and that you had started toote in the Cultivation years, missing the prime age for pursuing the path of Immortal Cultivation.] [With no choice left, you took the Jade Slip and the seeds and left the copy.] [You stayed in Jinling City for a few days and became close friends with Jin Congxue.] [After a few days, you returned to Kyoto Polytechnical and began to study the Jade Slip and the seeds given by the elder.] [You channeled Spiritual Energy into the Jade Slip and learned that it contained an Immortal Technique called the "Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique," which detailed the cultivation methods and wonderful uses of thousands of Spirit nts, and also included thirteen minor spells for nurturing Spirit nts.] [After months of research, you still couldn''t grasp even the basics, realizing the profundity of the "Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique."] [In the days that followed, you studied this Immortal Technique while cultivating.] [A year passed, and your Qi Refining Cultivation broke through to the firstyer of the Foundation Establishment Realm.] [You gained some insight into the "Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique" and learned the method of cultivating Spirit Grains.] [In the second year, you took the initiative to drop out from school, left Kyoto City, and returned to your rural hometown.] [With the little savings you had, you rented a hillside in the countryside, believing that the fresher air deep in the mountains was more suitable for nting Spirit nts.] [You cleared two acres of wastnd and began to nt Spirit Grains.] [You attempted to learn the Spirit Gathering Array, one of the thirteen minor decrees from the "Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique," hoping to transform these two acres of fertilend into Spirit Fields.] [You failed and didn''t learn the Spirit Gathering Array.] [With no other option, you settled for the next best thing, burying Spirit Stones in the fertilend to slowly improve the soil.] [Soon, three years had passed.] [In the fifth year, through your hard work, the soil in the mountains slowly turned into a Spirit Field, albeit one that required spending ten Spirit Stones each month to maintain, a fact that pained you greatly.] [The quality of the Spirit Field was poor, so the resulting Spirit Grains were of inconsistent quality, but they still produced a fair amount of Spirit Rice.] [In the sixth year, you harvested the Spirit Grains from the two acres, processed them into Spirit Rice, and obtained a thousand catties of inferior-quality Spirit Rice.] [Though this Spirit Rice was only of inferior quality, it was still powerful enough to break through your current stage of cultivation.] [You dedicated a year to deep cultivation, consuming hundreds of catties of Spirit Rice, and sessfully breaking through to the Bone Forging Realm in Body Refinement Cultivation.] [In the seventh year, you attended the funeral of your sister Su Nianan.] [Not long after the funeral, you returned to the mountain to continue cultivating the Spirit Fields, resembling an old farmer in the mountains.] [Every day, wielding a hoe, you worked from sunrise to sunset, often so engrossed in studying Immortal Techniques that you neglected sleep and meals.] [In the eighth year, the number of Spirit Stones in your hands continued to dwindle, leaving you with only a dozen or so.] [You attempted to bury the husks of the Spirit Grains in the Spirit Field to maintain its Spiritual Energy, but the results were minimal.] [You reduced your two mu of fields to half a mu, and only asionally used a Spirit Stone to replenish the Spiritual Energy of the Spirit Field.] [Your cultivation in nurturing Spirit nts improved swiftly, and you gained some insight into the minor Spirit Gathering Array.] [In the tenth year, you attended Yu Yan''s funeral.] [After the funeral, you didn''t rush back, but instead sought out Jin Congxue.] [You traded a hundred jin of inferior Spirit Rice for 20 Spirit Stones from her.] [Jin Congxue wanted to hold you back, but you were intent on farming; after lingering for a few days, you still returned to your old home.] [Before you knew it, another five years had passed, bringing you to the fifteenth year.] [Over the past five years, you learned how to cultivate Spirit Grains and several kinds of Spiritual Medicine, and through your tireless effort, you finally mastered the basics of the minor Spirit Gathering Array.] [Thanks to your years of consuming Spirit Rice and tempering your physique day and night, your Qi Refining cultivation broke through to the thirdyer of the Foundation Establishment Realm, and your Body Refinement Cultivation level broke through to the seventhyer of the Bone Forging Realm.] [One day, while nting in the field, you noticed the sky darken.] [You looked up to see that giant beast covering the sky.] [You raised your middle finger towards the giant beast, hope still alive in your eyes.] [You died!] [You activated your innate skill, Refusing to Close Your Eyes in Death...] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] [You may choose one of the following rewards: Wood-Fire Dual-type Spiritual Root (Talent), thirdyer of the Foundation Establishment Realm (Cultivation Level), seventhyer of the Bone Forging Realm (Cultivation Level), Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique (Immortal Technique), fifty jin of inferior Spirit Rice (Item), the farming insights from the simtion (Insight)] [Wood-Fire Dual-type Spiritual Root]: Green-rated talent, priced at 10,000 energy points. [Thirdyer of the Foundation Establishment Realm]: Cultivation Level, priced at 2,700 energy points. [Seventhyer of the Bone Forging Realm]: Cultivation Level, priced at 7,500 energy points. [Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique]: Immortal Technique, priced at 1 billion energy points. [Fifty jin of inferior Spirit Rice]: Item, priced at 25,000 energy points. [Farming insights from the simtion]: Insight, priced at 10,000 energy points. After a long silence, Su Xing finally came back to his senses from the simtion and muttered, "This simtion... really was full of gains!" It could be said that in this simtion, Su Xing took apletely different path than his previous money-making endeavors. In the simtor, he became a farming fanatic, beginning to cultivate Spirit nts crazily, and this revealed a new path for Su Xing to explore. What made Su Xing even more astonished was that in this simtion, he actually acquired an Immortal Technique, the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique! Although it wasn''t a technique or Divine Skill for increasing strength, this Spiritual Nurturing Technique was extremely precious to Su Xing. In the past, Su Xing only had Spiritual Energy and Mana, but no Spells or Divine Skills. This Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique was evidently very precious, with its price reaching an astonishing 1 billion energy points. "This Spiritual Nurturing Technique is really expensive, but the more expensive it is the more it shows the power of this technique!" thought Su Xing. Moreover, what surprised Su Xing was the appearance of a new kind of reward in the simtion, Insight! This meant that Su Xing could spend arge amount of time learning a Spell and then bring that insight out of the simtion, saving him a lot of time in understanding Spells. "In the end, I still have to choose it in this simtion!" said Su Xing, with a slight smile on his lips. Chapter 17: Chapter 17: The Last Simulation, Foundation Establishment Rank 9! "I choose to bring out my talent, dual-type wood and fire Spiritual Root!" [Ding, you have chosen to take the dual-type wood and fire Spiritual Root (green talent) back from the simtion, consuming 10,000 energy points, remaining energy 8040 points.] [Ding, it has been detected that you already have a holder of the same type of white talent Spiritual Root, the wood and fire dual-type Spiritual Root talent will overwrite it.] The blessing of the dual-type wood and fire Spiritual Root made Su Xing''s five senses much sharper. Su Xing took out a Spirit Stone for cultivation and could clearly feel the refreshing sensation when the Spiritual Energy entered his body. "Huff... As expected of a dual-type Spiritual Root, the efficiency of cultivation is much higher than before!" The corners of Su Xing''s mouth lifted slightly, having this dual-type Spiritual Root meant that Su Xing could at least receive the special reward from the mysterious elder. A bag of spirit seeds and the "Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique." The Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, that''s an Immortal Technique worth ten billion energy points! Keep in mind that the half-set of Changchun Technique Su Xing had obtained before was only worth 3000 energy points. This reflects the preciousness of the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique. But at the same time, Su Xing also fell into deep thought. The elder had a mysterious origin and possessed such precious Immortal Techniques, he must be a great power in the Cultivation World, and if Su Xing could take him as a master, he would definitely benefit greatly. "The elder said I haven''t yetpleted his task, and my cultivation started toote... He didn''t directly refuse to take me as a disciple." "This means that there''s a possibility for me to be his disciple!" Su Xing raised his eyebrows slightly, a vague idea forming in his heart. Now, Su Xing still had one more chance to simte, and he could give it another try. But before experimenting with this idea, Su Xing needed to umte more energy to support it. "s, only a little over eight thousand energy points left, to bring back what I want... I still need to save up several thousand more points." Although Su Xing had a cheat, the future looked promising. Yet, at present, he was just amentable brick mover. After finishing his cultivation, Su Xing contacted a few younger female ssmates to prepare for leveling in a dungeon. In the following week, Su Xing''s time was filled with monotonous cultivation and leveling in dungeons. The good news was, after Su Xing broke through in his Qi Refining cultivation, he was able to level and collect equipment in dungeons more quickly. The bad news was, Su Xing almost missed the ne to Jinling City. Fortunately, in the end, Su Xing just barely made it. On the afternoon of November 18, 2023, in the New Era, Su Xing boarded the ne to Jinling City. Thousands of miles separate Kyoto from Jinling City, and Su Xing would be on the ne for four or five hours. After boarding the ne, Su Xing closed his eyes to rest, but in reality, he was preparing for hisst simtion before entering the "Qingyun Spirit Field" dungeon. "Begin simtion!" [Consuming 1100 energy points, remaining energy 13780 points, no more simtion chances remaining.] [Simtion initiated!] [Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1000 energy points, would you like to draw one?] "Draw the white talent." Su Xing chose the white talent, as his goal for this simtion was already set, which was to bring out cultivation. Spending another 1000 energy points to draw a green talent would be wasteful. Energy points were incredibly precious, so Su Xing naturally wanted to spend them wisely. The mysterious elder initially said that his entry into cultivation was toote, which clearly meant Su Xing''s cultivation was too low. Perhaps, if Su Xing could enhance his cultivation a bit more, he would be able to pass the task assessment. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the white talent, Resolute Appearance!] [Resolute Appearance]: You appear resolute and upright to others, making it easier to gain their trust. Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this talent; while not terribly good or bad, it was still somewhat useful. [On the ne, you realize that you are simting. You take a short nap to relieve the fatigue from several days and nights of leveling for others.] [That evening, you arrive in Jinling City, where you find a ce outside the city to cultivate overnight.] [The next day, you began looking for Jin Congxue''s figure.] [That evening, you encountered Jin Congxue, who was preparing to return to the city.] [You told her you were lost, and seeing your determined expression and that you seemed like a good person, she invited you to return to the city with her.] [Jin Congxue took you down a small path she often traveled, and soon you discovered the "Qingyun Spirit Field" instance.] [You entered Qingyun Spirit Field instance.] [You met a mysterious old man, who handed you the task of farming.] [For the following week, you began to cultivate the fields, using Spiritual Energy to nourish the Spirit Grains. Since your Cultivation Level was at Qi Refinement fifth level, and your Spiritual Power was rtively pure, the Spirit Grains grew well.] [In your spare time, you also helped Jin Congxue take care of the Spirit Field.] [After one week, the mysterious old man handed out rewards to you.] [The old man gave Jin Congxue thirty Spirit Stones and thirty jin of Spirit Rice, then sent her out of the instance.] [The old man took out a stone that tested for aptitude, and you discovered you had a Dual-type Spiritual Root of wood and fire.] [The old man nodded with a smile and rewarded you with a bag of spiritual seeds along with the Immortal Technique, Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique.] [You wished to take the old man as your master, but he refused.] [Not giving up, you asked him what the requirements were to be his disciple.] [The old man sighed and said that while your talent was decent, your Cultivation Level was too low. Had you been a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, he might have considered taking you as a disciple.] [You nodded and asked the old man if you could exchange the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique for a reward of Spirit Stones.] [The old man furrowed his brows slightly, thinking you didn''t recognize the true value, but still gave you a thousand Spirit Stones.] Su Xing''s face brightened as he murmured to himself, "As I thought, it''s because my Cultivation Level is too low... If I can show enough potential, perhaps I could be taken as a disciple by that mysterious old man!" Su Xing continued to read on, his mood excited. [You left the instance with Spirit Stones in hand.] [A few dayster, you returned to Kyoto University and began to diligently cultivate day and night.] [Because you possessed a Dual-type Spiritual Root of wood and fire, your Cultivation Level advanced rapidly.] [The second year, you broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage Level One, bing a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.] [The third year, your Cultivation Level broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage Level Two, and you had 1000 Spirit Stones left.] [The fifth year, you sessfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage Level Four, with only 700 Spirit Stones remaining.] [The seventh year, your Cultivation Level continued to improve, and you became a Foundation Establishment Stage Level Six Cultivator, with only 300 Spirit Stones left.] [You realized that with your current rate of cultivation, your remaining Spirit Stones wouldn''t be enough to support your rise to the Golden Core Stage.] [So you began to stretch your Spirit Stones as far as they could go, converting them into Spiritual Power Cultivation as efficiently as possible.] [That year, you attended the funeral of your younger sister, Su Nianan.] [The eighth year, since you saved Spirit Stones, your Cultivation Level progressed slowly, and you were still at Foundation Establishment Stage Level Six.] [The ninth year, you sessfully advanced to be a Foundation Establishment Stage Level Seven Cultivator.] [The tenth year, you attended the funeral of your close brother, Yu Yan.] [The eleventh year, your Cultivation Level advanced to Foundation Establishment Stage Level Eight, and you had only 100 Spirit Stones left.] [You remembered that Jin Congxue still had thirty Spirit Stones of yours, but over the years, engrossed in cultivation, you didn''t keep in touch with her.] [Therefore, you spent half a year frantically running instances, ying professional leveling services, and earning money.] [Because of your outstanding abilities, Silver Level instances were a piece of cake for you, and you earned two hundred million in just half a year.] [You found Jin Congxue, intending to use those two hundred million to buy her Spirit Stones.] [Jin Congxue agreed, as those Spirit Stones were of little use to her.] [With just 130 Spirit Stones left, you began to cultivate day and night, carefully managing the Spiritual Energy in every Spirit Stone.] [In the fifteenth year, two months before theing of the behemoths, you sessfully broke through to Foundation Establishment Stage Level Nine!] Chapter 18: Chapter 18: Cultivation Level Feedback, Foundation Establishment 9th Layer! [Two monthster, a monstrous beast descended upon Great Xia Country.] [You gave the monstrous beast the middle finger.] [The monstrous beast swallowed the entire Great Xia Country whole, and you died!] [You activated your talent, Unwilling to Die with Eyes Closed...] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] [You may choose one of the following rewards: Resolute Countenance (Talent), Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment Stage (Cultivation Level)] [Resolute Countenance]: A white talent, priced at 1000 points of energy. [Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment Stage]: Cultivation level, priced at 9800 points of energy. "Only cultivated up to the Ninth Layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage, huh..." Su Xing slightly furrowed his brows, remembering the elder''s requirement to break through to the Golden Core Stage to be his disciple. But even in this simtion, despite Su Xing bing a cultivation maniac, he had still been unable to break through to the Golden Core Stage due to theck of Spirit Stones. "Well, there''s always a way when you reach the mountain..." Su Xing sighed, then unhesitatingly chose the cultivation level. [Ding, you chose to bring out the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation level from the simtion, expending 9800 points of energy, remaining energy 3880 points...] As soon as he finished speaking, the aura of Su Xing''s cultivation level began to surge dramatically. Qi Refinement fifthyer... Qi Refinement seventhyer... Qi Refinement Realm Great Perfection! Crack~ The bottleneck between the Qi Refinement Realm and the Foundation Establishment Stage was effortlessly pierced through, and Su Xing became a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage! But this was far from the end! Foundation Establishment secondyer... Foundation Establishment fourthyer... Su Xing''s cultivation level continued to explosively rise until it gradually stopped at the Ninth Layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage. "Phew~" Su Xing gently exhaled a breath of foul air and carefully felt the changes in his body. His five senses seemed to be sharper, allowing him to hear the faint breathing of passengers dozens of meters away. At the same time, Su Xing''s spirit also became more vigorous; going three to five days without sleep had no effect on him whatsoever. What''s more significant was that Su Xing felt the mana and Spiritual Energy within his body had undergone earth-shaking changes. If the mana at Qi Refinement fifthyer was akin to a bucket of water, then after breaking through to the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment Stage, the mana within Su Xing could bepared to a well! That was an increase by dozens or even a hundredfold! Besides, it seemed as though Su Xing''s physical strength had also slightly enhanced. "What a pity, I now possess ample mana... butck cultivation techniques and cultivator''s methods..." Su Xing lightly shook his head and murmured to himself. For a cultivator, even though mana cultivation level is fundamental, the true strength of a cultivatores from offensive scriptures, alchemy, artifact refining, talismans, and various divine skills. Now, Su Xing had ample mana butcked many methods, simr to a job ss with high attributes but devoid of any skills, impractical! However, fortunately, the elder in the Spirit Field instance within Qingyun must have had many immortal methods. Su Xing''s longing for the Qingyun Spirit Field instance grew even stronger. After the significant increase in cultivation level, Su Xing started to inspect his system panel. [Name: Su Xing] [upation: Cultivator (Unique Hidden upation)] [Cultivation Level: Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment Stage, Body Refinement Realm Great Perfection] [Cultivation Technique: Changchun Technique] [Talent: Dual-type Spiritual Root of Wood and Fire, Unwilling to Die with Eyes Closed...] [Skills: None] [Equipment: Bi-blood Longsword (Green), Thorn Chain Mail (Green), Qingyun Longboots (Green)] With the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment Stage coupled with the Great Perfection of the Body Refinement Realm, Su Xing could look down upon the vast majority of Silver Level professionals. Feelingforted by the surge in cultivation level, Su Xing started to meditate and rest with eyes closed. Several hourster, the nended in Jinling City. Su Xing did not dy, and after leaving the airport, he swiftly made his way towards the western outskirts of Jinling. As dusk fell, Su Xing simply found arge tree and began to cultivate under it. The night passed without incident. The next day, Su Xing started to look for traces of Jin Congxue. "ording to the simtion''s hints, I should encounter Jin Congxue this afternoon... and since I don''t know where that pathway is, I still need Jin Congxue to lead the way," Su Xing began searching outside the city. By dusk, Su Xing saw a slim figure approaching from a distance. A thought crossed Su Xing''s mind; this might be Jin Congxue. As the woman drew closer, Su Xing got a clear view of her appearance. d in a red garment, her ck hair draped over her shoulders, with fair skin and a graceful figure, she looked like a woman in her early twenties, brimming with youthfulness yet notcking in charm. "Tsk, tsk, who would have guessed Jin Congxue is already thirty years old..." Su Xing blinked and then pretended to brush past Jin Congxue. "Hello, I''m a traveler from out of town, I got lost outside Jinling City, could you help me find my way?" Su Xing tried to make himself look as amiable as possible. Upon hearing this, Jin Congxue frowned slightly and pointed in a direction, but she had no intention of leading the way for Su Xing. A sense of trouble dawned on Su Xing; he had overlooked that in the previous simtions he had the "resolute face" attribute that easily roused favorability. But now, he didn''t have those talents! "Looks like I have to resort to n B..." Su Xing nodded in thanks, then pretended to identally drop the bag on his shoulder, and several ancient Buddhist scriptures slipped and fell to the ground. These were expensive Buddhist texts Su Xing had purchased at a high price. "Come on, talk to me, please talk to me!" Su Xing inwardly prayed. Sure enough, Jin Congxue''s attention was caught, and she took the initiative to help Su Xing pick up these texts. "These are rare original scriptures... You seem to have quite a knowledge of Buddhism?" Jin Congxue blinked and asked. epting the texts, Su Xing shook his head and said: "I wouldn''t say I''m very knowledgeable, it''s just a hobby of mine." Jin Congxue''s eyes glistened as she carefully scrutinized Su Xing and suggested: "I happen to be heading back to Jinling City too, why don''t we go together?" Su Xing feigned hesitation for a moment, then nodded: "Sure, it''s more convenient to havepany." Su Xing and Jin Congxue set off towards Jinling City. During the journey, Jin Congxue and Su Xing discussed knowledge rted to the Buddhist scriptures. While Su Xing was not deep in his studies, he always managed to share some interesting Buddhist anecdotes, eliciting continuous smiles from Jin Congxue. While passing through a forest, Jin Congxue volunteered: "Su Xing, I know of a shortcut through here to Jinling City that can save us half an hour... how about we take this path?" Su Xing looked at the forest ahead; it was extremely remote, and if not for Jin Congxue leading the way, he might not find it even after a month of searching. Is it time to enter the cultivation dungeon? Su Xing''s heart thudded. Although he had entered the Qingyun Spirit Field several times in simtions, he had never experienced it firsthand. At this moment, Su Xing was tremendously excited, as if he saw a glorious cultivation path waving at him. "Since that''s the case, let''s take the small path..." Although the area outside the forest looked dark, the path inside was rtively easy to navigate. Su Xing followed Jin Congxue for a few minutes, then suddenly saw a gate flickering with rainbow lights under a tree ahead. Jin Congxue''s eyes widened, and she murmured: "This radiance... it''s likely a temporary dungeon!" Temporary dungeons were a rare type of dungeon that would appear randomly at some ce and the amount of time they remained was not fixed. Jin Congxue approached the gate of rainbow lights and said to Su Xing behind her: "I n to explore this dungeon, so I can''t go back to the city with you... just follow this path straight ahead..." Before she could finish, Su Xing interjected: "I want to go into the dungeon too..." Jin Congxue frowned slightly and said: "I know temporary dungeonse by chance; this represents a big opportunity for both of us." "But the dangers inside are unknown; are you sure you want to go in? I see your level is probably not even Silver Level yet? I may not be able to protect youter..." Despite hearing this, Su Xing firmly expressed his desire to enter, even if death were a possibility. Seeing his determination, Jin Congxue didn''t persist in persuading him but simply told Su Xing to stay close behind her. Su Xing stepped forward and entered the gate of rainbow lights. Chapter 19: Chapter 19 Completing the Task, Becoming a Disciple of Qing Yunzi This was not Su Xing''s first time entering an instance, but never had one been so astonishing to him. At the moment, Su Xing was atop a mountain whose height was unknown, but as far as the eye could see, there was a sea of clouds, as if filled with Immortal Qi. There were a few acres of fields on the mountain, nted with lush Spirit Grains and many medicinal herbs whose names he couldn''t say. And about a hundred meters away from Su Xing, there was a thatched cottage with a well outside. Su Xing took a deep breath, feeling the Spiritual Energy drifting in the air and involuntarily began to circte his cultivation technique, with the Spiritual Energy continuously nourishing his body. "This truly is a paradise for immortals!" Su Xing murmured, barely able to contain his excitement. Jin Congxue seemed puzzled and said, "I''ve never encountered such an instance before, there might be some monsters hiding around it''s best to be cautious!" After speaking, Jin Congxue began to scout the surroundings, and Su Xing did not stop her. Su Xing pointed toward the thatched cottage and suggested after a while, "Why don''t we take a look at that thatched cottage?" Jin Congxue initially wanted to refuse, but after hesitating for a moment, she nodded in agreement. Su Xing approached the front of the thatched cottage, knocked a few times, and then quietly waited. Soon after, an elderly man in a Daoist robe with an air of immortality and a youthful yet white-haired appearance opened the door, his face showing a hint of surprise. "How did the two of you find this secluded ce of mine?" Su Xing and Jin Congxue exchanged nces and both indicated that they had stumbled upon it by chance. After hearing this, the old man nodded slightly and said, "It seems the two of you have a deep fortune and are fated to meet this poor Daoist!" "Since the two of you are fated, this poor Daoist would like to bestow upon you an opportunity for fortune, what say you?" Su Xing and Jin Congxue nodded in agreement after hearing this. "May I know what the long-mentioned fortune is?" Su Xing pretended not to know and asked. After giving Su Xing a nce and showing a hint of surprise, the old man regained hisposure and began to speak slowly, "The two of you, my Spirit Field on this mountain has been left untended for several months, how about you help me take care of it first?" Afterward, Su Xing and Jin Congxue were taken to a Spirit Field. The old man pointed at a small patch of Spirit Field and said, "Youngdy, this Spirit Field will be left in your care, alright?" Although Jin Congxue was confused, she still nodded in agreement. "Yes, Daoist Master!" The old man then turned to Su Xing and said, "Young friend, thatrger Spirit Field will be left to you, okay?" Su Xing looked at the Spirit Field and then slightly raised an eyebrow. This Spirit Field was obviously more than an acre, probably amounting to two or three acres at a nce. This wasn''t the same size as the simted Spirit Fields... Where exactly did the change ur? A thought struck Su Xinghe could say that the greatest change was his cultivation level! To have himself sow more fields, was this perhaps a greater test? Su Xing bowed with his hands sped and said, "Yes, Daoist Master!" Subsequently, the two of them each obtained farming tools and began to tend to the Spirit Field. Su Xing, after all, had grown up in the countryside and had done farm work since he was young, and he had studied a lot about farming in the past month, so he got started quite quickly. However, Jin Congxue was a different story. Not to say she couldn''t tell the five grains apart, but she really couldn''t distinguish between weeds and Spirit Grains. Thus, after finishing his own work, Su Xing started to guide Jin Congxue attentively, teaching her how to weed and how to irrigate. Fortunately, Spirit Grains did not require fertilizer; otherwise, Su Xing would have had to teach her how to apply manure that would have been too embarrassing! After reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, Su Xing''s Changchun Technique also broke through to the secondyer, with an even more abundant wood-attribute Spiritual Energy within him. Even when tending to two or three acres ofnd at the same time, Su Xing did not feel tired and even had time to imbue Jin Congxue''s Spirit Grains with Spiritual Energy. The so-called farming with Spiritual Energy is the process of absorbing the Spiritual Energy from the air and then imbuing Spirit Grains with it. In this process, Su Xing became even more adept at mastering Spiritual Energy and Mana. "The water in this well is incredibly sweet~" After finishing the farm work, Su Xing sat by the well and took a sip of the refreshing well water. The water in the well also contained a fair amount of Spiritual Energy and could truly be considered a Spirit Well. "Su Xing... what good does it do us to farm like this?" Jin Congxue, who had worked hard all day, massaged her tired shoulders andined. Being a city girl, she started with a bit of interest, but after a day of tiring and dirty work, she naturally felt some weariness. Su Xing shook his head slightly after hearing her and said, "I don''t know what rewards there are... But in this copy, the mountains and waters are clear and brimming with Spiritual Energy, and even farming can cultivate one''s temperament." On hearing this, Jin Congxue rolled her eyes and said flirtatiously, "Oh, please! But the harder the task, the richer the rewards... This copy''s task is just farming, what kind of good reward can there be?" Even though Jin Congxue said this, she had no intentions of leaving the copy. In a blink of an eye, seven days had passed, and the two or three mu of Spirit Grains Su Xing was responsible for were growing exceptionally well, with all the weeds removed from the field. And the one mu of Spirit Field that Jin Congxue was taking care of, with the help from Su Xing, was also doing quite well. On the evening of the seventh day, the old man called Su Xing and Jin Congxue into the thatched hut. He first took out a bag of Spirit Rice and a small bag of Spirit Stones and gave them to Jin Congxue, saying, "Your Spirit Field is growing nicely. Here are fifty jin of Spirit Rice and fifty Spirit Stones, consider them your reward." After hearing this, Jin Congxue epted the rewards while also feeling somewhat ashamed as she looked toward Su Xing. She couldn''t farm at all, and with the Spirit Field thriving so well, Su Xing deserved at least sixty percent of the credit! "Thank you, Daoist Master!" After thanking him, the old man waved his hand and sent her out of the copy. Then, the old man looked Su Xing up and down, took out a transparent stone from his chest, and said, "Young friend, would you ce your hand upon it, please?" Su Xing''s heart pounded, though he had simted it several times, but now he couldn''t help feeling nervous. After slowly cing his hand on it, the stone shed with red and green lights. The old man nodded in satisfaction and said, "Not bad, a dual-attribute Spiritual Root of wood and fire. It might not be as good as a top-grade single Spiritual Root, but you can still embark on the path of cultivation..." After praising him, the old man asked further, "I see you possess cultivation. Do you already have a mentor?" Heart racing, Su Xing thought, this is it! Is he going to take me as his disciple? So, Su Xing shook his head and said, "I have no mentor. I stumbled upon a Cultivation Technique before and rather cluelessly started on the path of cultivation..." After hearing this, the old man nodded slightly and said, "To have broken through to the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm by your own exploration, your talents and fortune are indeed extraordinary! And your diligent andint-free attitude during farming shows your excellent temperament." "To encounter each other in these vast Three Thousand Worlds must mean we have a predestined connection..." The old man paused for a moment before continuing, "The Cultivation Technique you''ve been practicing belongs to the Changchun Sect, the Changchun Technique. Although the upper limits of this technique are limited, it''s greatly beneficial for cultivators just beginning their journey!" "Moreover, a wood attribute technique gathers the vitality of all things and can return to nature... It''s very suitable for learning the path of nurturing and nting!" At this point, the old man''s face showed a hint of hesitation, but in the end he sighed softly and said, "So be it, to meet is fate~" "I am a mere farmer of the Qingyun Sect, known as Daoist Qing Yunzi. Would you like to take me as your master?" "I would like to ept you as a registered disciple..." Chapter 20: Chapter 20: Becoming a Disciple of Qing Yunzi, Acquiring the Spirit Field Blessed Land Su Xing had gone through so much trouble for what, if not to take this elder as his master? Although he was only an honorary disciple, the benefits he received were sure to be better than the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique he had previously obtained. Therefore, without hesitation, Su Xing directly performed a salute and said, "Disciple pays respect to Master!" With a smile on his face, Qing Yunzi stroked his long beard and said, "Since you have taken me as your master, I have a few gifts to bestow upon you!" "The first gift is an Immortal Law called the ''Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique,'' which I acquired by chance. Despite my diligent research for a thousand years, I still have not been able to cultivate it to perfection..." "I''ve seen that you have a natural talent for agriculture, so I''m giving you this Immortal Law. If you can cultivate it to perfection, you will have a ce in the Three Thousand Worlds!" After speaking, Qing Yunzi handed the jade slip engraved with the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique to Su Xing. "Thank you, Master!" Su Xing took it eagerly. He knew the value of this Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique was worth ten billion points of energy! To think he had now obtained it in the real world without spending any energy at all when he didn''t know how long it would have taken him to save up enough to bring it back from the simtor. Qing Yunzi nodded slightly and continued, "The second gift is this three-inch mini Spirit Field Blessed Land." "Although the space is merely a small mountain a hundred paces in diameter, this mountain is rich in spiritual energy and has clear waters and lush greenery, making it very suitable for you to study the nurturing technique!" As he spoke, Qing Yunzi reached out a finger, and a mark touched Su Xing''s brow, merging into his body. Su Xing felt a connection, now entirely linked with this small world, able to sense every movement within it. "Hiss... does this mean I now directly own this copy? Can I enter and exit at will?" Su Xing was once again astonished by his generous master''s abilities. Qing Yunzi then took out a token and handed it to Su Xing, saying, "The third gift is the Qingyun Token of the Qingyun Sect. Although you are only my honorary disciple, your status in the sect is not low. Once you cultivate to the Return to Void Realm, you can be my official disciple. Then, you may go to the Qingyun Sect in the Qingyun Realm on your own!" Upon hearing this, Su Xing took the ancient token, feeling a little excited. That Qingyun Sect was obviously a legitimate cultivation sect with likely many resources for cultivation. If he could enter it, he would make a fortune. It was a pity that Qing Yunzi had set a goal for him, to break through to the Return to Void Realm before he could go to the Qingyun Sect, which was still far off for Su Xing. After giving the three gifts, Qing Yunzi then asked, "Disciple, do you have any questions?" After thinking for a moment, Su Xing said, "Master, Ick a superior cultivation technique... And didn''t you say I am suited for alchemy? But I alsock the technique of alchemy..." Qing Yunzi nodded slightly and handed over another jade slip, saying, "I am not adept in the way of alchemy, but I happened to obtain this ''Li Fire Alchemy Technique,'' which records three hundred and sixty pill recipes, which should be enough for you to learn..." Su Xing quickly took the alchemy technique. To him, the path of alchemy was absolutely crucial at this stage. Whether it was improving his own strength or selling pills to earn money for energy, both options were excellent. Finally, Qing Yunzi said, "As for a superior cultivation technique, you should know that biting off more than you can chew is never good. You already possess the Changchun Technique, which is sufficient for you to cultivate to the Return to Void Realm and is beneficial for you in many ways. Once you have cultivated this technique to perfection,e find me again!" After finishing, Qing Yunzi waved his sleeve, and his figure slowly dissipated into the small world. Qing Yunzi''sughter still echoed in the air, "A drifting cultivator, through the paths and fields for three thousand years... How joyous! How joyous~" Su Xing looked at where his master had disappeared, utterly dumbfounded, "Master, I haven''t even gotten on yet!" "Bah! Master, my technique is only an iplete version! It''s nowhere near enough to cultivate to the Return to Void Realm!" Su Xing called out loudly, but did not receive the slightest response. His face immediately darkened as heined, "Damn it! Acting like some reclusive expert... why didn''t you leave me the cultivation technique?" Su Xing was somewhat speechless; his Changchun Technique was iplete, nowhere near enough to cultivate to the Return to Void Realm. With a light sigh, he then made his way into the thatched hut, ready to see if his master had left him any property. After a long search, he only found a few bags of seeds, a worn-out alchemy furnace, and a few hundred Spirit Stones. "Sigh... With these Spirit Stones, can I cultivate to the Return to Void Realm?" Su Xing suddenly felt speechless. These few hundred Spirit Stones,bined with the 200 he had saved previously, didn''t even total a thousand. It would be good enough if he managed to break through to the Golden Core Stage... As for the Return to Void, that was still far too distant! "Well, it''s just a matter of simting a few hundred more times, bringing out a bit of cultivation level each time. I''ll surely be able to break through to the Return to Void Realm!" Su Xing consoled himself in this way. "But I must start looking for thetter half of the Changchun Technique..." Su Xing rubbed his chin, considering that the Changchun Technique came from that mysterious organization, and to find the other half, he would surely need to make contact with them. After sorting out the property his cheap mentor had left for him, he began to carefully examine this "Three-Inch Spirit Field Blessed Land." Just as Qing Yunzi had said, the small blessednd was round with a diameter of a hundred yards, totaling roughly five hundred acres in size. However, the blessednd was overgrown with trees and weeds, the cultivable Spirit Fields adding up to just over ten acres. Nheless, this portable blessednd was an invaluable treasure for Su Xing! Moved by the thought, he left the "Qingyun Spirit Field" blessednd and returned to the real world. By now it waste outside, and as soon as Su Xing stepped out, he saw Jin Congxue waiting beside him. "Su Xing, you''ve finallye out!" Jin Congxue said somewhat excitedly. After chatting with Jin Congxue for a while, Su Xing then asked, "Congxue, those Spirit Stones are useless to you but are very useful to me. I''d like to exchange fifty catties of Spirit Rice for your fifty Spirit Stones, if that''s alright?" After hearing this, Jin Congxue shook her head and said, "I was able to get these rewards because of your help; I should naturally share half with you!" Having said that, Jin Congxue handed fifty Spirit Stones to Su Xing. Su Xing didn''t hesitate, epting them directly. For the current Su Xing, Spirit Rice could be obtained through farming, a renewable resource. But Spirit Stones, Su Xing had not yet found other methods of obtaining them, and as they were used up, their number dwindled, making each one incredibly precious. Jin Congxue nced at the sky and said, "Ah Xing, it''s gettingte! Let''s head back to the city first!" Hearing this, Su Xing nodded and returned to Jinling City with Jin Congxue. The time within the Qingyun Spirit Field copy flowed one-to-one with the real world. It was now November 26th outside, and the simtion cooldown wasplete, so Su Xing did not hesitate to choose to simte. "Begin simtion!" [1200 energy points consumed, 2680 energy points remaining, infinite simtion attempts remaining.] [Simtion starts!] [Extracting a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1000 energy points. Do you wish to extract?] "Extract the green talent!" [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the green talent, Mister Strength!] Chapter 21: Chapter 21: Chicken Breeding Specialist, Descending Sect News! [Mr. Strength]: You were born with a strength greater than that of ordinary people, and your physical toughness is several times that of an average person. You possess remarkable talent in the Body Refinement lineage. When Su Xing saw the green talent he had drawn, his eyes lit up. Clearly, Mr. Strength was an advanced version of the previous fitness enthusiast talent. It was a talent equivalent to possessing a dual-type Spiritual Root in wood and fire. "It seems the n has to change a bit..." Su Xing stroked his chin and thought. He had originally nned to practice the way of alchemy in this simtion, to earn more money for selling points. But now, the talent of Mr. Strength was a rare opportunity he naturally wanted to take advantage of and bring out. Su Xing continued with the simtion. [Your doorbell rings, and it turns out to be Jin Congxue finding you.] [She seems to have just finished bathing, with her hair still somewhat damp.] [Jin Congxue wants to discuss some Buddhist knowledge with you, but you know very little and nearly give yourself away.] [Jin Congxue changes the subject, inviting you to eat, and seems quite fond of you.] [You have lived in Jinling City for a week, and your rtionship with Jin Congxue has grown increasingly close.] [A weekter, you return to Kyoto Polytechnic University.] [Every day, you enter the Spirit Field Blessed Land with you, meticulously taking care of the Spirit Grains in the field.] [You are strong and muscr, eating several times more than an ordinary person, consuming a pound of Spirit Rice in one meal.] [You work daily in the Spirit Field, eating three pounds of Spirit Rice, and your physique strengthens rapidly.] [After a week, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level has a breakthrough, advancing to the first level of the Bone Forging Realm.] Su Xing felt slightly emotional when he saw this, as he had previously toiled for many years and had only just managed to advance to the fifth level of Body Refinement. Now, with his talent for Body Refinement and the daily consumption of Spirit Rice, his cultivation progressed at an unexpectedly rapid speed. [You remain immersed in cultivation, eager to see how far you can go in this simtion.] [You spend three hours each day in the Blessed Land practicing Body Refinement, and in your free time, you continue to help the junior sisters and neers with dungeon raiding and equipment farming.] [With your increased strength, clearing ordinary Silver Level dungeons is now a piece of cake.] [Your dungeon earnings have increased significantly,ting half a million in just one day, and you be a millionaire within a month.] [In your spare time, you still take Wang Qingxuan to dungeon raids for leveling, and she gradually falls for you.] [Another half year passes, and you pay back the debt you had borrowed from Yu Yan; you save up a sum of money and no longer engage in power-leveling business.] [Intoxicated with cultivation, fortunately at this time, the Spirit Grains in the Spirit Field mature. You harvest three thousand pounds of Spirit Grains.] [You process the Spirit Grains into Spirit Rice to eat every day.] [As your Body Refinement Cultivation Level continues to climb, your appetite grows too, allowing you to consume five pounds of Spirit Rice daily.] [But you are not at all worried about running out of Spirit Rice, because you have already nted a new batch of Spirit Grains, ready to harvest again in half a year.] [Thanks to an ample supply of Spirit Rice, in just half a year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level breaks through to the fifth level of the Bone Forging Realm!] [You choose not to reveal your power; you are dyed in graduating.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan finds you, saying she ns to join a mysterious organization.] [This time you don''t stop her; that night, you try many new positions.] [The next day, Wang Qingxuan withdrew from school and disappeared.] Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly; everything was going ording to his n. Since the Changchun Technique originated from this mysterious organization, they must also possess the clues to thetter half. And Su Xing intended to try to contact this organization during the simtion to see if he could obtain rted clues. [In the second year, you dedicated yourself to cultivation, and your Body Refinement Cultivation Level broke through to the seventhyer of the Bone Forging Realm!] [In the third year, you continued to cultivate, and your Body Refinement Cultivation Level broke through to the ninthyer of the Bone Forging Realm!] [In the fourth year, your Cultivation Level broke through to the Great Perfection of the Bone Forging Realm but encountered a bottleneck, making it difficult to advance further.] [You gaze at the Spirit Field Blessed Land, filled with piles of Spirit Rice, and fall into deep thought.] [You understand that perhaps the effects of Spirit Rice are limited and provide only a weak improvement to someone in the Bone Forging Realm like you. You need to find a Spirit nt that could further strengthen your physique.] [Fortunately, Qing Yunzi left you with quite a few other Spirit Seeds before he left. After carefully consulting the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, you chose a Spirit nt called White Jade Ginseng to cultivate.] [You nted ten White Jade Ginseng nts, but these would need at least ten years to be effective. Therefore, you knew you couldn''t be hasty.] [You began to think of other methods. A sudden inspiration struck you; if ordinary nts can transform into Spirit nts after absorbing Spiritual Energy over a long period, then perhaps animals could do the same. So you captured a few chickens and released them into the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [You tried feeding the chickens Spirit Rice. At first, they ate it happily, but within three days, all the chickens you captured had exploded and died.] [You tearfully ate the meat of two and a half chickens in one meal.] [You set up a small fenced area in the Blessed Land, intending to use it specifically for rearing chickens.] [You captured dozens of chickens and ced them inside the fence, but each one failed to live beyond three days.] [You tried continuously for three months, during which time no fewer than several hundred chickens were killed by the Spiritual Energy, and without exception, they all ended up in your stomach.] [Three monthster, you finally ended up with three chickens that could eat Spirit Rice, one male and two females.] [But you still didn''t dare to feed them too much Spirit Rice, giving each chicken a maximum of ten grains per day.] [After another two months, the feathers of these chickens became lusher, and they seemed much smarter than before. They appeared to have developed a hint of spiritual intelligence.] [You were able to eat two eggs every day, and because the hens consumed Spirit Rice daily, the eggs tasted excellent, and their effects even seemed to faintly surpass that of the Spirit Rice.] [One day, you began trying to hatch the eggs.] [One monthter, five or six chicks hatched from the eggs. They looked spirited and stronger than regr chicks.] [You attempted to feed these chicks Spirit Rice.] [To your delight, the chicks could eat three to five grains of Spirit Rice daily and not burst from it.] [You were very happy and felt that the potential of these chicks was much greater than that of the original three.] [You named these five chicks the second generation of Spirit Chickens.] [Just as you were preparing to expand your chicken-rearing business, Wang Qingxuan found you and handed over half of the Changchun Technique.] [You declined the half of the Changchun Technique, but you expressed your desire to join this mysterious organization.] [Wang Qingxuan seemed hesitant, but after your repeated requests, she agreed to recruit you into the mysterious organization.] [It turned out, in the years that had passed, Wang Qingxuan hadpleted her tasks excellently and had be a Grandmaster Level expert, so she already held the position of a minor leader within the organization.] [A few dayster, under Wang Qingxuan''s guidance, you met with an Elder from the organization.] [Seeing it as a favor to Wang Qingxuan, the Elder reluctantly agreed to let you be an official member of the organization, and you learned that this mysterious organization was called the "Descending Sect"!] [The Descending Sect''s slogan was: "Eradicate human tyranny, the world belongs to the Foreign Race!"] Chapter 22: Chapter 22 Human Race Traitor, Descending Sect! [It turned out that every member of the Descending Sect was a traitor to the Human Race.] [They believed that the Human Race did not deserve to rule this and were ready to wee the "great Foreign Race" topletely descend upon it.] [In your heart, you wondered, wouldn''t the descent of those Foreign Races mean the death of all humans, including the Descending Sect?] [But your status was too low to gain entry into the core circle of the Descending Sect.] [You infiltrated the Descending Sect for a month and gradually understood that to raise your position within the sect, you had to disy the corresponding strength andplete the tasks assigned by the organization.] [Therefore, you epted your first task, which was to investigate a certain Silver Level instance.] [You performed exceptionally well and earned 5 contribution points within the sect.] [You learned that contribution points could be exchanged for many precious items, like the iplete Changchun Technique that Wang Qingxuan had obtained by spending 5,000 sect contribution points.] [So, you tried to take on more tasks, hoping to earn more contribution points.] [After a month of hard work, you had umted 100 contribution points, a rate that left you dissatisfied.] [You realized it was because your strength was too low, which prevented you from taking on higher-level tasks and earning more contribution points.] [You discovered another method of earning contribution points by donating precious items to the Elders of the sect, which could arge amount of points.] [With a determined heart, you contributed 100 pounds of Spirit Rice to an Elder.] [The Elder passed on the Spirit Rice, and he praised you highly, awarding you 1,000 contribution points.] [A few dayster, another Elder from the sect sought you out, pressing you for the source of the Spirit Rice.] [You imed it was a chance find and that it was all gone.] [The Elder didn''t believe you, tied you up, and locked you in a cer to extract a confession through severe torture!] [Your skin wascerated, your flesh torn; you suffered many punishments...] [Eventually, you were tortured to death at the age of 29.] [Your talent "Unyielding" activated from your unwillingness to die...] [You saw an old man enter the cer, and the Elder seemed to respect him greatly.] [It appeared they exchanged a few words, but you couldn''t hear a thing, and you made up your mind to learn lip-reading.] [A day passed, and the "Unyielding" talent ceased to be effective...] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] [You may choose one of the following rewards: Mighty Man (Talent), Foundation Establishment Stage Great Perfection (Cultivation level), Bone Forging Realm Great Perfection (Cultivation level), Five Second Generation Spirit Chickens (pet), 3,000 pounds of Spirit Rice (item)] [Mighty Man]: A green-level talent, priced at 10,000 energy points.] [Foundation Establishment Stage Great Perfection]: Cultivation level, priced at 1,000 energy points.] [Bone Forging Realm Great Perfection]: Cultivation level, priced at 10,000 energy points.] [Five Second Generation Spirit Chickens]: Pet, priced at 10,000 energy points.] [3,000 pounds of Spirit Rice]: Item, priced at 3 million energy points.] Su Xing looked at the simtion rewards with envy; whether it was the Mighty Man talent or the cultivation level of Bone Forging Realm Great Perfection, he wanted them all! "It''s a pity I can only take back one reward..." Eventually, Su Xing decided to choose the Mighty Man talent. After all, talent extraction was a matter of luck, and as long as he had this talent, he would inevitably be able to cultivate to the level of Bone Forging Realm Great Perfection in subsequent simtions.] What surprised Su Xing was that he could actually bring back Spirit Chickens from the simtor! It seemed the simtor categorized the Spirit Chickens as pets, and each Second Generation Spirit Chicken was valued at 2,000 energy points, even more expensive than a pound of Spirit Rice. This at least indicated that Second Generation Spirit Chickens were more valuable than Spirit Rice.] "What a pity; I currently have less than 2,000 energy points left, nowhere near enough to exchange for the talent..." Su Xing nned to take on instances as soon as possible to earn equipment, so he could gather enough energy before attempting the instances again. Thump, thump, thump! Just then, a knock on the door echoed from outside. Su Xing''s heart stirred, knowing it must be Jin Congxueing over, so he opened the door. Jin Congxue was holding several Buddhist scriptures in her hand and said with a smile, "Ah Xing, I just acquired a few unique Buddhist scriptures. How about we study them together?" Su Xing nodded, and the two began to discuss the texts. But throughout the process, Su Xing seemed distracted, which made Jin Congxue feel a bit helpless and she asked, "Ah Xing, is something troubling you?" After hearing this, Su Xing gave a wry smile and nodded, saying, "I''m nning to go back to Kyoto. I''ve been a bit tight on funds recently and am looking to earn some more money..." Jin Congxue''s face showed a hint of surprise as she responded, "Are you really in need of money? You should have said something earlier! How much do you need? I''ll lend it to you!" Su Xing was stunned for a moment by Jin Congxue''s generous demeanor. They had known each other for only seven or eight days, yet she was willing to lend him money? Curious, Su Xing asked, "Do you have a lot of money?" Jin Congxue seemed a bit surprised by the question and said, "Don''t you know about the Jin Merchant Guild? It was founded by my grandfather..." Su Xing was taken aback. The Jin Merchant Guild? That was one of the top-ranked merchant guilds in the entire Great Xia Country, with a history spanning hundreds of years and assets beyond measure. Su Xing, back in the simtor, was also quite a famous and wealthy businessman with a worth of several billion. Butpared to Jin Merchant Guild, he was far outssed. The scale of Jin Merchant Guild could not merely be counted in billions, as most of their clients were professionals and even elite professionals at that. To them, Grandmaster and Heavenly King level clients were just regrs. In the simtor, the professionals Su Xing sold equipment to were mostly of the lower silver and gold levels, not even in the same league. Suddenly, Su Xing remembered that in one of the simtions, it seemed Jin Congxue had rmended a client to him, and in just a few short years, his worth had soared to several billion. If it was the resources of the Jin Merchant Guild, then it made perfect sense. Jin Congxue''s voice rang in Su Xing''s ears, "So, how much do you want to borrow?" Gritting his teeth, Su Xing said, "One billion, can you lend me that? I might not be able to pay it back soon... perhaps it will take a year and a half..." Jin Congxue also froze for a moment when she heard the numberone billion was no small sum. So, half-joking, Jin Congxue said, "You''re not setting me up for a scam, are you? What do you need one billion for?" After saying this, Jin Congxue chuckled and handed a bank card to Su Xing, saying, "There''s one billion on this card, and the password is six eights." Su Xing did not take the bank card directly but instead took out fifty catties of Spirit Rice from his storage ring and handed them to Jin Congxue, saying, "Consider this Spirit Rice the interest for your loan so you won''t feel like you''re lending it for nothing!" Jin Congxue paused for a moment, blinking and asked, "Are you sure you want to give me this Spirit Rice? Do you know how much it''s worth?" "This fifty catties of Spirit Rice is worth at least fifty million Great Xia Coins!" Chapter 23: Chapter 23: Li Fire Alchemy! Su Xing was taken aback after hearing this. He certainly knew the value of this Spirit Rice. For Cultivators, it was a premium cultivation resource. And for other professionals, consuming this Spirit Rice over a long period could enhance their physical fitness. In other words, it was like those items in web game novels that could directly improve the physical attributes, strength, and the like of ordinary professionals. But Su Xing had only spent 50,000 energy to get fifty catties of Spirit Rice, which tranted to ten million Great Xia Coins. Yet how could these fifty catties of Spirit Rice be worth fifty million Great Xia Coins? At this time, Jin Congxue said, "Last night, I had our guild''s appraiser estimate the value of this Spirit Rice." "For ordinary professionals, this Spirit Rice is no less valuable than the meat of powerful Demonic Beasts, a treasure that nourishes the body." "But the most precious indeed is the effect this Spirit Rice has on ordinary people! It can prolong life, slow down aging... it can even cure diseases!" "I think there will be many wealthy people willing to pay one million for a catty of Spirit Rice to give it a try... A catty of Spirit Rice is enough for an ordinary person to eat for half a month, and this thing is almost impossible to replicate. It''s a treasure only the two of us have. Wouldn''t you say it''s precious?" Su Xing understood after hearing Jin Congxue''s exnation. The saying went, rarity bred value; this Spirit Rice was now his exclusive monopolized product, naturally making it precious. Moreover, the life-prolonging effects of the Spirit Rice on ordinary people were too tempting. Su Xing nodded slightly, but then suddenly thought of something and said, "Congxue, it''s best if you use this Spirit Rice for yourself... even if you want to give it to someone, never say it''s from me! Please keep it a secret for me!" Seeing how serious Su Xing was, Jin Congxue knew he wasn''t joking. Taking the Spirit Rice, she said, "Rest assured, I''ll keep it a secret for you! As for these fifty catties of Spirit Rice, let''s just say it covers the fifty million Great Xia Coins, how''s that?" Su Xing nodded in agreement. He didn''t want Jin Congxue to reveal his identity because he was afraid the mysterious organization would target him. After all, in the simted world, the fate that befell him after the exposure of the Spirit Rice was quite tragic. But in the future, if Su Xing was ever short on money, he could sell some to Jin Congxue. After all, he had more than three thousand catties of Spirit Grains in his personal Spirit Field Blessed Land, which would be ready for harvest in half a year. Su Xing then said, "Congxue, I want to purchase a batch of white-quality equipment from your Jin Merchant Guild; let''s consider this one billion as payment for the purchase." Su Xing handed his card over to Jin Congxue. Although curious about why Su Xing wanted so much white-quality equipment, she nodded and agreed. "I can buy it for you, but... you have to stay with me in Jinling City for a week. I want to do my duty as a host!" Jin Congxue blinked yfully as she spoke. Su Xing naturally agreed, as purchasing equipment would take some time anyway. In the following week, Su Xing stayed in Jinling City, where Jin Congxue was very hospitable. Thanks to Jin Congxue''s introduction, Su Xing managed to procure over one hundred thousand pieces of white-quality equipment from the Jin Merchant Guild at the lowest price of 900 pieces each. On December 3rd, 2023, in the New Era, Su Xing returned to Kyoto University. The first thing Su Xing did when he got back to his dormitory was to convert all the white-quality equipment into simted world energy. Over one hundred thousand pieces of equipment were exchanged for a total of 620,000 points of energy, making Su Xing wealthier than he had ever been before. ``` "Sigh, now I''m a debtor with a small goal of debt" Su Xing bitterly smiled, realizing he must find a way to generate ie. Otherwise, if he kept borrowing money, he would soon run out of funds to purchase energy. "Currently, the Spirit Grains in the Blessed Land seem to be a stable way to make money... but it will take half a year for the Spirit Grains to mature, and these 600,000 energy points are likely not enough for even a few simtions." With a thought, Su Xing started a new round of simtion. "Begin the simtion!" [This simtion consumed 1300 energy points, leaving 622,680 points remaining. Unlimited simtions remaining.] [Simtion starting!] [Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1000 energy points, proceed with the draw?] "Draw the green talent!" [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the green talent, Perseverance!] [Perseverance]: Your tenacity is several times that of an ordinary person. When facing difficulties, you will confront them head-on and never give up easily. Upon seeing this talent, Su Xing''s eyes brightened. Though the talent couldn''t directly enhance his strength, its usefulness in the simtion couldn''t be ignored. [In the dormitory, you realize you are in a simtion.] [You first return to the Spirit Field Blessed Land and check on the chickens you purchased a few days ago to see if they have survived.] [Unsurprisingly, not a single one of the chickens you purchasedst time survived.] [After having a hearty meal, you went to the market and bought a few hundred chickens to raise in the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [You start studying Li Fire Alchemy, which describes the methods to make three hundred and sixty types of elixirs, most of which you do not understand.] [You could only choose a few low-level elixirs to manufacture.] [You chose the Fasting Pill and the Nourishing Face Pill, both of which are first-grade elixirs with the simplest methods of production.] [The main ingredient for the Fasting Pill is Spirit Rice, along with some herbs. One pill enables an ordinary person not to eat for a month without feeling hunger.] [Fortunately, except for the rtively precious Spirit Rice, the other ingredients for the Fasting Pill could be purchased in this world.] [You took out the worn Alchemy Furnace ready to begin alchemy, but soon encountered your first problem. You had no fire.] [You tried using a lighter to ignite it, but the me from an ordinary lighter was not hot enough andcked Spiritual Energy, making it unsuitable for making elixirs.] [Thus, you took out Li Fire Alchemy again to study it and quickly found a me spell called Li Fire within.] [The Jade Slip records that Li Fire is a simplified version of the ancient divine fire, Southern Bright Li Fire. It is difficult to cultivate, and only those with great determination can master it.] [However, you fear no difficulties, so you began to delve into the Li Fire spell.] [In the first year, you spent four hours every dayprehending the Li Fire spell. This continued for a whole year without gaining entry.] [During this time, Wang Qingxuan came to find you, and after one night, she joined the Descending Sect.] [In the second year, you increased the time spent onprehending Li Fire to six hours every day. Another whole year passed, and you still couldn''t grasp its essence.] [You remained unwavering, never giving up. In the third year, you spent eight hours every day on it. After half a year, you finally mastered the rudiments of the Li Fire spell.] [Overjoyed, youprehended the Li Fire spell day and night. After two and a half years, you managed to gain entry.] [In the sixth year, you sessfully mastered the basics of the Li Fire spell, able to summon a strand of Li Fire in your palm.] [This Li Fire was extremely hot, incinerating anything it touched instantly. Gold would melt into liquid within seconds in the Li Fire, yet the fire did not harm you.] [You realized that Li Fire could not only be used for alchemy but also as a weapon to fend off enemies!] ``` Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Learning Alchemy, Rich Ladys Joy Pill! Su Xing felt a surge of excitement. It had been more than ten times since he started the simtion, and now, atst, he had mastered an offensive technique. The mes that could instantly melt gold surely would cause significant damage! Su Xing continued with the simtion. [One day, Wang Qingxuan sought you out, bringing with her the first half of the Changchun Technique.] [You did not ept the Changchun Technique; instead, you proposed to join the organization she belonged to.] [Upon your request, Wang Qingxuan agreed and took you to meet an elder.] [Learning from your past lessons, you chose a cautious approach; you onlypleted one or two missions per month and dedicated the rest of your time to studying alchemy.] [You realized that your Li Fire was still too weak, and the elixirs you produced were only half-finished products.] [Therefore, you immersed yourself in the study of the Li Fire technique, and your mastery of it gradually improved.] [In the seventh year, you attended your sister''s funeral, and after the funeral, you contained your emotions and continued studying the Li Fire technique.] [In the eighth year, with your relentless effort, you had a basic grasp of the Li Fire technique, and the power of your Li Fire doubled.] [Feeling that your mastery over the Li Fire was sufficient, you decided to start crafting Fasting Pills officially.] [Initially, you could produce only one or two finished pills per batch of elixirs.] [But, having plenty of Spirit Rice for experimentation, your proficiency in crafting Fasting Pills soared.] [By the tenth year, you had mastered the Fasting Pill to the extent that you could produce seven or eight finished pills from a batch of ten, and asionally, you would create an exceptionally potent Fasting Pill that allowed the user to go three months without food, yet remain full of energy.] [That same year, you attended the funeral of your good brother, Yu Yan.] [In the eleventh year, feeling the time was right, you began learning how to craft Nourishing Face Pills.] [The difficulty of crafting Nourishing Face Pills was much higher than that of Fasting Pills, requiring more than ten ingredients, including Spirit Ginseng, peach kernels, Chuanxiong, rehmannia root, and dong quai.] [Fortunately, except for the Spirit Ginseng, most of the materials weremon herbs that you could buy in the real world.] [And luckily, you had nted several dozen ginseng nts ten years ago, which, nourished by spiritual energy for ten years, had turned into ten-year Spirit Ginseng.] [Your first attempt at crafting Nourishing Face Pills, unsurprisingly, ended in failure.] [But you were determined and did not give up; within three months, you had tried crafting Nourishing Face Pills over a hundred times until you gradually mastered the craft''s timing and skill.] [Now with only thest Spirit Ginseng left, enough for three more batches of Nourishing Face Pills, you were undaunted and continued crafting the elixirs.] [Fortunately, in yourst attempt at alchemy, you seeded and harvested three finished Nourishing Face Pills.] [You consumed one of the elixirs yourself, and your body expelled a lot of impurities, your skin became softer and fairer, and the wrinkles around your eyespletely vanished.] [You realized that the Nourishing Face Pill would be an invaluable treasure to some wealthydies!] [So, you named the Nourishing Face Pill the "Wealthy Lady''s Delight Pill."] [You approached Jin Congxue and sold her one Nourishing Face Pill.] [The nearly forty-year-old Jin Congxue, after consuming the pill, watched the wrinkles around her eyes gradually disappear, and her skin became as delicate as that of a twenty-something-year-old, so fine it seemed it could be punctured with a gentle poke.] [Jin Congxue was overjoyed, willing to pay one hundred million Great Xia Coins for the pill.] [She asked if you had any more pills, but having another use for thest one, you shook your head.] [After parting with Jin Congxue, you returned to Kyoto, where you attempted to craft a basic version of the Nourishing Face Pill without the need for Spirit Ginseng.] [One day, an elder from the Descending Sect approached you and issued you a task.] [You epted the mission, but you soon discovered you weren''t the only one carrying it out; hundreds of sect members were involved in the task, including Wang Qingxuan.] [To your surprise, you found that Wang Qingxuan had be a Heavenly King Level powerhouse and was also themander of this operation.] [After several years, Wang Qingxuan seemed to have aged a lot, and you gave her thest Nourishing Face Pill you had.] [Wang Qingxuan was grateful for your concern, and after so many years, her feelings for you remained unchanged.] [On the night before the task was to be executed, Wang Qingxuan found you and told you not to participate in this mission.] [You asked her why, and she didn''t hide anything, frankly stating that this mission was to cooperate with the Demon Race in leaking Human Race intelligence at Demon-Subduing Pass, and it carried the high risk of certain death.] [You were shocked and questioned why she would betray the Human Race to side with the Demon Race; she responded with a sorrowful smile, saying she had no choice.] [She arranged for you to be in a safe ce, and you did not participate in this mission.] [Not long after, the price of restorative elixirs in the market began to skyrocket, and you realized that this sudden surge in prices might be rted to the Descending Sect''s activities.] [You felt troubled and experienced a deep sense of powerlessness, so you began to work hard at producing a low-budget "Rich Lady''s Delight Pill."] [A yearter, after thousands of attempts, you finally seeded in mastering how to substitute ordinary ginseng for Spirit Ginseng.] [You developed a low-budget version of the "Rich Lady''s Delight Pill," whose effects were only one-tenth of the original.] [You took a bottle of the low-budget "Rich Lady''s Delight Pill" to Jin Congxue, hoping she could tell you the value of the elixir.] [But Jin Congxue''s father told you that Jin Congxue had died in a side version of the Demon-Subduing Pass.] [You returned to Kyoto in a daze, only to be discovered by an elder of the Descending Sect.] [The elder of the Descending Sect tantly called you a traitor and personally killed you, crushing your head in his hand.] [You died, and the simtion ended!] [You may choose one of the following rewards: Perseverance (Talent), Five 9th Generation Spirit Chickens (Pets), Introductory Li Fire Technique Comprehension (Spell Comprehension), Li Fire Alchemy Basics (Alchemy Comprehension)] [Perseverance]: A green talent, priced at 10,000 energy points. [Five 9th Generation Spirit Chickens]: Spirit Pets, which have continuously evolved their bloodline by feeding on Spirit Rice, sessfully bing low-grade Spirit Pets, priced at 100k energy points. [Introductory Li Fire Technique Comprehension]: Ten years ofprehension experience, where you will immediately grasp the basics of the Li Fire Technique upon learning, priced at 100k energy points. [Li Fire Alchemy Basics]: Beginner-level alchemy experience, contains insights on the production of the Fasting Pill (Mahayana Level) and the Nourishing Face Pill (Heavenly King Level), priced at 100k energy points. Excited by the rewards, Su Xing also felt an itch of resentment. ["Damn it, why can I only bring back one reward?"] ["I want both the Introductory Li Fire Technique Comprehension and the Perseverance Talent!"] Amid hisints, Su Xing''s simtion aimed to gain alchemy experience. But unexpectedly, he drew Perseverance, a heaven-defying talent. Su Xing clearly saw how this talent had helped him stubbornly persevere through the difficulties he could not break through in the simtion. For instance, the continuous ten years of night and dayprehension of the Li Fire Technique would have been impossible for Su Xing without this talent. However, choosing this talent meant he might have to start from scratch learning alchemy and the Li Fire Technique in the next simtion. As Su Xing was in the midst of his dilemma, a notification from the simtor rang in his mind: [Ding, the host may spend 500,000 energy points to upgrade the simtor, with the following functions in the Life Simtor 2.0 version...] (Woo, for love''s sake, I''m generating power here, yet my collection still hasn''t broken a hundred, I hope the lords will follow more~) Chapter 25: Chapter 25: Life Simulator 2.0 Version [Life Simtor 2.0 Version] Features as follows: First, the number of rewards that can be brought back from the simtor has increased from one item to two items. Second, a new immersive simtion experience has been added, allowing the host to spend a certain number of points to select a day for immersive experience in the simtion. Su Xing''s eyes lit up at the update prompt from the simtor. The updated features of the simtor perfectly matched his ideas! Especially the increase in the number of rewards almost doubled Su Xing''s simtion efficiency. As for the second feature, the immersive simtion experience, Su Xing still needed to try it out. But as soon as he saw the upgrade cost of a whopping 500,000 energy points, Su Xing was so frustrated that his teeth itched. "You must be eyeing the points I have, right? I finally managed to save up 600,000 points, and you''re directly asking for 500,000?" Although Su Xing was angry, upgrading the simtor was a must. So, Su Xing spent 500,000 energy points to upgrade the Life Simtor to version 2.0. Then he spent another 110,000 energy points to bring out the Beginner Li Fire Spell and the Green Talent "Unyielding" from the simtion. [Ding, you have chosen to bring out the Green Talent "Unyielding," remaining energy 111,680 points.] [Ding, you have chosen to bring out the Beginner Li Fire Spell Comprehension, remaining energy 11,680 points.] Su Xing carefully sensed his body, the effect of the talent Unyielding wasn''t apparent, perhaps it would only be experienced when encountering setbacks. But the Beginner Li Fire Spell had a significant impact on Su Xing''s experience. Su Xing stretched out his palm, and with a thought, a strand of cinnabar-red me appeared in his hand, which, although only three inches tall, looked rather impressive. Su Xing carefully brought his other hand closer to the Li Fire, yet he didn''t feel the slightest sensation of being burned. He then took out a piece of white-grade equipment and ced it over the Li Fire, only to see the equipment melt at a visible rate, turning to ash in just tens of seconds. This greatly surprised Su Xing, knowing that although white-grade equipment was the lowest level, havinge from a dungeon, its durability was even greater than that of steel by a good deal. The fact that Li Fire could so easily melt white-grade equipment meant it was likely a fatal threat to any ordinary Silver Level professional! "Now that I have this Li Fire Spell, I finally have abat spell to use against enemies..." A thought crossed Su Xing''s mind as he tried to move the Li Fire further away from himself, discovering it could go as far as a dozen meters away from him, indicating that Su Xing now had a means of ranged attack. At the same time, Su Xing noticed that his physical and mana energy was quickly being consumed when controlling the Li Fire, about half of his mana was gone after roughly ten minutes. "It seems that the Li Fire Spell consumes quite a bit, it can only be used at critical moments." Su Xing stroked his chin, deep in thought. "Now that I have the Li Fire Spell, as long as I bring out theprehension of Li Fire Alchemy in the next simtion, I can immediately start making Fasting Pills and a simple version of the Nourishing Face Pill." "And these two elixirs are definitely marketable, the Nourishing Face Pill in particr could probably be sold for hundreds of thousands of Great Xia Coins each without difficulty..." "But the current problem is that I''ll need at least 100,000 or more energy points for the next simtion, while I currently only have a mere 10,000 points." Su Xing pursed his lips and took out his phone to contact Jin Congxue. "Congxue, are you there? I''m nning to sell you 20 jin of Spirit Rice, let me know when you have time toe and pick it up..." Jin Congxue replied very quickly: "OK, looks like you''re short on cashtely, huh? Send me your card number, and I''ll transfer the money to you. I happen to be going to Kyoto sometime soon, so you can just give it to me then." Su Xing sent over his bank card number and soon received a remittance of 20 million Great Xia Coins. Looking at the new string of numbers in his bank ount, Su Xing chuckled and shook his head: "I''ve really met a benefactor!" Su Xing learned about the clues to cultivation from Jin Congxue. Moreover, Jin Congxue had lent him such arge sum of money, which was equivalent to saving him a considerable amount of time in umting energy. Otherwise, relying on Su Xing''s slow umtion of energy, it would have taken him at least several months to gather that amount. After getting the money, Su Xing first went to the Jin Merchant Guild in Kyoto to purchase over 20,000 pieces of white-grade equipment. With the VIP membership card given by Jin Congxue, Su Xing still managed to purchase at the lowest price of 900 Great Xia coins per piece, saving a lot of money. Afterward, Su Xing converted the more than 20,000 pieces of white equipment into energy, which brought his simtor energy up to 120,000 points. Looking at the 120,000 points of energy in the simtor, Su Xing felt somewhat reassured. "In the end, it''s still ack of energy! I have to do power-leveling services." Su Xing had previously pulled all the undersswomen who epted his power-leveling services into a group, and now there were over a hundred people in this group. Su Xing sent a message in the group: "Today at four in the afternoon, there will be five power-leveling sessions, with a maximum of five people registering for each session. The target is the Silver Level copy outside the city, the Crimson Ant Nest, which offers a lot of experience. 20,000 Great Xia coins per person, those who want to register, hurry up..." No sooner had Su Xing sent the message than a few undersswomen signed up. Most of these undersswomen were between bronze levels 10 and 20, and the experience from a Silver Level copy was significant for them, almost enough to level up substantially in one go. With Su Xing''s current strength, he could solo the Silver-Level copy within an hour. With one day''s work, Su Xing could earn at least six to seven hundred thousand Great Xia coins, which was much more efficient than his previous power-leveling. A week passed quickly. Su Xing converted the 5 million Great Xia coins earned from power-leveling into white equipment, gaining nearly 30,000 points of energy. Together with the previously gained energy, Su Xing''s energy once again broke through the 150,000-point mark! On December 10th, after the simtor''s cooldown time refreshed. Su Xing chose to simte right away. "Start simtion!" [This simtion will consume 1,400 points of energy, leaving 150,200 points of energy remaining, with unlimited simtion opportunities left.] [Simtion starting!] [Drawing a white talent costs 100 points of energy, drawing a green talent costs 1,000 points of energy, would you like to draw?] "Draw a green talent!" Su Xing did not hesitate to choose to draw a green talent, after all, 1,000 points of energy was not much to him now, and if he could draw a high-quality green talent, that would be a huge gain. [Ding, congrattions on acquiring the green talent, Lucky Streak!] [Lucky Streak]: A green talent, your luck is far above the average person. You often find money when you go out, and if you buy a ten Great Xia coin scratch card, you can at least win a prize of 20 Great Xia coins. Su Xing''s eyes lit up when he saw this talent. A luck-based talent was an absolute necessity for transmigrators! Whether it''s in the simtor or in the real world, it would undoubtedly help Su Xing a lot. Su Xing continued to read on. [In your dorm, you realize that you''re in a simtion, and your task for this simtion is to umte enough alchemy experience.] [Without hesitation, taking advantage of being alone, you enter the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [To your surprise, you discover that not all of the hundreds of chickens raised in the Spirit Field have died; instead, seven or eight have survived. After examining them, you determine that these chickens may have the potential to be Spirit Chickens.] [A thought strikes you that this might be the influence of the Lucky Streak talent.] Chapter 26: Chapter 26 Good Luck and the Secret to Getting Rich! Su Xing''s eyes lit up when he saw this, as he hadn''t expected a green-quality luck talent to have such a significant impact. Before, it would have taken him at least a month to find a chicken with potential, but this time he had seeded in just one week. "It seems this streak of good luck talent is really extraordinary... Perhaps it can be taken out of the simtor," Su Xing thought to himself and continued reading. [You raised those seven or eight chickens separately, feeding them a certain amount of Spirit Rice every day, and after a while, their feathers became glossier.] [Every day, in addition to feeding the Spirit Chickens and taking care of the Spirit Grains on time, you spent most of your time studying the Li Fire Alchemy.] [You selected some spirit seeds left by Qing Yunzi to nt, and also bought some good-quality ginseng from the market to nt in the Spirit Field.] [A week passed, and Jin Congxue came to Kyoto to find you, you gave her the Spirit Rice you had prepared in advance, and treated her to a meal.] [After saying goodbye to Jin Congxue, you continued to diligently study the Li Fire Alchemy. Since you already possessed the Li Fire technique, you immediately tried Alchemy.] [You took out some Spirit Rice, mixed it with three or four kinds of medicinal herbs, and put them into the Alchemy Furnace ording to the proportions in the pill recipe.] [You meticulously controlled the Li Fire''s temperature, but unsurprisingly, due tock of technique, the alchemy failed.] [You did not give up and continued to focus on Alchemy.] [Soon, half a year passed by, and during this time, besides regrly feeding Wang Qingxuan soul chicken soup, you spent most of your time learning how to make Fasting Pills.] [Finally, with your relentless efforts, you sessfully made the first batch of Fasting Pills.] [After half a year, you had mastered all the steps for making Fasting Pills. The proportions of medicinal materials, control of fire, and alchemy techniques were all approaching mastery.] [Now, when you produced a batch of Fasting Pills, you could get eight or nine pills, and because you were quite lucky, every two or three batches of Fasting Pills would produce an extraordinary one.] Su Xing was pleased when he read this; in hisst simtion, it had taken him eight years to simply master the Li Fire technique. But in this simtion, because he already had the Li Fire technique from the start, it only took him a year to sessfully learn how to make Fasting Pills, greatly increasing efficiency! Full of anticipation, Su Xing continued to read on. [You spent a week making fifty finished Fasting Pills, and then went to find Jin Congxue to sell them.] [Jin Congxue brought in a master appraiser from the Jin Merchant Guild to evaluate your Fasting Pills. The master appraiser said he had never seen such elixirs, but there was an item called "Ration Pill" in his repertoire that was simr.] [The master appraiser exined that Ration Pills were capable of providing the body with energy and after taking them, one would feel energetic and not experience hunger for three days. However, your Fasting Pills could maintain this state for a month, much more effective than the Ration Pills.] [Ration Pills were priced at about 3,000 coins each, so the master appraiser believed your Fasting Pills could be sold for around 100,000 coins each.] Su Xing frowned slightly when he read this. Were the Fasting Pills really worth only 100,000 coins each? This value was lower than he had expected. But then he realized that because this world had copies which could produce various space items simr to storage rings, every professional could carryrge quantities of food. The greatest advantage of Fasting Pills was their convenience; secondary to that was saving the time spent eating, so they could be used on special asions. [The master appraiser said if you could supply these pills in the long term, he would be willing to represent the Jin Merchant Guild and purchase them for 80,000 coins each.] [Upon hearing this, Jin Congxue seemed displeased and said that she would take as many Fasting Pills as you had at 100,000 coins each. While the master appraiser frowned slightly, he did not object.] Su Xing saw this and felt warmth in his heart again. One hundred thousand pieces each was the selling price, and Jin Congxue spending this money to purchase from him meant she would make hardly any profitit was entirely to help him. [You did not reject Jin Congxue''s kindness because you believed that the Fasting Pill was indeed worth the price of one hundred thousand pieces. You sold all fifty Fasting Pills to Jin Congxue but kept five superior Fasting Pills for backup.] [You used all the money from the sale to purchase materials for making the Nourishing Face Pill, but without Spirit Ginseng, you could only rece it with ordinary ginseng.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan came to you, indicating that she might have to leave you and join a certain mysterious organization.] [You asked her if it was the Descending Sect. She was surprised that you knew of this cult, but still nodded in acknowledgment.] [You gently persuaded her that the Descending Sect was not to be trusted, but Wang Qingxuan could act as your undercover agent and infiltrate the sect. At the same time, you requested her help in finding thetter half of the Changchun Technique.] [Although Wang Qingxuan did not understand your request, her deep love for you led her to agree.] [That night was wild, and the next day, she withdrew from the Kyoto Academy.] Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. From the results of his previous simtions, the Descending Sect was undoubtedly a colossal entity, even conspiring with the Foreign Race to annihte the Human Race; therefore, he actually hoped to avoid any contact with the Descending Sect. But the problem was that the whereabouts of thetter half of the Changchun Technique''s cultivation method was still within the Descending Sect, and he had no choice but to find a way to learn news about the sect. Su Xing continued to simte further. [After bidding farewell to Wang Qingxuan, you started to diligently study the Nourishing Face Pill.] [In the second year of the simtion, because youcked Spirit Ginseng and reced it directly with ginseng, the difficulty of making the Nourishing Face Pill increased. You spent a whole year but still could not produce a sessful batch.] [In the third year, after relentless efforts, you finally managed to produce the first batch of inferior Nourishing Face Pills. You took one and felt your skin be much more delicate. However, your skill in making Nourishing Face Pills was low, and each batch yielded at most one or two sessful pills.] [Moreover, as you used up arge amount of medicinal materials in making the Nourishing Face Pills, your savings dwindled to very little. Left with no choice, you spent another month making three hundred Fasting Pills, selling them to Jin Congxue.] [With the money in hand, you continued to focus on alchemy.] [In the fourth year, after thousands of attempts, your skill in making the simplified version of the Nourishing Face Pill became very reliable, and you achieved great proficiency in its creation.] [You spent a week making fifty of the simplified Nourishing Face Pills and brought them to Jin Congxue to sell.] [Jin Congxue took one and immediately felt her skin be more delicate, her crow''s feet gradually fading away.] [Overjoyed, Jin Congxue asked you how long this youthful state could be maintained. You told her it wouldst for about a month.] [Jin Congxue immediately expressed her desire to purchase all fifty of your low-tier Nourishing Face Pills for one million pieces each!] [You agreed and sold the low-tier Nourishing Face Pills to Jin Congxue, earning fifty million.] Su Xing felt sentimental when he saw this; actually, the cost of producing a batch of Nourishing Face Pills was even lower than that of Fasting Pills, since thetter required Spirit Grains. But the allure of the Nourishing Face Pill for women was simply too great! Just by taking one pill, they could return to youth for a month''s time, far surpassing the effects of top-tier cosmetics and health products. Wealthy women would undoubtedly be willing to spend a million for a month of youth. Seeing this, Su Xing''s lips curved slightly upward: "So, doesn''t this mean the energy cost for the next simtion is covered?" Chapter 27: Chapter 27 An Opportunity for the Organ Refining Realm, Organ Refining Pill! Selling Nourishing Face Pills would certainly bring Su Xing a huge profit. But right now, Su Xing doesn''t know exactly how much the profit would be, not until he brings the Li Fire Alchemy out of the simtor and sessfully refines a batch of Nourishing Face Pills. [Year five, because you have produced a low-grade version of the Nourishing Face Pill and achieved financial freedom, you are ready to start deepening your research on the Li Fire Alchemy.] [Your determination is astonishing. You spent a year memorizing all 360 pill forms of the Li Fire Alchemy, along with all the steps, but since youcked the necessary spiritual medicines, you couldn''t sessfully practice alchemy.] [Year six, one day, Wang Qingxuan found you. In these years, Wang Qingxuan had limited contact with you because she feared exposure.] [Wang Qingxuan brought you the first half of the Changchun Technique. You were puzzled and asked about the whereabouts of the second half.] [Wang Qingxuan said her clearance wasn''t high enough, and one needs to reach the Elder level to be able to exchange for the second half of the Changchun Technique.] Su Xing was overjoyed upon seeing this. Although he couldn''t obtain the second half of the Changchun Technique, at least it confirmed that the Descending Sect did indeed possess it! As for the need to wait until reaching the Elder level to exchange for it, ording to the previous simtions, one would need to attain the Heavenly King Level to be an Elder in the Descending Sect. Although Su Xing currently couldn''t get the second half of the Changchun Technique, he had plenty of time, and he could conduct numerous simtions. Sooner orter, he was bound to gain ess to it. Thinking of this, a heavy weight was lifted from Su Xing''s heart. After all, only with the second half of the Changchun Technique would he have a chance of bing a Return to Void Realm cultivator. Then he could go to Qingyun Sect to find his nominal master, Qing Yunzi. [You gave some Nourishing Face Pill to Wang Qingxuan, and she really liked your gift. That night, you tried out new positions.] [You did not choose to join the Descending Sect, instead, you continued to immerse yourself in the study of Immortal Techniques.] [Year seven, after seven years of breeding, your Spirit Chickens have proliferated to the seventh generation. The intelligence of the seventh-generation Spirit Chickens is significantly high, evenparable to some of the smarter dog breeds.] [You eat Spirit Rice every day, and you''re even able to have several Spirit Chicken eggs. Despite not focusing much on cultivation over the years, you still became a cultivator at the ninth level of Bone Forging Realm.] [You begin to n how to break through to the third major realm of Body Cultivation, the Organ Refining Realm.] [One day, you learn of your younger sister''s death and attend her funeral.] [You know that Su Nianan died in the Demon-Subduing Pass scenario, but with your current strength, you can''t change any of that. So, you delve even deeper into the study of Immortal Techniques, seeking to increase your strength.] [Youment not having Body Refining Techniques, therefore in the body cultivation path, you can only continuously explore on your own.] [One day, while researching the Li Fire Alchemy, you suddenly recall that among these forms is a pill named the Organ Refining Pill which seems to strengthen the internal organs of the human body, and the Organ Refining Realm might just require strengthening the body''s internal organs, so you begin to attempt refining the Organ Refining Pill.] [However, ording to the description in the Li Fire Alchemy, the Organ Refining Pill, unlike the previous Nourishing Face Pill and Fasting Pill, ranks at the lower end among the 360 types of pills. The difficulty of refining is vastly greater than the previously ungraded pills.] [Year eight, you diligently studied the Organ Refining Pill for a year, practicing in your mind countless times, but you are still missing an essential herb called Yellow Immortal Essence.] [Yellow Immortal Essence is the main ingredient of the Organ Refining Pill. Consuming it has the effect of replenishing qi and nourishing yin, as well as strengthening the spleen, moistening the lungs, and benefiting the kidneys. It is greatly beneficial to the human body''s internal organs, but the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique also mentions that Yellow Immortal Essence is not easy to cultivate, prefers Yin Water, and it must be grown for at least three years before it can be used as medicine.] [So, for the next three years, you study the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique while cultivating the Yellow Immortal Essence.] [In the eleventh year, after three years of your cultivation, you sessfully grew several Yellow Immortal Essence nts, and you started attempting to refine the Five Viscera Pills.] [You had simted the refining process of the Five Viscera Pills hundreds of times in your mind, but when you actually set to work, you found it more difficult than you had imagined.] [Firstly, your control over the Li Fire Technique was not adequate. Refining a furnace of Five Viscera Pills required a process thatsted several hours, and the spiritual energy and mana within you were simply not enough to sustain you for so long.] [Thus, while holding a spirit stone to replenish your spiritual energy, you used the Li Fire Technique to try to refine the Five Viscera Pills.] [You barely managed to maintain the process for several hours, exhausted to the point of weariness. When you opened the furnace to retrieve the pills, you discovered that your Five Viscera Pills hadn''t formed at all. Due to poor control of the heat, the pills had turned into a charred mess.] Su Xing, seeing this, muttered speechlessly: "Theplexity of refining Five Viscera Pills is nothing like that of Nourishing Face Pills or Fasting Pills... With my alchemy skills in the simtor, trying to refine Five Viscera Pills is still too forced. Perhaps I should start by learning to refine some other elixirs?" Moved by an impulse, Su Xing continued the simtion. [You temporarily gave up on refining Five Viscera Pills and began to learn how to prepare some lesser elixirs. Through your research, you found you could refine a minor elixir known as Qi Gathering Powder.] [Qi Gathering Powder was a powdery substance. The ingredients required included spirit stones, spiritual spring water, spirit rice, and some other herbs to assist in the refining process.] [The Qi Gathering Powder could slightly increase the cultivator''s store of spiritual energy over a short period.] [You started to earnestly research Qi Gathering Powder, and due to your previous alchemy experience, you made rapid progress in learning how to prepare it.] [In the twelfth year, you sessfully refined Qi Gathering Powder. After taking it, you felt the spiritual energy within your body increase by about ten percent,sting for around fifteen minutes.] [In the thirteenth year, after a year of improvements, you were able to produce high-quality Qi Gathering Powder, which after consumption could increase spiritual energy by twenty percent,sting for about thirty minutes.] Pleased with the results, Su Xing nodded in satisfaction. There were ample materials for the Qi Gathering Powder, and he still had nearly a thousand pieces of spiritual medicine at hand! Moreover, the effects of the Qi Gathering Powder were truly exceptional, not only enhancing his fighting ability but also making elixir refinement much smoother. Su Xing continued the simtion. [One day, a dignified middle-aged man found you. He told you he was Jin Congxue''s father, and he brought the news of Jin Congxue''s death.] [Sorrow rose in your heart, and then the man exined his purpose. He had found Fasting Pills among Jin Congxue''s belongings. He said that these pills were of great importance to the Great Xia military, and he inquired whether you could supply them with more Fasting Pills.] [You hesitated for a moment, then admitted that you had personally refined the Fasting Pills, and you produced all one thousand Fasting Pills you had umted over the years.] [Jin Congxue''s father, thrilled, epted the Fasting Pills. He gave you apensation of two hundred million Great Xia Coins and requested you to refine one hundred thousand Fasting Pills.] [Curiosity piqued, you asked him why such a quantity of Fasting Pills was necessary.] [After a moment''s hesitation, he told you the reason. It turned out that the Human Race''s situation at the Demon-Subduing Pass was increasingly dire, especially due to a shortage of professionals; Fasting Pills could ensure that master-level professionals wouldn''t starve for three days, thus they would be extremely effective on the battlefield.] [You agreed to help the Great Xia military refine Fasting Pills, but you also set forth a condition: you wanted to meet with the high-ranking officials of the Great Xia military.] [Through arrangements made by Jin Congxue''s father, you managed to meet a certain leader of the Great Xia military...] (PS: Sorry, the previous uploads were incorrect, they have been modified.) Chapter 31: Chapter 31: A Stroke of Genius, The Elixirs Became Rounder? Su Xing nodded after hearing this. Although it was a win-win situation, Jin Congxue really did him a big favor in this matter, one could say she had gone above and beyond. So, Su Xing took out a few more Nourishing Face Pills from his bosom and said, "These are the advanced version of ''Rich Lady Bliss Pills''; their effects are thirty percent higher than the previous ones and canst for three months. Consider them a gift from me!" Jin Congxue gleefully epted the elixirs, but responded, "This little thing isn''t enough to appease me... How about you treat me to a big meal tonight?" Su Xing was caught betweenughter and tears upon hearing this, he thought Jin Congxue had some conditions, but it turned out to be a dinner invitation! Naturally, Su Xing wouldn''t refuse, so he replied, "I couldn''t ask for more!" The next day, Su Xing returned to the dormitory feeling rejuvenated. Su Xing had already delivered fifty Nourishing Face Pills to Jin Congxue, who stated they could be auctioned off within a week. And the starting price for each Nourishing Face Pill was at least fifty million Great Xia Coins! For this, Jin Congxue also gave Su Xing a deposit of twenty million. Su Xing didn''t take the money directly but instead bought white grade equipment worth twenty million Great Xia Coins from the Jin Merchant Guild. A total of twenty-two thousand white grade pieces of equipment, which converted to more than 130,000 simtion energy points! This caused Su Xing''s already significant simtion energy to swell even more. On the afternoon of December 17th, Su Xing chose to simte in the dormitory. "Begin simtion!" [This simtion will cost 1500 points of energy, remaining energy is 143,000 points, remaining simtions are unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1000 energy points, would you like to draw?] "Draw a green talent!" Now that Su Xing had a stable source of ie, ensuring at least hundreds of thousands of energy points per week, he naturally chose a green talent. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the green talent, Inspired Moment!] [Inspired Moment]: Green talent, your mind is more active than that of an average person. When facing difficulties, you can asionally have an inspired moment that solves the problem. Su Xing''s eyes lit up at the newly drawn green talent. Inspired Moment? This is clearly a talent rted toprehension! Perhaps when encountering difficulties in learning alchemy, he could rely on this talent to quickly break through bottlenecks? After drawing the talent, Su Xing didn''t rush into simting, but instead reflected on the goals for this simtion. Clearly, the Inspired Moment talent could be quite helpful for Alchemy training. Therefore, Su Xing nned to focus his primary efforts on Alchemy during this simtion. "Hopefully I can advance from the novice level of Alchemy to the beginner level?" Su Xing looked towards the simtion interface. [Inside your dormitory, taking advantage of the absence of others, you entered the portable Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [You spent three days refining a total of five furnaces of the low-grade version of the Nourishing Face Pill and ten furnaces of the Fasting Pill.] [You pre-refined the Nourishing Face Pills you nned to trade next week and then began to try learning how to refine new elixirs.] [You set your sights on an elixir known as the Disguise Pill, which can change a person''s appearance. Although it is of a lower quality, the materials for its refinement are easy to collect.] [A few dayster, you received the final payment for the Nourishing Face Pills from Jin Congxuea whopping eighty million! With this eighty million, you bought enough materials to refine hundreds of Disguise Pills and enough materials for the Nourishing Face Pill tost a long time.] Su Xing was stunned for a moment when he saw this. Eighty million for the final payment? Plus the earlier twenty million doesn''t that mean each Nourishing Face Pill sold for a whole two million? That''s much higher than his previous price! Su Xing continued to simte. [Half a yearter, with your existing alchemy experience, you sessfully brought the Disguise Pill refinement proficiency to the Mahayana Level. Even Heavenly King Level powerhouses would find it hard to see your true appearance.] [You have mastered four types of lower-quality elixirs, but you are still not confident in refining the Organ Refining Pill.] [A yearter, you learned the lower-quality Wound Healing Pill and improved your mastery of the previously learned Qi Gathering Powder to the Mahayana Level.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan came to you and shared her wish to join a certain mysterious organization. In this simtion, you didn''t want to get too involved with the Descending Sect and preferred to quietly practice alchemy, so you feigned ignorance.] [The following night, Wang Qingxuan dropped out of school, and you guessed that she likely joined the Descending Sect.] [You continued to focus on refining elixirs, and since you were selling more than fifty Nourishing Face Pills every week, you weren''t short of funds and could buy a lot ofmon medicinal materials.] [Apart from alchemy, you also attended to the improvement of your cultivation. Your Qi Refining Cultivation was still stuck at the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, but your Body Refinement Cultivation Level had broken through to the third level of bone forging.] [Each day, you still made time to take care of the Spiritual Medicine in the field and the Spirit Grains.] [In the third year, you learned several lower-quality elixirs, such as Breath Concealing Pill, Power Pill, and Swift Pill, all to the Mahayana Level.] [At this moment, you had mastered seven types of lower-quality elixirs, and from the previous simtion, you had already gotten a basic understanding of Organ Refining Pill refinement.] [Therefore, you decided to go into seclusion, focusing wholeheartedly on refining the Organ Refining Pill.] [First, you handed over the previously umted Nourishing Face Pills to Jin Congxue in advance and informed her that you were going into seclusion for half a year.] [You took out some Spiritual Medicine that you had been growing for quite a while from the Spirit Field.] [Once all preparations were made, you entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land and took out the materials for the Organ Refining Pill that you had prepared in advance to begin concentrating on your refinement.] [The first month, you attempted to refine twenty furnaces of Organ Refining Pill, but all were failures.] [The second month, you became more proficient at refining, and you managed to refine twenty-three furnaces of Organ Refining Pill, with two sessful batches, but you did not dare to take them, considering that in a previous simtion, you died from the pills causing your body to explode.] [The third month, you refined twenty-four furnaces of Organ Refining Pill, with four sessful batches, but you still did not dare to take them.] [The fourth month, you refined twenty-five furnaces of Organ Refining Pill, with six sessful batches. Your speed of pill-making was getting faster, and you could almost refine one furnace each day.] [The fifth month, you refined twenty furnaces of Organ Refining Pill, with eight sessful batches. You started to pursue not just quantity but also quality, and your understanding of the Organ Refining Pill improved.] [In the sixth month, you had an inspiration and vaguely grasped some key points for the refinement of the Organ Refining Pill. You refined ten furnaces and seeded with nine of them.] [Youpared all the sessful batches from the past six months, hoping to summarize and identify some issues.] [You stared at the several dozen Organ Refining Pills before you for three full days and nights and noticed that the ones from thest two months seemed rounder.] Su Xing couldn''t help but roll his eyes at this. "Damn it, observed for three days and three nights to find they''re rounder? Am I really that stupid?" [Suddenly, you had a thought: perhaps it was the potency of the Organ Refining Pill that caused your body to explode, possibly due to the age of the medicinal materials.] Chapter 32: Chapter 32, Getting Better, Introduction to Alchemy! Su Xing paused when he saw this, then pped his forehead. "Right! The strength of the medicinal properties is rted to the age of the herbs... Howe I only thought of such a simple issue now?" Su Xing felt a wave of embarrassment. But in fact, it was not really Su Xing''s fault, since he had no master to guide him in the study of alchemy, and he had to rely entirely on himself to figure things out. The fact that he could produce elixirs of an ungraded quality was already due to his relentless efforts over dozens of years, let alone elixirs of a graded quality, which would only be harder to craft. Having realized this, Su Xing felt more confident about crafting the Organ Refining Pill, so he continued with the simtion. [You want to continue crafting Organ Refining Pills, but at this moment, you are out of the main ingredient, Yellow Immortal Essence. So, you took out some seeds from what Qing Yunzi left you and nted them in your Spirit Field.] [You have spent all your previous savings, so you crafted a batch of low-quality Nourishing Face Pills and sold them to Jin Congxue.] [In the fifth year, the Yellow Immortal Essence you nted before has developed one year of medicinal properties. Thinking that the three-year-old Yellow Immortal Essence is too potent, you took it out in preparation to begin alchemy.] [In the sixth year, you spent a year crafting hundreds of batches of Organ Refining Pills, continuously improving the process. You believe your Organ Refining Pills are now up to standard.] [One day, you attempt to swallow an Organ Refining Pill.] [The powerful medicinal properties of the Organ Refining Pill instantly make you feel as though being burned by fierce mes, but you clench your teeth and endure it.] [You did not immediately die from your body exploding, but blood kept flowing out from your meridians, turning you into a bloody figure. You tried to take a few Wound Healing Pills to treat your injuries.] [Ungraded Wound Healing Pills have no effect on such severe injuries, and you watch helplessly as you bleed to death.] [You are dead!] [Your talent, Undying Will, activates!] [You nkly stare at the furnace of Organ Refining Pills in front of you...] [Ding, simtion ended!] Su Xing was at a loss for words when he saw this. "Dammit, dead in the sixth year? Is this the earliest I''ve died in a simtion?" Su Xing felt a sudden pang of regret. After all, he had to wait a week for each simtion, making each session extremely precious. In this simtion, he was already very cautious, having crafted hundreds of Organ Refining Pills before he barely dared to swallow one. But unexpectedly, despite reducing the potency of the Organ Refining Pill, he still couldn''t withstand it. "Sigh... I didn''t die from my body exploding, but from my meridians being shattered... This means my approach must be correct! It''s because the Organ Refining Pill''s medicinal properties are too strong that I couldn''t bear it!" Su Xing absorbed the experience and was not discouraged by this single failure. After all, he had previously remained at the fifth level of Body Refinement for three years, so now, he wanted to try breaking through to the Organ Refining Realm despite the difficulties. "Anyway, waiting one more week... doesn''t really matter!" Su Xingforted himself and then looked at the rewards for this simtion. [Inspiration]: Green talent, priced at 10,000 energy points. [Bone Forging Great Perfection]: Cultivation level, priced at 11,000 energy points. [Beginner''s Li Fire Alchemy]: Beginner-level alchemy experience, containing alchemy insights for Power Pill (Mahayana Level), Wound Healing Pill (Mahayana Level), Qi Gathering Powder (Mahayana Level), Breath Concealing Pill (Mahayana Level), Swift Pill (Mahayana Level), Organ Refining Pill (Intermediate Level); priced at 100,000 energy. "The Inspiration talent is definitely a must-choose... It''s like the previous Unyielding talent, very useful in simtion!" Su Xing first spent 10,000 energy points to redeem the Inspiration talent, then shifted his gaze to the other two options. "Eh, the Li Fire Alchemy has reached beginner level? And it only costs one hundred thousand energy points?" Su Xing was surprised, knowing that the basic level Li Fire Alchemy previously cost 130,000 energy points. But Su Xing quickly realized that this must be because he was already close to reaching the beginner level in Li Fire Alchemy. After all, he had previously mastered three types of ungraded elixir crafting and an introductory level of low-grade alchemy. He had also memorized the crafting procedures for three hundred and sixty types of elixirs. In this simtion, he had mastered some more ungraded elixir crafting methods, which means he further improved on his previous base. "By that calction... the alchemy experience for an average ungraded elixir is around ten thousand energy points, whereas an inferior-grade pill like the Organ Refining Pill would surely be much more expensive, requiring tens of thousands of points just for the intermediate level." Su Xing thought, stroking his chin. But the beginner level of alchemy was also a must-have. After all, this could save Su Xing a lot of energy for the next simtion. "It''s a pity, the Body Refinement Cultivation Level of bone-forging Great Perfection can only be chosen next time." Su Xing gently shook his head, feeling rtively safe in his current situation and not particrly urgent about improving his Body Refinement Cultivation Level. On the contrary, what Su Xing urgently needed to improve now was his Qi Refining Cultivation. Because the stronger his Qi Refining Cultivation was, the more Spiritual Energy he would have in his body, allowing him to learn Alchemy better. "It looks like I''ll need to find a way to increase my Qi Refining Cultivation in the next simtion," Su Xing thought to himself and silently chanted: "I choose to bring back the entry-level Li Fire Alchemy!" [Ding, you have chosen to take the green talent "Quick Wit," costing 10,000 energy points, leaving a bnce of 133,000 energy points.] [Ding, you have chosen to take the entry-level Li Fire Alchemy insights, costing 100,000 energy points, leaving a bnce of 33,000 energy points.] The Quick Wit talent brought significant changes to Su Xing; he only felt his thinking became more lively, and new ideas asionally popped up in his mind. The improvement in Alchemy was even more remarkable for Su Xing; it was as if new Alchemy knowledge appeared in his mind and as though he had refined those elixirs countless times, allowing him to produce them with ease. "Tsk, tsk, worthy of being entry-level Alchemy... I feel like my understanding of the Alchemy Dao has strengthened by quite a bit." After the simtion ended, Su Xing began preparing to concoct the low-grade Nourishing Face Pill. After all, as he simted more and more, the energy he needed would also increase, meaning Su Xing had to spend more money. And currently, Su Xing''s primary money-making method was selling the low-grade Nourishing Face Pill. The efficiency of making money through Alchemy was more than ten times faster than grinding equipment! So, over the next week, Su Xing concocted ten batches of Nourishing Face Pill. Due to the improvement of Su Xing''s Alchemy skills, the efficiency and sess rate of concocting the Nourishing Face Pill were both higher than before. With just three days'' time, out of the ten batches of Nourishing Face Pill, there were a total of ny sessfully made elixirs, and even seven or eight of them were of superior quality. Aside from Alchemy, Su Xing did not continue to take those junior sisters and freshmen down to the dungeons to level every day. However, he would asionally take Wang Qingxuan down to the dungeons to grind equipment and level up. After all, Wang Qingxuan was connected to clues concerning the Descending Sect; it was important to cultivate a good rtionship. Another week flew by quickly, and this day, Jin Congxue came knocking. "Su Xing, you little rascal have made a killing! Guess how much your batch of elixirs sold for?" Jin Congxue was dressed in a cheongsam that day, outlining her figure in a curvaceous and seductive manner. Su Xing blinked and said, "I guess, it sold for a billion!" On hearing Su Xing''s words, Jin Congxue''s eyes widened and said, "You''re really something! How did you know it sold for a billion? Here... this is the remaining eighty million in final payment. But I know you''re definitely going to buy white-quality equipment, so I''ve already exchanged it all for you!" With that, Jin Congxue handed over a storage ring. Su Xing''s eyes lit up as he took the ring. Jin Congxue exchanging the money for equipment ahead of time indeed saved Su Xing a lot of trouble. "Thanks! From now on, let''s trade with white-quality equipment each time... It''ll save me quite a bit of trouble!" "Oh, and these are the Rich Woman''s Joy Pills I concocted this week, ny in total. Help me sell them off this week!" Su Xing then took out a bottle of elixir from his pocket and handed it over. Jin Congxue took the bottle of elixir, blinked and said, "Oh boy, you can concoct so much in one week, you can earn over a billion a week! With so much money, why don''t you take care of me!" Having said that, Jin Congxue disyed a yful expression. Chapter 30: Chapter 30: Selling the Rich Woman Happiness Pill Momentster, under a Chinese parasol tree outside the entrance of Kyoto Polytechnic University. Jin Congxue, d in a coffee-colored woollen overcoat, looked at Su Xing with amusement and asked, "What good stuff have you brought for me?" Su Xing chuckled and handed over the twenty jin of Spirit Rice he had prepared in advance and then took out a Nourishing Face Pill and passed it to her. "This is something special, give it a try!" Having simted the scenario in advance, Su Xing felt quite trustful of Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue took the Nourishing Face Pill and inspected it closely for a moment. The elixir felt cool and crystal clear in her hand. When she brought it up to her nose, it gave off a faint scent of herbs. With the pill in hand, Jin Congxue gave Su Xing a dubious look and said with a hint of jest, "You''re not trying to pull something shady on me, are you... like drugging me?" Upon hearing this, Su Xing arched an eyebrow and responded with augh, "Oh? Then I wonder if you, Jin Congxue, would dare to take it? Are you afraid I might do something bad to you?" At his words, Jin Congxue let out augh and swallowed the Nourishing Face Pill, then looked at Su Xing with a challenging gaze. Her seductive expression was bewitching, igniting a fiery sensation in Su Xing''s lower abdomen. The pill dissolved instantly upon ingesting, and Jin Congxue uttered an intrigued sound, then carefully sensed her body''s condition. On Jin Congxue''s fair skin appeared a thinyer of dirt, to her great surprise. She quickly pulled out a small mirror from her bag to check her face. After carefully inspecting herself for a while, Jin Congxue froze, her voice filled with disbelief, "Su Xing, how did you do this? The fine lines on my face have disappeared! My skin feels like it''s been rejuvenated by at least three or four years!" Su Xing smiled slightly upon hearing this. Jin Congxue was not yet thirty years old, but because she took good care of herself, her skin condition was around that of a twenty-three or twenty-four-year-old. But now, after taking Su Xing''s Nourishing Face Pill, her skin appeared to be that of someone around twenty! Pointing to the Nourishing Face Pill in his hand, Su Xing said, "How about that? This is an elixir that I''ve newly developed... the Rich Lady''s Delight Pill!" "Rich Lady''s Delight Pill..." Jin Congxue murmured, her pretty face blushing slightly as she said in a soft voice, "That doesn''t sound like a very serious name!" Upon hearing this, Su Xingughed and said, "Who cares whether the name is serious or not? Just tell me if you feel happier after taking it." Upon hearing this, Jin Congxue subconsciously nodded her head. Women, especially beautiful ones, are particrly concerned with their appearance. Su Xing continued, "The Rich Lady''s Delight Pill can rejuvenate a person. One pill willst about a month, after which the effects will gradually lessen... For a thirty-year-old woman, it''s like returning to their twenties, and for a forty-year-old, it''s like returning to their thirties!" Jin Congxue nodded her head, confirming that the effects she was experiencing matched Su Xing''s description, then she asked, "So, what are you suggesting?" Su Xing took out a bottle of Nourishing Face Pills from his chest and said, "I have fifty Rich Lady''s Delight Pills here, and I hope you can help me sell them." Jin Congxue paused, her voice filled with astonishment, "Such precious elixirs, are you sure you want to sell them? Did you really develop these pills yourself?" Su Xing nodded and responded, "Yes, I can provide at least fifty Rich Lady''s Delight Pills every month. I hope to have a long-term partnership with your Jin Merchant Guild!" Jin Congxue''s expression changed slightly. As ady born into a merchant family, she quickly recognized the tremendousmercial opportunity this represented. Feeling somewhat excited, Jin Congxue said to Su Xing, "Let''s discuss this in detail! The Jin Merchant Guild has a vi not far from Kyoto Polytechnic University. Let''s go there to talk!" Su Xing nodded after listening; based on Jin Congxue''s reaction, the Nourishing Face Pill must be extremely important. Jin Congxue took out a cell phone, made a call, and soon a ck Rolls-Royce arrived, eliciting amazed gasps from the surrounding students. Su Xing got into the car, and after a ten-minute drive, the two arrived at a vi. There were already three or four middle-aged men waiting inside the vi. Jin Congxue introduced, "Su Xing, this Nourishing Face Pill is not amon item; its value is immense ording to the rules of the Jin Merchant Guild, its value must be determined by appraisers together. You don''t mind, do you?" After listening, Su Xing shook his head. He and Jin Congxue were friends, but business was business; it needed to be clearly discussed. Soon, several appraisers took out specific tools to appraise the Nourishing Face Pill. This world had a life profession known as appraisers, who mostly serve within certain powers, like the appraisers currently present. After a careful inspection of more than ten minutes, one appraiser said with some astonishment, "This elixir is indeed harmless to the human body, rather, it relies on a unique energy to temporarily alleviate aging, and can even rejuvenate!" After a discussion, the appraisers unanimously said, "After our discussion, we feel that the value of this single elixir should be around one million Great Xia Coins. Although the elixir is miraculous, it can only be maintained for a month; it requires long-term use If the price is too expensive, it likely won''t have a market." Having said this, the appraisers turned to look at Su Xing, wanting to see if he agreed to this price. Just as Su Xing was about to nod in agreement, Jin Congxue interrupted, "Respected appraisers, although you have spoken of the use value of this elixir you have overlooked themercial value behind it!" The appraisers frowned slightly upon hearing this, but Jin Congxue bluntly said, "Do you think ordinary people could afford this elixir?" "ording to my estimation, the overwhelming majority of those who purchase these elixirs will be middle-aged women or rather,dies from wealthy families!" "By selling these elixirs to them, we could not only make money but also umte contacts and resources for the Jin Merchant Guild!" "What do you say, is money more important, or are contacts and resources more important?" Hearing Jin Congxue''s words, the appraisers fell silent. For a regr businessman, perhaps money is more significant. But for a huge entity like the Jin Merchant Guild of the Great Xia Country, umting contacts and resources is clearly more critical. Jin Congxue continued, "So, I believe we should hold an auction in the form of an auction, helping Su Xing to auction it off for free, to further expand the influence of the Jin Merchant Guild! What do you think?" After hearing Jin Congxue''s words, the appraisers showed peculiar expressions; with their experience, how could they not recognize the value of the elixir, but the intrinsic nature of businessmen is profit-seeking, and naturally, the more profit, the better. But the Jin Congxue before them was clearly turning away profit! The appraisers assessed Su Xing, seeing his youthful age, extraordinary appearance, and ability to bring out such an elixir. Their minds stirred, thinking, could it be that this young man is a future son-inw of the Jin Merchant Guild? And so, the appraisers quickly said, "Everything is up to Miss Jin!" Jin Congxue nodded, pleased, and then turned her eyes towards Su Xing, her gaze carrying a hint of seeking credit. Soon after, amercial contract was signed. Su Xing provided the "Rich Madam''s Joy Pill," and designated the Jin Merchant Guild as the sole distribution channel. In return, the Jin Merchant Guild would give all the profits from the auction to Su Xing. After the contract was signed, the appraisers quickly left with the Nourishing Face Pill. Meanwhile, Jin Congxue looked at Su Xing with sparkling eyes and said yfully, "Su Xing, I''ve helped you with such a big favor, how are you going to thank me?" Chapter 31: Chapter 31: A Stroke of Genius, The Elixirs Became Rounder? Su Xing nodded after hearing this. Although it was a win-win situation, Jin Congxue really did him a big favor in this matter, one could say she had gone above and beyond. So, Su Xing took out a few more Nourishing Face Pills from his bosom and said, "These are the advanced version of ''Rich Lady Bliss Pills''; their effects are thirty percent higher than the previous ones and canst for three months. Consider them a gift from me!" Jin Congxue gleefully epted the elixirs, but responded, "This little thing isn''t enough to appease me... How about you treat me to a big meal tonight?" Su Xing was caught betweenughter and tears upon hearing this, he thought Jin Congxue had some conditions, but it turned out to be a dinner invitation! Naturally, Su Xing wouldn''t refuse, so he replied, "I couldn''t ask for more!" The next day, Su Xing returned to the dormitory feeling rejuvenated. Su Xing had already delivered fifty Nourishing Face Pills to Jin Congxue, who stated they could be auctioned off within a week. And the starting price for each Nourishing Face Pill was at least fifty million Great Xia Coins! For this, Jin Congxue also gave Su Xing a deposit of twenty million. Su Xing didn''t take the money directly but instead bought white grade equipment worth twenty million Great Xia Coins from the Jin Merchant Guild. A total of twenty-two thousand white grade pieces of equipment, which converted to more than 130,000 simtion energy points! This caused Su Xing''s already significant simtion energy to swell even more. On the afternoon of December 17th, Su Xing chose to simte in the dormitory. "Begin simtion!" [This simtion will cost 1500 points of energy, remaining energy is 143,000 points, remaining simtions are unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1000 energy points, would you like to draw?] "Draw a green talent!" Now that Su Xing had a stable source of ie, ensuring at least hundreds of thousands of energy points per week, he naturally chose a green talent. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the green talent, Inspired Moment!] [Inspired Moment]: Green talent, your mind is more active than that of an average person. When facing difficulties, you can asionally have an inspired moment that solves the problem. Su Xing''s eyes lit up at the newly drawn green talent. Inspired Moment? This is clearly a talent rted toprehension! Perhaps when encountering difficulties in learning alchemy, he could rely on this talent to quickly break through bottlenecks? After drawing the talent, Su Xing didn''t rush into simting, but instead reflected on the goals for this simtion. Clearly, the Inspired Moment talent could be quite helpful for Alchemy training. Therefore, Su Xing nned to focus his primary efforts on Alchemy during this simtion. "Hopefully I can advance from the novice level of Alchemy to the beginner level?" Su Xing looked towards the simtion interface. [Inside your dormitory, taking advantage of the absence of others, you entered the portable Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [You spent three days refining a total of five furnaces of the low-grade version of the Nourishing Face Pill and ten furnaces of the Fasting Pill.] [You pre-refined the Nourishing Face Pills you nned to trade next week and then began to try learning how to refine new elixirs.] [You set your sights on an elixir known as the Disguise Pill, which can change a person''s appearance. Although it is of a lower quality, the materials for its refinement are easy to collect.] [A few dayster, you received the final payment for the Nourishing Face Pills from Jin Congxuea whopping eighty million! With this eighty million, you bought enough materials to refine hundreds of Disguise Pills and enough materials for the Nourishing Face Pill tost a long time.] Su Xing was stunned for a moment when he saw this. Eighty million for the final payment? Plus the earlier twenty million doesn''t that mean each Nourishing Face Pill sold for a whole two million? That''s much higher than his previous price! Su Xing continued to simte. [Half a yearter, with your existing alchemy experience, you sessfully brought the Disguise Pill refinement proficiency to the Mahayana Level. Even Heavenly King Level powerhouses would find it hard to see your true appearance.] [You have mastered four types of lower-quality elixirs, but you are still not confident in refining the Organ Refining Pill.] [A yearter, you learned the lower-quality Wound Healing Pill and improved your mastery of the previously learned Qi Gathering Powder to the Mahayana Level.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan came to you and shared her wish to join a certain mysterious organization. In this simtion, you didn''t want to get too involved with the Descending Sect and preferred to quietly practice alchemy, so you feigned ignorance.] [The following night, Wang Qingxuan dropped out of school, and you guessed that she likely joined the Descending Sect.] [You continued to focus on refining elixirs, and since you were selling more than fifty Nourishing Face Pills every week, you weren''t short of funds and could buy a lot ofmon medicinal materials.] [Apart from alchemy, you also attended to the improvement of your cultivation. Your Qi Refining Cultivation was still stuck at the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, but your Body Refinement Cultivation Level had broken through to the third level of bone forging.] [Each day, you still made time to take care of the Spiritual Medicine in the field and the Spirit Grains.] [In the third year, you learned several lower-quality elixirs, such as Breath Concealing Pill, Power Pill, and Swift Pill, all to the Mahayana Level.] [At this moment, you had mastered seven types of lower-quality elixirs, and from the previous simtion, you had already gotten a basic understanding of Organ Refining Pill refinement.] [Therefore, you decided to go into seclusion, focusing wholeheartedly on refining the Organ Refining Pill.] [First, you handed over the previously umted Nourishing Face Pills to Jin Congxue in advance and informed her that you were going into seclusion for half a year.] [You took out some Spiritual Medicine that you had been growing for quite a while from the Spirit Field.] [Once all preparations were made, you entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land and took out the materials for the Organ Refining Pill that you had prepared in advance to begin concentrating on your refinement.] [The first month, you attempted to refine twenty furnaces of Organ Refining Pill, but all were failures.] [The second month, you became more proficient at refining, and you managed to refine twenty-three furnaces of Organ Refining Pill, with two sessful batches, but you did not dare to take them, considering that in a previous simtion, you died from the pills causing your body to explode.] [The third month, you refined twenty-four furnaces of Organ Refining Pill, with four sessful batches, but you still did not dare to take them.] [The fourth month, you refined twenty-five furnaces of Organ Refining Pill, with six sessful batches. Your speed of pill-making was getting faster, and you could almost refine one furnace each day.] [The fifth month, you refined twenty furnaces of Organ Refining Pill, with eight sessful batches. You started to pursue not just quantity but also quality, and your understanding of the Organ Refining Pill improved.] [In the sixth month, you had an inspiration and vaguely grasped some key points for the refinement of the Organ Refining Pill. You refined ten furnaces and seeded with nine of them.] [Youpared all the sessful batches from the past six months, hoping to summarize and identify some issues.] [You stared at the several dozen Organ Refining Pills before you for three full days and nights and noticed that the ones from thest two months seemed rounder.] Su Xing couldn''t help but roll his eyes at this. "Damn it, observed for three days and three nights to find they''re rounder? Am I really that stupid?" [Suddenly, you had a thought: perhaps it was the potency of the Organ Refining Pill that caused your body to explode, possibly due to the age of the medicinal materials.] Chapter 32: Chapter 32, Getting Better, Introduction to Alchemy! Su Xing paused when he saw this, then pped his forehead. "Right! The strength of the medicinal properties is rted to the age of the herbs... Howe I only thought of such a simple issue now?" Su Xing felt a wave of embarrassment. But in fact, it was not really Su Xing''s fault, since he had no master to guide him in the study of alchemy, and he had to rely entirely on himself to figure things out. The fact that he could produce elixirs of an ungraded quality was already due to his relentless efforts over dozens of years, let alone elixirs of a graded quality, which would only be harder to craft. Having realized this, Su Xing felt more confident about crafting the Organ Refining Pill, so he continued with the simtion. [You want to continue crafting Organ Refining Pills, but at this moment, you are out of the main ingredient, Yellow Immortal Essence. So, you took out some seeds from what Qing Yunzi left you and nted them in your Spirit Field.] [You have spent all your previous savings, so you crafted a batch of low-quality Nourishing Face Pills and sold them to Jin Congxue.] [In the fifth year, the Yellow Immortal Essence you nted before has developed one year of medicinal properties. Thinking that the three-year-old Yellow Immortal Essence is too potent, you took it out in preparation to begin alchemy.] [In the sixth year, you spent a year crafting hundreds of batches of Organ Refining Pills, continuously improving the process. You believe your Organ Refining Pills are now up to standard.] [One day, you attempt to swallow an Organ Refining Pill.] [The powerful medicinal properties of the Organ Refining Pill instantly make you feel as though being burned by fierce mes, but you clench your teeth and endure it.] [You did not immediately die from your body exploding, but blood kept flowing out from your meridians, turning you into a bloody figure. You tried to take a few Wound Healing Pills to treat your injuries.] [Ungraded Wound Healing Pills have no effect on such severe injuries, and you watch helplessly as you bleed to death.] [You are dead!] [Your talent, Undying Will, activates!] [You nkly stare at the furnace of Organ Refining Pills in front of you...] [Ding, simtion ended!] Su Xing was at a loss for words when he saw this. "Dammit, dead in the sixth year? Is this the earliest I''ve died in a simtion?" Su Xing felt a sudden pang of regret. After all, he had to wait a week for each simtion, making each session extremely precious. In this simtion, he was already very cautious, having crafted hundreds of Organ Refining Pills before he barely dared to swallow one. But unexpectedly, despite reducing the potency of the Organ Refining Pill, he still couldn''t withstand it. "Sigh... I didn''t die from my body exploding, but from my meridians being shattered... This means my approach must be correct! It''s because the Organ Refining Pill''s medicinal properties are too strong that I couldn''t bear it!" Su Xing absorbed the experience and was not discouraged by this single failure. After all, he had previously remained at the fifth level of Body Refinement for three years, so now, he wanted to try breaking through to the Organ Refining Realm despite the difficulties. "Anyway, waiting one more week... doesn''t really matter!" Su Xingforted himself and then looked at the rewards for this simtion. [Inspiration]: Green talent, priced at 10,000 energy points. [Bone Forging Great Perfection]: Cultivation level, priced at 11,000 energy points. [Beginner''s Li Fire Alchemy]: Beginner-level alchemy experience, containing alchemy insights for Power Pill (Mahayana Level), Wound Healing Pill (Mahayana Level), Qi Gathering Powder (Mahayana Level), Breath Concealing Pill (Mahayana Level), Swift Pill (Mahayana Level), Organ Refining Pill (Intermediate Level); priced at 100,000 energy. "The Inspiration talent is definitely a must-choose... It''s like the previous Unyielding talent, very useful in simtion!" Su Xing first spent 10,000 energy points to redeem the Inspiration talent, then shifted his gaze to the other two options. "Eh, the Li Fire Alchemy has reached beginner level? And it only costs one hundred thousand energy points?" Su Xing was surprised, knowing that the basic level Li Fire Alchemy previously cost 130,000 energy points. But Su Xing quickly realized that this must be because he was already close to reaching the beginner level in Li Fire Alchemy. After all, he had previously mastered three types of ungraded elixir crafting and an introductory level of low-grade alchemy. He had also memorized the crafting procedures for three hundred and sixty types of elixirs. In this simtion, he had mastered some more ungraded elixir crafting methods, which means he further improved on his previous base. "By that calction... the alchemy experience for an average ungraded elixir is around ten thousand energy points, whereas an inferior-grade pill like the Organ Refining Pill would surely be much more expensive, requiring tens of thousands of points just for the intermediate level." Su Xing thought, stroking his chin. But the beginner level of alchemy was also a must-have. After all, this could save Su Xing a lot of energy for the next simtion. "It''s a pity, the Body Refinement Cultivation Level of bone-forging Great Perfection can only be chosen next time." Su Xing gently shook his head, feeling rtively safe in his current situation and not particrly urgent about improving his Body Refinement Cultivation Level. On the contrary, what Su Xing urgently needed to improve now was his Qi Refining Cultivation. Because the stronger his Qi Refining Cultivation was, the more Spiritual Energy he would have in his body, allowing him to learn Alchemy better. "It looks like I''ll need to find a way to increase my Qi Refining Cultivation in the next simtion," Su Xing thought to himself and silently chanted: "I choose to bring back the entry-level Li Fire Alchemy!" [Ding, you have chosen to take the green talent "Quick Wit," costing 10,000 energy points, leaving a bnce of 133,000 energy points.] [Ding, you have chosen to take the entry-level Li Fire Alchemy insights, costing 100,000 energy points, leaving a bnce of 33,000 energy points.] The Quick Wit talent brought significant changes to Su Xing; he only felt his thinking became more lively, and new ideas asionally popped up in his mind. The improvement in Alchemy was even more remarkable for Su Xing; it was as if new Alchemy knowledge appeared in his mind and as though he had refined those elixirs countless times, allowing him to produce them with ease. "Tsk, tsk, worthy of being entry-level Alchemy... I feel like my understanding of the Alchemy Dao has strengthened by quite a bit." After the simtion ended, Su Xing began preparing to concoct the low-grade Nourishing Face Pill. After all, as he simted more and more, the energy he needed would also increase, meaning Su Xing had to spend more money. And currently, Su Xing''s primary money-making method was selling the low-grade Nourishing Face Pill. The efficiency of making money through Alchemy was more than ten times faster than grinding equipment! So, over the next week, Su Xing concocted ten batches of Nourishing Face Pill. Due to the improvement of Su Xing''s Alchemy skills, the efficiency and sess rate of concocting the Nourishing Face Pill were both higher than before. With just three days'' time, out of the ten batches of Nourishing Face Pill, there were a total of ny sessfully made elixirs, and even seven or eight of them were of superior quality. Aside from Alchemy, Su Xing did not continue to take those junior sisters and freshmen down to the dungeons to level every day. However, he would asionally take Wang Qingxuan down to the dungeons to grind equipment and level up. After all, Wang Qingxuan was connected to clues concerning the Descending Sect; it was important to cultivate a good rtionship. Another week flew by quickly, and this day, Jin Congxue came knocking. "Su Xing, you little rascal have made a killing! Guess how much your batch of elixirs sold for?" Jin Congxue was dressed in a cheongsam that day, outlining her figure in a curvaceous and seductive manner. Su Xing blinked and said, "I guess, it sold for a billion!" On hearing Su Xing''s words, Jin Congxue''s eyes widened and said, "You''re really something! How did you know it sold for a billion? Here... this is the remaining eighty million in final payment. But I know you''re definitely going to buy white-quality equipment, so I''ve already exchanged it all for you!" With that, Jin Congxue handed over a storage ring. Su Xing''s eyes lit up as he took the ring. Jin Congxue exchanging the money for equipment ahead of time indeed saved Su Xing a lot of trouble. "Thanks! From now on, let''s trade with white-quality equipment each time... It''ll save me quite a bit of trouble!" "Oh, and these are the Rich Woman''s Joy Pills I concocted this week, ny in total. Help me sell them off this week!" Su Xing then took out a bottle of elixir from his pocket and handed it over. Jin Congxue took the bottle of elixir, blinked and said, "Oh boy, you can concoct so much in one week, you can earn over a billion a week! With so much money, why don''t you take care of me!" Having said that, Jin Congxue disyed a yful expression. Chapter 33: Chapter 33: The Establishment of the Tarot Society, Wealth and Prosperity! Su Xing naturally knew that Jin Congxue was joking, so he half-jokingly replied: "Sure, being able to nourish a great beauty like you! I would love nothing more!" Upon hearing this, Jin Congxue rolled her eyes coquettishly and said: "Yeah right, you little pervert!" "By the way, the reason these fifty elixirs were able to auction for two million apiece is because they just came out, and several wealthy sisters of mine couldn''t wait to buy them, which is why the price was so high..." "However, the price of these elixirs will definitely drop... I estimate they will eventually stabilize around 100 to 150 million apiece." After hearing this, Su Xing nodded; it was about what he had expected, so he said: "No problem, even at 1 million apiece, I''ve already made quite a lot; you just help me exchange the money for the white equipment!" If he averaged 1 million per pill, Su Xing could produce around 100 lower-tier Nourishing Face Pills a week, which equated to an ie of 100 million Great Xia Coins per week. Exchanged into energy, it would roughly equate to six hundred thousand energy points, an undoubtedly significant number. At the very least, Su Xing wouldn''t have to worry about an energy deficit any time soon. After hearing Su Xing''s words, Jin Congxue rolled her eyes and said: "Big brother! You really think that the Jin Merchant Guild''s moneyes from the wind?" "Selling you a piece of white equipment for 900 Great Xia Coins is already at cost. Considering ourbor, we''re going to be at a loss!" "And you want to purchase white equipment worth 100 million Great Xia Coins all at once, that''s more than a hundred thousand pieces! That''s nearly a tenth of the Jin Merchant Guild''s entire merchandise flow!" Su Xing immediately felt a bit embarrassed. After all, the Jin Merchant Guild needed to make money too; they used to earn a few hundred from selling a piece of white equipment. Now they were effectively not earning anything, simply working for Su Xing free of charge, and as Su Xing''s strength improved, his demands for white equipment would only increase. In time, the white equipment that the Jin Merchant Guild purchased weekly might not even suffice for his energy consumption. An apologetic look appeared on Su Xing''s face as he tentatively asked: "So what do you think I should do? This white equipment is very important to me!" After pondering for a moment, Jin Congxue replied: "Although I don''t know why you must acquire white-quality equipment, it must be your secret, and I won''t pry." "However, I can tell you an internal figure from the Jin Merchant Guild; among the poption of 10 billion in the Great Xia Country, there are only about 5 billionbat profession practitioners, and bronze-level practitioners number only about 4 billion." "High-level practitioners generally do not use white-quality equipment, which means that the annual cirction of white-quality equipment in the Great Xia Country is about 500 million." "At your current rate of acquisition, purchasing a hundred thousand white-quality equipment a week, that would require over five million pieces a year! That almost ounts for one percent of the entire market share!" "And ording to thews of Great Xia, you might even be charged with the crime of monopoly!" Su Xing frowned slightly when he heard Jin Congxue''s words. He hadn''t thought this far, but his mass acquisition of white-quality equipment, with only inflows and no outflows, would inevitably attract official notice, and that was no small issue. Furthermore, as his strength increased, he might need not just five million pieces of white equipment a year, but perhaps even fifty million! So Su Xing asked with furrowed brows: "White-quality equipment is indeed very useful to me... Is there any way to avoid these issues?" After thinking for a while, Jin Congxue said: "There are ways, more than one actually!" "First of all, improving the quality of the equipment is one approach. It''s not just white-quality equipmentif you also need green-quality equipment, maybe it wouldn''t attract so much attention." "Secondly, you could establish your ownmercial guild, specializing in buying up low-tier equipment, or even hiring some people to grind dungeons for loot... This way, not only can you save a considerable amount of cost, but it would also definitely not attract attention." Upon hearing Jin Congxue''s suggestion, Su Xing''s eyes lit up. He had tried devouring green-quality equipment before, and one piece could yield about 50 energy points. However, the price of one green piece was at least 20,000 Great Xia Coins, making the cost-performance ratio too low, which was double the price of white-quality equipment. However, the second proposal from Jin Congxue was quite intriguing, as setting up his ownmercial guild would indeed save Su Xing a lot of trouble. So, Su Xing blinked and said, "So, beautiful Miss Jin Congxue... could I hire you to manage mymercial guild?" Jin Congxue''s eyes widened upon hearing Su Xing''s words, and she asked, "You want me to help you run the guild? Please... I''m with the Jin Merchant Guild! Strictly speaking, if you establish amercial guild, you''d be ourpetitor!" Su Xing, sensing that Jin Congxue hadn''t outright refused, felt that there were prospects for this and thus took out some high-quality Nourishing Face Pills he had crafted earlier and handed them over, saying, "Ahem, of course not for nothing! These Nourishing Face Pills, they''re more than enough! And in the future, I''ll prioritize giving you any other elixirs I craft!" Jin Congxue epted the elixirs and said in a low voice, "You really are generous, boss! One of these top-grade Rich Woman''s Delight Pills is worth at least five million... With a wave of your hand, you''re giving away tens of millions in wages!" Jin Congxue thought for a moment and then said, "However, registering amercial guild does require quite a few things. Not only sufficient funds are needed, but also certain connections..." Su Xing blinked and said, "You are the heiress of the Jin Merchant Guild, aren''t you? Do you stillck connections?" Jin Congxue rolled her eyes in response, "So, you are just treating me like hired help? I do indeed have quite a few resources on my hands, enough to get amercial guild up and running initially... But still!" "Setting up a guild does require a lot of money; the initial investment has to be at least a billion. And I''d need to contact a group of grinders who specialize in dungeons... But in this respect, you have a natural advantage, since you''re a college student, right? You can reach out to the freshmen at Kyoto Polytechnic; they need to run dungeons to level up, so having them grind equipment for you couldn''t be more perfect!" After hearing this, Su Xing nodded; this was also his n. As for the funding issue... Su Xing thought for a moment and then said, "I''ll give you two hundred Nourishing Face Pills every week... You sell them, and half the money goes to starting the newmercial guild, and half to buying white-quality equipment for me... Once the guild is established, all the money from the weekly Nourishing Face Pills can be invested back into the guild, and all I want in return is the guild''s white-quality equipment. How does that sound?" After listening, Jin Congxue carefully considered it and then said, "If that''s the case, it indeed seems feasible! Two hundred Nourishing Face Pills a week... that''s equivalent to an injection of two to three billion in funding!" "With that, I''m confident I can help you set up the embryonic form of amercial guild within a week! Moreover, I have some connections at Jiangnan Academy; I can get students there to run dungeons and grind equipment for you!" After pausing, Jin Congxue added, "However, we still have an important issue to resolve right now!" Su Xing asked with some confusion, "What issue?" Jin Congxue smiled and said, "My boss... You haven''te up with a good name for themercial guild yet!" Su Xing was momentarily stumped, then he also smiled and said, "Then let''s call it, the Tarot Society..." Chapter 34: Chapter 34: A New Round of Simulation, Contacting the Great Xia Military ``` After saying goodbye to Jin Congxue, Su Xing returned to his dormitory alone. He first converted all 90,000 pieces of white-quality equipment in his storage ring into energy. Su Xing was in luck, these 90,000 pieces of white equipment brought him nearly 500,000 energy points in total. Thus, Su Xing''s energy points once again reached 510,000. Having umted enough energy, Su Xing did not hesitate to choose to simte. On December 24, 2023, in the New Era, with less than 15 years left until the arrival of the behemoths and the end of the world, Su Xing began his 16th life simtion. "Begin the simtion!" [This simtion has consumed 1,600 energy points, leaving you with 508,000 energy points remaining, and limitless simtion attempts.] [Simtion has started!] [Extracting a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, would you like to extract one?] "Extract a green talent!" Without a doubt, Su Xing chose to extract a green-quality talent. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the green talent, Commanding Presence!] [Commanding Presence]: Green talent. You are more robust than others and more likely to attract the opposite sex''s favor. Su Xing was stunned at first when he saw this green talent, but then he quickly recovered and grumbled: "Damn it, what''s the use of this talent! ...Do I even need this?" Su Xing began the simtion. [In the dormitory, you realize you''re in a simtion.] [The Spiritual Root talent has already made you far superior to ordinary people in this regard.] [Taking advantage of the fact that there is no one around, you entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [You start refining Nourishing Face Pills; it takes you five days to make twenty-two furnaces of Nourishing Face Pills, which you n to trade to Jin Congxue next week.] [Afterpleting the pill refinement, you engage in your daily cultivation practice. Thanks to your extraordinary talent and a sufficient supply of Spirit Rice, you spend just two days breaking through to the firstyer of the Bone Forging Realm.] [Two dayster, Jin Congxue finds you, and you give her two hundred Nourishing Face Pills. In return, Jin Congxue gives you more than one hundred thousand pieces of white-quality equipment.] [However, since you''re in a simtion, you know white equipment is no longer useful to you, so you ask Jin Congxue to invest all the money from the sale into the construction of the Tarot Society.] [Although Jin Congxue is doubtful, she nods in agreement.] [In the following month, you spend two hours daily honing your physique, four hours refining elixirs, and two hours nting and tending the fields.] [After one month, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level advances to the secondyer of the Bone Forging Realm.] [Because you injected sufficient funds and had the help of a woman like Jin Congxue who is fully talented inmerce, you have established the Tarot Society.] [You let Jin Congxue be the nominal head of the Tarot Society, while you lurk behind the scenes.] [One year passes, and your Body Cultivation Level rises to the fifth level of the Bone Forging Realm. Meanwhile, you have mastered the refinement of two ungraded Spiritual Medicines.] ``` [One day, Wang Qingxuan came to you and revealed to you the affairs of a mysterious organization.] [After one night, Wang Qingxuan dropped out of school and joined the Descending Sect.] [You continued your orderly cultivation and began to learn to craft new elixirs. In your free time, you studied the knowledge of nting Spirit nts and also raised Spirit Chickens.] [In the fourth year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level broke through to the ninthyer of the Bone Forging Realm, and the number ofmon grade elixirs you mastered surpassed fifteen. There are sixtymon grade elixirs recorded in the Li Fire Alchemy, and you n to continue your studies.] [The Spirit Chickens you raised reached the seventh generation. The meat of the Spirit Chickens was extremely delicious, and you ate one or two Spirit Chicken eggs every day. Moreover, once a month you ughtered a Spirit Chicken to supplement your nutrition.] [In the fifth year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level broke through to the Great Perfection realm of the Bone Forging Realm. However, with previous experiences, you still did not dare to try the Organ Refining Pill. Instead, you made one or two cauldrons of Organ Refining Pills each week, hoping to refine them to the Great Achievement Realm as soon as possible.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan came to your door and gave you the upper half of the Changchun Technique, but you did not ept it. Instead, you told her you hoped she could help you find the lower half.] [After one night, she prepared to leave.] [But you stopped her, gave her over a dozen good-quality Nourishing Face Pills, and some recently crafted Organ Refining Pills. You warned her that the medicinal properties were potent, only to be consumed once a month, and it might be painful. Lastly, you reminded her not to reveal anything about these elixirs.] [Wang Qingxuan agreed to your request, and she left quickly.] Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this; Wang Qingxuan was one of the few people he considered trustworthy. Moreover, Wang Qingxuan was already a Grandmaster Level powerhouse by then, and her constitution was surely much stronger than his, who was still in the Bone Forging Realm, so taking the Organ Refining Pill was not dangerous for her. The only concern was whether Wang Qingxuan would reveal the elixirs, but after all, this was in the simtor, and even if it was revealed, it wouldn''t matter too much. Therefore, this was a bold attempt by Su Xing. Su Xing continued the simtion. [Over the years, thanks to Jin Congxue''s business talent, the Tarot Society''smercial forces grewrger andrger, reaching a scale of nearly a hundred billion, bing a rising star in themercial circles of Kyoto.] [You called Jin Congxue over and gave her several Organ Refining Pills, telling her the precautions for use. After sharing several intimate days with you, Jin Congxue left.] [In the sixth year, you continued to study alchemy and mastered an increasing variety of elixirs. Your alchemy skills became more and more skilled.] [One day, Jin Congxue came to you, looking very excited. She told you her physical condition had greatly improvedpared to before and that her strength had also increased by nearly thirty percent.] Su Xing nodded slightly upon reading this; Jin Congxue was in a mage upation, and even though she was at the Grandmaster Level, her physical constitution did not surpass Su Xing''s by much. Therefore, the Organ Refining Pill had inevitably improved her physique. [You were pleased with the improvement in Jin Congxue''s strength and gave her another dozen Organ Refining Pills. You also gave her ten thousand Fasting Pills and instructed her to deliver these elixirs to the head of the Great Xia Military, Lu Yuanwu.] [Jin Congxue asked you if you weren''t afraid of revealing yourself by doing this, but you shook your head, saying you had your own n.] [A few dayster, Commander Lu Yuanwu himself approached you, apanied by Jin Congxue.] [Lu Yuanwu seemed to have a great appreciation for you. He wanted to hire you as a special advisor to the military, specifically to provide these kinds of elixirs to them, and he offered a sky-high price of two hundred thousand for each Fasting Pill.] [You said you were not in need of money but wanted higher privileges, and you hoped to obtain some special items and equipment produced in the copies.] [Lu Yuanwu hesitated, stating that although the Fasting Pill you crafted was very useful, it had not yet reached the level of granting such privileges. However, he said, on ount of Jin Congxue, he could grant you some additional privileges.] [Curious, you privately asked Jin Congxue about her rtionship with Lu Yuanwu. Jin Congxue revealed that Lu Yuanwu was her maternal grandfather, her mother''s father.] Su Xing was stunned for a moment; no wonder Lu Yuanwu seemed to favor him... it turned out to be a matter of family connections. His maternal grandfather? Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Third-Class Sequence Treatment, Learn about Cultivation-oriented Copies! Su Xing thought about it, based on Lu Yuanwu''s earlier behavior, he was certainly one of the more righteous individuals. Moreover, Lu Yuanwu was Jin Congxue''s maternal grandfather, which meant he was somewhat connected to him as well. With an idea in mind, Su Xing continued the simtion. [You took out several Organ Refining Pills and handed them to Lu Yuanwu, telling him that you personally developed these elixirs that could be consumed by professionals above the master level to increase their attribute points.] [Lu Yuanwu epted the elixirs with some skepticism. He said that items capable of increasing attribute points did exist in the instance, but such items were too precious and extremely rare. If your elixirs were as miraculous as you imed, you would make a tremendous contribution. To be safe, Lu Yuanwu took the elixirs back to the Great Xia Military.] [You weren''t concerned because ording to the results you obtained before, these Organ Refining Pills, if taken regrly for half a year, could even improve a master-level professional''s physical condition by thirty to fifty percent.] [A month went by, and one day, while you were resting in the dorm, you suddenly heard the sound of helicopters overhead.] [Pairs of fully-armed special forces descended from the nes, and these people were all professionals at the grandmaster level or above.] [They headed towards your dormitory, with Lu Yuanwu among them.] [Lu Yuanwu looked somewhat excited. He first had the soldiers surround the entire dormitory, vignt against anyone approaching, and then invited you onto a helicopter.] [You guessed the purpose of Lu Yuanwu''s visit, and sure enough, he directly stated that your elixirs were of great importance to the Human Race and asked how many you could supply.] [In reality, over the years you had umted over a thousand finished Organ Refining Pills, but you didn''t intend to hand them all over at once. Additionally, your alchemy skills had greatly improved, allowing you to produce about ten pills in a single three-hour session each day.] [So you gave a conservative estimate and told Lu Yuanwu that you could supply him with fifty Organ Refining Pills each week.] [Lu Yuanwu was overjoyed upon hearing this, with fifty Organ Refining Pills supplied weekly, meaning two hundred pills a month!] [ording to the military''s internal experts'' forecast, on average, five Organ Refining Pills can enhance a master-level professional''s strength by fifty percent, meaning they had a high chance of clearing grandmaster-level instances for the first time and bing grandmaster-level professionals!] [And Su Xing supplying two hundred a month meant they could create two hundred grandmaster-level experts every five months! This represented a huge boost to thebat power of the entire Great Xia Military, even the whole Human Race!] [Lu Yuanwu solemnly told you he would offer you the treatment of Great Xia''s third-ss rank, as long as you could supply them with Organ Refining Pills.] [You asked Lu Yuanwu what the third-ss rank entailed, and he informed you that only a few hundred people in the entire Great Xia Country enjoyed such a status, and he himself only had a second-ss rank treatment.] [You further inquired about the benefits of the third-ss rank treatment, and Lu Yuanwu said that if you were willing to join, they would tailor a special cultivation treatment for you, and the nation would spare no expense in cultivating you, while absolutely ensuring your safety.] Su Xing raised an eyebrow at this; this so-called third-ss rank treatment sounded appealing. "But... that''ll just be something to try out in the simtor, it''s better not to expose oneself in the real world," he thought. Su Xing was curious about what benefits such treatment could bring, so he felt somewhat tempted to agree. [You agreed to Lu Yuanwu''s request, and Lu Yuanwu was ecstatic. As long as you were a young prodigy, he asked if you would like to move into the military district, where safety was absolutely guaranteed.] [You disliked the feeling of being restricted, so you refused and chose to continue living in Jiangnan Vocational University. Lu Yuanwu agreed to your decision, assigning two Heavenly King-level experts to protect you in secret around the clock and telling you that you could make any requests to him.] [You thought about it and wrote a list. The list contained somemon alchemy materials that you regrly used. These materials weremon, but you requested older specimens, such as century-old ginseng, century-old fleece-flower root, and Huang Jing that was over twenty years old, among others.] "These herbs are more precious than the ordinary ones found in the market; if you nt them in a Spirit Field, they can absorb Spiritual Energy faster and grow into Spiritual Medicine." "Lu Yuanwu took the list and ordered his guards to retrieve the materials from the arsenal on your behalf. In just half a day, they had collected all of the herbs you had listed." "You then asked Lu Yuanwu if he knew of any cultivation-rted instances, and Lu Yuanwu nodded, mentioning he had heard of such instances. You were overjoyed and eagerly asked for the information, and Lu Yuanwu quickly gathered data on the cultivation instances and handed it to you." Su Xing was stunned for a moment, then his face erupted with joy. Indeed, just as he had thought, there had to be more than just the "Spirit Field Blessed Land" when it came to cultivation instances. The Qingyun Sect and Qingyun Realm proposed by Qing Yunzi were the best proof of that. Su Xing took a deep breath, then silently said to himself, "Activate the immersive simtion function!" "Ding, using the immersive simtion costs 100,000 energy points per hour. Do you wish to continue?" Su Xing smacked his lips when he saw this100,000 energy points for an hour was quite expensive. But perhaps the immersive simtion was truly worth it. ording to the updated description of the simtor''s functions, the immersive simtion allows one topletely view the scenes within the simtor and does not involve any risk to life. Even if it was just an hour of immersive simtion, he could memorize all the information about these instances within that time frame. For Su Xing, the value of one cultivation instance far exceeded the mere 100,000 energy points. "Confirm usage!" "Ding, you have used 100,000 energy points to select the immersive simtion for an hour. Your current remaining energy is 407,000 points..." As the notification sounded in Su Xing''s mind, he felt his vision begin to somersault. The next second, Su Xing was still in the dormitory. He carefully looked in the mirror and found that he lookedpletely different, and there was no roommate in the dorm. It seemed he was living alone in the dormitory. At that moment, a document marked "Top Secret" appeared in Su Xing''s hand. "Is this the immersive simtion? Indeed... it feels exactly like a real-life experience!" Su Xing''s heart raced with excitement, and he couldn''t wait to examine the document in his hands. But as soon as he opened the first page, there was a line of red warning text. "Attention! Attention! The cultivation instances are extremely dangerous! It is not rmended for those below the Grandmaster Level to explore. Instances may contain NPCs that are suspected to be of ''Legendary Level'' or even ''Saint Level''. It is advised to have a team of at least five professionals at or above the Heavenly King Level when exploring these instances, with a Martial Emperor Level powerhouse to lead!" A thunderous opening strike! As soon as Su Xing read this sentence, he realized that cultivation instances might not be as simple as he had imagined! Chapter 36: Chapter 36: Important Intelligence, Three Cultivators Enter the Instance! Meanwhile, Su Xing also realized what was going on. Perhaps the cultivation-oriented dungeons had existed for quite some time, but because Su Xing''s status in the simtion had been too low before, he had not been able to ess these higher-level pieces of intelligence and data. "Perhaps, I can try to demonstrate my value in the simtion that way, I might be able to obtain more information, and I won''t encounter any dangers in the real world." An idea urred to Su Xing. One can afford to take more risks in the simtion, but in reality, it''s best to be cautious. "Let''s take a look at the information at hand first." Su Xing turned the information to the next page. The first dungeon introduced before Su Xing''s eyes was named the Blood Demon Cavern. [Dungeon Name]: Blood Demon Cavern [Difficulty]: Four stars [Note]: Be warned, this dungeon has an extremely high level of danger. Seven Heavenly King-level professionals and two Martial Emperor-level professionals have perished within. [Dungeon Introduction]: Upon first entering the dungeon, professionals will randomly arrive near a sect known as the Blood Demon Sect. Be advised to immediately flee to the north upon arrival, as the southwest direction leads to the stronghold of the Blood Demon Sect. All members of this sect are known as "cultivators," whose strengths vary widely, but even the weakest among them possesses strength close to the Master level, with some capable of instantly killing Heavenly King-level powerhouses. Moreover, the disciples of the Blood Demon Sect within this dungeon revel in ughter and will pursue all professionals who arrive, as they possess special methods to track down the locations of professionals. [Additional Information]: To date, the dungeon has been explored twice, with a total of 137 professionals entering. Only one professional escaped and returned. The difficulty in exploring this dungeon is extremely high, not rmended! [First Record Date]: New Era 1978, April 26 [Information Contributor]: Xiang Su After reading the introduction to the dungeon, Su Xing''s brow slightly furrowed. Clearly, this was not a dungeon suitable for exploration. At least not suitable for Su Xing''s current stage of exploration, because even Martial Emperor-level professionals risked perishing in this dungeon, and Su Xing was just a minor cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage, absolutely insufficient to venture within. Moreover, ording to Su Xing''s assessment, the Blood Demon Sect was evidently a demon-cultivating sect, hence their wanton ughter of the professionals who entered the dungeon. And the first exploration of this dungeon was in the year 1978 of the New Era, which meant it had been over thirty years. Such a long period had seen only two human explorations, a testament to the heavy casualties, which is why the higher-ups of Great Xia had not continued to explore. "Blood Demon Cavern, this is not a dungeon worth exploring" Su Xing slightly shook his head and looked toward the next dungeon''s name. [Dungeon Name]: Luo Tian Grand Assembly [Difficulty]: Two stars [Note]: There is almost no risk to life in this dungeon, but the rewards are very low. [Dungeon Introduction]: This dungeon is a recurrent timespace kind, into which only one professional can enter at a time. Every professional entering will be transported to a fixed day, referred to by the cultivators in the dungeon as January 1, Luo Tian calendar year 7266, also the day of the annual Luo Tian Grand Assembly. Professionals will consistently transmigrate into a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator named Luo Xiaochuan and experience everything he experiences on that day. Except for memories, nothing can be brought out of the dungeon by the professionals who enter. [Additional Information]: The current count of explorations for this dungeon is 10758 [First Record Date]: New Era 1688, May 4 [Recorder]: ... Su Xing looked further down and discovered that the recorder had listed many names, and at the very bottom, numerous professionals had recorded their own personal insights about the instance. Many professionals entered the instance with the thoughts of "giving it a try" or "maybe I''ll be the lucky one", but they still failed to discover any clues. "A time-loop instance?" Su Xing frowned slightly, as he had some recollection of this type of instance. Because entering such an instance would mean repeating a fixed point in time, which usually revolves around an important moment. As for the instance description stating that no items can be brought out, Su Xing did not mind. After all, besides items, the memories acquired from entering the instance might be very important to Su Xing. "It''s a pity that this documentation doesn''t mention the location of the instance, otherwise I could make time to go check it out..." Su Xing decided to ask Lu Yuanwuter about the location of this instance. Turning to the next page, Su Xing saw the third instance recorded in the document. [Instance Name]: The Age of Dusk (Xianwu Era) [Difficulty]: One star [Footnote]: The strongest within this instance are about at Master Level. It is safe to enter with two or more professionals at Master Level or above. [Instance Introduction I]: The time point of this instance is "the end of the Cultivator''s era", and ording to summaries of historical intelligence, due to the depletion of nature''s spiritual energy over thousands of years, and theck of a cultivation prop known as "Spirit Stone", nearly all Cultivators in the instance remained at the Qi Refinement Realm. Moreover, the number of Cultivators is frighteningly low, with only one in every ten thousand people being a Cultivator. [Instance Introduction II]: In the early exploration stages, we merely thought that the natives of the instance possessed only martial arts skills. But as we gradually made contact, we found that the three main sects within the instance C the Floating Life Sect, the Xuan Huang Sect, and the Changchun Sect C used to have traces of Cultivators in Ancient Times and retained certain Cultivation Techniques. The highest ranked individuals within these sects are about "Great Grandmasters" of martial arts, roughly equivalent to professionals at Master Level. [Instance Introduction III]: If one wants to explore this instance, they can enter the Xuan Huang Sect, where there are 16 professionals who are undercover operatives for the military of Great Xia Country, stationed in this instance year-round. [Supplement]: The current number of explorations for this instance is 367,689 [First Recorded Time]: New Era Year 1956, July 4 [Recorder]: ... After reading the introduction to this instance, Su Xing''s eyes lit up C clearly, it was an instance particrly suited for him to explore! Despite being called the Age of Dusk and the vast majority of Cultivators having pitifully low Cultivation Levels due to the depletion of spiritual energy resources, andcking cultivation resources. But this instance might enable Su Xing to gain a deeper understanding of the world of Cultivation, and he might even be able to obtain some of the Cultivation Techniques that exist within the instance! What''s more crucial is that the name of a sect in this instance caught Su Xing''s attention. "Changchun Sect... Does this have some connection to the Changchun Technique?" An idea struck Su Xing''s mind; perhaps the Changchun Technique from the descent sect originated from this instance. Su Xing nced at the time, noticing that there was less than half an hour left until the end of the current immersive simtion. Su Xing quickly went through the remaining instances rted to Cultivation and then took out his phone to dial Lu Yuanwu''s number. "Hello, Su Xing, do you need something?" came Lu Yuanwu''s voice from the other end of the phone. Su Xing cut to the chase and asked directly, "Lu... Chief, I wanted to ask about the location of the two instances, The Age of Dusk and the Luo Tian Grand Assembly, in the Cultivation-oriented instances!" Chapter 37: Chapter 37: The New Elixir, Essence-Nourishing Pill! ``` On the other end of the phone, Lu Yuanwu was momentarily stunned before he nodded and spoke: "I can give you the coordinates of that end-of-thew era instance, but the Luotian Meeting instance was already closed three years ago, and no one can enter it anymore..." Upon hearing this, Su Xing was taken aback, then he quickly realized something. If it was three years ago in the simtor, that meant there were still three years until the closure of the Luo Tian Meeting instance in the real world. Su Xing had every opportunity to explore that instance. So, Su Xing said: "It doesn''t matter if it''s closed, just send me the coordinates for both instances!" After hearing this, Lu Yuanwu nodded and added a reminder: "Sure, but although the native strength within that end-of-thew era instance isn''t strong, it still poses some danger to you. It would be best if you have two Heavenly King level powerhouses to protect you." After hearing that, Su Xing agreed and then hung up the call. Before long, Lu Yuanwu sent over the coordinates of both instances. Su Xing was delighted when he saw them. What a coincidence, both instances were located within Kyoto City. If Su Xing had the time, he could definitely try entering the instances. However, the end-of-thew era instance still posed certain dangers to Su Xing, so he decided it would be better to wait until his cultivation level had broken through before going there. Quickly, an hour passed, the immersive simtion ended, and Su Xing''s consciousness returned to the real world. The real world. Su Xingy in his dormitory, casually picking up a cup of c and taking a gulp, feeling as if everything was like a dream. "Immersive simtion... what a fantastic experience! It''s definitely a great opportunity to gain some insights and information..." Su Xing took a deep breath and it took a long while for him toe back to his senses. After adjusting his mindset, Su Xing chose to continue the simtion. [In your dormitory, you obtained the coordinates of the two instances from Lu Yuanwu.] [You called over two Heavenly King level powerhouses and told them you needed quiet when refining elixirs, insisting that no one should disturb you and they should not approach your dormitory.] [The two Heavenly King level powerhouses treated you with great respect and hastily nodded in agreement.] [After making sure nobody was spying around, you entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [You spent two hours refining a batch of Organ Refining Pills, and you used the rest of the time for cultivation.] [You insisted on eating Spirit Rice every day and consumed arge number of Spirit Chicken eggs to replenish your physical strength, which rapidly enhanced your Body Refinement Cultivation Level. Furthermore, you spent several hours daily using Spirit Stones for cultivation.] ``` [In the seventh year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level broke through to the Great Perfection of the Bone Forging Realm, but your Qi Refining Cultivation remained at the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment Realm!] [In the eighth year, you practiced diligently, and your cultivation made significant progress, but the spiritual energy inside your body was still not enough to allow you to break through to the Golden Core Stage.] [In the ninth year, you attempted to refine a lower grade elixir called the Essence-Nourishing Pill, which not only could strengthen a cultivator''s Divine Sense but also had a remarkable effect on purifying the spiritual energy within the body, helping you to break through to the Golden Core Stage.] [Among the materials for refining the Essence-Nourishing Pill, only one called the Essence-Nourishing Herb was rare. Luckily, you had nted many Essence-Nourishing Herbs in advance, and you began to try to refine the Essence-Nourishing Pill.] [Having mastered the methods to refine more than ten kinds of ungraded elixirs and the method to refine the Organ Refining Pill, you could be considered a novice in the realm of alchemy; thus, you made rapid progress in the alchemy technique for the Essence-Nourishing Pill.] [Every day, you spent two hours refining Organ Refining Pills toplete the tasks for the Great Xia Military, and another two hours cultivating. Aside from that, almost all your time was spent on refining the Essence-Nourishing Pill.] [In the first month, you attempted to refine the Essence-Nourishing Pill twenty-eight times in total, of which only one batch was sessful, while the remaining twenty-seven batches failed.] [In the third month, you did not lose confidence and strived even harder, making swift progress. You refined thirty batches of Essence-Nourishing Pills, of which a full five batches were sessful.] [In the sixth month, you continued to refine the Essence-Nourishing Pills, and by now your sess rate had reached a high of fifty percent, sessfully refining five out of every ten batches of Essence-Nourishing Pills.] [Unfortunately, the continuous alchemy over the past few months had depleted your previously umted stock of Essence-Nourishing Herbs. Now that you have run out of Essence-Nourishing Herbs, you can no longer continue with alchemy.] [Fortunately, in the past six months, you have umted enough Essence-Nourishing Pills to purify your spiritual energy, and you are confident that your cultivation can break through to the Golden Core Realm.] [However, you do not want to break through to the Golden Core Realm directly, for that would only result in the weakest Golden Core. ording to the description in the Changchun Technique, there are three grades of Golden Core quality: lower grade Golden Core, middle grade Golden Core, and upper grade Golden Core.] [So, you began to continuously refine andpress the spiritual energy within your body; the whole process was extremely painful, but your determination was astonishing, and you persisted through gritted teeth.] [In the tenth year, throughout the year, you tirelessly refined the spiritual energy within your body. You could feel the quality of your spiritual energy bing more and more pure, and so you began to try taking Essence-Nourishing Pills.] [ording to the descriptions in the Li Fire Alchemy, the Essence-Nourishing Pill was different from the Organ Refining Pill. The Organ Refining Pill was more violent and intense, posing a risk of body damage or even death to cultivators with insufficient constitution. However, the Essence-Nourishing Pill was much gentler, and even cultivators in the Qi Refinement Realm could take it without any harm.] [You took out a jade box that you had customized yourself, which could extend the potency of elixirs and slow the rate at which their properties dissipated. This jade box held over a hundred finished Essence-Nourishing Pills, the umtion of your efforts over the past several months.] [You took out an Essence-Nourishing Pill and swallowed it; its medicinal property was indeed gentle. You just felt afortable surge throughout your body, as if your spiritual energy was continually being washed by a fresh breeze, bing increasingly condensed.] [After spending several hours absorbing the medicinal power of the Essence-Nourishing Pill, you carefully observed the changes within your body. You discovered that the total amount of your spiritual energy had increased by about one percent, and the quality of your spiritual energy had also improved by one percent.] [Overjoyed, you took an Essence-Nourishing Pill every day for the next three months. You felt the spiritual energy within your body was continuous and unending, and your mana had be more than twice as robust as before. Although your cultivation level was still at Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment Realm, your strength had at least doubled!] Su Xing paused in shock when he saw thishaving the same cultivation but with strength increased several times over! "It seems my previous cultivation was still not solid enough. As expected, the path of cultivation requires continuous exploration..." "However, the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment Realm is already several times stronger than a silver-level professional... Now that my strength has doubled several times over, doesn''t that mean I''m nowparable to a gold-tier professional?" With a thought, Su Xing realized that when he breaks through to the Golden Core Realm, he might be equivalent to an ordinary Master Level professional. By then, he couldpletely explore the instance of the waning era of magic. Su Xing''s heart leaped, and he continued to choose to simte further. [In the twelfth year, after two years of cultivation, you felt your cultivation bing more consolidated, with a sense of impending breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm...] Chapter 38: Chapter 38 The Human Race Will Be Annihilated! "[However, you did not choose to break through to the Golden Core Realm directly, but continued to suppress your cultivation level, because you felt that the quality of the spiritual energy within your body could further improve.]" "[In the thirteenth year, the Essence-Nourishing Herbs you had nted before matured again, and you continued to refine Essence-Nourishing Pills.]" "[It took you three months to refine over a hundred Essence-Nourishing Pills.]" "[You handed over all the two thousand surplus Organ Refining Pills you had umted over the years to Lu Yuanwu in advance, then you told everyone not to disturb you.]" "[After making all the preparations, you entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land.]" "[In the fourteenth year, it had been a full six months since you began your secluded meditation. You sat inside a thatched cottage, surrounded by rich spiritual energy, which flowed into your body like trickling streams, unceasingly.]" "[Your body was filled with spiritual energy like meandering streams, flowing through your meridians with each pass, asfortable as the warmth of sunlight.]" "[The spiritual energy within youpressed and condensed continuously, day after day, month after month. You sat still as a stone, as if the entire world was unrted to you, your entire focus in the relentless surge of spiritual energy.]" "[You knew this was a crucial step from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, the moment when your efforts were about to pay off.]" "[At this time, you had been in seclusion for several months, fasting from food and drink. Although your body was weary, your spirit became more and more invigorated. You clenched your teeth and persevered, continuously guiding the spiritual energy, letting it cleanse and cultivate your meridians.]" "[Finally, on a sunny and breezy morning, you intuitively felt the premonition that you were about to break through.]" "[Soon after, a faint golden light burst forth from within you, shooting up to the sky, illuminating the entire Spirit Field Blessed Land.]" "[It was like a thunderp exploding in your heart, or a bamboo shoot bursting forth suddenly, a profound sensation erupted, rushing towards your spiritual tformit was the power of the Golden Core. After more than ten years of effort, you had finally achieved the Golden Core Realm.]" Su Xing clenched his fists tightly and murmured to himself, as if it were a fleeting dream: "''Is this... the Golden Core Realm?''" There''s a saying, isn''t there? ''With a Golden Core swallowed into the belly, Imand my fate, not the heavens!'' As soon as this simtion ends, Su Xing, with sufficient resources at his disposal, will instantly achieve the Golden Core Stage! Su Xing suppressed the excitement in his heart and continued with the simtion. "[You have be a glorious Cultivator at the Golden Core Stage, and your strength has skyrocketed.]" "[Your secluded meditation concluded, and you returned to the real world. The upper echelons of the Great Xia Country''s military were thrilled to learn of your emergence from seclusion, and they sought you out immediately.]" "[The person who came to meet you was still Jin Congxue''s grandfather, Lu Yuanwu, who seemed to have a heavy heart.]" "[You were rmed and urgently inquired about the matter.]" "[Lu Yuanwu told you that the war at the front was intense, Demon-Subduing Pass could be breached at any moment, even Jin Congxue had already been seriously wounded, and now the number of healing elixirs produced in the instances was decreasing and no longer sufficient for the warriors at the front.]" [You fell silent upon hearing this, you knew that less than a year''s time remained before the beasts would attack and the entire Great Xia Country faced destruction, but you still wanted to try, to see if your efforts could dy the moment the Demon-Subduing Pass would be breached by the beasts.] [Because ording to previous simtion experience, by the fourteenth year, the Demon-Subduing Pass should have been breached, and the reason the front line has been able to hold out for an additional year and a half this time around might be because these years the Human Race has provided arge number of elixirs for support.] [Over the past decade and more, you have crafted tens of thousands of Organ Refining Pills, and brought nearly two thousand Grandmaster Level practitioners to the Human Race. Grandmaster Level practitioners, though not the topbat power, are definitely the pir of the line at the Demon-Subduing Pass.] [You knew, with your strength, it was basically impossible to defeat those powerful members of the Demon Race, even if you had reached the Golden Core Stage, there was still a huge gap.] [Therefore, you decided to take a different approach, crafting more elixirs to create more powerful figures for the Human Race!] Su Xing nodded slightly upon reading this, his goals for this simtion had essentially been achieved. Although his Body Refinement Cultivation Level had not broken through to the Organ Refining Realm, the fact that he managed to break through to the Golden Core Stage was already an unexpected joy. And with the remaining year and a half, he had insufficient time to attempt further breakthroughs in cultivation level or to learn new elixirs. On the contrary, trying to see if he could change or dy the extinction of the Human Race through his own efforts would be a decent attempt. Having made his decision, Su Xing continued with the simtion. [You first provided Lu Yuanwu with a list of herbs, instructing him to give you whatever amount you needed. You told him that you could craft a healing medicine known as a Wound Healing Pill, which could quickly heal serious injuries of Master Level practitioners, and even gradually heal the wounds of Grandmaster Level practitioners.] [Lu Yuanwu was astonished upon hearing this; he candidly said that although the healing potions in the simtion could instantly recover from injuries, they only worked on lower-ranking practitioners. For Master Level, the effectiveness of those healing potions was greatly reduced. As for Grandmaster Level practitioners, they could hardly recover unless they used precious high-level healing potions.] [Your words reignited hope in Lu Yuanwu, and he vigorously supported you, quickly arranging for his subordinates to provide you with a mountain of medicinal herbs.] [You looked at the herbs and set to work. Since you were already at the Golden Core Stage and had just started on the path of Alchemy, you easily crafted these basic tier Wound Healing Pills.] [You found a special metal that could withstand the high temperatures of Li Fire, produced in the simtion, and hired a Master cksmith to make over a dozen Alchemy Furnaces.] [You began crafting the Wound Healing Pills at an extremely fast pace, and you could multitask, producing five batches of Wound Healing Pills in a single hour.] [In the span of one month, you crafted tens of thousands of Wound Healing Pills, and their influx into the front lines greatly relieved the pressure on the practitioners there.] [By the fifteenth year, through your relentless efforts, you managed to dy the defeat at the Demon-Subduing Pass by a full month, but ultimately, due to the vast difference in power, the losses among the practitioners at the Demon-Subduing Pass grew increasingly severe, and the Pass was finally breached.] [One day, Lu Yuanwu came to you, having lost an arm at the Demon-Subduing Pass, his entire appearance aged by more than a dozen years.] [He told you that the moment of the Human Race''s extinction was not far off, and this wasn''t just because of the fall of the Demon-Subduing Pass, but also because of the continuous death in battle of the Human Race''s top forces.] [You fell silent, looking at the weathered Lu Yuanwu with mixed feelings, and you asked him if there was a way to defeat those demons.] [At this, Lu Yuanwu gave a pale, powerless smile and said, "Unless a miracle urs, no, unless the Human Race gives birth to a True God Level powerhouse."] Chapter 39: Chapter 39: Breakthrough, Golden Core Stage Cultivator! ``` [You wanted to ask more questions, but suddenly, the world trembled, and a giant beast that blotted out the sky appeared in the distant sky.] [Upon seeing the giant beast, Lu Yuanwu''s eyes flickered with a touch of casual resolve. He patted your shoulder and flew straight towards the distant creature.] [At the same time, top warriors from all over Great Xia Country took to the skies, representing thest of the country''s strength.] [However, the gap in strength was terrifyingly vast. The giant beast effortlessly captured all of Great Xia Country''s top warriors in one fell swoop.] [You fell silent for a moment before choosing to enter the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] Su Xing felt a stir in his heart upon seeing this. Perhaps, within the Spirit Field Blessed Land, one could escape this catastrophe? But the simtion result that followed plunged Su Xing into utter despair. [You entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land, which, unlike the earthly purgatory, appeared serene.] [Just when you thought you had managed to escape disaster, the entire Spirit Field Blessed Land started shaking as if the heavens and earth were copsing, and darkness gradually enveloped the entirend.] [You got caught up in the spatial turbulence, torn to pieces.] [You died, and the simtion ended!] Su Xing took a deep breath after seeing this, unable toe back to his senses for a long while. The gains from this simtion were immense! Apart from advancing his cultivation level to the Golden Core Realm, he learned much secret information about the Human Race, most importantly the coordinates of the three cultivation-rted instances! Now, if Su Xing wished, he could explore those instances for himself. "No rush... My strength is still too low. Even at the Golden Core Realm, there''s a slight risk of perishing," he said. Su Xing was very cautious. He knew that even though the strongest NPC mentioned in the instance information was at the Master Level, what if there was some Hidden Master, a Grandmaster Level, or a Heavenly King Level character? Wouldn''t that be game over for him? Therefore, Su Xing decided to y it safe. "Wait until I reach the Nascent Soul, or even the Divinity Transformation Realm. Then, going to that instance should be no problem, right?" Thinking this, Su Xing knew the instance named Luo Tian Grand Meeting would disappear in less than three years. He was determined to explore it before itpletely vanished. "But why, even if I hid in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, I still couldn''t escape the giant beast''s attack?" Su Xing frowned slightly. In this simtion, he did his best to dy the doom of the Human Race by one month; this was a significant effort. It was a good attempt; the longer the Human Race survived, the longer he could simte. At thest moment, Su Xing chose to enter the Spirit Field Blessed Land. But this time, the cause of death was being shredded by spatial turbulence... Su Xing pondered thoughtfully and muttered, "ording to Qing Yunzi''s description, this Spirit Field Blessed Land instance should be considered half a blessednd, or perhaps half a mini-world... but perhaps the mini-world exists in the shadow of the macro-world?" A light dawned for Su Xing, and he continued to analyze: "Therefore, when the macro-world is destroyed, the mini-world would also shatter?" Thinking this, Su Xing stroked his chin and murmured: ``` ``` "Does this mean that each copy could be a small world ripe for exploration at any moment?" "Or maybe... there are some copies that also possess arge world like Earth?" Su Xing shook his head and muttered, "Forget it, why bother thinking so much? Better to choose the reward first!" Su Xing turned his attention to the simted reward selection below. [Majestic Bearing]: Green talent, priced at 10,000 energy points. [Complete Bone Tempering]: Cultivation level, priced at 11,000 energy points. [Ten Years of Alchemy Experience]: After ten years of effort, your alchemy has improved by a step, you can refine Wound Healing Pills to perfection, and you have mastered the method of concocting Essence-Nourishing Pills. Also, your mastery of Organ Refining Pills has reached the Mahayana level. Priced at 100,000 energy points. [Golden Core Stage First Layer]: Cultivation level, swallow a Golden Core and fate is in your hands, not heaven''s. Young man, choose it, and you''ll be a Cultivator of the Golden Core Stage, superior to others, with stronger spiritual energy and mana. But be warned, your Golden Core is only a mid-grade Spirit Pill, and it needs constant refinement and condensation to be a high-grade Golden Core, or even a Nine Revolution Golden Core! Priced at 110,000 energy points. Su Xing first eliminated the Majestic Bearing talent; he already had a dual-type spiritual root of wood and fire, which was like possessing a significant tool, and he didn''t need it to be anyrger. "Cultivation at the Golden Core Stage First Layer is a must-choose! It can greatly enhance my strength and even the spiritual energy inside my body... But what the hell is this high-grade Golden Core and Nine Revolution Golden Core they''re talking about?" Su Xing rolled his eyes as if he had already glimpsed a pit waiting for him to fall into. As for the other option, Su Xing hesitated for a moment but chose the Ten Years of Alchemy Experience. After all, it was an experience that included mastery of Organ Refining Pills at the Mahayana level. If Su Xing brought it back, who knows? He might be able to raise his Body Refinement Cultivation Level directly to the Organ Refining Realm in the next simtion! "I choose to take back the Golden Core Stage cultivation level and Ten Years of Alchemy Experience!" A notification sound reached Su Xing''s ears. [Ding, you''ve chosen to take the Ten Years of Alchemy Experience, spending 100,000 energy points, leaving a bnce of 307,000 energy points.] [Ding, you''ve chosen to take the Golden Core Stage First Layer cultivation level, spending 110,000 energy points, leaving a bnce of 197,000 energy points.] Boom! In Su Xing''s mind, it was as if a thunderbolt had struck from a clear sky; his temperament and body had undergone a massive transformation. Spiritual energy appeared within Su Xing''s body out of nowhere. Like water flowing along its course, his cultivation level increased several fold in a matter of tens of seconds, and the mana within his body was also ten times more substantial. If the spiritual energy in Su Xing''s body was originally a spring, now it was a bubbling stream. Gathering,pressing... and finally, bursting! Su Xing closed his eyes slightly, feeling the spiritual power within him undergo further changes. The stream-like spiritual power began to converge and eventually poured into a deep pool within his bodyhis dantian. The spiritual power inside was like a small seed, which began to sprout slowly, then grew tender leaves, eventually blooming and bearing fruit. Su Xing felt the presence of this fruit, like a tiny Golden Core, residing contentedly within his dantian. Su Xing''s physical strength was now a notch above what it had been before; it was as if every cell in his body was rejoicing. At the same time, Su Xing''s mental strength had also improved during this process, with his divine sense bing sharper and even his spiritual tform clearer. There was no pain in this process, rather it felt as refreshing as a spring breeze. Finally, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, a sh of golden light seemingly passing through them. "Is this... what it feels like to be in the Golden Core Stage?" ``` Chapter 44: Chapter 44: The Factions Within the Descending Sect, Arrival at the Sects Treasure Vault The Shadow Protector obviously had high hopes for Su Xing, so he patiently exined: "Our Descending Sect has been established for nearly a thousand years. Through the millennia, three factions have formed within the sect: the Nature Faction, the Zealot Faction, and the Coexistence Faction!" Pausing for a moment, the Shadow Protector continued: "Those in the Zealot Faction are a bunch of lunatics and also the most numerous and powerful faction within our sect. They worship the Supreme Lord and wish to sacrifice themselves to allow the Sovereign Race to descend upon Blue Star and feast upon all humans there, including themselves!" Su Xing frowned slightly after hearing this. The Zealot Faction was clearly the radical element within the Descending Sect, willing to sacrifice even themselves to bring in those Demonic Beasts from the Foreign Race, a concept beyondprehension. "As for the Coexistence Faction, they pin their hopes on the great Sovereign Race''s pity for our Human Race, hoping that after the invasion of the real world, the Sovereign Race will spare most of the Human Race in consideration of the Descending Sect''s efforts... Of course, in my opinion, those of the Coexistence Faction have also been kicked in the head by a donkey. We ants, why should we coexist with the great Sovereign Race? We''re not worthy!" Su Xing showed a hint of bemusement on his face upon hearing the words of the Shadow Protector. The Coexistence Faction within the Descending Sect seemed to retain some humanity, believing that the strength of the Foreign Demonic Beasts far exceeded that of the Human Race and thus wished to surrender to ensure the survival of humankind. But Su Xing knew in his heart that such a thing was utterly impossible. Once the Foreign Race descended upon the real world, they would consume the entire world, and there would be no talk of coexistence then. In Su Xing''s view, the war between the Foreign Race and the Human Race was clearly a war of annihtion, and it was ridiculous for the Coexistence Faction to pin their hopes on the pity of the Foreign Race. So Su Xing asked: "Shadow Protector, what then is the goal of our Nature Faction?" Filled with longing, the Shadow Protector said: "We of the Nature Faction strive to be close to the world''s most original and natural side... In this materially corrupt world, we believe that nature is the closest to truth!" Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this, thinking to himself that if the goal was only to cherish nature, the Nature Faction seemed rather sane. Unexpectedly, what the Shadow Protector said next left Su Xing utterly speechless. The Shadow Protector spoke with some zeal: "And humans are naturally the lowest race! They have nothing to do with nature! Only the great Sovereign Race is the species that is closest to truth and nature on this world!" "Therefore, we must look up to nature and be part of the Sovereign Race, even if it is only as a lower member of the Sovereign Race, it would suffice to grant us the right to be close to nature!" Upon saying this, the Shadow Protector slightly lifted his ck robe to reveal his abdomen. Su Xing was stunned, as he saw arge area of ck substance resembling octopus suckers and organs writhing wildly on the Shadow Protector''s belly. Is... is this even a human organ anymore? Su Xing immediately felt nauseous. The Shadow Protector''s skin didn''t seem to retain any trace of human form. Yet, the Shadow Protector was still proud, saying: "This is the great Sovereign Race''s gift to me. We in the Nature Faction hope to transform from the Human Race gradually into the Sovereign Race through modification, to be part of the Sovereign Race! I have modified nearly one-fifth of my whole body and have even received the organs of a great Shadow Beast, which is why I possess such immense power!" Watching the Shadow Protector''s fervent demeanor, Su Xing was at a loss for words. So the so-called Nature Faction involves imnting organs of the Foreign Race into human bodies? Eventually turning into beasts that are neither human nor animal! From this perspective, the Nature Faction, the Zealot Faction, or even the Coexistence Faction, none are the thoughts of someone of sound mind! Su Xing unconsciously stepped half a pace away from the Shadow Protector, this guy was really disgusting! But the Shadow Protector didn''t seem to feel anything and continued to say to himself: "Elder Yao! Our Nature Faction''s strength is definitely one of the top two among the three factions, and the faction leader even possesses half of the main race''s bodies! As long as you are willing to join our Nature Faction, I will certainly report to the organization and find you a perfect main race body!" After hearing this, Su Xing''s smile froze on his face, what? Bing a monster that''s neither human nor beast, who would want that? So, Su Xing forced a smile and said: "Ahem, Shadow Protector, let''s discuss this matter another time! I am still a newly-appointed Elder in the sect, not yet worthy of such regard!" The Shadow Protector seemed to think there was nothing wrong with what Su Xing said, so he nodded and said no more. Soon, the group entered deep into the mountains, where the mountain range stretched on and on, and the Shadow Protector led everyone to a huge rock outside a cliff. This giant rock was more than thirty feet high and looked no different from an ordinary stone. But the Shadow Protector took out a token and ced it into a slot on the giant rock, then he spoke to the rock: "Dragon Protector! We havee to have a look at the sect''s treasury!" Before long, a transparent light screen appeared on the giant rock, and the Shadow Protector waved to Su Xing, then took the lead and walked in. Su Xing followed closely behind, his heart in turmoil. "Formation! This is definitely a Formation from the Cultivation World! And this method is very simr to the Sect Protection Array used by Cultivation sects! It looks no different from an ordinary rock on the outside, but it contains a unique hidden realm within!" Su Xing''s heart was pounding as he entered the Formation. Once inside the Formation, it was apletely different world. An old man with an aged face was dozing off at the entrance to the vault, not even bothering to flicker his eyelids. However, the Shadow Protector seemed to have great respect for him, taking out two jars of fine wine and cing them beside the old man, then activating a mechanism to open the treasury. Su Xing followed closely behind, and as soon as he walked into the treasury, he was shocked by the mountainous hoard of treasures. The treasury was dozens of feet high, and the interior space was as vast as a za. Although there was no sunlight prating inside, the treasury was brightly lit because rows of Luminous Pearls were embedded in the mountain, illuminating the interior like daylight. Even more exaggerated was the countless gold and silver treasures, piled up on the ground of the treasury like garbage, their value beyond measure. Su Xing had no doubt that if these treasures were to be taken to the real world, they could probably buy an entire country! Billions, trillions? No, perhaps the unit of ''billion'' was no longer sufficient to describe the wealth before his eyes... But oddly enough, such arge number of treasures were actually the least valuable things in the treasury, casually scattered on the ground as if they were worthless. The Shadow Elder took Su Xing across a floor paved with gold and pearls, walking dozens of meters further into the treasury before starting to introduce: "Elder Yao, without any exaggeration, our Descending Sect''s treasury can even rival the national treasury of the Great Xia... Apart from these worthless things under our feet, the treasury is divided into several areas, including: artifact area, equipment area, book area, heavenly materials and earthly treasures area... You have half an hour to freely select treasures, but the items in the treasury cannot be taken out at will, they require a certain amount of points to be paid..." After hearing this, Su Xing felt a wave of embarrassment. The tons of gold and jewels under your feet... are the least valuable things in your eyes? But when he saw the true treasures in the treasury, Su Xing chose to keep his mouth shut... Chapter 41: Chapter 41: Blue Talent! Su Xing looked at the bottles of Nourishing Face Pill in front of him, feeling an indescribable sense of satisfaction. After making the Nourishing Face Pills, Su Xing skillfully scooped out adle of Spiritual Spring water from the well. Su Xing took a big gulp of the sweet and piercingly cold Spiritual Spring water, feeling incredibly refreshed, as it was even tastier than the best drinks in the real world. With adle of Spiritual Spring water in his stomach, not only did Su Xing feel energized, but even his depleted Spiritual Energy began to recover more quickly. After quenching his thirst with the Spiritual Spring water, Su Xing took an hour to start farming. First, he watered the Spirit Grains in the Spirit Field, then he tended to the medicinal herb field that he had nted earlier. The medicinal herbs in the field had started to sprout, and Su Xing had nted more than an acre of them. Although these Spiritual Medicines would take years, even decades, to be effective, they were absolutely necessary in the simtor. After taking care of the Spirit Field, Su Xing opened up a small plot ofnd and nted some new spiritual seeds. Most of these seeds came from Qing Yunzi''s leftover stash, and although Su Xing didn''t recognize many of them, that didn''t stop him from nting them first and asking questionster. Another portion of the seeds were carefully selected by Su Xing from the medicinal herb market. These seeds were often more spiritual and, when nted in the Spirit Field, could potentially be usable Spiritual Medicine in one or two years. While they weren''t as effective as those left by Qing Yunzi, they had the advantage of growing quickly and being plentiful in number. After two hours of hard work, Su Xing felt an unspeakable sense of contentment but didn''t rush to rest, instead heading to the chicken coop he had built. The dozens of Spirit Chickens, after more than a month of breeding, had be even more plump. And a few of them were already hatching eggs, with the second generation of Spirit Chickens soon to emerge. Su Xing skillfully collected some chicken eggs and picked some wild vegetables from outside the Spirit Field, making arge te of fried Spirit Chicken eggs with wild vegetables. He also took out Spiritual Spring water and cooked a pot of Spirit Rice. The rice steamed with Spiritual Spring water and the fried vegetables were fragrant, greatly stimting one''s appetite. Su Xing ate mouthfuls of Spirit Rice, tasting a bite of egg and vegetables, and felt even more satisfied. "Burp~" After finishing his meal, Su Xingfortably burped and murmured, "Ah, if only life could always remain simple, in, and unadorned like this..." Su Xing shook his head slightly. Although he too wished toze around every day, farming and raising chickens, the impending event in more than a dozen years loomed over him like the Sword of Damocles, preventing him from rxingpletely. After putting some pressure on himself as a reminder, Su Xing was once again full of motivation to start a new round of elixir making. "Hmm, making more Nourishing Face Pills could also umte more money... then I''ll have even more energy points!" thought Su Xing. In the blink of an eye, several days had passed. Su Xing handed over the two hundred Nourishing Face Pills he had prepared in advance to the envoy sent by Jin Congxue and received white equipment worth a billion Great Xia Coins Jin Congxue had prepared for him. A total of one hundred and ten thousand pieces of white equipment were absorbed by Su Xing using the simtor, converted into simtor energy. With this, Su Xing''s simtor energy reached another peak, arriving at a staggering eight hundred thousand points! The surge in energy points gave Su Xing a great sense of security. December 31, 2023, of the New Era. On thest day of 2023, Su Xing initiated his seventeenth life simtion. Inside the Spirit Field Blessed Land, Su Xing took a bite of a boiled Spirit Chicken egg and activated the simtor. "Begin simtion!" [1700 points of energy consumed, 803,000 energy points remaining, unlimited remaining simtion times.] [Simtion begins!] ``` [Extracting white talent costs 100 energy points, green talent costs 1,000 energy points, and extracting blue talent costs 10,000 energy points. Do you wish to extract?] "Extract the green talent... Eh, wait a minute, why is there a blue-quality talent now?" Su Xing had initially subconsciously wanted to choose the green talent, but he unexpectedly discovered that the talent he could extract had been upgraded by one level. Therefore, Su Xing asked in confusion, "Why is there suddenly a blue talent? Why wasn''t there one before?" Su Xing had simply asked casually, but he didn''t expect to actually receive an answer. [Ding, because the host was really too poor before, now that you have enough energy, you can naturally activate the next level of talent...] Su Xing: ??? Damn, does even the system discriminate against the poor nowadays? Su Xing was dissatisfied, but he still chose the blue talent. "I want to choose the blue talent." [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the blue talent, Sword Dao Genius!] [Sword Dao Genius]: A blue talent, your insight into the sword surpasses ordinary people, and your cultivation speed in the Sword Dao is ten times that of an ordinary person! Upon seeing this talent, Su Xing paused for a moment; he seemed to have extracted a green talent called Sword Dao Prodigy before. And this Sword Dao Genius, seemed to be an advanced version of the Sword Dao Prodigy? "Damn, why does it seem like they really want me to be a Sword Cultivator! But I don''t have a sword manual, so how am I supposed to practice the sword? Could it be time to practice the Sunflower Sword Scripture?" Su Xing looked down at himself and then shook his head. It''s so big, cutting it all off would lead to death from excessive blood loss! Su Xing felt somewhat helpless; he hadn''t expected his first extraction of a blue talent to yield such a "useless" one. Su Xing decided to continue with the simtion. [Within the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize that you are in a simtion, and during this instance, you decide to make further contact with the Descending Sect to find an opportunity to obtain the second half of the Changchun Technique.] [You don''t act rashly but continue alchemy and cultivation daily, asionally keeping in touch with Wang Qingxuan.] [After more than half a year, one day, Wang Qingxuan sought you out.] [Wang Qingxuan tells you that a mysterious organization has invited her to join.] [You understand in your heart that it''s the Descending Sect making another move, and the night after, Wang Qingxuan withdraws from school.] [You obtain a means of contact from Wang Qingxuan while continuing to produce elixirs.] [Since you n to make contact with the Descending Sect, you must demonstrate your value.] [You know that after making contact with the Descending Sect and revealing your abilities, you will go to one of two extremes. The first possibility is that they might treat you as a heartless alchemy machine; the second is that they will regard you as an honored guest and might even give you the second half of the Changchun Technique.] [You patiently wait and strive hard to improve your cultivation level.] [In the second year, your Body Refinement Cultivation reaches the third level of the Bone Forging Realm, with no progress in your Qi Refining Cultivation.] [In the third year, your Body Refinement Cultivation reaches the fifth level of the Bone Forging Realm, with your Qi Refining Cultivation still hovering at the first level of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the fourth year, your Body Refinement Cultivation breaks through to the seventh level of the Bone Forging Realm, while your Qi Refining Cultivation remains at the first level of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the fifth year, your Body Refinement Cultivation reaches the ninth level of the Bone Forging Realm; at the same time, the Essence-Nourishing Herbs you previously nted have matured. You spend over a month creating a total of two hundred Essence-Nourishing Pills, beginning to aim at improving the quality of your Spiritual Energy.] [Six monthster, your cultivation level advances to the second level of the Golden Core Stage, and you feel a significant enhancement in the quality of the Spiritual Power inside your body, with your Mana bing even more substantial.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan seeks you out...] ``` Chapter 42: Chapter 42 Join the Descending Sect, Win Trust! [You had been waiting for this day for a long time, so you had made preparations early.] [Indeed, the night after, Wang Qingxuan gave you the first half of the Changchun Technique. You didn''t ept it, but instead proposed to join the Descending Sect.] [Wang Qingxuan hesitated, telling you bluntly that this would plunge you into the Endless Abyss. However, under your persistence, Wang Qingxuan agreed.] [After lingering with each other for a day, Wang Qingxuan took you to meet an elder from her squad.] [The elder scrutinized you carefully, seeming to think you were just a minor bronze-level professional, and so he spoke directly about your insufficient strength. But for the sake of Wang Qingxuan''s face, he was willing to allow you to join reluctantly.] [You knew it was time to prove your worth. Thus, you drew a machete and directly chopped at a member of the Descending Sect beside you.] [Since you controlled your strength well, the sect member wasn''t killed outright but ended up with a huge wound on their arm several inches long, deep enough to expose bone.] [The elder was stunned for a moment, followed by a sudden rage. He thought you were overestimating yourself and challenging the dignity of the Descending Sect, so he ordered a dozen sect members to surround you.] [In a desperate situation, Wang Qingxuan stood in front of you, trying to protect you.] [You, however, reassured her, gently pushed her aside, and took out an elixir, stuffing it into the mouth of the injured sect member.] [A miraculous scene unfolded, as the wound on the sect member''s arm began to scab over rapidly, though theirplexion was still fairly pale.] [You then fed them a subpar Blood Replenishing Pill, and soon, the gravely injured sect member quickly bounced back to life.] [The elder was taken aback by what he heard and began to look at you with a peculiar gaze.] [You imed you were an alchemist and that the miraculous elixirs were your creation, expressing your longstanding desire to join the Descending Sect.] [At the same time, you announced your wish for a higher status, not wanting to start as a mere underling, and you told the elder that he wasn''t qualified to decide and to call someone with more authority in the sect toe to you.] [The elder''s eyes flickered with doubt upon hearing this. Although he found your im a bit far-fetched, he recognized your value. A master able to craft such healing sacred medicine was definitely not for him to decide.] [So, the elder took good care of you while arranging for someone to keep an eye on you. He informed you that, at thetest in three days, a protector-level figure woulde to assess you. Should you pass the assessment, you would be an elder like him.] "Phew..." Su Xing exhaled a heavy breath, his emotions somewhat stirred. He had put all his chips on the table in this simtion, revealing his value to the Descending Sect. He might gain tremendous benefits or unwittingly cause the simtion to fail! "However... since it''s just a simtion, obtaining the Changchun Technique is what matters the most!" Su Xing continued with the simtion. [Three dayster, an old man came to you, verifying the effects of the Wound Healing Pill for himself. He found itparable to some mid-quality healing drugs, immediately realizing its value.] [At the same time, the old man appeared very curious about how you could concoct such remarkable elixirs.] [You openly imed that you were a Cultivator and had fortuitously acquired alchemy skills, enabling you to produce elixirs inrge quantities. Additionally, you mentioned that aside from Wound Healing Pills, you could craft several other more precious elixirs.] [Upon hearing this, a hint of a smile appeared on the old man''s face, as if he had already known this. He dered that you had told the truth, and if you had lied just now, he would have killed you on the spot.] [Afterwards, he informed you that you could be temporarily given the position of vice elder and would undergo an inspection for one year. Following a sessful inspection, they would grant you the official position of an elder!] Upon reading this, Su Xing''s expression cleared up as he murmured to himself, "Just as I thought, the Descending Sect definitely has a profound understanding of the Cultivation World! They even know the elixirs I''ve been crafting are specifically for cultivators... So, could it be that they have ess to an entrance to a cultivation copycat?" Su Xing was immediately excited, realizing he still knew too little about the Cultivation World. Especially about the cultivation techniques, he didn''t have a mentor and had to fumble through everything on his own. So if he could learn more about the Cultivation World through this Descending Sect, that would be a massive gain! Su Xing took a deep breath and continued simting. [You agreed to the protector''s request and joined the Descending Sect!] [The Descending Sect couldn''t operate openly like the official sects; instead, they were more like rats in the sewers, staying hidden.] [The elder referring to himself as Shadow Protector issued you your first monthly task, demanding you to craft five hundred Wound Healing Pills and a hundred Organ Refining Pills.] [You pointed out theck of materials for alchemy and requested more medicinal herbs to craft the elixirs.] [The Shadow Elder agreed to your request, and the next day he had his subordinates deliver arge batch of medicinal herbs.] [You reported an inted number of materials, embezzling the majority of the herbs secretly and then crafting five hundred Wound Healing Pills and a hundred Organ Refining Pills with some leftovers.] [It seemed they were none the wiser to your subterfuge, taking it as your alchemy skills being just that, and theymented that the elixirs you produced were very potent, hence they requested more elixirs from you.] [As you kept supplying the Descending Sect with elixirs, your status within the sect grew higher and higher; even the elder who had looked down on you before now warmly addressed you as ''Little Brother,'' and you became a rising star within the Descending Sect.] [With your status ever increasing, you gained deeper insights into some of the sect''s closely-guarded secrets.] [Half a year went by in this fashion, during which you provided the Descending Sect with thousands of Wound Healing Pills and nearly a thousand Organ Refining Pills. The sect''s suspicions about you grew increasingly less, and they started considering you as one of their own.] [As you continuously proved your worth, the higher-ups in the sect provided you with increasingly precious medicinal materials, including some spiritual medicines that were potent enough for you to attempt crafting new elixirs.] [You secretly kept these spiritual medicines for yourself and started experimenting with the creation of a new elixir, the Essence-Nourishing Pill.] Su Xing nodded slightly upon reading this. The Essence-Nourishing Pill and the Essence-Nourishing Herb are both considered inferior-grade elixirs, but their effects are vastly different. The Essence-Nourishing Pill is crucial for gently nurturing a cultivator''s physique and mana, enhancing spiritual energy. But the Essence-Nourishing Pill is actually meant to boost a cultivator''s Divine Sense, a concept both arcane and profound, akin to a cultivator''s sixth sense. The Changchun Technique briefly mentioned Divine Sense, indicating it is a technique that Nascent Soul Stage cultivators can grasp. However, even at the Golden Core Stage, consuming Essence-Nourishing Pills could bring about great benefits, like enhancing control over spiritual power, and so on. It''s just that the main ingredient, the Essence-Nourishing Herb, is quite valuable, indeed even more precious than the Essence-Nourishing Herb itself. [You swindled the Descending Sect into giving you hundreds of Essence-Nourishing Herbs and began attempting to craft the Essence-Nourishing Pills on your own!] Chapter 43: Chapter 43: Refining the Nourishing Spirit Pill, the Sects Treasure Vault! "The refining of Essence-Nourishing Pills was not much more difficult than that of Organ Refining Pills, but your alchemy skills have improved greatly, and you soon mastered the art of making Essence-Nourishing Pills." "Three more months had passed, and during those months, you attempted to refine hundreds of batches of Essence-Nourishing Pills, but only seeded with twenty batches. Afterward, you dedicated yourself to studying the Essence-Nourishing Pills, and your technique gradually became more proficient." "In the seventh year, it has been over a year since you joined the Descending Sect. Throughout this year, you appeared to be diligently aiding the Descending Sect with alchemy, but in reality, you were using their resources to improve your own alchemy skills." "Thanks to an abundant supply of medicinal herbs, you have hardly run out of Organ Refining Pills this year. Hundreds of Organ Refining Pills have made your Spiritual Energy more solid, and you feel your strength has grown by more than halfpared to before." "But what helped you the most were the Essence-Nourishing Pills. You could feel your Divine Sense growing stronger, although it had not yet reached the point of condensing into form. However, you could now easily introspect, having a far greater control over the Spiritual Energy, meridians, and even your Dantian than ever before." "Of course, the most crucial point was, as your Divine Sense grew stronger, so did your alchemy skills, improving rapidly. Your control over the alchemy me and timing became even more exquisite." Su Xing nodded satisfactorily upon reading this. The refining of Essence-Nourishing Pills strengthened his Divine Sense, which, in turn, nourished his alchemy skills; and as his alchemy skills further enhanced, it enabled Su Xing to produce more, higher-quality Essence-Nourishing Pills, creating a positive cycle. With sufficient Organ Refining Pills, Su Xing''s Spiritual Energy became more solid, and his Golden Core more wless. Perhaps, Su Xing was not far from achieving a superior-quality Golden Core? Moreover, to Su Xing''s surprise, the Descending Sect''s grasp of Spiritual Medicine and the Cultivation World was far superior to that of the Great Xia Military, providing a tremendous boost to his Cultivation Level. It seemed like Su Xing was working for the Descending Sect, but in reality, the Descending Sect was providing him with free resources for cultivation. "I just wonder if there are resources like Spirit Stones within the Descending Sect, in addition to these Spiritual Medicines?" Su Xing felt a slight longing in his heart. He usually was reluctant to use Spirit Stones for cultivation, as the number of Spirit Stones he owned was always low, and using them would leave him without enough Spirit Stones for simtions. Nevertheless, Su Xing also had to spend a few Spirit Stones when refining elixirs. Over the past month, Su Xing''s stock of Spirit Stones had dwindled to less than a thousand, with no channels for replenishment. If Spirit Stones were to run outpletely, Su Xing might truly be immobilized. "The Spirit Stones in my possession should be enough for another year or so... If I''m frugal, perhaps even a bit longer, but before the Spirit Stones are exhausted, I must find other sources of Spirit Stones." With this thought in mind, Su Xing continued with the simtion. "One day, after providing a new batch of two hundred Organ Refining Pills, that Shadow Protector found you again. His words were generous with praise, indicating that you had the potential to be a leading figure among the new generation of the Descending Sect." "In front of hundreds of sect members, the Shadow Protector announced you as the eighteenth Elder of the Descending Sect and granted you the title ''Medicine''. The rest of the sect respectfully addressed you as Elder Medicine." "After bing an Elder of the Descending Sect, your privileges had significantly increased. You were now entitled to establish a dedicated team and you gained the qualification to enter the sect''s treasure vault!" "You requested that Elder you knew before to transfer Wang Qingxuan under yourmand. Given your newfound status, the other Elders respected you greatly and naturally agreed to your modest request." "With Wang Qingxuan''s assistance, your work became much more efficient. Not only did she help you discreetly investigate the overall strength of the Descending Sect, but she also made your life much more pleasant." "Afterpleting your monthly alchemy task, you prepared to visit the Descending Sect''s treasure vault with Wang Qingxuan in tow." Reading this, Su Xing wore an expression of amusement; he had actually be an Elder of the Descending Sect, and they even called him Elder Medicine? At the same time, Su Xing was also astonished, for he knew the Elder he had met previously was at least of Heavenly King Level strength, and he was the eighteenth Elder... This meant that the Descending Sect had at least seventeen individuals of Heavenly King Level strength! Not to mention the Protectors above the Elders, who were likely to be Martial Emperor Level fighters! Martial Emperor Level fighters were few in the Great Xia Country, numbering only in the hundreds, yet the Descending Sect boasted such powerhouses, a clear indication that this faction was far from ordinary. Of course, what Su Xing was most interested in at the moment was the so-called treasury of the Descending Sect. "The treasury of the sect... Could the second half of the Changchun Technique be inside?" A trace of longing appeared in Su Xing''s heart as he continued to simte. [ess to the treasury is limited to sect members at the elder level and must be apanied by a protector before entering the treasury.] [Under the guidance of Elder Shadow, you enter the location of the treasury. To your surprise, this so-called treasury does not seem to be in the real world, but in a special replica.] A thought crossed Su Xing''s mind upon seeing this; establishing the treasury within a special replica was quite a bold move. It''s well-known that replicas carry the risk of disappearing. If the replica vanished one day, wouldn''t the Descending Sect''s treasury be utterly lost? Su Xing wanted to witness for himself what this so-called treasury was really like. Thus, with a thought, he said: "I want to exchange for one hour of immersive simtion!" [Ding, you will spend 100,000 points for a one-hour immersive simtion. Remaining points: 693,000.] The voice of the simtor sounded in Su Xing''s ears. Su Xing only felt his vision shift abruptly as he arrived in an unfamiliar ce. This ce was clearly outdoors, with clear waters and lush mountains. In the distance, peaks rose one after another, and asionally one could see life in the form of rabbits and deer sprinting through the woods. This was clearly not the real world, because with the development of technology, there were almost no areas on Blue Star where nature was preserved so perfectly anymore. Next to Su Xing were severalpanions, wearing masks and long robes that concealed their identities. Among them, Su Xing recognized one petite figure at a nceit was Wang Qingxuan. "Elder Medicine, what''s happened to you?" A man in a ck robe walking ahead turned back and asked. His voice was very maic and androgynous, making it difficult to distinguish between male and female. Su Xing, just having entered the simtor and caught off guard by the sudden question, was momentarily stunned, but he quickly recovered. He said with a smile: "I was thinking, the scenery in this replica is truly beautiful! In the real world, you can no longer see such sights!" Hearing Su Xing''s words, Shadow Protector''s voice contained some surprise, as he puzzled: "Could it be, Elder Medicine is also considering joining our Nature Faction?" Su Xing felt puzzled upon hearing this. What was the Nature Faction? Was this a division within the Descending Sect? Thus, Su Xing asked: "Shadow Protector, what is the Nature Faction?" Chapter 44: Chapter 44: The Factions Within the Descending Sect, Arrival at the Sects Treasure Vault The Shadow Protector obviously had high hopes for Su Xing, so he patiently exined: "Our Descending Sect has been established for nearly a thousand years. Through the millennia, three factions have formed within the sect: the Nature Faction, the Zealot Faction, and the Coexistence Faction!" Pausing for a moment, the Shadow Protector continued: "Those in the Zealot Faction are a bunch of lunatics and also the most numerous and powerful faction within our sect. They worship the Supreme Lord and wish to sacrifice themselves to allow the Sovereign Race to descend upon Blue Star and feast upon all humans there, including themselves!" Su Xing frowned slightly after hearing this. The Zealot Faction was clearly the radical element within the Descending Sect, willing to sacrifice even themselves to bring in those Demonic Beasts from the Foreign Race, a concept beyondprehension. "As for the Coexistence Faction, they pin their hopes on the great Sovereign Race''s pity for our Human Race, hoping that after the invasion of the real world, the Sovereign Race will spare most of the Human Race in consideration of the Descending Sect''s efforts... Of course, in my opinion, those of the Coexistence Faction have also been kicked in the head by a donkey. We ants, why should we coexist with the great Sovereign Race? We''re not worthy!" Su Xing showed a hint of bemusement on his face upon hearing the words of the Shadow Protector. The Coexistence Faction within the Descending Sect seemed to retain some humanity, believing that the strength of the Foreign Demonic Beasts far exceeded that of the Human Race and thus wished to surrender to ensure the survival of humankind. But Su Xing knew in his heart that such a thing was utterly impossible. Once the Foreign Race descended upon the real world, they would consume the entire world, and there would be no talk of coexistence then. In Su Xing''s view, the war between the Foreign Race and the Human Race was clearly a war of annihtion, and it was ridiculous for the Coexistence Faction to pin their hopes on the pity of the Foreign Race. So Su Xing asked: "Shadow Protector, what then is the goal of our Nature Faction?" Filled with longing, the Shadow Protector said: "We of the Nature Faction strive to be close to the world''s most original and natural side... In this materially corrupt world, we believe that nature is the closest to truth!" Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this, thinking to himself that if the goal was only to cherish nature, the Nature Faction seemed rather sane. Unexpectedly, what the Shadow Protector said next left Su Xing utterly speechless. The Shadow Protector spoke with some zeal: "And humans are naturally the lowest race! They have nothing to do with nature! Only the great Sovereign Race is the species that is closest to truth and nature on this world!" "Therefore, we must look up to nature and be part of the Sovereign Race, even if it is only as a lower member of the Sovereign Race, it would suffice to grant us the right to be close to nature!" Upon saying this, the Shadow Protector slightly lifted his ck robe to reveal his abdomen. Su Xing was stunned, as he saw arge area of ck substance resembling octopus suckers and organs writhing wildly on the Shadow Protector''s belly. Is... is this even a human organ anymore? Su Xing immediately felt nauseous. The Shadow Protector''s skin didn''t seem to retain any trace of human form. Yet, the Shadow Protector was still proud, saying: "This is the great Sovereign Race''s gift to me. We in the Nature Faction hope to transform from the Human Race gradually into the Sovereign Race through modification, to be part of the Sovereign Race! I have modified nearly one-fifth of my whole body and have even received the organs of a great Shadow Beast, which is why I possess such immense power!" Watching the Shadow Protector''s fervent demeanor, Su Xing was at a loss for words. So the so-called Nature Faction involves imnting organs of the Foreign Race into human bodies? Eventually turning into beasts that are neither human nor animal! From this perspective, the Nature Faction, the Zealot Faction, or even the Coexistence Faction, none are the thoughts of someone of sound mind! Su Xing unconsciously stepped half a pace away from the Shadow Protector, this guy was really disgusting! But the Shadow Protector didn''t seem to feel anything and continued to say to himself: "Elder Yao! Our Nature Faction''s strength is definitely one of the top two among the three factions, and the faction leader even possesses half of the main race''s bodies! As long as you are willing to join our Nature Faction, I will certainly report to the organization and find you a perfect main race body!" After hearing this, Su Xing''s smile froze on his face, what? Bing a monster that''s neither human nor beast, who would want that? So, Su Xing forced a smile and said: "Ahem, Shadow Protector, let''s discuss this matter another time! I am still a newly-appointed Elder in the sect, not yet worthy of such regard!" The Shadow Protector seemed to think there was nothing wrong with what Su Xing said, so he nodded and said no more. Soon, the group entered deep into the mountains, where the mountain range stretched on and on, and the Shadow Protector led everyone to a huge rock outside a cliff. This giant rock was more than thirty feet high and looked no different from an ordinary stone. But the Shadow Protector took out a token and ced it into a slot on the giant rock, then he spoke to the rock: "Dragon Protector! We havee to have a look at the sect''s treasury!" Before long, a transparent light screen appeared on the giant rock, and the Shadow Protector waved to Su Xing, then took the lead and walked in. Su Xing followed closely behind, his heart in turmoil. "Formation! This is definitely a Formation from the Cultivation World! And this method is very simr to the Sect Protection Array used by Cultivation sects! It looks no different from an ordinary rock on the outside, but it contains a unique hidden realm within!" Su Xing''s heart was pounding as he entered the Formation. Once inside the Formation, it was apletely different world. An old man with an aged face was dozing off at the entrance to the vault, not even bothering to flicker his eyelids. However, the Shadow Protector seemed to have great respect for him, taking out two jars of fine wine and cing them beside the old man, then activating a mechanism to open the treasury. Su Xing followed closely behind, and as soon as he walked into the treasury, he was shocked by the mountainous hoard of treasures. The treasury was dozens of feet high, and the interior space was as vast as a za. Although there was no sunlight prating inside, the treasury was brightly lit because rows of Luminous Pearls were embedded in the mountain, illuminating the interior like daylight. Even more exaggerated was the countless gold and silver treasures, piled up on the ground of the treasury like garbage, their value beyond measure. Su Xing had no doubt that if these treasures were to be taken to the real world, they could probably buy an entire country! Billions, trillions? No, perhaps the unit of ''billion'' was no longer sufficient to describe the wealth before his eyes... But oddly enough, such arge number of treasures were actually the least valuable things in the treasury, casually scattered on the ground as if they were worthless. The Shadow Elder took Su Xing across a floor paved with gold and pearls, walking dozens of meters further into the treasury before starting to introduce: "Elder Yao, without any exaggeration, our Descending Sect''s treasury can even rival the national treasury of the Great Xia... Apart from these worthless things under our feet, the treasury is divided into several areas, including: artifact area, equipment area, book area, heavenly materials and earthly treasures area... You have half an hour to freely select treasures, but the items in the treasury cannot be taken out at will, they require a certain amount of points to be paid..." After hearing this, Su Xing felt a wave of embarrassment. The tons of gold and jewels under your feet... are the least valuable things in your eyes? But when he saw the true treasures in the treasury, Su Xing chose to keep his mouth shut... Chapter 45: Chapter 45: The Secret Method of Condensing Dan, The Mysterious Sect Elder Su Xing took several dozen steps forward. In the depths of the treasury, he saw dozens of shelves that were several stories high. The shelves were alsobeled with all sorts of tags, not only those mentioned by the Shadow Protector earlier, but even skill scrolls, recovery potions, rare materials, and other varieties. Most of the items here were usable by professionals, far more numerous in variety than those Su Xing had seen in the Jin Merchant Guild. Su Xing didn''t linger in these areas for long but made his way directly to the ancient texts section. Within the ancient texts section, contrary to Su Xing''s expectations of peerless cultivation techniques, the majority were cultivators'' insights into cultivation, strategies for certain copies, and even secrets of the Human Race from the past thousand years. For example, there was a book called "Elder Fengyue and His Hundred and Eight Boyfriends'' Unspeakable Stories," which seemed to record thescivious life of an elder named Fengyue. However, it was actually a travelogue that contained many secrets of the major forces in Blue Star. Or there was "Hermit Changyang''s Hundred-Day Record of Infiltrating the Abyss with His Subus Girlfriend," which also described information about some demons within an instance called the Abyss. Su Xing quickly scanned the area, searching for his objectivethe cultivation techniques. After flipping through the travelogues and secret histories piled on top and wiping off the thick dust, Su Xing spent more than twenty minutes before he finally found two cultivator techniques. One was called the Nurturing Body Decision, and the other was the Congealing Elixir Technique. Su Xing only nced briefly at the Nurturing Body Decision without giving it much thought because it was just a basic-level cultivation technique. It was hardly enough to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, but it was decent for ordinary people to cultivate their minds and bodies and prolong their lives. However, for Su Xing, who already possessed the Changchun Technique, it was of no use. What truly caught Su Xing off guard was the Congealing Elixir Technique, because, ording to the description in this ancient text, it was a secret method that could help cultivators better condense their Golden Cores! This technique detailed the qualities of Golden Coreslow-grade, middle-grade, high-grade, and even the higher Nine Revolution Golden Core, which was exactly the same as the levels told to Su Xing by the simtor. The method described in this technique to enhance the quality of a Golden Core was topress Spiritual Power and infuse it into the Golden Core! Su Xing could not judge the authenticity of this technique, but for now, he had no better way to condense his Golden Core. If he relied solely on the umtion of time to condense his Golden Core, Su Xing feared it would take him decades of simtion time to cultivate a Nine Revolution Golden Core, which would be too wasteful of simtion runs. But for Su Xing, who had such a great cheat as the simtor, not pursuing the Nine Revolution Golden Core would truly be a waste. Therefore, this Congealing Elixir Technique was essential for Su Xing, the only pity being that he didn''t find thetter half of the Changchun Technique. At that moment, the Shadow Protector appeared behind Su Xing and looking at the technique in his hand, asked with some confusion: "Does Elder Yao wish to cultivate? Ah right, I forgot, your profession is that of a cultivator! But in our world, there is no Spiritual Energy, how can you perform cultivation?" Hearing this, Su Xing exined: "Shadow Protector, cultivation and alchemy are branches of the same origin, alchemy is the external elixir method, while cultivation is the internal elixir method... Although I am not destined for the path of immortality, I still aspire to concoct more and better elixirs for the sect, so naturally I must learn this Congealing Elixir Method!" The Shadow Protector was somewhat stupefied by Su Xing''s righteous words, and after a while, nodded, somewhat moved, and said: "s, Elder Yao truly is a rising star within the sect! Such enlightenment, even I am ashamed topare myself with! If Elder Yao had joined our sect ten years earlier, who knows, by now he might already be at the level of a protector!" Su Xing felt a little embarrassed by the ttery from the Shadow Protector, as he was not doing it for the Descending Sect but clearly for himself! Indubitably, discovering the method for condensing a Golden Core was an unexpected reward, yet Su Xing''s primary objective remained the second half of the Changchun Technique, which he had not yet found. Thus, Su Xing asked with some curiosity, "Shadow Protector, to be honest, I am quite fascinated by the matter of cultivation and wish to catch a glimpse of the ancient texts on cultivation. Unfortunately, I''ve not had the opportunity. I wonder if our sect possesses such ancient texts; I would love to feast my eyes!" After hearing this, the Shadow Protector spoke with a hint of pride in his voice, "Elder Yao has indeed asked the right person! When ites to the mastery of cultivation texts, our Descending Sect is without a doubt the foremost power on Blue Star! Not even the officialities of Great Xia Country cane close to our level!" "However, the more profound cultivation techniques of the cultivation faction are all controlled by those zealots. To exchange for those techniques, I''m afraid you''ll need to spend quite a few contribution points..." Hearing this, Su Xing''s heart stirred, and he inquired, "Oh? Shadow Protector... how many contribution points would it require? I havepleted numerous alchemy tasks over the past year and have saved up ten thousand contribution points. Would that be sufficient?" The Shadow Protector shook his head and said, "Ten thousand contribution points would be more than enough to exchange for the first half of a technique such as the Changchun Technique... However, the second half of this technique requires a hundred thousand contribution points. You''re still far from enough..." Su Xing was stunned upon hearing this. The first half of the technique is worth a few thousand contribution points, and the second half is worth a hundred thousand? Are you kidding me? Su Xing, a bit helpless, then asked, "Shadow Protector, why is the exchange for this technique so expensive?" The Shadow Protector exined, "It''s because Protector Zong of the zealot faction, just like you, is incredibly obsessed with matters of cultivation. Moreover, he joined the sect quite early and has been around for several hundred years, making him one of the most powerful protectors. He has long since used his contribution points to purchase most of the cultivation-rted items within the sect. To buy from him, naturally, the price is exorbitant..." Powerful professionals who reach the Heavenly King level undergo a life transformation, after which people''s lifespan increases significantly, turning them into beings of longevity. Heavenly King level professionals, if they do not die in battle, living three to five hundred years is normal. As for protector-level professionals, who are at least at the Martial Emperor level, living five or six hundred years is not difficult. Hearing the words of Sect Elder, Su Xing''s gaze flickered, obsessed with cultivation objects, one of the most powerful protectors... Suddenly, Su Xing remembered an old man he had encountered in one of the simtions before. That old man was interested in his Spirit Rice and had nned to torture him to death to extract information about the Spirit Rice. Now, with the description from the Shadow Protector, Su Xing suspected that old man was likely Protector Zong. "But why... why is Protector Zong so obsessed with the matter of cultivation? Could it be that his profession is also that of a cultivator?" Su Xing pondered for a while, then shook his head. "Impossible, the profession panel states that the profession of cultivator is unique to me alone... So Protector Zong definitely can''t be a cultivator, but why he is so obsessed with the matter of cultivation, there must be some great secret behind it!" Chapter 51: Chapter 51 Choice of Rewards Su Xing felt somewhat helpless at this. Cultivating immortality to raise one''s realm was never easy. Often, breaking through a minor realm would take years, not to mention a major realm. Even though Su Xing''s talent could now be considered extraordinary, maintaining one minor realm breakthrough per year was very difficult, and only with the aid of elixirs could he achieve a breakthrough. After all, each simtion only gave him fifteen years of cultivation time, making every year of cultivation extremely precious. It was for this reason that after Su Xing consumed arge amount of elixirs to improve his cultivation level, it was inevitable that elixir poisoning would form within his body. [In the tenth year, your Qi Refining Cultivation has advanced to the third level of the Golden Core Realm. This past year, you have used Spiritual Energy daily to remove the elixir poison from your body, significantly reducing the elixir poison within.] [In the eleventh year, you have maintained a daily intake of an Organ Refining Pill to enhance your Body Refinement Cultivation Level, but due to the excessive amount of elixir poison in your body, your cultivation level has not broken through.] [In the twelfth year, through your relentless effort, your cultivation level has advanced to the eighth level of the Organ Refining Realm.] [In the fourteenth year, your cultivation level has broken through to the ninth level of the Organ Refining Realm!] [One day, Shadow Protector approached you, and it had been several years since youst saw Shadow Protector. You felt his aura was much more formidable than before, but his emotions became more unstable, and asionally, a bloodthirsty crimson gleam shed in his eyes.] [He told you that the real world is on the brink of doom, and you are the elder he holds in the highest regard. He produced a corpse of a Demonic Beast, which appeared to be a high-level beast.] [His emotions somewhat out of control, he informed you that everything was a deception. The members of the Coexistence Faction had beenrgely wiped out, the Zealot Faction hadunched attacks on the other two factions, and the main race was to descend within a month. Now, the only way for you to survive was to be a part of the dominant race.] [Shadow Protector was willing to personally transform you. He said he would take you to the world of the dominant race and start a new life.] [Faced with Shadow Protector''s request, you hesitated but ultimately refused him, indicating that you did not wish to be a half-human, half-beast monster.] [After hearing your refusal, Shadow Protector fell silent for a long time and did not say much. It seemed he had anticipated your response. He expressed respect for your destiny and acknowledged your contributions over the years, stating he could try to grant you one request.] [For you, the purpose of this simtion had already been fulfilled, and you could not think of any request to make on the spot. But then an idea struck you; you expressed your desire for the Complete Edition of Changchun Technique, a Cultivation Technique from Protector Zong.] [Shadow Protector was taken aback for a moment but shook his head, revealing that Protector Zong had perished in a battle a few days ago, and nobody knew the whereabouts of his belongings. Thus, he could not fulfill your request.] [Unable to obtain the Changchun Technique, you made a casual request. Having known Shadow Protector for over a decade, you were still unaware of his true appearance under that mask. So, you asked to see Shadow Protector''s true face.] [After hearing your request, Shadow Protector was stunned. After hesitating for a while, he finally took off his mask.] [When Shadow Protector''s mask was removed, you were taken aback; beneath the mask was an astonishingly beautiful woman, with graceful hair and skin as pale as snow, resembling a woman who had stepped out of a painting.] [Shadow Protector no longer disguised her voice. She told you to take care of yourself and indicated that if you changed your mind, you were wee to find her anytime.] [Shadow Protector eventually left, and you were unsure where she might go. Perhaps she too had a story once that led her to betray the Human Race and join the Descending Sect.] [New Era 2037, September 23rd. This day was supposed to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, yet the entire Human Race was engulfed in tremendous panic.] [A behemoth,rge enough to blot out the sun and sky, appeared. It devoured the entire Great Xia Country in one bite.] [You died, aged 37!] [Your talent, Unwilling to Close Eyes in Death, activated] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing came back to his senses. Overall, the information contained in this simtion is overwhelming, and the rewards received are indeed too substantial. "Shadow Protector, to think it''s a woman..." Su Xing was somewhat surprised, clearly not having expected this twist. Based on the results of this simtion, it seems the entire Human Race has been wiped out, and the endings of the three factions within the Descending Sect also appear to differ. The followers of the Coexistence Faction were almostpletely annihted by the Zealot Faction, and the fate of the remaining Zealot followers is unknown. Only the Natural Faction seemed to have escaped this catastrophe, transforming themselves into the Foreign Race, apparently able to seek refuge in the world where the Foreign Race resides. Su Xing shook his head; the oues of these three factions were not what he wanted. To be a Foreign Race, would one still be truly oneself in the end? So clearly, joining the Descending Sect would not end well in any case. The most crucial point that puzzled Su Xing was why his age in this simtion turned out to be thirty-seven years old. "In this simtion, the apocalypse came just fourteen yearster. Is it because today is January 7, 2024? It shouldn''t be, otherwise I should still be thirty-eight years old..." "Perhaps, it''s because I joined the Descending Sect and did quite a bit for them that the time of the Foreign Race''s sessful invasion of the real world was advanced by a few months..." After joining the Great Xia Military, Su Xing had previously dyed the arrival of the Foreign Race by a month. "By that logic...joining the Descending Sect means I might only have fourteen years left to cultivate..." Su Xing sighed softly; there was no helping it. After all, the simtor provided so much through the Descending Sect... Elixirs abundant enough to surfeit Su Xing, fully capable of elerating his Cultivation Level advancement by several folds. "Before finding a better cultivation path, if I want to increase my cultivation, I still need to fleece the Descending Sect!" Su Xing turned his attention to the rewards from this simtion. [Innate Divine Strength]: Blue talent, priced at 100,000 energy points. [Organ Refining Realm, Ninth Layer]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, with all internal pill toxin side effects removed, priced at 1 million energy points. [Fourteen Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, priced at 140,000 energy points. [Golden Core Stage, Fourth Layer]: Qi Refining Cultivation of the fourthyer of the Golden Core Stage, and due to your constant consumption of Essence-Nourishing Pills, the Spirit Pill in your Dantian has be more solid, nearing the quality of a top-grade Spirit Pill. Priced at 300,000 energy. [Organ Refining Pill, 1000 Pills]: Priced at 10 million energy points. The blue talent, Innate Divine Strength, is a must-choose reward for Su Xing, as it is the advanced version of the great strength he already possesses and can greatly enhance his Body Cultivation talent. And for the remaining choices, Su Xing currently can only afford the Body Refinement Cultivation Level, Alchemy insights, and Qi Refining Cultivation Level. Without much hesitation, Su Xing quickly made his choice. "I choose the blue talent Innate Divine Strength and the Organ Refining Realm, Ninth Layer cultivation level!" Chapter 47: Chapter 47 Other Cultivators, Nine Revolution Golden Core! Su Xing''s heart trembled wildly upon seeing this. Soul Searching Technique! This was definitely a spell that only Cultivators would master! Yet in this world, the only person with the profession of a practitioner was supposedly himself. After all, Cultivator was the sole hidden profession! But why, then, could this Dragon Protector use a spell unique to Cultivators? "Wait a second... Is this Dragon Protector really a professional?" Su Xing''s mind stirred, indeed there was only one person with the Cultivator profession in this world, and that was Su Xing himself, but there were definitely other Cultivators besides him. Not to look too far, just take Su Xing''s master, Qing Yunzi, who came from the side branch of the Qingyun Sect, right? "So... is there a possibility that this protectores from the characters within a certain copy?" The more Su Xing thought about it, the more usible it seemed, especially since those Demonic Beasts from the Foreign Races came from other copies but could invade the real world. And this Dragon Protector, being from a certain copy and indigenous to that copy, that would exin things. The connection between the Descending Sect and the Foreign Races was very close, which made this a possibility! Su Xing took a deep breath, the secrets of the Descending Sect were multiplying, even causing him a spine-tingling sense of horror. They could not only contact the Foreign Races but also form alliances with some NPCs from the copies. The Descending Sect''s waters were deeper than he had imagined. "Luckily, I haven''t gotten involved with the Descending Sect in the real world... otherwise, no amount of lives would be enough to spare!" Su Xing felt some relief, then thought: "However, the Descending Sect is indeed a good ce to grind for experience, as long as one doesn''t personally go into the sect''s treasury, they could still gain many benefits." Su Xing shook his head lightly and turned his attention to the simtion rewards. [Sword Dao Genius]: Blue talent, price 100,000 energy points. [Bone Tempering Great Perfection]: Cultivation Level, price 11,000 energy points. [Seven Years of Alchemy Experience]: Contains your seven years of insights into alchemy, including proficient mastery of forms like the Essence-Nourishing Pill and the Spirit-Nourishing Pill, price 70,000 energy points. [Triple Layer of Golden Core Stage]: Qi Refining Cultivation of the thirdyer of the Golden Core Stage, and due to your continuous consumption of the Essence-Nourishing Pill, the Spirit Pill within your Dantian has be more solid, nearing the quality of a top-grade Spirit Pill. Price 200,000 energy points. [Concentration Pill Technique]: A secret method for concentrating pills, capable of condensing up to a Nine Revolution Golden Core, very precious to a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, price 100,000 energy points. [One Hundred and Twenty Spiritual Medicines]: Price 600,000 energy points. Su Xing fell into thought as he looked at the five rewards before him. Firstly, the Concentration Pill Technique had to be a chosen reward, since he nearly lost his life obtaining this secret technique, and if he didn''t choose it, he would inevitably have to visit the treasury of the Descending Sect again in the next simtion, which meant another death. As for the option of one hundred and twenty Spiritual Medicines, it could be excluded, as the price was too high, and Su Xing did not need such high-level Spiritual Medicines for refining Nourishing Face Pills for now. After hesitating for a long time, Su Xing still chose the seven years of Alchemy Experience from among the cultivation experience, talent, and Alchemy Experience. The reason was the same, though the Sword Dao Genius seemed tempting, Su Xing temporarily did not possess the Sword Cultivator''s cultivation technique, so it would be a waste. "I choose the seven years of Alchemy Experience, as well as the Concentration Pill Technique!" As Su Xing''s words fell, a prompt sound came to his ear. [Ding, you have chosen to carry out seven years of Alchemy Experience, costing 70,000 points of energy, leaving a remaining energy bnce of 623,000 points.] [Ding, you have chosen to carry out the secret technique of Condensing Core, costing 100,000 points of energy, leaving a remaining energy bnce of 523,000 points.] A deluge of alchemy memories flooded into Su Xing''s mind, making him feel that his grasp on the Essence-Nourishing Pill and the Spirit-Nourishing Pill had advanced even further. Upon opening the Professional Panel, it turned out to be true, Su Xing had already mastered the method to refine Spirit-Nourishing Pills at an aplished level, and his Essence-Nourishing Pills had reached the Mahayana Level. Meanwhile, an ancient secret manual had appeared in Su Xing''s hands. The cover was inscribed with three bold characters, written in a dragon-and-phoenix calligraphy style: Condensing Core Technique. Unable to wait, Su Xing immediately flipped open the Condensing Core Technique to start reviewing its contents; two hourster, he slowly lifted his head, a smile spreading across his face. The Condensing Core Technique was not difficult to learn; one could sessfully master this secret technique in just a matter of days. However, the difficult part was the constant refining and condensing of the Golden Core! ording to the description in the Condensing Core Technique,mon cultivators could only aim to reach a medium-grade Golden Core in their lifetime. As for cultivators with dual Spiritual Roots, they could potentially achieve a high-grade Golden Core. As for the Nine Revolution Golden Core, only those with a singr Spiritual Root could possibly cultivate it! The Condensing Core Technique recorded the following: "In the 78369th year of the Immortal Era, during the zenith of cultivation, all sects between heaven and earth could learn the technique of condensing the core, to form the supreme Nine Revolution Golden Core. Yet among the countless cultivators in our realm, only twenty or thirty individuals are able to condense the Nine Revolution Golden Core in a year, merely half of what it was during the ancient times of great prosperity." This roughly means that in that year, the entire world had only twenty or thirty people who could condense the Nine Revolution Golden Core in an entire year, a number only achievable in a prosperous era of cultivation. The book''s mention of countless cultivators probably signifies their abundance, but Su Xing does not know the exact number of cultivators. Yet, based on Su Xing''s estimation, perhaps among tens of hundreds of thousands, or even millions of cultivators, only one would be able to condense a Nine Revolution Golden Core. Of course, condensing a Nine Revolution Golden Core isn''t necessarily a good thing, since it takes far too much time! ording to the records in the book, the Nine Revolution Golden Core should have nine patterns on it, and on average, each pattern requires ten to several tens of years to form. After practicing the Condensing Core Technique, however, the time needed for condensing the core could be halved... Even so, for those of mediocre talent, the Nine Revolution Golden Core remains an insurmountable challenge. But Su Xing was not afraid! The one thing he wasn''tcking was time; if one simtion didn''t work, then he would try a second time, and if twice wasn''t enough, then ten times! With each simtion, as long as Su Xing didn''t die prematurely, he had fifteen years to cultivatesurely enough time to condense the Nine Revolution Golden Core! Most importantly, the description of the Nine Revolution Golden Core in the Condensing Core Technique was simply too tempting. "Those who condense the Nine Revolution Golden Core can fight against Nascent Soul elders of higher tiers as easily as eating and drinking!" Meaning that, once you''ve cultivated the Nine Revolution Golden Core, fighting across higher tiers is as simple as eating and drinking. With such a great temptation, how could Su Xing resist? "First learn the Condensing Core Technique, then in the simtions, condense the high-grade Golden Core. Repeatedly doing so, I should be able to eventually bring the Nine Revolution Golden Core out." Su Xing set a small n for himself in his heart. "Now I temporarily have enough energy, as long as I can refine a sufficient number of Essence-Nourishing Pills, replenishing close to one million points of energy every week is not a difficult task... Moreover, once the Tarot Society is established, there will be an even greater quantity of white-quality equipment. By then, I could even harvest several million points of energy a week!" Su Xing clenched his fists tightly, feeling a bright future ahead. All he needed to do now was toy low and develop well. With enough energy, he would have enough cultivation level! Chapter 48: Chapter 48: Blue Talent, Innate Divine Strength! In addition, the whereabouts of the lower half of the Changchun Technique had be clear. After the next simtion, Su Xing might consider bing an elder under Protector Zong''smand, and by then, he should be able to sessfully bring out the lower half of the Changchun Technique. "Everything is going ording to n, now all that''s left is to umte energy..." With a deep breath, Su Xing continued to immerse himself in the Spirit Field copy, starting to farm and practice alchemy. The main source of energy for Su Xing was still the Nourishing Face Pill. Although he could prepare other elixirs for earning energy, first, selling Nourishing Face Pills was less likely to draw attention, and second, the preparation of other elixirs required higher-grade medicinal materials that Su Xing was unable to procure at the moment. In the following week, Su Xing first spent two days refining a total of thirteen furnaces of Nourishing Face Pills, increasingly raising his efficiency. With the improvement of Su Xing''s alchemy skills, the probability of producing high-quality Nourishing Face Pills had been increasing. Almost three out of every ten pills were a "high-grade version of the Nourishing Face Pill." "Perhaps, I can put the high-grade version of the Nourishing Face Pills up for auction... One pill can maintain youthfulness for three months, so the price should be over three million!" After refining the Nourishing Face Pills he nned to sell in advance, Su Xing spent each day nting spirit crops, cultivating Spirit Fields, consuming Spirit Rice, and honing his physique. Su Xing was reluctant to use Spirit Stones for cultivation as they were dwindling in number; it was best to save them for use in the simtor. Soon, a week had passed. In this week''s time, Su Xing''s Body Refinement Cultivation Level had made significant progress, reaching the secondyer of the Bone Forging Realm. A cultivator at the secondyer of the Bone Forging Realm, in terms ofbat strength alone, could even be much stronger than a Qi Cultivation Cultivator at the secondyer of the Foundation Establishment Stage. Su Xing''s pure physical strength was nearly approaching a hundred thousand catties, and sting a Silver Level copy monster with one punch was not a difficult task. As Jin Congxue was busy establishing the Tarot Commerce Association, she did not deliver the rewards personally and instead entrusted a confidant to bring this week''s batch of white equipment. A total of one hundred and eleven thousand pieces of white-quality equipment, after being converted into simtion energy by Su Xing, saw his energy points break through the one million mark for the first time, reaching 1.1 million energy points! In the afternoon of January 7th, 2024, of the New Era, Su Xing once again activated the simtor. "Begin simtion!" [This simtion cost 1,800 energy points. Remaining energy points: 1,107,000. Remaining number of simtions: unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, green talent costs 1,000 energy points, and blue talent costs 10,000 energy points. Do you wish to draw?] With abundant energy, Su Xing naturally opted to draw a blue-quality talent; if he happened to draw a usable blue talent, it would be a huge win. "Draw a blue talent!" [Ding, congrattions on obtaining a blue talent, Innate Divine Strength!] Innate Divine Strength? This seemed to be a talent rted to Body Cultivation! Su Xing''s heart stirred as he hurriedly checked the talent description. [Innate Divine Strength]: A blue talent. Your strength far surpasses that of an ordinary person, and you possess exceptional talent in physical constitution and Body Cultivation! Indeed, it was a talent for Body Cultivation! ted, Su Xing swiftly contemted in his heart. "It seems the purpose of this simtion needs to change..." Su Xing had originally nned to infiltrate the Descending Sect and take away the second half of the Changchun Technique manual. But since he had drawn an unexpected talent, Su Xing''s Body Refinement Cultivation Level could surely advance further! Su Xing quickly devised a n in his heart and began the official simtion. [Within the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize that you are simting.] [You discover that your body has be stronger than before; even at the secondyer of the Bone Forging Realm, your physical strength isparable to that of a Body Refinement Cultivator at the fourth or fifthyer.] [You start to attempt cultivation, and as your talent for Body Refinement is excellent, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level starts to rise swiftly. You are able to eat several bowls of Spirit Rice daily and each meal must include a few Spirit Chicken eggs. Every other day, you also need to stew a pot of Spirit Chicken soup to maintain your cultivation.] [You begin to expand the poption of Spirit Chickens in the blessednd, breeding more of them to provide you with more Spirit Chicken eggs and meat.] [The second year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level advances to the Great Perfection of the Bone Forging Realm.] [Looking at your body, full of vigorous qi and blood, you have a premonition that perhaps you don''t need to take an Organ Refining Pill and that you might break through to the Organ Refining Realm merely with your Body Refinement talent!] [You continue to cultivate methodically, devoting most of your time to Body Refinement cultivation apart from alchemy and farming.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan finds you, telling you she wants to join a certain mysterious organization.] [After a night of heated discussions, you bluntly express your desire to also join the organization and ask her to introduce you!] [Wang Qingxuan hesitates for a long time but finally agrees to your request.] Su Xing felt ted upon seeing this; joining the Descending Sect five years earlier would allow him earlier ess to the precious Spiritual Medicines within the sect and breakthroughs in his realm coulde earlier! Thinking over it, Su Xing decided to continue joining under the Shadow Protector as before; after all, based on thest simtion, it was rtively safe under Shadow Protector''smand, as long as he did not venture into the inner treasury of the sect, there wouldn''t be too much trouble. With a decision made in his heart, Su Xing continued the simtion. [Led by Wang Qingxuan, you are also rmended to an Elder within the sect, who is one of Shadow Protector''s subordinates whom you had met before.] [The Elder tells you that once you join the Descending Sect, you must never betray it, and he would assess you for half a year, during which you would only be peripheral members.] Su Xing frowned slightly upon seeing this, wondering why there had been no such thing as a six-month assessment during thest simtion? But soon, Su Xing realized. "That''s right, during thest simtion, Wang Qingxuan was already a core force within the sect, so her rmendation must have been somewhat credible. But now, both she and I are neers; it makes sense that there would be an assessment..." Su Xing nodded slightly and decided not to be hasty but to observe for a while. [In the following six months, you store up strength, persistently train your body every day, and timelyplete the tasks given to you by the sect.] [You can sense that you are just oneyer away from the Organ Refining Realm, yet you can''t seem to break through.] [After much hesitation, you begin to demonstrate your value; you start to refine Wound Healing Pills and gift a few to other sect members, "identally" allowing the matter of the Wound Healing Pills to be exposed to the upper echelons of the sect.] [Three dayster, Shadow Protector arrives with a few Elders under him to find you.] [He takes out the Wound Healing Pills you had refined and inquires about their origins.] [You pretend to be indecisive; Shadow Protector tells you that if you reveal the origin of the elixirs, the sect will not treat you unfairly.] [You then reluctantly admit that you had refined the Wound Healing Pills yourself and also indicate that you can refine several other types of elixirs but are temporarilycking the medicinal materials...] Chapter 49: Chapter 49: Organ Refining Realm! Su Xing nodded slightly at this. Previously, he had simted an offering of Spirit Rice, resulting in a scenario where an old protector tormented him to death. In that simtion, his position was insignificant, and the Protector Zong seemed to be a fanatical extremist, which led to such an oue. This Shadow Protector, however, seemed somewhat more reasonable. As long as he was careful and kept his Alchemy skills firmly in his own hands, there would be no problem. Thinking this, Su Xing continued to simte. [The Shadow Protector was overjoyed with this, ordering his subordinates to bring over a hundred herbs, and letting you refine Wound Healing Pills.] [You spent three days crafting a hundred Wound Healing Pills, secretly holding back fifty pills and ny herbs, offering up only fifty Wound Healing Pills.] [After hearing of your sessful refinement, the Shadow Protector came to learn from it himself, letting his subordinates try your Wound Healing Pills and finding them to have quite good therapeutic effects even on Master Level practitioners.] [The Shadow Protector was very satisfied with your performance, telling you that as long as you worked hard, within three years, you would surely be a new Elder.] [You pretended to be ttered by his favor and showed even greater respect towards the Shadow Protector, who grew more pleased with your attitude and gave you even more Spiritual Medicine for you to supply more Elixirs.] Su Xing looked on with a strange expression on his face. Good grief, a hundred herbs were enough to refine a thousand Wound Healing Pills, but he had only handed over fifty pills, effectively embezzling ny-five percent of the materials. "Damn, the me in the simtor seems to be quite dark-hearted..." Su Xing touched his chin, his lips curving up slightly. But peculiarly, in the Descending Sect apart from him, no one understood alchemy, so as long as he could deliver Elixirs on schedule, he would not be caught. [Another month passed, and you provided a hundred Wound Healing Pills to the Descending Sect, dering that you could refine an Elixir known as the Organ Refining Pill, which could enhance the strength of practitioners.] [After hearing this, the Shadow Protector was delighted and immediately had a hundred Huang Xian Essence herbs brought to you, instructing you to supply a hundred Organ Refining Pills to them.] [A hundred Huang Xian Essences were more than enough to refine a thousand Organ Refining Pills. You spent a month crafting a thousand Organ Refining Pills, handing over the inferior ones, then you began to close in on seclusion.] [Within the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you selected a few Organ Refining Pills with weaker medicinal effects but of excellent quality, intending to break through to the Organ Refining Realm.] [Your Body Refinement Cultivation Level had already reached the Great Perfection of the Bone Forging Realm over a year ago. Over the past year, you felt your physical body be more perfect, stronger than at any other time before, and had a premonition that this time, you would seed in breaking through to the Organ Refining Realm.] [You spent three days adjusting your physical condition to perfection and on a morning when vitality was most abundant, you took an Organ Refining Pill.] [The main herb in this Organ Refining Pill, the Huang Xian Essence, was less than three years old, and you had more than a seventy percent confidence that this attempt would lead to a breakthrough.] [But once the Organ Refining Pill was ingested, you realized that you had underestimated its effects.] [A warm current flowed into your body, you felt your temperature rising, your skin gradually reddening, your breathing bing rapid, and a subtle pain began to emanate within you.] [The pain grew more intense, and you felt as if your internal organs were about to be torn aparta sensation of being ripped from the depths of your soul.] [Endless pain heated up within you;rge beads of sweat formed on your forehead. This pain would not dissipate quickly but persisted.] [On the first day after taking the Organ Refining Pill, the pain in your internal organs was indescribable, yet you endured with unyielding determination.] [On the second day after taking the Organ Refining Pill, the pain inside you slowly lessened, and you felt your body growing stronger, seemingly three times mightier than before.] [But you sat cross-legged in ce, daring not to move, as any movement would bring waves of endless agony to your organs.] [You gritted your teeth and persisted, and so three more days passed.] [By the sixth day, you could move freely. Looking inward at your internal organs, you found each wrapped in a faint golden glow, feeling much more resilient than before, but it seemed you still hadn''t broken through to the Organ Refining Realm.] [On the seventh day, you emerged from seclusion. Although you hadn''t broken through to the Organ Refining Realm, you felt your physical fitness, especially the toughness of your internal organs, had greatly improved beyond before.] [You returned to the Descending Sect and spent several days preparing the elixirs needed for the following month in advance; then, you chose to continue your retreat in the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [It took a week to bring your body back to its peak condition. With the experience of the previous attempt, you believed you could assimte another Organ Refining Pill.] [You swallowed an Organ Refining Pill, which transformed into a warm current nourishing your internal organs.] [The expected pain struck, but perhaps because your physique had strengthened, or maybe your tolerance for pain had grown, the agony seemed to be only half as intense asst time.] [You sat cross-legged, maintaining steady breathing to fight the pain in your internal organs.] [Another week passed, and to your amazement, the glow around your internal organs shone brighter, seeming to reach a threshold. Once you broke through it, you would enter the Organ Refining Realm!] [The side effects from taking the Organ Refining Pill this time were far less severe than before, so after just three days of recuperation, your bodily functions had returned to their peak.] [You took the Organ Refining Pill for the third time, with a premonition that the Organ Refining Realm was within reach.] [The anticipated pain didn''t ur; you only felt an increasing lightness with each breath, afort so starkly different from the previous pain that it nearly sent you soaring on the spot.] [You closed your eyes and sat in meditation, focusing intently on the changes within your internal organs.] [Your heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, and all the organs within you seemed to have their own life, breathing freely and radiating pleasure.] [The golden light around your organs grew stronger until it reached a certain peak, and then returned to simplicity, resuming tranquility.] [But when you opened your eyes again, you felt that everything had changed!] [Your heart was more vigorous, allowing you to fight longer; your lungs were tougher, enabling you to breathe freely underwater; and your liver was so strong that it could even be immune to some toxins...] [You felt an unprecedented vitality in your body, as if your strength had multiplied in an instant!] [You had sessfully broken through to the Organ Refining Realm!] Chapter 50: Chapter 50 The True Use of the Organ Refining Pill, Four Benefits from One Fish? Su Xing clenched his fists tightly, feeling an indescribable exhration! He had finally broken through to the Organ Refining Realm! In order to sessfully break through, he had attempted numerous simtions and even died several times within the simtor. Unexpectedly, in the end, it was the enhancement of his talent that finally made him a cultivator of the Organ Refining Realm. The Organ Refining Realm corresponds to the Golden Core Stage of Qi Cultivation Cultivators. Although their spiritual power and methods are not as good as those of Golden Core Stage Cultivators, in terms ofbat ability, they are even stronger than Golden Core Cultivators. "Indeed, talent is everything... the improvement brought by a blue talent is much greater than that of a green one!" "Moreover, I could only survive up to fifteen years in each simtion, so the blue talent allowed me to increase my strength faster!" Su Xing took a deep breath and turned his gaze to the simtion panel. [After breaking through to the Organ Refining Realm, you have an unprecedented confidence. However, considering that you are still within the nefarious organization known as the Descending Sect, filled with hidden dragons and crouching tigers, you decided to continue your steady development.] [On normal days, you still help the Descending Sect in refining Organ Refining Pills, Essence-Nourishing Pills, and other elixirs, but you have withheld the majority of the medicinal ingredients for your own cultivation.] [After breaking through to the Organ Refining Realm, you are able to consume an Organ Refining Pill every day to enhance the strength of your viscera.] [In the third year, your cultivation level broke through to the second level of the Organ Refining Realm!] [In the fourth year, your cultivation level broke through to the third level of the Organ Refining Realm.] [In the fifth year, your cultivation level broke through to the fourth level of the Organ Refining Realm! And due to your "diligent and devoted" provision of arge amount of elixirs to the Descending Sect over these years, the Shadow Protector has applied for you to be an elder within the sect.] [You became the eighteenth Elder of the Descending Sect, known as Elder Medicine. You became the favorite of the Shadow Protector, who saw you as the most promising of his subordinates.] As expected, he had be an elder-level figure again. "This Shadow Protector seems not too bad towards me! Whenever I wanted medicinal ingredients, I got them, and whenever I wanted a promotion, I got it. It''s only been a little over three years since I joined the Descending Sect, and now I''ve be an elder." Su Xing stroked his chin and sighed lightly. Perhaps,pared to Protector Zong, Dragon Protector, and the others, Shadow Protector was indeed good to him, but this was also because he saw potential in him. Moreover, all of these people are traitors of the Human Race, ultimately standing on the opposite side of him. The only thing that surprised Su Xing was that his Body Refinement Cultivation Level was skyrocketing like a rocket! An average of one level per year; it hadn''t been long, yet he had already be a great cultivator of the fourth level of the Organ Refining Realm. "Is it because of the enhancement from the blue talent ''Innate Divine Strength''?" Su Xing fell into deep thought and then realized that, in the simtor, he had been consuming an Organ Refining Pill every day. In just over three years, he must have used up more than a thousand Organ Refining Pills, right? "Perhaps, it''s not just because of the talent... these Organ Refining Pills seem to be very useful for the enhancement of a cultivator''s level in the Organ Refining Realm!" "Wait a minute, Organ Refining Pill... Organ Refining Realm! Could it be that these pills are specifically meant to increase the cultivation level of cultivators in the Organ Refining Realm?" Su Xing had an epiphany, then a vein popped on his forehead. Damn it, these pills were indeed meant for enhancing the cultivation level of those in the Organ Refining Realm! No wonder Su Xing kept dying whenever he took an Organ Refining Pill during the Bone Forging Realm... "It''s only thanks to my Innate Divine Strength that my physique is so robust... Otherwise, I may have burst and died!" Su Xing regretted his recklessness, but at the same time, he was grateful for having drawn a blue-quality Body Refinement talent. Without a stronger Body Refinement talent, Su Xing might have simted dozens of times without necessarily managing to break through to the Organ Refining Realm. "Ah, this is the downside of not having a teacher. That cheap master of mine left me only two Cultivation Techniques and a broken spiritual ce, and didn''t teach me anything else!" Su Xing sighed with relief that he had the simtor; if he had to figure out cultivation on his own, he''d probably have died countless times by now. But then again, isn''t that exactly what the simtor is forto explore repeatedly and avoid pitfalls? "Once I get the second half of the Changchun Technique and my strength increases a bit more, I should try checking out some of those cultivation instances." Su Xing had coordinates to several cultivation instances in his hands, but hecked the strength at the moment and nned to try them out when he felt stronger. Su Xing continued to simte. [The Shadow Protector personally held an Elder appointment ceremony for you. Several Elders from the Nature Faction came in person to congratte you and gave you quite a few greeting gifts.] [Even the other two sects each sent an Elder and offered their congrattions.] [After the Elder appointment ceremony, Elders from both the Frenzied Faction and the Coexistence Faction approached you with a request, hoping that you would supply them with certain elixirs.] [You didn''t agree rashly, because in the eyes of others, you are the confidant of the Shadow Protector. So, you asked the Shadow Protector about this matter.] [The Shadow Protector was pleased to hear of your inquiry and told you that although the three factions have slightly different philosophies, they all worship the great Heavenly Father and the main race, so they should help the other sects if they can.] [The Shadow Protector called over the Elders from the other two factions and told them that they could have the elixirs, but they must pay the appropriate remuneration.] [The two Elders seemed to be quite afraid of the Shadow Protector and readily agreed to the terms.] [So, in the following month, the amount of elixirs you crafted tripled. You were to hand over three hundred Organ Refining Pills and three hundred Wound Healing Pills each month. Of course, the amount of spiritual medicine you received also tripled. Additionally, you earned three thousand contribution points each month, as well as other rewards for alchemy provided by the two other factions.] Su Xing couldn''t help butugh with delight at this. The number of elixirs I craft has tripled, and the medicinal materials have also tripled. By this calction, he would be able to pocket nearly three hundred Golden Immortal Essence and other Spiritual Medicines each month. Plus, the contribution points had tripled, on top of the additional alchemy rewards... Describing it as killing two birds with one stone would be an understatementit''s like killing four birds with one stone! With this, he could continue to craft even more Organ Refining Pills and Wound Healing Pills for his own use. But even he could only consume a maximum of thirty Organ Refining Pills in a month; the surplus seemed somewhat useless. "Why worry about it so much? I''m using the Descending Sect''s materials anywayif they''re wasted, it''s not like I''ll feel the pinch!" Su Xing chuckled and continued to simte. [In the sixth year, your cultivation level broke through to the fifth level of the Organ Refining Realm. As your cultivation level grew, you found it increasingly difficult to make progress, so you began to swallow two Organ Refining Pills daily for cultivation.] [In the seventh year, you took three Organ Refining Pills daily to cultivate, and your cultivation level broke through to the sixth level of the Organ Refining Realm.] [In the eighth year, you swallowed four Organ Refining Pills every day for cultivation, and your cultivation level broke through to the seventhyer of the Organ Refining Realm.] [In the ninth year, you felt that you might have ingested too many elixirs over the years. Toxins from these elixirs had umted in your body, forming elixir poisoning. You had to slow down your Body Refinement pace and began to focus on enhancing your Qi Refining Cultivation.] Chapter 51: Chapter 51 Choice of Rewards Su Xing felt somewhat helpless at this. Cultivating immortality to raise one''s realm was never easy. Often, breaking through a minor realm would take years, not to mention a major realm. Even though Su Xing''s talent could now be considered extraordinary, maintaining one minor realm breakthrough per year was very difficult, and only with the aid of elixirs could he achieve a breakthrough. After all, each simtion only gave him fifteen years of cultivation time, making every year of cultivation extremely precious. It was for this reason that after Su Xing consumed arge amount of elixirs to improve his cultivation level, it was inevitable that elixir poisoning would form within his body. [In the tenth year, your Qi Refining Cultivation has advanced to the third level of the Golden Core Realm. This past year, you have used Spiritual Energy daily to remove the elixir poison from your body, significantly reducing the elixir poison within.] [In the eleventh year, you have maintained a daily intake of an Organ Refining Pill to enhance your Body Refinement Cultivation Level, but due to the excessive amount of elixir poison in your body, your cultivation level has not broken through.] [In the twelfth year, through your relentless effort, your cultivation level has advanced to the eighth level of the Organ Refining Realm.] [In the fourteenth year, your cultivation level has broken through to the ninth level of the Organ Refining Realm!] [One day, Shadow Protector approached you, and it had been several years since youst saw Shadow Protector. You felt his aura was much more formidable than before, but his emotions became more unstable, and asionally, a bloodthirsty crimson gleam shed in his eyes.] [He told you that the real world is on the brink of doom, and you are the elder he holds in the highest regard. He produced a corpse of a Demonic Beast, which appeared to be a high-level beast.] [His emotions somewhat out of control, he informed you that everything was a deception. The members of the Coexistence Faction had beenrgely wiped out, the Zealot Faction hadunched attacks on the other two factions, and the main race was to descend within a month. Now, the only way for you to survive was to be a part of the dominant race.] [Shadow Protector was willing to personally transform you. He said he would take you to the world of the dominant race and start a new life.] [Faced with Shadow Protector''s request, you hesitated but ultimately refused him, indicating that you did not wish to be a half-human, half-beast monster.] [After hearing your refusal, Shadow Protector fell silent for a long time and did not say much. It seemed he had anticipated your response. He expressed respect for your destiny and acknowledged your contributions over the years, stating he could try to grant you one request.] [For you, the purpose of this simtion had already been fulfilled, and you could not think of any request to make on the spot. But then an idea struck you; you expressed your desire for the Complete Edition of Changchun Technique, a Cultivation Technique from Protector Zong.] [Shadow Protector was taken aback for a moment but shook his head, revealing that Protector Zong had perished in a battle a few days ago, and nobody knew the whereabouts of his belongings. Thus, he could not fulfill your request.] [Unable to obtain the Changchun Technique, you made a casual request. Having known Shadow Protector for over a decade, you were still unaware of his true appearance under that mask. So, you asked to see Shadow Protector''s true face.] [After hearing your request, Shadow Protector was stunned. After hesitating for a while, he finally took off his mask.] [When Shadow Protector''s mask was removed, you were taken aback; beneath the mask was an astonishingly beautiful woman, with graceful hair and skin as pale as snow, resembling a woman who had stepped out of a painting.] [Shadow Protector no longer disguised her voice. She told you to take care of yourself and indicated that if you changed your mind, you were wee to find her anytime.] [Shadow Protector eventually left, and you were unsure where she might go. Perhaps she too had a story once that led her to betray the Human Race and join the Descending Sect.] [New Era 2037, September 23rd. This day was supposed to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, yet the entire Human Race was engulfed in tremendous panic.] [A behemoth,rge enough to blot out the sun and sky, appeared. It devoured the entire Great Xia Country in one bite.] [You died, aged 37!] [Your talent, Unwilling to Close Eyes in Death, activated] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing came back to his senses. Overall, the information contained in this simtion is overwhelming, and the rewards received are indeed too substantial. "Shadow Protector, to think it''s a woman..." Su Xing was somewhat surprised, clearly not having expected this twist. Based on the results of this simtion, it seems the entire Human Race has been wiped out, and the endings of the three factions within the Descending Sect also appear to differ. The followers of the Coexistence Faction were almostpletely annihted by the Zealot Faction, and the fate of the remaining Zealot followers is unknown. Only the Natural Faction seemed to have escaped this catastrophe, transforming themselves into the Foreign Race, apparently able to seek refuge in the world where the Foreign Race resides. Su Xing shook his head; the oues of these three factions were not what he wanted. To be a Foreign Race, would one still be truly oneself in the end? So clearly, joining the Descending Sect would not end well in any case. The most crucial point that puzzled Su Xing was why his age in this simtion turned out to be thirty-seven years old. "In this simtion, the apocalypse came just fourteen yearster. Is it because today is January 7, 2024? It shouldn''t be, otherwise I should still be thirty-eight years old..." "Perhaps, it''s because I joined the Descending Sect and did quite a bit for them that the time of the Foreign Race''s sessful invasion of the real world was advanced by a few months..." After joining the Great Xia Military, Su Xing had previously dyed the arrival of the Foreign Race by a month. "By that logic...joining the Descending Sect means I might only have fourteen years left to cultivate..." Su Xing sighed softly; there was no helping it. After all, the simtor provided so much through the Descending Sect... Elixirs abundant enough to surfeit Su Xing, fully capable of elerating his Cultivation Level advancement by several folds. "Before finding a better cultivation path, if I want to increase my cultivation, I still need to fleece the Descending Sect!" Su Xing turned his attention to the rewards from this simtion. [Innate Divine Strength]: Blue talent, priced at 100,000 energy points. [Organ Refining Realm, Ninth Layer]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, with all internal pill toxin side effects removed, priced at 1 million energy points. [Fourteen Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, priced at 140,000 energy points. [Golden Core Stage, Fourth Layer]: Qi Refining Cultivation of the fourthyer of the Golden Core Stage, and due to your constant consumption of Essence-Nourishing Pills, the Spirit Pill in your Dantian has be more solid, nearing the quality of a top-grade Spirit Pill. Priced at 300,000 energy. [Organ Refining Pill, 1000 Pills]: Priced at 10 million energy points. The blue talent, Innate Divine Strength, is a must-choose reward for Su Xing, as it is the advanced version of the great strength he already possesses and can greatly enhance his Body Cultivation talent. And for the remaining choices, Su Xing currently can only afford the Body Refinement Cultivation Level, Alchemy insights, and Qi Refining Cultivation Level. Without much hesitation, Su Xing quickly made his choice. "I choose the blue talent Innate Divine Strength and the Organ Refining Realm, Ninth Layer cultivation level!" Chapter 52: Chapter 52: Ninth Level of the Organ Refining Realm, Strength Skyrockets! Before Su Xing''s Body Refinement Cultivation Level was at the second level of the Bone Forging Realm. However, in this simtion, his cultivation level directly reached the ninth level of the Organ Refining Realm, his Body Refinement Cultivation Level skyrocketing! Moreover, this Body Refinement Cultivation Level was the kind purified of pill poison, so Su Xing naturally had no reason not to choose it. Of course, the energy points needed for the ninth level of the Organ Refining Realm were enormous, a total of 1 million energy points. Including the 100,000 energy points required for his talent, Su Xing currently did not even have enough energy points. Left with no choice, Su Xing could only sell some of the equipment he had umted in advance to barely gather the required 1.1 million energy points. [Ding, you have chosen to bring out the ninth level of the Organ Refining Realm Cultivation Level, spending 1m energy points, remaining energy 100,103 points.] [Ding, you have chosen to bring out the blue talent Innate Divine Strength, spending 100k energy points, remaining energy 103 points.] Su Xing, looking at the mere 103 points of energy left, wanted to cry without tears, his energy umted over more than two weeks vanished in a single night. But it was all worth it! As the sounds of the simtor''s notification rang in Su Xing''s ears, his body underwent massive changes. Su Xing only felt his inner strength surge dramatically in a short time, his whole body''s aura climbing fiercely. Bone Forging Realm third level... Bone Forging Realm fifth level... Bone Forging Realm Great Perfection! In just tens of seconds, Su Xing''s cultivation level climbed from the second level of the Bone Forging Realm to Great Perfection! And Su Xing''s bodily strength also multiplied, his arms now possessing the strength of over two hundred thousand pounds! But it wasn''t over yet. As Su Xing''s physical strength continued to umte, reaching a certain threshold, he felt as if a shackle within had been sessfully broken through. Organ Refining Realm! Su Xing quickly inspected internally and found a faintyer of gold light covering his five viscera and six bowels. The gold light retracted continuously until it eventually merged into them, disappearing... The first level of the Organ Refining Realm was far from Su Xing''s ultimate limit in this simtion! In the next few minutes, Su Xing''s physical strength rose intermittently. Organ Refining Realm second level... Organ Refining Realm third level... Organ Refining Realm fifth level... Organ Refining Realm eighth level! Finally, after breaking through to the ninth level of the Organ Refining Realm, Su Xing felt the speed of his cultivation level''s rise slowly down before finally stabilizing at the ninth level of the Organ Refining Realm! "Is this, the ninth level of the Organ Refining Realm?" For a moment, Su Xing felt as if in a dream. He acquired Great Perfection in Body Cultivation Level from the second simtion, and up to now, in his eighteenth simtion, he had never been able to bring out Body Refinement Cultivation Level from the simtions. Moreover, in several simtions, Su Xing had died due to his body exploding while attempting to break through to the Organ Refining Realm. But it was all worth it; with umted effort leading to sudden sess, Su Xing had be a cultivator at the ninth level of the Organ Refining Realm. If he could break through again, that would be the fourth realm of Body Refinement Cultivator, the Origin Martial Realm! Su Xing entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land, sat cross-legged, and continuously explored his own body with his mind. He could feel the formidable strength within his body. "Although this Body Refinement Cultivation Level came without side effects, my mastery over this body''s strength is still too little... I should familiarize myself with it more." In the following week, Su Xing did not engage in Alchemy, but began to familiarize himself with his body''s strength. Breaking through from the second level of the Bone Forging Realm to the ninth level of the Organ Refining Realm in a single day was like a beggar suddenly winning a 5 million dor lottery; naturally, he needed to thoroughly familiarize himself to be worthy of this gift. After several days of familiarization in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, Su Xing gradually mastered the strength of his body. "I just don''t know how strong I am now... When I was at Great Perfection in the Bone Forging Realm, I had the strength of 200,000 catties. Could it be that my strength has broken through a million catties?" When a person suddenly obtains immense strength, without experimenting, one simply wouldn''t know how strong they actually are. "Perhaps, I could find a ce to test just how strong I am..." To be safe, Su Xing swallowed a Disguise Pill he had refined for a long time,pletely changed his appearance, and stealthily sneaked into the Kyoto Academy''s training facility when it was unupied. Inside the vast training facility, there were dozens of specially made strength training machines. These strength training machines are used by closebat professionals. After professionals break through in their level, they often gain several attribute points. Magic professionals usually have stronger mental power and need to constantly use their skills to fully master their strength. Closebat professionals, especially those who are strength or speed type, also need continuous training after increasing their attribute points to fully master their own strength. Kyoto Academy has such facilities to help professionals quickly master their strength and speed. It was deep into the night at this time, and there were only a few people training in the entire facility. And this was precisely Su Xing''s goal, to change his appearance and train in a less crowded setting, thus avoiding drawing too much attention. Su Xing approached a strength training machine marked for Gold-level professionals. Theoretically, this machine could withstand the full-force attack of a strength-type Gold-level professional. As an Organ Refining Realm Cultivator, Su Xing was in the third realm of Body Cultivation, which theoretically meant his strength was equivalent to that of a level 30 strength-type Gold professional. Su Xing strode up to a strength training machine in the corner, took a deep breath, and threw a punch. Bang! With a loud explosion, the special machine, three meters in length, width, and height, was directly smashed to bits. Seeing this, Su Xing was stunned for a moment and frowned, saying, "These Gold-level strength training machines... seem a bit too fragile, don''t they?" Su Xing''s punch that sted the training machine created a hugemotion, instantly catching the attention of the few people in the facility. "Wow, to st a Gold-level strength training machine with one punch, if I''m not mistaken, the Gold-level machines are supposed to withstand up to a 100-ton force, right?" "This senior seems a bit unfamiliar! Did he just break through to Master Level ande to the training facility to show off?" "To have such strength just after breaking through to Master Level? Even some of the seasoned strength-type Master professionals probably can''t reach a 100-ton force with a single punch, can they?" "Hiss... a peak Master-level professional? Could this senior be one of the strongest in their fourth year? But we clearly haven''t seen him before." On the other side of the training facility, several professionals watched Su Xing from a distance with admiration, whispering among themselves. Su Xing frowned slightly; he didn''t want to be noticed by the other students, but he hadn''t yet achieved his goal of testing his strength. So Su Xing quickly walked to a strength training machine marked for Master-level professionals. Gathering his power, he threw a punch! Bang! With a punch thrown by Su Xing, the whole training machine trembled lightly. Su Xing nced at the number on the machine, his face showing a look of astonishment. Then Su Xingunched several more punches to confirm the numbers weren''t mistaken before quickly leaving the training facility. Chapter 53: Chapter 53: The Mysteries of the Organ Refining Realm, The Five Organs of the Human Body ``` After Su Xing left the training facility, a few students on the other side quickly gathered around to see the numbers on the training machine. "One... ten... hundred... thousand... ten thousand! Holy shit, did that tough guy just hit 150,000 kilograms with a punch?" "Can it be that high? One hundred fifty thousand kilograms is a number that most Grandmaster Level strength-type professionals can only dream of achieving!" "Could it be that the tough guy just now used a strength amplification skill? That''s how he reached such power?" "Are you stupid? The tough guy just now threw four consecutive punches with numbers 151,376 kg, 149,789 kg, 155,678 kg, and 157,689 kg. This kind of consistency usually isn''t from using a skill; it must be someone who has just broken through and came to the facility to test their own strength!" "Right, besides, who uses a skill on a training machine? Isn''t that redundant?" "So, does this mean we have another strongman in our senior year? A punching force of 150,000 kilograms, close to 150 tons! That''s a level that only Grandmaster professionals should be able to reach, right?" These students discussed animatedly, nodding frequently, envy shing in their eyes. "I''m so jealous! That senior just now probably ranks in the top ten in strength across all seniors, right? But such a tough person... why have I never seen him before?" "Quick, post the video to the school forum, this will definitely stir up a storm!" By this time, Su Xing had already left the training facility far behind and was unaware of these students'' thoughts. Just to be cautious, Su Xing first took several detours around the school to make sure no one was following him before returning to the men''s dormitory. Then, in a deserted corner, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Blessed Land. Not until the next morning did Su Xing emerge from the Blessed Land and go back to the dormitory. "With that, no one should be able to discover my identity" By then, the effect of the Disguise Pill had worn off, and Su Xingy in the dormitory drinking a sip of Coke, his thoughts constantly turning. "When I was at the Great Perfection of the Bone Forging Realm, my strength had already reached over two hundred thousand jin... But why is it that at the ninthyer of the Organ Refining Realm, my strength is only just over 300,000 jin?" Su Xing felt confused. The transition from the Great Perfection of the Bone Forging Realm to the ninthyer of the Organ Refining Realm should be a transformation in strength, yet the boost to Su Xing''s power was minimal. "Perhaps, the true strength of the Organ Refining Realm lies elsewhere?" Lost in thought, Su Xing then entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land to practice his martial arts. With every punch and kick, Su Xing exerted his full power. The sounds of sonic booms, resulting from punches breaking the sound barrier, echoed through the air. If not for the stable space of the Spirit Field Blessed Land and the air filled with abundant Spiritual Energy, Su Xing''s martial practice would likely have caused a disturbance between heaven and earth. Su Xing practiced from evening until dawn and finally stopped, feeling exhausted. He sat down to drink a sip of water from the Spiritual Spring and began to regte his breath and recuperate. Sitting cross-legged in the Blessed Land, the surrounding Spiritual Energy continuously nourished Su Xing''s body, rapidly restoring his physical strength. "So that''s it, the marvel of Organ Refining Realm isn''t in physical power, but in the internal improvement of a Body Refinement Cultivator!" "The first realm for a Body Refinement Cultivator is the Body Refinement Realm, also known as Meridian Channeling Realm. This realmys the foundation for the path of body cultivation, primarily nourishing the body while also providing a significant boost tobat power and strength." "The second realm of body cultivation is the Bone Forging Realm. This realm mainly enhances the strength of the human skeletal structure and physical body. Once the strength improves, so does the power! That''s why my previous strength soared to three hundred thousand jin; it must be the stage that provides the most significant increase inbat power early on!" "The third realm of body cultivation is the Organ Refining Realm! What is the Organ Refining Realm? It''s about strengthening the five viscera and six bowels, somewhat like the inner strength techniques described in martial arts novels, amplifying Inner Strength!" ``` Su Xing continued along this line of thought. "Strengthening the heart can improve my endurance in continuousbat. I used to be exhausted after fighting for an hour, but now I can sustain the fight for three or four hours before gradually bing fatigued..." "Strengthening the kidneys, which are associated with water, can store essence and absorb energy, and for a Body Refinement Cultivator, the essence, energy, and spirit are very important for the maintenance and bnce of the body''s functions," "Strengthening the liver, the organ for detoxification, after reaching the Organ Refining Realm, means thatmon poisons will not affect me, and even poisonous snakes and centipedes cannot harm me; only those poisons that affect Cultivators can have an effect on me." "Strengthening the lungs allows the breath in my body to flow unceasingly and even grants the ability to breathe or exchange air underwater." "Strengthening the spleen, the human organ for blood production, is critical for a Body Refinement Cultivator who seeks abundant energy and blood. Only with a strong spleen will my energy and blood be in Great Perfection, enabling me to steadily improve my strength!" Su Xing took a deep breath and muttered: "It seems that the Organ Refining Realm is more like a transitional stage that bridges earlier stages and focuses on internal consolidation... Maybe after reaching the fourth-stage Origin Martial Realm, one may experience a significant transformation in strength!" A gleam of insight shed in Su Xing''s eyes as he gained a preliminary understanding of the Organ Refining Realm. After recovering his strength, Su Xing took a bath to wash off the sweat and felt refreshed and invigorated. As soon as he returned to the real world, Su Xing found that Jin Congxue had tried to contact him. "My dear boss, are you there? I have been busy to deathtely... Yourmerce association is almost established, don''t you want toe and hear about the future nning of themerce association? Oh, and I also prepared this week''s equipment for you..." "You''re not replying? Wow, enjoying being a hands-off boss, huh? I''ve been working my butt off to establish thismerce association for you, and you don''t evene to see its members?" Jin Congxue sent several messages in a row, but unfortunately, Su Xing had no signal in the Spirit Field Blessed Land so he could not receive them. Therefore, Su Xing hurriedly replied: "I''m sorry, my deardy, where are you now? I''lle find you right away! (regret.jpg)" Jin Congxue replied immediately: "I''m at the vi that used to belong to the Jin Merchant Guild. I used Tarot Society''s money to buy it as our temporary base." "Wait for me fifteen minutes; I''ll be right there!" Su Xing replied quickly and then ran to the school gate to take a taxi to the vi area where he had met Jin Congxue before. Today, Jin Congxue was wearing a light yellow floral dress, her waterfall-like ck hair cascading freely, possibly a result of consuming Nourishing Face Pills. She looked like a girl of eighteen or neen, with smooth skin and youthful vigor. In the vi, aside from Jin Congxue, there were a dozen professionals. Most of them were white-haired elders, and there were also a few young women who seemed to be Jin Congxue''s close friends and secretaries. Seeing Su Xing, Jin Congxue''s eyes lit up, and she quickly introduced him: "Su Xing, you''re finally here... Let me introduce you. These are the elders of our Tarot Commerce Association, the appraisal masters Mr. Wang, Mr. Rui, and Mr. Liu..." Chapter 54: Chapter 54 The First Gathering of the Tarot Society, Level 10 Beast Speech Talent Jin Congxue said with a smile, "These masters are all retired from the Jin Merchant Guild, and they are industry leaders in appraising equipment and managing transactions. They are also the cornerstone of our Tarot Society''s future..." The white-haired appraisal masters waved their hands modestly after hearing this, "President, what are you talking about? For us old bones to serve you is already your grace..." Su Xing, of course, knew that these appraisal masters were just being modest. After all, the older you get in the appraisal and transaction management business, the more sought-after you be. These masters have immersed themselves in this industry for dozens of years, and it must have taken quite an effort for Jin Congxue to invite them over. With these experienced elders on board, Su Xing could rest easy ying the role of a hands-off shopkeeper. Jin Congxue then pointed to Su Xing and introduced him, "This is Master Su, also one of the elders of our Tarot Society. You will all get to know each other better in time..." After hearing this, Su Xing nodded slightly. He had previously told Jin Congxue not to reveal his identity as the president of the Tarot Society, for the sake of his own safety. On the surface, Su Xing was only an elder of the Tarot Society, with only Jin Congxue aware of Su Xing''s true identity. This suited Su Xing just fine, for the Tarot Society was, after all, merely a tool for him to earn energy. It was best if he could avoid detection as long as he received a regr supply of energy every week. At the first elder council meeting of the Tarot Society, these masters, deeply rooted in the industry, all offered their own insights. Su Xing naturally didn''t mind. After the meeting ended, Jin Congxue called Su Xing out separately. "Here, this is the money earned from selling elixirsst week. It''s all been exchanged for equipment through the Tarot Societya total of 120,000 pieces of white-quality equipment." As she spoke, Jin Congxue handed over a storage ring. Su Xing''s eyes lit up as he took the storage ring and asked, "Howe there are 10,000 more pieces of equipment than we usually acquire?" Jin Congxue rolled her eyes and exined, "After all, it''s our own guild. We''ve now organized a team of professionals in the Jiangnan Academy area to farm dungeons for gold. Every week they can harvest thousands of white-quality pieces of equipment and hundreds of green-quality and above..." "Of course, since the guild has just been established, we''ve recruited less than a hundred people. In a couple of months, this number will increase tenfold." "In addition, the guild''s business also includes the trade of potions, skill scrolls, and experience stones..." "Currently, the main source of equipment stilles from cooperative transactions with the Jin Merchant Guild, but after a year and a half, our own guild will also be able to supply arge amount of equipment." Su Xing nodded repeatedly; although he didn''t understand much aboutmerce, as long as he trusted Jin Congxue and received enough energy every week, that was all that mattered. At this time, it wouldn''t be wise for an outsider like Su Xing to offer advice to the experts. Su Xing took out the Nourishing Face Pill he had prepared in advance from the storage ring and handed it to Jin Congxue. "Here are three hundred Nourishing Face Pills. I refined some extra this week, including one hundred top-quality ones that can maintain one''s youthful appearance for three months." Jin Congxue epted the Nourishing Face Pills, her mind shing with astonishment as she muttered, "My goodness, you are like a human money printer! Three hundred Nourishing Face Pills in a week... The market price of these pills probably exceeds 500 million!" Jin Congxue took out a top-quality Nourishing Face Pill and after observing it for a while, she said, "I think we can take out some of the top-quality Nourishing Face Pills as rewards within the guild! A big reason why those masters are willing to join our Tarot Society is that they want the Nourishing Face Pills..." After hearing this, Su Xing nodded slightly and said, "You can make your own decisions about these matters. I trust you!" The cost of the Nourishing Face Pill was not high; using it as an internal reward just meant that Su Xing would spend a few extra hours concocting it. Jin Congxue''s beautiful eyes fixed on Su Xing, and she pouted slightly as she said, "Do you trust me that much? Aren''t you afraid I''ll run off with all your wealth?" After hearing this, Su Xing chuckled and replied, "It''s fine if the wealth is taken, but you should be careful not to be taken by me!" Jin Congxue''s pretty face blushed, and she lowered her head, saying nothing. After watching a movie at the cinema with Jin Congxue, Su Xing returned to his dormitory alone in the afternoon. Entering the Spirit Field Blessed Land with practiced ease, Su Xing exchanged the newly obtained 120,000 pieces of white-quality equipment for points. The 120,000 pieces of white-quality equipment provided Su Xing with nearly seven hundred thousand simtion energy points, replenishing his rather limited stock. On the afternoon of January 14, 2024 of the New Era, Su Xing promptly started a new round of simtion. "Begin simtion!" [This simtion will consume 1,900 energy points. Remaining energy points: 703,000. Remaining simtion attempts: unlimited.] [Simtion starting!] [Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, and a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?] "Draw a blue-quality talent!" Without hesitation, Su Xing chose to draw a blue-quality talent. After tasting the sweetness of a blue talent, green talents seemed mediocre to him. [Ding, congrattions! You have obtained a blue talent, Level 10 Beast Speech.] [Level 10 Beast Speech]: A blue talent, allowing you to understand thenguage of all spiritual beasts and animals. "Huh, this talent seems quite interesting!" Su Xing stroked his chin and pondered. Although the Beast Speech talent seemingly wouldn''t boost his strength, it might actually have unexpected effects in certain situations. The best way to test this was naturally through simtion. Su Xing immersed his mind into the simtor. [Within the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize you''re in a simtion.] [Just as you''re preparing to practice alchemy, you suddenly hear several unfamiliar voices.] [Aside from you, there is no one else in the Spirit Field Blessed Land. You''re puzzled and begin to search for the source of the voices.] [Atst, you discover that the voices areing from your own Spirit Chickens. These Spirit Chickens, after being raised by you for several months, drinking from the Spiritual Spring and eating Spirit Rice, have developed a basic spiritual awareness.] [Throughmunication with the Spirit Chickens, you discover one of them is self-proimed as Chicken Bro and has subtly be the leader among dozens of Spirit Chickens.] [You trymunicating with the Spirit Chickens, telling them that if theyy eggs daily and hatch chicks rapidly, you will provide them with more Spirit Rice.] [The Spirit Chickens are astonished that you can understand theirnguage, but they recognize you as the absolute master of this ce, so they follow yourmands obediently.] [After encouraging the Spirit Chickens, you resume your routine of alchemy, asionally visiting the Tarot Society and maintaining a good rtionship with Wang Qingxuan.] [Half a yearter, Wang Qingxuan suddenly approaches you, telling you that she wants to join a mysterious organization.] [In this simtion, determined to obtain the second half of the Changchun Technique, you don''t hesitate to tell Wang Qingxuan that you also want to join the mysterious organization.] [Although Wang Qingxuan initially wants to stop you, she agrees to let you join the Descending Sect after your firm request.] Chapter 55: Chapter 55 Complete Changchun Technique Obtained! Su Xing nodded slightly, his Body Refinement Cultivation Level had already reached the ninthyer of Organ Refining Realm, and the breakthrough to the Origin Martial Realm would surely not be easy. Therefore, for long-term considerations, Su Xing still had to focus his attention on the Changchun Technique. Even if Protector Zong was as fierce as a jackal or a tiger, Su Xing would inevitably rise to the challenge and obtain thetter part of the Changchun Technique. [You and Wang Qingxuan have joined the Descending Sect, and acquired the status of ordinary sect members.] [The second year, for the past half-year you have kept a low profile, diligentlypleting your tasks, appearing to be a conscientious member of the sect.] [One day, when you feel the time is right, you surreptitiously disy your alchemy skills.] [Your disyed alchemy skills quickly catch the attention of the Shadow Protector, who summons you. After examining your alchemy skills, he wants to take you into his confidence.] [You know the Shadow Protector does not have the Changchun Technique, so you intentionally keep your distance from him, maintaining an ambiguous attitude.] [The elders of the other two factions within the Descending Sect soon notice this, and they seem to guess that you do not wish to join the Nature Faction. Thus, they send elders from their two factions to make contact with you.] [You feign indecision, but in fact, you have already found out which elder belongs to the Zealous Faction. You deliberately hesitate for half a month and ultimately ept the olive branch extended by the Zealous Faction.] [Upon learning of your joining the Zealous Faction, the Shadow Protector''s mood sours, and his attitude towards you bes much colder.] Su Xing sees this and sighs softly, muttering, "s, little Ying, although you treat me well this time around, in the simtion, I have important business! After I achieve my goal, I''ll choose to join your Nature Faction next time!" [You have joined the Zealous Faction and, as you wished, met with Protector Zong.] [Protector Zong is a fierce-looking old man, with a somewhat sharp and acerbic demeanor, and a rather gloomy look in his eyes.] [His attitude towards you is neither warm nor cold, but whenever his eyes settle on you, you always feel a chill to the bone.] [Protector Zong promises that as long as youplete the tasks heys out, he will give you the position of an elder within a year.] [You agree to Protector Zong''s promise, as your main purpose is still to obtain the Changchun Technique, but you know that you must first gain Protector Zong''s trust.] [You begin trying to refine elixirs, but since the Spiritual Medicine is almost entirely managed by the Nature Faction, and you did not join them, the quantity of Spiritual Medicine you can obtain each month is limited. Furthermore, since the Shadow Protector has a poor impression of you, you can only obtain fifty strands of Yellow Immortal Essence each month.] [Protector Zong''s task for you is to refine two hundred Organ Refining Pills for him each month, you grit your teeth and agree to begin the refining process.] Su Xing sees this and ck lines form on his forehead. In previous simtions, he used to get a hundred strands of Yellow Immortal Essence a month, and he only had to refine a hundred Organ Refining Pills. Now, the amount of work has doubled, and the amount of Yellow Immortal Essence he can embezzle has been halved. "Damn it, after getting the Changchun Technique, I''m definitely going back into the arms of the Shadow Protector!" Su Xing sighs, indeed Protector Zong is no benevolent person! [The third year, during this year, you provide over two thousand Organ Refining Pills for Protector Zong. He uses thisrge batch of pills to greatly enhance the strength of his subordinates. Protector Zong''s status in the Descending Sect bes increasingly higher, and the power of the Zealous Faction grows stronger.] [Protector Zong fulfilled his promise; he promoted you to the rank of elder, and your code name is "Elder of Elixirs."] [You tried multiple times to gain Protector Zong''s trust, but for some reason, the Chief Protector always treated you indifferently, seemingly not considering you a confidant.] [In the fourth year, you still provided the Descending Sect with two hundred Organ Refining Pills every month. However, Protector Zong did not offer you any additional benefits, which you found suspicious, and thus you prepared to confront him.] Su Xing showed a puzzled expression when he read this. "Logically speaking, since I can refine elixirs, Protector Zong certainly should have trained me to be a confidant, but apparently, he does not think the same?" "Where is there such reasoning, to make the horse work daily yet not let it graze?" Su Xing felt uncertain and continued to simte further. [One day, you couldn''t bear it any longer and went straight to Protector Zong, stating that you had long heard of his profound research in the path of cultivation, so you wanted to borrow some ancient cultivation books from him.] [You believed that after doing so much for Protector Zong over the past two years, borrowing a couple of cultivation techniques should not be difficult.] [After hearing your words, Protector Zong revealed a strange smile and pulled out the Changchun Technique from his bosom. He said, "You joined the Descending Sect for this Changchun Technique, didn''t you?"] [Shockwaves surged in your heart C how could Protector Zong know your thoughts? But on the surface, you still pretended to be calm, insisting that you merely agreed with the Descending Sect''s ideals and that your desire for ancient cultivation books was merely out of interest.] [Upon hearing this, Protector Zong chuckled, looking at you with a meaningful gaze, then handed over the Changchun Technique to you. He told you to work hard and that one day you would be a protector like him.] [You were not interested in bing a so-called protector, but the Changchun Technique that you had longed for day and night was finally in your hands, giving you a surreal feeling.] [For a moment, you even suspected that Sect Elder Zong had given you a fake technique.] [But after repeated verification, you finally confirmed that this was indeed the authentic Changchun Technique, and it was theplete version, including all the cultivation methods for Qi Refinement Realm, Foundation Establishment Stage, Golden Core Stage, Nascent Soul Stage, Divinity Transformation Stage, and Return to Void Realm!] "Is this... sess!?" Seeing this, Su Xing was so excited that his face flushed. He had learned of the whereabouts of thetter half of the Changchun Technique from his simtions which began over a dozen tries ago, gradually understanding that the technique was in the hands of Protector Zong. Su Xing knew that Protector Zong was no simple character; he had even been prepared to spend arge number of simtions to grind against Protector Zong, even if it took simting ten or eight times to bring back the Changchun Technique. Yet unexpectedly, he seeded so smoothly, obtaining the Changchun Technique on his first try. "Regardless, now that I have the Changchun Technique in hand, even if I were to perish soon in the simtion, I would still be able to bring the Changchun Technique out with me!" Su Xing took a deep breath, steadying his emotions overwhelmed by the sudden joy, and chose to continue simting. [With theplete Changchun Technique in your possession, you could not put it down, repeatedly scrutinizing it.] [You discovered that in thetter half of the Changchun Technique, apart from the basic cultivation incantations, there were also some cultivation insights passed down through generations of the Changchun Sect.] [Although your cultivation technique was sufficient to reach the Return to Void Realm, you were currently only a Golden Core Stage cultivator, still troubled over condensing a superior Golden Core.] [In the fifth year, you diligently cultivated, took Essence-Nourishing Pills daily, and strove to enhance your Qi Refining Cultivation. Your cultivation level broke through to the third level of the Golden Core Stage, and your Golden Core became increasingly perfect.] Chapter 56: Chapter 56: Torture and Torment Su Xing gave a slight nod upon seeing this. Although he already had a cultivation technique, he still needed a great deal of time to cultivate before he could improve his cultivation level, so now was not the time to becent. "First, I need to find a way to condense the Nine Revolution Golden Core, then make a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage, that''s what I should focus on next" Su Xing continued to simte. [In the sixth year, you still strive to improve your cultivation level and spend a week each month making elixirs, further refining your cultivation.] [In the seventh year, your cultivation level advanced to the fourthyer of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the eighth year, you cultivated diligently, but your cultivation level remained at the fourthyer of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the ninth year, your cultivation level advanced to the fifthyer of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the tenth year, the Sect suddenly increased their demand for the Organ Refining Pill, which was good news for you because it meant you could hoard more Huang Xian Essence.] [In the eleventh year, your cultivation level remained at the fifthyer of the Golden Core Stage, but the quality of your Golden Core was ever increasing, nearing the superior grade.] [Over the years, you noticed that Protector Zong''s gaze towards you became increasingly strange, seeming to harbor some deep yearning that made you feel ufortable.] [Since you had already obtained the Changchun Technique you wanted, Protector Zong no longer held any value to you, and you began to gradually distance yourself.] [Protector Zong didn''t say much about this, but after all, he was your immediate superior, and you still met once or twice each month.] [In the twelfth year, your cultivation level was still at the fifthyer of the Golden Core Stage, and you realized that perhaps due to your inadequate aptitude, you focused most of your energy on improving the quality of your Golden Core.] [In the thirteenth year, your cultivation level remained at the fifthyer of the Golden Core Stage, and the quality of your Golden Core did not improve further.] [One day, Protector Zong sought you out alone, and you had a bad feeling about it, but since Protector Zong was your immediate superior, you didn''t have the right to refuse.] [Protector Zong took you to a secluded ce, his gaze no longer discreet but bing fierce and greedy.] [He told you that from the first time he saw you, he knew you were cultivating the Changchun Technique.] [With a foreboding feeling, you could sense Protector Zong''s ill-intent towards you, but with your strength, you werepletely unable to resist, so you tried to calm yourself and asked how he knew you were cultivating the Changchun Technique.] [Protector Zong grinned viciously, showing a row of stark white teeth, and said it was because he also cultivated the Changchun Technique.] [Your heart trembled, but you still questioned him in confusion, as there should only be one Cultivator with your profession in the world.] [Protector Zong bluntly stated that you were doomed to die and that he was willing to let you die in the know, revealing that he wasn''t from this world but a Cultivator from another world.] [And his only purpose in joining the Descending Sect was to find the long-lost path to immortality, and you were the second Cultivator he had encountered in all these years, possessing strong vitality and perfectly suited to extend his lifespan.] [You had already anticipated what he prepared to do to you, but you didn''t intend to go down without a fight. You circted all the blood energy throughout your body andunched an all-out attack on Protector Zong.] [However, the gap between the two of you was too great. Protector Zong didn''t even need to use his full strength to knock you unconscious.] [When you woke again, you found yourself in an unfamiliar ce, surrounded by torture devices, and you were firmly bound, with your limbs severed and unable to move.] [Sect Elder Zong wasn''t wearing a mask, revealing a gaunt face full of wrinkles, and his yellowed teeth looked somewhat unsettling.] "[He demanded to know why you were able to cultivate since there was no spiritual energy in the real world.]" "[Knowing that death was inevitable, you clenched your teeth and said nothing.]" "[Sect Elder carefully took out a bamboo tube which contained a ck insect as thick as a thumb. The insect slowly crawled onto your body and eventually burrowed into you through your eyes.]" "[You struggled with all your might to resist, but you found that no matter what, you were powerless, and even the spiritual power within you had vanished.]" "[As the dark Gu insect burrowed into your body, you felt a pain akin to thousands of ants gnawing at your heart, but you couldn''t fight back at all, you couldn''t even kill yourself.]" "[You gritted your teeth, and your unyielding spirit came into y at that moment, allowing you to endure a little longer.]" "[And Protector Zong''s voice, grating on the nerves, echoed in your ears. He told you that he knew you must have found a copy of the world that still had spiritual energy. As long as you gave up the coordinates of that copy, he would grant you a swift end.]" "[Your mind was clouded with pain; the only thought in your heart was that, even in death, you would not reveal the copy''s coordinates, as you would not leave such a benefit to the Sect Elder.]" "[You refused to give up, still thinking of a way to escape, but you couldn''t muster the focus at all.]" "[Just then, a voice reached your ears, and you were startled. Then, you realized it was the voice of the Gu insect.]" "[Suddenly, you remembered your level ten talent in Beast Speech, and the Gu insect was clearly a type of beast, so you patiently coaxed the insect, hoping it would leave your body.]" "[Unexpectedly, the Gu insect actually agreed. It crawled out of your mouth and even turned back to look at you curiously.]" "[As the Gu insect left your body, the pain inside you quickly dissipated, but you could feel that your internal organs were riddled with holes from the insect''s biting.]" "[Fortunately, this Gu insect was only meant to torture, not to kill, and since you were a Cultivator at the Organ Refining Stage, the damage to your organs could heal gradually.]" "[Protector Zong''s face went pale; he had not expected you to be able also tomand the Gu insects, and he asked whether you had received a legacy from the Gu tribe.]" "[You sneered and paid no heed to Protector Zong.]" "[Over the next three days, Protector Zong tried dozens of tortures on you, but your mind remained resolute, and you did not relent.]" Su Xing paused, puzzled: "Could it be that I am one of those rare, tough guys thate around once in a thousand years?" This is definitely not it! Su Xing shook his head slightly. "Could it be that the toughness innate to me is so strong... that I can withstand torture? No, that can''t be right, a mere green talent shouldn''t have such an effect!" Su Xing pondered for a long time and then realized. "Perhaps it''s because the ''me'' in the simtor acts ording to my thoughts in the real world, and since I do not wish topromise, the ''me'' in the simtor won''t surrender either?" Su Xing nodded slightly; this was the only exnation that made sense. Su Xing continued the simtion. "[Seeing that he couldn''t get any useful information from you, the Sect Elder gave up.]" "[But he didn''t just finish you off; instead, he took out a huge alchemy furnace, and you were thrown into the Pill Furnace. He intended to refine you into a Human Pill!]" Chapter 57: Chapter 57: Escape from Death [In the Alchemy Furnace, surrounded by pitch darkness, you felt the temperature continually rising, making you feel exceptionally hot and ufortable.] [Outside the Alchemy Furnace, Protector Zong''s sinisterughter rang out. He told you that he intended to refine you into a supreme replenishing elixir that had never been seen before, to help him break through to the Return to Void Realm.] [You remained silent, yet your mind was still racing with ns to escape. At this moment, inside the Alchemy Furnace, as long as you could reach the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you would surely be able to evade the torment of this old dog.] [s, entering the Spirit Field Blessed Land required the stimtion of Spiritual Power, and all of yours was sealed, rendering youpletely incapable of entering the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [And your storage ring had already been taken away by Protector Zong, leaving you without a single Spirit Stone to gather Spiritual Energy anew.] [It seemed you had fallen into a desperate situation, only able to wait as time passed, until the day you would be refined into an elixir.] [You didn''t know how much time had passed when you awoke from your stupor, just barely hearing Protector Zong''s voice nearby. It seemed he didn''t trust you, so he was constantly watching over the Alchemy Furnace, fearful that something unexpected would happen during the process.] [Days went by, and it appeared that refining you into an elixir would be a lengthy process. Through this time, Protector Zong was somewhat bored and began talking to himself.] [From his words, you understood that you would be refined for a total of forty-nine days before you would be made into an elixir.] [You exhaled in relief; this meant you still had a chance to escape.] [In the following days, you continuously tried to break through to your Dantian, attempting to recondense your Spiritual Power. However, there was not a trace of Spiritual Energy in this world, and you couldn''t gather any at all.] [Several dayster, from Protector Zong''s monologue, you learned that today marked the seventh day of you being refined into an elixir.] [At the same time, you came to understand that Protector Zong was from a Cultivation World simtion, a native of that simted environment, but that world had reached the end of its cultivation era, with no possibility of further cultivation advancement.] [Protector Zong had once consumed an elixir called the Yellow Springs Pill, which put him into a deep sleep to extend his life span. A hundred years ago, the Descending Sect found him and woke him from his slumber. Desiring immortality, Protector Zong chose to join the Descending Sect.] [Protector Zong said that his lifespan was ending, and only by refining you into a great replenishing elixir, could he extend his life and find the time to seek a cultivation world.] Su Xing remained silent for a long time after seeing this. In thetter half of this simtion, despite his tragic experience, he had gained a lot of unprecedented information. Firstly, the origin of Protector Zong was now clear; he indeed came from a Cultivation World, but one that had reached the end of its era. Su Xing thought back to the information about the Cultivation World simtion he had obtained from a previous simtion. "This Protector Zong must be from that simtion coded as the end of the era, practicing the Changchun Technique, and must belong to a sect called the Changchun Sect within the simtion!" "Except this damned Zong is a Divinity Transformation Realm cultivator, and his lifespan is nearing its enddoesn''t that mean he''s lived for almost a thousand years?" A Nascent Soul cultivator has a lifespan of five hundred years, Divinity Transformation a thousand years! This old dog joined the Descending Sect a hundred years ago; probably, aside from his formidable strength, the mysterious and unpredictable methods of a cultivator were his biggest trumps. "Indeed, this Protector Zong is not someone to be trifled with. In future simtions, I must never join the zealous faction again," Su Xing muttered while stroking his chin, yet his heart also held some doubts. In previous simtions, he had encountered Protector Zong. Why didn''t Protector Zong imprison and torment him at that time? After all, Protector Zong also practiced the Changchun Technique and should have seen through Su Xing''s cover at first nce. Su Xing''s mind suddenly raced as he thought: "Perhaps, it was the Shadow Protector who sheltered me? After all, the Shadow Protector''s strength is also unfathomable, and she might not even be weaker than Protector Zong..." "Initially, I joined the Nature Faction, so naturally, the Shadow Protector would protect me... Maybe that damned Zong also negotiated with the Shadow Protector, but in the end, she chose to save me, and Zong, out of fear of the Shadow Protector, did not dare to make a move!" "That''s right, it must be so! As for why the Shadow Protector saved me, maybe it''s because she thinks I am younger with more potential, or that I align with her beliefs? So she might favor me..." Touching his chin, Su Xing obtained too much information from this simtion, which left his thoughts somewhat chaotic. Su Xing shook his head and continued the simtion. [On the twenty-first day, your body began to slowly dissolve, showing signs of transforming into an elixir, making you realize that if you don''t leave this Alchemy Furnace soon, you might truly be refined into an elixir!] [But you simply have no power to resist, you can''t muster a bit of strength, and there''s also a Divinity Transformation Stage old dog watching over you from the outside.] [Just when you''re in despair, Protector Zong opens a small corner of the Alchemy Furnace and drops down a few strands of Spiritual Medicine.] [You''re utterly baffled. As if using people for Alchemy wasn''t enough, Protector Zong actually dropped down a few strands of Spiritual Medicine. This guy must have never seen ''Journey to the West''.] [A few strands of deep green Spiritual Medicine scatter around your body, and although you can hardly move at this point, you struggle desperately toward the Spiritual Medicine.] [You''re only less than a meter away from the Spiritual Medicine, but this meter seems like a chasm. Using your head as support, you exert all your strength and spend more than an hour to desperately move towards the Spiritual Medicine.] [You seem to smell the enticing scent of the Spiritual Medicine and feel its abundant Spiritual Energy.] [Without hesitation, you open your mouth wide and swallow a strand of Spiritual Medicine, then you start to frantically circte your Cultivation Technique, attempting to restore the little bit of Spiritual Energy inside you.] [You seed. After several hours of effort, you manage to recover a trace of Spiritual Energy within you.] [Without hesitation, you activate the Spirit Field Blessed Land, and in an instant, you disappear from the spot.] [Arriving in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, your nervous heart finally settles down. Even if that damned Zong is strong, he can''t possibly cross space to reach this Blessed Land.] Relieved, Su Xing muttered to himself: "Damn it, this simtion was way too harsh, wasn''t it? I almost got refined into a Human Pill... Indeed, revealing one''s strength is dangerous; staying steady is most important!" With a thought, Su Xing originally believed that having broken through to the ninth level of the Organ Refining Realm, his truebat power couldpare to a high-tier professional, and he considered himself a minor powerhouse. But he never expected the world to be so perilous, and with his strength, he still couldn''t ensure his own safety. "Indeed, the safest ce is still the school... before having absolute power, I must not venture out recklessly!" Su Xing muttered to himself. Then, he went back to the simtion. [Although the Sect Elder cannote in, you can already imagine the scene of Protector Zong raging thunderously after discovering your disappearance. But at the same time, you can''t return to the real world...] [Because you know that as soon as you go back, you will surely be caught by the waiting Protector Zong, and the situation seems to have reached a deadlock.] Chapter 58: Chapter 58 Complete Changchun Technique Obtained! "Fortunately, within the Spirit Field Blessed Land, there was an abundance of food and water, and even the scenery was beautiful with plentiful Spiritual Energy. You couldfortably stay hidden here until the end of the world came." "After being tortured by Elder Jin, you found that your Dantian was shattered, and your Qi Refining Cultivation had almost fallen to the Foundation Establishment Stage. Your limbs had also been melted by the Pill Furnace, turning you into a disabled person, utterly incapable of continuing cultivation." "Although you were unable to continue with cultivation, the means you possessed as a Cultivator made living a life akin to that of an ordinary person not difficult at all." "In the following days, you lived a leisurely life of peaceful retirement, farmingnd, raising chickens, enjoying mouthwatering Spirit Rice, eating some wild vegetables, and asionally killing a Spirit Chicken to satisfy a craving, leading quite a pleasant life." "In the fourteenth year, one day, the entire space of the Spirit Field Blessed Land began to shatter, and you sensed something in your heart, knowing that the extraordinary beast had finally arrived." "Before you were to die, you decided to return to the real world to take a look, so with a thought, you left the Spirit Field Blessed Land and returned to the ce where you had been used for alchemy." "The giant Pill Furnace that was three zhang high was long gone, and darkness surrounded you, filled with ruins and sludge. You could hardly stand steadily, and you realized that you might have been swallowed by a massive beast." "Just when you thought you were certainly going to die, an elderly voice came from behind." "You looked carefully and saw an old man with withered features and a flickering life force, shakily emerging from a cornerit was Protector Zong!" "You were stunned. You didn''t expect Protector Zong, in his obsession to turn you into an elixir, had waited for two whole years, even ending up with the same fate of being devoured by a giant beast like you." "Upon seeing you, Protector Zong''s face showed a look of surprise mixed with craziness, his body trembling as he spoke about your possession of a paradise." "Protector Zong knelt before you with a tear-stained face, saying he did not have much time left and only wished to see the paradise you had before he died." "Seeing Protector Zong in such agony, you gave a bitter smile and chose tomit suicide." "You died!" "Your innate talent ''Unwilling to Close One''s Eyes in Death'' activated..." "Upon witnessing your death, Protector Zong becamepletely mad with frenzy. You were his only hope for continuing cultivation. Now that you had died, he knew there was no chance for him to cultivate further. His cultivation mindset copsed, and he died miserably beside your corpse." "Ding, the simtion has ended!" After the simtion ended, Su Xing fell into deep contemtion. This simtion was of immeasurable value to Su Xing. Firstly, Su Xing finally obtained theplete version of the Changchun Technique, meaning that his path of cultivation would not cease in the future. Su Xing now had hope of cultivating up to the Return to Void Realm. Once he reached the Return to Void Realm, Su Xing could travel to the Qingyun Sect, which might be a world belonging to Cultivators. Once Su Xing could reach that ce, he would have ess to more cultivation resources. By then, with the help of the simtor, Su Xing''s cultivation speed would undergo a qualitative change. Secondly, the simtion had a significant informational impact on Su Xing. Su Xing confirmed that on this world, there were not only him as a Cultivator. Or to put it another way, while Blue Star might only have him as a Cultivator, the Cultivation-oriented copies might contain quite a number of Cultivators. More worryingly, these Cultivators might already have a way toe into the real world and are influencing it. Their intentions, whether good or bad, but for Su Xing, who harbors a great secret, are most certainly exploitable. It was now certain that among the cultivators was Protector Zong, that old dog, and Dragon Protector, who had previously killed Su Xing in an instant it was highly likely that he was also a cultivator. Moreover, Su Xing could now confirm that Protector Zong came from the simtion of the Age of Dharma Decline. "The simtion of the Age of Dharma Decline may hold many secrets, but with my current strength, the danger of exploring it personally is simply too great," "The best approach is to explore the Age of Dharma Decline simtion and perhaps gain a lot of useful information. However, before that, I still need to increase my strength by a notch, ideally reaching the Origin Martial Realm, or even the Nascent Soul Realm... That way I won''t waste simtion attempts." Su Xing pondered to himself. "And another point, which is the most crucial! In the real world, I must not expose my identity! Especially the fact that I can cultivate! Once exposed, I fear that there will be no shortage of powerful beings who have been cut off from the path of immortalitying to trouble me. At best, they will imprison me; at worst, they might even refine me into a puppet... I must not underestimate these people''s thirst for cultivation!" Just thinking about the inhumane tortures he had experienced in the simtion made Su Xing''s scalp tingle. "That Protector Zong, in order to imprison me, did not hesitate to hide for many years, just to observe whether I could cultivate steadily." "Upon discovering that I indeed could cultivate, Protector Zong immediately showed his fangs and even waited several years after my escape, showing the depth of his obsession!" "What''s most frightening is that there might not be just one person like Protector Zong. Those cultivators who emerged from the simtions, having faced the severance of their path of cultivation, would surely reveal their true nature at the slightest hope of cultivation... And those who managed to survive from the Age of Dharma Decline to now are definitely far more powerful than me!" Su Xing took a deep breath and repeatedly said in his mind. "Be more cautious! Even more cautious! I must not expose myself until I have absolute power..." After pausing, Su Xing thought again: "However, once I have the strength, perhaps I can find a way to eliminate Sect Elder Zong. After all, that guy is a great cultivator of the Divinity Transformation Realm and certainly knows a lot about the cultivation world. I know too little about the way of cultivation and could use him as a stepping stone to better understand the cultivation world." "But this is not something to be rushed; what needs to be done now is still steadily increasing my strength!" Su Xing took a deep breath and then looked at the rewards for this simtion. [Beast Speech Level 10]: A blue-grade talent, priced at 100,000 energy points. [Golden Core Stage Fifth Layer]: Cultivation level, the quality of the Golden Core further improved, now of upper-mid quality, not far from a high-grade Golden Core, priced at 400,000 energy points. [Ten Years of Alchemy Experience]: Insights into alchemy, priced at 10,000 energy points. [Changchun Technique]: The foundational cultivation technique of the Changchun Sect, a prerequisite part of a much more powerful technique, can be cultivated to the great perfection of the Return to Void Realm, priced at 500,000 energy points. Su Xing fell into thought looking at the four simtion rewards before him. First and foremost, he had to acquire the Changchun Technique. After all, he had obtained it only after great effort and enduring torture in the simtor. If he didn''t take it this time, he might waste another simtion opportunity. Among the remaining three options, Su Xing immediately excluded the Alchemy Experience because, in this simtion, he hadn''t learned any new pill recipes, so it was of little value to him. After hesitating for a while, Su Xing said: "I choose to take out the Changchun Technique and the Level 10 Beast Speech Talent!" Chapter 59: Chapter 59: The Spirit Chicken and the Peak-Level Alchemy The Beast Speech talent at level ten vastly exceeded Su Xing''s expectations in this simtion. Foremost was the ability tomunicate with Gu Insects during a crisis, which allowed Su Xing to turn danger into safety. Next was the ability tomunicate with Spirit Chickens, which also enabled Su Xing to breed them more effectively, thereby improving the quality of the eggs and chicken soup. Even more, Su Xing could use this ability to cultivate more useful spiritual animals in the future. Such a talent was hard toe by; if missed this time, who knows when it would be avable again. As for cultivation level, the advancement Su Xing experienced in this simtion was limited; it wasn''t indispensable. After Su Xing made his choice, the system''s notification sounded in his ear. [Ding, you have chosen to take out theplete Changchun Technique, which cost 500,000 points of energy, leaving a bnce of 193,000 points.] [Ding, you have chosen to take out the level ten blue talent Beast Speech, which cost 100,000 points of energy, leaving a bnce of 93,000 points.] At the same time, aplete ancient text appeared in Su Xing''s hands, which was theplete Changchun Technique. Su Xing sighed somewhat, "The first half of the technique was worth a mere 3,000 points of energy, yet the technique that could cultivate to the Return to Void Realm was valued at an astonishing 500,000 points." Perhaps, in the simtor''s eyes, a cultivation technique that could only cultivate to the Golden Core Stage wasn''t much, after all, it would only produce a Golden Core Stage cultivator at best. But cultivating to the Return to Void Realm was an entirely different matter. Of course, Su Xing guessed that arge part of this 500,000 points of energy might also be because the Changchun Technique was aponent of a much more powerful cultivation technique, which is why it held such value. Su Xing gave the Changchun Technique a careful read and indeed found the cultivation mantra for after the Nascent Soul Stage in thetter half. Besides the cultivation mantra, Su Xing also discovered some annotations on cultivation experiences left by previous cultivators of the Changchun Sect. Su Xing treasured them like valuable treasures; these cultivation experiences were immensely useful to him. So far, Su Xing''s cultivation had been based on his own explorations; the experiences in this technique could not only make cultivation more intuitive for Su Xing but would also help him avoid many detours. "I see, during the Qi refining and Foundation Establishment Stage, it is crucial to pay attention to the expansion of the Dantian so as toy the groundwork for the Golden Core Stage and condense a higher-quality Golden Core." Su Xing reflected with slight emotion; the experiences detailed methods for expanding the Dantian, which Su Xing had not known before, so his cultivation in the Golden Core Stage might be slightly slower. "However, there are still ways to remedy this. ording to the experiences recorded, it requires more courage and time to directly elevate the quality of the Golden Core to higher-grade, which would also greatly increase the speed of cultivation..." Su Xing pondered thoughtfully, scrutinizing the cultivation experiences in the ancient text over and over again whilebining them with his own cultivation gains from recent days, feeling that he had benefited a lot. After a while, Su Xing returned from his reverie, his eyes brimming with newfound confidence, and said, "As long as I can master the experiences recorded in this book one by one, my cultivation speed might very well increase by another third!" An increase by a third was no small amount; it might save Su Xing several rounds of simtion time in the future. Su Xing carefully stored the ancient text and then began to ponder over the second reward he had taken out, the level ten Beast Speech talent. After carefully feeling it out for a while, Su Xing hadn''t noticed any difference; just as he started to feel puzzled, he suddenly heard a voiceing from afar. "Brother Chicken! Can you share some Spirit Rice with me... I don''t need much, just two and a half grains is enough!" Su Xing paused for a moment when he heard the sound and then looked towards its source. He then discovered that in the chicken enclosure he had set up, several Spirit Chickens wore a ttering expression, seemingly wanting to eat more grains of Spirit Rice. One particrly majestic and assertive rooster even had a look of disdain in its eyes and casually said, "Little ckie, it''s not that Brother Chicken doesn''t want to give you guys more, but you''re not trying hard enough! In this world, it''s survival of the fittest. I''m stronger than you, so I naturally get more Spirit Rice..." Upon hearing Brother Chicken''s words, the other smaller Spirit Chickens immediately trembled. Su Xing witnessed this scene with a ck line forming on his forehead. "I was wondering why the evolution speed of the Spirit Chickens have been slowing down this recently. Turns out there''s a bad egg in the group! Daring to call himself Brother Chicken? Isn''t this affecting the breeding speed of my Spirit Chickens?" "Looks like it''s time for a special meal tonight, a serving of Spirit Chicken soup..." Without much hesitation, Su Xing picked up a knife and sharpened it menacingly towards Brother Chicken. With a swift motion, killing, bleeding, plucking... he went through the whole process smoothly. As Su Xing sipped on the Spirit Chicken soup, he said to the other chickens, "You are all equal! There''s no such thing as Brother Chicken or not. Whoever dares to hinder the evolution of the other chickens is my enemy!" Seeing that the strongest Spirit Chicken among them couldn''t make even the smallest ripple in Su Xing''s hands, and at most could only make Su Xing burp contentedly, they were immediately terrified and trembled all over. "Ah! There''s only one true Brother Chicken in this world, and that''s our great master! I, Little ckie, swear to protect Brother Chicken with my life from now on!" Watching the Spirit Chickens swear their loyalty, another ck line rose on Su Xing''s forehead. Great, now I''m Brother Chicken? Su Xing curled his lips, but the breeding speed of his Spirit Chickens had not been slow over these past few months. The second generation of Spirit Chickens had already started to develop slowly, providing Su Xing with ample Spirit Chicken eggs every day, sometimes dozens, sometimes as many as fifty or sixty. With an abundance of Spirit Chicken eggs, Su Xing couldn''t even finish them all, and their effects were even better than Spirit Rice, continuously nourishing his physical body, while all he had to give in return was some Spirit Rice. In the following week, Su Xing, as always, refined three hundred Nourishing Face Pills, and besides that, struck by inspiration, he also refined some lower-grade Healing Pills and Essence-Nourishing Pills for emergency use. Without sufficient aged Spiritual Medicines, Su Xing waspletely unable to refine Organ Refining Pills, and even the effectiveness of the Healing Pills and Essence-Nourishing Pills was only one tenth of the normal ones. But even so, Essence-Nourishing Pills were precious materials that could directly enhance a Cultivator''s Spiritual Power and even a professional''s mental attributes. However, after some experimentation, Su Xing found that the lower-grade Essence-Nourishing Pills'' effects wouldpletely vanish after consuming dozens of them, providing only limited improvement, and couldn''t continually strengthen a Cultivator''s Spiritual Energy like the real Essence-Nourishing Pills. But these lower-grade Pills were advantageous because the materials were cheap and the methods were simple, allowing Su Xing to refine hundreds of them in a day. After developing the lower-grade Essence-Nourishing Pills, Su Xing was surprised to find that the skill level for refining Essence-Nourishing Pills in his skill bar had risen from advanced to peak level. This was a pleasant surprise for Su Xing, as among the Alchemy skills he mastered, there were now two types of Elixirs that had reached peak level. They were the Nourishing Face Pill and the Essence-Nourishing Pill. Without exception, Su Xing had modified both types of Elixirs and developed new versions of them. "Could it be that, to raise an Alchemy skill to peak level, besides mastering the original essentials of Alchemy, one also needs their own understanding and even personal improvements?" Chapter 60: Chapter 60 Brothers Su Xing seemed pensive, preparing to make a few more attemptster when he had time to confirm his thoughts. Seven days shed by, and it was the day of the week to conduct the trade with Jin Congxue again. Su Xing handed over the three hundred Nourishing Face Pills he had prepared in advance to Jin Congxue, and in exchange, Jin Congxue gave Su Xing the 120,000 pieces of white-quality equipment she had prepared for the week. During the meal, Jin Congxue hesitated for a moment before saying to Su Xing, "Today someone came to our Tarot Society to sell equipment. Guess who it was?" Su Xing shook his head slightly. Jin Congxue said, "It was Yu Yan. I remember he''s your roommate, right? Today he came to our Tarot Society and sold a Master Level piece of equipment." Hearing this, Su Xing frowned slightly. Howe Yu Yan was selling equipment? And it was even a Master Level equipment. If Su Xing remembered correctly, Yu Yan should still be at Master Level, and Master Level equipment would undoubtedly be very important to him. Jin Congxue continued at this point, "And by the looks of him, it seemed like he wanted to sell more than just one piece of equipment. If I''m not mistaken, he must have encountered some difficulty." Su Xing was startled. Such urgency to sell equipment, what kind of difficulty could he have encountered? It''s nothing but a shortage of money. In the past, to quickly obtain energy, Su Xing had borrowed over fifty million Great Xia Coins from Yu Yan. Since the Tarot Society had just been established and was continuing its financial chain, Su Xing thought that perhaps Yu Yan was not in a hurry for the money, so he did not rush to pay it back. But now that Yu Yan had fallen to the point of selling his equipment, he must indeed be very short on cash. Even so, Yu Yan still hadn''t prompted Su Xing to repay the debt. If it weren''t for Jin Congxue mentioning it today, Su Xing would still be in the dark. With this thought, Su Xing felt somewhat moved. Even in such difficulty, Yu Yan still hadn''t urged Su Xing to repay the money. Presumably, Yu Yan probably thought that his financial situation was very difficult too... Thinking this, Su Xing said to Jin Congxue, "Congxue, take out a hundred million Great Xia Coins from the business for me. I have an urgent need." Jin Congxue seemed contemtive, "Is it for that Yu Yan?" Su Xing nodded and didn''t conceal the truth, saying, "There was a time not long ago when I was in a tough spot, and Yu Yan lent me fifty million, which I have yet to repay... Even now that he''s in trouble, he hasn''t brought this matter up to me." After hearing this, Jin Congxue nodded. Fifty million might not mean much to her, but for a student like Yu Yan, it was definitely a significant sum. If he hadn''t lent those fifty million to Su Xing, Yu Yan probably wouldn''t have had to resort to selling his equipment. Therefore, Jin Congxue said, "Alright, I''ll transfer one hundred million to you for now. As for the equipment that Yu Yan sold, why don''t we return it as well?" Upon hearing this, Su Xing shook his head and said, "Keep the equipment Yu Yan sold for now. After I repay the money, Yu Yan will likely redeem it himself. You can just give it back to him at the original price then." If Su Xing directly returned the equipment, it would be difficult to exin how he came to know of this matter. Moreover, Fatty Yu was someone who cared a lot about face; bringing it up directly would be rather ungraceful. After the meal, Su Xing went back to the dormitory, where it happened that Yu Yan was also there. Su Xing chuckled and patted Yu Yan''s shoulder, saying, "Fatty,st time I was a bit tight and borrowed 55 million from you. I just happened to make a small deal recently, so I''ll pay you back now!" Upon hearing this, Yu Yan felt a twinge in his heart, his face showing a bit of confusion. He was short on cash recently; how did Su Xing decide to repay him just at this moment? But Yu Yan couldn''t glean any information from Su Xing''s expression and took it as a coincidence that Su Xing had money to repay. So, Yu Yan said, "Cough cough! What''s with the formalities between brothers? I''m not short of cash! You can pay me back whenever By the way, do you need me to lend you some more money?" Su Xing''s face was all smiles, but inwardly, he rolled his eyes. This guy really cared about face! Without any fuzz, Su Xing transferred 50 million on the spot, saying, "Fatty, I''ll pay back 50 million first. I''ll cover the remaining 5 million with some items I got from the instance drops!" "This stuff is really good! Make sure you use it yourself, don''t show it to others." With those words, Su Xing took out a bottle of the low-grade Essence-Nourishing Pill, which contained thirty elixirs, and handed it over. Yu Yan took the elixirs, still hesitating as he said, "I''ll ept the items. As for the money, you can owe it for now! I''m really not short on cash!" The corner of Su Xing''s mouth twitched unwillingly, and observing Yu Yan''s convincing performance, had Su Xing not known the truth from Jin Congxue, he might have been deceived by this Fatty. But Su Xing still pretended to be oblivious, "No problem! If I''m short on cashter on, I''lle borrow from you! Just think of it as money kept with a brother!" Upon hearing this, Yu Yan finally epted the money, then suddenly thought of something and said, "Cough cough, Ah Xing, I have something to deal with, I need to step out" No sooner had he spoken than Yu Yan hurriedly left the school. Watching Yu Yan''s hastily retreating figure, Su Xing couldn''t help butugh out loud. Nine times out of ten, the guy was off to redeem his equipment. Regarding this good brother, Su Xing was truly grateful from the bottom of his heart. Without Yu Yan''s initial support, how could Su Xing have developed so quickly? Nor would he have achieved what he had today. Thus, Su Xing chose to give Yu Yan thirty low-grade Essence-Nourishing Pills. Even though the Essence-Nourishing Pills were a low-grade version, their value was still considerable. Even the low-grade Essence-Nourishing Pills could increase a Golden Core Stage cultivator''s mana. For professionals, even those at Master Level in magical professions, it could directly enhance their spirit attributes. Anyone who has yed games knows that attribute points are precious, and aside from level and equipment bonuses, only extremely rare items could permanently enhance attributes. For Yu Yan, the me Burst Mage, the effect of the low-grade Essence-Nourishing Pills was undoubtedly enormous. Su Xing reckoned that once Yu Yan digested the thirty Essence-Nourishing Pills, he would be able to attempt advancing to the Grandmaster Level professions. If one were to evaluate the value of the low-grade Essence-Nourishing Pills in mary terms, Su Xing estimated that it would cost at least two to three million to buy just one, and that''s if Su Xing was even willing to sell them. Su Xing clearly had no intention of selling the Essence-Nourishing Pills on arge scale; after all, the Essence-Nourishing Pill was different from the Nourishing Face Pill. If it entered the market, it might attract the attention of the Great Xia Military. That was still manageable, but what Su Xing truly feared was drawing attention from the Descending Sect. After all, the damned Zong''s actions in thest simtion had caused Su Xing a truly significant psychological trauma. So, Su Xing only nned to give some Essence-Nourishing Pills to those close to him to help them enhance their strength. For example, Yu Yan, Jin Congxue, and Wang Qingxuan. In a while, Su Xing thought he might send some Essence-Nourishing Pills to his little sister as well. Seeing that there was no one around, Su Xing turned and entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land instance. It was the afternoon of January 21st in the New Era 2024, and Su Xing promptly started the twentieth simtion. Chapter 61: Chapter 61: New Talent, Wood and Fire Dual-Element True Spiritual Root! Having received a new batch of equipment from Jin Congxue, totaling 120,000 pieces, it was converted into seven hundred thousand simtion energy points. Together with the one hundred thousand points of energy Su Xing had left over from before, his energy once again reached eight hundred thousand points. Now that Su Xing had a stable source of energy and thetter half of the Changchun Technique, he could cultivate up to the perfected Return to Void Realm. What Su Xing needed now was to further enhance his cultivation level and strength. "Begin simtion!" [This simtion will consume 2,000 energy points, remaining energy points: 803,000, remaining number of simtions: unlimited.] [Simtion starting!] [Extracting a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1,000 points, and extracting a blue talent costs 10,000 points. Would you like to extract?] "Extract the blue quality talent!" For Su Xing, who was not worried about energy, blue-quality talents had now be standard. [Ding, congrattions on acquiring the blue talent, Wood-Fire Dual-type Mutated True Spiritual Root] [Wood-Fire Dual-type Mutated True Spiritual Root]: You possess a powerful True Spiritual Root, your cultivation talent far surpasses that of ordinary cultivators, and your True Spiritual Root seems to be somewhat different from others, having attributes of both wood and fire. "Holy shit, I''ve pulled a cultivation talent!" Su Xing eximed excitedly. True Spiritual Root, as recorded in the Changchun Technique, is a one in ten thousand existence among cultivators. Cultivators with True Spiritual Roots often cultivate tens of times faster than ordinary cultivators, much stronger than the previous dual-type Spiritual Roots. True Spiritual Roots are also known as Single Spiritual Roots which, as the name implies, only possess a single attribute. For example, cultivators with a wood-attribute True Spiritual Root can only cultivate wood-attribute Cultivation Techniques and absorb wood-attribute Spiritual Energy. But Su Xing''s True Spiritual Root had mutated in some way, not only did he have the cultivation talent of a True Spiritual Root, but he could also cultivate two types of Spiritual Energy simultaneously! "Good thing it''s a dual-type Spiritual Root. Otherwise, if it were a single-type, I wouldn''t be able to continue with alchemy," Su Xing sighed in relief. Alchemy requires having both wood and fire dual-type Spiritual Roots. The fire attribute Spiritual Root is used to control mes, while the wood attribute Spiritual Root is used to sense the changes of Spiritual Medicine within the Alchemy Furnace. Therefore, one cannot do without either type of Spiritual Root; only cultivators with both types of Spiritual Roots can cultivate Alchemy. However, those who usually possess dual-type Spiritual Roots tend to have Pseudo Spiritual Roots, thus alchemists often do not have strong cultivation levels. Cultivators like Su Xing who have a dual-type mutated Spiritual Root are one in hundreds of thousands. Su Xing pondered slightly, "Now that my Spiritual Root talent has improved, the next simtions should focus more on enhancing my cultivation level. With the True Spiritual Root, it should bepletely sufficient for me to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm within a hundred years, right?" Su Xing began the simtion. [Within the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize that you are in a simtion.] [Your Spiritual Root talent has been enhanced, and you feel that the speed of your cultivation is much faster than before. You seize the time to cultivate diligently.] [The spiritual energy within the Spirit Field Blessed Land flowed into your Dantian''s Golden Core like a gentle stream, making a single day of cultivation equivalent to several days previously.] [In the following year, you absorbed the spiritual energy from the Blessed Land every day for cultivation, without wasting any Spirit Stones. You still had nearly a thousand Spirit Stones.] [Your cultivation level broke through to the thirdyer of the Golden Core Stage, and small realm bottlenecks seemed as simple to you as eating and drinking.] Su Xing smiled upon seeing this. In previous simtions, it would take a year or two to break through a single realm, but this time, he had broken through two realms in just one yearthe speed was much faster than before. [One day, Wang Qingxuan found you and informed you about a mysterious organization.] [After a night of profound changes, you joined the Descending Sect together with Wang Qingxuan.] [As usual, you did not draw too much attention in the initial half year, focusing instead on gaining the trust of the Descending Sect.] [You strived for perfection inpleting each task, and all of this was noticed by the Shadow Protector, who started paying gradual attention to you.] [Your cultivation level broke through to the fourthyer of the Golden Core Stage, and you were ready to reveal your talent in pill concocting.] [During a certain mission, you purposefully did not use your full strength, resulting in a team member being seriously injured. Just as he was about to say hisst words, you produced a Wound Healing Pill and saved his life.] [Following that, you became inconspicuous as usual, waiting for the higher-ups of the sect to contact you.] [A month quickly went by without any high-level members of the sect contacting you.] [You started to grow anxious, as this did not fit your n. In your mind, that team member should have spread the word about your alchemy skills to receive a reward from the sect.] [After secretly making inquiries for several days, you found that the sect had not received any word of your talent in alchemy. You were rendered speechless, having saved someone who knew how to repay a kindness.] [Thus, you deliberately revealed some of your alchemy skills, and after some time, Elder Shadow finally contacted you.] [The Shadow Protector directly expressed that she had been observing you for quite some time. She inquired about the exceptionally effective Wound Healing Pills you seemed to possess and wanted to know their origin.] [Your heart leapt with joy, but you maintained an appearance of difficulty on the outside. After repeated assurances from the Shadow Protector, you finally admitted that you had concocted those pills.] [The Shadow Protector was overjoyed at this revtion. She asked how many Wound Healing Pills you could supply each month.] [You intentionally underestimated the amount, stating that you could produce at most three hundred Wound Healing Pills a month, while in truth, you could concoct three hundred such pills in three days, leaving the rest of the time for cultivation and idling.] [The Shadow Protector was ecstatic upon hearing this, promising that as long as you could supply three hundred Wound Healing Pills each month, you would be an Elder-level figure within half a year.] [You agreed to the Shadow Protector''s conditions, revealing that you could also concoct a pill called the Essence-Nourishing Pill, which could permanently enhance the spirit attribute of practitioners.] [The Shadow Protector was even more excited upon hearing this. You took the opportunity to state that the concoction of both pills was difficult, requiring many precious medicinal herbs, with one Essence-Nourishing Herb needed to produce each Essence-Nourishing Pill.] [The Shadow Protector sent her subordinates to fetch arge quantity of Spiritual Medicine, including the primary ingredients for the Essence-Nourishing Pills, the Organ Refining Pills, and others.] [You quietly epted all the Spiritual Medicine and took out the Essence-Nourishing Herb and another herb, stating that you could produce a hundred Essence-Nourishing Pills each month, but required the sect to supply one hundred Essence-Nourishing Herbs and another herb.] [The Shadow Protector agreed to your request and immediately arranged for over two hundred herbs to be delivered to you, with the excess being a reward for you.] [You epted the herbs and spent a week each month concocting the Essence-Nourishing Pills and the other pills, using the rest of the time to improve your own cultivation level.] [As the sect''s grandmaster of alchemy, you were exempt from any other tasks apart from concentrating on pill concocting.] [Half a year went by quickly, and with an ample supply of Essence-Nourishing Pills for cultivation, you sessfully advanced to the fifthyer of the Golden Core Stage!] [One day, the Shadow Protector held a grand Elder''s meeting for you, and you became the eighteenth Elder of the Descending Sect, codenamed "Elder Medicine".] Chapter 62: Chapter 62 Spy Plan Exposed Su Xing saw this and immediately thought to himself, "Steady!" Having the status of an elder within the Descending Sect, that was indeed the position of a real higher-up! Plus, with Shadow Protector acting as his backing in the simtion, Su Xing figured that damned Zong wouldn''t dare to mess with him. "Ah, it''s indeedfortable working under Shadow Protector! Not only is the treatment good, but there''s also plenty of time. I only need to spend a few days each month toplete my tasks, and the rest of the time I can cultivate myself, wonderful!" Su Xing sighed softly. In thest simtion, he had joined under Damned Zong, and the oue was too miserable to look at, nowhere near as good as under Shadow Protector. Not only was she a great beauty, but she was also genuinely good to Su Xing. Su Xing continued the simtion. [In the third year, after bing an elder, you have the right to choose your own subordinates. You make Wang Qingxuan your elder secretary, who does some work when you''re not busy.] [It is worth mentioning that besides Wang Qingxuan bing your subordinate, among your newly recruited subordinates, there is one named Little Stone, the same follower you once saved using a Wound Healing Pill, who did not betray you.] [You focus on your cultivation every day, hardly ever leaving home except when necessary toplete your tasks. You do not socialize with other elders within the sect, dedicating yourself entirely to cultivation.] [In the fourth year, your cultivation level advances to the sixthyer of the Golden Core Stage, and you focus onprehending the Golden Core condensation techniques, further enhancing the quality of your Golden Core.] [In the fifth year, your cultivation level advances to the seventhyer of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the sixth year, your cultivation level advances to the eighthyer of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the seventh year, your cultivation level advances to the ninthyer of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the eighth year, your cultivation level advances to the great perfection of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the ninth year, after reaching the great perfection of the Golden Core Stage, you did not continue to strive for an increase in cultivation level, aiming for a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage in one go.] [Firstly, because you knew that even with your strong talent, advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage would still require a lot of time.] [Secondly, you knew that your foundation was not yet solid enough and that a lot of time was needed to refine your Golden Core, enabling you to unleash greaterbat power.] [So you began to reduce the intake of Essence-Nourishing Pills and spent a fixed four hours each day condensing the spiritual energy within your body, while also refining your Golden Core.] [In the tenth year, your cultivation level did not make any further breakthrough, but you could feel that the quality of your Golden Core was bing stronger. The spiritual energy within you was at least twenty percent stronger than when you had first reached the great perfection of the Golden Core Stage.] [You continued to tirelessly refine your Golden Core. With a simtor at your disposal, you had plenty of time.] [One day, Shadow Protector sought you out. Over the years, you had helped her refine countless elixirs, and you had gained her immense trust, bing her most important confidante.] [She called you into a duplicate realm and then took out a corpse of a Shadow Beast, inviting you to join her in transforming your organs to break free from the constraints of the flesh.] [Looking at the hideous corpse on the ground, you felt a wave of nausea. You didn''t want to be a half-human, half-beast existence, so you refused.] [Shadow Protector was not surprised by your refusal. She said she would give you time to slowly ept this matter, but she also indicated that the time she could spare for you was running out, and you had to be a member of the main race as soon as possible.] [You know what the Shadow Protector means by saying there isn''t much time left, because due to the weakness of the Human Race, the invasion from the Foreign Race is elerating, and perhaps soon the Demon-Subduing Pass will fall.] [The destruction of the real world would definitely be bad for you, as it indicates that the time you have to cultivate is dwindling.] [You begin to ponder whether your own efforts can slow down the rate of the Foreign Race''s invasion of the Human Race.] [Over the years, you have been able to consistently acquire over two hundred medicinal herbs per month, enough to produce close to two thousand elixirs. Excluding the portion you submit for your duties and what you use for your own cultivation, you have saved up over fifty thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills and Mind-Nourishing Pills in ten years.] [You consider whether you could offer these elixirs to the upper echelons of the Great Xia Military because if you were discovered, you would definitely be treated as a traitor by the Descending Sect.] [But you know full well that if you do nothing, the real world may be destroyed in just over four years, during which time you can only continue your simtions for four more years.] [One day, you find a perfect excuse to temporarily leave the base and, after making sure no one is following, you use a Disguise Pill to change your appearance.] [After disguising yourself, you reach out directly to Lu Yuanwu and tell him that you have a great gift for him.] [Naturally, Lu Yuanwu thinks you''re a fraud and refuses to meet with you.] [Having no other choice, you use some connections to secretly get in touch with Jin Congxue and manage to secure a meeting with Lu Yuanwu.] [On an empty rooftop, you hand Lu Yuanwu a storage ring that contains over twenty thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills and more than ten thousand Mind-Nourishing Pills.] [This is undoubtedly a huge fortune, and with these elixirs fully utilized, the Great Xia Military may even produce thousands of Grandmaster Level practitioners within a year.] [You tell Lu Yuanwu to make good use of these elixirs and to keep their source and effects as hidden as possible. After handing over the elixirs to Lu Yuanwu, you leave.] [In the eleventh year, you continue to produce elixirs as usual, rarely venturing out except when necessary for your tasks.] [One day, the Shadow Protector approaches you, apanied by Protector Zong and several other Elders.] [You can sense the Shadow Protector''s unstable emotions even through the mask, and your heart sinks.] [The Shadow Protector angrily demands to know why you have betrayed her, telling you that the Human Race is already beyond salvation and that your actions will change nothing.] [Protector Zong goes further, saying he has had his eye on you for a while. He wants to extract your secrets and refine you into an elixir to enhance his cultivation.] [You feign confusion and dere your unwavering loyalty, never having betrayed anyone. But when the Shadow Protector brings out an Essence-Nourishing Pill and says it was obtained from the Great Xia Military, you know your cover is blown.] [Several Elders and the two Protectors close in on you, and you realize you are no match for them.] [In a moment of dire urgency, you activate your Spiritual Power and flee into the Spirit Field Blessed Land instance.] [Thankfully, you had a n in ce just in case something like this happened and you faced a siege. You had prepared enough supplies and food in the Spirit Field Blessed Land and left behind thousands of Essence-Nourishing Pills and Mind-Nourishing Pills, all sufficient for a long period of cultivation.] [The Spirit Field Blessed Land is safe, even Martial Emperor Level practitioners and Divinity Transformation Stage cultivators cannot enter, so you start to cultivate there in peace.] [In the twelfth year, your cultivation level has not broken through, but the quality of your Golden Core has improved further, and you feel that condensing a top-quality Golden Core is not far off.] Chapter 63: Chapter 63: Condensing a Superior Golden Core, The Open Source Plan! Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this and murmured to himself, "Although I can''t stay in the outside world, it''s safe within the Spirit Field Blessed Land, and the remaining elixirs are enough for me to cultivate for several years. I just hope that after obtaining enough elixirs, Great Xia Country and Demon-Subduing Pass can hold out a bit longer." The exposure of providing Essence-Nourishing Pills to Great Xia was actually within Su Xing''s expectations, after all, it involved tens of thousands of pills which once poured in, could significantly make up for the deficiency in the country''s middle strength. And such arge number of elixirs would easily attract the attention of the Descending Sect. "But, how exactly was it leaked?" Su Xing frowned slightly. There were two possibilities for the leak. The first was that there were thousands of professionals taking the elixirs, and with such arge number of people, a leak was bound to happen. The second was that there were spies from the Descending Sect among the high ranks of Great Xia, and it was these spies who exposed Su Xing''s provision of elixirs. "I just hope it''s not the second possibility..." Su Xing muttered to himself, the presence of Descending Sect spies within the upper echelons of Great Xia was definitely not good news. Su Xing continued the simtion. [Year thirteen, your Golden Core became brighter, changing from its original pale gold to a rich shade of gold, and your Spirit Pills were more spirited than ever.] [Because you were alone in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, and were not disturbed by the outside world, your cultivation speed was even three times faster than before. The only thing you found difficult to ept was the loneliness. For two years, since you dared not venture out and had no one to converse with, you almost forgot how to talk.] [Fortunately, there were a flock of Spirit Chickens in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, and watching the Spirit Chickens boast and fight became the only joy in your life.] [Year fourteen, with your relentless cultivation, your Golden Core eventually broke through to the Superior Golden Core. You could feel that the amount of Spiritual Power inside you was more than twice that of an ordinary cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage.] [On March 8, 2038 of the New Era, you felt the space quivering, and you returned to the real world before the Spirit Field Blessed Land shattered.] [A gigantic beast that blotted out the sun and sky swallowed the entire Great Xia Country, and you died at the age of 38!] [You triggered your talent, "Unwilling to Close Your Eyes in Death," only to see endless darkness.] [Ding, simtionplete!] With the simtion over, Su Xing''s attention returned from the simtion panel before his eyes. "The apocalypse on March 8, 2038, huh... If I remember correctly, when I was helping the Descending Sect, wasn''t the apocalypse date September 23, 2037?" Su Xing nodded slightly to himself. "It seems that helping the Great Xia Military improve their strength can indeed effectively dy the end of the real world!" Su Xing felt a wave of joy in his heart, as long as the future was not immutable, then with his ever-growing strength and superior alchemy skills, he could further slow down the time until the destruction of the real world. Theter the real world destruction urred, the more time Su Xing would have to improve his own strength, thus forming a positive cycle. Su Xing was like a butterfly influencing the trajectory of the future, subtly changing the course of what was toe. "After this simtion ends, I can basically confirm that working under the Shadow Protector involves no risk to my life. Although the Shadow Protector always wants me to transform my body, he is overall a decent supervisor..." As Su Xing thought this, in this simtion, it was because he had first betrayed the Descending Sect that he became wanted within the sect, and the Shadow Protector''s look of disappointment when confronting him face-to-face was unmistakably genuine. After carefully reviewing the details of this simtion and confirming there were no omissions, Su Xing murmured, "Now it''s time to choose the reward for this simtion..." [True Spiritual Root of Wood and Fire]: Blue talent, priced at 100,000 energy points. [Golden Core Stage Great Perfection]: High-quality golden core, naturally perfect, with twice the spiritual power density of a regr cultivator, and just one step away from the Nascent Soul Stage, priced at 1 million energy points. [Ten Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, priced at 100,000 energy points. [1000 Essence-Nourishing Pills]: Low-grade elixirs that can refine spiritual power and thicken mana, priced at 10 million energy points. This time, the choice for the simted reward was almost a foregone conclusion. The True Spiritual Root of Wood and Fire could greatly enhance Su Xing''s talent for cultivation, so it was a must-have. And the Cultivation Level of Golden Core Stage Great Perfection would nearly enhance Su Xing''s strength by fifty percent, another must-have. "It''s just a pity that I have less than 800,000 energy points right now, still over 300,000 points short..." Su Xing frowned slightly because as the number of simtion iterations increased, the higher the cultivation he required to bring out, the higher the energy cost for the properties and items became. Even though Su Xing now had a stable source of energy every week, it was still somewhat insufficient. "Since the energy is a bit short, I must find a way to increase ie and reduce expenses...but reducing expenses is impossible. After all, it concerns the growth of cultivation. If I slow down the energy consumption of the simtions, my strength will grow much slower..." "In that case, I can only think of ways to increase sources! The Tarot Commerce Association has just started; it''s only these two or three difficult months, and it should get much better afterwards," Su Xing mused. "Perhaps, I could increase the production of Nourishing Face Pills and supply five hundred a week?" But Su Xing quickly dismissed the idea. He was currently providing Jin Congxue with three hundred Nourishing Face Pills per week, nearly a hundred of which were of top quality, able to maintain youth for three months. Based on the market price of one million Great Xia Coins per regr Nourishing Face Pill and three million per top-quality pill, these three hundred pills could sell for nearly five hundred million Great Xia Coins. This meant that, each month, one thousand two hundred Nourishing Face Pills would flood the market, which was nearly saturating it. Should Su Xing increase the production of Nourishing Face Pills, it might backfire by oversaturating the market and decreasing their market price, which would be a loss rather than a gain. "Since producing Nourishing Face Pills isn''t an option, perhaps I could craft a new batch of elixirs to broaden my ie streams?" Su Xing pondered over the elixir recipes he currently had mastered: Disguise Pills, Power Pills, Nourishing Face Pills, Fasting Pills, Energy Gathering Powder, Wound Healing Pills, Swiftness Pills, Organ Refining Pills, Essence-Nourishing Pills, Mind-Nourishing Pills Upon recounting, Su Xing was even surprised himself; in just two or three months, he had mastered nearly twenty different elixir crafting methods. "Unfortunately, most of the elixirs I''ve mastered aren''t suitable for public sale, especially the Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills..." "Other than Nourishing Face Pills, maybe I could also sell some Fasting Pills and Wound Healing Pills?" Su Xing chose these because there were already simr potions and items on the market, and secondly, these two types of potions were low cost and could be crafted without needing Spiritual Medicine. The effect of Wound Healing Pills was simr to the healing potions produced in instances, but they were better than themon low-level healing potions, almost equivalent to medium-level healing potions. Medium-level healing potions were mainly used to treat injuries of Gold, Master, and Grandmaster level professionals, with excellent results. The market price for a medium-level healing potion was generally over five hundred thousand Great Xia Coins, and they sold very well. "Then I''ll start by crafting a batch of Wound Healing Pills..." Su Xing quickly made his decision. Chapter 64: Chapter 64: Harvesting a Large Amount of Energy, Spiritual Root Advancement! The Wound Healing Pill, not being an entry-level elixir, was not difficult to refine. With Su Xing''s current alchemy skills, half an hour was enough to refine a batch, producing ten pills, easily achieving a 100% sess rate. Furthermore, the medicinal ingredients required for refining Wound Healing Pills were quitemon and could be purchased at anyrger medicinal herb shop. Su Xing first contacted Jin Congxue, hoping that she could provide him with a hundred thousand pieces of white-quality equipment ahead of schedule this week. "Congxue, can we get the white equipment earlier this week? It''s urgent!" Su Xing sent a message. Jin Congxue replied instantly as always. "Big brother, do you think white equipment grows like cabbages? How can I get them so quickly at such short notice?" Su Xing: "Please, I really need it urgently! Aren''t you our all-powerful Guild Leader? How could this little equipment be difficult for you?" Jin Congxue: "Tsk! (contempt.jpg) I''ll think of something! But seriously, what do you need so much equipment for every week, to eat?" Su Xing: "That''s right, that''s right! I have a superpower that lets me grow stronger by eating equipment. I can only afford white equipment because I''m poor at home! (drooling.jpg)" Jin Congxue: "..." Su Xing: "Okay, no jokes. I''ve developed a new Wound Healing Pill. Its effects are almost as good as the intermediate healing potions on the market. Come take a look when you deliver the equipment in a few days." Jin Congxue: "You''ve refined a new elixir again? So awesome! Rich big brother, please take care of me! (yful.jpg)" After a brief chat, Su Xing took a Disguise Pill and went to a medicinal herb shop in the center of Kyoto on his own to buy enough ingredients to refine five hundred batches of Wound Healing Pills. The cost of ingredients needed for one Wound Healing Pill was about fifty thousand Great Xia Coins, and the selling price after refinement could reach 500,000 Great Xia Coins. A tenfold profit wasn''t too high, but for Su Xing, who was in urgent need of energy, it was enough to significantly replenish his resources. For the next five days, Su Xing truly experienced what it was like to be a hardworkingborer. He spent ten hours a day refining ten batches of Wound Healing Pills and another six hours refining six batches of Nourishing Face Pills, barely collecting the three hundred Nourishing Face Pills and five hundred Wound Healing Pills he needed. After preparing the elixirs, Su Xing arranged a meeting time and ce with Jin Congxue. When they met, Jin Congxue was momentarily stunned at the sight of Su Xing and after scrutinizing him closely, asked doubtfully, "Howe you look even better after not seeing you for a few days? Hmm, you seem to have an indescribable quality about you..." Su Xing smiled slightly upon hearing this. After stepping into the Golden Core Stage of Qi Refinement, changing bones and being immune to all poisons wasn''t just a joke. Coupled with the ethereal aura of a cultivator at the Golden Core Stage, Su Xing indeed appeared increasingly extraordinary. Jin Congxue suspiciously asked, "You wouldn''t be hiding some better elixirs for yourself and hogging them, would you?" Su Xing responded with a wry smile, "My deardy, how dare I? Haven''t you milked me dry of my inventory?" "Here, these are this week''s elixirs, three hundred Nourishing Face Pills, five hundred Healing Pills... and this bottle of Essence-Nourishing Pill is a gift for you." Su Xing handed several bottles of elixirs to Jin Congxue, instructing her, "The emergence of the Healing Pill might cause some ripples in the market. If anyone asks, say it''s an item obtained from a certain dungeon, and make sure not to reveal... Also, take this Essence-Nourishing Pill for yourself and don''t let others find out about it." Seeing the serious tone of Su Xing, Jin Congxue nodded and said, "I''m reliable in handling things, I won''t expose you." Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this. He trusted Jin Congxue immensely, and then tentatively added, "Could you see if we could get more white-quality equipment each week? It would be best if we could have two to three hundred thousand pieces!" Jin Congxue rolled her eyes and said, "Young master, you''re not really nning on eating equipment, are you? These things aren''t blown in by the wind. Right now, the Tarot Society can only produce up to ten thousand white-quality equipment pieces per week at most. I have to buy the rest at a low price from the Jin Merchant Guild... You know that price doesn''t allow the Jin Merchant Guild to make any profit. If we get any more, I''m afraid the elders of the Jin Merchant Guild might start to object." Su Xing knew that even though Jin Congxue was the youngdy of the Jin Merchant Guild, such arge business couldn''t possibly be dictated by just one personthere were bound to be those who opposed. After thinking for a moment, Su Xing said, "Try to buy the white equipment at the lowest possible price. If you really can''t find any, it''s okay to pay a bit more, but we need at least two hundred thousand pieces of white equipment a week, three hundred thousand would be even better." Su Xing estimated that two hundred thousand white-quality equipment pieces could be obtained for about two billion Great Xia Coins. But for three hundred thousand pieces, it was hard to say. Perhaps it would take as much as 3.5 billion Great Xia Coins to purchase such a quantity. Although Jin Congxue was somewhat surprised by Su Xing''s request for so much equipment, she nodded and said, "Alright! I''ll try my best to gather up to three hundred thousand white equipment pieces... The Tarot Society is gradually developing now, so I will first inject the remaining four billion funds into the trade association every week." After hearing this, Su Xing nodded his head and agreed with Jin Congxue''s n. Jin Congxue also handed Su Xing a storage ring, saying, "It''s urgent this week, and I''ve only managed to gather a hundred and fifty thousand white-quality equipment pieces. You can take them to ''eat'' for now! We wouldn''t want the child to starve!" Jin Congxue deliberately emphasized the word "eat," sounding quite yful. Su Xing took the storage ring with an embarrassed smile and said, "Cough cough, I''ve been eating so much equipmenttely that my teeth are not doing so well. I was hoping to improve my diet... Would the youngdy be willing to go out to dinner with me again?" Jin Congxue chuckled at this, extending her slender, fair right hand and said, "Alright then, I''ll just have to give you the pleasure of mypany!" After a meal together, which led to intimate moments, their rtionship took a step further. The next day, Su Xing returned to his dormitory refreshed and, when nobody was around, he entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land instance. Su Xing first converted all two hundred thousand pieces of white-quality equipment into energy points, which brought him close to 1.1 million points of energy. Together with the leftover 800,000 energy points, Su Xing''s energy had reached an astonishing 1.9 million points. With ample energy, Su Xing didn''t hesitate to choose his reward. "I choose to exchange for a blue-talent wood-fire dual-system True Spiritual Root, and the Golden Core Stage Great Perfection cultivation level!" As Su Xing''s words fell, he heard the simtor''s notification sound by his ear. [Ding, you have chosen to take out a blue-talent wood-fire dual-system True Spiritual Root, costing 100,000 energy points, leaving a bnce of 1,804,396 energy points.] [Ding, you have chosen to take out the Golden Core Stage Great Perfection cultivation level, costing 1 million energy points, leaving a bnce of 804,396 energy points.] As Su Xing finished speaking, a mysterious energy enveloped him. The first change was in the Spiritual Root talent, evolving from a dual-system Pseudo Spirit Root to a dual-system True Spiritual Root. Su Xing felt his senses bing sharper and could even feel himself involuntarily absorbing the spiritual energy that permeated the air. "Truly a blue-quality True Spiritual Root!" Su Xing eximed, then his expression shifted slightly as the aura of his cultivation level began to surge. (I''ve been busy moving homes recently, so the update schedule has been unstable. I''m now adjusting to one chapter at midnight and another at 6 p.m. every daywoowoo~ Also, as a new author, I''m begging for monthly tickets and rmendation voteslet me feel your enthusiasm~) Chapter 65: Chapter 65: Born with a Face like Pan An, Golden Core Formation upon First Revolution! Su Xing promptly sat cross-legged and looked inward with his mind''s eye. The first change urred within the Golden Core in Su Xing''s dantian! The originally pale gold color of the Golden Core deepened rapidly, solidifying into a dazzling gold within mere tens of seconds, before finally bing restrained, returning to its purest form. In just tens of seconds, Su Xing''s Golden Core evolved from a mid-grade to a top-grade Golden Core. Su Xing sensed it briefly and felt that not only had his spiritual power be more profound, but his maniption of it had also be much more skillful. But this was just the beginning. Following the improvement in Golden Core quality, Su Xing''s cultivation level began to surge. Golden Core Stage firstyer... Golden Core Stage secondyer... Golden Core Stage fifthyer... eighthyer... ninthyer! In just a few minutes, Su Xing''s cultivation level soared dramatically, and the entire process was as gentle as water, without any pain. In the end, Su Xing''s cultivation level skyrocketed to Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage! Feeling the surge of spiritual power within him, Su Xing showed a sincere smile on his face. "Finally, Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage!" Su Xing carefully perceived the spiritual power within his body. If previously, at the firstyer of the Golden Core Stage, Su Xing''s spiritual power was like a small stream, now this stream had expanded several times over, and correspondingly, his spiritual power cultivation had also increased several-fold. This was not just a result of reaching Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage, but also due to the improvement in the quality of Su Xing''s Golden Core. A Golden Core Stage cultivator is on the thirdyer of the cultivators'' realm, which should correspond with the third tier of professional Gold-level professionals. But, with dual cultivation in Qi Refinement and Body Refinement, coupled with the improvement in Golden Core quality, Su Xing could probably defeat evente Master Level professionals. "Top-grade Golden Core, truly profound... Next, I must find a way to condense a Nine Revolution Golden Core!" Having tasted the sweetness of a top-grade Golden Core, Su Xing now set his sights on the Nine Revolution Golden Core. If Su Xing seeded in condensing a Nine Revolution Golden Core, he might be able topete with Peak Master Level and even Grandmaster Level professionals. Su Xing turned his gaze to his professional panel. [Name: Su Xing] [Age: 21] [Profession: Cultivator (Unique Hidden Profession)] [Cultivation Level: Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage, Organ Refining Realm ninthyer] [Cultivation Technique: Changchun Technique, Condensing Pill Secret Technique] [Talents: Wood-Fire Dual True Spiritual Root, Eyes Open in Death, Innate Divine Strength, Fortune Flows, Instant Inspiration, Unyielding, Beast Speech Level Ten...] [Skills: Fire of Separation (Entry Level), Alchemy (Entry Level), Spirit Explosion Technique (Uninitiated), Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique (Uninitiated)] [Equipment: Greenblood Sword (Green), Thorns Chainmail (Green), Cloud Ascend Boots (Green)] There were not many changes on the professional panel. Su Xing''s Qi Refining Cultivation had been upgraded to Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage, and his talents had been refreshed. Su Xing now had as many as seven talents. Besides, after this period of effort, Su Xing had begun to grasp the basics of the Condensing Pill Secret Technique and the uninitiated-level Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique. Su Xing looked at the equipment section at the bottom and muttered to himself: "With my current wealth, I canpletely upgrade my equipment. Green-grade equipment provides almost negligible enhancement to my strength." Su Xing had always been on campus, where he never met any real danger in the ordinary world, so he wasn''t in a hurry to change his equipment. But now that Su Xing had quite a bit of money, recing his equipment wouldn''t cost much, so he decided to find some time to buy a few suitable pieces. After his cultivation level improved, Su Xing did not choose to bezy but instead, became even more diligent, continuing to refine elixirs. Su Xing was surprised to find that after his cultivation improved, his control over spiritual power became more exquisite, and even the time it took to refine elixirs was reduced by nearly one-tenth. "I originally thought that my refining speed had reached its limit before, but I didn''t expect it to further increase after improving my cultivation level. This is indeed a pleasant surprise..." For Su Xing at present, the speed of elixir refining undoubtedly determined the speed at which he obtained energy. Faster refining speeds meant acquiring more energy. In the tedious work of elixir refining, another day passed. January 28th of the New Era 2024, deep in winter, that afternoon, Su Xing entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land and began the twenty-first simtion on time. "Begin simtion!" [This time it cost 2100 energy points, remaining energy points are 802,296, and there are no remaining simtion attempts.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1000 energy points, drawing a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, would you like to draw one?] "Draw a blue-quality talent!" Excited, Su Xing rubbed his hands together, hoping to draw another powerful blue talent. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the blue talent, "Beauty Rivaling Pan An".] [Beauty Rivaling Pan An]: You are a rare beauty not seen in a thousand years. Not only will members of the opposite sex be fond of your appearance, but even the same sex will be captivated by your looks. "Well, well, another talent that enhances attractiveness. It seems to be an upgraded version of ''Face Like Edison Chen''... But, is Pan An really more handsome than Brother Edison Chen who was an unmatched beauty in his time?" Blinking, Su Xing began the simtion. [Inside the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize you are in a simtion.] [You take out a mirror to look at your own face, but don''t notice much change in your appearance, perhaps because you are already handsome enough.] [In the first year, you refined some low-grade Essence-Nourishing Pills and started trying out the method for the Nine Revolution Golden Core cultivation.] [Because you possess the Condensing Pill Technique, you avoid many detours. You know that continuously refining the Golden Core andpressing the spiritual power in your body will gradually form the Nine Revolution Golden Core.] [You spend a fixed four hours each day to refine your Golden Core and another four hours to hone your alchemy skills.] [Half a year passes in this routine, and one day, Wang Qingxuan finds you.] [You had been waiting for this day for a long time. After one proficient night, you and Wang Qingxuan decide to join the Descending Sect.] [In the second year, eager to obtain elixirs to improve your cultivation level quickly, you begin to reveal your alchemy talents three months after joining the Descending Sect.] [One day, both Shadow Protector and Protector Zonge to you, each inviting you to join their respective factions.] [Without hesitation, you choose to join Shadow Protector''s side and curse Damned Zong a million times in your heart.] [You tell Shadow Protector that you can refine both Wound Healing Pills and Essence-Nourishing Pills. Hearing this, she is overjoyed, and you take the opportunity to ask for arge number of spiritual medicines.] [Shadow Protector gives you one hundred Essence-Nourishing Herbs and one hundred Mind-Nourishing Herbs each month, and in return, you only need to provide her with one hundred Essence-Nourishing Pills and three hundred Wound Healing Pills, making a tenfold profit as a middleman.] [In the third year, day after day, youpress spiritual power and refine your Golden Core, making it increasingly outstanding.] [One day, a profound pattern congeals on your Golden Core. Overjoyed, you finally form a first revolution Golden Core after persistent effort.] Chapter 66: Chapter 66: Engraving of Pill Patterns, The Secret of the Nine Revolution Golden Core! Su Xing felt joy in his heart upon seeing this. ording to the descriptions in the art of condensing cores, the Nine Revolution Golden Core was divided into nine rotations. With each additional rotation, one more line would appear on the Golden Core in the Dantian, and the potential upper limit of the Spiritual Power would increase by ten percent over the previous state. Finally, when all nine lines were inscribed simultaneously, the Nine Revolution Golden Core would beplete, and the bearer''s Spiritual Power would be more than double that of a superior cultivator at the Golden Core Stage! Su Xing beheld his simted self finally achieving the first revolution Golden Core and couldn''t help but sigh, "The cultivation of the Nine Revolution Golden Core is indeed not easy! Even with my True Spiritual Root talent and possession of the secret art of core condensation, it still took nearly three years just to form one line." Su Xing sighed lightly with relief; fortunately, in the simtion he had abundant resources, otherwise, who knows how long it would take to condense the Nine Revolution Golden Core. Su Xing continued the simtion. [You carefully perceive the mysteries of the first revolution Golden Core, those ancient and mysterious patterns on the core, as captivating as the most exquisite design, draw in your mind and spirit.] [You attempt to circte the Spiritual Power within your body, only to be surprised to find that your Cultivation Level has actually fallen a realm, from the great perfection of the Golden Core Stage back to the ninthyer, yet the total amount of your Spiritual Power remains unchanged.] [A thought strikes you, an enlightenment that perhaps the so-called Nine Revolution Golden Core is a secret method to enhance the quality of Spiritual Energy andpress Cultivation Level, a method where the realm falls but your strength does not weaken; and if you were to cultivate back to the great perfection of the Golden Core Stage, wouldn''t your power increase significantly?] [Thus, you consume Essence-Nourishing Pills daily and begin to raise your Cultivation Level.] [That same year, thanks to your contributions in alchemy each month, you were promoted by the Shadow Protector to be the eighteenth Elder of the Descending Sect, codenamed Elder Medicine.] [After bing an Elder, you have more time to enhance your Cultivation Level and inscribe your Nine Revolution Golden Core, which greatly speeds up the process of cultivating the Nine Revolution Golden Core.] [In the fourth year, your Cultivation Level returns to the great perfection of the Golden Core Stage, and you feel your Spiritual Power and Cultivation have strengthened by about ten percentpared to what it was when you had a superior Golden Core, proving your theory.] [Every day, you spend four hours inscribing patterns on your Golden Core, and refining the Spiritual Power within your body.] [In the fifth year, you continue to refine your inner Spiritual Power and inscribe lines on the Golden Core, and with the experience you''ve gained in cultivating the Nine Revolution Golden Core, you''re much faster than before.] [By the sixth year, a second line is engraved on your Golden Core, and you achieve the second revolution Golden Core; concurrently, your Cultivation Level falls again to the ninthyer of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the seventh year, it takes one year for your Cultivation Level to return to the great perfection of the Golden Core Stage.] Su Xing sighed slightly upon seeing this, "So it is. To increase the capacity and quality of Spiritual Power, dropping a realm in Cultivation Level, then recultivating back to the realm, and repeating this nine times, is that what the Nine Revolution Golden Core is?" Su Xing finally understood why the cultivation of the Nine Revolution Golden Core was so difficult and time-consuming. Each inscription of a pattern and each recultivation after dispersing one''s progress required a great deal of time and effort. "With my True Spiritual Root talent, I cultivate about thirty times faster than an average Cultivator, and even I need a year to recultivate from the ninthyer to the great perfection of the Golden Core Stage, then wouldn''t an average cultivator need thirty years?" "In this repeated cycle, just recultivating the Cultivation Level, an average cultivator would spend close to three hundred years... plus the time needed to inscribe the patterns on the Golden Core, it could be nearly four hundred years, and yet, the lifespan of a Golden Core Stage Cultivator is only three hundred years!" Su Xing shook his head slightly, murmuring, "Looking at it this way, at the very least, one must have a Dual-type Spiritual Root to qualify for condensing a Nine Revolution Golden Core, as the cultivation speed of a Pseudo Spirit Root of dual types is seven to eight times that of a Mixed Spirit Root of the Five Elements" ``` "But even so, with the time it takes to engrave the patterns, it will still take a dual-type Pseudo Spirit Root Cultivator nearly a hundred years to refine a Nine Revolution Golden Core." "By that time, even Golden Core Cultivators will have aged significantly, possibly losing the potential for further advancement in Cultivation Level, thus making it a loss rather than a gain..." Pausing, Su Xing pondered aloud. "Therefore, only True Spiritual Root Cultivators may attempt to refine the Nine Revolution Golden Core, where each upgrade of the Golden Core increases its potential by ten percent. In the presence of ample Spiritual Medicine, it takes three to five years to engrave one pattern, and refining a Nine Revolution Golden Core also takes more than thirty years..." With just a brief calction, Su Xing knew the difficulties of refining the Nine Revolution Golden Core and the great cost involved. If it weren''t for Su Xing''s future simtor, with thirty years for him being merely two to three weeks of simtion, he probably wouldn''t have easily attempted to refine the Nine Revolution Golden Core. "However, the greater the cost, the greater the yield! Once a Nine Revolution Golden Core Cultivator seeds, their truebat power will absolutely rival that of a Nascent Soul Cultivator, and being one step ahead means being ahead at every step. The Nine Revolution Golden Core is the true broad path of the Great Dao!" Su Xing calmed his slightly excited emotions, then continued the simtion. [In the eighth year, you continue to engrave patterns on the Golden Core, preparing to refine the third streak of Dan pattern.] [In the ninth year, you sessfully refine the third streak of Dan pattern, achieving a Three-Turn Golden Core, causing your Cultivation Level to fall back to the ninthyer of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the tenth year, you toil for one year, and your Cultivation Level returns to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the eleventh year, you begin to attempt the fourth turn of the Golden Core while seeking ways to enhance the strength of the Human Race to maintain longer Cultivation periods.] [Within one year, you send Wang Qingxuan several times to the Sect''s treasury, and with all the contribution points you have umted over the years, you exchange for thousands of stalks of Yellow Immortal Essence.] [Aside from Cultivation, you set aside four hours each day to refine Organ Refining Pills, and within one year, you have produced tens of thousands of them.] [As you had nned in advance, you did not reveal the existence of Organ Refining Pill in this simtion, so when the Organ Refining Pill first appears before people, it is unlikely that anyone would associate it with you.] [In the twelfth year, to be safe, you take a Disguise Pill and a Concealment Pill, changing your appearance and aura. Then, you locate Lu Yuanwu on your own, hand over the nearly thirty thousand Organ Refining Pills you have refined over the year, informing him of the method of consumption, and instructing him to im they were produced by an Alchemist within the military.] [After all is done, you silently return to the Descending Sect base, worrying whether the upper echelons within the Sect will discover your betrayal.] [Fortunately, your fears are misced, the Sect continues as normal, and no one uncovers your betrayal.] [The same year, you refine the fourth turn of the Nine Revolution Golden Core, causing your Cultivation Level to fall back to the ninthyer of the Golden Core Stage.] Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief seeing this, recognizing that it was too rash to provide the Essence-Nourishing Pill directly to the Great Xia Military in the previous simtion as it made discovery all too easy. Therefore, in this simtion, Su Xing changed his approach, introducing the never-before-seen Organ Refining Pill, which the Descending Sect wouldn''t easily suspect and even if they did, they wouldck solid evidence. Su Xing continued to read on. [In the thirteenth year, your Cultivation Level is once again raised to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage.] [One day, the Shadow Protector approaches you unexpectedly, without prior notice. You are alone in your house, forgetting to wear your mask, and the Shadow Protector sees your face.] [Seeing your strikingly handsome appearance, the Shadow Protector is evidently stunned, and you notice she seems somewhat shy.] ``` Chapter 67: Chapter 67: Achieved the Fifth-Rank Golden Core, Handsomeness Comes With Its Troubles [The Shadow Protector hesitated for a moment before taking out an Organ Refining Pill and asking if you knew anything about this type of elixir.] [You recognized at a nce that the Organ Refining Pill was concocted by you, but others were not aware, so you shook your head and said that you did not make this pill.] [You took the pill and closely observed it for a moment, shamelessly praising the pill maker''s skills as far superior to yours and iming ignorance of such an elixir.] [Since you had been providing the Descending Sect with substandard elixirs for over a decade, the Shadow Protector also noticed that the skill involved in making this pill far exceeded yours, so she did not suspect anything.] [Pretending to be puzzled, you inquired about the origin of the pill. The Shadow Protector told you that it came from a mysterious alchemist within the Great Xia Military and informed you that some in the Sect suspected that you had concocted the pill.] [With a bitter smile, you expressed that you couldn''t possibly create an elixir of such high quality. The Shadow Protector nodded, believing you, and assured you that she would protect your safety, breaking the others'' suspicions.] [A few dayster, the Shadow Protector and several other protectors approached you, asking if you could make this kind of Organ Refining Pill.] [You exined that you were not familiar with the pill''s ingredients and would need a great deal of trial and error to decipher itsponents.] [The upper echelons of the Descending Sect believed you and gave you six months specifically to develop this type of elixir.] [For the next half a year, you pretended to study the Organ Refining Pill every day but discreetly cked off, using the saved time to improve the quality of your Golden Core.] [By the fourteenth year, you still had not seeded in making the Organ Refining Pill and intentionally created several pills with conflicting medicinal properties, upsetting the stomachs of many elders in the Sect and even causing the death of numerous followers.] [The Descending Sect gave up on making you produce the Organ Refining Pill and instructed you to focus on crafting the Essence-Nourishing Pill instead. You nodded in agreement.] [You took a day to close your eyes and produce a batch of wed Essence-Nourishing Pills, which would be your assignment to submit to the Descending Sect for the next three monthsa practice you had been doing for over ten years.] [By the fifteenth year, you sessfully cultivated a five-turn Golden Core, and your cultivation level consequently fell to the ninth level of the Golden Core Stage.] [New Era April 7, 2038, a sky-darkening beast descended upon the real world and swallowed the entire Great Xia Country in one gulp.] [You died, and with ''Talent of the Unyielding'', you activated and saw only darkness...] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] Su Xing noted the time of the apocalypse''s arrival. "April 7, 2038... It''s been dyed by another yearpared to the previous one. Indeed, as long as it benefits the overall strength of the Human Race, I can definitely extend the time I have to cultivate." "The extension might be short right now, only a few months, but in the future, as I grow stronger, it could extend by a year or even several years." Su Xing''s lips curled slightly upward, as the two simtions basically allowed Su Xing to grasp the routine for dying the apocalypse. Now it was time to collect the simtion rewards. Su Xing shifted his gaze to the reward options. [Peerless Beauty]: Blue talent, priced at 100,000 energy points. [Five-Turn Golden Core Quality]: Five-turn Golden Core; the quality and cap of spiritual power within the body exceeds that of a top-quality Golden Core cultivator by seventy percent, priced at 500,000 energy points. [Fourteen Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insight, priced at 140,000 energy points. The simtion rewards avable for selection this time were only three, as Su Xing had devoted most of his time to cultivating the Nine Revolution Golden Core and making elixirs. After hesitating for a moment, Su Xing silently contemted: "I choose the Five-Turn Golden Core Quality, and the blue talent, Peerless Beauty!" The Five-Turn Golden Core Quality was a must-have option without question. As for Peerless Beauty, Su Xing argued that while alchemy experience could be obtained once a week, being handsome is a matter for a lifetime!!! [Ding, you have chosen to take the Blue Talent Peerless Beauty, spending 100,000 energy points, with 692,296 energy points remaining.] [Ding, you have chosen to take the Five-Turn Golden Core, spending 500,000 energy points, with 192,296 energy points remaining.] A prompt sounded in Su Xing''s mind, and at the same time, a profound change urred on his body. Su Xing sat cross-legged, examining the Golden Core inside his Dantian. He saw that the originally perfect Golden Core gradually developed mysterious patterns that appeared out of nowhere, filled with a primitive and mystical aura. One pattern... Two patterns... Five patterns! When the five patterns werepletely restored, the Golden Core within Su Xing''s body once again emitted a dazzling light. At the same time, the Spiritual Energy within Su Xing''s body began to surge, increasing by more than seventy percent in quality and quantity within mere tens of seconds. And to Su Xing''s delight, his Cultivation Level had not fallen by a realm, it was still at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage! "So what was brought out of the simtor was only the quality of the Golden Core, not the Cultivation Level... That''s good too, this way I can save a year''s worth of cultivation time in the next simtion." With a smile on his face, Su Xing considered this a nice surprise, neither too big nor too small. After forming the Nine Revolution Golden Core, Su Xing distinctly felt that the Spiritual Energy within him was more abundant, and he could manipte it better than before. After carefullyprehending the changes in his Cultivation Level, Su Xing took out a mirror and checked his handsome face. After observing for a while, Su Xing murmured, "No changes, huh... Has my appearance truly reached the peak for a mortal?" Su Xing shamelessly thought. But in fact, looking as handsome as Pan An is not a talent that changes one''s appearance, but a conceptual talent that changes people''s perception! For example, if a person''s original appearance score was sixty, after awakening this talent, their appearance wouldn''t change, but in other people''s eyes, they would now be a peerless great beauty with a score of ny-nine! As for Su Xing, his appearance was already scored at ny, plus the temperament of a Cultivator, the addedyers of the talent for looking as handsome as Pan An, it would not be doubt if he imed to be the most handsome in history and debuted on the spot. After receiving the rewards, Su Xing did not ck off and started refining elixirs as the days went by. In the blink of an eye, four days passed. Su Xing refined for four days and sessfully produced three hundred Nourishing Face Pills and five hundred Wound Healing Pills that were needed for the next week. That day, a woman contacted Su Xing, not Jin Congxue, but his junior Wang Qingxuan. Wang Qingxuan sent Su Xing a message and then asked him to meet in the small grove at the school. "Could it be, the Descending Sect is about to appear?" Su Xing was puzzled, but there was still more than half a year before the Descending Sect should approach Wang Qingxuan, so it should not happen this early. Just to be safe, Su Xing still went to the grove to meet Wang Qingxuan. The ordinarily in Wang Qingxuan had changed her usual style, wearing delicate makeup and her beautiful long hair draped over her shoulders, the whole person looked pure and captivating. Su Xing approached Wang Qingxuan, handed her a cup of steaming milk tea, and said with a sunny smile, "What''s the matter, junior sister, why did you want to see me?" Wang Qingxuan had kept her head down all the time, finally mustering up the courage to say something. But when she looked up and saw Su Xing, she became even more shy. "Howe the senior brother looks even more handsome after a few days... uh, I''m simply not worthy of senior brother! A in girl like me is already lucky enough to be by senior brother''s side..." Wang Qingxuan thought to herself, swallowing the words she had gathered the courage to say. Su Xing did not notice Wang Qingxuan''s subtlety and asked with curiosity, "If there''s anything you need to say, just say it. If I can help, I definitely won''t hold back!" Chapter 68: Chapter 68: Blue Talent, Prosperous Commerce Wang Qingxuan had a good rtionship with him and was considered one of the few "friends" Su Xing had at school. At the same time, Wang Qingxuan''s role in future simtions was not to be overlooked. Now, Su Xing assumed Wang Qingxuan had run into some kind of trouble, so he wanted to lend a hand. But he didn''t expect that after hearing what Su Xing said, Wang Qingxuan became even more ashamed, thinking to herself, "Senior is so good-looking, and he''s so enthusiastic about helping me, and yet I''m asking for more, truly shameless... What''s more, Senior is also, so, so good-looking!!!" After hesitating for a while, Wang Qingxuan mustered the courage to say, "Senior, if you''re willing, I can be Little!" "What??" Su Xing was stunned by Wang Qingxuan''s sudden remark and asked in confusion, "What do you mean by being Little?" With her cheeks slightly flushed, Wang Qingxuan stammered, "Senior, I saw it... Last time you met a very beautiful older sister outside the school, by chance, I saw it... Senior, don''t worry, I''m not asking for much, just to be by your side is enough..." Su Xing: "..." With Wang Qingxuan''s exnation, Su Xing finally understood what she was here for. Afterward, Su Xing took the time to give Wang Qingxuan some moral guidance, telling her that this was not a good approach. For a naive girl on the verge of falling into the Abyss, Su Xing''s main approach was spiritual salvation! But what Su Xing didn''t know was that this talk only made Wang Qingxuan more attracted to him. Before long, another three days had passed. Su Xing met with Jin Congxue and handed over the elixirs he had prepared in advance. To Su Xing''s surprise, Jin Congxue managed to collect as many as 320,000 pieces of white-quality equipment within a week, which was much more than Su Xing expected. Su Xing skillfully converted the equipment into energy. The 320,000 pieces of white equipment provided Su Xing with a total of 1.85 million simtion energy points. Adding up the nearly two hundred thousand points left over previously, Su Xing''s simtion energy reserve exceeded two million points for the first time. "With energy in hand, I feel at ease!" A slight smile appeared on Su Xing''s lips. On the afternoon of February 4, 2024, in the New Era, Su Xing entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land and started his twenty-second simtion. "Start the simtion!" [Ding! This simtion costs 2,200 energy points, leaving a bnce of 2,056,666 points, with unlimited remaining simtion times.] [Simtion starts!] [Extracting a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, and a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, do you want to extract?] "Extract a blue-quality talent!" [Ding, congrattions on gaining the blue talent, Prosperous Commerce!] [Business Prosperity]: A blue talent, you possess considerable talent in business along with exceptionalmercial acumen. When doing business, you often be very wealthy and rarely encounter setbacks. When Su Xing saw the newly drawn talent, his eyes lit up. He had previously drawn a white talent called "Business Elite" that could help him with his business dealings. But the "Business Prosperity" talent before him was clearly an advanced version of that talent. "''Business Prosperity'' talent, huh? That''s really not bad... Maybe it could help the Tarot Commerce Association develop even faster?" Su Xing decided to observe the use of this talent in the simtion. [Within the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize you are in a simtion.] [You begin to concoct elixirs, preparing the elixirs needed by the Tarot Society for the uing period.] [One weekter, you deliver the pre-prepared elixirs to Jin Congxue, only to unexpectedly learn of the news that the Lingyun Commerce Guild in Kyoto is selling off some of its properties. Jin Congxue tells you these properties include potions, equipment, and skill scrolls. If you could acquire all the properties of Lingyun Commerce Guild, it would usher in an era of rapid expansion for the Tarot Society.] [You understand in your heart that this may be the "Business Prosperity" talent taking effect, so you ask Jin Congxue how much capital would be necessary to acquire these properties.] [Jin Congxue says it would require at least two hundred billion in funds to confidently acquire them. You express that this is too expensive and cannot raise such an amount in a short time.] [Jin Congxue thinks for a moment, then says she is willing to guarantee on behalf of the Jin Merchant Guild. You can first acquire the equipmentmerce properties, with the rest to be paid in installments, but this would still require raising nearly fifty billion in funds within one month.] [You agree to the terms, and in the following month, you work day and night concocting elixirs, finally gathering enough funds to sessfully acquire part of the properties of Lingyun Commerce Guild.] [Several monthster, the Tarot Society acquired all the properties of Lingyun Commerce Guild. In just a few months, the size of the Tarot Commerce Association increased tenfold, bing the leadingmerce guild in Kyoto.] Su Xing widened his eyes in disbelief and muttered, "''Business Prosperity,'' is the effect really so powerful? The size has increased tenfold in just a few months; such an expansion would normally take years to achieve, right?" "It looks like the ''Business Prosperity'' talent is a must-choose option!" Su Xing pondered continuously in his heart. The "Business Prosperity" talent might not be of much use in the simtion, but in the real world, it was definitely of great impact on the development of the Tarot Society. The faster the Tarot Society developed, the more energy Su Xing could harvest! ordingly, Su Xing''s strength would also grow faster! Having made up his mind, Su Xing took a deep breath and continued simting. [With the expansion of the Tarot Society''s scale, each month it could easily produce hundreds of thousands of pieces of white-quality equipment. The only pity is that in the simtor, you no longer need this equipment to supply energy.] [You know staying with the Tarot Society doesn''t help increase your strength, so you start to quietly wait for the opportunity to join the Descending Sect.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan finds you. She tells you she wants to join a mysterious organization, and after a transformative night, you and she join the Descending Sect together.] [In the first three months of joining the Descending Sect, you maintain a cautious style until an opportunity arises. You show your elixir-concocting skills, and you are noticed by the Shadow Protector.] [The Shadow Protector promises that as long as youplete the monthly tasks, you will definitely be able to be an elder-level figure within a year.] [You receive a lot of ingredients for concocting elixirs from the Shadow Protector, and you concoct a great number of Essence-Nourishing Pills and spirit-nourishing pills.] [With a sufficient supply of elixirs, you invest most of your time into cultivation, aiming to refine a Nine Revolution Golden Core!] [The second year, you inscribe another pattern on your Golden Core, sessfully condensing a six-revolution Golden Core and falling back to the ninth level of the Golden Core Stage.] [You are unmoved internally, prepared to re-cultivate your realm back.] [While immersed in arduous cultivation, the Shadow Protector finds you and requests you concoct a batch of elixirs for her alone, emphasizing that you shouldn''t tell anyone about this request.] Chapter 69: Chapter 69: The Mysterious Shadow Protector, Traitor Exposed? ``` Su Xing hesitated for a moment when he saw this. Why would the Shadow Protector suddenly seek him out? This didn''t seem to have happened in the previous simtions, did it? "Is it because I did something to change the trajectory of the future?" Su Xing waspletely baffled and continued to simte. [Meanwhile, the Shadow Protector directly disclosed some of your information, she explicitly mentioned that you have a certain rtionship with the Tarot Society, because a batch of Wound Healing Pills emerged from the Tarot Society one or two years ago.] [But she also stated that she is not interested in your true identityshe just wants you to help her refine a batch of Essence-Nourishing Pills and to keep it a secret.] [You asked the Shadow Protector how many Essence-Nourishing Pills she needed, and she said she required five thousand.] [You were surprisedthe quantity of five thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills was no small number. There must be some big secret behind the Shadow Protector for her to need so many Essence-Nourishing Pills.] [For the sake of caution, you imed that you could only refine so many Essence-Nourishing Pills per month and had no more time for additional alchemy.] [The Shadow Protector saw through your childish lie and implied that yourpensation would not be small; she would provide you with double the herbal materials every month and asked you to refine an additional batch of Essence-Nourishing Pills for her.] [You became even more certain that there were secrets behind the Shadow Protector, so you took the opportunity to make a demandin addition to the previous materials, you also wanted her to supply you with a batch of Yellow Immortal Essence every month.] [The Shadow Protector agreed to your request and then left.] [In the third year, you took one week out of every month to refine elixirs. Beyond producing the required quantity of Essence-Nourishing Pills, you began to refine Organ Refining Pills and started to stockpile them for the future.] [Apart from alchemy, you diligently worked on enhancing your Cultivation Level every day, and you managed to re-cultivate back to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the fourth year, you continued your efforts in inscribing the seventh elixir pattern, and although youpleted the five thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills as requested by the Shadow Protector, she did not stop there. Instead, she requested that you provide her with ten thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills over the next few years.] [You epted the Shadow Protector''s request because the more she asked for, the more herbal materials you would receive, allowing you to umte more elixirs.] [In the fifth year, you sessfully inscribed the seventh elixir pattern, while your Cultivation Level dropped to the ninth level of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the sixth year, you re-trained to reach the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage once again.] [In the seventh year, you began inscribing the eighth elixir pattern, but you also discovered that from the seventh pattern onwards, the difficulty of inscription had significantly increased. Fortunately, with the talent of a True Spiritual Root, this level of difficulty was not an obstacle for you.] [In the eighth year, you continued inscribing the elixir patterns while alsopleting the additional task given by the Shadow Protector: refining ten thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills.] [You had thought the Shadow Protector would have you continue refining the next batch of pills, but discovered she did not make such a request. She seemed preupied, more silent and reserved than before, as if a burden had been lifted from her.] [You boldly inquired why the Shadow Protector needed those pills. The Shadow Protector looked at you deeply and warned you not to meddle in affairs that didn''t concern you. These matters were not for you to know, or she would make you disappear from this world.] Su Xing frowned deeply upon seeing this. "Indeed, the Shadow Protector''s behavior in this simtion is entirely different from before... but why has this change urred?" After thinking carefully, Su Xing realized that the biggest change he made in this simtion was expanding the influence of the Tarot Society by tenfoldpared to before! And to expand the Tarot Society''s influence, he refined and sold arge number of elixirs, including Wound Healing Pills! ``` ``` It was precisely because of this that the Shadow Protector vaguely guessed her connection with the Tarot Society, of course, the Shadow Protector probably didn''t know her true identity as Su Xing. "Wait... Maybe she already guessed?" Su Xing suddenly realized that he had joined the Descending Sect with Wang Qingxuan, and coupled with his certain contact with the Tarot Society, others might not know his identity, but the Shadow Protector might have already figured it all out. Su Xing frowned slightly and murmured to himself: "Luckily, it was only in the simtion that my identity was guessedit''s not a big deal... But did the Shadow Protector do all this because she knew my identity?" But after knowing his identity, why would she make a different choice from the previous simtions? Su Xing followed this train of thought. "Perhaps, it is because she did not fully trust me before, and when she knew my identity, she lost some kind of concern?" Su Xing shook his head slightly, ready to slowly uncover the secrets of the Shadow Protector in subsequent simtions. [In the ninth year, you sessfully engraved the eighth elixir pattern, while your cultivation level fell to the ninth level of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the tenth year, you diligently cultivated for one year, and your cultivation level returned to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage.] [In the eleventh year, you began carving thest elixir pattern. The difficulty of the ninth elixir pattern was beyond your imagination, but you had plenty of time toplete the carving of this pattern.] [In the twelfth year, you still failed to engrave the ninth elixir pattern. ording to your estimate, it would take at least two to three more years toplete.] [During these years, the Shadow Protector did not ask you to concoct any additional elixirs; she seemed to have be withdrawn, merging with the Shadow Beast more and more obsessively, to the point where you even noticed that her right hand hadpletely turned into the ck of the Shadow Beast.] [In the same year, in order to extend the time of the simtion, you used some means to find Lu Yuanwu.] [You gave him all thirty thousand Organ Refining Pills you had umted over the years and instructed him to announce that they were made by internal alchemists of the Great Xia Military.] [You silently prayed that the Human Race would survive longer in this simtion, so you would have more time to simte.] [At the same time, you also prepared enough Essence-Nourishing Pills and Wound Healing Pills, ready to make a getaway at any moment. After all, you had exposed quite a few things in front of the Shadow Protector during the simtion, and she might have already guessed that you were the one concocting the Organ Refining Pills. If she reported this to the Descending Sect, your betrayal would be impossible to hide.] [Fortunately, nothing happened this year.] [In the thirteenth year, you were still engrossed in carving the ninth elixir pattern, which required a lot of mental effort. If it weren''t for the many Wound Healing Pills you had consumed earlier, which made your mental power considerably higher than that of cultivators at the same level, you probably would have found it extremely difficult to carve.] [Luckily, you had made more than half progress with the carving, and if nothing unexpected urred, you would be able toplete the engraving of the ninth elixir pattern during this simtion.] [As you were immersed in engraving the elixir patterns, one day, the upper echelons of the Descending Sect found your dwelling.] [A considerable number of high-ranking members of the Descending Sect came this time around, with as many as four protectors and more than ten Elders, including Shadow Protector and Protector Zong.] [Protector Zong had a ferocious smile on his face as he took out an Organ Refining Pill from his Storage Magical Artifact, dering that you had concocted it, and that you were the traitor who had betrayed the Descending Sect!] ``` Chapter 70: Chapter 70 The World That Belongs to You Still Exists [You had anticipated this day''s arrival and noticed the Shadow Protector among the crowd behind, but you had no intention of giving in just like that. Your acting was impable, feigning total ignorance.] [Protector Zong merely sneered at the words, iming that only cultivators could concoct such elixirs, and you were one of the few cultivators in this world.] [Upon hearing Protector Zong''s words, the surrounding elders and protectors revealed unpleasant looks on their faces, secretly circling you as if they were worried you might flee.] [From the greedy look in Protector Zong''s eyes, you understood that he simply wanted to uncover the secret of your ability to cultivate and then refine you into elixirs.] [Of course, you would notply with his wishes. You argued that there were certainly more cultivators in the world besides you, like the Protector Zong before you, or perhaps some in other copies... and that Protector Zong''s defamation of you was certainly for the purpose of refining you into elixirs to achieve his own ends!] [Upon hearing your exnation, the surrounding elders and protectors wore doubtful expressions, finding your words reasonable. After all, the matter of Protector Zong''s impending demise wasn''t exactly a secret among the upper echelons. Even when you had just joined the Descending Sect, Protector Zong had once requested you as a reward, his motive clear as day.] [Butter, you proved your worth: an alchemist elder with infinite potential versus a protector whose life was ending, the value of the two to the Descending Sect wasn''t necessarily clear-cut.] [Seeing that the attitudes of the surrounding protectors and elders had somewhat softened, you struck while the iron was hot, suggesting that this was all mere spection with no actual evidence.] [The group of elders nodded at this, having found you fairly likable over the years within the Descending Sect, often concocting virility pills for some elders; they were very willing to believe you.] [But the matter was of grave importance, and one of the protectors still turned their gaze to the Shadow Protector, inquiring whether she knew what you had really been up to these years.] [You appeared calm on the surface, yet your heart was already a bit tense, ready to flee into the Spirit Field Blessed Land at any moment.] [All the elders and protectors turned their eyes to the Shadow Protector, and your heart was suspended in anticipation.] [To your surprise, the Shadow Protector merely chuckled and shook her head, saying that over the years, you had consistently provided elixirs for the sect. Why should others harbor such malicious suspicions about you, she questioned as shepared the Organ Refining Pill with the Essence-Nourishing Pills you had made.] [She bluntly stated that the alchemist who made the Organ Refining Pills was far superior in skill to you, and encouraged the other elders and protectors to see for themselves.] [After each protector conducted their examination, they all nodded in agreement; while both were Spirit Pills, the disparity in the crafting method was like night and day, akin to the difference between a newly built rough-housing unit and a fully decorated apartment.] [But the elders were too polite to directly criticize your Essence-Nourishing Pills as substandard, merely conveying diplomatically that there was a gap in alchemy skills.] [In the end, after a council of elders and protectors, it was agreed that this matter had nothing to do with you.] [Only Damned Zong, that mad old dog, still sought to take a bite out of you, using both you and the Shadow Protector of being in cahoots, branding you both as traitors.] [The other protectors and elders looked at him as if he were a fool, as everyone knew of the Shadow Protector''s unwavering loyalty. The Shadow Protector even idolized the "Main Race," aspiring to transform herself into one of them; thus, no one believed Protector Zong''s ims.] [While in your heart, you heaved a sigh of relief, narrowly avoiding the truth being exposed by Damned Zong.] [At the same time, you cast a profound nce at the Shadow Protector. You were quite certain she knew that those elixirs were of your making, and her choice to help keep your secret at this crucial moment might not mean she was a definite traitor, but at least proved that the Shadow Protector''s loyalty to the Descending Sect wasn''t absolute!] [The group of elders and protectors left your dwelling, and just as the Shadow Protector turned to leave, she silently mouthed a message to you without making a sound.] "You learned lip reading for a while before, and what she said was: ''We are even now!'' Su Xing felt somewhat shocked when he saw this. ''Shadow Protector, also a traitor?'' But who could she be a spy for? The Great Xia Military?'' Su Xing furrowed his brows slightly, then shook his head. ''If she was a traitor from the Great Xia Military, then the fifteen thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills she asked me to make could definitely not be hidden, and my identity would definitely be discovered.'' ''But if she''s not a spy for the Great Xia Military, then whose spy could she be?'' Su Xing felt puzzled in his heart, but even more so, he felt relieved. ''Although I still do not know Shadow Protector''s true identity, at least I can be certain she is not absolutely loyal to the Descending Sect, which will definitely bring many benefits in myter simtions!'' ''If I can cooperate with Shadow Protector, we can definitely greatly dy the end of the world in the simtion...'' Su Xing''s thoughts kept churning. He could simte and had countless opportunities to trial and error. Shadow Protector''s identity was definitely worth taking a risk for once. Su Xing had already made up his mind, took a deep breath, and then continued to simte. "In the following period, you chose to keep a low profile, devoting most of your energy to cultivation aside from alchemy." "In the fourteenth year, after your unremitting efforts, you finallypleted the carving of the ninth pill pattern." "The moment the Nine Revolution Golden Core was aplished, you saw the Golden Core within your Dantian shine brightly, and you felt a sense of perfection and naturalness throughout your body. You felt as if it was always meant to be a Nine Revolution Golden Core, and below that, all other Golden Cores seemed imperfect!" "After the Nine Revolution Golden Core was refined, you knew your task waspleted. The end of the world was not far off at that point, a matter of months or perhaps just over a year, before the Foreign Race would invade the real world." "And at this moment, you still had tens of thousands of Essence-Nourishing Pills umted over the years. You wanted to give all these elixirs to the Great Xia Military to see how much you could prolong the inevitable." "But before that, you decided to see Shadow Protector one more time." "One day, you came to Shadow Protector''s residence and saw her cultivating. Shadow Protector sensed your arrival in advance. She asked if you were ready to fully integrate with the main tribe." "You shook your head gently, then boldly voiced the doubts in your heart. You asked whether Shadow Protector was absolutely loyal to the Descending Sect." "Upon hearing this, Shadow Protector was silent for a long time. Then she took off the mask on her face. Her face was still exquisitely beautiful, but you also saw fish-scale-like ck patches on the skin of her neck, a sign of deep integration with the Shadow Beast." "Shadow Protector chuckled softly. She said it would have been better if you had offered the Organ Refining Pill to her earlier. If there had been more pills back then, perhaps everything would have been different." "Her gaze towards you carried a hint of envy, as she mentioned that at least you still had a home to return to, at the very least, your world still existed." Chapter 71: Chapter 71 The Apocalypse That Came Half a Year Late Su Xing''s heart surged with shock and disbelief as he read the message. The brief two sentences already contained far too much information. Shadow Protector initially required so many elixirs to aplish a certain mission, which might be exactly the same as what Su Xing was currently undertaking. After all, if it were just for enhancing personal strength, there would be no need for over ten thousand elixirs! Only arge group in urgent need of improving their strength would require such an enormous amount of elixirs. From the tone of Shadow Protector, it was not hard to deduce that whatever he had intended to do had failed, and the reason for the failure was due to insufficient elixirs, or rather, inadequate strength... This sounded somewhat strange; after all, if the Shadow Protector merely needed that many elixirs, perhaps he was a spy from one of the Human Race''s major forces, but Su Xing had never heard of such a person. However, if this was linked with what Shadow Protector had saidter, then everything began to make sense. "At least the world you belong to still exists." In just one sentence, astounding information was revealed. Could it be that Shadow Protector was not even from Blue Star? Indeed, within the Descending Sect, it seemed that many high-ranking followers originated from other replicas, or more precisely, from other worlds. Protector Zong, Dragon Protector, and now the Shadow Protector before him... Following this train of thought, perhaps Shadow Protector had wanted to obtain so many elixirs in order to save his own world? But in the end, he had still failed, which was why he regretted not using those elixirs sooner? Su Xing took a deep breath, his face shing with a trace of excitement. If this was truly the case, then in the uing simtion, might he be able to recruit Shadow Protector into his camp and make him a reliable ally? "It''s worth a try! However, Shadow Protector''s world might have already been destroyed in this simtion, and this destruction probably took ce in the eighth year of reality, around the new era of 2031. There''s still enough time!" Su Xing continued with the simtion. [After parting with Shadow Protector, the doubts in your heart have been resolved, so you went alone to the Great Xia Military, intending to support them with the remaining eighty thousand Organ Refining Pills.] [This time, you did not conceal your tracks, because you were prepared. Once you handed over the elixirs, you nned to return directly to Spirit Field Blessed Land and quietly await the end of the world.] [You got your wish and met with Lu Yuanwu, who looked exhausted, his right armpletely severed, showing signs that his injury had not yet healed.] [Despite being weary in body and mind, Lu Yuanwu still warmly received you and straightforwardly stated that the thirty thousand Organ Refining Pills you providedst time had been extremely useful, creating at least five thousand Grandmaster Level melee practitioners for the Human Race and significantly easing the difficulties on the frontline.] [You smiled and nodded, taking out a storage ring and indicating that it contained eighty thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills, exining their effects. Organ Refining Pills were suitable for physical melee practitioners to consume, enhancing their physique, while Essence-Nourishing Pills were suitable for magical practitioners, increasing their spiritual attributes.] Lu Yuanwu took the storage ring from your hand, and after a moment of silence, a bitter smile appeared on his face. He said if you had brought out these Essence-Nourishing Pills two years earlier, it would have been better. Now that the Demon-Subduing Pass has been breached, thest defense line of the Human Race has been destroyed in one fell swoop, and the destruction of the real world is only a matter of time. These elixirs could only dy the invasion of the Foreign Race into the real world. However, even so, Lu Yuanwu still expressed his gratitude to you, handing over a hero medal to you. This medal was meant to be given to you years ago, but as you had been out of contact all these years, Lu Yuanwu had kept it safe on your behalf. After bidding farewell to Lu Yuanwu, with no further ties left in the simtion, you quietly returned to your hometown, preparing for onest look at your parents. Your younger sister had died in battle years ago, but fortunately, the pension was enough for the old couple to live on. It''s just that your disappearance over these years had led to many more white hairs on their heads. You watched them from a distance, ready to go and see Jin Congxue and Yu Yan, but on the way to find Jin Congxue, your whereabouts had already been discovered by the Descending Sect, who learned about you providing the Essence-Nourishing Pills to the Great Xia Military. Damned Zong, along with seven or eight Elders, set out to besiege you. Knowing you were no match for them, you hid in the Spirit Field Blessed Land. In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you lived a secluded, leisurely life, cultivating for four hours a day and asionally tending thend and raising chickens with the rest of your time. You had enough food supply, and the Essence-Nourishing Pills you had saved were enough for your cultivation. By the fifteenth year, you restored your Cultivation Level to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage, knowing that the destruction of the world was not far off. Thus, you attempted to see if you could break through to the Nascent Soul Realm. Another half year passed, and you felt the spiritual power in your Dantian bing more and more abundant, the spirit within the Nine Revolution Golden Core growing stronger, a sign that you were about to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm. You estimated that, at this rate, it might take you another two to three years to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm. This was because of your exceptional talent and solid foundation, which made your progression into the Nascent Soul Realm dozens of times faster than that of an ordinary cultivator. Just then, the items in the Spirit Field Blessed Land began to copse, and the space started to shatter. You understood that the world had been destroyed, your mission wasplete, and so you waited for death peacefully. On September 1, 2038 of the New Era, you were torn to pieces by the spatial turbulence. You died! Ding, the simtion has ended! After the simtion ended, Su Xing slowly exhaled, scooped up adle of water from the Spirit Well and drank it down, his emotions gradually returning to calm. Without a doubt, Su Xing''s gains from this simtion were immense. First and foremost, he finally cultivated the Nine Revolution Golden Core, which was a solid step towards the Nascent Soul Stage. If Su Xing wished, he couldpletely keep the Cultivation Level of the Nascent Soul Stage in the next simtion. Secondly, through his own efforts, Su Xing had managed to dy the destruction of the real world by a full half a year this simtion! Originally, the destruction of the world in the simtor was supposed to be in March 2038, but now it had been dyed to September. This half a year''s time was clearly because Su Xing enabled the Human Race to have many more Grandmaster Level powerhouses. "The timing of providing elixirs in this simtion was still a bitte. If I had enabled the Human Race to have more Grandmaster Level powerhouses before the Demon-Subduing Pass fell, I could have greatly dyed the destruction of the real world!" "And the destruction of the Demon-Subduing Pass should happen around thirteen years from now, which is early 2037. If I provide elixirs to the Human Race before the fall of Demon-Subduing Pass and train powerful warriors, it might even be possible to hold the pass!" Su Xing narrowed his eyes, murmuring to himself. "Besides that, the biggest gain from this simtion is the information about Shadow Protector... I must find a way to turn Shadow Protector into an ally, which would make my actions in the simtion much easier!" Chapter 72: Chapter 72: The Nine Revolution Golden Core is Complete, A Perfect Golden Core! "As long as I form an alliance with the Shadow Protector, I will provide her with elixirs, and in return, she will cover me and supply more herbs, which can greatly extend the simtion time!" Thinking of this, Su Xing''s heart pounded excitedly. The extension of simtion time meant that Su Xing could do more things, have more cultivation time, or have more time to refine elixirs! "The uing simtion needs careful nning, how can I gain the trust of the Shadow Protector?" "But before that, let''s first select the reward for this simtion!" Su Xing turned his gaze to the simtor''s reward options. [Prosperous Business Affinity]: Blue talent, priced at 100,000 energy points. [Nine Revolution Golden Core Quality]: The Nine Revolution Golden Core, a perfect quality Golden Core from the ancient cultivators, with no potential for further improvement. After achieving this Golden Core, the density of Spiritual Power in one''s body would be 2.5 times that of a high-grade Golden Core cultivator, 5 times that of a mid-grade Golden Core cultivator, and 10 times that of a low-grade Golden Core cultivator! Priced at 600,000 energy points. [Fifteen Years of Alchemy Experience]: Insight into alchemy, priced at 150,000 energy points. [Essence-Nourishing Pill x1000]: Elixirs that can assist cultivators in their cultivation, also slightly enhancing the quality of the cultivator''s Spiritual Power, priced at 10 million energy points. The simtion reward wasn''t hard to choose this time, the Nine Revolution Golden Core Quality was Su Xing''s target for this simtion, a must-have. And the Prosperous Business Affinity talent was crucial for Su Xing, as it could speed up the development of his Tarot Commerce Association, which meant Su Xing could obtain more simtion energy. Therefore, Su Xing said without hesitation: "I choose the blue talent, Prosperous Business Affinity, and the Nine Revolution Golden Core!" [Ding, you have chosen to take out the blue talent Prosperous Business Affinity, spending 100,000 energy points, remaining energy 1,946,666 points.] [Ding, you have chosen to take out the Nine Revolution Golden Core Quality, spending 600,000 energy points, remaining energy 1,346,666 points.] Two notifications sounded in Su Xing''s ears, and a mysterious aura appeared on him. Prosperous Business Affinity, considered abination of business and luck talents, was intangible, but the moment the simtion reward was granted, Su Xing felt as if something had been added to him. As for the Nine Revolution Golden Core Quality, the enhancement for Su Xing was immediately visible. Su Xing''s aura surged slightly, and seeing this, he quickly sat down cross-legged andposed his mind. In his Dantian, a Golden Core with five Dan patterns began to shine brilliantly. An ancient pattern was slowly etched onto the Golden Core, like an invisible brush of the Great Dao tracing slowly. When the sixth Dan pattern was sessfully drawn, Su Xing felt a significant increase in the density of the Spiritual Energy inside him. Then, the seventh and eighth Dan patterns were consecutively inscribed, and the eight Dan patterns in correspondence emitted an exceptional and mystical aura. Next, the invisible brush of the Great Dao began to inscribe the ninth Dan pattern! The moment the brushstroke waspleted, Su Xing wondered if it was an illusion that the positions of the other Dan patterns seemed to have moved slightly lower, seemingly making room for the ninth Dan pattern! The brush moved vigorously,pleting the process in one breath, and finally, the ninth Dan pattern slowly took shape. The moment all nine Dan patterns were formed, Su Xing distinctly felt an outpouring of spirituality from the Golden Core, and the nine Dan patterns became one, elevating the aura of the entire Golden Core significantly. A profound feeling suddenly rose in Su Xing''s heart. That is, there could be five grades of Golden Core quality: low, mid, high, followed by eight revolutions of the Golden Core, but the ultimate Nine Revolution Golden Core was an existence thatpletely surpassed the eight revolutions of the Golden Core. ``` Nine is regarded as the most honored number, and the Nine Revolution Golden Core has been an existence pursued by countless Golden Core Stage cultivators for millions of years. At the moment the Nine Revolution Golden Core formed, Su Xing''s cultivation aura surged once again, and the spiritual power in his Dantian almost wanted to burst forth. "So this is the profound mystery of the Nine Revolution Golden Core... My spiritual power now is almost twice as strong as before. Although I have never fought with a Nascent Soul cultivator, with my current spiritual power, perhaps I need not fear an average Nascent Soul cultivator!" "Even if they are Grandmaster Level professionals, as long as I learn two more attacking spells, I have the confidence to fight them!" What Su Xing didn''t know was that the benefits of the Nine Revolution Golden Core went far beyond this. In ancient times, cultivators all pursued perfect Qi Refinement and perfect Foundation Establishment. And the Nine Revolution Golden Core is the perfect Golden Core; its function is not only to make a cultivator''s spiritual energy cultivation stronger but also topensate for a cultivator''s innate deficiencies. Su Xing had no master and had been exploring the path to immortality on his own, unaware that perfect Qi Refinement and perfect Foundation Establishment could take him further on the path of cultivation, so there were some regrets and imperfections. However, the aplishment of the Nine Revolution Golden Core made Su Xing''s cultivation during Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment also perfect. His cultivation afterwards would be much smoother, and he would be able to go further on the path to immortality. It is written in ancient cultivation texts, those with an inferior Golden Core, may be Nascent Soul cultivators. Those with a medium Golden Core, the Nascent Soul may form, but Divinity Transformation is hopeless. Those with a superior Golden Core, Divinity Transformation awaits. For every turn in the Golden Core, a new world unfolds. The cultivator who reaches the eighth revolution Golden Core can be an immortal of the mortal realm, living freely and joyously for tens of thousands of years. For the Nine Revolution Golden Core cultivators, there is none in a million, unattainable for those not of extraordinarily brilliant talent. If cultivated sessfully, longevity can be expected. It was fortunate that Su Xing pursued the Nine Revolution Golden Core. Although it consumed quite some time, itid a foundation for his future cultivation. Otherwise, when Su Xing reached higher realms and wanted topensate for his innate deficiencies, it would be exceedingly difficult! After feeling the surge in his cultivation level, Su Xing was excited for quite some time before he came around and started to brainwash himself. "I mustn''t get carried away! I mustn''t get carried away! Being a Nine Revolution Golden Core cultivator amounts to nothing! I still need to cultivate steadily!" Su Xing brainwashed himself several times, and his excitement gradually subsided, his eyes again showing a trace of worry. "s, when will I be able to be a Saint! It is said that all are ants beneath the Saints!" Su Xing constantly pressured himself and then started to think about his next n. "ording to the simtion, in one week, the Lingyun Commerce Guild in Kyoto will offload most of their assets. As long as I can acquire those assets, I will definitely be able to drastically increase Tarot Commerce Association''s strength, and by then, Su Xing will also have more abundant energy." "Of course, the biggest issue now is that my money is far from enough. There may be less than one billion in cash flow within the Tarot Commerce Association, but to acquire the Lingyun Commerce Guild, even the first payment is likely to cost over a hundred billion!" "The immediate priority is to concoct more elixirs to make money!" With this thought, Su Xing immediately headed to the herb shop and bought arge quantity of herbs needed for concocting elixirs. After purchasing enough herbs to make a small mountain, Su Xing immediately entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land and began concocting elixirs. "Based on the price of one million Great Xia Coins for a Nourishing Face Pill, three million Great Xia Coins for a superior Nourishing Face Pill, and five hundred thousand Great Xia Coins for a Wound Healing Pill. I have to concoct at least nearly ten thousand elixirs and sell them to make the initial purchase of the Lingyun Commerce Guild, right?" ``` Chapter 73: Chapter 73 Su Xings Noble, Jin Congxue! "After attaining the Nine Revolution Golden Core, my speed of alchemy clearly sped up significantly. At my current pace, if I don''t eat, drink, or sleep, I should be able to craft three hundred Nourishing Face Pills in one day and barely manage two thousand in a week. That quantity is far from enough..." Su Xing refined elixirs while pondering. "Regardless, let''s make them first and talkter. Being able to stockpile more elixirs always means selling them for more money!" Thus, in the following week, Su Xing crafted elixirs day and night, sustaining his stamina with Fasting Pills and not sleeping for seven consecutive days. Finally, after seven days, Su Xing had crafted a total of one thousand Nourishing Face Pills, three hundred superior Nourishing Face Pills, and eight hundred Wound Healing Pills. This pace was barely achieved after Su Xing''s strength broke through, squeezing out his veryst bit of energy. After seven days, Su Xing, sporting a pair of dark circles, couldn''t stop yawning. Continuously crafting elixirs for seven days and nights, expending a great deal of mind and physical strength, it''s fortunate that Su Xing was a Golden Core Stage cultivator, or he would have died from exhaustion long ago. Looking at the small pile of elixirs in his storage ring, Su Xing revealed a satisfied smile. "Including the few hundred elixirs I saved up before, I now have three thousand elixirs in my hands. Although that''s not enough to acquire the Lingyun Commerce Guild, it''s only sufficient to give it a try for now!" Su Xing took out his phone to send a message to Jin Congxue, setting up a time to meet. Half an hourter, the two arrived at the vi, having ordered dinner in advance, ready to eat while talking. Jin Congxue, seeing Su Xing''s appearance, was stunned for a moment, and with confusion she said, "I haven''t seen you for a few days, and you somehow look even betterstrange, there''s just a sense of being kidney-deficient." Su Xing rolled his eyes at the remark. Looking better was due to the effect of his talent, while the kidney-deficiency was entirely because of night-long alchemy sessions! Soon, the servants delivered the luxurious dinner they had ordered. Su Xing hadn''t eaten in days, and although the Fasting Pills ensured his stamina, he couldn''t help but feast upon seeing thevish dinner, wildly stuffing arge chicken leg into his mouth. Watching Su Xing''s unapologetic eating, Jin Congxue rolled her eyes and passed him a napkin, teasing him, "Are you a starving ghost reincarnated, kiddo? Howe it feels like you haven''t eaten in a long time?" Su Xing, while wolfing down his food, held up his thumb and said, "You really missed your calling as a fortune teller! Indeed, I haven''t eaten in several days. Seeing all this delicious food, I truly couldn''t resist!" After a satisfying meal, Su Xing and Jin Congxue got down to business. She first handed over the thirty thousand white-quality pieces of equipment she had acquired in the week to Su Xing. Then she continued, "Su Xing, do you know about the big news in Kyoto''s business worldtely? Lingyun Commerce Guild, due to poor management, has started to offload arge volume of assets, especially the sale of low-tier equipment. Are you thinking of buying up any of that?" Su Xing had anticipated this, so he nodded and asked directly, "I have indeed heard of the Lingyun Commerce Guild, barely considered a first-ss guild. But how much liquidity is needed to acquire these assets?" After hearing this, Jin Congxue held up two fingers and said, "At least two hundred billion Great Xia Coins! Lingyun Commerce Guild has declined in recent years, but at its peak, it virtually monopolized the market for low-end professionals in Kyoto, being valued at several trillion. A camel, even thin, is still bigger than a horse!" "Although the Lingyun Commerce Guild has fallen, its current asset valuation is still above five hundred billion Great Xia Coins. However, due to some issues among the guild''s internal shareholders, that''s why assets are being sold off so cheaply!" "As long as we can acquire Lingyun Commerce Guild, I am confident that I can elevate the Tarot Commerce Association to the ranks of a first-ssmerce association within a year!" Su Xing nodded after hearing this, admiring Jin Congxue''s business acumen. The hallmark of a first-ssmerce association is that its industry valuation has to reach over a trillion. In his previous simtions, even with the advantage of foresight and spending more than a decade, Su Xing had never managed to elevate the Tarot Commerce Association to a first-ssmerce association. It was only a remarkable woman like Jin Congxue, who came from a family of merchants and possessed a sharp eye, extensive resources, and connections, who could be so sure of her im. Su Xing pondered that if Jin Congxue also had talent, it would at least be of a purple-level business tycoon''s caliber. Su Xing thought for a moment and said: "Two hundred billion is still too much for the Tarot Commerce Association, which is currently just a second or third-tiermerce association with an industry valuation of only tens of billions... I''m afraid the association can''te up with so much money, can it?" In truth, Su Xing had some doubts in the simtions; even if he worked tirelessly at alchemy, gathering two hundred billion in a short time wasn''t very realistic. How did Jin Congxue manage to acquire Lingyun Commerce Guild? Jin Congxue patted her generous figure and rolled her eyes as she spoke: "Su Xing, you really don''t understand the business world at all! Coming up with two hundred billion in cash, even for the Jin Merchant Guild, would be difficult. Typically, acquiring an industry is done through asset swaps or incremental buying." "With the Tarot Society''s current thin spread of industries, asset swapping is out of the question, but incremental buying is entirely feasible! For the first installment, just one-tenth of the total capital is enough, which is twenty billion!" Upon hearing this, Su Xing nodded slightly and took out a bottle of elixirs from his storage ring, saying: "Here are 1,500 Nourishing Face Pills, 500 premium Nourishing Face Pills, and 1,000 Wound Healing Pills, which are myst in stock. Afterwards, I''ll provide over 1,500 elixirs each week, so try to acquire Lingyun Commerce Guild as soon as possible." Jin Congxue was stunned to see Su Xing take out so many elixirs in one go. The elixirs in Su Xing''s hands were worth 35 billion Great Xia Coins! Moreover, Su Xing had said that he could supply 1,500 elixirs each week, which meant at least 15 billion in value each week. "Goodness, you''re practically a walking printing press!" Jin Congxue was somewhat surprised but then thought for a moment and said: "I had originally nned that we should at least take over Lingyun Commerce Guild''s industry sector in equipment trading. But now, seeing the speed at which you make money, we canpletely swallow up Lingyun Commerce Guild!" Seeing Jin Congxue in such an excited state, Su Xingughed and nodded, but he hesitated inwardly and said: "However, the initial capital of thirty-five billion might not be enough for the acquisition, and it doesn''t seem quite right to directly use elixirs to buy Lingyun Commerce Guild..." Hearing Su Xing''s words, Jin Congxue giggled and said: "Have you forgotten who I am? The young miss of the Jin Merchant Guild, I do have some clout! Of course, we won''t be trading the elixirs directly. I''ll first deposit these elixirs in the Jin Merchant Guild, getting a loan of thirty or forty billion shouldn''t be a problem!" "Then, I''ll negotiate the acquisition as the heir of the Jin Merchant Guild, using the guild as a guarantor! With this brand name, although the initial tens of billions might seem a little less, as long as you can provide a batch of funds each month,pleting the entire acquisition within half a year won''t be a big issue!" After hearing this, Su Xing was once again moved. He finally understood how Jin Congxue had managed to acquire Lingyun Commerce Guild within a year in the simtions; with the top-tier Jin Merchant Guild as a guarantor, Lingyun Commerce Guild was naturally reassured. "Jin Congxue really is my benefactor. Without her, the development of the Tarot Society would''ve been so much slower..." Chapter 74: Chapter 74: The Shadow Protectors Probe, Can an Alliance Be Formed? ``` After discussing the acquisition briefly, Su Xing fully delegated the matter to Jin Congxue. Upon returning to school, Su Xing took advantage of the emptiness around him and entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land. First, he exchanged the newly obtained three hundred thousand pieces of white-grade equipment for energy, and together with the previous leftover of over one million three hundred thousand energy points, Su Xing''s simtion energy surged to an unprecedented level, reaching three million points! As he watched the mountain of equipment swiftly vanishing before his eyes, Su Xing muttered to himself, "At the current stage, the white-grade equipment provides the best cost-performance ratio for producing energy, but even white equipment is limited. As my need for energy increases, who knows if there will be enough white-grade equipment in the future!" "Perhaps, when that timees, I''ll need to find other materials to rece the white-grade equipment." Previously, Su Xing had also tried converting other things into energy. Ordinary elixirs could be transformed into a few hundred energy points, but the key issue was that they were too expensive and couldn''t be purchased in bulk. Not to mention skill scrolls, which contained even less energy than equipment. Regarding the exchange of green and blue-grade equipment for energy, Su Xing had tried that as well but found that the white-grade equipment still offered thergest quantity of energy and had the best cost-performance ratio. "Forget it, I won''t think about this for now. There''s always a way when ites to it, just stick to simting!" Su Xing turned his gaze to the simtor and thought to himself, "Start simtion!" On February 11 of the New Era 2024, Su Xing began the twenty-third simtion. [Ding! This simtion consumes 2,300 energy points, leaving a bnce of 3,016,666 energy points, with unlimited remaining simtions.] [Simtion has started!] [Extracting a white-grade talent costs 100 energy points, a green-grade talent costs 1,000 energy points, and extracting a blue-grade talent costs 10,000 energy points. Would you like to extract?] "Extract the blue-grade talent!" [Ding, congrattions on acquiring the blue-grade talent, nt Affinity!] [nt Affinity]: You are naturally good at farming. All kinds of nts thrive under your care, and those nted by you will grow significantly faster. Seeing this talent, Su Xing''s eyes brightened. nt Affinity was a perfect match for his Spirit Field Blessed Land! "This can make nts grow much faster. This is like being a druid, right? I just wonder if it''ll work on Spirit nts..." Su Xing mused, stroking his chin. In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, Su Xing had already nted thousands of Spirit nts. Some that grew quickly could be used for alchemy after a year and a half under the nourishment of Spiritual Energy. However, most Spirit nts needed to grow for more than ten years before their medicinal properties could be utilized, and some even required a hundred years to fully manifest their effects. Su Xing naturally couldn''t wait that long, fortunate that he had a simtor, but even the simtor only allowed him to harvest a small portion of medicinal nts. Now, with the nt Affinity talent, Su Xing''s nting speed of Spirit nts would undoubtedly be much faster! "This talent is simply too suitable for me. It looks like I have no choice but to select it during this simtion!" Su Xing silently eximed in his heart, turning his attention to the simtion interface. ``` [In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realized you were in a simtion.] [You decided to try out the newly acquired talent you had gained, nting a few spirit nts and carefully nurturing those you had previously nted.] [A month had passed, and during that time, you spent an hour each day growing spirit nts, while the rest of the time was dedicated to alchemy.] [To your surprise, the spirit nts you had sown grew rapidly, almost catching up with the growth of those from the previous three months in just one month''s time. You were pleasantly surprised and subsequently cleared several more plots of wastnd.] [One day, Jin Congxue found you and informed you that the preliminary acquisition of the Lingyun Commerce Guild had beenpleted, with the remaining payment required to be settled gradually over the next six months.] [You nodded in agreement, providing Elixirs to Jin Congxue on a weekly schedule. Although the Tarot Commerce Association wasn''t of much use to you in the simtion, you also wanted to see the subsequent development of the guild.] [Before long, six months had shed by, and one day, Wang Qingxuan found you.] [She informed you about the mysterious organization, and through Wang Qingxuan, you sessfully joined the Descending Sect.] [Upon joining the Descending Sect, you continued to act cautiously as before in order to gain the trust of the members within the sect.] [In the second year, you revealed your talent for alchemy. The Shadow Protector took a strong interest in you and requested that you make Elixirs for the Descending Sect, indicating that you could be promoted to an Elder-member level within a year.] [You epted the task, and every day you concocted substandard Elixirs to fulfill the assignments, but secretly kept all the carefully crafted Elixirs to yourself for your own cultivation.] [A few monthster, you deliberately let the Shadow Protector catch glimpses of who you might be, leading her to vaguely guess your identity. After that, the Shadow Protector frequently tested you, but never proposed a n for you to make Elixirs for her privately.] [In the third year, thanks to your excellent performance over the past year, you were sessfully promoted to the eighteenth Elder of the Descending Sect. What excited you even more was that the day after you became an Elder, the Shadow Protector approached you.] [She expressed her wish for you to craft a batch of Elixirs for her, totaling around five thousand.] [You frowned and feigned refusal, asking her why she needed to make such arge batch of Elixirs.] [The Shadow Protector stated that it was her private affair; you just needed toplete the task on time, and that your efforts would be well rewarded.] [From the tone of the Shadow Protector, you sensed displeasure. Knowing you can''t hurry matters, you told her that you would deliver this batch of Elixirs to her within six months.] [The Shadow Protector looked somewhat surprised since, based on your past alchemy speed, it would have taken at least a year or two to craft five thousand Elixirs. You smiled meaningfully but said nothing.] [Thus, another six months passed. During this time, you made Elixirs for four hours every day. With an abundance of herbs in the Descending Sect, you had secretly stockpiled over ten thousand Elixirs.] [In addition, you also ensured four hours of cultivation time daily, with your Cultivation Level improving day by day. You felt breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage within a few years would not be difficult.] [One day, the Shadow Protector found you, and you handed over the five thousand Elixirs you had prepared in advance. She was amazed by the effects after checking them, as the quality of this batch was several times higher than the Elixirs you had previously supplied to the sect.] [Realizing the deep implications of your actions, the Shadow Protector initiated onest probe: She asked what your purpose was for joining the Descending Sect.] Su Xing tensed up when he read this, muttering to himself: "Here ites! Finally, as a naturally cautious person, the Shadow Protector has only juste to somewhat trust me after three years and several slip-ups. Is she finally going to discuss the reasons for my joining the Descending Sect?" Su Xing knew he couldn''t rush this. In the simtion, offering the Shadow Protector five thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills within half a year was meant to demonstrate his value. Only by showing the Shadow Protector hope would she reveal her true feelings to him. Su Xing continued with the simtion. [Facing the Shadow Protector''s inquiry, you simply smiled faintly and said, "My purpose is the same as yours, to save this broken world!"] Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Gaining Trust, Alliance with the Shadow Protector! In the real world, Su Xing''s heart hung in suspense. Having spoken those words within the simtor, he had effectivelyid his identity bare. If the Shadow Protector was neither a spy nor a traitor, his death was certain. This amounted to a wasteful use of a precious simtion opportunity. But if the Shadow Protector truly was a traitor, then Su Xing would save himself much trouble in subsequent simtions. Everything hinged on a single thought. Su Xing swallowed and continued the simtion. [After hearing your words, the Shadow Protector''s expression subtly changed. She imed she did not understand what you were saying, that she had joined the Descending Sect decades ago and had always been following the path of the master.] [Your heart felt more at ease after hearing the Shadow Protector''s response because if she truly was loyal to the Descending Sect, she should have killed you right then and there.] [You simply closed your eyes, allowing the Shadow Protector to end your life, which led her to fall silent.] [After a long while, the Shadow Protector let out a bitterugh and said, "How pitiful. Compared to those true behemoths, our world is destined for destruction! In their eyes, our world is nothing more than insignificant dust"] [At that moment, the Shadow Protector finally opened up to you. Seizing the opportunity, you argued that as long as there was a glimmer of hope, you should exert ten thousand times the effort, just like how the Shadow Protector requested you to refine elixirs. Was it not a struggle despite knowing you were powerless to resist?] [It seemed the Shadow Protector was swayed by your words. She inquired about your n to resist the invasion of the Foreign Race. You presented an elixir, stating you would practice alchemy and that as long as you could produce enough strong individuals with elixirs, the Foreign Race would eventually be driven away.] [However, the Shadow Protector responded with a bitterugh, indicating that it was a mere drop in the bucket. Even if the Human Race''s strength was raised by a notch, they would still be insignificant in the face of the Foreign Beasts.] [The Shadow Protector then asked how many elixirs you could provide all on your own.] [Filled with hope, you contemted for a moment and then stated that you could supply a thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills every month and asked her if that number was sufficient.] [Upon hearing your words, the Shadow Protector was visibly stunned. A supply of a thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills per month equated to creating two hundred warriors at the Grandmaster Level. Nearly three thousand in a year. If so many strong individuals could be produced annually, perhaps it could significantly dy the Foreign Race''s invasion!] Su Xing chuckled lightly upon seeing this. With Su Xing''s alchemy speed, if he focused only on that, he could even refine more than two thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills in a month. However, Su Xing also needed to cultivate. In this simtion, he needed to advance to the Nascent Soul Stage, so without impacting his own cultivation speed, he could only spare four hours per day for alchemy. "It seems that in this simtion, I''ll have to form an alliance with the Shadow Protector. Just how long can we dy the end of the world?" Su Xing raised an eyebrow and continued the simtion. [Ultimately, the Shadow Protector agreed to form an alliance with you. She said she would do her best to cover for you, to conceal your identity, while you needed to supply her with at least five hundred Essence-Nourishing Pills every month!] [You seized the opportunity to request Yellow Immortal Essence, essential for refining Organ Refining Pills, and the Shadow Protector agreed to your request.] [In the fourth year, you maintained four hours of alchemy every day and spent even more time ensuring your cultivation, feeling yourself getting closer and closer to the Nascent Soul Stage.] [Within a year, you had refined over ten thousand elixirs, nearly half of which were given to the Shadow Protector. The remaining pills you used to sustain your cultivation, and you had saved up several thousand Organ Refining Pills to use when necessary.] [In the fifth year, you continued to consume Essence-Nourishing and Mind-Nourishing Pills daily to strengthen your Cultivation Level. You sensed a subtle change in your Golden Core, which forced you to spend more time stabilizing your cultivation. Breaking through from the Golden Core Stage to the Nascent Soul Stage was slightly more difficult than you had imagined.] [That year, the number of Organ Refining Pills you umted reached ten thousand, which was still far from enough.] [In the sixth year, you continued to refine elixirs methodically. Besides cultivating in your spare time, you also returned to the Spirit Field Blessed Land to tend to the spirit nts.] [You discovered that many of the spiritual medicines you had nted had reached maturity, even surpassing the quality of those in the treasury of the Descending Sect.] [You were tempted to try refining new elixirs, but you knew that the purpose of this simtion was to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage, so you abandoned the idea.] [In the seventh year, you persisted in your cultivation efforts. You could feel that you were a mere thinyer of sandpaper away from the Nascent Soul Stage, and you knew you had hit a bottleneck.] [You knew that breakthroughs couldn''t be forced. Sometimes, relentlessly seeking a breakthrough would only lead to bitter consequences. It was better to let things take their natural course, which might unexpectedly lead to a breakthrough to a Nascent Soul Cultivator.] In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly. With his True Spiritual Root aptitude, breaking through to the Nascent Soul Cultivator shouldn''t encounter any significant bottlenecks. For those cultivating, it was not umon to be stuck in a great realm for decades or even centuriesthis was due to insufficient aptitude. But Su Xing''s issue was ack of the right mindset. He was only one opportunity away from the Nascent Soul Stage and might be able to break through without pain. With that thought, Su Xing continued to look at the simtion panel. [You no longer practiced arduously every day, only cultivating lightly for half an hour each morning to maintain your spiritual sense, leaving you with more time for alchemy.] [This year, you refined elixirs for ten hours each day. Thanks to the ample supply of spiritual medicine you had left, you weren''t short on ingredients.] [Within a year, you had produced over thirty thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills, knowing they would be of great use in the future.] [You remembered clearly that in a previous simtion, the Shadow Protector had no further need for elixirs in the eighth year. Perhaps something catastrophic had happened in her original world, which led her to abandon her need for elixirs.] [Thus, you sought out the Shadow Protector, intending to give her the Essence-Nourishing Pills a year in advance.] [The Shadow Protector was shocked to receive more than thirty thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills but epted them. You told her to distribute the elixirs as soon as possible.] [After she nodded in response, you didn''t see her for the uing days.] [After resting for a few days, you immersed yourself back into the rhythm of alchemy. Apart from maintaining essential cultivation, you amassed tens of thousands of elixirs within a year.] [The ninth year was just another ordinary day for you, where you continued your daily routine of alchemy and cultivation.] [But that day, the Shadow Protector found you, looking considerably worn out. It had been months since youst saw her, so you quickly inquired about her situation.] [The Shadow Protector remained silent for a long time before uttering a few words: "Give up, give up this futile resistance."] [Your heart skipped a beat, knowing that the Shadow Protector''s world might have ultimately perished. You hastily asked how she was defeated and how her world was destroyed.] [The Shadow Protector seemed reluctant to borate, merely saying a few words about theing of the great beasts and the world''s apocalypse...] [You fell silent, knowing that the Shadow Protector had managed to fight for an extra year for her world. ording to the original timeline, her world might have perished in the eighth year, yet it had endured for one more.] [But what truly shook you was the mention of theing of great beasts, which almost exactly matched the cause of destruction of your own world. You didn''t dare contemte the implications.] [Looking at the grieving Shadow Protector, you too seemed to be touched by her emotions, momentarily at a loss for how to console her.] [Crack, under the strong surge of emotions, your long-stagnant cultivation level finally broke through, and you sessfully became a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator!] Chapter 76: Chapter 76: One Hundred Thousand Elixirs, a Generous Gesture! "I''ve broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage?" Surprise flickered through Su Xing''s eyes. He had just condensed his Nine Revolution Golden Core in hisst simtion, and unexpectedly, happiness arrived so abruptly, allowing him to achieve the status of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Even as a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator at the first level, it was probably enough to multiply Su Xing''s strength several times over. "Once this simtion ends, if I can be a Nascent Soul cultivator, I won''t even consider ordinary Grandmaster Level professionals as threats. Perhaps then, I can try to explore those few dangerous copies, right?" With that thought, a chilling light shed in Su Xing''s eyes as he murmured, "And that Damned Zong... I must y him with my own hands!" Su Xing took several deep breaths, calming his mind anew. "A showdown with that Damned Zong is certain. Not to mention his act of turning me into a Human Pill in the simtion, just the possible inheritance from the Cultivation World he might have left behind is a massive fortune to me!" What was Su Xing most in need of now? Spirit Stones? Elixirs? Cultivation Techniques? None of the above. Although Su Xing didn''t have many Spirit Stones or Elixirs, he had never used them in the real world, only in simtions, and thus far, they had been sufficient in every simtion. In other words, as long as the simtions were infinite, he had an endless supply of Elixirs and Spirit Stones. As for cultivation techniques, the Changchun Technique was already enough for Su Xing''s current stage. That wasn''t something he needed to consider. What Su Xing needed most now was experience, knowledge about somemon sense and secrets of the Cultivation World, as well as powerful offensive spells. As long as he killed that Damned Zong, Su Xing believed he would have all of these, after all, that was an old monster who had lived for over a thousand years. "However, I must not take any risks. I need to be absolutely certain That Damned Zong is probably a peak Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator. Despite his old age and frailty, he''s not someone who a mere Nascent Soul can covet." "Wait a little longer... When I also reach the Divinity Transformation Realm, I might then attempt to take that old dog''s life!" Su Xing took a deep breath, calming his emotions. "At crucial moments, one must y it steady... Anyway, with the simtor with me, the advantage is mine!" Su Xing continued the simtion. [After your breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm, your strength surged like never before. Themotion of your breakthrough caught the attention of Shadow Protector standing nearby, who looked at you with a strange gaze.] [You had no choice but to exin that each person''s physique was different, and then you asked the Shadow Protector what her ns were next.] [The Shadow Protector seemed to have less vitality and energy than before; she shook her head slightly, indicating that her world had been destroyed, and she only wanted to live well from now on.] [You asked if the previous alliance with the Shadow Protector still counted, and she nodded affirmatively, expressing that no matter what, you had contributed to the rescue of her homnd.] ["Tell her that although her world may no longer exist, Blue Star still does, you wish to save as many lives of the Human Race of this world as possible."] ["Shadow Protector understands your feelings, so she''s prepared to continue the alliance with you. Only this time, you guys have amon goal, to dy the destruction of this world by the strange beasts as much as possible."] [In the tenth year, you spend the whole year refining Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills. Because of the rapid progress in strength, your pill refining speed has increased a lotpared to before. In one year, you''ve refined fifty thousand Organ Refining Pills.] [In the eleventh year, you didn''t stop there. Taking advantage of your position as Shadow Protector, you''ve nearly emptied the Descending Sect''s treasury over the years. This year, you spent another full year crafting fifty thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills.] [Based on your simtions and experience, you know that the change at Demon-Subduing Pass is supposed to ur next year. Once Demon-Subduing Pass falls, the Human Race will be beyond salvation. You must deliver the elixirs to the upper echelons of the military before the fall of Demon-Subduing Pass.] [You possess a total of one hundred thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills. Such a quantity could potentially double the number of Grandmaster Level professionals in Great Xia Country within half a year!] [You''ve already made your decision. Once you have delivered these pills to the military of Great Xia Country, whether or not you get discovered, you n to immediately leave the Descending Sect and focus on enhancing your own cultivation further.] [Before setting out, you found Shadow Protector. She seemed to understand the purpose of your trip and wished you good luck.] [In the moment before parting, Shadow Protector hesitated before she revealed to you that her name was Luo Shuying.] Su Xing paused upon reading this, murmuring to himself, "Luo Shuying" [You quickly found Lu Yuanwu through your own channels. Lu Yuanwu looked somewhat haggard, but his arm was still intact. This meant Demon-Subduing Pass must be in trouble but not yet at the point of copse.] [Lu Yuanwu asked about your intentions. After a brief exnation, you handed over the storage ring to Lu Yuanwu and instructed him on how to use the two types of pills.] [After hearing your exnation, disbelief filled Lu Yuanwu''s eyes. Could these mere pills actually improve a professional''s physical and mental attributes, thereby increasing the chance of breaking through to the Grandmaster Level? But in that moment, he had no other choice and had to treat a dead horse as if it were still alive.] [After handing over the pills, you took advantage of the fact that the Descending Sect had not yet noticed and secretly went to see your parents. Worried about implicating them, you entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land quietly.] [In the twelfth year, freed from worldly entanglements, you could devote more time to cultivation.] [Regrettably, after breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage, you distinctly felt the speed of cultivation slow down significantly. If before it was like filling up a basin with water from the Golden Core firstyer to the secondyer, now at the Nascent Soul Stage, this basin had turned into arge vat. You needed to fill this vat to the brim to make a minor breakthrough.] [Before you entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you left yourself several thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills and Essence-Nourishing Pills, believing it would be enough for your future cultivation.] [But you found that the resources needed for cultivation at the Nascent Soul Stage far exceeded your expectations. Even if you consumed Essence-Nourishing Pills daily like candy, the effect on purifying and augmenting your Spiritual Power was quite limited.] [What surprised you was that the effect of the Essence-Nourishing Pills was unexpectedly good. You had also taken Essence-Nourishing Pills during the Golden Core Stage to enhance your inspiration and Divine Sense.] [Compared to the Golden Core Stage, the improvement of Divine Sense at the Nascent Soul Stage is even more crucial, as ording to the records of the Changchun Technique, all cultivators at the Nascent Soul Stage need to thoroughly condense their Divine Sense.] [Golden Core cultivators have a range of Divine Sense spanning only around a zhang (about 3.3 meters) from their body, while Nascent Soul cultivators can even extend their Divine Sense up to ten zhang or even tens of zhang.] [In the thirteenth year, you split your daily practice into two parts: the first part to enhance your Spiritual Power and cultivation level, the second part to improve your Divine Sense Realm.] [One day, you realize that after your breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage, you''ve encountered a tricky problem. As your cultivation level continued to climb, you felt the Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Field Blessed Land was getting thinner and thinner] Chapter 83: Chapter 83: The Third Immersive Simulation, Luo Shuying! Su Xing paused when he saw this, as if something had suddenly urred to him, and he halted the simtion, whispering to himself. "I want to use the immersive simtion feature!" [Ding, you have sessfully used the immersive simtion, consuming one hundred thousand points of energy for one hour of simtion time, remaining energy 2,523,333 points!] This was the third time Su Xing had used the immersive simtion feature, and each time, there had been apelling reason for him to enter personally. And this time was for an important reason as well. Su Xing felt a swirl of change before his eyes, and when he regained his senses, he found himself in an unfamiliar environment. It looked like a rural area belonging to some remote town, indeed a suitable hideout for a renegade organization like the Descending Sect. In front of Su Xing stood a figure d in ck tight-fitting clothes,pletely wrapped up, wearing a mask with a green face and fierce fangs that looked incredibly intimidating. "Why did you suddenly stop talking?" Luo Shuying''s voice, tinged with fatigue, came from in front of Su Xing. Hearing this, Su Xing smiled and said, "I was thinking, if I travel through the timeline to see you again, is there any way I could get you to trust me directly, without the need for mutual probing, like setting up a passcode or something?" This was the reason Su Xing wanted to use the immersive simtion. If he could really set up a passcode, it would save a lot of time inter simtions. Hearing this, Luo Shuying paused for a moment, then chuckled lightly, "If there everes such a day, you can say to me, ''Do you still remember that little girl who cried all night in the heavy rain? We can never go back, Luo Shuying!''" Upon hearing this, Su Xing nodded earnestly,mitting Luo Shuying''s words to memory, and then replied casually, "Don''t worry! The next time I travel through the timeline, I will definitely try to save your hometown and the world again!" After hearing this, Luo Shuying''s eyes held a hint of anticipation as she nodded, "I really look forward to that day; it''s a pity I won''t be able to see it..." Su Xing fell silent. Each simtion was just a short few minutes for him, but for the people who truly existed within the simtion, it represented a lifetime. For the next several minutes, Su Xing did nothing superfluous, just quietly staying by Luo Shuying''s side, looking at the tranquil country paths and the endless golden rice fields. It was as if the whole world was so peaceful, having forgotten the apocalypse and the bloody struggle. When the immersive simtion time was about to end, Luo Shuying suddenly said to Su Xing, "Elder Yao, could you take off your mask and let me see it?" No sooner had Luo Shuying finished speaking than she took off her own mask, revealing her delicate features, skin whiter than snow, and light blue eyes, like a sprite living among humans, albeit with a lingering sadness in her eyes. Su Xing was momentarily astounded by Luo Shuying''s beauty. If Jin Congxue was the most beautiful girl Su Xing had seen before, Luo Shuying was even more breathtaking by quite a margin. Su Xing smiled and also took off his mask. In an instant, upon seeing Su Xing''s face, Luo Shuying was also stunned. After a long silence, Luo Shuying smiled and said, "I never expected Elder Yao to be so young, and yet so beautiful... I can somewhat understand why another me from a different timeline would form an alliance with you~" Having said that, Luo Shuying blinked her eyes. Su Xing smiled slightly, just about to say something when his consciousness snapped back to the real world in an instant. [Ding, immersive simtion experience has ended. The host will shortly return to the real world.] Back in the real world, Su Xing stared nkly at the simtion screen in front of him, taking quite some time to recover his senses. "Luo Shuying, she must havee from a tragic background as well..." Su Xing murmured silently to himself. For Su Xing, the immersive simtion was entirely risk-free; if he ever encountered danger, the simtor would automatically terminate the immersion, and Su Xing''s consciousness would return to his body. Moreover, even if he told the people within the simtion about his ability to traverse time, they would forget by the next session, and it would not affect the real world in the slightest. It was precisely for this reason that Su Xing boldly formed an alliance with Luo Shuying. [In the tenth year, you sessfully convinced Luo Shuying to join forces with you and defect to the Great Xia Military. Before defecting, you and Luo Shuying raided the Descending Sect''s treasury, obtaining arge quantity of medicinal ingredients and treasures.] [You were pursued by six protectors and more than a dozen elders from the high ranks of the Descending Sect; fortunately, after joining the Great Xia Military, you were protected by them.] [Though the Descending Sect was strong, it dared not confront the Great Xia Military head-on and had no choice but to let you go.] [You met Lu Yuanwu and handed over all of the two hundred and thirty thousand Organ Refining Pills and Essence-Nourishing Pills you had umted over the years to him and personally supervised the soldiers of the Great Xia Military in taking the elixirs correctly.] [With your assistance in making elixirs, in just half a year''s time, the Great Xia Military gained over forty thousand Grandmaster Level professionals! The number of Grandmaster Level professionals in Great Xia Country increased multiple times over!] Su Xing felt a surge of excitement upon seeing this. As far as Su Xing knew, the number of Grandmaster Level professionals in Great Xia Country in recent years was around ten to twenty thousand, and most of these professionals came from top institutions like Kyoto Academy and the like. Every year, these seven institutions supplied a substantial number of talented professionals to the military and Demon-Subduing Pass, who often saw significant increases in strength within a year or two after being tempered by war. Su Xing murmured: "However, ten yearster, the number of Grandmaster Level professionals in the Great Xia Military not only did not increase but decreased, indicating that the war at Demon-Subduing Pass was intensifying. The fear is that the influx of new professionals cannot keep up with the deaths, which is why the number of Grandmaster Level professionals dropped from over ten thousand to less than ten thousand." But ten yearster, Su Xing forcefully increased the number of Grandmaster Level professionals in the Great Xia Military by forty thousand, instantly multiplying its core strength and greatly enhancing its chances of defending Demon-Subduing Pass. "And most importantly, it''s the Spirit Pill! That''s something that can foster Heavenly King Level professionals!" Su Xing took a deep breath and continued the simtion. [In the eleventh year, with the addition of forty thousand Grandmaster Level professionals at Demon-Subduing Pass, the war at the front started to turn in favor, allowing Great Xia Country not only to hold Demon-Subduing Pass but even asionallyunch counterattacks against the Foreign Race.] [In the same year, in recognition of your outstanding contributions to Great Xia Country and the entire Human Race, you were awarded the Great Xia Country Hero Medal and a first-ss sequence treatment!] [With a first-ss sequence treatment, there are only a dozen or so people in the entire Great Xia Country. You could almost ess all the intelligence and resource support of the nation, and you chose to be a special consultant to the Great Xia Military, on par with a five-star general.] [You had just over two hundred pieces of Spirit Grass left in your hands, the key to birthing Heavenly King Level powerhouses. Therefore, you devoted even more attention to refining Spirit Pills and continuously improved the sess rate of alchemy.] [In the twelfth year, you used the two hundred pieces of Spirit Grass to sessfully refine over a thousand Spirit Pills. Including those refined earlier, you now had nearly two thousand Spirit Pills.] [Afterpleting the alchemy, using your first-ss sequence privileges, you called for a meeting of the Great Xia upper echelons to discuss the deployment of the Spirit Pills.] Chapter 78: Chapter 78: Achieving Nascent Soul Ancestor, Stay Steady and Dont Be Rash! Lacking spiritual energy, Su Xing spent his first few years like this, leading him to even be a Body Refinement Cultivator. But now, having tasted the wonderfulness of spiritual energy, losing ess to it was absolutely uneptable for Su Xing. Yet, in future simtions, he found himself once againcking spiritual energy. Although there was still some time before that reality would strike, Su Xing still felt a sense of urgency. "Fortunately, there are Gathering Spirit Flowers. It seems that in the uing simtions, I''ll have to find a way to nt some to ensure a supply of spiritual energy..." It was foreseeable that after breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage, Su Xing''s need for spiritual energy would increase even further. Although he could use elixirs to enhance his cultivation level, spiritual energy was fundamental. Su Xing sighed lightly and turned his attention to the rewards of this simtion. [nt Affinity]: Blue talent, priced at 100,000 energy points. [Nascent Soul Stage, First Layer]: Qi Refining Cultivation, Nascent Soul ancestors are terrifying, priced at 1 million energy points. [Seventeen Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, priced at 170,000 energy points. [Two Gathering Spirit Flowers (Growth Stage)]: Not fully matured Gathering Spirit Flowers, estimated to be 3 years from full growth, priced at 20,000 energy points. [Minor Spirit Gathering Array (Superficial Understanding)]: A faintprehension of the Minor Spirit Gathering Array, priced at 5,000 energy points. (The Minor Spirit Gathering Array is one of the thirteen minor decisions in the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique) There''s not much to say about the simtion rewards. Only three items stirred Su Xing''s interest to exchange. The blue talent nt Affinity, the Cultivation Level of the Nascent Soul Stage, and the two Gathering Spirit Flowers that are in the growth stage. After pondering for a moment, Su Xing decided to exchange for the nt Affinity talent and the Cultivation Level of the Nascent Soul Stage. The Gathering Spirit Flowers were good, but they were too time-consuming to cultivate during their growth stage. Moreover, it would take three years for them to mature. Even with the nt Affinity talent, it would still require a year''s time. It was better toter bring out fully matured Gathering Spirit Flowers. As for the nt Affinity talent, it was almost a must-have. Whether it was forter nting Gathering Spirit Flowers or other spirit nts, it would be needed. As for the Cultivation Level of the Nascent Soul Stage, that went without saying. Cultivation level had always been important, and moreover, after advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage, Su Xing''s alchemy skills would further improve. "I choose the blue talent nt Affinity and the Cultivation Level of the Nascent Soul Stage, First Layer!" Su Xing thought silently in his heart. Suddenly, a notification sounded in Su Xing''s ear. [Ding, you have chosen to take the blue talent nt Affinity, costing 100,000 energy points, remaining energy 2,996,666 points.] [Ding, you have chosen to take the Nascent Soul Stage, First Layer Cultivation Level, costing 1 million energy points, remaining energy 1,996,666 points.] As the simtor''s voice rang in his ear, Su Xing first felt a gentle green light spill over his body. Then, he seemed to sense the emotions of every nt around him, bing more harmonious with them. "Is this the feeling of nt Affinity? Not bad at all, huh?" Su Xing understood why the nt Affinity talent could elerate the growth of ntseverything in the world has spirit, and now Su Xing could sense the emotions of spirit nts, which would allow him to cultivate them better. The nt Affinity was simply an internal change within Su Xing. The next second, Su Xing felt something inside him yearning to break out. Cultivation feedback wasing! Su Xing hurriedly sat down cross-legged, guarding his mind. He looked inward at his Dantian with his spiritual sense. He saw the Nine Revolution Golden Core within his Dantian trembling gently, a golden light enveloping the whole Dantian in an instant. The aura of the Nine Revolution Golden Core continued to gather and climb. The whole processsted about a minute. Su Xing didn''t dare blink, constantly sensing the changes within the Golden Core inside him. Ultimately, only a crisp sound was heard. Crack! The Nine Revolution Golden Core disyed a fissure, which expanded like a spiderweb and eventually shatteredpletely. Within the core, an infant the size of a palm appeared; this infant was born with his eyes open, bright and alert, resembling Su Xing considerably. What was more astonishing was the golden light radiating from the baby''s entire body. (Note: This is a description of the Nascent Soul, with no suspicion of being a clone, rest assured it''s safe.) After breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage, the growth of Su Xing''s cultivation level hadn''t ended. His aura surged again, nearly approaching the second level of the Nascent Soul Stagea result of the simted years of diligent cultivation just before. "So this is what it''s like to be a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator..." Su Xing took a deep breath, noting the uniqueness of his Nascent Soul. A normal Nascent Soul cultivator''s soul wouldn''t be golden; a golden Nascent Soul could only be formed by a Nine Revolution Golden Core. This golden Nascent Soul also significantly elevated Su Xing''s strength beyond that of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator. At the same time, Su Xing felt an immense spiritual power within his body, which was several times stronger than during the Golden Core Stage! If, before, the cultivation of his Golden Core was like a stream in the mountains, then now the stream had joined a river, much more abundant than before! "Hiss, although I''ve just broken through to the Nascent Soul cultivator, with the power of the Nine Revolution Golden Core, perhaps my spiritual power is alreadyparable to ate-stage Nascent Soul cultivator!" Su Xing sighed inwardly. "The only regret is that I stillck offensive techniques. Currently with only the Li Fire and Spirit Explosion Technique at my disposal, it''s about time to schedule learning new offensive spells..." Su Xing''s breakthrough to the Nascent Soul was exceptionally smooth, the whole process natural, but the sudden increase in strength still made him feel a bit inted. Su Xing hurriedly scooped up twodlefuls of clear water from the Spirit Well, drank half, and poured the other half over his crown, which calmed his emotions once more. He then began his routine self-brainwashing. "Stay steady, just a mere Nascent Soul cultivator for now... I must at least wait until reaching the Divinity Transformation Stage before I can seek vengeance on that damned Zong!" After a few moments, Su Xing''s emotions stabilized again, returning to his usualposed demeanor. This was a drawback Su Xing found with the simtor; each time his cultivation was simted and enhanced, the sudden increase in power made him feel inted. Only by constantly reminding himself could he remain steady (and hold on). Su Xing opened the cultivator''s panel to review his current information. [Name: Su Xing] [Age: 21] [upation: Cultivator (Unique Hidden upation)] [Cultivation Level: Nascent Soul Stage Level 1, Organ Refining Realm Level 9] [Cultivation Techniques: Changchun Technique, Condensing Core Secret Technique] [Talents: Dual True Spiritual Roots of Wood and Fire, Unyielding, Innate Divine Strength, Fortune Upon Fortune, Quick Wit, Unbreakable, Beast Speech Level 10, Handsome as Pan An, Smooth Business Fortune, nt Affinity] [Skills: Li Fire (Elementary), Alchemy (Elementary), Spirit Explosion Technique (Elementary), Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique (Uninitiated)] After checking the attributes panel, Su Xing nodded in satisfaction. Now that his Qi Refining Cultivation had be Nascent Soul Stage Level 1, his strength had surged, and his control over spiritual power was exceedingly strong. Besides, after more than twenty simtions, the number of talents Su Xing currently had reached exactly ten, which made him worry somewhat. "Logically speaking, there might be a limit to the number of talents one can have. After reaching ten talents, how will I continue to acquire new ones?" Chapter 79: Chapter 79: New Energy Source, Exotic Metal! Su Xing, having voiced his doubts inwardly, quickly received a rare response from the simtor. [Ding, after obtaining ten talents, the host can spend simtor energy to expand the talent slot. Higher quality talents with the same function will automatically rece the old ones, and for different quality talents, the host can freely rece them as well.] Relieved by the simtor''s reply, Su Xing exhaled; the limit to the talent slots wasn''t ten, which meant he had greater growth potential. "Sigh, it looks like I''ll be working tirelessly to umte energy again!" After finishing with the simtion, Su Xing didn''t rest but immediately continued with alchemy. He mainly focused on making Nourishing Face Pills and also produced a small batch of Wound Healing Pills. Soon, a week passed by. In one week, Su Xing had manufactured a total of three thousand Nourishing Face Pills and Wound Healing Pills. The reason he could produce them so quickly was partly that the low-grade elixirs were simple to make, and also, after his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage, both his Divine Sense and Spiritual Power had increased immensely; making three thousand elixirs in a week was even manageable with energy to spare. While conducting alchemy, Su Xing pondered: "Making low-grade elixirs, I''m now able to multitask with ease. Perhaps I should build a few more Pill Furnaces to significantly speed up the process!" A thought struck Su Xing; he had once used multitasking in a simtion to simultaneously concoct multiple batches of elixirs. Although the chance of failure and the risk of the furnace exploding increased, the overall speed of alchemy would definitely see a significant boost. For instance, if Su Xing were to refine elixirs in three furnaces at the same time and one failed, the efficiency of his alchemy would still have doubled. "Sigh, the only troublesome thing is that ordinary metal furnaces can''t withstand the high temperatures of alchemical mes. The Pill Furnace would probably explode before the pills were evenplete... I remember during the simtion, Lu Yuanwu seemed to have crafted a batch of Pill Furnaces for me, using some kind of special metal, was it called?" "I''ll ask Jin Congxue about the origin of this special metal when I see herter." Su Xing stored the freshly concocted elixirs into his storage ring and then made his way to the small vi where he often met with Jin Congxue. Today, Jin Congxue was dressed in a light blue gown, her long hair carelessly draping down, her clear eyes shining and her teeth gleaming, her body still carrying the fresh scent from her recent bath. Seeing Su Xing lost in thought for a moment, Jin Congxue rolled her eyes coquettishly and said, "What, visiting me just once a week and always for work? If you think I''m pretty, you shoulde to see me more often~" Su Xing, hearing the yful tone in Jin Congxue''s voice, felt a shiver run through him and replied with a wry smile, "Sigh, work is still the priority... From the moment I open my eyes each day, it''s all about alchemy, how could I have the time to see you?" Having said that, Su Xing handed over the elixirs he had prepared in advance to Jin Congxue. After receiving the elixirs and checking the quantity, Jin Congxue raised an eyebrow and said, "Your skills in alchemy have improved again, haven''t they?" Su Xing nodded and said, "These elixirs should be worth three to four billion. In another two weeks, the funds for the first phase of acquiring Lingyun Commerce Guild should be nearly ready!" Jin Congxue nodded in response and handed a storage ring to Su Xing, saying, "This week, we''ve only managed to buy a hundred thousand pieces of white quality equipment, and another twenty thousand were drops from our own people. After all, in order to acquire the assets of Lingyun Commerce Guild, we really can''t divert more funds..." Su Xing took the storage ring and half-jokingly replied, "So I''ll have to tighten my belt for the next two weeks, huh? When will I finally get to have my fill?" Remembering Su Xing''s previousments about consuming equipment, Jin Congxue couldn''t help bursting intoughter, covering her mouth as she chuckled, "Don''t worry, after these two weeks, I''ll make sure you''re stuffed! I''ve heard that Lingyun Commerce Guild has amassed arge stockpile of white quality equipment over the years, which they''ve failed to sell off. Our acquisition will include that stock, and there''ll certainly be more than enough for you!" Su Xing''s eyes brightened upon hearing this; if Jin Congxue said there was arge batch, then the quantity must be substantial. Currently, Su Xing still had two million energy units on hand. If he didn''t exchange them for cultivation levels, it should be enough for the moment, especially since advancing one level in the Nascent Soul Stage required one million energy units... As long as he could get through these two weeks, arge amount of energy would be credited to his ount afterward. Su Xing was confident he could hold on. After chatting with Jin Congxue for a while, Su Xing asked, "By the way, A''Xue, do you know about exotic metals?" Jin Congxue nodded after hearing this and said, "Exotic metals are one of the essential metals needed for crafting high-quality equipment. Even the lowest first-order exotic metal can be used to create blue-grade equipment. However, they are quite expensive. Why do you ask?" Su Xing''s eyes lit up again upon hearing this; who could have guessed that exotic metals were materials for crafting equipment? Could it be that exotic metals might also contain substantial energy? Su Xing wasn''t certain yet, so he said, "I n to craft two new alchemy furnaces. That way, I can speed up my alchemy, but ordinary metals simply won''t do, which is why I thought of exotic metals..." Jin Congxue gave a slight nod upon hearing Su Xing''s words and then directly took out a palm-sized piece of exotic metal from her storage ring and handed it to Su Xing. "This is second-order exotic metal, enough to craft orange-grade rare equipment. See if you can use it to make the alchemy furnaces you need?" Su Xing took the exotic metal in his hand and immediately felt a heaviness. This palm-sized piece of exotic metal, probably weighing hundreds of poundswhat incredible metal density is this? Feeling intrigued, Su Xing tentatively attempted to absorb the exotic metal as a model energy. A notification sounded in Su Xing''s ear. [Ding, 300 kg of second-order exotic metal discovered, can be converted into 60,000 model energy points. Do you wish to convert?] Su Xing was stunned for a moment, and then overjoyed in his heart; such a small piece of second-order exotic metal contained 60,000 model energy points? This was definitely an excellent material for providing model energy! Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Su Xing asked, "Xiao Xue, how much would this piece of second-order exotic metal sell for on the market?" Jin Congxue thought about it and said, "The market price for second-order exotic metal is around fifty thousand Great Xia Coins per kilogram, so this 300 kg piece of exotic metal could sell for more than 15 million Great Xia Coins..." "Of course, that''s the market price. Exotic metalse from special ore in certain dungeons, with scarce production and high market demand. If you''re buying directly from professionals, the price for second-order exotic metals might be about forty thousand per kilogram..." Upon hearing this, Su Xing did some quick calctions in his mindone kilogram of exotic metal could convert into 200 model energy points, meaning one model energy point needed around two hundred Great Xia Coins. The energy exchange ratio was about the same as for white-grade equipment; one piece of white-grade equipment cost seven hundred Coins and yielded about five energy points, and with good luck, even six points. But the issue was therge demand Su Xing had for white-grade equipment, whereas the exotic metal was smaller in volume and less conspicuous. A palm-sized piece of second-order exotic metal could produce 60,000 energy points. "Perhaps, this second-order exotic metal could be a good substitute for white-grade equipment in the future?" Su Xing whispered this thought to himself, then asked again, "So, do you have any first-order exotic metals here?" Chapter 80: Chapter 80: Dual Focus, Double the Alchemy Speed! Jin Congxue nodded after listening and said, "The production of first-grade alternative metal is significantly higher, and the price is much cheaper; the market price is only one-tenth of that of second-grade alternative metal. On average, the price per kilogram is around 5000 yuan, with the cost price at 4000 yuan per kilogram." After speaking, Jin Congxue handed over a palm-sized piece of metal. Su Xing took the piece of first-grade alternative metal and immediately felt that it was much lighter. After testing it with a simtor, he found that this 100-kilogram piece of alternative metal contained 2000 points of simted energy. By that calction, the energy output of first-grade alternative metal basically costs 200 yuan per point of simted energy. Su Xing thought for a moment. Based on the current situation, white-quality equipment was still the most cost-effective method of obtaining energy, but the cost of alternative metal was not too much higher, and it was more convenient to purchaserge quantities of alternative metal all at once. Su Xing made up his mind quickly. He would still primarily purchase white-quality equipment, while also buying a small amount of alternative metal. Later, when he needed more energy, perhaps alternative metal could take its ce. So, Su Xing said, "Xue''er, the second-grade alternative metal should be barely enough for casting an alchemy furnace, but I''m afraid it won''tst long before getting burnt out... If it''s possible to have third-grade alternative metal, that would be the best!" After listening, Jin Congxue thought for a while and said, "Third-grade alternative metal is the main material for crafting epic equipment, which is too precious. It''s only seen at auctions, and the price is hefty... I will keep an eye out for this information for you." "If you need it, I have quite a few channels to obtain first and second-grade alternative metals." Hearing this, Su Xing nodded helplessly and said, "If that''s the case, then let''s use second-grade alternative metal to forge the alchemy furnace for now. If I remember correctly, the Jin Merchant Guild has a few master smiths who can craft it. It''s going to be troublesome for you..." Jin Congxue shook her head lightly, indicating it was no trouble at all. Su Xing quickly drew up the blueprints for the alchemy furnace he had always used and asked Jin Congxue to help him craft two new ones. After dinner, the two flirted and joked for a while before Su Xing returned to school. Taking advantage of the absence of others around him, Su Xing entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land. He first exchanged the newly obtained 120,000 pieces of white-quality equipment for energy, providing him with a total of 630,000 points of energy. Adding to his previous leftover of nearly two million points, Su Xing''s energy reached 2.63 million points. On the afternoon of February 18, 2024, in the New Era, Su Xing began his twenty-fourth simtion on time. "Start the simtion!" Su Xing silently chanted in his mind. [Ding! This simtion consumes 2400 points of energy, leaving a bnce of 2,633,333 energy points, with unlimited remaining simtion opportunities.] [Simtion starts!] [Extracting a white talent costs 100 points of energy, extracting a green talent: 1000 points, extracting a blue talent: 10,000 points. Would you like to extract?] "Extract a blue-quality talent!" Su Xing was indeed eager to extract a higher quality of talent, such as purple, but the problem was that his assets were insufficient, and the simtor didn''t even offer this option! [Ding, congrattions on obtaining a blue-quality talent, Proficiency in Buddhist Teachings!] [Buddhist Mastery]: You possess a unique wisdom root, and if you embark on the path of Buddhist cultivation, severing the seven emotions and six desires, you may be a true Buddha in this world. Su Xing saw the new blue talent he had drawn and immediately, ck lines appeared on his forehead. "Damn it, do I really have such a fate with those bald monks? This is the second Buddhist talent I''ve drawn!" Su Xing sighed. Although he knew that among cultivators there were also those who practiced Buddhism, abandoning the seven emotions and six desires and not being able to drink wine or eat meat did not suit his tastes at all. Su Xing would rather be a solitary sword cultivator than be a bald monk. After sighing, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simtion panel. [Within the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize that you are in a simtion.] [Thinking of the new talent you''ve acquired, you quickly take out a mirror to check your hair.] [Fortunately, your hairstyle is still flowing elegantly; it seems the talent does not affect your appearance.] [First, you take out the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, find the seeds of the Gathering Spirit Flower, and nt them, then provide daily careful nurturing.] [In the following week, you continue to refine elixirs every day while enhancing your cultivation level, as the spiritual energy within the Spirit Field Blessed Land is still abundant enough for your daily cultivation needs.] [A weekter, Jin Congxue handed over two alchemy furnaces she had refined to you. Excited, you couldn''t wait to try out their efficacy.] [When you first attempted to multitask, you made frequent mistakes, and the speed of refining elixirs in two furnaces simultaneously was even slower than focusing on a single one.] [However, after experimenting for a month, the speed of your alchemy rapidly improved.] [Half a yearter, you were able to refine elixirs in both furnaces at the same time without any issues, and you discovered a new skill named "Multitasking" on your panel, which excited you.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan found you, and after one night, you joined the Descending Sect.] [The second year, after being an ordinary sect member for three months, you had earned the trust of the Descending Sect, so you deliberately showed off a bit of your alchemy, catching the attention of the Shadow Protector.] [You earned the appreciation of the Shadow Protector, who promised that as long as you refined elixirs for the sect each month, you would be able to be an Elder within a year.] [Looking at the Shadow Protector''s loyal demeanor, you had already rolled your eyes in your heart. The little vixen sure put on a good act; no wonder no one in the Descending Sect ever doubted her.] [But you didn''t expose her directly; instead, you continued to refine elixirs.] [Because you had mastered the Multitasking skill, you were able to refine elixirs in two pill furnaces simultaneously, which skyrocketed your alchemy efficiency. With your speed, you could refine more than two hundred Organ Refining Pills or Essence-Nourishing Pills a day.] [Unfortunately, the Shadow Protector only provided you with a little over three hundred herbs each month, so you spent no more than half a month to refine over three thousand elixirs, and after deducting a ny percent margin, you supplied over three hundred inferior-quality Essence-Nourishing Pills to the sect every month.] [With the remaining time, you focused on enhancing your own cultivation level.] [The third year, your cultivation level grew more refined, and you felt you were not far from the second level of the Nascent Soul Stage. However, the bad news was that the spiritual energy within the Spirit Field Blessed Land had also thinned out considerably, and you estimated that the remaining spiritual energy would at most suffice for your cultivation to reach the third or fourth level of the Nascent Soul Stage.] [Fortunately, the Gathering Spirit Flowers you had nted earlier had matured. All three nts survived, and you carefully observed around the Gathering Spirit Flowers, indeed sensing that the concentration of spiritual energy was significantly higher.] [You finally confirmed that Gathering Spirit Flowers could indeed produce spiritual energy, but with only three nts, their effect on improving the spiritual energy was quite unsatisfactory. You estimated that you needed to nt dozens of Gathering Spirit Flowers to ensure a bnce between the spiritual energy input and output of the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [It''s a pity that the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique had scant details on propagating Gathering Spirit Flowers, so you could only set aside this method of abundant spiritual energy for now.] Chapter 81: Chapter 81: Taking the Shadow Protector, Emptying the Descending Sect! "Three Gathering Spirit Flowers, better than none at all," Su Xing sighed softly. While three Gathering Spirit Flowers were not enough for his Nascent Soul Stage cultivation needs, they were indeed sufficient for his daily alchemy to replenish the spiritual power he consumed. Ever since Su Xing learned that the spiritual energy in the Spirit Field Blessed Land was limited, he had be much more cautious in using spiritual power, not daring to cultivate at all, even wishing he could split one portion of spiritual power into two for use, because he also consumed spiritual energy during daily alchemy. Once his spiritual power was exhausted, he wouldn''t even be able to make elixirs. "However, with these three Gathering Spirit Flowers, perhaps I could supplement the spiritual energy needed for my daily alchemy?" A desire for the Gathering Spirit Flowers took root in Su Xing''s heart. "Let''s continue with the simtion" [That same year, you became the eighteenth Elder of the Descending Sect, codenamed Elder Ya.] [The next day, the Shadow Protector contacted you, requesting you to specifically concoct a batch of Essence-Nourishing Pills for her, amounting to five thousand.] [She provided you with enough medicinal ingredients, you nodded, indicating that she coulde to collect them in two months.] [The Shadow Protector was shocked when she heard your words, as she initially thought it would take you a year to concoct five thousand pills, but unexpectedly you told her it could be done in two months.] [The Shadow Protector expressed her doubts, questioning you why you weren''t fully dedicated to concocting elixirs for the Descending Sect.] [You chuckled, stating that you had been merely concealing your abilities, and that your actions naturally had their own purpose.] [At the same time, you raised a request for cooperation, offering to provide the Shadow Protector with two thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills each month, but in return, the Shadow Protector needed to supply you with a thousand spiritual medicines monthly.] [The Shadow Protector was wary but faced with the immense temptation, she agreed to your request for cooperation.] [By the fourth year, you had coborated with the Shadow Protector for over a year, with her supplying you arge number of spiritual medicines monthly, and you providing two thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills for her in return.] [During your year-long cooperation, you collectively embezzled over ten thousand spiritual medicines from within the Descending Sect, which attracted the attention of some members of the sect, but thanks to the Shadow Protector''s umbre of protection, you faced no obstacles.] [One day, the Shadow Protector approached you, and after over a year of cooperation, she was convinced that you harbored a great secret, so she inquired about your true identity.] [Because of your previous simtion experiences, you didn''t conceal anything and openly admitted that you were an undercover agent sent by the Human Race.] [The Shadow Protector''s mouth gaped open upon hearing your words, in disbelief of how easily you had disclosed this.] [The Shadow Protector asked if you were not afraid of her exposing you, to which you smiled slightly, revealing that you knew she was also an undercover agent from another world.] [At those words, a sudden killing intent shed in the Shadow Protector''s eyes. This was her greatest secret after having joined the Descending Sect for decades, and now you had uncovered it.] [However, you were not rmed, knowing that the Shadow Protector would not likely kill you as she needed more elixirs.] [Indeed, after a moment of silence, the Shadow Protector stated that this secret must only be known between you two, and must not be leaked to others.] [You nodded in agreement, and as you both became aware of each other''s secrets, your connection grew stronger and the alliance more firm.] [In the fifth year, you continued your ndestine alchemy business with the Shadow Protector, and the number of elixirs you had umted kept growing. By this time, you already had nearly fifty thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills and fifty thousand Organ Refining Pills in your possession.] [As your cooperation with the Shadow Protector became more reliable over these two years, she also disclosed some information to you, revealing secrets about her world.] [The Shadow Protector expressed her envy towards your world where everyone could enhance their strength by ying monsters; in her world, the only way to grow stronger was through cultivation.] [When you asked if she practiced cultivation, the Shadow Protector shook her head, rifying that the power system in her world revolved around Dou Qi and Magic, simr to upations and attack methods, andcked the mystical aspects of a Cultivator''s path.] [You felt somewhat disappointed, but you still learned about theposition of strength in the Shadow Protector''s world.] [Compared to Earth, humans in the Shadow Protector''s world were significantly weaker. The Shadow Protector was among the very top tier of her world. However, many people there had strengthparable to Gold and Master Level professionals, so their strength greatly increased after taking Essence-Nourishing Pills.] [At the same time, the Shadow Protector informed you that the Foreign Race''s assaults on their world were much weaker than on Blue Star, but they were still an irresistible force for them.] [You felt even more shocked by the power of the Foreign Races, but remained resolute in your belief that you could resist them.] [In the sixth year, you umted even more elixirs, and by now you had nearly eighty thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills and seventy thousand Organ Refining Pills in hand.] [In the seventh year, the number of elixirs you held surpassed two hundred thousand for the first timeenough to create forty thousand Grandmaster Level professionals. You had unparalleled confidence in resisting the invasion of Demonic Beasts.] [However, as the years passed, your involvement with the Shadow Protector and your inside-and-out collusion meant the Descending Sect''s treasury of Spiritual Medicine had dwindled significantly, causing discontent among the other Elders and Protectors.] [With no other choice, you imed to have had a small breakthrough in your alchemy skills, which would allow you to provide a thousand elixirs to the sect each month, while also increasing the amount of medicinal materials you received each month.] [In the eighth year, as your cultivation level continued to refine, you drew ever closer to the Nascent Soul Second Layer.] [On a sunny, breezy morning, you achieved a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Second Layer, a sudden and effortless advancement after a long period of umtion.] [It took you a full eight years to advance from the Nascent Soul First Layer to the Second Layer. Although part of this was due to the time you spent on alchemy, you estimated that even with full dedication to cultivation, it would take four to five years to break through in the Nascent Soul Stage, and the higher the stage, the more difficult the breakthrough.] Su Xing furrowed his brows slightly upon reading this. To break through from the Nascent Soul First Layer to the Second took eight years, and including thest simted cultivation period, advancing from the First to the Second Layer had taken over a decade in total. Since cultivation naturally bes more difficultter on, wouldn''t advancing to the Divinity Transformation Stage Great Perfection require two to three hundred years? Although for an ordinary Cultivator this speed was already extremely fast, Su Xing was still not satisfied. Two to three hundred years would require more than a dozen simtions in the simtor. This was only possible because Su Xing could extract his cultivation level each time. If Su Xing obtained some Cultivation Techniques or secret manuals, wouldn''t his ability to enhance his cultivation be even more difficult? Touching his chin, Su Xing thought: "To quickly increase my cultivation level, there appear to be two methods at present. The first is to enhance the quality of my Spiritual Root. If I obtain a purple-quality Spiritual Root, perhaps it would only take a century to break through to a Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator..." "Secondly, of course, is to refine an elixir that can increase the cultivation of Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators!" Muttering to himself, Su Xing said: "I remember, doesn''t Li Fire Alchemy record an elixir called Dragon Spirit Pill that can enhance the cultivation of Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators?" Chapter 82: Chapter 82 Dragon Spirit Pill, Im Done Pretending, Im a Time Traveler! The Essence-Nourishing Pill had little effect on enhancing Su Xing''s Cultivation Level now that he was at the Nascent Soul Stage. To maintain rapid growth in his Cultivation Level, taking more advanced elixirs was a good choice. "If I remember correctly, the Dragon Spirit Pill is one of the top-tier among the lower-grade elixirs, and its primary ingredient is a Spiritual Medicine called Dragon Spirit Grass..." Su Xing narrowed his eyes, continuing to simte further. [You realize that to enhance your Cultivation Level, you need to refine a new elixirthe Dragon Spirit Pill! The main material for this pill is Dragon Spirit Grass, and coincidentally, you have nted more than ten stalks of twenty-year-old Dragon Spirit Grass in your Spirit Field.] [But just over ten stalks of Dragon Spirit Grass are not enough for you to master this elixir; thus, you sketched the appearance of Dragon Spirit Grass and had the Shadow Protector help you find this herb in the treasury.] [A few dayster, the Shadow Protector sessfully obtained more than a dozen stalks of Dragon Spirit Grass from the treasury for you, informing you that the treasury of the Descending Sect also had limited quantities, only a few hundred stalks, and that you needed to pay contribution points within the sect to exchange for them.] [Although a few hundred stalks of Dragon Spirit Grass weren''t many, they were already more than enough for you. You spent all the contribution points you had umted over the years to exchange for all the Dragon Spirit Grass.] [After that, you began attempting to refine the Dragon Spirit Grass.] [In the first month, you refined thirty batches of Dragon Spirit Pills, all of which failed. The Dragon Spirit Grass required more precise control of fire and Spiritual Power, making it the most difficult elixir you had attempted to refine so far.] [In the second month, you refined thirty batches of Dragon Spirit Pills, seeding with two batches, but the effects of the Dragon Spirit Grass were unclear, and you didn''t dare to take them.] [In the third month, you refined thirty batches of Dragon Spirit Pills, seeding with six batches. The sess rate reached twenty percent, and your professional panel showed that you had gained basic proficiency in the refinement of Dragon Spirit Pills.] [Over the next half-year, you refined Dragon Spirit Pills daily, and the sess rate reached fifty percent.] [At this point, you still had over two hundred stalks of Dragon Spirit Grass in your hands, but you didn''t refine them immediately; instead, you reserved them.] [In the ninth year, one day, the Shadow Protector came to you looking somewhat downcast.] [The Shadow Protector told you that although their world had fought with all its might, it was still a failure; the power of the Foreign Race was just too strong, almost beyondparison.] [The allies who once filled their hearts with hope now immersed in deep despair. Although you had long known the oue and that managing to hold on for an additional year was already quite an achievement, you still felt sad for the Shadow Protector.] [You gave the Shadow Protector an encouraging hug, telling her that if she wished, she could consider Blue Star as her second home and fight for it.] [After hearing your words, Shadow Protector offered a pained smile, expressing that her strength was too weak, that even if she helped you, she would ultimately be powerless against the Foreign Race.] [You said nothing more, merely taking out a newly developed Dragon Spirit Pill for the Shadow Protector to try.] [The Shadow Protector did not hesitate much and swallowed the Dragon Spirit Pill immediately; momentster, a look of astonishment appeared in her eyes, indicating that the pill was potent, and it actually made her feel a trace of strength improvement.] [At the same time, the Shadow Protector stated that such elixirs could even help those of the Grandmaster Level in your world to be stronger, perhaps even giving them a slim chance to reach the Heavenly King Level!] [The Shadow Protector looked somewhat disheartened as she said, what difference would it make even if there were a few more Heavenly King Level powerhouses? It would still not change the fate of the world being destroyed by the Foreign Race.] [Yet you smiled calmly and countered: what if there were over a hundred Heavenly King Level strong individuals?] [The Shadow Protector clearly paused after hearing your words, carefully contemting before saying that if hundreds more Heavenly King Level warriors could be added, perhaps they really could hold on longer against the beast invasion.] [At the same time, the Shadow Protector''s expression appeared somewhat sorrowful, indicating that if they had possessed these elixirs earlier, perhaps her homnd wouldn''t have been destroyed so easily.] [Having experienced the apocalypse yourself, you naturally knew how terrifying the strength of those colossal beasts was, at the very least not something a mere hundred more Heavenly King Level warriors could resolve.] [But you were clear that this was a significant improvement; previously, your elixirs could only affect Master Level professionals, but now you could make Grandmaster Level professionals stronger, even turning them into Heavenly King Level professionals.] Su Xing felt a surge of excitement at this. With Nascent Soul Stage strength equivalent to Grandmaster Level professionals, if these Dragon Spirit Pills could indeed rapidly enhance a group of Heavenly King Level professionals for the Human Race, then the apocalypse''s arrival could definitely be dyed once more.] ["The effects of the Dragon Spirit Pills should be simr to Essence-Nourishing Pills, only much stronger. They can increase the Spiritual Power Cultivation Level of Nascent Soul cultivators. Even Grandmaster Level professionals could have their mental attributes enhanced."] ["And with the mental attributes of spellcasting professionals enhanced, the chances of sessfullypleting advancement tasks be greater... Particrly for veteran Grandmaster Level professionals, it may greatly increase their chances of seeding in promotion tasks!"] Su Xing''s eyes lit up. Unlike cultivators, professionals had the advantage of rapidly increasing their strength over a short period by killing monsters to earn arge amount of experience points and leveling up.] But the death rate for professionals undertaking major rank-up tasks at eachrge tier was very high, which meant many professionals at Master Level 30 had insufficient strength to break through to Grandmaster Level.] And many professionals at Grandmaster Level 30 were unable to break through to Heavenly King Level.] The purpose of the elixirs Su Xing refined was exactly this: to improve their strength so they could seed in advancing!] ["Perhaps, this time around in the simtion, the Human Race will gain a batch of Heavenly King Level professionals, and maybe they will be able to resist for a longer time..."] Su Xing took a deep breath, eager to continue the simtion.] [You once again extended an invitation to the Shadow Protector, hoping she would join you in defecting from the Descending Sect.] [The Shadow Protector struggled for a long time but still rejected you. She believed that even so, the Human Race couldn''t possibly withstand the giant beasts'' attacks, and defecting would be tantamount to seeking death.] [Having no choice, you said to her: Then I wish you good luck, Luo Shuying!] [After you uttered her name, the Shadow Protector froze; in disbelief, she asked how you knew her name, pointing out that she had been part of the Descending Sect for decades using ''Shadow'' as her alias, and no one had ever known her full name.] [You told the Shadow Protector that she had told you her name herself.] [Of course, the Shadow Protector didn''t want to believe you, so you made up a story.] [You told her that you possess the ability to travel through time, constantly endeavoring to save the world the two of you inhabited. As for the name Luo Shuying, she had told you herself.] [This story, which you didn''t even believe yourself, ultimately convinced the Shadow Protector.] [The Shadow Protector said thatpared to an unfathomably dark future, she would rather believe in a savior traveling through the timeline.] Chapter 83: Chapter 83: The Third Immersive Simulation, Luo Shuying! Su Xing paused when he saw this, as if something had suddenly urred to him, and he halted the simtion, whispering to himself. "I want to use the immersive simtion feature!" [Ding, you have sessfully used the immersive simtion, consuming one hundred thousand points of energy for one hour of simtion time, remaining energy 2,523,333 points!] This was the third time Su Xing had used the immersive simtion feature, and each time, there had been apelling reason for him to enter personally. And this time was for an important reason as well. Su Xing felt a swirl of change before his eyes, and when he regained his senses, he found himself in an unfamiliar environment. It looked like a rural area belonging to some remote town, indeed a suitable hideout for a renegade organization like the Descending Sect. In front of Su Xing stood a figure d in ck tight-fitting clothes,pletely wrapped up, wearing a mask with a green face and fierce fangs that looked incredibly intimidating. "Why did you suddenly stop talking?" Luo Shuying''s voice, tinged with fatigue, came from in front of Su Xing. Hearing this, Su Xing smiled and said, "I was thinking, if I travel through the timeline to see you again, is there any way I could get you to trust me directly, without the need for mutual probing, like setting up a passcode or something?" This was the reason Su Xing wanted to use the immersive simtion. If he could really set up a passcode, it would save a lot of time inter simtions. Hearing this, Luo Shuying paused for a moment, then chuckled lightly, "If there everes such a day, you can say to me, ''Do you still remember that little girl who cried all night in the heavy rain? We can never go back, Luo Shuying!''" Upon hearing this, Su Xing nodded earnestly,mitting Luo Shuying''s words to memory, and then replied casually, "Don''t worry! The next time I travel through the timeline, I will definitely try to save your hometown and the world again!" After hearing this, Luo Shuying''s eyes held a hint of anticipation as she nodded, "I really look forward to that day; it''s a pity I won''t be able to see it..." Su Xing fell silent. Each simtion was just a short few minutes for him, but for the people who truly existed within the simtion, it represented a lifetime. For the next several minutes, Su Xing did nothing superfluous, just quietly staying by Luo Shuying''s side, looking at the tranquil country paths and the endless golden rice fields. It was as if the whole world was so peaceful, having forgotten the apocalypse and the bloody struggle. When the immersive simtion time was about to end, Luo Shuying suddenly said to Su Xing, "Elder Yao, could you take off your mask and let me see it?" No sooner had Luo Shuying finished speaking than she took off her own mask, revealing her delicate features, skin whiter than snow, and light blue eyes, like a sprite living among humans, albeit with a lingering sadness in her eyes. Su Xing was momentarily astounded by Luo Shuying''s beauty. If Jin Congxue was the most beautiful girl Su Xing had seen before, Luo Shuying was even more breathtaking by quite a margin. Su Xing smiled and also took off his mask. In an instant, upon seeing Su Xing''s face, Luo Shuying was also stunned. After a long silence, Luo Shuying smiled and said, "I never expected Elder Yao to be so young, and yet so beautiful... I can somewhat understand why another me from a different timeline would form an alliance with you~" Having said that, Luo Shuying blinked her eyes. Su Xing smiled slightly, just about to say something when his consciousness snapped back to the real world in an instant. [Ding, immersive simtion experience has ended. The host will shortly return to the real world.] Back in the real world, Su Xing stared nkly at the simtion screen in front of him, taking quite some time to recover his senses. "Luo Shuying, she must havee from a tragic background as well..." Su Xing murmured silently to himself. For Su Xing, the immersive simtion was entirely risk-free; if he ever encountered danger, the simtor would automatically terminate the immersion, and Su Xing''s consciousness would return to his body. Moreover, even if he told the people within the simtion about his ability to traverse time, they would forget by the next session, and it would not affect the real world in the slightest. It was precisely for this reason that Su Xing boldly formed an alliance with Luo Shuying. [In the tenth year, you sessfully convinced Luo Shuying to join forces with you and defect to the Great Xia Military. Before defecting, you and Luo Shuying raided the Descending Sect''s treasury, obtaining arge quantity of medicinal ingredients and treasures.] [You were pursued by six protectors and more than a dozen elders from the high ranks of the Descending Sect; fortunately, after joining the Great Xia Military, you were protected by them.] [Though the Descending Sect was strong, it dared not confront the Great Xia Military head-on and had no choice but to let you go.] [You met Lu Yuanwu and handed over all of the two hundred and thirty thousand Organ Refining Pills and Essence-Nourishing Pills you had umted over the years to him and personally supervised the soldiers of the Great Xia Military in taking the elixirs correctly.] [With your assistance in making elixirs, in just half a year''s time, the Great Xia Military gained over forty thousand Grandmaster Level professionals! The number of Grandmaster Level professionals in Great Xia Country increased multiple times over!] Su Xing felt a surge of excitement upon seeing this. As far as Su Xing knew, the number of Grandmaster Level professionals in Great Xia Country in recent years was around ten to twenty thousand, and most of these professionals came from top institutions like Kyoto Academy and the like. Every year, these seven institutions supplied a substantial number of talented professionals to the military and Demon-Subduing Pass, who often saw significant increases in strength within a year or two after being tempered by war. Su Xing murmured: "However, ten yearster, the number of Grandmaster Level professionals in the Great Xia Military not only did not increase but decreased, indicating that the war at Demon-Subduing Pass was intensifying. The fear is that the influx of new professionals cannot keep up with the deaths, which is why the number of Grandmaster Level professionals dropped from over ten thousand to less than ten thousand." But ten yearster, Su Xing forcefully increased the number of Grandmaster Level professionals in the Great Xia Military by forty thousand, instantly multiplying its core strength and greatly enhancing its chances of defending Demon-Subduing Pass. "And most importantly, it''s the Spirit Pill! That''s something that can foster Heavenly King Level professionals!" Su Xing took a deep breath and continued the simtion. [In the eleventh year, with the addition of forty thousand Grandmaster Level professionals at Demon-Subduing Pass, the war at the front started to turn in favor, allowing Great Xia Country not only to hold Demon-Subduing Pass but even asionallyunch counterattacks against the Foreign Race.] [In the same year, in recognition of your outstanding contributions to Great Xia Country and the entire Human Race, you were awarded the Great Xia Country Hero Medal and a first-ss sequence treatment!] [With a first-ss sequence treatment, there are only a dozen or so people in the entire Great Xia Country. You could almost ess all the intelligence and resource support of the nation, and you chose to be a special consultant to the Great Xia Military, on par with a five-star general.] [You had just over two hundred pieces of Spirit Grass left in your hands, the key to birthing Heavenly King Level powerhouses. Therefore, you devoted even more attention to refining Spirit Pills and continuously improved the sess rate of alchemy.] [In the twelfth year, you used the two hundred pieces of Spirit Grass to sessfully refine over a thousand Spirit Pills. Including those refined earlier, you now had nearly two thousand Spirit Pills.] [Afterpleting the alchemy, using your first-ss sequence privileges, you called for a meeting of the Great Xia upper echelons to discuss the deployment of the Spirit Pills.] Chapter 84: Chapter 84: A First-Class Sequence, The Powerful Dragon Spirit Pill Su Xing was immediately ted at this sight. He never expected that his simted self would be one of the top echelons of the Great Xia Country by crafting elixirs, truly standing at the pinnacle of power in the nation. He recalled when he first entered the simtion; even being a capitalist tycoon worth hundreds of billions, he couldn''t even catch a glimpse of the faces of the Great Xia upper echelons. "When I initially received the treatment of a third-ss sequence, I had ess to so many benefits. How strong must the treatment of a first-ss sequence be?" Some anticipation filled Su Xing''s heart. [At the meeting, you introduced the functions of the Dragon Spirit Pill in detail, stating that it could enhance the mental attributes and physique of magical Grandmaster Level experts, and professionals who took this elixir might even break through to Heavenly King Level!] [After learning of the Dragon Spirit Pill''s effects, the other executives were astonished and quickly assembled some veteran Grandmaster Level professionals to consume the Dragon Spirit Pills.] [For safety, you selected ten Grandmaster Level professionals to experiment with the specific effects of the elixir.] [You discovered that Grandmaster Level professionals could only consume one Dragon Spirit Pill per month at most, and the efficacy would gradually decrease after taking it, reducing to nearly a third of the first after ten times.] [In the thirteenth year, among the ten Grandmaster Level professionals, the rtively weaker five doubled their strength, while the veteran Grandmasters also saw their power increase by over sixty percent.] [After their strength increased, the ten Grandmasters took the initiative to enter the dungeon toplete the promotion missions, hoping to advance to the Heavenly King Level.] [A weekter, only five of the ten Grandmaster Level professionals returned alive, four of whom were veterans. This taught you about the dangers of the Heavenly King Level promotion tasks.] [You learned that all Grandmaster Level professionals, besidespleting the promotion tasks, also needed to undergo a Heavenly King Baptism.] [All professionals whopleted the Heavenly King Baptism would undergo a transformation at the core of their being, bing part of the long-lived race, easily living for three to five hundred years.] [After realizing only half of the Grandmaster Level professionals ascended to Heavenly King prowess, you couldn''t help but feel a little disheartened, thinking the Dragon Spirit Pill''s effects were not as strong as you imagined.] [However, you didn''t expect that those who seeded in their promotion told you, such odds were already record-breaking. In the past, out of ten veteran Grandmasters who attempted to advance to the Heavenly King Level, only one could seed, with a sess rate of one in ten. It was precisely because of this that among over ten thousand Grandmaster Level professionals in the Great Xia Country, there were fewer than a thousand Heavenly Kings.] [After knowing this data, you breathed a sigh of relief, but you still felt a fifty percent chance was too low, reasoning that if those veteran Grandmasters consumed the Dragon Spirit Pill, the sess rate might increase to eighty percent.] [Next, you began gathering veteran Grandmaster Level professionals to consume the Dragon Spirit Pill.] [In the fourteenth year, your cultivation level had remained at the secondyer of Nascent Soul Stage, and you felt it was bing increasingly difficult to advance. The main reason was theck of Spiritual Energy; even consuming one Dragon Spirit Pill every month, you had yet to breakthrough to the thirdyer of Nascent Soul Stage.] [Consequently, you stopped trying to enhance your Cultivation Level and instead tried to boost your Divine Sense.] Su Xing nodded slightly when he saw this and murmured, "If Cultivation Level is temporarily difficult to enhance, perhaps improving Divine Sense will be the right direction" Su Xing had limited understanding of Divine Sense, having only briefly encountered a few descriptions in theter sections of the Changchun Technique from the experiences of his Cultivation predecessors. All cultivators possess Divine Sense, but the Divine Sense of low-level cultivators is so weak that it''s almost negligible. It is only when they reach the Golden Core Stage that cultivators'' Divine Sense begins to take shape, and Nascent Soul cultivators can truly utilize their Divine Sense. When they reach the Divinity Transformation Realm, their Divine Sense can even extend up to a hundred zhang! Improving one''s Divine Sense brings numerous benefits. Within the range covered by Divine Sense, every de of grass and tree can be thoroughly perceived, and no slight movement can escape the cultivator''s notice. After strengthening Divine Sense, one can cultivate certain Divine Skills that utilize Divine Sense to kill unseen and undetected. For Su Xing, Divine Sense has an even greater use. Alchemy! With a stronger Divine Sense, Su Xing''s mastery over the elixirs in the Pill Furnace will rise to a higher level, the rate of alchemical errors will decrease, and the chances of refining superior Spirit Pills will increase. "What a pity, the cultivation of Divine Sense should have corresponding techniques, but currently, I have no such techniques and can only rely on personal cultivation or consume Elixirs to strengthen it..." Su Xing murmured. "Fortunately, I have Soul Condensing Pills, and my Divine Sense has never fallen behind in its enhancement..." In the past, as Su Xing improved his cultivation level, he also simultaneously enhanced his Divine Sense. This is why, shortly after entering the Nascent Soul Stage, his Divine Sense had already reached a breadth of ten zhang, almost catching up with mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. "So, in this pseudo-simtion, I still need to focus on improving my Alchemy Skills and Divine Sense..." Thinking this, Su Xing continued the simtion. [Following that, you consume three Soul Condensing Pills daily, continuously expanding the strength and range of your Divine Sense. Thankfully, you had previously plundered enough Condensing Spirit Grass from the Descending Sect to sustain daily consumption.] [In the same year, with your assistance, the Great Xia Military gains an additional one hundred and fifty Heavenly King Level professionals! Apanied by Grandmaster Level professionals, they head to Demon-Subduing Pass.] [In the fifteenth year, you persist in cultivating your Divine Sense, and after a year of relentless tempering and strengthening, the range of your Divine Sense further expands to eleven zhang.] [In the sixteenth year, you cultivate your Divine Sense, and its range reaches twelve zhang.] [In the seventeenth year, feeling that the speed of your Divine Sense cultivation is too slow, you start looking for a way to develop a new kind of Elixir that can increase Divine Sense, the Soul Condensing Pill!] [The Soul Condensing Pill is a mid-grade Elixir, and unlike the nourishing effects of the Soul Condensing Pills, it focuses more on increasing the strength of a cultivator''s Divine Sense.] [The primaryponent in the refinement of Soul Condensing Pills is a type of wood known as Condensing Spirit Wood, an incredibly mysterious wood with a natural fragrance. Merely smelling it invigorates one''s spirit. If one carries Condensing Spirit Wood at all times, it can slowly strengthen Divine Sense. It can be regarded as a true celestial treasure.] [The rarity of Condensing Spirit Wood exceeds even that of Dragon Spirit Grass, not solely because of its powerful effects but also because ites from the main trunk of the Condensing Spirit Tree, which grows a foot every ten years. A ten-foot-tall Condensing Spirit Tree requires a century to cultivate.] [Fortunately, when you and Luo Shuying raided the treasury of the Descending Sect, you found a three-zhang-long piece of Condensing Spirit Wood, which is now in your Storage Ring.] [Thus, you take a small section of the Condensing Spirit Wood and begin refining the Soul Condensing Pills.] [The refinement of Soul Condensing Pills is challenging, but thankfully your Alchemy Skills have already made significant progress. You not only learned the near mid-grade Dragon Spirit Pills but also mastered the skill of multitasking in alchemy, which led to rapid progress in the refinement of Soul Condensing Pills.] Chapter 99: Chapter 96: Immersive Simulation Ends, Full of Gains! Su Xing heard this voice and quickly said, "Wait, I want to renew!" With gritted teeth, Su Xing said, "Give me another ten hours of immersive simtion time!" [Ding, you have sessfully used the immersive simtion, consuming one million points of energy. Simtion time: ten hours. Remaining energy: 8098888 points!] Using up one million energy points for ten hours of immersive simtion time, Su Xing''s heart ached. "Damn it, that''s a whole million energy points! I hope this investigation of the Luotian Meeting instance is worth the cost..." After muttering to himself, Su Xing started to wander within the Luotian Meeting. "Brother Luo, hello!" "Uncle Luo, hello!" As Su Xing walked along, many disciples who passed by greeted him. Su Xing didn''t have information about these people in his memory, but out of politeness, he still nodded and smiled in acknowledgement. "It seems that the Nascent Soul stage holds a high status within Luo Tian Sect!" Su Xing shook his head slightly and quickly denied, "No, it must be because this body broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm before the age of a hundred, plus the boost from the Nine Revolution Golden Core and Origin Martial Body Refinement, that I am so respected within the sect." Su Xing estimated that Luo Xiaochuan, at Nascent Soul stage, probably was a star disciple within the sect, and might not be far from being a direct disciple. After all, a Nascent Soul Cultivator has the qualifications to take disciples and teach within the sect, so Su Xing''s generation isn''t considered low. The Luo Tian Sect''s territories were vast, with just the sect''s domainparable to a city, not to mention the range of itsnd, which was probably much wider than the entire Blue Starbined. As Su Xing strolled for a while, he found that although there were many rare and precious materials within the mountain gate, there wasn''t anything that sparked his particr interest. But what good is it to see and touch these treasures if you can''t take them out? What''s the use of just looking? "Dammit, didn''t I just waste that one million energy points?" Su Xing grumbled to himself, feeling much like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, with nothing to show for it but disappointment. Just as Su Xing was idly wandering around, he suddenly found himself in front of a majestic building. Looking at therge characters on the pce, Su Xing silently read, "Scripture Pavilion?" "Hiss... Isn''t this the ce where cultivation techniques and secret techniques are stored in fantasy novels?" Su Xing''s eyes lit up, he silently noted the location of the Scripture Pavilion, then attempted to walk towards it. As Su Xing was about to enter the Scripture Pavilion, an old woman with a decrepit appearance appeared before him, looked at Su Xing, and said, "Please present your disciple token!" Upon hearing this, Su Xing showed the token at his waist. The old woman nodded and said, "Inner Sect Disciple Luo Xiaochuan, you may go up to the second floor of the Scripture Pavilion." Su Xing quickly entered the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion and saw mountains of books. Rows upon rows of books were ced on the shelves, the tallest of which exceeded ten meters, and the number of shelves was too many to see at a nce. "Holy shit, how many books are there?" After eximing, Su Xing couldn''t wait and headed towards the bookshelves. "Fire Attribute Cultivation Technique section, Earth Attribute Cultivation Technique section... "Secret Technique section... Ancestral Biography section... Cultivation General Knowledge section... Cultivation World Secret Transmission section... Body Refinement section... Alchemy section..." Su Xing looked around and saw that each type of cultivation technique was meticulously categorized. Su Xing first headed to the Fire Attribute Cultivation Technique section, since his Spiritual Root was a dual system of wood and fire True Spiritual Root. However, Su Xing had only cultivated Wood Attribute Techniques thus far and should also be able to cultivate Fire Attribute Techniques. "Tsk tsk, so cultivation techniques in the Cultivation World are also divided into Heavenly, Earthly, Profound, and Yellow grades? The first floor merely has the lowest grade, Yellow Grade Techniques... "And Yellow Grade Techniques can only be cultivated up to the Golden Core stage, which seems not very useful to me..." Su Xing didn''t ponder much and moved to the second floor. Soon, on the second floor, Su Xing found a Fire Attribute Technique called the zing me Decision, which was of the Profound Level and could be cultivated up to the Return to Void Realm. "Not bad, this zing me Decision has considerable power among Fire Attribute Techniques and can even help strengthen control over mes. It''s a perfect fit for me!" Su Xing attempted to cultivate the zing me Decision. After several hours passed, Su Xing gave up his attempt to cultivate it with some frustration. "Profound Level Techniques can''t be memorized in just a moment. Besides the text, there are also special diagrams for the cirction of Spiritual Energy, which are quiteplicated. To memorize it all would take at least several days of study..." Sighing, Su Xing returned the zing me Decision to its ce, already having an idea in his mind. "Perhaps, after I acquire a talent for memory, or after six or seven sessions of immersive simtion, I might manage to remember this technique..." Su Xing sighed. If he had to rely on the number of immersive simtions to brute-force a technique, Even if each sessionsted twenty-four hours at the cost of 2.4 million points, to fully memorize a Profound Level technique, the energy cost would be at least tens of millions. Clearly, that would be somewhat a loss not worth the gain. With this thought, it seemed that the Changchun Technique also belonged to the Profound Level... Su Xing nodded slightly and then walked away from the cultivation technique area. "Time is limited, there''s no way I can memorize cultivation techniques now, but I can first take a look at some ancient tomes aboutmon knowledge in the cultivation world..." Su Xing spent several more hours heading to themon knowledge area of the cultivation world, reading some records about themon knowledge of the cultivation realm. However, time was short, and Su Xing could only skim through the materials. Seeing that time was about to run out, Su Xing gritted his teeth and said to the simtor, "Extend the immersive simtion time by another eleven hours." [Ding, you have sessfully used the immersive simtion, consuming 1.1 million points of energy, simting for 11 hours, with 6,998,888 points of energy remaining!] Su Xing felt a pang of heartache. Although he wasn''t short of simtion energy now, this rate of consumption was problematic! In one instance of the Luotian Meeting, Su Xing directly maxed out the immersive simtion duration, simting 24 hours and spending 2.4 million points of energy. Of course, all this was worth it. Not to mention that just the cultivation method of the Gathering Spirit Flower was worth all that energy. Besides,ing to the Luotian Meeting instance to read these books onmon knowledge of the cultivation realm significantly increased Su Xing''s insight into the cultivation world, all of which were subtle benefits. "Phew, eleven more hours. Which area should I go tost?" Su Xing had never realized he loved reading so much that he never spent 24 hours in the library even when he took his college entrance exams. "Perhaps I could go take a look in the Body Refinement area..." After some thought, Su Xing felt that his method of Body Refinement waspletely unconventional: reliant first on consumption, second on practice, andcking any Body Refining Techniques. His own constitution had been built up solely with all kinds of elixirs, Demonic Beasts'' Flesh Essence, and his innate talent. That Su Xing had cultivated to the Origin Martial Realm through unconventional methods was nothing short of miraculous. Soon, Su Xing arrived at the Body Refinement area. He did not rush to seek out Body Refining Techniques, but first read a basic Body Refinement book called "Introductory Must-Knows for Body Refinement Cultivators". The first chapter of this book began with the sentence, "Only those with great perseverance can practice Body Refinement!" The book detailed the painful process of Body Refinement. Compared to Qi Refinement, Body Refinement Cultivators were more primal and better at enduring the tedious polishing of the body. "Huh, Body Refinement Cultivators originated from the ancient Witch n''s cultivation methods, which have been improved and continuously passed down, hence the present-day Body Refinement Cultivators..." Su Xing was taken aback; this was a secret he had never heard before, with Body Refinement Cultivators tracing their origins to the ancient Witch n! "I wonder if this Witch n, and the Witch n from the myths in my previous life, belong to the same system?" Su Xing frowned slightly, feeling that some of the legends in this cultivation realm seemed to have some connection with the mythologies from his former life. Su Xing continued reading. "Body Refinement Cultivators may choose one technique to practice, yet unlike Qi Cultivation Cultivators, once a technique is chosen, it cannot be changed for life. Therefore, the quality of a Body Refinement Cultivator''s technique is particrly crucial!" "Without a top-tier Body Refining Technique, it''s better not to use one at all, simply using the most primitive methods of improving one''s physique can also be..." Su Xing spent an hour or two to finish reading this basic book for Body Refinement Cultivators. To his surprise, he discovered there were two types of Body Refinement Cultivators: the first is through practicing Body Refining Techniques, the main advantage of which is speed, as the cultivation rate is more than ten times that of Body Refinement Cultivators who do not practice techniques. However, the disadvantage is that the technique cannot be altered. Once a low-grade technique has been chosen, the ultimate achievements and cultivation are limited, making it a method heavily reliant on the quality of the technique. And the second type of Body Refinement Cultivator seeks to emte the Ancient Witch n, relying on their innate talent for body refinement and precious natural treasures to strengthen their bodies, requiring long years of relentless honing. The downside of this method is its slow speed, but its advantages include a high ceiling and, after finding a suitable cultivation technique, theplete flexibility to switch cultivation methods at any time. "Looking at it this way, I should be considered the second type of Body Refinement Cultivator, much like a piece of raw jade that has not yet been polished..." Su Xing''s thoughts stirred, and he muttered to himself, "Without a superior Body Refining Technique, it''s indeed less effective than brute force training!" Su Xing quickly discovered that there were methods to increase efficiency even when following the Ancient Witch n''s style of body refinement. "Consuming the essence of Demonic Beasts'' blood and flesh supplemented by elixirs, one''s cultivation speed can be doubled, and by emting the Ancient Witch n''s body refining methods, the speed of body refinement can be greatly enhanced!" Su Xing''s eyes brightened, and he hastily recorded the Witch n''s body refinement methods described in the book. This method was not difficult, merely some conventional ways of developing strength, constantly tempering the body, butbined with a few specific movements, one could vastly increase the speed of body refinement! "This is exactly what I need!" Su Xing could not stop smiling as he spent several more hours recording the Witch n''s body refinement movements and theirmon dietary methods. Afterpleting all these tasks, there was just less than an hour left. In thest moments of his time, Su Xing opened an ancient tome titled "Detailed Analysis of Origin Force Usage." This book mainly discussed how to use Origin Force more effectively and even touched upon how to enhance the intensity of Origin Force. Unfortunately, Su Xing was short on time, and after a quick nce through the book, his immersive simtion time came to an end. "What a pity, if only I had enough time, I might have been able to understand the cultivation of Origin Force as well." Su Xing sighed, regretting that time was insufficient and he would have to wait until the next simtion to learn more. As the scenery before his eyes shifted, Su Xing''s consciousness returned to the real world. Although an entire day had passed in Su Xing''s perception, less than a minute had gone by in the real world. Su Xing drank a few sips of crisp spring water to fully recover from the immersive simtion. "This immersive simtion really paid off big time!" Su Xing felt jubnt. Although it cost over two million energy, he had acquired the propagation method for Gathering Spirit Flowers, gained an understanding of somemon knowledge in the Cultivation World, and even discovered a better way of body refinement. This knowledge was totally worth the cost! With this thought, Su Xing chuckled wryly and said, "It seems that each simtion, especially the immersive simtions, will be a considerable expense! By this ount, I''m still short on energy." Su Xing sighed and turned his gaze back to the simtion interface. [You exit the Luotian Meeting Instance, feeling you have gained a lot from it, and you promptly return to the Descending Sect.] [With your return, the entire Descending Sect starts to experience misfortune again, as one of the protector-level powerhouses of the sect dies unexpectedly while carrying out a mission in an instance, perishing far from home.] [This is the first time in decades that a protector-level powerhouse has died in the Descending Sect, but no one connects this event to you.] [In the following days, you continue your daily routine of alchemy and cultivation within the walls of the Descending Sect, asionally going out to deliver the elixirs you''ve crafted to the Great Xia Military in exchange for enough Flesh Essence to sustain your cultivation.] Chapter 100: Chapter 97: The Terrifying Bad Luck Talent, A Walking Nuclear Weapon! [Gradually, you realize that the elixirs you''ve been concocting don''t actually carry the curse of bad luck; it''s you who are the unlucky one. Wherever you go, misfortune seems to befall those around you.] [Thus, you feel even more justified in staying within the Descending Sect, hoping to bring your own bad luck upon them.] [In the fourth year, you still practice Body Refinement every day and even begin concocting Soul Condensing Pills.] [That year, the Descending Sect loses two Elder-level figures to death.] [In the fifth year, having ample Flesh Essence and adopting the Body Cultivation methods of the Witch n, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level sessfully breaks through to the thirdyer of the Origin Martial Realm.] [That year, the Descending Sect loses a Protector-level figure.] [In the sixth year, you continue concocting Soul Condensing Pills; over the course of the year, you produce hundreds of batches, with nearly three hundred pills turning out sessfully. You feel your technique is ever improving.] [That year, two Protectors lead several Elders on a covert assassination mission at Demon-Subduing Pass against the Human Race''s disciples. They are mistaken for foes by the Foreign Race, and all participating Protectors and Elders are killed, while Damned Zong suffers severe injuries. But, with an abundance of life-saving tricks up his sleeve, he narrowly escapes death and manages to cling on to life.] Su Xing nearly bursts intoughter at this; with his innate bad luck, he''s practically a walking nuclear bomb! "Goodness, I''ve done nothing but stay inside the Descending Sect, and nearly half of their Protectors and Elders are dead, right? If I stay a bit longer, won''t the entire Descending Sect be finished?" "The only pity is that Damned Zong somehow managed to escape with his life. That guy is really cautious!" Su Xing sighs and continues the simtion. [In the seventh year, you further improve your technique of concocting Soul Condensing Pills and hand over all the hundreds of pills you produce to Luo Shuying, hoping to boost her and her tribespeople''s strength.] [Luo Shuying graciously epts and wishes to invite you for a meal to express her thanks, but you swiftly decline, fearing that your bad luck might spread to Luo Shuying.] [That year, only one Elder of the Descending Sect dies.] [In the eighth year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level progresses further, and you be a fourthyer Origin Martial Realm cultivator.] [Whenever you have nothing to do, you take a fewps in front of Damned Zong''s door, hoping to keep passing on your bad luck to him.] [In the ninth year, your skill in concocting Soul Condensing Pills further improves, with nearly a fifty percent sess rate, and you master the art of concocting these pills to a minor degree of proficiency.] [That same year, Damned Zong nearly dies from an ident during cultivation, vomiting three pounds of blood.] "Holy shit, how tough is Damned Zong''s luck? Vomiting three pounds of blood and still not dead?!" Su Xing''s eyes widen as he silently prays for a curse to finish off Damned Zong, so he can inherit his wealth. "Keep up the effort. The moment Damned Zong dies, I''ll snatch up all his wealthit''s like killing without lifting a finger!" Su Xing continues the simtion. [In the tenth year, you spend a year concocting Soul Condensing Pills, using up thest piece of Condensing Spirit Wood.] ``` [In the eleventh year, you began trying to craft mid-grade elixirs, the Turtle Breath Pill. The Turtle Breath Pill is an enhanced version of the Breath Concealing Pill. It is said that even cultivators of the Mahayana level cannot discern the true cultivation level of one who has consumed a top-quality Turtle Breath Pill. You thought this elixir would be well-suited for the cautious you and thus began its crafting.] [The crafting of the Turtle Breath Pill required a special herb known as Turtle Spirit Stone, said to be formed from the shell of a thousand-year-old Demon King tortoise upon its death.] [You asked Luo Shuying to help you find this herb in the treasury of the Descending Sect, but s, the Turtle Spirit Stone was not found.] [Having no alternative, you contacted the Great Xia Military, hoping they could help you find the Turtle Spirit Stone.] [To your surprise, after several months, Lu Yuanwu actually brought you a good amount of Turtle Spirit Stones, and so you began crafting the Turtle Breath Pills.] [It took you one year to sessfully get a grasp of crafting Turtle Breath Pills. Although the pills you crafted were of poor quality and not as miraculous as the form described, they were already sufficient to conceal your aura from the eyes of a seasoned Divinity Transformation cultivator like Damned Zong.] [A thought crossed your mind, and you decided to sneak into Damned Zong''s home and hide.] [You took Turtle Breath Pills daily to ensure your aura remained undetected by Damned Zong, and surprisingly, you managed to fool him.] [Damned Zong''s luck continued to worsen. You even saw him tripping over his left foot with his right, tumbling face first into the dirt.] [At night, Damned Zong often had bad dreams, looking dispirited andcking the prestige he once had as a cultivator of Divinity Transformation.] [Overjoyed, you prepared to add fuel to the fire, intending topletely ruin Damned Zong.] [In the twelfth year, your cultivation level sessfully broke through to the fifthyer of the Origin Martial Realm.] [One day, while hiding under Damned Zong''s bed, you heard him talking to himself, saying he was cursed with a hex. Hence, Damned Zong nned to flee far away to escape this strange curse.] [The next day, Damned Zong left the Descending Sect for an unknown destination.] [That same year, Luo Shuying''s homnd was overrun by a Foreign Race, and thousands from the Spirit Race sought refuge on Blue Star.] "Holy shit, isn''t Damned Zong too wretched?! He actually fucking ran away?" Su Xing, feeling thwarted, pped his thigh in frustration. He was so close to seeing Damned Zong meet his demise, but the guy turned out to be even more cautious than he had anticipated! "However, the Descending Sect is nearly done for because of my meddling, so there''s no rush," said Su Xing as he continued with his simtion. [In the thirteenth year, the Great Xia Military saw the emergence of tens of thousands of Grandmaster Level powerhouses and even several hundred Heavenly King Level powerhouses, all due to your continuous supply of elixirs.] [The Descending Sect should have been aware of all this and conducted a thorough investigation. However, having suffered great losses over the years, they were truly incapable of attending to the matter and thus you were not suspected or investigated.] [That year, you continued your cultivation, busy with alchemy, as if everything in the outside world had nothing to do with you.] [In the fourteenth year, another great cmity befell the Descending Sect, resulting in the demise of all remaining protectors and elders.] [That same year, internal strife arose within the Descending Sect. A fight broke out between the leaders of the Nature Faction and the Zealot Faction. Unexpectedly, the leader of the Zealot Faction identally killed the leader of the Nature Factiona Legendary Level powerhouseon the spot. Suddenly, the entire Descending Sect began to crumble, teetering on the brink of copse.] Su Xing burst intoughter when he saw this. The leader of the faction within the Descending Sect was a true big shot, a Legendary Level powerhouse. ``` Just like that, killed because of the internal strife within the sect? "This... such bad luck talent is too abnormal, isn''t it?" Su Xing felt somewhat shocked in his heart. If only this ill luck could continue to follow the Descending Sect. Unfortunately, the side effects of this talent were too severe, and Su Xing''s frail body couldn''t withstand it at all! What if he was the one to suffer a deadly misfortune? If he died in the simtion, that would be the end of it, but in reality, Su Xing had only one life, right? "So, should I bring this bad luck talent out or not?" Su Xing fell into deep thought. "Forget it, I''ll just simte it first. If I keep hesitating, I might start suffering from decision paralysis..." Su Xing turned his gaze to the simtion panel. [In the fifteenth year, the overall strength of the Descending Sect declined. Countless sect members were severely wounded or killed, leaving only a few leaders of several factions, each bing amander without soldiers, and the Descending Sect''s influence on the Human Race greatly reduced.] [In the same year, you, along with Luo Shuying, raided the treasury of the Descending Sect. Unfortunately, you were discovered by the treasury''s guardian, Dragon Protector. Luo Shuying broke through to be a Legendary Level fighter on the spot, and you and Luo Shuying narrowly escaped with your lives.] [After defecting from the Descending Sect, you and Luo Shuying prepared to join the Great Xia Military, but you feared that your talent would bring misfortune upon the entire Great Xia Military, so you could only find a ce to go into hiding.] [On a daily basis, you continued your cultivation, and you also crafted elixirs for the Great Xia Military while obtaining enough Flesh Essence of Demonic Beasts.] [In the sixteenth year, your Cultivation Level made a further breakthrough, reaching the sixthyer of the Origin Martial Realm.] [In the seventeenth year, you improved the previously crafted Fasting Pill prescription, adding a tiny amount of Demonic Beast Flesh Essence into the Fasting Pill. The efficacy of the Fasting Pill greatly increased, allowing even Grandmaster Level professionals to fast for three months without feeling hunger.] [In the eighteenth year, another year of diligent cultivation, your strength continued to increase steadily. However, as your Body Refinement Cultivation Level kept improving, you found that the Flesh Essence of Demon Kings was bing less and less effective for you.] [You attempted to obtain the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors from the Great Xia Military. Unfortunately, the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors was extremely rare. However, because your status was sufficient, a Legendary General who guarded the Demon-Subduing Pass was willing to keep an eye out for you. Should the opportunity arise, he would provide you with the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors.] [In the neenth year, the Demonic Beast Flesh Essence you consumed daily increased to five jin, and Spirit Rice grew to twenty jin, and you regrly took Origin Martial Pills, with your Body Refinement Cultivation Level still increasing steadily.] [In the twentieth year, you still had not obtained the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors, but thanks to the talent of your massive appetite, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level continued to increase steadily, and you felt yourself getting closer to breaking through to the seventhyer of the Origin Martial Realm.] [In the twenty-first year, you sessfully broke through to be a seventhyer cultivator of the Origin Martial Realm.] [During the same year, the situation at the Demon-Subduing Pass dramatically worsened. Two faction leaders from the Descending Sect personally took action, cooperating with the Foreign Race tounch a surprise attack on the Demon-Subduing Pass. In a single night, hundreds of Heavenly King Level experts perished, and two Legendary Level fighters were killed in action.] Su Xing slightly furrowed his brow, muttering to himself: "Is the Descending Sect nning a fight to the death? The sect is indeed on the brink of extinction, but there are still a few top-tier experts. I didn''t expect them to be so desperate!" Su Xing sighed. This was unexpected for him. He had thought that the Descending Sect''s near annihtion would extend the time of the apocalypse by a few more years. Instead, it had plunged the Demon-Subduing Pass into crisis. "Wait... Could my bad luck be affecting the Great Xia Military?" Su Xing suddenly considered this possibility. Although he had tried to avoid contact with the Great Xia Military in the simtor, it was inevitable that bad luck could have an impact. "This talent really is not easy to control!" Su Xing sighed, thinking that if he could freely control this bad luck talent, it would be a killing stroke, but unfortunately, he couldn''t. Su Xing continued the simtion. [In the twenty-second year, the battle between the Human Race and Demonic Beasts inside Demon-Subduing Pass intensified. Martial Emperor Level professionals began to die frequently. And as you wished, you obtained a piece of the Demon Emperor''s Flesh Essence.] [After consuming the Flesh Essence of the Demon Emperor, you only felt an abundance of energy within your body nearly bursting out. Fortunately, your physical body was tough enough, and the talent of your massive appetite crazily helped you digest the Flesh Essence of the Demon Emperor.] [With the aid of the Demon Emperor''s Flesh Essence, your Cultivation Level progressed by leaps and bounds. If you could consume this Flesh Essence every day, you would most likely break through your current realm in just a year or two.] [Unfortunately, you didn''t have enough time for cultivation. Under the relentless fierce attacks of the Demonic Beasts, the Demon-Subduing Pass fell, and the Human Race was on the brink of extinction.] [In the same year, a giant beast descended upon the real world and swallowed the entire Great Xia Country.] [You died!] [Your talent for dying regretfully activated, and you saw nothing but darkness...] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing''s brows were tightly knitted. He had never expected that the time of the apocalypse''s arrival would be even earlier than before, by a few days. "Sigh, it doesn''t matter. I''m fortunate that these two years don''t make a difference... I gained enough from this simtion!" Su Xing sighed. The greatest gains from this simtion came from the memories he brought from the immersive simtion of the Luotian Meeting Instance. "Holy shit, I just remembered, what if all three of my Gathering Spirit Flowers are either male or female? Wouldn''t that mean they can''t reproduce?" Su Xing''s face turned sour as he quickly checked the sex of the three Gathering Spirit Flowers. Fortunately, Su Xing discovered tiny yellow spots on the pistil of one of the Gathering Spirit Flowers. "Thank goodness, two male Gathering Spirit Flowers and one female. This ispletely suitable for pollination and breeding!" Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief. After resolving the major issue with the Gathering Spirit Flowers, Su Xing fell into contemtion again. "This bad luck talent, to take it or not, really is a bit troublesome!" Chapter 101: Chapter 98: Life Simulator 3.0 Version, a new batch of energy mediums! ``` "If this unfortunate talent could be applied properly, the destruction it could cause would definitely surpass the scope of a blue talent, but for me right now, it''s more harmful than beneficial..." "But if I miss out on this talent now, it will be much harder to draw it again in the future!" As Su Xing hesitated, the prompt from the simtor rang in his ears. [Ding, the 3.0 version update of Life Simtor ising soon!] [This update requires 10 million simtor energy! The following new features will be added:] [1. Add purple epic talent options, significantly increasing the strength of talents!] [2. Add a talent umtion pool feature, all previously experienced talents will be entered into the pool, and you can exchange them for energy at any time when needed.] After hearing the simtor''s prompt, Su Xing''s eyes lit up, and he muttered: "This update notice couldn''t havee at a better time... In this case, there''s no need to be torn!" "This bad luck talent, although powerful enough to beparable to a humanoid nuclear weapon, is still beyond my control at this stage. Perhaps it won''t be toote to choose it once I can fully harness this misfortune." Clearly, the bad luck talent had too many side effects for Su Xing at this stage, which was detrimental to his early development. He could only temporarily store it in the "little ck room," waiting until the right moment to make his choice. With this in mind, Su Xing stopped hesitating and turned his attention to the rewards of this simtion. [I Can''t Be the Only Unlucky One]: Blue talent, priced at 100,000 energy points. [Seventh Layer of the Origin Martial Realm]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, priced at 5 million energy points. [Twenty-Two Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, including the experiences of the following elixirs: Origin Martial Pill (Major Achievement), Soul Condensing Pills (Minor Achievement), Turtle Breath Pills (Minor Achievement), Fasting Pill (Perfection), priced at 1 million energy points. [10 Pounds of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence]: The essence of a Demon Emperor, containing a vast amount of life force, priced at 10 million energy points. [Two Mature Gathering Spirit Flowers]: Priced at 200,000 energy points. "Goodness, flesh essence of a Demon Emperor tier, with one pound valued at a million energy, isn''t that a bit too expensive?" Su Xing shook his head slightly. It seemed that in the future, exchanging for flesh essence from the simtor could be ruled out. However, once he became stronger, flesh essence could indeed be a good option for exchanging energy. Without much hesitation, Su Xing spoke up: "I choose to exchange for the Seventh Layer of the Origin Martial Realm cultivation level, as well as twenty-two years of alchemy experience!" [You have chosen to take out the Seventh Layer of the Origin Martial Realm Cultivation Level, spending 5 million energy points, remaining energy 1,999,888 points.] [You have chosen to take out twenty-two years of alchemy experience, spending 1 million energy points, remaining energy 999,888 points.] The prompt sound reached Su Xing''s ears, followed by two mysterious forces descending upon him. Su Xing''s mind was filled with many alchemy memories, scenes of him striving day and night to refine elixirs during the simtion! As the memories flooded in, Su Xing''s skill in crafting Soul Condensing Pills finally broke through to the minor achievement level, ensuring a sess rate of over fifty percent. With the help of sufficient Soul Condensing Pills, his Divine Sense Realm was about to enter a period of rapid growth. Furthermore, Su Xing''s understanding of the Fasting Pills also reached a perfect level. He was now capable of refining improved Fasting Pills with a one hundred percent rate of producing the finest quality. The Turtle Breath Pill also became the second type of mid-grade elixir that Su Xing mastered. Thus, Su Xing''s alchemy skills saw a significant increase after one simtion. However,pared to his alchemy skills, Su Xing''s Body Refinement Cultivation Level increased even more rapidly. When the energy containing the cultivation level descended on Su Xing, his strength surged in a short time, and his aura increased astonishingly. Third level of the Origin Martial Realm... Fifth level... Seventh level! In just a few breaths, Su Xing''s Body Refinement realm jumped up five levels! Feeling the explosive increase of strength within his body, Su Xing was somewhat ted for a moment. "Holy shit, I feel like one punch from me could copse a small mountain. How much farther do I have to go until the Divinity Transformation Stage with my current strength?" Su Xing''s face flushed with excitement. His strongest attack method should belong to Li Fire, considering Li Fire could cause fatal damage to Grandmasters and Grandmaster Level professionals. But having reached the seventh level of the Origin Martial Realm, Su Xing felt an unprecedented sense of power. He estimated that his strength had even doubled! The explosive increase in strength in a short time made Su Xing feel light-headed again, so he began to self-brainwash. "Trash! I''m such trash! I can''t even beat Damned Zong, so what right do I have to get cocky?" "Be a little more steady, hold back from being reckless!" Su Xing went through a round of self-criticism as was his routine. After a few minutes, he let out a long sigh and became cautious again. Realizing the benefits of this simtion, Su Xing started to worry a little. "Sigh, this energy really doesn''tst long, just one simtion, and it''s cost me over eight million points!" "The improvement in cultivation is indeed exhrating, but the energy required is way too much... This is just the Origin Martial Realm, and breaking through one small level requires one million energy points. Wouldn''t the entire Origin Martial Realm need tens of millions of points?" "ording to this trend, after the Origin Martial Realm, the Divine Strength Realm will require even more energy! Even a small realm might need tens of millions of energy points!" Su Xing sighed again. The energyes fast, but it goes even faster! "Wait, I need ten million energy points just to unlock the epic level talents, but right now I only have a mere one million points. I must obtain enough energy in a short time to unlock the 3.0 version of the simtor... But with the speed I''m spending energy, unlocking the simtor in a short time is basically impossible!" ``` Chapter 102: Chapter 98: Life Simulator 3.0 Version, A New Batch of Energy Mediums!_2 Thinking of this, Su Xing suddenly felt a toothacheing on. To ensure a rapid increase in strength, one must spend a great deal of energy. But spending energy means you can''t unlock more functions on the simtor... The contradiction between short-term gains and long-term benefits seemed irreconcble. With a grit of his teeth, Su Xing decided: "Damn it, cutting costs is out of the question! If the speed of increasing my Cultivation Level slows down, what''s the point? Only by finding new sources can I barely maintain my current way of life!" Looking at the less than one million energy he had left on hand, Su Xing made a phone call to Jin Congxue. "Hello, Little Snow!" "What''s up, busy man? What''s got you free enough to call me?" Jin Congxue''snguid voice came through, with the sparse sound of running water in the background, as if she were bathing. Su Xing oddly thought of a joke he had seen before: If a girl replies to your messages while she''s taking a shower, it means you''re really important to her. "Ahem, so... Little Snow, can you deliver the goods from Lingyun Commerce Guild ahead of schedule? I''m in a bit of a hurry over here!" Su Xing returned to the matter at hand, asking hastily. ording to what Jin Congxue had said, the Lingyun Commerce Guild should still have arge stockpile of goods to deliver over, she said it was arge sum, but Su Xing had no idea exactly how much. Jin Congxue chuckled, teasing: "What, aren''t all those pieces of equipment you collectedst time enough for you? How much more do you need to eat?" Su Xing chuckled, saying, "Of course, the more the better! You know I have a big appetite!" Jin Congxue rolled her eyes, saying, "Come on, gathering goods from all over the country takes time, okay? There are more than a dozen branches of Lingyun Commerce Guild across the country. To move all their goods to Kyoto and take inventory, it would take at least half a month..." Half a month? Su Xing couldn''t wait that long. So Su Xing shamelessly pleaded, "Please, big sis, can you help me out? Could you possibly move most of the goods to Kyoto this week?" Hearing this, Jin Congxue sighed and said, "Sigh, does someone have no conscience at all! I''ve been running around like crazy recently, and just when I''m done with the acquisitions, the big boss is giving me more work? Can''t you give me a break? You''re not supposed to exploit your employees like this!" Su Xing quickly consoled her, saying, "Hehe,e on, big sis, please help me out! When this batch of equipment is transported over, I''ll treat you to a meal!" After giving it some thought, Jin Congxue replied: "Alright then, I''ll be busy for a bit longer, trying to get the goods to Kyoto as soon as possible. Come over in a few days to check on them, okay?" Su Xing nodded repeatedly, saying, "Okay, thanks a lot, sis!" After hanging up the phone, Su Xing let out a long breath of relief. If the number of pieces of equipment in this batch was sufficient, Su Xing would have enough energy to update the simtor, even without much waiting. "Sigh, just endure a little longer, refine a few more Elixirs, and only then can I gather more energy!" Su Xing sighed, first spending an hour cultivating Spirit nts, and then plunged into the tedious task of Alchemy. In just a week, Su Xing transformed into a tireless worker, full of drive, and refined a total of six thousand Elixirs. Su Xing also took the time to test the strength he had achieved after reaching the seventh level of the Origin Martial Realm at the strength training gym. A whopping two and a half million pounds of sheer strength! This was Su Xing''s pure physical strength without using Origin Force, and after using Origin Force, his strength surged to three million pounds! While the increase in strength wasn''t as great as he had imagined, a doubling, it was still a good seventy to eighty percent increase! In the Origin Martial Realm, the most crucial aspect was the application of Origin Force, but sadly, Su Xing had not yet fully mastered it and could only wait to learn more about Origin Force on his next visit to the Luotian Meeting Instance. Soon a week passed. That day, Su Xing finished packing up the Elixirs he had refined and had booked a VIP room at a restaurant in advance, inviting Jin Congxue over. At noon, Jin Congxue arrived on time. Today, Jin Congxue was wearing a red dress with matching fiery red lips, looking exceptionally tempting. "Yo, busy man, you''re really treating me to a meal today? I''m truly ttered!" Jin Congxue winked yfully as she spoke. Su Xing scratched his head and said, "Ahem, of course! I''ve ordered all the dishes, they''re all your favorites!" The meal was soon over, and both parties quickly got down to business. (Ahem, don''t get the wrong idea). Jin Congxue took out several Storage Rings and handed them to Su Xing, saying: "Here you go, boss. These are all the things you wanted! They''re the goods brought from the various branches of Lingyun Commerce Guild. "Apart from the white equipment you asked for, there are also quite a few green and blue ones, almost four million items in total!" "Of course, this batch isn''t just equipment, but also some unprocessed exotic metals, skill scrolls that professionals need, potions, and various odd items obtained from different instances. You can check them yourself." After pausing, Jin Congxue said coquettishly: "Boss, you have no idea, I''ve been running all over the country these past few days, and my legs are nearly worn out, one meal isn''t enough, you know!" After hearing this, Su Xing blinked and looked at Jin Congxue''s fair, toned legs, his mind short-circuited, and he said: "How about I give you a massage? I''m pretty skilled at that!" Jin Congxue thought for a moment and actually stretched out her leg, saying: "Alright then, I''d be honored to have a massage from the boss!" The VIP room was filled with the promise of spring. Chapter 103: Chapter 98: Life Simulator 3.0 Version, A New Batch of Energy Mediums!_3 After experiencing a pure, green massage, Su Xing returned to school in the afternoon and couldn''t wait to enter Spirit Field Blessed Land. Looking at the cargo filled with several storage rings, Su Xing couldn''t hide his excitement. "Goodness, how much energy must this batch of goods be worth?" Su Xing swallowed and began to convert the goods into simted energy batch by batch. [Ding, detected 3.84 million pieces of white-quality equipment, valued at 20.77 million energy points, convert to simted energy?] "Yes!" Su Xing agreed without hesitation, and in the blink of an eye, over 20 million energy points appeared on his simtion panel. And this was just the energy value of the first batch of white equipment! Su Xing continued to take out the rings filled with green-quality equipment. [Detected 130,000 pieces of green-quality equipment, valued at 6.08 million energy points, convert?] "Yes!" Whoosh, another six million energy points instantly appeared on Su Xing''s simtion panel. The green-quality equipment, on average, contained nearly 50 points of energy each, but they were too expensive, with a market price of nearly 20,000 points per piece, making their cost-performance only half that of the white-quality equipment. That''s why Su Xing usually wouldn''t use green-quality equipment to exchange for energy. Only considering that this batch was stockpiled by Lingyun Commerce Guild and slightly cheaper, and even if Su Xing were to sell them, he would probably have to wait for several months, then use all the money from the sales to purchase white-quality equipment. In the end, while he would get even more energy, it was too time-consuming and somewhat counterproductive. Su Xing then turned his attention to the blue-quality equipment. [Detected 20,000 pieces of blue-quality equipment, valued at 9.85 million energy points, convert?] "Yes!" Su Xing said without any hesitation. Each piece of blue-quality equipment contained about 500 points of energy, but their market price was over ten times that of the green-quality equipment, making the cost-performance even lower. However, Su Xing didn''t bother to wait and directly converted them into energy. After sessfully converting all four million pieces of equipment into energy, Su Xing shifted his gaze toward the storage ring filled with potions. [Ding, detected 10,000 low-grade recovery potions, valued at five million energy points, convert?] Hearing this prompt, Su Xing sighed and shook his head, "Cancel conversion!" The low-grade recovery potions were nearly 500,000 per vial on the professional trader''s market, and each was only worth 500 energy points, meaning that converting a thousand dors would yield just one point of energy, which was still too low a cost-performance. After all, low-grade recovery potions could save the lives of Gold-ranked professionals at critical moments, naturally making them very expensive. Su Xing had no ns to convert this batch of potions into energy; instead, he nned to return them to Jin Congxue to be sold in themerce guild. Su Xing took out the storage ring containing first-order exotic metals. [Ding, detected 136 tons of first-order exotic metals, valued at 2.72 million points of simted energy, convert?] "Yes!" Su Xing didn''t hesitate much; the exotic metals'' energy conversion cost-performance was close to that of white-quality equipment, making them one of the most worthwhile mediums for energy conversion. After converting tens of millions of points of simted energy, Su Xing''s gaze fell onto thest storage ring. This storage ring contained various odd and peculiar items produced in the instance dungeon. Many items produced in the dungeon had unclear uses and were often recycled as trash to themerce guild by some professionals. Su Xing had not been hopeful about converting much energy from them, but to his surprise, these odd and peculiar instance dungeon items gave him a massive pleasant surprise in their energy value! [Ding, detected some energy-containing materials, valued at 11.86 million energy points, convert?] Chapter 104: Chapter 99: Purple Talent, A Sudden Epiphany by Chance! Su Xing paused upon hearing the notification, and said with some disbelief, "The garbage produced in these instances actually contains so much energy?" Su Xing opened his storage ring and examined the instance dungeon items. He found the instance dungeon items to be extremely quirky. "Underwear used by Witch Lillian"... Lady Aleya''s hairpin... feathers from an unknown bird species... expired Dove chocte spread... highly effective stain-removingundry detergent... a necrotic, unidentified pet egg... From everyday items to the small gifts given by certain NPCs in instances, to body parts of instance bosses, they were odd in every conceivable way. These strange instance dungeon items were known to professionals as instance garbage. This wasn''t without reason because these items were in huge quantities, of unknown use, yet always treated as treasures by daydreamers who nurtured the fantasy of "finding a peerless treasure in a pile of trash." Those professionals who harbored unrealistic dreams and bought items from instances were affectionately called "trash lords." Because these bizarre instance dungeon items were so cheap it was almost pitiable, saying they were sold by weight wasn''t much of an exaggeration. An item of "instance garbage" could range in price from a hundred to a few thousand Great Xia Coins each, and they were avable inrge quantities. Su Xing estimated that there were at least a million pieces of "instance garbage" in his Storage Ring, and calcting an average price of less than a thousand per item, their market value would be around ten billion Great Xia Coins. But it was this instance garbage, valued at merely ten billion, that contained an energy close to twelve million points! On average, one hundred and thirty to forty Great Xia Coins could be exchanged for one point of energy! This price-performance ratio was even five percent higher than when Su Xing had exchanged white-quality equipment for energy! "Hiss, this way, acquiring instance garbage to exchange for energy sounds very promising!" Su Xing''s eyes lit up; the energy contained in these instance dungeon items was uncertain, but through massive acquisitions, out of tens of thousands of items, there would always be hundreds that contained a significant amount of energy. Additionally, since there was such an abundance of instance garbage, buying them inrge quantities wouldn''t raise suspicions, making it an excellent channel for Su Xing to exchange for energy! With this in mind, Su Xing stroked his chin and murmured, "Looking at it this way, we can absolutely add a business to acquire instance garbage in the Tarot Commerce Association!" Su Xing was a man of action, and without hesitation, he dialed Jin Congxue and asked her to help him acquire trash items produced in instances. Jin Congxue was puzzled by Su Xing''s request, but since she had gotten used to his strange demands, she agreed. However, acquiring instance garbage would take a significant amount of time to obtain from professionals; that work could be delegated to subordinates, and Su Xing would just reap the benefits. With this, Su Xing''s channel for obtaining simtion energy had widened once more. White equipment, exotic metals, instance garbage! White equipment and exotic metals were more stable sources, while acquiring instance garbage was like opening a blind box, and with some luck, he could even gain a massive amount of energy! "Whew... I see a bright future ahead!" Su Xing''s lips curved slightly upward; if the n worked, the abundance of simtion energy would allow his development to speed up. At least, he wouldn''t face a stagnation in development due tock of energy. "It''s time to start a new round of simtion!" Su Xing looked at the simtor panel, which disyed over fifty-two million points of simtion energy, feeling cheerful. March 17, 2024, New Era, Su Xing prepared to start his 28th simtion. "Start simtion!" As soon as Su Xing finished speaking, the simtor''s notification sound reached his ears. [Ding, detecting that the host has sufficient simtion energy, would you like to spend 10 million points of simtion energy to upgrade the simtor to version 3.0?] "Ah, I almost forgot about this!" Su Xing paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Use the energy, proceed with the upgrade!" "Heh heh, purple-quality talent, here Ie!" [Ding, sessfully spent ten million points of energy to upgrade the simtor, remaining energy is 42,234,466 points!] [Simtor updating... please wait... Ding, Life Simtor 3.0 version at your service, the following features have been unlocked...] Su Xing nced over the simtor panel''s update content, found no differences from the update preview, and began the simtion in earnest! "Start simtion!" [Ding! This simtion will consume 2,800 points of energy. Remaining energy points 42,201,666. Remaining number of simtions unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a green talent costs 1,000 points of energy, drawing a blue talent costs 10,000 points of energy, and drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 points of energy, would you like to draw?] Seeing the option to draw a purple talent finally appear on the simtion interface, Su Xing excitedly rubbed his hands and resolutely said "Draw a purple-quality talent!" [Ding, congrattions on obtaining a Purple Talent, Sudden Enlightenment!] [Sudden Enlightenment]: You asionally be extremely astute, entering a mysterious state of enlightenment. During this state, the efficiency of your cultivation, alchemy, understanding of Cultivation Techniques, and other activities will experience a terrifying increase. The chance of triggering is random and the duration of enlightenment is variable.] Su Xing frowned slightly upon seeing the purple talent he had drawn. "Sudden Enlightenment, what the heck is this?" After reading up on it carefully, Su Xing was suddenly struck by the tremendous potential of the talent. "Hiss, so it''s a talent that can increase the chance of enlightenment, huh?" "If this enlightenment is really as miraculous as described in fantasy novels of my previous life, wouldn''t that mean I''m about to soar?" Chapter 105: Chapter 99: Purple Talent, A Sudden Epiphany by Chance!_2 Su Xing was somewhat excited for a moment, he had drawn a simr talent that increased understanding before, the blue talent "Quick Wit"! When triggered, it indeed improved the efficiency of alchemy and even enhanced his ability to think deeply about certain matters. But clearly, this "Quick Wit" talent was far from achieving the effect of enlightenment. "I just don''t know how great the probability of this enlightenment is... What exactly is the effect of enlightenment?" Su Xing rubbed his hands together, ready to start the simtion, looking forward to his first purple talent with great anticipation. [Within the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize you are in a simtion.] [You check for any changes in yourself but find nothing different from before.] [So, you begin your daily cultivation and alchemy, and after a week, you take the five thousand elixirs you''ve refined to meet with Jin Congxue.] [Jin Congxue reports to you on the acquisition of the Lingyun Commerce Guild''s properties and discusses with you the details of establishing a "Instance Trash" acquisition department.] [ording to Jin Congxue''s estimates, the weekly acquisition of instance trash could reach between three hundred to five hundred thousand items, and as the department continues to expand, this number is expected to increase.] [At the same time, Jin Congxue informs you that she is preparing to acquire several instance mines that can produce exotic metals, estimating the acquisition costs to be around two hundred billion, but once sessful, you would have a steady source of exotic metals only requiring the cost ofbor for mining.] [You agree with Jin Congxue''s n and eagerly reward her.] [In the following month, you work even harder at refining elixirs, hoping to save enough money to contract a few instance mines that produce exotic metals.] Su Xing''s eyes lit up at this. "Right! Acquiring exotic metal mines, how did I not think of this?" Exotic metals are found within instance mines and require professionals to dig them out to obtain small amounts of exotic metals. These instances with exotic metals are extremely valuable and are known as mine instances. Most mine instances are controlled by the state or official authorities, but some powerfulmerce guilds can also contract them privately at a high cost. Top-tiermerce guilds, including the Jin Merchant Guild, have business that contracts mine instances; they sell the excavated exotic metals at market price, only needing to pay for thebor costs. But for Su Xing, if he could contract a few mine instances, it would mean having a steady and cheap source of exotic metals; in other words, a stable source of simtion energy. Of course, contracting a mine instance requires rigorous official screening, numerous formalities, and forming aplete mining chain also takes a lot of time, so no significant results are expected in the short term. "Tsk tsk, Jin Congxue truly is my benefactor!" Assenting to Jin Congxue''s business acumen, Su Xing continued the simtion. [One day, after taking a Disguise Pill and a Breath-Concealing Pill, you prepared to enter the Luotian Meeting Instance.] [Lucky for you, the professional who had reserved a spot had an emergency and couldn''te, and you obtained the chance to enter the Luotian Meeting Instance!] Su Xing''s eyes shone at this and he said without hesitation: "Use the immersive simtion! Duration: 24 hours!" Su Xing now had plenty of simtion energy. A day''s immersive simtion would only cost 2.4 million points of energy, which he could afford. Aside from any other opportunities, the Scripture Pavilion alone in the Luotian Meeting was worth it for Su Xing! [Ding, immersive simtion sessful, 2.4 million points of energy consumed, simtion time 24 hours, remaining energy 39,701,666 points!] With the notification sound in his ear, Su Xing''s vision changed and he arrived inside the Luotian Meeting Instance. "Xiaochuan, the Luo Tian Meeting is about to begin. Go to the back mountain and invite Elder Shennong to participate!" In front of Su Xing, an elder spoke with a smile, it was Elder Che, Su Xing''s master from the previous simtion. "Yes, Master!" Su Xing bowed and walked towards the back mountain. Along the way, Su Xing pondered the fragments of memory in his mind. Su Xing''s identity remained that of Luo Xiaochuan, a disciple of the Luo Tian Sect, with Elder Che as his master, but his cultivation level had increased to the seventhyer of the Origin Martial Realm, and Elder Che formally epted him as his personal disciple! "Indeed, in thest simtion I was still an ordinary Inner Sect Disciple, but now I''ve been promoted to a personal disciple of an elder! As my cultivation level continues to increase, my status in the instance will also change!" Su Xing muttered with some enlightenment. Soon, Su Xing came to the back mountain of the Luo Tian Sect. Along the way, he saw countless Gathering Spirit Flowers and various rare and exotic herbs, but since it was his second experience, Su Xing was no longer as shocked as he was the first time. "Shennong Uncle! The master has instructed me to invite you to the Luo Tian Meeting!" Su Xing said respectfully to a young man cultivating the fields. Quickly, Shennong Youtian put down the farm tools and nodded to Su Xing: "Is that Xiaochuan! It''s been a few years, and your cultivation has improved quite a bit!" In this simtion, Shennong Youtian seemed to be familiar with Luo Xiaochuan. On the way to the Luo Tian Meeting, the two chatted intermittently. Su Xing found out that because Shennong Youtian had been farming all year round and seldom met people, he was quite talkative. He was very happy to talk non-stop upon meeting Su Xing, who nodded from time to time and responded. In the exchange with Shennong Youtian, Su Xing benefited greatly. "Uncle, Xiaochuan has a question that I''d like to ask you..." Seeing that they were about to arrive at the meeting ce, Su Xing was prepared to seize the opportunity to benefit further. Shennong Uncle nodded and asked, "What would my nephew like to ask? Just speak freely!" Su Xing hurriedly inquired, "Lately, your nephew has encountered some difficulties in the practice of Body Refinement, concerning the mastery of Origin Force..." Su Xing expressed his doubts; his mastery of Origin Force was still very superficial, and in this aspect, he had great potential for development. After listening, Shennong Youtian nodded slightly and replied: "Body Refinement Cultivators reaching the Origin Martial Realm can be considered as having formally entered the path of Body Cultivation. Cultivators of the Origin Martial Realm focus on the mastery and application of Origin Force, while the subsequent Divine Strength Realm is the explosive realm of strength and physical aptitude..." Shennong Youtian talked at length, yet never quite got to the point. Only at the end did he mention: "Ahem, Uncle isn''t very knowledgeable about the path of Body Cultivation. If my nephew is curious, you could look up two books in the Scripture Pavilion, namely ''Detailed Exnation on the Utilization of Origin Force'' and ''Advanced Utilization of Origin Force.'' Fully digest these two books, and you could be considered an expert in the mastery of Origin Force!" Su Xing felt embarrassed after listening, darn it, so this uncle didn''t understand either, still pretending to know? However, through this matter, Su Xing also understood that there are specialists in every field. This Shennong Uncle was skilled in the way of cultivating the spirit, and he could inquire about doubts in this area. If he did not understand other aspects, the Scripture Pavilion might indeed be the best ce to go. Having been asked about a blind spot in his knowledge, Shennong Youtian also felt somewhat embarrassed and seemed no longer inclined to answer Su Xing''s questions. Thus, Su Xing did not bother further. After sending Shennong Youtian to his master''s ce, he immediately went to the Scripture Pavilion and became engrossed in "Detailed Exnation on the Utilization of Origin Force." Immersed in reading, a day quickly passed by. It was only when Su Xing heard the simtor''s notification sound that he reluctantly exited the immersive simtion and returned to the real world. "So, it turns out there are three stages in the application of Origin Force, and I''m currently only at the most superficial stage of enhancement, capable of enhancing strength and defense only... But if I were to reach the profound stage, I could even release Origin Force to harm others externally, and learn attacking techniques that match the Origin Force!" Excitement spread across Su Xing''s face. If he could cultivate Origin Force to an advanced stage, he might even be able tobat a Divinity Transformation Cultivator when he reached the Great Perfection of the Origin Martial Realm! "s, it''s a pity that this immersive simtion is too expensive, costing 2.4 million energy to simte a single day, and I can only enter the Luo Tian Meeting Instance three times at most. If it''s used for learning, that''s 7 million energy points gone!" Su Xing felt a pinch, sighed, and then continued to simte. [You emerged from the Luo Tian Meeting Instance with a deeper understanding of Origin Force.] [Over the following months, you continued to peacefully engage in alchemy and cultivation every day until one day, Wang Qingxuan found you...] [After a tumultuous night, you joined the Descending Sect along with Wang Qingxuan.] [As your strength increased and your confidence swelled, you no longer concealed your alchemy skills and straightforwardly proposed to be an elder in the Descending Sect.] Chapter 106: Chapter 100: Grinding Experience, The Right Way to Use Immersive Simulation! ``` [You revealed your own strength, and with your Origin Martial Realm seventh level, your power was no weaker than that of an ordinary elder, so the Descending Sect agreed to your request and promised to let you be an elder after a three-month probation period.] [Your talent for alchemy quickly caught the attention of Luo Shuying and Damned Zong, and they both extended olive branches to you.] [You didn''t hesitate to join Luo Shuying''s faction, and secretly flipped off Damned Zong.] [The next day, you took Luo Shuying aside and exined your origins, uttering the secret phrase.] [Luo Shuying was shocked to hear that you could traverse the timeline, but because of the secret phrase, she chose to trust you.] [You sessfully allied with Luo Shuying.] Su Xing nodded slightly to himself and murmured: "When my strength was insufficient before, I had to be careful and cautious, even in simtion; one careless mistake meant instant death, wasting a simtion opportunity." "But now, with my Origin Martial Realm seventh level cultivation, plus my Qi Refinement Nascent Soul stage, my strength is top-notch even among Heavenly King level powerhouses; in the Descending Sect, apart from protector-level freaks, none should be my match!" "Therefore, being straightforward about my intentionspletely saves a lot of time and allows me to ess the resources of the Descending Sect faster and strike an alliance with Luo Shuying!" Thinking thus, Su Xing turned his attention to the simtion panel. [In the third month, because youpleted your tasks on time every month, providing three hundred Essence-Nourishing Pills to the Descending Sect, you were promoted and became an elder of the Sect.] [But what the upper echelons of the Descending Sect didn''t know was that you were lining your pockets in secret, stockpiling tens of thousands of Essence-Nourishing Pills, preparing to boost the strength of Great Xia Country when you defected.] [At the same time, Luo Shuying spent her own contribution points to exchange for arge amount of Essence-Nourishing Herbs, Origin Martial Herbs, Soul Condensing Pills, and other medicines for you, and you started stockpiling arge number of elixirs.] [In the second year, you contacted Lu Yuanwu through Jin Congxue''s channels in secret, exchanging elixirs for arge amount of Demonic Beast Flesh Essence.] [You took the Origin Martial Pills every day, and with the abundant supply of Demon King Flesh Essence, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level began to rise rapidly.] [One day, you stealthily went to Kyoto and took a trip to the Luotian Meeting Instance.] Su Xing nodded slightly and recited to himself: "Use the immersive simtion function for 24 hours!" [Ding, you have sessfully used the immersive simtion, consuming 2.4 million points of energy for 24 hours of simtion time, leaving you with 37,301,666 points of energy remaining!] Soon, Su Xing''s vision changed and he once again arrived at the Luotian Meeting Instance. In this round of immersive simtion, Su Xing was still attached to Luo Xiaochuan, inviting Shennong Youtian to the Luotian Meeting. Afterwards, Su Xing went to the Scripture Pavilion alone. Arriving at a familiar spot, he opened the "Detailed Exnation of Origin Force Usage". For more than twenty-something hours, Su Xing immersed himself in the cultivation andprehension of Origin Force. Soon, the immersive simtion ended, and Su Xing exited. Feeling somewhat tired, he rubbed his temples and eximed: "The use of Origin Force is truly marvelous; I vastly underestimated its application before... One more session should be enough for me to get a solid grasp, right?" The corners of Su Xing''s mouth curved into a small smile. After two consecutive immersive simtions, Su Xing devoted himself solely to the cultivation and application of Origin Force, forming a substantial base in his mind for how to cultivate it further. All Su Xing needed to do next was to continue his practice in the simtion, and with the knowledge he had umted in his mind, he could quickly improve his application of Origin Force. Su Xing''s offensive means were currently limited, with only the Li Fire Technique counting as formidable among his spells. But Su Xing''s strongest aspect was his Body Cultivation Level, and Origin Force could maximize the potency of his Body Refinement Cultivation, the formidable aspect of the Origin Martial Realm. With this in mind, Su Xing refocused his gaze on the simtion panel. [After exiting the Luotian Meeting Instance, your mastery of Origin Force improved further, so you included a new item in your training n, the cultivation and application of Origin Force!] [In the third year, you maintained a regr schedule, practicing alchemy and cultivation each day, increasing your practice of Origin Force.] [Over the past year, your mastery of Origin Force far exceeded your previous understanding. Although you were still at the first stage "Enhancement", you found that by covering your fists with Origin Force, you could increase your strength by fifty percent in a short time, and you discovered that you could coat your skin with Origin Force to enhance your body''s defenses!] [In addition, you''ve stockpiled over fifty thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills and crafted thousands of Origin Martial Pills for your own cultivation.] [As you continued to supply elixirs to Great Xia Country, although done secretly, it inevitably leaked out, and you were listed as a suspect by the Descending Sect, but they had no solid evidence.] [You weren''t rmed by this, as over these three years, you had already coborated with Luo Shuying to secure most of the medicinal materials in the Sect''s treasury, preparing to flee at a moment''s notice should your actions be exposed.] [One day, while tending to the Gathering Spirit Flowers you had carefully cultivated, you suddenly discovered that three flowers had matured at the same time.] [You quickly began pollinating the three Spirit Gathering Flowers, and under your careful nurture, seven or eight sprouts of Gathering Spirit Flowers began to grow robustly around them.] [So besides cultivating every day, you also dedicated part of your time to caring for the Gathering Spirit Flowers, knowing that your hopes for advancing your Qi Refining Cultivation rested on them.] ``` Chapter 93: Chapter 92: Breakthrough, Cultivator of the Origin Martial Realm! [The high ranks of the Great Xia Country urgently convened a meeting, knowing that even Heavenly King Level warriors need to eat, and if the supply lines were cut, the frontline situation would definitely be dangerous.] [At that moment, you stepped forward, dering that you would produce a type of elixir called the Fasting Pill. With a single dose, a Master Level professional could go without food for a month.] [After the meeting, you quickly set to work producing a batch of Fasting Pills. Your alchemy skills were exquisite; to you, creating an ungraded elixir like the Fasting Pill was effortless.] [With the skill of multitasking, you could produce one to two thousand Fasting Pills in just a day. In less than half a month, you resolved the frontline supply crisis.] [Following this crisis, your influence among the Human Race''s leadership grew even more significant. Often, when facing peril at the frontline, themanders would seek your counsel.] [One day, it dawned on you that the treasuries of Great Xia Country stored many types of Spiritual Medicines, so you sketched these elixirs and ordered your subordinates to collect these Spiritual Medicines for you.] [Hoping against hope, in addition to Essence-Nourishing Herbs and other Spirit nts, you specifically drew the blueprint of the Gathering Spirit Flower, wishing that the Great Xia Country''s treasury would possess this kind of Spirit nt.] [A weekter, you received several thousand Spirit nts from across the Great Xia, which would add thousands of Grandmaster Level professionals and over a hundred Heavenly King Level warriors to the Human Race.] [But among the Spiritual Medicines they brought back, there was still no Gathering Spirit Flower.] [Just as you felt some disappointment, a Heavenly King Level warrior suddenly informed you that he had once seen such flowers, and they covered the mountains and ins.] [Your heart leaped with joy, and you promptly inquired where this Heavenly King Level professional had encountered the Gathering Spirit Flower.] [After pondering for a while, he recalled that it was in the "Luotian Meeting Instance" where he had seen the Gathering Spirit Flowers. When he entered this instance, he saw from Luo Xiaochuan''s perspective that the back mountain of Luo Tian Sect was nketed with Gathering Spirit Flowers.] Su Xing''s expression shifted, from hope to despair. "What a pity, not to mention fields of Gathering Spirit Flowers, even a few hundred of them would save me from worrying about Spiritual Energy..." Su Xing sighed, murmuring: "It''s a shame it''s in the Luotian Meeting Instance. After all, that instance is just a cycle of time, nothing more than a mirage, unable to reap any benefits. Even if you see fields of Gathering Spirit Flowers, they can''t be brought out..." Su Xing felt some regret but understood that Gathering Spirit Flowers were hard toe by. Still, the clue of their existence within the Luotian Meeting Instance meant a visit was indeed warranted. "So be it, next simtion, I''ll explore the Luotian Meeting Instance..." Sending Su Xing himself was out of the question, after all, entering the Luotian Meeting Instance would attract attention and carry certain risks. And Su Xing was all about being cautious and avoiding risky endeavors! Su Xing pondered for a moment, then continued his simtion. [Knowing that you couldn''t obtain the Gathering Spirit Flower for now was naturally a letdown, but you quickly recovered and began producing a new batch of elixirs.] [You transformed the Spiritual Medicines gathered from the treasuries across Great Xia into elixirs, thus adding a new group of Grandmaster Level and Heavenly King Level warriors for Great Xia Country.] [Afterpleting the production, you turned your focus to fortifying your physique and producing Soul Condensing Pills.] [In the thirteenth year, Luo Shuying brought distressing news; her homnd had been invaded by a Foreign Race, and colossal beasts descended, leading to the total destruction of her world.] [Luckily, you had made preparations in advance. Although Luo Shuying''s hometown could not be spared, you had managed to move many of her kinsmen and some of the most robust individuals ahead of time.] [You learned that Luo Shuying came from a unique race, the Spirit Race, and those who escaped death all made their way to Blue Star, joining in the resistance against the Foreign Race''s colossal beasts.] [That year, you continued to cultivate diligently, producing hundreds of batches of Soul Condensing Pills over the year, yielding two to three hundred pills per batch, and your alchemy skills advanced rapidly.] [In the fourteenth year, you consumed Soul Condensing Pills daily, and the strength of your Divine Sense grew rapidly. In just a year, the range of your Divine Sense expanded to a full three hundred meters!] [With a single thought, every nt and tree within a kilometer fell within your perception. This feeling was mysterious to the extreme. Your Divine Sense strength had already broken through the limits of the Nascent Soul Stage, nearing the Divinity Transformation Stage.] [That same year, you discovered that Soul Condensing Pills also slightly enhanced professionals'' strength. This improvement was subtle. A Heavenly King Level warrior, taking a Soul Condensing Pill every seven days, could increase their strength by about ten percent in a month.] [You took out several hundred Soul Condensing Pills, hoping to promote a group of Heavenly King Level professionals to the Martial Emperor Level.] [s, you failed. The dozens of Heavenly King Level warriors who took the Soul Condensing Pills did enhance their strength by a lot, but they were still far from reaching the Martial Emperor Level.] Su Xing nodded slightly, murmuring: "Perhaps not all elixirs are suitable for professionals. After all, elixirs are meant to increase Cultivators'' Cultivation Levels, and having the Origin Martial Pill and Essence-Nourishing Pill, which can boost professionals'' strength and help them advance, is already good luck..." After a pause, Su Xing thought: "However, among the three hundred and sixty types of elixirs, there must be quite a few suitable for professionals. This is not something to be rushed..." Su Xing continued the simtion. [Not disheartened, since you had plenty of time, you could leisurely uncover elixirs that boost professionals'' strength, even devising ns specifically tailored for enhancing professionals'' abilities.] Chapter 94: Chapter 92 Breakthrough, Origin Martial Realm Cultivator!_2 [In the fifteenth year, you still diligently worked to strengthen your body and cultivate your Divine Sense every day, and you often studied to improve your skills in refining Soul Condensing Pills.] [Within a year, your Divine Sense grew to three hundred and fifty zhang. You seemed to be approaching the bottleneck of Nascent Soul Stage Divine Sense strength, and the effectiveness of the Soul Condensing Pills on you was diminishing.] [On one asion, you identally discovered that Soul Condensing Pills significantly enhanced the strength of the Spirit Race. Due to their unique physique, it often took only a few Soul Condensing Pills for their strength to greatly improve.] [You took out several hundred Soul Condensing Pills, which added several dozen Heavenly King Level powerhouses and three Martial Emperor Level powerhouses to the Spirit Race. Even Luo Shuying''s strength greatly improved after taking your Soul Condensing Pills, already nearing the prowess of a Legendary Level fighter!] Su Xing was pleasantly surprised by this discovery. He had not expected the Soul Condensing Pills to be so effective for the Spirit Race and even significantly improve Luo Shuying''s strength. Legendary Level fighters were beings above Martial Emperors, truly a handful of individuals at the pinnacle of the Human Race''s power. "Perhaps, when the Soul Condensing Pills'' improvement to my Divine Sense bes limited, I can give the surplus to the Spirit Race to consume..." Su Xing thought, stroking his chin. [In the sixteenth year, you continued to toughen your physique daily and enhance your Divine Sense. Your Divine Sense strength made progress, approaching four hundred zhang, and your physical strength also gradually grew stronger with the continuous augmentation from the flesh essence of Demonic Beasts.] [That same year, you survived numerous assassination attempts from both the Descending Sect and the Foreign Race, thanks to Luo Shuying and other powerhouses'' protection. However, the frequent assassinations made you even more cautious, and you tried to avoid unnecessary outings, concentrating on improving your Cultivation Level and Alchemy Skills.] [In the seventeenth year, you used up thest piece of Condensing Spirit Wood in your possession. Over the years, you continuously delved into the art of refining Soul Condensing Pills, and your skills progressed rapidly. Your Alchemy Skills for refining Soul Condensing Pills had nearly reached a minor mastery level, but unfortunately, youcked enough Condensing Spirit Wood to continue enhancing your skills.] [So, you stopped researching Soul Condensing Pills and focused more energy on increasing your Body Refinement Cultivation Level. As the vigor within your body grew unceasingly, you could consume a jin of Demonic Beasts'' flesh essence daily, and the speed of your Cultivation Level''s improvement saw a slight increase.] [In the eighteenth year, your physical body became ever more perfect. You felt that your physical strength had doubled since you first reached the Great Perfection stage of the Organ Refining Realm. Your strength and physique had both made significant progress.] [You had a premonition that your body''s strength should be sufficient to break through to the Origin Martial Realm, but you still chose to y it safe and decided to wait another two years before attempting a breakthrough.] [In the neenth year, the situation at Demon-Subduing Pass began to deteriorate, with more and more Demonic Beasts and Foreign Race descending upon the pass. Human Race powerhouses suffered heavy casualties, but they still held back wave after wave of the Foreign Race''s assaults.] [As the war at the frontlines gradually intensifies, the number of in Demonic Beasts also increases, making more flesh essence avable for your consumption each day.] [In the twentieth year, your physical strength still progressed at a slow pace, and even a year''s time might not enhance your physique by ten percent. You understood that it was time to attempt breaking through to the Origin Martial Realm.] [You chose an auspicious day, informed the outside world of your ns to enter seclusion, and prepared plenty of flesh essence and Origin Martial Pills before entering the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [You sat cross-legged inside a thatched hut, ensuring no external disturbances, and adjusted your breath and state to optimum levels before taking out an Origin Martial Pill.] [You swallowed the Origin Martial Pill, which transformed into a warm current, continuously nourishing your limbs and bones.] [The medicinal power of the Origin Martial Pill spread throughout your body, and the scorching energy incessantly battered your physique. You felt a slight pain and burning sensation in every inch of your skin.] [You quickly focused your mind and devoted all your energy to the breakthrough. Fortunately, after years of consuming enough flesh essence, your physical body''s tremendous strength allowed you to withstand the first and most dangerous wave of the energy impact from the Origin Martial Pill without harm.] [Subsequently, it took you three days topletely assimte the medicinal properties of the Origin Martial Pill in your body.] [Your physical strength had increased by fifty percent in just three days, but you felt that this still wasn''t the limit; not yet reaching the Origin Martial Realm, you called this state half-step Origin Martial Realm.] [Without hesitation, you swallowed the second Origin Martial Pill, the energy of the Origin Martial Pill erupted quickly within your body, this energy was wild yet powerful, allowing your physical strength to rapidly increase.] [Having the experience of taking one before, you were more adept at digesting the Origin Martial Pill this time; in just two days, your physical strength further improved.] [Next, you consumed the third Origin Martial Pill, and as your constitution continued to strengthen, you were able to absorb the pill''s efficacy to the greatest extent.] [Unmoving as a mountain, seated cross-legged, with the continuous surge of the Origin Martial Pill''s medicinal properties, your momentum steadily climbed, you felt that you were about to reach a critical point.] [In the blink of an eye, three more days passed. At a certain moment, the momentum of your body soared to its peak, and finally, at that instant, you opened your eyes.] [Simultaneously, you felt that your body had broken some kind of formidable shackles; your life essence seemed to have undergone an unknown evolution.] [You sessfully broke through and became an Origin Martial Realm cultivator!] "Finally, sess!" Su Xing clenched his fists excitedly upon seeing this scene; an Origin Martial Realm cultivator, he had finally achieved it! "It''s just that I don''t know how great the enhancement of the Origin Martial Realm ispared to the Organ Refining Realm?" Su Xing''s heart was somewhat excited. Compared to the Bone Forging Realm, the Organ Refining Realm''s enhancement was internal, involving the five viscera and six bowels, and not a significant boost to actualbat power. But Su Xing had a premonition thatpared to the Organ Refining Realm, the increase in strength in the Origin Martial Realm would be tremendous, tantamount to aplete transformation! Although Su Xing was already a Nascent Soul cultivator, equivalent to the Origin Martial Realm among Body Refinement cultivators. But Body Refinement and Qi Refinement should not be generalized;cking many techniques, reaching the Origin Martial Realm in Body Refinement could, perhaps, be even stronger than the Nascent Soul Stage for Su Xing! "What''s more crucial is, in the simtioncking Spiritual Energy, the Flesh Essence of Demonic Beasts and Origin Martial Pills are notcking! This means that in theing period of time, my Body Refinement cultivation level could possibly see tremendous growth!" Su Xing''s heart throbbed with excitement as he continued to look at the simtion interface before him. [After the breakthrough to the Origin Martial Realm, you felt that the strength of your flesh had more than doubled, and in addition to the increase in strength, your defensive power also became extremely astonishing.] [You tried it out and discovered that even a dagger of blue quality could hardly cut through your skin, this meant you were almost immune to damage caused by practitioners of the Gold Level!] [Furthermore, you found that when youunched an attack, a thinyer of energy would cover your body. This energy, different from Spiritual Energy, was more destructive and could even cause a certain degree of internal destruction to the structure of objects.] [You did not know the source of this energy, but you knew it was inseparable from the Origin Martial Realm; thus, you named it, Origin Force!] Chapter 95: Chapter 93 The Wonders of Origin Force, Power Surge! ``` [You familiarized yourself with the strength of your body and attempted to control the newly acquired Origin Force.] [You discovered that Origin Force is a kind of special power that can be cultivated and seems to have unique applications, but with no way to research it further, you could only utilize it in the most rudimentary manner.] [After several days, you ended your secluded cultivation.] [At this time, the situation at the Human Race''s Demon-Subduing Pass worsened day by day, with an increasing number of human powerhouses dying in battle. Nevertheless, you knew that with your current strength, you were still unable to change the situation, so you focused the vast majority of your energy on improving your cultivation level.] [In the twenty-first year, you consumed three jin of Demonic Beast Flesh Essence, one Origin Martial Pill, and several dozen jin of Spirit Rice every day.] [With the boost from your Gluttonous Talent, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level and physical strength increased rapidly, showing visible progress each day.] [In the twenty-second year, you cultivated day and night, grasping thest moments to enhance your strength.] [In the twenty-third year, your relentless cultivation brought your Body Refinement Cultivation Level close to the secondyer of the Origin Martial Realm.] [In the twenty-fourth year, Providence did not fail the hardworking, and you sessfully broke through, bing a cultivator of the secondyer of the Origin Martial Realm!] [The same year, Demon-Subduing Pass was breached, plunging the Human Race into a massive crisis.] [One day, that familiar behemoth descended once again, swallowing the entire Great Xia Country in one gulp.] [You fought back fiercely, but as a mere Origin Martial cultivator, you were no more significant than an ant in the face of the beast, and along with an entire continent, you were swallowed by the beast.] [You died.] [Your talent for not dying with eyes closed activated, and you saw nothing but darkness.] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing took a deep breath. The enhancements from this simtion were evident; through multiple simtions, Su Xing''s Body Refinement Cultivation Level had reached the second level directly! The Gluttonous Talent yed an undeniable role, but the Origin Martial Pill and Demonic Beast Flesh Essence were key to Su Xing''s increase in strength. "So, this world onlysted twenty-four years this time..." Su Xing muttered to himself, slightly furrowing his brow. "Perhaps around twenty-five years is currently the limit for extending the apocalypse. After all, the improvement of intermediate-levelbat power has limited effects on the Demon-Subduing Pass and the overall situation. If we want to further dy the apocalypse and extend the simtion time, we need to enhance the high-endbat strength!" Su Xing closed his eyes and pondered, repeatedly considering whether there were areas for improvement in this simtion and whether he had missed any critical information. A momentter, Su Xing opened his eyes, having developed a moreprehensive n for the next simtion. "First, the Luotian Meeting Instance. I should make a trip there in the next simtion. After collecting the rewards this time, with Origin Martial Realm cultivation and Nascent Soul Realm exploration, there shouldn''t be any danger..." "As for that damned Zong... This old dog has quite a few secrets! In the next simtion, I shouldy out a more detailed n to ensure that I kill damned Zong on the spot, thereby inheriting his legacy..." After devising a n, Su Xing turned his attention to the rewards from this simtion. [Never-Falling Spear]: Blue talent, price 100,000 energy points. [Origin Martial Realm Second Layer]: Body Refinement Cultivation, price 2,000,000 energy points. [Twenty-Four Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, including experience with the inferior-grade Origin Martial Pill (minorpletion) and some Soul Condensing Pill production experience, price 600,000 energy points. [Divine Sense Four Hundred Thirty Zhang (Perceptive Realm)]: In this realm, Divine Sense is like the five senses, eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body, capable of sensing movements within a radius of four hundred eighty zhang, price 3,800,000 simtion energy points. [Heavenly King Level Demonic Beast Flesh Essence 50 Jin]: Essence of a Heavenly King Level Demonic Beast, containing arge amount of life essence, price 5,000,000 energy points.] ``` Su Xing looked at the simtion rewards and pondered for a moment. "Is the essence of demonic beast flesh really that expensive... Fifty pounds of flesh actually costs 5 million points of energy!?" Su Xing was somewhat surprised. He had originally nned to take out some essence of demonic beast flesh for future cultivation within the simtor. But now, seeing the high selling price, he realized that exchanging it would be more loss than gain. However, Su Xing''s thoughts took a turn, and his eyes gleamed with excitement. "Wait, if fifty pounds of demonic beast flesh essence is worth 5 million points of energy, and ording to the simtor''s indices, the difference between exchange and transformation into energy is about tenfold... this means that fifty pounds of demonic beast flesh could be exchanged for five hundred thousand points of energy, which seems quite substantial as well..." Su Xing paused and continued to think along this line of thought. "In that case, when my strength bes strong enough, I couldpletely hunt demonic beasts and the Foreign Race to exchange for energy. Since there is an endless number of demonic beasts, doesn''t that mean I could obtain even more simtion energy?" Thinking this, Su Xing''s eyes lit up as he faintly discovered a new channel for rapidly obtaining simtion energy. "But all of these are for the future. Right now, I should exchange for my rewards first!" After some contemtion, Su Xing silently decided: "I choose to exchange for the second level cultivation of the Origin Martial Realm, as well as twenty-four years of alchemy experience!" There was naturally nothing to consider about exchanging for the second level cultivation of the Origin Martial Realm since Su Xing''s purpose in this simtion was to break through to the Origin Martial Realm. As for the choice between alchemy experience and divine sense, Su Xing still preferred alchemy experience. After all, this included the experience for refining both the minor achievement level Origin Martial Pill and, more importantly, the Soul Condensing Pills. With this experience, Su Xing was confident that he could improve the Soul Condensing Pills to the minor achievement level in the next simtion, making it much easier to elevate his divine sense realm when the time came, so he was not in a hurry. As for the talent "Unyielding Silver Spear," although Su Xing was very interested, his current priority was to enhance his strength! [You have chosen to take out the cultivation of the second level of the Origin Martial Realm, spending 2 million points of energy, leaving a bnce of 6,522,333 points of energy.] [You have chosen to take out twenty-four years of alchemy experience, spending 600,000 points of energy, leaving a bnce of 5,922,333 points of energy.] The simtor''s notification sounded in Su Xing''s ears. First, Su Xing felt that his mind was filled with various alchemy techniques, thus taking a big step forward in his alchemy experience and mastering the methods of refining both the Soul Condensing Pills and Origin Martial Pills. Next came the enhancement of cultivation! A mysterious energy began to reinforce Su Xing''s physical body. Su Xing felt his whole body''s momentum rise continuously as his physical strength rapidly increased. Within just a few minutes, Su Xing''s Body Refinement Cultivation Level broke through to the Origin Martial Realm, and it kept climbing. It was not until his cultivation reached the second level of the Origin Martial Realm that this growth ceased. "Is this... Origin Force?" Su Xing extended his hands, looking at the invisible energy swirling around his arms. Su Xing had a feeling that he could unleash this energy in a short amount of time to greatly enhance his strength and destructive power or use the Origin Force as a protectiveyer over his skin for defense. "No wonder Body Refinement Cultivators can have a greaterbat ability than Qi Refinement Cultivators this Origin Force is indeed an excellent method for attack and defense." Su Xing murmured softly, then his heart grew curious. "I just don''t know how much my physical strength has increasedpared to before." First, Su Xing took care of the Spirit nts nted in the Spirit Field, only leaving the Spirit Field Blessed Land when the sky began to darken, heading towards the training facility within the school. After swallowing a Disguise Pill andbining it with a pill that concealed his energy, Su Xing''s appearance hadpletely changed, even his aura was very different from before. Once he was sure nothing had been overlooked, Su Xing entered the training facility. It was deep into the night, and the training facility was unusually empty. Seizing the chance when there was no one around, Su Xing approached the strength-testing machine. He walked straight past the Master Level training machine,ing to a stop before the Grandmaster Level strength training machine. The Master Level training machine could at most withstand a force of 500,000 jin, and Su Xing was confident his strength far exceeded that. It wouldn''t be good if he destroyed the machine like he didst time. "Hoo~" Su Xing took a deep breath, anchored his breath to his Dantian, gathered all his strength, and threw a punch. A row of numbers appeared on the strength training machine. "768,000 kg!" Su Xing unleashed a series of punches. "777,000 kg!" "769,000 kg!" "756,000 kg!" After several consecutive punches, Su Xing finally stopped, feeling pleasantly surprised in his heart: "Exceeding 750,000 kilograms means my strength has quintupled the 300,000 jin from my nineyers of the Organ Refining Realm before!" "This, is this the strength of the Origin Martial Realm?" Having surpassed a force of 1,500,000 jin, this was much more than Su Xing had expected. After testing his foundational strength, Su Xing didn''t rush to leave but instead tried to wrap his Origin Force around his fist and punched again. "Ha!" Su Xing shouted explosively. With his Origin Force wound around it, his punch now carried his full strength. Boom! To Su Xing''s surprise, his punch turned the entire machine to smithereens. This was unexpected, as the Grandmaster Level strength training machine was designed to withstand a force of up to 1,000,000 kilograms! This was considered an absolutely safe value, for even those in strength-rted professions with great power could not reach this figure. There were even rumors that 1,000,000 kilograms was a figure only those who had just stepped into the Heavenly King Level could achieve. "This is going to be troublesome!" Su Xing scratched his head, his gaze shifting to the only Heavenly King Level strength training machine in the training field. This machine could withstand the forceful strikes of a Heavenly King strongman. Su Xing stepped up to this machine, his Origin Force swirling around his fist. The next second, heunched another punch! Boom! The extreme force that broke the sound barriernded on the special soft material in front of the strength training machine, which absorbed it and then ryed the precise force back to Su Xing. "1,080,000 kg!" Over 2,000,000 jin! This was the extreme limit of Su Xing''s physical strength when he coiled Origin Force around his fist. One could imagine that Su Xing had a crude grasp of Origin Force now, and once he fully mastered it, his strength would grow even more! "Increased by about a quarter of my strength, and it alsoes with extreme destructive power... tsk, this Origin Force is indeed extraordinary!" Su Xing nodded in satisfaction, and while there was no one around, he left the strength training ground. Proficiently circling the campus to ensure no one was following him, Su Xing then returned to his dormitory. The next morning, when the diligent juniors and juniors arrived at the strength training gym, they were dumbfounded by the sight of the shattered strength training machine. "Damn, who the hell did this? Even the Grandmaster Level strength training machine is smashed to pieces... Could it be that a senior has broken through to the Heavenly King strongman level?" "Are you stupid? Heavenly King strongman can easily be a teacher in our school! Must be some teacher who identally broke it..." A group of gossiping juniors discussed excitedly. "Maybe, we could check the surveince footage to see which big shot did it?" A curious junior suggested, and then they checked the training facility''s surveince. But Su Xing had already disguised himself, and since he acted during the night, he avoided the school''s cameras along the way. Even turning the ce upside down, it would be impossible to find Su Xing, the old senior who was on the verge of being "advised to drop out." In the following week, Su Xing continued to make Nourishing Face Pills and Wound Healing Pills as usual. Within a week, Su Xing had produced 5,000 elixirs and took them to see Jin Congxue. "Eh, I feel like you''ve grown taller again... You must be close to 1.85 meters now, right?" Jin Congxue was stunned to see Su Xing and came over topare heights, finding she was almost a head shorter than him. Seeing the beauty pressed close to him, her breath fragrant, the warm touch of her skin made Su Xing''s heartbeat elerate. "Ahem, well... I''ve been eating bettertely, maybe a second growth spurt?" Su Xing tried to brush it off casually. But the truth was that Su Xing was already around 1.8 meters tall with a slender build, and now, having broken through in his Body Refinement Cultivation Level, his height should have reached about 1.83 meters. Jin Congxue, seeing Su Xing''s difort, chuckled lightly and teased: "Su Xing, my little brother, why are you so nervous? Are you still a fledgling? Do you need your sister to help you out?" Chapter 96: Chapter 94 Weird Talent: I Cant Be the Only Unlucky One Su Xing''s old face turned red at her words. Although he had fought countless battles in the simtor, in the real world, he was still a rookie who had never seen a battlefield. Being teased by Jin Congxue like this, Su Xing was at a loss for a moment. But as someone with a thick skin, Su Xing quickly adjusted and pulled Jin Congxue into his arms, teasingly saying, "Oh? So how does Sister Xue n to help me out?" Jin Congxue, suddenly embraced by Su Xing, was taken aback, her face flushing red down to her neck, looking adorably flustered. Seeing Jin Congxue''s panicked appearance, Su Xing feigned confusion and said, "Eh, and here I thought Sister was quite experienced... Don''t tell me you haven''t tried it either?" Su Xing deliberately teased her with a mockingly tight voice, making Jin Congxue even more embarrassed. Jin Congxue, slightly shy, struggled out of Su Xing''s embrace and hastily changed the subject, "Ahem, the stockpiles from the other cities of Lingyun Commerce Guild have also begun to slowly be transferred over, but the quantity is enormous, so it''s not easy to ount for. I expect an evenrger batch of goods will arrive next week..." As she spoke, Jin Congxue handed over a storage ring, adding, "This is thetest batch of goods, about six hundred thousand white-quality equipment pieces. You might need to wait another week for the rest..." After hearing this, Su Xing nodded and said, "I understand, after all, you can''t get fat in one gulp. The real purpose of amerce association is in the sustained and continuous ie..." Jin Congxue, surprised, gave Su Xing a look and teased, "Not bad, Boss Su, starting to think like a businessman now?" After hearing that, Su Xing chuckled and replied, "Of course, who do you think I learned from?" "Here, these are the five thousand Elixirs for this week..." Su Xing passed the Elixirs to Jin Congxue. After receiving the Elixirs, Jin Congxue issued an eviction order, saying, "Ahem, now that business is taken care of... isn''t it time to head back to school?" Su Xing paused for a moment, puzzled, "Aren''t you going to treat me to a meal?" Jin Congxue''s pretty face blushed as she said, "I wouldn''t dare keep you, who knows whether you''ll want to eat food or... something else." Left with no choice, Su Xing headed back to school. Taking advantage of being alone, Su Xing entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land, where the six hundred thousand white-quality equipment pieces brought him a full three million three hundred thousand energy points. With this, Su Xing''s energy points surged once again, reaching 9.2 million! "It''s just a pity that if it had been ten million points, I could have unlocked the Purple Talent..." Su Xing sighed, but then reflected that what he urgently needed to improve now was his Alchemy Skills and Body Refinement Cultivation Level. Extracting a Purple Talent wasn''t urgent, as waiting another week was also eptable. On the afternoon of March 10th in the New Era Year 2024, Su Xing promptly started the simtion. "Begin simtion!" [Ding! This simtion costs 2700 energy points, remaining energy points 9,200,888, remaining simtion times are unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Extracting a white-quality Talent costs 100 energy points, a green-quality Talent costs 1000 energy points, a blue-quality Talent costs 10,000 energy points. Would you like to extract one?] "Extract a blue-quality Talent!" [Ding, congrattions on obtaining a blue-quality Talent, "I Can''t Be The Only One With Bad Luck!"] ["I Can''t Be The Only One With Bad Luck"]: You are born under an unlucky star, sure to step in dog poop whenever you leave the house and even get food stuck in your teeth from drinking water. Your misfortune not only impacts you but gradually affects those around you as well. After seeing this talent, Su Xing frowned slightly and said, "Is extreme bad luck really a kind of talent?" "Forget it, let''s simte and see how it goes!" [In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you be aware that you are in a simtion.] [You start making new batches of Nourishing Face Pills and Wound Healing Pills this week, but to your surprise, you, who could make them with your eyes closed, ended up causing an explosion during the Alchemy process. Although you are unharmed, the explosion still negatively affects your mood for Alchemy.] [So you decide not to continue Alchemy for now and instead take care of the Spirit nts. However, you water the Gathering Spirit Flowers with a shake of your hand, pouring half a scoop too much water, causing one of them to burst on the spot.] [Feeling a bit down, you cook some Spirit Rice for yourself, but unexpectedly, you choke over twenty times during just one meal. As a Nascent Soul Cultivator, you almost die from choking.] [Luckily, you are fortunate enough to have water at hand; otherwise, you could have been the first Nascent Soul Cultivator in history to die from choking.] Su Xing saw this and ck lines rose on his forehead. "Damn it, this talent is just too unlucky... Seriously, a jinx from the stars?" "The problem is, I also have the positive talent of good luck with me! Otherwise, I might face danger just walking on the street..." Su Xing immediately felt a toothache, worried about the future of this simtion, but he continued with it regardless. [Days of misfortune make you wary, and you be cautious in everything you do.] [What''s more upsetting is that in the following six months, due to bad luck, the development of your Tarot Commerce Association slows down, even verging on bankruptcy. Jin Congxue spends a great deal of effort to keep Tarot Commerce Association afloat.] [Unfortunately, Jin Congxue, for being too close to you, also starts to be unlucky.] [With no other choice, to avoid those around you from sharing your misfortune, you mostly stay in the Spirit Field Blessed Land by yourself, practicing Cultivation and Alchemy.] [Until one day, the constantly yearned-for Wang Qingxuan finally found you. You were exceptionally delighted, hoping to bring your streak of bad luck to the Descending Sect.] [After one night, Wang Qingxuan took you to meet an Elder of the Descending Sect.] [What you didn''t expect was that the Elder seemed to have taken an immediate dislike to you, hesitating over whether to allow you to join the Descending Sect.] Su Xing, faced with this, felt a flush of embarrassment andined: "Damn it, when you''re unlucky, even drinking water can get stuck in your teeth... they really might not let me join the Descending Sect?" [Out of options, you had to slightly show off your Alchemy skills, proving that you could concoct Elixirs to enhance others'' strengths, and you hoped to use this skill as a bargaining chip to join the Descending Sect.] [In the end, the Elder agreed to let you join the Descending Sect. After all, Alchemy was indeed very useful to the Sect, and he feltpelled to admit you.] [Because you revealed your Alchemy skills, you soon caught the attention of a certain Damned Zong in the Descending Sect, who wanted you to join his faction.] [Naturally, you knew the game Damned Zong was ying; joining his faction would lead only to a dead end, so you made all kinds of excuses, dying yourmitment to join.] [But you were just a new member of the Descending Sect, while Damned Zong was a mighty protector, against whom you had absolutely no chance of fighting back.] [Just when you thought you had no choice but to betray the Descending Sect, Luo Shuying suggested taking you under her wing, into her faction.] [You were overjoyed and joined Luo Shuying''s faction.] [The next day, you spoke the agreed-upon secret phrase to Luo Shuying, but due to your rotten luck, even she expressed doubt; it took considerable exnations from you before Luo Shuying finally believed you.] [You informed Luo Shuying that your luck was rather poor, so aside from necessary interactions, you hoped to minimize contact with her.] [Luo Shuying gathered all the herbs you needed, and you began concocting the Elixirs.] [The following year, you''d provided the Descending Sect with numerous Elixirs, earning the appreciation of the higher-ups, and seeded in being promoted to the rank of Elder.] [However, what puzzled you was the fact that most Sect members who consumed your Elixirs ended up getting severely injured or dying on various missions.] [Since joining the Descending Sect a year ago, rather than improving, the overall strength of the Sect had actually declined significantly.] [Fortunately, no one made the eerie connection to you; you continued to take Origin Martial Pills daily for your Cultivation and studied Alchemy.] [With the status of Elder, you enjoyed some freedom within the Sect and decided to explore the Luotian Meeting Instance in your spare time from Alchemy and Cultivation.] Su Xing read this with some anticipation; was he finally about to enter the mysterious Luotian Meeting Instance? But immediately after, Su Xing felt a bit worried. "Damn it, with such bad simted luck this time, won''t I end up failing in the Luotian Meeting Instance?" Su Xing reassured himself that the Luotian Meeting Instance posed no actual threat to one''s life; there shouldn''t be any problems. Su Xing continued the simtion. [Traversing mountains and rivers, you arrived in Kyoto, the very ce where the Luotian Meeting Instance was located.] [Just as you were preparing to enter the instance, the administrator informed you that the Luotian Meeting Instance could only be entered by one person at a time, and booking was required in advance; it was already booked up to a monthter.] ``` [With no other choice, you could only schedule an appointment. A monthter, you returned to the location of the Luo Tian Meeting Instance.] [This time, you sessfully entered the instance.] [The next day, you emerged from the Luo Tian Meeting Instance with nothing but a muddled memory. You gained nothing else.] Su Xing was taken aback upon reading this, a vein popping on his forehead, "Damn it, what does ''nothing but memory'' mean? What exactly did I see in the Luo Tian Meeting Instance? Why would it skip the most crucial part?" Su Xing felt somewhat helpless, realizing that to deeply understand this instance, it seemed he must use immersive simtion to find out what really happened inside. Su Xing continued to read on. [Aftering out of the instance, when you wanted to schedule another simtion, you were informed that each person could only enter this instance once a year. With no other options, you could only schedule to enter next year.] [There''s still half a year until your next entry into the Luo Tian Meeting Instance, so you decide to make a trip back to the Descending Sect first.] [Unexpectedly, on your way back, you became a target.] [The individual who had their eyes on you came from the upper echelons of Great Xia. They knew that you were an Elder of the Descending Sect, an organization of traitors to the Human Race. You were personally captured by a Martial Emperor Level powerhouse and taken into military custody.] [Faced with all sorts of torture and interrogation, all you could do was admit that you had joined the Descending Sect as an undercover agent in order to acquire resources from within to contribute to the Human Race.] [The upper echelons of Great Xia did not believe this and demanded evidence, asking who your contact was.] [Naturally, you didn''t have any contact, after all, you were a genuine traitor of the Descending Sect at that moment, though you would betray the sect several yearster.] [To prove your innocence, you could only request a private meeting with Lu Yuanwu, because you knew that Lu Yuanwu could not possibly be a traitor to the Human Race.] [You sessfully met with Lu Yuanwu and handed over tens of thousands of Elixirs that you had umted over the year. After validating the effectiveness of the Elixirs, Lu Yuanwu was pleasantly surprised. He proposed that you join the Great Xia Military and promised you protection.] [You turned down Lu Yuanwu''s offer, because you knew you hadn''t yet achieved your goal; Damned Zong was not dead, and you hadn''t fully drained the Descending Sect of its remaining value.] [Most importantly, you were worried that joining the Great Xia Military would bring misfortune upon them.] [Hence, you proposed to cooperate with the Great Xia Military, providing them with a batch of Elixirs every three months. However, these Elixirs would only be taken after five years to prevent the discovery of your betrayal of the Descending Sect.] [At the same time, you made your own demands: every three months, the Great Xia Military had to provide you with more than three hundred jin of Heavenly King Level Demonic Beast Flesh Essence in return.] [Lu Yuanwu agreed to your request without much deliberation, as the Flesh Essence of the Demonic Beasts was precious, but it hardlypared to the Elixirs you could provide.] [You sessfully returned to the Descending Sect, and everything seemed normal. You continued refining Elixirs daily, but with the help of the Demonic Beast Flesh Essence, your Cultivation Level improved even more rapidly.] [On the third year, you picked an auspicious day and once again arrived in Kyoto under the escort of Luo Shuying, this time prepared to explore the Luo Tian Meeting Instance again!] [Aftermunicating with the instance manager, you were about to enter the Luo Tian Meeting Instance.] Su Xing hastily chanted to himself: "I want to perform immersive simtion!" [Ding! You have sessfully initiated immersive simtion, consuming 100,000 energy points. Simtion time: one hour. Remaining energy: 9,098,888 points!] ``` Chapter 97: Chapter 95 Luo Tian Convention! Su Xing felt a wave of dizziness before his eyes, and by the time he regained his senses, he found himself in an unknown environment. "What are you spacing out for? Get in there and get out quickly! People are still queuing up behind you!" A uniformed staff member behind him urged, and Su Xing nodded and stepped into the instance transfer array before him. His vision shifted once again, and soon Su Xing realized he had arrived in another space. "The air here is really good~" Su Xing looked at the lush trees around him, free from the urban jungle of steel and concrete; the air was fresh. However, he quickly came to his senses and was utterly astounded. "Holy shit, the Spiritual Energy in the air here is so thick it''s about to overflow! Hiss~ Could this be the Immortal Realm?" Su Xing''s heart was pounding, because even the Spiritual Energy in his Spirit Field Blessed Land was not one-tenth as rich as in this world. "So, this is the ce where the Luotian Meeting Instance is located, and I am now on the territory of the Luo Tian Sect?" Su Xing found that a strand of memory had appeared in his mind at some point, rifying his identity within the Luotian Meeting Instance. "Luo Xiaochuan, an Inner Sect Disciple of the Luo Tian Sect, a young Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Stage with infinite potential... One of the hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred Inner Sect Disciples participating in this Luotian Meeting?" Su Xing voiced his confusion: "Strange, didn''t the instance''s introduction say that Luo Xiaochuan was a Cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage?" But Su Xing quickly noticed something unusual. That was, this Luo Xiaochuan he had reced might have a different appearance from his True Form, but his Cultivation Level and realm were exactly the same as his own! Both were Cultivators who had just entered the Nascent Soul Stage, both at the secondyer of the Origin Martial Realm! Even the Nine Revolution Golden Core was exactly the same! Su Xing soon realized: "So, this Luo Xiaochuan is not fixed as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, his Cultivation Level matches exactly that of the person entering the instance!" "Only because, apart from me, other professionals cannot cultivate, so when they enter this instance, it will only disy the lowest level of Foundation Establishment Cultivation Level?" Su Xing was somewhat astonished and marveled again at the mysteries of the Luotian Meeting Instance. "Right now, it seems I have a task to call Little Uncle-Master to participate in the Luotian Meeting?" Su Xing absorbed the memories in his mind and then headed toward the direction of the back mountain. After passing through several deceptive arrays, Su Xing arrived at the back mountain of the Luo Tian Sect. Upon reaching the back mountain, Su Xing was stunned; everywhere were various Spirit nts, frommonly seen herbs, to Spirit Flowers, to towering ancient trees, which truly broadened his horizons. "Goodness, isn''t that the Bone-Regeneration Flower? It''s said that consuming it can regenerate lost limbs, and even the Return to Void Ancestors covet its existence..." "This is the Enlightenment Tree? Damn it... wasn''t it extinct for several hundred thousand years? How could such a thing still exist... It''s said that cultivating under the Enlightenment Tree could even turn a stupid pig into Marshal Tianpeng, right?" "And these everywhere Essence-Nourishing Herbs, damn it, they''re practically treated like weeds that can be found everywhere..." "Holy shit, is that the Nine Heaven''s Flower!? One of the ingredients for making the Nine Revolution Golden Core that''s rumored to turn one into an immortal if consumed?" Walking along, Su Xing was astonished at every step; the flowers, the grasses, even each piece of stone seemed extraordinary. Su Xing even thought about taking all the flowers, grasses, and stones back home. "Holy shit, if only this ce weren''t just a virtual instance!" Su Xing nearly ground his teeth to pieces, knowing that everything in this "Luotian Meeting" instance couldn''t be taken out, which made him more ufortable than eating flies. Su Xing, who had remembered 360 different pill recipes from the Li Fire Alchemy and was endowed with the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, recognized many of the nts here. However, the problem was, Su Xing had only recognized a small part of them, and there were even more Spirit nts whose names he couldn''t call to mind, probably even more mysterious and extraordinary. "Sigh, I should justplete the task first; these Spirit nts can only serve as a feast for the eyes..." Recalling the additional memories in his mind, Su Xing quickly arrived in front of a thatched cottage on the back mountain. This thatched cottage looked like the most ordinary farmhouse in the mountains, except for the two exceptional ancient trees at the door that kept Su Xing''s gaze fixed, One was the Enlightenment Tree, and the other, still the Enlightenment Tree! "Holy shit, and these flowers at the door, all Gathering Spirit Flowers?" Su Xing''s eyes widened as he looked at the white flowers nketing the mountains around the thatched cottage, unable to take his eyes off them for a while. All were Gathering Spirit Flowers, and they were all mature! "No wonder the Spiritual Energy on this back mountain is so abundant; just these Gathering Spirit Flowers add up to more than tens of thousands, don''t they?" Su Xing couldn''t help but mutter to himself. Just as Su Xing was mumbling to himself, a warm voice came from behind him. "You are mistaken, Nephew Luo; there are exactly one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers in my back mountain, conforming to the number of the Great Unity..." "The Gathering Spirit Flowers in this back mountain are also the foundation on which my Luo Tian Sect was established. It is precisely because of so many Gathering Spirit Flowers, together with the Great Spirit Gathering Array of my Luo Tian Sect, that we possess such abundant Spiritual Energy, which greatly enhances our cultivation." Quickly turning around, Su Xing saw a in-looking young man dressed like a farmer standing behind him. But Su Xing didn''t dare be the slightest bit presumptuous, because this young man had an extremely high status, akin to a Grandmaster of the Luo Tian Sect, possessing talent in Alchemy and Spiritual Nurturing, often dressed as a farmer, hidden in this back mountain. "Uncle Shennong, greetings... The Master asked me to invite you to the Luotian Meeting." Su Xing said ording to the cues in his recently acquired memories. Chapter 98: Chapter 95: The Luo Tian Conference!_2 This youth was named Shennong Youtian. The name might sound odd but he truly lived up to it, often tilling in the Spirit Field. Upon hearing this, Shennong Youtian nodded and said, "If that''s the case, then nephew Luo, please lead the way..." Su Xing performed a courtesy and led Shennong Youtian towards the venue of the Luotian Meeting. Along the way, Shennong Youtian chatted with Su Xing, showing the friendly demeanor of a big brother next door. "Nephew Luo has made rapid progress in cultivation in recent years! Not yet a hundred years old and already at the Nascent Soul Stage, and what''s more, cultivating the Nine Revolution Golden Core, plus having a cultivation level in the Origin Martial Realm for Body Refinement. Truly extraordinary!" "Among the tens of thousands of Inner Sect Disciples, you could definitely be considered a leading figure..." Hearing this, Su Xing felt even more astonished. Shennong Youtian had managed to see through his abilities with just a nce, truly immeasurable. Thus, Su Xing hurriedly said, "Oh no, I still need to focus and cultivate more diligently..." Shennong Youtian nodded, then added, "Not arrogant nor impatient, our Luo Tian Sect indeed has a promising future. I wonder, aside from cultivation, do you have any supplementary paths..." By supplementary paths, it referred to Alchemy, Artifact Refining, cultivation of Spirit nts, Formation, and so on... After pondering, Su Xing modestly said, "I have limited talent, aside from cultivation, I have but a superficial understanding of Alchemy and the Soul-Nurturing Way..." If this were the real world, Su Xing''s skills in Alchemy and nurturing would be unparalleled, after all, in the entire world only he possessed these two methods of cultivation. But in the Luo Tian Sect, where experts were asmon as clouds, Su Xing saying he had a superficial understanding was already quite an overstatement. However, Su Xing had his reasons for doing so. As expected, Shennong Youtian''s interest piqued upon hearing Su Xing''s words, and he said, "Oh? Your supplementary paths seem very simr to mine. Let your uncle test your knowledge..." Having said that, Shennong Youtian asked Su Xing severalmon questions about Alchemy and nurturing. Su Xing answered each one, and although not perfectly, he still showed some insights, mainly due to the significant effort he had put into simting alchemy over the years. Shennong Youtian sometimes nodded, sometimes frowned, and after a while, he spoke, "I didn''t expect nephew Luo, at your young age, to have delved so deep into the schools of Alchemy. Your insight is on par with Alchemists who have practiced for hundreds of years... However, you still need to strengthen your pathway of nurturing." After speaking, Shennong Youtian showed an expression as if he could offer Su Xing guidance. Seizing the opportunity, Su Xing promptly said, "Uncle, I have indeed encountered a problem recently in the Soul-Nurturing Way... Our Luo Tian Sect possesses such a quantity of Gathering Spirit Flowers, where do theye from, and how are they cultivated?" Indeed, this was Su Xing''s purpose! While Su Xing couldn''t bring physical objects from the instance back to the real world, he could acquire memories. Though Shennong Youtian looked young, he had lived for over a thousand years, and he was the one who had gone the furthest on the path of nurturing within the Luo Tian Sect. If Su Xing could receive guidance from Shennong Youtian, he might truly learn the secrets of cultivating the Gathering Spirit Flower. As expected, after a moment of contemtion, Shennong Youtian said, "You have indeed asked the right person. Regarding the Gathering Spirit Flower, ordinary people would not have the answer! But I have seen the methods for breeding the Gathering Spirit Flower in an ancient text, and although I have not tried it personally, I think it should be feasible... "The Gathering Spirit Flower is a divine gift, extremely delicate. Ordinary people have to cultivate it for ten years to grow it from seed to maturity, and even during cultivation, moisture and sunlight need utmost attention..." "As for the cultivation of the Gathering Spirit Flower, it is said that there are male and female varieties. The female Gathering Spirit Flower has yellow spots in its stamen, while the male does not... And to artificially reproduce the Gathering Spirit Flower, one needs to pollinate the male and female nts on the very day they happen to mature..." Shennong Youtian paused mid-sentence, extended a finger, and pointed towards Su Xing''s be. In an instant, a stream of memory entered Su Xing''s mind, the secret to cultivating the Gathering Spirit Flower. "Hiss~ Is this how I obtained the method for cultivating the Gathering Spirit Flower?" For a moment, Su Xing felt as if he was in a dream. He had always struggled due to ack of Spiritual Energy, and although he had three Gathering Spirit Flowers infusing his Spirit Field Blessed Land with Spiritual Energy, it was ultimately like trying to put out a forest fire with a cup of water. But if the number of Gathering Spirit Flowers rose to thirty, or even three hundred, and were used exclusively for his cultivation, then he wouldn''t have to worry about insufficient Spiritual Energy at all! Su Xing had never imagined that the problem of insufficient Spiritual Energy that had gued him for so long could be resolved so easily. At that moment, Su Xing realized the importance of the Luotian Meeting Instance to him. The Luotian Meeting Instance did not allow any physical objects to be taken out, only memories. For the average professional, it indeed offered no help. But for Su Xing, it was the perfect opportunity to have zero-distance contact with the Cultivation World! As long as Su Xing used it properly, he could learn much more about themon knowledge and secrets of the Cultivation World from the Luotian Meeting. Today, he had been taught the cultivation method for the Gathering Spirit Flower; next time, it might be the recipe for an Elixir or even Divine Skills and Cultivation Techniques! As long as Su Xing spent the effort to visit the Luotian Meeting Instance multiple times, his knowledge about the Cultivation World would grow exponentially! "Hiss... This instance is definitely a treasure!" Su Xing''s mood was extremely agitated at that moment. Although the Luotian Meeting Instance could only exist for three years, Su Xing could make multiple visits in the simtor to acquire enough knowledge to arm himself. "Nephew Luo, what are you standing around for? Hurry and keep up," said Shennong Youtian to Su Xing after pointing. Su Xing quickly caught up, still eager to ask Shennong Youtian about other Soul-Nurturing methods. But Shennong Youtian simply shook his head slightly and said, "Nephew, you must understand that biting off more than you can chew is never good..." With a sigh in his heart, Su Xing knew that it wasn''t realistic to continue milking this Shennong uncle for benefits, but the cultivation method for the Gathering Spirit Flower was definitely an unexpected delight. Moreover, in his next simtion, Su Xing couldpletely utilize immersive simtion again to acquire some other trials! Su Xing quickly arrived at the Luotian Meeting venue with Shennong Youtian. The Luotian Meeting had just begun at this time, and the venue was teeming with people, a sea of heads that was impossible to count, all disciples and Elders of the Luo Tian Sect. Those eligible to participate in the Luotian Meeting were at least Inner Sect Disciples. As for the millions of Luo Tian Sect''s Outer Sect Disciples and disciples from other small sects who came to watch, they could only observe from outside the Sect Gate and couldn''t be in the midst of the Luotian Meeting venue like Su Xing. At this moment, Su Xing looked around curiously, his eyes filled with wonder. The surrounding disciples were all Cultivators, and since Su Xing had always cultivated alone, this was his first time seeing so many Cultivators. Su Xing soon met his mentor, an Elder known as Elder Che, who had a long beard and an aged face. Although his strength wasn''t top-tier among the Elders, he was senior by generation and was considered a fellow apprentice brother of Shennong Youtian. On seeing Su Xing''s return, Elder Che nodded at Su Xing, then casually conversed with Shennong Youtian. With nothing more to do, Su Xing thought of taking this chance to familiarize himself with the Luo Tian Sect, a pinnacle of the Cultivation World. Just then, a notification from the simtor sounded in Su Xing''s ear. [Ding, the current immersive simtion will soon end...] Chapter 99: Chapter 96: Immersive Simulation Ends, Full of Gains! Su Xing heard this voice and quickly said, "Wait, I want to renew!" With gritted teeth, Su Xing said, "Give me another ten hours of immersive simtion time!" [Ding, you have sessfully used the immersive simtion, consuming one million points of energy. Simtion time: ten hours. Remaining energy: 8098888 points!] Using up one million energy points for ten hours of immersive simtion time, Su Xing''s heart ached. "Damn it, that''s a whole million energy points! I hope this investigation of the Luotian Meeting instance is worth the cost..." After muttering to himself, Su Xing started to wander within the Luotian Meeting. "Brother Luo, hello!" "Uncle Luo, hello!" As Su Xing walked along, many disciples who passed by greeted him. Su Xing didn''t have information about these people in his memory, but out of politeness, he still nodded and smiled in acknowledgement. "It seems that the Nascent Soul stage holds a high status within Luo Tian Sect!" Su Xing shook his head slightly and quickly denied, "No, it must be because this body broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm before the age of a hundred, plus the boost from the Nine Revolution Golden Core and Origin Martial Body Refinement, that I am so respected within the sect." Su Xing estimated that Luo Xiaochuan, at Nascent Soul stage, probably was a star disciple within the sect, and might not be far from being a direct disciple. After all, a Nascent Soul Cultivator has the qualifications to take disciples and teach within the sect, so Su Xing''s generation isn''t considered low. The Luo Tian Sect''s territories were vast, with just the sect''s domainparable to a city, not to mention the range of itsnd, which was probably much wider than the entire Blue Starbined. As Su Xing strolled for a while, he found that although there were many rare and precious materials within the mountain gate, there wasn''t anything that sparked his particr interest. But what good is it to see and touch these treasures if you can''t take them out? What''s the use of just looking? "Dammit, didn''t I just waste that one million energy points?" Su Xing grumbled to himself, feeling much like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, with nothing to show for it but disappointment. Just as Su Xing was idly wandering around, he suddenly found himself in front of a majestic building. Looking at therge characters on the pce, Su Xing silently read, "Scripture Pavilion?" "Hiss... Isn''t this the ce where cultivation techniques and secret techniques are stored in fantasy novels?" Su Xing''s eyes lit up, he silently noted the location of the Scripture Pavilion, then attempted to walk towards it. As Su Xing was about to enter the Scripture Pavilion, an old woman with a decrepit appearance appeared before him, looked at Su Xing, and said, "Please present your disciple token!" Upon hearing this, Su Xing showed the token at his waist. The old woman nodded and said, "Inner Sect Disciple Luo Xiaochuan, you may go up to the second floor of the Scripture Pavilion." Su Xing quickly entered the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion and saw mountains of books. Rows upon rows of books were ced on the shelves, the tallest of which exceeded ten meters, and the number of shelves was too many to see at a nce. "Holy shit, how many books are there?" After eximing, Su Xing couldn''t wait and headed towards the bookshelves. "Fire Attribute Cultivation Technique section, Earth Attribute Cultivation Technique section... "Secret Technique section... Ancestral Biography section... Cultivation General Knowledge section... Cultivation World Secret Transmission section... Body Refinement section... Alchemy section..." Su Xing looked around and saw that each type of cultivation technique was meticulously categorized. Su Xing first headed to the Fire Attribute Cultivation Technique section, since his Spiritual Root was a dual system of wood and fire True Spiritual Root. However, Su Xing had only cultivated Wood Attribute Techniques thus far and should also be able to cultivate Fire Attribute Techniques. "Tsk tsk, so cultivation techniques in the Cultivation World are also divided into Heavenly, Earthly, Profound, and Yellow grades? The first floor merely has the lowest grade, Yellow Grade Techniques... "And Yellow Grade Techniques can only be cultivated up to the Golden Core stage, which seems not very useful to me..." Su Xing didn''t ponder much and moved to the second floor. Soon, on the second floor, Su Xing found a Fire Attribute Technique called the zing me Decision, which was of the Profound Level and could be cultivated up to the Return to Void Realm. "Not bad, this zing me Decision has considerable power among Fire Attribute Techniques and can even help strengthen control over mes. It''s a perfect fit for me!" Su Xing attempted to cultivate the zing me Decision. After several hours passed, Su Xing gave up his attempt to cultivate it with some frustration. "Profound Level Techniques can''t be memorized in just a moment. Besides the text, there are also special diagrams for the cirction of Spiritual Energy, which are quiteplicated. To memorize it all would take at least several days of study..." Sighing, Su Xing returned the zing me Decision to its ce, already having an idea in his mind. "Perhaps, after I acquire a talent for memory, or after six or seven sessions of immersive simtion, I might manage to remember this technique..." Su Xing sighed. If he had to rely on the number of immersive simtions to brute-force a technique, Even if each sessionsted twenty-four hours at the cost of 2.4 million points, to fully memorize a Profound Level technique, the energy cost would be at least tens of millions. Clearly, that would be somewhat a loss not worth the gain. With this thought, it seemed that the Changchun Technique also belonged to the Profound Level... Su Xing nodded slightly and then walked away from the cultivation technique area. "Time is limited, there''s no way I can memorize cultivation techniques now, but I can first take a look at some ancient tomes aboutmon knowledge in the cultivation world..." Su Xing spent several more hours heading to themon knowledge area of the cultivation world, reading some records about themon knowledge of the cultivation realm. However, time was short, and Su Xing could only skim through the materials. Seeing that time was about to run out, Su Xing gritted his teeth and said to the simtor, "Extend the immersive simtion time by another eleven hours." [Ding, you have sessfully used the immersive simtion, consuming 1.1 million points of energy, simting for 11 hours, with 6,998,888 points of energy remaining!] Su Xing felt a pang of heartache. Although he wasn''t short of simtion energy now, this rate of consumption was problematic! In one instance of the Luotian Meeting, Su Xing directly maxed out the immersive simtion duration, simting 24 hours and spending 2.4 million points of energy. Of course, all this was worth it. Not to mention that just the cultivation method of the Gathering Spirit Flower was worth all that energy. Besides,ing to the Luotian Meeting instance to read these books onmon knowledge of the cultivation realm significantly increased Su Xing''s insight into the cultivation world, all of which were subtle benefits. "Phew, eleven more hours. Which area should I go tost?" Su Xing had never realized he loved reading so much that he never spent 24 hours in the library even when he took his college entrance exams. "Perhaps I could go take a look in the Body Refinement area..." After some thought, Su Xing felt that his method of Body Refinement waspletely unconventional: reliant first on consumption, second on practice, andcking any Body Refining Techniques. His own constitution had been built up solely with all kinds of elixirs, Demonic Beasts'' Flesh Essence, and his innate talent. That Su Xing had cultivated to the Origin Martial Realm through unconventional methods was nothing short of miraculous. Soon, Su Xing arrived at the Body Refinement area. He did not rush to seek out Body Refining Techniques, but first read a basic Body Refinement book called "Introductory Must-Knows for Body Refinement Cultivators". The first chapter of this book began with the sentence, "Only those with great perseverance can practice Body Refinement!" The book detailed the painful process of Body Refinement. Compared to Qi Refinement, Body Refinement Cultivators were more primal and better at enduring the tedious polishing of the body. "Huh, Body Refinement Cultivators originated from the ancient Witch n''s cultivation methods, which have been improved and continuously passed down, hence the present-day Body Refinement Cultivators..." Su Xing was taken aback; this was a secret he had never heard before, with Body Refinement Cultivators tracing their origins to the ancient Witch n! "I wonder if this Witch n, and the Witch n from the myths in my previous life, belong to the same system?" Su Xing frowned slightly, feeling that some of the legends in this cultivation realm seemed to have some connection with the mythologies from his former life. Su Xing continued reading. "Body Refinement Cultivators may choose one technique to practice, yet unlike Qi Cultivation Cultivators, once a technique is chosen, it cannot be changed for life. Therefore, the quality of a Body Refinement Cultivator''s technique is particrly crucial!" "Without a top-tier Body Refining Technique, it''s better not to use one at all, simply using the most primitive methods of improving one''s physique can also be..." Su Xing spent an hour or two to finish reading this basic book for Body Refinement Cultivators. To his surprise, he discovered there were two types of Body Refinement Cultivators: the first is through practicing Body Refining Techniques, the main advantage of which is speed, as the cultivation rate is more than ten times that of Body Refinement Cultivators who do not practice techniques. However, the disadvantage is that the technique cannot be altered. Once a low-grade technique has been chosen, the ultimate achievements and cultivation are limited, making it a method heavily reliant on the quality of the technique. And the second type of Body Refinement Cultivator seeks to emte the Ancient Witch n, relying on their innate talent for body refinement and precious natural treasures to strengthen their bodies, requiring long years of relentless honing. The downside of this method is its slow speed, but its advantages include a high ceiling and, after finding a suitable cultivation technique, theplete flexibility to switch cultivation methods at any time. "Looking at it this way, I should be considered the second type of Body Refinement Cultivator, much like a piece of raw jade that has not yet been polished..." Su Xing''s thoughts stirred, and he muttered to himself, "Without a superior Body Refining Technique, it''s indeed less effective than brute force training!" Su Xing quickly discovered that there were methods to increase efficiency even when following the Ancient Witch n''s style of body refinement. "Consuming the essence of Demonic Beasts'' blood and flesh supplemented by elixirs, one''s cultivation speed can be doubled, and by emting the Ancient Witch n''s body refining methods, the speed of body refinement can be greatly enhanced!" Su Xing''s eyes brightened, and he hastily recorded the Witch n''s body refinement methods described in the book. This method was not difficult, merely some conventional ways of developing strength, constantly tempering the body, butbined with a few specific movements, one could vastly increase the speed of body refinement! "This is exactly what I need!" Su Xing could not stop smiling as he spent several more hours recording the Witch n''s body refinement movements and theirmon dietary methods. Afterpleting all these tasks, there was just less than an hour left. In thest moments of his time, Su Xing opened an ancient tome titled "Detailed Analysis of Origin Force Usage." This book mainly discussed how to use Origin Force more effectively and even touched upon how to enhance the intensity of Origin Force. Unfortunately, Su Xing was short on time, and after a quick nce through the book, his immersive simtion time came to an end. "What a pity, if only I had enough time, I might have been able to understand the cultivation of Origin Force as well." Su Xing sighed, regretting that time was insufficient and he would have to wait until the next simtion to learn more. As the scenery before his eyes shifted, Su Xing''s consciousness returned to the real world. Although an entire day had passed in Su Xing''s perception, less than a minute had gone by in the real world. Su Xing drank a few sips of crisp spring water to fully recover from the immersive simtion. "This immersive simtion really paid off big time!" Su Xing felt jubnt. Although it cost over two million energy, he had acquired the propagation method for Gathering Spirit Flowers, gained an understanding of somemon knowledge in the Cultivation World, and even discovered a better way of body refinement. This knowledge was totally worth the cost! With this thought, Su Xing chuckled wryly and said, "It seems that each simtion, especially the immersive simtions, will be a considerable expense! By this ount, I''m still short on energy." Su Xing sighed and turned his gaze back to the simtion interface. [You exit the Luotian Meeting Instance, feeling you have gained a lot from it, and you promptly return to the Descending Sect.] [With your return, the entire Descending Sect starts to experience misfortune again, as one of the protector-level powerhouses of the sect dies unexpectedly while carrying out a mission in an instance, perishing far from home.] [This is the first time in decades that a protector-level powerhouse has died in the Descending Sect, but no one connects this event to you.] [In the following days, you continue your daily routine of alchemy and cultivation within the walls of the Descending Sect, asionally going out to deliver the elixirs you''ve crafted to the Great Xia Military in exchange for enough Flesh Essence to sustain your cultivation.] Chapter 100: Chapter 97: The Terrifying Bad Luck Talent, A Walking Nuclear Weapon! [Gradually, you realize that the elixirs you''ve been concocting don''t actually carry the curse of bad luck; it''s you who are the unlucky one. Wherever you go, misfortune seems to befall those around you.] [Thus, you feel even more justified in staying within the Descending Sect, hoping to bring your own bad luck upon them.] [In the fourth year, you still practice Body Refinement every day and even begin concocting Soul Condensing Pills.] [That year, the Descending Sect loses two Elder-level figures to death.] [In the fifth year, having ample Flesh Essence and adopting the Body Cultivation methods of the Witch n, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level sessfully breaks through to the thirdyer of the Origin Martial Realm.] [That year, the Descending Sect loses a Protector-level figure.] [In the sixth year, you continue concocting Soul Condensing Pills; over the course of the year, you produce hundreds of batches, with nearly three hundred pills turning out sessfully. You feel your technique is ever improving.] [That year, two Protectors lead several Elders on a covert assassination mission at Demon-Subduing Pass against the Human Race''s disciples. They are mistaken for foes by the Foreign Race, and all participating Protectors and Elders are killed, while Damned Zong suffers severe injuries. But, with an abundance of life-saving tricks up his sleeve, he narrowly escapes death and manages to cling on to life.] Su Xing nearly bursts intoughter at this; with his innate bad luck, he''s practically a walking nuclear bomb! "Goodness, I''ve done nothing but stay inside the Descending Sect, and nearly half of their Protectors and Elders are dead, right? If I stay a bit longer, won''t the entire Descending Sect be finished?" "The only pity is that Damned Zong somehow managed to escape with his life. That guy is really cautious!" Su Xing sighs and continues the simtion. [In the seventh year, you further improve your technique of concocting Soul Condensing Pills and hand over all the hundreds of pills you produce to Luo Shuying, hoping to boost her and her tribespeople''s strength.] [Luo Shuying graciously epts and wishes to invite you for a meal to express her thanks, but you swiftly decline, fearing that your bad luck might spread to Luo Shuying.] [That year, only one Elder of the Descending Sect dies.] [In the eighth year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level progresses further, and you be a fourthyer Origin Martial Realm cultivator.] [Whenever you have nothing to do, you take a fewps in front of Damned Zong''s door, hoping to keep passing on your bad luck to him.] [In the ninth year, your skill in concocting Soul Condensing Pills further improves, with nearly a fifty percent sess rate, and you master the art of concocting these pills to a minor degree of proficiency.] [That same year, Damned Zong nearly dies from an ident during cultivation, vomiting three pounds of blood.] "Holy shit, how tough is Damned Zong''s luck? Vomiting three pounds of blood and still not dead?!" Su Xing''s eyes widen as he silently prays for a curse to finish off Damned Zong, so he can inherit his wealth. "Keep up the effort. The moment Damned Zong dies, I''ll snatch up all his wealthit''s like killing without lifting a finger!" Su Xing continues the simtion. [In the tenth year, you spend a year concocting Soul Condensing Pills, using up thest piece of Condensing Spirit Wood.] ``` [In the eleventh year, you began trying to craft mid-grade elixirs, the Turtle Breath Pill. The Turtle Breath Pill is an enhanced version of the Breath Concealing Pill. It is said that even cultivators of the Mahayana level cannot discern the true cultivation level of one who has consumed a top-quality Turtle Breath Pill. You thought this elixir would be well-suited for the cautious you and thus began its crafting.] [The crafting of the Turtle Breath Pill required a special herb known as Turtle Spirit Stone, said to be formed from the shell of a thousand-year-old Demon King tortoise upon its death.] [You asked Luo Shuying to help you find this herb in the treasury of the Descending Sect, but s, the Turtle Spirit Stone was not found.] [Having no alternative, you contacted the Great Xia Military, hoping they could help you find the Turtle Spirit Stone.] [To your surprise, after several months, Lu Yuanwu actually brought you a good amount of Turtle Spirit Stones, and so you began crafting the Turtle Breath Pills.] [It took you one year to sessfully get a grasp of crafting Turtle Breath Pills. Although the pills you crafted were of poor quality and not as miraculous as the form described, they were already sufficient to conceal your aura from the eyes of a seasoned Divinity Transformation cultivator like Damned Zong.] [A thought crossed your mind, and you decided to sneak into Damned Zong''s home and hide.] [You took Turtle Breath Pills daily to ensure your aura remained undetected by Damned Zong, and surprisingly, you managed to fool him.] [Damned Zong''s luck continued to worsen. You even saw him tripping over his left foot with his right, tumbling face first into the dirt.] [At night, Damned Zong often had bad dreams, looking dispirited andcking the prestige he once had as a cultivator of Divinity Transformation.] [Overjoyed, you prepared to add fuel to the fire, intending topletely ruin Damned Zong.] [In the twelfth year, your cultivation level sessfully broke through to the fifthyer of the Origin Martial Realm.] [One day, while hiding under Damned Zong''s bed, you heard him talking to himself, saying he was cursed with a hex. Hence, Damned Zong nned to flee far away to escape this strange curse.] [The next day, Damned Zong left the Descending Sect for an unknown destination.] [That same year, Luo Shuying''s homnd was overrun by a Foreign Race, and thousands from the Spirit Race sought refuge on Blue Star.] "Holy shit, isn''t Damned Zong too wretched?! He actually fucking ran away?" Su Xing, feeling thwarted, pped his thigh in frustration. He was so close to seeing Damned Zong meet his demise, but the guy turned out to be even more cautious than he had anticipated! "However, the Descending Sect is nearly done for because of my meddling, so there''s no rush," said Su Xing as he continued with his simtion. [In the thirteenth year, the Great Xia Military saw the emergence of tens of thousands of Grandmaster Level powerhouses and even several hundred Heavenly King Level powerhouses, all due to your continuous supply of elixirs.] [The Descending Sect should have been aware of all this and conducted a thorough investigation. However, having suffered great losses over the years, they were truly incapable of attending to the matter and thus you were not suspected or investigated.] [That year, you continued your cultivation, busy with alchemy, as if everything in the outside world had nothing to do with you.] [In the fourteenth year, another great cmity befell the Descending Sect, resulting in the demise of all remaining protectors and elders.] [That same year, internal strife arose within the Descending Sect. A fight broke out between the leaders of the Nature Faction and the Zealot Faction. Unexpectedly, the leader of the Zealot Faction identally killed the leader of the Nature Factiona Legendary Level powerhouseon the spot. Suddenly, the entire Descending Sect began to crumble, teetering on the brink of copse.] Su Xing burst intoughter when he saw this. The leader of the faction within the Descending Sect was a true big shot, a Legendary Level powerhouse. ``` Just like that, killed because of the internal strife within the sect? "This... such bad luck talent is too abnormal, isn''t it?" Su Xing felt somewhat shocked in his heart. If only this ill luck could continue to follow the Descending Sect. Unfortunately, the side effects of this talent were too severe, and Su Xing''s frail body couldn''t withstand it at all! What if he was the one to suffer a deadly misfortune? If he died in the simtion, that would be the end of it, but in reality, Su Xing had only one life, right? "So, should I bring this bad luck talent out or not?" Su Xing fell into deep thought. "Forget it, I''ll just simte it first. If I keep hesitating, I might start suffering from decision paralysis..." Su Xing turned his gaze to the simtion panel. [In the fifteenth year, the overall strength of the Descending Sect declined. Countless sect members were severely wounded or killed, leaving only a few leaders of several factions, each bing amander without soldiers, and the Descending Sect''s influence on the Human Race greatly reduced.] [In the same year, you, along with Luo Shuying, raided the treasury of the Descending Sect. Unfortunately, you were discovered by the treasury''s guardian, Dragon Protector. Luo Shuying broke through to be a Legendary Level fighter on the spot, and you and Luo Shuying narrowly escaped with your lives.] [After defecting from the Descending Sect, you and Luo Shuying prepared to join the Great Xia Military, but you feared that your talent would bring misfortune upon the entire Great Xia Military, so you could only find a ce to go into hiding.] [On a daily basis, you continued your cultivation, and you also crafted elixirs for the Great Xia Military while obtaining enough Flesh Essence of Demonic Beasts.] [In the sixteenth year, your Cultivation Level made a further breakthrough, reaching the sixthyer of the Origin Martial Realm.] [In the seventeenth year, you improved the previously crafted Fasting Pill prescription, adding a tiny amount of Demonic Beast Flesh Essence into the Fasting Pill. The efficacy of the Fasting Pill greatly increased, allowing even Grandmaster Level professionals to fast for three months without feeling hunger.] [In the eighteenth year, another year of diligent cultivation, your strength continued to increase steadily. However, as your Body Refinement Cultivation Level kept improving, you found that the Flesh Essence of Demon Kings was bing less and less effective for you.] [You attempted to obtain the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors from the Great Xia Military. Unfortunately, the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors was extremely rare. However, because your status was sufficient, a Legendary General who guarded the Demon-Subduing Pass was willing to keep an eye out for you. Should the opportunity arise, he would provide you with the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors.] [In the neenth year, the Demonic Beast Flesh Essence you consumed daily increased to five jin, and Spirit Rice grew to twenty jin, and you regrly took Origin Martial Pills, with your Body Refinement Cultivation Level still increasing steadily.] [In the twentieth year, you still had not obtained the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors, but thanks to the talent of your massive appetite, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level continued to increase steadily, and you felt yourself getting closer to breaking through to the seventhyer of the Origin Martial Realm.] [In the twenty-first year, you sessfully broke through to be a seventhyer cultivator of the Origin Martial Realm.] [During the same year, the situation at the Demon-Subduing Pass dramatically worsened. Two faction leaders from the Descending Sect personally took action, cooperating with the Foreign Race tounch a surprise attack on the Demon-Subduing Pass. In a single night, hundreds of Heavenly King Level experts perished, and two Legendary Level fighters were killed in action.] Su Xing slightly furrowed his brow, muttering to himself: "Is the Descending Sect nning a fight to the death? The sect is indeed on the brink of extinction, but there are still a few top-tier experts. I didn''t expect them to be so desperate!" Su Xing sighed. This was unexpected for him. He had thought that the Descending Sect''s near annihtion would extend the time of the apocalypse by a few more years. Instead, it had plunged the Demon-Subduing Pass into crisis. "Wait... Could my bad luck be affecting the Great Xia Military?" Su Xing suddenly considered this possibility. Although he had tried to avoid contact with the Great Xia Military in the simtor, it was inevitable that bad luck could have an impact. "This talent really is not easy to control!" Su Xing sighed, thinking that if he could freely control this bad luck talent, it would be a killing stroke, but unfortunately, he couldn''t. Su Xing continued the simtion. [In the twenty-second year, the battle between the Human Race and Demonic Beasts inside Demon-Subduing Pass intensified. Martial Emperor Level professionals began to die frequently. And as you wished, you obtained a piece of the Demon Emperor''s Flesh Essence.] [After consuming the Flesh Essence of the Demon Emperor, you only felt an abundance of energy within your body nearly bursting out. Fortunately, your physical body was tough enough, and the talent of your massive appetite crazily helped you digest the Flesh Essence of the Demon Emperor.] [With the aid of the Demon Emperor''s Flesh Essence, your Cultivation Level progressed by leaps and bounds. If you could consume this Flesh Essence every day, you would most likely break through your current realm in just a year or two.] [Unfortunately, you didn''t have enough time for cultivation. Under the relentless fierce attacks of the Demonic Beasts, the Demon-Subduing Pass fell, and the Human Race was on the brink of extinction.] [In the same year, a giant beast descended upon the real world and swallowed the entire Great Xia Country.] [You died!] [Your talent for dying regretfully activated, and you saw nothing but darkness...] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing''s brows were tightly knitted. He had never expected that the time of the apocalypse''s arrival would be even earlier than before, by a few days. "Sigh, it doesn''t matter. I''m fortunate that these two years don''t make a difference... I gained enough from this simtion!" Su Xing sighed. The greatest gains from this simtion came from the memories he brought from the immersive simtion of the Luotian Meeting Instance. "Holy shit, I just remembered, what if all three of my Gathering Spirit Flowers are either male or female? Wouldn''t that mean they can''t reproduce?" Su Xing''s face turned sour as he quickly checked the sex of the three Gathering Spirit Flowers. Fortunately, Su Xing discovered tiny yellow spots on the pistil of one of the Gathering Spirit Flowers. "Thank goodness, two male Gathering Spirit Flowers and one female. This ispletely suitable for pollination and breeding!" Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief. After resolving the major issue with the Gathering Spirit Flowers, Su Xing fell into contemtion again. "This bad luck talent, to take it or not, really is a bit troublesome!" Chapter 101: Chapter 98: Life Simulator 3.0 Version, a new batch of energy mediums! ``` "If this unfortunate talent could be applied properly, the destruction it could cause would definitely surpass the scope of a blue talent, but for me right now, it''s more harmful than beneficial..." "But if I miss out on this talent now, it will be much harder to draw it again in the future!" As Su Xing hesitated, the prompt from the simtor rang in his ears. [Ding, the 3.0 version update of Life Simtor ising soon!] [This update requires 10 million simtor energy! The following new features will be added:] [1. Add purple epic talent options, significantly increasing the strength of talents!] [2. Add a talent umtion pool feature, all previously experienced talents will be entered into the pool, and you can exchange them for energy at any time when needed.] After hearing the simtor''s prompt, Su Xing''s eyes lit up, and he muttered: "This update notice couldn''t havee at a better time... In this case, there''s no need to be torn!" "This bad luck talent, although powerful enough to beparable to a humanoid nuclear weapon, is still beyond my control at this stage. Perhaps it won''t be toote to choose it once I can fully harness this misfortune." Clearly, the bad luck talent had too many side effects for Su Xing at this stage, which was detrimental to his early development. He could only temporarily store it in the "little ck room," waiting until the right moment to make his choice. With this in mind, Su Xing stopped hesitating and turned his attention to the rewards of this simtion. [I Can''t Be the Only Unlucky One]: Blue talent, priced at 100,000 energy points. [Seventh Layer of the Origin Martial Realm]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, priced at 5 million energy points. [Twenty-Two Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, including the experiences of the following elixirs: Origin Martial Pill (Major Achievement), Soul Condensing Pills (Minor Achievement), Turtle Breath Pills (Minor Achievement), Fasting Pill (Perfection), priced at 1 million energy points. [10 Pounds of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence]: The essence of a Demon Emperor, containing a vast amount of life force, priced at 10 million energy points. [Two Mature Gathering Spirit Flowers]: Priced at 200,000 energy points. "Goodness, flesh essence of a Demon Emperor tier, with one pound valued at a million energy, isn''t that a bit too expensive?" Su Xing shook his head slightly. It seemed that in the future, exchanging for flesh essence from the simtor could be ruled out. However, once he became stronger, flesh essence could indeed be a good option for exchanging energy. Without much hesitation, Su Xing spoke up: "I choose to exchange for the Seventh Layer of the Origin Martial Realm cultivation level, as well as twenty-two years of alchemy experience!" [You have chosen to take out the Seventh Layer of the Origin Martial Realm Cultivation Level, spending 5 million energy points, remaining energy 1,999,888 points.] [You have chosen to take out twenty-two years of alchemy experience, spending 1 million energy points, remaining energy 999,888 points.] The prompt sound reached Su Xing''s ears, followed by two mysterious forces descending upon him. Su Xing''s mind was filled with many alchemy memories, scenes of him striving day and night to refine elixirs during the simtion! As the memories flooded in, Su Xing''s skill in crafting Soul Condensing Pills finally broke through to the minor achievement level, ensuring a sess rate of over fifty percent. With the help of sufficient Soul Condensing Pills, his Divine Sense Realm was about to enter a period of rapid growth. Furthermore, Su Xing''s understanding of the Fasting Pills also reached a perfect level. He was now capable of refining improved Fasting Pills with a one hundred percent rate of producing the finest quality. The Turtle Breath Pill also became the second type of mid-grade elixir that Su Xing mastered. Thus, Su Xing''s alchemy skills saw a significant increase after one simtion. However,pared to his alchemy skills, Su Xing''s Body Refinement Cultivation Level increased even more rapidly. When the energy containing the cultivation level descended on Su Xing, his strength surged in a short time, and his aura increased astonishingly. Third level of the Origin Martial Realm... Fifth level... Seventh level! In just a few breaths, Su Xing''s Body Refinement realm jumped up five levels! Feeling the explosive increase of strength within his body, Su Xing was somewhat ted for a moment. "Holy shit, I feel like one punch from me could copse a small mountain. How much farther do I have to go until the Divinity Transformation Stage with my current strength?" Su Xing''s face flushed with excitement. His strongest attack method should belong to Li Fire, considering Li Fire could cause fatal damage to Grandmasters and Grandmaster Level professionals. But having reached the seventh level of the Origin Martial Realm, Su Xing felt an unprecedented sense of power. He estimated that his strength had even doubled! The explosive increase in strength in a short time made Su Xing feel light-headed again, so he began to self-brainwash. "Trash! I''m such trash! I can''t even beat Damned Zong, so what right do I have to get cocky?" "Be a little more steady, hold back from being reckless!" Su Xing went through a round of self-criticism as was his routine. After a few minutes, he let out a long sigh and became cautious again. Realizing the benefits of this simtion, Su Xing started to worry a little. "Sigh, this energy really doesn''tst long, just one simtion, and it''s cost me over eight million points!" "The improvement in cultivation is indeed exhrating, but the energy required is way too much... This is just the Origin Martial Realm, and breaking through one small level requires one million energy points. Wouldn''t the entire Origin Martial Realm need tens of millions of points?" "ording to this trend, after the Origin Martial Realm, the Divine Strength Realm will require even more energy! Even a small realm might need tens of millions of energy points!" Su Xing sighed again. The energyes fast, but it goes even faster! "Wait, I need ten million energy points just to unlock the epic level talents, but right now I only have a mere one million points. I must obtain enough energy in a short time to unlock the 3.0 version of the simtor... But with the speed I''m spending energy, unlocking the simtor in a short time is basically impossible!" ``` Chapter 102: Chapter 98: Life Simulator 3.0 Version, A New Batch of Energy Mediums!_2 Thinking of this, Su Xing suddenly felt a toothacheing on. To ensure a rapid increase in strength, one must spend a great deal of energy. But spending energy means you can''t unlock more functions on the simtor... The contradiction between short-term gains and long-term benefits seemed irreconcble. With a grit of his teeth, Su Xing decided: "Damn it, cutting costs is out of the question! If the speed of increasing my Cultivation Level slows down, what''s the point? Only by finding new sources can I barely maintain my current way of life!" Looking at the less than one million energy he had left on hand, Su Xing made a phone call to Jin Congxue. "Hello, Little Snow!" "What''s up, busy man? What''s got you free enough to call me?" Jin Congxue''snguid voice came through, with the sparse sound of running water in the background, as if she were bathing. Su Xing oddly thought of a joke he had seen before: If a girl replies to your messages while she''s taking a shower, it means you''re really important to her. "Ahem, so... Little Snow, can you deliver the goods from Lingyun Commerce Guild ahead of schedule? I''m in a bit of a hurry over here!" Su Xing returned to the matter at hand, asking hastily. ording to what Jin Congxue had said, the Lingyun Commerce Guild should still have arge stockpile of goods to deliver over, she said it was arge sum, but Su Xing had no idea exactly how much. Jin Congxue chuckled, teasing: "What, aren''t all those pieces of equipment you collectedst time enough for you? How much more do you need to eat?" Su Xing chuckled, saying, "Of course, the more the better! You know I have a big appetite!" Jin Congxue rolled her eyes, saying, "Come on, gathering goods from all over the country takes time, okay? There are more than a dozen branches of Lingyun Commerce Guild across the country. To move all their goods to Kyoto and take inventory, it would take at least half a month..." Half a month? Su Xing couldn''t wait that long. So Su Xing shamelessly pleaded, "Please, big sis, can you help me out? Could you possibly move most of the goods to Kyoto this week?" Hearing this, Jin Congxue sighed and said, "Sigh, does someone have no conscience at all! I''ve been running around like crazy recently, and just when I''m done with the acquisitions, the big boss is giving me more work? Can''t you give me a break? You''re not supposed to exploit your employees like this!" Su Xing quickly consoled her, saying, "Hehe,e on, big sis, please help me out! When this batch of equipment is transported over, I''ll treat you to a meal!" After giving it some thought, Jin Congxue replied: "Alright then, I''ll be busy for a bit longer, trying to get the goods to Kyoto as soon as possible. Come over in a few days to check on them, okay?" Su Xing nodded repeatedly, saying, "Okay, thanks a lot, sis!" After hanging up the phone, Su Xing let out a long breath of relief. If the number of pieces of equipment in this batch was sufficient, Su Xing would have enough energy to update the simtor, even without much waiting. "Sigh, just endure a little longer, refine a few more Elixirs, and only then can I gather more energy!" Su Xing sighed, first spending an hour cultivating Spirit nts, and then plunged into the tedious task of Alchemy. In just a week, Su Xing transformed into a tireless worker, full of drive, and refined a total of six thousand Elixirs. Su Xing also took the time to test the strength he had achieved after reaching the seventh level of the Origin Martial Realm at the strength training gym. A whopping two and a half million pounds of sheer strength! This was Su Xing''s pure physical strength without using Origin Force, and after using Origin Force, his strength surged to three million pounds! While the increase in strength wasn''t as great as he had imagined, a doubling, it was still a good seventy to eighty percent increase! In the Origin Martial Realm, the most crucial aspect was the application of Origin Force, but sadly, Su Xing had not yet fully mastered it and could only wait to learn more about Origin Force on his next visit to the Luotian Meeting Instance. Soon a week passed. That day, Su Xing finished packing up the Elixirs he had refined and had booked a VIP room at a restaurant in advance, inviting Jin Congxue over. At noon, Jin Congxue arrived on time. Today, Jin Congxue was wearing a red dress with matching fiery red lips, looking exceptionally tempting. "Yo, busy man, you''re really treating me to a meal today? I''m truly ttered!" Jin Congxue winked yfully as she spoke. Su Xing scratched his head and said, "Ahem, of course! I''ve ordered all the dishes, they''re all your favorites!" The meal was soon over, and both parties quickly got down to business. (Ahem, don''t get the wrong idea). Jin Congxue took out several Storage Rings and handed them to Su Xing, saying: "Here you go, boss. These are all the things you wanted! They''re the goods brought from the various branches of Lingyun Commerce Guild. "Apart from the white equipment you asked for, there are also quite a few green and blue ones, almost four million items in total!" "Of course, this batch isn''t just equipment, but also some unprocessed exotic metals, skill scrolls that professionals need, potions, and various odd items obtained from different instances. You can check them yourself." After pausing, Jin Congxue said coquettishly: "Boss, you have no idea, I''ve been running all over the country these past few days, and my legs are nearly worn out, one meal isn''t enough, you know!" After hearing this, Su Xing blinked and looked at Jin Congxue''s fair, toned legs, his mind short-circuited, and he said: "How about I give you a massage? I''m pretty skilled at that!" Jin Congxue thought for a moment and actually stretched out her leg, saying: "Alright then, I''d be honored to have a massage from the boss!" The VIP room was filled with the promise of spring. Chapter 103: Chapter 98: Life Simulator 3.0 Version, A New Batch of Energy Mediums!_3 After experiencing a pure, green massage, Su Xing returned to school in the afternoon and couldn''t wait to enter Spirit Field Blessed Land. Looking at the cargo filled with several storage rings, Su Xing couldn''t hide his excitement. "Goodness, how much energy must this batch of goods be worth?" Su Xing swallowed and began to convert the goods into simted energy batch by batch. [Ding, detected 3.84 million pieces of white-quality equipment, valued at 20.77 million energy points, convert to simted energy?] "Yes!" Su Xing agreed without hesitation, and in the blink of an eye, over 20 million energy points appeared on his simtion panel. And this was just the energy value of the first batch of white equipment! Su Xing continued to take out the rings filled with green-quality equipment. [Detected 130,000 pieces of green-quality equipment, valued at 6.08 million energy points, convert?] "Yes!" Whoosh, another six million energy points instantly appeared on Su Xing''s simtion panel. The green-quality equipment, on average, contained nearly 50 points of energy each, but they were too expensive, with a market price of nearly 20,000 points per piece, making their cost-performance only half that of the white-quality equipment. That''s why Su Xing usually wouldn''t use green-quality equipment to exchange for energy. Only considering that this batch was stockpiled by Lingyun Commerce Guild and slightly cheaper, and even if Su Xing were to sell them, he would probably have to wait for several months, then use all the money from the sales to purchase white-quality equipment. In the end, while he would get even more energy, it was too time-consuming and somewhat counterproductive. Su Xing then turned his attention to the blue-quality equipment. [Detected 20,000 pieces of blue-quality equipment, valued at 9.85 million energy points, convert?] "Yes!" Su Xing said without any hesitation. Each piece of blue-quality equipment contained about 500 points of energy, but their market price was over ten times that of the green-quality equipment, making the cost-performance even lower. However, Su Xing didn''t bother to wait and directly converted them into energy. After sessfully converting all four million pieces of equipment into energy, Su Xing shifted his gaze toward the storage ring filled with potions. [Ding, detected 10,000 low-grade recovery potions, valued at five million energy points, convert?] Hearing this prompt, Su Xing sighed and shook his head, "Cancel conversion!" The low-grade recovery potions were nearly 500,000 per vial on the professional trader''s market, and each was only worth 500 energy points, meaning that converting a thousand dors would yield just one point of energy, which was still too low a cost-performance. After all, low-grade recovery potions could save the lives of Gold-ranked professionals at critical moments, naturally making them very expensive. Su Xing had no ns to convert this batch of potions into energy; instead, he nned to return them to Jin Congxue to be sold in themerce guild. Su Xing took out the storage ring containing first-order exotic metals. [Ding, detected 136 tons of first-order exotic metals, valued at 2.72 million points of simted energy, convert?] "Yes!" Su Xing didn''t hesitate much; the exotic metals'' energy conversion cost-performance was close to that of white-quality equipment, making them one of the most worthwhile mediums for energy conversion. After converting tens of millions of points of simted energy, Su Xing''s gaze fell onto thest storage ring. This storage ring contained various odd and peculiar items produced in the instance dungeon. Many items produced in the dungeon had unclear uses and were often recycled as trash to themerce guild by some professionals. Su Xing had not been hopeful about converting much energy from them, but to his surprise, these odd and peculiar instance dungeon items gave him a massive pleasant surprise in their energy value! [Ding, detected some energy-containing materials, valued at 11.86 million energy points, convert?] Chapter 104: Chapter 99: Purple Talent, A Sudden Epiphany by Chance! Su Xing paused upon hearing the notification, and said with some disbelief, "The garbage produced in these instances actually contains so much energy?" Su Xing opened his storage ring and examined the instance dungeon items. He found the instance dungeon items to be extremely quirky. "Underwear used by Witch Lillian"... Lady Aleya''s hairpin... feathers from an unknown bird species... expired Dove chocte spread... highly effective stain-removingundry detergent... a necrotic, unidentified pet egg... From everyday items to the small gifts given by certain NPCs in instances, to body parts of instance bosses, they were odd in every conceivable way. These strange instance dungeon items were known to professionals as instance garbage. This wasn''t without reason because these items were in huge quantities, of unknown use, yet always treated as treasures by daydreamers who nurtured the fantasy of "finding a peerless treasure in a pile of trash." Those professionals who harbored unrealistic dreams and bought items from instances were affectionately called "trash lords." Because these bizarre instance dungeon items were so cheap it was almost pitiable, saying they were sold by weight wasn''t much of an exaggeration. An item of "instance garbage" could range in price from a hundred to a few thousand Great Xia Coins each, and they were avable inrge quantities. Su Xing estimated that there were at least a million pieces of "instance garbage" in his Storage Ring, and calcting an average price of less than a thousand per item, their market value would be around ten billion Great Xia Coins. But it was this instance garbage, valued at merely ten billion, that contained an energy close to twelve million points! On average, one hundred and thirty to forty Great Xia Coins could be exchanged for one point of energy! This price-performance ratio was even five percent higher than when Su Xing had exchanged white-quality equipment for energy! "Hiss, this way, acquiring instance garbage to exchange for energy sounds very promising!" Su Xing''s eyes lit up; the energy contained in these instance dungeon items was uncertain, but through massive acquisitions, out of tens of thousands of items, there would always be hundreds that contained a significant amount of energy. Additionally, since there was such an abundance of instance garbage, buying them inrge quantities wouldn''t raise suspicions, making it an excellent channel for Su Xing to exchange for energy! With this in mind, Su Xing stroked his chin and murmured, "Looking at it this way, we can absolutely add a business to acquire instance garbage in the Tarot Commerce Association!" Su Xing was a man of action, and without hesitation, he dialed Jin Congxue and asked her to help him acquire trash items produced in instances. Jin Congxue was puzzled by Su Xing''s request, but since she had gotten used to his strange demands, she agreed. However, acquiring instance garbage would take a significant amount of time to obtain from professionals; that work could be delegated to subordinates, and Su Xing would just reap the benefits. With this, Su Xing''s channel for obtaining simtion energy had widened once more. White equipment, exotic metals, instance garbage! White equipment and exotic metals were more stable sources, while acquiring instance garbage was like opening a blind box, and with some luck, he could even gain a massive amount of energy! "Whew... I see a bright future ahead!" Su Xing''s lips curved slightly upward; if the n worked, the abundance of simtion energy would allow his development to speed up. At least, he wouldn''t face a stagnation in development due tock of energy. "It''s time to start a new round of simtion!" Su Xing looked at the simtor panel, which disyed over fifty-two million points of simtion energy, feeling cheerful. March 17, 2024, New Era, Su Xing prepared to start his 28th simtion. "Start simtion!" As soon as Su Xing finished speaking, the simtor''s notification sound reached his ears. [Ding, detecting that the host has sufficient simtion energy, would you like to spend 10 million points of simtion energy to upgrade the simtor to version 3.0?] "Ah, I almost forgot about this!" Su Xing paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Use the energy, proceed with the upgrade!" "Heh heh, purple-quality talent, here Ie!" [Ding, sessfully spent ten million points of energy to upgrade the simtor, remaining energy is 42,234,466 points!] [Simtor updating... please wait... Ding, Life Simtor 3.0 version at your service, the following features have been unlocked...] Su Xing nced over the simtor panel''s update content, found no differences from the update preview, and began the simtion in earnest! "Start simtion!" [Ding! This simtion will consume 2,800 points of energy. Remaining energy points 42,201,666. Remaining number of simtions unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a green talent costs 1,000 points of energy, drawing a blue talent costs 10,000 points of energy, and drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 points of energy, would you like to draw?] Seeing the option to draw a purple talent finally appear on the simtion interface, Su Xing excitedly rubbed his hands and resolutely said "Draw a purple-quality talent!" [Ding, congrattions on obtaining a Purple Talent, Sudden Enlightenment!] [Sudden Enlightenment]: You asionally be extremely astute, entering a mysterious state of enlightenment. During this state, the efficiency of your cultivation, alchemy, understanding of Cultivation Techniques, and other activities will experience a terrifying increase. The chance of triggering is random and the duration of enlightenment is variable.] Su Xing frowned slightly upon seeing the purple talent he had drawn. "Sudden Enlightenment, what the heck is this?" After reading up on it carefully, Su Xing was suddenly struck by the tremendous potential of the talent. "Hiss, so it''s a talent that can increase the chance of enlightenment, huh?" "If this enlightenment is really as miraculous as described in fantasy novels of my previous life, wouldn''t that mean I''m about to soar?" Chapter 105: Chapter 99: Purple Talent, A Sudden Epiphany by Chance!_2 Su Xing was somewhat excited for a moment, he had drawn a simr talent that increased understanding before, the blue talent "Quick Wit"! When triggered, it indeed improved the efficiency of alchemy and even enhanced his ability to think deeply about certain matters. But clearly, this "Quick Wit" talent was far from achieving the effect of enlightenment. "I just don''t know how great the probability of this enlightenment is... What exactly is the effect of enlightenment?" Su Xing rubbed his hands together, ready to start the simtion, looking forward to his first purple talent with great anticipation. [Within the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize you are in a simtion.] [You check for any changes in yourself but find nothing different from before.] [So, you begin your daily cultivation and alchemy, and after a week, you take the five thousand elixirs you''ve refined to meet with Jin Congxue.] [Jin Congxue reports to you on the acquisition of the Lingyun Commerce Guild''s properties and discusses with you the details of establishing a "Instance Trash" acquisition department.] [ording to Jin Congxue''s estimates, the weekly acquisition of instance trash could reach between three hundred to five hundred thousand items, and as the department continues to expand, this number is expected to increase.] [At the same time, Jin Congxue informs you that she is preparing to acquire several instance mines that can produce exotic metals, estimating the acquisition costs to be around two hundred billion, but once sessful, you would have a steady source of exotic metals only requiring the cost ofbor for mining.] [You agree with Jin Congxue''s n and eagerly reward her.] [In the following month, you work even harder at refining elixirs, hoping to save enough money to contract a few instance mines that produce exotic metals.] Su Xing''s eyes lit up at this. "Right! Acquiring exotic metal mines, how did I not think of this?" Exotic metals are found within instance mines and require professionals to dig them out to obtain small amounts of exotic metals. These instances with exotic metals are extremely valuable and are known as mine instances. Most mine instances are controlled by the state or official authorities, but some powerfulmerce guilds can also contract them privately at a high cost. Top-tiermerce guilds, including the Jin Merchant Guild, have business that contracts mine instances; they sell the excavated exotic metals at market price, only needing to pay for thebor costs. But for Su Xing, if he could contract a few mine instances, it would mean having a steady and cheap source of exotic metals; in other words, a stable source of simtion energy. Of course, contracting a mine instance requires rigorous official screening, numerous formalities, and forming aplete mining chain also takes a lot of time, so no significant results are expected in the short term. "Tsk tsk, Jin Congxue truly is my benefactor!" Assenting to Jin Congxue''s business acumen, Su Xing continued the simtion. [One day, after taking a Disguise Pill and a Breath-Concealing Pill, you prepared to enter the Luotian Meeting Instance.] [Lucky for you, the professional who had reserved a spot had an emergency and couldn''te, and you obtained the chance to enter the Luotian Meeting Instance!] Su Xing''s eyes shone at this and he said without hesitation: "Use the immersive simtion! Duration: 24 hours!" Su Xing now had plenty of simtion energy. A day''s immersive simtion would only cost 2.4 million points of energy, which he could afford. Aside from any other opportunities, the Scripture Pavilion alone in the Luotian Meeting was worth it for Su Xing! [Ding, immersive simtion sessful, 2.4 million points of energy consumed, simtion time 24 hours, remaining energy 39,701,666 points!] With the notification sound in his ear, Su Xing''s vision changed and he arrived inside the Luotian Meeting Instance. "Xiaochuan, the Luo Tian Meeting is about to begin. Go to the back mountain and invite Elder Shennong to participate!" In front of Su Xing, an elder spoke with a smile, it was Elder Che, Su Xing''s master from the previous simtion. "Yes, Master!" Su Xing bowed and walked towards the back mountain. Along the way, Su Xing pondered the fragments of memory in his mind. Su Xing''s identity remained that of Luo Xiaochuan, a disciple of the Luo Tian Sect, with Elder Che as his master, but his cultivation level had increased to the seventhyer of the Origin Martial Realm, and Elder Che formally epted him as his personal disciple! "Indeed, in thest simtion I was still an ordinary Inner Sect Disciple, but now I''ve been promoted to a personal disciple of an elder! As my cultivation level continues to increase, my status in the instance will also change!" Su Xing muttered with some enlightenment. Soon, Su Xing came to the back mountain of the Luo Tian Sect. Along the way, he saw countless Gathering Spirit Flowers and various rare and exotic herbs, but since it was his second experience, Su Xing was no longer as shocked as he was the first time. "Shennong Uncle! The master has instructed me to invite you to the Luo Tian Meeting!" Su Xing said respectfully to a young man cultivating the fields. Quickly, Shennong Youtian put down the farm tools and nodded to Su Xing: "Is that Xiaochuan! It''s been a few years, and your cultivation has improved quite a bit!" In this simtion, Shennong Youtian seemed to be familiar with Luo Xiaochuan. On the way to the Luo Tian Meeting, the two chatted intermittently. Su Xing found out that because Shennong Youtian had been farming all year round and seldom met people, he was quite talkative. He was very happy to talk non-stop upon meeting Su Xing, who nodded from time to time and responded. In the exchange with Shennong Youtian, Su Xing benefited greatly. "Uncle, Xiaochuan has a question that I''d like to ask you..." Seeing that they were about to arrive at the meeting ce, Su Xing was prepared to seize the opportunity to benefit further. Shennong Uncle nodded and asked, "What would my nephew like to ask? Just speak freely!" Su Xing hurriedly inquired, "Lately, your nephew has encountered some difficulties in the practice of Body Refinement, concerning the mastery of Origin Force..." Su Xing expressed his doubts; his mastery of Origin Force was still very superficial, and in this aspect, he had great potential for development. After listening, Shennong Youtian nodded slightly and replied: "Body Refinement Cultivators reaching the Origin Martial Realm can be considered as having formally entered the path of Body Cultivation. Cultivators of the Origin Martial Realm focus on the mastery and application of Origin Force, while the subsequent Divine Strength Realm is the explosive realm of strength and physical aptitude..." Shennong Youtian talked at length, yet never quite got to the point. Only at the end did he mention: "Ahem, Uncle isn''t very knowledgeable about the path of Body Cultivation. If my nephew is curious, you could look up two books in the Scripture Pavilion, namely ''Detailed Exnation on the Utilization of Origin Force'' and ''Advanced Utilization of Origin Force.'' Fully digest these two books, and you could be considered an expert in the mastery of Origin Force!" Su Xing felt embarrassed after listening, darn it, so this uncle didn''t understand either, still pretending to know? However, through this matter, Su Xing also understood that there are specialists in every field. This Shennong Uncle was skilled in the way of cultivating the spirit, and he could inquire about doubts in this area. If he did not understand other aspects, the Scripture Pavilion might indeed be the best ce to go. Having been asked about a blind spot in his knowledge, Shennong Youtian also felt somewhat embarrassed and seemed no longer inclined to answer Su Xing''s questions. Thus, Su Xing did not bother further. After sending Shennong Youtian to his master''s ce, he immediately went to the Scripture Pavilion and became engrossed in "Detailed Exnation on the Utilization of Origin Force." Immersed in reading, a day quickly passed by. It was only when Su Xing heard the simtor''s notification sound that he reluctantly exited the immersive simtion and returned to the real world. "So, it turns out there are three stages in the application of Origin Force, and I''m currently only at the most superficial stage of enhancement, capable of enhancing strength and defense only... But if I were to reach the profound stage, I could even release Origin Force to harm others externally, and learn attacking techniques that match the Origin Force!" Excitement spread across Su Xing''s face. If he could cultivate Origin Force to an advanced stage, he might even be able tobat a Divinity Transformation Cultivator when he reached the Great Perfection of the Origin Martial Realm! "s, it''s a pity that this immersive simtion is too expensive, costing 2.4 million energy to simte a single day, and I can only enter the Luo Tian Meeting Instance three times at most. If it''s used for learning, that''s 7 million energy points gone!" Su Xing felt a pinch, sighed, and then continued to simte. [You emerged from the Luo Tian Meeting Instance with a deeper understanding of Origin Force.] [Over the following months, you continued to peacefully engage in alchemy and cultivation every day until one day, Wang Qingxuan found you...] [After a tumultuous night, you joined the Descending Sect along with Wang Qingxuan.] [As your strength increased and your confidence swelled, you no longer concealed your alchemy skills and straightforwardly proposed to be an elder in the Descending Sect.] Chapter 106: Chapter 100: Grinding Experience, The Right Way to Use Immersive Simulation! ``` [You revealed your own strength, and with your Origin Martial Realm seventh level, your power was no weaker than that of an ordinary elder, so the Descending Sect agreed to your request and promised to let you be an elder after a three-month probation period.] [Your talent for alchemy quickly caught the attention of Luo Shuying and Damned Zong, and they both extended olive branches to you.] [You didn''t hesitate to join Luo Shuying''s faction, and secretly flipped off Damned Zong.] [The next day, you took Luo Shuying aside and exined your origins, uttering the secret phrase.] [Luo Shuying was shocked to hear that you could traverse the timeline, but because of the secret phrase, she chose to trust you.] [You sessfully allied with Luo Shuying.] Su Xing nodded slightly to himself and murmured: "When my strength was insufficient before, I had to be careful and cautious, even in simtion; one careless mistake meant instant death, wasting a simtion opportunity." "But now, with my Origin Martial Realm seventh level cultivation, plus my Qi Refinement Nascent Soul stage, my strength is top-notch even among Heavenly King level powerhouses; in the Descending Sect, apart from protector-level freaks, none should be my match!" "Therefore, being straightforward about my intentionspletely saves a lot of time and allows me to ess the resources of the Descending Sect faster and strike an alliance with Luo Shuying!" Thinking thus, Su Xing turned his attention to the simtion panel. [In the third month, because youpleted your tasks on time every month, providing three hundred Essence-Nourishing Pills to the Descending Sect, you were promoted and became an elder of the Sect.] [But what the upper echelons of the Descending Sect didn''t know was that you were lining your pockets in secret, stockpiling tens of thousands of Essence-Nourishing Pills, preparing to boost the strength of Great Xia Country when you defected.] [At the same time, Luo Shuying spent her own contribution points to exchange for arge amount of Essence-Nourishing Herbs, Origin Martial Herbs, Soul Condensing Pills, and other medicines for you, and you started stockpiling arge number of elixirs.] [In the second year, you contacted Lu Yuanwu through Jin Congxue''s channels in secret, exchanging elixirs for arge amount of Demonic Beast Flesh Essence.] [You took the Origin Martial Pills every day, and with the abundant supply of Demon King Flesh Essence, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level began to rise rapidly.] [One day, you stealthily went to Kyoto and took a trip to the Luotian Meeting Instance.] Su Xing nodded slightly and recited to himself: "Use the immersive simtion function for 24 hours!" [Ding, you have sessfully used the immersive simtion, consuming 2.4 million points of energy for 24 hours of simtion time, leaving you with 37,301,666 points of energy remaining!] Soon, Su Xing''s vision changed and he once again arrived at the Luotian Meeting Instance. In this round of immersive simtion, Su Xing was still attached to Luo Xiaochuan, inviting Shennong Youtian to the Luotian Meeting. Afterwards, Su Xing went to the Scripture Pavilion alone. Arriving at a familiar spot, he opened the "Detailed Exnation of Origin Force Usage". For more than twenty-something hours, Su Xing immersed himself in the cultivation andprehension of Origin Force. Soon, the immersive simtion ended, and Su Xing exited. Feeling somewhat tired, he rubbed his temples and eximed: "The use of Origin Force is truly marvelous; I vastly underestimated its application before... One more session should be enough for me to get a solid grasp, right?" The corners of Su Xing''s mouth curved into a small smile. After two consecutive immersive simtions, Su Xing devoted himself solely to the cultivation and application of Origin Force, forming a substantial base in his mind for how to cultivate it further. All Su Xing needed to do next was to continue his practice in the simtion, and with the knowledge he had umted in his mind, he could quickly improve his application of Origin Force. Su Xing''s offensive means were currently limited, with only the Li Fire Technique counting as formidable among his spells. But Su Xing''s strongest aspect was his Body Cultivation Level, and Origin Force could maximize the potency of his Body Refinement Cultivation, the formidable aspect of the Origin Martial Realm. With this in mind, Su Xing refocused his gaze on the simtion panel. [After exiting the Luotian Meeting Instance, your mastery of Origin Force improved further, so you included a new item in your training n, the cultivation and application of Origin Force!] [In the third year, you maintained a regr schedule, practicing alchemy and cultivation each day, increasing your practice of Origin Force.] [Over the past year, your mastery of Origin Force far exceeded your previous understanding. Although you were still at the first stage "Enhancement", you found that by covering your fists with Origin Force, you could increase your strength by fifty percent in a short time, and you discovered that you could coat your skin with Origin Force to enhance your body''s defenses!] [In addition, you''ve stockpiled over fifty thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills and crafted thousands of Origin Martial Pills for your own cultivation.] [As you continued to supply elixirs to Great Xia Country, although done secretly, it inevitably leaked out, and you were listed as a suspect by the Descending Sect, but they had no solid evidence.] [You weren''t rmed by this, as over these three years, you had already coborated with Luo Shuying to secure most of the medicinal materials in the Sect''s treasury, preparing to flee at a moment''s notice should your actions be exposed.] [One day, while tending to the Gathering Spirit Flowers you had carefully cultivated, you suddenly discovered that three flowers had matured at the same time.] [You quickly began pollinating the three Spirit Gathering Flowers, and under your careful nurture, seven or eight sprouts of Gathering Spirit Flowers began to grow robustly around them.] [So besides cultivating every day, you also dedicated part of your time to caring for the Gathering Spirit Flowers, knowing that your hopes for advancing your Qi Refining Cultivation rested on them.] ``` Chapter 107: Chapter 100 Insane Experience Farming, The Right Way to Use Immersive Simulation!_2 [Finally, your secret alliance with Luo Shuying and the Great Xia Military was exposed, but fortunately, you were both prepared and quickly rendezvoused with the military''s powerhouses, avoiding the pursuit and assassination by the Descending Sect.] [After that, you and Luo Shuying joined the Great Xia Military; Luo Shuying established a dedicated team to hunt down members of the Descending Sect, while you focused on enhancing your cultivation level and concocting elixirs.] [Seeing that the Luotian Meeting Instance was about to dissipate, you seized the opportunity and entered the Luotian Meeting Instance for thest time!] Su Xing felt a stir in his heart and silently recited: "Activate immersive simtion feature, duration 24 hours!" [Ding, you have sessfully activated the immersive simtion, consuming 2,400,000 energy points, simtion time 24 hours, remaining energy 34,901,666 points!] Su Xing''s vision swirled, and he re-entered the Luotian Meeting Instance. Afterpleting the familiar task sequence, Su Xing once again arrived at the Scripture Pavilion and started studying "Detailed Analysis of Origin Force Utilization."] Soon the 24-hour immersive simtion period was up, Su Xing exited the simtion with a hint of excitement in his eyes. "After three immersive simtions in a row, I''ve finally memorized the whole book on the detailed use of Origin Force! Once I fully grasp the content of this book, my utilization of Origin Force will advance to the second stage, the Origin Force Encirclement!" Su Xing drank a mouthful of cool well water, allowing his emotions to settle back down. "s, mastering the cultivation of Origin Force is probably not easy. To truly step into the second stage, under normal circumstances, it might even take two or three simtions'' worth of umtion... But once achieved, the power of Origin Force is not only tremendous within the Origin Martial Realm, it also holds many benefits for higher realm Body Refinement Cultivators!" "I must not be hasty, umtion is key... after all, what I have in abundance is time!" After pondering for a moment, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simtion panel. [Upon exiting the Luotian Meeting Instance, you gained new insights into the use of Origin Force.] [Next, you detailed your daily schedule: each day, you concocted elixirs for four hours, honed your body for four hours, practiced your Origin Force for two hours, and the rest of your time was spent taking care of the Spirit nts in the Spirit Field; as the ultimate cultivator, you ensured an abundance of energy through one hour of meditation each day.] [In the fourth year, your mastery of Spiritual Power advanced rapidly, and thanks to an ample supply of Demon King Flesh Essence and Origin Martial Pills, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level also soared.] [In the fifth year, you continued your daily training, advancing steadfastly, and with your help, Great Xia Country witnessed the birth of more and more Grandmaster Level and Heavenly King Level powerhouses.] [In the sixth year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level neared the eighth level of the Origin Martial Realm. However, due to theck of guidance from a master, you hit a bottleneck in your mastery of Origin Force, and progress slowed down.] [That same year, the second batch of Gathering Spirit Flowers you nted gradually matured, and you began a new round of pollination and cultivation; the number of Gathering Spirit Flowers you possessed broke through to more than ten, with another ten Gathering Spirit Flower seedlings growing robustly, and the concentration of Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Field Blessed Land also gradually increased.] [In the seventh year, as the number of Gathering Spirit Flowers grew, the Spiritual Energy in your Spirit Field Blessed Land became abundant once again. However, due to the delicate nature of the Gathering Spirit Flowers, you had to spend more time caring for and cultivating the immature ones.] [The same year, your supplies of Essence-Nourishing Herb, Yellow Essence Immortal, Origin Martial Grass, and Dragon Spirit Flower werepletely exhausted. Over the years, you have added fifty thousand Grandmaster Level professionals and more than seven hundred Heavenly King Level powerhouses to Great Xia Country, dramatically strengthening the power of the Human Race.] [Because you no longer needed to concoct a vast amount of elixirs, you had more time to devote to cultivation and nurturing the Gathering Spirit Flowers.] [In the eighth year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level made a breakthrough, and you became an eighth-level Origin Martial Realm Cultivator.] [Regrettably, you were still unable to break through the bottleneck in using Origin Force and remained at the primary strengthening stage in its application.] [In the ninth year, you handed over all the Soul Condensing Pills you concocted to Luo Shuying, helping her and her people break through their realms.] [That same year, with the abundant supply of Soul Condensing Pills, Luo Shuying broke through to be a Legendary Level powerhouse, and your rtionship heated up, leading to some effortless developments.] [That year, the number of mature Gathering Spirit Flowers you possessed surged again, reaching twenty, and the number of immature Gathering Spirit Flowers increased to fifteen.] [In the tenth year, a great battle erupted between demonic beasts and the Human Race at Demon-Subduing Pass, with dozens of Heavenly King Level powerhouses and a Martial Emperor of the Human Race perishing, while also ying two Demon Emperors.] [Because you had given prior notice, the Legendary Level powerhouses guarding Demon-Subduing Pass and Luo Shuying personally took action, obtaining for you the Flesh Essence of two Demon Emperors.] [You acquired nearly two hundred jin of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence, and with the aid of Origin Martial Pills, the speed at which your Body Refinement Cultivation Level improved was even more astonishing.] [Due to the overwhelming energy of the Demon Emperor Flesh Essence, you could only consume half a jin per day, yet even so, your cultivation progressed at an incredible pace.] [In the eleventh year, you dedicated even more effort to improving your Body Refinement Cultivation Level each day. Your Purple Talent yed its role, making your physical strength increasingly formidable; you were getting closer and closer to the ninth level of the Origin Martial Realm.] [In the twelfth year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level finally made a further breakthrough; you sessfully advanced to the ninth level of the Origin Martial Realm, only a step away from Great Perfection!] [That same year, the fourth generation of Gathering Spirit Flowers you cultivated matured. Although you neglected a few and caused them to wither during this period, you still ended up with thirty mature Gathering Spirit Flowers, and over ten seeds of Gathering Spirit Flowers began to take root and sprout.] [The only thing that troubled you was that there was still no advancement in your grasp of Origin Force; you were still stuck at the initial stage of its application.] Su Xing frowned slightly upon reading this and murmured to himself, "It seems that mastering Origin Force is more difficult than I thought. To still be in the first realm after ten years?" Normally, it takes decades or even a hundred years to reach the intermediate stage the Entwining Stageof Origin Force application, and at least cultivators at the Divine Strength Realm should be able to grasp it. But Su Xing believed that his Body Cultivation talent was not bad, and he should be progressing faster than the average cultivator. However, from what he saw now, the study and application of Origin Force required insight more than Body Cultivation talent. Thinking this, Su Xing looked at his "idental Epiphany" talent and murmured to himself, "Big brother, you''re the first Purple Talent I drew, give me some strength, won''t you?" What Su Xing didn''t expect was that the chance of triggering an idental Epiphany was even lower than he had imagined; he had simted for a whole twelve years and not triggered it even once, which was a bit too idental, wasn''t it? "Sigh!" Su Xing sighed slightly, no longer holding hope for a quick breakthrough in Origin Force. What Su Xing didn''t expect was that his Purple Talent would immediately prove him wrong. [In the thirteenth year, one day while you were practicing Origin Force as usual, you suddenly had an insight and triggered an idental Epiphany, entering a mysterious state...] Chapter 108: Chapter 101: Do you understand the value of sudden enlightenment? [In this marvelous state of sudden enlightenment, your mind is exceptionally pure, and previously iprehensible questions seem to be suddenly illuminated as if drenched by a timely rain, the blockage cleared away.] [Boosted by the state of sudden enlightenment, you became wholly immersed in the mastery of Origin Force, forgetting time, forgetting to eat and sleep, and your proficiency in controlling Origin Force improved by leaps and bounds each day!] [Three dayster, you slowly emerged from this marvelous state of sudden enlightenment and were astonished by the changes within yourself.] [The good news is, your mastery over Origin Force reached the second phase, Origin Force Enwrapment!] [The bad news is, since you were in a state of sudden enlightenment for three consecutive days, and neglected to tend to your Gathering Spirit Flowers, all the more than ten immature Gathering Spirit Flowers you owned withered away] Su Xing felt a wave of embarrassment upon seeing this. "Goodness, who would have thought such a random epiphany could be so powerful? Merely three days of enlightenment and I actually directly entered the second phase of Origin Force''s operation! If I were to follow the normal pace of cultivation, it would take at least thirty years to step into the second phase, right?" "If you calcte it like that, in the state of enlightenment, a single day''s insight is worth ten years of hard training!" Su Xing''s lips curved up crazily, he had figured it out. This random enlightenment was a "lottery-type talent"; it''s an invisible talent on regr days, but once fortuitously stimted, Su Xing was definitely in luck, as though he won the lottery. "Just how powerful is this Origin Force Enwrapment stage after all?" Su Xing''s eyes showed a hint of curiosity as he continued to simte. [When your mastery of Origin Force sessfully entered the second phase, you inted unprecedentedly. You used the force training machine specially crafted by the Great Xia Military and discovered that your strength has neared eight million jin under the use of Origin Force!] [Such a terrifying magnitude of strength is far beyond what any Heavenly King Level professional can achieve, leading you to make a bold decision; you challenged Martial Emperor Level powerhouse Lu Yuanwu to test whether your strength had reached the Martial Emperor Level.] [You were pressed to the ground by Lu Yuanwu and thoroughly roughed up. This taught you that although your strength had tremendously increased, there was still a vast chasm between you and an established Martial Emperor Level powerhouse like Lu Yuanwu.] [You asked Lu Yuanwu what level your strength actually was at, and Lu Yuanwu told you that with your strength you were considered invincible amongst those at the Heavenly King Level, but victory was still impossible against a Martial Emperor Level.] [You were incredulous and asked why the gap was so vast.] [Lu Yuanwu told you, for a Martial Emperor Level powerhouse to kill a Heavenly King Level powerhouse was as simple as squashing an ant. When you could achieve such a feat, that would mean you''ve reached the threshold of the Martial Emperor Level.] [Your previously swelling ego was shattered because you knew although you could defeat Heavenly King Level professionals, you were far from being able to do it instantly.] [Thus you reflected deeply and continued to train with determination!] [In the fourteenth year, you were hopelessly addicted to cultivation, feeling your bodily strength be increasingly powerful, and took a firm step closer to Great Perfection of the Origin Martial Realm!] [In the fifteenth year, Luo Shuying''s homnd suffered a massive invasion by the Foreign Race, tens of thousands from the Spirit Race perished in battle, and thousands of Luo Shuying''s Spirit Racepatriots fled to Blue Star.] Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this and muttered, "At the beginning, Luo Shuying''s homnd was destroyed in just the eighth year, but now it''s managed to hold out until the fifteenth year. It''s clear that the Soul Condensing Pills have had a significant impact on the Spirit Race''s strength, allowing them to hold on for an additional seven years." ``` After a pause, Su Xing sighed again: "s, is the gap between Martial Emperor Level and Heavenly King Level really so huge? Even after mastering the way to harness Origin Force, I still can''t defeat a Martial Emperor Level expert..." "And those at Martial Emperor Level are equivalent to veteran Divinity Transformation Realm powerhouses... With this in mind, I''m still far from being able to solo defeat that damned Zong!" "It seems that I can only wait until my Qi Refining Cultivation reaches the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Stage, then perhaps I could fight against a Martial Emperor Level expert?" Su Xing was uncertain about his actual strength level, but he thought that increasing his cultivation was always good. Thus, Su Xing continued the simtion. [In the sixteenth year, you consume Demon Emperor Flesh Essence every day, and your strength increases rapidly. In this year, your cultivation finally takes a firm step forward, and you be a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Origin Martial Realm!] [Your breakthrough intes your confidence, so you challenge Lu Yuanwu again, but once again he pins you to the ground and rubs you into it.] [You ask Lu Yuanwu how strong you are, and he says mboyantly that to him, you are just a slightly bigger ant.] [After hearing this, you are greatly hit and turn your grief and indignation into motivation, hoping to break through to the Divine Strength Realm.] [In the seventeenth year, you train day and night, your physical body bes even more perfect, and your strength increases considerably from the previous year. Encouraged, you continue to train hard.] [In the eighteenth year, the growth of your cultivation slows down, but you still make progress. Believing in the rewards of diligence under the Heavenly Dao, you train even harder.] [In the neenth year, your cultivation remains at the Great Perfection stage of the Origin Martial Realm. You start to pray for a state of enlightenment that could lead to breaking through to the Divine Strength Realm.] [In the twentieth year, enlightenment still does note to you, so you start looking for other methods. You ce your hopes on an elixir called the Divine Strength Pill, hoping to break through the realm by refining it.] [But you encounter the biggest problem, the fact that neither the entire Great Xia Country nor the Descending Sect''s treasury have the main ingredient needed to refine the Divine Strength Pill: the Divine Power Vine!] [Divine Power Vine is an extremely rare medicinal herb that needs to be cultivated for a hundred years before it can be used in medicine. Eventually, you find a few seeds of the Divine Power Vine among the gifts Qing Yunzi left for you, but at this point, it''s toote to nt them, so you have to give up for the time being.] [In the twenty-first year, your cultivation still remains at the Great Perfection of the Origin Martial Realm, and your improvement slows. Therefore, you focus more on understanding and utilizing Origin Force.] [In the twenty-second year, you be ever more adept at using Origin Force, able to wrap it around any part of your body, significantly enhancing your defense and firmness.] [In the twenty-third year, your cultivation hits a standstill, but you continue to practice the usage of Origin Force relentlessly.] [In the twenty-fourth year, the strength of your Origin Force surpasses the previous level, proving that your hard work was not in vain.] [In the twenty-fifth year, the Foreign Race gathers arge army to attack Demon-Subduing Pass, where hundreds of thousands of soldiers hold out for several months, but eventually, the city falls, and everyone perishesDemon-Subduing Pass is finally breached!] [In the same year, a giant beast that blots out the sky descends into the real world and swallows the entire Great Xia Country in one gulp.] [You are swallowed by the giant beast and you die!] [Your talent, unwilling to close its eyes in death, activates...] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] ``` After the simtion ended, Su Xing fell into deep contemtion. "As expected, advancing to the Divine Strength Realm from the Origin Martial Realm isn''t so easy. My current cultivation level has already reached the seventhyer of the Origin Martial Realm; it won''t be long before I face the difficult challenge of breaking through to the Divine Strength Realm..." "To ovee this obstacle, there are only two methods. The first is to have another breakthrough in body cultivation talent! A purple-grade body cultivation talent could possibly allow me to cultivate my body faster, giving me a greater assurance of breaking through to the Divine Strength Realm..." "But drawing a purple-grade body cultivation talent purely depends on luck! With bad luck, it''s possible that even after dozens of simtions, I might not draw it, so I can''t ce my hope on this!" Su Xing took a deep breath and muttered to himself: "Therefore, the most reliable method is to refine the Divine Strength Pill. With the power of the elixirs, coupled with the essence of the Demon Emperor''s flesh and the enhancement of the Glutton King talent, perhaps I can breakthrough to the Divine Strength Realm..." "To refine the Divine Strength Pill, I must first cultivate the Divine Strength Vine, which takes a hundred years to grow. Even with my affinity for nts, I''m afraid it will still take twenty or thirty years, right?" "Even if I manage to cultivate the Divine Strength Vine, that is only the first step. I also have to master the method of refining the Divine Strength Pill, which adds difficulty upon difficulty..." Thinking of this, Su Xing felt a headacheing on, feeling that there was still a long road ahead before he could break through to the Divine Strength Realm. "s, let it be! I should focus on the matter at hand and choose my simtion rewards first..." Su Xing sighed, turning his gaze towards the rewards from this simtion. [Random Epiphany]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Origin Martial Realm Great Perfection]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, priced at 3 million energy points. [Twenty-Five Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, priced at 500,000 energy. [Demon Emperor Flesh Essence 10 pounds]: The essence of the Demon Emperor, containing an abundance of life force, priced at 10 million energy. [Thirty Mature Gathering Spirit Flowers]: Priced at 3 million energy. [Origin Force Cultivation Achievements]: Containing the insights and oues of Origin Force cultivation, choosing this can directly grant the Coiling Stage (Second Stage) Origin Force, priced at 10 million energy. Looking at the simtion rewards in front of him, Su Xing did not overthink and quickly made his decision. "I choose the Purple Talent Random Epiphany and the Origin Force Cultivation Achievement from this simtion!" The choice of the Purple Talent was obvious; the Random Epiphany was akin to a divine skill, capable of equating one day of cultivation to ten years if triggered! Su Xing''s expectation for this talent was not high. He hoped that at least once during the simtion, he would trigger a random epiphany, right? If triggered, Su Xing would be making a huge profit! As for Su Xing''s second choice, the Origin Force Cultivation Achievement. It was simply because the cultivation of Origin Force took too much time. Including Su Xing''s twenty years of cultivation along with a three-day epiphany, the integrated cultivation time had exceeded fifty years! It''s as if Su Xing spent a full fifty years to cultivate his Origin Force to the second stage, the Coiling Stage! If he didn''t choose this time, and there was no epiphany next time, Su Xing would really lose out. As for Gathering Spirit Flowers and the Origin Martial Realm Great Perfection Cultivation Level, these were things that Su Xing could obtain if he was willing to spend time, so they were not an immediate concern. After Su Xing made his selection, the simtor''s prompt tone quickly rang in his ear. [Ding, it has been detected that your current talent slot is full. Expanding to a second additional talent slot will cost 100,000 simtion energy points, do you want to expand?] [You may also choose to rece one of your current talents, which will require 100,000 simtion energy points, do you want to rece?] After hearing this, the corner of Su Xing''s mouth twitched. Wasn''t it just 10,000 simtion energy pointsst time? Why does expanding the talent slot cost a hundred thousand now? One hundred thousand energy points wasn''t a lot for Su Xing, but at this rate, he feared that the third additional talent slot would require a million energy points! However, recing a talent also required one hundred thousand energy points, so for Su Xing, it made more sense to expand to an extra talent slot. "I choose to expand the additional talent slot!" [Ding, you have chosen to expand an additional talent slot, spending 100,000 energy points, remaining energy 34,801,666 points.] [You have chosen to take the Purple Talent Random Epiphany, spending 1 million energy points, remaining energy 33,801,666 points.] [You have chosen to take the Origin Force Cultivation Achievement, spending 10 million energy points, remaining energy 23,801,666 points.] Looking at the rapidly decreased prompts on the simtion panel, a pained expression appeared on Su Xing''s face. "Sigh, this simtion has really bled me dry, spending nearly twenty million energy points... At this rate, no matter how much energy I have, it won''t be enough!" However, Su Xing understood that the reason for such a huge expense this time was because of his cultivation of Origin Force, and including the immersive simtion fees, the cost had nearly reached twenty million. "Sigh, I hope the enhancement brought by Origin Force is worth the eighteen million energy points!" With Su Xing''s choices made, two mysterious powers soon descended upon him. The purple light symbolizing the Random Epiphany Talent fell upon Su Xing and quickly vanished. Immediately after, Su Xing''s mind was filled with a flood of memories about Origin Force cultivation... As the memories poured in, Su Xing''s mastery of Origin Force surged rapidly. No, it wasn''t just the influx of memories! The amount and strength of Origin Force within Su Xing''s body also increased several times in an instant! After a long time, Su Xing opened his eyes, his face disying shock as he looked at the Origin Force covering his hands and murmured: "Hss~ With the control of Coiling Stage Origin Force, could it really offer such a terrifying enhancement?" Chapter 109: Chapter 102: Strength Reaches Five Million Catties, Divine Power Vine! ``` His control over Origin Force had been elevated to the Entwining level, which directly doubled the enhancement of his physical strength by Origin Force! Now that Su Xing''s pure physical strength reached 2.5 million catties, once he had entwined Origin Force around it, the explosive force would reach 5 million catties! And this was merely the contribution of Origin Force to his strength. Beyond enhancing strength, Su Xing could now twine Origin Force around any part of his body, such as his skin! If he entwined it around the skin of his abdomen, Su Xing''s defensive power in that area could be doubled for a short time until the Origin Force was exhausted. The same principle applied when entwined around the arms or back; the effect was the same. It was just a pity that Su Xing had just stepped into the Entwining level and was not yet capable of full-body entwinement with Origin Force. Once he achieved full-body entwinement, it would be as if Su Xing were wearing an invisible suit of heavy armor, significantly boosting his defense! "Tsk, no wonder Origin Force is so highly valued; the reason why Body Refinement Cultivators are so powerful must be closely rted to Origin Force!" Su Xing murmured to himself slightly. He understood that a Body Refinement Cultivator with Origin Force was theplete form, able to truly unleash the power of Body Refinement! "Entwining level Origin Force, something that a Cultivator in the Divine Strength Realm should possess, and yet, due to an unexpected turn of events, I''ve mastered it ahead of time. Really quite lucky!" Su Xing''s mood brightened as he opened his professional panel for a look. [Name: Su Xing] [Age: 21] [Profession: Cultivator (Unique Hidden Profession)] [Cultivation Level: Nascent Soul Stage, 1st Layer; Origin Martial Realm, 7th Layer] [Cultivation Technique: Changchun Technique, Pill Condensation Secret Technique] [Talent: Epiphanic Insight, Big Eater, Wood-Fire Dual True Spiritual Root, Innate Divine Strength, Fortuitous Serendipity, Looks That Would Make Pan An Envious (omitted)...] [Skills: Li Fire Technique (Minor Achievement), Alchemy (Minor Achievement), Spirit Explosion Technique (Minor Achievement), Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique (Beginner), Fifty-Zhang Divine Sense (Five Senses Realm), Origin Force Mastery (Entwining Level)] As expected, Origin Force Mastery (Entwining Level) had been categorized as a skill on the panel. Counting his arsenal, Su Xing now possessed not a few offensive methods. Li Fire Technique and Origin Force were both considered major killing tools, with only Spirit Explosion Technique, created by Su Xing himself, being slightly less powerful. "Tsk,pared to Body Refinement Cultivation, my Qi Refining Cultivation of Nascent Soul Realm''s 1st Layer seems a bitcking..." Su Xing frowned slightly, his short-term goal being to cultivate both Body Refinement and Qi Refinement to the pinnacle of the current realms and then find a way to break through to the Divinity Transformation Realm and Divine Strength Realm. Once he did that, Su Xing''s dual cultivation in both Body Refinement and Qi Refinement would give him an edge when it was time to settle scores with that Damned Zong! The moment he killed Damned Zong, he would inevitably inherit his legacy, and Su Xing''s strength would soar once again in a positive cycle! "Sigh, although the goal is beautiful, I must still remain down-to-earth!" With a sigh, Su Xing skillfully took out the Alchemy Furnace and began his Alchemy. It was still the mundane life of pill making. Su Xing multi-tasked, concocting two batches of elixirs at the same time. In just a week, he had created over five thousand pills. Even during his Alchemy breaks, he still found time to nt the Divine Strength vines. ``` The Divine Strength Vine, being the main ingredient for the mid-tier Divine Strength Pills, was not as energy-consuming to cultivate as the Gathering Spirit Flower. In simple terms, as long as Su Xing watered it every few days, the nt would grow vigorously. What troubled Su Xing, though, was the slow growth of the Divine Strength Vine; it required hundreds of years to mature, and even with the affinity for nts, it would still take twenty or thirty years. Soon a week had passed, and Su Xing emerged from the Spirit Field Blessed Land, walking towards the familiar vi of the Tarot Society. "Sigh, it''s been months of the same two-point routine life, every day spent either refining pills or simting When will this ever end?" With a sigh, Su Xing, although a Cultivator, still retained his humanity and felt monotony and boredom. This weekly routine even reminded him of his senior high school days in his past life. "s, it''s all because my strength is still too low! Perhaps once I be stronger, I can explore various instances..." Su Xing shook his head slightly, once again encouraging himself. Upon reaching the familiar vi and entering his private room, Jin Congxue had been waiting for a long time. Today she was dressed in yoga attire, the snug outfit entuating her shapely figure. Su Xing''s eyes lit up at the sight, and the weekly meal with Jin Congxue was one of his rare rxation times. The meal was quickly finished, and the two got down to business. Jin Congxue took out a storage ring and said, "Thisprises the equipment produced by the Tarot Commerce Associationst week, as well as the umted instance trash... By the way, what do you need so much instance trash for?" Receiving the ring, Su Xing chuckled and said, "Of course, it''s to dig out treasures from the trash items! Aren''t all those trash lords dreaming of such luck?" Jin Congxue couldn''t help butugh at Su Xing''sment, "Is that so? I thought you were buying them to eat!" Su Xing rolled his eyes and then handed over the elixirs he had refined that week to Jin Congxue. Suddenly, Su Xing thought of something and asked, "Sister Xue, what if we contracted a few instances specifically for mining exotic metals, do you think we could do it?" Jin Congxue was surprised and teased him, "Wow! Acquiring mining instance rights, our big boss sure has grand ambitions! You''ve just finished taking over the Lingyun Commerce Guild, and now you want to acquire mining instances. Are you nning to take down the Jin Merchant Guild and be a topmerce association within a few years?" Su Xing felt a bit sheepish upon hearing this; after all, the woman before him was the heiress to the Jin Merchant Guild. Recing the Jin Merchant Guild and bing a topmerce association was something to ponder in private and definitely not to voice out loud. "Cough cough, just tell me if it''s possible, eh? The main reason I need to mine the exotic metals myself is for personal use, we can keep it within our own operation..." After hearing Su Xing''s words, Jin Congxue pondered for a moment before saying, "It''s not entirely impossible; exotic metals are controlled items, and aside from official parties, very fewmerce associations dare to mine them." "However, every year there is a batch of secondary exotic metal mining instances that do get released. These can produce first-tier exotic metals and a small amount of second-tier metals..." "But the application process is quite cumbersome. Our Tarot Commerce Association is a first-tier association, so we barely qualify, but it still requires approval from the Great Xia government!" Su Xing nodded after hearing this. He knew that Jin Congxue''s grandfather was none other than Lu Yuanwu, the famous Martial Emperor of the Great Xia Military. With such a background, Jin Congxue was bound to be a big shot in both the military and business worlds! "Sister Xue, just tell me if it''s possible or not. There''s nothing in this world that my Sister Xue can''t handle!" Su Xing blinked his eyes, pleading. After hearing this, Jin Congxue rolled her eyes and said, "You''re as sweet-talking as if you''ve smeared honey on your lips! Let''s make it clear in advance, I can''t guarantee this will work out. I do have some resources on hand that can gain ess to the mining simtor..." "But, the review process for the simtor is quite troublesome; it would take at least three to five months to fully contract the simtor and start mining." "Moreover, contracting a mining area simtor isn''t a small figure, it would require at least a few hundred billion to be sufficient..." Upon hearing this, Su Xing patted his chest confidently and said, "Don''t worry, leave the money matters to me! Sister Xue, you just go ahead and use your connections!" After hearing this, Jin Congxue nodded her head, signifying her agreement. After the meal, Su Xing returned to school and, finding himself alone, entered into the Spirit Field Blessed Land. He took out the storage ring Jin Congxue had given him and with a thought, turned the white equipment and simtor junk inside into energy. After the transactions with Lingyun Commerce Guild werepleted, Su Xing''s energy didn''t surge by tens of millions like before, but it was a stable and steady flow. Forty thousand pieces of white-quality equipment brought Su Xing a total of 2.2 million energy points. Coupled with the simtor junk he acquired, Su Xing''s energy increased by another 6 million points! With that, Su Xing now had about 30 million energy points left in his simtor. On March 25, 2024 of the New Era, Su Xing promptly started a new round of simtion. "Begin simtion!" [Ding! This simtion will consume 2,900 energy points, leaving you with 30,031,550 energy points remaining, with an unlimited number of simtion attempts remaining.] [The simtion has started!] [Drawing a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, and drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?] "Do I even need to think about it? Of course, I pick the purple talent! Who do you think you''re looking down on?" As soon as Su Xing said this, a notification sounded in his ear. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the purple talent, Dragon yer!] [Dragon yer]: You are naturally the bane of all dragonkind. All creatures with dragon blood that see you will involuntarily feel fear, and you deal an additional 50% damage to all dragon-type creatures! "Hmm? Dragon yer talent? This seems to be a buff-type talent!" Su Xing read the description of the Dragon yer talent carefully, realizing it was straightforward and specifically targeted at dragon-kind. "But the problem is... damn it, I''ve never seen a dragon! It''s not even certain whether there are dragons in this world. What do I need this talent for?" Su Xing ranted internally. "Perhaps I''ll encounter dragons after entering the Cultivation World, but isn''t that too far off from now?" Su Xing made a swift decision that he could keep this talent for now, depositing it in the talent pool to be chosenter when needed. "Looking at it this way, I shouldn''t have chosen a talent reward for this simtion... Perhaps I should set a simtion n first." After pondering, Su Xing felt the immediate priorities were two-fold: find a way to break through to the Divine Strength Realm, and increase the reserve of spiritual energy in the Spirit Field Blessed Land. With these two points in mind, Su Xing already had a preliminary n for this simtion. [In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize that you are simting.] [First week, nothing special happens while you routinely refine elixirs and cultivate spirit nts.] [Second week, you went to the Luotian Meeting Instance and were fortunate to gain entry.] [You enter the Luotian Meeting Instance] Upon seeing this, Su Xing was moved and immediately said, "Activate immersive simtion feature, duration two hours!" [Ding, you have sessfully activated immersive simtion, consuming 200,000 energy points, simtion time is 2 hours, remaining energy is 29,731,550 points.] As his vision shifted, Su Xing found himself in the Luotian Meeting Instance. It was the same familiar task process; Su Xing went to the rear mountain and saw his Shennong uncle at Shennong Youtian. "Su nephew, you''re here!" Shennong Youtian was as cordial as ever, chatting casually with Su Xing. Su Xing also listened quietly, and when the timing was right, he couldn''t help asking, "Uncle Shennong, I have a question to ask you... The Divine Strength Vine, a spirit nt that grows slowly and requires a hundred years before it can be used as medicine. Do you know how to elerate the maturation of the Divine Strength Vine?" Indeed, this was why Su Xing was using the immersive simtion. While it''s nice to read books in the Scripture Pavilion, the prices are truly exorbitant. Su Xing simply treated the Luotian Meeting as a ce to solve his doubts. As long as he grasped the right timing and rhythm, he could get the answers he sought from Shennong uncle. For instance, the previous cultivation of the Gathering Spirit Flower or the current issue at hand. Hearing Su Xing''s question, Shennong uncle smiled and asked, "Nephew, are you about to break through to the Divine Strength Realm and wish to refine the Divine Strength Pill, so you''re asking me about cultivating the Divine Strength Vine?" Su Xing nodded, as that was indeed his intention. Shennong Youtian thought for a moment and answered, "There are many ways to mature spirit nts quickly. Themon method is to elerate its growth with wood attribute spiritual energy... With continuous impartation of wood attribute spiritual energy, even Divine Strength Vines can mature quickly..." "Additionally, the Divine Strength Vine prefers sunlight and dislikes shade, and it thrives in dry conditions rather than damp ones. The correct cultivation method can also make the Divine Strength Vine mature faster!" After pausing for a moment, Shennong Youtian added, "However, I have heard of a special trait that, when cultivating spirit nts, can increase the speed of the nts'' maturation several times over!" Chapter 110: Chapter 103: Transforming into a Farmer, Abounding in Spiritual Energy! Su Xing''s heart stirred after hearing this. A special constitution that increases the maturity speed of spirit nts several-fold--isn''t that just Su Xing''s nt affinity talent? "As for using wood attribute spiritual power to hasten the maturity of spirit nts... Howe I never thought of that?" "Once I''ve grown enough Gathering Spirit Flowers and there is enough spiritual energy in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, I can indeed use wood attribute spiritual power to hasten their maturity. At most, it will just consume more spiritual power and exhaust me a bit more!" Su Xing took note of the cultivation methods exined by Uncle Shennong and resolved to pay extra attention when cultivating the Divine Power Ver on. Soon, Su Xing had delivered the Shennong Youtian to his master''s side; there was less than an hour left before the immersive simtion ended. Su Xing rushed to the library, grabbed a book titled "Records of Curious Tales from the Cultivation World," and read it with interest. This book contained somemon knowledge about the cultivation world and various schools of thought, which was very helpful in broadening Su Xing''s horizons. Shortly, the immersive simtion ended, and Su Xing''s consciousness returned to the real world. Two hundred thousand energy points in exchange for the opportunity to ask one question, plus expanding his knowledge of the cultivation world, was indeed a good deal. "Great, I''ve sessfully obtained the fast cultivation method for the Divine Power Vine, let''s see how effective this method really is..." Su Xing murmured, his gaze fixed on the simtion panel. [Aftering out from the Luotian Meeting instance, you have a new understanding of how to cultivate the Divine Power Vine.] [It just so happens that you practice the wood attribute Cultivation Technique, the Changchun Technique, so you spend some time every day infusing the Divine Power Vine with wood attribute spiritual energy.] [Under your meticulous care, the Divine Power Vine grows rapidly, but your consumption of spiritual power is quite significant, and you are drained dry by the Divine Power Vine each day.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan came to you, and after a night of turning clouds and rain, you joined the Descending Sect.] [You revealed your augmentation directly to the Descending Sect, crushing Heavenly King Level strength, and your talent for alchemy made you sessfully establish a foothold within the sect.] [Luo Shuying and Damned Zong both reached out to you, and you unhesitatingly joined Luo Shuying''s faction.] [The next day, you spoke the secret words to Luo Shuying and gained her trust.] [With Luo Shuying''s help, you sessfully plundered a vast array of treasures from the Descending Sect''s treasury.] [But you were not content, your goal was to empty the Descending Sect''s treasury within three years and then defect with Luo Shuying.] [In the second year, the five Divine Power Vines you nted had sprouted green shoots, and you created an area specifically for the growth of the Divine Power Vines.] [That same year, you became a respected Elder within the Descending Sect and had some freedom of movement.] [But you kept up with your daily routine of alchemy and cultivation, without haste.] [Together with Luo Shuying, you secretly emptied out the Descending Sect''s stock of spiritual medicines, amassing nearly fifty thousand elixirs.] [In the third year, you had a hundred thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills, Organ Refining Pills, and other elixirs at your disposal, as well as tens of thousands of unprocessed raw medicinal herbs.] [You believed the time to defect from the Descending Sect was ripe, so you contacted the Great Xia Military, taking Luo Shuying with you as you defected.] [You were pursued by the Descending Sect, but fortunately, with the help of Luo Shuying and the Great Xia Military, you safely arrived in Kyoto.] [That same year, your first batch of Gathering Spirit Flowers matured, and you began to pollinate them, obtaining seven embryos of Gathering Spirit Flowers.] [In the fourth year, apart from your daily alchemy, you devoted more energy to nting Gathering Spirit Flowers, which grew strong under your care.] [That year, with your help, the Great Xia Country gained tens of thousands of Grandmaster Level professionals.] [In the fifth year, you began to make Soul Condensing Pills, and as your alchemy skills continually improved, the sess rate of concocting them had reached sixty percent.] [You handed over thepleted Soul Condensing Pills to Luo Shuying, hoping to increase the overall strength of the Spirit Race.] [In the sixth year, although you rarely tempered your body in these years, you managed to break through to the ninth level of the Origin Martial Realm due to having an abundance of Origin Martial Pills and Demon King Flesh Essence.] [That year, Luo Shuying advanced to a Legendary Level powerhouse and began to lead teams to hunt down members of the Descending Sect.] [One day, your second generation Gathering Spirit Flowers matured, the number of mature Gathering Spirit Flowers you owned reached ten, and you also had twenty immature Gathering Spirit Flower embryos.] [In the seventh year, you refined all the elixirs you had umted over the years, and you added fifty thousand Grandmaster Level professionals and several hundred Heavenly King Level powerhouses to the Great Xia Country.] [You became a hero of the Great Xia Country, an existence admired by all, but you didn''t care for these empty honors, only wanting to farm peacefully.] [That same year, the five Divine Power Vines you nted had reached one foot in height. ording to the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, Divine Power Vines grow one foot in thirty years. Once they reach three feet and one inch, they are considered fully mature and can be sessfully used in medicine.] [In the eighth year, you were still busy farming every day, asionally gathering with friends and rtives.] [Because of your influence, your close friend Yu Yan and your sister Su Nianan survived and became Heavenly King Level professionals.] [You brought your parents and family to Kyoto, under the protection of the Great Xia Military.] [In this simtion, farming was a breeze, you had plenty of time, and enjoyed morepany with your parents.] [In the ninth year, your third generation Gathering Spirit Flowers matured, the number of mature Gathering Spirit Flowers you had reached thirty, and the number of immature ones grew to thirty.] Chapter 111: Chapter 103: Transforming into a Farmer, Abounding in Spiritual Energy!_2 [In the tenth year, your days were very prosperous, feasting every day on the flesh essence of demonic beasts, and with every nt, you felt the future brimming with hope.] [In the eleventh year, out of sheer boredom, you wanted to add some excitement to your life, so you requested Luo Shuying and the Great Xia Military to help you locate the damned Zong and hoped to kill him.] [Luo Shuying pursued the damned Zong for a whole year, but with many life-saving tricks up his sleeve and his prudent nature, he always managed to escape disaster.] [In the twelfth year, the fourth generation of Gathering Spirit Flowers you nted matured, bringing the number of mature Gathering Spirit Flowers you owned to sixty. However, due to a mistake, over half of the Gathering Spirit Flower seeds withered, reducing the number in your Spirit Field to ten.] [A leisurely year of farming in the thirteenth year.] [In the fourteenth year, you continued farming, and the Divine Power vines you had nted had now grown two feet tall, slowly approaching maturity.] [In the fifteenth year, the number of Gathering Spirit Flowers you cultivated reached seventy, and to prevent any idents, you carefully protected the immature Gathering Spirit Flowers.] [In the sixteenth year, Luo Shuying''s hometown was destroyed by a foreign race, and youforted her.] [Another year of farming in the seventeenth year.] [In the eighteenth year, the number of Gathering Spirit Flowers you owned reached ny, and you continued farming.] [Farming in the neenth year.] [Still farming in the twentieth year.] [In the twenty-first year, the Divine Power vines you had nted had grown three feet tall, not far from reaching maturity and being suitable for medicinal use.] [That same year, the number of Gathering Spirit Flowers you owned broke through to over a hundred, with an unprecedented abundance of Spiritual Power in your Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [In the twenty-second year, the Human Race''s Demon-Subduing Pass suffered a massive invasion by demonic beasts, incurring heavy losses.] [In the twenty-third year, you began to concoct Wound Healing Pills and Fasting Pills for the Human Race, hoping that Demon-Subduing Pass could hold out for longer.] [In the twenty-fourth year, the five Divine Strength vines you had nted finally maturedpletely, and while your heart was filled with joy, you chose to keep them rather than turning them into elixirs.] [That year, you had 120 mature Gathering Spirit Flowers, and a total of 27 immature Gathering Spirit Flower seeds.] [In the twenty-fifth year, Demon-Subduing Pass fell apart, and demonic beasts invaded inrge numbers.] [That same year, a behemoth descended upon the real world and swallowed the entire Great Xia Country in one bite.] [You died!] [Your innate talent, "Purple Talent," unwilling to die unsatisfied, activated...] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] After seeing the process of this simtion, Su Xing couldn''t help butugh and cry: "It seems that in this simtion, I''ve be a proper farmer, huh! Indeed, I have a heart for farming!" Su Xing somewhat understood why he chose as he did in the simtion. Both the Gathering Spirit Flowers and the Divine Power vines were of great importance to Su Xing. Being able to take these two types of Spiritual Medicine out of the simtion would undoubtedly save him a lot of trouble in the future. Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the rewards of this simtion. [Dragon yer]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Origin Martial Realm Ninth Layer]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, priced at 2 million energy points. [Twenty-Five Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, priced at 500 thousand energy points. [One hundred and twenty mature Gathering Spirit Flowers, thirty Gathering Spirit Flower seeds]: priced at 12.3 million energy points. [Five mature Divine Power vines]: priced at 10 million energy points. With five simtion rewards to choose from, Su Xing didn''t have much to contemte. The Purple Talent, Dragon yer, although with good potential, was of no use to the current Su Xing. As for the Body Refinement Cultivation Level and Alchemy Experience, Su Xing could take them at any time and besides, in this simtion his main focus was farming; picking these two wouldn''t be cost-effective. "So, there''s no choice left, huh!" The corners of Su Xing''s mouth curved slightly upward as he whispered: "I choose to take the Gathering Spirit Flowers and the Divine Power vines!" [You have chosen to take out 120 mature Gathering Spirit Flowers, thirty Gathering Spirit Flower seeds, spending 12.3 million points of energy, leaving you with 17,531,550 points of energy...] [You have chosen to take out five Power Vines (mature stage), costing 10 million energy points, remaining energy 7,531,550 points.] Su Xing heard the simtor''s notification, and as he watched the energy levels on the panel decreasing like flowing water, a pained expression appeared on his face. "Sigh, the hard-earned 50 million simtor energy, spent in just two simtions? Isn''t this just a bit too wasteful!" Su Xing sighed, knowing that although it cost a lot of energy, it was all worth it. With no less than 120 Gathering Spirit Flowers, plus 30 Gathering Spirit Flower seeds, Su Xing wouldn''tck the Spiritual Energy needed for cultivation for a long time toe. Even if Su Xing''s realm became higher in the future and he needed more Spiritual Energy for cultivation, having thirty Gathering Spirit Flower seeds meant he could quickly umte a massive number of Gathering Spirit Flowers through one or two simtions, given the base number. As for the Power Vine... "Tsk tsk, 10 million energy for merely five Power Vines? That''s an average of 2 million per vine, these Power Vines are even more expensive than I imagined!" Su Xing remarked, then looked around, but did not find any additional Power Vines by his side. "Strange, where are my rewards? Why aren''t they here?" Just as Su Xing was feeling puzzled, the simtor''s notification sound came again. [Ding, due to the special nature of Spirit nt rewards, they have been automatically nted in a suitable location...] Su Xing was taken aback for a moment, then began to search for them within the Spirit Field Blessed Land. Sure enough, in the garden where Su Xing had previously nted the Gathering Spirit Flowers, many new palm-sized white flowers had sprung up, which were the very Gathering Spirit Flowers Su Xing had been longing for! At this moment, these 120 Gathering Spirit Flowers were frantically absorbing the surrounding Spiritual Energy. With each rhythmic absorption of the Gathering Spirit Flowers, the surrounding Spiritual Energy became more abundant and dense. Moreover, this Spiritual Energy was constantly spreading outward, slowly extending to the entire Spirit Field Blessed Land instance, making the Spiritual Energy within the Blessed Land even more plentiful. "At this rate of Spiritual Energy generation, it probably won''t take more than a few months for the density of Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Field Blessed Land to double or even triple, right?" Su Xing looked on with satisfaction at all of this, the sparse white flowers giving him a great sense of aplishment. As long as he had enough Gathering Spirit Flowers, the richness of the Spiritual Energy in his Spirit Field Blessed Land could catch up with that of a real Blessed Land. "One day, I will have more Gathering Spirit Flowers here than the Luo Tian Sect has on their back mountain!" Su Xing revealed his ambition. Not far from the Gathering Spirit Flowers were five Power Vines twined around long poles. Each Power Vine was three feet and one inch tall, with the thickness of a thumb, simple and unadorned, like dry wood. "These Power Vines are the base for my Divine Strength Pills in the future!" Filled with motivation, Su Xing began to make elixirs through the night. In the following week, Su Xing made six thousand Nourishing Face Pills and Wound Healing Pills, and chose a time to hand all these Elixirs over to Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue then exchanged thetest equipment and Instance Dungeon Items with Su Xing. Fifty thousand white-quality equipment and an Instance Dungeon Item in a storage ring gave Su Xing a sudden increase of 8 million energy points. Thus, Su Xing''s simtor energy reached the tens of millions level again. On April 1, 2024, of the New Era, Su Xing started his thirtieth simtion. "Begin simtion!" [Ding! This simtion costs 3,000 energy points, remaining energy 15,803,888 points, remaining number of simtions unlimited.] [Simtion starting!] [Extracting green talent costs 1,000 energy points, blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, extracting purple talent costs 100,000 energy points, would you like to extract?] Without a moment''s hesitation, Su Xing said softly, "Extract purple-grade talent!" [Ding, congrattions on acquiring the purple talent, Sword Obsession!] [Sword Obsession]: You were born for the sword, with a sword in hand, you outmatch all things in the world. Three years of sword practice, and you will unify your heart with the sword, nine years of sword practice, and you will master it without a teacher,prehending the thirteen sword moves that can seize life...] Chapter 112: Chapter 104: Purple Talent, Sword Maniac! Seeing the newly drawn talent, Su Xing raised his eyebrows. "This is already the third time I have drawn a talent rted to swords. Could it be... I truly have a natural affinity for swords and am destined to be a supreme Sword Immortal?" From the initial Sword Dao talent to the Sword Dao prodigy, and even now, Su Xing had drawn a purple-quality Sword Maniac talent! As the saying goes, "thingse in threes," Su Xing was genuinely moved this time. However, Su Xing was somewhat conflicted because he had no swordsmanship cultivation techniques or secret manuals. How could he practice swordsmanship? It was at this moment that Su Xing noticed a sentence in the description of the talent... "On the ninth year of sword practice, you willprehend the Thirteen Deadly Swords!" "So, does this mean I canprehend sword techniques on my own? If that''s the case, then this talent is indeed indispensable!" Su Xing''s heart raced at the thought. "As for whether I canprehend a cultivation technique, why not try and find out?" Su Xing turned his attention to the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize you are in a simtion.] [You feel a sudden intense interest in swords and take out a blue-quality sword-type weapon from your storage ring.] [With a sword in hand, your heart swells with pride, believing you were born for the sword!] [Thus, you begin to diligently practice swordsmanship!] [This practice took three months!] [During these three months, besides your daily alchemy, you devoted all your energy and focus to the Sword Dao.] [You hadn''t had much exposure to swords before, but you found it exceptionally easy to get started. In just three months, you swung your sword tens of thousands of times, mastering several basic swordsmanship techniques found online.] [In a few short months, you had mastered the basics of sword techniques: strike, thrust, parry, and sweep, and began to grow dissatisfied, wanting to practice more advanced sword techniques.] [Thus, you decided to head to the Luotian Meeting Instance in hopes of learning superior swordsmanship.] Moved by what he saw, Su Xing silently said to himself: "Activate immersive simtion function for two hours." [Ding, you have sessfully used immersive simtion, consuming 200,000 points of energy, simting for 2 hours, remaining energy 15,503,888 points] The prompt from the simtor rang in Su Xing''s ear. The next second, Su Xing''s figure vanished from his spot and appeared inside the Luotian Meeting Instance. It was the familiar task process; Su Xing took his Shennong uncle to meet the teacher. During this time, Su Xing also asked Shennong uncle about swordsmanship, but as Shennong Youtian was a farmer, naturally, he knew nothing of it. Therefore, Su Xing had no choice but to head to the library, seeking the Sword Dao that suited himself. Soon, Su Xing discovered an ancient manual in the library that was on his target listthe "Compendium of Sword Cultivation". Although the book''s name was ordinary, it was one of the essential introductory books for sword cultivators. The reason was none other than it being authored by the world-renowned Sword Immortal, Lu Dong, from tens of thousands of years ago! Thispendium of Sword Cultivation covered all the basics of sword practice and could be said that as long as one fully grasped thispendium, learning any advanced swordsmanship would be effortless in the future. Soon, Su Xing became engrossed in the cultivation within thispendium. As two hours flew by and the immersive simtion time was about to end, Su Xing did not hesitate to choose to renew it. [Ding, you have sessfully used immersive simtion, consuming 2.2 million points of energy, simting for 22 hours, remaining energy 13,303,888 points.] With time now ample, Su Xing immersed himselfpletely in thependium of Sword Cultivation. From the initial iprehension, to a vague understanding, then to a certain level of insight, Su Xing absorbed the swordsmanship knowledge from thependium voraciously. In continuous learning, Su Xing''sprehension of swordsmanship grew rapidly. After an indeterminate amount of time, when Su Xing opened his eyes again, he was already back in the real world but paid no attention to this fact. "Hiss~ When did I return to the real world... The immersive simtion ended, howe I didn''t notice?" Su Xing''s eyes widened before he murmured in bewilderment: "Could it be, I just entered a state of epiphany?" As Su Xing digested the memories in his mind, he felt like he had instantly be a master of swordsmanship theory! "So, it''s because I possess the Sword Maniac talent and when immersed in the study of the Compendium of Sword Cultivation, I inadvertently triggered the epiphany... That''s the reason for such progress?" Su Xing found it hard to believe. Such a coincidence had actually happened to him, triggering the talent for epiphany during immersive simtion. Considering that a day of epiphany could equate to ten years of cultivation, Su Xing would at least be equivalent to a master who had immersed himself in the study of swordsmanship theory for a decade! "Tsk tsk, I really got lucky... The swordsmanship knowledge in my mind should be enough for me to digest for a long time, right?" Closing his eyes and recalling, the Compendium of Sword Cultivation divided the ordinary sword into three parts: human, earth, heaventhree swords! With the Human Sword mastered, one could y any enemy in the world; there would be no one who could not be killed. The Earth Sword drew upon the momentum of heaven and earth to form a Sword of Creation, one strike could change celestial phenomena, cause mountains to copse, or tsunamis to arise. The final stage, the Heavenly Sword, once mastered, would provide direct ess to the Dao of the Sword Immortal. During the immersive simtion, Su Xing had studied the Sword Compendium for one day and triggered an epiphany, equivalent to studying the Compendium of Sword Cultivation for ten years, having barely finished reading the vast first part. After that, Su Xing also withdrew from the immersive simtion. However, the practice of just the first part, the Human Sword, was enough for Su Xing to digest for a long time. "If I can perfect my Human Sword cultivation, I might really be able to contest Divinity Transformation with my Nascent Soul, right?" Shock colored Su Xing''s face, tinged with a hint of expectation. Which youth hasn''t dreamed of bing a sword immortal, d in white, wielding an immortal sword, standing alone above the world? Even Su Xing was no exception. Thinking this, Su Xing''s face flushed with eagerness, itching to begin simtions. [You emerged from the Luotian Meeting Instance, eager to practice your swordsmanship.] [Thus, you spent six hours daily practicing the most fundamental sword techniques, integrating them into your understanding.] [Three monthster, Wang Qingxuan found you.] [Reluctantly suspending your sword training, you joined the Descending Sect with Wang Qingxuan after one night.] [Within the sect, you disyed extraordinary strength and impressive alchemy skills, and sessfully joined Luo Shuying''s faction as you wished.] [The next day, you spoke the secret phrase to Luo Shuying and earned her trust.] [Luo Shuying helped you obtain many medicinal ingredients, which you spent two hours a day refining. With the rest of your time, you chose to cultivate.] [In the second year, you became the eighteenth elder of the Descending Sect, known by the codename ''Elder Medicine.''] [You devoted more thought to the practice of swordsmanship, rapidly enhancing yourbat abilities.] [You did not choose to re-enter the Luotian Meeting Instance because the knowledge of the Sword Dao in your mind alone was enough for prolonged cultivation.] [In the third year, you and Luo Shuying defected from the Descending Sect, taking with you most of the sect''s treasured inventory.] [Several protectors and elders of the Descending Sect pursued you to no avail, as you had already allied with the Great Xia Military, ultimately turning the tables and ying the elders and protectors sent after you.] [In the fourth year, with ample Spiritual Energy and the daily ingestion of Dragon Spirit Pills, your cultivation level rapidly rose, and you became a second-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator.] [That same year, through daily physical tempering and swordsmanship training, supplemented by abundant Flesh Essence and Origin Martial Pills, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level soared to the eighth level of the Origin Martial Realm!] [In the fifth year, you concocted Soul Condensing Pills and gifted the finished pills to Luo Shuying, significantly enhancing the Spirit Race''s strength.] [That same year, Luo Shuying ascended to be a Legendary Level expert.] [In the sixth year, you continued to ensure two hours of daily sword practice, but shifted more focus to your cultivation and alchemy.] [This year, you exhausted the medicinal ingredients you had umted, adding tens of thousands of Grandmaster Level and several hundred Heavenly King Level experts to Great Xia Country.] Seeing this, Su Xing nodded his head in agreement but kept pondering deeply. "Six years have passed and there is no more pressure to refine elixirs, so what should I do next, continue sword training, or elevate my cultivation level?" Su Xing was not clear about the difficulty of mastering thisprehensive Sword Dao, but judging from the fact that one could be an Immortal once it was mastered, the difficulty was certainly daunting. He had no idea how much time was needed to master the first part of this Sword Dao, the Human Sword! The uncertainty of time investment made Su Xing hesitate, but the thought of the significant increase in power once Human Sword was mastered reaffirmed his determination. "I still have to train in swordsmanship! But I need to divide the risk. Four hours a day is enough, I can try to improve my cultivation level with the remaining time. That way, even if I can''t be skilled in swordsmanship, I can still gain enough cultivation level to not be at a loss." Meanwhile, Su Xing harbored a sliver of hope that perhaps, just perhaps, he might have another epiphany during his sword training, which would be a huge win. With this mindset, Su Xing continued his simtions. [In the seventh year, you still spent four hours a day practicing swordsmanship, but in addition, you began attempting to concoct Divine Strength Pills.] [You cut a section of the Divine Strength Vine grown in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, meticulously ground it into powder for the medicine, and then took out the remaining ingredients for the Divine Strength Pill. After preparations wereplete, you began the concoction process.] [Since you had a limited supply of Divine Strength Vine, you estimated you could at most concoct five hundred batches of Divine Strength Pills, so you cherished every opportunity for alchemy.] [In the first month, you attempted to concoct one batch of Divine Strength Pills each day. Thirty attempts that month all resulted in failure, indicating the difficulty of concocting Divine Strength Pills was greater than you anticipated.] [In the second month, you still attempted thirty batches of Divine Strength Pills, with zero sess - a hundred percent failure rate.] [The third month] [The fourth month] [In the eighth year, after a year of attempting to concoct Divine Strength Pills, you nearly used up all five strands of the Divine Strength Vine but never managed to concoct a single sessful batch. And on your skill panel, the status of your Divine Strength Pill concoction skills remained at the uninitiated level.] [You knew that this was because the difficulty of concocting Divine Strength Pills far exceeded your current capabilities; under normal circumstances, you could not seed at all, unless you entered an epiphanic state!] [Looking at the remaining half strand of Divine Strength Vine in your hand, you hoped to trigger an epiphany and seed in the concoction.] [Over a monthter, predictably, you failed again. You didn''t enter an epiphany, and the Divine Strength Vine was all consumed.] Su Xing''s eyes widened at this revtion, then he sighed and said, "As expected, concocting Divine Strength Pills is harder than I''d imagined. It seems I can''t seed by ordinary means" "In that case, I''ll just have to leave it to luck..." Su Xing''s n was to continue attempting to concoct Divine Strength Pills in every simtion, and to slow down the process, for instance, taking four hours for each batch. This way, Su Xing would have more time spent concocting Divine Strength Pills, increasing the chances of triggering an epiphany! In several, or even dozens of simtions, Su Xing was sure to seed once, at which point he could consume the Divine Strength Pills. Of course, this was just Su Xing''s idea. Whether it could sessfully be implemented still depended on luck. "But before that, reaching the Great Perfection of the Origin Martial Realm is a must!" Su Xing muttered to himself. Chapter 134: Chapter 118: Demon-Subduing Pass Bathed in Blood, Reaching the Limit! (First Update) Su Xing''s heart clenched at this revtion. He had broken through nine million jin! This was far beyond Su Xing''s expectations! At this rate, perhaps the final breakthrough could reach ten million jin! "Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm, one hundred thousand tons of immense strength! Here Ie!" Su Xing clenched his fists tightly, shouting in his heart. What kind of concept is one hundred thousand tons of strength? An aircraft carrier weighs about fifty thousand tons. And Su Xing, with his pure physical strength reaching one hundred thousand tons, could easily hold the Nimitz in one hand and the Carl Vinson in the other, and then leisurely stand above the Pacific Ocean and fly. Destroying a nation alone is not a dream! "If I can really reach ten million jin of strength, then when I just broke through the Divine Strength Realm, my strength could double... that would be twenty million jin!" "Only old Martial Emperor powerhouses can reach such strength, right?" "Although those Martial Emperor powerhouses have skill bonuses... I also have Origin Force, and after the Origin Force is applied... my strength doubles!" Su Xing was instantly excited. This meant he was about to beparable to Martial Emperor-level powerhouses! "Martial Emperor-level powerhouses, ah! There are only dozens in the entire Daxia... In the seven Human Race nations and the Twelve Domains, the total number of Martial Emperor-level powerhouses is only a few hundred. In this sense, I''m about to be one of the top powerhouses!" Su Xing could not help getting excited. "Maybe, I no longer need to hide... By revealing my strength, I can fight for more resources!?" Su Xing pondered the possibility of this approach in secrecy... But then Su Xing shook his head, knowing that the Foreign Race''s tricks were unfathomable; once exposed, he would face unending assassination attempts. Although the benefits were great, the risks involved exceeded what Su Xing could bear. "Perhaps, I can first try it in simtion... What level of strength have I actually reached now?" With this thought, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simtion panel. [In the sixteenth year, you still trained hard every day, tempered your physique with the Witch n''s unique Body Refinement methods, carried out high-intensity strength training, and used the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors.] [With your day and night efforts, although the growth of your strength has slowed down, there is still stable room for improvement.] [This year, your strength reached nine million one hundred thousand jin!] [In the seventeenth year, you continued to cultivate in the same way as before, but as your strength increased, it became increasingly difficult to make breakthroughs.] [This year your strength only increased by one hundred thousand jin, reaching nine million two hundred thousand jin.] [In the eighteenth year, you felt that you had hit a bottleneck, where previously you could see your bodily strength improve visibly every day, but now the progress had be slower and sometimes even stalledpletely.] [Moreover, the high-intensity cultivation had also begun to take its toll on your body.] [This year, your strength only increased by eighty thousand jin, reaching nine million two hundred eighty thousand jin...] Su Xing frowned slightly at this and muttered, "Am I reaching my limit? Only an eighty-thousand-jin increase in a year... That''s not fast enough!" "I must find a way to continue increasing my strength..." At this moment, several thoughts shed through Su Xing''s mind. Devour the flesh of higher-level Demonic Beasts? Su Xing shook his head slightly. Not to mention whether the flesh of Legendary Level Demonic Beasts could be obtained. Even if he did obtain it, Su Xing of the Origin Martial Realm might very well explode into pieces if he consumed it, right? "Then there''s only one method left... through fighting, to better master strength!" Su Xing wanted to stay hidden until he reached the Divine Strength Realm before leaving the Spirit Field Blessed Land, but the increase in strength was excruciatingly slow. But if he fought continuously on the battlefield, maybe he could unleash his potential further. And the best ce to fight... is undoubtedly Demon-Subduing Pass! Thinking this, Su Xing nced back at the simtion panel. [In the neenth year, you left the Spirit Field Blessed Land replica and returned to the real world.] [Just returning to the real world for less than half a month, you encountered three assassination attempts. Fortunately, with your formidable strength and the protection of Luo Shuying close at hand, you were unharmed.] [You went to the Demon-Subduing Pass replica, ready to enhance your strength through battle.] [After knowing your intentions, Luo Shuying and the high ranks of Daxia strongly opposed this because you are a thorn in the eyes of the Demon Race, and appearing would be far too dangerous.] [But you are determined to go to Demon-Subduing Pass, to harness your strength through battle.] [You went to Demon-Subduing Pass, consuming the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors daily and joining the battlefield.] [Your strength was formidable, and under the use of Spiritual Power, ordinary Demon Kings could barely withstand three punches from your brutal force.] [In just half a year, you have in over a hundred Demon Kings!] [Just as you thought, through high-intensity battlesbined with the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors, your strength increased dramatically every day!] [In one year, your strength has grown to 9.4 million jin!] [In the twentieth year, you remained a god of war on the battlefield, ordinary Demon Kings were no match for you, and even if Demon Emperors personally attacked you, you could hold on until Luo Shuying came to your aid.] [That year, you were assassinated thirty times on the battlefield. Soldiers from the army swung their swords at you, and several Demon Emperors ambushed you, but you survived every time.] [The most perilous time, a Legendary Level demonic beast personally attempted to attack you, but you managed to hide in Spirit Field Blessed Land just in time, narrowly escaping disaster.] [Over the year, you killed hundreds of Demon Kings, bathed in blood, and yourbat awareness rapidly increased.] [That year, your strength increased to 9.55 million jin!] [In the twenty-first year, gradually even Demon Beasts at the Demon King level came to know your terror. They were unwilling to battle with you and would flee at sight of you.] [Having no choice, you had to set your sights on powerhouses of the Demon Emperor level!] [With your might, wielding the Ink Ice Sword, you could even fight a Demon Emperor. Although you were mostly at a disadvantage, your life was not in danger.] [In one year, you fought with Demon Emperor level demonic beasts over a hundred times, significantly enhancing yourbat awareness.] [Within that year, you were wounded numerous times, but each time you persevered, and your strength surged to 9.7 million jin!] [In the twenty-second year, as your strength grew stronger, you felt as if you had touched some kind of limit and had an urge to break through to the Divine Strength Realm immediately!] [Because you knew, once you broke through to the Divine Strength Realm, you would immediately possess strengthparable to a Demon Emperor!] [But you still forcibly suppressed that impulse, knowing the closer you were to the limit in the Origin Martial Realm, the greater your future achievements would be!] [That year, your strength increased to 9.8 million jin!] [In the twenty-third year, the Human Race''s situation in Demon-Subduing Pass grew increasingly dire. As battles continued uninterrupted, the number of the Human Race''s warriors dwindled, while the Demonic Beasts seemed endless, always having Demon Kings and Demon Emperors appear on the battlefield.] [With the vast disparity in strength, the Human Race could only defend Demon-Subduing Pass, unable to take the fight beyond its walls.] [But your performance was still heroic, fighting Demon Emperors every day, acting almost on par with Martial Emperor level warriors on the battlefield.] [That year, your strength increased to 9.88 million jin!] [In the twenty-fourth year, high-intensity battles continued, and every day you opened your eyes to y demonic beasts, eating Demon Emperor Flesh Essence when hungry, the count of beasts that died by your hand beyond measure.] [You finally realized the terror of Demon-Subduing Pass, feeling the despair of its soldiers, for even as you killed more and more beasts each day, they were still endless.] [By yourself, ying hundreds of demonic beasts a day was still like a drop in the oceanpared to their numbers on the battlefield.] [The only thing that gave you hope was that your strength was still growing, and it was progressively approaching a certain limit.] [That year, your strength grew to 9.96 million jin!] Su Xing''s face showed aplex expression upon reading this. Through the cold text, he seemed to see the helplessness of the soldiers at Demon-Subduing Pass and felt his own powerlessness. Even as an Origin Martial Realm powerhouse, even on par with a Martial Emperor... what one could do on the battlefield was still limited. Only by bing the strongest could one suppress everything! Only then could you free the Human Race from the oppression of the Foreign Races over thousands of years. Only then could you prevent that apocalypse from happening decadester... Su Xing wanted to grow stronger not for the sake of others, but to better survive for himself. "Thank goodness, I can see hope already!" "As long as I can reach the limit in this simtion and break through to the Divine Strength Realm! Even that will be a solid step forward!" Su Xing clenched his fist to cheer himself on and then turned his gaze to the simtion panel. [In the twenty-fifth year, you have lost count of the days since you came to Demon-Subduing Pass, only aware of the endless demonic beasts outside and the injured brethren every day.] [Yesterday, Luo Shuying was injured again while saving you, but facing opponents of that level, you still felt a deep sense of powerlessness.] [What keeps you going is the continuously ascending strength, pushing towards that limit!] [Months passed, and your strength increased by another twenty thousand jin, bringing you ever closer to the target of ten million jin] [But the number of people in Demon-Subduing Pass has dwindled. More and more soldiers are dying in battle; you don''t know how much longer you can hold out, five years, three years... or even shorter?] [You keep fighting, longing to reach the ten-million-jin limit sooner!] [Months passed, and your strength reached 9.99 million jin, but the growth was almost imperceptible.] [Maybe it was an increase of a few hundred jin a day, or even less...] [This feeling of nearing the limit yet seeing no end, you could only push on with belief.] [Finally, one day, as you were fiercely battling a Demon Emperor, you swung the strongest strike you ever had!] [You felt a certain shackle within you was finally broken!] [After fighting the Demon Emperor for several hours, you severely wounded him with a strike, eventually beheading him.] [You took out the Demon Emperor''s Flesh Essence, and no matter how bitter and pungent, you swallowed it greedily.] [A premonition rose in your heart; it was time to break through to the Divine Strength Realm!] Chapter 135: Chapter 119 Finally Entering the Divine Strength Realm! (Second Update) "Finally, am I about to break through to the Divine Strength Realm!" Su Xing watched the simtion panel, murmuring under his breath. Seeing the slow growth of his body when it reached its limit in thest few years, Su Xing even thought he had to wait for the next simtion before he could reach the Divine Strength Realm. But after all, he had reached the ultimate limit of ten million catties! "Ten million catties, even the Witch n from Ancient Times probably couldn''t reach this strength in the Origin Martial Realm, right?" "Even the weakest in the Divine Strength Realm, have only this level of strength..." A wave of indescribable excitement surged in Su Xing''s heart. He could feel all the effort he had put in at Demon-Subduing Pass was in order to reach this limit. And at this moment, he had finally achieved it! "Breakthrough to the Divine Strength Realm! A bright future is right before my eyes!" Su Xing''s breathing became slightly rapid as he looked back at the simtion panel. [As the situation at Demon-Subduing Pass worsened day by day, you chose to go into seclusion.] [You returned to the Spirit Field Blessed Land, adjusted your body to its peak condition, prepared some Demon Emperor Flesh Essence, and the previously saved top-grade Divine Strength Pills.] [You swallowed three catties of the Demon Emperor Flesh Essence in one go, feeling the surge of power in your body almost about to overflow.] [As your body was about to fail sustaining this energy, you took a Divine Strength Pill, ready for the breakthrough.] [The Divine Strength Pill turned into a warm current entering your belly, instantly turning into a violent energy, hammering every inch of your flesh and bones.] [Energy kept umting, spreading to every corner of your flesh, and you felt your bones aching, moaning.] [This was the transformation of the density of your muscles and bones, how could the ordinary flesh and blood endure such monumental strength.] [This was a more violent and thorough enhancement than the Bone Forging Realm before; you felt endless pain.] [It began with the skin, then the flesh, followed by the bones... and finally strengthened your inner organs.] [Under the impact of this energy, you felt your bodily strength and vitality being sublimated at this instant.] [The pain persisted, day and night, almost making you want to give up multiple times, but it was the ten years of tempering at Demon-Subduing Pass that made your will even stronger, biting the bullet and persevering.] [Finally, after consistently enduring, at some moment, you felt your body suddenly lighten.] [You even thought you had sessfully broken through, but what followed was an endless sensation of hunger.] [Ever since you reached the Golden Core Stage, you had been able to fast, and while you had basic cravings, you logically shouldn''t feel such an overwhelming hunger.] [But at this moment the hunger felt so real, as if you had not eaten for three days and nights, there was only one thought in your mind, eat!] [You turned your gaze to the nearby Demon Emperor Flesh Essence and began to devour it like mad. You ate a full five catties before feeling absolutely unable to eat anymore.] [Subsequently, the energy in your body climbed again, and you decisively swallowed a second Divine Strength Pill... then the energy exploded, and pain assailed you.] [Your body was once again being remodeled by this energy...] [Through such a cycle of repetition, you no longer remembered how much Demonic Beast Flesh Essence you had consumed; perhaps more than you would eat in a month, nor how many Origin Martial Pills you had taken, and the pain in your body had be familiar.] [Finally, at a certain instant, you heard a cracking sound within you, as a shackle inside your body was sessfully broken!] [You had broken through, bing a Cultivator of the Divine Strength Realm!] [But the expected surge in strength did note, because over the days of the breakthrough, your strength had already been skyrocketing!] [In just a few days, your strength grew to twenty million catties!] [Following the inner hunger, you ate another five catties of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence in one go, but this time there was no pain or energy explosion; you just felt filled with strength!] [Your body appeared like it was bathed in sunlight, covered with a thin golden veil.] [You seemed to understand that the Divine Strength Realm was not just an increase in strength, but an all-around enhancement of the body''s durability! This was another major leap in the power of the Body Refinement Cultivator''s physical body!] [Because only a more robust body can wield such tremendous power!] Su Xing''s face flushed with excitement. "Finally, I''ve made the breakthrough!" The Divine Strength Realm, able to rival the existence of a Martial Emperor! Although he had just entered the Divine Strength Realm, his strength was already not inferior to the veteran strong practitioners of the realm, which meant he could be considered quite powerful among the Martial Emperors! "After this ends, I''ll definitely be able to break through the Divine Strength Realm... by then, I would be one of the strongest in the Human Race. Should I reveal myself, to exchange for more energy?" Su Xing sank into thought. As one can imagine, by revealing his power and cooperating with the higher-ups of the Great Xia, gathering the strength of a nation, the speed at which he rues simtion energy could indeed increase tenfold, a hundredfold, a thousandfold! And this also meant that Su Xing''s power was set to explode in growth again! After the Divine Strength Realm, the energy required for each breakthrough would probably increase tenfold, with one level requiring ten million energy! Considering this, whether the energy will be sufficient is also an important question... "Ah, it''s really a headache! As for whether to reveal myself, maybe I could first go to Demon-Subduing Pass and see? Just how big is the gap between the Human Race and the Foreign Race?" Chapter 115: Chapter 106: The Unpredictable Assassination, Human Sword Mastery! Su Xing''s face was full of astonishment when he saw this. During thest simtion, he was still a dedicated farmer. But in this simtion, he had be a god of ughter guarding the Demon-Subduing Pass! Guarding the Demon-Subduing Pass for ten years, honing his sword for a decade, he had forged a de for ying enemies and cut down over a thousand Demon Kings! "Goodness, was I really that fierce?" Su Xing hadn''t expected that his future strength in the simtor would have grown to such an extent. Of course, the reason he was able to achieve such a record was inseparable from his constant sword training and enemy killing in the simtor. In the real world, Su Xing''s strength was already very powerful, reaching the level of a Demon King or a Heavenly King, and even among his peers, he was considered superior. But because Su Xingcked practicalbat experience, he would ultimately be at a disadvantage when fighting peers of the same level. In this simtion, Su Xing perfectly avoided this w. "Ten years to learn the sword, ten years to hone it, a full twenty years dedicated to the Sword Dao, just how strong is my swordmanship?" Some doubts filled Su Xing''s heart, along with a fiery eagerness, as he couldn''t wait to experience the enemy-ying sword he had cultivated in the simtor. Su Xing continued the simtion. [In the twenty-second year, your understanding of the Sword Dao has deepened even further, and you seem to grasp what is described in the fundamental doctrine of the Sword Manual: the Human Sword, which means exterminating all enemies under the heavens, the very essence of cultivating the sword.] [In countless life-and-death battles, in ceaseless ughter, each of your sword strikes carried intent to kill, all meant for ying the enemy.] [But you understand that this killing intent is not because you have mastered the Sword Intent, but because of the murderous aura you carry from ten years'' worth of bloodshed at the Demon-Subduing Pass. Now, what you need to do is topletely remove this personal killing intent from your Sword Dao and master the most basic swordsmanship and Sword Dao.] [You spent an entire year every day in closepany with your sword, Mo Bing, practicing the most fundamental swordsmanship.] [Starting from the most basic sword techniques, beginning with chopping and stabbing, each practice brought new enlightenment, and you were clear about every variation in your movements.] [Through reviewing the old and learning the new, you further simplified the originalplex sword techniques, returning to the process of simplifying sword moves in the middle stage of your training.] [A year passed, and in that year, you swung your sword a hundred thousand times. Every stroke you performed was smooth and pleasing, achieving simplicity in the Sword Dao.] [In the twenty-third year, your cultivation level advanced further, and you became a fifthyer Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.] [Butpared to your progress in cultivation, your improvement in the Sword Dao was even greater!] [You took three full years to integrate what you had learned from ten years of practicing the sword and another ten refining it. ording to the records of the Sword Manual''s main doctrine, you have cultivated the first realm of the Sword Dao, the Human Sword, to minorpletion!] [One day, during your regr sword practice, dozens of mysterious figures broke into your courtyard. These were remnants of the Descending Sect!] [Despite protection from a Martial Emperor Level strongman, facing several Martial Emperors and a legendary assassin, you were still powerless to turn the tide and died under their assassination!] [You died!] [Your Purple Talent refuses to close its eyes in death!] [You re with wide eyes, seeing the cruel smile on the face of Damned Zong as he ys you.] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing''s brows were tightly knitted as he muttered: "Could it be that I didn''t live to see the day of the great beast''s descent and the world''s end?" Su Xing was somewhat surprised, since in the previous simtions he always made it to thest day. But on second thought, Su Xing found it quite reasonable. In this simtion, he had been exceptionally brilliant. Ten years learning the sword, using the Demon Race as a stepping-stone to hone it for another ten yearsjust over two decades in simtion, and nearly a thousand Demon Kings had died by his hand. And in these more than twenty years of simtion, due to Su Xing''s brilliance, he had also encountered several assassination attempts by the Foreign Race. Moreover, the severity of the assassinations had grown increasingly outrageous, from being besieged by Demon Kings to sneak attacks by Demon Emperors. In the end, Su Xing didn''t even make it back to the real world; he still died at the hands of the remnants of the Descending Sect. In theter stages of the simtion, with the decline of the Human Race''s strength, more and more powerful figures needed to stay at the Demon-Subduing Pass all year round, making the protection for Su Xing inevitably weaker. It was for this reason that theckeys of the Descending Sect found their chance. "s, near the strength of a Martial Emperor and yet, amidst a host of assassinations by the Descending Sect, I still can''t avoid death?" Su Xing sighed, while bing more vignt in his heart. "That''s why I must be even more cautious in the real world Dying in simtion is of no consequence, after all, there''s always another chance to simte, but in the real world, death is truly the end!" Su Xing reminded himself repeatedly. Having a simtor akin to a cheat, he could perfectly remain invincible until the world was at peace before taking action. He must not let himself fall into any crisis! "However, the strength of this swordsmanship is indeed formidable!" "If I could cultivate ording to this Sword Manual,bined with my Body Refinement and Qi Refinement dual cultivation strength, I could definitely fight beyond my level!" "Moreover, ording to the description in the Sword Manual, if the Heavenly Sword is achieved! You can ascend to immortality and attain the position of a Sword Immortal!" Thinking of this, Su Xing''s heart grew even more fervent. Who wouldn''t want to be a Sword Immortal? To be a Sword Cultivator is to be synonymous with tremendous strength! Su Xing sighed. Due to the immersive simtion, he still had the entire content of the first volume of the Sword Manual, the Human Sword part, in his mind. Not to mention cultivating all three volumes of Heaven, Earth, and Human, just mastering the Human Sword part alone would be infinitely beneficial to Su Xing! ``` "I wonder what the rewards for this simtion will be, are there options for swordsmanship practice results?" Su Xing had a thought and opened the reward selection for the simtion before him. [Sword Obsession]: Purple Talent, price: 1 million energy points. [Great Perfection in Origin Martial Realm]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, price: 3 million energy points. [Twenty-five Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, including a small amount of Divine Strength Pill alchemy experience, price: 700,000 energy points. [Human Sword Cultivation Insights (Minor Achievement)]: Contains the cultivation insights from the first volume of the treasured Sword Codex, specifically the Human Sword section. Ten years of learning the sword, ten years of honing the sword, the Sword Dao is utmost simplicity. The Human Sword section has been cultivated to the level of Minor Achievement, and the Great Achievement level is not far away, price: 3 million energy points. [Ten Years of Battlefield ughter Mindset]: Contains the experience of countless battles at Demon-Subduing Pass over ten consecutive years. After iming,bat experience will greatly increase, as well as unlocking the prelude to ughter Intuition (ughter Awakening), price: 1 million energy points. [Nascent Soul Stage Fifth Level]: Qi Refining Cultivation, price: 4 million energy points. [Legendary Sword Mo''Bing]: Sword body as dark as ink, sword heart as cold as ice. Price: 30 million energy points. Su Xing''s gaze turned toward the simtion reward options before him. "Sword Obsession is a must-pick talent, I''ve made mistakes twice; this time, I absolutely cannot miss out on a talent for sword practice!" "Moreover, those immersive swordsmanship knowledge pieces I got from the brain simtion, they need Sword Obsession to be fully utilized to their greatest extent." Su Xing first established the priority of the Sword Obsession talent. Following that, Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the other options. "Qi Refinement and Body Refinement Cultivation Levels are not urgent at the moment, after all, in this simtion, sword practice was my main focus, so the Sword Dao cultivation level is what''s most important!" "As for this Mo''Bing sword, it''s too expensive! Later on, I''ll see if there''s a way to get a good sword in the real world. After all, there''s a tenfold markup on items taken out of the simtor..." Su Xing''s final choice of gaze moved between "Ten Years of Battlefield ughter Experience" and "Human Sword Minor Achievement." "Ten Years of Battlefield ughter Experience can even lead to an understanding of the ughter Intuition... that''s indeed not bad, as it can increase my practical experience... But I can simply spend twenty years battling in the next simtion at Demon-Subduing Pass to gain even more ughter experience, there''s no need to waste a choice on it now..." After some hesitation, Su Xing decided to pick the Human Sword Cultivation Insights (Minor Achievement). "I choose the Sword Obsession talent and the Human Sword Cultivation Insights (Minor Achievement level)!" Su Xing silently dered, then a prompt sound rang next to his ear. [You have chosen to take out the Purple Talent Sword Obsession, spending 1 million energy points, remaining energy 12,303,888 points.] [You have chosen to take out Human Sword Cultivation Insights (Minor Achievement), spending 3 million energy points, remaining energy 9,303,888 points.] As Su Xing made his selections, two streams of profound energy entered his body. A plethora of memory fragments surged into Su Xing''s mind. Those were the memories of his ten years of learning the sword, ten years of sharpening the sword, summarizing and elevating twenty years of a sword practice career into an epiphany. When Su Xing had fully assimted these memories, his understanding of the sword had reached an incredibly deep realm. At this moment, Su Xing felt an impulse in his heart. He wanted a sword, a sword that would be perfect for him! This was the change in Su Xing''s mentality after gaining the Sword Obsession talent. He had an innate love for swords. Su Xing took out a blue-quality sword from his Storage Ring but, after using it for a while, he felt it was not quite to his liking. "Sigh, a blue-quality sword is still too inferior for my needs. Looks like I need to figure out a way to get a better sword!" Su Xing muttered to himself. "I''ll ask Sister Xue for help when I see Jin Congxue next time!" Su Xing sighed lightly. When ites to finding high-level equipment, it''s best left to Jin Congxue, the heiress of the Jin Merchant Guild! After iming his rewards, Su Xing resumed his routine of alchemy to make money. One moment he was a Sword Cultivator determined to be a Sword Immortal, and the next, he turned into a relentless alchemy machine. "Sigh, there''s no helping it. To increase my strength I need to acquire more simtion energy!" So, for the following week, Su Xing diligently engaged in alchemy and once again produced five thousand elixirs. Soon a week passed and Su Xing, as usual, met up with Jin Congxue and arrived at her vi. Today, Jin Congxue had transformed into a blue enchantress, donning a blue gown that made her stunningly attractive. After a satisfying meal and drink, Su Xing and Jin Congxue got down to business. Su Xing handed over the elixirs he had crafted that week to Jin Congxue, and in turn, Jin Congxue gave Su Xing this week''s goods. As they were wrapping up, Su Xing asked Jin Congxue, "Sister Xue! Do you have ess to high-quality swords? I''ve been practicing swordsmanship recently!" Jin Congxue showed a hint of surprise on her face and teased, "You''re quite the polymath! Not only do you practice alchemy, but you also practice swordsmanship?" After pondering for a while, Jin Congxue said, "The Jin Merchant Guild does have quite a few high-quality weapons, but whether they''re suitable for you, we might not have them in stock..." "Let''s do this, I''ll keep an eye out for you. It might take a week at the shortest, or a month at the longest, but I''ll help you get a good sword!" Su Xing brightened up and quickly said, "I''ll rely on you then, Sister Xue!" ``` Chapter 116: Chapter 107: Do You Fucking Call This a Human Nuclear Bomb? After parting ways with Jin Congxue, Su Xing quickly returned to school and skillfully entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land. First, he converted the equipment and instance dungeon items he had received into simtion energy. Su Xing was in luck, this time the equipment and items provided by Jin Congxue contained a total energy close to nine million points. On April 8 of the New Era 2024, Su Xing punctually initiated a new round of simtion. "Start the simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 3,100 energy points, remaining energy 18,301,527 points, unlimited remaining simtion opportunities.] [Simtion begins!] [Extracting green talent costs 1,000 energy points, blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, extracting purple talent costs 100,000 energy points, do you wish to extract?] "Nonsense, of course, I''ll extract the purple talent!" Su Xing said resolutely. [Ding, congrattions, you have obtained the purple talent, Human Nuke!] [Human Nuke]: You are undoubtedly a human nuke. At the moment of your death, energy equivalent to the explosion of ten thousand Big Ivans will erupt from within you, destroying everything around you. Seeing the purple talent before him, Su Xing''s forehead went entirely dark. "Wait, wait, wait, human nuke means this, right? What good does it do if I''m freaking dead, even if it blows the demonic beasts to oblivion?" Equivalent to ten thousand Big Ivans, Su Xing did not know how powerful it was, but even if it was powerful, it was of no use, right? With this mindset, Su Xing started the simtion with a dark expression on his face. [Within Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize that you''re in a simtion.] [You feel an inexplicable energy surging within you, and you rush to the bathroom...] [You seriously consider what steps to take next, and after thinking for a while, you decide to refine elixirs first.] [For the next half-year, you diligently practice cultivation daily, and you ensure a sufficient supply of elixirs for Jin Congxue, and in your spare time, you also make contact with the younger schoolmate Wang Qingxuan to foster a rtionship.] [Because the Spirit Field Blessed Land is nted with abundant Gathering Spirit Flowers, your strength steadily increases.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan finds you, and after one night, you join the Descending Sect under her guidance.] [After joining the Descending Sect, you choose not to hide your capabilities but directly reveal your strength and talent in alchemy.] [Both Luo Shuying and Damned Zong extend olive branches to you, and without hesitation, you join Luo Shuying''s faction.] [Youe clean to Luo Shuying about everything, uttering that secret phrase.] [Luo Shuying chooses to believe you and asks what she can do for you.] [You decisively tell her to help you obtain arge batch of medicinal ingredients from the Descending Sect''s treasury, and Luo Shuying agrees.] [The following year, you sessfully get promoted to an elder of the Descending Sect, as the higher-ups trust you due to your good performance in recent months.] [You don''t betray their trust, and within half a year of bing an elder, you embezzle a significant amount of medicinal ingredients every month.] [You refine Dragon Spirit Pills and Origin Martial Pills monthly, and with their aid, you elerate your own cultivation. In your free time, you also create Organ Refining Pills and Essence-Nourishing Pills, preparing to gift them to the Great Xia Military.] [That same year, thanks to a sufficient supply of Spiritual Energy, your Cultivation Level advances to the secondyer of the Nascent Soul Stage.] [In the third year, feeling that the time is right, and having nearly emptied the Descending Sect treasury through embezzlement over the past two years, you n to flee with Luo Shuying, not forgetting to move your schoolmate Wang Qingxuan to a safe ce before you leave.] [As expected, the higher-ups of the Descending Sectunch a manhunt for you and Luo Shuying. Several protectors are dispatched, with your arch-enemy Damned Zong leading the team.] [Fortunately, you had previously arranged for Lu Yuanwu and other Great Xia top brass toe to your support. They not only sessfully escort you to Kyoto but also manage to kill three protectors on the spot!] [The only regret is that Damned Zong only lost an arm and ultimately escaped doom.] [After joining the Great Xia Military, you start mass-producing Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills. In just one year, you refine 60,000 elixirs and, counting the tens of thousands you saved previously, you add more than 20,000 Grandmaster Level experts to Great Xia Country.] [At the same time, you do not neglect your own cultivation, advancing your Body Refinement and Qi Refining Cultivation simultaneously.] [In the fourth year, you refine another 50,000 elixirs, adding another 10,000 Grandmaster Level experts to Great Xia Country.] [That year, with a plentiful supply of Origin Martial Pills and Demon King Flesh Essence to aid you, your Body Refinement Cultivation reaches the eighth level of the Origin Martial Realm!] [In the fifth year, over 50,000 new Grandmaster Level experts are added to the Great Xia Militarythe most in the history of Great Xia Country and the peak of its strength.] [The people from the Great Xia Military hail you as a Hero of the Human Race, the savior in the struggle against the Foreign Race. Many citizens hold an unprecedented hope for the future, believing they can utterly defeat the Foreign Race.] [But you know the gap between your forces and those of the Foreign Race is just toorge. Everything you have done is but to buy time.] [In the sixth year, you spend a year refining more than 10,000 Spirit Martial Pills and Dragon Spirit Pills, keeping half for your own cultivation and handing the rest over to the Great Xia Military, hoping to give birth to more Heavenly King Level experts.] [That year, the number of Heavenly King Level experts in the Great Xia Military increases by nearly five hundred.] [In the seventh year, you start producing Soul Condensing Pills. You have achieved a minor level of proficiency in producing them, ensuring a sess rate of 50 to 60 percent. You hand over the thousands of Soul Condensing Pills you''ve refined to Luo Shuying, aiding in bolstering both her and her Spirit Race''s strength.] Chapter 117: Chapter 107 Are You Kidding Me? Calling This a Human Nuke?_2 [In the same year, your Qi Refining cultivation broke through to the third level of the Nascent Soul Stage!] Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly, the simtor truly was an existence that could reflect his inner thoughts. Even when he didn''t draw a good talent this time in the simtion, Su Xing had already thought about what he wanted to do during this simtion. That was to improve his strength as much as possible and then bring out a sufficiently powerful cultivation level! This way, as soon as Su Xing was sessful in refining the Divine Strength Pill, he could ensure that he would break through to be a cultivator at the Divine Strength Realm! "This time, advancing to Great Perfection in the Origin Martial Realm should not be difficult, it''s just uncertain to what level my Qi Refining cultivation will be able to reach?" A look of anticipation shone in Su Xing''s eyes. For Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, advancing a minor realm could easily take ten, or even dozens of years. This was also because Su Xing possessed a dual True Spiritual Root and had enough Dragon Spirit Pills to elerate his cultivation, even the spiritual power in the Spirit Field Blessed Land was so abundant. That was what allowed Su Xing to maintain a speed of a realm breakthrough every few years, right? However, theter stages of cultivation are increasingly difficult, and Su Xing wasn''t clear whether he could maintain such an astonishing rate of strength improvement after advancing to theter stages of the Nascent Soul. Su Xing then looked toward the simtion panel before him. [In the eighth year, Luo Shuying sessfully broke through to be a Legendary level powerhouse, and the Great Xia Military specially allocated a habitat for the Spirit Race within the Demon-Subduing Pass.] [With the addition of the Spirit Race and the recent strength enhancement of the Human Race, the situation of the Human Race within the Demon-Subduing Pass gradually improved.] [But you did not take it lightly, still instructing Luo Shuying and the soldiers to be extremely cautious.] [For the sake of your own safety, in this simtion, you did not join the battles at the Demon-Subduing Pass; instead, you chose to stay in the real world and cultivate securely. You lived within the safest area of Kyoto, and spent most of your time cultivating in the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [In the ninth year, you remembered that the soldiers would face a sneak attack from the Demon Race in the future, leading to a shortage of supplies.] [So you began preparations in advance. Besides daily cultivation, you spent two other hours every day refining Wound Healing Pills and Fasting Pills.] [In the tenth year, both your Qi Refining and Body Refinement Cultivation broke through, and you became a fourth-level Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, while your Body Refinement cultivation level advanced to the ninth level of the Origin Martial Realm.] [After reaching the ninth level of the Origin Martial Realm, you clearly felt that the rate of increase in your body''s strength and power had slowed down. Therefore, you requested the Great Xia Military to supply you with Flesh Essence of Demon Emperor level.] [In the eleventh year, Luo Shuying brought you a hundred catties of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence, for which you expressed your gratitude, and then you began to cultivate your physique even more diligently, enhancing your Body Refinement cultivation level.] [The potency of the Demon Emperor Flesh Essence was far more than that of a Demon King, and the speed of your Body Refinement cultivation quickly elerated again.] [In the twelfth year, as expected, the Foreign Raceunched a sneak attack on the Human Race at the Demon-Subduing Pass, and supplies for the front lines were cut off.] [Just as the higher-ups of Great Xia were anxiously concerned, you took action. You took out several hundred thousand Elixirs that you had refined in advance over the years and had them delivered to the front lines at the Demon-Subduing Pass by a Legendary level powerhouse, resolving the issue of insufficient supplies.] Su Xing saw this and frowned slightly, muttering to himself: "The twelfth year? Why do I remember it wasn''t this year... Strange, these sneak attacks by the Demon Race on the Human Race front-line soldiers seem irregr, or perhaps, I just haven''t discovered the pattern yet?" Su Xing shook his head; he didn''t care which year it was. As long as Su Xing was prepared in advance, refining enough Wound Healing Pills and Fasting Pills, there wouldn''t be too great a loss on the front lines. Thinking this, Su Xing continued to look at the simtion panel. [In the thirteenth year, as your cultivation level grew ever more profound, you found your cultivation increasingly effortless. You began to think of ways to improve the efficiency of your cultivation.] [The Dragon Spirit Pill is specifically for Nascent Soul Stage cultivators to increase their cultivation level; its greatest function is actually to expand the cultivator''s capacity to absorb nature''s spiritual energy around them.] [This meant that the thicker the concentration of spiritual energy, the greater the Dragon Spirit Pill would boost the cultivation speed.] [Even though the spiritual energy was already thick enough in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you still found a way to further increase it.] [That was the Little Spirit Gathering Array!] [Knowing that learning and setting up a Little Spirit Gathering Array by yourself would take too much time, you decided to remodel theyout of the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [Recorded in the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, the Gathering Spirit Flower, as a spirit nt, is very fragile in its juvenile stage and requires an extremely conducive environment, but once it reaches maturity, it bes vigorous. As long as there is spiritual energy, it can survive, with more prosperous growth in ces where the spiritual energy is abundant.] [Thus, you decided to nt the Gathering Spirit Flower within the Spirit Gathering Array beneath the Spirit Field Blessed Land!] [You set to work. Aside from cultivating, you spent three months learning the basic principles of the Little Spirit Gathering Array and another month transnting the Gathering Spirit Flowers to the array nodes beneath the ground.] [Although the range of the Little Spirit Gathering Array wasn''t vast, and the soil beneath wasn''t fertile, the Gathering Spirit Flowers still tenaciously survived and grew progressively more robust.] [As the Gathering Spirit Flowers were nted within the underground Spirit Gathering Array, they continuously released spiritual energy. This energy was incessantly condensed by the Spirit Gathering Array, creating what was akin to an artificial mini spirit vein, continuously powering the Spirit Gathering Array.] [After nting the Gathering Spirit Flowers beneath the ground, you discovered that the concentration of spiritual energy around the underground Little Spirit Gathering Array had nearly doubledpared to before, prompting you to construct a cultivation chamber below specifically for your own cultivation practices.] [By day, you would emerge above ground to temper your body, enhancing your Body Refinement Cultivation Level. By night, you would cultivate in the underground chamber.] [You found that by doing so, your cultivation efficiency had increased by more than just a margin.] [In the fourteenth year, you decided to try your luck aside from cultivating.] [You would spend two hours every day attempting to concoct a batch of Divine Strength Pills. Although you never seeded, you still hoped to get lucky and experience a "chance enlightenment," which would allow you to learn how to make the Divine Strength Pill instantly if it urred.] Su Xing nodded slightly upon reading this and murmured, "Exactly, since the chance of triggering a chance enlightenment is low, just keep trying. Allocate a fixed time each day to alchemy. If it fails, the loss is minor, but if it seeds, that''s a huge win!" Although Su Xing nned to first reach the Great Perfection of the Origin Martial Realm before contemting the Divine Strength Pill, if he were to experience enlightenment and learn how to concoct the Divine Strength Pill beforehand, it would undoubtedly save him a great deal more effort. "However, moving the Gathering Spirit Flowers to the underground Spirit Gathering Array, that matter..." Su Xing nced at the Gathering Spirit Flowers in the distance, shaking his head slightly. For him, the number of Gathering Spirit Flowers he would obtain in the future would only increase, and having seen the ce underground, he knew it simply couldn''t amodate hundreds of these flowers. The only reason he did so in the simtor was to save the time it would take toy out a Little Spirit Gathering Array. In reality, Su Xing could learn and then set up the Little Spirit Gathering Array above ground, which would clearly be much more useful. Thinking thus, Su Xing shifted his gaze back to the simtion panel. [In the fifteenth year, unsurprisingly, after a year of trying, you did not trigger the chance enlightenment talent.] [But the good news was that within that year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level broke through, and you became a cultivator of Great Perfection in the Origin Martial Realm!] [That same year, your Qi Refining Cultivation Level also made another breakthrough, advancing you to the fifth level of the Nascent Soul Stage!] [In the sixteenth year, after breaking through to Great Perfection in the Origin Martial Realm, you were amazed to find that the Demon Emperor''s Flesh Essence still significantly aided you. Continuing to consume it could still strengthen your physical strength and body, though the increase was much less than before.] [To provide a solid foundation for theter breakthrough into the Divine Strength Realm, you tirelessly worked to enhance your physical strength.] [However, what troubled you was the fact that the Flesh Essence of the Demon Emperor level had run out.] Chapter 118: Chapter 108: Su Xing Exploded, The Beast Starts to Have Diarrhea [You tried consuming the Demon King''s Flesh Essence again, but you frustratingly discovered that after raising your cultivation to the Great Perfection of the Origin Martial Realm, the essence brought an even slighter improvement to you.] [Having no choice, you requested Luo Shuying and the general guarding Demon-Subduing Pass to bring you some Demon Emperor Flesh Essence.] [In the seventeenth year, Luo Shuying once again brought you two hundred catties of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence.] [When she handed you the flesh essence, her face was somewhat pale, as though she had suffered no light injury.] [You hurriedly inquired about her injuries, why she was wounded, but she just chuckled, shook her head, and left, mustering her strength.] [Later, you learned from Lu Yuanwu that to obtain the Demon Emperor-level Flesh Essence for you, Luo Shuying personally ventured into the ranks of the Demon Race army, slew two Demon Emperors, but she was also besieged by two Legendary Level Demonic Beasts and barely escaped, while suffering severe injuries.] Su Xing felt moved upon seeing this. ying Demon Emperors was not an easy task, not even for Legendary Level powerhouses. Since Demonic Beasts have a much higher vitality than the Human Race, a Legendary Level powerhouse might easily kill a Martial Emperor, but it would be difficult to instantly obliterate a hundred-meter-tall Demon Emperor. After all, they''re huge, extremely vital, like freaking Godzi. Moreover, on the battlefield, a Demon Emperor would not necessarily act alone. To kill a Demon Emperor amid tens of thousands of Demonic Beast troops and retreat with your life is indeed not an easy matter, even for a Legendary Level powerhouse, who, with one misstep, could fall into danger. And yet, Luo Shuying was willing to risk her life for him. Su Xing sighed and continued to look at the simtion panel. [Afterward, you wanted to help Luo Shuying recover from her injuries as soon as possible, so you concocted numerous Healing Pills.] [But for a Legendary Level powerhouse, the effect of Healing Pills was almost nonexistent. Even the finest Healing Pills only worked on Grandmaster Level powerhouses and were very difficult to use in treating Heavenly King Level ones.] [You revisited Li Fire Alchemy and found a type of healing elixir called Bone Restoration Pill, famed for its ability to mend broken bones and even effective for Nascent Soul Divinity Transformation Cultivators.] [However, you knew that while Bone Restoration Pill could be effective for Legendary Level powerhouses, it would certainly not work wonders instantly, so you found another concoction among the higher-mid tier elixirs, the Revitalizing Pill, which could even heal wounds of Cultivators in the Return to Void Realm and might be miraculous for Luo Shuying.] [Sadly, the main ingredient for Revitalizing Pill, Dragon Pattern Grass, was hard toe by, so you had to give up for the time being; on the other hand, the three medicinal ingredients for Bone Restoration Pill: Silver Moon Flower, Hundred-Year Polygonum and Steadheart Grass, could all be found in the treasure vault of the Descending Sect.] Su Xing slightly furrowed his brows upon seeing this. Indeed, Healing Pills were recovery-ss elixirs without a grade, simple to concoct and the ingredients easy to source, effective for the vast majority of professionals at Gold and Master Levels. However, for those powerful professionals, possessing stronger vitality, they could naturally recover from minor injuries. But once seriously wounded, it would be troublesome, potentially taking a year or even several years to heal. To treat these high-tier powerhouses required ingredients containing more life energy, which usually meant heaven-and-earth treasures were needed. The number of higher-level recovery-ss elixirs produced in the instance was scarce, but Su Xing was different. His alchemy could stably produce mid-higher level healing pills. Once he seeded in his research, the strength of the Human Race at Demon-Subduing Pass would increase substantially! Just think, if the Human Race''s Heavenly Kings and Martial Emperor level professionals could recover from injuries in just a few days, they would undoubtedly be able to take on three or even more on the battlefield! Thinking of this, Su Xing murmured, "It seems I will need to pay attention in the future simtions and try to concoct higher-level elixirs." But this wasn''t something to be rushed. Su Xing still started the next simtion. [You tried to find hundreds of Silver Moon Flowers and Steadheart Grasses among the medicinal materials you brought from the Descending Sect, and as for the Hundred-Year Polygonum, it was still plenty avable in the Great Xia Country.] [After confirming you had the basic ingredients for concoction, you did not make elixirs but continued to steadily cultivate and increase your own level.] [In the eighteenth year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level remained at the Great Perfection of the Origin Martial Realm without a breakthrough. Still, your physical strength had improved by nearly one-tenthpared to when you first entered the Great Perfection of the Origin Martial Realm. You were pleasantly surprised, understanding that it was due to consuming Demon Emperor Flesh Essence for the past two years that the high-level energy essence gradually enhanced your physique.] [This also made you realize something: within the same realm, due to differences in talent and foundation, the strength could be widely disparate, so you tried to make yourself as strong as possible within the same realm.] [In the neenth year, you still worked hard to temper your physique and consumed Demon Emperor Flesh Essence daily. The two hundred catties of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence that Luo Shuying had brought you before were now gone. However, in these past few years, the situation at Demon-Subduing Pass had intensified. Both Human Race Martial Emperors and Demon Emperors had fallen, thus providing you with sufficient flesh essence.] [Drawing from your previous experience of breaking through the Body Cultivation Realm, you understood that to stably move from the Origin Martial Realm to the Divine Strength Realm, you must strive to enhance your own physical strength. So, besides diligently cultivating your Qi, you put more emphasis on improving your Origin Martial Realm cultivation.] [In the twentieth year, your physical strength improved further. You had increased your strength and physical toughness by nearly two-tenthspared to when you had first entered the Great Perfection of the Origin Martial Realm. As your physical strength grew, you discovered that you could consume more Demon Emperor Flesh Essence daily. You took half a catty of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence every day, and your strength continued to rise steadily.] [That same year, your Qi Refining Cultivation level broke through, and you became a Nascent Soul Stage Six Cultivator!] [In the twenty-first year, your good friend Yu Yan died fighting at Demon-Subduing Pass. You felt sorrowful, but you knew this sadness might continue for a long time, as more familiar friends and rtives would die at Demon-Subduing Pass as the day of the apocalypse drew nearer. Eventually, everyone would die at the hands of the colossal beasts when they descended.] [So you doubled down on your cultivation, desperately enhancing your cultivation level. You feared the arrival of that day, even more afraid of watching your beloved die before your eyes.] [In the twenty-second year, the strength of your physical body became further formidable, and your Qi Refining Cultivation was ever closer to the seventh level of the Nascent Soul Stage.] [In previous years, you attempted to refine Divine Strength Pills daily, hoping to trigger a serendipitous epiphany of talent, but undoubtedly you failed. Fate had not sided with you, but you believed that as long as you kept trying diligently in each simtion, good fortune would eventuallye.] [In the twenty-third year, the quality of your body continued to steadily improve, though it had slowed considerably since you first broke through to Great Perfection in the Origin Martial Realm. You knew that every stage of cultivation had its limits, and you might be close to touching those limits.] [In the twenty-fourth year, you finally made a breakthrough, sessfully advancing to theter stages of the Nascent Soul period and bing a cultivator of the seventh level of the Nascent Soul Stage!] [In the twenty-fifth year, the Human Race suffered a disastrous defeat at Demon-Subduing Pass, with hundreds of thousands of Great Xia soldiers perishing in that battle at Demon-Subduing Pass, leading to the copse of the Pass and the Human Race teetering on the brink of extinction.] [You didn''t expect the apocalypse to still erupt that year. You initially thought it wouldeter, but it still happened in the twenty-fifth year with the fall of Demon-Subduing Pass. You knew that perhaps time had reached a critical point, and you needed to make as many changes as possible to dy the end of the world to a greater extent.] [With the fall of Demon-Subduing Pass, colossal beasts descended upon the real world.] [That beast,rge enough to block out the sun, swallowed the entire Great Xia Country whole, and you were consumed into the belly of the beast.] [You died!] [Your innate ability, Human Nuclear Bomb, activated!] [At the moment of your explosion, your entire body evaporated on the spot, your talent of "unwillingness to die with eyes closed" failed %] [Boom! A human nuclear bomb equivalent to ten thousand super-Tsar Bomba exploded in the belly of the beast, this enormous energy... caused the beast to have diarrhea for several days...] [Ding, this simtion is over!] Su Xing was stunned by this scene. "What the hell, ten thousand super-Tsar Bombas, and it only caused that giant beast to have diarrhea for a few days?" "What level of existence is this giant beast? Could it really be God Level? Or even something higher?" Su Xing''s expression turned grim, a nuclear bomb represented the pinnacle of Blue Star''s technological might. Even a Martial Emperor Level warrior could merely ignore the radiation of a nuclear bomb, not daring to im they could stand at the epicenter of a nuclear explosion unscathed. Yet these ten thousand super-Tsar Bombas couldn''t even seriously injure the beast, they just gave it indigestion? Reflecting on this, Su Xing understood the long and arduous task ahead. Su Xing''s conviction almost faltered for a time upon realizing the vast disparity between the enemy and himself. Was there really still any point in resisting? Somewhere within, a force was urging Su Xing on, a tenacious belief, and his eyes regained their resolve. "I have the bug-like ability to simte the future; I can definitely drive out that beast! If not once, then twice; if not twice, then ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times!" "My strength is continuously growing, while the might of the Foreign Race remains unchanged. In this war of attrition, victory will undoubtedly belong to all of humanity!" Su Xing clenched his fists. With his fighting spirit restored, Su Xing began to review thistest simtion. This was a simtion that persisted until the end of the world, Su Xing had lived a sufficient length of time. During this time, Su Xing had nearly aplished his goals. His body cultivation reached Great Perfection in the Origin Martial Realm, just a step away from breaking through to the Divine Strength Realm! And his Qi Refining Cultivation had also reached the seventh level of the Nascent Soul Stage, perhaps with one more attempt, Su Xing could be a cultivator of Great Perfection in the Nascent Soul Stage. So the next goal was to try breaking through to the Divine Strength Realm. The bad news was that the Divine Strength Pill had not been sessfully refined, but Su Xing would continue to attempt it. "Besides that, I must also schedule the refinement of higher-level healing elixirs..." Su Xing rubbed his temples, then shifted his gaze to the rewards selection on the simtion panel. Chapter 140: Chapter 123: The Great Battle Against Damned Zong, Su Xings Overt Plot! (Third Update) Su Xing''s brow furrowed tightly as he saw this. Damned Zong indeed possessed a peculiar ability, able to sense danger and even pinpoint his location! And with Su Xing''s strength, defeating Damned Zong head-on was nearly impossible. "The only n for now is to hold off Damned Zong, only by holding out until Luo Shuyinges to support can there be a chance to kill him!" Su Xing felt a surge of excitement in his heart. From the first time he had met Damned Zong, treated like an ant and almost refined into a Human Pill. Now, Su Xing finally had the chance to face Damned Zong in directbat! Although the odds of winning were slim... Su Xing still wanted to try. "If it''s a fight you want, then it''s a fight you''ll get! Let''s see just how terrifying a peak Divinity Transformation Cultivator really is!" Determined, Su Xing looked towards the simtion panel. [You realize that Damned Zong ising straight for you, but this time you no longer n to run away. You diligently adjust your breathing, bringing your body to its optimal state, then extravagantly take out two Spirit Stones to begin restoring your Spiritual Power.] [You sit cross-legged, eyes closed in meditation, yet constantly aware of Damned Zong''s position. In your senses, the light representing Damned Zong rapidly approaches!] [At a certain moment, you open your eyes and draw the Ink Ice Sword at your waist, meticulously wiping it.] [You know that with an opponent like Damned Zong, you absolutely cannot hold back. From the start, you must give it your all! And your biggest trump card is "Three Talents Sword Technique" within the Human Sword!] [The Human Sword, the sword of a thousand foes! You silently recall this phrase from the Sword Cultivator''s codex, your blood boiling for the uing battle, yet you feel not much fear.] [Your Spirit Sword Mo Bing whispers softly in your hands as if sensing your thoughts.] [A ck dot appears in the distance, rapidly growingrger within your field of vision, eventually stopping a hundred meters in front of you.] [The person is none other than Damned Zong. The moment he sees you, his eyes reveal surprise, and at the same time, a bit of gratification.] [Damned Zong sneers without saying much, simply taking out a bone sword and turning into a ck streak heading straight toward you.] [Seeing this, you too channel the Ink Ice Sword in your hand and go forth to meet Damned Zong!] Seeing this, Su Xing immediately became so angry that he pped his thigh andined: "Dammit, it''s all lies in the novels! Isn''t it said that the viins bber before starting to fight, only to be defeated because of their bbering?" "Howe this Damned Zong starts fighting without a word! Is this the real way for a viin to act? Acting ruthlessly and without dawdling..." Su Xing knew very well that a shrewd old Cultivator like Damned Zong would never drag his feet, which made him feel even more vexed. He continued to look towards the simtion panel. [Damned Zong is powerful, his swordsmanship is cruel and outstanding, with each strike being lethal. The mourning from his bone sword seems to carry the resentment of countless souls, constantly assaulting your psyche.] [Fortunately, your Divine Soul is powerful. Although you are only at the Nascent Soul Stage, your Divine Sense is nearly nine hundred feet. Otherwise, under the bone sword''s soulful assault, you would have instantly be an imbecile.] [Even so, when battling Damned Zong, you are greatly affected by the bone sword, feeling as if your Divine Sense is being bitten by insects.] [Enduring the difort of your Divine Soul, you wield the Ink Ice Sword in your hand, parrying attacks from Damned Zong.] [After just over a dozen exchanges, you sense that something is wrong. Damned Zong is not only cruel and unpredictable, but his strength is also no less than yours.] [You instantly understand that Damned Zong is probably a dual cultivator of both spirit and body, not only at the Great Perfection of the Divinity Transformation Stage, but his Body Refinement Cultivation Level is also likely that of a seasoned Divine Strength Realm powerhouse.] [But at this moment, you know you have no way out; a single w would mean nothing but death.] [You forcefully swing out a sword strike, driving back Damned Zong, then stretch out your left hand, where a terrifying me appears in your palm.] [It''s the Divine Skill, Li Fire Technique!] [You toss the Li Fire gently, sending it flying toward Damned Zong. At first, Damned Zong wears a cold smile, but upon feeling the terrifying aura from the Li Fire, his expression subtly changes.] [He seems to recognize the origin of the me, and his gaze towards you carries a trace of fear.] [But Damned Zong is not a vegetarian, as a Divinity Transformation Stage powerhouse who has lived for a thousand years, he naturally has some trump cards. He extends his left hand, hidden in hisrge sleeve, and a ck energy assails you!] [You are shocked at the sight of Damned Zong''s left hand because it seems charred like charcoal, the skin shriveled to the bones, and wholly ckened, coiling with a daunting ck energy.] [The vast ck energy from Damned Zong''s hand wraps around your Li Fire almost instantly, the fire flickers, the mes gradually diminishing as if about to be extinguished.] [Seeing this, you hasten to channel Spiritual Power, continuously infusing Spiritual Energy into the Li Fire. With the influx of Spiritual Energy, the Li Fire slowly starts to resist the ck energy''s encroachment and begins to fight back.] [Damned Zong frowns slightly and then increases his Spiritual Power input, with the ck energy once again gaining the upper hand.] [You refuse to show weakness, continuing to desperately infuse Spiritual Energy, and immediately take out Spirit Stones from your storage bag, maintaining the supply of Spiritual Power while replenishing what''s being consumed.] Su Xing sighed slightly at the sight. "This must be the rumored battle between Cultivators, right? What''s the background of that ck energy that it can actuallypete with the Li Fire?" But then Su Xing shook his head and said: Chapter 120: Chapter 110: A Talented Alchemy Dao Prodigy, The Mystery of the Divine Strength Realm! ``` "Alchemy Dao genius? Could it be a talent rted to Alchemy!?" Su Xing''s face showed a trace of excitement. It''s like a hungry child whoes upon milk! What Su Xing wanted most at the moment was to refine the Divine Strength Pill! He had thought it would require many simtion trials and errors, and that he would ultimately rely on his talent for enlightenment to bring out the Alchemy Experience of the Divine Strength Pill; he didn''t expect to have drawn an Alchemy-rted talent now. "Perhaps, I don''t need to wait any longer, with this talent, I can quickly refine the Divine Strength Pill!" Su Xing couldn''t wait to see the effects of his Alchemy Dao talent. [Alchemy Dao Genius]: You naturally possess a sensitivity in the Alchemy Dao that surpasses ordinary people. You have a talent for grasping the proportions of ingredients, the heat of alchemy, and timing, and you also learn new elixir forms at a faster pace. After seeing the effects of Alchemy Dao Genius, Su Xing''s eyes brightened. This talent was just as he expected, but he wondered how much it could actually improve his abilities? "If I remember correctly, I once drew a green talent called Sword Dao Genius... The word ''genius'' is used in both, but a Purple Talent should be superior, right?" Su Xing thought uncertainly, turning his gaze towards the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize you are in a simtion.] [You begin to mull over the talent Alchemy Dao Genius that you have drawn. To verify the effects of this talent, you decide to refine several batches of elixirs.] [Sure enough, you discovered that your speed in alchemy has be faster! When ites to the control of heat and timing during alchemy, you always have a sudden premonition in your heart, feeling as though you possess a miraculous intuitionthis is how the elixir should be refined!] [In the following week, you spend all your time in alchemy, and you find that even with the elixir recipes you are already familiar with, your refining speed has increased by nearly twenty percent, and you vaguely feel that there is still room for improvement.] [Thus, you begin to refine elixirs day and night, constantly familiarizing yourself with your alchemy talent, applying it more skillfully.] [Quickly, a month passes, and on this day, you prepare to head to the Luotian Meeting Instance.] [You had booked a slot a month in advance; now atst, you have a spot. Under the watchful eyes of the instance manager, you step into the Luotian Meeting Instance.] Su Xing feels a stir in his heart and silently chants: "Activate immersive simtion function, duration two hours!" [Ding, you have sessfully activated immersive simtion, consuming 200,000 points of energy. Simtion time: 2 hours, remaining energy: 18,879,768 points.] A sh of white light passes before Su Xing''s eyes, his vision shifts, and he soon finds himself in the Luotian Meeting Instance. "Good disciple! Go and ask Uncle Shennong toe! Uncle Shennong lives in seclusion on the back mountain, but he is also one of the leading cultivators in the Luo Tian Sect''s Spirit nurturing lineage, if you have questions, perhaps you can ask him for advice." The thunderous voice reaches Su Xing''s ears. Su Xing focuses his gaze and realizes that the person before him is not his previous master Elder Che, but rather a middle-aged cultivator with a body as strong as an ox, exuding powerful momentum, and with two scars on his face. Su Xing recalls the memories in his mind, the man before him is called Niu Ruolie! His status is that of the Great Elder of the Luo Tian Sect! The master of the Body Refinement summit, the strongest among all the Elders! And this time, in the Luotian Meeting Instance, Su Xing''s identity has changed as well, no longer the disciple of a normal elder but the direct disciple of the Great Elder before him! "Yes, Master!" Although Su Xing agrees verbally, his body doesn''t move. Seeing Su Xing motionless, Niu Ruolie frowns slightly, scratches his smooth head, and asks in confusion: "Xiaochuan, why haven''t you gone to find Uncle Shennong yet?" After hearing this, Su Xing first performs a salute, then asks: "Master, I have some doubts about Body Refinement I''d like to ask you, rted to the Divine Strength Realm..." Upon hearing this, a gleam shes in Niu Ruolie''s eyes: "Hahaha, good disciple! Truly worthy of being a genius of our Luo Tian Sect! Not yet a hundred years old, and already about to break through to the Divine Strength Realm?" "Cough cough, go and invite Uncle Shennong over first. As for your cultivation questions, we can discuss them afterwardit won''t be toote!" After hearing this, Su Xing nods his head and leaves to find Shennong Youtian. Along the way, Su Xing ponders. With the enhancement of his strength, it is clear that his identity as "Luo Xiaochuan" has changed again. Transformed into the disciple of the Great Elder Niu Ruolie. And Niu Ruolie is a powerful cultivator who has reached the pinnacle of Body Refinement. Initially, Su Xing nned to consult with Shennong Youtian about the doubts concerning the Divine Strength Realm, but now clearly he had a better candidate to ask. "Who exactly is this Luo Xiaochuan? What was his original identity?" Doubt rises in Su Xing''s heart, then he shakes his head slightly and heads towards the back mountain. Soon, Su Xing arrives beside Shennong Youtian. Shennong Youtian stands at the center of the Spirit Field, constantly forming seals with his hands, as therge expanse of the Spirit Field rolls and churns like the turning of earth dragons. There are also spirit beasts that are thick as pythons but resemble earthworms, writhing continuously in the Spirit Field. "Did I trigger some sort of plot?" Su Xing''s heart stirs, then without speaking, he waits quietly outside the Spirit Field. After a moment, Shennong Youtian finishes his incantations and walks towards Su Xing. "Nephew Luo, I''ve kept you waiting, did your master call for me?" Shennong Youtian smiles and speaks to Su Xing. Su Xing nods his head, and together they head towards the Luotian Meeting. On the way, Su Xing voices the doubts in his heart: ``` Chapter 121: Chapter 110: A Talented Alchemy Prodigy, The Mysteries of the Divine Strength Realm!_2 ""Uncle Shennong, what spell did you just cast?" Shennong Youtian smiled upon hearing the question and said, "It''s the Earth Dragon Technique passed down from my ancestors. I use it for farming, which makes the Spirit Field much more fertile!" Upon hearing this, Su Xing''s body stiffened for a moment, and thoughts tumbled through his mind. Earth Dragon Technique!? Isn''t that one of the spells recorded in the ''Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique''? Why would Uncle Shennong here know it? And the name of Uncle Shennong... For a time, Su Xing''s mind was flooded with thoughts. Initially, Su Xing did not associate Shennong Youtian with the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique; although the names were simr, after all, one came from his master Qing Yunzi, and this ce was the Luo Tian Sect, which was vastly different from the Qingyun Sect... But now, Su Xing could not help but connect the two. After careful consideration, Su Xing still couldn''t figure it out. "Uncle Shennong, could it be that the ancestral technique you speak of is the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique?" Su Xing directly asked. Shennong Youtian was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and said, "What''s been passed down in my family is just some farming stuff, nothing with such an imposing name... Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, that''s quite the impressive title!" Seeing Shennong Youtian''s denial, Su Xing frowned slightly and mused to himself, "It seems I can only investigate this matterter. There may be a connection between the two, but it''s not clear at the moment..." Soon after, Su Xing escorted Shennong Youtian into the Luotian Meeting Instance. Then, Su Xing stood by his master Niu Ruolie and reported back. Niu Ruolie nodded in satisfaction with Su Xing, his face unable to suppress a smile as he said, "Good disciple, if you have any questions, just ask! Today is a good day for me to give you some guidance!" Filled with joy at his master''s words, Su Xing voiced the doubts in his heart, "Master, what exactly is the difference between the Divine Strength Realm and the Origin Martial Realm? How can one in the Origin Martial Realm better break through to the Divine Strength Realm?" Niu Ruolieughed heartily upon hearing this and spoke proudly, "Good disciple, the Origin Martial Realm is the stage of mastering Origin Force, and it marks the beginning of the journey on the path of Body Cultivation. Compared to the Organ Refining Realm, one''s strength and physique grow tremendously at this stage, but the greatest use is the mastery of Origin Force. If one masters enough skilled Origin Force during this period, the benefits in the future are endless!" Pausing for a moment, Niu Ruolie continued, "However, Cultivators in the Divine Strength Realm mark the true beginning of might for Body Refinement Cultivators! Before reaching the Divine Strength Realm, Body Refinement Cultivators and Qi Cultivation Cultivators each have their own strengths; even the strongest Body Refinement Cultivator, when facing those Qi Cultivation Cultivators whomand strange techniques, might be at a disadvantage." "But the Divine Strength Realm is the start of true supremacy, where a Body Refinement Cultivator can shatter all spells with brute force!" "Because once a Cultivator in the Origin Martial Realm breaks through to the Divine Strength Realm, their strength will double! A million jin of strength for an Origin Martial Cultivator will surge to two million jin! A Cultivator with three million jin of higher divine strength will be able to soar to six million jin!" Su Xing''s eyes shimmered with shock upon hearing this. The Divine Strength Realm, so it was, your strength doubles upon breakthrough! Seeing the amazement in Su Xing''s eyes, Niu Ruolie chuckled and said, "Good disciple, that''s just the beginning!" "The Divine Strength Realm isn''t simply about doubling your strength! In the nine levels of Divine Power, your strength increases by thirty percent with each level! When reaching the Great Perfection of the Divine Strength Realm, your strength will be ten times that of a Cultivator who has just entered the first level of Divine Strength!" Su Xing was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up with tion. Great Perfection of the Divine Strength Realm, your strength is ten times that of when you first entered the realm!? By that calction... if Su Xing''s initial strength is five million jin, then it would be ten million jin upon reaching the Divine Strength Realm! Ten times that would be... a hundred million jin!? Or to say, a colossal strength of fifty thousand tons! With such pure physical strength, he could lift an aircraft carrier! Wouldn''t it be fair to say that this was truly the power to move mountains and reim seas? If one were to be struck by such a fist... hiss, who could withstand that? At this moment, Su Xing''s gaze darted around excitedly. Seeing the fervor in Su Xing''s eyes, Niu Ruolie said, "Hahaha, good disciple! And that''s not all!" "The Divine Strength Realm is a special realm! Within this realm, no matter how fast your Cultivation Level increases or how solid your foundation is, the increase in strength is fixed at ten times!" "So, this shows just how important it is to have a solid foundation in the Origin Martial Realm! The stronger one is in the Origin Martial Realm, the stronger they will be in the Divine Strength Realm! The strong grow stronger, and the weak grow weaker!" "During the Origin Martial Realm period, one must perfect their strength as much as possible so that they can unleash even greater potential when they reach the Divine Strength Realm!" Su Xing nodded upon hearing this, reckoning that the enhancement from breaking through to the Divine Strength Realm could be an astonishing twenty times greater once one reached the Great Perfection level of the Origin Martial Realm! Therefore, the greater one''s strength in the Origin Martial Realm and the more solid the foundation, the stronger they would beter on. That''s the logic! Thinking of this, Su Xing expressed some doubts: "Master, then what constitutes perfection in cultivation of the Origin Martial Realm?" Niu Ruolie thought for a moment and said: "Origin Martial Realm cultivators are generally divided into three levels." "A lower-grade Great Perfection in the Origin Martial Realm has a strength of one million catties, and seven or eight out of ten Body Refinement Cultivators are like this." "A mid-grade Great Perfection in the Origin Martial Realm has a strength of two million catties, and among Body Refinement Cultivators, only one or two out of ten can achieve this." "An upper-grade Great Perfection in the Origin Martial Realm has a strength of three million catties; among a hundred Body Refinement Cultivators, only one or two could reach such Divine Power..." "If an upper-grade Origin Martial Realm cultivator breaks through to the Divine Strength Realm, then their final strength could even reach sixty million catties! Shattering mountains and rivers with one punch would not be out of the question!" Upon hearing this, Su Xing was momentarily stunned and blurted out: "Then what if one has a strength of five million catties?" Upon hearing this, Niu Ruolie let out a heartyugh and said: "Foolish boy, don''t jest!" "Even when I was considered the number one person under the age of a hundred in the Luo Tian Realm in terms of Body Cultivation, my strength was only four million catties. When I broke through to the Great Perfection of the Divine Strength Realm, my strength was eighty million catties, earning me the title of the strongest in ten thousand years in the Luo Tian Realm!" As Niu Ruolie spoke, a touch of pride appeared on his face: "I do not expect you to be as powerful as I was. As long as you reach a strength of three million five hundred thousand catties, you won''t bring shame to your master..." Listening to Niu Ruolie''s words, Su Xing''s face revealed a hint of peculiarity. A strength of three million five hundred thousand catties he had already reached that long ago! But now he already had a strength of five million catties, and there was even the possibility of further growth... Does this not count as normal? Thus, Su Xing persisted and asked: "Master, are there truly no individuals capable of breaking through to the Divine Strength Realm with a strength of five million catties?" Niu Ruolie considered for a moment, then replied: "I have heard that, in Ancient Times, there was a n known as the Witch n. The members of the Witch n possessed Innate Divine Strength and formidable physiques. Ordinary individuals among them stood over ten meters tall, while the Witch n giants reached an astounding hundred meters!" "It is said that the Witch n is also rumored to be the origin of the path of Body Cultivation..." "Among them, if a member of the Witch n reached the Great Perfection of the Origin Martial Realm, it is possible they could possess a strength of five million catties, and even more exceptional individuals, ten million catties... The reason they could reach such strength is because they were born consuming the flesh and Flesh Essence of Demonic Beasts, things that we in the Luo Tian Realm do not have, and thus we are weaker than them... Of course, this is all just legend..." Su Xing''s eyes lit up upon hearing this. Ancient Times, Witch n strength of ten million catties... consuming Demonic Beasts'' Flesh Essence... How are these Demonic Beasts rted to those of the Demon-Subduing Pass? Su Xing thoroughly digested the knowledge imparted by Niu Ruolie and finally asked: "Master, how does one break through from the Origin Martial Realm to the Divine Strength Realm?" Upon hearing this, Niu Ruolieughed heartily and said: "Origin Martial Realm cultivators would rather stay in their current realm for a few more years! Doing so would raise their future potential. Why are you already thinking about breaking through?" "Generally, for a Great Perfection cultivator in the Origin Martial Realm, when strength can no longer be increased, they may take a Divine Strength Pill to break through, because reaching the extreme limit of the flesh signifies they are at the peak..." After hearing Niu Ruolie''s words, Su Xing became contemtive. Soon, the immersive simtion ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world. Su Xing muttered to himself in deep thought: "So, the longer one remains in the Origin Martial Realm, the more beneficial it is?" "Ordinary Origin Martial Realm cultivators have a lifespan of just five hundred years... How much longer can they stay?" Su Xing shook his head slightly and turned his attention back to the simtion panel. [You left the Luotian Meeting Instance feeling profoundly moved.] [In the months that followed, you continued to search for the limits of your strength, but disappointingly discovered that without the Flesh Essence of Demonic Beasts, the increase in your physical strength became slow.] [Just when you felt disheartened, Wang Qingxuan found you, and overnight, you joined the Descending Sect.] [You revealed your strength and talent in Alchemy to the Descending Sect, sessfully joining the faction under Luo Shuying.] Chapter 145: Chapter 126: The Life of Zong Paopao, Spirit Rice Experiment a Great Success! ``` "To ughter an entire city just to refine a treasure, this damned Zong is truly vicious..." Su Xing cursed inwardly, feeling that killing Damned Zong directly was still too merciful. He should have tortured him with the Li Fire Technique for forty-nine days and only then destroyed his Primordial Spirit. Su Xing then took out Damned Zong''s diary to skim through it. But s, Damned Zong''s diary had too many entries, mostly trivial matters, and Su Xing''s immersive simtion time was short, so he could only get a general idea, hoping to find useful information among them. "In the year 2758 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I ughtered a sect and happened upon the secret method to form a Nascent Soul, hence I went into seclusion." "In the year 2769 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I finally formed my Nascent Soul!" "In the year 2778 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I was pursued and fled for my life..." "In the year 2803 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I was pursued and fled for my life..." "In the year 2930 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I reached Great Perfection in the Nascent Soul, thus I sought the Infant Tempering Pill to form a top-quality Nascent Soul!" "In the year 2933 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I found an alchemy grandmaster who could refine the Infant Tempering Pill, and I killed him!" "In the year 2935 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I fled for my life..." "In the year 2940 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I broke through to Divinity Transformation!" "In the year 2963 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I returned to my sect and ughtered them all!" "In the year 3338 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I achieved Great Perfection in Divinity Transformation!" "In the year 3339 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, nature''s spiritual energy grows ever thinner, cultivators no longer hope for immortality, thus I took the Yellow Springs Pill and fell into slumber, hoping to extend my life and find another opportunity..." "In the year 5077 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I was unintentionally awakened by a group of low-level Body Refinement Cultivators, furious, I killed them!" "In the year 5088 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, there''s no longer spiritual energy between heaven and earth, no hope for proving the Dao, just surviving..." "In the year 5168 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I chanced upon an old dragon and joined the Descending Sect! In search of a chance for immortality..." Su Xing sighed in relief as he read this and murmured, "Damned Zong, this guy actually lived for over two thousand years?" "Although, he did extend his lifespan by falling into a slumber with the Yellow Springs Pill... still, living for over two thousand years is quite astonishing!" Looking back at Damned Zong''s life, he was not considered to be exceptionally talented, forming his Nascent Soul at over three hundred years old and achieving Divinity Transformation at over five hundred years old, probably surviving so long by taking numerous life-extending Spiritual Medicines. "This Damned Zong hasmitted many evils throughout his life, but he was very cautious, escaping from the moment he reached the Foundation Establishment Stage until he wed his way to the Divinity Transformation Stage, then returned to his sect, exterminating the entire sect... truly, the revenge of a petty person can wait for five hundred years..." Su Xing finally understood why Damned Zong was so cautious. "However, there doesn''t seem to be any mention of the Changchun Technique in Damned Zong''s diary... Could it be that the sect he originally joined was the Changchun Sect?" "Or rather... did this old dog obtain this cultivation technique when he was destroying other sects?" Su Xing was curious; the Changchun Technique was the cultivation technique he was currently practicing, sadly only up to the Return to Void Realm. After this time, Su Xing would soon be entering the Divinity Transformation Stage, and wasn''t far from reaching the peak of the Changchun Technique. Therefore, Su Xing must quickly find a way to acquire a more advanced cultivation technique... Suddenly Su Xing thought of something, looking at the diary''s dates, he murmured, "Immortal Martial Chronicle... If I remember correctly, the Great Xia Country should have a copy of coordinates named ''The Age of the Waning Dharma'', right? Perhaps, Damned Zong was a person from that copied world?" Su Xing pondered silently, maybe he could explore this Age of the Waning Dharma copy world a bit in the future, possibly obtaining some useful information. Su Xing briefly flipped through Damned Zong''s diary again. Soon after, the immersive simtion ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world. Back in the real world, Su Xing looked toward the simtion panel. [You have perused the treasures and diary left by Damned Zong, hoping to glean some useful information.] [Through this information, you have indeed learned more of the secrets of the cultivation world, it''s a pity that Damned Zong''s magical artifacts have mostly been destroyed.] [You and Luo Shuying have hidden in the mountains for several days, during which you have spent day and night together, a lone man and a widowed woman in a pitch-dark cave, and your affection for each other has deepened.] [In a few days, Lu Yuanwu arrived with a few Martial Emperors and Legendary Level experts to rendezvous, and you safely reached the Kyoto of Great Xia.] [After returning to Kyoto, you gave all the elixirs that you had umted over the years to the Great Xia Military, adding tens of thousands of Grandmaster Level warriors to the Great Xia Country.] ``` [The Great Xia Military instantly took this matter seriously, and you were hailed as a hero of the Human Race, sessfully ascending into the upper echelons of Great Xia.] [Faced with fame and fortune, however, you showed no interest. Instead, you used your authority to lease ten thousand mu of mountainside in the outskirts of Kyoto, and deployed your personnel to start developing thend.] [In the seventh year, you were both overseeing the development of the wastnd and refining middle-grade elixirs like Divine Strength Pills, Dragon Spirit Pills, and Origin Martial Pills.] [You kept a hundred premium Divine Strength Pills for your own use, and donated the remaining elixirs to the Great Xia Military, thereby adding several hundred Heavenly Kings and several dozen Martial Emperor Level powerhouses to Great Xia Country!] [As a result, your stature within Great Xia and even among the entire Human Race grew ever higher, but you focused your attention on attempting to cultivate Spirit Grains.] [You came to the center of those ten thousand mu ofnd and began to figure out how toy out a small Spirit Gathering Array.] [The Spirit Gathering Array you improved used a Spirit Stone and a Gathering Spirit Flower as the array''s focal points: the Spirit Stone released spiritual energy outward, while the Gathering Spirit Flower absorbed spiritual energy and could release even more spiritual energy.] [Such a cycle repeated over and over, where a Spirit Stone and a Gathering Spirit Flower acted like perpetual engines of spiritual energy, continuously releasing spiritual energy outward.] [But you quickly discovered that spiritual energy would also scatter and deplete. In the Spirit Gathering Array, if there were too many living beings, the supply of spiritual energy couldn''t keep up with the consumption, and the spiritual energy would gradually diminish until it was exhausted.] [You had to find this bnce, where the consumption of spiritual energy was just slightly less than the supply. After some measurement, you realized that a small Spirit Gathering Array could cover a maximum range of three mu.] [Therefore, in the fields of the outskirts of Kyoto, youid down three Spirit Gathering Arrays and took out seeds to nt Spirit Grains in nine mu ofnd.] [In the following year, you both cultivated and experimented with the cultivation of Spirit Grains.] [Besides that, every day you also nted Three-tailed Phoenix Grass and Jade Bone Snow Ginseng in the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [The Three-tailed Phoenix Grass thrived pleasingly. In just seven short years, it had almost produced its first tail feather, and you were delighted, convinced that you could achieve full maturity in this trial.] [On the other hand, the cultivation of Jade Bone Snow Ginseng worried you. It grew in extremely cold ces and required spiritual energy, but your Spirit Field Blessed Land, being ever spring-like, couldn''t satisfy the growing conditions for the Jade Bone Snow Ginseng.] [Having no other choice, you took Luo Shuying with you to one of the Twelve Domains in the Seven Countriesthe Arctic Domain. Located in the far north, it was perennially below minus fifty degrees, where ordinary lifeforms could hardly survive.] [However, as a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, you were unaffected by heat and cold. You found a secluded spot in the Arctic Domain, where you nted the Jade Bone Snow Ginseng and set up a small Spirit Gathering Array to provide the ginseng with spiritual power.] [After ensuring the Jade Bone Snow Ginseng could survive, you returned to Great Xia Country.] [In the eighth year, the experimentation with your Spirit Field on the outskirts of Kyoto waspleted. Comparing the Spirit Grains of the three Spirit Gathering Arrays, you found that the spiritual energy in one location was already exhausted, but the others still had ample spiritual energy.] [You harvested the Spirit Grains from the other two locations, discovering that the yield for one mu was about five thousand jin. Going beyond that amount, the supply of spiritual power would be insufficient.] [At the same time, since thend in the real world cannotpare to that of a Spirit Field Blessed Land, it could only yield one crop per year.] [Even so, you were extremely satisfied. A Spirit Stone paired with a Gathering Spirit Flower could cultivate three mu of a Spirit Fieldthat''s 15,000 jin! Moreover, such a small Spirit Gathering Array could operate for a long time, easily maintained for a hundred years!] [You still had a thousand Spirit Stones in hand, so a yearly yield of 15 million jin was not a problem!] [The real issue was that you didn''t have enough Gathering Spirit Flowers. To cultivate one thousand mu ofnd, you''d need at least three hundred stems of Gathering Spirit Flowers.] [But you had already achieved your goal. Spirit Grains could be poprized among all humanity, forming a hundred-year n, not to be rushed in an instant. Your only intention this time was to see if it was feasible to cultivate them in the real world.] [Through these years, you had already nted Spirit Grains on the five hundred mu of wastnd in your Spirit Field Blessed Land. After six to seven years, you already had 30 million jin of Spirit Grains in your hands!] [You took out this batch of Spirit Grains and selected under eighteen-year-olds with exceptional talent from all over the country, a total of one hundred thousand individuals!] [These hundred thousand hadn''t yet awakened their professions, just ordinary people, but you would supply each person with a hundred jin of Spirit Rice annually. You wanted to conduct a widespread experiment to see just how much help this Spirit Rice could provide ordinary people.] [The remaining Spirit Rice, some you kept for your own consumption, while the rest were handed over to the Tarot Commerce Association for sale.] [You set the price of the Spirit Rice at a hundred thousand per jin, a price that was not expensive, virtually no different from giving it away.] [But you had one condition: those who bought the Spirit Rice must consume it themselves, and the buyer must have reached the limit of their current level, unable to advance before they could purchase it. Furthermore, they could only buy a maximum of twenty jin at a time.] [Despite the strict rules you had set, nearly twenty million jin of Spirit Rice was snapped up in less than a month.] [The buyers were mostly Bronze Peak professionals who had no hope of breaking through to the Silver Level.] [There were also many Silver Peak professionals, who had no hope of breaking through to Gold.] [The twenty million jin of Spirit Rice, in total, was sold to one million professionals. You instructed the Tarot Commerce Association topile information on these people and nned to revisit them in a few months to survey the oue, whether they had sessfully advanced.] [This was a monumental project, but you had sufficient resources and official support, understanding this endeavor was for the benefit of all humanity.] [The first results came from that one million who bought Spirit Rice during their bottleneck periods.] [In just half a year, your subordinates had collected all one million people''s data, delivering it to your hands.] [Among them, three hundred thousand of the six hundred thousand Bronze Level professionals had broken through to the Silver Level within a month after consuming ten jin of Spirit Rice, and 295,000 had broken through within half a year...] [Taking into ount the sess rate of advancement, it was over 99%!] Chapter 147: Chapter 128 Another Path to Wealth, Life-Extending Elixir! (Second Update) Su Xing slightly nodded as he read, "Everything is as I expected." The Three-tailed Phoenix Grass matures, Divine Sense intensity skyrockets... Next, as long as I take these rewards with me, Divinity Transformation should be within reach! "I wonder if, with Divinity Transformation Cultivation Level plus the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm, I could fight that damned Zong?" Su Xing pondered briefly and then shook his head. "The uncertainty is too great! That old dog has lived for more than two thousand years and is a dual cultivator of body and Qi, with many trump cards... I''m afraid that even if I break through to the Divinity Transformation Stage, I might still not be his match..." "However, after Divinity Transformation, if I face him again, I probably won''t be in such a sorry state..." Su Xing looked forward with slight anticipation. Although Body Refinement Cultivators are somewhat stronger at the same level, it was clear to Su Xing that the many techniques of the Qi Refinement lineage were more appealing to him. Especially the various methods of Qi Refinement could earn Su Xing more energy for a greater enhancement! With this in mind, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simtion panel. [In the twenty-fourth year, your Divine Sense has finally made another leap, reaching the realm of a thousand zhang!] [As you predicted, Divine Sense of a thousand zhang is already the limit of the Nascent Soul Stage. If you wish to continue enhancing it, you must break into the Divinity Transformation Stage.] [In the twenty-fifth year, the situation at Demon-Subduing Pass suddenly worsened. Under the relentless assaults of the legendary army of Demonic Beasts, it was in grave danger.] [Knowing that time was of the essence, you left everything behind and journeyed alone to the Arctic domain.] [Sure enough, in the frigid climate of the Arctic domain, the Jade Bone Snow Ginseng that you had nted before was nearing maturity.] [So, braving the harsh cold, you sat in the Spirit Gathering Array every day, using your own Spiritual Power to hasten the ripening of the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng.] [After a month of this, you finally obtained thirty mature Snow Bone Jade Ginseng nts!] Filled with joy upon seeing this, Su Xing had fulfilled his goal for this simtion. With the Jade Bone Snow Ginseng and Three-tailed Phoenix Grass, Su Xing could attempt to concoct Infant Tempering Pills, and Divinity Transformation was not far away! "Going by the time, the apocalypse must be close..." Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simtion panel. [When you returned to Kyoto, you heard that Demon-Subduing Pass had fallen a month prior, and the upper echelon of the Human Race was engulfed in panic.] [Yet you remained detached, having anticipated this day. Knowing your task waspleted, you peacefully enjoyed the time that followed.] [In the next three months, you resigned from all your duties and began to spend time with your family and friends...] [One day, a giant beast that blotted out the sky descended upon Blue Star, devouring the entirety of Great Xia Country in one gulp.] [In your final moments, you flipped the beast the middle finger.] [Ding, you have died!] [Your Purple Talent, ''Die Without Regrets,'' activates...] [Inside the belly of the beast, you see the surrounding mountains and seas being digested and consumed. The stomach of the creature is like a terrible ck hole, devouring everything...] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] Su Xing nodded slightly as he finished watching the simtion. Although he still died in the simtion, Su Xing''s n had been achieved. "However, this ''Die Without Regrets'' seems to have brought back some information... Just the beast''s stomach alone possesses such terrifying power?" Amazed within, Su Xing grew even more aware of the terror of the Foreign Race. "Well, these matters are too distant for me. Better to focus on the immediate issues... time to select the rewards!" Su Xing shifted his attention to the rewards from this simtion. [Descendants Galore]: Purple Talent, price 1 million energy points. [Twenty-Five Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy Insights, containing some alchemy experience, price 600,000 energy. [Divine Strength Realm Third Layer]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, price 20 million energy points! [Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique Experience]: Cultivation of crops and spirits, price 1 million energy points. [Ten Three-tailed Phoenix Grasses]: Three hundred years old, mature-grade Three-tailed Phoenix Grass, price 15 million energy points. [Thirty Snow Bone Jade Ginseng nts]: Mature Snow Bone Jade Ginseng, contains medicinal properties of breaking and reforming, price 15 million energy points. [Divine Sense Thousand Zhang (Five Senses Realm)]: Possessing a Divine Sense of a thousand zhang, able to sense the movement of the wind and grass within a thousand zhang, price 9.5 million energy points. [Dried Bone Sword (Mid-grade Treasure Artifact)]: Forged from refined human bones and condensed with countless resentful spirits, causes soul-eating damage on attack, price 30 million energy points. [Half a Yellow Springs Pill]: Experience the Yellow Springs once, taking it can induce sleep, extending lifespan. However, only half a pill is left, and there is a chance one may sleep forever. Price 500,000 energy points. [Soul-Calling Banner]: A supreme Magic Artifact, capable of summoning spirits wronged, price 8 million energy points. [Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique (Iplete)]: A Heaven Rank secret technique, capable of predicting fortunes and misfortunes, price 70 million energy points. After seeing the rewards, Su Xing paused for a moment, as the choices from this simtion were indeed generous. Most of them were plundered from the damned Zong, pointing to his considerable wealth, but it was a pity that they were mostly iplete and would be of no use to Su Xing. As Su Xing perused the reward options, he gave them some thought. "Talents go without saying, impossible to choose... and who knew that such a nonsensical ''Descendants Galore'' could also be rated as Purple Talent?" "As for Alchemy Experience, Cultivation Level isn''t urgent..." "Damned Zong''s Magic Artifacts and secret techniques, aside from that sword, the rest are iplete and would be of no use even if selected... and the prices are too high!" Su Xing paused, his gazending on the description of the Dried Bone Sword. "It''s actually a mid-grade Treasure Artifact... priced at thirty million energy, even more expensive than the Ink Ice Sword, does this mean that the Ink Ice Sword is perhaps only at the level of a lower-grade Treasure Artifact?" As far as Su Xing knew, Cultivator''s Magic Artifacts were ranked from low to high as: Talisman Artifacts, Magic Artifacts, Treasure Artifacts, Spiritual Artifacts... And above Spiritual Artifacts, were the legendary Immortal Artifacts! Chapter 148: Chapter 128 Another Path to Wealth, Life-Extending Elixir! (Second Update)_2 The grade of this bone sword is clearly not low; a lower-grade treasure, perhaps equivalent to the legendary weapons of the highest quality in the real world. "However, the origins of this bone sword are too immoral; using it would go against the heavens..." Su Xing shook his head slightly, turning his attention to the other options. After some hesitation, Su Xing was torn between three reward choices. A thousand-zhang divine sense, three-tailed phoenix grass, and snow bone jade ginseng. "This snow bone jade ginseng is a must-pick. If I don''t choose it, I fear I might have to fight that damned Zong again in the next simtion, which would be a loss not worth the gain..." "As for the thousand-zhang divine sense and three-tailed phoenix grass..." After wavering for a while, Su Xing decided to choose the three-tailed phoenix grass. After all, with the snow bone jade ginseng and three-tailed phoenix grass, Su Xing would be able to concoct the Infant Tempering Pill, which was clearly more critical for him. As for the divine sense, if there was a chance in the next simtion, reaching a thousand zhang would not be difficult. Thinking this, Su Xing silently dered. "I choose to take out the snow bone jade ginseng and the three-tailed phoenix grass..." [Ding, your energy is insufficient. Please collect enough simtion energy before exchanging...] The prompt from the simtor rang in Su Xing''s ears. When Su Xing checked his remaining energy, he found he only had less than twenty-six million left, with a shortfall of four million energy! "Dammit, I didn''t expect to run out of energy so soon... Sigh, looks like I can only wait for now. After this week''s goods are delivered, it should be enough..." Su Xing suddenly felt rather frustrated. Ever since he started making money through alchemy, he had never been short of money. But now that he was about to enter the Divinity Transformation Stage, energy was bing scarce again. Not to mention, just to bring out the Great Perfection of Divinity Transformation and Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm cultivations would require tens of millions of energy points from Su Xing... "Sigh, I still need to find a way to make money!" "The Tarot Commerce Association only provides ten million energy a week; at this rate, it will take two months to break through to the Great Perfection of the Divinity Transformation... This speed is too slow!" As the saying goes, cutting costs is impossible; only by increasing ie can one barely maintain a decent lifestyle. "Once the mining area instance dungeon gets approved, the energy gained should be much more..." "But for now, I can only push Jin Congxue a bit more to bring over more instance dungeon items!" Su Xing sighed and sent several messages to Jin Congxue, urging her to help him gather more instance dungeon items. Then he took out the alchemy furnace and prepared to start alchemy in a rush. The life of alchemy is very monotonous and extremely taxing on the mind. Even a master alchemist, if they fail to control the subtle heat and timing, could ruin an entire batch of elixirs. However, Su Xing was already well-versed in alchemy. In just a week, Su Xing concocted six thousand pills. That day, Su Xing stored the finished elixirs properly and went out to the vi to meet Jin Congxue. Today, Jin Congxue wore a sling dress with sleepwear, with two faint dark circles around her eyes, looking as if she had not slept well. Su Xing handed over the elixirs and teased: "What''s the matter, yed thiefst night? Why do you look like you didn''t get a good night''s sleep?" Jin Congxue rolled her eyes and pouted: "Hmph, it''s all because of you! Didn''t you have me purchase arge number of instance dungeon items for you?" "These past few days, I''ve been to dozens of branches and over a hundred warehouses of the Jin Merchant Guild in Jiangnan Province to collect all sorts of strange instance dungeon items for you... take a look for yourself!" With that, Jin Congxue handed over several storage rings. Su Xing opened the storage rings and, sure enough, they were filled with mountains of instance dungeon items. Su Xing''s heart stirred as he checked the energy contained in these items. [Ding, detection of certain energy-containing materials, valued at 16.42 million energy points, do you wish to convert?] [Ding, detection of certain energy-containing materials, valued at 9.76 million energy points, do you wish to convert?] [Ding...] Several voices echoed in Su Xing''s mind as he calcted the totals. Well, the instance dungeon items stored in these four storage rings have a total energy close to fifty million model units! Startled, Su Xing asked: "How does Jin Merchant Guild have so many instance dungeon items?" Jin Congxue replied: "They''re sold to us by professionals! Every day, a good number of professionalse specifically to sell instance dungeon items. Over time, it naturally umtes to quite a sum..." "Jin Merchant Guild has a wide range of business activities, and we asionally purchase a small number of instance dungeon items, and selling them also earns us a little profit." After a pause, Jin Congxue continued: "However, the number of instance dungeon items in Jin Merchant Guild isn''trge, and they''re sparsely distributed, making them hard to find..." "If you''re interested in these items, perhaps you could contact Baili Business Association in Guang Province." Upon hearing this, Su Xing muttered in confusion, "Baili Business Association?" Jin Congxue nodded slightly and said: "Baili Business Association is located in Guang Province, the southernmost region of Great Xia Country, and is one of the topmerce associations. The young master of the association, Baili Qi, loves collecting these peculiar instance dungeon items. Over several decades, the things he has amassed could probably pile up into mountains..." Su Xing''s eyes lit up at the information. Goodness, instance dungeon items collected over several decadesif he could really obtain them, how much model unit energy would that be worth! Hastily, Su Xing asked: "How can I contact this Baili Qi? I want to acquire all his instance dungeon equipment!" Jin Congxue found this a bit difficult and replied: "Baili Qi is an entric character who dislikes seeing people, and besides, our Jin Merchant Guild doesn''t have that close a rtionship with him..." "However, I''ve heard that recently, Baili Qi''s father, Baili Tu, seems to be nearing the end of his life and is apparently looking for life extension items produced from instances. If his life could be extended, perhaps you could exchange these items with Baili Qi..." Su Xing''s interest was piqued upon hearing this. Life extension items are extremely precious in instance dungeons, something countless top brass would kill for but rarely obtain. After all, the secretive proprietors behind these business associations, given their need to manage their businesses, probably don''t have much time to enhance their strength, and can barely make it to the Heavenly King Level with the help of various items. And for those at Heavenly King Level, their lifespan would be around three to five hundred years. To live longer, the only option would be to break into the Martial Emperor Level. "A life extension elixir, huh... I''ll figure something out. After I''ve crafted an elixir that can extend life, help me get in touch with Baili Business Association, will you?" Su Xing proposed. Jin Congxue was taken aback upon hearing Su Xing''s confidence and eximed incredulously: "Can you actually craft life-extending elixirs?" Seeing Jin Congxue''s amazement, Su Xing felt puzzled but still exined: "Not sure yet, but willing to give it a try. I should have a fifty-fifty chance of sess..." As far as Su Xing knew, the Li Fire Alchemy recorded no fewer than seven or eight different kinds of longevity elixirs. After all, isn''t that exactly what cultivators strive for? For cultivators to craft longevity elixirs, it''s practically right up their alley. From the ungraded body-nourishing pills to the low-grade life extension pill, longevity pill, the mid-grade Longevity Pill, and the high-grade Qingming Pill... The effects range from extending life by a year or two, to five years, ten years... and even several decades. However, longevity elixirs have a tolerance effectafter one or two pills, taking more of the same elixir bes ineffective. Su Xing, being in the prime of his youth, naturally hadn''t considered crafting longevity elixirs before. But now, it seemed that longevity elixirs could well be the ultimate profitable product! Upon hearing Su Xing say there was a fifty percent chance, Jin Congxue was even more astounded, doubtingly saying: "Do you realize how precious life extension items are? A life extension item from an instance could be worth a legendary piece of equipment, or even rarer!" "If you announce you can craft longevity elixirs, not only would all the top forces treat you as an honored guest, but even the elderly high officials of Great Xia Country would be begging you!" Seeing Jin Congxue''s shock, Su Xing''s expression turned serious. He had initially thought only of the vast profits longevity elixirs could bring, but hadn''t considered the tremendous risk that came with them! After pondering for a moment, Su Xing said: "As for the longevity elixirs, I''m not entirely sure I can make them... so please keep this a secret, and don''t spread the word." Chapter 152: Chapter 131: Sudden Insight Triggered, Infant Tempering Pill Success! (Second Update) [As for Damned Zong''s inquiry, you kept your lips sealed.] [But this only made Damned Zong more certain that you must have used the Body-Snatching Technique.] [Damned Zong proposed to exchange a technique for seeking benefits and avoiding harms in return for your Body-Snatching Technique.] [But how could you know any Body-Snatching? Thus, you continued to look at him with an icy face, remaining silent.] [Damned Zong, having no other choice, had to settle for less and expressed his willingness to trade treasures for the Life Extension Pill in your possession, he even offered to introduce you to a powerful and mysterious organization.] Su Xing was stunned for a moment when he saw this; he finally understood why Damned Zong was looking for him. So he wanted to extend his lifespan!?! "Thinking it over, Damned Zong has lived for over two thousand years, even if he spent more than a thousand years in a suspended state after taking Huang Quan Pills, he must not have many years of life left... So that''s why he thought of buying Lifespan Extension Pills?" "However, this seems to be a good opportunity to enter the Descending Sect, this way, I won''t need to drag junior sister Wang Qingxuan down with me..." Su Xing sighed softly; for Wang Qingxuan, joining the Descending Sect might not be a good thing. If Su Xing could join through other means, that would naturally be better. With that thought, Su Xing looked at the simtion panel. [You agreed to Damned Zong''s request, using two Life Extension Pills to trade for many precious Spiritual Medicines from him.] [Afterward, you joined the ranks of the Descending Sect with Damned Zong.] [Upon entering the Descending Sect, your formidable strength shocked all the Elders, and with Damned Zong''s rmendation, you quickly gained the trust of the higher-ups of the Descending Sect, rising to the status of an Elder-level figure just after joining.] [The Descending Sect informed you that if you perform well, you were guaranteed a promotion to Protector level, with even more benefits toe.] [But you didn''t care about any of these promises; you were only thinking about how to empty the Sect''s treasury of medicines.] [So you contacted Luo Shuying privately. Luo Shuying was initially hostile towards you because she thought you were part of Damned Zong''s faction.] [But only after you exined everything to her and spoke the secret code did Luo Shuying believe you.] [Having gained Luo Shuying''s trust, you repeated your old tricks, having Luo Shuying help you acquire the Spiritual Medicines in the treasury.] [After sessfully obtaining the Spiritual Medicines, you began concocting Elixirs.] [First, you concocted Soul Condensing Pills and in just half a year, you made thousands of them. After giving a part of these to Luo Shuying, you consumed the rest to find ways to enhance your Divine Sense.] [During these six months, on the surface, you addressed Damned Zong as a brother, but in fact, you were covertly in contact with Luo Shuying, considering when would be the best time to kill the old dog.] [In the second year, thanks to the plentiful Soul Condensing Pills, the strength of your Divine Sense skyrocketed to a full two hundred zhang!] [At the same time, you began to prepare early concoctions of Essence-Nourishing Pills, Origin Martial Pills, and even Divine Strength Pills.] [In the third year, with Luo Shuying''s help, you almost emptied the treasury of its medicines. You felt the time was ripe and decided it was time to defect from the Descending Sect!] [So, you picked an auspicious day, and even had dinner with Damned Zong before you left. The next day, you and Luo Shuying defected to the Great Xia Military.] [The Great Xia Military was initially skeptical of you, given that you previously annihted the ck Dragon Commerce Guild and then turned to join the enemy, the Descending Sect; it was hard for them to trust you.] [But when you presented them with one hundred thousand Elixirs, the Great Xia Militarypletely trusted you, even regarding you as a hero of the Human Race!] [Soon after, the major powers of Great Xia Country learned of your return, but they did not dare to offend you because you were now part of the high ranks of the Great Xia Military!] [In Great Xia Country, no matter how powerful a force is, it must submit to Great Xia Country, because the military, with the most formidable fighters, is the uncrowned king!] [Thus these forces sent gifts to you, offering apologies, but you were hardly interested.] [At the same time, when the Descending Sect learned of your and Luo Shuying''s defection, they immediately issued a bounty, wanting to mobilize the Sect''s entire force to kill you.] [And Protector Zong, since he had rmended you, was implicated, lost trust, and was also pursued by the Descending Sect.] Su Xingughed when he saw this. "Well, that''s a surprise, I managed to trick Damned Zong before leaving!" "Tsk tsk, it looks like in the future Damned Zong could introduce me into the Descending Sect... This deal was worth it!" Su Xing thought slyly, his gaze returning to the simtion panel. [Afterward, you focused on concocting Elixirs. In two years, you had made tens of thousands of them, including batches of Origin Martial Pills, and even Divine Strength Pills!] [You added tens of thousands of Grandmaster Level, hundreds of Heavenly King, and even dozens of Martial Emperor Level powerhouses to Great Xia Country!] [Suddenly, all forces trembled with fear, worried you might seek revenge, and the Great Xia Military attached great importance to you, took care of your emotions, and nearly fulfilled all your requests.] [In the fifth year, besides concocting pills, you spent your days cultivating and enhancing your Divine Sense.] [That year, your Divine Sense expanded to five hundred zhang, already equivalent to the peak range of an ordinary Nascent Soul''s Divine Sense!] [In the sixth year, you ordered your subordinates to gather precious spiritual medicine from the Great Xia treasury.] [You used these medicines to refine many elixirs, which enhanced the strength of Great Xia Country. Meanwhile, another stick of Condensing Spirit Wood also came into your possession, and you used it to make many Soul Condensing Pills.] [In the seventh year, after exhausting most of your medicinal materials, you were finally able to focus on attempting to refine the Infant Tempering Pill!] [The refining of the Infant Tempering Pill was not difficult; it was even simpler than the Divine Strength Pill among the mid-grade elixirs.] [The only headache was the limited amount of medicinal materials you had at your disposal: ten Phoenix Tail Grasses and thirty Snow Bone Ginsengs. Even with careful nning, you could at most only refine fifty batches of the Infant Tempering Pill.] [In other words, you must learn the Infant Tempering Pill within these fifty batches!] [This undoubtedly ced a great deal of pressure on you, so you began to endlessly simte the refining process in your mind, ensuring that no mistakes were made, before you finally started the actual refining process.] [You spent a day refining the first batch of Infant Tempering Pills, and unsurprisingly, you failed.] [After the failure, instead of immediately trying again, you spent three days contemting the details of the process.] [Only after determining that you had gained some insights did you attempt to refine the next batch of Infant Tempering Pills.] [In one month, you refined seven batches, and unquestionably, all seven failed, amounting to nothing but waste.] [But you maintained yourposure, knowing that mastering mid-grade elixirs would note easily. Since each attempt was an improvement, you steadied your emotions and continued refining.] [In the second month, you refined five batches of Infant Tempering Pills, all failures!] [In the third month, you refined seven batches of Infant Tempering Pills, and as expected, all failed!] [In the following months, besides cultivating, you fixed a schedule to refine elixirs. Despite never having seeded, your understanding of the Infant Tempering Pill rapidly improved.] [Finally, thanks to your innate talent in alchemy, one day you sessfully refined three Infant Tempering Pills, and your skills in refining them reached the introductory level!] Su Xing let out a sigh of relief, knowing that once he reached the introductory level, the rest would be manageable.] [This means that learning the Infant Tempering Pill wouldn''t be difficult; if not on the first try, then with two or three simtions, you would certainly learn it.] [Thinking this, Su Xing turned to the simtion panel.] [Unexpectedly, the next simtions brought Su Xing a pleasant surprise!] [After entering the introductory stage of refining the Infant Tempering Pill, you still had half of your materials left. Hence, you would refine a batch every now and then, hoping to further improve your proficiency.] [One day, while refining the Infant Tempering Pill, a sudden epiphany caused time to seemingly slow down, and your mind was flooded with endless inspiration. You triggered a state of enlightenment!] [Upon realizing this, you became ecstatic and took advantage of the state of enlightenment to crazily improve your proficiency in refining the Infant Tempering Pill.] [Unfortunately, the enlightenment state did notst long, only a single day.] [Nevertheless, your proficiency in refining the Infant Tempering Pill progressed rapidly, reaching an aplished level, and you were even a step away from the Mahayana level!] [You looked at the several shiny Infant Tempering Pills before you, feeling an urge to take them to condense a perfect Nascent Soul.] [However, you resisted. Although sessful, these pills were of ordinary quality, not the finest. You decided to hold back, waiting to refine the finest Infant Tempering Pill before using it to advance.] Su Xing was somewhat excited.] "Well now, triggered a random enlightenment just like that?" "Damn, that''s some good luck! Only one simtion in and my alchemy skills for the Infant Tempering Pill are nearly at the Mahayana level."] Su Xing originally thought that it would take at least two or three simtions to master the Infant Tempering Pill. But judging by the current situation, perhaps in the next simtion, he would be able to refine the finest Infant Tempering Pill and attempt to condense a perfect Nascent Soul!] "Tsk tsk, it seems like for this simtion, I should focus on alchemy skills. If that''s the case, why not learn a few more low-level elixirs..."] [With a n in mind, Su Xing''s gaze returned to the simtion panel.] [After experiencing the epiphany with the Infant Tempering Pill, you knew that refining elixirs was your main task going forward.] [So you dedicated every day to enhancing your alchemy skills.] [In the same year, your Divine Sense expanded to a range of six hundred zhang!] [In the eighth year, you improved your refining skills for the Illuminating Mirror Pill substantially, advancing to the Mahayana level.] [That year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level broke through, and you became a dualyer Divine Strength Realm cultivator.] [In the ninth year, Jin Congxue helped you gather numerous millenary medicinal herbs, so you decided to work on improving your Life Extension Pill techniques.] [You took a year to advance your Life Extension Pill techniques to the Mahayana level, capable of refining the finest-quality Life Extension Pills.] [The effect of the finest-quality Life Extension Pill was double that of normal ones, able to extend life by six years, its efficacy almost reaching that of the Lifespan Extension Pill!] [In the tenth year, your Divine Sense strength further increased, with a range reaching eight hundred zhang!] Chapter 126: Chapter 112: The Legendary Sword, Ink Ice! "I''m about to break through!" A thought shed through Su Xing''s mind, and he immediately sat down to meditate and regte his breath. Following that, the aura around Su Xing abruptly soared. Nascent Soul Stage sevenyers... eightyers... nineyers! Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Stage! In just a minute, Su Xing''s momentum had risen by three whole levels. After advancing his cultivation level to the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Stage, Su Xing did not rush to try out the new mana; instead, he continued to sit with his eyes closed in meditation. After a quarter of an hour, once Su Xing had fully acquainted himself with this power, he slowly opened his eyes and began to understand the enhancement in strength after the rapid increase in his cultivation level. Whoosh! With a thought, a ball of me appeared in Su Xing''s handit was the Li Fire Technique, a divine skill. Su Xing controlled the me, making it leap continuously in his hand. From a weak to a fierce ze, Su Xing experimented constantly. Momentster, Su Xing satisfiedly put away the Li Fire divine skill and muttered, "Not bad, after advancing to the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Stage, the density of the spiritual power inside my body has almost doubled! And the quality of the spiritual power has improved too!" "Even if I maintain the Li Fire Technique, I can now go a whole day and night without feeling tired..." Su Xing nodded contentedly. The improvement in his cultivation level meant not only a leap in strength for Su Xing but also... it allowed him to engage in alchemy with greater sustainability and efficiency! After all, for Su Xing at this moment, alchemy was the greatest use of his spiritual power. "Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Stage, this was an expected level of cultivation... but as for the talents of this Alchemy Dao prodigy, how effective is it when actually used?" After finishing the simtion, Su Xing began his routine elixir production. The path of cultivation was long and dull; Su Xing must have the patience to produce enough elixirs each week, and only then would his strength improve more quickly! "Thinking back to half a year ago, I was still just a Qi Refinement stage cultivator, equivalent to a bronze-tier professional... and here I am, half a yearter, bing an old Nascent Soul ancestor! I''m almost approaching the strength of the Martial Emperor!" As he continued with alchemy, Su Xing couldn''t help but indulge in wild thoughts; the rapid progression of his skills made him somewhat dizzy with pride. "Damn! I didn''t control the heat properly, this batch of pills is going to be wasted!" Only when he saw the ck substance in the pill furnace did Su Xing''s face fall. He was very skilled at making Nourishing Face Pills, yet he never expected that a moment of absent-mindedness would result in failure. "Damn it, I really can''t get ahead of myself! Steady, don''t be rash, Su Xing!" Su Xing chanted to himself a few times, taking a moment to prepare motivational speeches and adjust his mindset. Then, he continued with alchemy. In just one week, Su Xing had produced nearly six thousand elixirs! This was the speed of elixir production that Su Xing could achieve only if he worked tirelessly day and night in the past, but now, he had done it in just ten hours. The efficiency had indeed increased dramatically, leaving Su Xing with two more hours of leisure time. As for sleeping... For Su Xing, now an old Nascent Soul ancestor, it only took an hour of meditation to feel fully reenergized for a day. Soon, a week passed by. Today, Su Xing, carrying his elixirs, was about to head to the vi he regrly visited to see Jin Congxue but received a message from her in advance. "Boss! Come over early today, I''ve prepared a big surprise for you! Want to guess what it is?" Su Xing saw Jin Congxue''s message and smiled slightly before trying to guess in his reply, "Let me guess... Is it the high-quality sword that I asked you to find for me? Did you find it?" Jin Congxue: "... Are you a fortune-teller? How could you guess that?" Su Xing: "Hehe! Do you want me to tell your fortune next, whether it''s about marriage or career?" Jin Congxue: "Stop being cheesy, juste over! Otherwise, I''ll throw this precious sword away! (Roll eyes.jpg)" After exchanging a few words, Su Xing hurriedly made his way towards the vi. Ten minutester, Su Xing arrived in the room of the vi, where he saw Jin Congxue, dressed in a purple skirt and lightly made-up. Two words, breathtaking! As usual, Su Xing and Jin Congxue first had a meal. Afterward, Jin Congxue mysteriously took out a sword box from her storage ring and handed it to Su Xing. "Come on, take a look!" Jin Congxue urged. Anxious, Su Xing immediately opened the sword box and then saw a sword that waspletely ck as ink. Su Xing drew the sword from the box, removed its sheath, and immediately felt an irresistible surge of excitement in his heart. It was as if the sword was made just for him... As Su Xing held the sword, he felt a coolness in his heart. It was not the kind of chill that made one ufortable but rather a calming coolness that was pleasant. "What a sword!" A gleam shed in Su Xing''s eyes. In his hands, he felt as if he could sense the sword''s intentions, which was very reassuring. Su Xing knew that it was his Sword Deviant talent working, allowing him to synchronize perfectly with the sword. Su Xing turned his attention to the hilt, where he saw a dark square jade embedded with two dragon-like calligraphic characters carved on it. Ink Ice! Seeing these two characters, Su Xing was momentarily startled. "This sword, is it Ink Ice?" Su Xing eximed, oblivious to Jin Congxue standing by his side. Jin Congxue, seeing Su Xing''s infatuated appearance, puckered her lips and said, "Yes! The legendary weapon, Ink Ice! This is one of the few fine sword-ss weapons produced in dungeons!" "Do you have any idea how much effort I put into getting this weapon?" Su Xing''s mind was entirely on the sword at that moment, and he hardly heard Jin Congxue''s words. Chapter 127: Chapter 112: The Legendary Sword, Ink Ice!_2 In this world, could things really align so coincidentally? This sword, was the weapon that Su Xing obtained in a previous instance dungeon simtion, valued at tens of millions of energy points, but now, due to an unexpected turn of events, it had returned to Su Xing''s hands... Su Xing had acquired this treasured sword more than a decade earlier than in the simtor. "Could it really be fate?" Su Xing murmured softly. At this moment, the Ink Ice Sword in Su Xing''s hands began to emit a faint humming, as if weing Su Xing as its master. "Truly a fine sword!" Su Xing held the Ink Ice Sword in his hand, performing a flourish, and felt an unparalleledfort in his grasp. Su Xing''s swordsmanship had been honed with the Ink Ice Sword, and now that he had the sword in his hands, Su Xing could use it without any need for adjustment. It was no exaggeration to say that the Ink Ice Sword had increased Su Xing''s strength by at least thirty percent! Bing partially proficient in the Human Sword technique was also one of Su Xing''s main sources of attack power. Jin Congxue, upon seeing the light humming of the Ink Ice Sword in Su Xing''s hands, was also shocked and said: "I never expected you to gain the sword''s recognition so quickly?" "Even for those swordsmen professionals, gaining a sword''s recognition usually takes at least several years... I have never seen someone sopatible with a sword!" After hearing this, Su Xing raised his eyebrows and said with curiosity: "Gain the sword''s recognition?" Jin Congxue nodded slightly and exined: "Divine swords have a spirit! Although this Ink Ice Sword is not a divine weapon, its legendary quality is already sufficient for it to generate a faint sense of consciousness." "And this consciousness will continue to grow stronger as it interacts with its master..." "A sword with consciousness will even choose its own master, and if it doesn''t like someone, it may even guard against the swordsman, so the suitability of the sword''s character is undoubtedly crucial..." After listening to Jin Congxue''s words, Su Xing felt an even greater fondness for the Ink Ice Sword; this legendary sword was truly in harmony with his own intentions. Su Xing believed that in his hands, the sword would definitely exhibit its greatest power. After carrying the sword close to him, Su Xing resumed discussing important matters with Jin Congxue. He traded the elixirs he had made over the week to Jin Congxue, and in turn, received the new week''s goods from her. After Jin Congxue counted the elixirs, her eyes reflected surprise as she said: "You''ve concocted another six thousand elixirs... Goodness, I really don''t know how you do it, boy!" After hearing this, Su Xing smiled and kept silent, attributing his sess to practice. Su Xing, multitasking, was able to concoct two batches of elixirs simultaneously, doubling his alchemy speed, and with his talent, he was making low-grade elixirs. Only one thing to say: it was a piece of cake! Jin Congxue took the elixirs and then said to Su Xing: "By the way, about the instance dungeon for mining exotic metals that you asked me to apply forst time, there has been some progress... The military has just released two mining areas for exotic metals that have been previously mined." "Ordinary guilds apply for secondary mining areas, which are officially mined for decades, and then when they are no longer needed, they are left for civilian use..." After hearing Jin Congxue''s words, Su Xing slightly furrowed his brows and asked with doubt: "A previously mined area, can the quality of the exotic metals still be guaranteed?" Jin Congxue nodded and exined: "The mining areas circted among guilds have actually been mined for over a hundred years, and the efficiency of producing exotic metals in these instance dungeons is extremely low... but there''s still profit to be made, and many guilds are eager for it." "But these military mining areas that have only been mined for a few decades are different. Since they haven''t been used for civilian purposes yet, the amount of exotic metals is actually quite abundant... This is already considered the top mining area an ordinary guild could get." "Of course, these mining areas can only produce first or second-tier exotic metals, any higher... and they''re already controlled by officials." Su Xing nodded slightly. He really didn''t understand these things, and if Su Xing wanted to obtain arge amount of high-grade exotic metals, he could perhaps contact the officials and demonstrate his own value. Then it would be incredibly easy to obtain a high-grade instance dungeon for mining. But doing so, although it would dramatically elerate his energy acquisition, it would be far too dangerous. Considering the assassination attempt Su Xing experienced during the simtion, he already knew... Before gaining absolute self-preservation strength, Su Xing would never put himself in danger. "Since that''s the case, I''ll leave it to you... I don''t really understand these matters anyway," said Su Xing. Jin Congxue nodded and replied: "Don''t worry, it''s basically settled. My rtionship with the military is solid!" "It''s just that the approval process is a bit troublesome. It''s estimated to take at least four to five months, maybe even half a year..." Su Xing nodded after hearing this, not saying much else, but thought to himself: Damn, how could your rtionship not be solid? The Martial Emperor of the Great Xia and the general guarding Demon-Subduing Pass are your maternal grandfathers... After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Jin Congxue, Su Xing returned to the school and skillfully entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land. First, he exchanged the equipment and instance dungeon items given to him by Jin Congxue for energy. The goods of this week totaled 9.8 million points of simted energy. Although it wasn''t as much asst time, it wasn''t little for Su Xing either. An average of ten million energy per week was already more than enough for Su Xing, as long as he saved some in the instance dungeon and did not use immersive simtion. Of course, if his cultivation level advanced to the Divinity Transformation Stage or the Divine Strength Realm, that might not be enough anymore. After all, by then, to break through one realm at the Nascent Soil Stage, Su Xing would need a million energy. For the Divinity Transformation Stage, perhaps ten million would be just enough to break through one level... "Sigh, in the end, it''s still ack of energy!" "Now, I can only hope that Jin Congxue gets the mining rights for the instance dungeon mine approved sooner..." Su Xing said this and then opened the simtion panel. On the afternoon of April 22, 2024, in the New Era, Su Xing punctually started a new round of simtions. "Begin simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 3,300 energy points, leaving a remaining energy of 24,763,003 points, and an unlimited number of remaining simtions.] [Simtion starts!] [Extracting a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, and extracting a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points. Would you like to extract?] Although Su Xing had already anticipated a future shortage of simtion energy, when ites to saving or spending, the mere hundred-thousand point cost for extracting a purple talent was still affordable to him. Without any hesitation, Su Xing said: "Extract the purple talent!" Immediately after, a prompt from the simtor sounded in Su Xing''s ear. [Congrattions, you have obtained the purple talent: The Brightest Star in the Crowd!] [The Brightest Star in the Crowd]: Purple Talent, wherever you go, you''re the focal point in the crowd. Even walking on the street, the rate of turning heads is one hundred percent. No matter where you are, you''ll attract the attention of those around you. Of course, sometimes attracting too much attention is not a good thing...] Su Xing frowned slightly when he saw the newly drawn talent. The Brightest Star in the Crowd seemed to be a conceptual talent. Su Xing wasn''t sure what use this thing had and could only try it out in the simtion. [Within the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize that you''re simting.] [You take out a mirror to look at your face and find that you''re still as handsome and dashing as ever, with no difference.] [So you proceed to alchemy as usual, preparing to hand over the goods for the next week to Jin Congxue.] [It''s at this moment, the Spirit Chickens you''re raising in the coop look at you, jump out of the pen, ande towards you, chirping as if they want to say something.] [Using your level ten Beast Speech, you sessfully hear the chickens'' thoughts: Eh? This bipedal creature is really good-looking! Has any chicken heard that? Everybody,e take a look...] [After hearing the Spirit Chickens'' conversation, you are speechless, then you quickly renovate the chicken coop again to keep them froming out to look at you.] [But in the following days, no matter where you walk, you draw attention. While walking on campus, an old man riding a bicycle nearly gets hit by a BMW because he was looking at you.] [As a result, you''re hit with a swindle and have to pay out sixty-six thousand!] Chapter 128: Chapter 113: The Seed of Becoming an Immortal, Peeking into the Path of Immortality! Su Xing saw ck lines rising on his forehead. What the hell? Because the rate of turning heads was so high, walking on the road got him noticed by an old man riding a bicycle, leading to apensation of sixty-six thousand? This is way too magical, right? "Indeed, having such a high eye-catching rate is not always a good thing!" With a sigh, Su Xing shifted his gaze back to the simtion panel. [You have realized the trouble this talent brings you, but luckily you don''t go out often. It''s also a fine idea to simply stay in the Spirit Field Blessed Land all day for Alchemy and cultivation.] [One day, you went out to the Luotian Meeting Instance to inquire about the matters of a fourth-grade Nascent Soul.] [In the Luotian Meeting Instance, the person responsible for opening the instance for you was captivated by you and took an extra nce.] [You have entered the Luotian Meeting Instance!] Upon seeing this, Su Xing hurriedly chanted to himself: "Activate immersive simtion function, duration two hours!" [Ding, you have sessfully activated the immersive simtion, consuming 200,000 energy points. Simtion time: 2 hours, remaining energy: 24,463,003 points.] As the prompt sounded, Su Xing''s vision began to shift, and he soon found himself inside a pce. Su Xing looked up and saw Elder Niu Ruolie standing in front of him, who he had met in hisst simtion. Niu Ruolie came over and patted Su Xing on the shoulder, saying: "Good disciple, you have finallye out of seclusion! Hurry to the back mountain and invite your Shennong Mentor to join the Luo Tian Meeting!" Hearing this, Su Xing nodded, while covertly digesting a fragment of new memory in his mind. "My identity is Luo Xiaochuan, a direct disciple of Niu Ruolie... and also one of the Luo Tian Sect''s strongest twelve Nascent Soul cultivators?" "And also the star disciple who charmed thousands of young girls, ahem... charmed millions of internal and external sect junior brothers and sisters?" "Hiss... It seems my identity has changed again! The twelve strongest Nascent Soul cultivators? Is it because of the double cultivation of Body Refinement and Qi Refinement Nascent Soul?" Su Xing quickly sorted through his thoughts and saluted his master Niu Ruolie, saying: "As youmand, Master!" Su Xing headed straight for the back mountain without asking Niu Ruolie about the fourth-grade Nascent Soul. After all, in his opinion, Niu Ruolie appeared to be a Body Refinement Cultivator, so he probably wouldn''t know much about Qi Refinement... Before long, Su Xing saw Shennong Youtian. Shennong Youtian was performing farming magic. Upon seeing Su Xing, he stopped the magic and said to Su Xing: "My nephew! I noticed you from a distance! Are you here to invite me to the Luo Tian Meeting?" Su Xing nodded at his words but felt speechless inside, truly being the brightest in the crowd... Apanied by Shennong Mentor, Su Xing made his way to the Luo Tian Meeting venue, chatting with his uncle mentor sporadically along the way. Seeing the timing was right, Su Xing finally voiced his doubts. "Mentor Uncle, do you know what a fourth-grade Nascent Soul is, and how to perfectly achieve Divinity Transformation Stage as a cultivator?" Upon hearing this, Shennong Youtian chuckled and replied: "My nephew, I haven''t seen you in over a decade, and I didn''t expect you to have reached the Great Perfection stage of the Nascent Soul... The younger generation is truly formidable!" "But your question about the fourth-grade Nascent Soul, could it be that you''re seeking the path to bing an Immortal?" Su Xing frowned slightly upon hearing this and inquired: "Mentor Uncle, how is the fourth-grade Nascent Soul rted to the path of bing an Immortal?" Shennong Youtian then said: "To be an Immortal is like a process of an Immortal Seed taking root and sprouting... And to be an Immortal, one must nt an Immortal Seed!" "Throughout history, all the ancestors who have crossed the Tribtion and ascended, without exception, possessed a Nine Revolution Golden Core, for this is the foundation of everything..." "After the Nine Revolution Golden Core, there is the ssification of the fourth-grade Nascent Soul, which includes: third-grade Nascent Soul, second-grade Nascent Soul, first-grade Nascent Soul, and the supreme-grade Nascent Soul!" "With a third-grade Nascent Soul, one may reach the Divinity Transformation Stage but may be stuck without great fortune and unable to progress through the rest of their life." "A second-grade Nascent Soul may glimpse the mysteries of Return to Void and enjoy a lifespan of three thousand years!" "A first-grade Nascent Soul may be an Integration Phase or Mahayana cultivator with a boundless lifespan, living for ten thousand years! But without opportunity, one cannot be an Immortal..." "Only with a supreme-grade Nascent Soul is the soil prepared for the nting of an Immortal Seed. Once one reaches the Great Perfection of Divinity Transformation, the Immortal Seed can be nted. When it takes root and sprouts, one may glimpse the secret of bing an Immortal, with a life as enduring as the heavens..." Su Xing stared at Shennong Youtian, who was speaking animatedly, and for a moment, he was somewhat dazed. Bing an Immortal... such a distant concept. Throughout history, countless exalted beings in the Cultivation World have aspired to ascend and be Immortals, but how many true Immortals are there in the world? Even with a heaven-defying simtor like his, Su Xing currently dared not contemte bing an Immortal. After all, in myths and legends, Immortals are beings capable of anything... Returning to his senses, Su Xing asked the Shennong Mentor in front of him: "So, by condensing a supreme-grade Nascent Soul, one can be an Immortal?" Shennong Youtian shook his head slightly and said: "To be precise, on the path of Qi Refinement, one must condense a supreme-grade Nascent Soul to stand a chance of bing an Immortal..." Su Xing nodded at these words, understanding that this was a necessary but not sufficient condition! Therefore, Su Xing asked further, "So, how are these four types of Nascent Souls differentiated, and how can one achieve a superior Nascent Soul?" Shennong Youtian replied, "By consuming an Infant Tempering Pill and passing through the five trials of lust, fear, greed, pride, and anger, one can achieve a superior Nascent Soul!" "Simply taking an Infant Tempering Pill is not difficult, since the sect provides them. With your Nine Revolution Golden Core technique, you can take up to three Infant Tempering Pills, which directly allows you to achieve a first-grade Nascent Soul." "Achieving a first-grade Nascent Soul is not difficult; the challenging part is passing the five trials. Only by oveing trials of lust, fear, greed, pride, and anger can your mind be firm enough to achieve a superior Nascent Soul..." Upon hearing this, Su Xing immediately felt a headacheing on. For now, he put aside the issue of the trials of the heart, but even getting his hands on the Infant Tempering Pill was a problem for Su Xing. If Su Xing didn''t have the herbs required to craft the Infant Tempering Pill, then the trouble would be significant. So Su Xing hastily asked, "Uncle-Master, what is the recipe for the Infant Tempering Pill? Your nephew is very interested..." Upon hearing this, Shennong Youtian curiously said, "What use would that have for you? With your status and position, you could simply go to the Alchemy House and receive it..." Su Xing: "..." Damn it, if he could take things out of the Luotian Meeting Instance, would he still be prattling on here? Su Xing lifted his eyes to look at Shennong Youtian. Seeing the sincere look in Su Xing''s eyes, Shennong Youtian sighed and said, "Well then, since my nephew shows a keen interest in the art of alchemy, your Uncle-Master will give you a helping hand." With that, Shennong Youtian pointed at Su Xing''s forehead, and Su Xing suddenly felt a cluster of memories appear in his mind. The form for the Infant Tempering Pill! The main ingredient was Three-tailed Phoenix Grass, supplemented by Snow Jade Bone Ginseng... Aside from these two ingredients, the rest weremon herbs, which Su Xing could find a way to obtain. But the key was these two ingredients, which Su Xing had never even heard of! "Now I''m really in trouble! Not only is the Divine Strength Pill difficult to craft, but even this Infant Tempering Pill is out of reach!" Su Xing sighed. His only hope now was that the Descending Sect''s treasury or the seeds left by Qing Yunzi contained these two herbs. Su Xing and Shennong Youtian hurried towards the Luotian Meeting. Along the way, Shennong Youtian was all smiles andughter, whereas Su Xing wore a look of worry and frustration. After delivering Shennong Youtian to the Luotian Meeting, Su Xing rushed to the Scripture Pavilion nonstop and found the Herb Compendium. He noted down the appearance of the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass and Snow Jade Bone Ginseng, as well as how to identify their seeds. Soon, two hours passed, and Su Xing returned to the real world. After returning to the real world, Su Xing frowned and sighed, "Sigh, I hope I can sessfully find the herbs..." Su Xing looked towards the simtion panel. [You have left the Luotian Meeting Instance and returned to the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [You have opened a bag of seeds left to you by Qing Yunzi and with your Divine Sense scanned them one by one, finally finding a few seeds that may be the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass!] [You have nted these seeds, but did not find the Snow Jade Bone Ginseng, so you felt somewhat irritated and could only hope to find them in the Descending Sect''s treasury.] [In the following months, apart from refining elixirs day and night, you also carefully took care of the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass. Unfortunately, the nt grew extremely slowly. ording to the form''s record, the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass is a type of grass rumored to be favored by the phoenix. It sprouts a tail every hundred years, maturing only after three hundred years!] [But you had no choice but to wait, nourishing it daily with Wood Type Spiritual Energy, hoping it would take root and germinate sooner.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan came to find you, and overnight, you both joined the Descending Sect.] [Upon joining the Descending Sect, you revealed your cultivation level and alchemy talents and requested to be an Elder. The Descending Sect agreed to your request, as long as youpleted a few simple alchemy tasks, they would grant you the position of Elder.] Su Xing looked at this and slightly frowned. The cultivation of the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass was more difficult than he had imagined. Three hundred years... even if he had an affinity for nts and daily nourished it with Spiritual Power, it would probably still take sixty to seventy years... Taking twenty-five years for one simtion at maximum count, Su Xing would need to use the simtion three times and waste three chances at selecting rewards just to bring out the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass. This was something Su Xing could not ept. "Is there no other way to elerate the maturation of the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass..." Su Xing considered the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, an infinitely profound art that was almost as vast as a novel of tens of millions of words. Su Xing had never had the time to read it, let alone memorize it. Until now, his application of the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique had been limited to raising chickens and learning about the Spirit Gathering Array. But now, Su Xing could only rely on the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique. With this thought, Su Xing looked towards the simtion panel. [You realized that it would take too long for the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass to mature, and you couldn''t wait that long, so you perused the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique left by Qing Yunzi.] [The contents of this Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique were vast like the sea, and it took you a month to find some techniques within the book that could elerate the maturation of Spirit nts.] [You decided to try learning the Earth Dragon Technique and the Spirit Dew Technique!] [The Earth Dragon Technique involves cultivating Earth Dragons in fields to continuously till thend, enriching the fertility of the Spirit Field...] [Earth Dragons of sufficient age could even double or multiply the fertility of the Spirit Field several times over, thereby speeding up the maturation of the Spirit nts!] [As for the Spirit Dew Technique...] Chapter 129: Chapter 114: Sudden Enlightenment, the Powerful Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique! [The Dew Collecting Technique involves absorbing the dew that condenses on spirit nts every early morning, which not only nourishes the spirit nts themselves, elerating their growth, but is also a valuable medicinal ingredient capable of being used to refine Wound Healing Pills.] [The next day, you found Luo Shuying and exined the situation to her, speaking the coded phrase to gain her trust.] [With her help, you obtained medicinal ingredients from the vault of the Descending Sect, but regrettably, you did not find the Snow Bone Ginseng.] [Having no choice, you had to temporarily set aside the search for the Snow Bone Ginseng and focused on studying the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique.] [So, in the following months, you tried to learn the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique and attempted to master these two spells. You gained a lot from the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique and increasingly felt that this Dao Art was unfathomably profound.] [Months passed, and you had only grasped the basics of the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, not even managing to perform both spells.] [However, during these months you refined many elixirs and sessfully advanced to the position of an Elder within the Descending Sect.] [As an Elder, you had more freedom with your time, so you dedicated yourself even more to researching the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, deciding to first master the Dew Collecting Technique.] [In the second year, as you continued to study diligently, you finally achieved a basic understanding of the Dew Collecting Technique.] [Each morning, you rose on time to collect the spiritual dew condensing on the Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass and cast your spell.] [You noticed that the Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass was flourishing, growing much faster than before.] [In addition, the Dew Collecting Technique greatly benefited the other spirit nts in the spirit field; the Divine Power Vine grew even better, the Spirit Grains in the field became more delicious and tasty, and even the Gathering Spirit Flower, after having the Dew Collecting Technique used on it, could reciprocate with more Spiritual Energy.] [Therefore, you became even more motivated, immersing yourself daily in mastering the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique and learning the Dew Collecting Technique, feeling that the rewards were substantial.] [In the third year, one day while you were using the Dew Collecting Technique, you suddenly felt an epiphany, as if you could sense the emotions of every de of grass and tree around you. You realized something, immediately sat down cross-legged, and digested this insight.] [A dayter, you slowly opened your eyes and found that your mastery of the Dew Collecting Technique had surged forwardyou had sessfully reached the Minor Achievement level!] Su Xing, upon seeing this, couldn''t help but exim: "Damn! Finally triggered a serendipitous enlightenment! Isn''t the probability for this talent too low? It took almost three or four simtions to trigger once... on average, it would take sixty to seventy years to have one urrence..." "It''s a bit of a pity though, it would have been great if it happened while refining the Divine Strength Pill! By then I would have been able to master the refinement of the Divine Strength Pill!" Su Xing shook his head slightly and continued to look at the simtion panel. [After the Dew Collecting Technique reached Minor Achievement, you were able to nt spirit nts even faster. ording to your estimates, the Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass would only take forty years to mature, doubling the speed!] [Every day, in addition to farming, you had plenty of time, so you decided to use this time to first refine the Soul Condensing Pills that Luo Shuying needed.] [Several monthster, you handed the refined Soul Condensing Pills to Luo Shuying, and she thanked you many times, further deepening her trust in you.] [In the fourth year, you felt the time was ripe, and staying in the Descending Sect wouldn''t bring you any more benefits. And without the enhancement from the Demon Emperor''s flesh and blood, your body''s strength was improving slowly, so you decided to defect from the Descending Sect.] [Coincidentally, at that time Luo Shuying had sessfully broken through to Legendary Level, and you were more confident about your defection, also nning to take the chance to kill the damned Zong Elder.] [You had contacted the higher-ups of Great Xia in advance, and on the day of your defection, indeed, several protectors and Elders came to hunt you down.] [The only thing that disappointed you was that the damned Zong Elder still didn''t show up, and you could barely kill a few protectors and Elders to vent your frustration.] [After joining the Great Xia Military, you handed over the hundred thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills you had umted over the years, adding twenty thousand Grandmaster Level powerhouses to Great Xia Country!] [At the same time, you began to search through the Great Xia treasury for precious medicinal ingredients, hoping to find any information on Snow Bone Ginseng.] [You did not find the Snow Bone Ginseng, but you collected manymon spiritual medicines and continued to refine medicinal ingredients for the Great Xia Military.] [In the meantime, you were refining elixirs while trying to learn the Earth Dragon Technique.] [In the fifth year, with your help, Great Xia Country birthed another ten thousand Grandmaster Level powerhouses and hundreds of Heavenly King Level powerhouses.] [Simultaneously, your understanding of the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique deepened, and you finally made a start at the Earth Dragon Technique.] [You also finally understood what the Earth Dragon was. The Earth Dragon was actually earthworms, but these earthworms were full of spirit. Under the nourishment of Spiritual Energy and special nurturing secret techniques, these spiritual earthworms could even grow to several meters long, resembling pythons, and only then could they be termed Earth Dragons.] [But Earth Dragons are close to their owners, actively helping to fertilize thend, and as long as you have a contract with a sufficiently spiritual Earth Dragon, the rest of the spiritual earthworms will obey orders, loosening the soil in the spirit field while the spiritual nts grow extremely quickly.] [Besides controlling Earth Dragons, the Earth Dragon Technique could also be actively used to change the surroundingnd''s structure and shape to benefit farming even more.] [Therefore, the Earth Dragon Technique is actually aprehensive spell, capable of not onlymanding spirit pets but also casting Earth Type spells, offering both offense and defense...] [In the sixth year, while studying the Earth Dragon Technique, you also decided to learn about the previously understood Spirit Gathering Array. This time, you wanted not just to understand the principles behind formations, but also to master how to set up a Spirit Gathering Array.] Su Xing marveled as he continued to read. "This Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique truly is a divinely gifted Dao Art!" "Not only does it possess healing spells like the Dew of Spirit spell, but it also includes the Earth Dragon spell formanding Spirit Pets, and even the Spirit Gathering Array formation is epassed within it..." "If one were to thoroughly master the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, the benefits would be boundless!" Su Xing slightly shook his head; previously, he always overlooked this Dao Art, knowing only that its grade was quite high, but he had never thoroughly pondered it. Becausepared to the nurturing technique, Alchemy appeared to be a faster way to umte energy and was more beneficial for the enhancement of his strength. However, upon closer inspection now, he realized that the nurturing technique and Alchemy were indeedplementary. The nurturing technique could better cultivate Spirit nts andmand Spirit Pets, thereby improving the refinement of elixirs, to an infinite benefit! "This Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique is indeed profound, but learning it is too difficult. If I can master even a fraction, it will definitely be of great advantage!" Su Xing thought so in his heart and silently increased the priority of studying the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique. Su Xing continued to simte. "While you were learning the spells within the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, you tried to set up a Spirit Gathering Array. Setting up the formation proved more difficult than you imagined, and it required arge amount of Spirit Stones." "Fortunately, you have kept those one thousand Spirit Stones unused, and you begin to attempt to set up the formation." "That same year, you exhausted all the Essence-Nourishing Herbs and other Spiritual Medicines brought from the Descending Sect, adding tens of thousands of Grandmaster Level powerhouses and hundreds of Heavenly King Level powerhouses to Great Xia Country." "In the seventh year, the number of Spirit Stones in your hand dwindled, not from cultivation, but because each failed attempt at the Spirit Gathering Array consumed some Spirit Stones." "In just two years'' time, you had less than two hundred Spirit Stones left." "Thus, you had to learn the setup of the Spirit Gathering Array with even greater caution and focus." "In the eighth year, after three years of effort, you finally mastered the basics of the Spirit Gathering Array. You used a few Spirit Stones to set up a small Spirit Gathering Array near the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass, which then grew more pleasantly." "In your estimation, the Dew of Spirit spell, the Earth Dragon spell, and the small Spirit Gathering Array, working simultaneously, along with your daily nurturing with Spiritual Power and the bonus from your nt affinity talent, would allow the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass to mature in just twenty to thirty years." "In the ninth year, the Great Xia Military slew two Demon Emperors, from which you sessfully obtained two hundred jin of Flesh Essence." "Therefore, in addition to daily farming and studying the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, you began to focus on enhancing your own Cultivation Level." "In the tenth year, after consuming Flesh Essence for a year, the strength of your physical body increased slightly. In just one year, your strength increased by 200,000 jin to reach 5.2 million jin!" "That same year, you began to attempt the refinement of Divine Strength Pills, hoping to try your luck and trigger another fortuitous epiphany." "In the eleventh year, with the ongoing intensification of the war at Demon-Subduing Pass, every year saw the death and injury of Emperor Level powerhouses, and you also acquired a stable source of Flesh Essence." "This year, your physical strength reached 5.5 million jin!" Su Xing saw this and was delighted. "As long as my strength continues to grow, that''s good! It''s only increased by about ten percent in two years, which is somewhat slow, but at least it''s a stable increase. This indicates that my body hasn''t reached the limit of its potential yet!" Su Xing felt somewhat fortunate that, in addition to a high limit for his strength, an abundant supply of Flesh Essence from the Demon Emperor and likely his Divine Strength talent, were important factors. The better one''s basic physique, the higher the potential upper limit of one''s bodily strength. Su Xing continued to simte. "In the twelfth year, you spent three hours each day refining a batch of Divine Strength Pills. You were meticulous in your refinement, hoping to trigger an epiphanic talent through constant refinement." "That same year, your physical strength increased by 180,000 jin. As your strength continuously improved, you felt that your potential limit was gradually being reached, and the rate of strength increase became slower and slower." "In the thirteenth year, you continued to attempt the refinement of Divine Strength Pills. After three years of refinement, you had only two Divine Strength Vines left and believed the chances of sess were not high." "In the fourteenth year, your physical strength increased by 150,000 jin, and the total strength of your body had reached 6 million jin!" "This had far surpassed the initial Niu Ruolie, approaching the strength of the ancient Witch n, as mentioned in legends." "In the fifteenth year, after consuming the Flesh Essence, the strength of your body increased by 100,000 jin in one year; you felt the increments of your improvement getting lesser." "One day, while you were refining the Divine Strength Pill, you suddenly had an insight and fell into a mysterious state" (There will be another chapter at 12 o''clock tonight~) Chapter 130: Chapter 115: Sudden Enlightenment Triggered, Divine Strength Pill Finally Achieved! Su Xing''s heart leaped with joy upon seeing this. Finally, I''ve been waiting for you! I''m d I didn''t give up! His gaze turned to the simtion panel. [You have triggered a talent epiphany. As you ponder the elixir in your hand, the alchemy details that puzzled you in the past now be crystal clear. You seize the moment to start crafting Divine Strength Pills.] [You immerse yourself in the crafting of Divine Strength Pills, and before you know it, three days have passed.] [When youe back to your senses, you realize you''ve used up the entire vine of Divine Strength Tendril, and before you, there are exactly 200 Divine Strength Pillsid out!] [These Divine Strength Pills are uniformly smooth and have an enticing color, with several of them being of exceptional quality.] [Your Divine Strength Pill crafting has reached the Mahayana level!] Seeing this, the corners of Su Xing''s mouth crazily turned upwards. "Finally, my wait has paid off! An epiphany! "Damn it, I thought the talent wasn''t working after several simtion attempts... but to think it would trigger twice in one go! My luck is truly defying the heavens!" Su Xing was ecstatic, never having imagined that a single epiphany could advance his Divine Strength Pill crafting to Mahayana level! This meant that Su Xing''s sess rate for crafting Divine Strength Pills would reach over ny percent, and there was also a chance of producing exceptional quality pills. "If an average vine of Divine Strength Tendril can yield 200 Divine Strength Pills, then five vines can produce a thousand pills!" Su Xing did some quick calctions and realized he suddenly had an additional powerful skill in the simtion. A thousand Divine Strength Pills, if administered to individuals at the Heavenly King Level, would require more than ten pills each for a substantial enhancement, and if calcted based on the birth of one Martial Emperor out of every three Heavenly Kings... At best, it could produce over thirty Martial Emperor Level professionals, and even forty with some luck! "Damn, there are fewer than fifty Martial Emperor Level powerhouses in the entire Great Xia, right? If you think about it... it could nearly double the number of Martial Emperor Level powerhouses!" Su Xing thought to himself that this was his own n, and of course, whether it could be implemented or not would depend on the specific circumstances. "After grasping the method of crafting Divine Strength Pills, I must choose alchemy experience as the reward for this simtion... and together with the previouslyprehended Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, it''s pretty much a sure thing..." Su Xing stroked his chin, already starting to n ahead, which would determine how he would proceed with his next simtion. "So, since I will be taking alchemy experience, I might as well learn a few more elixirs. The previous Wound Healing Pill was great for treating Heavenly King Level fighters... and the Bright Mirror Pill also had good effects..." Su Xing had a n in mind as he looked towards the simtion panel. [After crafting Divine Strength Pills, you were eager to try their effects.] [But you knew you hadn''t reached your limit yet, and consuming Divine Strength Pills too early would be more loss than gain...] [Therefore, you gifted the Divine Strength Pills to the Great Xia Military, hoping to help Great Xia Country breed more Martial Emperor Level powerhouses, thereby extending the simtion time.] [Afterpleting the Divine Strength Pills, you began attempting to craft Bright Mirror Pills.] [In the first month, you crafted thirty batches of Bright Mirror Pills, achieving sessful creation from one batch and gradually getting a feel for the Bright Mirror Pills'' crafting method and details.] [In the second month, you crafted thirty batches of Bright Mirror Pills, with three sessful batches, a one in ten sess rate, signifying you had finally grasped the basics.] [In the fourth month, you crafted thirty batches of Bright Mirror Pills, with ten sessful batches, approaching a one-third sess rate.] [In the sixth month, your sess rate in crafting Bright Mirror Pills finally exceeded fifty percent.] [Due to your unique talent in alchemy,bined with learning the crafting of Divine Strength Pills, your alchemy skills have greatly improved, and you''ve taken to the crafting of Bright Mirror Pills with ease.] [In the sixteenth year, your Bright Mirror Pill crafting skills reached the minor aplishment level, and you began attempting to craft Bone Growth Pills.] [Bone Growth Pills, being advanced healing elixirs simr to Bright Mirror Pills and considered low-grade, weren''tplex for you to learn.] [Furthermore, Spirit Dew, one of the ingredients in crafting Bone Growth Pills, is something you collect daily, saving a portion for crafting the pills.] [In the seventeenth year, your Bone Growth Pill crafting skills also reached the minor aplishment level.] [In the same year, thanks to your help, Great Xia Country birthed ten new Martial Emperor Level powerhouses, greatly strengthening the forces at Demon-Subduing Pass!] Su Xing paused and murmured to himself: "Two hundred Divine Strength Pills can create ten Martial Emperor Level powerhouses... on average, one from every two seasoned Heavenly Kings... that''s a higher rate than I expected!" Su Xing was delighted, which meant that with his thousand Divine Strength Pills, he could add fifty Martial Emperor Level powerhouses to Great Xia! "And now that I''ve got a grasp on pill crafting, it''s time to think about refining the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique..." "As for breaking through to the Divine Strength Realm..." Su Xing shook his head slightly, realizing there was no rush. With Divine Strength Pills mastered, was the Divine Strength Realm still far off? Exchanging cultivation level for Divine Strength Realm would be impractical if it meant giving up alchemy experience, after all, Divine Strength Pills were fundamental, and priorities should not be reversed. Thinking this way, Su Xing turned his attention back to the simtion panel. [In the eighteenth year, with the addition of ten Martial Emperor Level powerhouses, the strength at Demon-Subduing Pass surged, and you began receiving more abundant Flesh Essence from Demon Emperors every year.] [But your body was clearly nearing its limit, and the growth of your strength slowed down.] Chapter 131: Chapter 115: Sudden Enlightenment Triggered, Divine Strength Pill Finally Achieved!_2 [On the neenth year, the dozens of spirit earthworms that you had nurtured over more than a decade, bathing daily in spiritual energy, had grown increasingly stout and had developed sentience.] [One of the spirit earthworms had be as thick as an arm, and as they cultivated the spirit field every day, the growth of the spirit nts within your field became even more gratifying.] [In the same year, the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass you nted had grown its second phoenix tail, getting closer to maturity.] [On the twentieth year, you persisted in tempering your body, and finally, your physical strength reached 6.8 million catties.] [But you can now only increase by twenty or thirty thousand catties each year, and you estimate that the limit of your body''s potential is probably around 7 million catties...] Su Xing felt somewhat disappointed upon seeing this. "The limit is only 7 million catties of strength... That''s still a considerable gap from the rumored Witch n..." Su Xing shook his head slightly, for it was rumored that the geniuses of the Witch n could reach 8 million catties. Despite possessing the Innate Divine Strength Talent, it seemed his potential was still inferior to that of a Witch n genius; he probably had the Body Refinement talent equivalent only to a slightly more powerful descendant of the Witch n. [In the twenty-first year, you continued to study the knowledge of spirit nts in the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique; you began to understand the medicinal properties of each spiritual medicine, the conflicts between ingredients, as well as how to cultivate spiritual medicines.] [On the twenty-second year, you finally mastered the basics of the small Spirit Gathering Array; you could ensure a sess rate of over fifty percent when forming the array, and could manipte the surrounding spiritual energy to control the strength of the small Spirit Gathering Array.] [In the same year, the strife between the Human Race and the Foreign Race at Demon-Subduing Pass intensified; nearly every month, powerhouses of the Heavenly King and Martial Emperor levels were severely injured.] [You hastily concocted a batch of Bone-Healing Elixirs, significantly reducing the death rate of frontline Heavenly King level powerhouses.] [In the twenty-third year, Demon-Subduing Pass was still standing firm, and the Human Race continued to hold on.] [In the twenty-fourth year, you were subject to an assassination attempt by the Descending Sect; they had learned that the elixirs were concocted by you and even discovered your hiding ce, willing to infiltrate Kyoto to eliminate you, the thorn in their side.] [Fortunately, Luo Shuying protected you; for your own safety, you decided to stay within the confines of the Spirit Field Blessed Land, minimizing the number of times you left.] [In the twenty-fifth year, although the casualties of the Human Race at Demon-Subduing Pass continued to mount, fresh blood was infused annually, and it remained steadfast.] [In the twenty-sixth year, an endless horde of Demonic Beasts crazily breached Demon-Subduing Pass, and the pass was broken.] [In the same year, a colossal beast descended upon the real world and swallowed the entire Great Xia Country in one gulp.] [You died!] [Your Purple Talent activates in deathly resistance...] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing stood rooted to the spot. "Damn it, Demon-Subduing Pass seemed to be in a favorable situation... and yet it was breached the following year... What exactly happened?" Su Xing frowned slightly, utterly puzzled. "It seems that the power at the Martial Emperor level is still not enough to sustain Demon-Subduing Pass for long... Did it really onlyst one more year? This indicates that the Foreign Race had not been exerting their full strength before... Otherwise, Demon-Subduing Pass would have been breached even earlier!" Su Xing sighed, having only prolonged the inevitable by one year, less than he had anticipated. "Well, let''s just see the simtion rewards! The rewards this time are too generous!" Su Xing turned his gaze to the simtion reward selection panel. [The Brightest Among the Crowd]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Twenty-six Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, slight increase learned in elixir experience, newly learned to minor perfection the Mirror rity Pill, major perfection the Divine Strength Pill, and minor perfection the Bone-Healing Pill, priced at 3 million energy points. [Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique (Entry level)]: Includes entry-level experience in small Spirit Gathering Array, Earth Dragon Technique, and minor perfection in Dew Technique, priced at 3 million energy points. [Three-tailed Phoenix Grass (Ten stalks)]: Three-tailed Phoenix Grass from 280 years, close to maturity, priced at 10 million energy points. Looking at the rewards on the panel, Su Xing did not hesitate much. "Sigh, I also want to be the brightest among the crowd! But this alchemy experience and the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique are too tempting!" Su Xing sighed, but his lips curled upward uncontrobly. "I choose the alchemy experience, and the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique!" [You have sessfully brought out twenty-six years of alchemy experience, spending 3 million energy points, leaving you with 21,463,003 energy points remaining.] [You have sessfully brought out the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique (Entry level), spending 3 million energy points, leaving you with 18,463,003 energy points remaining.] The notifier of the simtor sounded in Su Xing''s ears, and shortly afterward, a wealth of memories suddenly flooded his mind. All these memories were about the knowledge contained within the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, including the minor Spirit Gathering Array, Earth Dragon Technique, Dew Spirit Technique, and some knowledge on nting methods for spirit nts. Then followed the influx of alchemy experience, Su Xing seeded in mastering the production of Divine Strength Pills, feeling that he would definitely handle making them effortlessly. In addition to that, Su Xing also learned to produce Clear Mirror Pills and Bone Growth Pills. One could say that as long as there were ingredients, Su Xing could easily concoct a batch of Bone Growth Pills. After a long while, Su Xing opened his eyes, his face slightly shocked: "Hiss~ This Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique is actually so powerful..." Su Xing twitched the corner of his mouth, already somewhat regretting not having chosen the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique earlier. After all, each of the three spells it contains is incredibly powerful and endlessly mysterious. "Dew Spirit Technique requires either Wood Type or Water Type spiritual roots to learn... Fortunately, with my Wood Type spiritual root, I can cast it!" "Just consuming the Dew Spirit is equivalent to a high-ss healing medicine, not to mention it''s an important ingredient for many advanced healing drugs! Learning it is truly a blood profit..." Su Xing then let out another sigh, saying: "It''s just a pity that the Earth Dragon Technique is divided into two chapters. The spell that controls the shape and structure of thend requires an Earth Spirit Root to cast..." "Sigh, but learning the method tomand the Earth Dragon is decent enough..." Su Xing opened his attribute panel. [Name: Su Xing] [Age: 21 years old] [Profession: Cultivator (Unique Hidden Profession)] [Cultivation Level: Nascent Soul Stage Great Perfection, Origin Martial Realm Great Perfection Layer] [Cultivation Technique: Changchun Technique, Concocting Elixir Secret Method] [Talent: Sword Madman, Epiphanies, Alchemy Prodigy, Big Eater, Dual Wood Fire True Spiritual Roots, Innate Divine Strength, Handsome as Pan An (omitted)...] [Skills: Departing Fire (Small Sess), Alchemy (Small Sess), Spirit Explosion Technique (Small Sess), Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique (Beginner Level), Fifty-Zhang Divine Sense (Five Senses Realm), Origin Force Mastery (Enveloping Level), Three Talents Sword Technique (Human Sword Small Sess)] [Equipment: Spirit Sword Mo Bing] Through these simtions, Su Xing had made considerable improvements in his strength. Not only had he learned quite a few new skills, but his power had also reached the peak of his current realm. "Well, the next step is to figure out how to break through to the Divine Strength Realm..." Just thinking about the significant increase in strength that a realm breakthrough would bring filled Su Xing with motivation. Consequently, Su Xing started to hustle with alchemy. Soon, a week passed by. Su Xing had burned through six thousand elixirs and then went to see Jin Congxue. After a simple meal and discussing serious matters (and ribbing each other), Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Blessed Land. He converted that week''s goods into simtion energy, adding over ten million in energy. On April 29, 2024, New Epoch, on the day of Su Xing''s birthday, he did not ck off and began a new theoretical simtion punctually. "Sigh, there are only a little over twenty years left until the end of the world. Only the strong deserve to celebrate birthdays!" "Begin simtion!" Su Xing muttered to himself. [Ding! This simtion will consume 3400 points of energy, leaving a bnce of 28,534,396 points. Remaining number of simtions: unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a green talent costs 1000 points of energy, a blue talent costs 10,000 points of energy, and drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 points of energy. Would you like to draw one?] Su Xing rubbed his hands together excitedly, mentally telling himself to be blessed by luck, and then muttered: "Draw a purple talent!" Immediately after, a notification sound from the simtor rang in Su Xing''s ear. [Congrattions, you have obtained a purple talent: Herculean Strength!] Chapter 132: Chapter 116: Talents, Uprooting Mountains! (Second Update) "Innate divine strength?!!" Su Xing was stunned for a moment before muttering subconsciously: "Could it be, this is a purple-grade body refinement talent!?" Su Xing instantly got excited. If it truly was a body refinement talent, that would be incredibly timely! His gaze shifted toward the simtion panel. [Innate Divine Strength]: Purple Talent, your strength and physique are extraordinary, a rare martial prodigy who appears once in a millennium, possessing the power to uproot mountains and shift seas, greatly increasing your body refinement talent, innate divine strength shall dominate the worlddominate the world "It really is a purple-grade body refinement talent!" Su Xing clenched his fist in excitement. From the beginning as a fitness guru, to Mr. Mighty, and now to innate divine strength... Innate Divine Strength was clearly a stronger talent. "Just don''t know how much more of an enhancement Innate Divine Strength providespared to the power of a deity?" Excitement gleamed in Su Xing''s eyes; he couldn''t wait to experience the simtion. [Inside the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realized you were in a simtion.] [You felt an overwhelming strength throughout your body, even having the urge to uproot Mount Tai.] [Though you were eager to cultivate, you currentlycked the flesh of demonic beasts, making cultivation less effective. Thus, you could only wait for now.] [You started your daily alchemy routine, producing a batch of Fasting Pills and Wound Healing Pills, in preparation for the needs of the Great Xia Military at Demon-Subduing Pass.] [After several days, you entered the Luotian Meeting Instance.] Seeing this, Su Xing thought to himself: "Activate immersive simtion function, duration: 24 hours!" [Ding, detected your use of the immersive simtion function for 24 hours, costing 2.4 million energy points, remaining energy: 26,134,396 points.] Su Xing''s vision swirled with change. Upon returning to the Luotian Meeting Instance, the person before him was still Elder Niu Ruolie. "Good disciple, go to the back mountain and invite Uncle Master Shennong..." Su Xing nodded, making his way to the back mountain with ease. Soon, Su Xing brought Shennong Youtian to the Luotian Meeting, then he immediately rushed towards the Scripture Pavilion without stopping! This time, Su Xing''s participation in the immersive simtion had a purpose! The reason Su Xing extended the immersive simtion for another 24 hours was that he wanted to learn a tracking-type divine skill! "Hmph, that damned Zong has an elusive and cautious nature... If a Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator really turns into a scared turtle, it''s probably not easy to find him..." "And after I break into the Divine Strength Realm, I need to start thinking about taking that Damned Zong down, after all, he still holds many secrets!" Indeed, Su Xing had previously tried to ambush Damned Zong with Luo Shuying, but had always been eluded by him, although Su Xing didn''t know how he managed that. But that didn''t stop Su Xing from still trying to find a way to locate him. Divine skills are incredibly mysterious, and there must be techniques for tracking people. As long as Su Xing learned this technique, he would definitely be able to track down the Damned Zong. By then, with Luo Shuying, a legendary powerhouse, in position, and the host of Martial Emperors from the Great Xia Country, I refuse to believe that the old dog won''t die. Su Xing had been coveting the treasures on the old dog''s body for a long time. Soon, Su Xing arrived at the Scripture Pavilion and started to search in the third-level techniques and divine skills area. With Su Xing''s current status as a personal disciple, he was entitled to ess the third level of the Scripture Pavilion. "A tracking-type technique... where could it be?" "Found it!" Su Xing quickly arrived in front of a row of divine skill jade slips and started searching for the spell he wanted. The third level of the Scripture Pavilion contained Earth-Level Techniques, which were incredibly powerful, but fewer in numberpared to the first and second levels, so Su Xing easily found the technique he was looking for. "Thousand Li Soul Blood Technique... Divine Sense Imprint..." "There it is, the Ten Thousand Li Tracking Technique!" Su Xing''s heart stirred, and he quickly found the skill he wanted. "Earth-Level Technique, Ten Thousand Li Tracking Technique, as long as your Divine Sense is stronger than the opponent''s, you can leave a mark undetected in their Divine Soul. Afterwards, you will be able to sense their whereabouts, with the sensing distance depending on the strength of your Divine Sense..." Su Xing''s eyes brightened, and he immediately began trying to learn the technique. One hour... five hours... ten hours... Su Xing tirelessly attempted to memorize this divine skill but with little sess. Seeing the simtion time was about to end and he still hadn''t learned it, Su Xing could only sigh and say: "It seems I''ll have toe back another day to continue learning..." Su Xing stood up, ready to leave, as he braced for a long period of battle. Suddenly, the voice of an old woman came from a distance. "Hehe, you must be the Inner Sect Disciple Luo Xiaochuan, right? Why the sigh? I''ve seen you looking at the techniques for a long time now. What''s the matter, hit a bottleneck..." Su Xing lifted his head at the words and saw an old woman dressed in a gray robe, with an aged face. A thought crossed Su Xing''s mind; this old woman was the same person who had been guarding the Scripture Pavilion before. Generally speaking, those who guard the Scripture Pavilion year-round are all powerful figures! Thus, Su Xing heaved a sigh and said: "Elder, I truly wish to learn a tracking spell, but it''s so difficult, I won''t be able to master it anytime soon..." Su Xing feigned helplessness, shaking his head as he sneakily nced at the old crone. The old crone swept a look at the jade slip in Su Xing''s hand and said, "You''re learning the Ten Thousand Li Tracking Technique? Hehe... This cultivation technique is quite outdated; you may or may not learn it." Su Xing looked at the olddy somewhat speechlessly. Didn''t the introduction to this technique say it was created by a grand figure of the Body Integration Realm? How had it be worthless to you? The olddy chuckled and said to Su Xing, "What, don''t you believe me? I created this technique when I was young... Indeed, several thousand years have passed, and it really has be less practical..." Upon hearing this, Su Xing was stunned. The venerable progenitor who created the technique was right in front of him? Therefore, Su Xing quickly asked, "Then elder, do you mean... there''s a better tracking technique?" The olddy nodded and said, "Indeed, Iter improved the Ten Thousand Li Tracking Technique. Its power is close to that of a Heaven Rank spell. Even someone with a Divine Soul strength simr to yours wouldn''t notice anything odd, and it can track from even further distances. Would you like to learn it?" Su Xing quickly nodded and said, "I am willing to learn!" The old crone smiled and said, "There''s no such thing as a free lunch in this world. If you learn this exclusive secret technique of mine, you''ll have to do me a favor..." Su Xing quickly nodded and said, "I am willing to oblige!" The old crone was stunned. She had not yet mentioned what the favor was, and Su Xing had already agreed? But Su Xing was secretly rejoicing in his heart, "Pssh, anyway, the simtion will start over next time, so I don''t have to do the task; it''s like getting a stronger secret technique for nothing. What a steal!" After pondering for a moment, the old crone said, "Fine then! You juste back here to the Scripture Pavilion at this time next year, and I will tell you then... As for the technique, I suppose it wouldn''t be wrong to pass it on to you now!" With these words, the old crone touched Su Xing''s forehead with her finger. At once, Su Xing felt a stream of memories flood into his mind. It was indeed about the cultivation method for the Ten Thousand Li Tracking Technique! And it was even better and more profound than what Su Xing had seen before! "Thank you, elder!" "..." Soon, Su Xing''s immersive simtion time ended, and he returned to the real world. Because of the memories, Su Xing sessfully knew the cultivation method of the Ten Thousand Li Tracking Secret Technique. And the Su Xing in the simtor should have learned this secret technique as well. "Great, with this secret technique... from now on, I''ll be able to track Damned Zong''s whereabouts..." Su Xing smiled as he looked toward the simtion panel. [Aftering out of the Luotian Meeting Instance, you have mastered an Earth Rank upper-grade secret technique, the Ten Thousand Li Tracking Technique... You return to the Spirit Field Blessed Land to start learning this technique.] [However, due to insufficient strength of your Divine Soul, you find it exceptionally difficult to learn and, having no other choice, you can only master the most basic part for now, nning to cultivate it further once your Divine Soul is stronger.] [Quickly, several months passed.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan came to you, and after one night, you joined the Descending Sect.] [You directly revealed your strength and Alchemy talent to gain the attention of the Descending Sect.] [Afterward, you chose to join the faction where Luo Shuying was, sessfully gaining her trust.] [In the months that followed, you obtained many Spiritual Medicines through Luo Shuying and began refining Soul Condensing Pills.] [By the second year, you had be an Elder of the Descending Sect and, in collusion with Luo Shuying, nearly plundered the entire Descending Sect''s reserve of Spiritual Medicines.] [Because you consumed Soul Condensing Pills, your Divine Soul power surged, growing from fifty zhang to three hundred zhang within a single year.] [In the third year, your Divine Soul power exploded to five hundred zhang, and you had already umted a significant number of Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills.] [You believed the time was right, and staying in the Descending Sect no longer served much purpose for you. You wanted to join the Great Xia Country to gain ess to Demonic Beasts'' Flesh Essence more quickly.] [Thus you ced a Divine Sense mark on Damned Zong in advance. With this mark, you could easily sense Damned Zong''s location.] [Later, you secretly contacted the upper echelons of the Great Xia Country and, together with Luo Shuying, defected from the Descending Sect.] [Sure enough, you were pursued by the Descending Sect, but with the aid of Great Xia''s powerful figures, you sessfully killed them...] [Damned Zong really failed to show up. You activated the secret technique to sense Damned Zong''s location, but your Divine Soul strength wasn''t enough, you were too far from him, and still unable to sense him.] [Left with no choice, you and Luo Shuying could only head for Kyoto.] [You took out the hundred thousand Elixirs you had previously refined and gifted them to the Great Xia Military, resulting in Great Xia Country gaining an additional twenty thousand Grandmaster Level warriors within a year!] [In the fourth year, you continued refining Elixirs, periodically handing them over to the Great Xia Military, leading to a steady emergence of Grandmaster Level and Heavenly King Level warriors in Great Xia Country.] [In the same year, through the Great Xia Military, you sessfully obtained a hundred pounds of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence, and you began to use this Flesh Essence daily to enhance the strength and robustness of your physical body.] [Because of your improved Purple Talent constitution, the enhancement of your physical body''s strength became rapid once again.] [You could feel that your body held more potential, and every day you could consume the Demon Emperor Flesh Essence, visibly increasing your strength!] (Sorry for beingte, another one follows soon) Chapter 133: Chapter 117 The Terror of Purple Talent! (Third Update) ``` [In the fifth year, your strength surged by five hundred thousand catties in just one year, reaching a pure physical strength of five million five hundred thousand catties!] [However, the essence of the Demon Emperor''s flesh is limited, and the most you can consume each year is only a bit more than one hundred catties, often times you can only take the essence of the Demon King''s flesh.] [But your talent is astonishing, and coupled with the unique structure of your stomach, even the essence of the Demon King''s flesh allows you to gain considerable strength.] [In the sixth year, you began the refinement of Divine Strength Pills.] [Refining Divine Strength Pills is much moreplex than ordinary mid-grade elixirs, and despite your Mahayana-level alchemy skills, you could only refine two batches per day.] [Outside of your cultivation, you refined two batches of Divine Strength Pills each day, and in one year, you sessfully refined eight hundred Divine Strength Pills!] [Out of these, fifty were top-quality Divine Strength Pills, you kept some for yourself and handed the rest over to the Great Xia Military!] [That year, your strength soared to six million two hundred thousand catties!] Su Xing''s face flushed with excitement as he couldn''t help but nod repeatedly. Divine Strength Pills assist those in the Origin Martial Realm to break through to the Divine Strength Realm and can also be used during the Divine Strength Realm to increase the cultivation level.] But Su Xing alone couldn''t use that many Divine Strength Pills, estimating that at most a few would suffice for a breakthrough.] The remaining elixirs given to the Great Xia Country could bring forth more Martial Emperor-level powerhouses, strengthening the country more, and Su Xing would obtain more essence of the Demon Emperor''s flesh, thus his cultivation level would increase faster!] "Tsk, tsk, purple talent is really different, huh! In just four years of cultivation, the strength has increased by one million two hundred thousand catties!"] ["This rate of cultivation is almost twice as fast as before!"] ["It''s just that I don''t know if the upper limit of strength for purple quality will be higher..."] Su Xing fell into thought; in his previous simtions, the upper limit for strength growth had been seven million catties.] [Logically, after the talent upgrade, there should be a higher talent limit. Su Xing''s demand isn''t high, reaching eight million catties to have the strength of an Ancient Witch n genius would be enough.] Su Xing continued the simtion.] [In the seventh year, after you handed the Divine Strength Pills over to Great Xia''s higher-ups, Great Xia selected over a hundred veteran Heavenly King-level professionals and had them take the Divine Strength Pills.] [In one year, the strength of these veteran Heavenly King-level powerhouses increased by more than fifty percent.] [After handing the Divine Strength Pills to the Great Xia Country, you no longer concerned yourself with it and concentrated on cultivating, enhancing your strength.] [Because you have been taking Soul Condensing Pills for many years, your divine sense''s range has increased significantly, reaching seven hundred and fifty zhang.] [In theory, the increase in the strength of divine sense should make it easier for you to detect Damned Zong''s location, but over the years, you haven''t sensed his presence once, leading you to me it on him being too far away from you.] [In the eighth year, the Human Race saw about fifty Martial Emperor-level powerhouses emerge within a year, and suddenly, the overall strength of the human race greatly increased!] [With the entry of Martial Emperor-level powerhouses into the Demon-Subduing Pass battlefield, the situation there gradually improved, allowing you to obtain more than three hundred catties of the Demon Emperor''s flesh essence each year!] [Thus, your strength surged again, consuming one catty of the Demon Emperor''s flesh essence each day, which made your vitality even more robust!] [That year, your strength soared to seven million catties!] Seeing this, Su Xing was thrilled; seven million catties were the previous potential limit he had not reached even after over twenty years in thest simtion, but now he had achieved it in just the eighth year.] This enhancement from the Heaven-lifting talent was even stronger than he had imagined!] ["Could it be... that the total strength I possess in the Origin Martial Realm could reach nine million catties?"] Su Xing''s heart thumped wildly at the thought; that was the immense force of nine million catties, after all!] If he possessed such an increase, by the time of Great Perfection in the Divine Strength Realm, with a twentyfold enhancement... that would be the force of ny thousand tons!] To imagine what a punch with a force of ny thousand tons might be like... Su Xing could hardly fathom.] Su Xing looked forward with anticipation at the simtion panel.] [In the ninth year, with plenty of flesh essence, your strength growth remained explosive, far from reaching the body''s limit, and your strength grew to seven million five hundred thousand catties that year!] [In the same year, your divine sense also grew slightly, reaching seven hundred and eighty zhang. However, since you had given half of the Soul Condensing Pills to Luo Shuying, you had run out of them.] [Andcking methods to cultivate divine sense, your divine sense ultimately stopped at seven hundred and eighty zhang and could not advance further.] Seeing this, Su Xing slightly frowned and murmured: ] ["Methods to cultivate divine sense, huh... indeed, until now, my divine sense has grown almost solely relying on Soul Condensing Pills, which is indeed a bitcking in sustainability..."] ["However, it is during the Divinity Transformation Stage that divine sense trulyes into y. By then, I canpletely look for a way to cultivate a divine sense-rted cultivation technique to unleash the full potential of divine sense!"] Having realized this, Su Xing had already incorporated the growth of divine sense into his n.] After all, divine sense has many uses; Su Xing previously used it only for alchemy, so fifty zhang was sufficient, but now the Ten Thousand Li Tracking Technique requires divine sense.] ``` In addition, there might be more Cultivation Techniques that require Divine Sense in the future, so this definitely cannot be neglected! "But well! The enhancement of Divine Sense isn''t urgent for now, the most important thing currently is the Body Refinement Cultivation Level!" "I wonder if I can break through to the Divine Strength Realm in this simtion!?" Su Xing looked at the simtion panel with some anticipation. [In the tenth year, your identity as a spy in the Great Xia Military has been exposed. Suddenly, both the Foreign Race and Human Race know that you were the one behind the increase of so many powerful individuals in the Great Xia Country.] [The entire Foreign Race was enraged, and they ordered the Descending Sect to assassinate you!] [Within just one year, you suffered more than fifty assassination attempts! Among them, even Legendary Level experts took action. Thanks to Luo Shuying''s help, you barely escaped death, but she was heavily injured in the process.] [However, the Descending Sect''s assassination attempts on you continued, and you have be their number one target in the real world. All the elders, protectors, and even faction leaders now consider you their top enemy!] [Left with no choice, you could only hide within the Spirit Field Blessed Land, trying your best to avoid going out.] [Those assassinations you encountered this year have left you feeling chilled to the bone. From assassination attempts and poisonings to the pedestrians on the street and even the soldiers in the military... perhaps everyone in your sight might secretly pull out a dagger to plunge into you.] [Even though you are very strong, you are struggling to bear such frequent assassination attempts.] [So you came up with an idea, which was to meet Luo Shuying at an irregr time every month. You would only tell her about this time, and she would bring you the Demon Emperor''s Flesh Essence while you would entrust her with the supply Elixirs you have refined.] [With this method, you cultivated daily in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, still maintaining a sufficient supply of Flesh Essence.] [Having isted yourself in seclusion all year round, you have endured loneliness that others would find unbearable, but your Cultivation Level has grown even more rapidly.] [This year, your strength surged again, reaching 77 million catties!] [In the eleventh year, you spent a monotonous year cultivating in the Spirit Field Blessed Land. Meeting Luo Shuying once a month and exchanging only a few words with her has rapidly warmed your rtionship.] [Finally, one day, your rtionship with her developed into a full-fledged affair.] [In the twelfth year, you received news from Luo Shuying that the front-line supply at Demon-Subduing Pass had been cut off by the Demon Race, and the situation was dire.] [You handed over the Fasting Pills and Wound Healing Pills that you had saved up over the years to Luo Shuying.] [Seeing these Elixirs, Luo Shuying was shocked andpletely believed in what you had told her about traveling through the timeline.] [That year, your physical strength increased to 80 million catties!] [In the thirteenth year, as your strength grew more formidable, the growth of your physical strength finally slowed down. However, you could not stand this so you decided to consume one and a half catties of the Demon Emperor''s Flesh Essence every day to maintain the rapid growth of your strength.] [One and a half catties of Demon Emperor''s Flesh Essence was slightly beyond your daily energy digestion limit, so you had to continually train to speed up the absorption of this Flesh Essence energy.] [You practiced swordsmanship for four hours every day and crafted a massive iron ball weighing 80 million catties from exotic metals, using it to train your body and drain your energy every day.] [Such days left you feeling very tired, so you could only meditate for three hours every day, using Spiritual Power to nourish your body and alleviate fatigue.] [But your efforts were rewarded. This year, your strength increased to 84 million catties!] [In the fourteenth year, you continued to train by practicing swordsmanship and lifting the heavy ball of exotic metal every day, but the weight of the ball increased dramatically as your strength grew.] [You used Spiritual Energy to wield the Li Fire Technique, then used it to melt the exotic metal, eventually forging it into the iron ball. This iron ball grewrger andrger, like a small mountain.] [That year, your strength reached 87 million catties!] Su Xing''s breathing quickened when he saw this. It was getting closer, even closer! In just the fourteenth year, his strength had reached 87 million catties! The speed was faster than he had imagined! At this rate, perhaps it wouldn''t be long before he could break through to 90 million catties! "That''s astonishing... The boost to my Body Refinement talent from my Purple Talent has already surpassed even witch n geniuses... Having 90 million catties of strength in the Origin Martial Realm, I wonder if there''s anyone in the witch n who could reach this?" For a moment, Su Xing was ted, unable to resistparing himself with this ancient n. "It''s close, 90 million catties, here Ie!" [In the fifteenth year, as you continuously practiced swordsmanship, your skills became even more exquisite. The Spirit Sword Mo Bing was already indomitable, and with your immense strength, shattering mountains with a single strike was no longer a legend.] [That year, you consumed a full 500 catties of Demon Emperor''s Flesh Essence. Fortunately, with the tense front-line war situation, you had enough Flesh Essence to increase your power.] [That year, your strength reached 90 million catties!] (There will be another chapter after 12 o''clock~) Chapter 134: Chapter 118: Demon-Subduing Pass Bathed in Blood, Reaching the Limit! (First Update) Su Xing''s heart clenched at this revtion. He had broken through nine million jin! This was far beyond Su Xing''s expectations! At this rate, perhaps the final breakthrough could reach ten million jin! "Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm, one hundred thousand tons of immense strength! Here Ie!" Su Xing clenched his fists tightly, shouting in his heart. What kind of concept is one hundred thousand tons of strength? An aircraft carrier weighs about fifty thousand tons. And Su Xing, with his pure physical strength reaching one hundred thousand tons, could easily hold the Nimitz in one hand and the Carl Vinson in the other, and then leisurely stand above the Pacific Ocean and fly. Destroying a nation alone is not a dream! "If I can really reach ten million jin of strength, then when I just broke through the Divine Strength Realm, my strength could double... that would be twenty million jin!" "Only old Martial Emperor powerhouses can reach such strength, right?" "Although those Martial Emperor powerhouses have skill bonuses... I also have Origin Force, and after the Origin Force is applied... my strength doubles!" Su Xing was instantly excited. This meant he was about to beparable to Martial Emperor-level powerhouses! "Martial Emperor-level powerhouses, ah! There are only dozens in the entire Daxia... In the seven Human Race nations and the Twelve Domains, the total number of Martial Emperor-level powerhouses is only a few hundred. In this sense, I''m about to be one of the top powerhouses!" Su Xing could not help getting excited. "Maybe, I no longer need to hide... By revealing my strength, I can fight for more resources!?" Su Xing pondered the possibility of this approach in secrecy... But then Su Xing shook his head, knowing that the Foreign Race''s tricks were unfathomable; once exposed, he would face unending assassination attempts. Although the benefits were great, the risks involved exceeded what Su Xing could bear. "Perhaps, I can first try it in simtion... What level of strength have I actually reached now?" With this thought, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simtion panel. [In the sixteenth year, you still trained hard every day, tempered your physique with the Witch n''s unique Body Refinement methods, carried out high-intensity strength training, and used the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors.] [With your day and night efforts, although the growth of your strength has slowed down, there is still stable room for improvement.] [This year, your strength reached nine million one hundred thousand jin!] [In the seventeenth year, you continued to cultivate in the same way as before, but as your strength increased, it became increasingly difficult to make breakthroughs.] [This year your strength only increased by one hundred thousand jin, reaching nine million two hundred thousand jin.] [In the eighteenth year, you felt that you had hit a bottleneck, where previously you could see your bodily strength improve visibly every day, but now the progress had be slower and sometimes even stalledpletely.] [Moreover, the high-intensity cultivation had also begun to take its toll on your body.] [This year, your strength only increased by eighty thousand jin, reaching nine million two hundred eighty thousand jin...] Su Xing frowned slightly at this and muttered, "Am I reaching my limit? Only an eighty-thousand-jin increase in a year... That''s not fast enough!" "I must find a way to continue increasing my strength..." At this moment, several thoughts shed through Su Xing''s mind. Devour the flesh of higher-level Demonic Beasts? Su Xing shook his head slightly. Not to mention whether the flesh of Legendary Level Demonic Beasts could be obtained. Even if he did obtain it, Su Xing of the Origin Martial Realm might very well explode into pieces if he consumed it, right? "Then there''s only one method left... through fighting, to better master strength!" Su Xing wanted to stay hidden until he reached the Divine Strength Realm before leaving the Spirit Field Blessed Land, but the increase in strength was excruciatingly slow. But if he fought continuously on the battlefield, maybe he could unleash his potential further. And the best ce to fight... is undoubtedly Demon-Subduing Pass! Thinking this, Su Xing nced back at the simtion panel. [In the neenth year, you left the Spirit Field Blessed Land replica and returned to the real world.] [Just returning to the real world for less than half a month, you encountered three assassination attempts. Fortunately, with your formidable strength and the protection of Luo Shuying close at hand, you were unharmed.] [You went to the Demon-Subduing Pass replica, ready to enhance your strength through battle.] [After knowing your intentions, Luo Shuying and the high ranks of Daxia strongly opposed this because you are a thorn in the eyes of the Demon Race, and appearing would be far too dangerous.] [But you are determined to go to Demon-Subduing Pass, to harness your strength through battle.] [You went to Demon-Subduing Pass, consuming the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors daily and joining the battlefield.] [Your strength was formidable, and under the use of Spiritual Power, ordinary Demon Kings could barely withstand three punches from your brutal force.] [In just half a year, you have in over a hundred Demon Kings!] [Just as you thought, through high-intensity battlesbined with the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors, your strength increased dramatically every day!] [In one year, your strength has grown to 9.4 million jin!] [In the twentieth year, you remained a god of war on the battlefield, ordinary Demon Kings were no match for you, and even if Demon Emperors personally attacked you, you could hold on until Luo Shuying came to your aid.] [That year, you were assassinated thirty times on the battlefield. Soldiers from the army swung their swords at you, and several Demon Emperors ambushed you, but you survived every time.] [The most perilous time, a Legendary Level demonic beast personally attempted to attack you, but you managed to hide in Spirit Field Blessed Land just in time, narrowly escaping disaster.] [Over the year, you killed hundreds of Demon Kings, bathed in blood, and yourbat awareness rapidly increased.] [That year, your strength increased to 9.55 million jin!] [In the twenty-first year, gradually even Demon Beasts at the Demon King level came to know your terror. They were unwilling to battle with you and would flee at sight of you.] [Having no choice, you had to set your sights on powerhouses of the Demon Emperor level!] [With your might, wielding the Ink Ice Sword, you could even fight a Demon Emperor. Although you were mostly at a disadvantage, your life was not in danger.] [In one year, you fought with Demon Emperor level demonic beasts over a hundred times, significantly enhancing yourbat awareness.] [Within that year, you were wounded numerous times, but each time you persevered, and your strength surged to 9.7 million jin!] [In the twenty-second year, as your strength grew stronger, you felt as if you had touched some kind of limit and had an urge to break through to the Divine Strength Realm immediately!] [Because you knew, once you broke through to the Divine Strength Realm, you would immediately possess strengthparable to a Demon Emperor!] [But you still forcibly suppressed that impulse, knowing the closer you were to the limit in the Origin Martial Realm, the greater your future achievements would be!] [That year, your strength increased to 9.8 million jin!] [In the twenty-third year, the Human Race''s situation in Demon-Subduing Pass grew increasingly dire. As battles continued uninterrupted, the number of the Human Race''s warriors dwindled, while the Demonic Beasts seemed endless, always having Demon Kings and Demon Emperors appear on the battlefield.] [With the vast disparity in strength, the Human Race could only defend Demon-Subduing Pass, unable to take the fight beyond its walls.] [But your performance was still heroic, fighting Demon Emperors every day, acting almost on par with Martial Emperor level warriors on the battlefield.] [That year, your strength increased to 9.88 million jin!] [In the twenty-fourth year, high-intensity battles continued, and every day you opened your eyes to y demonic beasts, eating Demon Emperor Flesh Essence when hungry, the count of beasts that died by your hand beyond measure.] [You finally realized the terror of Demon-Subduing Pass, feeling the despair of its soldiers, for even as you killed more and more beasts each day, they were still endless.] [By yourself, ying hundreds of demonic beasts a day was still like a drop in the oceanpared to their numbers on the battlefield.] [The only thing that gave you hope was that your strength was still growing, and it was progressively approaching a certain limit.] [That year, your strength grew to 9.96 million jin!] Su Xing''s face showed aplex expression upon reading this. Through the cold text, he seemed to see the helplessness of the soldiers at Demon-Subduing Pass and felt his own powerlessness. Even as an Origin Martial Realm powerhouse, even on par with a Martial Emperor... what one could do on the battlefield was still limited. Only by bing the strongest could one suppress everything! Only then could you free the Human Race from the oppression of the Foreign Races over thousands of years. Only then could you prevent that apocalypse from happening decadester... Su Xing wanted to grow stronger not for the sake of others, but to better survive for himself. "Thank goodness, I can see hope already!" "As long as I can reach the limit in this simtion and break through to the Divine Strength Realm! Even that will be a solid step forward!" Su Xing clenched his fist to cheer himself on and then turned his gaze to the simtion panel. [In the twenty-fifth year, you have lost count of the days since you came to Demon-Subduing Pass, only aware of the endless demonic beasts outside and the injured brethren every day.] [Yesterday, Luo Shuying was injured again while saving you, but facing opponents of that level, you still felt a deep sense of powerlessness.] [What keeps you going is the continuously ascending strength, pushing towards that limit!] [Months passed, and your strength increased by another twenty thousand jin, bringing you ever closer to the target of ten million jin] [But the number of people in Demon-Subduing Pass has dwindled. More and more soldiers are dying in battle; you don''t know how much longer you can hold out, five years, three years... or even shorter?] [You keep fighting, longing to reach the ten-million-jin limit sooner!] [Months passed, and your strength reached 9.99 million jin, but the growth was almost imperceptible.] [Maybe it was an increase of a few hundred jin a day, or even less...] [This feeling of nearing the limit yet seeing no end, you could only push on with belief.] [Finally, one day, as you were fiercely battling a Demon Emperor, you swung the strongest strike you ever had!] [You felt a certain shackle within you was finally broken!] [After fighting the Demon Emperor for several hours, you severely wounded him with a strike, eventually beheading him.] [You took out the Demon Emperor''s Flesh Essence, and no matter how bitter and pungent, you swallowed it greedily.] [A premonition rose in your heart; it was time to break through to the Divine Strength Realm!] Chapter 135: Chapter 119 Finally Entering the Divine Strength Realm! (Second Update) "Finally, am I about to break through to the Divine Strength Realm!" Su Xing watched the simtion panel, murmuring under his breath. Seeing the slow growth of his body when it reached its limit in thest few years, Su Xing even thought he had to wait for the next simtion before he could reach the Divine Strength Realm. But after all, he had reached the ultimate limit of ten million catties! "Ten million catties, even the Witch n from Ancient Times probably couldn''t reach this strength in the Origin Martial Realm, right?" "Even the weakest in the Divine Strength Realm, have only this level of strength..." A wave of indescribable excitement surged in Su Xing''s heart. He could feel all the effort he had put in at Demon-Subduing Pass was in order to reach this limit. And at this moment, he had finally achieved it! "Breakthrough to the Divine Strength Realm! A bright future is right before my eyes!" Su Xing''s breathing became slightly rapid as he looked back at the simtion panel. [As the situation at Demon-Subduing Pass worsened day by day, you chose to go into seclusion.] [You returned to the Spirit Field Blessed Land, adjusted your body to its peak condition, prepared some Demon Emperor Flesh Essence, and the previously saved top-grade Divine Strength Pills.] [You swallowed three catties of the Demon Emperor Flesh Essence in one go, feeling the surge of power in your body almost about to overflow.] [As your body was about to fail sustaining this energy, you took a Divine Strength Pill, ready for the breakthrough.] [The Divine Strength Pill turned into a warm current entering your belly, instantly turning into a violent energy, hammering every inch of your flesh and bones.] [Energy kept umting, spreading to every corner of your flesh, and you felt your bones aching, moaning.] [This was the transformation of the density of your muscles and bones, how could the ordinary flesh and blood endure such monumental strength.] [This was a more violent and thorough enhancement than the Bone Forging Realm before; you felt endless pain.] [It began with the skin, then the flesh, followed by the bones... and finally strengthened your inner organs.] [Under the impact of this energy, you felt your bodily strength and vitality being sublimated at this instant.] [The pain persisted, day and night, almost making you want to give up multiple times, but it was the ten years of tempering at Demon-Subduing Pass that made your will even stronger, biting the bullet and persevering.] [Finally, after consistently enduring, at some moment, you felt your body suddenly lighten.] [You even thought you had sessfully broken through, but what followed was an endless sensation of hunger.] [Ever since you reached the Golden Core Stage, you had been able to fast, and while you had basic cravings, you logically shouldn''t feel such an overwhelming hunger.] [But at this moment the hunger felt so real, as if you had not eaten for three days and nights, there was only one thought in your mind, eat!] [You turned your gaze to the nearby Demon Emperor Flesh Essence and began to devour it like mad. You ate a full five catties before feeling absolutely unable to eat anymore.] [Subsequently, the energy in your body climbed again, and you decisively swallowed a second Divine Strength Pill... then the energy exploded, and pain assailed you.] [Your body was once again being remodeled by this energy...] [Through such a cycle of repetition, you no longer remembered how much Demonic Beast Flesh Essence you had consumed; perhaps more than you would eat in a month, nor how many Origin Martial Pills you had taken, and the pain in your body had be familiar.] [Finally, at a certain instant, you heard a cracking sound within you, as a shackle inside your body was sessfully broken!] [You had broken through, bing a Cultivator of the Divine Strength Realm!] [But the expected surge in strength did note, because over the days of the breakthrough, your strength had already been skyrocketing!] [In just a few days, your strength grew to twenty million catties!] [Following the inner hunger, you ate another five catties of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence in one go, but this time there was no pain or energy explosion; you just felt filled with strength!] [Your body appeared like it was bathed in sunlight, covered with a thin golden veil.] [You seemed to understand that the Divine Strength Realm was not just an increase in strength, but an all-around enhancement of the body''s durability! This was another major leap in the power of the Body Refinement Cultivator''s physical body!] [Because only a more robust body can wield such tremendous power!] Su Xing''s face flushed with excitement. "Finally, I''ve made the breakthrough!" The Divine Strength Realm, able to rival the existence of a Martial Emperor! Although he had just entered the Divine Strength Realm, his strength was already not inferior to the veteran strong practitioners of the realm, which meant he could be considered quite powerful among the Martial Emperors! "After this ends, I''ll definitely be able to break through the Divine Strength Realm... by then, I would be one of the strongest in the Human Race. Should I reveal myself, to exchange for more energy?" Su Xing sank into thought. As one can imagine, by revealing his power and cooperating with the higher-ups of the Great Xia, gathering the strength of a nation, the speed at which he rues simtion energy could indeed increase tenfold, a hundredfold, a thousandfold! And this also meant that Su Xing''s power was set to explode in growth again! After the Divine Strength Realm, the energy required for each breakthrough would probably increase tenfold, with one level requiring ten million energy! Considering this, whether the energy will be sufficient is also an important question... "Ah, it''s really a headache! As for whether to reveal myself, maybe I could first go to Demon-Subduing Pass and see? Just how big is the gap between the Human Race and the Foreign Race?" Chapter 136: Chapter 119 Finally Entering the Divine Strength Realm! (Second Update)_2 Su Xing already had an idea in his heart, which was to go and see in the simtor. Thinking this, Su Xing''s gaze turned towards the simtion panel. [After breaking through to the Divine Strength Realm, you returned to the real world, to Demon-Subduing Pass.] [The battle at Demon-Subduing Pass is raging intensely. The Human Race is beingpletely crushed by Demonic Beasts, and warriors are dying every second on the battlefield.] [You don''t say much, silently joining the battlefield and fixing your gaze on a Demon Emperor level behemoth.] [When you were at Great Perfection of the Origin Martial Realm, you could still fight a Demon Emperor. Now that you''ve broken through to the Divine Strength Realm, naturally, you have no reason to fear a Demon Emperor anymore.] [This time you choose not to utilize Divine Strength Realm abilities, but instead, to engage in closebat with your fists against the Demon Emperor.] [The hundreds of meters tall enormous Demon Emperor and you, less than two meters in height, form a stark contrast, you''re like an ant before his eyes.] [But the huge difference in size does not diminish your strength; on the contrary, it makes it easier for you to dodge the Demon Emperor''s attacks.] [You throw a punch, wielding twenty million jin of massive force apanied by Origin Force towards the Demon Emperor, injuring him grievously with just one strike.] [You grapple with the Demon Emperor for dozens of minutes and finally y him, taking his Flesh Essence.] [Though you have the upper hand on the battlefield, the Human Race is still caught in a massive disadvantage. You don''t have time to think further and rapidly rejoin the battle!] [The opponents you choose are all Demon Emperor level beasts! You were once the nightmare of Demon Kings, and now you shall be the nightmare of Demon Emperors!] [Over the next few months, you fight with Demon Emperors daily, and every few days you manage to kill a Demon Emperor. Your role on the battlefield even surpasses most Martial Emperor powerhouses!] [For as strong as Martial Emperor powerhouses are, they do not possess such terrifying power and bodily strength as you do!] [And as you daily devour the flesh of Demon Emperors, you feel your power and physical strength further increasing.] [Every day, in addition to fighting, you also take Divine Strength Pills and Demon Emperor Flesh Essence, steadily enhancing your strength.] [In the twenty-sixth year, while the situation at Demon-Subduing Pass is dire, it still holds. You take this opportunity to rapidly increase your power!] [Until one day, everything changed!] [An endless army of Demonic Beasts appeared on the horizon, countless beasts madly rushing towards Demon-Subduing Pass. One after another, extremely imposing beasts entered your line of sight.] Seeing this, Su Xing took a deep breath and said, "Activate immersive simtion, duration: one hour!" [Ding, immersive simtion activated for 1 hour, costing 100,000 energy. Remaining energy: 26,034,396 points.] Su Xing''s vision shifted, and the next second he was in a strange ce. Dark clouds filled the sky, with the asional sh of lightning and thunder in the distance. The mad cries all around, the smell of blood in the air. Su Xing looked around somewhat bewilderedly, seeing Mages in robes casting spells, Warriors in armor raising their greatswords to sh with airborne Demonic Beasts. From time to time, golden lights shed on the city walls. "My lord, we can''t hold out much longer! Let''s retreat!" At that moment, a Heavenly King level professional approached Su Xing and said so. But Su Xing remained unmoved. Where could they retreat to now? Leaving Demon-Subduing Pass, in reality, it would just be a matter of time anyway. Su Xing strode to the edge of the city wall and saw the swarming wave of Demonic Beasts on the distant ground. Beasts ranging from a few meters to dozens of meters, even hundreds of meters, were present. They attacked the walls madly, trying to blow a hole through the thousand-zhang high Demon-Subduing Pass. Su Xing watched as soldiers bravely attempted to block the beasts. Some seeded, and some died. Suddenly, Su Xing heard a cry of terror. Following the sound, he saw a person staring nkly ahead. Following his gaze, Su Xing only saw an array of overwhelmingly powerful behemoths charging forward within his field of vision. "This is beyond what Emperor level beasts can achieve!" Su Xing instantly made such a judgment. "These must be at least Legendary level beasts!" Su Xing took a sharp intake of breath, for these Legendary level beasts, thousands of meters tall, were not just one or two, not even a few dozen... but several hundreds! Hundreds of Legendary beasts as tall as the city walls were assaulting the walls, trying to destroy them with brute force. ``` "Dare to destroy my Demon-Subduing Pass!?" Su Xing heard an angry roar behind him, as more than ten strong figures shrouded in golden light charged towards the Legendary Level beast. In an instant, Su Xing understood that this was likely all the power defending Demon-Subduing Pass. But ten against hundreds... The oue was clear! After only a few rounds of fighting, the Legendary Level warriors of the Human Race fell into an absolute disadvantage, almost on the verge of being overrun. Just when Su Xing thought Demon-Subduing Pass would be annihted, a sigh echoed from within the Pass. An elder appeared in the sky, seemingly out of nowhere, andunched an attack on the legendary beast in front of him. However, a more desperate situation arose when two humanoid figures emerged from the Demon Race army, both appearing human but exuding the aura of demons. The elder immediately engaged them in battle. Before Su Xing could even see clearly, the elder was defeated, and hundreds of Legendary Demon Beasts flooded into the city. Su Xing''s vision turned ck as his consciousness returned to his body. [Ding, due to character death, this immersive simtion has ended prematurely!] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] Su Xing stared at the cold text before him, falling into a long silence. "Even the existence above Legendary couldn''t change this oue..." Su Xing took a deep breath, realizing the strength of the Demon Race was far greater than he had imagined! The Human Race''s thousands of years of inheritance might produce one or two powerful individuals. But the Foreign Race, that''s a powerful group! Absolute power crush, coupled with a numerical advantage! "Indeed, I was thinking too lightly!" "The Divine Strength Realm, it might be considered good, but it''s far from enough!" Su Xing took another deep breath, discarding the idea of revealing his identity to quickly gain energy. Having energy is good, but you also need to be alive to use it! "Sigh, why think so much? When we get to it, there will be a way... better to focus on improving my strength first!" Su Xing turned his attention to the selection of simtion rewards. [Might that Uplifts Mountains]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million points of energy. [Twenty-Six Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, containing some Alchemy Experience, priced at 600 thousand energy. [First Level of Divine Strength Realm]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, priced at 10 million energy! [Ten Years of Combat Experience]: priced at 1 million energy. Looking at the four rewards before him, Su Xing didn''t hesitate and said: "I choose the Purple Talent Might that Uplifts Mountains and the First Level of Divine Strength Realm cultivation!" [You have sessfully taken out the Purple Talent Might that Uplifts Mountains, spending 1 million energy, remaining energy 25,034,396 points.] [You have sessfully taken out the First Level of Divine Strength Realm cultivation, spending 10 million points of energy, remaining energy 15,034,396 points.] As Su Xing made his choice, two mysterious forces descended upon him. The next second, Su Xing felt his momentum skyrocketing, his strength climbing continuously. A gentle energy enveloped Su Xing, and in that moment, his physical body began to strengthen. From flesh to bones, then to the internal organs... Minutes passed, and when the light around Su Xing''s body faded away, He had sessfully advanced to a warrior of the Divine Strength Realm! There was no pain, nor was there any difort. Everything unfolded as naturally as flowing water. Su Xing, feeling the surging power in his body, clenched his fists excitedly. "This is, the Divine Strength Realm!" "Divine Strength Realm... boundless divine power, such a terrifying force... but at Demon-Subduing Pass, faced with those foreign beasts, I was still so powerless..." ``` Chapter 137: Chapter 120: The Spirit Rice Plan, Benefiting All Mankind? ``` Su Xing could feel the terrifying power within himself. His current strength was many times greater than when he first reached Great Perfection in the Origin Martial Realm. Butpared to those fearsome Demonic Beasts at Demon-Subduing Pass, he was still too weak. "The most urgent task is still to quickly increase my own strength!" Su Xing already had a n in his heart. If nothing unexpected happens, breaking through the firstyer of the Divine Strength Realm would require ten million energy units. However, he didn''t have enough energy to boost his cultivation level significantly in a short period of time. Therefore, it was time to consider breaking through to Divinity Transformation in his Qi Refining Cultivation. "While umting energy, raising my Body Refinement Cultivation to the Great Perfection of the Divine Strength Realm... at the same time, I must find the whereabouts of another material, Snow Bone Ginseng!" "Sigh, but before that, I still need to make more money, to earn energy!" Su Xing sighed and then began his routine alchemy. Unfortunately, the breakthrough in Body Refinement Cultivation didn''t help his alchemy; in fact,pared to breaking through to the Divine Strength Realm, he would prefer to reach the Divinity Transformation Stage first, since that would allow him to have more Spiritual Energy and make alchemy faster! In the following week, Su Xing again fell into a busy rhythm of alchemy. Over the week, Su Xing once again produced five thousand elixirs. "Phew~ Finally done. Looking at the time, it''s about time to go see Jin Congxue!" Su Xing nced at the time and hurried towards the vi. Soon, Su Xing arrived at the vi outside Jiangnan University of Applied Sciences and met with the long-waiting Jin Congxue. Given that it was May and the weather was getting warmer, Jin Congxue was wearing a cool, short skirt today, which earned silent praise from Su Xing. Jin Congxue gave Su Xing a nk look and pouted, "Where are you looking? Come over and eat!" Su Xing chuckled and sat opposite Jin Congxue, voraciously digging into the food in front of him. As Su Xing broke through to the Divine Strength Realm, he found his requirements for food getting higher, and he ate more at every meal. Although Su Xing was a Nascent Soul cultivator and capable of fasting, his strong Body Cultivation and the consumption of the Divine Strength Realm meant that without ample food, his strength would be greatly affected. Even though these ordinary foods weren''t of much use to Su Xing, he still ate with great satisfaction. "Mmm~ This dish tastes really good! It''s just that the rice isn''t tasty..." Su Xing, used to eating Spirit Rice, found even the best North-East rice tasteless. "By the way, I have Spirit Rice... from now on, use Spirit Rice for cooking!" Su Xing took out several hundred catties of Spirit Rice from his storage ring and handed them to Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue had seen Spirit Rice before; she got some aftering out from the Spirit Field Blessed Land instance and had always been too reluctant to eat it! When Jin Congxue saw that Su Xing took out so much Spirit Rice, she was shocked and asked, "Wow, how much Spirit Rice do you have? How can you take out so much all at once?" Su Xing thought for a moment upon hearing this. He had opened up ten acres of Spirit Field in the blessednd. With the Spirit Gathering Array and the use of his Spiritual Power to speed up maturation... if heter mastered Earth Dragon technique, a yield of five thousand catties per acre wouldn''t be a problem... In the blessednd, where it''s spring all year round and the Spiritual Energy is abundant, Spirit Grains can be harvested twice a year... Doing some calctions... "Not that much, I guess... only about a hundred thousand catties a year, just barely enough for me to eat," Su Xing said. A hundred thousand catties, just barely enough for you to eat? Listen to what you''re saying! Jin Congxue rolled her eyes after hearing this, clearly thinking that Su Xing was bragging. "A hundred thousand catties of rice is enough to feed hundreds of people for a year, and you''re saying it''s just for you?" Su Xing nodded earnestly and replied, "That''s right! I have a big appetite... the Spirit Rice tastes good... so I can eat that much!" Jin Congxue, seeing Su Xing take out so much Spirit Rice, had already guessed the source of these Spirit Rice. Clearly, the rice came from the Spirit Field instance, and being able to obtain a hundred thousand catties of Spirit Rice each year... if Su Xing wasn''t bluffing... then it was likely that he had inherited the whole Spirit Field instance from before. Jin Congxue looked deeply at Su Xing, thinking a lot in her mind. She had some guesses about where Su Xing had learned this alchemy and Spirit Grains. This kind of thing is not umon; some lucky ones identally enter an instance and end up inheriting treasures from it, or even the whole instance, eventually bing strong cultivators. In Great Xia Country, one would appear every few decades. However, Jin Congxue had never seen an instance worth so much! Whether it was the elixirs that Su Xing produced or the Spirit Rice in front of her, it was enormously helpful to a person. It would not be an exaggeration to say that with these things, one could be rich enough to rival nations! And such a huge secret... Su Xing apparently had no intention of hiding it from her. Thinking this, Jin Congxue felt warmth in her heart, and her gaze towards Su Xing became more affectionate. "Hmm?" Su Xing, noticing Jin Congxue suddenly looking at him with deep affection, felt baffled. "What the heck... Why is she looking at me with those eyes all of a sudden? Is it just for some Spirit Rice... really?" Su Xing thought to himself. Clearly, he had not thought of it in that way. ``` After all, he had been coborating with Jin Congxue for half a year, and unless something unexpected happened, they would continue to work together in the future. These secrets would sooner orter be impossible to hide from Jin Congxue, so letting her know was of no harm! The most critical point was that Su Xing had broken through to the Divine Strength Realm, now possessingparablebat strength to that of the Martial Emperor level! Guarding an instance was still an easy task for him. After all, the biggest secret Su Xing had wasn''t the Spirit Field Blessed Land but the simtor he carried with him, which was the foundation of his strength! Jin Congxue summoned a servant, who cooked some Spirit Rice into a meal. After trying a bite, her eyes lit up, and she couldn''t help but exim, "This Spirit Rice really tastes excellent, and it greatly benefits lower rank practitioners in physical enhancement. If it were sold as a product, it could probably fetch a very high price!" Hearing this, Su Xing, while wolfing down his rice, casually asked, "It''s just rice, how much could it sell for?" In Su Xing''s mind, rice should be something affordable for everyone, not worth much. What could make money faster than alchemy? After hearing this, Jin Congxue pondered for a moment and seriously said, "This Spirit Rice is highly beneficial to practitioners below the Gold and even Master levels... If it were me, I would not hesitate to buy a pound of Spirit Rice for one hundred thousand dors!" "This Spirit Rice is extremely rich in energy. An ordinary Gold level practitioner would be full after eating just an ounce in one meal, and two ounces at most for those who are strength-based practitioners... By that count, a pound of rice would be enough for them for three or four days!" "Moreover, the nourishment Spirit Rice provides to one''s physique is long-term. If a Silver level practitioner regrly consumed Spirit Rice, their physical condition would definitely surpass others at the same level by a lot, and the chances of breaking through to the Gold level might be even greater! Saying it could indirectly boost one''s strength isn''t an overstatement!" After hearing Jin Congxue''s words, Su Xing was stunned. What mattered to him wasn''t how much the Spirit Rice could sell for, but the fact that Jin Congxue mentioned that the Spirit Rice could help low-rank practitioners improve their potential! This meant that perhaps by having low-rank practitioners, even children, consume Spirit Rice over a long period, their physical fitness could improve, and their future strength would only be stronger! If they pursued this path, the short-term might not show profits... But if it were ten or twenty yearster... the overall strength of the Human Race would have risen by two levels! Practitioners who originally only had the potential to reach the Silver level might be able to reach the Gold level! And those in the Gold level could even advance to the Master level! The more Master level practitioners there are, the more would eventually be Grandmasters... And from there to the Heavenly King level... If one were to extrapte from this... "Hiss~" Su Xing took a deep breath; thinking this way, there really was potential in this venture! But the problem now was that Su Xing simply couldn''t grow enough Spirit Rice to feed all the low-rank practitioners, let alone the children, in the entire Great Xia Country! With billions of people in Great Xia Country, even if only a hundred million consumed Spirit Rice, that would still be a colossal figure... And Su Xing''s Spirit Field Blessed Land, in total, only had a little more than five hundred acres. Excluding thend used for cultivating Spiritual Medicine, the annual yield would only be around five million pounds... By those calctions, it seemed totally insufficient! Su Xing fell into deep thought and then suddenly remembered something. "Wait... If I remember correctly, by using Spirit Stones to set up a Spirit Gathering Array, one could transform ordinarynd into a Spirit Field!" Even without a Spirit Gathering Array, by just transnting a couple of Gathering Spirit Flowers and spending a few Spirit Stones, as long as the Spiritual Energy absorbed by the Spirit Rice wasn''t more than that of the Gathering Spirit Flowers, one couldpletely convert an acre of ordinarynd into a Spirit Field capable of cultivating Spirit Rice! "This... seems to have a lot of potential!" A light sparked in Su Xing''s eyes, and he then asked Jin Congxue, "If you were to sell Spirit Rice, how much do you think you could sell it for?" Jin Congxue thought for a moment and said, "The actual value of this Spirit Rice is estimated to be about one hundred thousand dors per pound... but if it goes throughmercial packaging, and is marketed as something like the Rice of Genius or Specialty Rice for Practitioners, selling it for three to five hundred thousand dors a pound wouldn''t be a problem!" After hearing Jin Congxue''s words, Su Xing nodded and said, "I will seriously consider this, and ifter I decide that I want the Tarot Society to specialize in selling Spirit Rice, I will need your help!" Jin Congxue nodded after hearing this and confidently said, "Don''t worry! If you truly have enough Spirit Rice to sell, leave it to me. We have the exclusive supply of this rice C the only one in the entire world. Even if the price is high, do you think we''ll have trouble selling it?" After the meal, Su Xing and Jin Congxue chatted for a while and then he returned to the Spirit Field Blessed Land. First, Su Xing converted the new batch of goods from Jin Congxue into energy. He exchanged for a total of over eleven million units of simtor energy, and as the Tarot Commerce Association grewrger, the energy Su Xing received also increased. Then, instead of rushing to simte, Su Xing carefully considered the feasibility of selling Spirit Rice. "If I really want to cultivate Spirit Rice, I can simply bring more Gathering Spirit Flowers back from the simtor, growing a few thousand acres wouldn''t be too difficult, but the problem is..." "Large-scale cultivation of Spirit Rice would easily be noticed, which might not be a concern to others, but that damned Zong, he monitors everything rted to Cultivation very closely!" After pondering for a moment, Su Xing realized that he had to deal with Zong, one of the few Cultivators he knew of, and also a Divinity Transformation Stage powerhouse. If he could take him down, the benefits would be immense! "Well then, let me try it out in a simtion, to see if I can cultivate Spirit Rice on arge scale!" Struck by the thought, Su Xing summoned the simtion panel and silentlymanded, "Begin simtion!" Chapter 138: Chapter 121: A New Attempt, Planting Spirit Rice! ``` [Ding! This simtion has consumed 3,500 energy points, remaining energy is 26,031,234 points, and the number of remaining simtions is unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points. Would you like to draw a talent?] "Draw a purple talent!" Su Xing said without hesitation. [Congrattions! You have obtained the purple talent: Full House!] [Full House]: Purple Talent. Your liquids possess mighty vitality. Your probability of "sowing seeds" sessfully is one hundred percent. When you are old and gray, you shall indeed have a full house of descendants...] After seeing this talent, Su Xing was dumbfounded, and cursed out loud: "What the fuck! Is this also considered a purple talent? Goddamn ''Full House''? Doesn''t this pair perfectly with ''desperately seeking a child''?" Su Xing''s face darkened. Clearly, this talent could only be useful in extremely rare asions. For example, when humanity was close to extinction and only Su Xing was left as a male in the world... Did it need him to stand out? Or perhaps... it would be needed for those races with extremely low reproduction rates, right? "Sigh, whatever! I''ll just pretend this talent doesn''t exist. Let''s continue with the simtion!" [Inside the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you became aware that you were in a simtion.] [You began to consider expanding the cultivation of Spirit Rice, and you first made trials within the Spirit Field Blessed Land. It took you one month to reim wastnd and then nted more Spirit Grains.] [Subsequently, you started trying to arrange a Spirit Gathering Array, and with the boost from the Spirit Gathering Array, the growth speed of the Spirit Grains further increased.] [At the same time, you handed over ten thousand catties of Spirit Rice to Jin Congxue to sell. The Spirit Rice was unexpectedly popr, mostly purchased by professionals around twenty years of age, at the bronze and silver levels!] [Initially, when Spirit Rice was first introduced to the market, its selling price of three hundred thousand per catty was criticized as too expensive. But when a little girl bought ten catties of Spirit Rice in one go, and a monthter her strength increased by two thousand catties, sessfully advancing to a silver-level professional, the market took notice!] [After that, the Spirit Rice from the Tarot Commerce Association caught fire. Everyone went crazy buying Spirit Rice!] [In no time at all, the storefront of the Tarot Commerce Association was bustling. Sales of other goods also skyrocketed rapidly.] [For these professionals, Spirit Rice wasn''t just any rice, but a precious instance dungeon item that could permanently enhance their physical attributes! You should know that just thirty thousand for a catty would be cheap for an ordinary item that increases attributes!] [You should be aware that instance dungeon items that permanently increase attributes are exceedingly rare, costing millions or even tens of millions. Only high-level professionals can afford them, and they seldom increase attributes much. Byparison, Spirit Rice is really too cheap!] [Gradually, not only bronze and silver-level professionals came to buy Spirit Rice, but even gold-level professionals wanted to buy it!] [In just one short month, the ten thousand catties of Spirit Rice you had earlier taken out were snatched up. So, you had no choice but to take out another thirty thousand catties of Spirit Rice for Jin Congxue to sell!] [Immediately after, you asked Jin Congxue to have her subordinates record the repurchase rate of the Spirit Rice customers and the extent of their strength increase, hoping to test the effects of the Spirit Rice with this information.] [Several monthster, Jin Congxue told you that the repurchase rate of Spirit Rice was almost one hundred percent! Moreover, the majority of people couldn''t even get their hands on Spirit Rice, and now it was being hoarded in the ck market for up to one million Great Xia Coins per catty!] Su Xing''s jaw dropped at this information. "Goodness, one million per catty of rice; who the fuck can afford that?" You should know that the value of one catty of Spirit Rice brought out from an instance is just 1,000 energy points, which is equivalent to 200,000 Great Xia Coins, and if exchanged with instance dungeon items, it''s valued at around 100,000 Great Xia Coins or so And a flip of the hand in sales could make a tenfold profit? Of course, making money is secondary, just to recoup costs. What Su Xing values most is whether Spirit Rice can be mass-produced to enhance the overall strength of the Human Race And whether there will be any risks if Su Xing does this. The main risk, naturally,es from the Descending Sect! Thinking this way, Su Xing continued reading. [You discovered that the strength of professionals who purchased Spirit Rice improved, more or less. The quickest of them could advance from the peak of the bronze level to the gold level within a month.] [Even the slow ones could undergo a transformation in their strength within three to five months!] [But Spirit Rice was soon put under pressure by the othermerce associations in the market that imed the Tarot Society''s sales of Spirit Rice were upsetting the price order of the food market.] [Thus, Jin Congxue publicly announced that Spirit Rice was a type of instance dungeon item and strictly speaking, it did not count as food. With Jin Congxue''s efforts, the sales of Spirit Rice in the market only increased.] [Countless lower-tier professionals regarded Spirit Rice as a gift from heaven, enabling them to quickly advance in strength!] [Even experts predicted that if Spirit Rice could be sold to every citizen of Great Xia Country at low prices, then after ten years, the country''s overall strength would rise by more than one level.] ``` [In other words, the proverb says, "Gold is everywhere, while silver is worth less than a dog..."] [Soon, Jin Congxue informed you that the Great Xia Military had contacted her and hoped that she could discuss the matter of mass nting of Spirit Rice. Jin Congxue was undecided, so she sought your advice!] [After some thought, you told Jin Congxue to set a time, and you would talk about this matter with the Great Xia Country personally.] Upon reading this, Su Xing couldn''t help but focus intently. Because the official stance of the Great Xia was very important; if the Great Xia officials forced him to hand over the Spirit Rice, Su Xing would also fall into a crisis, which was uneptable to him. [One day, you formally met with the representative of the Great Xia officials, who indeed was Jin Congxue''s grandpa, Lu Yuanwu.] [Lu Yuanwu was very cordial towards you; after exchanging pleasantries for a while, he began inquiring whether you could mass-produce this kind of Spirit Rice.] [You truthfully informed Lu Yuanwu that it was not yet possible, but in the future, the annual yield of Spirit Rice might be around twenty million catties.] [Lu Yuanwu felt slightly disappointed upon hearing this, for twenty million catties might seem like arge number, but to the entire Great Xia Country, it simply wasn''t enough.] [On average, this batch of Spirit Rice could, at most, nourish two million people per year, with each person consuming no more than ten catties a year.] [What the Great Xia officials wanted was for this batch of Spirit Rice to feed the entire Great Xia Country, thereby enhancing the overall strength of the country!] [Even so, Lu Yuanwu still expressed that if you could cooperate with the officials to cultivate this batch of Spirit Rice and sell it at a low price, aspensation, the Great Xia Country would allow you to propose any terms you wanted.] [Without much consideration, you agreed to this matter, but you stated that the promotion of this Spirit Rice would start two yearster.] [Although Lu Yuanwu was puzzled, he still agreed to your terms.] [You returned to school and, as usual, farmed daily in the Spirit Field Blessed Land. The new batch of Spirit Rice in your Spirit Field was nearing maturity.] [One day, Wang Qingxuan found you, and because of the matter of the talent, you took careful precautionary measures.] [Afterward, you joined the Descending Sect.] [This time, your goal was very clear, and that was to empty the treasury of the Descending Sect.] [You directly revealed your strength, and the powerful prowess of the Divine Strength Realm immediately subdued the Elders. A faction leader personally met with you, stating that as long as you were willing to join the Descending Sect, you would be a Protector-level figure within three years if you performed well!] When Su Xing saw this, his heart stirred, Protector-level! That wasparable to the strength of the Martial Emperor of the Great Xia Country... There were probably only seven or eight Protector-level figures within the entire Descending Sect, and most of them came from other worlds, possessing strange abilities. The strength of Su Xing at the Divine Strength Realm was clearly valued by the Descending Sect, to be treated with such seriousness. "Protector-level, does that mean I would have the qualifications to know more secrets of the Descending Sect?" Su Xing fell into thought. His current knowledge about the Descending Sect was only mediocre. All he knew was that each individual in this organization was powerfully strong, including professionals from Blue Star as well as people from other Instance Dungeon worlds. This organization served the Foreign Race, thereby harming the interests of Blue Star. "From what I know now, the strongest person in the Descending Sect should be the faction leader, possessing strengthparable to Legendary Level... As for positions above the leader, that remains unknown..." Su Xing shook his head slightly; his interest in the Descending Sect actually lied in the batch of materials within their treasury. After all, that batch of materials could also be considered the foundation of Su Xing''s fortune-making! "If only I could directly raid the Descending Sect''s treasury... Doing so, I would definitely acquire arge amount of energy, and my strength would definitely see a qualitative leap!" A sudden idea struck Su Xing, but then he felt slightly disheartened. "It''s a pity, the strength of the Dragon Protector guarding the treasury is unfathomable, definitely no lesser than the prowess of peak Divinity Transformation Stage powerful beings!" "But my strength isn''t weak either now; perhaps after I grow even stronger, I could attempt it?" Su Xing thought this to himself and then looked at the simtion panel. [You smoothly joined the Descending Sect, and for a while, all the Elders and Protectors of the Descending Sect came to meet you personally, but there was no sight of the Dragon Protector among them.] [You looked at Damned Zong''s hypocritically smiling face and knew in your heart that he probably wanted to take action against you all along but was wary of your strength.] [The next day, you found Luo Shuying, confessed everything to her, and earned her trust by speaking the passphrase.] [You stayed in the Descending Sect for several months. Given your formidable strength, many of the cult members respected you immensely, but you also felt a few presences constantly watching you, obviously not at ease with you.] [You wouldplete the tasks assigned by the Descending Sect each month, but this time, the task was not Alchemy, but to meet with the moles in various Instance Dungeons and factions, as these were simple tasks assigned to you as a neer.] [However, this left you with more time on your hands. You asked Luo Shuying to help you exchange for arge amount of materials and stockpiled Elixirs in your free time for future use.] [One day, Damned Zong approached you, inquiring about the reality world you came from and expressing interest in your Spirit Rice.] Chapter 139: Chapter 122: Three Days and Nights, Chasing for a Hundred Thousand Li! (Second Update) ``` Su Xing''s heart shook when he saw this. Clearly, in this simtion, Su Xing''s strength was significant enough to arouse the wariness of the Damned Zong! Thus, the Damned Zong did not resort to forceful measures but instead wanted to make a trade with Su Xing. "Indeed, everything has to be based on strength! Without it, not even a chance for negotiation exists!" Moved by curiosity about what exactly the Damned Zong wanted to trade with him for, Su Xing continued to read. [The Damned Zong tells you that he has learned you are the one who sold Spirit Rice inrge quantities. He says Spirit Rice is no ordinarymodity, and those mortals are not worthy of consuming it; hence, he wants to trade with you for Spirit Rice.] [Looking at the Damned Zong''s pretentious demeanor, you are struck with an idea and demand Snow Bone Jade Ginseng.] [Upon hearing your request for the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng, the Damned Zong''s expression subtly changes, and he gives you a deep look.] [Observing the Damned Zong''s reaction, you understand that he may indeed possess Snow Bone Jade Ginseng or, at the very least, have heard of this medicinal ingredient.] [You promptly express that if the Damned Zong is willing to offer Snow Bone Jade Ginseng, you are willing to trade anything for it.] [The Damned Zong smiles at your words but then ims he has never heard of such an ingredient before leaving.] [Seizing the moment before the Damned Zong departs, you quickly nt the seed of the Ten Thousand Li Tracking Technique on him!] Su Xing''s eyes gleamed with excitement as he muttered to himself, "Finally, could the whereabouts of the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng be within reach? Maybe the Damned Zong has this medicinal ingredient on him! At the very least, he should know where it is!" With this thought, Su Xing''s desire to "inherit the legacy of the Damned Zong" intensified! As for how to inherit it... the natural course was to take him down first, then rightful session! "However, the Damned Zong is full of tricks, and he also has the ability to sense danger and avoid it, escaping my ambush time after time. It seemed utterly impossible for me alone to deal with him..." After some contemtion, Su Xing muttered to himself, "Only a Legendary Level power may deal with him with a near-certain victory!" Having decided, Su Xing continued to look at the simtion panel. [You let the Damned Zong leave without opting to strike immediately. Even with the temptation to break through to Divinity Transformation, you knew you were unlikely to be the Damned Zong''s match. Moreover, this was the foothold of the Descending Sect; you simply couldn''t y the Damned Zong here.] [Afterwards, you returned to your dwelling and practiced the Ten Thousand Li Tracking Technique day and night, eventually mastering the Divine Skill thoroughly enough to sense the location of the person marked with your Divine Sense.] [The next year, you spent several months concocting Soul Condensing Pills, exchanging the three-zhang long Condensing Spirit Wood from the treasury through Luo Shuying. In just a few months, you crafted over a thousand Soul Condensing Pills.] [You gave three hundred Soul Condensing Pills to Luo Shuying, understanding the immense benefit they would have for her and their help in her breakthrough!] [You concocted many top-quality Soul Condensing Pills, and next, you prepared topletely assimte this batch to enhance your own Divine Sense!] [In the first month, you consumed one Soul Condensing Pill every three days. In just one month, your Divine Sense grew from fifty zhang to a hundred and fifty zhang!] [In the second month, you consumed ten Soul Condensing Pills, and your Divine Sense extended to two hundred and fifty zhang!] [In the third month, you took fifteen Soul Condensing Pills, and your Divine Sense reached three hundred zhang!] [The fourth month... the sixth month... the eighth month&] [Following that, you spent a year solely focusing on one thingincreasing your Divine Sense strength, apart frompleting the necessary tasks. In just one year, with the profound effects of the Soul Condensing Pills, your Divine Sense grew to over six hundred zhang!] [In theory, this was alreadyparable to the Divine Sense strength of an ordinary Divinity Transformation Realm cultivator. However, you knew the Damned Zong had profound depths and surely more than this, and since you always liked to have an ace up your sleeve, you continued consuming Soul Condensing Pills to increase your Divine Sense strength!] [In the third year, after another year of consuming elixirs, you increased your Divine Sense range from six hundred zhang to eight hundred and fifty zhang!] [This was far beyond the Divine Sense strength of a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, and although you hadn''t reached your limit, the Soul Condensing Pills had slowly be less effective on your Divine Sense.] [At this time, Luo Shuying informed you that she had sessfully broken through to the Legendary Level. You knew it was time to make your move!] [In the past two years, the Damned Zong seemed to have sensed something and stayed mostly within the Descending Sect headquarters, rarely leaving. However, you had patience. Knowing that the Damned Zong, as a protector, must eventually leave on missions, you prepared to strike at that moment!] [You activated the Ten Thousand Li Tracking Technique, feeling the Damned Zong''s location. With your Divine Sense strength, he couldn''t escape your tracking within thousands of li!] [So, you patiently waited.] [This waitsted two years!] ``` [In these two years, you have not been idle. On one hand, you continued to enhance the strength of your Divine Sense, on the other hand, you farmed daily and amassed elixirs. In your Spirit Field Blessed Land, you have already stocked over ten million kilograms of Spirit Rice, and you also refined more than one hundred thousand Essence-Nourishing Pills, Organ Refining Pills, and other elixirs.] [You were only waiting for the day to strike down that Damned Zong, and then you and Luo Shuying would defect from the Descending Sect!] [In the sixth year, as fortune favors the diligent, Damned Zong had been staying in the sect headquarters without going out on missions, which had caused dissatisfaction among the leaders of the fervent faction. With no other choice, Damned Zong was forced to go out on a mission.] [Upon discovering this information in secret, you promptly notified Luo Shuying to prepare for action!] Su Xing, upon seeing this, felt a slight surge of excitement and muttered: "Finally, that old fox, Damned Zong, has shown his weakness!" "If he had kept holing up inside the Descending Sect, I really would have had no way to deal with him The Descending Sect has at least three Legendary Level powerhouses, I''m afraid I would need to muster the topbat forces of half the Great Xia Country to potentially kill Damned Zong within the Descending Sect That''s rather unrealistic." "But as long as this guy leaves the Descending Sect, then everything bes much easier!" Su Xing seemed to have already envisioned the moment Luo Shuying killed Damned Zong, and he himself blissfully obtained Damned Zong''s legacy. "But I shouldn''t get too excited too early! That Damned Zong is cunning and scheming, we must not let our guard down until the veryst moment!" Su Xing reminded himself mentally, then continued looking at the simtion panel. [Damned Zong had left the territory of the Descending Sect and then darted into the mountains, escaping toward the west.] [You didn''t rush to take action because Damned Zong had just left the Descending Sect by less than a hundred kilometers. For a Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator at Great Perfection, it would take less than a quarter of an hour to flee back, and you were not confident you could kill him in such a short time.] [So, you continued staying inside the sect, ready to notify Luo Shuying at any moment, and you used your secret technique, the Ten Thousand Li Tracking Technique, to constantly sense Damned Zong''s position] [Damned Zong stayed in the mountains a hundred kilometers west of the Descending Sect for a full seven days, then went straight to the northern mountains and stayed there for another seven days.] [After that, he sequentially visited the mountains to the east and south, always staying more than a hundred kilometers away from the Descending Sect, as if he was probing something.] Su Xing pped his thigh in realization and eximed: "This Damned Zong is really too cautious! He''s been staying a hundred kilometers away from the main camp of the Descending Sect, probably trying to fish!" "This distance is definitely safe enough for him to escape back! And if he''s doing this, he probably really noticed something!" Su Xing was clear in his heart that Damned Zong must have sensed danger, otherwise, why would a normal person run around pointlessly? "Heh, but this hunter of mine is even more patient than you can imagine!" Su Xing muttered to himself and continued looking at the simtion panel. [Damned Zong kept probing and gradually moved farther from the Descending Sect, from a hundred kilometers to three hundred kilometers Just when you were preparing to take action, Damned Zong suddenly returned close to a hundred kilometers outside the Descending Sect and stayed there for a long time] [After knowing what Damned Zong did, you sneered, aware that he couldn''t keep this up since the mission had a time limit. So, you simply continued alchemy and used the tracking technique to determine Damned Zong''s position, ready to act as soon as he fled.] [Three months passed like this, with Damned Zong circling between one hundred and three hundred kilometers from the Descending Sect without any discernible pattern.] [One day, while sensing, Damned Zong arrived within three hundred kilometers northwest of the Descending Sect. Just when you thought he was running aimlessly as usual, Damned Zong suddenly sped up and darted hundreds of kilometers away within a few minutes.] [You immediately reacted and promptly informed Luo Shuying that it was time to make a move.] [As a Divine Strength Realm cultivator, you could travel a thousand miles in no time, while Luo Shuying was even better known for speed, her travel pace was even faster than yours.] [Thus, you both pursued in the direction of Damned Zong!] [In your sense, Damned Zong''s escape speed kept increasing, as if he sensed something was chasing him!] [With your speed, you surprisingly couldn''t catch up with Damned Zong for a while, so you promptly informed Luo Shuying of the escape direction and asked her to chase alone first, while you would arrive shortly!] [Thus, you chased for three days and nights, yet Damned Zong continued to flee, even escaping beyond the territorial range of the Great Xia Country.] [By then, you had long separated from Luo Shuying, maintaining contact only through the mobile phone.] [Suddenly, in your sensation, Damned Zong changed direction, not continuing northwest but fleeing southwest.] [At this moment, Luo Shuying waspletely unaware of this, so you quickly sent her a message, then pursued Damned Zong alone!] [You chased southwest and prayed in your heart that Luo Shuying could meet up with you as soon as possible.] [But at that moment, Damned Zong, who had been fleeing rapidly, suddenly stopped and headed straight towards you!] [Your heart skipped a beat, to be honest you weren''t sure if you could defeat Damned Zong] [But now, there was no time to think too much, you had to hold him off until Luo Shuying arrived!] Chapter 140: Chapter 123: The Great Battle Against Damned Zong, Su Xings Overt Plot! (Third Update) Su Xing''s brow furrowed tightly as he saw this. Damned Zong indeed possessed a peculiar ability, able to sense danger and even pinpoint his location! And with Su Xing''s strength, defeating Damned Zong head-on was nearly impossible. "The only n for now is to hold off Damned Zong, only by holding out until Luo Shuyinges to support can there be a chance to kill him!" Su Xing felt a surge of excitement in his heart. From the first time he had met Damned Zong, treated like an ant and almost refined into a Human Pill. Now, Su Xing finally had the chance to face Damned Zong in directbat! Although the odds of winning were slim... Su Xing still wanted to try. "If it''s a fight you want, then it''s a fight you''ll get! Let''s see just how terrifying a peak Divinity Transformation Cultivator really is!" Determined, Su Xing looked towards the simtion panel. [You realize that Damned Zong ising straight for you, but this time you no longer n to run away. You diligently adjust your breathing, bringing your body to its optimal state, then extravagantly take out two Spirit Stones to begin restoring your Spiritual Power.] [You sit cross-legged, eyes closed in meditation, yet constantly aware of Damned Zong''s position. In your senses, the light representing Damned Zong rapidly approaches!] [At a certain moment, you open your eyes and draw the Ink Ice Sword at your waist, meticulously wiping it.] [You know that with an opponent like Damned Zong, you absolutely cannot hold back. From the start, you must give it your all! And your biggest trump card is "Three Talents Sword Technique" within the Human Sword!] [The Human Sword, the sword of a thousand foes! You silently recall this phrase from the Sword Cultivator''s codex, your blood boiling for the uing battle, yet you feel not much fear.] [Your Spirit Sword Mo Bing whispers softly in your hands as if sensing your thoughts.] [A ck dot appears in the distance, rapidly growingrger within your field of vision, eventually stopping a hundred meters in front of you.] [The person is none other than Damned Zong. The moment he sees you, his eyes reveal surprise, and at the same time, a bit of gratification.] [Damned Zong sneers without saying much, simply taking out a bone sword and turning into a ck streak heading straight toward you.] [Seeing this, you too channel the Ink Ice Sword in your hand and go forth to meet Damned Zong!] Seeing this, Su Xing immediately became so angry that he pped his thigh andined: "Dammit, it''s all lies in the novels! Isn''t it said that the viins bber before starting to fight, only to be defeated because of their bbering?" "Howe this Damned Zong starts fighting without a word! Is this the real way for a viin to act? Acting ruthlessly and without dawdling..." Su Xing knew very well that a shrewd old Cultivator like Damned Zong would never drag his feet, which made him feel even more vexed. He continued to look towards the simtion panel. [Damned Zong is powerful, his swordsmanship is cruel and outstanding, with each strike being lethal. The mourning from his bone sword seems to carry the resentment of countless souls, constantly assaulting your psyche.] [Fortunately, your Divine Soul is powerful. Although you are only at the Nascent Soul Stage, your Divine Sense is nearly nine hundred feet. Otherwise, under the bone sword''s soulful assault, you would have instantly be an imbecile.] [Even so, when battling Damned Zong, you are greatly affected by the bone sword, feeling as if your Divine Sense is being bitten by insects.] [Enduring the difort of your Divine Soul, you wield the Ink Ice Sword in your hand, parrying attacks from Damned Zong.] [After just over a dozen exchanges, you sense that something is wrong. Damned Zong is not only cruel and unpredictable, but his strength is also no less than yours.] [You instantly understand that Damned Zong is probably a dual cultivator of both spirit and body, not only at the Great Perfection of the Divinity Transformation Stage, but his Body Refinement Cultivation Level is also likely that of a seasoned Divine Strength Realm powerhouse.] [But at this moment, you know you have no way out; a single w would mean nothing but death.] [You forcefully swing out a sword strike, driving back Damned Zong, then stretch out your left hand, where a terrifying me appears in your palm.] [It''s the Divine Skill, Li Fire Technique!] [You toss the Li Fire gently, sending it flying toward Damned Zong. At first, Damned Zong wears a cold smile, but upon feeling the terrifying aura from the Li Fire, his expression subtly changes.] [He seems to recognize the origin of the me, and his gaze towards you carries a trace of fear.] [But Damned Zong is not a vegetarian, as a Divinity Transformation Stage powerhouse who has lived for a thousand years, he naturally has some trump cards. He extends his left hand, hidden in hisrge sleeve, and a ck energy assails you!] [You are shocked at the sight of Damned Zong''s left hand because it seems charred like charcoal, the skin shriveled to the bones, and wholly ckened, coiling with a daunting ck energy.] [The vast ck energy from Damned Zong''s hand wraps around your Li Fire almost instantly, the fire flickers, the mes gradually diminishing as if about to be extinguished.] [Seeing this, you hasten to channel Spiritual Power, continuously infusing Spiritual Energy into the Li Fire. With the influx of Spiritual Energy, the Li Fire slowly starts to resist the ck energy''s encroachment and begins to fight back.] [Damned Zong frowns slightly and then increases his Spiritual Power input, with the ck energy once again gaining the upper hand.] [You refuse to show weakness, continuing to desperately infuse Spiritual Energy, and immediately take out Spirit Stones from your storage bag, maintaining the supply of Spiritual Power while replenishing what''s being consumed.] Su Xing sighed slightly at the sight. "This must be the rumored battle between Cultivators, right? What''s the background of that ck energy that it can actuallypete with the Li Fire?" But then Su Xing shook his head and said: Chapter 181: Chapter 143 Secrets of the Demon-Subduing Pass, Slaughter Battlefield! (5k)_3 Without a mask, the light from the Red Moon fell upon Luo Shuying''s delicate face, giving it an especially exquisite, aesthetically pleasing appearance, akin to a perfect piece of art, momentarily taking Su Xing''s breath away. After a deep look at Luo Shuying, Su Xing said: "Following me, you might die..." Luo Shuying took a step forward and said earnestly: "Death is just a matter of sooner orter... Given the current situation, it won''t be long before Demon-Subduing Pass is breached." Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this and gave Luo Shuying a hand signal, and the two of them headed deeper into the wilderness. Along the way, Su Xing''s Divine Sense, which he extended outward, did detect quite a few Demonic Beasts. But those Demonic Beasts were mostly not in their right minds, wandering the wilderness aimlessly, their eyes turning blood-red and filled with ughter. Luo Shuying, who had been following behind, suddenly asked: "Su Xing, aren''t you affected by the ughter Moon?" Caught off guard by the question, Su Xing wondered, "ughter Moon?" Pointing at the moon high in the sky, Luo Shuying responded: "That moon there is called the ughter Moon." Seeing that Su Xing was still somewhat puzzled, Luo Shuying continued her exnation: "The world we are in right now is known as the ughter Battlefield... Demon-Subduing Pass is just what you people of the Human Race from Blue Star call it, referring only to that area around the city..." Upon hearing this, Su Xing became even more puzzled. The ughter Battlefield was a name he had heard for the first time. Luo Shuying clearly knew much more than Su Xing did. She went on to exin: "The ughter Battlefield is said to have been the site of a fierce battle that a being of great power from long ago had with the Foreign Race, and the oue of that battle remains unknown..." "All that is known is that the originally vast world was shattered, with countless demines and broken worlds scattered amidst the spatial turbulence. These fragmented worlds strewn across various ces came to be known as ughter Battlefields!" "Not only does Blue Star have a ughter Battlefield, but outside the world of my home, where the Spirit Race resides, there''s also a ughter Battlefield... Our battle with the Foreign Race takes ce within that ughter Battlefield." "It is said that the ughter Battlefield hides great secrets and is also the channel through which the Foreign Race invades various worlds!" Pausing for a moment, Luo Shuying''s gaze shifted towards Su Xing. "So, you''re actually looking for a way to other worlds, right? You want to find that spatial turbulence from within the ughter Battlefield... Honestly, the chances are slim." After hearing Luo Shuying''s words, Su Xing fell into deep thought. Combining the information obtained from Damned Zong during thest simtion, Su Xing had a rough understanding. The ughter Battlefield was the channel for the Demon Race''s world invasion but also the only way out for the Human Race to escape the invasion. After a moment of silence, Su Xing asked again: "Then why is the moon in the sky called the ughter Moon?" Luo Shuying exined: "I''m not sure of the specifics, but there is a legend that once a malevolent god perished on the ughter Battlefield. After his death, he transformed into the Red Moon in the sky, influencing everything living on the ughter Battlefield..." "It''s rumored that once he influences enough creatures, he could revive..." Su Xing nodded and said, "So I''m not affected because my mental fortitude is rtively strong, right? But you don''t seem to be very affected either?" Luo Shuying shook her head and exined: "Even though I''m of the Spirit Race and naturally have stronger mental strength, the ughter Moon still affects me. It''s just that I''m now at the Legendary Level, so I can resist these negative emotions to a certain extent." "But if we go deeper, I fear I won''t be able to hold on much longer..." Su Xing then asked, "So, what exactly is at the end of this battlefield?" Shaking her head, Luo Shuying said, "I don''t know, but if you''re looking for a way to escape this battlefield, I guess it''s most likely to be found at the deepest part of the Red Moon?" Su Xing memorized every word said by Luo Shuying verbatim. Then the two continued walking for a while. Along the way, Luo Shuying''splexion grew increasingly pale, seemingly struggling desperately against the influence of the Red Moon. Thinking for a moment, Su Xing took out two Bright Mirror Elixirs and handed them to Luo Shuying. "Eat these; they should be of some help to you now." Without hesitation, Luo Shuying swallowed them, and after a while, herplexion indeed improved significantly. Bright Mirror Elixirs stabilize emotions and clear the mind, having a certain effect on resisting the influence of the Red Moon. Yet, Su Xing knew of a middle-grade elixir called Calming Heart Elixir, which was more effective, specifically used for calming emotions. Su Xing and Luo Shuying walked on for some time. At that moment, a prompt appeared in his mind that the immersive simtion time was ending. Su Xing thought it over and decided that continuing forward would probably not yield much more, so he temporarily exited the immersive simtion. Back in the real world, Su Xing looked at the simtion text before him and muttered: "The ughter Moon, the ughter Battlefield... the only way to escape?" Su Xing took a deep breath and fixed his gaze on the simtion panel. [Luo Shuying has found you, and you are walking together on this deste battlefield.] [There is no direction on the ughter Battlefield, only the Red Moon above your heads.] [As you continue forward, the Red Moon overhead growsrger, and its negative influence on living creatures bes stronger.] [Along the way, you encounter increasingly powerful members of the Foreign Race, some of whom even beginunching attacks on you proactively.] [These members of the Foreign Race vary in form, but all have blood-red eyes as if they have lost their sanity to ughter.] [Fortunately, with Luo Shuying at your side to help, you''re not having too much difficulty dealing with them.] [After several days, as you delve deeper, Luo Shuying has to focus more energy on suppressing her own emotions and is unable to fully engage inbat.] [Therefore, you have to withstand the pressure and deal with the red-eyed members of the Foreign Race that wander the ughter Battlefield on your own.] Chapter 142: Chapter 124: Finally Killing the Damned Zong, Magical Treasure Explodes! (First Update) ``` "Damned Zong didn''t want to tangle with you. He knew that although the portable paradise was precious, one had to be alive to use it." "For him, having already obtained dozens of Gathering Spirit Flowers, such a quantity was sufficient for him to break through to the Return to Void Realm within several decades." "Therefore, all he wanted now was to leave as quickly as possible and escape that terrifying presence that was rapidly approaching." "But how could you let him do as he wished? At the risk of sustaining serious injuries, you desperately activated your Spiritual Power, using your own body to hold back Damned Zong." "In just tens of seconds, your body was severely damaged yet again." "But at this moment, Luo Shuying finally arrived!" "Luo Shuying suddenly appeared from a shadowy area, and without a word, she attacked Damned Zong." "Damned Zong was initially delighted to see Luo Shuying, and was just about to say something, but when he saw Luo Shuyinging at him, he quickly mobilized his bone sword to defend himself." "Obviously, Damned Zong hadn''t expected that you had already allied with Luo Shuying with the intention of taking his life." "After all, in his view, Luo Shuying had been an old-time protector of the Descending Sect for more than a dozen years, and you had only joined three years ago. How could she have been turned by you?" "But things hade to this, and Damned Zong couldn''t think too much, only able to fight back with all his might." "The two of them shed like shes of des and shadows of swords in the high sky for dozens of rounds." "However,pared to you, Legendary Level Luo Shuying obviously had much higher strength, dominating Damned Zong the entire time!" "And Damned Zong was also using all his trump cards, barely managing to hold up against Luo Shuying''s offensive." Su Xing let out a sigh of relief upon seeing this. "Luckily, Luo Shuying arrived just in time... This Damned Zong''s strength really cannot be underestimated. Even though I''m at the Divine Strength Realm, there''s still such a huge gap between him and me..." "Even so, this old dog is actually able to exchange dozens of moves with a Legendary Level fighter, clearly indicating that his strength is nearly Legendary..." Su Xing wasn''t too worried about whether Luo Shuying could defeat Damned Zong. After all, Luo Shuying had been able to dominate Damned Zong when she was at the peak of the Martial Emperor Level. Now that she had broken through to Legendary Level, it was obviously even less of a concern. However, Su Xing was somewhat worried that this old dog, with his many tricks and expertise in surviving, might be able to escape from Luo Shuying''s attacks." "Sss~ It''s really hard to say... Luo Shuying chased him for several days and nights without being able to kill him before. This old dog definitely has too many trump cards, and we absolutely cannot take him lightly!" Su Xing silently reminded himself, his gaze turning toward the simtion panel. "While Luo Shuying and Damned Zong were locked in battle, you hurriedly activated the Spiritual Power in your body, attempting to purge the ck qi that Damned Zong had imnted into you." "But this ck qi was like a bone-perforating maggot; as soon as your Spiritual Power touches it, it was quickly consumed, instead strengthening the ck qi a bit." "You were even more rmed in your heart, realizing that this ck qi was extremely malicious, definitely the bane of Qi Cultivation Cultivators. Had you not been practicing Body Refinement as well, you would have fallen at Damned Zong''s feet long ago." "You tried using the Li Fire Technique to expel the ck qi, and sure enough, derived from the ancient Vermilion Bird''s fire, the Li Fire Technique had a good restraining effect on the ck qi." "However, the Li Fire Technique consumed a lot, and the process of purging the ck qi was extremely painful. You consumed a lot of Spirit Stones, just barely getting rid of most of the ck qi in your body, with the remaining qi having prated too deep to be eliminated in a short time." "But at this moment, having recovered your fighting strength and after swallowing a few Wound Healing Pills, you were ready to join the battle." "Damned Zong, fighting Luo Shuying alone, was already struggling. Now seeing you regain your fighting power, he was immediately filled with fear, knowing that if he did not flee, he might truly end up dead here today." "Damned Zong, with his richbat experience, was not thrown into disarray by your addition. He knew that to break through, he had to find an opportunity in the gaps, which meant first seriously injuring you. Then, Luo Shuying would surely be too busy to notice, giving him a great chance to escape." "But you knew this as well, so you didn''t join the fight directly. Instead, you just controlled the Li Fire Technique from a distance to harass Damned Zong." "As expected, Damned Zong, while counteracting Luo Shuying, had to be careful of your surprise Li Fire attacks. Soon, he could barely cope, being hit by Luo Shuying multiple times and being burned by your Li Fire Technique, suffering intensely." "Seeing that you wouldn''t take the bait, Damned Zong resorted to cunning, starting to taunt Luo Shuying. He directly imed that you were Luo Shuying''s kept pretty boy, and stated that the Descending Sect had not treated her poorly. If she was truly loyal, in the future, she might notck the opportunity to join the main n (Foreign Race). All the while, he kept trying to disturb Luo Shuying''s emotions, hoping to find an opening." "However, Luo Shuying was not at all disturbed by Damned Zong''s words. She had no loyalty towards the Foreign Race to begin with, nor did she care about others'' nders, and instead increased the force of her attacks on Damned Zong even further." "Seeing himself being driven to a corner multiple times, Damned Zong grimaced and stimted a secret technique. An innumerable amount of ck qi surged into his body, his eyes turning pitch ck as if he had been possessed." "Under the influence of the Demonic Qi, Damned Zong was clearly much stronger, gradually being able to withstand the offensive of the two of you, but you could feel the instability of his energy and knew that he couldn''t maintain this state for long." "Sure enough, after only a minute, Damned Zong thought of escaping, darting away into the distance." ``` [But you and Luo Shuying closely followed, and the damned Zong quickly exited the state of Demonic Qi entering his body, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood tainted with ck poison, his eyes filled with resentful fury.] Su Xing looked on somewhat dumbstruck, murmuring to himself: "This damned Zong''s techniques are even more numerous than I imagined! To think he still had the Demonic Qi invasion up his sleeve, had he used that from the start, I definitely wouldn''t have been able to withstand it" "But he didn''t use it then, which goes to show the cost of this ursed secret technique must be enormous!" "Cultivators at the Divinity Transformation Stage really are unfathomable, especially these old monsters who have lived for a thousand years Defeating them is easy, but killing them is too difficult!" Su Xing took a deep breath, his eyes shing with determination. "But it''s precisely for this reason that I must kill you! The path of cultivation is about struggling against heaven, struggling against others... Besides, this damned Zong is cruel and ruthless. If I don''t kill him, he will eventuallye to kill me... I might as well strike first!" Su Xing looked again at the simtion panel. [The damned Zong shot you a piercing look and then roared, seemingly wanting to pounce on you in a desperate one-for-one exchange. Seeing his reckless appearance, you immediately became cautious, quickly mustering your Origin Force to parry.] [Unexpectedly, the damned Zong dashed halfway and then stepped out, leaping hundreds of feet like performing Spatial Teleportation, escaping from the encirclement of you and Luo Shuying in the blink of an eye.] [You quickly marshaled your Spiritual Power, chasing after the damned Zong, but Luo Shuying was even faster than you, relentlessly pursuing right behind him.] [The damned Zong continually activated his Mana, his footsteps appearing mysterious; with each light step, he would appear hundreds of feet away the next second. Even Luo Shuying could only see his silhouette from a distance with such speed.] [But you knew that such life-saving Divine Skills must consume tremendously and wouldn''tst long, so you quickly informed Luo Shuying, asking her not to give up the chase.] [Luo Shuying nodded gravely, unrelentingly pursuing the damned Zong, maintaining a distance of several hundred meters between them.] [The damned Zong nced back at you and seeing that you were not giving up, cursed under his breath and sped up his run.] [You saw him taking out one or two Spirit Stones from his Storage Magical Artifact from time to time to replenish his strength, his face showing a pained expression.] [But the life-saving Divine Skill could not be activated indefinitely, and after chasing him for hundreds of kilometers, the damned Zong finally stopped.] [He turned his gaze toward you, his eyes carrying a hint of pleading. He stated that it was not umon for Cultivators to kill for treasure, and he was willing to hand over the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng to you, just asking you to spare his life.] [But you snorted coldly, pretending to agree, while exchanging a nce with Luo Shuying, who immediately understood your intention.] [You saw the damned Zong throw out a Storage Bag, tossing it far away to the ground, then he turned and continued to flee relentlessly.] [You and Luo Shuying did not look at the Storage Bag but mentally noted its location, continuing your pursuit of the damned Zong.] [After chasing him for a day and a night, you finally wore the damned Zong down to the brink of exhaustion.] [At this moment, the Spiritual Power within the damned Zong was extremely unstable, and even you were gasping for air, feeling exhausted throughout your body.] [Only the Legendary Level Luo Shuying seemed fairly stable, just slightly out of breath.] [Seeing that the damned Zong was no longer fleeing, Luo Shuying did not hesitate to attack him once more.] [The damned Zong sneered, and before his death, he looked deeply at you, then took out his Storage Magical Artifact, as if he wanted to destroy it then and there.] [You wanted to stop him but were toote, only able to watch as the Storage Magical Artifact exploded on the spot, falling to the ground from high above.] [Meanwhile, Luo Shuying struck the damned Zong''s head, causing blood and flesh to stter everywhere.] [A ck light shot out from the damned Zong''s body, flying straight toward the distance.] [You knew that it was the damned Zong''s Primordial Spirit, and you naturally could not just watch him escape, so you activated the Li Fire Technique, attacking the damned Zong''s Primordial Spirit.] [Scorched by the high temperatures of the Li Fire Technique, the damned Zong let out a wretched scream, begging you to show mercy and not to be utterly ruthless.] [You just looked at him coldly, asking about the whereabouts of the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng. The damned Zong said that the seeds of the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng were in the Storage Bag he had just thrown out, begging you to spare his life.] [Of course, you wouldn''t easily believe him, but you didn''t have a technique to imprison the Primordial Spirit and could only threaten the damned Zong with the Li Fire Technique.] [You first utilized your Divine Sense to locate each piece of the shattered Storage Magical Artifact left by the damned Zong upon his death.] [This damned Zong proved to be cruel and ruthless in his thoughts, wishing to leave no treasures for you even in his final moments, with most Magic Artifacts in the Storage Bag reduced to shreds, leaving behind only a few badly damaged Magic Artifacts and Jade Slips.] [You picked up one of the Jade Slips and probed it with your Divine Sense, and then your heart shook violently, for it was a secret technique of Cultivators!] [Named: The Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique!] Chapter 143: Chapter 125: Damned Zongs Diary, Who Keeps a Diary Seriously? (Second Update) ``` "Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique?" Su Xing was startled for a moment, then he realized this must be a secret technique that allowed a cultivator to predict fortunes. There''s a saying in fortune-telling: First is fate, second is luck, third is feng shui, fourth is umting virtue, and fifth is education... Could this fortune-telling technique really predict one''s fortunes? With this thought, Su Xing had an epiphany. He finally understood why Damned Zong always managed to pursue gains and avoid losses, escaping his ambush time after time. That bastard must have sensed the danger! He even went to the extent of hunkering down in a gully a hundred kilometers outside the Descending Sect for months on end, a level of caution that even Su Xing had to admire. But this proved that the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique was indeed useful! It was definitely thanks to this secret technique that Damned Zong sensed the crisis in advance and escaped from Su Xing''s hands through various simtions. However, no matter how much this cultivator lurked, he still couldn''tpare to the cheat-like Su Xing. If once didn''t work, try twice; if twice didn''t work, ten times! Since he could simte, he eventually ughtered that Damned Zong in the simtor. "This Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique... seems like a perfect match for me, doesn''t it?" Touching his chin, Su Xing mumbled to himself, as the chosen one with the simtor, the most important thing he needed was stability, was not to stand below the dangerous wall. And this Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique was just the right fit for that. As long as Su Xing learned this technique, would he still have to worry about danger finding him? A slight smile crept upon Su Xing''s lips, followed by a sigh: "Although Damned Zong is an evil cultivator, I''ve truly learned a lot from him..." "A cultivator is essentially struggling against heaven, seeking the proof of the path to immortality, not topete for transitory anger... Only those who are stable enough (survive) can have thestugh!" Thinking this, Su Xing realized he was still too youngpared to Damned Zong. Looking back now, many of the things he had done were somewhat wed. If they were discovered by someone with intentions, Su Xing might already be in danger right now. Like the establishment of the Tarot Commerce Association with Jin Congxue to collect equipment, tools, and therge-scale selling of elixirs. Although through simtion, Su Xing confirmed that Jin Congxue could be trusted, the massive influx of these equipments and the precious elixirs could not have been protected by Su Xing, who was just a small Golden Core Stage cultivator back then. "But now it''s different... Divine Strength Realm,parable to Martial Emperor strength, it''s indeed enough to protect a small Tarot Commerce Association!" Su Xing thought to himself. "As for the mass cultivation of Spirit Rice, it can wait for some time. First, I need to explore in the simtions, continuously searching for how to nt Spirit Grains on thergest scale..." "Secondly, my strength is still not strong enough. If the matter of the Spirit Grains gets discovered by the Descending Sect or even the Foreign Race, I fear what I will encounter is endless assassination attempts!" The thought of the hundreds of assassinations he experienced in the simtor made Su Xing''s scalp tingle. Living a life without a sense of security was not something Su Xing could endure. After careful consideration, Su Xing returned his gaze to the simtion panel. [You excitedly pick up the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique and start reading, and sure enough, this secret technique can really calcte fortunes and sense imminent personal crises!] [You skim through it, and find that the content of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique is iplete, a small but crucial part of thetter has been erased when Damned Zong destroyed his storage bag.] [Thinking of this, anger wells up in you, and you burn Damned Zong with the Li Fire Technique, making him scream in agony.] [Afterward, you start collecting nearby, gathering the few remaining damaged artifacts together.] [Having done all this, you then use the Li Fire Technique to threaten Damned Zong, spending several days to find theplete storage bag he had thrown away.] [To your surprise, the seeds of the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng are actually inside this storage bag. Besides the seeds, there is also arge amount of diaries written by Damned Zong!] Seeing this, Su Xing was taken aback and muttered: "Geez, this Damned Zong really is no good... Who keeps a diary in earnest?" "Hehe, but this diary is just wonderful. If I could understand more about the affairs of the Cultivation World from it... These are all valuable pieces of information!" With this thought, Su Xing was moved and silently chanted: "Use immersive simtion function, duration two hours!" [Ding, it has been detected that you are using the immersive simtion function for 2 hours, costing 200,000 energy, remaining energy 25,931,234 points.] The voice of the simtor rang in Su Xing''s ears. Then Su Xing''s view changed, and in the next second, he appeared in an unfamiliar environment. This was a continuous range of high mountains that extended far beyond the borders of the Great Xia. Next to Su Xing stood a woman in a ck tight-fitting garment with a veil on her face, it was Luo Shuying. And a blob of peculiar ck light was in front of Su Xing; that was Damned Zong. "Su Xing, we need to hurry... Killing this Protector has taken too long; I''m worried that if too much time passes, the people from the Descending Sect will notice something amiss, and it will be bad if theye after us!" Luo Shuying frowned slightly and said to Su Xing in a low voice. After thinking it over, Su Xing said, "Let''s find a ce to hide first. We''re not far from the borders of Great Xia, and since we''re in the north, I''ll notify Kyoto to send someone. With their help, we should be safe..." Luo Shuying frowned slightly upon hearing this, having been a traitor to the Descending Sect for decades, she somewhat hostilely perceived the Great Xia government. ``` Chapter 184: Chapter 144: Myriad Demons Pilgrimage, the Embryo of Slaughter! (5k)_3 ``` "Come on, after alchemizing elixirs for one more week, when the rumors outside die down, I''ll go to find Jin Congxue!" Su Xing muttered to himself, and then began refining elixirs with dedication. Time flew by like a fleeting horse, and in the blink of an eye, a week had passed. Today was the day Su Xing and Jin Congxue had agreed to meet for their trade. After taking a Concealment Pill, Su Xing adjusted his aura and then left the Spirit Field Blessed Land to return to the professional market. With his Divine Sense spread out to confirm that no one had noticed him, he pretended to be an ordinary college student, purchasing some low-level equipment and props before heading back to school. After returning to school, Su Xing casually strolled around and even enjoyed a bowl of braised pork in the cafeteria. Once he was sure nothing was amiss, Su Xing sent a text message to Jin Congxue. He then set out toward the familiar vi. It wasn''t that Su Xing was too cautious, but being careful was always a good thing. After all, the Descending Sect was behind the ck Dragon Guild, and one could never be too cautious. If he were really being followed, Su Xing''s current strength meant he didn''t have much to fear, but if he carelessly went to the vi and implicated Jin Congxue, he would definitely regret it. Upon arriving in the familiar vi room, Jin Congxue had been waiting for a long time. After half a month without seeing her, Jin Congxue was still enchantingly beautiful, draped in an ancient Hanfu that made her look stately yet radiant. "Sister Xue, why are you dressed so formally today?" Su Xing sat downfortably and teased Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue rolled her eyes and exined, "Today is my Jin Merchant Guild''s ancestral worship day. I just finished offering sacrifices this morning and haven''t had time to change my clothes." On hearing her words, Su Xing expressed some confusion, "Isn''t your family from Jinling City? Whye to Kyoto to pay respects to your ancestors?" Jin Congxue, at a loss for words, said, "Who told you my family was from Jinling City? My ancestral home is in Kyoto. It was only my father''s generation that moved the Jin Merchant Guild to Jinling and then settled down in the South..." Su Xing nodded after hearing this, with a clearer understanding. Jin Congxue joked, "Yo, big boss, where have you been bustling about these past two days?" At that, Su Xing chuckled and replied, "How could I have any time? I''ve been busy alchemizing every day!" After saying that, Su Xing handed over the twelve thousand elixirs he had refined over the past two weeks. Jin Congxue naturally didn''t buy Su Xing''s story but didn''t press for more details either, instead passing on her goods from the past two weeks to Su Xing. "Here you go, these are the goods for the past two weeks. Lately, the Tarot Commerce Association has been growing bigger and bigger; I don''t know what kind of luck you''ve stumbled upon..." "At this rate, in less than two years, the Tarot Commerce Association is likely to grow into a top-tiermerce association!" Su Xing took the storage ring and chuckled. He knew in his heart that this was the effect of his Purple Talent for thriving in business. Though Su Xing didn''t manage the association, he was the actual big boss, and like a mascot, naturally ensured the smooth development of the Tarot Commerce Association. Afterward, Jin Congxue took out two ancient-looking jade boxes and handed them over to Su Xing. "These are the medicinal herbs you requested; millennium ginseng, Lingzhi, Polygonum multiflorum..." "These herbs aren''t easy to find! Only the ancient families with a legacy have some, and I put in quite an effort to get them." "Moreover, these millennium herbs must be ced in boxes made of fine ancient jade to prevent the dissipation of their medicinal properties." After hearing this, Su Xing nodded and took a nce inside the jade box. Indeed, inside the box, a few millennium herbs were lying quietly, emitting a notable fragrance. "Tsk, tsk, these millennium herbs must be almost on par with spiritual medicine even if they grew in ordinary soil, right?" Su Xing estimated that these herbs should be enough for him to refine seven or eight Life Extension Pills. Once he''d refined the Life Extension Pills, if Su Xing had the chance, he could take a trip to the Baili Merchant Guild. Those "treasured items" of Baili Qi had long been objects of his envy. Su Xing stored away the herbs and spent some tender time with Jin Congxue before reluctantly heading back to school. Entering the Spirit Field Blessed Land, Su Xing first exchanged the goods he''d umted over two weeks for energy. In total, the goods from these two weeks provided nearly thirty-two million units of energy! Adding onto the energy left from his previous simtion, his simtion energy total reached over forty-six million. Seeing that his simtion time had refreshed, Su Xing prepared to start a new round of simtions. On June 17, 2024 of the new era, Su Xing timely began his forty-first simtion. "Begin simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 4100 energy points, leaving a bnce of 46.23 million energy points; remaining simtions are unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a green talent costs 1000 energy points, a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, and drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points; do you wish to proceed?] "Draw a purple talent!" Su Xing didn''t hesitate and stated directly. [Congrattions! You have acquired the purple talent: The Great Wisdom in Foolishness!] [The Great Wisdom in Foolishness]: A purple talent, you may appear naive or even somewhat foolish on a regr basis, but in critical moments, you can draw out the wisdom you''ve umted and unleash an unprecedented level of intelligence andprehension. This talent is an active talent that can be freely switched between "Foolish", "Intelligent", and "Average" modes. Note: In a naive state, both IQ andprehension will slightly decrease, which may affect the host''s normal life. Upon seeing the description of this talent, Su Xing furrowed his brows. "This seems like another talent that affectsprehension? But why does this talent seem somewhat stupid?" This was the first active talent Su Xing had encountered, and he felt there was more to it. After reading over it a few times, a sh of insight crossed Su Xing''s eyes. ``` Chapter 145: Chapter 126: The Life of Zong Paopao, Spirit Rice Experiment a Great Success! ``` "To ughter an entire city just to refine a treasure, this damned Zong is truly vicious..." Su Xing cursed inwardly, feeling that killing Damned Zong directly was still too merciful. He should have tortured him with the Li Fire Technique for forty-nine days and only then destroyed his Primordial Spirit. Su Xing then took out Damned Zong''s diary to skim through it. But s, Damned Zong''s diary had too many entries, mostly trivial matters, and Su Xing''s immersive simtion time was short, so he could only get a general idea, hoping to find useful information among them. "In the year 2758 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I ughtered a sect and happened upon the secret method to form a Nascent Soul, hence I went into seclusion." "In the year 2769 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I finally formed my Nascent Soul!" "In the year 2778 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I was pursued and fled for my life..." "In the year 2803 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I was pursued and fled for my life..." "In the year 2930 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I reached Great Perfection in the Nascent Soul, thus I sought the Infant Tempering Pill to form a top-quality Nascent Soul!" "In the year 2933 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I found an alchemy grandmaster who could refine the Infant Tempering Pill, and I killed him!" "In the year 2935 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I fled for my life..." "In the year 2940 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I broke through to Divinity Transformation!" "In the year 2963 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I returned to my sect and ughtered them all!" "In the year 3338 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I achieved Great Perfection in Divinity Transformation!" "In the year 3339 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, nature''s spiritual energy grows ever thinner, cultivators no longer hope for immortality, thus I took the Yellow Springs Pill and fell into slumber, hoping to extend my life and find another opportunity..." "In the year 5077 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I was unintentionally awakened by a group of low-level Body Refinement Cultivators, furious, I killed them!" "In the year 5088 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, there''s no longer spiritual energy between heaven and earth, no hope for proving the Dao, just surviving..." "In the year 5168 of the Immortal Martial Chronicle, I chanced upon an old dragon and joined the Descending Sect! In search of a chance for immortality..." Su Xing sighed in relief as he read this and murmured, "Damned Zong, this guy actually lived for over two thousand years?" "Although, he did extend his lifespan by falling into a slumber with the Yellow Springs Pill... still, living for over two thousand years is quite astonishing!" Looking back at Damned Zong''s life, he was not considered to be exceptionally talented, forming his Nascent Soul at over three hundred years old and achieving Divinity Transformation at over five hundred years old, probably surviving so long by taking numerous life-extending Spiritual Medicines. "This Damned Zong hasmitted many evils throughout his life, but he was very cautious, escaping from the moment he reached the Foundation Establishment Stage until he wed his way to the Divinity Transformation Stage, then returned to his sect, exterminating the entire sect... truly, the revenge of a petty person can wait for five hundred years..." Su Xing finally understood why Damned Zong was so cautious. "However, there doesn''t seem to be any mention of the Changchun Technique in Damned Zong''s diary... Could it be that the sect he originally joined was the Changchun Sect?" "Or rather... did this old dog obtain this cultivation technique when he was destroying other sects?" Su Xing was curious; the Changchun Technique was the cultivation technique he was currently practicing, sadly only up to the Return to Void Realm. After this time, Su Xing would soon be entering the Divinity Transformation Stage, and wasn''t far from reaching the peak of the Changchun Technique. Therefore, Su Xing must quickly find a way to acquire a more advanced cultivation technique... Suddenly Su Xing thought of something, looking at the diary''s dates, he murmured, "Immortal Martial Chronicle... If I remember correctly, the Great Xia Country should have a copy of coordinates named ''The Age of the Waning Dharma'', right? Perhaps, Damned Zong was a person from that copied world?" Su Xing pondered silently, maybe he could explore this Age of the Waning Dharma copy world a bit in the future, possibly obtaining some useful information. Su Xing briefly flipped through Damned Zong''s diary again. Soon after, the immersive simtion ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world. Back in the real world, Su Xing looked toward the simtion panel. [You have perused the treasures and diary left by Damned Zong, hoping to glean some useful information.] [Through this information, you have indeed learned more of the secrets of the cultivation world, it''s a pity that Damned Zong''s magical artifacts have mostly been destroyed.] [You and Luo Shuying have hidden in the mountains for several days, during which you have spent day and night together, a lone man and a widowed woman in a pitch-dark cave, and your affection for each other has deepened.] [In a few days, Lu Yuanwu arrived with a few Martial Emperors and Legendary Level experts to rendezvous, and you safely reached the Kyoto of Great Xia.] [After returning to Kyoto, you gave all the elixirs that you had umted over the years to the Great Xia Military, adding tens of thousands of Grandmaster Level warriors to the Great Xia Country.] ``` [The Great Xia Military instantly took this matter seriously, and you were hailed as a hero of the Human Race, sessfully ascending into the upper echelons of Great Xia.] [Faced with fame and fortune, however, you showed no interest. Instead, you used your authority to lease ten thousand mu of mountainside in the outskirts of Kyoto, and deployed your personnel to start developing thend.] [In the seventh year, you were both overseeing the development of the wastnd and refining middle-grade elixirs like Divine Strength Pills, Dragon Spirit Pills, and Origin Martial Pills.] [You kept a hundred premium Divine Strength Pills for your own use, and donated the remaining elixirs to the Great Xia Military, thereby adding several hundred Heavenly Kings and several dozen Martial Emperor Level powerhouses to Great Xia Country!] [As a result, your stature within Great Xia and even among the entire Human Race grew ever higher, but you focused your attention on attempting to cultivate Spirit Grains.] [You came to the center of those ten thousand mu ofnd and began to figure out how toy out a small Spirit Gathering Array.] [The Spirit Gathering Array you improved used a Spirit Stone and a Gathering Spirit Flower as the array''s focal points: the Spirit Stone released spiritual energy outward, while the Gathering Spirit Flower absorbed spiritual energy and could release even more spiritual energy.] [Such a cycle repeated over and over, where a Spirit Stone and a Gathering Spirit Flower acted like perpetual engines of spiritual energy, continuously releasing spiritual energy outward.] [But you quickly discovered that spiritual energy would also scatter and deplete. In the Spirit Gathering Array, if there were too many living beings, the supply of spiritual energy couldn''t keep up with the consumption, and the spiritual energy would gradually diminish until it was exhausted.] [You had to find this bnce, where the consumption of spiritual energy was just slightly less than the supply. After some measurement, you realized that a small Spirit Gathering Array could cover a maximum range of three mu.] [Therefore, in the fields of the outskirts of Kyoto, youid down three Spirit Gathering Arrays and took out seeds to nt Spirit Grains in nine mu ofnd.] [In the following year, you both cultivated and experimented with the cultivation of Spirit Grains.] [Besides that, every day you also nted Three-tailed Phoenix Grass and Jade Bone Snow Ginseng in the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [The Three-tailed Phoenix Grass thrived pleasingly. In just seven short years, it had almost produced its first tail feather, and you were delighted, convinced that you could achieve full maturity in this trial.] [On the other hand, the cultivation of Jade Bone Snow Ginseng worried you. It grew in extremely cold ces and required spiritual energy, but your Spirit Field Blessed Land, being ever spring-like, couldn''t satisfy the growing conditions for the Jade Bone Snow Ginseng.] [Having no other choice, you took Luo Shuying with you to one of the Twelve Domains in the Seven Countriesthe Arctic Domain. Located in the far north, it was perennially below minus fifty degrees, where ordinary lifeforms could hardly survive.] [However, as a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, you were unaffected by heat and cold. You found a secluded spot in the Arctic Domain, where you nted the Jade Bone Snow Ginseng and set up a small Spirit Gathering Array to provide the ginseng with spiritual power.] [After ensuring the Jade Bone Snow Ginseng could survive, you returned to Great Xia Country.] [In the eighth year, the experimentation with your Spirit Field on the outskirts of Kyoto waspleted. Comparing the Spirit Grains of the three Spirit Gathering Arrays, you found that the spiritual energy in one location was already exhausted, but the others still had ample spiritual energy.] [You harvested the Spirit Grains from the other two locations, discovering that the yield for one mu was about five thousand jin. Going beyond that amount, the supply of spiritual power would be insufficient.] [At the same time, since thend in the real world cannotpare to that of a Spirit Field Blessed Land, it could only yield one crop per year.] [Even so, you were extremely satisfied. A Spirit Stone paired with a Gathering Spirit Flower could cultivate three mu of a Spirit Fieldthat''s 15,000 jin! Moreover, such a small Spirit Gathering Array could operate for a long time, easily maintained for a hundred years!] [You still had a thousand Spirit Stones in hand, so a yearly yield of 15 million jin was not a problem!] [The real issue was that you didn''t have enough Gathering Spirit Flowers. To cultivate one thousand mu ofnd, you''d need at least three hundred stems of Gathering Spirit Flowers.] [But you had already achieved your goal. Spirit Grains could be poprized among all humanity, forming a hundred-year n, not to be rushed in an instant. Your only intention this time was to see if it was feasible to cultivate them in the real world.] [Through these years, you had already nted Spirit Grains on the five hundred mu of wastnd in your Spirit Field Blessed Land. After six to seven years, you already had 30 million jin of Spirit Grains in your hands!] [You took out this batch of Spirit Grains and selected under eighteen-year-olds with exceptional talent from all over the country, a total of one hundred thousand individuals!] [These hundred thousand hadn''t yet awakened their professions, just ordinary people, but you would supply each person with a hundred jin of Spirit Rice annually. You wanted to conduct a widespread experiment to see just how much help this Spirit Rice could provide ordinary people.] [The remaining Spirit Rice, some you kept for your own consumption, while the rest were handed over to the Tarot Commerce Association for sale.] [You set the price of the Spirit Rice at a hundred thousand per jin, a price that was not expensive, virtually no different from giving it away.] [But you had one condition: those who bought the Spirit Rice must consume it themselves, and the buyer must have reached the limit of their current level, unable to advance before they could purchase it. Furthermore, they could only buy a maximum of twenty jin at a time.] [Despite the strict rules you had set, nearly twenty million jin of Spirit Rice was snapped up in less than a month.] [The buyers were mostly Bronze Peak professionals who had no hope of breaking through to the Silver Level.] [There were also many Silver Peak professionals, who had no hope of breaking through to Gold.] [The twenty million jin of Spirit Rice, in total, was sold to one million professionals. You instructed the Tarot Commerce Association topile information on these people and nned to revisit them in a few months to survey the oue, whether they had sessfully advanced.] [This was a monumental project, but you had sufficient resources and official support, understanding this endeavor was for the benefit of all humanity.] [The first results came from that one million who bought Spirit Rice during their bottleneck periods.] [In just half a year, your subordinates had collected all one million people''s data, delivering it to your hands.] [Among them, three hundred thousand of the six hundred thousand Bronze Level professionals had broken through to the Silver Level within a month after consuming ten jin of Spirit Rice, and 295,000 had broken through within half a year...] [Taking into ount the sess rate of advancement, it was over 99%!] Chapter 186: Chapter 145 The First Initiative Talent, The Great Wisdom in Foolishness! (5k)_2 ``` [Ten dayster, you shouted the slogan "Ha, mere mortals," entering a state of mediocrity, then prepared to enter the Luotian Meeting Instance.] [You were lucky, as on the second day, you obtained the qualification to enter the Luotian Meeting Instance and sessfully entered it.] Su Xing saw this and was moved, silently chanting: "Activate immersive simtion functionality for 24 hours!" [Ding, you have sessfully activated the immersive simtion functionality for 24 hours, costing 2.4 million energy points, leaving a remaining bnce of 43.73 million energy points.] A sh of white light crossed Su Xing''s vision, and then the scenery before his eyes changed, transporting him inside the instance.] "My good disciple, go to the back mountain and invite Uncle Shennong to participate in the Luotian Meeting!" Looking up, Su Xing saw the speaker was the familiar Elder Niu Ruolie. "Yes, Master!" Su Xing bowed and made his way toward the back mountain. Along the road, Su Xing recollected the fragments of memory that came to his mind. "My identity is still that of Luo Xiaochuan, a direct disciple of the Luo Tian Sect... But now I am a Cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Stage, a genius in thete stage of the Divine Strength Realm?" "One of the three most outstanding geniuses under a hundred years old in the current generation of the Luo Tian Sect, before turning a hundred, I''ve condensed the Nine Revolution Golden Core, surmounted five challenges, achieving Divinity Transformation... Am I qualified to be an Immortal?" After absorbing the identity memories in his mind, Su Xing pondered thoughtfully. "It seems that the Luo Tian Sect is even more powerful than I had imagined!" "Divinity Transformation Cultivators are merely direct disciples? Then what level of Cultivation is required for the status of an Elder... or even a Saint Heir?" Su Xing now knew that the olddy in the Scripture Pavilion was at least a Cultivator of the Body Integration Realm. And his Master Niu Ruolie, although he primarily focused on Body Cultivation, probably had Cultivation not weaker than that of a Body Integration Cultivator... "Hiss, truly worthy of a Cultivation sect with hundreds of thousands of years of legacy, the number of Immortals that have emerged from the Luo Tian Sect must not be few; such a foundation... is truly terrifying!" Su Xing was somewhat delighted in his heart. The stronger the Luo Tian Sect, the greater the benefits for Su Xing. Because this meant that the treasures of this "illusory world" were even more abundant, and Su Xing would be able to obtain even more Cultivation Techniques and Divine Skills. With this thought, Su Xing quickly arrived at the back mountain and saw Uncle Shennong. Uncle Shennong still looked like a simple farmer, and upon seeing Su Xing arrive, he put down his farm work. Approaching Su Xing, he smiled and praised: "Nephew, your Cultivation has gotten higher and higher. Under a hundred years old, you''ve be a Cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Stage. If you work a bit harder, maybe you could be the Saint Heir of our Luo Tian Sect!" Saint Heir? After hearing this, Su Xing''s mind stirred, and he quickly asked: "Uncle, what are the requirements to be the Saint Heir of our sect?" Upon hearing this, Shennong Youtian looked at Su Xing strangely, but still exined: "Now that your Body Cultivation has reached theter stages of the Divine Strength Realm, if you be a Cultivator in the Broken Void Realm or the Return to Void Realm and achieve a perfect state of Cultivation before the age of a hundred, you could be the Saint Heir of our sect!" "To be the Saint Heir is to say you''re halfway on the path to Immortality, with a great chance of bing an Immortal..." Saying this, Shennong Youtian spoke with quite a bit of pride: "Your Uncle here, was the Saint Heir of the Luo Tian Sect three thousand years ago!" Su Xing was somewhat surprised and blurted out: "Then, Uncle, have you be an Immortal?" Upon hearing this, Shennong Youtian''s face darkened, and he coughed twice, saying: "Cough cough, don''t bring up what is best left alone! Let''s go, it''s time for the Luotian Meeting!" Su Xing''s words seemed to have touched upon a painful subject for Shennong Youtian, who remained silent all the way. Soon after delivering Shennong Youtian to the Luotian Meeting, Su Xing excused himself and then headed to the Scripture Pavilion. Seeing the olddy dozing off at the entrance of the Scripture Pavilion, Su Xing nced at her with a sense of guilt, thinking to himself: "Speaking of which, I still owe this olddy a favor! But she probably doesn''t remember it!" After greeting the olddy, Su Xing walked straight to the tome that recorded the "Three Talents Sword Technique" for "Divine, Earthly, and Human" Swordmanship. "I want to get smarter!" Su Xing shouted out the slogan sheepishly, entering the Great Wisdom State. In the Great Wisdom State, Su Xing sensed that his thinking was extremely lucid, and his learning andprehension abilities had multiplied several times over! He nced at the time; there were still 23 hours before he would exit the instance. Su Xing began delving into the second part of the Three Talents Sword Technique, the Earth Sword. The Earth Sword allows formunication between heaven and earth, bestowing the wielder with the essence of the natural world, significantly enhancing potency! In his current lucid state of mind, Su Xing knew he had just under a day''s time, so he focused solely on memorizing the content of the Earth Sword. Soon, a day passed, the immersive simtion ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world. In the real world, Su Xing rubbed his slightly swollen temples, murmuring: "This Three Talents Sword Technique is profound and inscrutable, its contents vast like an ocean. In this one day, I must have memorized tens of thousands of words by rote, and yet I''ve only just barely memorized one-third of the Earth Sword content..." "To fully memorize the Earth Sword section, I''d need at least two more tries!" Su Xing began to understand the power of serendipitous enlightenment. This time, Su Xing''s intellect and understanding had tripled, yet in one day, he only memorized one-third of the Earth Sword content. But during that previous moment of serendipitous enlightenment, he was triggered just once, and it was equivalent to ten years of learning andprehension. Not only did he memorize the entirety of the Human Sword section, but he fully understood the content and even learned the principles about Sword Cultivators detailed in the "Sword Cultivation General Outline." ``` Chapter 147: Chapter 128 Another Path to Wealth, Life-Extending Elixir! (Second Update) Su Xing slightly nodded as he read, "Everything is as I expected." The Three-tailed Phoenix Grass matures, Divine Sense intensity skyrockets... Next, as long as I take these rewards with me, Divinity Transformation should be within reach! "I wonder if, with Divinity Transformation Cultivation Level plus the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm, I could fight that damned Zong?" Su Xing pondered briefly and then shook his head. "The uncertainty is too great! That old dog has lived for more than two thousand years and is a dual cultivator of body and Qi, with many trump cards... I''m afraid that even if I break through to the Divinity Transformation Stage, I might still not be his match..." "However, after Divinity Transformation, if I face him again, I probably won''t be in such a sorry state..." Su Xing looked forward with slight anticipation. Although Body Refinement Cultivators are somewhat stronger at the same level, it was clear to Su Xing that the many techniques of the Qi Refinement lineage were more appealing to him. Especially the various methods of Qi Refinement could earn Su Xing more energy for a greater enhancement! With this in mind, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simtion panel. [In the twenty-fourth year, your Divine Sense has finally made another leap, reaching the realm of a thousand zhang!] [As you predicted, Divine Sense of a thousand zhang is already the limit of the Nascent Soul Stage. If you wish to continue enhancing it, you must break into the Divinity Transformation Stage.] [In the twenty-fifth year, the situation at Demon-Subduing Pass suddenly worsened. Under the relentless assaults of the legendary army of Demonic Beasts, it was in grave danger.] [Knowing that time was of the essence, you left everything behind and journeyed alone to the Arctic domain.] [Sure enough, in the frigid climate of the Arctic domain, the Jade Bone Snow Ginseng that you had nted before was nearing maturity.] [So, braving the harsh cold, you sat in the Spirit Gathering Array every day, using your own Spiritual Power to hasten the ripening of the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng.] [After a month of this, you finally obtained thirty mature Snow Bone Jade Ginseng nts!] Filled with joy upon seeing this, Su Xing had fulfilled his goal for this simtion. With the Jade Bone Snow Ginseng and Three-tailed Phoenix Grass, Su Xing could attempt to concoct Infant Tempering Pills, and Divinity Transformation was not far away! "Going by the time, the apocalypse must be close..." Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simtion panel. [When you returned to Kyoto, you heard that Demon-Subduing Pass had fallen a month prior, and the upper echelon of the Human Race was engulfed in panic.] [Yet you remained detached, having anticipated this day. Knowing your task waspleted, you peacefully enjoyed the time that followed.] [In the next three months, you resigned from all your duties and began to spend time with your family and friends...] [One day, a giant beast that blotted out the sky descended upon Blue Star, devouring the entirety of Great Xia Country in one gulp.] [In your final moments, you flipped the beast the middle finger.] [Ding, you have died!] [Your Purple Talent, ''Die Without Regrets,'' activates...] [Inside the belly of the beast, you see the surrounding mountains and seas being digested and consumed. The stomach of the creature is like a terrible ck hole, devouring everything...] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] Su Xing nodded slightly as he finished watching the simtion. Although he still died in the simtion, Su Xing''s n had been achieved. "However, this ''Die Without Regrets'' seems to have brought back some information... Just the beast''s stomach alone possesses such terrifying power?" Amazed within, Su Xing grew even more aware of the terror of the Foreign Race. "Well, these matters are too distant for me. Better to focus on the immediate issues... time to select the rewards!" Su Xing shifted his attention to the rewards from this simtion. [Descendants Galore]: Purple Talent, price 1 million energy points. [Twenty-Five Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy Insights, containing some alchemy experience, price 600,000 energy. [Divine Strength Realm Third Layer]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, price 20 million energy points! [Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique Experience]: Cultivation of crops and spirits, price 1 million energy points. [Ten Three-tailed Phoenix Grasses]: Three hundred years old, mature-grade Three-tailed Phoenix Grass, price 15 million energy points. [Thirty Snow Bone Jade Ginseng nts]: Mature Snow Bone Jade Ginseng, contains medicinal properties of breaking and reforming, price 15 million energy points. [Divine Sense Thousand Zhang (Five Senses Realm)]: Possessing a Divine Sense of a thousand zhang, able to sense the movement of the wind and grass within a thousand zhang, price 9.5 million energy points. [Dried Bone Sword (Mid-grade Treasure Artifact)]: Forged from refined human bones and condensed with countless resentful spirits, causes soul-eating damage on attack, price 30 million energy points. [Half a Yellow Springs Pill]: Experience the Yellow Springs once, taking it can induce sleep, extending lifespan. However, only half a pill is left, and there is a chance one may sleep forever. Price 500,000 energy points. [Soul-Calling Banner]: A supreme Magic Artifact, capable of summoning spirits wronged, price 8 million energy points. [Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique (Iplete)]: A Heaven Rank secret technique, capable of predicting fortunes and misfortunes, price 70 million energy points. After seeing the rewards, Su Xing paused for a moment, as the choices from this simtion were indeed generous. Most of them were plundered from the damned Zong, pointing to his considerable wealth, but it was a pity that they were mostly iplete and would be of no use to Su Xing. As Su Xing perused the reward options, he gave them some thought. "Talents go without saying, impossible to choose... and who knew that such a nonsensical ''Descendants Galore'' could also be rated as Purple Talent?" "As for Alchemy Experience, Cultivation Level isn''t urgent..." "Damned Zong''s Magic Artifacts and secret techniques, aside from that sword, the rest are iplete and would be of no use even if selected... and the prices are too high!" Su Xing paused, his gazending on the description of the Dried Bone Sword. "It''s actually a mid-grade Treasure Artifact... priced at thirty million energy, even more expensive than the Ink Ice Sword, does this mean that the Ink Ice Sword is perhaps only at the level of a lower-grade Treasure Artifact?" As far as Su Xing knew, Cultivator''s Magic Artifacts were ranked from low to high as: Talisman Artifacts, Magic Artifacts, Treasure Artifacts, Spiritual Artifacts... And above Spiritual Artifacts, were the legendary Immortal Artifacts! Chapter 148: Chapter 128 Another Path to Wealth, Life-Extending Elixir! (Second Update)_2 The grade of this bone sword is clearly not low; a lower-grade treasure, perhaps equivalent to the legendary weapons of the highest quality in the real world. "However, the origins of this bone sword are too immoral; using it would go against the heavens..." Su Xing shook his head slightly, turning his attention to the other options. After some hesitation, Su Xing was torn between three reward choices. A thousand-zhang divine sense, three-tailed phoenix grass, and snow bone jade ginseng. "This snow bone jade ginseng is a must-pick. If I don''t choose it, I fear I might have to fight that damned Zong again in the next simtion, which would be a loss not worth the gain..." "As for the thousand-zhang divine sense and three-tailed phoenix grass..." After wavering for a while, Su Xing decided to choose the three-tailed phoenix grass. After all, with the snow bone jade ginseng and three-tailed phoenix grass, Su Xing would be able to concoct the Infant Tempering Pill, which was clearly more critical for him. As for the divine sense, if there was a chance in the next simtion, reaching a thousand zhang would not be difficult. Thinking this, Su Xing silently dered. "I choose to take out the snow bone jade ginseng and the three-tailed phoenix grass..." [Ding, your energy is insufficient. Please collect enough simtion energy before exchanging...] The prompt from the simtor rang in Su Xing''s ears. When Su Xing checked his remaining energy, he found he only had less than twenty-six million left, with a shortfall of four million energy! "Dammit, I didn''t expect to run out of energy so soon... Sigh, looks like I can only wait for now. After this week''s goods are delivered, it should be enough..." Su Xing suddenly felt rather frustrated. Ever since he started making money through alchemy, he had never been short of money. But now that he was about to enter the Divinity Transformation Stage, energy was bing scarce again. Not to mention, just to bring out the Great Perfection of Divinity Transformation and Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm cultivations would require tens of millions of energy points from Su Xing... "Sigh, I still need to find a way to make money!" "The Tarot Commerce Association only provides ten million energy a week; at this rate, it will take two months to break through to the Great Perfection of the Divinity Transformation... This speed is too slow!" As the saying goes, cutting costs is impossible; only by increasing ie can one barely maintain a decent lifestyle. "Once the mining area instance dungeon gets approved, the energy gained should be much more..." "But for now, I can only push Jin Congxue a bit more to bring over more instance dungeon items!" Su Xing sighed and sent several messages to Jin Congxue, urging her to help him gather more instance dungeon items. Then he took out the alchemy furnace and prepared to start alchemy in a rush. The life of alchemy is very monotonous and extremely taxing on the mind. Even a master alchemist, if they fail to control the subtle heat and timing, could ruin an entire batch of elixirs. However, Su Xing was already well-versed in alchemy. In just a week, Su Xing concocted six thousand pills. That day, Su Xing stored the finished elixirs properly and went out to the vi to meet Jin Congxue. Today, Jin Congxue wore a sling dress with sleepwear, with two faint dark circles around her eyes, looking as if she had not slept well. Su Xing handed over the elixirs and teased: "What''s the matter, yed thiefst night? Why do you look like you didn''t get a good night''s sleep?" Jin Congxue rolled her eyes and pouted: "Hmph, it''s all because of you! Didn''t you have me purchase arge number of instance dungeon items for you?" "These past few days, I''ve been to dozens of branches and over a hundred warehouses of the Jin Merchant Guild in Jiangnan Province to collect all sorts of strange instance dungeon items for you... take a look for yourself!" With that, Jin Congxue handed over several storage rings. Su Xing opened the storage rings and, sure enough, they were filled with mountains of instance dungeon items. Su Xing''s heart stirred as he checked the energy contained in these items. [Ding, detection of certain energy-containing materials, valued at 16.42 million energy points, do you wish to convert?] [Ding, detection of certain energy-containing materials, valued at 9.76 million energy points, do you wish to convert?] [Ding...] Several voices echoed in Su Xing''s mind as he calcted the totals. Well, the instance dungeon items stored in these four storage rings have a total energy close to fifty million model units! Startled, Su Xing asked: "How does Jin Merchant Guild have so many instance dungeon items?" Jin Congxue replied: "They''re sold to us by professionals! Every day, a good number of professionalse specifically to sell instance dungeon items. Over time, it naturally umtes to quite a sum..." "Jin Merchant Guild has a wide range of business activities, and we asionally purchase a small number of instance dungeon items, and selling them also earns us a little profit." After a pause, Jin Congxue continued: "However, the number of instance dungeon items in Jin Merchant Guild isn''trge, and they''re sparsely distributed, making them hard to find..." "If you''re interested in these items, perhaps you could contact Baili Business Association in Guang Province." Upon hearing this, Su Xing muttered in confusion, "Baili Business Association?" Jin Congxue nodded slightly and said: "Baili Business Association is located in Guang Province, the southernmost region of Great Xia Country, and is one of the topmerce associations. The young master of the association, Baili Qi, loves collecting these peculiar instance dungeon items. Over several decades, the things he has amassed could probably pile up into mountains..." Su Xing''s eyes lit up at the information. Goodness, instance dungeon items collected over several decadesif he could really obtain them, how much model unit energy would that be worth! Hastily, Su Xing asked: "How can I contact this Baili Qi? I want to acquire all his instance dungeon equipment!" Jin Congxue found this a bit difficult and replied: "Baili Qi is an entric character who dislikes seeing people, and besides, our Jin Merchant Guild doesn''t have that close a rtionship with him..." "However, I''ve heard that recently, Baili Qi''s father, Baili Tu, seems to be nearing the end of his life and is apparently looking for life extension items produced from instances. If his life could be extended, perhaps you could exchange these items with Baili Qi..." Su Xing''s interest was piqued upon hearing this. Life extension items are extremely precious in instance dungeons, something countless top brass would kill for but rarely obtain. After all, the secretive proprietors behind these business associations, given their need to manage their businesses, probably don''t have much time to enhance their strength, and can barely make it to the Heavenly King Level with the help of various items. And for those at Heavenly King Level, their lifespan would be around three to five hundred years. To live longer, the only option would be to break into the Martial Emperor Level. "A life extension elixir, huh... I''ll figure something out. After I''ve crafted an elixir that can extend life, help me get in touch with Baili Business Association, will you?" Su Xing proposed. Jin Congxue was taken aback upon hearing Su Xing''s confidence and eximed incredulously: "Can you actually craft life-extending elixirs?" Seeing Jin Congxue''s amazement, Su Xing felt puzzled but still exined: "Not sure yet, but willing to give it a try. I should have a fifty-fifty chance of sess..." As far as Su Xing knew, the Li Fire Alchemy recorded no fewer than seven or eight different kinds of longevity elixirs. After all, isn''t that exactly what cultivators strive for? For cultivators to craft longevity elixirs, it''s practically right up their alley. From the ungraded body-nourishing pills to the low-grade life extension pill, longevity pill, the mid-grade Longevity Pill, and the high-grade Qingming Pill... The effects range from extending life by a year or two, to five years, ten years... and even several decades. However, longevity elixirs have a tolerance effectafter one or two pills, taking more of the same elixir bes ineffective. Su Xing, being in the prime of his youth, naturally hadn''t considered crafting longevity elixirs before. But now, it seemed that longevity elixirs could well be the ultimate profitable product! Upon hearing Su Xing say there was a fifty percent chance, Jin Congxue was even more astounded, doubtingly saying: "Do you realize how precious life extension items are? A life extension item from an instance could be worth a legendary piece of equipment, or even rarer!" "If you announce you can craft longevity elixirs, not only would all the top forces treat you as an honored guest, but even the elderly high officials of Great Xia Country would be begging you!" Seeing Jin Congxue''s shock, Su Xing''s expression turned serious. He had initially thought only of the vast profits longevity elixirs could bring, but hadn''t considered the tremendous risk that came with them! After pondering for a moment, Su Xing said: "As for the longevity elixirs, I''m not entirely sure I can make them... so please keep this a secret, and don''t spread the word." Chapter 189: Chapter 146 Human Sword Perfect, Strength Skyrockets! (5k)_2 ``` "It seems... those Royal n Demonic Beasts all admire strength and care about their own reputation... they wish to challenge the strong to prove themselves!" ``` Su Xing''s eyes lit up, and he already had a n in his mind. ``` "Then, let''s try this..." ``` He looked toward the simtion panel. ``` [After breaking through to the eighthyer of the Divine Strength Realm, you decide to be more high-profile, in order to attract more Royal n Demonic Beasts to challenge you!] ``` ``` [One day, you encounter a Royal n Demonic Beast from the Rhinoceros tribe; you fight with it for three hours and ultimately defeat it!] ``` ``` [After defeating this Rhinoceros tribe Royal n Demonic Beast, you do not kill it but look at it with disdain, proiming that the Royal n is nothing but weaklings, sparing its life. As you anticipated, this Rhinoceros tribe Demonic Beast spreads the word about you to the other Royal n Demonic Beasts!] ``` ``` [Suddenly, your reputation soars among the Royal n Demonic Beasts. They considered the Human Race to be the lowest of races and thus hated you all the more.] ``` ``` [Consequently, more and more Royal n Demonic Beasts challenge you!] ``` ``` [In the thirteenth year, within just one year''s time, you faced the challenge of six Royal n Demonic Beasts.] ``` ``` [This time, you certainly didn''t let them go but killed them all, harvesting two thousand jin of Royal n Demon Emperor Flesh Essence.] ``` ``` [With an abundant supply of Flesh Essence each day, your Cultivation Level rises swiftly!] ``` ``` [At the same time, your swordsmanship gradually improves in the continuous battles with the strong,ing closer and closer to the perfect level of Human Sword.] ``` ``` [In the fourteenth year, you yed seven Royal n Demon Emperors and harvested arge amount of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence.] ``` ``` [You originally worried that by killing the Royal n Demonic Beasts this way, they might be fearful and no longer dare to seek you out.] ``` ``` [To your surprise, these Royal n Demonic Beasts were fearlessly fierce; they hoped by killing you, they could thus establish their reputation within the Demon Race!] ``` ``` [Consequently, a continuous stream of Royal n Demon Emperors challenge you, and you show no mercy, ying them all and possessing an ample supply of Flesh Essence.] ``` ``` [In the fifteenth year, with higher quality Flesh Essence enhancing you, your strength indeed increases at a tremendous pace, with visible daily gains in vitality.] ``` ``` [However, what frustrated you was that your Human Sword was still stuck at the Great Achievement Realm, showing no sign of breaking through to perfection.] ``` ``` [Perhaps due to your growing strength, ordinary Royal n Demon Emperors were no longer enough to bring out your full effort; you longed for more worthy opponents!] ``` ``` [You tried to challenge two Royal n Demon Emperors at once, but you knew that with your current strength, doing so would be no different from seeking death.] ``` ``` [Unless your strength takes another step forward, reaching the ninthyer of Divine Power.] ``` ``` [Henceforth, you train even harder, forcing yourself to consume ten jin of Flesh Essence every day, and by practicing the Witch n''s Body Refining Technique as well as engaging in intensebat, you hasten the digestion of this energy.] ``` ``` [In the sixteenth year, after a year of overloading your training, your vitality is unprecedentedly abundant; you can feel yourself drawing inexorably closer to the ninthyer of Divine Strength Realm!] ``` ``` [In the same year, more and more Demon Emperors appear on the battlefield, desperately attacking Demon-Subduing Pass; Human Race Martial Emperors suffer heavy casualties, and even Legendary Level warriors have to take action.] ``` ``` [Your performance on the battlefield remains outstanding; ordinary Demon Emperors, you can handle one within an hour.] ``` ``` [You greatly alleviate the defensive pressure on Demon-Subduing Pass, avoiding a great many deaths among the Great Xia army soldiers.] ``` ``` [In the seventeenth year, you remain active on the battlefield, relying on your formidable strength and your miraculous swordsmanship, bing the nightmare of all demons at Demon-Subduing Pass.] ``` ``` [Your understanding of Sword Intent grows ever stronger, and with a surge of your sword''s radiance, a single stroke could cut mountains and split rivers.] ``` ``` [Wherever your sword''s radiance passes, the ground even lifts to form a trench tens of meters deep.] ``` ``` [With your power alone, once your sword''s radiance falls into the Demonic Beast army, you can wipe out hundreds of Grandmaster Level Demonic Beasts in a single breath!] ``` ``` [Because of your presence, the pressure on Demon-Subduing Pass''s defenders diminishes greatly; soldiers regard you as the war deity of Demon-Subduing Pass.] ``` ``` [Meanwhile, you did not neglect your cultivation; with continuous consumption of Flesh Essence, you feel you are not far from reaching the ninthyer of the Divine Strength Realm.] ``` ``` [In the eighteenth year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level finally takes a step further; you sessfully break through to be a ninthyer Divine Strength Realm cultivator!] ``` Seeing this, Su Xing''s expression turned somewhat excited. Indeed, just as he had anticipated, consuming Royal n Demonic Beast Flesh Essence greatly elerated the pace of cultivationpared to that of an ordinary Demon Emperor. It had taken him eleven whole years to advance from the seventh to the eighthyer of the Divine Strength Realm. Yet it had taken just a mere seven years to progress from the eighth to the ninthyer! The pace of cultivation had increased by no small margin! Additionally, the power of Sword Intent gave Su Xing quite a shock. Before, although his swordsmanship was decent, he sorelycked methods for attacking multiple enemies at once. But now, having grasped Sword Intent, he could unleash sword radiance, which not only had an extremely long range but was also powerful enough to shatter armies of Demonic Beasts! ``` "Tch tch, a single surge of sword radiance can kill hundreds of Grandmaster Level Demonic Beasts... Indeed, to a true strong one, numbers are useless!" ``` Su Xing felt some emotion. Clearly, if Su Xing were strong enough, reaching Return to Void, Integration Phase, Mahayana... or even achieving Immortality, these endless Demonic Beasts at Demon-Subduing Pass might seem insignificant in Su Xing''s eyes. ``` "In the end, it stilles down to needing greater strength!" Chapter 190: Chapter 146 Human Sword Perfect, Strength Skyrockets! (5k)_3 Su Xing sighed with emotion and felt a bit of curiosity. "Divine Strength Realm Nine Layers, strength reaching fifty thousand tons, strength increased by thirty percent... With my current strength, I wonder if I can try to battle against two royal n Demon Emperors?" There was some anticipation in Su Xing''s heart. "It took a full seven years to advance from the eighth to the ninthyer of the Divine Strength Realm, and now, with less than seven years left until the twenty-five-year deadline, it might be difficult to achieveplete mastery of the Divine Strength Realm..." "But if I could cultivate the Human Sword to perfection, fully grasp the Sword Intent, its enhancement to my strength would still be considerable!" With these thoughts, Su Xing looked towards the simtion panel. [In the neenth year, after breaking through to the ninthyer of the Divine Strength Realm, you had unprecedented confidence in yourself, believing that beneath the legendary level, you had few rivals.] [Therefore, you released a message, stating that since the Demon Race had no strong opponents, you were willing to challenge two royal n Demon Emperors at the same time.] [As soon as the message was released, it provoked a strong reaction from the Demon Race, and those of the royal n took great pride in their honor. They saw your action as an insult to them.] [Consequently, the Demon Race issued a bounty on you, with not only traitors from the Descending Sectunching assassination attempts at you but also legendary level Demonic Beasts making repeated attempts to y you.] [Fortunately, you held a high status among the Human Race, not only protected by the legendary figure Luo Shuying, but even the legendary warriors from the military were covertly watching over you.] [Thus, those legendary level Demonic Beasts were intercepted by them, allowing you a rtively fair fighting environment.] [In the twentieth year, after your continuous provocations, finally, two royal n Demonic Beasts agreed to join forces to challenge you.] [They were a ferocious Rhino n beast and a speedy Lion n beast!] [You had already in many from the Rhino n and knew their racial abilities like the back of your hand, but the Lion n was notoriously swift, making them quite troublesome for you to deal with.] [However, you were very confident in your strength, believing that even when facing two royal n Demon Emperors, there would be no threat to your life.] [Thus, under the pressure of the two royal n Demon Emperors, you began to hone your swordsmanship.] [Yet, you still underestimated the pressure from the two royal n Demon Emperors; under their joint offensive, you were nearly forced into a passive defense, unable to mount an effective counterattack.] [In the first battle, you and the two royal n Demon Emperors fought for an entire day and night, and you were wounded in dozens of ces.] [You felt that if it continued this way, you would truly die here, but thankfully, Luo Shuying arrived just in time to assist you, and you returned to Demon-Subduing Pass.] [Over the following month, you healed your wounds within Demon-Subduing Pass. Although you lost to the two Demon Emperors, your grasp of swordsmanship improved rapidly.] [Within this month, you invoked the talent "The Great Wisdom in Foolishness," keeping yourself in a state of seeming ignorance.] [Once your injuries were healed, you once again challenged the same two royal n Demon Emperors.] [As expected,pared to the previous disarray, this time you managed much more smoothly.] [And with the blessing of the Great Wisdom State, yourprehension soared, and your understanding of Sword Intent progressively and rapidly improved.] [This battlested a full three days and three nights, and in the end, you narrowly lost to thebined forces of the two Demon Emperors.] [You returned once again to Demon-Subduing Pass to heal, and for the next month, you remained in a state of feigned simplicity.] [After your injuries had healed, you sought out the two royal n Demon Emperors once again.] [The great battle was imminent, and in the state of Great Wisdom, yourprehension of Sword Intent improved bit by bit over time.] [From beingpletely overwhelmed in the first battle to now being evenly matched!] [Relying on your unparalleled swordsmanship, you were now able to fight alone against two royal n Demon Emperors without falling behind at all.] [And the Demon Emperors of the Ferocious Rhinoceros Tribe and the Yellow Lion Tribe were shocked, they racked their brains and still could notprehend how your strength could have improved so massively in a mere three months!] [Thus, the great battle endured for three days and three nights.] [It was only after the Great Wisdom State had ended that you calmly returned to the Demon-Subduing Pass to begin healing your wounds.] [Compared to before, the injuries you suffered this time were much lighter, and you had fully recovered in just under a week. With the remaining time, you umted "The Great Wisdom in Foolishness" duration while refining some elixirs.] Su Xing, seeing this, slight smile tugging at his lips, said: "Haha, I''ve turned the Royal n Demon Emperors into tools for grinding swordsmanship experience, huh!" "Through the boost of the Great Wisdom State, myprehension of Sword Intent progressed by leaps and bounds each day, and maintaining the state of ''The Great Wisdom in Foolishness'' during recovery did not affect the healing of my injuries!" "It really is killing two birds with one stone!" Su Xing, feeling a surge of excitement, thought that at this rate, he might soon be able to defeat both Royal n Demon Emperors at once and achieve a breakthrough in the Unity of Man and Sword! With this in mind, Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the simtion panel. [A monthter, you found those two Royal n Demon Emperors once again, and a battle was imminent!] [This time, you were overwhelmingly dominating the two Demon Emperors throughout the fight. Despite their numerical advantage, they were brought to the brink of disaster by your swordsmanship.] [But these two Demon Emperors were not weak, they adopted a tactic of trading blow for blow!] [Demonic Beasts'' huge bodies possess a regenerative capability far beyond what the Human Race can match, and these were two Royal n Demon Emperors, whose healing powers far surpassed that of ordinary Demon Race.] [Even though you were a Body Refinement Cultivator, the speed of your injury recovery was still slightly inferior to theirs.] [The battlested for three days and nights, and in the end, you and the two beasts were all covered in blood!] [The wounds you suffered were severe, but the two Demon Emperors were also gravely injured.] [Seeing that the two Royal n Demon Emperors were contemting retreat, wanting to flee the battlefield.] [But you had no intention of letting them have their way. Should they escape this time, you probably would not have another opportunity to refine your swordsmanship like this.] [So, fate hanging by a thread from your grievous injuries, you unleashed onest Sword Intent!] [This strike was the most powerful you had ever delivered. Even though you were weighed down by serious wounds, the Sword Intent encapsted an unstoppable conviction, holding no fear of life or death, which far exceeded your past self!] [With one swing, mountains crumbled, and the earth split open, leaving a chasm hundreds of meters long and bottomless on the ground!] [That strike shattered the final resolve of the two Demon Emperors!] [The sword light swept across the body of the Ferocious Rhinoceros Tribe''s Demon Emperor, bisecting it with one cut, its life and dao extinguished.] [As you watched the descent of your de, your mind seemed to ponder, and you entered a mysterious state.] [There was no time to care about anything else; you immediately retreated into the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [Embracing this profound moment of enlightenment, you began to practice swordsmanship, forgetful of all else.] [This enlightenment persisted for one day and one night!] [A dayter, when you came to, you discovered to your astonishment that your Human Sword had finally reached perfection!] [At the same time, you hadpletely mastered Sword Intent!] Chapter 191: Chapter 147: The Shortage of Mimic Energy, Su Xings Plan (5k) ``` "Atst, the Human Sword has reached perfection..." Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief, a faint smile on his lips. "This simtion, with less than five years left, it seems unrealistic to expect a breakthrough to Great Perfection in the Divinity Transformation Stage..." "However, achieving perfection in the Human Sword is a pleasant surprise, and has significantly boosted mybat strength!" With the Human Sword perfected and Sword Intentprehended, Su Xing could evenbat two Royal n Demon Emperors alone! Such strength made facing Damned Zong not a guarantee of victory but very close to it. His gaze shifted to the simtion panel. [Afterprehending Sword Intent, you did not linger, but instead returned to the heart of the Demon-Subduing Pass.] [Next, you were far from ck, casting your sights on the Earth Sword within the Three Talents Sword Technique.] [The Earth Sword, borrowing the power of heaven and earth, can lead to victory over Legendarybatants if one achieves great skill!] [However, the cultivation of the Earth Sword is much more challenging than you imagined; previously you had merely memorized the training method but failed to grasp its underlying principles.] [So, you had to spend a great deal of timeprehending the path of the Earth Sword.] [In the twenty-first year, you spent four hours every day fighting enemies within the Demon-Subduing Pass to alleviate the pressure on the soldiers, dedicating the rest of your time to grasping the essentials of the Earth Sword''s cultivation.] [Gradually, you grasped the basics of the Earth Sword, further enhancing your swordsmanship.] [In the twenty-second year, yourprehension of the Earth Sword deepened; though not yet a master, you moved beyond rote memory to a genuine understanding of its profound mysteries.] [In the twenty-third year, you faced the enemy on the battlefield with your sword, deepening yourprehension of the Earth Sword through realbat.] [In the twenty-fourth year, your cultivation level remained at the ninthyer of the Divine Strength Realm even if you consumed the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors daily, realizing that a breakthrough was hopeless, so you focused even more on understanding the Earth Sword.] [In the twenty-fifth year, the situation at the Demon-Subduing Pass grew increasingly dire; many of the Human Race''s strong fighters died in battle, but fortunately, you alone were the equal of dozens of Martial Emperorbatants, preventing the Pass from falling immediately.] [You continued to grasp the Earth Sword''s cultivation essentials through relentlessbat, finally absorbing all the knowledge you hadmitted to memory, and you mastered the entry-level principles of the Earth Sword.] [That same year, hundreds of Legendary Demon Beasts attacked the Demon-Subduing Pass; despite struggling with all your might, you could only barely hold one off, eventually leading to the fall of the Pass, and you died there.] [Your Primordial Spirit left your body but was soon crushed by the Legendary Demon Beast.] [Your Purple Talent ''The Great Wisdom in Foolishness'' activates involuntarily...] [Ding, simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing exhaled deeply. This time, instead of choosing to venture into the ughter Battlefield, he decided to steadily enhance his own strength. After all, the ughter Battlefield was too dangerous. With Su Xing''s current strength, it was nothing but a waste of effort. At the very least, he would need to possess Legendary Level strength to venture there. "Although I wasn''t able to reach Great Perfection in the Divine Strength Realm, the Human Sword reached perfection, and I''ve made a start on the Earth Sword. All in all, it''s quite good!" Su Xing nodded in satisfaction, his gaze turning to the rewards of this simtion. [The Great Wisdom in Foolishness]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Ten Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insight, priced at 500,000 energy points. [Divine Strength Realm Ninth Layer Cultivation Level]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, priced at 20 million energy points. [Twenty Years of Combat Experience at the Demon-Subduing Pass]: Enhances one''sbat abilities and slightly increases theprehension of the intent to ughter, priced at 10 million energy points. [Three Talents Sword Technique (Human Sword perfected, Earth Sword initiated)]: Contains partial insights into the Immortal-level Sword Cultivator''s Cultivation Technique "Three Talents Sword Technique", including aplete understanding of the first phase, Human Sword, and entry-levelprehension of the second phase, Earth Sword, allowing one toprehend Sword Intent, priced at 30 million energy points. Su Xing nced over the reward list, an expression of realization dawning on his face. "It seems thatbat experience can be umted, huh? Not only does it enhancebat capabilities, but it also improves subsequentprehension of the intent to ughter... As for the cost of the required energy, it seems to be determined based on how much it contributes to my improvement..." While Su Xing didn''t know the use of further developing the embryonic form of the intent to ughter, his intuition told him it would have significant applications in the future. "Besides..." Su Xing''s gaze fixed on thest item, the Three Talents Sword Technique reward, a glimmer of excitement in his eyes. "This Three Talents Sword Technique is actually a Sword Cultivator''s Cultivation Technique? It turns out that the swordsmanship texts were right - reaching perfection with the Heavenly Sword can indeed lead one to be a Sword Immortal!" Excitement filled Su Xing''s eyes. This was about bing a Sword Cultivator! A Sword Cultivator''s path diverges from Body Cultivation and Qi Refinement, focusing on theprehension of the sword! But once reaching a certain level, a Sword Cultivator can even y Immortals! "Sword Immortals, among the Immortals, must be exceedingly powerful entities, right?" Su Xing nodded slightly, not hesitating as he silently dered: "I choose to take with me the talent ''The Great Wisdom in Foolishness'' and theprehension from cultivating the Three Talents Sword Technique!" [You have sessfully taken the Purple Talent ''The Great Wisdom in Foolishness'', spending 1 million energy points, remaining energy points 37.93 million.] [Detection of a simr type of talent ''Quick-minded'', recing automatically...] [You have sessfully brought out theprehension of the Three Talents Sword Technique (Human Sword perfected, Earth Sword initiated), spending 30 million energy points, remaining energy points 7.93 million.] As the notification sound faded, two mysterious forces entered Su Xing''s body. The next second, numerous memory fragments emerged in Su Xing''s mind. Among these memory fragments were insights into the Human Sword, reaching the level of perfection! By the same token, the parts of the Earth Sword cultivation that Su Xing had memorized began to be gradually understood and deeplyprehended within his mind; although unable to disy it yet, his understanding of the Earth Sword had be profound. ``` Chapter 152: Chapter 131: Sudden Insight Triggered, Infant Tempering Pill Success! (Second Update) [As for Damned Zong''s inquiry, you kept your lips sealed.] [But this only made Damned Zong more certain that you must have used the Body-Snatching Technique.] [Damned Zong proposed to exchange a technique for seeking benefits and avoiding harms in return for your Body-Snatching Technique.] [But how could you know any Body-Snatching? Thus, you continued to look at him with an icy face, remaining silent.] [Damned Zong, having no other choice, had to settle for less and expressed his willingness to trade treasures for the Life Extension Pill in your possession, he even offered to introduce you to a powerful and mysterious organization.] Su Xing was stunned for a moment when he saw this; he finally understood why Damned Zong was looking for him. So he wanted to extend his lifespan!?! "Thinking it over, Damned Zong has lived for over two thousand years, even if he spent more than a thousand years in a suspended state after taking Huang Quan Pills, he must not have many years of life left... So that''s why he thought of buying Lifespan Extension Pills?" "However, this seems to be a good opportunity to enter the Descending Sect, this way, I won''t need to drag junior sister Wang Qingxuan down with me..." Su Xing sighed softly; for Wang Qingxuan, joining the Descending Sect might not be a good thing. If Su Xing could join through other means, that would naturally be better. With that thought, Su Xing looked at the simtion panel. [You agreed to Damned Zong''s request, using two Life Extension Pills to trade for many precious Spiritual Medicines from him.] [Afterward, you joined the ranks of the Descending Sect with Damned Zong.] [Upon entering the Descending Sect, your formidable strength shocked all the Elders, and with Damned Zong''s rmendation, you quickly gained the trust of the higher-ups of the Descending Sect, rising to the status of an Elder-level figure just after joining.] [The Descending Sect informed you that if you perform well, you were guaranteed a promotion to Protector level, with even more benefits toe.] [But you didn''t care about any of these promises; you were only thinking about how to empty the Sect''s treasury of medicines.] [So you contacted Luo Shuying privately. Luo Shuying was initially hostile towards you because she thought you were part of Damned Zong''s faction.] [But only after you exined everything to her and spoke the secret code did Luo Shuying believe you.] [Having gained Luo Shuying''s trust, you repeated your old tricks, having Luo Shuying help you acquire the Spiritual Medicines in the treasury.] [After sessfully obtaining the Spiritual Medicines, you began concocting Elixirs.] [First, you concocted Soul Condensing Pills and in just half a year, you made thousands of them. After giving a part of these to Luo Shuying, you consumed the rest to find ways to enhance your Divine Sense.] [During these six months, on the surface, you addressed Damned Zong as a brother, but in fact, you were covertly in contact with Luo Shuying, considering when would be the best time to kill the old dog.] [In the second year, thanks to the plentiful Soul Condensing Pills, the strength of your Divine Sense skyrocketed to a full two hundred zhang!] [At the same time, you began to prepare early concoctions of Essence-Nourishing Pills, Origin Martial Pills, and even Divine Strength Pills.] [In the third year, with Luo Shuying''s help, you almost emptied the treasury of its medicines. You felt the time was ripe and decided it was time to defect from the Descending Sect!] [So, you picked an auspicious day, and even had dinner with Damned Zong before you left. The next day, you and Luo Shuying defected to the Great Xia Military.] [The Great Xia Military was initially skeptical of you, given that you previously annihted the ck Dragon Commerce Guild and then turned to join the enemy, the Descending Sect; it was hard for them to trust you.] [But when you presented them with one hundred thousand Elixirs, the Great Xia Militarypletely trusted you, even regarding you as a hero of the Human Race!] [Soon after, the major powers of Great Xia Country learned of your return, but they did not dare to offend you because you were now part of the high ranks of the Great Xia Military!] [In Great Xia Country, no matter how powerful a force is, it must submit to Great Xia Country, because the military, with the most formidable fighters, is the uncrowned king!] [Thus these forces sent gifts to you, offering apologies, but you were hardly interested.] [At the same time, when the Descending Sect learned of your and Luo Shuying''s defection, they immediately issued a bounty, wanting to mobilize the Sect''s entire force to kill you.] [And Protector Zong, since he had rmended you, was implicated, lost trust, and was also pursued by the Descending Sect.] Su Xingughed when he saw this. "Well, that''s a surprise, I managed to trick Damned Zong before leaving!" "Tsk tsk, it looks like in the future Damned Zong could introduce me into the Descending Sect... This deal was worth it!" Su Xing thought slyly, his gaze returning to the simtion panel. [Afterward, you focused on concocting Elixirs. In two years, you had made tens of thousands of them, including batches of Origin Martial Pills, and even Divine Strength Pills!] [You added tens of thousands of Grandmaster Level, hundreds of Heavenly King, and even dozens of Martial Emperor Level powerhouses to Great Xia Country!] [Suddenly, all forces trembled with fear, worried you might seek revenge, and the Great Xia Military attached great importance to you, took care of your emotions, and nearly fulfilled all your requests.] [In the fifth year, besides concocting pills, you spent your days cultivating and enhancing your Divine Sense.] [That year, your Divine Sense expanded to five hundred zhang, already equivalent to the peak range of an ordinary Nascent Soul''s Divine Sense!] [In the sixth year, you ordered your subordinates to gather precious spiritual medicine from the Great Xia treasury.] [You used these medicines to refine many elixirs, which enhanced the strength of Great Xia Country. Meanwhile, another stick of Condensing Spirit Wood also came into your possession, and you used it to make many Soul Condensing Pills.] [In the seventh year, after exhausting most of your medicinal materials, you were finally able to focus on attempting to refine the Infant Tempering Pill!] [The refining of the Infant Tempering Pill was not difficult; it was even simpler than the Divine Strength Pill among the mid-grade elixirs.] [The only headache was the limited amount of medicinal materials you had at your disposal: ten Phoenix Tail Grasses and thirty Snow Bone Ginsengs. Even with careful nning, you could at most only refine fifty batches of the Infant Tempering Pill.] [In other words, you must learn the Infant Tempering Pill within these fifty batches!] [This undoubtedly ced a great deal of pressure on you, so you began to endlessly simte the refining process in your mind, ensuring that no mistakes were made, before you finally started the actual refining process.] [You spent a day refining the first batch of Infant Tempering Pills, and unsurprisingly, you failed.] [After the failure, instead of immediately trying again, you spent three days contemting the details of the process.] [Only after determining that you had gained some insights did you attempt to refine the next batch of Infant Tempering Pills.] [In one month, you refined seven batches, and unquestionably, all seven failed, amounting to nothing but waste.] [But you maintained yourposure, knowing that mastering mid-grade elixirs would note easily. Since each attempt was an improvement, you steadied your emotions and continued refining.] [In the second month, you refined five batches of Infant Tempering Pills, all failures!] [In the third month, you refined seven batches of Infant Tempering Pills, and as expected, all failed!] [In the following months, besides cultivating, you fixed a schedule to refine elixirs. Despite never having seeded, your understanding of the Infant Tempering Pill rapidly improved.] [Finally, thanks to your innate talent in alchemy, one day you sessfully refined three Infant Tempering Pills, and your skills in refining them reached the introductory level!] Su Xing let out a sigh of relief, knowing that once he reached the introductory level, the rest would be manageable.] [This means that learning the Infant Tempering Pill wouldn''t be difficult; if not on the first try, then with two or three simtions, you would certainly learn it.] [Thinking this, Su Xing turned to the simtion panel.] [Unexpectedly, the next simtions brought Su Xing a pleasant surprise!] [After entering the introductory stage of refining the Infant Tempering Pill, you still had half of your materials left. Hence, you would refine a batch every now and then, hoping to further improve your proficiency.] [One day, while refining the Infant Tempering Pill, a sudden epiphany caused time to seemingly slow down, and your mind was flooded with endless inspiration. You triggered a state of enlightenment!] [Upon realizing this, you became ecstatic and took advantage of the state of enlightenment to crazily improve your proficiency in refining the Infant Tempering Pill.] [Unfortunately, the enlightenment state did notst long, only a single day.] [Nevertheless, your proficiency in refining the Infant Tempering Pill progressed rapidly, reaching an aplished level, and you were even a step away from the Mahayana level!] [You looked at the several shiny Infant Tempering Pills before you, feeling an urge to take them to condense a perfect Nascent Soul.] [However, you resisted. Although sessful, these pills were of ordinary quality, not the finest. You decided to hold back, waiting to refine the finest Infant Tempering Pill before using it to advance.] Su Xing was somewhat excited.] "Well now, triggered a random enlightenment just like that?" "Damn, that''s some good luck! Only one simtion in and my alchemy skills for the Infant Tempering Pill are nearly at the Mahayana level."] Su Xing originally thought that it would take at least two or three simtions to master the Infant Tempering Pill. But judging by the current situation, perhaps in the next simtion, he would be able to refine the finest Infant Tempering Pill and attempt to condense a perfect Nascent Soul!] "Tsk tsk, it seems like for this simtion, I should focus on alchemy skills. If that''s the case, why not learn a few more low-level elixirs..."] [With a n in mind, Su Xing''s gaze returned to the simtion panel.] [After experiencing the epiphany with the Infant Tempering Pill, you knew that refining elixirs was your main task going forward.] [So you dedicated every day to enhancing your alchemy skills.] [In the same year, your Divine Sense expanded to a range of six hundred zhang!] [In the eighth year, you improved your refining skills for the Illuminating Mirror Pill substantially, advancing to the Mahayana level.] [That year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level broke through, and you became a dualyer Divine Strength Realm cultivator.] [In the ninth year, Jin Congxue helped you gather numerous millenary medicinal herbs, so you decided to work on improving your Life Extension Pill techniques.] [You took a year to advance your Life Extension Pill techniques to the Mahayana level, capable of refining the finest-quality Life Extension Pills.] [The effect of the finest-quality Life Extension Pill was double that of normal ones, able to extend life by six years, its efficacy almost reaching that of the Lifespan Extension Pill!] [In the tenth year, your Divine Sense strength further increased, with a range reaching eight hundred zhang!] Chapter 193: Chapter 147: The Shortage of Mimic Energy, Su Xings Plan (5k)_3 ``` "But if we take a ne directly to Guang Province, it will probably take about a day... The problem is that flight information can be easily discovered, leaving traces and clues!" Su Xing pointed at several cities on the map with his finger and quickly found the most secure method. "Perhaps, we could first take a ne to a city near Guang Province and then cover the remaining few hundred kilometers on foot; that would be the most covert!" Su Xing nodded slightly, put away the map, and looked at the medicinal herbs in front of him. "Then next, it''s time to concoct the Life Extension Pill!" A thought struck Su Xing, and he took out the Pill Furnace, beginning the alchemy process for the elixirs. The concoction of the Life Extension Pill was not difficult, ranking as simple among the lower-grade elixirs. The challengey in the rarity of the ingredients, with millennium ginseng, fleece-flower root, and other herbs being scarce in the mundane world. He ced the ingredients inside, added an appropriate amount of Spiritual Spring water, and utilized the Spiritual Energy to stimte the process... In less than two hours, Su Xing had crafted a batch of enticing, rounded Life Extension Pills. With thepletion of the alchemy, Su Xing opened the Pill Furnace, and his eyes lit up. "Lucky day! A total of seven pills, and among them, there are actually three top-quality Life Extension Pills!" The Life Extension Pills were the size of a dragon''s eye, presenting a light green color and exuding a rich vitality. Su Xing quickly took out a jade box to store the pills, preventing the medicinal properties from dissipating. Afterward, Su Xing spent another half hour concocting a batch of "Voice-Changing Pills." The Voice-Changing Pill was a trivial thing with no rank, designed to let one freely alter their voice. Even a man could emit a woman''s voice without any detectable abnormality. Combined with the Breath-Concealing Pill and Disguise Pill, not even the Heavenly King himself would be able to discover Su Xing''s identity! Having done all this, Su Xing exited the Spirit Field Blessed Land, took out his phone, and prepared to buy a ne ticket to Fudong Province, which was the closest to Guang Province. But after some searching, he found that the tickets from Kyoto to Fudong Province were sold out. Su Xing was momentarily stunned and eximed, "Damn, overlooked that detail!" Just then, a text message from Jin Congxue arrived on Su Xing''s phone. "Boss, I''m heading back to Jinling City now~ Bye~" Upon reading this message, a notion struck Su Xing, and he inquired: "How are you getting back to Jinling City?" Jin Congxue replied instantly: "Of course, by private ne~ (wink.jpg)" Indeed, such outrageous extravagance! Su Xing checked the tickets from Jinling City to Fudong Province. As expected, there were tickets for tonight''s flight! Thus, Su Xing replied to Jin Congxue: "Wait for me a bit, I have something to do in Jinling City. Can I hitch a ride?" Jin Congxue responded promptly: "Sure! Waiting for you~" So Su Xing quickly packed up and headed to the location agreed upon with Jin Congxue. The ne soon took off... Inside the luxurious private ne, Jin Congxue lounged in her homely pajamas, looking incrediblyzy and seductive. "Yo, big boss... What''s keeping you busy in Jinling City?" Seeing Jin Congxue''s seductive face, Su Xing coughed lightly, feeling it best that she remains unaware for the time being, so he said: "Cough, cough, nothing much... just going out for some fun..." Jin Congxue knew Su Xing was brushing her off, so she rolled her eyes and didn''t inquire further. Throughout the journey, Su Xing and Jin Congxue chatted off and on, with their rtionship warming up once again. The ne soon arrived in Jinling City. After a brief farewell with Jin Congxue, Su Xing headed non-stop to the airport. ... Several hourster, Su Xing appeared in the mountains of Fudong Province. He looked up at the sky; it was just the early afternoon. Su Xing then began to disguise himself, swallowing a Disguise Pill, a Voice-Changing Pill, and a Breath-Concealing Pill, and using the special techniques of a Body Refinement Cultivator, he slightly altered his skeletal structure and height. Minutester, Su Xing''s appearance hadpletely transformed, with not a trace of his original self visible. After making sure nothing had been overlooked, Su Xing set off in the right direction, hurrying towards Guang Province. An hourter, Su Xing arrived outside the Baili Estate and took in the sight of the luxuriousplex, feeling somewhat emotional. "Worthy of a top-tier business association, the heritage of a thousand-year-old family... That extravagantly inhuman aura!" After a brief reflection, Su Xing released his Divine Sense, and the movements within the Baili Estate became crystal clear to him in an instant. "Sheesh, worthy of a top-tier business association. I didn''t expect that within the Baili Estate there would be three Martial Emperor level powerhouses in hiding!" Su Xing had a thought, realizing such a top-level association would naturally have its own trump cards and dependencies. Martial Emperor level powerhouses were almost the pinnacle of public strength for the Human Race; those above Legendary Level rarely acted. And these Martial Emperors were evidently the Baili Business Association''s retainers. Whether high-priced hires or nurtured from within their own lineage. "Indeed, there''s nothing simple about top-tier business associations!" With a light sigh, Su Xing began to search for the chief of the Baili Estate, Baili Qi''s presence. A short whileter, in the deepest part of the Baili Estate, Su Xing detected a decaying presence, indicating a life nearing its end. "Hmm... Judging by this aura, he must have lived for over five hundred years. His time is running out, and it seems he has been sustained until today by taking a variety of life-prolonging medicines... This must be Baili Tu!" Su Xing had a thought, sneaking quietly into the mansion towards Baili Tu''s location. Soon, Su Xing reached the outside of Baili Tu''s room, circumvented two Heavenly King level guards with ease, and slipped into the house. Looking at the withered old man lying on the bed, his life force flickering like a dying me, Su Xing mused: "This must be the current head of the Baili family, Baili Tu, right?" Just as Su Xing was about to beat others to the punch and negotiate a deal with Baili Tu. Unexpectedly, the spent and near-death Baili Tu suddenly opened his eyes, and his faint voice reached Su Xing''s ears. "I wonder why the elder hase in person... what is the matter?" ``` Chapter 154: Chapter 133: New Talent, Seek Good Fortune and Avoid Disaster! (First Update) "Moreover, among the cultivators of Blue Star, I am the only one, which means those professionals simply cannot detect my Divine Sense probing. This makes the practicality of Divine Sense even more outstanding!" Su Xing even extended Divine Sense into the principal''s office, and the principal of Kyoto Academy, a Legendary Level professional, was unable to sense the Divine Sense. This fact shows how covert Divine Sense is. He carefully felt out the new power he had obtained. After confirming that there was no one around, Su Xing released Divine Sense again and re-entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land. Once inside the Spirit Field Blessed Land, Su Xing began his daily alchemy life. "Ah, the future is bright! Besides making money through alchemy right now, there''s an endless future of making money through alchemy!" Su Xing sighed. "Well, it''s the beginning of starting a business, and it''s okay to endure some hardship, as it''s all for the sake of strivingter!" For the following week, Su Xing still spent his time in a frenzy of alchemy. In one week, he once again produced six thousand elixirs! Su Xing took the newly produced elixirs and prepared to go out to find Jin Congxue. "Right, at this distance, my Divine Sense should be able to reach there, right?" Su Xing stood at the school gate and sent his Divine Sense toward the vi he often visited. The vi was only about three kilometers away from Kyoto Academy. Su Xing easily saw all the movements of everyone in the vi. "Hmm, the butler and the chef are preparing lunch..." "Eh, what''s Jin Congxue doing?" Within Su Xing''s sense, Jin Congxue seemed to be in the bathroom getting ready to take a bath, her cheeks red and she appeared to be somewhat nervous. Her fair skin, her long legs... "Cough cough, no peeping, no peeping!" Su Xing quickly withdrew his Divine Sense, deep in thought. "Tsk tsk, does she need to be so nervous? We see each other almost every week; why is she still so excited?" Su Xing thought about how he looked when he went to her vi, often working on alchemy for a week straight; to say he was disheveled might be an understatement, but he definitely looked unkempt. Yet, it seemed that Jin Congxue looked forward to their meetings each time and had made an effort to dress up specially. "s, the favor of beauty is the hardest to repay!" Su Xing sighed. He would have loved nothing more than to be a quietly handsome man, engaging in a sweet romance. But knowing the apocalypse wasing, how could Su Xing have any reason not to work hard? Soon, Su Xing arrived at the vi. Jin Congxue had finished her shower and changed her clothes by then, her face slightly made up, her graceful figure and gorgeous temperament causing Su Xing a stir. "Pshaw, you little pervert, where are you looking?" Jin Congxue snorted with a blush on her face. "Cough cough, let''s eat, eat!" Su Xing quickly changed the subject, devouring his meal. After satisfying his hunger, Su Xing sat back contentedly in his chair, took out the elixirs he had made that week, and handed them to Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue took the elixirs and handed over a storage ring to Su Xing, saying, "Because of therge quantity of Nourishing Face Pills recently, the market has be somewhat saturated, so the price of the elixirs has dropped slightly..." "But you know, with ample financial support, Tarot Commerce Association has new business expansions every week." "Here, this is this week''s goods!" Su Xing took the storage ring Jin Congxue passed him and scanned it with Divine Sense. Goodness, there was fifty percent more goods than before! Testing the contained energy with the simtor showed that this week''s goods were close to 15 million energy points! "Hisss~ Indeed, just selling elixirs to make money has no future! It''s better to run amerce association to make money by getting people to work on equipment, and items; that is the way to sustainability!" Su Xing thought to himself. Seeing the surprise in Su Xing''s eyes, Jin Congxue chuckled, "I didn''t expect the Tarot Society to have such huge potential for development. It is almost stepping into the ranks of first-ssmerce associations... We''ve been especially lucky recently, striking a few big deals!" Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this, thinking to himself that this must be an enhancement from his good fortune talent. Jin Congxue then reported to Su Xing on the development of the Tarot Society. "Now, we''ve nearly thirty thousand bronze and silver-level fighters at our disposal. We''re getting no less than a million white-quality equipment every week, plus with the purchasing..." "The recovery situation for Instance Dungeon Items is also good, since we offer about ten percent more than the average market price..." "The signing for instance dungeon mining areas is still ongoing, but in two or three months at the earliest, they can be officially put into production." "As for the thousand-year ginseng and other ingredients you requestedst time... they are still being collected, such items are not easy to obtain!" Su Xing yawned nonchntly, uninterested in these business matters, as long as he could get energy every week. Jin Congxue noticed Su Xing''s indifferent attitude and muttered, "Are you even listening? You have no clue about themerce association''s affairs. You could be sold off without knowing it!" Su Xing chuckled in response, wheedling, "How could that be? Isn''t that because I trust you? All the business stuff is up to you. Even if you line your own pockets, as long as you''re happy, that''s all that matters!" Jin Congxue felt touched again by Su Xing''s serious look and his trust in her. After chatting some more, Su Xing returned to the school and entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land instance. Exchanging the new week''s goods for energy, Su Xing''s energy pool once again neared 45 million points! On the afternoon of May 20, 2024, Su Xing promptly initiated the thirty-seventh simtion. "Begin simtion!" Chapter 155: Chapter 133: New Talent, Seek Good Fortune and Avoid Disaster! (Second Update) [Ding! This simtion used up 3,700 energy points, 44.98 million points remaining, with unlimited simtion attempts left.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, and drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?] "Draw the purple talent!" Su Xing said boldly, for him now, 100,000 energy points were just pocket change. [Congrattions on obtaining the purple talent: Seek Fortune and Avoid Misfortune!] "Hmm? Seek Fortune and Avoid Misfortune... This talent seems quite interesting!" Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the description of the talent. [Seek Fortune and Avoid Misfortune]: Purple Talent, you have an inherent fate protection that keeps misfortune at bay. When encounter unlucky events, you often manage to turn danger into safety. Description: An airne crashes from tens of thousands of meters in the air, but you miss the flight due to a traffic jam; A massive ship sinks to the bottom of the ocean, yet you get picked up early by a rescue boat because of seasickness-induced diarrhea. Su Xing thoughtfully considered the "Seek Fortune and Avoid Misfortune" talent in front of him. His first thought was that this thing seemed to be a perfect match with the previously obtained talent "I Can''t Be the Only Unlucky One!" "Goodness, ''I Can''t Be the Only Unlucky One'' is like a nuclear weapon that ignores friends and foes, strong but with too many side effects... But this Seek Fortune and Avoid Misfortune seems to resolve that!" Su Xing''s eyes lit up as if he had discovered abo between talents! Entering the Descending Sect alone, he made the entire sect extinct without anyone noticing, and he left unscathed... "Sss, this looks very promising!" Su Xing was very interested in this Seek Fortune and Avoid Misfortune talent. "But to see how effective this talent really is, I''ll have to check future simtions..." His gaze turned towards the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize you are in a simtion.] [You attempt to use your Seek Fortune and Avoid Misfortune talent, but since your luck has always been good and you haven''t encountered any misfortunes, it can''t be disyed.] [So you deliberately go to a herb shop and buy two catties of arsenic, gulping it down.] [With your Divine Strength Realm physique, the arsenic has no effect on you whatsoever.] [However, weirdly, after drinking a catty of arsenic, you end up with diarrhea. So you confront the shop owner with the arsenic.] [Just then, the market management bureau happens to pass by, they verify the arsenic is actually expired, and the shop owner has topensate you with half a million.] Su Xing chuckled when he saw this, eximing in surprise: "Is this Seek Fortune and Avoid Misfortune talent truly divine?" "If I were an ordinary person, eating this arsenic would mean I wouldn''t die but just get diarrhea and make half a million?" Su Xing continued to test withughter. [You go to the bank to withdraw money and run into robbers, but the robbers forget to load bullets in their guns, and you subdue them with one move, earning the "Good Citizen of the City" award!] [You go swimming in the river and get bitten by a harmless snake, which is identified by the biological association as a species extinct for two thousand years, earning you a substantial mary reward.] [You jump off a high-rise building...] After several attempts, Su Xing finally confirmed. The talent does not activate under normal circumstances, only triggering in dangerous situations or when luck is not on his side, helping Su Xing turn danger into safety. Consecutive brushes with death, yet Su Xing suffers no losses; on the contrary, he gains several rewards. "Tsk tsk, it seems this talent really does make a perfect match with ''I Can''t Be the Only Unlucky One''!" Su Xing muttered to himself, ready to start the normal simtion. [After testing the new talent, you are very satisfied and begin your routine alchemy.] [A monthter, Jin Congxue handed over the collected medicinal ingredients to you, and you used them to refine five top-quality Life Extension Pills.] [For safety''s sake, this time you did not publicly seek out the Baili Business Association.] [After learning the location of the Baili Business Association, you took a Disguise Pill and a Breath-Concealing Pill to ensure your true identity would not be exposed, then headed to Guang Province.] [On a dark and windy night, you entered the Baili family''s courtyard alone and snuck into Baili Tu''s room to propose a trade.] [Baili Qi, seeing your disguise and the astonishingly terrifying aura you emitted, could only try to stabilize you first and asked what trade you wanted to make.] [You took out a top-quality Life Extension Pill and told him it could extend his life by five years, and in exchange, you needed the Instance Dungeon Items from Baili Qi''s collection!] [When Baili Tu saw the Life Extension Pill in your hand, a look of longing shed in his eyes, but not knowing your identity, he dared not act rashly and could only agree temporarily.] [Unexpectedly, the guards and retainers of the Baili family all rushed over, among them a Martial Emperor Level powerhouse.] [Seeing this, you snorted coldly, and took on the Martial Emperor by yourself, not at a disadvantage.] [After pushing back the Martial Emperor, you stated that if the old master was unwilling to make the trade, you would leave right then.] [Seeing this, Baili Tu grew anxious, as the Life Extension Pill you held was the very thing he longed for.] [Eventually, you met with Baili Qi and traded the pill with him, and after some haggling, you exchanged one top-quality Life Extension Pill for half of Baili Qi''s "treasures".] [After leaving the Baili household, you sneaked away in various disguises and stayed in the Spirit Field Blessed Land for several days, making sure you had shaken off anyone following you before returning to Kyoto.] [Who would have thought that half a monthter, your identity would still be discovered, and after the Baili family conducted an investigation, they personally came to you seeking more Life Extension Pills.] Su Xing frowned slightly and muttered to himself, "Isn''t trading under a concealed identity supposed to be safe? Where did it go wrong?" Su Xing was puzzled. With the Disguise Pill plus the Breath-Concealing Pill, and being as careful as he was, he should not have been discovered... "Could it be, there''s something wrong with those Instance Dungeon Items?" Su Xing''s thoughts shifted, and his gaze turned to the simtion panel. [You carefully checked the batch of Instance Dungeon Items, but there were too many, and you simply didn''t have the time to inspect each one.] [So you directly asked Baili Qi how he discovered your identity. Baili Qi apologized to you and gave you another batch of items, telling you that he had hidden a location-tracking item among the Instance Dungeon Items, thus learning your identity and location.] [Feeling somewhat helpless, you harbored some resentment towards the Baili Business Association, but considering thepensation, you did not say much more.] [In the following months, your identity was exposed again and spread to various powers within the Great Xia Country.] [Countless people came flocking to you, offering vast sums of money for your Life Extension Pills, undeniably bringing you quite a bit of trouble.] [You could only manage the situation temporarily until one day, Damned Zong found you.] [He still believed that you were a cultivator who hade from some Instance Dungeon, and that you had taken over your own body.] [You did not bother to exin further, and made a deal with him, exchanging two Life Extension Pills for a considerable amount of precious Spiritual Medicine, and you sessfully joined the Descending Sect.] [Afterward, you and Damned Zong became brothers on the surface, to outsiders your rtionship seemed very tight, but both of you had your own schemes.] [A few dayster, you got in touch with Luo Shuying, and after some conversation, you gained her trust.] [Luo Shuying helped you obtain arge amount of medicinal ingredients, and you started to concoct elixirs.] [In just a few months, you refined thousands of Soul Condensing Pills, as well as many Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills.] [You tried taking Soul Condensing Pills to see if your Divine Sense could continue to grow, but it had hit a bottleneck, and you saw no increase for several months.] [Having no choice, you devoted all your energy to refining the Infant Tempering Pills.] [Every day you studied the Infant Tempering Pills, and as you continued to refine them, your Alchemy Skills became increasingly refined.] [After several months of effort, your skills in refining Infant Tempering Pills finally broke through to the Mahayana Level!] [Later, it took you another two weeks to concoct ten top-quality Infant Tempering Pills, and you were officially ready for your perfect Nascent Soul breakthrough!] [You chose an auspicious day, and after making sure there would be no disturbances, you entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [After swallowing two Mind rity Pills and adjusting your state of mind to a selfless realm, you were ready for the breakthrough!] Chapter 196: Chapter 148: Breaking Into the Manor of Baili Alone, the Number One Legend! (5k)_3 Baili Tu: "..." Seeing that neither father nor son was willing to step back, Su Xing finally lost his patience and said in a low voice, "If Young Master Baili is reluctant to part with the treasures, offering just half of them would suffice!" Upon hearing this, Baili Qi''s face visibly brightened, and he cast a smug nce at his father. He then bowed to Su Xing and said, "Senior, in that case, I will take you to see those treasures...ahem, just to make it clear in advance, I will only give you half!" Although Su Xing wasughing inwardly, he maintained a frosty facade and replied, "Agreed!" Soon, Su Xing and Baili Qi walked towards the warehouse where the Instance Dungeon Items were stored. After the two left, Baili Tu''s countenance was solemn, and he seemed lost in thought. After a moment of silence, Baili Tu suddenly called out, "Afu,e here!" "Master, what are your orders?" The Martial Emperor who had sparred with Su Xing earlier approached and asked in a deep voice. Baili Tu inquired, "Afu, what do you think of that mysterious person''s strength just now?" Afu fell silent for a moment, then stretched out his right hand to roll up his sleeve. His entire right hand was swollen red and almost unable to make a fist, with his whole arm oddly bent. Afu stated, "Master, that senior''s strength...is unfathomable! Our Baili family must not be an enemy to him!" "With just one punch, my right arm is as good as useless. It won''t recover for over a year!" "Moreover, I have a hunch... that senior probably didn''t even use his full strength!" Upon hearing this, Baili Tu became even more reticent. Afu was an old member of the Baili family, having lived for more than five hundred years, and his strength had entered thete stages of Martial Emperor. He was a Martial Emperor mighty warrior nurtured by the Baili family himself, the strongest among the three Martial Emperors. Moreover, Afu was a practitioner of the strength-based profession, with physical prowess as his forte. Nevertheless, in the exchange with Su Xing earlier, Afu took the lead and seized the initiative, yet he was still defeated by Su Xing in one move, even sustaining a ruined arm. This clearly showed Su Xing''s extraordinary strength! After a lengthy silence, Baili Tu murmured, "s, when did such a formidable warrior appear in Great Xia Country?" "To defeat ate-stage Martial Emperor with a single punch, this power... might not be far off from legendary status!" Baili Tu knew of Afu''s strength, and for that reason, he felt even more apprehensive about Su Xing''s abilities. "Such a powerful figure, if my Baili family could foster a good rtionship with him, he could probably preserve the Baili family''s prosperity for another thousand years!" Baili Tumented, but then immediately thought of his disappointing son and his face darkened again. "After this incident concludes, we must find a way to draw in this mysterious powerful individual, even if we can''t make him our own... we should still strive to befriend him!" Baili Tu murmured to himself. Meanwhile, Su Xing followed Baili Qi to a warehouse. As they opened therge warehouse door, Su Xing was quickly astounded by what was stored inside. The warehouse was over ten meters tall and covered several hundred square meters, filled with variously colored shelves. On those shelves were ced all kinds of bizarre Instance Dungeon Items, each seemingly meticulously cleaned, and even their arrangement was carefully considered, making for a pleasing and orderly sight. Su Xing swept a nce around the warehouse and then frowned slightly. "Something''s not right! The amount of Instance Dungeon Items in this warehouse... they seem plentiful, but in fact, there aren''t that many, maybe evenparable to half a year''s output from the Jin Merchant Guild?" "Could it be that this is all Baili Qi has collected over dozens of years?" Estimating the value, Su Xing thought that the entire warehouse of items amounted to about a hundred million in energy. Split in half, that would only be fifty million. With this in mind, Su Xing felt somewhat uneasy. At that moment, Baili Qi said somewhat proudly, "Senior, look! These treasures are what I''ve painstakingly collected over the years!" Hearing this, Su Xing frowned slightly and said, "Is this all you have collected over the years?" Upon hearing this, Baili Qi waved his hand and said, "How could that be? These are just one-tenth of it!" After saying this, Baili Qi stepped forward a few steps, opened a hiddenpartment, and from within, took out over a hundred Storage Rings. Baili Qi said, "Senior, these are all of my treasures! Just to remind you, you can only take half!" After that, Baili Qi counted out more than fifty Storage Rings and handed them to Su Xing. Without being polite, Su Xing inspected them briefly, and with a thought, he stowed all the Storage Rings into the Spirit Field Blessed Land. At this, the corners of Su Xing''s mouth lifted slightly. "Since the trade has beenpleted, I shall not stay any longer," he said. After saying this, Su Xing prepared to leave. After walking out from the Baili residence, Su Xing heard Baili Tu calling from behind. "Senior, wait a moment, please!" Baili Tu, followed by several Martial Emperors, hurried out, causing Su Xing to slow down. Baili Tu quickly said, "Senior, might you stay a little longer for a talk? You saved my life... it''s only proper for our Baili family to offer you a great banquet in gratitude!" However, Su Xing shook his head slightly, "No need. Since the deal is already done, I must be on my way!" Having said this, Su Xing leaped up, ready to leave. From behind, Baili Tu called out loudly, "Senior, will there be another opportunity for us to cooperate in the future? How may I contact you?" Without turning his head, Su Xing''s voice echoed in the air. "You should continue collecting Instance Dungeon Items. When the time is right, I will make my appearance!" After saying this, Su Xing did not linger and disappeared into the distance. Seeing Su Xing leave, Baili Tu felt somewhat saddened and eximed, "s, this senior is unfathomable... If we can''t form a good rtionship with him, it would be a great loss for our Baili family!" Witnessing Baili Tu''s troubled look, Baili Qi couldn''t help butugh to himself and said, "Father, let me tell you something..." "Previously, to prevent someone from stealing my treasures, I ced tracking devices in each Storage Ring. We might just be able to discover where the senior lives and his identity!" Hearing Baili Qi''s words, Baili Tu''s eyes lit up as he eagerly asked, "Is that true?" "Hahaha, you unfilial son, after so many years, you''ve finally done something dependable!" Chapter 157: Chapter 135: The Fear Barrier, The Terror in Su Xings Heart? "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could I be such a shameless person?" Su Xing saw his simted self living a carefree life, and it made him so frustrated that his teeth itched. "Well done, is this how you undergo worldly experience? It seems like you''ve learned your lesson!" Su Xing wished he could directly initiate the immersive simtion and rece it with his body. "Well, let''s see just how effective this worldly experience is, shall we?" After hesitating for a while, Su Xing still looked toward the simtion panel. [After entangling with Luo Shuying for several months, your waist strength -3, resistance to beauties +10.] [But you still feel unsure, so you went to see Wang Qingxuan again...] Su Xing: "..." [After such repetitious training for a year, you believe that your resistance to lust is sufficient, so you begin to prepare for a closed-door training to sever the ties of lust!] [You took two Mind-rifying Pills, sat cross-legged before a thatched cottage, and united your thoughts with your Nascent Soul, allowing your spirit to slowly sink into it.] [Soon, your consciousness slowly drifted away, and when you woke up again, you found yourself on Earth in your previous life.] [It all seemed like a dream. In this life, you were a yboy, basked in the charms of beauty every day, and moved among various women as easily as a fish swimming in water.] [You squandered your time, indulging in wine and pleasure without a second thought.] [And so, ten years passed.] [One day, as you were about to break up with a girlfriend you''ve been with for two weeks, you suddenly realized she looked familiar. In a sudden sh of insight, you remembered everything...] [Because the girlfriend in front of you looked exactly like Jin Congxue.] [Memories flooded your mind like a tide, and you quickly realized you were in a simtion, undergoing the lust challenge among the five trials!] [When you realized all this, you sessfully walked out of the illusion and returned to the real world.] [When you came back to the real world, you found that a whole month had passed.] [But the ten years of memories in that illusion, as if truly lived through, were etched in your mind, enhancing your mental state.] [Congrattions on sessfully oveing one of the five challenges of Divinity Transformation, the Lust Challenge!] Su Xing''s eyes shed with a hint of confusion as he read this. "Is that it? One of the five challenges of Divinity Transformation, the Lust Challenge, doesn''t seem that difficult!" "And... what exactly is the key to breaking through? Is it realizing that I''m in a simtion?" Su Xing''s eyes held some doubt. With just the simple simtion text, it was hard for Su Xing to imagine what he had gone through in the Lust Challenge. "But... it''s good to get through it. If the first test was passed so effortlessly, then the remaining ones shouldn''t be difficult either, right?" "Strange, why is the difficulty different from what''s described in the ancient books? Could it be... I''m a genius?" Su Xing felt excited for a moment and looked toward the simtion panel. The second of the five challenges is the Fear Challenge! "So, what is my greatest fear?" Su Xing seemed lost in thought. "After passing through the Passion Trial, although you spent ten years in the illusory realm, only one month has actually passed in the real world." "During this month, there has been no change in the real world; everything outside remains as it was." "You start preparing for the uing second trial, the Fear Trial, but after much contemtion, you couldn''t think of anything you are particrly afraid of, so you decide to begin the trial of the Fear Trial." "In the seventh year, you chose an auspicious day, united your thoughts, and initiated the Fear Trial." "The Fear Trial, unlike the previous Passion Trial, brought you into a void, where you could not sense the passage of time or even feel your own existence... " "When you awoke again, you found yourself back in the real world, apparently having sessfully breached the Fear Trial." "Everything was the same as before." "Thus, over the next year, you continuously broke through three barriers and entered the Divinity Transformation Stage!" "After stepping into Divinity Transformation, you were like a fish in water, effortlessly ying Damned Zong and iming his legacy." "Having absorbed this legacy, your strength greatly increased and in just ten short years, you reached the peak of the Divinity Transformation Stage!" "Subsequently, you entered the Demon-Subduing Pass where, with your formidable strength, you continued to y members of the Demon Race and even vanquished Legendary Demon Beasts, gaining arge amount of Flesh Essence." "In just five years, you brought your Body Refinement Cultivation Level to thepletion of the Divine Strength Realm!" "Following this, it seemed as if the heavens favored you, the Son of Destiny." "You identally received news that the Great Xia Country had discovered a mysterious Cultivation instance, so you entered to explore the Cultivation instance." "Half a yearter, you emerged from the instance, having gained greatly from it, with countless Spirit Stones and Cultivation Techniques, and in just a few years, you made another breakthrough, entering the Return to Void Realm!" "It all seemed to be progressing towards the better... " "After breaking into the Return to Void Realm, in pursuit of the path to higher realms, you activated the Qingyun Sect Token and entered the world where your master, Qing Yunzi, resided." "Qing Yunzi took a great liking to you, you received his inheritance, and in less than ten years, you broke through again, bing an Integration Phase great power Cultivator!" "After breaking into the Integration Phase, you returned to the real world, where the Human Race was facing an existential crisis, but you took action!" "You supported the faltering Great Xia, single-handedly defeating countless Foreign Races at Demon-Subduing Pass." "Alone, you extended the destiny of the Human Race for a hundred years, where the world seemed to return to peace and Demonic Beasts became but legends among professionals." "And within this hundred years, you sessfully broke into the Mahayana Realm, ultimately achieving Immortality." "Just when you were full of pride, the entire sky darkened, and a gigantic beast that blotted out the sun appeared before you, countless demons crawling out of the Abyss." "It seemed the Foreign Race had never left; they were merely waiting silently for an opportunity." "However, you held them in contempt, for now, as an Immortal, you regarded yourself as invincible in the world." "But no matter how you wielded your Divine Skills and Mana, you still couldn''t harm a single hair of the beast before you... " "You were utterly afraid; could it be that even as an Immortal, you cannot drive out the Foreign Race?" "Suddenly, a thought came to your mind: when you realize that no amount of effort can bring change, will you still hold on?" "You chose to give up, and fear engulfed you..." "The beast swallowed you whole, and consumed with intense fear, you died within the belly of the beast..." "You died!" [Ding, your Primordial Spirit has dissipated due to failing to sever the fear, and the simtion has ended!] Su Xing was stunned for a moment. "What the hell? So everything that just happened... was all in an illusion?" "My greatest fear...es from this?" Su Xing slightly frowned. He had realized something was amiss halfway through the simtion. Everything had been going too smoothly until the simtion ended, and only then did Su Xinge to an epiphany. "I was wondering... if bing an Immortal directly through a simtion wasn''t too hasty a conclusion..." "So everything was fake! I was merely trapped in the illusion of the fear trial, and everything that followed was shaped by my deepest fears and imaginings?" Su Xing was slightly shocked; without experiencing the fear trial firsthand, he couldn''t imagine how all this happened. "So, is it about realizing that I am in an environment and then dispelling the delusions in my heart, facing them head-on, to sessfully pass the test?" After two simtions, Su Xing realized the key to breaking through. He then looked at the rewards for this simtion. [Profit-Seeking Avoidance]: Purple Talent, priced at one million points of energy. [Six Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, including some Infant Tempering Elixirs (Mahayana Level), priced at one million points of energy. [Half-step Divinity Transformation (Fear Trial)]: Cultivation level and mindset insights, upon purchase you will directly sever the desire trial and obtain the memories and experience of passing through the fear trial, priced at three million points of energy. Su Xing lightly frowned because of the failure to break through; the reward choices left for him this time were somewhat few. "Tsk, just three rewards, saves me the trouble of choosing!" Su Xing silently thought to himself. "I choose the Purple Talent Profit-Seeking Avoidance and the half-step Divinity Transformation cultivation level!" [Ding, it''s detected that your talent column is full, you can spend one million energy points to expand to a third additional talent slot, would you like to expand?] "One million? Sure enough, it''s increased tenfold... but I can afford this amount of energy!" Su Xing silently thought: "Expand the additional talent slot!" Then, a prompt was heard by his ear. [Ding, congrattions on sessfully expanding an additional talent slot, cost one million energy points, remaining energy points 43.88 million.] [You have sessfully taken out the talent Profit-Seeking Avoidance, cost one million points of energy, remaining energy points 42.88 million.] [You have sessfully taken out the half-step Divinity Transformation (Fear Trial) cultivation level, cost three million points of energy, remaining energy points 39.88 million.] Once the simtor''s notification sounds ended, two streams of energy surged into Su Xing''s body. Immediately after, his body underwent subtle changes; his grasp over nature''s spiritual energy around him seemed even more effortless, with a simple inhale and exhale, he could mobilize a vast amount of spiritual energy. Not only that! This was Su Xing''s most unique breakthrough! Because apart from the advancement of his cultivation level, many memories also flooded into Su Xing''s mind. It was everything he had seen while breaking through the desire and fear trials! Su Xing closed his eyes to recuperate, beginning to assimte the memories in his mind. In the first memory, Su Xing, who had initially lingered among the yboys in the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, experienced every scene from those ten years as if he had lived through them himself. In the end, Su Xing saw through the illusion and achieved an elevation in his mindset. As he watched everything in the memory, Su Xing indeed indulged his eyes. However, the second segment of memories was not as pleasant. In this memory, Su Xing initially swept through everything as if he were the Son of Destiny, achieving Immortality. But even after making his utmost effort, he still failed, and the feeling of powerlessness and fear made Su Xing empathize deeply. Su Xing had his eyes closed for a long time before opening them again, with two teardrops sliding down the corners of his eyes. Only after personally experiencing the fear trial did he realize how terrifying it was to confront one''s innermost fears. Just like someone afraid of snakes waking up to find themselves in a nest of snakes, surrounded by venomous serpents and pythons, feeling so helpless and terrified... After a while, Su Xing''s voice carried a touch of vicissitude: "So this is what the five trials of Divinity Transformation are like... facing the most real part of oneself squarely through the illusion, to break through the true self and strive for Divinity Transformation..." Su Xing felt somewhat fortunate; without his simtor, trying to pass the five trials would have been like using a cheat code, otherwise, passing the five trials of Divinity Transformation would have likely been incredibly difficult. "No wonder so many talents in the Cultivation World fell at the hands of these five Divinity Transformation trials, with the ones who had the potential for a perfect Nascent Soul Integration if a hundred existed, ny-nine would probably be unable to pass..." "And once failed, only death awaited!" "Fortunately, I have the simtor, which allows me to simte and restart over and over. Passing these five Divinity Transformation trials is just a matter of time for me!" For Su Xing, after digesting these insights. He had not only gained the confidence to break through the fear trial but felt even more certain about the next three trials! "I''ll strive to break through more barriers in the next simtion and enter the Divinity Transformation Stage sooner!" Su Xing clenched his fists, filled with motivation. Afterward, as usual, following the simtion, Su Xing proceeded to make elixirs. In one week, six thousand elixirs were sessfully crafted! Later, Su Xing made a trip to the vi, Jin Congxue was away on business this week, so after Su Xing collected the new week''s goods, he entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land again. The energy value of this batch of goods was still around fifteen million. "Tsk, a weekly ie of fifteen million energy, it feels quite nice indeed!" A slight smile curled at the corners of Su Xing''s mouth. On May 27, 2024, Su Xing punctually began his thirty-eighth simtion. "This time, I will definitely break through the fear trial!" After assimting the insights from the previous simtion, Su Xing was filled with confidence as he looked at the simtion panel. "Begin simtion!" Chapter 158: Chapter 136 Talent, Am I Passerby A? (5000-word Mega Chapter) ``` [Ding! This simtion has consumed 3,800 energy points, leaving 55,780,000 energy points remaining. There are unlimited simtions remaining.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, and drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?] "Draw the purple talent!" Su Xing muttered to himself. [Congrattions, you have acquired the Purple Talent: I Am Passerby A!] Su Xing was momentarily stunned by the name of this talent. "I Am Passerby A? What kind of talent is this, why is the name so strange?" He looked toward the simtion panel. [I Am Passerby A]: Your presence is extremely low, like a passerby A in the corner of aic strip, even your closest acquaintances or enemies tend to overlook your existence. Note: After acquiring this talent, please do not jaywalk carelessly, as the drivers may very likely not notice you.] Su Xing instantly understood after seeing the description of the talent. This is another conceptual talent! If being the brightest kid in the crowd is a talent that can grab anyone''s attention, then this Passerby A Talent, on the contrary, reduces one''s presence to an extreme low. "This seems to be a pretty good infiltration talent!" Su Xing stroked his chin, thoughtfully. "However, the specific effects still need to be simted." He looked toward the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize that you are in a simtion.] [Your Spirit Chickens are so hungry they continually cluck, and you helplessly took a handful of Spirit Rice to feed them, but the chickens acted as if they couldn''t see you at all and kept clucking.] [In frustration, you stewed two big pots of chicken soup.] [After eating and drinking to your fill, you began your routine of crafting elixirs.] [A weekter, you took the elixirs to Jin Congxue.] [However, Jin Congxue wasn''t at the vi. You called to ask if something had happened, to which Jin Congxue said she''d forgotten about meeting this week and hurried over.] [In the following period, you were absorbed in alchemy every day and seldom went out.] [Because going out made no difference to youit felt the same as not going out.] [When you went to the noodle house, the proprietress would always forget to serve you a bowl; when you went shopping at the supermarket, you would always be cut in line at checkout since the person simply didn''t notice you.] [You even brazenly took a drink from a convenience store, and not even the cashier noticed you while leaving.] Su Xing''s eyes brightened at this. "It seems this Passerby A Talent is quite strong! Though the side effects are obvious... at certain times, it may have unexpected effects!" Su Xing continued the simtion. [As months passed, you prepared to wait for Wang Qingxuan to invite you into the Descending Sect.] [But after waiting a long time, Wang Qingxuan never contacted you. So you inquired about her only to discover that she had dropped out of school.] [You knew that Wang Qingxuan must have joined the Descending Sect and forgotten to tell you because you possess the Passerby A Talent.] [Out of necessity, you had to secretly find out the whereabouts of the Descending Sect on your own.] [With memory clues and inquiries here and there, you vaguely ascertained the approximate location of the Descending Sect.] [You decided to venture alone, offering yourself to join the Descending Sect.] [In the next year, it took you nearly half a year to finally pinpoint the position of the Descending Sect''sir and enter it.] [When you entered, the Descending Sect''s Elders and protectors were in a meeting, but like a ghost, you swaggered into the conference roompletely unnoticed by any guards.] [You coughed loudly several times while watching the Elders and protectors, until three faction leaders finally took notice of you.] [Immediately they were shocked and questioned when you had infiltrated the conference room. The Elders and protectors surrounded you.] [You quickly exined your desire to join the Descending Sect, showing a glimpse of your abilities.] [Unexpectedly, the higher-ups became even more cautious, suspecting you had nefarious intentions.] [After much negotiation and tremendous effort, you managed to gain their shaky trust and join the Descending Sect.] [But because of your unclear background, the high ranks of the Descending Sect still didn''t trust you.] Su Xing was suddenly at a loss for words. "Goodness, this is Passerby A, not invisibility!" "Is the presence of Passerby A really this low? That''s simply too outrageous..." "Sigh, the talent is strong, for sure, but the side effects are too pronounced. Even when not needed, I''d still be in Passerby A mode... it could ruin big opportunities!" "However, I could retain it in the talent pool until a critical moment, when it mighte in handy!" Su Xing thought reflectively. [After entering the Descending Sect, with no one''s trust gained, you decide to stabilize the situation for a while.] [In the subsequent months, you conscientiouslypleted tasks and behaved well, gradually earning the Descending Sect''s trust.] [Once settled, you then found an opportunity to connect with Luo Shuying, and sessfully gained her trust, essing arge quantity of herbs.] [You began crafting elixirs on a daily basis, and in just two years, you amassed arge stockpile of elixirs.] [In the third year, before leaving, you and Luo Shuying sneaked into the Descending Sect''s treasury once.] [Thanks to the "I Am Passerby A" Talent, the Dragon Protector guarding the treasury didn''t even notice you, allowing you to effortlessly clear out half of the Descending Sect''s treasury, obtaining a plethora of Spiritual Medicine and many special items.] ``` Chapter 159: Chapter 136 Talent, Am I Passerby A? (5000-word Mega Chapter)_2 [After defecting from the Descending Sect, you and Luo Shuying joined the Great Xia Military, and soon after, the Descending Sect issued a kill order against you.] [But you didn''t care, you began preparing to challenge the fear trial within the five trials of Divinity Transformation again!] [In the illusionary realm, you still became a character akin to a Son of Destiny, your strength soared, and you ultimately became an Immortal.] [Afterward, when the behemoth attacked, facing the terror of a gigantic beast that blotted out the sky, along with the endless demons that had crawled out of the Abyss, you were still unable to defeat them.] [But you never gave up, this time, you chose to confront your fear head on!] [You kept challenging stronger opponents, and like facing a mountain abyss, you bravely fought to the very end!] [You sessfully conquered the fear trial and walked out of the illusion!] Seeing this, Su Xing''s lips slightly curved upward. "Indeed, with the previous simtion experience, this time it waspletely different! To break through the fear trial... One must y their fears?" Su Xing pondered. "In that case, the remaining trials of Greed, Pride, Wrath should correspond to greed, pride, and anger!" Su Xing understood the pattern of breaking through the five trials and felt more confident in his heart. "However, before attempting the five trials, perhaps some preparation is indeed in order..." A n began to form in Su Xing''s mind as he looked towards the simtion panel. [After breaking through the fear trial, your state of mind improved further! Facing fear, you had the courage to fight with all your might, even if it meant death or the destruction of your path, you would have no regrets!] [Returning to the real world, you took some time to recuperate.] [During this period, because of the elixirs you concocted, Great Xia Country saw an increasing number of strong individuals.] [Your status rose with the tide, elevating you to the top echelons of Great Xia Country.] [Under these circumstances, the Tarot Society leapt to be a top-tier merchant association.] [In a short time, wealth, treasures, beauty, and countless honors were all within easy reach for you!] [This time, you chose not to stay low-key; you told all the citizens of Great Xia Country that you were about to usher in a golden age for professionals!] [At the same time, you also announced your n: you would nt a batch of precious Spirit Rice. With this batch of Spirit Rice, the strength of all human professionals would rise a level!] [Instantly, every professional in Great Xia Country was in an uproar, and you became the hero of the nation!] [In the fourth year, as you had promised, you began nting Spirit Rice. With the help of this crop, the number of low-level professionals in Great Xia Country increased by several hundred thousand within just one year.] [This bolstered your power and prestige, allowing you to gain everything you wanted.] [In order to better pass the trial of greed, you decided to release the evil thoughts within your heart.] [You began crazily amassing all the treasures you desired and, under the weight of your wealth, countless treasures were brought into your possession.] [You built a pce for yourself, where fist-sized gems and pearls were strewn carelessly on the floor.] [On the splendid golden walls hung various weaponsswords, spears, rods, and axesnot as decorations but as genuine legendary weapons!] [Every day, countless people came to visit you, hoping to forge good rtions and acquire a precious Life Extension Pill from you, offering valuable gifts in return.] [You epted them all; the treasure in your vault grew more abundant, and you amassed wealth and power maniacally.] [In the fifth year, in just a year''s time, you became the wealthiest man in Great Xia Country.] [With endless power and wealth, you grew increasingly arrogant, looking down upon ordinary merchant associations and thus began covertly employing tactics to swallow them up, gradually erging the Tarot Society.] [Your wealth continued to increase day by day, as did your greed and pride.] [Gradually, a group opposing you emerged within the nation, believing that you had be arrogant and greedy, no longer a hero of the Human Race.] [But you also had a group of loyal supporters who argued that you had made such substantial contributions to the Human Race, so what''s wrong with enjoying life?] [Your pride led you to disregard everyone''s words, continuing to act as you pleased.] [In the sixth year, aside from daily cultivation, you began to enjoy the finer things in life. Anything you desired, wealth-wise, was within easy reach, which only increased your greed day by day.] [Gradually, friends and family around you began to advise you, believing you had changed from who you once were, but there was nothing you could do; to ovee the trials of greed and pride, you had no choice but to continue.] [In the seventh year, although you were arrogant and greedy, you still did not neglect the improvement of your strength. That year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level sessfully broke through to the secondyer of the Divine Strength Realm!] [In the eighth year, you continued to recklessly squander, enjoying all the rights and wealth at your fingertips. asionally, you would concoct elixirs for the influential figures who came seeking medicine, leaving them deeply grateful.] [In the ninth year, you found, apart from arrogance and greed, you were also bing increasingly irritable.] [Any little thing that didn''t align with your wishes would trigger your temper like thunder.] [You knew in your heart this was a result of the ample wealth and power you had umted, and without constraints, you were bing more prone to anger.] [But this was exactly what you wanted!] [Before conquering the remaining three trials, you decided to experience all three of these negative emotions in one go. That way, you would be more confident in breaking through the five trials and entering the Divinity Transformation Stage!] Chapter 160: Chapter 136 Talent, Am I Passerby A? (5000-word Mega Chapter)_3 [You still did not restrain your own desires and arrogance, and you felt the impact of all these emotions.] [You saw the people who once supported you start to criticize you, and you witnessed your close friends gradually distancing themselves from you.] [It seemed as though there was some enlightenment in your heart, as you came to understand what these emotions had made you lose.] [In the tenth year, you began to reflect on your actions over the years, contemting the good and bad that money and power had brought you.] [Perhaps, this state could be called Enlightenment, but unlike the cultivators'' understanding of the Great Dao of nature, what youprehended was the Dao of humanity, the path of the seven emotions and six desires.] [You vanished from the public eye for a while, during which you forced yourself to stay in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, apanying nts and trees every day, eating Spirit Rice, drinking from the Spiritual Spring, and living a simple life of in tea and food.] [At first, you were not used to it; you missed the fine wines and wealth of the outside world, and the respectful, adoring gazes of people.] [But you knew you had to ovee this hurdle, or else you would truly get lost in these emotions and desires.] [So you forced yourself to stay in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, where, aside from your arduous cultivation, you studied elixirs and Spirit nts, and kept thepany of mountains and rivers every day.] [In the twelfth year, gradually, your heart settled down; you were no longer crazily obsessed with former power and desires.] [Apart from the necessary Flesh Essence of the Demon Emperor each month, you rarely met with outsiders, bing ustomed to solitude and endurance.] [In the same year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level broke through to the thirdyer of the Divine Strength Realm!] [In the thirteenth year, you were now able to control your emotions well, and you believed you had passed more than half of the trial of heart cultivation. But you, being naturally cautious, decided to secure your footing and did not rush to challenge the three trials.] [Two years slipped by slowly, and your mindset became even more peaceful, gaining a deeper understanding of emotions like greed and arrogance.] [In the fifteenth year, you reemerged into the real world, active once again in the public eye.] [But this time, you donated all the wealth you had previously amassed: treasures and equipment were all given away without desire, as you devoted yourself solely to the Dao.] [Your actions earned the praise of countless people, but you simply smiled at this, knowing that while their approval could please you, it could no longer shake your true nature.] [In the sixteenth year, you felt you were fully prepared, and you began to get ready to break through the three trials!] [On a fine, sunny morning, you returned to the Spirit Field Blessed Land and, ensuring no outsiders would disturb you, you initiated the third trial of the Divinity Transformation, the Greed Trial!] [Your consciousness slowly sank into the Nascent Soul, and when you awoke again, you had be the most powerful and wealthy person in the world.] [In this world, one-hundred percent of the wealth was controlled by one percent of the people, and your family was that one percent.] [You had be the ultimate owner of the world!] [All the wealth created by everyone belonged to you; looking around, every factory, building, and piece ofnd bore your name.] [Your siblings indulged in all of this, believing they were born nobler than others.] [You went along with the tide, immersing yourself in money and power every day.] [But you always felt that you were different from those siblings, that the wealth they were obsessed with always seemed tock something to you, leaving you somewhat uninterested.] [Yet you could never quite grasp why you were different from them.] [Until one day, when you saw a little girl rummaging for food in a garbage pile C those pure, beautiful blue eyes awakened your memory!] [You realized you were within the illusion of the third trial of greed in the Divinity Transformation''s five trials!] [When you realized this, the surrounding illusion slowly dissipated!] [Congrattions on sessfully oveing the trial of greed in the Divinity Transformation''s five trials!] Looking at the lengthy text before him, Su Xing let out a long sigh of relief and said with some surprise: "I never expected that my simted self would have such courage To go through the trials, I actually began to cultivate my mindset in advance!" At the same time, Su Xing also understood more about the rules for passing the Divinity Transformation''s five trials. "So that''s how it is; the cultivator''s mindset in the real world can give some boost to oneself in the illusions!" "Even though the memories are lost, the mindset remains If the cultivator themselves is someone indifferent to fame and wealth, devoted to the Dao, the probability of passing the Divinity Transformation''s five trials is much greater!" Su Xing had a realization; everything he did in the simtion indeed helped him better ovee the trial of greed. "Then next, it should turn to the remaining trials of arrogance and anger, right? What kind of illusions will I face?" Su Xing was curious, his gaze shifting to the simtion panel. [After oveing the trial of greed, you came out of the illusion and sessfully returned to the real world.] [As you stepped through the trials one by one, you felt a subtle change within yourself; your perception of nature''s spiritual energy became much stronger, and with a mere thought, you could manipte it as though it was an extension of your limbs.] [At the same time, you felt as if you hadprehended something indescribable, and after pondering, you believed that only by fully oveing the five trials could you grasp this profound feeling.] [So, after only three days of rest, you once again entered the fourth trial, the trial of arrogance!] [Your consciousness slowly drifted away, and when you opened your eyes again, you had be the king of an empire!] [The empire you ruled was the most powerful nation in the world, and every little country trembled at the slightest of your actions.] [The fates of nations hung on your every mood!] [You relished this sensation, the feeling of others grovelling at your feet.] [But unexpectedly, one day, a vassal state under your rule dared to defy yourmand!] Chapter 201: Chapter 150: Breakthrough, Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm! (5k)_2 After pondering for a moment, Su Xing sighed softly and said, "s, my Qi Refining Cultivation hasn''t even reached the fullpletion of the Divinity Transformation Stage... I should probably not aim too high for now!" "For the next simtion, I should focus on increasing my Qi Refining Cultivation while looking for rumors about breaking through to the Broken Void Realm. That would be the wise course of action!" Thinking thus, Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the simtion panel before him. "Now, let''s choose the rewards first!" "Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm, here Ie!" With a thought from Su Xing, several reward options appeared before his eyes. [Fortune Shines Brightly]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million points of energy. [Ten Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, priced at 500,000 energy. [Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm Cultivation]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, priced at 30 million energy. [Twenty-Two Years of Combat Experience at Demon-Subduing Pass]: Enhances one''s ownbat ability and slightly enhances the understanding of killing intent, priced at 13 million energy. Looking at the options before him, Su Xing did not hesitate and silently recited, "I choose the Fortune Shines Brightly talent, as well as the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm Cultivation!" As the words fell, the simtor''s prompt sounded in Su Xing''s ear. [You have sessfully brought out the Purple Talent Fortune Shines Brightly, spending 1 million energy, remaining energy is 597.6 million points.] [Detected that you have a simr type of blue talent, Lucky Streak, initiating automatic recement...] [You have sessfully brought out the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm Cultivation, spending 30 million points of energy, remaining energy is 497.76 million points.] As the prompt concluded, a mysterious energy descended upon Su Xing. Immediately after, the aura emanating from Su Xing began to surge dramatically. Divine Strength Realm Seventh Layer... Divine Strength Realm Eighth Layer... Divine Strength Realm Ninth Layer! And finally, Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm! Su Xing''s Cultivation Level skyrocketed in a short period of time,pleting a triple jump. A few breathster, Su Xing slowly stood up, feeling the greatly increased aura within him, the corners of his mouth rising slightly. "Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm... my strength has climbed more than double! Now, my power has finally reached a hundred thousand tons!" After briefly experiencing his formidable aura, Su Xing couldn''t help but marvel inwardly. "Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm, such pure physical strength is indeed mighty..." With the rapid increase in strength, Su Xing couldn''t help but feel slightly inted with pride. But he soon remembered everything that had happened at Demon-Subduing Pass and couldn''t help shaking his head, saying, "It''s still far from enough! Even legendary powerhouses seem like ants in the face of that disaster... I need to be even stronger!" "But how can I reach the Broken Void Realm?" Su Xing frowned slightly, as his understanding of the Broken Void Realm was also not very extensive. All he knew was that a Broken Void Realm powerhouse could break allws with one force and, with sheer physical strength, shatter all illusions! That is the Broken Void Realm! However, as for how to cultivate it, Su Xing had no clue. "Running through the growth path of a Body Refinement Cultivator..." "Starting from the initial entry into Body Refinement, one enhances the physique, surpassing ordinary people in bodily quality!" "The second phase, the Bone Forging Realm, is about achieving a body as strong as copper and bones as tough as iron. A cultivator of the Bone Forging Realm could remain unharmed against swords and spears..." "The Organ Refining Realm mainly strengthens the internal organs, with improvements to the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys." "Following that, the Origin Martial Realm is about cultivating Origin Force. Origin Force is the unique power of a Body Refinement Cultivator. Making use of Origin Force in battle greatly boosts one''s Cultivation Level!" "And the Divine Strength Realm, where I am now, is about the extreme growth of strength! With one''s physique, mountains and rivers can be shattered..." Su Xing reflected deeply, always feeling that there was a path for the cultivation of a Body Refinement Cultivator. Yet he could not quite articte it, so he could only murmur to himself, "Well then, during the next simtion, I''ll go and inquire within the Luotian Meeting Instance, how should I reach the Broken Void Realm?" After breaking through to the Divine Strength Realm, Su Xing outlined a preliminary n for his future simtions. "Having reached the perfection of the Divine Strength Realm, it''ll likely be difficult for my strength to improve significantly in a short time..." "So next, I need to ponder over how to achieve a breakthrough in my Divinity Transformation Cultivation..." Su Xing vividly remembered that if he could reach the Return to Void Realm, he would be able to seek out his nominal master Qing Yunzi. That would undoubtedly be a tremendous opportunity, so he must not cken the pace of his Qi Refining Cultivation advancement. But the problem is, it is extremely difficult to enhance Cultivation Level during the Divinity Transformation Stage, with over twenty years spent just to breakthrough two realms. "Unless... I manage to draw a purple-grade Spiritual Root!" Su Xing felt some anticipation, but then he shook his head; drawing Talents was truly a matter of luck. "Apart from that, the only way to elerate Cultivation Level would be to increase the Spiritual Energy content in the Spirit Field Blessed Land!" Su Xing''s current Spirit Field Blessed Land is considered a pocket-size realm of the Blessed Land category. Cultivating within the Blessed Land was naturally speedier. However, for Su Xing, it was not enough, so he intended to raise the level of Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Field Blessed Land to that of a Cave Heaven. "Cave Heaven level Spiritual Energy content would require at least three thousand or more Gathering Spirit Flowers... and I already have over a thousand of them." "In this case, I just need another two thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers and it''ll be sufficient!" The thought of two thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers, worth two hundred million energy, made Su Xing feel somewhat pained. But he shook his head soon after and said, "However, the investment in Gathering Spirit Flowers is very worthwhile!" "With the current scarcity of nature''s spiritual energy, my Gathering Spirit Flowers would likely be a treasure beyond reach for the average cultivator!" "Moreover, whether it''s for future cultivation or the Spirit Rice Project, a rich supply of Gathering Spirit Flowers is indispensable..." Thinking this way, Su Xing nced at the time. Seeing that it was still early, Su Xing didn''t dawdle and began his routine of making Elixirs. In the following week, Su Xing only made five thousand Elixirs. It wasn''t due to a slump in his Alchemy skills, but rather because Su Xing had been cking off! Chapter 202: Chapter 150: Breakthrough, Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm! (5k)_3 ``` As Su Xing put it: Damn it, I''ve been grinding for over half a year, why can''t I enjoy a break? During that period, Su Xing even took a day off to invite Jin Congxue to a movie. After all, Su Xing''s Tarot Society was now on the right track, and its businesses, aside from selling a few types of elixirs, included trade in equipment and instance dungeon items, which were gradually picking up and bringing more and more simted energy for Su Xing. Furthermore, with the impending sessful acquisition of a mine dungeon, once exotic metals could be collected on arge scale, Su Xing''s source of simted energy would greatly increase. Inparison, the profits brought in by Su Xing''s weekly elixir crafting had be less significant. "Once I finish paying off the debt from acquiring Lingyun Commerce Guild, there''s no need to craft Nourishing Face Pills... Even if I need to continue alchemy, I can craft some elixirs with higher returns," thought Su Xing. In the past few months, Su Xing had been crafting nothing but Nourishing Face Pills and Wound Healing Pills to the point of feeling nauseated. After storing away the elixirs he had crafted for the week, Su Xing set off for the vi to meet with Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue was wearing a sexy long dress today, which earned Su Xing''s silent praise. After a meal, the two began to discuss official business. Handing over a storage ring, Jin Congxue blinked and said, "Big boss, I have some good news for you. What do you think it is? Guess correctly and there''s a reward oh!" Smelling a test, Su Xing tentatively asked, "First tell me what the reward is?" Jin Congxue giggled and said, "If you answer correctly, this Miss will reluctantly apany you to another movie next week. How does that sound?" Su Xingughed upon hearing this, knowing that Jin Congxue wanted to see a movie. But Su Xing hadn''t been that busy recently and he did have time for a movie. So he yed along, "Let me guess, is it that the mine dungeon matter has been settled?" Hearing this, Jin Congxue''s eyes widened, and her red lips parted slightly in surprise, looking adorably cute. "You''re amazing! Could it be that you really know fortune telling?" Su Xing smiled slightly upon hearing this. With the simtor as his cheat, he did have the ability to foresee. At this point, Jin Congxue added, "That''s right! I don''t know what happened, but the onepeting with us for this mine dungeon was the Baili Business Association..." "But unexpectedly, they suddenly shifted their focus to collecting instance dungeon items, and didn''t even attend the auction... As a result, we got the contracting rights to the mine dungeon at a very low price!" Pausing, Jin Congxueined, "I originally thought collecting instance dungeon items was just a personal quirk of the young master of the Baili family, but now it has be a strategic goal of the Baili business..." "Sigh, it seems the old Mr. Baili really doesn''t have much time left, and who knows how long the Baili Business Association can thrive under Baili Qi''s hands..." Su Xing''s expression turned somewhat strange upon hearing this. He hadn''t expected his visit to the Baili residence would bring such an unexpected surprise. This collection of instance dungeon items must have been ordered by the head of the Baili family, Baili Tu. Such a public change in strategic goals was probably aimed at one thing: to trade with Su Xing again! "Tsk tsk, the allure of the Life Extension Pill is indeed great... But this also makes things easier for me, as I can go trade with the Baili Business Association whenever I need more simted energy," thought Su Xing to himself. A normal person could take two Life Extension Pills, and two pills together could yield an additional ten years of life! This was an immense temptation for the old Mr. Baili. ``` Even after the effects of the Life Extension Pill had worn off, Su Xing still had control over a dozen kinds of Lifespan Extension Elixirs. Just taking out two of them, they were worth hundreds of millions of modr energy units! "Damn, being filthy rich is just awesome! If I had known this, why the hell would I start amerce guild?" Su Xing muttered to himself, but he was clear in his heart. It was themerce guild that could ensure a steady stream of earning modr energy. And though exchanging Life Extension Pills for instance dungeon items was a quick way to get energy, Su Xing had to be extremely careful, not slip up in the slightest, or else it would lead to endless troubles. Su Xing chatted with Jin Congxue for a while longer, then returned to school to convert this week''s goods into energy. It was a total of sixteen million energy, and Su Xing nodded in satisfaction, murmuring, "Not bad, the Tarot Commerce Association is providing more and more energy!" On the afternoon of July 1st, 2024 of the New Era, Su Xing punctually started a new round of simtion. "Start simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 4300 points of energy, leaving 495.13 million points of energy, with unlimited remaining simtion times.] [Simtion begins!] [Extracting a green talent costs 1000 points of energy, a blue talent costs 10,000 points of energy, extracting a purple talent costs 100,000 points of energy, would you like to proceed with the extraction?] Su Xing decisively said, "Extract the purple quality talent!" [Congrattions, you have obtained the Purple Talent: Artifact Refining Genius!] [Artifact Refining Genius]: You possess insight into Artifact Refining far beyond ordinary people, the quality of artifacts you craft is higher, and you have the potential to be an Artifact Refining Master. "Hm? Artifact Refining?" Su Xing looked at the newly drawn talent thoughtfully. Elixirs, artifacts, the Dao of Arrays, talismans... These four are considered to be among the most lucrative channels for Cultivators. An ordinary Cultivator who can master one can be said to live without worries and have a ce in the Cultivation World. Su Xing, now only specialized in the Path of Alchemy, had already made a fortune. "Nice one... this is a great talent for making money!" Su Xing eximed, then shook his head, "Unfortunately, I don''t currently have knowledge about Artifact Refining, nor do I have any scriptures on it..." "Although the path of Artifact Refining is quite profitable, it''s obviously not something that can be learned overnight... Let''s put this talent on hold in the talent pool for now, and when I need it, I''ll draw it out..." Compared to learning the Path of Artifact Refining, Su Xing was more prepared to quickly enhance his Qi Refining Cultivation. Su Xing shook his head slightly, his gaze turning back to the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize you''re in a simtion...] [You return to your dormitory, encountering Fatty Yu, who has already advanced to a Grandmaster Level professional.] [He is calling a few friends over for a meal and invites you too, and you agree to go.] [Looking at your ssmates at thest college gathering, you feel somewhat silent, as these ssmates are the elite among professionals.] [Some are full of infinite longing for the future, others are reluctant to leave their college days behind.] [You silently listen to a few ssmates brag and chat at the reunion, recalling the past four years of life, and thinking about the apocalyptic catastropheing in more than twenty years, feeling quite moved...] [Your mindset has improved...] Chapter 209: Chapter 153: Kill the Damned Zong and Comprehend the Heaven Rank Secret Technique! (5k) Su Xing couldn''t help but exim: "Damn it, this Damned Zong really does have a lot of tricks up his sleeve!" "To think he even has a method for a blood sacrifice to summon souls... truly malevolent!" "Well, good. Little master is going to see today just how many more tricks you can pull out!" His gaze fixed on the simtion panel. [After the ck Evil Force entered his body, Damned Zong''s strength greatly increased. Not only did his power and speed see a massive boost,] [but even Damned Zong''s Spiritual Power attacks wereced with the strong corrosive essence of the ck Evil, constantly eroding your own Spiritual Power.] [But your true strengthes from your absolute power, vitality, and swordsmanship working in tandem; Body Refinement Cultivation Level is what you rely on. Even as your Spiritual Power is eroded, you can still fight on par with Damned Zong.] [Your swordsmanship is sharp and fierce, and you exhibit a desperate and fearless vigor in your fight against Damned Zong''s dark energy, matching him without falling short.] [After battling for over a hundred rounds like this, the ck Evil Force on Damned Zong''s body finally began to wane, and his strength plummeted rapidly.] [You then gained the upper hand again, pressing Damned Zong and inflicting him with increasingly severe injuries.] [But you remain cautious, going all out without giving Damned Zong any chance to turn the tables.] [Seeing himself falling into disadvantage again, and repeatedly forced into a corner by you, Damned Zong gritted his teeth and pulled out several fist-sized ck orbs.] [Damned Zong hurled the orbs at you all at once, and you quickly dodged two of them.] [Boom! The ck orbs hit a mountain and exploded with thunderous noise.] [Using the corner of your eye, you saw rocks flying across the mountain, its peakpletely blown off.] [Your heart raced at the thought, fearing these ck orbs might be the precious dark weapons from the Cultivation World, the Thunder Balls!] [It was said that the Thunder Balls were made from priceless thunder stones, not only were they tremendously powerful, but they also contained the force of lightning. Once they exploded, they could even injure cultivators in the Divine Strength Realm!] [While dodging the Thunder Balls thrown at you, you continued to pursue Damned Zong.] [Damned Zong, realizing he was no match for you, also fought while retreating.] [You chased him for hundreds of miles, sting the mountain ranges to the point where they were barely recognizable.] [Finally, Damned Zong stopped hurling Thunder Balls, and you swiftly concluded that he must have run out, so you quickened your pursuit!] [Although Damned Zong''s strength was inferior to yours, his survival techniques exceeded yours.] [You watched as he stepped in mysteriously fluid movements; conducting steps that could traverse hundreds of meters at a time, the Divine Skill: Shrinking Ground Into Inches!] [Even though you couldn''t surpass Damned Zong''s speed with the Divine Skills, your stamina far exceeded that of the aging Damned Zong.] [So, you gritted your teeth and kept up the pursuit, and thus the chase went on for three days and nights!] [In these three days, you ran almost ten thousand miles.] [Whenever you were about to catch up to him, Damned Zong would always find a way to survive, either with a secret technique, or heaven-sent treasures, or even by blowing up Magic Artifacts to escape.] [You''ve lost count of how many tricks you''ve forced out of this Damned Zong, but his Storage Magical Artifact was like an endless treasure trove, always having methods to stop your pursuit.] Seeing this, Su Xing lightly covered his face and sighed: "As expected of Zong the Runner! Damn it, his ability to save his own skin is truly outrageous!" "After chasing for three days and nights... I finally understand why even the Legendary Level Luo Shuying couldn''t kill him!" Taking a pause, a determined killing intent rose in Su Xing as he murmured to himself: "But no matter how many more tricks you have, this time, young master is going to ughter you!" His gaze returned to the simtion panel. [You and Damned Zong continued the relentless chase for seven whole days.] [In these seven days, your Spiritual Power was drained many times over, but luckily your Spirit Field Blessed Land had evolved to a Cave Heaven, allowing you to swiftly recover Spiritual Energy in your portable Spirit Field before resuming the chase.] [Despite this, both your body and mind were utterly exhausted. Still, you bit down hard and persevered because you knew Damned Zong was definitely more worn out than you!] [Throughout these days, Damned Zong had consumed many exceptional treasures to recover his physical strength and Spiritual Power, to the point where you started to feel envious.] [Every time Damned Zong was close to being chased to death, he miraculously burst forth with potential, managing to continue running for another day and night.] [You even began to suspect that Damned Zong possessed some sort of innate talent for survival, maybe even the ability to breakthrough in a dire situation?] [Of course, that was impossible. In today''s world where greatws are absent and Spiritual Energy is scarce, even if Damned Zong had the ability to run and stimte potential, he couldn''t break through.] [Thus, the chase continued for half a month.] [Finally, you trapped him in a valley surrounded by cliffs and drove him into a corner.] [Damned Zong at this point looked extremely wretched, chased by you for a month, his clothes in tatters, disheveled and dirtylooking even worse than a beggar on the streets.] [Such a high-level Divinity Transformation cultivator couldn''t even muster the Spiritual Power to fly on the wind.] [And your condition wasn''t much better; despite being a consummate cultivator in the Divine Strength Realm, you were so worn out you didn''t even feel like holding your sword.] [But at that moment, with Spiritual Power depleted and all tricks yed out, Damned Zong was no longer your match!] [Damned Zong appeared to have foreseen his end, aplicated expression in his eyes, and after a bitterugh, he expended hisst bit of Spiritual Power to destroy his own Storage Magical Artifact.] [You wanted to stop him, but were half a step too slow. All you saw were the shattered remains of the storage bag, and Damned Zong''s Primordial Spirit preparing to flee.] [But how could you let Damned Zong escape? You immediately activated the Li Fire Technique, severely wounding Damned Zong''s Primordial Spirit.] Chapter 215: Chapter 155: Bringing Out Rewards, Su Xings Heart in Pursuit of the Way! (5k) [Your heart was shocked; the puppet''s body strength was likely on par with a Broken Void Realm cultivator!] [Your Sword Qi almost did no damage to it, and in the time it took to take a breath, the puppet had already reached you, throwing a punch directly at you!] [Seeing this, you quickly wrapped your Origin Force around your fists to block.] [The collision of the fists sent you flying backward to smash against the stone wall, fresh blood trickling from your mouth.] [You found it unbelievable; the sheer physical strength of the puppet was greater than yours, and its body was even tougher, by no telling how much.] [You were certain in your heart that this was a puppet that could rival a Broken Void Realm cultivator!] [After being sent flying by a punch, you took advantage of the faint light emanating from the wall to get a clear look at the puppet''s appearance.] [It looked exactly like a human, but its skin was eerily pale, simr to a vampire from Western legends. The withered wrinkles made it look especially frightening.] [This seemed to be a living dead, refined into a powerful puppet.] [While you were pondering, the puppet attacked you once more.] [After dozens of rounds of fierce fighting, you had sustained multiple injuries.] [The puppet''s offensive grew even more intense, and the endless powering from its body made it nearly impossible for you to defend.] [Your battle caused mysterious fluctuations to continuously emanate from the stone walls around you, which were part of some defensive formation, seemingly meant to prevent the ancient tomb from copsing.] [You held on for another dozen or so rounds but could no longer resist, and the living dead puppet''s strength was who knows how many times stronger than that damned Zong.] [Knowing you were no match, you thought of leaving the relic.] [However, the living dead puppet relentlessly pursued you, and after dozens more rounds of battle, your physical body disintegrated, smashed into a pulp.] [After your Primordial Spirit left your body, you prepared to continue fleeing, but the living dead puppet simply reached out with its right hand and caught your Primordial Spirit.] [It shoved it into its mouth, and you felt a tremendous suction force swallowing your Primordial Spirit.] [You died!] [Ding, the simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing looked at the text in front of him, remaining silent for a long time. "It''s no wonder a great sect that once gave birth to an Immortal... Even a puppet possesses strengthparable to the Broken Void Realm?" Su Xing felt somewhat relieved that he had not chosen to recklessly rush into the relic, or else he would have lost ayer of his Divinity Transformation Realm. Now that the 25 years of simtion time was used up, even dying felt worthwhile. Touching his chin, Su Xing murmured, "This puppet must be the guardian of the ancient tomb relic, right? Who exactly was the master of this ancient tomb? To have even the guardian puppet rival a Broken Void Realm cultivator!" "Hiss... At least a Return to Void Realm Great Perfection, or even a Body Integration Realm cultivator, right?" With a light sigh, Su Xing said, "Pity, with my current strength, facing a Broken Void powerhouse, I can onlyst a few dozen rounds..." "To defeat this puppet, I''m afraid I still need to cultivate to the Broken Void Realm to have any hope!" "However, there must be great secrets hidden in this ancient tomb relic, and if I achieve the Broken Void Realm, maybe I can revisit the tomb!" Su Xing carefully recollected the events of the simtion, listing down several key points. "First, this ancient tomb relic, surely isn''t just a simple cultivator''s resting ce, otherwise, there wouldn''t have been Broken Void and Divinity Transformation Realm cultivators dying there thousands of years ago." "Second, there is a faint presence of Spiritual Energy in that tomb; maybe there are Gathering Spirit Flowers, or perhaps a Spirit Vein! But... I lean more towards thetter!" "Last, and most importantly, who was the master of that tomb? Could the Heavenly Grade Technique of the Wanmu Decision be with the master of that tomb?" With this thought, Su Xing took a deep breath. Whether it was the advanced technique of the Changchun Technique, the Wanmu Decision, or the Spirit Vein in that tomb, they were all massively tempting for Su Xing! He definitely had to make another trip there once his strength was sufficient! "Too bad, my Origin Force hasn''t advanced to the third level, and stepping into the Broken Void Realm is still a long way off..." "Rather deal with the matter at hand, step by step!" With a sigh, Su Xing''s gaze became hopeful as he looked towards the simtion panel. [Artifact Refining Genius]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Ten Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, priced at 500,000 energy points. [Divinity Transformation Stage Fourth Layer Cultivation]: Qi Refining Cultivation, priced at 30 million energy points. [Xuanhuang Technique]: Xuan (Mysterious) rank cultivation technique, can be cultivated up to the Return to Void Realm Stage, part of the Heavenly Grade Technique of the Wanmu Decision, priced at 1 million energy points. [Floating Life Technique]: Xuan (Mysterious) rank cultivation technique, can be cultivated up to the Return to Void Realm Stage, part of the Heavenly Grade Technique of the Wanmu Decision, priced at 2 million energy points. [Ten Thousand Drops of Low Grade Spiritual Liquid]: Condensed from extremely rich Spiritual Energy, it can nourish the Dantian and promote cultivation, extremely easy to absorb, priced at 1 million energy points. [Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique (Iplete)]: Heavenly-grade secret technique, containing thetter chapter of the people''s fortune, able to predict fortune and luck, not as valuable as the national fortune chapter, priced at 30 million energy points. [2,300 mature Gathering Spirit Flowers, 1,500 Gathering Spirit Flower seeds]: Priced at 245 million energy points. [Origin Force Cultivation Insights (Entwining Level)]: Although not a breakthrough in realm, there is significant progress in the understanding of Origin Force, priced at 8 million energy points. This time in the simtion, Su Xing''s gains were substantial. Not only did his Qi Refining Cultivation make great breakthroughs, but he also explored the Immortal Martial Era instance, and found the path to Broken Void for the future. "So, with so many rewards avable, how should I choose?" Su Xing looked at the rewards in front of him and fell into deep thought. Although the Artifact Refining Genius talent was good, Su Xing currently had no ns for Artifact Refining and alsocked an Artifact Refining manual. Chapter 216: Chapter 155: Rewards Brought Out, Su Xings Seeking Heart! (5k)_2 We can temporarily put it in the Talent Pool and take it out when it''s the right time. Despite being of the Profound Ranking, the Xuan Huang Technique and the Fleeting Life Technique aren''t worthy of Su Xing wasting a simtion chance, as he has already been practicing the Changchun Technique. Maybe in the future, he could directly obtain the Wan Mu Decision in the simtion and bring it out, which would be more convenient. "As for the Low Grade Spiritual Liquid..." Su Xing shook his head slightly. Low Grade Spiritual Liquid stems from the Spirit Field Cave Heaven, which in turn, indirectlyes from the Gathering Spirit Flower. If he directly chose the Spiritual Liquid, it would indeed be missing the forest for the trees. Furthermore, ten thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid isn''t much; perhaps he could umte more and bring out twenty years'' worth in one go, thus significantly increasing the speed of his cultivation. He had already memorized the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique, so naturally, there was no need to waste an opportunity on it. And the cultivation of Origin Force hadn''t triggered any epiphanies, so it wasn''t worth choosing either. After hesitating for a moment, Su Xing finally decided: "I choose the fourth level of the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivation Level, as well as the Gathering Spirit Flowers!" As his voice fell, a prompt from the simtor rang in Su Xing''s ear. [You have sessfully brought out the fourth level of the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivation Level, spending 30 million energy points, with a remaining energy bnce of 455.43 million points.] [You have sessfully brought out 2,300 Gathering Spirit Flowers and 1,500 seeds, spending 245 million energy points, with a remaining energy bnce of 210.43 million points.] Watching the energy in the simtor plummet, Su Xing''s heart bled. But all of this was worth it! The next second, the aura around Su Xing began to rise! Divinity Transformation Stage first level... Divinity Transformation second level... Divinity Transformation third level! Eventually, the fourth level of the Divinity Transformation Stage! In just a few breaths, Su Xing''s Cultivation Level had broken through three minor realms in session. Finally settling at the fourth level of the Divinity Transformation Stage, he was even not far from the fifth level! "Hiss... mid-phase of Divinity Transformation... the density of the Spiritual Power inside my body has increased by over fifty percentpared to before!" "This means I can refine elixirs and mature Spiritual Medicine better!" Su Xing''s lips curved slightly, while the fourth level of the Divinity Transformation Stage didn''t have much impact on hisbat strength. It still could further enhance Su Xing''s ability to earn money. "Now... what about the Gathering Spirit Flowers?" Su Xing''s heart stirred as he looked up to see a hillside covered with white flowers. Clusters of them gathered together, these lovely Gathering Spirit Flowers lifted Su Xing''s spirits! "Hahaha... nearly three thousand five hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers, such a multitude, are sufficient to promote the Spirit Field Blessed Land to a Cave Heaven!" Su Xing eagerly approached the Gathering Spirit Flowers, and sure enough, he saw these adorable white flowers vigorously breathing in Spiritual Energy. Each breath they took released even more Spiritual Energy! Such a virtuous cycle increased the concentration of Spiritual Energy at the entire hilltop rapidly! Su Xing watched this scene with satisfaction and nodded: "Good, at this rate, maybe in less than half a month, the Spirit Field Blessed Land could advance to a Cave Heaven!" The evolution from Blessed Land to Cave Heaven is not aplished in a single step but requires the Spirit Field to have a sufficient concentration of Spiritual Energy. The three-thousand-plus Gathering Spirit Flowers, releasing Spiritual Energy like tirelessly working producers, slowly evolved the Blessed Land. When the timees, not only will Su Xing''s cultivation speed increase by a lot, but also the growth rate of Spirit nts and Spirit Pets in his Portable Spirit Field will elerate. "Of course, there''s also the most important thing, the Spiritual Liquid!" Su Xing carefully packed away the seeds of the Gathering Spirit Flowers, not in a hurry to nt them, but instead tidied up a bit, preparing to leave the Spirit Field Blessed Land. Following the trajectory of the future in the simtion. Today would be thest ss reunion of the university. Although Su Xing wasn''t close to most of his ssmates, attending would elevate his state of mind. So it wouldn''t hurt to go for a visit. Soon, Su Xing exited the Spirit Field Blessed Land and returned to his dormitory to see Fatty Yu, who had been waiting for a while. Fatty Yu seemed to be in a good mood as he came over and pped Su Xing''s shoulder, saying: "Little Su! Don''t you go wandering off tonight, it''s thest ss reunion, and I specifically came to call for you!" Fatty Yu was still in his usual state, just rounder in the face after some time had passed. Su Xing nodded in response, as he was nning to attend this gathering. After a thought, Su Xing asked: "Fatty, where do you n to go after graduation?" Fatty Yu looked around, then mysteriously nced at Su Xing and said: "Dude, I n to go to the Demon-Subduing Pass to fight enemies! Strange as it seems, my strength has increased rapidlytely, and I''ve broken through to the Grandmaster Level... I''m going to the Demon-Subduing Pass to really put those Demonic Beasts in their ce!" Su Xing frowned slightly upon hearing this. ording to Fatty Yu''s original life trajectory, he shouldn''t have reached the Grandmaster Level just yet. It seems that the Essence-Nourishing Pills that Su Xing gave him helped him advance. But Su Xing knew the perils of the Demon-Subduing Pass more than anyone. Would Fatty Yu be in danger if he went there? Su Xing''s thoughts stirred, about to offer a warning, but then he reconsidered. The Demon-Subduing Pass wasn''t as dangerous now as it would be ten yearster. If he didn''t perish, Fatty Yu''s strength might increase even further within the Pass. Given Fatty Yu''s talent, he might even achieve a life transformation and ascend to the Heavenly King Level within a few years! Considering this, Su Xing decided not to dissuade Yu Yan but took out a bottle of elixirs from his pocket and handed it to Fatty Yu. "Fatty, this is an elixir I identally obtained in the instance. It can slightly increase mental attributes. It''s no use to me... so I''m giving it to you!" Fatty Yu grinned, took the bottle without any pretense, and then gave Su Xing a knowing look, winking and saying: Chapter 217: Chapter 155: Rewards Brought Out, Su Xings Seeking Heart! (5k)_3 "Buddy, I get it! Don''t worry, I''ll be the only one eating this elixir!" Watching Fatty Yu''s smug expression, Su Xing was somewhat surprised. Could it be that this guy really noticed something? But then Fatty Yu slung his arm over Su Xing''s shoulder and led him out of the dorm, heading toward the gathering location. "Let''s go, the others are getting impatient!" Soon, Su Xing and Fatty Yu arrived at an old, well-known food stall across from the school. It wasn''t expensive, but the taste was excellent. Su Xing would asionallye here to eat. About twenty ssmates attended the gathering. Other than Fatty Yu, Su Xing only knew the others as acquaintances, and couldn''t even recall some of their names. "Come on, guys, let''s have a drink!" "Hahaha! I heard that you, kid, recently advanced to Master Level? You''re paying for the meal today!" "Little Liu is doing well too, right? I heard you were poached by a big tradingpany. Now even breaking through to Grandmaster Level seems possible for you!" A group of young people in their early twenties gathered, their faces flushed with drink. At this moment, a tall and thin young man stood up, holding his ss and said: "Haha, guys, you may not know yet, but Fatty Yu just recently broke through to Grandmaster Level! In our cohort, his strength can rank among the top three!" As these words were spoken, the rest of the ssmates looked on with envy and then raised their sses to Yu Yan. The atmosphere at the entire gathering was quite good. Only Su Xing sat alone in a corner, asionally drinking with Yu Yan and at times drinking on his own. There was no scene of showing off or pping faces as imagined. These ssmates, although not particrly warm to Su Xing, did not go so far as to exclude him. Perhaps because of Fatty Yu''s face, a few ssmates even toasted Su Xing several times. Su Xing responded in kind. Looking at the young faces before him, Su Xing couldn''t help but recall the scene from four years ago when school had just started. Back then, Su Xing was riding high, hailed as a once-in-a-decade talent at Kyoto Academy! With the robust physique of a Body Refinement Cultivator, Su Xing had even crushed those who had just barely reached the bronze level. He imed first ce in the neers''petition... However, fate is unpredictable, and soon Su Xing found he couldn''t level up, and his strength hardly improved. The friends who were once keen on him gradually drifted away. Even the teachers were thoroughly disappointed in Su Xing... It wasn''t until half a year ago, when Su Xing got the golden finger, that he finally grew uppletely. "In just half a year, from a mere Qi Refinement first stage cultivator... to bing a Divinity Transformation Stage powerhouse... this really has been, a wondrous experience!" Su Xing thought to himself, feeling quite enlightened at the moment. "However, be it Qi Refinement or Divinity Transformation... bronze or legend... failing to be a top-tier powerhouse in this world means one will ultimately die in that unexpected change!" Su Xing silently took a sip of his drink, reminiscing about everything he had experienced in the Divinity Transformation''s fifth pass. He mused, "A cultivator, if seeking immortality, how can one be confined by trivialities? These years of cold nces, the ups and downs..." "They''re nothing more than a bit of frost during the process of cultivation!" Su Xing drained his ss in one gulp, his resolve to pursue the Dao growing even firmer. At that moment, Su Xing''s state of mind ascended... Late at night, after the gathering ended, Su Xing escorted a drunken Fatty Yu back to the dorm. Watching Yu Yan in deep slumber, Su Xing silently entered his Spirit Field, using spiritual power to disperse the effects of the alcohol. "Ah, time to continue alchemy!" Su Xing smoothly resumed his alchemy life. A week quickly passed by. In that week, most of Su Xing''s ssmates graduated and left the school. But Su Xing''s life remained as regr as ever. Unexpectedly notified by Liu Xiaodong that he was being held back a year, Su Xing wasn''t annoyed and just continued with his alchemy. Soon, on July 8th, Su Xing brought the elixirs to meet Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue was wearing a beautiful red dress that day, vibrant and unrestrained. "Heehee, big boss... Congrattions on your graduation!" Jin Congxue smiled and said to Su Xing. Su Xing rolled his eyes and said: "Cut it out, I got held back!" Jin Congxue looked puzzled and inwardly eximed, "No way, with your strength, you''re being held back? Is Kyoto Academy''s barrier that high?" Su Xing briefly exined. Then he thought of something and said to Jin Congxue: "By the way, could you arrange a casual position for me within Kyoto Academy, like a librarian or something? School restarts in September, and I don''t want to stay in the same dorm with freshmen... A single dorm would be preferable, it would make things convenient for me!" After hearing this, Jin Congxue nodded slightly, understanding Su Xing''s intent. "Don''t worry, leave this trifle to me. You''ll report to the library tomorrow! Thest one in the ranking?" After saying that, Jin Congxue covered her mouth and chuckled lightly, her demeanor very alluring. Su Xing also smiled, chatted with Jin Congxue a bit more, and then returned to the empty dorm with new stock for the week. "I wonder if Fatty Yu would get into trouble at Demon-Subduing Pass?" "Demon-Subduing Pass is rtively safe for now. I might be able to send him some treasurester if I get the chance... There shouldn''t be a big problem..." Su Xing shook his head slightly, then entered into the Spirit Field Blessed Land. After converting the new stock of goods into simtion energy, Su Xing''s energy increased by 16 million points. It was a considerable amount, but for Su Xing, who had experienced "big trades," it was only decent. On the afternoon of July 8, 2024, Su Xing punctually started a new round of simtion. "Start the simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 4,400 energy points, leaving 226.38 million energy points remaining. Remaining simtion attempts are unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a green talent costs 1,000 energy points. Blue talent costs 10,000 energy points. Drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?] "Draw the purple talent!" Su Xing silently recited. [Congrattions! You have obtained the purple talent: Tiny but Cute!] Chapter 218: Chapter 156: Top-Level Taunting, The Tiny Ones are Also Adorable! (5k) "Hmm?" Just seeing the name of the talent, Su Xing felt something was off. "Hey, hey, hey, just the name of this talent sounds fishy. Could it be what I''m thinking?" His gaze shifted to the introduction of the talent, and Su Xing''s hanging heart was put at ease. [Little ones can be cute too]: Purple Talent, when you say this sentence to the target person, no matter what your rtionship is with them, they will instantly be taunted by you and harbor extreme hatred, bing unable to resist attacking you, taunt effect +100%. (Hehe, little ones can be cute too~) "Good thing, this thing doesn''t trigger on me..." Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief and then began to ponder the use of this talent. "It seems to be a taunt talent that attracts hatred!" "So, scenarios where this could be useful... Is it when the target person wants to run away? As long as I say this sentence, they will be unable to resist attacking me?" With that thought, Su Xing''s eyes brightened. It seemed... quite suitable for dealing with that damned Zong! That old scoundrel is too good at running away. Despite being weaker than Su Xing, he managed to run for over a month. If I used this talent to taunt him, wouldn''t that mean he couldn''t get away? "Apart from that... It would also be useful when facing those Demon Emperors, should they attempt to flee!" Su Xing quickly understood the function of this talent and nodded slightly: "This talent isn''t particrly strong, but in certain situations, it could be particrly effective!" His gaze turned toward the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you are aware that you are in a simtion.] [The Spiritual Energy in the Blessed Land grows denser and denser, and to produce Spiritual Liquid quickly, you decide to transnt some Gathering Spirit Flowers and set up a few small Spirit Gathering Arrays dedicated to producing Spiritual Liquid.] [You spend half a month''s time, each day setting aside time to transnt Gathering Spirit Flowers and arrange the Spirit Gathering Arrays.] [Your Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique and proficiency in the Spirit Gathering Arrays has slightly improved.] [Half a monthter, the Spirit Gathering Arrays begin to stably produce Spiritual Liquid, about a thousand drops each week.] [Although not much, it''s just enough for your personal cultivation needs, and the speed of your cultivation further elerates.] [After cultivating for a period of time, you decide to visit the Luotian Meeting Instance to learn another fire attribute technique.] [You''ve saved up a day''s "Great Wisdom State" in advance, preparing to head to the Luotian Meeting Instance!] Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this. Su Xing has always been a dual-type Spiritual Root of wood and fire, theoretically able to cultivate both wood and fire type techniques simultaneously. But Su Xing had mainly focused on wood type techniques before because they could elerate the growth of spiritual nts. But now that Su Xing has sufficient simtion energy, naturally, he could consider learning a fire type technique as well. Compared to wood type techniques, fire type techniques have more offensive capabilities and are quite helpful in Artifact Refining and Alchemy. It could even increase the power of Su Xing''s Li Fire Technique. "Activate immersive simtion feature, duration 24 hours!" Su Xing thought to himself. [Ding, you have sessfully activated the immersive simtion feature for a duration of 24 hours, costing 2.4 million energy points, leaving a bnce of 223.88 million energy points.] As the prompt sound from the simtor ended, Su Xing''s vision shifted. The next second, he appeared in the great hall of the Luotian Meeting Instance. "Good disciple, go and invite Uncle Master Shennong to the Luotian Meeting!" The voice of Niu Ruolie came from in front of him. "Yes, Master!" Su Xing easily made his way to the back hill, followed the mission routine, and brought Shennong Youtian to the Luotian Meeting square. The conversation with Shennong Youtian during the process was very enlightening for Su Xing. Then, Su Xing headed for the familiar Scripture Pavilion, straight to the third floor, where Earth Rank cultivation techniques and secret techniques were stored! Su Xing meticulously searched among the rows of shelves holding Jade Slips with cultivation techniques. However, the number of techniques here was overwhelming, and after searching for some time, Su Xing felt dizzy and unsure where to start. At that moment, a voice came from behind Su Xing. "Kid, are you looking for a fire type technique?" "On your left, the sixth shelf, third row, eleventh Jade Slip, you should check that one!" At these words, Su Xing looked up sharply but saw the olddy who had previously taught him the Ten Thousand Li Tracking Technique, standing there and quietly watching him. "Thank you, senior!" For some reason, Su Xing always felt a bit apprehensive about owing the olddy a favor. After giving her a bow, Su Xing hurried towards the shelf. Sure enough, at the ce indicated by the olddy, Su Xing found a mid-tier Earth Rank technique, the "Thousand mes Art!" "This technique seems to be just a mid-tier Earth Rank..." Su Xing frowned slightly, noting there were quite a few high-tier Earth Rank techniques on this level. Was he supposed to follow the old senior''s suggestion, forsaking the high-tier Earth Rank techniques and choosing only the mid-tier one? Just as Su Xing was hesitating, the olddy suddenly said: "You''re Niu Ruolie''s disciple Luo Xiaochuan, right?" "Mmm, you''re quite good, much stronger than that blockhead Master of yours back in the day..." "Not even a hundred years old, already at the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm... and even the Qi Refining Cultivation is at the fourthyer of Divinity Transformation..." After pausing, the olddy continued to exin: "Your Qi refining cultivation isn''t bad, but it seems the main technique you''re cultivating is a wood type technique of not-so-high rank?" "If so, when you''re about to break through to the Return to Void and enter the Integration Phase, you''ll probably have to switch cultivation techniques, wasting quite a bit of time..." "However, you have a rare dual-type Spiritual Root of wood and fire, giving you the opportunity to cultivate fire attribute techniques as well!" "This Thousand mes Art, even though it''s only a mid-tier Earth Rank technique... it is actually the precursor to the Heavenly Grade Technique, the Thousand mes Art. When the time is ripe, you can seamlessly transition to cultivating the Thousand mes Art, saving you a great deal of effort!" After hearing the olddy''s guidance, Su Xing immediately stopped hesitating. Chapter 168: Chapter 139 The Pawn of the Descending Sect, Black Dragon Commerce (5k big chapter)_2 Having converted the week''s goods into simtion energy, Su Xing''s energy surged once again, reaching over thirty million! Thirty million, seemingly arge amount, was actually insufficient for Su Xing''s needs. "Sigh, it''s simply not enough, I just can''t spend it all!" "These thirty million energy points are just enough for me to advance from the fourth to the seventh level of the Divine Strength Realm... Now I can barely afford the energy required to upgrade my realm!" Su Xing sighed, his determination to earn money growing stronger. On June 3rd of the New Era 2024, Su Xing began a new round of simtion. "Start simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 3,900 points of energy, leaving a bnce of 30.33 million energy points, with unlimited simtion attempts remaining.] [Simtion begins!] [Extracting a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, and a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points. Do you want to extract?] "Extract the purple talent!" Su Xing silentlymanded. [Congrattions, you have obtained the purple talent: Descendant of Shennong!] "Descendant of Shennong? That name sounds pretty awesome! What kind of talent is it?" Su Xing''s heart stirred, and he looked toward the simtion panel. [Descendant of Shennong]: Purple Talent, your affinity with any nt is greatly enhanced, enabling you to easily nt and hasten the maturation of Spirit nts. The time required for Spirit nts to reach maturity is significantly reduced, and, at the same time, your resistance to poisons is greatly increased. PS: Ever since Shennong died tasting hundreds of herbs, his descendants have significantly increased resistance to deadly poisons. Upon seeing the talent of Descendant of Shennong, Su Xing''s eyes immediately lit up. "Damn, this is definitely an upgraded version of the nt affinity talent! With this talent, cultivating Spirit nts will be even simpler!" "And it evenes with a bonus of poison resistance, truly a god-level farming talent!" Su Xing was extremely eager about this talent and turned his gaze toward the simtion panel. [Inside the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize that you are in a simtion.] [You begin to tamper with the Spirit nts in the Spirit Field and, sure enough, the Shennong talent proves to be much stronger than the previous nt affinity.] [You casually nt a seed, which you quickly hasten to maturity; within just a week, it starts to sprout roots and germinate, more than twice as fast as before!] [Your wood attribute Spiritual Power has an even stronger effect on hastening the growth of nts, and the Spirit Grains in your field be plumper and more abundant.] [Somewhat surprised, you nt thirty seeds of the Gathering Spirit Flower, and these begin to grow robustly!] [You start to find time to cultivate the wastnd, and within just a week, you have nted another ny mu of Spirit Grains, bringing the total in your field to a hundred mu!] [A weekter, Jin Congxue brings you millennium ginseng and other herbs she found. Although in small quantities, they are enough for you to refine several Life Extension Pills.] [During this time, Wang Qingxuan seemed to have lost a lot of weight. No longer washing her face with tears, she still often appeared dazed, aplete change from before.] [Whether for Wang Qingxuan''s sake or to investigate the rtionship between the ck Dragon Commerce Guild and the Descending Sect, you decide to visit the ck Dragon Guild.] Su Xing nodded slightly at this and murmured: "Indeed, the effect of the Descendant of Shennong talent is astonishing. It seems that this simtion should yield arge batch of Gathering Spirit Flowers!" "As for the ck Dragon Commerce Guild, it''s definitely worth investigating..." Thinking thus, Su Xing''s eyes moved back to the simtion panel. [One day, after taking your own refined top-quality Disguise Pill and Breath Concealment Pill, confirming you wouldn''t be detected, you sneak into the ck Dragon Guild.] [Through your Divine Sense, you perceive that there is no shortage of powerful individuals in the ck Dragon Guild; there are several Heavenly King Level experts, as well as numerous Masters and Grandmaster Level practitioners.] [The rumored Martial Emperor does not seem to be present in the guild, and with your abilities, you easily infiltrate the innermost part of the ck Dragon Guild.] [This appears to be an ordinary courtyard, just like anymon quadrangle, but you feel more and more that there is something abnormal here.] [Thus, youunch your Divine Sense, carefully searching every corner here, hoping to find some clues.] [The whole courtyard seems normal at first nce, until your Divine Sense probes a hundred and fifty zhang underground and discovers something amiss!] [There is a deeply hidden chamber!] Su Xing raised his eyebrows at this. A hundred and fifty zhang underground, that''s almost four to five hundred meters, right? At that depth, it''s not just bomb shelters; even nuclear sts wouldn''t be a concern! "What kind of secret needs to be concealed nearly five hundred meters underground?" Su Xing pondered, his eyes moving back to the simtion panel. [Although this chamber is deeply hidden, you still find an extremely concealed mechanism through your Divine Sense.] [You trigger the mechanism, walk down the long staircase, and sessfully enter the chamber.] [The scene inside the chamber shocks you, for it is filled with controlled Puppets!] [With your exceptional Divine Sense, you can sense faint traces of Spiritual Power on these individuals.] [This means that there is a Cultivator behind these Puppets! It also means there is a Cultivator behind the ck Dragon Commerce Guild!] [While you are slightly astonished, the mechanism has been triggered and these Puppets are awakened, all attacking you.] [From previous intelligence, you know that these Puppets are mostly previously missing professionals, their strength ranging between Gold and Master Levels.] [Such strength, even if hundreds of Puppets attacked at once, poses no fear to you.] [Without much effort, you defeat all the Puppets.] Chapter 220: Chapter 156: Top-Level Taunting, The Tiny Ones are Also Adorable! (5k)_3 ``` "Indeed, this talent really has an outstanding effect on that damned Zong! What would''ve normally taken a month of pursuit to resolve, now settled in just a day!" "But thatplicated look in Zong''s eyes... could there be some unspeakable secret? No wonder his junior sister made him wear a green hat..." Su Xing seemed to have some understanding and then shook his head. "However, it''s a pity that this damned Zong was not a good thing! He wouldn''t even leave me his storage bag before he died..." "It seems that to get his treasures, I must achieve a one-hit kill!" Su Xing sighed lightly. But he had time, it was merely a matter of waiting a bit longer. His gaze turned to the simtion panel. [In the fourth year, you spent most of your time in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, working hard to improve your cultivation level.] [In addition to taking Spiritual Liquid and meditating daily, you also spent two to three hours practicing Origin Force, hoping it would break through to the third stage of external projection sooner.] [With the aid of Spiritual Liquid, your cultivation level improved day by day, but your mastery over Origin Force remained slow as a turtle''s crawl.] [In the fifth year, aside from starting to practice Origin Force, you also began studying the Thousand mes Art.] [Since you were already a cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Stage, the training of the first fiveyers of the technique was exceedingly fast for you.] [In just half a year, your Thousand mes Art stepped into the secondyer.] [In the sixth year, your Thousand mes Art smoothly entered into the thirdyer.] [In the seventh year, your cultivation level finally took another step forward, you became a fiveyered Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator!] [Regrettably, your mastery of Origin Force still stagnated, progressing slowly.] Su Xing frowned slightly upon seeing this and muttered: "Is the mastery of Origin Force really so difficult?" "Seven years and still not touching the threshold of Great Perfection in the entwined level?" "If you calcte it like this... perhaps only an epiphany can lead to rapid progress!" Su Xing sighed, but then shook his head lightly, saying: "Well, if the Origin Force isn''t cultivated to Great Perfection at the entwined level, then the cultivation progress of the Thousand mes Art... would be..." Su Xing had already started to consider an alternative n, his gaze returning to the simtion panel. [In the eighth year, you continued to make rapid progress with the Thousand mes Art, sessfully mastering the fourthyer!] [In the same year, as your Qi Refining Cultivation improved, you felt that cultivation was bing increasingly difficult.] [It''s a pity that there are only a bit more than hundred drops of Spiritual Liquid daily; if you were to cultivate freely, you could only maintain high-speed cultivation for one or two hours.] [But what troubled you the most was still the slow progress of Origin Force cultivation; without breaking through to the thirdyer, transcending would be hopeless...] [In the monotonous practice, two more years passed in the blink of an eye.] [In the tenth year, your Thousand mes Art''s fourthyer had been cultivated to the ultimate step, and with a breakthrough, the progress in your two arts would be equal.] [After deepening your understanding of the Thousand mes Art, you began to realize its formidable strength.] [The Changchun Technique emphasizes a kind of unending endurance, very helpful in enhancing your own recovery.] [Whereas the Thousand mes Art is the ultimate in destructive power, and it can use different mes to aid in cultivation,bined with the Li Fire Technique, your cultivation speed increased even more.] [In the same year, your grasp of Origin Force had a minor breakthrough, and the entwined range could now cover your entire back.] [In the eleventh year, you began trying to remodel the Spirit Gathering Array, hoping to produce more Spiritual Liquid.] [Unfortunately, your research on the Spirit Gathering Array was insufficient, and after dozens of attempts, you still failed.] [You knew that to increase the production volume of Spiritual Liquid, you had to nt more Gathering Spirit Flowers and make the Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Field Cave richer.] [But obviously, this was not too realistic in the short term, so you could only continue your arduous cultivation.] [In the twelfth year, your Thousand mes Art finally broke through once more, sessfully entering the fifthyer!] [At this time, the wood and fire Spiritual Energies within you faintly evoked a feeling of endlessness, and to your surprise, you discovered that wood attribute Spiritual Energy could slightly enhance the power of the fire attribute Spiritual Energy.] [During the same year, as you began using the Li Fire to aid cultivation, your cultivation level''s growth rate increased slightly.] [In the same year, your understanding and mastery of Origin Force had a small breakthrough, and the total amount of Origin Force in your body noticeably increased.] Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this, murmuring: "Indeed, if one cannot have an epiphany, relying on grinding experience is also a way to enhance the mastery of Origin Force to Great Perfection at the entwined level..." "But at the current pace, it would probably take at least two simtions to reach Great Perfection at the entwined level, right?" Su Xing''s brows knitted together slightly; this speed was clearly too slow for him. "Let''s just simte it and see... If I don''t have an epiphany, the fifthyer of the Thousand mes Art seems not bad, does it?" His gaze turned to the simtion panel. [In the thirteenth year, after entering the fifthyer of the Thousand mes Art, progress slowed down, but you were quite satisfied since the progress of your two arts was getting extremely close.] [In the same year, the progress of your Origin Force was still slow, and you did not achieve a breakthrough.] [In the fourteenth year, with the aid of Spiritual Liquid and the Thousand mes Art, your cultivation level steadily grew, making you feel that you were not far from the six-tier Divinity Transformation Stage.] [In the fifteenth year, on a pleasant sunny morning, you suddenly gained insight, and as your aura steadily climbed, you made the breakthrough effortlessly.] [Congrattions for bing a six-tiered Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator!] [In the sixteenth year, after breaking through to the six-tiered Divinity Transformation Stage, you felt that cultivation was getting more and more difficult.] [You understood that this was because the advantage of your Spiritual Root was no longer significant, the True Spiritual Root could only ensure that your cultivation speed was a few percent faster than that of a mid-Devinity Transformation Stage cultivator.] [But even so, with the help of Spiritual Liquid, your Qi Refining Cultivation was still climbing slowly.] [In the seventeenth year, one day during your routine cultivation of Origin Force, you controlled the Origin Force to wrap around every inch of your skin.] [However, the total amount of your Origin Force was not enough, always seeming slightly insufficient.] [After enduring many hours of rigorous practice, you finally felt a slight improvement.] [You wiped the sweat away and were about to take a break when suddenly you fell into a profound state.] [You triggered a serendipitous enlightenment from your talent!] ``` Chapter 224: Chapter 158: A Genius in Dao of Arrays Talent, Talent Lottery Pool Mechanism (5k) "Let me first see how much energy valuation this week''s goods actually carry?" Su Xing''s mind stirred as he took out the storage ring Jin Congxue had given him. [Ding, white-grade equipment detected, total energy value 7.38 million points...] [Ding, detected arge amount of energy materials, total energy value 8.97 million points...] [Ding, detected arge amount of energy ores, total energy value 13.04 million points...] Su Xing quickly calcted that this week''s goods had provided a total of 29.39 million points of energy! Among them, just the exotic metals were valued at 13.09 million energy points! Almost half the ratio! "Goodness, these exotic metals really are an excellent substance for providing energy points indeed!" Su Xing eximed. Most of the exotic metals in this storage ring were first-grade. One kilogram was about worth 20 points of energy, with a ton being 20,000 points of energy! And now the Tarot Commerce Association had contracted two copies of the mining zones that could extract these exotic metals, which meant they could mine 650 tons of exotic metals in a week! The quantity sounded immense, but due to the high density of the exotic metals, it didn''t look very voluminous. The most important aspect was the stability of this source of energy points. Moreover, the cost was extremely low; all Su Xing needed to pay was the annual leasing fee for the two copies of the mining zones and the wages of theborers. And these two exotic metals mining zones could even suffice for Su Xing to exploit for twenty years! "Hiss~ Looking at it this way, exotic metals indeed constitute a major source of energy points!" "Perhaps, it''s time to give Jin Congxue a heads up... In the future, I should find a way to acquire more exotic metals so I can get even more energy points!" Su Xing thought to himself, then his gaze turned toward the simtion panel. "The mining zone copies aren''t an urgent matter for now, but it''s time to start a new round of simtion!" On the afternoon of July 15th, 2024, the New Era, Su Xing punctually initiated the forty-fifth simtion. "Start simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 4500 points of energy, remaining energy 198.47 million points, remaining simtion times unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Extracting a green talent costs 1000 points of energy, a blue talent costs 10,000 points of energy, extracting a purple talent costs 100,000 points of energy, would you like to extract?] Without hesitation, Su Xing silentlymanded: "Extract the Purple Talent!" [Congrattions, you have obtained the Purple Talent: Dao of Arrays Prodigy!] "Hmm? Dao of Arrays?" Su Xing looked puzzled and nced at the simtion panel. [Dao of Arrays Prodigy]: Purple Talent, yourprehension of the Dao of Arrays far exceeds that of ordinary people, making it easier for you to be a revered master of arrays. After seeing the new talent, Su Xing couldn''t help but quip: "Well, aren''t we blooming in every direction? Now all I''m missing is a talent for talismans, right?" Su Xing criticized lightheartedly, as it seemed the simtor''s talents were obviously pushing him toward bing a well-rounded prodigy. Although there was nothing wrong with that, what was most crucial for Su Xing at the present was to increase his cultivation level. Once his cultivation was sufficient, or when needed, it would also be nice to learn these sidelines. "Well, no surprise I didn''t draw the Purple Spiritual Root Talent... Looks like I have to find a way to get more Spiritual Liquid this time." "As for this Dao of Arrays Talent, let''s keep it in the talent pool for now!" Su Xing''s mind moved, and he clicked open the simtion panel in front of him. What was previously text on the simtion turned into a retro-looking prize machine. This prize machine was the prize pool feature unlocked by the second upgrade of the simtor. The specific function was that Su Xing needed to spend a certain number of points to enter different levels of prize pools. For instance, to draw a white talent, each draw would cost 100 points of energy. The draw''s objective was the white talents Su Xing had previously drawn but not taken out. To extract a green one, it would cost one thousand points, blue would cost ten thousand points, and a purple talent would cost one hundred thousand points... ording to the simtor, such as if Su Xing entered the purple prize pool, the probability of drawing any purple talent was equal. With just over ten talents in Su Xing''s current purple talent pool, this meant that with a bit of bad luck, he could draw it with just over a million points of energy. This was fairly reasonable. After drawing a past talent, Su Xing could assign it as the talent choice for the next simtion. This way, it could be chosen to take out after the simtion. "However, it seems there''s still no asion to use the current few talents, I''ll designate them when it''s appropriate, right?" Su Xing murmured to himself, and then got ready for the simtion. His eyes returned to the simtion panel. [Within the Spirit Field Cave, you realize that you are in a simtion.] [You immediately set about arranging a Spirit Gathering Array to speed up the umtion of Spiritual Liquid.] [A weekter, Spiritual Liquid production begins in the Spirit Field Cave.] [The quantity is notrge, barely 150 drops a day, but you still treasure it immensely.] [With a thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid added to your ount weekly, little adds up to much, and in a year, that''s more than 50,000 drops; you are quite satisfied.] [You n to join the Descending Sect as soon as possible, so you restrain your aura, undergo a disguise, and travel to Shuangqing City in the southwestern province.] [You''re quite lucky and quickly spot Damned Zong.] [After some maneuvers, you sessfully join the Descending Sect and even trade Life Extension Pills for many medicinal ingredients from Damned Zong.] [After joining the Descending Sect, you keep a low profile and contact Luo Shuying, obtaining arge batch of Spiritual Medicine from her.] [Subsequently, you cultivate step by step and collect the Spiritual Liquid produced in the Spirit Field.] [You once showed Damned Zong a small vial of Spiritual Liquid (about 10,000 drops), and his eyes nearly popped out.] [Clearly, from his reaction, you also understand the preciousness of Spiritual Liquid in this era.] Chapter 225: Chapter 158: A Genius in Dao of Arrays Talent, Talent Lottery Pool Mechanism (5k)_2 ``` [Damned Zong indicated his willingness to trade Divine Skills for the Spiritual Liquid in your possession, and you were tempted. So, you asked him what kind of Cultivation Technique he would offer.] [Damned Zong took out techniques simr to "Soul Snatching Spell," "Poison Heart Spell," and "Blood Sacrifice Technique," all of which were vicious spells.] [These spells were not only of low grade and had significant side effects, but they were also extremely malicious, often requiring the sacrifice of living souls.] [Naturally, you didn''t set your sights on such spells, but you knew that Damned Zong wouldn''t sincerely trade with you and offer his best items, so there was no choice but to give up.] Su Xing shook his head slightly and scoffed: "So you, Damned Zong, actually want me to be an evil cultivator like you? Truly malevolent!" "But it doesn''t matter if you don''t want to trade now... Once I''ve killed you, all the treasures and Cultivation Techniques you possess will be mine!" Su Xing felt that it didn''t matter whether he traded with Damned Zong or not. Eventually, when he killed him in reality, the contents of Damned Zong''s Storage Magical Artifact would sooner orter belong to Su Xing. "However, the value of this Spiritual Liquid is indeed unexpectedly high... If I can really find the Cultivation World in the future, in this era of scarce Spiritual Energy, the Spiritual Liquid could probably be traded for quite a few treasures!" With that thought in mind, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simtion panel. [Your trade with Damned Zong failed, and both sides secretly coveted each other''s treasures, but on the surface, you both acted as if you were old friends for many years.] [In the following year, you spent most of your time cultivating within the Spirit Field Cave, either learning Thousand mes Art, increasing your mastery of Spiritual Power, or making Elixirs.] [In one year, you collected nearly fifty thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid.] [You stored them in specially made small jade bottles, each containing about ten thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid or roughly fifty milliliters.] [The second year, your mastery of the Earth-Level Technique, Thousand mes Art, broke through to the secondyer.] [At the same time, you crafted arge batch of Elixirs, and most of the Spiritual Medicines in the Descending Sect''s treasury were embezzled by you.] [Believing the time was right, you eloped with Luo Shuying out of the Descending Sect.] [You made direct contact with the Great Xia Military, and with the Elixirs at hand and your own strength, you achieved a very high status within the military.] [Even if the Descending Sect wanted to pursue and kill you, they were powerless to do so.] [As the saying goes, ''A fire at the city gates brings disaster to the fish in the moat,'' and Damned Zong became the scapegoat, now on the run.] [The third year, you crafted tens of thousands of Elixirs, adding tens of thousands of Grandmaster Level warriors to Great Xia Country.] [The same year, your mastery over Thousand mes Art advanced to the thirdyer.] [This year, the amount of Spiritual Liquid you had reached nearly a hundred and fifty thousand drops, but you didn''t use a single drop, saving all of it.] [Every day, apart from spending an hour collecting Spiritual Liquid, you spent the rest of the time cultivating Origin Force and Thousand mes Art.] [This left you several hours of free time, which you decided to use to expand the scale of the Gathering Spirit Flowers in order to harvest more Spiritual Liquid.] [You nted five hundred seeds of the Gathering Spirit Flower, and just tending to these seeds took several hours of your day.] [Any more would have impacted your cultivation.] [The fourth year saw a minor breakthrough in your control of Origin Force, bringing you close to the level of external release.] [The Spiritual Energy armor entwining your body became more solid, and the Origin Force within you was more abundant.] [This year, your count of Spiritual Liquid reached two hundred thousand drops!] [The fifth year, the five hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers you nted all matured, resulting in a slight increase in the Spiritual Energy of the Spirit Field Cave.] [Each week, you harvested approximately eleven hundred drops of Spiritual Liquid, and within a year, nearly sixty thousand drops were collected.] [You nted another five hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers, waiting for the next harvest in two years.] [The sixth year, you made a breakthrough in your mastery of the Earth-Level Technique, Thousand mes Art, sessfully entering the fourthyer!] [Unfortunately, your mastery over Origin Force was still firmly at the Great Perfection of the coiling level, and you were eager to break through further.] [This year, you collected another nearly sixty thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid, bringing your total to three hundred and sixty thousand drops!] [The seventh year, your second batch of Gathering Spirit Flowers matured, and the content of Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Field Cave increased once more.] [That year you harvested sixty-three thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid!] [You skillfully nted a new batch of Gathering Spirit Flower seeds.] [The eighth year, you harvested sixty-three thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid, bringing your total to nearly four hundred and ny thousand drops.] [The ninth year, a new batch of Gathering Spirit Flowers matured, enriching the Spiritual Essence content in your Spirit Field Blessed Land even further.] [That year, your harvest of Spiritual Liquid increased once again to sixty-four thousand drops.] [You also noticed that as the number of Gathering Spirit Flowers grew, the Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Field Blessed Land did improve, but was hard to break through a certain threshold.] [It seemed to always remain at the level of a low-tier Cave Realm; unless there was a major change, it would be difficult for the Spirit Field Cave to transform.] [Hence you stopped nting Gathering Spirit Flowers and focused on collecting Spiritual Liquid, devoting more efforts to cultivating Divine Skills and Origin Force.] Su Xing nodded slightly to himself. Although Gathering Spirit Flowers were miraculous natural treasures, their ability to enhance the Spiritual Energy in a particr space was not endless. Unless their numbers were truly vast, like the Luo Tian Sect''s one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers. Such a quantity might cause a quantitative change that leads to a qualitative transformation, enhancing the level of the Spirit Field Cave. Alternatively, setting up arge-scale Spirit Gathering Arraybined with a high-ss Spirit Vein might also significantly improve the quality of Spiritual Energy and, thereby, upgrade the level of the Spirit Field Cave. ``` Chapter 226: Chapter 158: A Prodigy of the Dao of Arrays, The Talent Lottery Pool Mechanism (5k)_3 "However, these conditions are still a bit too harsh for me right now... The main issue is that I don''t have enough simted energy!" Su Xing sighed and muttered: "Now, with an annual output of over 60,000 drops of Spiritual Liquid, the quantity is sufficient. If I had any more, I''m afraid I wouldn''t have enough simted energy to exchange for it..." His gaze turned to the simted panel. [In the tenth year, you have umted a total of 610,000 drops of Spiritual Liquid over these ten years, which you have kept in small jade vials and carefully ced in boxes.] [Seeing the number of jade vials increasing, you feel a strong sense of achievement.] [In the eleventh year, your mastery over Origin Force has be more proficient, and you feel that you are not far from reaching the thirdyer of external release of Origin Force.] [That same year, you reach a total of 670,000 drops of Spiritual Liquid!] [In the twelfth year, on a peaceful afternoon, you finish your meal and continue your routine exercise of Origin Force.] [You wrap Origin Force around every inch of your skin, constantly experiencing the wonders of Origin Force.] [Suddenly, you feel the shackles that had been troubling you silently unlock, and your mastery of Origin Force naturally reaches the thirdyer, external release!] Seeing this, Su Xing heaved a sigh of relief and muttered: "Finally, I''ve broken through to the thirdyer of Origin Force... From the peak of the encircling stage to the external release stage... Without the power of sudden enlightenment, does it really take twelve years of natural cultivation?" Su Xing nodded slightly. This pace was not fast, but it was within his expectations. [After breaking through to the external release stage of Origin Force, you can''t wait to experience it.] [You focus your energy in your Dantian and start to control the two forces within your body, Origin Force and Spiritual Power...] [You keep Spiritual Power within your body and cover your outer body with Origin Force, controlling them as they slowly move away from your body.] [In your sense, Origin Force slowly spreads from your fists, finally stopping at a position ten centimeters from your knuckles.] [Although you have just entered the external release stage, and your Origin Force has just left your body, you can feel the strength of this thinyer of externally released Origin Force.] [You take a piece of fourth-rank special metal and control your Origin Force to smash it towards the metal!] [Boom! The light punch directly turns an entire piece of fourth-rank special metal into powder!] [You must know that you didn''t exert any strength, this brutal destructivenesses solely from Origin Force!] [You quickly realize that if Origin Force cultivation is powerful enough to extend several feet or even tens of feet from the body, it would be a nightmare for all Qi Refiners!] [Afterward, you attempt to wrap Origin Force around the Ink Ice Sword, but since you''ve just entered the external release stage, you still can''t control it as you wish.] [To prevent the Ink Ice Sword from being damaged, you can only stop the attempt for now and n to try again once your control over Origin Force is more proficient.] [In the thirteenth year, after breaking through in Origin Force, you put more thought into cultivating the Thousand mes Art.] [Over more than ten years, yourprehension of the Thousand mes Art has swiftly improved, and it is close to the fifth stage.] [That same year, you have collected a total of 800,000 drops of Spiritual Liquid!] [In the fourteenth year, the Cultivation Technique Thousand mes Art naturally breaks through, reaching the fifth stage.] [After cultivating the Thousand mes Art to the fifthyer,bined with the Li Fire Technique, your absorption of Spiritual Energy bes even faster than that of the Changchun Technique.] [So you took the Thousand mes Art as your primary Cultivation Technique, and your cultivation speed slightly increased.] [In the fifteenth year, although you have not used Spiritual Liquid to aid your cultivation these years, fifteen years of umtion still allowed your Cultivation Level to advance greatly from the seventh stage of Divinity Transformation, leaving you not far from the eighth stage.] [In the sixteenth year, you continued to diligently collect Spiritual Liquid every day. This year, the total amount of Spiritual Liquid you possess breaks through one million drops!] [In the seventeenth year, your Qi Refining Cultivation progresses further, and you be a Cultivator of the eighth Divine Transformation Stage!] Seeing this, Su Xing slightly frowned and muttered: "As expected, cultivation during the Divinity Transformation Stage is more difficult than I imagined... Especially in theter stages of Divinity Transformation, it''s extraordinarily difficult to advance!" "Without the aid of Spiritual Liquid, natural cultivation alone takes a full seventeen years to break through a single realm?" Su Xing knew that this pace was not slow, but he still wasn''t satisfied. "Fortunately, with the aid of Spiritual Liquid in the future, my cultivation speed should advance further, right?" Thinking this, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simted panel. [In the eighteenth year, with your round-the-clock hard work, your grasp of the Thousand mes Art hase to rival that of the Changchun Technique.] [The advantage of the fire attribute Cultivation Technique has somewhat increased the power of the Li Fire Technique, and your offensive abilities have strengthened considerably.] [In the neenth year, with years of hard work, your mastery of Origin Force has be more skilled.] [You can now safely wrap Origin Force externally around the Spirit Sword, but you can''t maintain it for too long, or it will exhaust your Origin Force tremendously.] [Yet Origin Force coated with Spiritual Energy has significantly enhanced your strength!] [The Sword Intent you''veprehended from Human Sword perfection, coupled with Origin Force attached to the Spirit Sword Mo Bing, bes your strongest method of attack.] [With this trump card, your strength has increased by more than thirty percent!] [The boost in strength has given you enormous confidence, and you can''t wait to try if you can defeat the Puppet guarding the ancient tomb relics.] [But with six more years until the twenty-five-year deadline, would it not be a waste if you were to be defeated by the Puppet?] [So you decide to y it safe for now, nning to collect enough Spiritual Liquid before challenging itter.] [In the twentieth year, the number of Spiritual Liquid you possess reaches an astonishing 1.25 million drops.] [That same year, you visit the Immortal Martial Era Instance.] [You don''t intend to go directly to the ancient tomb relic, but first, you visit the three major sects to get your hands on three pieces of broken jade and Cultivation Techniques.] Chapter 173: Chapter 141: 170 Million Energy, Murder and Arson on a Golden Belt! (5k) Su Xing''s heart stirred when he saw it. "A Blessed Land... a Cave Heaven?!" Su Xing recalled fragments of memory from his mind. During the Luotian Meeting Instance, Su Xing had learned about the differences between a Cave Heaven and a Blessed Land through immersive simtion. The Luo Tian Sect is the number one sect in the Luo Tian Realm! Within the sect, there are seventy-two Blessed Lands and thirty-six Cave Heavens. Combined, they number one hundred and eight, corresponding to the celestial stems and terrestrial branches. Blessed Lands are for the use of inner gate Elders and above, where the Spiritual Energy is rich, making cultivation twice as effective. The concentration of Spiritual Energy in a Cave Heaven is almost twice that of a Blessed Land! This means that the speed of cultivation could also increase by more than double! For example, Su Xing''s master, the Great Elder Niu Ruolie of the Luo Tian Sect, and Uncle Shennong from the back mountain, both have residences that are at the level of a Cave Heaven. Remembering the various wonders of the Cave Heaven, Su Xing muttered to himself: "Tsk tsk, if this Spirit Field Blessed Land could be upgraded to the status of a Cave Heaven, not only could my cultivation speed increase dramatically!" "Even the maturity speed of the Spiritual Medicines in the Spirit Field and the growth speed of the spiritual beasts would significantly improve!" With that thought, Su Xing''s eyes gleamed with a hint of longing. But he soon shook his head slightly, somewhat helplessly: "It''s a pity, for a Cave Heaven Level, three thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers are needed, and it probably also requires the operation of arge Spirit Gathering Array to barely reach it..." "Not to mention that I don''t know how to set up arge Spirit Gathering Array yet, even the three thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers would require three billion simtion energy! With my current energy, it''s far from enough!" "I should not aim too high; better to get a thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers first!" Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the simtion panel. [In the eighteenth year, the number of Gathering Spirit Flowers in the Spirit Field Blessed Land has exceeded a thousand, such an abundance of Gathering Spirit Flowers is already sufficient for your cultivation needs.] [Moreover, with so many Gathering Spirit Flowers, you won''t have the time to tend to them all, nor enough simtion energy to take out, so you sealed the Gathering Spirit Flower seeds and stopped nting more.] [In the neenth year, the richness of Spiritual Energy has made your cultivation speed faster, but with Divinity Transformation Cultivation Level being hard as heaven, your cultivation progress remains slow.] [In the twentieth year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level made further progress, reaching the Divine Strength Realm''s sixthyer!] [In the twenty-first year, the Spirit Rice trial fields in Kyoto continuously delivered Spirit Rice, adding many formidable professionals to the Great Xia Country.] [ording to experts'' statistics, in ten years, the number of Silver Level professionals in Great Xia Country has increased by nearly thirty million, and Gold Level professionals by five million more.] [The explosive increase in the number of lower-tier professionals has also made it more likely for Master and Grandmaster Level professionals to emerge.] [In the twenty-second year, you were assassinated again, unexpectedly.] [Over the years, you''ve experienced assassination attempts no less than a thousand times, but with your current strength, even if Legendary Level powerhouses were to strike, you would have enough time to escape to the Spirit Field Blessed Land, thus you were not greatly troubled.] [In the twenty-fourth year, the situation at Demon-Subduing Pass worsened, and the Human Race''s situation took a sharp turn for the worse, but they managed to hold on.] [In the twenty-fifth year, hundreds of Legendary Demon Beasts invaded Demon-Subduing Pass, and it finally shattered.] [That same year, a behemoth descended into the real world and swallowed the entire Great Xia Country whole.] [Even with the powerful body of a Divine Strength Realm Cultivator, you were still swallowed by the behemoth, your body copsing.] [But your Primordial Spirit did not perish, wandering within the belly of the behemoth.] "Huh? What the hell?" Su Xing was stunned for a moment, just when he thought this simtion wasing to an end, unexpectedly there was more to follow. "Divinity Transformation Cultivators, with undying Primordial Spirits, life goes on, right?" "In that case, couldn''t I survive inside the behemoth''s belly when it descends?" Su Xing''s eyes sparkled; this was an unprecedented situation, and he couldn''t help wanting to explore further. His gaze returned to the simtion panel. [After leaving your body, your Primordial Spirit still retained basic consciousness, but you knew that if you didn''t take over a new body quickly, your Primordial Spirit would soon perish.] [You decided to seize this good opportunity to thoroughly explore the insides of the behemoth.] [Since the behemoth swallowed the entire Great Xia Country, the sky had darkened.] [Thend began to copse, skyscrapers started to fall, everything within sight was being devoured.] [Countless chaotic space streams, like ck holes, swallowed everything around them, whether human or animal, all were torn to shreds by these chaotic space streams.] [Your Primordial Spirit wandered in this pitch-ck space, and you could feel that this should be the stomach of the behemoth.] [The entire Great Xia Country, an entire continent, was swallowed, and rapidly digested.] [At first, you still saw a few "lucky ones" who didn''t die instantly, but they were soon destroyed by the chaotic space streams.] [Your Primordial Spirit drifted in the stomach of the behemoth for seven days and seven nights; the space inside the beast''s stomach was so vast, it was almost asrge as the entire Blue Star.] [You tried to find any possible survivors in this space, but unfortunately, under such circumstances, it was impossible for any professionals to survive.] [Your Primordial Spirit grew weaker and weaker, and you could sense that before long, you would dissipate.] [Just when you were in despair, you suddenly felt a familiar aurait was the Primordial Spirit of Damned Zong!] [When you discovered him, Damned Zong also noticed you.] [Neither of you acted rashly; after a standoff for a while, Damned Zong spoke first.] [He told you he was looking for a space stream that led to Demon-Subduing Pass; puzzled, you asked him why he was searching for it.] [Damned Zong told you that the entire universe where Blue Star was located had been conquered by the Foreign Race, and now the only way to get to the Demon Realm was through Demon-Subduing Pass, and the Demon Realm was the obligatory path to other realms!] Chapter 174: Chapter 141: 170 Million Energy, Murder and Arson on a Golden Belt! (5k)_2 [Damned Zong invited you to escape to other great domains; if sessful, you might even seize a body and be reborn.] [You know in your heart that Damned Zong doesn''t have good intentions, but at this moment, you have no other choice.] [You searched for a long time in the spatial turbulence but still couldn''t find the coordinates of Demon-Subduing Pass.] [And your Primordial Spirit is getting weaker and weaker, almost about to lose consciousness.] [At this moment, Damned Zong finally showed his fangs as he devoured your Primordial Spirit in one bite.] [Before consciousness dissipated, Damned Zong sneered, saying that with the nourishment of your Divine Soul, he should be able to hold on until he finds the turbulent flow where Demon-Subduing Pass is located.] [Your consciousness gradually fades away...] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing took a deep breath and frowned in deep thought. After a while, Su Xing muttered to himself, "This time, I didn''t expect to learn such remarkable information!" In previous simtions, Su Xing would die after being eaten by the beast, leaving at most an eyeball. But now, after Su Xing had be a Divinity Transformation Cultivator, his Primordial Spirit could act independently from his body. This also meant that even after losing his physical body, Su Xing could still survive for a while using his Divine Sense. And what Su Xing saw was all within the beast''s stomach. "It''s unimaginable... howrge must this beast be? Just its stomach can hold the entire Great Xia Country?" Su Xing took a deep breath. But what surprised him even more was the information he obtained from Damned Zong. "Although Damned Zong merged with my Primordial Spirit, that old dog probably wasn''t lying. His intention to search for Demon-Subduing Pass should be true!" "Demon-Subduing Pass is known to me as the gateway to the Demon Realm... but the Demon Realm, is it really the obligatory path to other great domains?" Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly, although the information he obtained was fragments and bits. But from what Damned Zong said, it wasn''t hard to imagine that Blue Star might already be sealed off by the Demon Race, reduced to a ughterhouse-like existence. And the entire Human Race was the prey in this ughterhouse. To escape from this ughterhouse, they must break out from Demon-Subduing Pass to have a chance at survival! "So that''s how it is... No wonder the Human Race has been defending Demon-Subduing Pass for thousands of years, because it''s the only chance!" "Once Demon-Subduing Pass ispletely upied by the Demon Race, the Human Race will no longer be able to escape this ughterhouse, and all that awaits is death!" Su Xing rubbed his temples, the information obtained from the Primordial Spirit was too fragmented. Su Xing couldn''t deduce more, but Demon-Subduing Pass must be the key. "It seems that the secrets of this world are even greater than I imagined!" Su Xing curled his lips, but these concerns were forter; for now, his own development was the priority. Thinking so, Su Xing looked towards the simtion rewards. [Descendant of Shennong]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Twenty-Six Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, contains parts of Infant Tempering Pill (Mahayana Level) at a price of 1 million energy. [Divinity Transformation Stage Level Three Cultivation Level]: Breaking through five barriers, stepping into Divinity Transformation, priced at 20 million energy. [Divine Strength Realm Level Six Cultivation Level]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, priced at 20 million energy. [One Thousand Mature Gathering Spirit Flowers, Five Hundred Gathering Spirit Flower Seeds]: Priced at 1 billion and 50 million energy. Regarding the rewards from the simtion, Su Xing had a n in mind. "Cultivation Level advancement is not urgent for now. This Descendant of Shennong talent is an exceptional farming talent akin to a God Level, definitely a must-have!" "And these one thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers... This simtion was almost entirely spent nting them, it''s naturally a choice." "But that price..." Seeing the astronomical energy cost for the Gathering Spirit Flowers, Su Xing felt somewhat of a headache. It would take him a month''s time to have enough for the vast expense of over a billion energy points, which he currently only had a few tens of millions in hand. Su Xing didn''t want to wait that long. "It looks like I''ll have to make a trip to the ck Dragon Guild!" Su Xing narrowed his eyes. Based on the information he got in the simtion, that Martial Emperor powerhouse would not be in the guild these days. As long as Su Xing infiltrated the basement, he could get his hands on over a billion energy. The only risk involved avoiding meeting Dragon Protector in the future. For Su Xing, who scarcely left Kyoto, this was no issue at all. "It''s like getting over a billion energy for free with no cost, who wouldn''t be tempted?" Su Xing muttered to himself, then took out a pill box and retrieved several round elixirs. They were one superior-grade Breathe-Concealing Pill and one superior-grade Disguise Pill! Su Xing believed that not even a Martial Emperor professional could discern the trick. Exiting the Spirit Field Blessed Land, Su Xing nced at the sky. It was still afternoon and bright daylight; Su Xing couldn''t possibly head to the ck Dragon Guild at this time. He first sent a message to Jin Congxue, telling her he was busy next week and couldn''t trade, proposing to meet a weekter. Then, Su Xing began his daily alchemy. When the sky hadpletely darkened, Su Xing took a deep breath, left the Spirit Field Blessed Land, swallowed the two pills, and hurried toward the ck Dragon Guild. The ck Dragon Guild was dozens of kilometers away from Kyoto University, and instead of flying, Su Xing relied on his physical strength and raced towards the vicinity of the ck Dragon Guild at a remarkable speed. When he arrived at the ck Dragon Guild, it was deep into the night. Su Xing wore a set of ck night clothes, camouged within the darkness. With his excellent skills, he easily bypassed the guild''s guards and sneaked into the deepest courtyard. His Divine Sense spread out like a tide, sensing the patrolling guild officers; Su Xing didn''t act rashly but rather waited patiently. Chapter 175: Chapter 141: 170 Million Energy, Murder and Arson Gold Belt! (5k)_3 Just as dawn was breaking and the patrolling guild officers were preparing to change shifts, Su Xing made his move! Like an agile ck cat, he reached the trigger mechanism for the secret chamber in the blink of an eye. Activating the mechanism, his figure shed into an underground cer. Descending the staircase, Su Xing rapidly made his way to the storeroom one hundred and fifty zhang deep. "There seem to be about a hundred breaths... Their strength isn''t strong, they must be the soulless puppets in the simtion!" Without hesitation, Su Xing arrived at the chamber instantly. It was an extremely spacious chamber, probably a hundred zhang wide. In a corner, there were many humanoid puppets with their eyes closed. Scanning with his Divine Sense, Su Xing sighed and said: "What a pity, these people''s Divine Souls are destroyed, they seem alive but are actually dead through and through..." With that, Su Xing no longer hesitated. The next second, the Li Fire Technique erupted! Boom! The extremely high-temperature mes danced in Su Xing''s hand like leaping sprites of fire. With each breath, more than ten puppets were burned to ashes. The entire process didn''t take more than three minutes, and a hundred or so Gold, Master-Level puppets were dead under Su Xing''s Li Fire Technique. "Whew~" After using the Li Fire Technique consecutively, Su Xing took a moment to regte his breath. He first meticulously burned every corpse to ashes, making sure to leave no traces behind. Afterward, Su Xing began to scour the secret chamber. He opened several giant boxes two meters tall, cram-filled with all kinds of colorful equipment. Blue, purple, gold! Gazing at the gleam that signified high-level equipment. Su Xing''s breath grew heavy, too pressed for time to count how many pieces there were. In one go, Su Xing packed severalrge boxes into the Spirit Field Blessed Land. He then proceeded to a corner and picked up a half-man-tall piece of pitch-ck metal. Fourth-Rank Special Metal! "Indeed, just this piece of Fourth-Rank Special Metal, its worth of energy is probably no less than fifty million!" Su Xing also stored the special metal inside the Spirit Field Blessed Land. Next to the special metal, inside a cab, were several ount books and a sealed letter. After a moment of hesitation, Su Xing chose not to touch the ount books or the secret letter. After all, if some treasures were lost, the ck Dragon Guild might just consider it a burry. But if these key pieces of information were tampered with, they would probably investigate far more intensely, right? Moreover, Su Xing already knew the contents of the secret letter and the ounts; there was no need to stir up more trouble now. With deft hands, he rolled up all the valuable equipment and items, and without looking back, Su Xing headed toward the ground. Sprinting all the way, Su Xing pushed the physical limits of a Divine Strength Realm cultivator to the extreme, his figure concealed in the night. By the time it was dimly light out, Su Xing had already arrived at the Kyoto Professional Market. At this moment, it was teeming with people, countless professionals conducting transactions. Su Xing walked into a deserted alley, and after confirming with his Divine Sense that no one was paying attention to him, he turned and entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land. "Whew... finally, all done!" Once inside the Spirit Field Blessed Land, Su Xing took a long breath of relief. He couldn''t help but feel excited. This was his first heist in over half a year! And he was facing the ck Dragon Guild and the Descending Sect, such colossal entities. Although he had faced them many times in the simtor, in the real world, this was his first encounter. It was hard for Su Xing not to be thrilled. After carefully recalling the details of his actions to ensure there were no oversights, Su Xing began to inspect the vast wealth he had acquired. First taking out those fewrge boxes of equipment, Su Xing didn''t hesitate, immediately preparing to convert them into energy. The pleasant sound of the simtor rang in Su Xing''s ears. [Ding, detected equipment containing tremendous energy, valued at 83.24 million simtion energy points, do you wish to exchange?] "Yes!" Su Xing said without hesitation, and then he took out the special metal as well. [Ding, detected an ore containing tremendous energy, valued at 57.68 million simtion energy points, do you wish to exchange!] "Yes!" Su Xing''s heart pounded with excitement: "Mother, that''s a whopping one hundred and forty million energy in one fell swoop! An unprecedented huge sum of money!" "Indeed, ill-gotten wealth makes the purse swell... ''Sudden wealth does notpare to steadily umted wealth.'' The ancients did not deceive me!" Su Xing could hardly contain his excitement. With thisrge sum of energy, coupled with what he had left before, Su Xing''s energy surged to a total of one hundred and seventy million points! "Could the ck Dragon Guild be my lucky ce?" Su Xing had been wondering how to carry out that thousand-strand Gathering Spirit Flower! Now, he could easily carry it out, with several tens of millions of energy points to spare. This was just too awesome! After calming his emotions, Su Xing silentlymanded: "Exchange for Gathering Spirit Flowers and the Descendant of Shennong talent!" [Ding! You have sessfully brought out the Purple Talent, Descendant of Shennong, spending 1 million energy points, remaining energy 170.05 million points.] [Detected that you possess the Blue Talent, nt Affinity, simr type talents, automatically recing...] [You have sessfully brought out one thousand mature Gathering Spirit Flowers and five hundred Gathering Spirit Flower seeds, spending 100.5 million energy points, remaining energy 65.05 million points.] The simtion energy flowed rapidly, and in a blink of an eye, he had spent over a hundred million energy. But Su Xing didn''t feel any sting, as after all, this simtion energy was a windfall that he had earned overnight. Thinking of this, Su Xing eximed, "Robbery really is the quickest way to make money! How long would it take to save up like this on my own?" The energy of the Purple Talent infused into Su Xing as he looked towards the Spirit Field not far away. Without knowing when, lovely white flowers had spread across a vast area of the Spirit Field. Easily a thousand strands of Gathering Spirit Flowers! Rich Spiritual Energy hit him in the face as the concentration of Spiritual Energy in the entire Spirit Field Blessed Land rapidly increased! Chapter 176: Chapter 142: A New Round of Simulation, The King among the Demon Race (5k) ``` "That''s fantastic, with these Gathering Spirit Flowers, spiritual energy will no longer be a hindrance on my path to the pinnacle of Divinity Transformation!" Su Xing felt a surge of joy within his heart. Even before the depletion of spiritual energy, thousands of Gathering Spirit Flowers would be considered supreme treasures. And now, even a single Gathering Spirit Flower would be enough for cultivators like Damned Zong to risk their lives for! Yet such precious spirit nts were almost everywhere on this small hill under Su Xing''s feet at the moment. With this thought, Su Xing''s eyes brimmed with a sense of achievement. After reveling in his triumph for a while, Su Xing didn''t rush to leave but nned to stay in the Spirit Field Blessed Land for two weeks toy low. Before the heist, Su Xing had already informed Jin Congxue that the trade would be postponed by a week. In other words, in two weeks, when the appointed time came, it wouldn''t be toote for Su Xing to make his move. "Then during this time, I''ll focus on alchemy with peace of mind!" An unstoppable smile spread across Su Xing''s face as he produced his alchemy furnace and began the alchemy process with practiced hands. Meanwhile, as Su Xing leisurely refined elixirs... The ck Dragon Guild was anything but calm at this moment! The moment Su Xing had broken into the secret chamber, the Martial Emperor-level powerhouse sensed it and rushed towards the guild. But Su Xing acted too swiftly, and by the time he returned to the chamber, Su Xing had long since fled to the professional market and entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land. This Martial Emperor powerhouse, with a fluctuating expression, surveyed everything around him and muttered to himself: "Who could it be... who exactly did this?" Afterward, his legs began to tremble uncontrobly and, hesitating, he activated a Sound Transmission Jade Slip. From the other end of the jade slip, an old voice came through. "What is it?" At the sound of this voice, the Martial Emperor powerhouse shivered even more, stammering: "Lord Long, something terrible has happened... The secret chamber of the ck Dragon Guild has been plundered, the more than a hundred puppets are all dead, and all the treasures have vanished without a trace..." "I rushed back as soon as I sensed the triggers, but I was still toote! The perpetrator''s strength... It''s likely no weaker than mine!" "Lord..." The flustered Martial Emperor powerhouse continued to exin hurriedly. Lord Long on the other end of the Sound Transmission Jade Slip, after a silence, eventually asked: "Are the ledger book and the secret letters still there?" On hearing this, the Martial Emperor hastily opened a cab and after seeing the untouched ledger book and secret letters, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said: "Lord, they are still here! The ledger and secret letters haven''t been touched!" From the other end of the Sound Transmission Jade Slip, Lord Long remained silent for a long time before slowly replying: "I see, let''s leave it at that for now, don''t make a fuss..." The scene shifts back to the Spirit Field Blessed Land. Su Xing had already been in the Spirit Field Blessed Land for a week, and during that week, he had focused on refining elixirs without setting foot outside the Spirit Field. In a single week, he had produced six thousand elixirs! "Phew... It''s been close to a week already, hasn''t it?" Su Xing wiped the sweat from his forehead and murmured: "I wonder what the situation is like outside. Should I go out and test the waters?" But then, Su Xing shook his head slightly. "No, it''s not good. It''s only been a week; the ck Dragon Guild''s spies might still be around. I''d better lie low for another week!" With that thought, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simtion panel. A week had passed, and the cooldown for the next simtion cycle had ended. On June 10, 2024 of the New Era, Su Xing promptly began a new round of simtion. "Commence simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 4000 energy points, leaving 65,505,000 energy points remaining, with unlimited simtion chances left.] [Simtion starting!] [Extracting a green talent costs 1000 energy points, blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, and extracting a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points. Do you wish to extract?] "Extract the Purple Talent!" [Congrattions, you have acquired the Purple Talent: The Pole That Never Falls!] [The Pole That Never Falls]: Your endurance in battle is greatly increased (Censored to prevent inappropriate content)] Su Xing: "..." Rubbing his hands with some excitement, Su Xing spoke. With just a nce, Su Xing lost interest in the talent. Although powerful, it was not something Su Xing needed at the moment! Looking at the simtion panel, Su Xing was already considering his ns for this simtion. "Demon-Subduing Pass... a passage that connects the real world to the Demon Race''s realm?" Su Xing was slightly intrigued. If he really could escape to the demon world through Demon-Subduing Pass, he might just survive the cmity and avoid being devoured by the behemoth! Even if only Su Xing managed to escape, it would significantly extend the simtion time. "Well then, let''s give it a try!" [Inside the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize that you are in a simtion.] [You chose not to hastily leave the Spirit Field Blessed Land to return to reality, deciding instead to spend another week within.] [During that week, you continued to refine elixirs and tended to the spirit nts in the Spirit Field.] [A weekter, you left the Spirit Field Blessed Land and returned to the real world unnoticed. You contacted Jin Congxue and met up with her.] [You asked Jin Congxue about any unusual activities from the ck Dragon Guild, but she indicated nothing was amiss.] [Finally rxing after being on edge, you resumed your routine cultivation and farming.] [Although the spiritual energy in your blessednd was far more abundant, breaking through as a Divinity Transformation cultivator proved extremely difficult, and your cultivation yielded minimal results.] [Therefore, you took some time to check on Wang Qingxuan to ensure she wouldn''t stray into the Descending Sect. After confirming her safety, you began searching for traces of the Descending Sect.] [After several months of searching, you finally found the Descending Sect''s headquarters in Shuangqing City, located in the southwest province.] [You went to Shuangqing City and deliberately swept through the city with your Divine Sense.] [Sure enough, half a monthter, Damned Zong found you.] [Damned Zong was shocked by your youthful appearance at first but then realized you must have taken over the body you currently possess.] ``` Chapter 177: Chapter 142: A New Round of Simulation, The King among the Demon Race (5k)_2 [After matching wits and courage with Damned Zong, you managed to obtain a handful of Spiritual Medicine from him with the aid of two Life Extension Pills and secured a chance to join the Descending Sect.] [Under the introduction of Damned Zong, you quickly became an Elder of the Descending Sect.] [Afterward, you began to secretly ally with Luo Shuying and gained her trust.] [With the help of Luo Shuying, you soon obtained arge batch of Spiritual Medicine.] [You patiently waited, outwardly showing brotherhood with Damned Zong, while secretly refining Spiritual Medicine and umting power.] [Soon, two years had passed.] [In the third year, with nearly two hundred thousand Elixirs in your hands, you believed the time was ripe to defect from the Descending Sect with Luo Shuying.] [Before defecting, you didn''t forget to sling mud at Damned Zong, politely inviting him for a meal.] [After your defection, you headed to the Kyoto of Great Xia Country, where you brought out all two hundred thousand Elixirs, easily gaining the trust of the Great Xia Military and bing a core figure.] [Afterward, you began to sessively refine higher grade Dragon Spirit Pills, Origin Martial Pills, Soul Condensing Pills and so on, adding more powerhouses to Great Xia Country.] [In the same year, the Descending Sect discovered your defection, and they began to hunt you down.] [But because you and Luo Shuying were within the Great Xia Military, the Descending Sect could only target Damned Zong.] [Damned Zong once again began his journey of flight.] [In the fourth year, with your help, Luo Shuying sessfully advanced to a Legendary Level powerhouse.] [Also, your Origin Martial Pills, Divine Strength Pills, and other Elixirs added hundreds of Heavenly King Level and several Martial Emperor Level powerhouses to Great Xia Country.] [For yourter ns and also to better improve your Cultivation Level, you decided to join Demon-Subduing Pass.] [Although the entire Human Race opposed the idea, you were determined to start from scratch as a nameless soldier, fighting on the battlefield.] [When you first joined the battlefield, yourck ofbat experience meant that you could only exert half your strength.] [Even so, Heavenly King Level Demonic Beasts could not withstand even one blow from you, and Demon Emperors barely held their own against you.] [As yourbat experience grew more proficient, you gradually began to unleash the strength of a Divine Strength Realm Cultivator.] [With Origin Force enshrouding you, Heavenly King Level Demonic Beasts couldn''t withstand three punches.] [Ordinary Demon Emperors, after enduring hundreds of punches, would also sustain heavy injuries and cough up blood.] [In just half a year, you had in dozens of Demon Kings and three Demon Emperors.] [With ample Flesh Essence from Demon Emperors, your Body Refinement strength began to soar rapidly.] [In the fifth year, after having joined Demon-Subduing Pass for a full year and having experienced hundreds of battles, under the stress of high-intensitybat, you were now able to unleash your full strength.] [Every day, you consumed five pounds of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence, and your strength and Cultivation Level visibly advanced.] [In the sixth year, you killed ten Demon Emperors and hundreds of Demon Kings.] [With only your own strength, you yed a role on the battlefield that couldpare to ten Martial Emperors.] [You consumed five pounds of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence daily and then rapidly absorbed this pure energy during high-intensitybat, converting it into Cultivation Level.] [In the seventh year, you began to use your sword to kill enemies; wherever your Three Talents Sword Technique passed, not even a de of grass grew where Demon Kings stood.] [You gradually made a name for yourself at Demon-Subduing Pass and became known as the first Sword Emperor of the Pass.] [In the eighth year, you continued to confront your enemies with your sword, and in endless battles, you further improved yourmand of swordsmanship.] [Over the years, you have killed dozens of Demon Emperors and hundreds of Demon Kings; now, all Demon Kings flee at the mere news of your approach.] [In the ninth year, with the daily supply of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence, you felt yourself drawing ever closer to the fifth level of the Divine Strength Realm.] [In the tenth year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level finally broke through, and you became a fifth level Divine Strength Realm Cultivator!] [In the eleventh year, having fought with your sword, you began to experiment with utilizing your own Origin Force.] [Origin Force, wrapped around your fists, greatly increased the strength and durability of your punches.] [But the consumption was tremendous; once the Origin Force was exhausted, your physical energy would rapidly decline, and you required ample rest to slowly recover Origin Force.] [You discovered that consuming the Flesh Essence of Demonic Beasts could speed up the recovery of Origin Force.] [In continuous battles, your Cultivation Level,bat experience, and mastery of Origin Force all improved rapidly.] [Before you knew it, three years had passed. In the fourteenth year, your practicalbat experience increased significantly, and your mastery ofbat techniques surpassed that of ordinary people.] [You were not only able to flexibly use your own swordsmanship and Origin Force, but also, thanks to your excellentbat skills, you were able to exert abat strength slightly beyond your own capabilities.] [In the fifteenth year, you had been with Demon-Subduing Pass for more than a decade.] [Over those years, no fewer than two hundred Demon Emperors died at your hands, along with nearly a thousand Demon Kings, and countless Demonic Beasts below Grandmaster Level.] [In the thousands of years of Demon-Subduing Pass''s history, below the Legendary Level, you were the strongest who had in the most Demon Emperors and Demon Kings.] [You were awarded the Human Race Hero Medal of Demon-Subduing Pass, bing a general with a statusparable to that of Legendary Level!] [Though such honors were merely the icing on the cake given your position, it was still a cause for celebration, a recognition of your strength by others.] [In the sixteenth year, with continuous battle and an endless supply of Flesh Essence, you felt that you were not far from the sixth level of the Divine Strength Realm.] [And after more than a decade of bloody battles, you felt your will as firm as ever; like most soldiers, you developed an irond, rock-solid warrior spirit.] Chapter 178: Chapter 142: A New Round of Simulation, King Among the Demon Race (5k)_3 [Sometimes, without realizing it, the killing intent in your eyes and aura can terrify lower-ranking demonic beasts so much that they dare not even breathe.] [You have grasped the rudiment of killing intent!] [In the seventeenth year, you made another breakthrough in your Body Refinement Cultivation Level, bing a sixth-order practitioner in the Divine Strength Realm!] Su Xing took a deep breath when he read this. "I actually, grasped the rudiment of killing intent!" Su Xing remembered that in a previous simtion, he fought at the Demon-Subduing Pass for over a decade and simrly understood the rudiment of killing intent by ying enemies. ording to Su Xing''s guess, this should be a special ability that can be grasped when one has killed enough creatures. Likewise, it is a recognition of the experience in ying enemies! Su Xing murmured, "It seems it''s time to choose some practicalbat experience, only with enough practical experience can I maximize the advantage of my Divine Strength Realm Cultivation Level!" "However..." Su Xing paused, then continued with some amazement, "This demonic beast''s Flesh Essence truly is a cultivation treasure for Body Refinement Cultivators!" "In just a decade or so, I have broken through from the fourth to the sixth order of Body Cultivation, this speed, if other Body Refinement Cultivators knew, they''d probably be astounded!" It is known that the cultivation for Body Refinement Cultivators is even more difficult and time-consuming than for Qi Cultivation Cultivators. A typical Cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Stage would need two or three decades to make a breakthrough, so for those at the Divine Strength Realm, breaking through would take at least thirty years! Yet Su Xing, on average, managed to make a breakthrough every less than ten years! Apart from the boost from his Purple Talent, "Power to Uproot Mountains" and "Gourmet," the Demon Emperor''s Flesh Essence was key! With this thought, Su Xing''s lips slightly curved upward. "Perhaps, in this simtion, I could break through to the seventh order of the Divine Strength Realm!" Reaching the seventh order of the Divine Strength Realm meant entering theter phase of the Divine Strength Realm, not far from the peak of Divine Power. His gaze turned toward the simtion panel. [In the eighteenth year, on the battlefield, you began to consciously temper your killing intent.] [Although you don''t know the exact method of cultivation, you know that continuously killing enemies can enhance the intensity of your killing intent, and by wielding this killing intent, you can master it more quickly.] [Relying on the most primal method of cultivation, your aura on the battlefield was so fierce that even the Silver Level demonic beast cannon fodder didn''t dare to approach.] [That year, you killed ten Demon Emperors, hundreds of Demon Kings, and countless demonic beasts below Grandmaster Level...] [In the neenth year, as your fame grew louder, not only did your name echo through the Demon-Subduing Pass, but many within the Demon Race also began to know your name.] [Weaker demonic beasts avoided you at all costs, fearful of encountering you.] [However, some very strong members of the Demon Race began to seek you out deliberately.] [One day, you finally met an extraordinary member of the Demon Race, a demonic beast no more than ten meters tall with an appearance simr to the Human Race, possessingte-stage Demon Emperor strength.] [To your surprise, this demonic beast could even speak humannguage and seemed to be very familiar with matters concerning Blue Star.] [He imed to be from the Royal n of the Demon Race, the Fierce Rhino n!] [Curious, you asked him why he was so much smaller than the average demonic beast.] [This member of the Fierce Rhino n showed a look of disdain and imed that only lower species would have suchrge bodies, which were nothing but dead flesh.] [While the Fierce Rhino nughed, his gaze fixed firmly on you, stating that you were quite strong, and your reputation had begun to spread among the Royal n, so he hade to finish you.] [After saying this, the Fierce Rhino n member attacked you, and you, not one to be trifled with, immediately parried.] [Just a dozen exchangester, you could feel the tremendous difference in strength between this Fierce Rhino n member and ordinary demonic beasts.] [This Fierce Rhino n Demon Emperor was the strongest enemy you had encountered in more than a decade.] [He had a silver-red horn growing on his forehead, incredibly tough, such that even when you wrapped your fists with Origin Force to strike it, your palms would still crack.] [What was more astonishing was that this Fierce Rhino n member could also use fire-based spells, the beam of me emanating from his horn was not as powerful as the Li Fire Technique, but it was far beyond any ordinary me.] [You fought with this Fierce Rhino n member for over a hundred rounds, gradually getting used to his ways of attack and starting to gain the upper hand.] [Your battlested from the evening until the morning of the next day.] [After several hours of fierce fighting, you left hundreds of wounds on the body of the Fierce Rhino n beast, and you too were out of breath.] [The Fierce Rhino n beast went from calmness at the start to astonishment and fear at the end.] [You knew he was preparing to flee, so youunched your final offensive. After hundreds of exchanges, you finally cut him down!] [After the Fierce Rhino n beast died, to avoidplications, you dragged his body into the Spirit Field Blessed Land and then returned to the Demon-Subduing Pass city, entering the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [After recuperating for several hours, you began to explore what made this Fierce Rhino n and ordinary demonic beasts different.] [You discovered that the horn on the forehead of the Fierce Rhino n was incredibly tough, no less durable than fourth or fifth-order exotic metals.] [This Fierce Rhino horn was a top-notch Artifact Refining material.] [What surprised you even more was that this Fierce Rhino n member, less than ten meters in height and weighing just tens of tons, contained a whole three hundred pounds of Flesh Essence!] [The quantity of this Flesh Essence was more than triple that of a normal Demon Emperor!] [And you noticed that the Flesh Essence of the Fierce Rhino n was more effective than that of ordinary Demon Emperors, containing more abundant energy.] Chapter 179: Chapter 143 Secrets of Demon-Subduing Pass, Slaughter Battlefield! (5k) Su Xing raised an eyebrow when he saw this. "The Fierce Rhino Tribe... indeed, among the Foreign Races, there are many different tribes, and the disparities between them are vast!" Su Xing remembered that during a previous simtion, Luo Shuying had once mentioned the Shadow Tribe to him, which also seemed to be a type of Foreign Race. "Just don''t know whether the Shadow Tribe or the Fierce Rhino Tribe is stronger?" Su Xing pondered thoughtfully and murmured, "The strength of the Foreign Race really isn''t as simple as it appears on the surface. Did that Demonic Beast from the Fierce Rhino Tribe say that giant-sized beasts are merely low-grade? " Su Xing did not agree with this view. Perhaps themon Demon Emperors on the battlefield, hundreds of meters in size but with low intelligence, were cannon fodder among the Demon Race. But that colossal beast that eventually descended was definitely among the very strong existences within the Foreign Race. Capable of swallowing whole continents... Its size was definitely on par with that of a! Sometimes, when size increases to a certain extent, it can lead to a qualitative change! "However, the royal ns within the Demon Race are not only strong, but the key is that they can provide more, purer Flesh Essence... this aspect is something to pay attention toter!" Su Xing nodded slightly. Obviously, for him, the Flesh Essence produced by these royal ns had a better effect! His gaze shifted to the simtion panel. [You took out the Fierce Rhino Tribe''s Flesh Essence, and after eating only three jin, you felt satisfied, your energy within feeling replenished.] [Moreover,pared to breaking through with Demon Race Flesh Essence, the Flesh Essence of the Fierce Rhino Tribe contains a trace of me power, which continues to stimte your body, elerating the improvement of your Body Refinement Cultivation Level!] [In the following period, you consumed the Flesh Essence of a Demon Emperor of the Fierce Rhino Tribe every day, and you felt your Body Refinement Cultivation Level improve day by day.] [In the twentieth year, the news that you killed a Demon Emperor of the Fierce Rhino Tribe quickly spread throughout the entire Demon-Subduing Pass Foreign Race.] [Ordinary Demon Kings and Demon Emperors rarely dare to challenge you anymore, but those royal n Demon Emperors began to challenge you incessantly.] [Through battling these royal n Demonic Beasts, yourbat skills became even more refined, capable of handling various types of enemies.] [In the twenty-first year, over the span of a year, you killed more than ten ordinary Demon Emperors as well as several from different royal ns, including but not limited to, the Crimson Feather Tribe, Spirit Swallow Tribe, Yellow Lion Tribe...] [Although these enemies were troublesome, your strength grew increasingly powerful, and you always managed to emerge victorious from peril.] [Even though you inevitably got injured after battles, the improvement to yourbat experience was even greater.] [Moreover, the Flesh Essence of these royal ns enabled your Cultivation Level to maintain rapid growth.] [In the twenty-second year, your reputation had already spread among the Demonic Beasts of the royal ns within Demon-Subduing Pass. These Demonic Beasts took pride in defeating you, hoping to kill you and restore the Demon Race''s honor, and thereby be famous within their race.] [But to you, these royal ns were merely delivering more Flesh Essence your way.] [By the twenty-third year, gradually, the royal ns also realized you were not easy to deal with, and the Demon Emperorsing to challenge you became fewer and fewer.] [Therefore, you started to take the initiative. Whenever you were nearly out of Flesh Essence, you would always hunt down a couple of Demon Emperors to replenish your stock.] [In the twenty-fourth year, after eight years of cultivation and supplemented by the Flesh Essence of the royal n, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level finally advanced further!] [Congrattions on bing a seventhyer Cultivator of the Divine Strength Realm!] Su Xing nodded slightly when he saw this, unable to help the excitement on his face. "I didn''t expect that a single simtion would actually advance me by three minor realms!" When he had first broken through to the Divine Strength Realm, Su Xing had thought it would be good enough if a single simtion could improve his level by two realms. But unexpectedly, the effect of the Demon Emperor''s Flesh Essence was surprisingly good, and moreover, the Flesh Essence of the royal ns among the Foreign Race was very effective. Combined with the constant ughter at Demon-Subduing Pass, Su Xing''s physical strength and Body Refinement Cultivation Level were both in a phase of rapid growth. "Very good, let''s strike while the iron is hot and elevate the Body Refinement Cultivation Level to the Divine Strength Realm''s perfection, then look for a way to raise my Qi Refining Cultivation!" Su Xing gradually formed a n in his mind. Although the Spiritual Energy was abundant in the blessednd now, it was still difficult to improve the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivation Level; it would be good enough to break through two realms with one simtion. By such an ount, it would even take five or six chances of a simtion reward to umte enough to bring his Qi Refining Cultivation to the peak of the Divinity Transformation Stage. Inparison, it was clear that improving his Body Refinement Cultivation Level would enhance Su Xing''s strength much more rapidly. After all, with every threefold increase in Body Cultivation Level, Su Xing''s strength would more than double! "Then next, those Legendary Demon Beasts should be ready topletely destroy Demon-Subduing Pass... it''s time to explore a bit!" Su Xing knew that to infiltrate the Demon Realm from Demon-Subduing Pass, he absolutely could not just sit and wait for death. He preferred to venture onto the endless wilderness of the battlefield, which was better than staying in the confines of Demon-Subduing Pass. [In the twenty-fifth year, although you had performed heroically over the years, you still could not turn the tide with your power alone.] [The death toll in Demon-Subduing Pass kept rising, and the number of Heavenly Kings and Martial Emperor-level professionals dwindled.] [Knowing that a grand invasion by the Demon Race was imminent, you didn''t want to just sit and wait for death; instead, you began preparations.] [It took you a month to refine a batch of Fasting Pills, Bone Growth Elixirs, and arge quantity of Disguise Pills and Turtle Breath Pills.] [These elixirs would ensure your survival for an extended time deep within the wilderness.] [Afterward, you stockpiled a good amount of Flesh Essence from Demon Emperors and Demon Kings, as well as a plethora of healing potions, Instance Dungeon Items, equipment, etc., for emergencies.] [The night before you left, you said goodbye to Luo Shuying. Luo Shuying seemed to sense something off about your mood, but you didn''t borate.] Chapter 180: Chapter 143 Secrets of the Demon-Subduing Pass, Slaughter Battlefield! (5k)_2 [After a night, you silently left.] [You leaped down from the thousand-foot-high walls of Demon-Subduing Pass, infusing spiritual power into your feet, gliding with the wind and slowlynding on the ground.] [After taking the Turtle Breath Pill and the Disguise Pill, you concealed your aura to avoid detection by the Demon Race.] [Looking around, the ground was littered with bones and the stench of blood.] [Corpses of the Human Race, corpses of the Demon Race, everywhere!] [Faintly, in the moonlight, you could even see numerous low-level Demonic Beasts gnawing on the flesh of other Demonic Beast carcasses.] [Without making a sound, you continued to hide your aura and ran in the opposite direction of Demon-Subduing Pass at an astonishing speed.] [After running for several hours, you were already a thousand miles away from Demon-Subduing Pass.] [At this moment, the scenery around you began to change.] [Looking ahead, thendscape was still a wilderness, but there were almost no bones of Demonic Beasts or the Human Race to be seen. Instead, the moon in the sky grew progressively redder.] [You looked at the blood moon in the sky and felt a chill that wasn''t from the cold.] Su Xing paused slightly upon seeing this, contemting whether to activate the immersive simtion feature. After all, once activated, Su Xing would be able to see the world beyond Demon-Subduing Pass with his own eyes. After hesitating for a while, Su Xing muttered to himself, "Activate the immersive simtion feature, duration six hours!" [Ding, you have sessfully activated the immersive simtion feature for six hours, costing 600,000 simtion energy points, remaining energy points 64,350,000.] "Seeing with my own eyes should provide a deeper understanding of the Demon-Subduing Pass instance, shouldn''t it?" Su Xing thought as much to himself. A sh of white light passed, and the scene in front gradually began to change. When Su Xing opened his eyes again, he saw an endless wilderness before him. Bare earth, scattered rocks, and even weeds were scarce. Looking out, a faint red hue covered the boundless wilderness, and a faint smell of blood lingered in the air. Su Xing looked up and saw indeed a blood moon asrge as a millstone above his head. This blood moon bathed thend in red, adding an eerie and sinister sensation to the wilderness. "Is this the instance where Demon-Subduing Pass is located?" "Rather than an instance, it''s more like a world unto its own! Just how vast is this world, I wonder?" A thought struck Su Xing, and his Divine Sense spread out like a tide. What surprised Su Xing was that his Divine Sense, which typically extended over three thousand zhang, could now only stretch to three hundred zhang at most! "This world is quite strange! Even the Divine Sense is weakened by ny percent?" Su Xing frowned slightly, the mysteries of Demon-Subduing Pass deepening. Maintaining his Divine Sense around him for a hundred zhang, Su Xing continued on his way forward. Su Xing maintained a speed of a hundred kilometers per hour for about an hour, which was not fast but ensured his safety and allowed him to better observe this world. After running for several hours, Su Xing finally stopped, a puzzled look on his face. "Strange, I''ve been running for a thousand miles now, and I haven''t seen any armies of Demonic Beasts, and even solitary Demonic Beasts have been rare to encounter..." Su Xing had run this thousand miles, and within the range of his Divine Sense, he detected Demonic Beasts ranging from Silver Level to Demon Emperor. But most were scattered on the battlefield, moving alone. "So... How exactly did the Demon Race''s armies of Demonic Beasts rush to Demon-Subduing Pass?" Su Xing pondered. "Could it be that they don''t travel by corporeal means, but also possess something simr to a teleportation formation?" Human beingsing to the Demon-Subduing Pass instance couldn''t possibly have traveled from Blue Star. Instead, they are directly teleported into the heart of Demon-Subduing Pass through a special teleportation formation point. Su Xing suspected that the Demon Race might have a simr method. Beyond this, another question arose in Su Xing''s mind. Looking up at the moon in the sky, the farther Su Xing was from Demon-Subduing Pass, the closer the moon above him seemed, and the redder it became. This blood moon shone down on Su Xing, causing him to experience faint irritability and various other negative emotions. Had it not been for Su Xing''s oveing of the "Five Trials of the Heart," he might have been swayed by the blood moon, bing a creature that only knew ughter... "Moreover, the scope of this world is too vast; it probably isn''t much smaller than the entire Blue Star, right?" "And Demon-Subduing Pass, where the stand is taken, seems to have an area of only a few hundred square kilometers... In this world''s blueprint, does it only upy a tiny part?" While Su Xing was deep in thought, he suddenly sensed a presence approaching with his Divine Sense. Su Xing immediately became alert, gripping the Spirit Sword Mo Bing. "Who is it? Show yourself!" Su Xing called out with a frown. To Su Xing''s surprise, a figure indeed appeared not far away. Looking intently, it turned out to be... "Luo Shuying, how did youe here?" Su Xing''s voice contained surprise, as well as some excitement. However, Luo Shuying remained silent for a few seconds, staring straight at Su Xing, and after a while, she said, "You shouldn''t have left me behind..." Upon hearing this, Su Xing was taken aback and felt somewhat guilty, but still exined, "After all, your people are in Demon-Subduing Pass, I feared you would be reluctant to leave them... Moreover, my journey is likely to be perilous, and I did not want to implicate you..." Luo Shuying fell silent for a few seconds upon hearing his words, then said, "I would rather be with you... Where you go, I follow..." Upon hearing this, Su Xing''s heart warmed. At this moment, the blood-red moonlight shrouded Luo Shuying. She wore a light ck robe, her hair cascading over her shoulders. Chapter 181: Chapter 143 Secrets of the Demon-Subduing Pass, Slaughter Battlefield! (5k)_3 Without a mask, the light from the Red Moon fell upon Luo Shuying''s delicate face, giving it an especially exquisite, aesthetically pleasing appearance, akin to a perfect piece of art, momentarily taking Su Xing''s breath away. After a deep look at Luo Shuying, Su Xing said: "Following me, you might die..." Luo Shuying took a step forward and said earnestly: "Death is just a matter of sooner orter... Given the current situation, it won''t be long before Demon-Subduing Pass is breached." Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this and gave Luo Shuying a hand signal, and the two of them headed deeper into the wilderness. Along the way, Su Xing''s Divine Sense, which he extended outward, did detect quite a few Demonic Beasts. But those Demonic Beasts were mostly not in their right minds, wandering the wilderness aimlessly, their eyes turning blood-red and filled with ughter. Luo Shuying, who had been following behind, suddenly asked: "Su Xing, aren''t you affected by the ughter Moon?" Caught off guard by the question, Su Xing wondered, "ughter Moon?" Pointing at the moon high in the sky, Luo Shuying responded: "That moon there is called the ughter Moon." Seeing that Su Xing was still somewhat puzzled, Luo Shuying continued her exnation: "The world we are in right now is known as the ughter Battlefield... Demon-Subduing Pass is just what you people of the Human Race from Blue Star call it, referring only to that area around the city..." Upon hearing this, Su Xing became even more puzzled. The ughter Battlefield was a name he had heard for the first time. Luo Shuying clearly knew much more than Su Xing did. She went on to exin: "The ughter Battlefield is said to have been the site of a fierce battle that a being of great power from long ago had with the Foreign Race, and the oue of that battle remains unknown..." "All that is known is that the originally vast world was shattered, with countless demines and broken worlds scattered amidst the spatial turbulence. These fragmented worlds strewn across various ces came to be known as ughter Battlefields!" "Not only does Blue Star have a ughter Battlefield, but outside the world of my home, where the Spirit Race resides, there''s also a ughter Battlefield... Our battle with the Foreign Race takes ce within that ughter Battlefield." "It is said that the ughter Battlefield hides great secrets and is also the channel through which the Foreign Race invades various worlds!" Pausing for a moment, Luo Shuying''s gaze shifted towards Su Xing. "So, you''re actually looking for a way to other worlds, right? You want to find that spatial turbulence from within the ughter Battlefield... Honestly, the chances are slim." After hearing Luo Shuying''s words, Su Xing fell into deep thought. Combining the information obtained from Damned Zong during thest simtion, Su Xing had a rough understanding. The ughter Battlefield was the channel for the Demon Race''s world invasion but also the only way out for the Human Race to escape the invasion. After a moment of silence, Su Xing asked again: "Then why is the moon in the sky called the ughter Moon?" Luo Shuying exined: "I''m not sure of the specifics, but there is a legend that once a malevolent god perished on the ughter Battlefield. After his death, he transformed into the Red Moon in the sky, influencing everything living on the ughter Battlefield..." "It''s rumored that once he influences enough creatures, he could revive..." Su Xing nodded and said, "So I''m not affected because my mental fortitude is rtively strong, right? But you don''t seem to be very affected either?" Luo Shuying shook her head and exined: "Even though I''m of the Spirit Race and naturally have stronger mental strength, the ughter Moon still affects me. It''s just that I''m now at the Legendary Level, so I can resist these negative emotions to a certain extent." "But if we go deeper, I fear I won''t be able to hold on much longer..." Su Xing then asked, "So, what exactly is at the end of this battlefield?" Shaking her head, Luo Shuying said, "I don''t know, but if you''re looking for a way to escape this battlefield, I guess it''s most likely to be found at the deepest part of the Red Moon?" Su Xing memorized every word said by Luo Shuying verbatim. Then the two continued walking for a while. Along the way, Luo Shuying''splexion grew increasingly pale, seemingly struggling desperately against the influence of the Red Moon. Thinking for a moment, Su Xing took out two Bright Mirror Elixirs and handed them to Luo Shuying. "Eat these; they should be of some help to you now." Without hesitation, Luo Shuying swallowed them, and after a while, herplexion indeed improved significantly. Bright Mirror Elixirs stabilize emotions and clear the mind, having a certain effect on resisting the influence of the Red Moon. Yet, Su Xing knew of a middle-grade elixir called Calming Heart Elixir, which was more effective, specifically used for calming emotions. Su Xing and Luo Shuying walked on for some time. At that moment, a prompt appeared in his mind that the immersive simtion time was ending. Su Xing thought it over and decided that continuing forward would probably not yield much more, so he temporarily exited the immersive simtion. Back in the real world, Su Xing looked at the simtion text before him and muttered: "The ughter Moon, the ughter Battlefield... the only way to escape?" Su Xing took a deep breath and fixed his gaze on the simtion panel. [Luo Shuying has found you, and you are walking together on this deste battlefield.] [There is no direction on the ughter Battlefield, only the Red Moon above your heads.] [As you continue forward, the Red Moon overhead growsrger, and its negative influence on living creatures bes stronger.] [Along the way, you encounter increasingly powerful members of the Foreign Race, some of whom even beginunching attacks on you proactively.] [These members of the Foreign Race vary in form, but all have blood-red eyes as if they have lost their sanity to ughter.] [Fortunately, with Luo Shuying at your side to help, you''re not having too much difficulty dealing with them.] [After several days, as you delve deeper, Luo Shuying has to focus more energy on suppressing her own emotions and is unable to fully engage inbat.] [Therefore, you have to withstand the pressure and deal with the red-eyed members of the Foreign Race that wander the ughter Battlefield on your own.] Chapter 182: Chapter 144: Myriad Demons Pilgrimage, the Embryo of Slaughter! (5k) [You and Luo Shuying had been traveling like this for several days, covering at least thousands of kilometers in the past few days.] [But you still hadn''t reached the end of this battlefield. The only thing you could feel was the Blood Moon above your head growing bigger all the time.] [The Red Moon, which had originally been high in the sky, was slowly hanging down, almost parallel to your line of sight. It seemed as if you could touch the Red Moon if you continued to run.] [And as you delved deeper, you encountered progressively stronger members of the Foreign Race, and just by your own strength alone, you were almost at your wit''s end.] [Starting from the initial Gold, Master Level Foreign Races, to the now Heavenly King, Demon Emperor-level aliens.] [These Foreign Races are manic and irrational, knowing only to destroy all life around them by instinct.] [Days went by like this, and you gradually encountered some Legendary Level aliens. Those Foreign Races were extremely powerful, and you didn''t dare approach after just one nce from afar.] [Thus, your progression slowed down, carefully avoiding the potentially approaching Legendary Foreign Races.] [But eventually, you still unluckily encountered a few Legendary Red-eyed Foreign Races.] [These Red-eyed aliens may have lost their reason, but their strength was still formidable. In the state you and Luo Shuying were in, you couldn''t resist at all.] [Even if Luo Shuying tried to stop them with her life, you were still torn to pieces by these Red-eyed Foreign Races.] [You died!] [Your Primordial Spirit left your body, trying to escape, but the Red Moon soon fell upon it, and your Primordial Spirit dissipated...] [Your Purple Talent activated upon death unwilling to close its eyes!] [You opened your eyes wide and saw the Red Moon devouring your Primordial Spirit, and you vaguely sensed the Red Moon turning a deeper shade of red.] [You saw on the blood-red ground, countless Red-eyed Foreign Races looking up at the Red Moon, performing actions of prostration and submission.] [This is...a pilgrimage!] [Ding, the simtion is over!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing looked at the text in front of him, his mind full of thoughts. "Could it be that this Red Moon, really formed from the death of an evil god?" Although Su Xing felt this was far-fetched, everything that had happened in the simtor made him suspect it might be true. Indeed, the Red Moon had a consciousness of its own! Whether it was the snatching of Su Xing''s Primordial Spirit by the Red Moon or the worshipping gestures made by those beasts, all seemed to indicate that the rumors Luo Shuying spoke of were not unfounded. "It''s a pity, this simtion didn''t explore enough of the ughter Battlefield..." Surprise shed in Su Xing''s eyes as he murmured, "Mainly, it''s because my strength is not enough after all! To think that the ughter Battlefield is roamed by arge number of Legendary Level Foreign Races!" "Moreover, the deeper I went, the stronger these Foreign Races were, and the greater the impact of the Red Moon on me... In the deepest parts, could I encounter Red-eyed Foreign Races that surpass the Legendary Level?" Su Xing felt somewhat uncertain. However, judging by the current situation, a Divine Strength Realm Cultivation Level was absolutely incapable of getting through this ughter Battlefield! "Perhaps at the peak of Divinity Transformation stagebined with aplete Divine Strength Realm, I could forcefully break through those Legendary Demonic Beasts... but my current strength is still not enough!" Su Xing sighed and murmured, "After all, ites down to ack of strength. But then again, if I were strong enough... I wouldn''t need to think about escaping from the ughter Battlefield, I''d simply have a showdown with thatary beast!" Su Xing shook his head slightly, putting aside these impractical thoughts for the time being. Encountering the ughter Battlefield was still a bit too early for him. But this wasn''t necessarily a bad thing, as for Su Xing, it meant that he had a better understanding of this world and now had one more path to consider. "If I could really escape to another world through the ughter Battlefield, the duration of the simtion might be extended significantly!" A glint of anticipation shed in Su Xing''s eyes. After all, his path was that of a Cultivator, and as Cultivators progressed toter stages, breaking through even a minor realm could take decades or even hundreds of years. A brief retreat could span over a dozen years. Even with Su Xing''s exceptional talents, breaking through a single stage in theter realms might still take decades. And Blue Star would be destroyed in less than thirty years. So where would there be enough time for Su Xing to cultivate? It was for this reason that Su Xing strived to improve the strength of the Human Race; wasn''t it just to have more time for simtions? "s, the journey is long and arduous! Let''s first see the rewards of this simtion!" Su Xing turned his gaze to the choices for the simtion reward. [Jin Spear Indefatigable]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Twenty-six Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, priced at 1 million energy. [Divinity Transformation Stage Third Level]: Breaking through five barriers, stepping into Divinity Transformation, priced at 20 million energy. [Divine Strength Realm Seventh Level]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, priced at 30 million energy. [Twenty Years of ughtering Experience at Demon-Subduing Pass]: Contains thebat experience and techniques from ughtering hundreds of thousands of Demonic Beasts over twenty years at Demon-Subduing Pass. After learning,bat experience and techniques will greatly improve, and due to the continuous ughter, you willprehend the rudiments of a killing intent, priced at 20 million energy. Faced with these reward options, Su Xing didn''t hesitate much. After all, aside from wanting to explore Demon-Subduing Pass, this simtion was about improving strength. And the gains from this simtion had somewhat exceeded Su Xing''s expectations, reaching the Seventh Level of the Divine Strength Realm! "Just don''t know, what exactly is the effect of this rudimentary killing intent?" Su Xing''s eyes were full of anticipation as he silently decided, "I choose the Seventh Level Divine Strength Realm Cultivation and the Twenty Years of ughtering Experience!" As the words fell, the simtor''s prompt sound appeared in Su Xing''s mind. Chapter 183: Chapter 144: Myriad Demons Pilgrimage, the Embryo of Slaughter! (5k)_2 [Ding! You have sessfully brought out the Seventh Level Cultivation of the Divine Strength Realm, costing 30 million energy, remaining energy 34.35 million points.] [You have sessfully brought out twenty years of battle experience from Demon-Subduing Pass, costing 20 million points of energy, remaining energy 14.35 million points.] As the notification sound ended, two mysterious energies surged into Su Xing''s body. The first thing Su Xing sensed was the multitude of memory fragments that had appeared in his mind. Those memory fragments were his twenty years of battle experience in the Demon-Subduing Pass! Regarding the practical application of Origin Force, practical application of swordsmanship... Or how to quickly dispose of an opponent in battle, how to conserve as much physical and Spiritual Power as possible... Even the weaknesses of different species of Demonic Beasts and those subtle details inbat... All of it was clear in his heart. Twenty years ofbat experience had transformed Su Xing from a battle rookie straight into a battle master! He had discarded all unnecessary actions and techniques, focused solely on ying enemies, only for the sake of ughter, and pursued the highest efficiency! Moreover, the moment those memories poured into his mind, Su Xing emanated an astonishing presence. This was not an increase in strength or realm but an endless killing intent! This sort of killing intent could only umte through relentless buildup; if one hadn''t taken several hundred thousand lives, it couldn''t be rued. There''s a saying: People who have killed have a different look in their eyes than those who haven''t. But now, the killing intent radiating from Su Xing was clearly not as simple as just having killed a person. Even casually released, his presence was enough to strike terror into the hearts of lower-tier Demonic Beasts. Even Demonic Beasts of the same ss would be affected by Su Xing''s killing intent, weakening their strength by about ten percent. The unconscious release of Su Xing''s killing intent caused the Spirit Chickens in the coop a hundred meters away to faint. "This killing intent is too intense; it seems that''s not so good either..." Su Xing frowned slightly, trying to rein in the killing intent emanating from him. Immediately, the killing intent followed his will,pletely retracting into his body, as if it were possible to unleash such terrifying killing intent at will. From the outside, Su Xing still looked like before, a sunny, overly handsome college student. "Incredible... Twenty years of battle experience, this is truly a tremendous treasure!" Su Xing was somewhat excited. If the previous Su Xing, despite having a Fourth Level Cultivation of the Divine Strength Realm,cked actualbat experience, he could only exert sixty to seventy percent of his strength, barelyparable to a junior Martial Emperor. But now, Su Xing could fully disy his strength, even bursting beyond his Cultivation Level. "I guess evente-stage Martial Emperors might not be a match for me now, right?" A touch of confidence shed in Su Xing''s eyes. However, it all hadn''t ended yet. When the memories were fully digested, Su Xing''s aura began to burst out frantically! His Cultivation Level started to climb sharply! Divine Strength Realm Fourth Level... Divine Strength Realm Fifth Level... Divine Strength Realm Sixth Level... Eventually, the Seventh Level of the Divine Strength Realm! In just a few breaths, Su Xing''s Cultivation Level went through a triple jump. From just entering the mid-phase of the Divine Strength Realm, he had leaped to ate-stage Cultivator of the Divine Strength Realm! And with each increase in realm within the Divine Strength Realm, one''s strength increases by thirty percent! Within just a few breaths, Su Xing''s strength more than doubled! A few breaths ago, Su Xing''s strength was forty-four million jin. But now, Su Xing''s strength has soared to ny-six million eight hundred thousand jin! Nearly one hundred million jin of strength! "Incredible, such a terrifying strength... It must have surpassed the limits of Martial Emperor Level practitioners, right?" Su Xing murmured. "Perhaps, if it''s a pureparison of strength, I''m already close to Legendary Level practitioners?" A gleam of sharp light passed through Su Xing''s eyes. If he isn''t there yet, then once Su Xing reached the peak of the Divine Strength Realm, His strength would double again, just reaching the astounding two hundred million jin! Converted to tons, that''s one hundred thousand tons! "The limit of a Divine Strength Realm Cultivator might truly be to uproot mountains, right?" "No wonder in the simtion, I was able to y so many Demon Emperors on the battlefield, even taking down several from the Royal n... You know, it''s extremely difficult for amon Martial Emperor to kill a Demon Emperor. Yet now, I should be considered the pinnacle among Martial Emperors, right?" Su Xing pondered thoughtfully. Now, his biggest thought was, in terms of strength, who was stronger or weaker, him or that damned Zong? After a briefparison, Su Xing said uncertainly. "In a pure contest of strength, naturally I utterly crush that damned Zong... If ites to real battle, perhaps it would be a fifty-fifty chance?" "But that damned Zong has lived for two or three thousand years, if he still has some hidden cards... maybe I''m no match for him." Su Xing shook his head slightly, then his eyes flickered with confidence again. "That damned Zong is a genius in his own world too, but it also took him one or two thousand years to gain such strength..." "And I, it has taken me less than a year to achieve so much!" "At this pace, perhaps in another month or two, my strength willpletely crush that damned Zong! By then..." Su Xing''s mouth curved slightly upward, time, always on his side. Currently, even if Su Xing teamed up with Luo Shuying, they could defeat that damned Zong, but could not ensure the safety of the storage bag. But Su Xing''s target was the treasures inside that storage bag. Wait until he was a bit stronger, leaving that damned Zong without a chance to fight back; then all of that damned Zong''s umted wealth for a thousand years, Spirit Stones, rare treasures, Cultivation Techniques, Divine Skills, will all belong to Su Xing! Thinking about this, Su Xing was filled with an urge to act! Chapter 184: Chapter 144: Myriad Demons Pilgrimage, the Embryo of Slaughter! (5k)_3 ``` "Come on, after alchemizing elixirs for one more week, when the rumors outside die down, I''ll go to find Jin Congxue!" Su Xing muttered to himself, and then began refining elixirs with dedication. Time flew by like a fleeting horse, and in the blink of an eye, a week had passed. Today was the day Su Xing and Jin Congxue had agreed to meet for their trade. After taking a Concealment Pill, Su Xing adjusted his aura and then left the Spirit Field Blessed Land to return to the professional market. With his Divine Sense spread out to confirm that no one had noticed him, he pretended to be an ordinary college student, purchasing some low-level equipment and props before heading back to school. After returning to school, Su Xing casually strolled around and even enjoyed a bowl of braised pork in the cafeteria. Once he was sure nothing was amiss, Su Xing sent a text message to Jin Congxue. He then set out toward the familiar vi. It wasn''t that Su Xing was too cautious, but being careful was always a good thing. After all, the Descending Sect was behind the ck Dragon Guild, and one could never be too cautious. If he were really being followed, Su Xing''s current strength meant he didn''t have much to fear, but if he carelessly went to the vi and implicated Jin Congxue, he would definitely regret it. Upon arriving in the familiar vi room, Jin Congxue had been waiting for a long time. After half a month without seeing her, Jin Congxue was still enchantingly beautiful, draped in an ancient Hanfu that made her look stately yet radiant. "Sister Xue, why are you dressed so formally today?" Su Xing sat downfortably and teased Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue rolled her eyes and exined, "Today is my Jin Merchant Guild''s ancestral worship day. I just finished offering sacrifices this morning and haven''t had time to change my clothes." On hearing her words, Su Xing expressed some confusion, "Isn''t your family from Jinling City? Whye to Kyoto to pay respects to your ancestors?" Jin Congxue, at a loss for words, said, "Who told you my family was from Jinling City? My ancestral home is in Kyoto. It was only my father''s generation that moved the Jin Merchant Guild to Jinling and then settled down in the South..." Su Xing nodded after hearing this, with a clearer understanding. Jin Congxue joked, "Yo, big boss, where have you been bustling about these past two days?" At that, Su Xing chuckled and replied, "How could I have any time? I''ve been busy alchemizing every day!" After saying that, Su Xing handed over the twelve thousand elixirs he had refined over the past two weeks. Jin Congxue naturally didn''t buy Su Xing''s story but didn''t press for more details either, instead passing on her goods from the past two weeks to Su Xing. "Here you go, these are the goods for the past two weeks. Lately, the Tarot Commerce Association has been growing bigger and bigger; I don''t know what kind of luck you''ve stumbled upon..." "At this rate, in less than two years, the Tarot Commerce Association is likely to grow into a top-tiermerce association!" Su Xing took the storage ring and chuckled. He knew in his heart that this was the effect of his Purple Talent for thriving in business. Though Su Xing didn''t manage the association, he was the actual big boss, and like a mascot, naturally ensured the smooth development of the Tarot Commerce Association. Afterward, Jin Congxue took out two ancient-looking jade boxes and handed them over to Su Xing. "These are the medicinal herbs you requested; millennium ginseng, Lingzhi, Polygonum multiflorum..." "These herbs aren''t easy to find! Only the ancient families with a legacy have some, and I put in quite an effort to get them." "Moreover, these millennium herbs must be ced in boxes made of fine ancient jade to prevent the dissipation of their medicinal properties." After hearing this, Su Xing nodded and took a nce inside the jade box. Indeed, inside the box, a few millennium herbs were lying quietly, emitting a notable fragrance. "Tsk, tsk, these millennium herbs must be almost on par with spiritual medicine even if they grew in ordinary soil, right?" Su Xing estimated that these herbs should be enough for him to refine seven or eight Life Extension Pills. Once he''d refined the Life Extension Pills, if Su Xing had the chance, he could take a trip to the Baili Merchant Guild. Those "treasured items" of Baili Qi had long been objects of his envy. Su Xing stored away the herbs and spent some tender time with Jin Congxue before reluctantly heading back to school. Entering the Spirit Field Blessed Land, Su Xing first exchanged the goods he''d umted over two weeks for energy. In total, the goods from these two weeks provided nearly thirty-two million units of energy! Adding onto the energy left from his previous simtion, his simtion energy total reached over forty-six million. Seeing that his simtion time had refreshed, Su Xing prepared to start a new round of simtions. On June 17, 2024 of the new era, Su Xing timely began his forty-first simtion. "Begin simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 4100 energy points, leaving a bnce of 46.23 million energy points; remaining simtions are unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a green talent costs 1000 energy points, a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, and drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points; do you wish to proceed?] "Draw a purple talent!" Su Xing didn''t hesitate and stated directly. [Congrattions! You have acquired the purple talent: The Great Wisdom in Foolishness!] [The Great Wisdom in Foolishness]: A purple talent, you may appear naive or even somewhat foolish on a regr basis, but in critical moments, you can draw out the wisdom you''ve umted and unleash an unprecedented level of intelligence andprehension. This talent is an active talent that can be freely switched between "Foolish", "Intelligent", and "Average" modes. Note: In a naive state, both IQ andprehension will slightly decrease, which may affect the host''s normal life. Upon seeing the description of this talent, Su Xing furrowed his brows. "This seems like another talent that affectsprehension? But why does this talent seem somewhat stupid?" This was the first active talent Su Xing had encountered, and he felt there was more to it. After reading over it a few times, a sh of insight crossed Su Xing''s eyes. ``` Chapter 185: Chapter 145: The First Active Talent, The Great Wisdom in Foolishness! (5k) ``` "This talent seems a bit strong, doesn''t it?" Su Xing roughly understood the function of "The Great Wisdom in Foolishness" talent. In simple terms, it traded his usual low intelligence andprehension for highprehension and intelligence at critical moments! The states of foolishness, mediocrity, and great wisdom could be adjusted at any time. Su Xing quickly thought of how to use this talent. "If I maintain the state of foolishness normally, with lowered intelligence... but trigger the Great Wisdom State when I need toprehend divine skills and learn new elixirs, wouldn''t my learning speed skyrocket?" Su Xing''s eyes lit up as he murmured: "I just don''t know how much the Great Wisdom State will enhanceprehension and talent." Obviously, this was a talent born for simtion! In the real world, Su Xing could remain in the mediocre state without any impact. But in the simtion, exchanging "foolishness" for "great wisdom" would certainly help him quickly achieve his goals. The most critical part was that this talent could be activated at any time! It no longer required luck to trigger an epiphany like "sporadic enlightenment." Thinking of this, Su Xing''s eyes showed some anticipation. "Let''s see just how effective the talent Great Wisdom in Foolishness is?" His gaze turned towards the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize that you are in a simtion.] [Your gaze falls upon your talent, The Great Wisdom in Foolishness.] [You begin to tinker with this talent, and after setting the activationmand, you quickly understood its function and wanted to enter the Great Wisdom State.] [But nothing happened...] [You understand that you must first enter the state of foolishness to umte time to trigger the Great Wisdom State.] [Thus, you shouted themand "I admit I have a gambling element" and entered the state of foolishness.] [After entering the state of foolishness, you felt as if someone had hit the back of your head with a nk, and your intelligence quickly plummeted.] [You struggled to answer even the simplest problems from before, and your eyes began to cross involuntarily.] Su Xing: ??? Seeing this, a vein popped on Su Xing''s forehead, and he couldn''t help but retort: "Damn, this state of foolishness turns me into an idiot in minutes! And why are my eyes crossing, too?" "What''s with thismand, acting like some primary school prodigy, right?" Although he had anticipated this, Su Xing hadn''t expected the effect of foolishness to be so strong. "Then, what would be the effect of triggering the Great Wisdom State?" Su Xing was somewhat excited, his gaze returning to the simtion panel. [You try alchemy, fortunately, the art of alchemy has been etched into your "deoxyribonucleic acid", so even with decreased intelligence, you are able to produce elixirs of low and inferior quality, just much slower.] [Thus, after ten days, you have produced five thousand elixirs.] [On this day, you shout the slogan "I want to be smart" and enter the Great Wisdom State.] [Upon entering the Great Wisdom State, you feel your intelligence soaring. The difficult problems that once gued you are easily solved, and both your intelligence andprehension greatly increase.] [You attempt toprehend the Three Talents Sword Technique, and sure enough, just one day ofprehension is equivalent to the results of three days of practice in the past.] [The second day, the effects of the Great Wisdom State end, and you return to the mediocre state.] Su Xing nods slightly, deep in thought. "So it turns out, ten days in the state of foolishness can be exchanged for one day of the Great Wisdom State?" "Under the Great Wisdom State,prehension and intelligence are probably tripled, and one day ofprehension is equivalent to three previous days!" "And the state of foolishness is notplete idiocy, as long as I''m not trying to learn new things, or tackle high difficulty, and am doing activities that don''t require intelligence or are extremely familiar, it only affects me slightly." After some thought, Su Xing quickly identified scenarios where the "Great Wisdom in Foolishness" talent would be suitable. "During immersive simtion, if I were to learn a new divine skill, it would cost 2.4 million energy points for 24 hours, and to fully learn it would even require more than ten days, which is 24 million energy points..." "But if I learn a new divine skill in the ''Great Wisdom'' state, the time and energy required are reduced by two-thirds!" "Looking at it this way, perhaps I could even attempt to learn higher-level cultivation techniques through the Luotian Meeting Instance!" With a twinkle in his eye, Su Xing knew that his current Cultivation Technique, the Changchun Technique, and the "Heaven, Earth, Man" Three Talents Sword Technique, badly needed updating. With this talent, The Great Wisdom in Foolishness, Su Xing could save a lot of time and energy. "Furthermore, when creating high-quality elixirs, theck of ingredients is also a big problem, but by triggering the Great Wisdom State, one alchemy session is equivalent to three!" "In this way, I could master new elixirs faster, and even reach the Minor and Mahayana Levels more quickly!" Excitement shed in Su Xing''s eyes. In short, with this talent lottery, he really struck gold! Although the boost toprehension is not as significant as "sporadic enlightenment", it wins in its ability to be triggered at will, greatly increasing practicality! "Tsk tsk, it looks like I can visit the Luotian Meeting Instance again in this simtion, and memorize thetter part of the Three Talents Sword Technique before slowlyprehending it!" With a n in mind, Su Xing''s gaze returned to the simtion panel. [You quickly understood how to use the talent Great Wisdom in Foolishness, so for the next ten days, you stayed in the state of foolishness.] [In the state of foolishness, you peacefully stayed in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, crafting elixirs and tempering your physique.] ``` Chapter 186: Chapter 145 The First Initiative Talent, The Great Wisdom in Foolishness! (5k)_2 ``` [Ten dayster, you shouted the slogan "Ha, mere mortals," entering a state of mediocrity, then prepared to enter the Luotian Meeting Instance.] [You were lucky, as on the second day, you obtained the qualification to enter the Luotian Meeting Instance and sessfully entered it.] Su Xing saw this and was moved, silently chanting: "Activate immersive simtion functionality for 24 hours!" [Ding, you have sessfully activated the immersive simtion functionality for 24 hours, costing 2.4 million energy points, leaving a remaining bnce of 43.73 million energy points.] A sh of white light crossed Su Xing''s vision, and then the scenery before his eyes changed, transporting him inside the instance.] "My good disciple, go to the back mountain and invite Uncle Shennong to participate in the Luotian Meeting!" Looking up, Su Xing saw the speaker was the familiar Elder Niu Ruolie. "Yes, Master!" Su Xing bowed and made his way toward the back mountain. Along the road, Su Xing recollected the fragments of memory that came to his mind. "My identity is still that of Luo Xiaochuan, a direct disciple of the Luo Tian Sect... But now I am a Cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Stage, a genius in thete stage of the Divine Strength Realm?" "One of the three most outstanding geniuses under a hundred years old in the current generation of the Luo Tian Sect, before turning a hundred, I''ve condensed the Nine Revolution Golden Core, surmounted five challenges, achieving Divinity Transformation... Am I qualified to be an Immortal?" After absorbing the identity memories in his mind, Su Xing pondered thoughtfully. "It seems that the Luo Tian Sect is even more powerful than I had imagined!" "Divinity Transformation Cultivators are merely direct disciples? Then what level of Cultivation is required for the status of an Elder... or even a Saint Heir?" Su Xing now knew that the olddy in the Scripture Pavilion was at least a Cultivator of the Body Integration Realm. And his Master Niu Ruolie, although he primarily focused on Body Cultivation, probably had Cultivation not weaker than that of a Body Integration Cultivator... "Hiss, truly worthy of a Cultivation sect with hundreds of thousands of years of legacy, the number of Immortals that have emerged from the Luo Tian Sect must not be few; such a foundation... is truly terrifying!" Su Xing was somewhat delighted in his heart. The stronger the Luo Tian Sect, the greater the benefits for Su Xing. Because this meant that the treasures of this "illusory world" were even more abundant, and Su Xing would be able to obtain even more Cultivation Techniques and Divine Skills. With this thought, Su Xing quickly arrived at the back mountain and saw Uncle Shennong. Uncle Shennong still looked like a simple farmer, and upon seeing Su Xing arrive, he put down his farm work. Approaching Su Xing, he smiled and praised: "Nephew, your Cultivation has gotten higher and higher. Under a hundred years old, you''ve be a Cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Stage. If you work a bit harder, maybe you could be the Saint Heir of our Luo Tian Sect!" Saint Heir? After hearing this, Su Xing''s mind stirred, and he quickly asked: "Uncle, what are the requirements to be the Saint Heir of our sect?" Upon hearing this, Shennong Youtian looked at Su Xing strangely, but still exined: "Now that your Body Cultivation has reached theter stages of the Divine Strength Realm, if you be a Cultivator in the Broken Void Realm or the Return to Void Realm and achieve a perfect state of Cultivation before the age of a hundred, you could be the Saint Heir of our sect!" "To be the Saint Heir is to say you''re halfway on the path to Immortality, with a great chance of bing an Immortal..." Saying this, Shennong Youtian spoke with quite a bit of pride: "Your Uncle here, was the Saint Heir of the Luo Tian Sect three thousand years ago!" Su Xing was somewhat surprised and blurted out: "Then, Uncle, have you be an Immortal?" Upon hearing this, Shennong Youtian''s face darkened, and he coughed twice, saying: "Cough cough, don''t bring up what is best left alone! Let''s go, it''s time for the Luotian Meeting!" Su Xing''s words seemed to have touched upon a painful subject for Shennong Youtian, who remained silent all the way. Soon after delivering Shennong Youtian to the Luotian Meeting, Su Xing excused himself and then headed to the Scripture Pavilion. Seeing the olddy dozing off at the entrance of the Scripture Pavilion, Su Xing nced at her with a sense of guilt, thinking to himself: "Speaking of which, I still owe this olddy a favor! But she probably doesn''t remember it!" After greeting the olddy, Su Xing walked straight to the tome that recorded the "Three Talents Sword Technique" for "Divine, Earthly, and Human" Swordmanship. "I want to get smarter!" Su Xing shouted out the slogan sheepishly, entering the Great Wisdom State. In the Great Wisdom State, Su Xing sensed that his thinking was extremely lucid, and his learning andprehension abilities had multiplied several times over! He nced at the time; there were still 23 hours before he would exit the instance. Su Xing began delving into the second part of the Three Talents Sword Technique, the Earth Sword. The Earth Sword allows formunication between heaven and earth, bestowing the wielder with the essence of the natural world, significantly enhancing potency! In his current lucid state of mind, Su Xing knew he had just under a day''s time, so he focused solely on memorizing the content of the Earth Sword. Soon, a day passed, the immersive simtion ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world. In the real world, Su Xing rubbed his slightly swollen temples, murmuring: "This Three Talents Sword Technique is profound and inscrutable, its contents vast like an ocean. In this one day, I must have memorized tens of thousands of words by rote, and yet I''ve only just barely memorized one-third of the Earth Sword content..." "To fully memorize the Earth Sword section, I''d need at least two more tries!" Su Xing began to understand the power of serendipitous enlightenment. This time, Su Xing''s intellect and understanding had tripled, yet in one day, he only memorized one-third of the Earth Sword content. But during that previous moment of serendipitous enlightenment, he was triggered just once, and it was equivalent to ten years of learning andprehension. Not only did he memorize the entirety of the Human Sword section, but he fully understood the content and even learned the principles about Sword Cultivators detailed in the "Sword Cultivation General Outline." ``` Chapter 187: Chapter 145: The First Active Talent, The Great Wisdom in Foolishness! (5k)_3 Compared to that, the effect was far too weak! "s, if only I could trigger another moment of serendipitous enlightenment!" Su Xing sighed and murmured: "Even if I were topletely memorize the Earth Sword by rote, understanding its content fully would probably take more than a decade, right? And if I include practicing the swordsmanship... the time required would probably skyrocket!" Su Xing shook his head slightly. Fortunately, what he had done this time was, firstly, to try out the effect of the Great Wisdom in Foolishness talent, which indeed exceeded his expectations. Secondly, it was merely a precautionary measure; he had only attained a minor level of mastery in the Human Sword, and it was already struggling to keep up with the seventh level of his Body Refinement Cultivation Level. Next, Su Xing would find a way to master the Human Swordpletely, and by then, hisbat power would definitely climb a major rung! "If I could fullyprehend the Earth Sword, perhaps I could try to forcefully break through the ughter Battlefield!" Excitement flickered in Su Xing''s eyes as he looked toward the simtion panel. [Aftering out of the Luotian Meeting Instance, you began to find ways to join the Descending Sect.] [You intentionally disguised yourself and concealed your aura before arriving at Shuangqing City in the southwestern province.] [After that, you repeated your old tricks, arrogantly sweeping through Shuangqing City with your Divine Sense.] [Sure enough, it didn''t take many days for Damned Zong to find you, believing you to be a cultivator from another world, just like him.] [After a conversation full of ulterior motives, you exchanged a Life Extension Pill for some precious Spiritual Medicine, as well as a chance to join the Descending Sect.] [After that, due to your formidable strength, you smoothly became an elder of the Descending Sect!] [On the surface, you called Damned Zong your brother, while secretly you contacted Luo Shuying and obtained arge batch of medicinal materials through her.] [You began to refine elixirs as usual, umting a substantial amount of medicinal materials.] [After bing an elder, your movements were rtively free.] [In the second year, you found an opportunity to store a day''s worth of Great Wisdom State in advance, preparing to enter the Luotian Meeting Instance.] Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this and used the immersive simtion feature again for 24 hours. After going through the task process again, Su Xing continued memorizing the Three Talents Sword Technique, specifically the Earth Sword part. Soon the 24 hours passed, and Su Xing returned to the real world. "Great, everything is going as I expected, just onest part left, and I''ll havepletely memorized the Earth Sword!" Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simtion panel. [In the third year, having umted enough elixirs, you thought the time was ripe, so you betrayed the Descending Sect with Luo Shuying.] [After betraying the Descending Sect, you were pursued, but with the protection of the Great Xia Military, the Descending Sect dared not be too brazen.] [Poor Damned Zong though had to flee for his life.] [You contributed the elixirs you had umted over the years to the Great Xia Military, adding many strong warriors to Great Xia Country.] [Then, you stored the Great Wisdom State in advance and found an opportunity to enter the Luotian Meeting Instance once more.] Su Xing nodded slightly at this and said again: "Activate the immersive simtion feature! Duration: 24 hours!" [Ding, you have sessfully activated the immersive simtion feature for 24 hours, consuming 2.4 million energy points, with 38.93 million remaining.] As the notification sounded, Su Xing''s consciousness entered the Luotian Meeting Instance. Immediately, he went through the familiar task process and continued to memorize the Three Talents Sword Technique. Soon the immersive simtion time ended, while in the outside world only less than a minute had passed. Su Xing returned to consciousness in the real world, with a hint of joy on his face. "Fantastic, I''ve finally memorized the entire Earth Sword section. Next, all I need to do is methodically practice the swordsmanship!" After obtaining the talent of The Great Wisdom in Foolishness, Su Xing set a goal for this simtion in his heart. "This simtion, let''s see if I can raise my Body Refinement Cultivation Level to the Great Perfection of the Divine Strength Realm... or even make further progress in the Human Sword stage of the Three Talents Sword Technique!" Thinking this, Su Xing''s eyes turned to the simtion panel. [In the fourth year, you continued to refine elixirs and practice swordsmanship. You gave all the elixirs you had refined over the years to the Great Xia Military, adding tens of thousands of Grandmaster level warriors, hundreds of Heavenly Kings, and dozens of Martial Emperors.] [Afterwards, you joined Demon-Subduing Pass, hoping that through its battles, you could further improve your Body Refinement Cultivation Level and hone your swordsmanship!] [In the fifth year, you ughtered enemies for a whole year at Demon-Subduing Pass, using swordsmanship exclusively against your foes, and your grasp of the Three Talents Sword Technique improved further!] [In the same year, you consumed arge amount of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence, but since your strength had already reached thete stage of the Divine Strength Realm, the benefits of the Demon Emperor Flesh Essence for your cultivation became increasingly limited.] [You began to crave the ughter of Royal n Demons to obtain higher-grade Flesh Essence.] [Unfortunately, the sight of Royal n Demonic Beasts was almost nonexistent on the battlefield, and your cultivation pace was far slower than before.] [In the sixth year, you spent an entire year ying more than a dozen Demon Emperors and hundreds of Demon King level Demonic Beasts, with countless Grandmaster level and below Demonic Beasts.] [Through continuous battle, your understanding of the Human Sword grew even stronger!] [You consumed up to eight jin (approximately 8 pounds) of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence daily, and under the nourishment of arge amount of Flesh Essence, your Cultivation Level slowly increased.] [In the seventh year, your understanding of the Human Sword reached a new level, and in the ongoing battles, you felt your Human Sword was nearing the Mahayana Level!] [In the same year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level slowly improved.] [In the eighth year, your fame at Demon-Subduing Pass grewrger andrger, with dozens of Demon Emperors perishing at your hands.] [One day, the long-awaited Rhinox race Demonic Beast came to your doorstep, issuing a challenge.] [Knowing that the Rhinox race was no match for you, and that your strength had grown by leaps and bounds, you prepared to seize this valuable opportunity to refine your swordsmanship!] [You fought the Rhinox race for three days and three nights, using only swordsmanship to repel your foe, and your mastery of the Human Sword increased rapidly!] [In the end, you decapitated the Rhinox Demonic Beast with a single sword strike, securing victory!] [At the same time, your Human Sword finally attained the Mahayana Level!] [Congrattions on sessfully mastering the embryonic form of Sword Intent!] Chapter 188: Chapter 146 Human Sword Perfection, Massive Power Increase! (5k) The embryonic form of Sword Intent!? A glint of light shed in Su Xing''s eyes, and his heart was somewhat excited. In the totalpendium of sword cultivation texts, there had been an introduction to Sword Intent! The Three Talents Sword Technique was divided into Heaven, Earth, and Man Swords! Among them, the Human Sword was divided into the realms of entry-level, minor achievement, major achievement, and Great Perfection! And the mark of stepping into the realm of major achievement was theprehension of the embryonic form of Sword Intent! The concept of Sword Intent was profound upon profound, and ordinary sword cultivators, even after hundreds of years of practice, might only learn the sword moves without necessarily grasping the Sword Intent! However, Su Xing, due to a previous epiphany, had a deep understanding of the principles of the Human Sword. Moreover, with his innate talent as a sword fanatic, he learned swordsmanship more than ten times faster than the average person. Even so, in his simtions, Su Xing had just barely stepped into the realm of major achievement of the Human Sword by constantly pressuring himself and engaging in intense swordsmanship battles, and he had managed toprehend the embryonic form of Sword Intent! Recalling the description in thependium of sword cultivation, Su Xing murmured: "Tsk tsk, this is the embryonic form of Sword Intent! A sword cultivator who understands Sword Intent holds the sword with the spirit of doing one''s utmost and fearless of life and death!" "With the strength of the human merged with the Sword Intent, the power of the sword in hand will be fed back to the cultivator themselves, greatly increasing their strength!" "And when one holds a sword, they advance unopposed, unafraid of formidable enemies, gaining at least a 50% enhancement in strength after understanding Sword Intent!" "Besides that... the most damn important thing is the cool factor! With the Sword Intent released, one can emit sword light and decapitate the enemy from a kilometer away!" Excitement surged in Su Xing''s heart, how did the saying go? Being cool is a lifetime''s pursuit! But at the same time, Su Xing did not let his sess go to his head, murmuring: "Having achieved major achievement in Human Sword and grasping but the embryonic form of Sword Intent, yet if one reaches Great Perfection, one can fullyprehend Sword Intent!" "With my current strength, should I grasp Sword Intent, I might truly have the assurance to defeat that damned Zong, right?" Su Xing''s gaze stirred, his current strength was at most evenly matched, maybe slightly at a disadvantage, against Damned Zong, but understanding Sword Intent could shift the odds in his favor! After all, sword cultivators, among cultivators, are considered to have extremely profound offensive techniques! "If only I could trigger an epiphany..." Some desire emerged in Su Xing''s heart; now with major achievement in Human Sword andprehension of the embryonic form of Sword Intent, another epiphany could likely lead him effortlessly to Great Perfection of Human Sword! His gaze shifted to the simtion panel. [After mastering the embryonic form of Sword Intent, you did not cken in your cultivation of swordsmanship; instead, you sought to test whether your Human Sword could be cultivated to the level of Great Perfection.] [Thus, you continued to use your sword against enemies, constantly enhancing yourprehension of swordsmanship in actualbat.] [In the ninth year, after reaching major achievement in Human Sword, with the boost from Sword Intent, you slew fifteen Demon Emperors in one year, acquiring a substantial amount of Flesh Essence.] [After consumingrge amounts of Flesh Essence daily, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level improved further.] [In the tenth year, you slew two members of the Royal n among the demonic beasts, and yourprehension of Sword Intent deepened during the battles.] [From a kilometer away, with a swing of your sword, the emitted sword light was enough to bisect a Demon King.] [That same year, after consuming the Flesh Essence of the two Royal n demonic beasts, you felt that your Body Refinement Cultivation Level was not far from the eightfold Divine Strength Realm.] [In the eleventh year, you once again slew three members of the Royal n among the demonic beasts, earning a reputation throughout Demon-Subduing Pass as the number one person beneath the legends of the Pass!] [On the battlefield, holding a sword, you knew no fear, even when facing two Demon Emperors at the same time, managing to hold your own and retreat unscathed.] [You started to continuously challenge yourself, breaking through Sword Intent, and if there were no Royal n demonic beasts to fight you, you would proactively face two Demon Emperors simultaneously, using this to temper your swordsmanship.] [In the twelfth year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level finally broke through, making you a cultivator of the eighthfold Divine Strength Realm!] [At the same time, your swordsmanship also became more exquisite, and yourprehension of Sword Intent was no longer just a glimpse of the threshold.] Seeing this, Su Xing furrowed his brow and murmured: "It took a whole twelve years to break through to the eightfold Divine Strength Realm..." "It seems that in thetter stages of the Divine Strength Realm, raising one''s cultivation level is indeed difficult!" This pace would be enviable for an ordinary cultivator in the Divine Strength Realm. For an ordinary cultivator in theter stages of the Divine Strength Realm, not breaking through a minor realm in thirty to fifty years was quitemon. It was only with thebined factors that Su Xing was able to improve so quickly, achieving in one year what took others several years. But Su Xing was not entirely satisfied, pondering to himself: "At this rate, I''m afraid it would take at least thirty years to cultivate to Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm... This means that I won''t be able to achieve the Body Refinement Cultivation Level of Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm in this simtion!" Su Xing felt somewhat disheartened at this thought, as reaching from the ninth to Great Perfection would mean wasting an additional opportunity to choose a simtion reward. And each simtion reward choice was precious to Su Xing. Su Xing carefully considered for a moment, trying to recall any methods that could further speed up his Body Cultivation progress. Suddenly, a light shone in Su Xing''s eyes, and he murmured: "Perhaps, if I could consume Flesh Essence from the Royal n demonic beasts every day, my Body Cultivation pace would surely speed up further!" "Then, maybe I could raise my Cultivation Level to the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm within the twenty-five-year simtion period!" "But how could I obtain more Flesh Essence from the Royal n demonic beasts?" Su Xing fell into deep thought. Royal n demonic beasts were different from ordinary ones; they were not only rarer but also stronger. But the biggest difference was... Royal n demonic beasts were far more intelligent, nearly indistinguishable from humans! Chapter 189: Chapter 146 Human Sword Perfect, Strength Skyrockets! (5k)_2 ``` "It seems... those Royal n Demonic Beasts all admire strength and care about their own reputation... they wish to challenge the strong to prove themselves!" ``` Su Xing''s eyes lit up, and he already had a n in his mind. ``` "Then, let''s try this..." ``` He looked toward the simtion panel. ``` [After breaking through to the eighthyer of the Divine Strength Realm, you decide to be more high-profile, in order to attract more Royal n Demonic Beasts to challenge you!] ``` ``` [One day, you encounter a Royal n Demonic Beast from the Rhinoceros tribe; you fight with it for three hours and ultimately defeat it!] ``` ``` [After defeating this Rhinoceros tribe Royal n Demonic Beast, you do not kill it but look at it with disdain, proiming that the Royal n is nothing but weaklings, sparing its life. As you anticipated, this Rhinoceros tribe Demonic Beast spreads the word about you to the other Royal n Demonic Beasts!] ``` ``` [Suddenly, your reputation soars among the Royal n Demonic Beasts. They considered the Human Race to be the lowest of races and thus hated you all the more.] ``` ``` [Consequently, more and more Royal n Demonic Beasts challenge you!] ``` ``` [In the thirteenth year, within just one year''s time, you faced the challenge of six Royal n Demonic Beasts.] ``` ``` [This time, you certainly didn''t let them go but killed them all, harvesting two thousand jin of Royal n Demon Emperor Flesh Essence.] ``` ``` [With an abundant supply of Flesh Essence each day, your Cultivation Level rises swiftly!] ``` ``` [At the same time, your swordsmanship gradually improves in the continuous battles with the strong,ing closer and closer to the perfect level of Human Sword.] ``` ``` [In the fourteenth year, you yed seven Royal n Demon Emperors and harvested arge amount of Demon Emperor Flesh Essence.] ``` ``` [You originally worried that by killing the Royal n Demonic Beasts this way, they might be fearful and no longer dare to seek you out.] ``` ``` [To your surprise, these Royal n Demonic Beasts were fearlessly fierce; they hoped by killing you, they could thus establish their reputation within the Demon Race!] ``` ``` [Consequently, a continuous stream of Royal n Demon Emperors challenge you, and you show no mercy, ying them all and possessing an ample supply of Flesh Essence.] ``` ``` [In the fifteenth year, with higher quality Flesh Essence enhancing you, your strength indeed increases at a tremendous pace, with visible daily gains in vitality.] ``` ``` [However, what frustrated you was that your Human Sword was still stuck at the Great Achievement Realm, showing no sign of breaking through to perfection.] ``` ``` [Perhaps due to your growing strength, ordinary Royal n Demon Emperors were no longer enough to bring out your full effort; you longed for more worthy opponents!] ``` ``` [You tried to challenge two Royal n Demon Emperors at once, but you knew that with your current strength, doing so would be no different from seeking death.] ``` ``` [Unless your strength takes another step forward, reaching the ninthyer of Divine Power.] ``` ``` [Henceforth, you train even harder, forcing yourself to consume ten jin of Flesh Essence every day, and by practicing the Witch n''s Body Refining Technique as well as engaging in intensebat, you hasten the digestion of this energy.] ``` ``` [In the sixteenth year, after a year of overloading your training, your vitality is unprecedentedly abundant; you can feel yourself drawing inexorably closer to the ninthyer of Divine Strength Realm!] ``` ``` [In the same year, more and more Demon Emperors appear on the battlefield, desperately attacking Demon-Subduing Pass; Human Race Martial Emperors suffer heavy casualties, and even Legendary Level warriors have to take action.] ``` ``` [Your performance on the battlefield remains outstanding; ordinary Demon Emperors, you can handle one within an hour.] ``` ``` [You greatly alleviate the defensive pressure on Demon-Subduing Pass, avoiding a great many deaths among the Great Xia army soldiers.] ``` ``` [In the seventeenth year, you remain active on the battlefield, relying on your formidable strength and your miraculous swordsmanship, bing the nightmare of all demons at Demon-Subduing Pass.] ``` ``` [Your understanding of Sword Intent grows ever stronger, and with a surge of your sword''s radiance, a single stroke could cut mountains and split rivers.] ``` ``` [Wherever your sword''s radiance passes, the ground even lifts to form a trench tens of meters deep.] ``` ``` [With your power alone, once your sword''s radiance falls into the Demonic Beast army, you can wipe out hundreds of Grandmaster Level Demonic Beasts in a single breath!] ``` ``` [Because of your presence, the pressure on Demon-Subduing Pass''s defenders diminishes greatly; soldiers regard you as the war deity of Demon-Subduing Pass.] ``` ``` [Meanwhile, you did not neglect your cultivation; with continuous consumption of Flesh Essence, you feel you are not far from reaching the ninthyer of the Divine Strength Realm.] ``` ``` [In the eighteenth year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level finally takes a step further; you sessfully break through to be a ninthyer Divine Strength Realm cultivator!] ``` Seeing this, Su Xing''s expression turned somewhat excited. Indeed, just as he had anticipated, consuming Royal n Demonic Beast Flesh Essence greatly elerated the pace of cultivationpared to that of an ordinary Demon Emperor. It had taken him eleven whole years to advance from the seventh to the eighthyer of the Divine Strength Realm. Yet it had taken just a mere seven years to progress from the eighth to the ninthyer! The pace of cultivation had increased by no small margin! Additionally, the power of Sword Intent gave Su Xing quite a shock. Before, although his swordsmanship was decent, he sorelycked methods for attacking multiple enemies at once. But now, having grasped Sword Intent, he could unleash sword radiance, which not only had an extremely long range but was also powerful enough to shatter armies of Demonic Beasts! ``` "Tch tch, a single surge of sword radiance can kill hundreds of Grandmaster Level Demonic Beasts... Indeed, to a true strong one, numbers are useless!" ``` Su Xing felt some emotion. Clearly, if Su Xing were strong enough, reaching Return to Void, Integration Phase, Mahayana... or even achieving Immortality, these endless Demonic Beasts at Demon-Subduing Pass might seem insignificant in Su Xing''s eyes. ``` "In the end, it stilles down to needing greater strength!" Chapter 190: Chapter 146 Human Sword Perfect, Strength Skyrockets! (5k)_3 Su Xing sighed with emotion and felt a bit of curiosity. "Divine Strength Realm Nine Layers, strength reaching fifty thousand tons, strength increased by thirty percent... With my current strength, I wonder if I can try to battle against two royal n Demon Emperors?" There was some anticipation in Su Xing''s heart. "It took a full seven years to advance from the eighth to the ninthyer of the Divine Strength Realm, and now, with less than seven years left until the twenty-five-year deadline, it might be difficult to achieveplete mastery of the Divine Strength Realm..." "But if I could cultivate the Human Sword to perfection, fully grasp the Sword Intent, its enhancement to my strength would still be considerable!" With these thoughts, Su Xing looked towards the simtion panel. [In the neenth year, after breaking through to the ninthyer of the Divine Strength Realm, you had unprecedented confidence in yourself, believing that beneath the legendary level, you had few rivals.] [Therefore, you released a message, stating that since the Demon Race had no strong opponents, you were willing to challenge two royal n Demon Emperors at the same time.] [As soon as the message was released, it provoked a strong reaction from the Demon Race, and those of the royal n took great pride in their honor. They saw your action as an insult to them.] [Consequently, the Demon Race issued a bounty on you, with not only traitors from the Descending Sectunching assassination attempts at you but also legendary level Demonic Beasts making repeated attempts to y you.] [Fortunately, you held a high status among the Human Race, not only protected by the legendary figure Luo Shuying, but even the legendary warriors from the military were covertly watching over you.] [Thus, those legendary level Demonic Beasts were intercepted by them, allowing you a rtively fair fighting environment.] [In the twentieth year, after your continuous provocations, finally, two royal n Demonic Beasts agreed to join forces to challenge you.] [They were a ferocious Rhino n beast and a speedy Lion n beast!] [You had already in many from the Rhino n and knew their racial abilities like the back of your hand, but the Lion n was notoriously swift, making them quite troublesome for you to deal with.] [However, you were very confident in your strength, believing that even when facing two royal n Demon Emperors, there would be no threat to your life.] [Thus, under the pressure of the two royal n Demon Emperors, you began to hone your swordsmanship.] [Yet, you still underestimated the pressure from the two royal n Demon Emperors; under their joint offensive, you were nearly forced into a passive defense, unable to mount an effective counterattack.] [In the first battle, you and the two royal n Demon Emperors fought for an entire day and night, and you were wounded in dozens of ces.] [You felt that if it continued this way, you would truly die here, but thankfully, Luo Shuying arrived just in time to assist you, and you returned to Demon-Subduing Pass.] [Over the following month, you healed your wounds within Demon-Subduing Pass. Although you lost to the two Demon Emperors, your grasp of swordsmanship improved rapidly.] [Within this month, you invoked the talent "The Great Wisdom in Foolishness," keeping yourself in a state of seeming ignorance.] [Once your injuries were healed, you once again challenged the same two royal n Demon Emperors.] [As expected,pared to the previous disarray, this time you managed much more smoothly.] [And with the blessing of the Great Wisdom State, yourprehension soared, and your understanding of Sword Intent progressively and rapidly improved.] [This battlested a full three days and three nights, and in the end, you narrowly lost to thebined forces of the two Demon Emperors.] [You returned once again to Demon-Subduing Pass to heal, and for the next month, you remained in a state of feigned simplicity.] [After your injuries had healed, you sought out the two royal n Demon Emperors once again.] [The great battle was imminent, and in the state of Great Wisdom, yourprehension of Sword Intent improved bit by bit over time.] [From beingpletely overwhelmed in the first battle to now being evenly matched!] [Relying on your unparalleled swordsmanship, you were now able to fight alone against two royal n Demon Emperors without falling behind at all.] [And the Demon Emperors of the Ferocious Rhinoceros Tribe and the Yellow Lion Tribe were shocked, they racked their brains and still could notprehend how your strength could have improved so massively in a mere three months!] [Thus, the great battle endured for three days and three nights.] [It was only after the Great Wisdom State had ended that you calmly returned to the Demon-Subduing Pass to begin healing your wounds.] [Compared to before, the injuries you suffered this time were much lighter, and you had fully recovered in just under a week. With the remaining time, you umted "The Great Wisdom in Foolishness" duration while refining some elixirs.] Su Xing, seeing this, slight smile tugging at his lips, said: "Haha, I''ve turned the Royal n Demon Emperors into tools for grinding swordsmanship experience, huh!" "Through the boost of the Great Wisdom State, myprehension of Sword Intent progressed by leaps and bounds each day, and maintaining the state of ''The Great Wisdom in Foolishness'' during recovery did not affect the healing of my injuries!" "It really is killing two birds with one stone!" Su Xing, feeling a surge of excitement, thought that at this rate, he might soon be able to defeat both Royal n Demon Emperors at once and achieve a breakthrough in the Unity of Man and Sword! With this in mind, Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the simtion panel. [A monthter, you found those two Royal n Demon Emperors once again, and a battle was imminent!] [This time, you were overwhelmingly dominating the two Demon Emperors throughout the fight. Despite their numerical advantage, they were brought to the brink of disaster by your swordsmanship.] [But these two Demon Emperors were not weak, they adopted a tactic of trading blow for blow!] [Demonic Beasts'' huge bodies possess a regenerative capability far beyond what the Human Race can match, and these were two Royal n Demon Emperors, whose healing powers far surpassed that of ordinary Demon Race.] [Even though you were a Body Refinement Cultivator, the speed of your injury recovery was still slightly inferior to theirs.] [The battlested for three days and nights, and in the end, you and the two beasts were all covered in blood!] [The wounds you suffered were severe, but the two Demon Emperors were also gravely injured.] [Seeing that the two Royal n Demon Emperors were contemting retreat, wanting to flee the battlefield.] [But you had no intention of letting them have their way. Should they escape this time, you probably would not have another opportunity to refine your swordsmanship like this.] [So, fate hanging by a thread from your grievous injuries, you unleashed onest Sword Intent!] [This strike was the most powerful you had ever delivered. Even though you were weighed down by serious wounds, the Sword Intent encapsted an unstoppable conviction, holding no fear of life or death, which far exceeded your past self!] [With one swing, mountains crumbled, and the earth split open, leaving a chasm hundreds of meters long and bottomless on the ground!] [That strike shattered the final resolve of the two Demon Emperors!] [The sword light swept across the body of the Ferocious Rhinoceros Tribe''s Demon Emperor, bisecting it with one cut, its life and dao extinguished.] [As you watched the descent of your de, your mind seemed to ponder, and you entered a mysterious state.] [There was no time to care about anything else; you immediately retreated into the Spirit Field Blessed Land.] [Embracing this profound moment of enlightenment, you began to practice swordsmanship, forgetful of all else.] [This enlightenment persisted for one day and one night!] [A dayter, when you came to, you discovered to your astonishment that your Human Sword had finally reached perfection!] [At the same time, you hadpletely mastered Sword Intent!] Chapter 191: Chapter 147: The Shortage of Mimic Energy, Su Xings Plan (5k) ``` "Atst, the Human Sword has reached perfection..." Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief, a faint smile on his lips. "This simtion, with less than five years left, it seems unrealistic to expect a breakthrough to Great Perfection in the Divinity Transformation Stage..." "However, achieving perfection in the Human Sword is a pleasant surprise, and has significantly boosted mybat strength!" With the Human Sword perfected and Sword Intentprehended, Su Xing could evenbat two Royal n Demon Emperors alone! Such strength made facing Damned Zong not a guarantee of victory but very close to it. His gaze shifted to the simtion panel. [Afterprehending Sword Intent, you did not linger, but instead returned to the heart of the Demon-Subduing Pass.] [Next, you were far from ck, casting your sights on the Earth Sword within the Three Talents Sword Technique.] [The Earth Sword, borrowing the power of heaven and earth, can lead to victory over Legendarybatants if one achieves great skill!] [However, the cultivation of the Earth Sword is much more challenging than you imagined; previously you had merely memorized the training method but failed to grasp its underlying principles.] [So, you had to spend a great deal of timeprehending the path of the Earth Sword.] [In the twenty-first year, you spent four hours every day fighting enemies within the Demon-Subduing Pass to alleviate the pressure on the soldiers, dedicating the rest of your time to grasping the essentials of the Earth Sword''s cultivation.] [Gradually, you grasped the basics of the Earth Sword, further enhancing your swordsmanship.] [In the twenty-second year, yourprehension of the Earth Sword deepened; though not yet a master, you moved beyond rote memory to a genuine understanding of its profound mysteries.] [In the twenty-third year, you faced the enemy on the battlefield with your sword, deepening yourprehension of the Earth Sword through realbat.] [In the twenty-fourth year, your cultivation level remained at the ninthyer of the Divine Strength Realm even if you consumed the Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors daily, realizing that a breakthrough was hopeless, so you focused even more on understanding the Earth Sword.] [In the twenty-fifth year, the situation at the Demon-Subduing Pass grew increasingly dire; many of the Human Race''s strong fighters died in battle, but fortunately, you alone were the equal of dozens of Martial Emperorbatants, preventing the Pass from falling immediately.] [You continued to grasp the Earth Sword''s cultivation essentials through relentlessbat, finally absorbing all the knowledge you hadmitted to memory, and you mastered the entry-level principles of the Earth Sword.] [That same year, hundreds of Legendary Demon Beasts attacked the Demon-Subduing Pass; despite struggling with all your might, you could only barely hold one off, eventually leading to the fall of the Pass, and you died there.] [Your Primordial Spirit left your body but was soon crushed by the Legendary Demon Beast.] [Your Purple Talent ''The Great Wisdom in Foolishness'' activates involuntarily...] [Ding, simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing exhaled deeply. This time, instead of choosing to venture into the ughter Battlefield, he decided to steadily enhance his own strength. After all, the ughter Battlefield was too dangerous. With Su Xing''s current strength, it was nothing but a waste of effort. At the very least, he would need to possess Legendary Level strength to venture there. "Although I wasn''t able to reach Great Perfection in the Divine Strength Realm, the Human Sword reached perfection, and I''ve made a start on the Earth Sword. All in all, it''s quite good!" Su Xing nodded in satisfaction, his gaze turning to the rewards of this simtion. [The Great Wisdom in Foolishness]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Ten Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insight, priced at 500,000 energy points. [Divine Strength Realm Ninth Layer Cultivation Level]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, priced at 20 million energy points. [Twenty Years of Combat Experience at the Demon-Subduing Pass]: Enhances one''sbat abilities and slightly increases theprehension of the intent to ughter, priced at 10 million energy points. [Three Talents Sword Technique (Human Sword perfected, Earth Sword initiated)]: Contains partial insights into the Immortal-level Sword Cultivator''s Cultivation Technique "Three Talents Sword Technique", including aplete understanding of the first phase, Human Sword, and entry-levelprehension of the second phase, Earth Sword, allowing one toprehend Sword Intent, priced at 30 million energy points. Su Xing nced over the reward list, an expression of realization dawning on his face. "It seems thatbat experience can be umted, huh? Not only does it enhancebat capabilities, but it also improves subsequentprehension of the intent to ughter... As for the cost of the required energy, it seems to be determined based on how much it contributes to my improvement..." While Su Xing didn''t know the use of further developing the embryonic form of the intent to ughter, his intuition told him it would have significant applications in the future. "Besides..." Su Xing''s gaze fixed on thest item, the Three Talents Sword Technique reward, a glimmer of excitement in his eyes. "This Three Talents Sword Technique is actually a Sword Cultivator''s Cultivation Technique? It turns out that the swordsmanship texts were right - reaching perfection with the Heavenly Sword can indeed lead one to be a Sword Immortal!" Excitement filled Su Xing''s eyes. This was about bing a Sword Cultivator! A Sword Cultivator''s path diverges from Body Cultivation and Qi Refinement, focusing on theprehension of the sword! But once reaching a certain level, a Sword Cultivator can even y Immortals! "Sword Immortals, among the Immortals, must be exceedingly powerful entities, right?" Su Xing nodded slightly, not hesitating as he silently dered: "I choose to take with me the talent ''The Great Wisdom in Foolishness'' and theprehension from cultivating the Three Talents Sword Technique!" [You have sessfully taken the Purple Talent ''The Great Wisdom in Foolishness'', spending 1 million energy points, remaining energy points 37.93 million.] [Detection of a simr type of talent ''Quick-minded'', recing automatically...] [You have sessfully brought out theprehension of the Three Talents Sword Technique (Human Sword perfected, Earth Sword initiated), spending 30 million energy points, remaining energy points 7.93 million.] As the notification sound faded, two mysterious forces entered Su Xing''s body. The next second, numerous memory fragments emerged in Su Xing''s mind. Among these memory fragments were insights into the Human Sword, reaching the level of perfection! By the same token, the parts of the Earth Sword cultivation that Su Xing had memorized began to be gradually understood and deeplyprehended within his mind; although unable to disy it yet, his understanding of the Earth Sword had be profound. ``` Chapter 192: Chapter 147: The Shortage of Mimic Energy, Su Xings Plan (5k)_2 Afterward, a mysterious aura rose from Su Xing''s body. Sword Intent! From the weak embryo of Sword Intent, it grew rapidly, and in just a few breaths, Su Xing hadpletely mastered Sword Intent! Thus, after Su Xing closed his eyes for a long while, he slowly opened them. "So it is... The Human Sword is the sword against the enemy, what is cultivated is Sword Intent, an aura of the sword in my hand, charging forward unabated!" "And the Earth Sword is about leveraging the momentum of heaven and earth, channeling it to the sword in hand, where each move and style brings with it boundless might!" A slight smile appeared at the corner of Su Xing''s mouth. This time''s gains had exceeded his imagination; not only had he perfected the Human Sword to Great Perfection, but he had also gained a deep understanding of the Earth Sword. Afterward, Su Xing nced at the Ink Ice Sword at his waist, untied it, and held it in his hand, immediately a sense of affinity emerged in his heart. As the Spirit Sword was unsheathed, Su Xing''s aura suddenly shifted, and a windless breeze began circling around him. This continued for a few breaths, yet Su Xing still did not swing the sword in his hand. "Damn, I almost couldn''t help but sh it out! If this sword were to be swung, I fear the entire mountain in the Spirit Field Blessed Land would be split in two, right?" Su Xing patted his chest with some fear. Now, Su Xing was no longer the newbie who had just entered the Cultivation World; he had learned something about the background of the Spirit Field Blessed Land. This Spirit Field Blessed Land was actually a rtively stable small world within a spatial turbulence. This small world maintained a mysterious bnce, not to be shattered by the turbulence, and was fairly stable. With Su Xing''s strength, it was naturally impossible for him to destroy the space of the Spirit Field Blessed Land. But within the Spirit Field Blessed Land, the mountains were just ordinary mountains, and if Su Xing were to sh down with his sword, there would be big trouble. Not only would the Spirit Field be ruined in an instant, but even the Spirit Gathering Array in the mountains would likely be damaged. "Speaking of which... my bargain master, Qing Yunzi''s strength is truly unfathomable!" Su Xing felt somewhat emotional and murmured: "Even if the small world of the Spirit Field Blessed Land already existed... but to stabilize it and capture its spatial coordinates, creating a Blessed Land to carry with me... the depth of understanding required for the Great Dao and the power of rules must be extremely profound!" "To possess such might... Only the Immortals of legend could manage that, right?" Su Xing remembered that Qing Yunzi had once mentioned the words ''Three Thousand Worlds''. Perhaps, Qing Yunzi was one of those supreme beings capable of traveling between the various worlds? "If I had my bargain master''s abilities, what would there be to fear from the Demon Race at Demon-Subduing Pass?" For a moment, Su Xing felt envious, but then he shook his head. The simtor was an opportunity against the heavens. With this golden finger, as long as Su Xing was willing to lie low and develop, expelling the Demon Race and surpassing Qing Yunzi was just a matter of time. "s, although the simtor allows for rapid strength improvement, the spending is like running water!" "Now, I have less than ten million energy points left in the simtor... I can''t even afford the energy required for the next simtion breakthrough to Divinity Transformation!" After calcting a bit, Su Xing found that he needed thirty million points of energy to reach thepletion of the Divine Strength Realm. And the Tarot Commerce Association could only provide goods worth about fifteen million energy points per week, together with the few million energy points left, he was still arge gap away from thirty million! Thinking of this, Su Xing''s face fell once again as he sighed: "s, killing and plundering treasures is indeed the fastest way to make money!" "After robbing the ck Dragon Guild, I got more than a hundred million energy points at once, how long would it take to save up that much on my own?" Su Xing felt somewhat helpless, contemting whether he could make another round to the ck Dragon Guild to capitalize on their resources. But doing such things too often could lead to discovery, and who could walk beside the river without getting their shoes wet? Just then, Su Xing suddenly thought of something and hurriedly took out two jade boxes from the storage ring. Upon opening the jade boxes, a refreshing medicinal fragrance wafted out. Thousand-year ginseng, thousand-year Lingzhi! "Right, I almost forgot about this! Over at the Baili Business Association, there are instance dungeon items worth several hundred million energy points!" A gleam appeared in Su Xing''s eyes. In a previous simtion, he had exchanged a supreme Life Extension Pill with Baili Qi for arge batch of instance dungeon items, which were probably worth several hundred million energy points! The only pity was that after selling the Life Extension Pill, Su Xing had exposed himself and ended up attracting quite a bit of trouble. However, in the following simtion, when Su Xing tried to trade while in disguise, the Baili Business Association still managed to insert a tracker in the goods and discovered the ploy. "However! In the simtion, I did not use the simtor''s powers... Yet in real life, as long as I exchange all those items into energy... "Heh, how then will you cope? I don''t believe you can find my location once all the goods are gone!" After contemting for a while, Su Xing started to consider the feasibility of trading with Baili Qi. He soon arrived at a conclusion. It was feasible! But careful nning was necessary! Su Xing thought for a moment and then took out a map of the Great Xia Country. Kyoto, located in the north of the Great Xia Country, is the financial center of the north. And Guang Province is at the southernmost point of the Great Xia Country, more than ten thousand kilometers apart from each other! Su Xing carefully examined the map and began to n the best route to Guang Province. "Hmm, if I rely on my cultivation level to rush on my journey, I will need to rest along the way, and it might take two or three days to reach... But in doing so, a big living person flying in the sky is too eye-catching..." Chapter 193: Chapter 147: The Shortage of Mimic Energy, Su Xings Plan (5k)_3 ``` "But if we take a ne directly to Guang Province, it will probably take about a day... The problem is that flight information can be easily discovered, leaving traces and clues!" Su Xing pointed at several cities on the map with his finger and quickly found the most secure method. "Perhaps, we could first take a ne to a city near Guang Province and then cover the remaining few hundred kilometers on foot; that would be the most covert!" Su Xing nodded slightly, put away the map, and looked at the medicinal herbs in front of him. "Then next, it''s time to concoct the Life Extension Pill!" A thought struck Su Xing, and he took out the Pill Furnace, beginning the alchemy process for the elixirs. The concoction of the Life Extension Pill was not difficult, ranking as simple among the lower-grade elixirs. The challengey in the rarity of the ingredients, with millennium ginseng, fleece-flower root, and other herbs being scarce in the mundane world. He ced the ingredients inside, added an appropriate amount of Spiritual Spring water, and utilized the Spiritual Energy to stimte the process... In less than two hours, Su Xing had crafted a batch of enticing, rounded Life Extension Pills. With thepletion of the alchemy, Su Xing opened the Pill Furnace, and his eyes lit up. "Lucky day! A total of seven pills, and among them, there are actually three top-quality Life Extension Pills!" The Life Extension Pills were the size of a dragon''s eye, presenting a light green color and exuding a rich vitality. Su Xing quickly took out a jade box to store the pills, preventing the medicinal properties from dissipating. Afterward, Su Xing spent another half hour concocting a batch of "Voice-Changing Pills." The Voice-Changing Pill was a trivial thing with no rank, designed to let one freely alter their voice. Even a man could emit a woman''s voice without any detectable abnormality. Combined with the Breath-Concealing Pill and Disguise Pill, not even the Heavenly King himself would be able to discover Su Xing''s identity! Having done all this, Su Xing exited the Spirit Field Blessed Land, took out his phone, and prepared to buy a ne ticket to Fudong Province, which was the closest to Guang Province. But after some searching, he found that the tickets from Kyoto to Fudong Province were sold out. Su Xing was momentarily stunned and eximed, "Damn, overlooked that detail!" Just then, a text message from Jin Congxue arrived on Su Xing''s phone. "Boss, I''m heading back to Jinling City now~ Bye~" Upon reading this message, a notion struck Su Xing, and he inquired: "How are you getting back to Jinling City?" Jin Congxue replied instantly: "Of course, by private ne~ (wink.jpg)" Indeed, such outrageous extravagance! Su Xing checked the tickets from Jinling City to Fudong Province. As expected, there were tickets for tonight''s flight! Thus, Su Xing replied to Jin Congxue: "Wait for me a bit, I have something to do in Jinling City. Can I hitch a ride?" Jin Congxue responded promptly: "Sure! Waiting for you~" So Su Xing quickly packed up and headed to the location agreed upon with Jin Congxue. The ne soon took off... Inside the luxurious private ne, Jin Congxue lounged in her homely pajamas, looking incrediblyzy and seductive. "Yo, big boss... What''s keeping you busy in Jinling City?" Seeing Jin Congxue''s seductive face, Su Xing coughed lightly, feeling it best that she remains unaware for the time being, so he said: "Cough, cough, nothing much... just going out for some fun..." Jin Congxue knew Su Xing was brushing her off, so she rolled her eyes and didn''t inquire further. Throughout the journey, Su Xing and Jin Congxue chatted off and on, with their rtionship warming up once again. The ne soon arrived in Jinling City. After a brief farewell with Jin Congxue, Su Xing headed non-stop to the airport. ... Several hourster, Su Xing appeared in the mountains of Fudong Province. He looked up at the sky; it was just the early afternoon. Su Xing then began to disguise himself, swallowing a Disguise Pill, a Voice-Changing Pill, and a Breath-Concealing Pill, and using the special techniques of a Body Refinement Cultivator, he slightly altered his skeletal structure and height. Minutester, Su Xing''s appearance hadpletely transformed, with not a trace of his original self visible. After making sure nothing had been overlooked, Su Xing set off in the right direction, hurrying towards Guang Province. An hourter, Su Xing arrived outside the Baili Estate and took in the sight of the luxuriousplex, feeling somewhat emotional. "Worthy of a top-tier business association, the heritage of a thousand-year-old family... That extravagantly inhuman aura!" After a brief reflection, Su Xing released his Divine Sense, and the movements within the Baili Estate became crystal clear to him in an instant. "Sheesh, worthy of a top-tier business association. I didn''t expect that within the Baili Estate there would be three Martial Emperor level powerhouses in hiding!" Su Xing had a thought, realizing such a top-level association would naturally have its own trump cards and dependencies. Martial Emperor level powerhouses were almost the pinnacle of public strength for the Human Race; those above Legendary Level rarely acted. And these Martial Emperors were evidently the Baili Business Association''s retainers. Whether high-priced hires or nurtured from within their own lineage. "Indeed, there''s nothing simple about top-tier business associations!" With a light sigh, Su Xing began to search for the chief of the Baili Estate, Baili Qi''s presence. A short whileter, in the deepest part of the Baili Estate, Su Xing detected a decaying presence, indicating a life nearing its end. "Hmm... Judging by this aura, he must have lived for over five hundred years. His time is running out, and it seems he has been sustained until today by taking a variety of life-prolonging medicines... This must be Baili Tu!" Su Xing had a thought, sneaking quietly into the mansion towards Baili Tu''s location. Soon, Su Xing reached the outside of Baili Tu''s room, circumvented two Heavenly King level guards with ease, and slipped into the house. Looking at the withered old man lying on the bed, his life force flickering like a dying me, Su Xing mused: "This must be the current head of the Baili family, Baili Tu, right?" Just as Su Xing was about to beat others to the punch and negotiate a deal with Baili Tu. Unexpectedly, the spent and near-death Baili Tu suddenly opened his eyes, and his faint voice reached Su Xing''s ears. "I wonder why the elder hase in person... what is the matter?" ``` Chapter 194: Chapter 148: Breaking Into the Manor of Baili Alone, the Number One Legend! (5k) Su Xing''s heart turned cold when he heard these words. Indeed, to be the power behind a top merchant association, you had to be no ordinary character. Despite looking as if he was at the end of his tether, Baili Tu still had a few tricks up his sleeve, capable of detecting Su Xing''s arrival. Su Xing did not act rashly and merely watched Baili Tu quietly. Confronted by a strange, powerful intruder in his bedroom, Baili Tu didn''t panic. He struggled to sit up from the bed and looked at Su Xing, saying, "What brings you here, sir?" "If it''s money you want, my Baili family has considerable wealth. I am willing to offer you a sum, which I believe will satisfy you!" "But if it''s for this old man''s life putting aside that I don''t have long to live and you needn''t bother to take action... Moreover, my Baili family has its experts, and since you''ve entered my bedroom, they must already be aware of it..." He paused, his tone bearing a hint of threat, and continued. "If you leave now, there''s still time... Otherwise, even if you kill me, it won''t be a profitable exchange for you..." Su Xing remained silent upon hearing this, but internally he marveled at Baili Tu''s courage and insight. After a moment''s silence, Su Xing said, "I am here for a trade..." Upon hearing this, the deep furrow in Baili Tu''s brow rxed slightly as he inquired, "What trade are you referring to, sir?" Su Xing did not speak but flicked his finger, and a green elixirnded in Baili Tu''s hand. The moment the Life Extension Pill touched Baili Tu''s palm, hisplexion changed subtly, and an excited flush of color appeared on his originally pale face. Although Baili Tu did not recognize the Life Extension Pill, the sheer vitality exuding from the elixir allowed him to surmise that it was meant to extend one''s lifespan! And as Baili Tu himself had only a few days left to live, this Life Extension Pill was a priceless treasure to him; how could he not be exhrated? "Is... is this an elixir for extending life!?" No longerposed, Baili Tu''s voice wasden with considerable excitement. Su Xing nodded slightly, and said sinctly, "This is a Life-Extension Pill, it can extend your life by five years!" "What, five years of life!?" Baili Tu''s eyes shed with unprecedented desire. As the head of the Baili family, Baili Tu''s resources and connections were substantial, and over the years he had used various lifespan-extending items. From those that extended life by several months to several years. However, the more often such items were used, the stronger the resistance to them became. Baili Tu, a Heavenly King Level fighter, had lived for over five hundred and fifty years, having tried almost all lifespan-extending items avable. But still unable to break through to the Martial Emperor Level, he had hence given up and was waiting for death. Now, a Life Extension Pill that could prolong life by five years was an astounding surprise, and if he could achieve a breakthrough to the Martial Emperor Level within those five years, he would have several hundred more years to live. With this thought, Baili Tu promptly swallowed the Life Extension Pill. Su Xing was taken aback for a moment; what was with Baili Tu recklessly eating things? Thus, Su Xing asked in confusion, "Aren''t you afraid that this could be poison, swallowing it just like that?" After hearing this, Baili Tuughed, his wrinkled face quivering as he said, "Heh, in my current state, what''s the point of taking poison?" "Besides, if you wanted to harm me, why would you need to offer an elixir? It would be superfluous." Su Xing nodded slightly, acknowledging internally that the old man indeed had some guts. He then asked, "Aren''t you afraid that you won''t be able to pay the price I ask for having consumed the Life Extension Pill prematurely?" Baili Tuughed heartily at this, "Sir, I dare not boast about other things... But the Baili family is quite wealthy, and the Baili Business Association is among the top five in the entire Great Xia Country..." "Whatever you require whether it''s precious equipment, endless wealth, power, beautiful women... I can fulfill it!" Upon hearing this, Su Xing shook his head slightly, saying, "No, I don''t want any of these. I want the Instance Dungeon Items that your son, Baili Qi, has been collecting over the years!" As if he had not heard clearly, Baili Tu replied incredulously, "What did you say, sir? You mean... you want those useless Instance Dungeon trashes?" Su Xing nodded slightly, "Yes, I want those Instance Dungeon trashes!" Upon confirmation, a strange look appeared on Baili Tu''s face, clearly, he did not expect Su Xing''s request to be so bizarre. After all, there was a reason Instance Dungeon Items were dubbed "Instance Dungeon trash." While some unrealistic low-level adventurers harbored hopes of finding astounding treasures among such trash, such events were exceedingly rare, perhaps not even once in several centuries. The odds were even lower than winning a five-hundred-million-dor lottery jackpot. Even Baili Tu had repeatedly rebuked Baili Qi for his peculiar hobby. But what Baili Tu never expected was, one day, Baili Qi''s entric collecting habit would save his life. While Baili Tu was still in astonishment, changes began to rapidly take ce in his body. The Life Extension Pill was taking effect! Suddenly, the once frail and dwindling Baili Tu began to surge with strength, his wrinkled skin gradually became smooth, and in just a few minutes he appeared to have grown a decade younger, his spirit significantly improved as well. Baili Tu quickly noticed the subtle changes in his body, his face radiating with joy. He therefore hastily asked, "Sir, when shall we begin the trade?" Hearing this, Su Xing spoke in a low voice, "The sooner the better!" Baili Tu nodded in agreement, then offered as if seeking Su Xing''s consent, "Shall I notify my son toe over now?" Chapter 195: Chapter 148: Breaking Into the Manor of Baili Alone, the Number One Legend! (5k)_2 Su Xing nodded slightly. Soon, Baili Tu summoned Baili Qi, and with him came several middle-aged men with powerful auras. All three Martial Emperor Level patrons of the Baili Business Association had arrived! "Father, father, how are you? Has this viin not done anything to you?" A round and plump man tumbled and scrambled into the bedroom, then stood protectively behind Baili Tu. When Su Xing saw this chubby man, he was taken aback, clearly not expecting Baili Qi to look like this. Dressed in a short-sleeved shirt with cartoon characters printed on it and wearing a pair of ck-framed sses, he was less than 1.7 meters tall, but weighed at least 200 kilograms! "Damn, this is totally the look of a fat otaku, isn''t it?" Su Xing silently ridiculed in his heart. However, after verifying that Baili Tu was unharmed, Baili Qi waved his hand dismissively. Suddenly, a Martial Emperor Level patron stepped forward and, without saying a word, threw a punch at Su Xing. Seeing this, Su Xing narrowed his eyes and, without any hesitation, threw a punch to meet it. Boom! In that instant, a sound akin to a mountain copsing spread throughout the entire Baili residence. The shockwave from their punches sent all the tables and chairs in the room flying. At the end of that single punch, the Martial Emperor Level powerhouse grunted and staggered back dozens of steps, tumbling into the courtyard before he could finallye to a halt. In contrast, Su Xing moved back only half a step, his expression unchanged. "How dare you!" "Impudence! This is the Baili residence; do you really think you can behave so recklessly here?" The other two Martial Emperor Level patrons immediately lost their temper, seeming ready to gang up and attack Su Xing. The atmosphere instantly became as tense as a standoff. Just then, Baili Tu barked out: "Impudence! Everyone back off! This elder is my friend; how dare you all act so recklessly?" After speaking, Baili Tu pped Baili Qi''s chubby face and scolded: "You unfilial son, how could you attack an elder without any exnation?" "Hurry up and apologize to the elder!" Without offering any defense, Baili Qi immediately bowed to Su Xing and sincerely said: "Elder, I acted rashly just now out of concern for my father, and almost made a grave mistake. Please punish me as you see fit!" Watching the father and son y good cop, bad cop in this act, Su Xing didn''t call them out but just sneered and said: "Heh, have you probed enough already?" "It''s time to get down to business. Where are the items I want?" Upon hearing this, an awkward expression appeared on Baili Qi''s face, but Baili Tu, obviously thicker-skinned, only said: "Elder, the item you''re looking for, I''ll have my unworthy son take you to get it right away!" Su Xing nodded slightly and stood quietly on the side, waiting. Su Xing knew that if not for a sign from his father, Baili Qi would never have allowed a Martial Emperor strongman to strike directly. In Su Xing''s mind, Baili Tu''s actions probably had two purposes. First, if Su Xing was strong enough, Baili Tu indeed had no assurance that he could hold on to Su Xing. Then the deal they had discussed before would certainly stand, and Baili Tu would politely present the Instance Dungeon Items, even going so far as to try and curry favor with Su Xing. Second, if Su Xing was not as strong as that Martial Emperor, then Baili Tu would likely turn hostile on the spot. He would want not only to capture Su Xing but also to extract the secret of the Life Extension Pills Su Xing held in his possession! After all, an elixir that could extend life by five years, how could Baili Tu not be tempted? That simple exchange of blows just now was actually a game of wits between Su Xing and Baili Tu. Baili Tu relied on his cunning experience and deep schemes, while Su Xing, of course, relied on his confidence in his own strength! Being nearly invincible under the legendary level is not just something said for fun! But to return to the main topic, Baili Tu cheerfully said to Baili Qi: "Goodd, the elder is interested in your Instance Dungeon Items. Now, hurry up and give all those broken toys to the elder!" Just a second ago, Baili Qi, still smiling, had a change of expression upon hearing this, his face immediately turning into a mask of pain. He cast a furtive nce at Su Xing, then whispered in Baili Tu''s ear: "Dad, why don''t we just finish it once and for all and take him out? That way, we can reap the benefits, and I won''t lose my treasures..." Baili Tu instantly became furious upon hearing this, truly angry this time, nearly pping his son''s teeth out with a smack. Baili Tu then scolded: "You unfilial son, quickly hand over all the Instance Dungeon Items!" Upon hearing this, Baili Qi felt wronged and tried to defend himself: "Old man, those treasures took me over twenty years to collect... I can''t bear to give them away just like that." Seeing the father and son looking like they were about to quarrel, Su Xing''s interest was piqued, and he stood by watching the drama unfold. Sure enough, Baili Tu''s old face was red with anger as he scolded: "You unfilial son, you unfilial son!" "What''s more important, your trashy Instance Dungeon Items or your father''s life? You decide for yourself!" Upon hearing Baili Tu''s rebuke, Baili Qi indeed showed a look of hesitation on his face, as if he was truly weighing whether his treasures were more important than his father''s life. Seeing this, Baili Tu was so angry he nearly spat out blood, pping him several times more before scolding aloud: "Go now!" Baili Qi still didn''t move, and even had the nerve to argue: "Old man, you''ve already lived for over five hundred years, you''ve pretty much lived long enough!" "But I''ve only lived for a little over fifty years. Those treasures are half a lifetime''s hard work for me!" Chapter 196: Chapter 148: Breaking Into the Manor of Baili Alone, the Number One Legend! (5k)_3 Baili Tu: "..." Seeing that neither father nor son was willing to step back, Su Xing finally lost his patience and said in a low voice, "If Young Master Baili is reluctant to part with the treasures, offering just half of them would suffice!" Upon hearing this, Baili Qi''s face visibly brightened, and he cast a smug nce at his father. He then bowed to Su Xing and said, "Senior, in that case, I will take you to see those treasures...ahem, just to make it clear in advance, I will only give you half!" Although Su Xing wasughing inwardly, he maintained a frosty facade and replied, "Agreed!" Soon, Su Xing and Baili Qi walked towards the warehouse where the Instance Dungeon Items were stored. After the two left, Baili Tu''s countenance was solemn, and he seemed lost in thought. After a moment of silence, Baili Tu suddenly called out, "Afu,e here!" "Master, what are your orders?" The Martial Emperor who had sparred with Su Xing earlier approached and asked in a deep voice. Baili Tu inquired, "Afu, what do you think of that mysterious person''s strength just now?" Afu fell silent for a moment, then stretched out his right hand to roll up his sleeve. His entire right hand was swollen red and almost unable to make a fist, with his whole arm oddly bent. Afu stated, "Master, that senior''s strength...is unfathomable! Our Baili family must not be an enemy to him!" "With just one punch, my right arm is as good as useless. It won''t recover for over a year!" "Moreover, I have a hunch... that senior probably didn''t even use his full strength!" Upon hearing this, Baili Tu became even more reticent. Afu was an old member of the Baili family, having lived for more than five hundred years, and his strength had entered thete stages of Martial Emperor. He was a Martial Emperor mighty warrior nurtured by the Baili family himself, the strongest among the three Martial Emperors. Moreover, Afu was a practitioner of the strength-based profession, with physical prowess as his forte. Nevertheless, in the exchange with Su Xing earlier, Afu took the lead and seized the initiative, yet he was still defeated by Su Xing in one move, even sustaining a ruined arm. This clearly showed Su Xing''s extraordinary strength! After a lengthy silence, Baili Tu murmured, "s, when did such a formidable warrior appear in Great Xia Country?" "To defeat ate-stage Martial Emperor with a single punch, this power... might not be far off from legendary status!" Baili Tu knew of Afu''s strength, and for that reason, he felt even more apprehensive about Su Xing''s abilities. "Such a powerful figure, if my Baili family could foster a good rtionship with him, he could probably preserve the Baili family''s prosperity for another thousand years!" Baili Tumented, but then immediately thought of his disappointing son and his face darkened again. "After this incident concludes, we must find a way to draw in this mysterious powerful individual, even if we can''t make him our own... we should still strive to befriend him!" Baili Tu murmured to himself. Meanwhile, Su Xing followed Baili Qi to a warehouse. As they opened therge warehouse door, Su Xing was quickly astounded by what was stored inside. The warehouse was over ten meters tall and covered several hundred square meters, filled with variously colored shelves. On those shelves were ced all kinds of bizarre Instance Dungeon Items, each seemingly meticulously cleaned, and even their arrangement was carefully considered, making for a pleasing and orderly sight. Su Xing swept a nce around the warehouse and then frowned slightly. "Something''s not right! The amount of Instance Dungeon Items in this warehouse... they seem plentiful, but in fact, there aren''t that many, maybe evenparable to half a year''s output from the Jin Merchant Guild?" "Could it be that this is all Baili Qi has collected over dozens of years?" Estimating the value, Su Xing thought that the entire warehouse of items amounted to about a hundred million in energy. Split in half, that would only be fifty million. With this in mind, Su Xing felt somewhat uneasy. At that moment, Baili Qi said somewhat proudly, "Senior, look! These treasures are what I''ve painstakingly collected over the years!" Hearing this, Su Xing frowned slightly and said, "Is this all you have collected over the years?" Upon hearing this, Baili Qi waved his hand and said, "How could that be? These are just one-tenth of it!" After saying this, Baili Qi stepped forward a few steps, opened a hiddenpartment, and from within, took out over a hundred Storage Rings. Baili Qi said, "Senior, these are all of my treasures! Just to remind you, you can only take half!" After that, Baili Qi counted out more than fifty Storage Rings and handed them to Su Xing. Without being polite, Su Xing inspected them briefly, and with a thought, he stowed all the Storage Rings into the Spirit Field Blessed Land. At this, the corners of Su Xing''s mouth lifted slightly. "Since the trade has beenpleted, I shall not stay any longer," he said. After saying this, Su Xing prepared to leave. After walking out from the Baili residence, Su Xing heard Baili Tu calling from behind. "Senior, wait a moment, please!" Baili Tu, followed by several Martial Emperors, hurried out, causing Su Xing to slow down. Baili Tu quickly said, "Senior, might you stay a little longer for a talk? You saved my life... it''s only proper for our Baili family to offer you a great banquet in gratitude!" However, Su Xing shook his head slightly, "No need. Since the deal is already done, I must be on my way!" Having said this, Su Xing leaped up, ready to leave. From behind, Baili Tu called out loudly, "Senior, will there be another opportunity for us to cooperate in the future? How may I contact you?" Without turning his head, Su Xing''s voice echoed in the air. "You should continue collecting Instance Dungeon Items. When the time is right, I will make my appearance!" After saying this, Su Xing did not linger and disappeared into the distance. Seeing Su Xing leave, Baili Tu felt somewhat saddened and eximed, "s, this senior is unfathomable... If we can''t form a good rtionship with him, it would be a great loss for our Baili family!" Witnessing Baili Tu''s troubled look, Baili Qi couldn''t help butugh to himself and said, "Father, let me tell you something..." "Previously, to prevent someone from stealing my treasures, I ced tracking devices in each Storage Ring. We might just be able to discover where the senior lives and his identity!" Hearing Baili Qi''s words, Baili Tu''s eyes lit up as he eagerly asked, "Is that true?" "Hahaha, you unfilial son, after so many years, you''ve finally done something dependable!" Chapter 197: Chapter 149: 500 Million Energy, Assassination from Legend! (5k) The story has two sides. On the other side, after leaving Baili Mansion, Su Xing traveled overnight to Fudong Province without stopping for rest. Once he made sure that no one was following him, Su Xing decisively entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land. Taking out arge batch of storage rings, Su Xing excitedly muttered to himself: "With so many Instance Dungeon Items, just how much energy could they be worth!?" Su Xing took out a storage ring and silently thought: "Exchange for simtion energy!" [Ding, detected materials containing energy, worth a total of 9,870,000 energy points. Absorb?] "Yes!" Su Xing said decisively, and then he took out another ring. [Ding, detected materials containing energy, worth a total of 12,030,000 energy points. Absorb?] [Ding, detected materials containing... worth a total of 8,570,000 energy points. Absorb?] "Yes, yes, yes..." Su Xing continuously took out rings, and along with the Instance Dungeon Items, all were exchanged into simtion energy. "Hehe, young master even let you absorb the storage rings, now let''s see how you''re gonna find me?" Su Xing chuckled mischievously, and in the following minutes, he watched the simtion panel''s energy soar. "In the end, just how much energy is there?" After the exchange, Su Xing looked at the energy on the simtion panel and started to giggle foolishly. "Hundred... million... billion!" A total of 480 million energy points! "Goodness, with so much energy, I have more than enough to raise my Qi Refining Cultivation toplete Divinity Transformation!" Excitement filled Su Xing''s eyes. Obviously, with so much energy, Su Xing wouldn''t have to worry about ack of energy for some time toe. And with the support of such a vast amount of energy, Su Xing''s strength was sure to make even greater progress! After exchanging energy, Su Xing repeatedly confirmed that he wasn''t being tracked and that he hadn''t left any loopholes before taking a flight back to Kyoto overnight. Only after arriving at his familiar dormitory did Su Xing finally breathe a sigh of relief. Checking the time, the whole round trip had taken Su Xing roughly three days. "Sigh, although I made a fortune overnight, I must not forget my original intention!" "Steady and sustained effort is the true wisdom!" Su Xing, as a diligent gamer, went straight into the Spirit Field Blessed Land to start concocting elixirs after returning to his dormitory. Soon, several days passed, and due to time constraints, Su Xing managed to concoct only three thousand elixirs. Jin Congxue didn''t return to Kyoto this week, so Su Xing, after getting the new week''s goods, returned to Spirit Field Blessed Land to start a new round of simtion. On the afternoon of June 24th, 2024, New Era, Su Xing started his forty-second simtion on time. "Begin simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 4,200 energy points, remaining energy points 510.86 million, unlimited number of remaining simtions.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, drawing a Purple Talent costs 100,000 energy points, draw?] "Damn, who do you look down upon? With my 500 million energy points, you dare only offer me a Purple Talent?" Su Xing snorted coldly, behaving like someone with deep pockets. However, reality dealt Su Xing a harsh blow. [Ding, unlocking the Golden Talent lottery requires a total energy amount of ten billion, and costs one billion energy to unlock...] Upon hearing the simtor''s notification, Su Xing''s face turned dark on the spot. "Damn, what the hell is this? Golden quality, unlocking it requires a total energy amount of ten billion?" Su Xing almost fainted on the spot; that''s ten billion energy points. How long would Su Xing have to save up to umte that? With a wistful expression, Su Xing murmured: "Forget it, I suddenly think that Purple Talent isn''t too bad... Draw the Purple Talent!" [Congrattions on obtaining Purple Talent: Star of Fortune!] [Star of Fortune]: Your luck exceeds that of ordinary people, you are one in ten thousand, a lucky star. No need to check the almanac when you go out, you often hit big, even winning the lottery eight out of ten times. Even if you do nothing, just idling away your days, the goddess of luck will look after you.] Seeing his newly drawn talent, Su Xing''s eyes lit up. Wow, another luck-based talent! Andpared to the blue talent, Luck All Around, the Purple Talent of luck was obviously much more powerful! "Goodness, I''m walking down the path of luck all the way!" "I just wonder how much of an improvement Star of Fortune ispared to Luck All Around?" Expectation appeared in Su Xing''s eyes. [Inside the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize that you are simting.] [You''re in a good mood and decide to treat yourself to a meal of Spirit Chicken egg fried rice.] [Crack, you break an egg and it''s a double-yolker!] [Crack, crack, crack... You consecutively break seven eggs, and they are all double-yolkers. You know this is the magical effect of your new talent, and you''re almost smiling crookedly.] [You continue concocting elixirs in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, and you''re extremely lucky, with one third of the elixirs you make in a week being of top quality!] [A weekter, you meet with Jin Congxue,] [Jin Congxue brings you great news; she tells you that she has sessfully obtained the bidding rights to a mining area instance dungeon.] [Currently recruiting miners, mining should officially begin within a month at most, by which time a continuous supply of rare metals will be produced.] [After hearing this, you''re in a very good mood and continue to go back to concocting elixirs.] Su Xing sees this and his lips curl slightly: "Tsk tsk, this Purple Talent really lives up to its reputation!" "This Star of Fortune is so much stronger than Luck All Around isn''t it? It can even influence business luck?" Su Xing remembers that Jin Congxue said it would take at least a month or two to obtain the mining rights to the instance dungeon, but now it was handled in less than a month. Chapter 198: Chapter 149: 500 Million Energy, Assassination from Legend! (5k)_2 Luck must be shining upon me. "Tsk, tsk, as expected, anything rted to luck involves god-level talent!" Su Xing looked forward to the next simtion, his gaze fixed on the simtion panel. [Next, you will, as always, prepare to join the Descending Sect to gain ess to the treasure vault of the sect.] [You went to Shuangqing City and were very lucky; it only took you three days to encounter the damned Zong.] [Afterward, you traded with the damned Zong and smoothly joined the Descending Sect.] [Because of the damned Zong''s introduction and with your strength, you directly became an elder and the Descending Sect promised to make you a protector as soon as possible.] [But you didn''t care about these titles; as always, outwardly you called the damned Zong your brother, but secretly you contacted Luo Shuying and, with her help, you acquired arge amount of spiritual medicine.] [For the following two years, you kept a low profile within the Descending Sect and umted elixirs.] [Your luck was extremely good, and the probability of refining top-quality elixirs increased much; Essence-Nourishing Pill, Organ Refining Pill, and other elixirs, you managed to ensure a twenty percent rate of top-quality elixirs.] [In the third year, you felt the time was ripe, so you took Luo Shuying and left the Descending Sect.] [You fled to the Great Xia Military; the Descending Sect could only temporarily give up chasing you and instead targeted the damned Zong.] [Thus, the damned Zong embarked on a life of fleeing once again.] [After joining the Great Xia Military, you brought out the umted elixirs from over the years; because of their high percentage of top-quality elixirs, Great Xia Country gained more than seventy thousand grandmaster-level powerhouses, over eight hundred Heavenly King-level ones, and even added more than seventy Martial Emperor-level warriors.] [Afterwards, you decided to head to Demon-Subduing Pass as soon as possible, to enhance your own strength through the Flesh Essence of numerous Demon Emperors.] Su Xing nodded slightly and murmured to himself: "Now that I have enough simtion energy, next, I should break through to the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm as soon as possible!" Last time, Su Xing wasn''t able to break through to the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm due to insufficient time. But this time, as long as he entered Demon-Subduing Pass earlier and killed the Demon Emperors of the Royal n inside, he could get higher-grade Flesh Essences and thus break through to the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm! Thinking of this, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simtion panel. [In the fourth year, you joined Demon-Subduing Pass and managed to make a name for yourself within a year.] [In one year, you killed over ten Demon Emperors, countless Demon Kings; your use of swordsmanship reached a divine level, earning you the title of the foremost person under the legends of Demon-Subduing Pass!] [But you were still not satisfied because your reputation was only well-known within Demon-Subduing Pass, yet it had not spread to the Demon Race.] [Thus, you made no attempt to hide your strength and started to shine with increasingly eye-catching performance in the battlefield.] [In the fifth year, you killed nearly twenty Demon Emperors in one year, countless Demon Kings.] [The intense killing aura on you was so strong that even low-rank Demonic Beasts dared not approach, and even Demon Kings and Demon Emperors did not want to face you.] [You sessfully spread your fame within the Demon Race.] [In the same year, as you desired, you encountered a challenge from a Demon Emperor of the Fierce Rhino Tribe.] [You intentionally concealed your strength and battled with him for a day and a night, and then you spared his life.] [You told him that the Royal n Demon Emperors are nothing but trash!] [This act of yours sessfully caused a huge stir among the Demon Race.] [In the next few months, you were challenged by three Demon Emperors from the Royal n, and you were by no means polite; you killed them all.] [In the sixth year, with a sufficient supply of high-quality Demon Emperor Flesh Essences, your strength increased rapidly, and your Body Refinement Cultivation Level improved greatly.] [You did not exhaust the source, and when facing those Royal n Demonic Beasts, you did not kill every one of them but chose to kill one and let one go.] [Because you knew that only in this way would you have a constant stream of challenges from the Royal n Demonic Beasts.] [In the seventh year, as you had predicted, challenges from the Royal n Demonic Beasts kepting.] [As there were quite a few Royal n Demon Emperors who managed to escape with their lives from you, they assumed that the ones who died at your hands were merelycking in strength.] [And this suited you just fine; you kept the Royal n Demon Emperors almost as if they were farmed, butchering a couple whenever you needed Flesh Essence.] [Within a year, you killed seven Royal n Demon Emperors, obtaining arge batch of Flesh Essence from them and you were not far from attaining the eighth level of the Divine Strength Realm.] [In the eighth year, more and more Royal n Demon Emperors challenged you.] [They even considered it an honor to escape from your hand, as it proved their strength was great enough.] [And you were only too happy with this, knowing that only in this way could you steadily harvest Flesh Essence of Demon Emperors.] [In the same year, you finally broke through, bing a Level Eight Cultivator of the Divine Strength Realm!] Seeing this, Su Xing felt a surge of joy in his heart. Indeed, as he had anticipated, those Royal n Demon Emperors had mysterious origins but loved to fight. Su Xing''s n of ''fishingw enforcement'' was indeed effective, with Flesh Essences being continuously delivered to his doorstep. "To have broken through to the eighth level of the Divine Strength Realm in just eight years... it seems that this time, reaching the Great Perfection of the Divine Strength Realm won''t be difficult!" With this thought, Su Xing''s gaze once again turned to the simtion panel. [In the ninth year, you continued your n of killing one and letting one go, in one year you could kill over ten Royal n Demon Emperors, harvesting arge amount of Flesh Essence and steadily improving your Body Cultivation strength.] [By the tenth year, as your fame grew, the Royal n Demon Emperorsing to challenge you grew stronger as well.] [But to you, they were nothing more than a bit more effort to deal with; no matter how strong these Royal n Demon Emperors were, they fell shortpared to you.] Chapter 199: Chapter 149: 500 Million Energy, Assassination from Legend! (5k)_3 [Gradually, you noticed the energy contained in the flesh essence of the royal n Demon Emperors showed some minor differences.] [Although the gap in the contained energy was small, you secretly guessed that it might be rted to the purity of the Demon Race''s bloodline.] [That year, you slew more than a dozen royal n Demon Emperors, and your strength further increased.] [In the thirteenth year, the number of royal n Demon Emperors who fell by your hand had neared a hundred and eighty.] [Gradually, the number of Demon Emperorsing to challenge you grew fewer, and you knew it was because too many had died; these royal n Demon Emperors had also grown wiser.] [Fortunately, every now and then, a pair of foolish, young Demon Emperors woulde to challenge you, so your supply of flesh essence remained sufficient.] [In the fourteenth year, aside from fighting, you spent your days in cultivation. Although life was monotonous, the improvement in your strength was visible to the naked eye.] [Your Body Refinement Cultivation Level grew higher and higher, and you could feel that you were not far from the ninth level of the Divine Strength Realm.] [In the fifteenth year, with a sufficient supply of flesh essence, you finally broke through to be a Cultivator at the ninth level of the Divine Strength Realm!] [However, what troubled you was the decreasing number of royal n Demon Emperors challenging you, and the flesh essence you had stored was bing insufficient.] [Having no choice, you had to resort to reverse psychology, boldly iming that the royal n Demon Emperors were nothing but chickens and that even taking on two Demon Emperors at once would be a cinch for you!] [Your tactic sessfully worked, and the originally quiet Demon Race became active again, at the same time, they were extremely angry.] [You made it onto the Demon Race''s bounty list, and even Legendary Demon Beasts wanted to assassinate you.] [But you didn''t care at all; you only wanted to obtain more flesh essence to break through to the Great Perfection of the Divine Strength Realm as soon as possible.] Su Xing, seeing this, chuckled and shook his head: "Sigh, the simted me is really reckless, truly fearless of death!" "Fighting two royal n Demon Emperors alone, ordinary Cultivators at the ninth level of Divine Strength Realm might not manage... but I haveprehended Sword Intent, so it should be no problem!" Su Xing felt somewhat envious of his simted self, who couldpletely let loose. Unlike the real Su Xing, who, despite his strength, had to lie low. "Sigh, when my strength is enough to suppress everything in this world, I must show off properly in front of everyone!" Su Xing thought to himself, his gaze turning to the simtion panel. [In the sixteenth year, your reverse psychology tactic was sessful.] [Within two months, two royal n Demon Emperors came to challenge you. You fought with the two Demon Emperors for one day and one night, ultimately ying both and reaping arge batch of flesh essence.] [Afterward, you spread the message that these royal n Demon Emperors were not strong enough, and you longed for opponents of more value!] [Your actions thoroughly enraged the Demon Race, and within a short period, dozens of royal n Demon Emperors lined up to challenge you.] [Your heart almost burst with joy, and you didn''t refuse, epting them all!] [That year, you slew dozens of Demon Emperors, harvesting arge amount of flesh essence.] [With an adequate supply of flesh essence, you were not in a hurry to kill these royal n Demon Emperors but spent your days engrossed in cultivation.] [In the seventeenth year, your actions incurred the grudge of the Demon Race, and that year, you were subjected to multiple assassination attempts from Human Race spies, Descending Sect traitors, and others.] [Fortunately, your superior strength, coupled with Luo Shuying''s personal protection, meant you were unharmed.] [Thus, in the following years, you kept a lower profile, and every day, apart from cultivating, you would only kill enemies on the walls of Demon-Subduing Pass, hastening the digestion of the Flesh Essence.] [In the twentieth year, after three years of quietude, a Legendary Demon Beast unexpectedly set its sights on you!] [That day, as usual, you stood on the ramparts of Demon-Subduing Pass facing the enemy, and as you were beheading a Demon King, a dark shadow suddenly burst out from the darkness.] [The shadow moved incredibly fast, and you couldn''t react in time, its sharp ws shed across your chest, instantly shredding flesh and leaving a bone-deep wound.] [Seeing that a single strike hadn''t finished you off, the Legendary Demon Beast seemed surprised and immediately lunged at you again with its ws.] [In the critical moment, you could only grit your teeth and unleash a Sword Intent, barely managing to fend off the Legendary powerhouse.] [Just as you were about to flee, you discovered that your wound was rapidly rotting, and a wave of dizziness nearly rendered you unable to stand.] [Before you passed out, you caught a glimpse of Luo Shuying''s anxious expression.] [When you woke up again, you were lying on a sickbed with Jin Congxue and Luo Shuying standing by your side.] [Your condition wasn''t very good, but fortunately, your life was not in danger.] [Luo Shuying told you that you had been unconscious for more than a month, and the Legendary Demon Beast that had ambushed you was from the Shadow Tribe!] [Luo Shuying told you that the Shadow Tribe, one of the ten Royal ns of the Demon Race, excels in assassination and concealment, possessing the ability to travel through shadows.] [Moreover, the ws of the Shadow Tribe carry a potent poison, to which almost any Martial Emperor would instantly sumb.] [But you, miraculously, had survived.] [Afterwards, Luo Shuying handed you a ring, telling you that the Legendary member of the Shadow Tribe had been killed by her and other Legendary powerhouses of Demon-Subduing Pass.] [Knowing you needed Flesh Essence, she had frozen the Flesh Essence of that Legendary member of the Shadow Tribe, and it was now inside the ring.] Su Xing''s eyebrows knitted tightly but soon rxed. "Demon Race... So, above the hundred Great ns, there are also Royal ns?" "I''m afraid those Royal ns are indeed the true elite powerhouses of the Demon Race!" Su Xing understood that the power of the Legendary Shadow Tribe was unquestionably strong. And the reason Su Xing could withstand the ambush of the Shadow Tribe was not only because of the robust physical body of a Body Refinement Cultivator. More importantly, it was Su Xing''s talent, the Descendant of Shennong! The Descendant of Shennong, with a simple farming talent, possessed a rare resistance to poison, likely the precious toxicity resistance that saved Su Xing''s life! "Sigh, indeed, one mustn''t be too arrogant!" Su Xing exhaled and said, "Even if I''ve reached the ninth level of the Divine Strength Realm in the simtion, virtually invincible below the Legendary level, if faced with a life-risking attack from a Legendary Demon Beast, it''s still a perilously narrow escape!" "And it''s a good thing it was the Shadow Tribe. Had it been any other Legendary Demon Beast, and had they torn me apart on the spot, I would have truly been beyond saving!" Su Xing slightly shook his head but then the corners of his mouth curled up a bit. "However, the greater the storm, the more valuable the fish!" "The Flesh Essence of a Legendary Demon Beast... sst, it should be enough to let me break through to the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm, right?" Chapter 200: Chapter 150 Breakthrough, Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm! (5k) Su Xing was somewhat anticipatory. He hadn''t expected to reap a blessing from a disaster in the simtion, despite having encountered the hunt of a Legendary Demon Beast. But he had obtained a precious essence of Legendary Demon Beast flesh! It was known that Legendary Demon Beasts were extremely difficult to kill in Demon-Subduing Pass because there were no more than ten individuals from the Human Race with strength surpassing the Legendary Level. And even if a Legendary Demon Beast was killed, other members of the Demon Race would desperately bring back its corpse. For this reason, Su Xing could hardly ever get his hands on Legendary Level flesh essence. But this time, a Legendary member of the Shadow Tribe actually came alone to assassinate Su Xing, which was undoubtedly an excellent opportunity. If he missed this chance, Su Xing might not be able to get the Legendary flesh essence until he possessed Legendary Level strength himself. "Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm, here Ie!" Su Xing murmured, turning his gaze to the simtion panel. [After awakening, you spent several months recuperating, and with the powerful recovery abilities of a Cultivator in the Divine Strength Realm, your injuries finally started to slowly heal.] [You nearlypletely cleansed the toxins from your body, and then, you took out the frozen essence of Legendary flesh.] [Unlike the essence of the Demon Emperor that you had before, the energy contained within the Legendary flesh essence almost made your heart tremble in fear.] [If an ordinary Martial Emperor were to consume this flesh essence, they''d probably burst and die on the spot!] [And you had as much as three hundred pounds of such flesh essence!] [The essence of the Shadow Tribe''s flesh, unlike that of other Demonic Beasts, contains a slight toxin, but fortunately, as a Descendant of Shennong, you had no major trouble after consuming it.] [However, the energy contained within this flesh essence was so abundant that you could only eat less than half a pound each day before you couldn''t digest any more.] [Thus, in the following months, you spent each day cultivating and fighting.] [Whenever you were hungry, you''d eat arge chunk of flesh essence to replenish the energy within your body.] [Once filled with energy, you''d go up the city walls to fight and elerate the digestion of this energy.] [After several months, you were surprised to find that during this time, not only had your Body Refinement Cultivation Level greatly improved, but even your body had developed a slight resistance to toxins.] [In the twenty-first year, you still spent each day in cultivation and battle.] [The effects of the Legendary flesh essence left behind by the Demonic Beasts continued to be strong, and the speed at which your cultivation level increased was more than twice as fast as before. You could feel that you were not far from reaching the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm!] [In the twenty-second year, after you had consumed more than three hundred pounds of Legendary flesh essence, you finally broke through!] [Congrattions on bing a Cultivator at the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm!] Seeing this, Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief. "Finally, the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm, huh!" Although he had anticipated it, Su Xing was still excited when he truly broke through to the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm. Reaching the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm meant that, below the Legendary Level, Su Xing truly had no rivals! This meant a lot, such as Su Xing now being able to beat up the likes of Damned Zong decisively. It also meant that Su Xing could avoid most threats in the real world. After all, the pinnacle of Martial Emperor was almost the recognized limit of outrightbat strength. "Next, I just need to steadily advance my cultivation level!" Su Xing''s lips curved up slightly, his eyes returning to the simtion panel. [In the twenty-third year, after achieving Great Perfection in the Divine Strength Realm, you remained active within Demon-Subduing Pass, valiantly fighting the enemy.] [Because of your presence, the pressure on Demon-Subduing Pass was greatly reduced. Your role on the battlefield was almostparable to that of a Legendary powerhouse.] [But despite the great power of one individual, there were still casualties every day within Demon-Subduing Pass. You watched this unfold and simply continued to fight the enemy, casting aside your distractions.] [In the twenty-fourth year, after breaking through to the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm, you continued to consume the Demon Emperor''s flesh essence daily, but its effects on you had be insignificant.] [It could only help you recover your strength faster, and it almost did not help your cultivation level to advance.] [You began searching for the method to step into the next realm above the Divine Strength Realm, the Broken Void Realm!] [But at this point, the Luotian Meeting Instance had already closed, and the only way you could think of to break through the Divine Strength Realm was to get the secret from Damned Zong.] [And Damned Zong had already vanished without a trace, leaving you no choice but to remain at the Great Perfection of the Divine Strength Realm.] [In the twenty-fifth year, Legendary Demon Beasts attacked, and Demon-Subduing Pass was destroyed!] [You died at the hands of a Legendary Demon Beast, and even your Primordial Spirit was devoured.] [Your talent for dying with eyes open activated.] [You watched with open eyes as your formerrades and the soldiers of Demon-Subduing Pass were annihted, as Luo Shuying, Jin Congxue, and others died at the hands of the Demon Race, but you were left with only one eye, unable to make any change...] [Ding, this simtion is over!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief. Yet there was some frustration in his heart as heined: "Damn it, even at the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm, in that great battle at Demon-Subduing Pass, I was still just a slightlyrger ant!" Whenever he thought about his future, watching people like Jin Congxue and Luo Shuying die before his eyes, unable to change anything, a wave of frustration swelled in his heart. "Demon Race, just you wait! Once I be an Immortal, I''ll definitely cook you all into stew!" Despite knowing that failure was only in the simtion, Su Xing had grown ustomed to death. But the desire to be stronger was growing even more intense! "Above the Divine Strength Realm... the Broken Void Realm, how can it be achieved?" Su Xing was filled with yearning. What hecked was not cultivating time, nor was it resources for cultivation and the like. What hecked was information! Regarding how to break through and the path needed for further cultivation, Su Xing knew little and could only rely on his own exploration. Chapter 201: Chapter 150: Breakthrough, Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm! (5k)_2 After pondering for a moment, Su Xing sighed softly and said, "s, my Qi Refining Cultivation hasn''t even reached the fullpletion of the Divinity Transformation Stage... I should probably not aim too high for now!" "For the next simtion, I should focus on increasing my Qi Refining Cultivation while looking for rumors about breaking through to the Broken Void Realm. That would be the wise course of action!" Thinking thus, Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the simtion panel before him. "Now, let''s choose the rewards first!" "Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm, here Ie!" With a thought from Su Xing, several reward options appeared before his eyes. [Fortune Shines Brightly]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million points of energy. [Ten Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, priced at 500,000 energy. [Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm Cultivation]: Body Refinement Cultivation Level, priced at 30 million energy. [Twenty-Two Years of Combat Experience at Demon-Subduing Pass]: Enhances one''s ownbat ability and slightly enhances the understanding of killing intent, priced at 13 million energy. Looking at the options before him, Su Xing did not hesitate and silently recited, "I choose the Fortune Shines Brightly talent, as well as the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm Cultivation!" As the words fell, the simtor''s prompt sounded in Su Xing''s ear. [You have sessfully brought out the Purple Talent Fortune Shines Brightly, spending 1 million energy, remaining energy is 597.6 million points.] [Detected that you have a simr type of blue talent, Lucky Streak, initiating automatic recement...] [You have sessfully brought out the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm Cultivation, spending 30 million points of energy, remaining energy is 497.76 million points.] As the prompt concluded, a mysterious energy descended upon Su Xing. Immediately after, the aura emanating from Su Xing began to surge dramatically. Divine Strength Realm Seventh Layer... Divine Strength Realm Eighth Layer... Divine Strength Realm Ninth Layer! And finally, Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm! Su Xing''s Cultivation Level skyrocketed in a short period of time,pleting a triple jump. A few breathster, Su Xing slowly stood up, feeling the greatly increased aura within him, the corners of his mouth rising slightly. "Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm... my strength has climbed more than double! Now, my power has finally reached a hundred thousand tons!" After briefly experiencing his formidable aura, Su Xing couldn''t help but marvel inwardly. "Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm, such pure physical strength is indeed mighty..." With the rapid increase in strength, Su Xing couldn''t help but feel slightly inted with pride. But he soon remembered everything that had happened at Demon-Subduing Pass and couldn''t help shaking his head, saying, "It''s still far from enough! Even legendary powerhouses seem like ants in the face of that disaster... I need to be even stronger!" "But how can I reach the Broken Void Realm?" Su Xing frowned slightly, as his understanding of the Broken Void Realm was also not very extensive. All he knew was that a Broken Void Realm powerhouse could break allws with one force and, with sheer physical strength, shatter all illusions! That is the Broken Void Realm! However, as for how to cultivate it, Su Xing had no clue. "Running through the growth path of a Body Refinement Cultivator..." "Starting from the initial entry into Body Refinement, one enhances the physique, surpassing ordinary people in bodily quality!" "The second phase, the Bone Forging Realm, is about achieving a body as strong as copper and bones as tough as iron. A cultivator of the Bone Forging Realm could remain unharmed against swords and spears..." "The Organ Refining Realm mainly strengthens the internal organs, with improvements to the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys." "Following that, the Origin Martial Realm is about cultivating Origin Force. Origin Force is the unique power of a Body Refinement Cultivator. Making use of Origin Force in battle greatly boosts one''s Cultivation Level!" "And the Divine Strength Realm, where I am now, is about the extreme growth of strength! With one''s physique, mountains and rivers can be shattered..." Su Xing reflected deeply, always feeling that there was a path for the cultivation of a Body Refinement Cultivator. Yet he could not quite articte it, so he could only murmur to himself, "Well then, during the next simtion, I''ll go and inquire within the Luotian Meeting Instance, how should I reach the Broken Void Realm?" After breaking through to the Divine Strength Realm, Su Xing outlined a preliminary n for his future simtions. "Having reached the perfection of the Divine Strength Realm, it''ll likely be difficult for my strength to improve significantly in a short time..." "So next, I need to ponder over how to achieve a breakthrough in my Divinity Transformation Cultivation..." Su Xing vividly remembered that if he could reach the Return to Void Realm, he would be able to seek out his nominal master Qing Yunzi. That would undoubtedly be a tremendous opportunity, so he must not cken the pace of his Qi Refining Cultivation advancement. But the problem is, it is extremely difficult to enhance Cultivation Level during the Divinity Transformation Stage, with over twenty years spent just to breakthrough two realms. "Unless... I manage to draw a purple-grade Spiritual Root!" Su Xing felt some anticipation, but then he shook his head; drawing Talents was truly a matter of luck. "Apart from that, the only way to elerate Cultivation Level would be to increase the Spiritual Energy content in the Spirit Field Blessed Land!" Su Xing''s current Spirit Field Blessed Land is considered a pocket-size realm of the Blessed Land category. Cultivating within the Blessed Land was naturally speedier. However, for Su Xing, it was not enough, so he intended to raise the level of Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Field Blessed Land to that of a Cave Heaven. "Cave Heaven level Spiritual Energy content would require at least three thousand or more Gathering Spirit Flowers... and I already have over a thousand of them." "In this case, I just need another two thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers and it''ll be sufficient!" The thought of two thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers, worth two hundred million energy, made Su Xing feel somewhat pained. But he shook his head soon after and said, "However, the investment in Gathering Spirit Flowers is very worthwhile!" "With the current scarcity of nature''s spiritual energy, my Gathering Spirit Flowers would likely be a treasure beyond reach for the average cultivator!" "Moreover, whether it''s for future cultivation or the Spirit Rice Project, a rich supply of Gathering Spirit Flowers is indispensable..." Thinking this way, Su Xing nced at the time. Seeing that it was still early, Su Xing didn''t dawdle and began his routine of making Elixirs. In the following week, Su Xing only made five thousand Elixirs. It wasn''t due to a slump in his Alchemy skills, but rather because Su Xing had been cking off! Chapter 202: Chapter 150: Breakthrough, Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm! (5k)_3 ``` As Su Xing put it: Damn it, I''ve been grinding for over half a year, why can''t I enjoy a break? During that period, Su Xing even took a day off to invite Jin Congxue to a movie. After all, Su Xing''s Tarot Society was now on the right track, and its businesses, aside from selling a few types of elixirs, included trade in equipment and instance dungeon items, which were gradually picking up and bringing more and more simted energy for Su Xing. Furthermore, with the impending sessful acquisition of a mine dungeon, once exotic metals could be collected on arge scale, Su Xing''s source of simted energy would greatly increase. Inparison, the profits brought in by Su Xing''s weekly elixir crafting had be less significant. "Once I finish paying off the debt from acquiring Lingyun Commerce Guild, there''s no need to craft Nourishing Face Pills... Even if I need to continue alchemy, I can craft some elixirs with higher returns," thought Su Xing. In the past few months, Su Xing had been crafting nothing but Nourishing Face Pills and Wound Healing Pills to the point of feeling nauseated. After storing away the elixirs he had crafted for the week, Su Xing set off for the vi to meet with Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue was wearing a sexy long dress today, which earned Su Xing''s silent praise. After a meal, the two began to discuss official business. Handing over a storage ring, Jin Congxue blinked and said, "Big boss, I have some good news for you. What do you think it is? Guess correctly and there''s a reward oh!" Smelling a test, Su Xing tentatively asked, "First tell me what the reward is?" Jin Congxue giggled and said, "If you answer correctly, this Miss will reluctantly apany you to another movie next week. How does that sound?" Su Xingughed upon hearing this, knowing that Jin Congxue wanted to see a movie. But Su Xing hadn''t been that busy recently and he did have time for a movie. So he yed along, "Let me guess, is it that the mine dungeon matter has been settled?" Hearing this, Jin Congxue''s eyes widened, and her red lips parted slightly in surprise, looking adorably cute. "You''re amazing! Could it be that you really know fortune telling?" Su Xing smiled slightly upon hearing this. With the simtor as his cheat, he did have the ability to foresee. At this point, Jin Congxue added, "That''s right! I don''t know what happened, but the onepeting with us for this mine dungeon was the Baili Business Association..." "But unexpectedly, they suddenly shifted their focus to collecting instance dungeon items, and didn''t even attend the auction... As a result, we got the contracting rights to the mine dungeon at a very low price!" Pausing, Jin Congxueined, "I originally thought collecting instance dungeon items was just a personal quirk of the young master of the Baili family, but now it has be a strategic goal of the Baili business..." "Sigh, it seems the old Mr. Baili really doesn''t have much time left, and who knows how long the Baili Business Association can thrive under Baili Qi''s hands..." Su Xing''s expression turned somewhat strange upon hearing this. He hadn''t expected his visit to the Baili residence would bring such an unexpected surprise. This collection of instance dungeon items must have been ordered by the head of the Baili family, Baili Tu. Such a public change in strategic goals was probably aimed at one thing: to trade with Su Xing again! "Tsk tsk, the allure of the Life Extension Pill is indeed great... But this also makes things easier for me, as I can go trade with the Baili Business Association whenever I need more simted energy," thought Su Xing to himself. A normal person could take two Life Extension Pills, and two pills together could yield an additional ten years of life! This was an immense temptation for the old Mr. Baili. ``` Even after the effects of the Life Extension Pill had worn off, Su Xing still had control over a dozen kinds of Lifespan Extension Elixirs. Just taking out two of them, they were worth hundreds of millions of modr energy units! "Damn, being filthy rich is just awesome! If I had known this, why the hell would I start amerce guild?" Su Xing muttered to himself, but he was clear in his heart. It was themerce guild that could ensure a steady stream of earning modr energy. And though exchanging Life Extension Pills for instance dungeon items was a quick way to get energy, Su Xing had to be extremely careful, not slip up in the slightest, or else it would lead to endless troubles. Su Xing chatted with Jin Congxue for a while longer, then returned to school to convert this week''s goods into energy. It was a total of sixteen million energy, and Su Xing nodded in satisfaction, murmuring, "Not bad, the Tarot Commerce Association is providing more and more energy!" On the afternoon of July 1st, 2024 of the New Era, Su Xing punctually started a new round of simtion. "Start simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 4300 points of energy, leaving 495.13 million points of energy, with unlimited remaining simtion times.] [Simtion begins!] [Extracting a green talent costs 1000 points of energy, a blue talent costs 10,000 points of energy, extracting a purple talent costs 100,000 points of energy, would you like to proceed with the extraction?] Su Xing decisively said, "Extract the purple quality talent!" [Congrattions, you have obtained the Purple Talent: Artifact Refining Genius!] [Artifact Refining Genius]: You possess insight into Artifact Refining far beyond ordinary people, the quality of artifacts you craft is higher, and you have the potential to be an Artifact Refining Master. "Hm? Artifact Refining?" Su Xing looked at the newly drawn talent thoughtfully. Elixirs, artifacts, the Dao of Arrays, talismans... These four are considered to be among the most lucrative channels for Cultivators. An ordinary Cultivator who can master one can be said to live without worries and have a ce in the Cultivation World. Su Xing, now only specialized in the Path of Alchemy, had already made a fortune. "Nice one... this is a great talent for making money!" Su Xing eximed, then shook his head, "Unfortunately, I don''t currently have knowledge about Artifact Refining, nor do I have any scriptures on it..." "Although the path of Artifact Refining is quite profitable, it''s obviously not something that can be learned overnight... Let''s put this talent on hold in the talent pool for now, and when I need it, I''ll draw it out..." Compared to learning the Path of Artifact Refining, Su Xing was more prepared to quickly enhance his Qi Refining Cultivation. Su Xing shook his head slightly, his gaze turning back to the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize you''re in a simtion...] [You return to your dormitory, encountering Fatty Yu, who has already advanced to a Grandmaster Level professional.] [He is calling a few friends over for a meal and invites you too, and you agree to go.] [Looking at your ssmates at thest college gathering, you feel somewhat silent, as these ssmates are the elite among professionals.] [Some are full of infinite longing for the future, others are reluctant to leave their college days behind.] [You silently listen to a few ssmates brag and chat at the reunion, recalling the past four years of life, and thinking about the apocalyptic catastropheing in more than twenty years, feeling quite moved...] [Your mindset has improved...] Chapter 289: Chapter 179: Spirit Stone Grade, Bring Out the Reward! (5k)_3 [You have sessfully extracted the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique (Mahayana Level), costing 1.2 billion energy, remaining energy 128.06 million points.] [You have sessfully extracted the Sword Control Technique (Minor Aplishment), costing 80 million energy, remaining energy 48.06 million points.] As the simtor''s prompt fell, Su Xing''s original energy of more than two hundred million suddenly dwindled to just under fifty million. However, it was all worth it! Two mysterious streams of energy entered Su Xing''s body. Immediately after, a flood of memories poured into Su Xing''s mind, insights into the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique, as well as memories of the practice of the Sword Control Technique! Originally, Su Xing''s entry-level Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique was already considered half Immortal in the human world, a bona fide master of fortelling, geomancy, fate-changing, and divination. But now, with the influx of Mahayana-level memories, Su Xing''s understanding of destiny had already transcended the realm of ordinary humans. Su Xing''s gaze was focused, as he diligently digested the memories of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique in his mind. It was only after a long while that Su Xing slowly opened his eyes. In his eyes was a hint of incredulity. "Unbelievable... the concept of destiny is so exquisite, covering almost every aspect of the world, and even permeates a person''s entire life..." Su Xing''s expression was somewhat solemn. With his current divination skills, he could see through the destiny of ordinary people, even the trajectory of future developments, at a ncewithout needing to consume much cultivation level. Moreover, Su Xing could expend his own cultivation level to forcibly change the destiny of ordinary people! "Such means to change another''s destiny in the blink of an eye are... almost divine!" Su Xing marveled in his heart; his cultivation level had soared rapidly after over a year of practice, and now with this fortune-telling technique, he finally resembled an Immortal in the eyes of mortals. A thought urred to Su Xing, and mysterious Spiritual Energy appeared above his eyes; he then took out a mirror and looked at his own head. This was the technique of Observing Aura! "Hmm... a deep green color, even with a hint of purple! Indeed... I may not be the Son of Destiny, but with a talent that shines among millions of people, my aura is second to none!" Su Xing was quite pleased with this. Aura and destiny are elusive concepts. But now Su Xing could see the color of ordinary people''s auras. Ordinary people have a transparent white aura. The slightly luckier ones have a light green aura. Someone who wins a top prize in a lottery will have a deep green aura. As for Su Xing, with a deep green mixed with purple, he was one blessed with great destiny! This was a change brought by Su Xing''s innate talent and favorable stars... "With my aura, I am almost unparalleled in the world of mortals... but if there is a higher, purple aura, who could possess it?" Su Xing pondered thoughtfully. "Perhaps, Liu Xiu, the great Mage from the history of my previous life who experienced a meteor shower, or the old Zhu, who started with only a bowl and conquered the world, could barely be considered to have purple auras?" Su Xing sighed lightly. In the history of the Human Race spanning thousands of years, whether in his previous life or on Blue Star today. Every thousand years or so, one or two Sons of Destiny would emerge. After thoroughly experiencing the profundity of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique, Su Xing took out the Spirit Sword Mo Bing. Mo Bing in hand, it emitted a series of faint whistles. "After reaching minor aplishment in the Sword Control Technique... I''m even more familiar and closer to the Spirit Sword now!" A slight smile curled up on Su Xing''s lips. With the minor aplishment in the Sword Control Technique, it wasn''t an exaggeration to say that Su Xing could now travel thirty thousand li in one day, with minimal consumption of Spiritual Energy. Which meant, if he were to travel to Guang Province, over a distance of more than ten thousand kilometers, Su Xing would only need half a day to reach it. Su Xing stretched out his hand, stroking the Spirit Sword Mo Bing in his hand, his eyes shing with admiration: "What a fine Sword of Mo Bing... In just a short period of being close to my body, soaked in Origin Force, it has already improved in quality again!" "I''m afraid, the quality of the Ink Ice Sword now is equivalent to that of an extremely legendary weapon, right?" Su Xing was somewhat delighted. Strictly speaking, after being nurtured by Su Xing''s Origin Force, the Ink Ice Sword had stepped out of the category of Magic Artifacts and be an Origin Artifact! An Origin Artifact is different frommon magic treasures; it grows with Su Xing''s strength. After digesting the rewards obtained this time, Su Xing contemted thoughtfully: "Now I only have less than fifty million energy left, even if I add the goods from next week, I''ll only have just over one hundred million energy..." "This energy is simply not enough!" Su Xing felt that he had to think of a way to generate more; otherwise, the breakthroughs for Return to Void and Broken Void Realm, and each level''s need for staggering amounts of energy were beyond his means. "This week, I''ll focus on alchemy for now... and if the energy isn''t enough after the next simtion, I''ll make a trip to that ce..." Su Xing already had a vague n in mind. Thus, for the following week, Su Xing was once again busy with alchemy and farming. A weekter, Su Xing, with five thousand elixirs in tow, went to see Jin Congxue. Going through the familiar process of changing his appearance and concealing his presence, Su Xing arrived at the vi. Today, Jin Congxue was wearing a dark-colored long gown, but herplexion seemed somewhat pale. Su Xing entered the room, nced at Jin Congxue, and activated his technique for Observing Aura. The aura above Jin Congxue''s head was deep green, just as Su Xing had expected; born into a notable family, with attractive looks and exceptional abilities, she was indeed someone guarded by a great destiny. But then Su Xing''s gaze sharpened slightly, as he noticed a faint trace of blood-red within the deep green over Jin Congxue''s head. Blood-red signified an impending disaster of blood and strife! The red above Jin Congxue''s head was light, meaning it wouldn''t be fatal. Even so, Su Xing spoke to Jin Congxue with grave seriousness: "Sister Xue, it seems you have an impending disaster of blood and strifeing up!" A disaster of blood and strife? Jin Congxue looked puzzled at first, then seemed to realize something. Her pretty face blushed, and she rolled her eyes charmingly and said, "You lecher!" Chapter 296: Chapter 182: The Exotic Metal Ore Worth Three Billion Energy! (5k) [In the core area, arge amount of dense Spiritual Energy rushed towards his face, and countless Spiritual Medicines grew within the Spirit Fields.] [However, with your current level of alchemy, you were still unable to refine these medicines.] [So, you bypassed those Spirit Fields and removed all the Spirit Stones from the Spirit Gathering Array.] [You didn''t disturb True Person Wan Mu in the bronze sarcophagus; before leaving, you looked back longingly at the Spirit Vein Dragon.] [After leaving the ancient tomb, you took out Damned Zong''s diary and found the location of Five Elements Mountain.] [Before the Formation of the Five Elements Mountain ruins, your brow felt a slight pain.] [This indicated that if you were to step into the ruins of Five Elements Mountain, you would be in mortal danger.] [Out of caution, you decided to temporarily put aside the exploration of the Five Elements Mountain ruins and continued to collect more Spring Dew Pure Water.] [In the twentieth year, you returned to the real world and continued to amass Spring Dew Pure Water.] [That year, you umted a total of one hundred ny drops of Spring Dew Pure Water.] [Afterward, you collected Spring Dew Pure Water yearly on the day of Awakening Insects, while also practicing diligently.] [In a blink of an eye, another four years passed.] [In the twenty-fourth year, after the day of Awakening Insects, you had gathered two hundred thirty drops of Spring Dew Pure Water.] [Although you had enhanced the practice of the Li Fire Technique, you found that there was still quite a distance to achieve its Great Perfection.] [The biggest issue was that your current Spiritual Power was insufficient to let the Li Fire Technique burst forth with the utmost high temperature.] [Perhaps after reaching the Return to Void Realm and having a surge in Cultivation Level, you could better activate the Li Fire Technique.] [In the twenty-fifth year, hundreds of Legendary Demon Beasts broke through Demon-Subduing Pass, and many Human Race warriors died in battle.] [A small number of Human Race warriors fled back to the real world, preparing for theirst stand.] [And you, after collecting that year''s Spring Dew Pure Water, decided to explore the Immortal Martial Era Instance once again.] [You arrived at Five Elements Mountain, shattered the Formation of the ruins, and entered the ancient tomb.] [Based on the information you had, the cultivator sleeping in this tomb was a powerful member of the Five Elements Sect from thousands of years ago.] Su Xing felt a slight anticipation upon reading this. "Within the Wan Mu Sect ruins lies True Person Wan Mu..." "Could there also be a cultivator of the Body Integration Realm sleeping within the Five Elements Sect ruins?" Thinking this, a faint nervousness and excitement stirred in Su Xing''s heart. After all, within the Wan Mu Sect ruins, there were plenty of treasures: Spiritual Medicines, Spirit Stones... even a fully formed Spirit Vein Dragon! If the Five Elements Sect ruins also contained these things, then Su Xing would make a fortune! "Tsk tsk, once I reach the Integration Phase, I''ll definitely open up your ancient coffins!" Initially, Su Xing had some good impressions of these powerful cultivators, but after knowing about True Person Wan Mu''s actions, he immediately lost all favorable feelings. With these thoughts in mind, Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the simtion panel. [The Formation of the Five Elements Sect was more robust than you imagined, but you still managed to break it and entered the interior of the ancient tomb.] [Passing through the narrow tomb passage, the path ahead gradually widened, and you immediately became vignt, activating your Origin Force armor and Protective Gang Qi.] [After walking a few more miles, suddenly a dark shadow shed before your eyes.] [An astonishing force hit your Protective Gang Qi, shattering it instantly.] [Even with the buffer of Protective Gang Qi, you were still struck against the ancient tomb''s stone wall, your chest aching with pain.] [You were greatly shocked, but at the same time, you saw the appearance of the person before you.] [It was a Living Dead Puppet!] [However, this Living Dead Puppet was much stronger than those in the Wan Mu ruins.] [In life, this entity was at least in thete stages of the Broken Void Realm, even close to the Great Perfection!] [You observed this Living Dead Puppet carefully and noticed that its hair and beard were all white, its eyebrows also white, resembling the White-Eyebrow Priest from a certain movie.] [But its current state was extremely pitiful: disheveled white hair, a pale face, and a body bearing endless resentment!] [Seeing the Living Dead Puppet about to attack again, you instinctively raised your Protective Gang Qi once more and dashed towards the core area of the ruins.] [Fortunately, your escaping speed had increased significantly, and since the Living Dead Puppet seemed to have a disability in its legs, it couldn''t catch up immediately.] [With full speed, you desperately ran forward, reaching the core area of the Five Elements Mountain ancient tomb in just a few breaths.] [Strangely, the core area of this ancient tomb seemed to have no Formation...] [No, it seemed there once had been a Formation, but it had been violently destroyed!] [While fleeing for your life, you were filled with doubt: Did Damned Zong oncee here?] [But you quickly denied that thought. ording to Damned Zong''s diary, he never dared set foot in this part of the Five Elements Sect ruins.] [Quickly stepping into the core area, you took notice of a huge bronze sarcophagus.] [Simr in appearance to the one in the Wan Mu ruins, but instead of a vast forest, this sarcophagus bore images of the Five Elements...] [What puzzled you even more was that the bronze sarcophagus was already open, and the cultivator who should have been sleeping inside was nowhere to be found.] [An idea immediately surfaced in your mind: the Living Dead Puppet chasing you was the cultivator who should have been resting inside the sarcophagus!] [For some unknown reason, the cultivator who should have been in slumber had awakened prematurely and turned into this form of a Living Dead Puppet.] [But you didn''t have time to contemte the reasons as the Living Dead Puppet was still hot on your heels.] Chapter 297: Chapter 182: The Exotic Metal Ore Worth Three Billion Energy! (5k)_2 [You began to search for useful treasures within these ruins.] [Your divine sense rapidly swept through every corner of the core area, but you didn''t find anyrge medicine fields, nor any other living dead puppets.] [You only saw a few corpses that were as smooth and translucent as jade.] [To your disappointment, there was no trace of Spirit Vein Dragons in these ruins.] [However, you did discover quite a few Spirit Stones in a corner.] [At this moment, the living dead behind you were once again in hot pursuit.] [Gritting your teeth, you once again raised your Protective Gang Qi and ran straight for the Spirit Stones.] [You quickly gathered the Spirit Stones into your Storage Magical Artifact, but by then the living dead had already renewed their assault.] [This time, their attack was even more ferocious!] [Fortunately, with the protection of the Protective Gang Qi, you were not killed on the spot, suffering only grievous injuries that left you in a pitiful state.] [A thought crossed your mind, preparing to flee into the Spirit Field Cave for temporary refuge from the attacks of the living dead puppets.] [However, within the ancient tomb of the ruins, it seemed there was a spatial formation that slowed your entry into the Spirit Field Cave by one second.] [And that one second was fatal!] [Your body was battered and torn under the relentless attack of the living dead.] [Forced to leave your body with your divine soul, you hoped to escape this cmity.] [But the living dead gave you no opportunity, they annihted your divine soul outright.] [You died!] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing frowned tightly, seemingly deep in thought. "Why is the relic of the Five Elements Sect different from that of the Wan Mu Sect... why is there no trace of a Spirit Vein Dragon?" "And why... is True Person Wan Mu still asleep, but that Broken Void Realm Great Perfection cultivator from the Five Elements Sect has awoken early?" Su Xing seemed to have captured some critical information, but couldn''t connect it all right away. "Wait... True Person Wan Mu intercepts the spirit veins beneath the heavens, gathers the Spirit Vein Dragon, cultivating himself..." "Could it be that other sects arepletely unaware of this!" "It''s also because the Spirit Veins were cut off that the Spiritual Energy rapidly depleted over the centuries..." "As for that Five Elements Sect cultivator turning into a living dead... It''s probably rted to True Person Wan Mu too!" Su Xing seemed to have caught the key information. "Thus, the towering resentment of that living dead... also makes sense now..." "Perhaps someone discovered True Person Wan Mu''s n, which is why a melee erupted in the relics of the Wan Mu Sect, and why there are Living Dead Puppets in the relics?" Su Xing was contemtive, feeling that following this line of thought should put him on the right track. "However, as for the specifics... I still need to look into the Immortal Martial Era Instance to consult historical texts and search further..." Su Xing sighed; after a few thousand years, those historical texts must be hard to find. However, there might still be some traces in the three major sects of the current Immortal Martial Era Instance. Su Xing nned to explore when he had the time, as these pieces of information might be helpful for his exploration of the relics and ancient tombs. "Nevertheless, the purpose of this simtion has been achieved!" "Spring Dew Pure Water, Spirit Stones... With these, my cultivation in the Return to Void Realm should proceed much smoother!" With this thought in mind, Su Xing turned his attention towards the rewards of this simtion. [I am not a Rain God]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Twenty Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, including theprehension of Rebirth Pills (Medium Perfection, High-grade entry) priced at 7 million energy points. [220,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones, 5,000 Medium-grade Spirit Stones, 300 High-grade Spirit Stones]: priced at 300 million energy points. [240 drops of Spring Dew Pure Water]: The first thread of rootless water to fall on the day of Awakening Insects, containing mysterious power, can be used in crafting Void Refinement Pills, a total of 240 drops, priced at 24 million energy points. [Damned Zong''s Diary]: priced at 10,000 energy points. [Ores containing Third and Fourth Rank Special Metals, 1000 cubic meters]: valued at 150 billion energy points, its value halved due to arge number of impurities. Su Xing looked at the rewards of this simtion without much hesitation. After all, the purpose of this simtion was to obtain Spring Dew Pure Water and Spirit Stone resources for his breakthrough into the Return to Void Realmter on. But the problem was, Su Xing''s simtion energy was insufficient! His current simtion energy was at most 147.56 million points, yet taking out the Spirit Stones and Spring Dew Pure Water required 324 million energy points. Su Xing turned his gaze to thest reward option, his face showing some surprise. "The Third and Fourth Rank Special Metals in that Scarlet Hell Abyss, are they really worth a total of 150 billion energy points?" "Wait... after the simtor takes a tenfold mark-up... it should be 15 billion simtion energy points!" Seeing such a huge amount of energy, Su Xing''s heart nearly leaped out of his chest. 15 billion energy points, that would be enough for his cultivation to reach the Broken Void Realm and even Great Perfection in the Return to Void Realm! "But... what''s with the halving of its value?" Su Xing was somewhat puzzled. And for once, the simtor provided Su Xing with an answer. [Ding, as the proportion of the special metal contained in the ore is 3.7 percent, it is considered a secondary energy material... If purified, its value can reach 30 billion energy points.] Su Xing immediately understood the simtor''s meaning. "So, if I directly absorb it, the value is 15 billion energy points... If purified before absorption, the value is 30 billion energy points, right?" Su Xing was somewhat excited; whether it was 15 billion or 30 billion, it was a huge sum for him! "In that case, I should head to the Scarlet Hell Abyss instance first!" Su Xing muttered to himself. Before, he had used the immersive simtion feature to fully simte the scenario of going to the Scarlet Hell Abyss. Now going there again in the real world should be foolproof! Chapter 298: Chapter 182: Exotic Metal Ore Worth Three Billion Energy! (5k)_3 With that thought, Su Xing nced at the sky and began to disguise himself and conceal his presence. As the sky darkened slightly, Su Xing left the Kyoto Academy and ran out of Kyoto City. After confirming that no one was paying attention to him, Su Xing executed the Heavenly Secrets Shielding Technique and took to Sword Flight, rushing towards Ma Yi City in the Northwestern Province. Soon, Su Xing arrived near the location of the Red Lotus Demon Cave instance he remembered. Approaching, Su Xing indeed found a fully armed professional army lingering outside the instance of the Red Lotus Demon Cave. As a taboo-level instance, the Red Lotus Demon Cave was naturally under strict control. The professional army was there not only to prevent monsters from escaping the instance but also to prevent people from identally wandering in. However, the strength of these professional soldiers was only around the Master or Grandmaster Level; they did not dare get too close to the entrance of the instance. For Su Xing, a slight application of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique to shield his presence from them was enough to sessfully blend into the Red Lotus Demon Cave instance. To the current Su Xing, these Grandmaster Level professionals were no different from ordinary people. Stepping into the Red Lotus Demon Cave instance, Su Xing quickly entered a strange environment. Clearly, this was no longer Blue Star. "Hmm... the temperature around here has risen quite a bit, with a perceived temperature of about fifty to sixty degrees Celsius..." Su Xing nodded slightly, but such a temperature felt like normal room temperature to him. Even though Su Xing''s strength was nowparable to that of legendary fighters, out of caution, he still put up his Protective Gang Qi and triggered his Origin Force armor. After some exploration, Su Xing came upon a nearly vertical descent into an abyss which allowed for only one person to pass at a time. "Here, this should be the passage that leads to the core area of the instance..." Without hesitation, Su Xing directly flew into the cavern. Due to the narrow structure of the cavern, he couldn''t achieve his maximum speed. As a result, Su Xing took several hours to reach the thousands of miles deep me Demon area. At this moment, the surrounding temperature had soared to three to four thousand degrees Celsius, a level at which only those above the Heavenly King Level could survive. With his Divine Sense, Su Xing quickly detected the me Demon he had encountered in the simtions. There was no dallying. Origin Force coiled around his arm, and he threw a punch! In just an instant, the life force of the me Demon rapidly diminished. A Martial Emperor peak me Demon couldn''t withstand even a single move from Su Xing! "This is the benefit of steady development!" "No matter what level the enemy is... once I''m fully grown, I''ll cut you all down from your horses!" Su Xing''s lips curved upward ever so slightly as he continued to explore deeper into the nest of the me Demon. Before long, Su Xing found an even deeper cave leading to the magmayer. "Down there, that should be the region where the Special Metal ores are located..." Su Xing explored further into the depths of the cave, and soon he saw a magma pool. By now, the temperature had reached over five thousand degrees Celsius. Luckily, Su Xing had his Protective Gang Qi to iste the inside from the outside, so his body was unaffected. Thus, Su Xing''s gaze passed over the magma pool, looking towards the ore region beside it. Indeed, within the uneven rocks, there mixed in plenty of reddish special metal. "Indeed, Special Metal ores!" "So... it''s time to get to work!" Su Xing took a deep breath and pulled out his Spirit Sword Mo Bing. Under the nourishment of Origin Force, the Ink Ice Sword had be even sharper and more durable. Su Xing''s heart moved, and he wrapped Origin Force around the Ink Ice Sword. Then he chopped at the metallic rockyers that were mixed with special metals. Under the action of Origin Force, these uneven rocks were cut as easily as tofu, leaving smooth and t surfaces. Su Xing, a bit obsessivepulsive, cut every piece of ore into one cubic meter blocks. Immediately after, Su Xing spent the entire night mining relentlessly. Until, by noon the next day, thest of the special metal ore had been excavated by Su Xing. Only then did he feel satisfied and prepared to leave. "A thousand cubic meters of ore containing special metal is now in my hands... These ores are worth at least 1.5 billion energy!" "As for whether to refine them or to absorb them directly, I''ll consider itter... It''s not safe to stay here for long, better leave first!" So, it took Su Xing several more hours to leave the Red Lotus Demon Cavern instance. Traveling by Sword Flight, he did not return to his dormitory until the evening. Decisively entering the Spirit Field Blessed Land, Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn''t help his heart thumping wildly. "Goodness, this is special metal worth a full 1.5 billion energy!" Su Xing looked at the mountainous pile of special metal before him and began to ponder. "If absorbed directly, it''s only worth 1.5 billion energy..." "But if refined, it could be worth 3 billion energy!" "However, I expect that refining this special metal will be very time-consuming... I just don''t know how much time it will actually take?" Su Xing hesitated for a bit before making a call to Jin Congxue. "Hey, busy person, how do you have time to call me?" Jin Congxue''s voice came from the other end of the line. Su Xing chuckled and said, "Cough cough... I have some things to ask you. Those special metals, they need to be refined and purified, right?" Jin Congxue''s affirmative reply came through the phone: "Isn''t that obvious? You''re the big boss who''s contracted six mining instance areas, after all! Don''t you even know this much?" "Mining is tough, but refining also takes time. The special metal you get each week probably needs to be refined four to seven days in advance..." "Of course, the higher the grade of the special metal, the more time it needs for refining and purifying." Hearing this, Su Xing showed an ''as expected'' expression and then inquired: "Sister Xue, if it''s a thousand cubic meters of ore containing third and fourth-rank special metals, with a purity of around 3.7%... how long would it take to refine and purify?" Jin Congxue was not expecting Su Xing to ask such a detailed question so seriously. After pondering for a moment, she said: "Based on your description... I estimate that purifying this batch of ore will take about a month... " Upon hearing this, Su Xing''s eyes brightened; a month''s time to purify special metals worth 1.5 billion energy could yield a direct 3 billion! Hisss~ That''s quite the profit! "However, there''s a problem... If I refine it all, then I won''t have any model energy for practice..." After some hesitation, Su Xing decided to absorb one-third of the special metals first, equivalent to five hundred million model energy. The rest would be handed over to Jin Congxue for refining. "The remaining six hundred plus cubic meters should take about three weeks to refine... Then the 1 billion energy would directly turn into 2 billion!" Chapter 299: Chapter 183: Overnight Fortune, Raking in 300,000 Spirit Stones! (5k) ``` One billion turned into two billion, even Buffett hasn''t made that kind of return, has he!? Thinking of this, Su Xing felt somewhat excited. "But if I could refine all of them and convert them into simtion energy, that would be best... I just don''t know if there will be enough time?" After all, Su Xing was still waiting to exchange the simtion rewards... So Su Xing asked Jin Congxue if she was avable. But Jin Congxue said she was not in Kyoto at the moment and that it might take a few days for them to meet. Hearing this, Su Xing pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "If we wait a few more days, there might not be enough time, and we could miss the chance to choose simtion rewards..." "It seems I''ll have to absorb a batch of exotic metal ores first..." Thus, Su Xing scheduled a time with Jin Congxue, preparing to give her the exotic metal ores worth 10 billion energy for purification and refinement. Meanwhile, Su Xing prepared to absorb one-third of the exotic metal ores in front of him into simtion energy for use in theing period. The simtor humanely selected one-third of the energy material. [Ding, detected an energy-containing material worth 5 billion energy, do you wish to absorb it?] "Yes!" Su Xing silently dered. Soon, one-third of the pile of exotic metal ores vanished before him, and Su Xing packed up the remaining exotic metal ores to save for Jin Congxue''s use. "Skipping the refinement process, although it will mean half the energy, can save a lot of time!" "Perhaps, I should try going to the Tarot Society''s mine instance in the future and attempt to directly absorb the unprocessed exotic metal ores... maybe I''ll get even more simtion energy!" Su Xing contemted. Afterward, with the newfound abundance of simtion energy, Su Xing was ready to choose the rewards he had earned in the previous simtion. "I choose to take out the Spirit Stones and the Spring Dew Pure Water..." As his words ended, the simtor beeped in his ear. [You have sessfully brought out 220,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones, 5,000 Medium-grade Spirit Stones, 300 High-grade Spirit Stones, spending 3 billion energy, remaining energy is 347.56 million points.] [You have sessfully brought out 240 drops of Spring Dew Pure Water, spending 24 million energy, remaining energy is 323.56 million points.] When the simtor''s tone ended, Su Xing nodded slightly and murmured: "Still over 300 million energy left... should be enough for the next two weeks of simtion!" Immediately, arge pile of Spirit Stones appeared on the open ground in front of the thatched cottage. The Spirit Stones were of varying sizes, and next to them, there was a small jade bottle. Su Xing hurriedly picked up the jade bottle and nodded: "Not bad, Spring Dew Pure Water... with this thing, I''ll be able to concoct Void Refinement Pillster!" After stowing away the jade bottle, Su Xing looked at the small mountain of Spirit Stones piled before his eyes, his gaze shining! A good 220,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones, several thousands of Medium-grade Spirit Stones, and hundreds of High-grade Spirit Stones! "Combined, that''s worth over 300,000 Spirit Stones!" "Damn, I''ve scrimped and saved up till now and have less than a thousand Spirit Stones... Now the amount has increased by more than three hundredfold!" Looking at the Spirit Stones before him, Su Xing suddenly felt likeughing foolishly. "With so many Spirit Stones... the practice for reaching the Return to Void Realm shouldn''t be a problem, should it?" Su Xing felt some anticipation. As it''s known, the path of cultivation bes increasingly difficult, and for cultivators in the Return to Void Realm, it''spletely normal to spend decades in seclusion just to break through a minor boundary. If Su Xing had enough resources, he could shorten this time by several times, even up to tenfold! Su Xing carefully stowed away the Spirit Stones he couldn''t bring himself to spend even one. Using them during the simtion was the real deal! "Phew... Next, I still have to work hard for the breakthrough to the Return to Void Realm!" "And I need to continue Alchemy!" Su Xing muttered, although by now he could be considered a small tycoon in the Cultivation World. But he still maintained a calm heart... diligently farming, developing steadfastly and securely! Thus, in the next six days, Su Xing spent his time Alchemy, farming, and collecting Spiritual Liquid. During this time, Su Xing took some time to meet Jin Congxue and gave her the 600-plus cubic meters of exotic metal ores. This gave Jin Congxue quite a shock. You must understand these were nomon first or second-tier exotic metals found in the market. These were high-level exotic metals of the third and fourth tiers! Though Jin Congxue didn''t know how Su Xing got them, she still kept his secret. She even released information to the outside, iming to purchase high-tier exotic metal ores and fabricated some orders. Thus, the source of Su Xing''s exotic metal ores became legitimate. Su Xing just had to wait for two to three weeks. Once the exotic metals were refined and purified, he would have a full 20 billion energy! "Tsk tsk... 20 billion energy!" "What to do next? It''s time to n for reaching the Great Perfection of the Return to Void Realm..." "And learn a few more spells, to improve mybat abilities..." Su Xing was already imagining how he would use the future simtion energy. After concocting the pills for the new week, Su Xing headed to the vi. Jin Congxue was not around this week; to ensure the safety of the exotic metal ores, she personally went to monitor the instance. So Su Xing picked up the goods,id down the Elixirs, and then returned to the dorm to enter the Spirit Field Blessed Land. Converting the week''s goods into simtion energy, Su Xing''s energy instantly topped 4 billion, making him a bona fide tycoon. On the afternoon of September 16, 2024, Su Xing started a new round of simtion on time. But before the simtion, Su Xing opened up the talent lottery system, intending to draw out the "Master of Sess" talent. ``` Chapter 300: Chapter 183: Overnight Fortune, Raking in 300,000 Spirit Stones! (5k)_2 Su Xing''s heart moved, and he opened the Talent Lottery Pool feature. A retro slot machine appeared in front of Su Xing. [Ding, wee to use the Talent Lottery Pool of the simtor. Please select the quality of the talent you wish to draw. White Talent one hundred points of energy... Purple Talent one hundred thousand points of energy.] Su Xing''s target was the Purple Talent "Master of Sess," and naturally, he chose Purple Talent. "I choose the Purple Talent pool!" As Su Xing''s voice fell, some purple balls appeared in the slot machine in front of him. The purple balls had some characters engraved on them. Master of Talisman, Master of Dao of Arrays, Cold-faced Emperor, I am Passerby A... There were a dozen or so purple spheres, all talents that Su Xing had experienced before but had not taken with him. [Please pay one hundred thousand points of energy for a random draw...] The simtor''s prompt tone rang in his ear, Su Xing''s heart moved, and he paid one hundred thousand points of energy. "Tch, just one hundred thousand points of energy, who do you think you''re looking down on?" "Damn it, I''ve got several hundred million, with just these dozen balls, how could they stump me?" Su Xing snorted coldly and silentlymanded: "Pay!" As Su Xing''s words fell, the transparent slot machine interface began to shake continuously. Su Xing watched the talent marked "Master of Sess" tumble, nearly being drawn several times. But ultimately it "slipped through his fingers"... Under Su Xing''s watchful eyes, a purple ball marked "I am Passerby A" slowly rolled out. "Fuck..." Su Xing almost let out a curse as the simtor''s prompt sounded in his ear. [Ding, you have drawn the Purple Talent I am Passerby A. Do you choose this talent?] Su Xing was so frustrated he couldn''t even bring himself to hit anything, mumbling: "No, no, no! Give me another draw!" Thus, Su Xing began his relentless lottery moment. [Ding, congrattions on acquiring the Purple Talent Master of Talisman...] [Ding, congrattions on acquiring the Purple Talent Cold-faced Emperor...] [Ding...] After more than thirty consecutive draws, Su Xing''s eyes began to bloodshot, his consciousness even starting to blur. "No... this is impossible? There are only a dozen talents... I''ve drawn more than thirty times, why can''t I get it!" Su Xing began to doubt life itself, and he was reminded of the fear of being subjected to the whims of lottery odds by a certain Goose Firm''s games in a past life. But the talent of Master of Sess was too significant; Su Xing had reasons he had to draw it out. "Draw! Keep drawing for me!" Su Xing, like a yer addicted to drawing SSRs, said through gritted teeth. In this way, Su Xing drew twenty more times and finally heard that delightful prompt tone. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the Purple Talent Master of Sess, do you choose this?] "Continue... wait, that''s the one!" Su Xing, almost numb from drawing, had gone through over sixty draws before finally getting the talent he wanted out of a dozen talent spheres. The odds were truly unprecedented. "Six million plus points of simtion energy... Not much for me, but the key is, damn, this lottery really messes with your mental state!" Su Xingined somewhat angrily. Seeing the desired talent in front of him, Su Xing felt somewhat relieved and said. "Start the simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 5300 points of energy, leaving a bnce of 317.06 million points of energy, remaining simtion attempts unlimited.] [Detection of your chosen talent "Master of Sess," the simtion officially begins!] Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realize that you are simting.] [You have stayed in Kyoto for three weeks, during which time you received the refined exotic metals sent to you by Jin Congxue.] [Three weekster, you head to Shuangqing City, ready to kill the damned Zong!] [You disguise yourself and conceal your aura, blocking your own fate, then release your Divine Sense, hoping to lure out the damned Zong.] [Sure enough, the damned Zong is quickly attracted by you.] Su Xing slightly nodded and said: "Good, then I''ll kill the damned Zong once more as a practice run!" "Use the immersive simtion feature for one hour." [You have sessfully used the immersive simtion feature, spending 100,000 points of energy, leaving a bnce of 316.96 million points of energy.] As the prompt tone ended, Su Xing''s vision changed, and he appeared in an unfamiliar environment. "Senior!" In front of Su Xing, came the voice of the damned Zong, sounding very respectful. Seeing this, the corners of Su Xing''s mouth slightly lifted. In the next second, a force of a million tons poured out, directly sting the damned Zong into residue. The damned Zong didn''t even have time to react before he was obliterated. Afterward, the damned Zong''s Divine Soul left his body; Su Xing did not hesitate and crushed it immediately. Su Xing seemed to see the damned Zong''s incredulity before death. He then showed a trace of loneliness and muttered: "You seem puzzled as to why I''m so proficient?" "Nothing else... simply practice makes perfect!" Su Xing picked up the damned Zong''s storage bag, killing him had just been a matter of convenience this time. Next was Su Xing''s real purpose for this trip. He attempted to see if his Master of Sess could gain the trust of Luo Shuying without exposing himself. Su Xing''s Divine Sense enveloped the surroundings, and he faintly noticed someone observing him. But Su Xing did not reveal himself and directly flew away on his sword. In Su Xing''s Divine Sense perception, that figure kept a distant follow behind him. Half an hourter, Su Xing stopped in arge mountain area, took out a stone table, and two stone stools. Then he pretentiously brewed two cups of tea and said aloud: "Isn''t it a pleasure to have friendse from afar!" "Why not show yourself, esteemed guest?" After Su Xing spoke, he sipped his tea as if he didn''t care about others. Before long, Luo Shuying''s figure appeared not far from Su Xing, looking at him somewhat warily and asked: Chapter 209: Chapter 153: Kill the Damned Zong and Comprehend the Heaven Rank Secret Technique! (5k) Su Xing couldn''t help but exim: "Damn it, this Damned Zong really does have a lot of tricks up his sleeve!" "To think he even has a method for a blood sacrifice to summon souls... truly malevolent!" "Well, good. Little master is going to see today just how many more tricks you can pull out!" His gaze fixed on the simtion panel. [After the ck Evil Force entered his body, Damned Zong''s strength greatly increased. Not only did his power and speed see a massive boost,] [but even Damned Zong''s Spiritual Power attacks wereced with the strong corrosive essence of the ck Evil, constantly eroding your own Spiritual Power.] [But your true strengthes from your absolute power, vitality, and swordsmanship working in tandem; Body Refinement Cultivation Level is what you rely on. Even as your Spiritual Power is eroded, you can still fight on par with Damned Zong.] [Your swordsmanship is sharp and fierce, and you exhibit a desperate and fearless vigor in your fight against Damned Zong''s dark energy, matching him without falling short.] [After battling for over a hundred rounds like this, the ck Evil Force on Damned Zong''s body finally began to wane, and his strength plummeted rapidly.] [You then gained the upper hand again, pressing Damned Zong and inflicting him with increasingly severe injuries.] [But you remain cautious, going all out without giving Damned Zong any chance to turn the tables.] [Seeing himself falling into disadvantage again, and repeatedly forced into a corner by you, Damned Zong gritted his teeth and pulled out several fist-sized ck orbs.] [Damned Zong hurled the orbs at you all at once, and you quickly dodged two of them.] [Boom! The ck orbs hit a mountain and exploded with thunderous noise.] [Using the corner of your eye, you saw rocks flying across the mountain, its peakpletely blown off.] [Your heart raced at the thought, fearing these ck orbs might be the precious dark weapons from the Cultivation World, the Thunder Balls!] [It was said that the Thunder Balls were made from priceless thunder stones, not only were they tremendously powerful, but they also contained the force of lightning. Once they exploded, they could even injure cultivators in the Divine Strength Realm!] [While dodging the Thunder Balls thrown at you, you continued to pursue Damned Zong.] [Damned Zong, realizing he was no match for you, also fought while retreating.] [You chased him for hundreds of miles, sting the mountain ranges to the point where they were barely recognizable.] [Finally, Damned Zong stopped hurling Thunder Balls, and you swiftly concluded that he must have run out, so you quickened your pursuit!] [Although Damned Zong''s strength was inferior to yours, his survival techniques exceeded yours.] [You watched as he stepped in mysteriously fluid movements; conducting steps that could traverse hundreds of meters at a time, the Divine Skill: Shrinking Ground Into Inches!] [Even though you couldn''t surpass Damned Zong''s speed with the Divine Skills, your stamina far exceeded that of the aging Damned Zong.] [So, you gritted your teeth and kept up the pursuit, and thus the chase went on for three days and nights!] [In these three days, you ran almost ten thousand miles.] [Whenever you were about to catch up to him, Damned Zong would always find a way to survive, either with a secret technique, or heaven-sent treasures, or even by blowing up Magic Artifacts to escape.] [You''ve lost count of how many tricks you''ve forced out of this Damned Zong, but his Storage Magical Artifact was like an endless treasure trove, always having methods to stop your pursuit.] Seeing this, Su Xing lightly covered his face and sighed: "As expected of Zong the Runner! Damn it, his ability to save his own skin is truly outrageous!" "After chasing for three days and nights... I finally understand why even the Legendary Level Luo Shuying couldn''t kill him!" Taking a pause, a determined killing intent rose in Su Xing as he murmured to himself: "But no matter how many more tricks you have, this time, young master is going to ughter you!" His gaze returned to the simtion panel. [You and Damned Zong continued the relentless chase for seven whole days.] [In these seven days, your Spiritual Power was drained many times over, but luckily your Spirit Field Blessed Land had evolved to a Cave Heaven, allowing you to swiftly recover Spiritual Energy in your portable Spirit Field before resuming the chase.] [Despite this, both your body and mind were utterly exhausted. Still, you bit down hard and persevered because you knew Damned Zong was definitely more worn out than you!] [Throughout these days, Damned Zong had consumed many exceptional treasures to recover his physical strength and Spiritual Power, to the point where you started to feel envious.] [Every time Damned Zong was close to being chased to death, he miraculously burst forth with potential, managing to continue running for another day and night.] [You even began to suspect that Damned Zong possessed some sort of innate talent for survival, maybe even the ability to breakthrough in a dire situation?] [Of course, that was impossible. In today''s world where greatws are absent and Spiritual Energy is scarce, even if Damned Zong had the ability to run and stimte potential, he couldn''t break through.] [Thus, the chase continued for half a month.] [Finally, you trapped him in a valley surrounded by cliffs and drove him into a corner.] [Damned Zong at this point looked extremely wretched, chased by you for a month, his clothes in tatters, disheveled and dirtylooking even worse than a beggar on the streets.] [Such a high-level Divinity Transformation cultivator couldn''t even muster the Spiritual Power to fly on the wind.] [And your condition wasn''t much better; despite being a consummate cultivator in the Divine Strength Realm, you were so worn out you didn''t even feel like holding your sword.] [But at that moment, with Spiritual Power depleted and all tricks yed out, Damned Zong was no longer your match!] [Damned Zong appeared to have foreseen his end, aplicated expression in his eyes, and after a bitterugh, he expended hisst bit of Spiritual Power to destroy his own Storage Magical Artifact.] [You wanted to stop him, but were half a step too slow. All you saw were the shattered remains of the storage bag, and Damned Zong''s Primordial Spirit preparing to flee.] [But how could you let Damned Zong escape? You immediately activated the Li Fire Technique, severely wounding Damned Zong''s Primordial Spirit.] Chapter 320: Chapter 190: The Worlds Fissure, the Angel Envoy of Slaughter? (5k~) Su Xing saw this and still felt some anticipation in his heart. Whether he could reach the d of the ughter Battlefield. Whether he could find the cracks to other worlds, this was rted to whether Su Xing could go to the Qingyun Realm! "I hope, this time I can go ev further..." "At least, I cannot fall to those lost Legdary Demon Beasts again!" Su Xing muttered to himself, his gaze fixed on the simtion panel. [On the dless ughter Battlefield, you continue to move forward.] [Your Divine Sse observes any movemt within thirty thousand zhang a you.] [You try to avoid those lost Demonic Beasts, avoiding unnecessary battles.] [But the further you walk, the bigger the Red Moon above you grows, and the more you feel the negative emotions in your heart be uncontroble.] [Again, time passes without knowing how long, and currtly, within the range of your Divine Sse, the lower-order Demonic Beasts be fewer and fewer.] [Almost all the Demonic Beasts are of Demon King level or above.] [asionally, you can see a few Legdary Demon Beasts, aimlessly wandering a this ughter Battlefield...] [You continue forward, asionally taking a Calming Pill to resist the influce of the Red Moon.] [Finally, the Demonic Beasts you counter are at least of the Demon Emperor level, and you have countered more than a doz Legdary Level Demon Beasts.] [You use your Divine Sse to probe for possible emies within thirty thousand zhang, still avoidingbat with them, carefully maneuvering a.] [After all, on this ughter Battlefield, you do not know how much further you must go, and you must save your strgth as much as possible.] [Thus, the Red Moon in the sky grows from the size of a jade te, to the size of a wheel... ultimately bing asrge as a grinding disc.] [You feel that the closer you are to the Red Moon, the stronger the wild rage in your heart grows.] [You walk on for a long time... The vastness of this ughter Battlefield far exceeds your imagination.] [Its area might be dozs or ev hundreds of times that of Blue Star...] [You are astonished at why the ughter Battlefield is so vast.] [At this point, every few hundred li you walk, you counter one or two Legdary Level Demon Beasts, all of whom have lost themselves.] [They do not attack each other, but as soon as they sse a strange aura, they will chase reltlessly, never stopping until death.] [Along the way, you inadverttly counter a Legdary Demon Beast, and after fighting hundreds of s, you finally manage to kill it with difficulty.] [You know that this is due to the influce of the Red Moon, which greatly diminishes your strgth.] [And these lost Legdary Demon Beasts, under the influce of the Red Moon, be ev more ferocious and bloodthirsty, truly difficult to deal with.] [After that battle, you be ev more cautious. If you counter a Legdary Demon Beast on the road, you will go a as far as possible to avoid fighting.] [Not knowing how much time has passed...] [Finally, you feel that the Red Moon is right in front of you, within reach if you extd your hand...] [A voice seems to rise from the bottom of your heart, constantly tempting you, seemingly urging you to give up resisting and return to the embrace of the divine.] [You do not know what this divine refers to, but you know it is not well-inttioned.] [Fortunately, your will is firm and you have not lost yourself to it.] [The whispers in your ears grow louder, and you have to spd more and more mtal ergy to suppress your own violt emotions.] [Luckily, you still have many Calming Pills in your hand, and with these, you are confidt that you can go much further.] [You are like a weather-beat traveler, unaware of where the d is, but you keep moving forward...] [After a long time, two paths appear in front of you, and you do not know which way to go.] [You decide to follow the guidance of your heart and choose to continue walking forward.] [Gradually, more and more forks in the road appear before you, seemingly tempting you to rush in other directions.] [But you always manage to pick the right path. You know... this is the function of your innate human-shaped navigation!] [Evtually, it seems that you have reached the d of the ughter Battlefield... but actually, you are not sure...] [Because in front of you, that Red Moon finally appearsplete and clearly before you.] [It is no longer as hazy as before, but rather like an artifact within reach, touchable if you extd your hand.] [A voice in your heart tells you to touch this Red Moon.] [But your intuition tells you not to.] [Wh you arrive here, there seems to be no road ahead.] [You suppress the negative emotions that are surging in your heart, with your Divine Sse sweeping through everything a you.] [Suddly, you sse a very strong spatial fluctuation at a certain location.] [You immediately perk up, knowing that it might be the crack betwe worlds, the channel betwe worlds, that you''ve be looking for!] [But in your sse, right in front of that spatial coordinate, there is a terrifyingly extreme presce...] [But you do not hesitate, regardless of what that presce represts, you want to explore it.] [You arrive at the coordinate with the strong spatial fluctuations and it seems like you''ve found a bug in the world.] [On the blood-colorednd, there is an abrupt pure wall of air...] [Just as you are about to approach that wall of air, suddly a ck shadow attacks you.] [At this momt, you are already somewhat delirious, but still you barely manage to raise your Protective Gang Qi, hoping to block the sneak attack.] [The Protective Gang Qi shatters upon impact, and you are flung hundreds of meters away, severely injured and spitting blood.] [Simultaneously, you also clearly see the appearance of the creature that attacked you.] [It is a humanoid monster, but it is pitch ck all over, with disgusting limbs like ttacles and tdrils.] Chapter 321: Chapter 190: The Worlds Fissure, the Angel Envoy of Slaughter? (5k~)_2 [He and those lost demonic beasts were differt; he seemed to still retain his own consciousness.] [He called himself the ughter Envoy...] [He warned you not to approach that door.] [He asked if you were willing to ept God''s test and be an voy of God like him, possessing dless mighty power...] [You looked at his disgusting figure, and you refused...] [The creature that called itself the ughter Envoy muttered regretfully after hearing your refusal, saying he detected a distasteful sct on you.] [It was the sct of those despised by the God of ughter...] [Having said that, his figure shed, and his fingertips grew nails sharp as des, slicing across your neck.] [Your head fell to the g as a matter of course, and your divine soul left your body...] [Without any effort, he captured your divine soul.] [Afterward, he made a strange gesture, seemingly worshipping the blood moon.] [It appeared he wanted to sacrifice your divine soul to that blood moon.] [Your consciousness slowly faded...] [You died!] [Ding, your talt "Unepting Eyes" has be activated!] [You wided your eyes and saw the so-called ughter Envoy toss your divine soul towards the blood moon.] [The moon in the sky seemed to flicker for a momt, a strange gravitational force drawing your divine soul towards the blood moon.] [However, something you did not anticipate happed.] [You had thought the blood moon would absorb your divine soul, but instead, you ssed a trace of revulsion from it.] [The blood moon released your divine soul back to where it came from.] [The ughter Envoy''s face instantly showed an expression of terror as he continued to worship the blood moon.] [In the d, he obliterated your divine soul...] [Ding, this simtion has ded!] After the simtion ded, Su Xing took a deep breath, but his expression wasplicated. "Indeed, after reaching the realm of legds, relying on one''s own strgth and powerful divine sse... one can reach the d of the ughter Battlefield!" "And just like what Damned Zong said before, at the d of this ughter Battlefield lies the passage to other worlds!" Su Xing took a deep breath. He couldn''t help but believe everything he had se in this simtion! That strange pure air wall, perhaps by passing through that wall, one could travel to other worlds? Or is it that the guy who imed to be the ughter Envoy, his fear, ev reverce, towards that blood moon... Indirectly proves the extraordinary nature of that blood moon, perhaps it truly is the incarnation of some deity after death? "And the most crucial point... why did the ali shape say that I am a person despised by the blood moon?" "And why... did the ughter Blood Moon refuse to devour my divine soul?" Su Xing really couldn''tprehd, the evts he witnessed in this simtion were still beyond his understanding. "Regardless, the d of this ughter Battlefield, that air wall, does indeed warrant further exploration!" Su Xing frowned lightly, muttering to himself: "It''s just that the ughter Envoy''s strgth is at least at the Emperor Level!" "Adding to that... the negative emotional impact that the strange blood moon had on me greatly reduced my strgth!" "I fear that I will need to wait until my strgth has greatly increased before I can possibly defeat that ughter Envoy!" After pondering for a long time, Su Xing''s furrowed brows rxed. Regardless, everything he had se on the ughter Battlefield was crucial information for him. "But now... it''s time to choose the simtion rewards!" Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the simtion reward panel. [Humanoid Navigation]: Purple Talt, price million ergy points. [Return to Void Realm Sixth Layer]: Midstage cultivation level of Return to Void Realm, with spiritual power that flows unding like a great river. Price 300 million ergy points. [T Years of Alchemy Experice]: After exchange, prest alchemy insights will slightly increase, price million ergy points. [Li Fire Technique (Mahayana)]: A powerful divine skill developed by a great cultivator after observing the ancit divine fire, Nanming Li Fire, and having practiced it to the Mahayana level, can incinerate demonic beasts and obliterate spirits within a 3,000-meter radius at the mere thought. Price 50 million ergy points. [Rebirth Pill (High-Quality) 0 Pills]: Developed by the ancit Witch n andter improved by Su Xing, nearing high-quality grade. Divine Strgth Realm cultivators who consume it will see their strgth rapidly increase in cultivation level, and Return to Void cultivators will find it beficial for Body Cultivation, though with certain side effects. Price 00 million simtion ergy points. "In the ughter Battlefield, there seemed to be many forks in the road at the d... and this time, I reached the d under the guidance of this humanoid navigation talt." "What the consequces of choosing the other paths would have be remains unknown..." Su Xing paid atttion to the Purple Talt humanoid navigation mtioned this time. This seemingly useless talt yed a crucial role before Su Xing finally countered the ughter Envoy. "Alchemy experice isn''t necessary to choose again... after all, I didn''t develop any new elixirs this time..." Su Xing also noticed the simtor''s exnation for the Rebirth Pill. He was surprised to see his own name appear in the description of the Rebirth Pill. This means that the Rebirth Pill was indeed indepdtly developed and improved by Su Xing. Thus, Su Xing naturally had a Mahayana, ev a Great Achievemt level of understanding of the Rebirth Pill. "However, there''s no need to hesitate over this time''s reward selection!" "I choose the Return to Void Realm Sixth Layer cultivation level and the Mahayana Level Li Fire Technique!" Su Xing dered decisively. [You have sessfully brought out the Return to Void Realm Sixth Layer cultivation level, spding 300 million ergy, remaining ergy bnce is 4 billion 3 million 560 thousand points...] [You have sessfully brought out Mahayana Level Li Fire Technique, spding 50 million ergy, remaining ergy bnce is 3 billion 3 million 560 thousand points.] Chapter 322: Chapter 190: The Worlds Fissure, the Angel Envoy of Slaughter? (5k~)_3 After the simtor''s prompt tone dropped, two mysterious forces surged into Su Xing''s body. Feeling the turbult and raging Spiritual Power within. Su Xing hurriedly sat down cross-legged and calmed his mind. Immediately after, the Cultivation Level within Su Xing''s body began to skyrocket. Return to Void Realm thirdyer... Return to Void Realm fourthyer... Return to Void Realm fifthyer! Evtually, Return to Void Realm sixthyer! In just a few breaths'' time, the Spiritual Power inside Su Xing had more than doubled! He had leaped directly from the early stage of Return to Void to the mid stage! And he was just one minor level away from thete stage of Return to Void... After stabilizing the internal ergy within his body, Su Xing slowly oped his eyes and murmured, "The feeling of a sudd increase in cultivation... feels so good!" In any part of the Cultivation World, being able to jump from the thirdyer of Return to Void to the sixthyer in just twty-five short years is undoubtedly an act of gius! After all, this wasn''t Gold Core or Nasct Soul realms. This was Return to Void! "Cultivation resources really doe first... Previously it took a decade or two just to breakthrough threeyers during the Gold Core Stage..." "Now at the Return to Void Stage, it still only took a little over twty years... That''s the importance of cultivation resources!" Su Xing couldn''t help but smile at the corner of his mouth. Using Spiritual Liquid in conjunction with a Heavly Spirit Root, the feeling of cheating in cultivation was just too exhrating! Unfortunately, over a million drops of Spiritual Liquid were only ough for Su Xing to cultivate for one year... "It seems that a n to obtain more Spiritual Liquid must be implemted soon, otherwise the growth in Cultivation Level for theter stages of Return to Void and the Integration Phase might once again be slow..." Su Xing murmured to himself before shifting his atttion to the Li Fire Technique. "What kind of astonishing power does a Mahayana Level Li Fire Technique possess?" With a thought, Su Xing once again tried to summon the Li Fire Technique. A wisp of me appeared in the palm of Su Xing''s hand. The Mahayana Level Li Fire Technique, with its intse and bright red mes, ev had a hint of purple within it... With a thought from Su Xing, this wisp of Li Fire could appear at any location within the Spirit Field Cave. But Su Xing didn''t dare to experimt too much. After all, although the Li Fire wouldn''t harm Su Xing, if it were to burn the nts in the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing would be extremely distressed... "The temperature and power of the me... indeed several times stronger than before!" "Just this little wisp of me, if an ordinary Martial Emperor were toe into contact with it, they''d probably be burned to ashes in an instant!" "Ev for a peak Martial Emperor, a slight touch would likely be a life or death situation!" Su Xing could feel that, as his proficicy with the Li Fire Technique increased, the power of the Li Fire also greatly escted. At the same time, Su Xing also felt that the amount of Spiritual Energy needed to release the Li Fire Technique had more than doubled. Luckily, Su Xing''s Spiritual Power was now much more robust than before, so he barely took this consumption into ount. "Might as well try Alchemy... With a thought, Su Xing took out the Alchemy Furnace. But just after heating for a few seconds, the second-rank special metal Alchemy Furnace was thoroughly melted. Su Xing blinked and shook his head slightly, saying: "Indeed, the durability of a second-rank special metal is still insufficit to withstand this strand of Li Fire!" Fortunately, Su Xing still had the Pill Furnace left behind by Qing Yunzi, which could be used to refine elixirs. "Once I get my hands on the Alchemy Furnace made of fourth-rank special metal, it should be able to withstand the temperature of this Li Fire Technique!" That''s what Su Xing thought. Of course, that was assuming Su Xing wasn''t using the Li Fire Technique at full strgth. Alchemy, unlike killing... naturally requires differt temperature control! The following week, Su Xing spt his busy time farming. Because the second-rank special metal Pill Furnace was destroyed, Su Xing could only use one furnace for alchemy, instantly halving his speed. Su Xing simply refined over two thousand elixirs. With the remaining time, he collected spiritual liquid, and in one week, Su Xing obtained another thousand drops of spiritual liquid. Su Xing ev found time to weed out some of the grass in the fields. Th he changed theyout of the Spirit Gathering Array. After all, in the future, there might be more Gathering Spirit Flowersing to Su Xing''s Spirit Field Cave. Soon, a week passed. It was the sevth of October. After disguising himself and concealing his presce, Su Xing wt to find Jin Congxue again. Jin Congxue had be waiting in the vi''s room for quite some time. Unlike her sporty girl stylest time, today Jin Congxue wore a form-fitting gown. The autumn air was growing chillier, but the gown couldn''t hide Jin Congxue''s exquisite body curves. Su Xing inwardly praised her. Jin Congxue''s beauty was indeed like the first snow of winter, beautiful... and like a capricious fairy, elusive and unfathomable. Especially after taking the Nourishing Face Pills refined by Su Xing continuously, her skin condition was like that of an eighte-year-old girl''sdelicate, with cog-full cheeks. Caught under Su Xing''s gaze, Jin Congxue''s pretty face blushed as she chided: "Ar''t you going to sit down and eat already~" Su Xing chuckled and sat down across from her, and together they started to joy the meal. Before long, the meal was over, and Jin Congxue handed over a storage ring. Su Xing oped the ring and saw that it indeed contained refined special metal ores. There were also a full five red-purple Alchemy Furnaces. "Is this, an Alchemy Furnace made of fourth-rank special metal?" Joy appeared on Su Xing''s face, and he quickly took out a furnace to inspect. Indeed, the craftsmanship of this Pill Furnace was far superior to the second-rank one from before. Su Xing had a thought and pressed his finger on it slightly, but it only left a shallow imprint. "Hiss~ It''s certainly sturdy ough!" Su Xing rejoiced inwardly. Though he didn''t use his full strgth, if it had be the second-rank furnace from before, it would probably have be punctured by now, which showed a significant improvemt in durability. "Good, it should be able to withstand the power of the Li Fire Technique!" Su Xing thought to himself. Soon after finishing their meal, Su Xing made a thorough check and th returned to the Spirit Field Cave. "After this simtion, it''s time to head out and kill that damned Zong..." Su Xing muttered, feeling a mild sse of anticipation. Chapter 329: Chapter 193: Bluffing Luo Shuying, New Round of Simulation! (Vote for Monthly Pass~) By this time, Luo Shuying had alreadye to fully trust Su Xing, so she quickly nodded and said, "As youmand, elder!" "May I ask, elder, is there anything I can do for you?" At this moment, in Luo Shuying''s heart, Su Xing was an absolute expert, a paragon who had stood against the Foreign Race for a millennium, a true representative of the righteous. He was also the straw that Luo Shuying grasped at for self-redemption, the one who could save the Spirit Race world! Su Xing still maintained a calm andposed expression and sighed, "Your strength is still too weak now... you haven''t even reached the realm of legend..." "How about this, you go to the Descending Sect''s treasury and find a piece of Condensing Spirit Wood, and I will refine a batch of Soul Condensing Pills for you, which will help you to break through to legend!" Luo Shuying was delighted upon hearing this and was even more convinced that Su Xing was a peerless expert who stayed hidden from the world. "Thank you, elder!" Luo Shuying said, bowing in gratitude. Su Xing then nodded slightly and said, "From now on, on this day of each month, you cane here seeking me, and if I''m not here, feel free to leave..." "Next month, on the 8th, bring the Condensing Spirit Wood, and after another month, you cane to receive your elixirs..." Luo Shuying quickly nodded in response. Su Xing used his Spiritual Power to draw an image of the Condensing Spirit Wood in the air and instructed Luo Shuying on several matters. Luo Shuying then excused herself, prepared to return to the Descending Sect. Su Xing, on the other hand, carefully erased all traces of their meeting here and obscured the workings of fate before preparing to fly back to Kyoto on his sword. To be safe, Su Xing did not return directly to Kyoto City but instead traveled through the sky, ovend, and waterway in turns. He made a big detour, passing through seven or eight provinces before returning to Kyoto City. Back in his familiar dormitory, Su Xing took a deep breath and entered the Spirit Field Cave. Inside the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing thought carefully for a long time to make sure he had left nothing unchecked, and only then, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Phew~ Taking out that damned Zong and meeting Luo Shuying certainly entailed some risks, but the rewards are quite tempting!" Su Xing murmured to himself. In the real world, it would be better not to reveal his identity to Luo Shuying. Especially after knowing more about the strength of the Descending Sect and the Foreign Race, the fewer people who knew about Su Xing''s identity, the better. It was best if everyone thought of Su Xing as a student who had failed to graduate, a bottom-rung student; this was in line with Su Xing''s wishes. With these thoughts, Su Xing took out an item. It was unexpectedly the storage bag of the damned Zong! "Finally got my hands on it... Within this storage bag is the fortune that Zong umted over thousands of years!" Su Xing rubbed his hands together excitedly. ?@?-?ҦӦ+?&-?!*????⣤ Firstly, he took out arge pile of Spirit Stones. Because Zong had not yet hidden the Spirit Stones in the Five Elements Mountain, the bag contained nearly eighty thousand Spirit Stones in total. Su Xing carefully added this batch of Spirit Stones to his own pile. Thus, the number of Su Xing''s low-grade Spirit Stones surpassed three hundred thousand! Afterwards, Su Xing continued to sort through the contents of the storage bag. He kept aside the Cultivation Techniques and magic techniques recorded on the Jade Slips; these might be of great use to him in the future. He also categorized some Magic Artifacts, including those like the Five Thunder Balls, which were very useful for Su Xing. However, the frequently used bone sword and the Soul Summoning Banner favored by Zong did not attract Su Xing much. One reason was that these Magic Artifacts were overly malicious; another was that they had significant side effects. Moreover, with Su Xing himself cultivating his own prime artifact, there was no need for him to settle for less and pursue these. "Hmm, the quality of these Spiritual Medicines is really not bad; they must be at least several hundred years old... I''ll preserve them carefully; they might be needed when I practice alchemy in the future..." Su Xing took out several jade boxes and stored the Spiritual Medicine to prevent the medicinal properties from dissipating. Next, he carefully put away the elixirs in various bottles and jars, nning to examine their uses when he had more time. As for the puppets, Su Xing did not touch them for the moment. After all, there were still Prohibitions on these objects, which could easily reveal clues to others. It was a rtively safe approach to keep them in the Spirit Field Cave. After categorizing all sorts of treasures from the entire storage bag, Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief and began to read Zong''s diary. "Xianwu Year 2377, entered the sect, chanced upon the Flower Fairy... truly beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal, I really felt inferior..." "Xianwu Year 2378, the Flower Fairy gave me directions, I didn''t sleep at all that night, so excited was I..." "Xianwu Year 2379, passing by the Flower Fairy''s chamber, I mustered the courage to approach and inquire about Cultivation Techniques..." "Xianwu Year 2380, I talked with the Flower Fairy for a long time, and she said I was a good person... Strange, was sheplimenting me?" "Xianwu Year 2382, I bought a hundred-year fine wine from the foot of our sect for the Flower Fairy, she and the eldest senior brother drank together... I wanted to join them, but the Flower Fairy said that as a neer to the path of cultivation, I should not drink... Strange, howe master never told me that? Luckily, the Flower Fairy reminded me..." Su Xing casually flipped through a few pages of the diary and then couldn''t help but close it. "Damn, this damned Zong was a lovesick puppy back in the day!" "The early diaries nearly always mention the Flower Fairy..." "Tsk tsk, perhaps his descent to the path of evil cultivation... was also because he was deeply hurt by the Flower Fairy..." Su Xing felt somewhat speechless for the moment; Zong''s experiences were truly peculiar! Recalling the Flower Fairy who was turned into a puppet in the storage magical artifact, Su Xing sighed that love indeed was a stumbling block on the path of cultivation! "Well, when I''m bored someday, I''ll look through Zong''s diaries again; surely, I can glean quite a bit of useful information from them!" Su Xing put the diary away, since there was no rush to finish reading it now that he had the object in hand. The main problem was that the content was too voluminous... Who could finish reading diaries spanning thousands of years? Chapter 330: Chapter 193: Trick Luo Shuying, A New Round of Simulation! (Vote for Monthly Ticket~)_2 After storing the items away, Su Xing prepared to start setting up the Spirit Gathering Array. First, he dismantled the core of the previous Spirit Gathering Array, then he rearranged the base Spirit Gathering Array. Next, hebined two basic Spirit Gathering Arrays to form an elementary Spirit Gathering Array... Finally, he set up an intermediate Spirit Gathering Array! The setup of just one intermediate Spirit Gathering Array had taken Su Xing a full three days. This was under the condition that Su Xing had a near-impable grasp of the Spirit Gathering Array, otherwise, it would have taken even more time. "I''ll just set up one for now... Afterward, I''ll take a few days each week to set up the Spirit Gathering Array. There''s no rush..." With this in mind, Su Xing began his usual alchemy to make elixirs. Due to time constraints, Su Xing could only afford to make three thousand elixirs. On October 14th, after disguising himself and concealing his presence, Su Xing went to find Jin Congxue. In the private room of the vi, Su Xing and Jin Congxue sat opposite each other. After a meal, Su Xing handed over the elixirs made during the week to Jin Congxue and also collected this week''s goods. Once the trade waspleted, Su Xing covertly returned to the Spirit Field Cave. The new week''s goods provided Su Xing with nearly one hundred million energy. Thus, Su Xing''s simtion energy once again reached five hundred and ny million! Su Xing secretly nodded and murmured, "Even though the high-grade purified exotic metals are gone... but as the Tarot Society''s business continues to grow... one hundred million energy a week is not bad!" One hundred million a week, that''s a full four hundred million energy a month! Though for Su Xing, a month''s worth of energy was barely enough for a few levels of the Broken Void Realm. However, this was after all a stable and gradual source of energy ie. If he could earn some extra money asionally, it should be barely enough. On October 14th of the New Era 2024, Su Xing promptly started a new round of simtion. "Start the simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 5700 points of energy, remaining energy 612.33 million points, unlimited remaining simtions.] [Simtion starting!] [Drawing a Purple Talent costs 100,000 points of energy, drawing a Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 million energy, would you like to draw?] "Draw a Golden Talent!" Su Xing silently thought. [Ding, congrattions on drawing the Purple Talent "Touch of Midas," your next chance of drawing a Golden Talent is at 35%...] As expected, it was a Purple Talent. Su Xing wasn''t disappointed, knowing the simtor''s touching draw rates, getting a Golden Talent before a seventy percent chance would make him quite lucky, right? "Touch of Midas... What kind of talent is that?" Su Xing looked at the talent introduction. [Touch of Midas]: Purple Talent, as the name suggests, you have the talent of turning anything into gold by spending a certain amount of Spiritual Power, you can turn ordinary stones into gold. "Consume Spiritual Power to turn into gold!?" "Hiss~ This seems like a top-level money-making talent!" Su Xing''s eyes lit up. On Blue Star, as a precious metal, one gram of gold was priced around 400 Great Xia Coins. If he could get enough gold, Su Xing could definitely make a fortune in a short amount of time. "Let''s test out this talent first!" Su Xing looked at the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realize you are in a simtion.] [You go to a big mountain outside Kyoto City and bring back arge stone.] [You attempt to activate your Spiritual Power talent to turn the stone into gold.] [You seed!] [You spent one day transforming this stone into a whole ton of gold.] Su Xing raised an eyebrow at this. A ton of gold a day, this talent seemed quite strong! But after some quick calctions, Su Xing found the talent somewhat useless to him. On Blue Star, a gram of gold is worth 400 Great Xia Coins. One thousand grams, that''s four hundred thousand... A ton of gold is four billion! Four billion seemed like a lot, but Su Xing made more than that in pure profit daily just by making elixirs. After some further thinking, Su Xing shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, this talent is of no use at the moment... I wonder if the speed of converting to gold will increase once my level is higher in the future?" Su Xing sighed. However, if Su Xing really reached that level of strength, money might truly be just a number to him. "Well, my goal this time is to get Spiritual Liquid and improve my Body Refinement Cultivation Level... whether the talent is good or bad doesn''t really matter." After all, since he had to save up Spiritual Liquid, he naturally couldn''t spend Spiritual Liquid to increase his Qi Refinement Cultivation Level. Thus, improving his Body Refinement Cultivation Level at the same time seemed like the most cost-effective method. Su Xingforted himself and turned his gaze back to the simtion panel. [You realize that the Touch of Midas talent isn''t much use to you.] [So you begin setting up aposite Spirit Gathering Array in the Spirit Field Cave and also set up a Water Gathering Formation.] [ You spend three weekspleting the setup of these formations.] [By now, the Spirit Field Cave has already been elevated to a medium-grade Cave Heaven.] [Thus, the Spirit Field Cave will provide you with 3,000 drops of Spiritual Liquid every week, saving you time to collect Spiritual Liquid.] [After setting up the Spirit Gathering Array, you go to Luo Shuying as agreed.] [With Luo Shuying''s introduction, you join the Descending Sect.] [Using your "Master of Sess" talent, you quickly attract arge number of die-hard fans.] [You spend two years in the Descending Sect, during which you spend all your time making elixirs and saving up sixty days of "Great Wisdom State."] [In the third year, you made a total of two hundred thousand elixirs, almost draining the treasury of the Descending Sect.] [You believe the time is right, so you betray the Descending Sect.] [You join the Great Xia Military. With the elixirs you made, you help Great Xia Country birth arge number of powerful individuals.] Chapter 215: Chapter 155: Bringing Out Rewards, Su Xings Heart in Pursuit of the Way! (5k) [Your heart was shocked; the puppet''s body strength was likely on par with a Broken Void Realm cultivator!] [Your Sword Qi almost did no damage to it, and in the time it took to take a breath, the puppet had already reached you, throwing a punch directly at you!] [Seeing this, you quickly wrapped your Origin Force around your fists to block.] [The collision of the fists sent you flying backward to smash against the stone wall, fresh blood trickling from your mouth.] [You found it unbelievable; the sheer physical strength of the puppet was greater than yours, and its body was even tougher, by no telling how much.] [You were certain in your heart that this was a puppet that could rival a Broken Void Realm cultivator!] [After being sent flying by a punch, you took advantage of the faint light emanating from the wall to get a clear look at the puppet''s appearance.] [It looked exactly like a human, but its skin was eerily pale, simr to a vampire from Western legends. The withered wrinkles made it look especially frightening.] [This seemed to be a living dead, refined into a powerful puppet.] [While you were pondering, the puppet attacked you once more.] [After dozens of rounds of fierce fighting, you had sustained multiple injuries.] [The puppet''s offensive grew even more intense, and the endless powering from its body made it nearly impossible for you to defend.] [Your battle caused mysterious fluctuations to continuously emanate from the stone walls around you, which were part of some defensive formation, seemingly meant to prevent the ancient tomb from copsing.] [You held on for another dozen or so rounds but could no longer resist, and the living dead puppet''s strength was who knows how many times stronger than that damned Zong.] [Knowing you were no match, you thought of leaving the relic.] [However, the living dead puppet relentlessly pursued you, and after dozens more rounds of battle, your physical body disintegrated, smashed into a pulp.] [After your Primordial Spirit left your body, you prepared to continue fleeing, but the living dead puppet simply reached out with its right hand and caught your Primordial Spirit.] [It shoved it into its mouth, and you felt a tremendous suction force swallowing your Primordial Spirit.] [You died!] [Ding, the simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing looked at the text in front of him, remaining silent for a long time. "It''s no wonder a great sect that once gave birth to an Immortal... Even a puppet possesses strengthparable to the Broken Void Realm?" Su Xing felt somewhat relieved that he had not chosen to recklessly rush into the relic, or else he would have lost ayer of his Divinity Transformation Realm. Now that the 25 years of simtion time was used up, even dying felt worthwhile. Touching his chin, Su Xing murmured, "This puppet must be the guardian of the ancient tomb relic, right? Who exactly was the master of this ancient tomb? To have even the guardian puppet rival a Broken Void Realm cultivator!" "Hiss... At least a Return to Void Realm Great Perfection, or even a Body Integration Realm cultivator, right?" With a light sigh, Su Xing said, "Pity, with my current strength, facing a Broken Void powerhouse, I can onlyst a few dozen rounds..." "To defeat this puppet, I''m afraid I still need to cultivate to the Broken Void Realm to have any hope!" "However, there must be great secrets hidden in this ancient tomb relic, and if I achieve the Broken Void Realm, maybe I can revisit the tomb!" Su Xing carefully recollected the events of the simtion, listing down several key points. "First, this ancient tomb relic, surely isn''t just a simple cultivator''s resting ce, otherwise, there wouldn''t have been Broken Void and Divinity Transformation Realm cultivators dying there thousands of years ago." "Second, there is a faint presence of Spiritual Energy in that tomb; maybe there are Gathering Spirit Flowers, or perhaps a Spirit Vein! But... I lean more towards thetter!" "Last, and most importantly, who was the master of that tomb? Could the Heavenly Grade Technique of the Wanmu Decision be with the master of that tomb?" With this thought, Su Xing took a deep breath. Whether it was the advanced technique of the Changchun Technique, the Wanmu Decision, or the Spirit Vein in that tomb, they were all massively tempting for Su Xing! He definitely had to make another trip there once his strength was sufficient! "Too bad, my Origin Force hasn''t advanced to the third level, and stepping into the Broken Void Realm is still a long way off..." "Rather deal with the matter at hand, step by step!" With a sigh, Su Xing''s gaze became hopeful as he looked towards the simtion panel. [Artifact Refining Genius]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Ten Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, priced at 500,000 energy points. [Divinity Transformation Stage Fourth Layer Cultivation]: Qi Refining Cultivation, priced at 30 million energy points. [Xuanhuang Technique]: Xuan (Mysterious) rank cultivation technique, can be cultivated up to the Return to Void Realm Stage, part of the Heavenly Grade Technique of the Wanmu Decision, priced at 1 million energy points. [Floating Life Technique]: Xuan (Mysterious) rank cultivation technique, can be cultivated up to the Return to Void Realm Stage, part of the Heavenly Grade Technique of the Wanmu Decision, priced at 2 million energy points. [Ten Thousand Drops of Low Grade Spiritual Liquid]: Condensed from extremely rich Spiritual Energy, it can nourish the Dantian and promote cultivation, extremely easy to absorb, priced at 1 million energy points. [Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique (Iplete)]: Heavenly-grade secret technique, containing thetter chapter of the people''s fortune, able to predict fortune and luck, not as valuable as the national fortune chapter, priced at 30 million energy points. [2,300 mature Gathering Spirit Flowers, 1,500 Gathering Spirit Flower seeds]: Priced at 245 million energy points. [Origin Force Cultivation Insights (Entwining Level)]: Although not a breakthrough in realm, there is significant progress in the understanding of Origin Force, priced at 8 million energy points. This time in the simtion, Su Xing''s gains were substantial. Not only did his Qi Refining Cultivation make great breakthroughs, but he also explored the Immortal Martial Era instance, and found the path to Broken Void for the future. "So, with so many rewards avable, how should I choose?" Su Xing looked at the rewards in front of him and fell into deep thought. Although the Artifact Refining Genius talent was good, Su Xing currently had no ns for Artifact Refining and alsocked an Artifact Refining manual. Chapter 216: Chapter 155: Rewards Brought Out, Su Xings Seeking Heart! (5k)_2 We can temporarily put it in the Talent Pool and take it out when it''s the right time. Despite being of the Profound Ranking, the Xuan Huang Technique and the Fleeting Life Technique aren''t worthy of Su Xing wasting a simtion chance, as he has already been practicing the Changchun Technique. Maybe in the future, he could directly obtain the Wan Mu Decision in the simtion and bring it out, which would be more convenient. "As for the Low Grade Spiritual Liquid..." Su Xing shook his head slightly. Low Grade Spiritual Liquid stems from the Spirit Field Cave Heaven, which in turn, indirectlyes from the Gathering Spirit Flower. If he directly chose the Spiritual Liquid, it would indeed be missing the forest for the trees. Furthermore, ten thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid isn''t much; perhaps he could umte more and bring out twenty years'' worth in one go, thus significantly increasing the speed of his cultivation. He had already memorized the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique, so naturally, there was no need to waste an opportunity on it. And the cultivation of Origin Force hadn''t triggered any epiphanies, so it wasn''t worth choosing either. After hesitating for a moment, Su Xing finally decided: "I choose the fourth level of the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivation Level, as well as the Gathering Spirit Flowers!" As his voice fell, a prompt from the simtor rang in Su Xing''s ear. [You have sessfully brought out the fourth level of the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivation Level, spending 30 million energy points, with a remaining energy bnce of 455.43 million points.] [You have sessfully brought out 2,300 Gathering Spirit Flowers and 1,500 seeds, spending 245 million energy points, with a remaining energy bnce of 210.43 million points.] Watching the energy in the simtor plummet, Su Xing''s heart bled. But all of this was worth it! The next second, the aura around Su Xing began to rise! Divinity Transformation Stage first level... Divinity Transformation second level... Divinity Transformation third level! Eventually, the fourth level of the Divinity Transformation Stage! In just a few breaths, Su Xing''s Cultivation Level had broken through three minor realms in session. Finally settling at the fourth level of the Divinity Transformation Stage, he was even not far from the fifth level! "Hiss... mid-phase of Divinity Transformation... the density of the Spiritual Power inside my body has increased by over fifty percentpared to before!" "This means I can refine elixirs and mature Spiritual Medicine better!" Su Xing''s lips curved slightly, while the fourth level of the Divinity Transformation Stage didn''t have much impact on hisbat strength. It still could further enhance Su Xing''s ability to earn money. "Now... what about the Gathering Spirit Flowers?" Su Xing''s heart stirred as he looked up to see a hillside covered with white flowers. Clusters of them gathered together, these lovely Gathering Spirit Flowers lifted Su Xing''s spirits! "Hahaha... nearly three thousand five hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers, such a multitude, are sufficient to promote the Spirit Field Blessed Land to a Cave Heaven!" Su Xing eagerly approached the Gathering Spirit Flowers, and sure enough, he saw these adorable white flowers vigorously breathing in Spiritual Energy. Each breath they took released even more Spiritual Energy! Such a virtuous cycle increased the concentration of Spiritual Energy at the entire hilltop rapidly! Su Xing watched this scene with satisfaction and nodded: "Good, at this rate, maybe in less than half a month, the Spirit Field Blessed Land could advance to a Cave Heaven!" The evolution from Blessed Land to Cave Heaven is not aplished in a single step but requires the Spirit Field to have a sufficient concentration of Spiritual Energy. The three-thousand-plus Gathering Spirit Flowers, releasing Spiritual Energy like tirelessly working producers, slowly evolved the Blessed Land. When the timees, not only will Su Xing''s cultivation speed increase by a lot, but also the growth rate of Spirit nts and Spirit Pets in his Portable Spirit Field will elerate. "Of course, there''s also the most important thing, the Spiritual Liquid!" Su Xing carefully packed away the seeds of the Gathering Spirit Flowers, not in a hurry to nt them, but instead tidied up a bit, preparing to leave the Spirit Field Blessed Land. Following the trajectory of the future in the simtion. Today would be thest ss reunion of the university. Although Su Xing wasn''t close to most of his ssmates, attending would elevate his state of mind. So it wouldn''t hurt to go for a visit. Soon, Su Xing exited the Spirit Field Blessed Land and returned to his dormitory to see Fatty Yu, who had been waiting for a while. Fatty Yu seemed to be in a good mood as he came over and pped Su Xing''s shoulder, saying: "Little Su! Don''t you go wandering off tonight, it''s thest ss reunion, and I specifically came to call for you!" Fatty Yu was still in his usual state, just rounder in the face after some time had passed. Su Xing nodded in response, as he was nning to attend this gathering. After a thought, Su Xing asked: "Fatty, where do you n to go after graduation?" Fatty Yu looked around, then mysteriously nced at Su Xing and said: "Dude, I n to go to the Demon-Subduing Pass to fight enemies! Strange as it seems, my strength has increased rapidlytely, and I''ve broken through to the Grandmaster Level... I''m going to the Demon-Subduing Pass to really put those Demonic Beasts in their ce!" Su Xing frowned slightly upon hearing this. ording to Fatty Yu''s original life trajectory, he shouldn''t have reached the Grandmaster Level just yet. It seems that the Essence-Nourishing Pills that Su Xing gave him helped him advance. But Su Xing knew the perils of the Demon-Subduing Pass more than anyone. Would Fatty Yu be in danger if he went there? Su Xing''s thoughts stirred, about to offer a warning, but then he reconsidered. The Demon-Subduing Pass wasn''t as dangerous now as it would be ten yearster. If he didn''t perish, Fatty Yu''s strength might increase even further within the Pass. Given Fatty Yu''s talent, he might even achieve a life transformation and ascend to the Heavenly King Level within a few years! Considering this, Su Xing decided not to dissuade Yu Yan but took out a bottle of elixirs from his pocket and handed it to Fatty Yu. "Fatty, this is an elixir I identally obtained in the instance. It can slightly increase mental attributes. It''s no use to me... so I''m giving it to you!" Fatty Yu grinned, took the bottle without any pretense, and then gave Su Xing a knowing look, winking and saying: Chapter 217: Chapter 155: Rewards Brought Out, Su Xings Seeking Heart! (5k)_3 "Buddy, I get it! Don''t worry, I''ll be the only one eating this elixir!" Watching Fatty Yu''s smug expression, Su Xing was somewhat surprised. Could it be that this guy really noticed something? But then Fatty Yu slung his arm over Su Xing''s shoulder and led him out of the dorm, heading toward the gathering location. "Let''s go, the others are getting impatient!" Soon, Su Xing and Fatty Yu arrived at an old, well-known food stall across from the school. It wasn''t expensive, but the taste was excellent. Su Xing would asionallye here to eat. About twenty ssmates attended the gathering. Other than Fatty Yu, Su Xing only knew the others as acquaintances, and couldn''t even recall some of their names. "Come on, guys, let''s have a drink!" "Hahaha! I heard that you, kid, recently advanced to Master Level? You''re paying for the meal today!" "Little Liu is doing well too, right? I heard you were poached by a big tradingpany. Now even breaking through to Grandmaster Level seems possible for you!" A group of young people in their early twenties gathered, their faces flushed with drink. At this moment, a tall and thin young man stood up, holding his ss and said: "Haha, guys, you may not know yet, but Fatty Yu just recently broke through to Grandmaster Level! In our cohort, his strength can rank among the top three!" As these words were spoken, the rest of the ssmates looked on with envy and then raised their sses to Yu Yan. The atmosphere at the entire gathering was quite good. Only Su Xing sat alone in a corner, asionally drinking with Yu Yan and at times drinking on his own. There was no scene of showing off or pping faces as imagined. These ssmates, although not particrly warm to Su Xing, did not go so far as to exclude him. Perhaps because of Fatty Yu''s face, a few ssmates even toasted Su Xing several times. Su Xing responded in kind. Looking at the young faces before him, Su Xing couldn''t help but recall the scene from four years ago when school had just started. Back then, Su Xing was riding high, hailed as a once-in-a-decade talent at Kyoto Academy! With the robust physique of a Body Refinement Cultivator, Su Xing had even crushed those who had just barely reached the bronze level. He imed first ce in the neers''petition... However, fate is unpredictable, and soon Su Xing found he couldn''t level up, and his strength hardly improved. The friends who were once keen on him gradually drifted away. Even the teachers were thoroughly disappointed in Su Xing... It wasn''t until half a year ago, when Su Xing got the golden finger, that he finally grew uppletely. "In just half a year, from a mere Qi Refinement first stage cultivator... to bing a Divinity Transformation Stage powerhouse... this really has been, a wondrous experience!" Su Xing thought to himself, feeling quite enlightened at the moment. "However, be it Qi Refinement or Divinity Transformation... bronze or legend... failing to be a top-tier powerhouse in this world means one will ultimately die in that unexpected change!" Su Xing silently took a sip of his drink, reminiscing about everything he had experienced in the Divinity Transformation''s fifth pass. He mused, "A cultivator, if seeking immortality, how can one be confined by trivialities? These years of cold nces, the ups and downs..." "They''re nothing more than a bit of frost during the process of cultivation!" Su Xing drained his ss in one gulp, his resolve to pursue the Dao growing even firmer. At that moment, Su Xing''s state of mind ascended... Late at night, after the gathering ended, Su Xing escorted a drunken Fatty Yu back to the dorm. Watching Yu Yan in deep slumber, Su Xing silently entered his Spirit Field, using spiritual power to disperse the effects of the alcohol. "Ah, time to continue alchemy!" Su Xing smoothly resumed his alchemy life. A week quickly passed by. In that week, most of Su Xing''s ssmates graduated and left the school. But Su Xing''s life remained as regr as ever. Unexpectedly notified by Liu Xiaodong that he was being held back a year, Su Xing wasn''t annoyed and just continued with his alchemy. Soon, on July 8th, Su Xing brought the elixirs to meet Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue was wearing a beautiful red dress that day, vibrant and unrestrained. "Heehee, big boss... Congrattions on your graduation!" Jin Congxue smiled and said to Su Xing. Su Xing rolled his eyes and said: "Cut it out, I got held back!" Jin Congxue looked puzzled and inwardly eximed, "No way, with your strength, you''re being held back? Is Kyoto Academy''s barrier that high?" Su Xing briefly exined. Then he thought of something and said to Jin Congxue: "By the way, could you arrange a casual position for me within Kyoto Academy, like a librarian or something? School restarts in September, and I don''t want to stay in the same dorm with freshmen... A single dorm would be preferable, it would make things convenient for me!" After hearing this, Jin Congxue nodded slightly, understanding Su Xing''s intent. "Don''t worry, leave this trifle to me. You''ll report to the library tomorrow! Thest one in the ranking?" After saying that, Jin Congxue covered her mouth and chuckled lightly, her demeanor very alluring. Su Xing also smiled, chatted with Jin Congxue a bit more, and then returned to the empty dorm with new stock for the week. "I wonder if Fatty Yu would get into trouble at Demon-Subduing Pass?" "Demon-Subduing Pass is rtively safe for now. I might be able to send him some treasurester if I get the chance... There shouldn''t be a big problem..." Su Xing shook his head slightly, then entered into the Spirit Field Blessed Land. After converting the new stock of goods into simtion energy, Su Xing''s energy increased by 16 million points. It was a considerable amount, but for Su Xing, who had experienced "big trades," it was only decent. On the afternoon of July 8, 2024, Su Xing punctually started a new round of simtion. "Start the simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 4,400 energy points, leaving 226.38 million energy points remaining. Remaining simtion attempts are unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a green talent costs 1,000 energy points. Blue talent costs 10,000 energy points. Drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?] "Draw the purple talent!" Su Xing silently recited. [Congrattions! You have obtained the purple talent: Tiny but Cute!] Chapter 218: Chapter 156: Top-Level Taunting, The Tiny Ones are Also Adorable! (5k) "Hmm?" Just seeing the name of the talent, Su Xing felt something was off. "Hey, hey, hey, just the name of this talent sounds fishy. Could it be what I''m thinking?" His gaze shifted to the introduction of the talent, and Su Xing''s hanging heart was put at ease. [Little ones can be cute too]: Purple Talent, when you say this sentence to the target person, no matter what your rtionship is with them, they will instantly be taunted by you and harbor extreme hatred, bing unable to resist attacking you, taunt effect +100%. (Hehe, little ones can be cute too~) "Good thing, this thing doesn''t trigger on me..." Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief and then began to ponder the use of this talent. "It seems to be a taunt talent that attracts hatred!" "So, scenarios where this could be useful... Is it when the target person wants to run away? As long as I say this sentence, they will be unable to resist attacking me?" With that thought, Su Xing''s eyes brightened. It seemed... quite suitable for dealing with that damned Zong! That old scoundrel is too good at running away. Despite being weaker than Su Xing, he managed to run for over a month. If I used this talent to taunt him, wouldn''t that mean he couldn''t get away? "Apart from that... It would also be useful when facing those Demon Emperors, should they attempt to flee!" Su Xing quickly understood the function of this talent and nodded slightly: "This talent isn''t particrly strong, but in certain situations, it could be particrly effective!" His gaze turned toward the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you are aware that you are in a simtion.] [The Spiritual Energy in the Blessed Land grows denser and denser, and to produce Spiritual Liquid quickly, you decide to transnt some Gathering Spirit Flowers and set up a few small Spirit Gathering Arrays dedicated to producing Spiritual Liquid.] [You spend half a month''s time, each day setting aside time to transnt Gathering Spirit Flowers and arrange the Spirit Gathering Arrays.] [Your Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique and proficiency in the Spirit Gathering Arrays has slightly improved.] [Half a monthter, the Spirit Gathering Arrays begin to stably produce Spiritual Liquid, about a thousand drops each week.] [Although not much, it''s just enough for your personal cultivation needs, and the speed of your cultivation further elerates.] [After cultivating for a period of time, you decide to visit the Luotian Meeting Instance to learn another fire attribute technique.] [You''ve saved up a day''s "Great Wisdom State" in advance, preparing to head to the Luotian Meeting Instance!] Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this. Su Xing has always been a dual-type Spiritual Root of wood and fire, theoretically able to cultivate both wood and fire type techniques simultaneously. But Su Xing had mainly focused on wood type techniques before because they could elerate the growth of spiritual nts. But now that Su Xing has sufficient simtion energy, naturally, he could consider learning a fire type technique as well. Compared to wood type techniques, fire type techniques have more offensive capabilities and are quite helpful in Artifact Refining and Alchemy. It could even increase the power of Su Xing''s Li Fire Technique. "Activate immersive simtion feature, duration 24 hours!" Su Xing thought to himself. [Ding, you have sessfully activated the immersive simtion feature for a duration of 24 hours, costing 2.4 million energy points, leaving a bnce of 223.88 million energy points.] As the prompt sound from the simtor ended, Su Xing''s vision shifted. The next second, he appeared in the great hall of the Luotian Meeting Instance. "Good disciple, go and invite Uncle Master Shennong to the Luotian Meeting!" The voice of Niu Ruolie came from in front of him. "Yes, Master!" Su Xing easily made his way to the back hill, followed the mission routine, and brought Shennong Youtian to the Luotian Meeting square. The conversation with Shennong Youtian during the process was very enlightening for Su Xing. Then, Su Xing headed for the familiar Scripture Pavilion, straight to the third floor, where Earth Rank cultivation techniques and secret techniques were stored! Su Xing meticulously searched among the rows of shelves holding Jade Slips with cultivation techniques. However, the number of techniques here was overwhelming, and after searching for some time, Su Xing felt dizzy and unsure where to start. At that moment, a voice came from behind Su Xing. "Kid, are you looking for a fire type technique?" "On your left, the sixth shelf, third row, eleventh Jade Slip, you should check that one!" At these words, Su Xing looked up sharply but saw the olddy who had previously taught him the Ten Thousand Li Tracking Technique, standing there and quietly watching him. "Thank you, senior!" For some reason, Su Xing always felt a bit apprehensive about owing the olddy a favor. After giving her a bow, Su Xing hurried towards the shelf. Sure enough, at the ce indicated by the olddy, Su Xing found a mid-tier Earth Rank technique, the "Thousand mes Art!" "This technique seems to be just a mid-tier Earth Rank..." Su Xing frowned slightly, noting there were quite a few high-tier Earth Rank techniques on this level. Was he supposed to follow the old senior''s suggestion, forsaking the high-tier Earth Rank techniques and choosing only the mid-tier one? Just as Su Xing was hesitating, the olddy suddenly said: "You''re Niu Ruolie''s disciple Luo Xiaochuan, right?" "Mmm, you''re quite good, much stronger than that blockhead Master of yours back in the day..." "Not even a hundred years old, already at the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm... and even the Qi Refining Cultivation is at the fourthyer of Divinity Transformation..." After pausing, the olddy continued to exin: "Your Qi refining cultivation isn''t bad, but it seems the main technique you''re cultivating is a wood type technique of not-so-high rank?" "If so, when you''re about to break through to the Return to Void and enter the Integration Phase, you''ll probably have to switch cultivation techniques, wasting quite a bit of time..." "However, you have a rare dual-type Spiritual Root of wood and fire, giving you the opportunity to cultivate fire attribute techniques as well!" "This Thousand mes Art, even though it''s only a mid-tier Earth Rank technique... it is actually the precursor to the Heavenly Grade Technique, the Thousand mes Art. When the time is ripe, you can seamlessly transition to cultivating the Thousand mes Art, saving you a great deal of effort!" After hearing the olddy''s guidance, Su Xing immediately stopped hesitating. Chapter 219: Chapter 156: Top Level Taunt, Even the Small Ones Are Cute! (5k)_2 Being a prerequisite for a Heavenly Grade Technique, this Thousand mes Art must have exceptional qualities. "Thank you, Grandma. May I ask how you are addressed?" The old woman fell silent for a moment before responding: "A name... it seems to have been too long ago. Just call me Ghost Grandma!" "However, my help in selecting a cultivation technique is naturally not without purpose... In a year,e back here, and I will have a favor to ask of you..." Upon hearing this, Su Xing raised an eyebrow. Ghost Grandma had said the same thing thest time they met. So, Su Xing became a bit curious. "Elder, what would you have me do for you?" Ghost Grandma simply smiled faintly: "Don''t worry, it won''t be too difficult for you! You''ll find out when the timees!" After saying that, Ghost Grandma''s figure shed and vanished from the third floor of the Scripture Pavilion. Su Xing was befuddled. But he decided to begin his cultivation first. Activating the Great Wisdom State, Su Xing''s memory andprehension abilities significantly improved, and he started to memorize the Earth-Level Technique thoroughly. Soon, a day passed, and the immersion simtion ended. In the real world, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, his lips curving into a slight smile. "Not bad, the effects of The Great Wisdom in Foolishness are truly remarkable. At most, two more times, and I''ll havepletely memorized this Earth-Level Technique!" Su Xing was very satisfied with this oue, after all, spending a few million energy to acquire an Earth-Level Technique that could lead to a breakthrough to the Integration Phase or even the Mahayana Realm was definitely a worthwhile investment. His eyes turned toward the simtion panel. [After exiting the Luotian Meeting Instance, you n to join the Descending Sect.] [You head to Shuangqing City in the southwest province. You''re in luck, and it takes less than three days to lure out Damned Zong.] [After a series of maneuvers, you sessfully infiltrate the Descending Sect and obtain a batch of Spiritual Medicine.] [Later, while outwardly bonding with Damned Zong as brothers, you secretly contact Luo Shuying.] [With Luo Shuying''s help, you gain arge batch of Spiritual Medicine.] [In the second year, having umted a considerable amount of Elixirs, and as the most powerful Elder within the Descending Sect, your actions are rtively unrestricted.] [Thus, you go alone to Kyoto and re-enter the Luotian Meeting Instance!] Moved by what he saw, Su Xing once again used the immersion simtion function. A momentter, Su Xing exited the immersion simtion with a deeper grasp of the Earth-Level Technique, Thousand mes Art. Afterward, Su Xing continued with the simtion. [In the third year, judging that the time was ripe, you flee the Descending Sect with Luo Shuying.] [After leaving the Sect, you and Luo Shuying face pursuit, but even worse off was Damned Zong.] [You pull out the Elixirs you have been concocting over the years, adding quite a number of strong warriors to the Great Xia Country.] [Following this, you prepare to enter the Luotian Meeting Instance for the third time!] "Activate the immersion simtion function, duration: 24 hours!" Su Xing muttered to himself. [Ding, you have sessfully activated the immersion simtion function for 24 hours, costing 2.4 million energy points, with 219.08 million remaining.] Following the familiar mission process, Su Xing began to memorize the Earth-Level Technique, Thousand mes Art. Quickly, a day passed, the immersion simtion ended, and Su Xing''s consciousness returned to the real world. Back in reality, with a slight smile on his lips, Su Xing murmured: "Worthy of an Earth-Level Technique, its power is indeed above that of the Changchun Technique!" "Practicing this technique, the Spiritual Energy will carry a burning effect, useful both offensively and in Alchemy... Even the consumption for unleashing fire-based Divine Skills is significantly reduced!" Su Xing was quite satisfied with the Earth-Level Technique, Thousand mes Art. Unfortunately, he needed to start practicing this technique from the first level, but for Su Xing, who had already reached the Divinity Transformation Stage, with sufficient Cultivation Level, the speed of cultivation would likely be more than a hundred times faster than before. In at most just over twenty years, or the time of one simtion, Su Xing would be able to cultivate this technique to the fifth level, the Divinity Transformation level! "With the addition of the Thousand mes Art, I have anotheryer of assurance... With this, even if I fail to obtain the Wanmu Decision in the ruins, my path after Return to Void remains unobstructed!" Su Xing whispered to himself, his gaze returning to the simtion panel. [After leaving the Luotian Meeting Instance, you did not rush to practice the Thousand mes Art, but continued to improve your Cultivation Level.] [One day, while cultivating, you suddenly sense a familiar aurait''s Damned Zong!] [Sensing Damned Zong, you naturally won''t miss this great opportunity!] [After disguising yourself, you prepare to take him down for practice.] [As expected, your ambush is detected, and a fierce battle ensues.] [The fightsts for two hours, and ultimately Damned Zong cannot match you and attempts to flee.] [Seeing Damned Zong trying to escape, a smirk appears at the corner of your mouth, and you teasingly say to Damned Zong, "Don''t be disheartened, the little efforts are also quite adorable!"] [Hearing your words, Damned Zong, who was prepared to fight for his life, stops in his tracks.] [He looks at you with aplex gaze, three parts shame and seven parts anger!] [Damned Zong decides not to flee and engages you in another battle!] [However, how could Damned Zong be your match now? After fighting for a day, you finally y him.] [Before dying, Damned Zong destroys his Storage Magical Artifact, and his Primordial Spirit attempts to flee.] [But how could you let him escape? You directly capture his Primordial Spirit. Damned Zong pleads for his life.] [Without hesitation, you incinerate his Primordial Spiritpletely, and Damned Zong meets his end!] [Afterward, you inspect Damned Zong''s Storage Magical Artifact, but unfortunately, everything inside has been destroyed, leaving nothing behind.] Seeing this, Su Xing raised an eyebrow. Chapter 220: Chapter 156: Top-Level Taunting, The Tiny Ones are Also Adorable! (5k)_3 ``` "Indeed, this talent really has an outstanding effect on that damned Zong! What would''ve normally taken a month of pursuit to resolve, now settled in just a day!" "But thatplicated look in Zong''s eyes... could there be some unspeakable secret? No wonder his junior sister made him wear a green hat..." Su Xing seemed to have some understanding and then shook his head. "However, it''s a pity that this damned Zong was not a good thing! He wouldn''t even leave me his storage bag before he died..." "It seems that to get his treasures, I must achieve a one-hit kill!" Su Xing sighed lightly. But he had time, it was merely a matter of waiting a bit longer. His gaze turned to the simtion panel. [In the fourth year, you spent most of your time in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, working hard to improve your cultivation level.] [In addition to taking Spiritual Liquid and meditating daily, you also spent two to three hours practicing Origin Force, hoping it would break through to the third stage of external projection sooner.] [With the aid of Spiritual Liquid, your cultivation level improved day by day, but your mastery over Origin Force remained slow as a turtle''s crawl.] [In the fifth year, aside from starting to practice Origin Force, you also began studying the Thousand mes Art.] [Since you were already a cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Stage, the training of the first fiveyers of the technique was exceedingly fast for you.] [In just half a year, your Thousand mes Art stepped into the secondyer.] [In the sixth year, your Thousand mes Art smoothly entered into the thirdyer.] [In the seventh year, your cultivation level finally took another step forward, you became a fiveyered Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator!] [Regrettably, your mastery of Origin Force still stagnated, progressing slowly.] Su Xing frowned slightly upon seeing this and muttered: "Is the mastery of Origin Force really so difficult?" "Seven years and still not touching the threshold of Great Perfection in the entwined level?" "If you calcte it like this... perhaps only an epiphany can lead to rapid progress!" Su Xing sighed, but then shook his head lightly, saying: "Well, if the Origin Force isn''t cultivated to Great Perfection at the entwined level, then the cultivation progress of the Thousand mes Art... would be..." Su Xing had already started to consider an alternative n, his gaze returning to the simtion panel. [In the eighth year, you continued to make rapid progress with the Thousand mes Art, sessfully mastering the fourthyer!] [In the same year, as your Qi Refining Cultivation improved, you felt that cultivation was bing increasingly difficult.] [It''s a pity that there are only a bit more than hundred drops of Spiritual Liquid daily; if you were to cultivate freely, you could only maintain high-speed cultivation for one or two hours.] [But what troubled you the most was still the slow progress of Origin Force cultivation; without breaking through to the thirdyer, transcending would be hopeless...] [In the monotonous practice, two more years passed in the blink of an eye.] [In the tenth year, your Thousand mes Art''s fourthyer had been cultivated to the ultimate step, and with a breakthrough, the progress in your two arts would be equal.] [After deepening your understanding of the Thousand mes Art, you began to realize its formidable strength.] [The Changchun Technique emphasizes a kind of unending endurance, very helpful in enhancing your own recovery.] [Whereas the Thousand mes Art is the ultimate in destructive power, and it can use different mes to aid in cultivation,bined with the Li Fire Technique, your cultivation speed increased even more.] [In the same year, your grasp of Origin Force had a minor breakthrough, and the entwined range could now cover your entire back.] [In the eleventh year, you began trying to remodel the Spirit Gathering Array, hoping to produce more Spiritual Liquid.] [Unfortunately, your research on the Spirit Gathering Array was insufficient, and after dozens of attempts, you still failed.] [You knew that to increase the production volume of Spiritual Liquid, you had to nt more Gathering Spirit Flowers and make the Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Field Cave richer.] [But obviously, this was not too realistic in the short term, so you could only continue your arduous cultivation.] [In the twelfth year, your Thousand mes Art finally broke through once more, sessfully entering the fifthyer!] [At this time, the wood and fire Spiritual Energies within you faintly evoked a feeling of endlessness, and to your surprise, you discovered that wood attribute Spiritual Energy could slightly enhance the power of the fire attribute Spiritual Energy.] [During the same year, as you began using the Li Fire to aid cultivation, your cultivation level''s growth rate increased slightly.] [In the same year, your understanding and mastery of Origin Force had a small breakthrough, and the total amount of Origin Force in your body noticeably increased.] Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this, murmuring: "Indeed, if one cannot have an epiphany, relying on grinding experience is also a way to enhance the mastery of Origin Force to Great Perfection at the entwined level..." "But at the current pace, it would probably take at least two simtions to reach Great Perfection at the entwined level, right?" Su Xing''s brows knitted together slightly; this speed was clearly too slow for him. "Let''s just simte it and see... If I don''t have an epiphany, the fifthyer of the Thousand mes Art seems not bad, does it?" His gaze turned to the simtion panel. [In the thirteenth year, after entering the fifthyer of the Thousand mes Art, progress slowed down, but you were quite satisfied since the progress of your two arts was getting extremely close.] [In the same year, the progress of your Origin Force was still slow, and you did not achieve a breakthrough.] [In the fourteenth year, with the aid of Spiritual Liquid and the Thousand mes Art, your cultivation level steadily grew, making you feel that you were not far from the six-tier Divinity Transformation Stage.] [In the fifteenth year, on a pleasant sunny morning, you suddenly gained insight, and as your aura steadily climbed, you made the breakthrough effortlessly.] [Congrattions for bing a six-tiered Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator!] [In the sixteenth year, after breaking through to the six-tiered Divinity Transformation Stage, you felt that cultivation was getting more and more difficult.] [You understood that this was because the advantage of your Spiritual Root was no longer significant, the True Spiritual Root could only ensure that your cultivation speed was a few percent faster than that of a mid-Devinity Transformation Stage cultivator.] [But even so, with the help of Spiritual Liquid, your Qi Refining Cultivation was still climbing slowly.] [In the seventeenth year, one day during your routine cultivation of Origin Force, you controlled the Origin Force to wrap around every inch of your skin.] [However, the total amount of your Origin Force was not enough, always seeming slightly insufficient.] [After enduring many hours of rigorous practice, you finally felt a slight improvement.] [You wiped the sweat away and were about to take a break when suddenly you fell into a profound state.] [You triggered a serendipitous enlightenment from your talent!] ``` Chapter 350: Chapter 200: The Sorrows of the Spirit Withering Era, The Fallen Genius! (5k) Su Xing thought as such, his gaze turning toward the simtion panel. "After the Spirit Explosion Technique and the Ruyi Golden Cudgel Technique achieved a great level of mastery, you began formting a n to enter the Immortal Martial Era Instance.] [You didn''t rush into the instance; instead, you nned to steadily cultivate onest time to enhance your own strength.] [In the twenty-fifth year, you knew that Demon-Subduing Pass would soon fall, and the Human Race couldn''t hold out much longer.] [Thus, you chose to enter the Immortal Martial Era Instance and leave behind some useful information.] [You entered the Five Elements Mountain relics.] [You traveled through the lengthy underground burial passages, and quickly your Divine Sense detected a potent aura ahead.] [Instantly cautious, you knew it was that undying being, the Five Elements True Master!] [The Five Elements True Master might not be as powerful as True Person Wan Mu, but as a cultivator who had achieved Great Perfection in both the Return to Void and Broken Void realms, you still weren''tpletely certain you could defeat him.] [You carefully erected your Protective Gang Qi and conjured your Origin Force Armor.] [With the dual defenses, you felt somewhat more secure in your heart.] [Silently you activated the Spirit Explosion Technique and ran toward the direction of the Five Elements True Master.] [Fiery hot fire-element Spiritual Energypressed in your hands, trembling slightly, releasing a terrifying aura.] [You soon found the Five Elements True Master, and he discovered you as well!] [Heunched an attack toward you without hesitation, and you decisively injected thest trace of Wood Spiritual Power into the Spirit Explosion Technique.] [Seeing the Five Elements True Master quickly approaching, you didn''t hesitate to throw the sessfully condensed Spirit Explosion Technique.] [In the next second, you decisively turned and entered the Spirit Field Cave.] [You stayed in the Spirit Field Cave for a quarter of an hour, consumed nearly half a bottle of Spiritual Liquid, fully restored your Spiritual Power, and then left once more, returning to the relics of the Five Elements Sect.] [Indeed, as you had anticipated, much of the ancient tomb''s passageways had copsed, the tomb''s protective formations were damaged under the Spirit Explosion Technique, and the whole tomb was at risk of copsingpletely.] [Boulders filled the tunnel, with aftershocks asionally emanating from the ground, but you were no longer concerned about that and instead quickly extended your Divine Sense throughout the relics.] [With your Divine Sense, you quickly located the Five Elements True Master buried under the rubble.] [From the aura detected by your Divine Sense, the Five Elements True Master seemed to have sustained serious injuries but showed no signs of a life-threatening condition...] [Boom!] [In the next second, the Five Elements True Master hurled off the boulders on him, transforming into a terrifying blur as he attacked you once again.] [The massive impact struck your Protective Gang Qi, fine cracks appearing on its surface, but you managed to block the Five Elements True Master''s sneak attack without any harm.] [You activated your Spiritual Energy, quickly dodging the subsequent attacks of the Five Elements True Master.] [At the same time, you also saw the miserable state of the Five Elements True Master.] [His body was enveloped in red and ck mist, his chest was partially copsed from the impact of the Spirit Explosion Technique, and his body was covered in scorch marks.] [Still, despite such severe injuries, the Five Elements True Master showed no signs of being fatally wounded, his Spiritual Power was just chaotically disturbed, and his strength must have slightly dropped...] [ck blood eerily flowed from the Five Elements True Master''s body, slowly mending his damaged flesh.] [You were astounded by the Five Elements True Master''s formidable strength, as he still possessed suchbat power even after being ambushed by your Spirit Explosion Technique.] [But you also understood that what awaited you was going to be a fierce battle, so you activated your Origin Force and engaged in closebat with the Five Elements True Master.] [The battle was about to erupt, the horrific aftershocks from the fight making the relics'' protective formations even more unstable...] Su Xing frowned slightly as he read: "Indeed, one must not underestimate the prodigies of this world!" "With my Return to Void Realm at Great Perfection, plus the Broken Void Realm quintuple...now that I have also mastered the Spirit Explosion Technique, I must be nearly invincible below the rank of Great Emperor..." "But this Five Elements True Master, although he practiced both Qi and physical refinement, his strength must have declined after bing an undying being... And yet, after taking a hit from my Spirit Explosion Technique, he still has the power to fight!" Surprised, Su Xing began to contemte. In Su Xing''s judgment, the Five Elements True Master, now an undying being, should no longer feel pain, no longer the same as ordinary life. Plus, the mysterious ck blood allowed the Five Elements True Master to quickly recover from injuries and regain stamina... "Truly difficult to deal with, but if ites to a head-on fight, I should have the power to stand a chance!" Su Xing didn''t hesitate, his eyes once again turning toward the simtion panel. -mp _y,r. [You began physicalbat with the Five Elements True Master, terrifying fluctuations emanating with every move.] [To your surprise, the Five Elements True Master''s physical strength was exceedingly outstanding, even slightly surpassing yours.] [You knew this was because you were currently only at the fifth level of Broken Void Realm, while the Five Elements True Master was a cultivator at the Great Perfection of Broken Void Realm, and even though your Divine Power had reached its peak during the Divine Strength Realm, it was still difficult to bridge such a vast gap in cultivation level.] [Fortunately, you had a better handle on Origin Force than the Five Elements True Master, so you didn''t suffer too much in closebat.] [But you knew that continuing like this would still not defeat the Five Elements True Master, so you drew back to extend the distance between you, ready to win with your Qi Refinement techniques.] [A thought crossed your mind, and a strand of Separation Fire shot out from your palm, the terrifying temperature immediately causing heavy damage to the Five Elements True Master.] Chapter 351: Chapter 200: The Sorrows of the Spirit Withering Era, The Fallen Genius! (5k)_2 [But just as you thought you had seen his final gambit, Five Elements True Master produced yet another trump card.] [You only saw him execute a profound spell and absorb the Spiritual Energy of the five elements metal, wood, water, fire, earth from the air into his body, sending dazzling multicolored light hurtling towards you.] [Seeing this, you quickly activated the Thunder Spirit Explosion Technique, swiftly forming seals with your hands and attacking the Five Elements True Master''s Five Elements spell!] [Boom! The terrifying noise instantaneously turned the entire ancient tomb into a battleground, the defensive array within the ruins was sted open by the aftershocks of the spells colliding, creating huge cavities, and the entire tomb began to shake incessantly.] [You knew in your heart that if this continued, the ancient tomb might inevitably sumb to copse.] [Thus, you took out a bottle of Spiritual Liquid, replenished your depleted Spiritual Energy, andunched an even fiercer offensive against the Five Elements True Master.] [But this Five Elements True Master, worthy of being one of the top three peerless geniuses of the Xianwu Era thousands of years ago,] [had achieved a profound level of mastery over the Five Elements spells.] [The Earth Type spells were hugely defensive, and your assaults were mostly blocked by them.] [Metal Type spells were especially sharp, and a sword formed of metal Spiritual Power could actually contend with your Ink Ice Sword for a short while.] [Wood Type spells healed injuries. Fire Type spells were even more powerful, forcing even you to keep your distance.] [What made you feel particrly troubled was the Five Elements True Master''s Water Type spell, which had a significant restraining effect on Li Fire, and presumably, he had also mastered a remarkable Water Spirit Divine Skill.] [You and the Five Elements True Master battled for hundreds of rounds, during which you even gained insight into the terrifying aspects of the Five Elements Sect''s "Five Elements Mutually Generating Decision."] [The five types of Spiritual Powers supported andplemented each other, not only greatly enhancing the power of spells, but also allowing for flexible use against an enemy''s weaknesses.] [As such, you fought bitterly for several more hours.] [Finally, by continuously replenishing Spiritual Energy with the Spiritual Liquid, and the seed of Origin Force within you constantly replenishing the loss of Origin Force,] [on the other hand, the Five Elements True Master, having been heavily injured by your surprise attack with the Spirit Explosion Technique at the beginning and constantly engaged in battle, saw his injury gradually worsen.] [After several hours of fierce fighting, you finally began to gain the upper hand.] Su Xing let out a long breath as he looked at the simtion text before him. "Five Elements Mutually Generating Method... Is it truly so mystical?" "This Five Elements True Master, with this divine skill and secret technique, is probably almost invincible below the Body Integration Realm..." "Luckily, he has be a living dead, and was also severely injured by my preemptive attack... Otherwise, I might not be his match!" Su Xing felt a sense of emotion. Indeed, extraordinary geniuses who emerged during the era of waning Spiritual Power, not one was ordinary, all were dazzling talents who dominated an era! "But the Five Elements spells... theoretically, are supposed to require the ability to absorb Five Elements Spiritual Energy to be released..." "Could it be that this Five Elements True Master possessed a Mixed Spirit Root?" No sooner had Su Xing finished his thought than he shook his head slightly, dismissing the possibility. How could a Mixed Spirit Root possibly advance to Return to Void Great Perfection in less than a millennium? "No doubt, this Five Elements True Master also has a variant Spiritual Root... At the least, a True Spiritual Root! Or maybe even a Heavenly Spirit Root..." Su Xing pondered. He felt increasingly that the Five Elements Mutually Generating Method was extraordinary, such a secret technique, even in the Ancient Era, would likely be a treasure capable of being the pride of an entire sect. And the fact that the Five Elements True Master was able to develop this Five Elements Mutually Generating Method showed his exceptional talent! "I must get my hands on the Five Elements Mutually Generating Method!" Su Xing resolved in his heart, looking towards the simtion panel. [As the Five Elements True Master''s injuries worsened gradually and his internal Spiritual Power depleted without being replenished...] [You increasingly dominated the battle!] [After thousands more rounds of fierce fighting, your advantage slowly turned into a victory, and you prepared to deliver a decisive blow to kill the Five Elements True Master!] [You forced the Five Elements True Master back with a sword thrust, then extended your palm, from which Spiritual Power surged out,pressing... Finally forming a fire attribute Spiritual Power whirlwind!] [After the Fire Type whirlwind was formed, you injected Wood Type Spiritual Power into it!] [With that, your strongest strike to date, the Wood-Fire Mutually Generating Spirit Explosion Technique, was finally born!] [After the Spirit Explosion Technique was fully condensed, you took a few breaths.] [This single Spirit Explosion Technique contained nearly half of your internal Spiritual Power, and you were confident that with this trump card, you couldpletely kill the heavily injured Five Elements True Master!] [The Five Elements True Master seemed to feel the terrible threat as well, so he once again unleashed the Five Elements Mutually Generating Method...] [Metal, wood, water, fire, earth - The Five Elements spells were cast in sequence.] [Five dazzling spell lights attacked you!] [And at that moment, you threw out your Spirit Explosion Technique!] [Boom!] read more on NovelBinmp-yr [The collision of the two divine skills produced a terrifying shockwave and battle aftershock, ultimately causing the already fragile protective array of the ruins topletely break down.] [As the protective array was destroyed, the entire ancient tomb shook violently as if an earthquake had urred.] [The ground copsed, and boulders tumbled.] [You knew this was not a ce to linger, and you must find the Five Elements True Master''s legacy quickly, or else these treasures could be buried underground forever with the Five Elements Sect''s ruins.] [Fortunately, with your final strike of the Wood-Fire Mutually Generating Spirit Explosion Technique, you managed to kill the already severely injured Five Elements True Master.] [You nced at the Five Elements True Master lying dozens of meters away, who seemed to have regained fleeting consciousness in thest moment of his life.] [You saw dark red blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, and he only uttered one word...] Chapter 352: Chapter 200: The Sorrows of the Spirit Withering Era, The Fallen Genius! (5k)_3 [Hatred...] [After hearing this word, you fell silent. In the moments before the Five Elements True Master died, you indeed sensed his overwhelming hatred...] [You knew it wasn''t you he hated.] [But rather he hated the sadness of being born so exceptionally talented and perceptive during an era when Spiritual Energy was depleted...] [He hated the betrayal by his close friend, True Person Wan Mu, and the tragic fate of bing a living dead...] [The breath of the Five Elements True Master slowly faded, and a peerless genius who once dazzled an era thousands of years ago finally died...] [You didn''t have too many negative feelings towards the Five Elements True Master; he was just another sad figure who died under the mighty current of the era.] [So you collected the body of the Five Elements True Master, preparing to find a geomantically auspicious ce to bury him.] [Afterwards, taking advantage of the fact that the ruins had not yetpletely copsed, you went to the core area of the ancient tomb.] [You pushed open the bronze stone coffin and found a storage ring inside it...] [Sweeping your Divine Sense across the core area and confirming there was nothing missed, you quickly left the Five Elements Sect''s ruins.] [After you left the ruins of the Five Elements Sect, itpletely crumbled into destruction.] [Once the ruins'' Formation was damaged, the remnants of the Five Elements Sect disappeared into the spatial turbulence, its whereabouts unknown...] [You rapidly left the Immortal Martial Era Instance. After the fierce battle with the Five Elements True Master, your body was seriously injured, and you needed to calm your mind for recuperation.] [Thus, for the following three months, you stayedfortably within the Spirit Field Cave, recovering from your injuries.] [Taking advantage of this time for recuperation, you also examined the storage ring you obtained from the Five Elements True Master.] [In the storage ring, there weren''t the vast amounts of Spirit Stones you had imagined, but instead, there were many materials and treasures for setting up Formations.] [Apart from these treasures, you found two very important Jade Slips.] [One was the Formation methods that the Five Elements Sect had passed down for ten thousand years, the Dao of Arrays...] [And the Divine Arts improved by the Five Elements True Master himself, the Five Elements Generating Technique!] [The records in these two Jade Slips were of great benefit to you!] [The Five Elements Generating Technique could allow thepatible Spiritual Energies to work together, achieving an effect where one plus one is greater than two.] [Cultivators with apatible Spiritual Root not only gained increased power when releasing their techniques but also experienced a slight increase in the speed of their cultivation.] [Moreover, after you learned the basics of the Dao of Arrays, the Five Elements Sect''s Dao of Arrays left behind was a huge treasure for you; this Formation manual was profound and mysterious, offering you much to study for a long time...] Su Xing''s expression was a mix ofplexity and relief after seeing this. "Living under the declining era, with Spiritual Energy depleted... Cultivators no longer enjoy the glorious years of the past..." "Under the trend of this era, the most tragic are those geniuses with shining talents." "If born during the golden age of cultivation, ascendancy to immortality might have been within reach..." "But now, they can only turn into a handful of yellow earth..." Su Xing sighed, feeling a kinship in sorrow for the fallen. But Su Xing quickly perked up, murmuring to himself: "However, with a simtion tool like this against the heavens, I will surely have a glimpse of the Immortal Dao..." "Once I kill that terrifying behemoth, the Three Thousand Worlds will be mine to roam freely!" A hint of anticipation glimmered in Su Xing''s eyes. "As for the present... This Five Elements Generating Technique and the Dao of Arrays could indeed be quite useful to me; I''ll see how much they are priced at after the simtion is over..." Thinking this, Su Xing turned his gaze toward the simtion panel. [You buried the Five Elements True Master in a picturesque mountain, experiencing the passing of a forebear True Immortal and the cruelty of the cultivation path.] [Your state of mind has improved, your determination to seek the Dao has be even more resolute...] [One day, Demon-Subduing Pass was breached, with the Human Race on the brink of eradication.] [Monthster, a colossal beast descended and swallowed the entire Great Xia Country in one gulp...] [You were swallowed by the beast into its belly...] [You did not die immediately.] [You held on for a long time...] [You were killed by the spatial turbulence...] [Your Divine Soul waspletely extinguished.] [You died!] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing let out a long sigh of relief. "The gains from this simtion are indeed significant!" "With my current strength, after mastering the Spirit Explosion Technique, I am nearly invincible beneath the Great Emperors..." "But I need to be cautious of those talents from the Cultivation World''s past; if the Five Elements True Master was this difficult to deal with... True Person Wan Mu is likely to be even more terrifying!" After pausing, Su Xing continued to ponder. "As for the Five Elements ruins, exploring now still carries some risks..." "Once I reach the Body Integration Realm, I will go explore the Five Elements ruins; I should be able to easily obtain the Five Elements Generating Technique and the Dao of Arrays..." Su Xing nodded slightly, then pulled out his notebook to jot down this goal. Afterwards, Su Xing turned his attention to the list of rewards for this simtion. [Three Days Without Food, Nine Meals Missed]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Twenty Years of Alchemy Experience]: After exchange, a slight increase in current alchemyprehension, priced at 2 million energy points. [Spirit Explosion Technique (Great Achievement)]: Developed by Su Xing through his research, a Divine Art that unleashes immense power through the extremepression of Spiritual Power. It creates astonishing effects after the explosion, especially whenbined with different attributes of Spiritual Power,parable to a minor Divine Skill, but it consumes extensive Spiritual Power and requires further refinement. Priced at 150 million energy points. [Ruyi Golden Cauldron Technique (Great Achievement)]: A Divine Sense offense and defense technique. The Ruyi Golden Cauldron makes one''s Divine Sense as sturdy as a cauldron, good for both offense and defense. It is considered superior among Divine Sense offensive techniques, although it cannotpare to ancient Divine Sense techniques. Its advantage is that it can be used as a transitional technique and does not conflict with other Divine Sense techniques. Priced at 150 million energy points. [Five Elements Generating Technique]: A pinnacle minor Divine Skill, approaching the level of a major Divine Skill,prehended by the Five Elements True Master, incredibly profound and mysterious, priced at 300 million. _em _pyr. [Dao of Arrays]: A thousand-year-old ancient manual on Formation from the Five Elements Sect, perfected by countless Cultivators, leading directly to the essence of the Great Dao of Formations. Priced at 200 million. Chapter 224: Chapter 158: A Genius in Dao of Arrays Talent, Talent Lottery Pool Mechanism (5k) "Let me first see how much energy valuation this week''s goods actually carry?" Su Xing''s mind stirred as he took out the storage ring Jin Congxue had given him. [Ding, white-grade equipment detected, total energy value 7.38 million points...] [Ding, detected arge amount of energy materials, total energy value 8.97 million points...] [Ding, detected arge amount of energy ores, total energy value 13.04 million points...] Su Xing quickly calcted that this week''s goods had provided a total of 29.39 million points of energy! Among them, just the exotic metals were valued at 13.09 million energy points! Almost half the ratio! "Goodness, these exotic metals really are an excellent substance for providing energy points indeed!" Su Xing eximed. Most of the exotic metals in this storage ring were first-grade. One kilogram was about worth 20 points of energy, with a ton being 20,000 points of energy! And now the Tarot Commerce Association had contracted two copies of the mining zones that could extract these exotic metals, which meant they could mine 650 tons of exotic metals in a week! The quantity sounded immense, but due to the high density of the exotic metals, it didn''t look very voluminous. The most important aspect was the stability of this source of energy points. Moreover, the cost was extremely low; all Su Xing needed to pay was the annual leasing fee for the two copies of the mining zones and the wages of theborers. And these two exotic metals mining zones could even suffice for Su Xing to exploit for twenty years! "Hiss~ Looking at it this way, exotic metals indeed constitute a major source of energy points!" "Perhaps, it''s time to give Jin Congxue a heads up... In the future, I should find a way to acquire more exotic metals so I can get even more energy points!" Su Xing thought to himself, then his gaze turned toward the simtion panel. "The mining zone copies aren''t an urgent matter for now, but it''s time to start a new round of simtion!" On the afternoon of July 15th, 2024, the New Era, Su Xing punctually initiated the forty-fifth simtion. "Start simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 4500 points of energy, remaining energy 198.47 million points, remaining simtion times unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Extracting a green talent costs 1000 points of energy, a blue talent costs 10,000 points of energy, extracting a purple talent costs 100,000 points of energy, would you like to extract?] Without hesitation, Su Xing silentlymanded: "Extract the Purple Talent!" [Congrattions, you have obtained the Purple Talent: Dao of Arrays Prodigy!] "Hmm? Dao of Arrays?" Su Xing looked puzzled and nced at the simtion panel. [Dao of Arrays Prodigy]: Purple Talent, yourprehension of the Dao of Arrays far exceeds that of ordinary people, making it easier for you to be a revered master of arrays. After seeing the new talent, Su Xing couldn''t help but quip: "Well, aren''t we blooming in every direction? Now all I''m missing is a talent for talismans, right?" Su Xing criticized lightheartedly, as it seemed the simtor''s talents were obviously pushing him toward bing a well-rounded prodigy. Although there was nothing wrong with that, what was most crucial for Su Xing at the present was to increase his cultivation level. Once his cultivation was sufficient, or when needed, it would also be nice to learn these sidelines. "Well, no surprise I didn''t draw the Purple Spiritual Root Talent... Looks like I have to find a way to get more Spiritual Liquid this time." "As for this Dao of Arrays Talent, let''s keep it in the talent pool for now!" Su Xing''s mind moved, and he clicked open the simtion panel in front of him. What was previously text on the simtion turned into a retro-looking prize machine. This prize machine was the prize pool feature unlocked by the second upgrade of the simtor. The specific function was that Su Xing needed to spend a certain number of points to enter different levels of prize pools. For instance, to draw a white talent, each draw would cost 100 points of energy. The draw''s objective was the white talents Su Xing had previously drawn but not taken out. To extract a green one, it would cost one thousand points, blue would cost ten thousand points, and a purple talent would cost one hundred thousand points... ording to the simtor, such as if Su Xing entered the purple prize pool, the probability of drawing any purple talent was equal. With just over ten talents in Su Xing''s current purple talent pool, this meant that with a bit of bad luck, he could draw it with just over a million points of energy. This was fairly reasonable. After drawing a past talent, Su Xing could assign it as the talent choice for the next simtion. This way, it could be chosen to take out after the simtion. "However, it seems there''s still no asion to use the current few talents, I''ll designate them when it''s appropriate, right?" Su Xing murmured to himself, and then got ready for the simtion. His eyes returned to the simtion panel. [Within the Spirit Field Cave, you realize that you are in a simtion.] [You immediately set about arranging a Spirit Gathering Array to speed up the umtion of Spiritual Liquid.] [A weekter, Spiritual Liquid production begins in the Spirit Field Cave.] [The quantity is notrge, barely 150 drops a day, but you still treasure it immensely.] [With a thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid added to your ount weekly, little adds up to much, and in a year, that''s more than 50,000 drops; you are quite satisfied.] [You n to join the Descending Sect as soon as possible, so you restrain your aura, undergo a disguise, and travel to Shuangqing City in the southwestern province.] [You''re quite lucky and quickly spot Damned Zong.] [After some maneuvers, you sessfully join the Descending Sect and even trade Life Extension Pills for many medicinal ingredients from Damned Zong.] [After joining the Descending Sect, you keep a low profile and contact Luo Shuying, obtaining arge batch of Spiritual Medicine from her.] [Subsequently, you cultivate step by step and collect the Spiritual Liquid produced in the Spirit Field.] [You once showed Damned Zong a small vial of Spiritual Liquid (about 10,000 drops), and his eyes nearly popped out.] [Clearly, from his reaction, you also understand the preciousness of Spiritual Liquid in this era.] Chapter 225: Chapter 158: A Genius in Dao of Arrays Talent, Talent Lottery Pool Mechanism (5k)_2 ``` [Damned Zong indicated his willingness to trade Divine Skills for the Spiritual Liquid in your possession, and you were tempted. So, you asked him what kind of Cultivation Technique he would offer.] [Damned Zong took out techniques simr to "Soul Snatching Spell," "Poison Heart Spell," and "Blood Sacrifice Technique," all of which were vicious spells.] [These spells were not only of low grade and had significant side effects, but they were also extremely malicious, often requiring the sacrifice of living souls.] [Naturally, you didn''t set your sights on such spells, but you knew that Damned Zong wouldn''t sincerely trade with you and offer his best items, so there was no choice but to give up.] Su Xing shook his head slightly and scoffed: "So you, Damned Zong, actually want me to be an evil cultivator like you? Truly malevolent!" "But it doesn''t matter if you don''t want to trade now... Once I''ve killed you, all the treasures and Cultivation Techniques you possess will be mine!" Su Xing felt that it didn''t matter whether he traded with Damned Zong or not. Eventually, when he killed him in reality, the contents of Damned Zong''s Storage Magical Artifact would sooner orter belong to Su Xing. "However, the value of this Spiritual Liquid is indeed unexpectedly high... If I can really find the Cultivation World in the future, in this era of scarce Spiritual Energy, the Spiritual Liquid could probably be traded for quite a few treasures!" With that thought in mind, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simtion panel. [Your trade with Damned Zong failed, and both sides secretly coveted each other''s treasures, but on the surface, you both acted as if you were old friends for many years.] [In the following year, you spent most of your time cultivating within the Spirit Field Cave, either learning Thousand mes Art, increasing your mastery of Spiritual Power, or making Elixirs.] [In one year, you collected nearly fifty thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid.] [You stored them in specially made small jade bottles, each containing about ten thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid or roughly fifty milliliters.] [The second year, your mastery of the Earth-Level Technique, Thousand mes Art, broke through to the secondyer.] [At the same time, you crafted arge batch of Elixirs, and most of the Spiritual Medicines in the Descending Sect''s treasury were embezzled by you.] [Believing the time was right, you eloped with Luo Shuying out of the Descending Sect.] [You made direct contact with the Great Xia Military, and with the Elixirs at hand and your own strength, you achieved a very high status within the military.] [Even if the Descending Sect wanted to pursue and kill you, they were powerless to do so.] [As the saying goes, ''A fire at the city gates brings disaster to the fish in the moat,'' and Damned Zong became the scapegoat, now on the run.] [The third year, you crafted tens of thousands of Elixirs, adding tens of thousands of Grandmaster Level warriors to Great Xia Country.] [The same year, your mastery over Thousand mes Art advanced to the thirdyer.] [This year, the amount of Spiritual Liquid you had reached nearly a hundred and fifty thousand drops, but you didn''t use a single drop, saving all of it.] [Every day, apart from spending an hour collecting Spiritual Liquid, you spent the rest of the time cultivating Origin Force and Thousand mes Art.] [This left you several hours of free time, which you decided to use to expand the scale of the Gathering Spirit Flowers in order to harvest more Spiritual Liquid.] [You nted five hundred seeds of the Gathering Spirit Flower, and just tending to these seeds took several hours of your day.] [Any more would have impacted your cultivation.] [The fourth year saw a minor breakthrough in your control of Origin Force, bringing you close to the level of external release.] [The Spiritual Energy armor entwining your body became more solid, and the Origin Force within you was more abundant.] [This year, your count of Spiritual Liquid reached two hundred thousand drops!] [The fifth year, the five hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers you nted all matured, resulting in a slight increase in the Spiritual Energy of the Spirit Field Cave.] [Each week, you harvested approximately eleven hundred drops of Spiritual Liquid, and within a year, nearly sixty thousand drops were collected.] [You nted another five hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers, waiting for the next harvest in two years.] [The sixth year, you made a breakthrough in your mastery of the Earth-Level Technique, Thousand mes Art, sessfully entering the fourthyer!] [Unfortunately, your mastery over Origin Force was still firmly at the Great Perfection of the coiling level, and you were eager to break through further.] [This year, you collected another nearly sixty thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid, bringing your total to three hundred and sixty thousand drops!] [The seventh year, your second batch of Gathering Spirit Flowers matured, and the content of Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Field Cave increased once more.] [That year you harvested sixty-three thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid!] [You skillfully nted a new batch of Gathering Spirit Flower seeds.] [The eighth year, you harvested sixty-three thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid, bringing your total to nearly four hundred and ny thousand drops.] [The ninth year, a new batch of Gathering Spirit Flowers matured, enriching the Spiritual Essence content in your Spirit Field Blessed Land even further.] [That year, your harvest of Spiritual Liquid increased once again to sixty-four thousand drops.] [You also noticed that as the number of Gathering Spirit Flowers grew, the Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Field Blessed Land did improve, but was hard to break through a certain threshold.] [It seemed to always remain at the level of a low-tier Cave Realm; unless there was a major change, it would be difficult for the Spirit Field Cave to transform.] [Hence you stopped nting Gathering Spirit Flowers and focused on collecting Spiritual Liquid, devoting more efforts to cultivating Divine Skills and Origin Force.] Su Xing nodded slightly to himself. Although Gathering Spirit Flowers were miraculous natural treasures, their ability to enhance the Spiritual Energy in a particr space was not endless. Unless their numbers were truly vast, like the Luo Tian Sect''s one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers. Such a quantity might cause a quantitative change that leads to a qualitative transformation, enhancing the level of the Spirit Field Cave. Alternatively, setting up arge-scale Spirit Gathering Arraybined with a high-ss Spirit Vein might also significantly improve the quality of Spiritual Energy and, thereby, upgrade the level of the Spirit Field Cave. ``` Chapter 226: Chapter 158: A Prodigy of the Dao of Arrays, The Talent Lottery Pool Mechanism (5k)_3 "However, these conditions are still a bit too harsh for me right now... The main issue is that I don''t have enough simted energy!" Su Xing sighed and muttered: "Now, with an annual output of over 60,000 drops of Spiritual Liquid, the quantity is sufficient. If I had any more, I''m afraid I wouldn''t have enough simted energy to exchange for it..." His gaze turned to the simted panel. [In the tenth year, you have umted a total of 610,000 drops of Spiritual Liquid over these ten years, which you have kept in small jade vials and carefully ced in boxes.] [Seeing the number of jade vials increasing, you feel a strong sense of achievement.] [In the eleventh year, your mastery over Origin Force has be more proficient, and you feel that you are not far from reaching the thirdyer of external release of Origin Force.] [That same year, you reach a total of 670,000 drops of Spiritual Liquid!] [In the twelfth year, on a peaceful afternoon, you finish your meal and continue your routine exercise of Origin Force.] [You wrap Origin Force around every inch of your skin, constantly experiencing the wonders of Origin Force.] [Suddenly, you feel the shackles that had been troubling you silently unlock, and your mastery of Origin Force naturally reaches the thirdyer, external release!] Seeing this, Su Xing heaved a sigh of relief and muttered: "Finally, I''ve broken through to the thirdyer of Origin Force... From the peak of the encircling stage to the external release stage... Without the power of sudden enlightenment, does it really take twelve years of natural cultivation?" Su Xing nodded slightly. This pace was not fast, but it was within his expectations. [After breaking through to the external release stage of Origin Force, you can''t wait to experience it.] [You focus your energy in your Dantian and start to control the two forces within your body, Origin Force and Spiritual Power...] [You keep Spiritual Power within your body and cover your outer body with Origin Force, controlling them as they slowly move away from your body.] [In your sense, Origin Force slowly spreads from your fists, finally stopping at a position ten centimeters from your knuckles.] [Although you have just entered the external release stage, and your Origin Force has just left your body, you can feel the strength of this thinyer of externally released Origin Force.] [You take a piece of fourth-rank special metal and control your Origin Force to smash it towards the metal!] [Boom! The light punch directly turns an entire piece of fourth-rank special metal into powder!] [You must know that you didn''t exert any strength, this brutal destructivenesses solely from Origin Force!] [You quickly realize that if Origin Force cultivation is powerful enough to extend several feet or even tens of feet from the body, it would be a nightmare for all Qi Refiners!] [Afterward, you attempt to wrap Origin Force around the Ink Ice Sword, but since you''ve just entered the external release stage, you still can''t control it as you wish.] [To prevent the Ink Ice Sword from being damaged, you can only stop the attempt for now and n to try again once your control over Origin Force is more proficient.] [In the thirteenth year, after breaking through in Origin Force, you put more thought into cultivating the Thousand mes Art.] [Over more than ten years, yourprehension of the Thousand mes Art has swiftly improved, and it is close to the fifth stage.] [That same year, you have collected a total of 800,000 drops of Spiritual Liquid!] [In the fourteenth year, the Cultivation Technique Thousand mes Art naturally breaks through, reaching the fifth stage.] [After cultivating the Thousand mes Art to the fifthyer,bined with the Li Fire Technique, your absorption of Spiritual Energy bes even faster than that of the Changchun Technique.] [So you took the Thousand mes Art as your primary Cultivation Technique, and your cultivation speed slightly increased.] [In the fifteenth year, although you have not used Spiritual Liquid to aid your cultivation these years, fifteen years of umtion still allowed your Cultivation Level to advance greatly from the seventh stage of Divinity Transformation, leaving you not far from the eighth stage.] [In the sixteenth year, you continued to diligently collect Spiritual Liquid every day. This year, the total amount of Spiritual Liquid you possess breaks through one million drops!] [In the seventeenth year, your Qi Refining Cultivation progresses further, and you be a Cultivator of the eighth Divine Transformation Stage!] Seeing this, Su Xing slightly frowned and muttered: "As expected, cultivation during the Divinity Transformation Stage is more difficult than I imagined... Especially in theter stages of Divinity Transformation, it''s extraordinarily difficult to advance!" "Without the aid of Spiritual Liquid, natural cultivation alone takes a full seventeen years to break through a single realm?" Su Xing knew that this pace was not slow, but he still wasn''t satisfied. "Fortunately, with the aid of Spiritual Liquid in the future, my cultivation speed should advance further, right?" Thinking this, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simted panel. [In the eighteenth year, with your round-the-clock hard work, your grasp of the Thousand mes Art hase to rival that of the Changchun Technique.] [The advantage of the fire attribute Cultivation Technique has somewhat increased the power of the Li Fire Technique, and your offensive abilities have strengthened considerably.] [In the neenth year, with years of hard work, your mastery of Origin Force has be more skilled.] [You can now safely wrap Origin Force externally around the Spirit Sword, but you can''t maintain it for too long, or it will exhaust your Origin Force tremendously.] [Yet Origin Force coated with Spiritual Energy has significantly enhanced your strength!] [The Sword Intent you''veprehended from Human Sword perfection, coupled with Origin Force attached to the Spirit Sword Mo Bing, bes your strongest method of attack.] [With this trump card, your strength has increased by more than thirty percent!] [The boost in strength has given you enormous confidence, and you can''t wait to try if you can defeat the Puppet guarding the ancient tomb relics.] [But with six more years until the twenty-five-year deadline, would it not be a waste if you were to be defeated by the Puppet?] [So you decide to y it safe for now, nning to collect enough Spiritual Liquid before challenging itter.] [In the twentieth year, the number of Spiritual Liquid you possess reaches an astonishing 1.25 million drops.] [That same year, you visit the Immortal Martial Era Instance.] [You don''t intend to go directly to the ancient tomb relic, but first, you visit the three major sects to get your hands on three pieces of broken jade and Cultivation Techniques.] Chapter 374: Chapter 208: Blood Immortal Scripture, The Secret of the Blood Demon Realm! (5k) Su Xing''s brows furrowed tighter as he saw the simted text. "No need for Spiritual Energy, no cultivation of the Spiritual Root... to cultivate just by relying on blood vitality?" "This... this is surely a defiance of the natural order!" After a pause, Su Xing voiced his confusion: "However, who exactly is the Blood Immortal... to truly create such a heaven-defying Cultivation Technique, could he really be an Immortal?" "Could it be... the Blood Immortal, is none other than that Damned Dragon?" Su Xing''s heart tightened, but he quickly shook his head in denial. "Impossible, with the Damned Dragon''s Cultivation Level at the Return to Void Realm, he could not have created such a heaven-defying Cultivation Technique!" "For one to create such a Technique, undoubtedly their Dao Comprehension is profound, at least at the level of an Immortal, or even higher!" Although Su Xing did not know the Cultivation Level needed to fullyprehend the Great Dao, he imagined it must be something beyond the reach of an Immortal. Even ordinary Immortals might not possess such deepprehension of the Great Dao. "The Blood Immortal probably is not that Damned Dragon... but there must be a significant connection between them..." "Could it be, the Blood Immortal is the leader of the Descending Sect, the Damned Dragon''s superior?" At this thought, Su Xing inhaled sharply. "How could it be... the leader of the Descending Sect, an Immortal!?" Su Xing slightly shook his head, not daring to make such a hasty judgment with the information at hand. However, there must be some connection between the Blood Immortal and the Descending Sect... "Well, I might as well continue reading..." His gaze returned to the simtion panel. [You collected the bodies of these Golden Core cultivators and carefully inspected their storage rings.] [Inside the storage rings, you found several bottles of unusual elixirs.] [These elixirs were round and red, each one asrge as a fist.] [You took out an elixir and observed it carefully, only to find that it was filled with Karma and violent power, as if it had been refined using blood...] [You brought it close to your nose and sniffed, yourplexion suddenly changing. The rich scent of blood on the elixir did note from animal blood, but from human blood!] [The energy within the elixir was very simr to Spiritual Energy, but it carried a heavy malevolence. Long-term consumption might enhance one''s Cultivation Level, but it would likely harm one''s lifespan...] [You quickly understood that this elixir was likely what the cultivators of this realm needed for their practice...] [After storing the elixirs away, you swiftly sought to leave the ce.] [But just as you had fled a few dozen miles, you were pursued by cultivators from the Blood Demon Sect.] [Several Nascent Soul cultivators, along with a Divinity Transformation cultivator wielding a nefarious magic artifact,unched an attack towards you.] [You stood in ce, frowning slightly, and with a wave of your hand, you cut down all the cultivators.] [The sole Divinity Transformation cultivator appeared to want to flee.] [But you effortlessly captured this Divinity Transformation cultivator and began an interrogation.] [Under intense questioning, you soon learned of the exact location and strength of the Blood Demon Sect.] [ording to this Divinity Transformation cultivator, there were practitioners of the Return to Void Realm stationed within the Blood Demon Sect, and there were rumors of the Blood Dragon Ancestor, who threatened you to release him, otherwise you would surely meet a certain death.] [You merely scoffed at this, regretting that you had not cultivated the Soul Searching Technique. Otherwise, you could have effortlessly extracted more information from this Divinity Transformation cultivator''s soul.] [But at that moment, all you could do was suppress his Divine Soul and extract more information from him.] [As you suppressed his Divine Sense, you noticed the aura of this Divinity Transformation cultivator was ethereal. Although he was in the mid-stage of Divinity Transformation, his strength was likely only equivalent to the initial stage of the same realm.] [Moreover, the cultivator''s breath was deep, his lifespan fading...] [Yet, from the cultivator''s face you could see the indelible mark of death; it seemed most of his lifespan had been consumed, and his days were numbered.] [You asked how long he had been practising Cultivation. Pressured by you, he dared not hide the truth, honestly answering that he was one hundred and seventy years old, having cultivated for over a hundred and sixty years...] [Hearing this, you frowned slightly. The aura of this Divinity Transformation cultivator was decaying, and he had at most twenty or thirty years remaining... Normally, for a Divinity Transformation cultivator, a lifespan of a thousand years wasn''t an issue, and with life-extending substances, living to one thousand five hundred years was not difficult.] [It became clear to you, the methods of this sinister Cultivation severely drained one''s lifespan! His life expectancy was less than a fifth of that of cultivators at the same realm!] [At the same time, you were astounded; a person without a Spiritual Root had managed to reach the mid-stage of Divinity Transformation in just over a hundred and sixty years, a Cultivation talent that came close to a Heavenly Spirit Root Cultivator!] [You wished to continue questioning this Divinity Transformation cultivator, yet he still offered you a minor threat. In the end, it seemed as if he saw something terrifying, showing a painful expression, and within minutes, he fell to the ground lifeless.] [After the death of this Divinity Transformation cultivator, his face aged rapidly, and he became thin as a rake... It seemed his vitality, spirit, and Essence had been sucked dry.] [In just a few breaths, he changed from a middle-aged man to an old wreck, eventually turning into a dried corpse.] [Grudges and Karma entwined above the dried corpse, and even his Divine Soul was wiped clean.] [You were surprised and immediately used your Divine Sense to inspect the body.] [However, beneath the corpse, you discovered a bug the size of a thumb!] [It was a Gu Insect!] [Entirely red, wrapped in grudges and blood scent, it gave off an extremely malicious vibe.] [If you were not mistaken, the rapid withering of this Divinity Transformation cultivator''s body was due to the Gu Insect devouring all his blood vitality, Cultivation, and even his Divine Soul.] [You channeled your Spiritual Power and captured the Gu Insect.] [Once you caught it, the Gu Insect stared at you with resentment and malice, its sesame seed-sized eyes blood red, seemingly highly intelligent.] Chapter 376: Chapter 208: Blood Immortal Scripture, The Secret of the Blood Demon Realm! (5k)_3 [A thought crossed your mind, and you threw the Spirit Explosion Technique into the midst of the Blood Demon Sect''s sect grounds!] [Boom! In an instant, a terrifying spiritual power explosion swept through most of the sect...] [After a few breaths, the smoke slowly cleared, revealing thousands of low-level cultivators below, who had been sted to death like ants by your hand.] [Fear and roars of agony instantly filled the entire Blood Demon Sect.] [But you, as calm as the breeze and light as the clouds, took out a bottle of Spiritual Liquid and, after taking a sip, you once again gathered a cyclone of energy and released the Spirit Explosion Technique towards the ground below.] [Like this, you unleashed three Spirit Explosion Techniques in session.] [In less than a quarter of an hour''s time, tens of thousands of the sect''s cultivators were reduced to merely a few dozen survivors.] [Thus, all cultivators below Divinity Transformation Stage were indiscriminately killed by the Spirit Explosion Technique.] [Even those at the Divinity Transformation Stage were severely injured and their aura was weak.] [After clearing the area, you controlled your spiritual power to slowly descend into the Blood Demon Sect''s grand hall, where you saw the few dozen cultivators gathered together in defense.] [Apart from two cultivators at the Return to Void Realm who merited a second nce, those at the Divinity Transformation Stage were no match for you at all.] [You slowly made your way into the grand hall, and with a casual sword strike, you killed one of the Divinity Transformation Stage cultivators.] [Then your Divine Sense swept over the corpse, and just as you had thought before, the body quickly decayed and soon a Gu Insect crawled out slowly from the cadaver.] [You channeled your spiritual power to capture the Gu Insect, which immediately bared its teeth at you.] [You frowned slightly, it wasn''t just the cultivator you had killed before or the body you just slew, all the cultivators in the sect, from Foundation Establishment Stage to Nascent Soul Stage, turned into corpses after death.] [You lifted your head to look at the cultivators in front of you, and they trembled with shock.] [Your Divine Sense passed over the only two Return to Void cultivators.] [Sure enough, both of these Return to Void cultivators looked like their lifespan had been damaged, their aura fragile.] [One of the tall Return to Void cultivators fared somewhat better, but the other was shrouded in dark qi, with likely no more than fifty years left...] In the real world, Su Xing looked at the text before him and frowned slightly, murmuring: "So, even the Return to Void cultivators have little time left in their lifespan?" "Normally, a Return to Void cultivator could easily live for two to three thousand years... But the cultivators of this realm probably have lifespans of only four to five hundred years, right?" "Is it because of the Blood Immortal Scripture?" Su Xing took a deep breath, then chanted silently: "Activate the immersive simtion feature for 24 hours!" [Ding, you have sessfully used the immersive simtion feature, costing 2.4 million energy points, remaining 1.04793 billion.] As the simtor''s notification sounded, Su Xing''s vision blurred momentarily. The next second, Su Xing found himself in an unfamiliar environment. First was the thick scent of blood, along with an ufortable sticky presence in the air. Su Xing frowned slightly and scanned the area in front of him. He saw dozens of cultivators a few dozen meters away from him, each with different expressions, armed with weapons and magical treasures, ready for battle. In each cultivator''s eyes, there was a deep fear. Su Xing nced at the cultivator who had turned into a rotting corpse not far away, then his Divine Sense swept over the few dozen living cultivators and murmured: "Just as described in the simtion text... their lifespans are damaged, hardly befitting of a cultivator!" Su Xing shook his head slightly. The path of cultivation practiced by the cultivators of this realm had deviated from the essence of the cultivator''s path and had turned towards some extreme. What is the path of cultivation? Although Su Xing had been in the Cultivation World for less than two years, having experienced the five challenges of Divinity Transformation, his mindset and pursuit of the cultivation path were fairly steadfast. In Su Xing''s view, there''s only one ultimate goal for any cultivator, and that is immortality! Immortals live as long as the heavens and the earth, shine alongside the sun and the moon. Further down, some cultivators may seek to right wrongs with a swift hand, others desire freedom and leisure... Or perhaps ambitious cultivators aim to wield the power of the world, to find joy in thep of beauty. But regardless, they can never stray from the ultimate goal of cultivation, immortality! Yet the cultivators of this realm, even upon reaching the Return to Void Realm, possess lifespans that don''t evenpare to ordinary Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators. Such practice truly runs counter to the essence of cultivation. "Quick-fix methods are indeed undesirable..." Su Xing shook his head, the only benefit being that the Blood Immortal Scripture is not choosy about its practitioners. As Su Xing contemted, the few dozen cultivators in front of him spoke up with trembling voices: "Senior, what grudge or grievance do you have with us to warrant annihting our Blood Demon Sect?" "Yeah... Senior, you''ve already killed those low-level cultivators... but for us above the Divinity Transformation Stage, cultivation isn''t easy!" Su Xing looked on coldly at the pleading cultivators, remaining silent. Seeing that Su Xing was unresponsive, these cultivators started to threaten: "Senior, although you are powerful... our Blood Demon Sect is not to be trifled with!" "This time, you''ve prated our Blood Demon Sect, but that''s because our Blood Dragon Ancestor was not at home!" "Now that you''ve broken through the formation, the Blood Dragon Ancestor will surely return soon. If you leave now we can act as if nothing happened... but by the time you want to run, it''ll be toote!" After hearing the words of these two Return to Void cultivators, Su Xing''s interest was piqued, and he countered: "Oh? I killed tens of thousands of cultivators from your Blood Demon Sect, and you can act as if nothing happened?" "Do you think I''m stupid?" The two Return to Void cultivators looked at each other. One slightly more robust cultivator stepped forward and said to Su Xing: "Senior, not to deceive you, the Blood Dragon Ancestor is my father!" "If you are willing to spare us, we will indeed act as if nothing happened... We are even willing to offer a significant gift!" Chapter 381: Chapter 210 Battle with Blood Dragon Ancestor, Chaos Origin Realm Cultivator? (5k)_2 In the real world, Su Xing saw this and chuckled: "Did it actually appear in just over a month?" "It seems the Blood Demon Sect is indeed not without defenses against me... previously, they said the minimum would be three months, and the maximum half a year..." "However, this Dragon Protector is indeed the Blood Dragon Ancestor!" Su Xing felt somewhat excited at that moment. He had known earlier that the Dragon Protector''s Divine Sense strength should still be at the Great Perfection stage of the Return to Void Realm. If it truly was the Dragon Protector, Su Xing was not worried. With this thought, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the Simtion Panel. [The Blood Dragon Ancestor, also known as the Dragon Protector, rapidly approached you.] [When seeing you, the Blood Dragon Ancestor had a sinister smile on his face.] [Obviously, he also recognized you as the one who severely injured his Divine Soul in the Void Domain previously.] [The Dragon Protector quickly covered the entire Blood Demon Sect with his Divine Sense, and when he found out that all the cultivators were ughtered, he had no reaction.] [But when he discovered that the forbidden ground of the Blood Demon Sect was destroyed by you, he instantly flew into a rage!] [Clearly, in his mind, the tens of thousands of cultivators, perhaps descendants of the Blood Demon Sect, were not as valuable as the cultivation resources in the forbidden ground.] [The damned dragon roared, a towering blood-red aura rising from his body, and he charged at you.] [The great battle was imminent!] Seeing this, Su Xing slightly raised the corner of his mouth and said: "Indeed, the damned dragon is the Blood Dragon Ancestor!" "Heh, having been severely injured by me before, and now severely hurt, he shouldn''t be a match for me, right?" Su Xing thought this way, turning his gaze to the Simtion Panel. [Seeing the damned dragon charging at you, you remained calm.] [Your Protective Gang Qi and Origin Force armor instantly covered your body.] [Origin Force wrapped around both fists, and you punched directly at the damned dragon.] [Boom! The two fists collided!] [The terrifying power almost changed the color of the heavens and earth, and the ground began to fracture inyers...] [To yourplete surprise, your strength was slightly inferior to the damned dragon''s...] [You were sted back dozens of meters, while the damned dragon stabilized his form after only retreating a few meters.] [Seeing the damned dragon dozens of meters away, your eyes grew serious.] [Because this damned dragon was not a Broken Void Realm cultivator, but a Chaos Origin Realm cultivator!] [In pure strength, the damned dragon''s power was over 50% higher than yours!] [This was even with the Origin Force wrapping... This indicated that the damned dragon was probably a mid-stage Chaos Origin Realm cultivator.] [The damned dragon saw that one punch didn''t solve you, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.] [He had mistaken you for a Chaos Origin Realm cultivator, as only Chaos Origin Realm cultivators could possess such terrifying strength...] [Not nning to hold back, the damned dragon roared and began to transformpletely...] [His body grew several timesrger... scales started to grow all over, and his hands transformed into dragon ws...] [In just a moment, the damned dragon transformed into a giant dragon, hundreds of meters long, covered in red and ck scales!] [Antlers of a deer, head of a bull, eyes of a rabbit, body of a serpent, ws of an eagle!] [This was undoubtedly a true dragon from Eastern mythology!] [This was not like the spirit dragons you encountered previously, which were formed from spirit veins... You could feel that the Dragon Protector was a real Eastern dragon with true dragon bloodline in his body!] [The terrifying pressure made your heart race slightly...] [But given the situation, you couldn''t afford to retreat.] [Even though you were only at thete stage of the Broken Void Realm, your foundation was perfect, and with a perfected Earth Sword, even a mid-stage Chaos Origin Realm cultivator could be rivaled...] [You raised the Ink Ice Sword in your hand, Origin Force wrapped around it, and with extreme speed, you charged at the Dragon Protector''s true form.] [After just a few exchanges, you quickly realized you had made a great mistake.] [The Dragon n had a terrifying potential in their bloodline, and in their true form, their physical strength wasparable to ate-stage Chaos Origin Realm cultivator.] [In just a moment of confrontation, your Protective Gang Qi shattered.] [Your Origin Force armor also quickly became tattered...] [After a few more rounds, your physical body was on the brink of copse...] [Helplessly, you resorted to letting your Divine Soul leave your body...] [Your Divine Soul was then extinguished by the Dragon Protector...] [You died!] [Ding, simtion ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing stared at the simtion text in front of him silently for a long time. Finally, a look of shock appeared on Su Xing''s face. "This Dragon Protector... is actually a Chaos Origin Realm cultivator!" "Body Refinement Chaos Origin... This is even harder than Qi Refinement Integration!" Su Xing frowned slightly, but considering the Dragon n''s talent in physical bodies, they were among the top across countless races. The Dragon Protector had lived for an unknown amount of time, and it seemed possible for him to have cultivated to the Chaos Origin Realm! "Damn it, I underestimated it this time!" "I only knew the Dragon Protector was a Qi Refinement Return to Void cultivator... but I didn''t expect his Body Refinement Cultivation Level to be so strong!" "And with the Dragon n''s true form... their regenerative power and physical strength are top-tier, I probably need to reach dual realms of Integration Phase and Chaos Origin Realm to fight him?" But Su Xing quickly remembered a talent he once obtained. The Dragon yer! Dragon yer, a purple talent, could severely restrain the Dragon n! If Su Xing sessfully brought out this talent, there might really be a chance to fight the damned dragon... "However, I would at least need to enter the Body Integration Realm to battle the damned dragon?" Su Xing shook his head slightly. All of this was based on the simtion. In reality, Su Xing might even choose to be more cautious, waiting until his realm was high enough to crush the damned dragon before taking action. "However... still no news about the Blood Immortal... It seems I can only get information about the Blood Immortal and the leader of the Descending Sect from the damned dragon!" Chapter 382: Chapter 210 Battle with Blood Dragon Ancestor, Chaos Origin Realm Cultivator? (5k)_3 Su Xing felt thoughtful. Soon, Su Xing brought out paper and pen to n his current enemies and the uing development. At present, Su Xing had five targets in mind! First, the Five Elements True Master! The Five Elements True Master was the weakest among Su Xing''s imagined enemies. Su Xing had the confidence to handle him now. After defeating the Five Elements True Master and exploring the ruins of the Five Elements Sect, Su Xing could gain thew of mutual generation of the Five Elements and the Dao of Arrays, inheriting part of the Five Elements Sect''s legacy, which could be considered a good return. The second target was to eliminate True Person Wan Mu. With Su Xing''s current strength, he had some confidence in killing True Person Wan Mu. But for safety''s sake, Su Xing decided to wait until he reached the Integration Phase before killing True Person Wan Mu in reality. The benefits of killing True Person Wan Mu were undoubtedly immense. A Spirit Dragon, hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones, spiritual medicines aged thousands of years, Living Dead Puppets, the alchemy techniques of the Wan Mu Sect... These were all things Su Xing craved immensely. As for the third target, it was to eliminate the ughter Envoy on the ughter Battlefield. ording to Su Xing''s spection, the ughter Envoy''s strength was roughly in the middle tote stages of the Great Emperor Level, which was about thete stages of the Integration Phase. But because of the suppression of Su Xing by the ughter Moon on the ughter Battlefield, Su Xing''s strength would be severely affected. Therefore, for safety, Su Xing decided to explore it only after reaching the Integration Phase. "After killing the ughter Envoy... the passage to the outside world from this realm will be opened!" "By then, I should be able to ess the true Three Thousand Worlds, right?" The thought excited Su Xing. There was still a Qingyun Token in his storage bag. If he could reach the Great Thousand Worlds, he might be able to find news about the Qingyun Sect... Su Xing''s fourth imagined enemy was naturally the Dragon Protector. The Dragon Protector was the highest battle force known in the Descending Sect. Qi Refinement Return to Void Perfection, Body Refinement Chaos Origin Realm mid-stage... and the bloodline of the Dragon n! Su Xing estimated that this should be the most troublesome among the four enemies. "To kill the Dragon Protector, the Dragon yer talent was essential... Besides, the cultivation level must be raised as high as possible, at least Qi Refinement Integration plus Body Refinement Chaos Origin Realm... only then could I be fully assured!" "However, after killing the Dragon Protector, the benefits would naturally be numerous... but it might also cause unnecessary trouble!" "Which would be the potential leader of the Descending Sect... and the Blood Immortal who created the Blood Immortal Scripture!" Pausing, Su Xing muttered, "And these two might be the same person..." "And also myst imagined enemy, and the strongest one!" "Of course, besides these five... there''s also the Double-pupil Demon Saint, who needs to be dealt with... but for the Demon Saint level, it might take the Integration Phase''s Great Perfection to even attempt it!" Su Xing recorded his n in a small book. As the number of simtions increased, Su Xing became more and more cautious about each simtion''s nning. Because each simtion represented a significant leap in strength for Su Xing and could not be wasted! "Very well... the task at hand is still to further improve my strength!" "And find a way to contact other worlds as soon as possible... but at this point, there was no rush. Progressing step by step with a focus on personal safety is still crucial!" Su Xing nodded slightly. If there were an opportunity before him to enter the Great Thousand Worlds immediately and contact the true cultivation world, But at the cost of exposing himself, Su Xing would decisively refuse! Because staying alive was more important than any other opportunity! Besides that, Su Xing always had a lingering concern. "Qing Yunzi, from the previous interactions, my convenient master should be considered a righteous cultivator..." "But faced with heaven-defying opportunities, even the pinnacle of righteousness might do unknown things... Just like True Person Wan Mu!" "If Qing Yunzi learned that I had grown to the Integration Phase in just a year or two... would it bring about a cmity for me?" Su Xing shook his head slightly, not knowing for sure. "Well, let''s first look at the rewards of this simtion!" Su Xing''s eyes fell on the simtion rewards. [Breaking the Defense]: Purple Talent, priced at one million energy points. [Twenty Years of Alchemy Experience]: After exchange, the current alchemy insights would increase slightly, priced at two million energy points. [Great Perfection in Broken Void Realm]: Cultivation level in Broken Void Realm, with the power to discern illusion, priced at 200 million energy points. [Eleven Thousand Zhang of Divine Sense (Micro-realm)]: The beginning of limitless Divine Sense, breaking the limit of ordinary Return to Void Realm cultivators'' Divine Sense but still having great growth potential. Priced at 790 million energy points! [Blood Immortal Scripture]: Created by a mighty cultivator, it does not require a Spiritual Root, and Spiritual Energy can still be cultivated. It is a fast-track method for evil cultivation... However, there are important secrets behind this scripture, priced at one billion energy points. [One Hundred Thousand Blood Condensing Pills]: Cultivation pills containing mixed Spiritual Energy, the refining method is cruel, the use of which would reduce lifespan, priced at one billion energy points. [Ten Thousand Blood Spirit Stones]: Cultivation stones containing mixed Spiritual Energy, a crystal of resentment and Spiritual Energy, cruelly refined, the use of which would reduce lifespan, priced at one billion energy points. [One Million Drops of Blood Spiritual Liquid]: Cultivation liquid containing some mixed Spiritual Energy, purified by Blood Spirit Gu, but still reducing lifespan and deepening karma upon use, priced at one billion energy points. [One Blood Spirit Gu]: A spiritual gu that devours lifespan, Spiritual Energy, and Flesh Essence, living on resentment and capable of purifying mixed power, priced at one million energy points. Su Xing looked at the simtion rewards before him, revealing a look of surprise in his eyes. "This Blood Immortal Scripture, worth a full one billion energy points? Is it on the same level as the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique? A true immortal technique!" "And these Blood Condensing Pills, Blood Spirit Stones, spiritual liquid, and spiritual gu... although cruelly refined, contain unexpectedly abundant energy!" An audacious idea began to form in Su Xing''s mind. Chapter 383: Chapter 211 Su Xing: I didnt mean to quarter the True Immortal! (5k) Su Xing naturally wouldn''t consume these Blood Spirit Stones, Soul Condensing Pills, and so on himself. But if used to convert into energy for the simtor, it would be incredibly beneficial! What Su Xing saw inside the Blood Demon Sect''s forbidden area included various blood pools, spiritual liquids, Blood Spirit Stones... All of thesebined contained energy amounts that at least numbered in the tens or hundreds of billions! Thinking of this made Su Xing''s heart leap with excitement. "Goodness, if I were to rob the Blood Demon Sect, wouldn''t that mean I would instantly gain billions in energy, reaching the Body Integration Realm or even a higher cultivation level?" For a moment, greed sparked in Su Xing''s heart. But then Su Xing shook his head and said: "However, the strength of the Damned Dragon is still beyond me... Even if I rob the Blood Demon Sect, who knows if it would bring greater hidden dangers..." "It''s better to handle this matter with caution!" Pausing, Su Xing revealed a meaningful smile. "But... who says I have to take down the Damned Dragon to go to the Blood Demon Sect?" "The Damned Dragon himself should still be within the Treasure Vault of the Descending Sect, right?" "If I rob the Blood Demon Sect and do it without a trace, would he be able to find out?" Su Xing stroked his chin. With the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique, Su Xing''s Heavenly Secrets Shielding Technique should be able to deceive the Dragon Protector. However, since this matter was of great importance, Su Xing should simte it a few more times to prevent any unexpected situations. "Well, these matters can be dealt withter!" "For now, I should choose this simtion''s reward... and quickly raise my cultivation level to the Perfection of the Broken Void Realm!" Su Xing didn''t hesitate much, directly reciting in his mind: "I choose the Perfection of the Broken Void Realm cultivation level and an eleven-thousand-zhang divine sense!" [You sessfully bring out the Perfection of the Broken Void Realm cultivation level, costing 2 billion energy, with 8.4073 billion energy points remaining...] [You sessfully bring out an eleven-thousand-zhang divine sense, costing 7.9 billion energy, with 50.73 million energy points remaining.] Seeing the swiftly dwindling string of numbers on the panel, Su Xing''s heart immediately ached. "However, it''s all worth it!" Su Xing consoled himself this way. As the simtor''s prompt sounded, two mysterious energies surged into Su Xing''s body. The first sensation Su Xing felt was the rapid increase in his cultivation level''s momentum. The eighth level of the Broken Void Realm... the ninth level of the Broken Void Realm... Finally, the Perfection of the Broken Void Realm! In just a few breaths, Su Xing''s Body Refinement cultivation level naturally reached the Perfection of the Broken Void Realm. His entire body''s vigor, strength, origin force, and physical strength all climbed several steps in a short time! Su Xing sat cross-legged, closed his eyes to control andprehend the energy within him. After a long while, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, a hint of surprise shing through his eyes as he murmured: "Incredible... My current pure physical strength has probably surged to five million tons!" "If I wrap it with origin force, my strength will reach ten million tons!" "Compared to when I first entered the Broken Void Realm, my strength has increased tenfold!" "Moreover... The intensity and total amount of the origin force within me have also increased several timespared to when I first entered the Broken Void Realm!" Su Xing was a little shocked. One must know that a small mountain over a hundred meters high weighed no more than ten million tons! With his current full strength, Su Xing could indeed lift a one-hundred-meter-high mountain directly! "With my current strength... What terrifying power would I have if I entered the Chaos Origin Realm?" Su Xing''s eyes shed with a look of anticipation. After experiencing the explosive increase in his Body Refinement cultivation level, Su Xing quickly returned to reality. Immediately, his eleven-thousand-zhang divine sense expanded, sweeping through the entire Kyoto City like a tide. Eleven thousand zhang was equivalent to Su Xing being the center, covering everything within a radius of three to four hundred kilometers. This was not merely a matter of covering an entire city with a single thought. It covered an entire province or even the vast northern ins. "Whew~ The range of my divine sense is far stronger than before!" "Thus, if I want to find someone, it will be very easy..." "The real change is the intensity of the divine sense! The power I can now exert with the Wishful Golden Cauldron is far stronger than before!" "Incredible... Even with my current divine sense, it hasn''t reached its peak! If it reaches the peak, how vast would it be? Fifteen thousand zhang? Or even... twenty thousand zhang!" Su Xing now truly experienced the benefits of a solid foundation. Practicing the Wishful Visualization Technique and consuming many years'' worth of Soul Condensing Pills had almost pushed Su Xing''s divine sense potential to the extreme limits of the Return to Void phase! Su Xing then carefully explored the subtleties of his divine sense. First, he covered the area around the school, seeing Jin Congxue inside the vi... "Hm? Jin Congxue is... Why is she lying on the bed alone with such a flushed face?" "Strange..." Su Xing lightly shook his head, and his divine sense drifted away again. Wild geese at the edge of the sky began flying south, and there seemed to be arge wastnd outside the western suburbs of Kyoto... Every detail was within Su Xing''s grasp. His divine sense continued to explore outward. Gradually, it exceeded the boundaries of Kyoto City... reaching the neighboring Northern Province. Almost without Su Xing having to deliberately search, every powerful lifeform appeared in his perception like a radar blip. After sensing the lifeforms'' faint presences in the distance, Su Xing raised his eyebrows and murmured: "My, my... It seems I mustn''t underestimate the background of the various business families..." "In top-tier business associations, there are almost always one or two Martial Emperor level experts... There also seem to be quite a few Heavenly King level experts?" Su Xing slightly nodded. The strongest expert he could sense was likely at the Martial Emperor level. Chapter 384: Chapter 211 Su Xing: I didnt mean to quarter the True Immortal! (5k)_2 And stronger legendary level experts could almost only be encountered at the Demon-Subduing Pass. "It wasn''t the most dangerous time at the Demon-Subduing Pass yet... Therefore, all the top families still reserved their hidden strengths. This indicated that there were internal conflicts within the human race!" Su Xing sighed softly. Where there were people, there were rivalries and conflicts. Not to mention those human race traitors, even these top families might not be united wholeheartedly to resist foreign enemies. Take the Baili family for instance, they still fancied passing down their family legacy for millennia... Little did they know that under the great tide, the entire human race couldn''t evenst for decades. "Although the strength of these families and business associations was mediocre... the energy behind them shouldn''t be underestimated!" "Especially the resources they could mobilize!" "If I could consolidate this power for my use... acquiring the resources needed to be immortal would be as easy as flipping my hand!" Su Xing thought to himself. He only took advantage of one top business association, the Baili Business Association. Merely the instance dungeon items alone could provide him four to five billion energy every two months. If he could mobilize all the top business association forces in the Great Xia, the amount of energy Su Xing could obtain would be astonishing! "Of course... there''s also the Great Xia Country''s military!" "After all, on thisnd, the military is the real master! The foundation they possess is probably more than all the familiesbined, right?" Su Xing closed his eyes in deep thought. He saw the few tens of millions of simted energy left and sighed. What hecked now was simted energy, and the top families and the military of the Great Xia Country could indirectly provide it to him. What the human racecked was overall strength! Su Xing could also fulfill these needs for them... Therefore, if he could manage these rtionships well, Su Xing would be able to easily obtain arge amount of simted energy. "But the problem now is how to do this with as little risk as possible?" Su Xing slightly frowned. With the resources he had, just the Tarot Society alone could fully provide him four billion energy a month. But four billion energy was already somewhat insufficient for Su Xing, who was about to enter the Integration Phase. "ording to previous experience... entering the Body Integration Realm would even require ten billion points of energy! With my current means, I would need to wait for two months!" Su Xing slightly shook his head. He couldn''t wait that long. And he couldn''t go without simtion for two months just to break through the Integration Realm. Rubbing his temples with some headache, Su Xing muttered to himself, "Looks like I''ll have to find a way to get simted energy again..." "With my current strength, getting energy isn''t difficult; the hard part is not exposing myself!" After thinking deeply for a long while, Su Xing muttered, "With my current means, the ways to get energy are..." "First, find a way to kill high-level demonic beasts to obtain flesh essence, which can indisputably acquire arge amount of simted energy..." "But this is also the most dangerous method..." "Second, go to the relics of the Five Elements Sect, and I might get some energy, but the amount might be unpredictable, perhaps not much?" "As for the third point... it''s to get a little from those top families!" As he said this, Su Xing''s eyes lit up. He had previously gone to the Baili family as a mysterious man to sell lifespan extension elixirs. Just two of them had earned him ten billion energy! Although other families might not have instance dungeon items like the Baili family, they should have alien metals, high-level equipment, and other items that could provide a lot of energy. "The most crucial point is, with my current cultivation level... except for that Great Emperor level expert in the human race, the rest should not be my match!" "And with the technique to block heavenly secrets... I shouldn''t expose too much!" Su Xing felt a little eager in his heart. If he remembered correctly, in Jin Congxue''s family, it seemed there was an elder who needed lifespan extension elixirs? "However... this matter can''t be rushed. It''s better to simte it in the simtor first and then decide next time!" Su Xing still decided to be cautious. As for this week... Su Xing did not intend to stay in the Spirit Field Cave to refine elixirs but nned to go to the Immortal Martial Era instance! Thinking of this, Su Xing couldn''t help but feel a bit excited, and muttered, "Finally... going to the Immortal Martial Era instance?" "With my current strength, there should be no risk... I just need to enter the relics of the Five Elements Sect and eliminate the living dead Five Elements True Master!" Su Xing was still quite confident because he had tried several times during previous simtions, and now his cultivation level could indeed crush the Five Elements True Master. Thinking about the Five Elements Formation and Five Elements Mutual Generation Technique made Su Xing a bit excited. "No time to lose... I should set off immediately!" Su Xing muttered. Then, Su Xing began to disguise himself and conceal his breath, and immediately blocked his own heavenly secrets. Taking advantage of the night, Su Xing used sword flight and quickly arrived outside the coordinates of the Post-Apocalyptic Era instance. Su Xing set up a concealment formation on himself, and then swaggered into the Immortal Martial Era instance. ... Passing through a light curtain, Su Xing''s vision changed, and the next second, he appeared in a big mountain. "Here, is the Immortal Martial Era instance..." Su Xing nodded slightly, and converged his divine sense. There were still cultivators in this Immortal Martial Era instance. Although the number was small, for the sake of caution, Su Xing decided to converge his divine sense. After that, Su Xing took out a diary and retrieved a page of the map inserted within it. This map was the location of the Five Elements Sect relics noted by the damned Zong. Chapter 385: Chapter 211 Su Xing: I didnt mean to quarter the True Immortal! (5k)_3 "Damned Zong made it easy for me, saving me the trouble of searching..." Su Xing''s lips curled slightly, and afterparing directions, he flew towards the Five Elements Sect on his sword. In less than half a day, Su Xing found the entrance to the Five Elements Sect ruins. The entrance was also a giant rock, looking quite ancient. "Tsk tsk, do these big sect ruins all like to hide their entrances in giant rocks?" Su Xing chuckled lightly. The formation was just aposite maze array, a spatial direction array, and a breath-concealing array. With Su Xing''s current formation skills, he spent a little effort and sessfully entered the array. Stepping into the formation, Su Xing''s vision shifted. The next second, he found himself in a dim space. Narrow, damp... stone walls all around, with faintly glowing stones embedded. "Is this the ce where Five Elements True Master is buried?" Su Xing frowned slightly. To be cautious, Su Xing raised his Protective Gang Qi and Origin Force Armor. With twoyers of defense, Su Xing felt a little more at ease. "In the Five Elements Sect ruins... there should only be Five Elements True Master..." Su Xing murmured, then confidently released his Divine Sense. The Divine Sense surged like a tide, quickly capturing the aura of Five Elements True Master. Five Elements True Master was about ten kilometers away from Su Xing, located near the core area of the Five Elements Sect ruins. Su Xing nodded slightly, murmuring: "Swift and decisive, with my current strength, Five Elements True Master shouldn''t have any chance to resist..." Thinking this, Su Xing drew out his Ink Ice Sword, Origin Force entwined around it. To avoid damaging the Five Elements Sect ruins, Su Xing decided to use Earth Sword directly, quickly ying Five Elements True Master. With this thought, Su Xing shot forward like an arrow, heading towards Five Elements True Master. In just a few breaths, Su Xing reached Five Elements True Master. By the faint light, Su Xing saw Five Elements True Master''s appearance clearly. He seemed to be around forty years old, with a well-proportioned build. The only striking feature was his eyes, full of wisdom, appearing extremely insightful. However, at this moment, Five Elements True Master''s expression was numb, his face pale, having lost hisst trace of consciousness. "Is this... a Living Dead Puppet?" Su Xing took a deep breath, seeing a Living Dead Puppet in reality for the first time. As Su Xing noticed Five Elements True Master, Five Elements True Master also attacked Su Xing decisively. Su Xing didn''t dodge, raised his brow, lifted Earth Sword, and attacked Five Elements True Master. "Too slow!" Su Xing shook his head slightly. Then, Speed Force enhanced the Ink Ice Sword in his hand, shing at Five Elements True Master''s body. With just one strike, Su Xing severed Five Elements True Master''s left arm. ck gas instantly spread, crimson and slightly ck blood flowed out, dripping onto the ground, forming a small puddle. After Five Elements True Master''s arm was severed, his aura instantly weakened significantly. The red-ck blood squirmed like venom, frantically trying to repair the injury. But could a Broken Void Realm cultivator''s severed arm be so easily repaired? Five Elements True Master roared, Five Elements Spiritual Power shing across his body. Su Xing squinted slightly, knowing this was Five Elements True Master trying to activate the Five Elements Supportive Method. But would Su Xing give Five Elements True Master such a chance? As Five Elements True Master gathered Spiritual Power, Su Xing struck first. Another swift sword strike! With one sh, he severed Five Elements True Master''s other arm. Then, Su Xing delivered four consecutive strikes. He aimed at Five Elements True Master''s left and right thighs, dantian... and finally his head! Within just a few breaths, Su Xing dismembered Five Elements True Master. Watching Five Elements True Master''s eyes sh with a trace of rity and regret just before death. Su Xing muttered: "What a pity... I originally wanted to keep the body intact, couldn''t hold back..." Su Xing sighed, adding: "Seems like I''ll have to burn him to ashes, hoping to bury him in a good Feng Shui site..." Su Xing collected Five Elements True Master''s body, then walked into the deepest part of the Five Elements Sect ruins. Scanning the core of the ruins with his Divine Sense, Su Xing found nothing of value. Sighing, Su Xing approached the ancient bronze coffin, taking out a Storage Magical Artifact inside the coffin. Probing it with his Divine Sense, besides the Jade Slips recording the Five Elements Supportive Method and Five Elements Dao of Arrays, Su Xing also found many useful array-setting materials. "Why are the Five Elements Sect ruins so poor?" "This is far worse than the Wan Mu Sect ruins!" Su Xing licked his lips, recalling the Spirit Dragon in the Wan Mu Sect ruins and thousands of Spiritual Medicines over thousands of years old, feeling a bit longing. As Su Xing was about to leave the Five Elements Sect ruins, he suddenly thought of something, turning to look at the ancient bronze coffin before him. Su Xing''s lips curved into a smile, adhering to the principle of leaving nothing behind, he stored the entire ancient bronze coffin into the Spirit Field Cave. Next, Su Xing quickly left the Five Elements Sect ruins, returning to the Immortal Martial Era Instance. Without any dy, after finishing his business, Su Xing walked towards the instance exit, returning to Blue Star. The entire process, from arriving at the Five Elements Sect ruins, killing Five Elements True Master, to returning to Kyoto. Took less than a day... Back in the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing had a thought, looking at the ancient bronze coffin before him. "Speaking of which... why do all the True Immortals sleep in these ancient bronze coffins?" "Could it be... this coffin has something special?" Su Xing felt curious. Then he tried to absorb the ancient coffin, converting it into energy. Such arge coffin, if made of bronze, should yield some energy points, right? Unexpectedly, a surprised voice echoed in Su Xing''s ears. [Ding, detected a material containing energy, worth 370 million energy points, absorb?] Chapter 234: Chapter 161 An Unexpected Epiphany, Minor Success in Projecting Origin Force! (5k)_2 [That year, you produced over one hundred thousand elixirs, and due to the high rate of superior-grade elixirs, Great Xia Country gained over thirty thousand Grandmaster Level professionals, as well as hundreds of Heavenly King Level powerhouses.] [In the sixth year, after arriving in Kyoto, your life continued to be as regted as ever.] [You took three hundred drops of Spiritual Liquid daily, in conjunction with practicing the Thousand mes Art for six hours.] [The rest of the time, you spent cultivating Origin Force and refining elixirs.] [That year, you crafted fifty thousand elixirs, adding nearly twenty thousand Grandmaster strongmen to the Great Xia Country.] [In the seventh year, you exhausted all the medicinal materials brought from the Descending Sect, once again bolstering Great Xia with arge batch of powerhouses.] [In the same year, aided by the Spiritual Liquid and Earth-Level Techniques, your cultivation finally broke through!] [You became a Divinity Transformation Stage Eighth Level Cultivator!] Su Xing nodded slightly upon reading this and murmured, "While refining elixirs and cultivating Origin Force, to still manage a breakthrough to Divinity Transformation within seven years, indeed the effects of Spiritual Liquid are formidable!" Su Xing was very satisfied with this. With the progress thus far, by saving the time spent on alchemy, Su Xing''s cultivation speed would only get faster. This simtion made the breakthrough to Divinity Transformation Stage Great Perfection no longer just a dream! [In the eighth year, you spent only half an hour daily refining elixirs, just to maintain your touch.] [The rest of the time, you devoted yourself entirely to cultivation.] [As time progressed, your mastery over Origin Force became increasingly proficient, and you could sense that you were not far from achieving an externally manifested level of Origin Force.] [In the ninth year, aside from your cultivation, you took a trip to the Immortal Martial Era Instance.] [Sure enough, you encountered the trace of that Damned Zong in the instance.] [Afterward, you spent half a month hunting him down and annihted his Primordial Spirit.] [In the tenth year, you returned to the real world and continued your cultivation.] [With the Heart of Enlightenment Elixir along with Spiritual Liquid, your cultivation level increased rapidly, progressing daily.] [In the monotonous life of cultivating, you didn''t find it dull but rather enjoyed each day contentedly.] [In the blink of an eye, another two years passed.] [In the twelfth year, your mastery of Origin Force became even more refined. The Enveloping Level Origin Force could not only cover your entire body but even showed signs of separating from it.] [You knew in your heart that you were not far from the third stage of Origin Force - the externally manifested level.] [In the thirteenth year, on a tranquil and sunny morning, you were cultivating Origin Force as usual.] [Suddenly, you felt a sensation, and the Origin Force within you began to tremble slightly.] [Consequently, your mastery of Origin Force naturally reached the third stage - externally manifested!] [After the re-cultivation to externally manifested Origin Force, you were overjoyed and couldn''t wait to experiment with it.] [ording to Ghost Grandma, Origin Force could temper a Spirit Sword, and since you were a Sword Cultivator, this would allow the sword to be your personal magical treasure.] [But since you were still not proficient enough in the external manifestation of Origin Force, you didn''t rush to nurture the Spirit Sword but constantly strengthened your grasp on Origin Force!] Su Xing couldn''t help feeling a bit ted upon reading this. "Whew, even though I chose Thousand mes Art for ensuring an absolute breakthrough to Divinity Transformation Great Perfection during thest simtion, the third stage of Origin Force is still so tempting!" "No matter what, once this simtion ends, I must bring back the insights into Origin Force!" "I really want to see, just how powerful is this externally manifested Origin Force?" Su Xing was eagerly looking forward to the surge in strength that was about to ur. His gaze turned to the simtion panel. [In the fourteenth year, you practiced day and night. Your Qi Refining Cultivation took another great leap forward, leaving you a mere step away from Divinity Transformation Stage Nine.] [Moreover, after reaching the externally manifested level of Origin Force, you still practiced it daily, and your Origin Force grew increasingly profound.] [In the fifteenth year, Heaven rewards the diligent, and your cultivation level finally broke through.] [Congrattions on bing a Divinity Transformation Stage Nine Level Cultivator!] Su Xing sighed with relief upon reading this. By the fifteenth year, Su Xing had reached Divinity Transformation Stage Nine, and with ten years left, the Great Perfection of Divinity Transformation Stage was almost guaranteed! "With Divinity Transformation Great Perfection, coupled with Divine Strength Realm perfection, along with Sword Intent and externally manifested Origin Force..." "With such power, I should indeed rank as the first below Legendary, shouldn''t I!?" Su Xing couldn''t help but shake his head merrily. Su Xing believed that even in the vast Cultivation World, below the Return to Void and Divinity Transformation realms, his current strength would be among the very best. His gaze turned to the simtion panel. [In the sixteenth year, the breakthrough in your cultivation didn''t make youcent. You remained humble andposed, with a serene mind, striving toward the final goal of Divinity Transformation Stage Great Perfection!] [In the seventeenth year, even with the help of the Great Xia Military, Luo Shuying''s homnd was still conquered by the Foreign Race.] [Thousands of Spirit Race people fled to the Demon-Subduing Pass, joining the battlefield there.] [During this period, you specifically went to observe the Demon-Subduing Pass battlefield and noticed that after the Spirit Race''s world was breached, the number of Demonic Beasts at the Pass had significantly increased.] "Hmm?" Su Xing raised an eyebrow upon reading this; it was news he had never paid attention to before. The coordinates of Luo Shuying''s hometown must have been close to Blue Star, with a dedicated instance portal. It was precisely because of this that Luo Shuying and the Spirit Race people coulde to Blue Star. But after the Spirit Race''s annihtion, the pressure increased at the Demon-Subduing Pass, and the number of Demonic Beasts grew. This suggested that after the Foreign Race conquered other worlds, their forces might be directed toward worlds they followed up on. "So, ording to this, when the twenty-five-year deadlinees, and hundreds of Legendary Demon Beasts arrive at the Demon-Subduing Pass..." Chapter 387: Chapter 212: Taking a Risk to Earn Several Billion Energy Points? (5k)_2 "However... once the Fasting Pill is released, some people might investigate the Tarot Commerce Association..." "I''ve erased all traces of our previous meetings, but you must ensure that you don''t expose yourself moving forward..." Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this. He still had a lot of trust in Jin Congxue in this regard. Finally, Jin Congxue said: "It would take as short as a week or as long as half a month for the Fasting Pill to secure the alien metal mining rights!" Su Xing nodded in satisfaction at these words. Jin Congxue never disappointed him when it came to efficiency. Soon, their transaction ended. Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave with a new week''s worth of goods. He exchanged the new week''s goods for simtion energy, adding another billion points of energy. Thus, Su Xing''s energy surged to 1.5 billion points. On November 25, 2024, of the New Era, Su Xing punctually started a new round of simtions. "Start Simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumed 6300 points of energy, with 1.507 billion points remaining and unlimited simtion times left.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a Purple Talent costs 100,000 points of energy, and drawing a Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 million points of energy, draw?] Su Xing hesitated for a moment as he looked at the simtion text in front of him. Unexpectedly, Su Xing would likely draw a Purple Talent again. These Purple Talents were not very useful to him. However, Su Xing was indeed in need of some previously drawn Purple Talents. "Dragon yer... and Array Dao Prodigy Talent, these two talents are what I need right now!" The Dragon yer Talent significantly increased Su Xing''s chances against the Dragon Protector. But it was not urgent. Su Xing nned to y the damned dragon after integrating with the Dragon yer Talent. "As for the Array Dao Prodigy Talent... it would allow me toprehend the Five Elements Array Dao more quickly! This is greatly beneficial for improving the Spirit Gathering Array!" Su Xing''s heart stirred slightly. With the current grade of the Spirit Field Cave, it should be able to produce Mid Grade Spiritual Liquid... However, in the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing only set up a simple Mid Grade Composite Spirit Gathering Array. If the Spirit Gathering Array could be improved a bit more, it could possibly produce Mid Grade Spiritual Liquid, even if not at an advanced level! The cultivation speed with Mid Grade Spiritual Liquid could be several times, or even ten times faster than with Low Grade Spiritual Liquid! Although Su Xing had not yet reached the Body Integration Realm, he had to n ahead for his breakthrough after reaching it. Therefore, the Spirit Gathering Array needed further improvement. "Besides... This Five Elements True Master, truly a prodigy, with unparalleledprehension!" Su Xing couldn''t help but sigh in admiration. In the past few days, apart from refining elixirs, Su Xing took time to study the two jade slips obtained from the relics of the Five Elements Sect. The Five Elements Mutual Generation Array and the Five Elements Array Dao! Apart from improving the Five Elements Mutual Generation Array, the Five Elements True Master also made significant improvements to the Five Elements Array Dao. Among these improvements, what astonished Su Xing the most was the Five Elements True Master''s modification of the Spirit Gathering Array! Initially, Su Xing thought that the Five Elements True Master had a Heavenly Spirit Root. After all, only this could enable one to reach the Great Perfection Return to Void Realm within just a few hundred years in an era of depleted Spiritual Energy. To Su Xing''s surprise, the Five Elements True Master turned out to have only a True Spiritual Root... Moreover, it wasn''t even an outstanding one among True Spiritual Roots. For an era''s prodigy, having such a Spiritual Root was far from sufficient, even substandard. Despite this disadvantage, the Five Elements True Master was the earliest among the three True Masters to achieve the Great Perfection of the Return to Void Realm! The reason behind this was the incredible formation the Five Elements True Master developed! The Minor Spirit Gathering Array! Unlike an ordinary Spirit Gathering Array, the Minor Spirit Gathering Array was not set up on the ground; it was set up on the human body! Once a Minor Spirit Gathering Array was arranged on one''s body, a cultivator could automatically absorb Spirit Qi day and night, transforming it into pure Spiritual Power and cultivation level! In simple terms: This was essentially plug-in cultivation! Even a pig would be a celestial marshal with plug-in cultivation over thousands of years, right? It was this Minor Spirit Gathering Array that excited Su Xing deeply! "If I could arrange a Minor Spirit Gathering Array on my body, the cultivation speed would undoubtedly increase rapidly!" "It''s equivalent to gaining additional benefits from plug-in cultivation besides my manual practice!" This undoubtedly opened another cheat for Su Xing, who possessed a simtor. "After reaching the Great Perfection Return to Void Realm,es the Body Integration Realm... after which is the Mahayana Realm, and even higher, the Immortal Realm!" "The further one progresses in cultivation, the slower the speed of improvement..." "Therefore, enhancing aptitude and cultivation speed bes increasingly crucial! After all, each simtion is time-limited; increasing the cultivation speed is equivalent to extending the simtion time!" Su Xing pondered carefully. Then he silently recited: "I want to draw from the Talent Pool..." Soon, a lottery machine containing purple spheres appeared before Su Xing. Among them, Su Xing spotted the sphere marked as the Array Dao Prodigy. "Blessed by the Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerate... Start the draw!" This time, Su Xing''s luck was not too bad. He spent only two million energy points to draw the Array Dao Prodigy Talent he desired. Having drawn the talent, Su Xing smiled in satisfaction, murmuring: "Now, let''s officially start the simtion!" Su Xing carefully reviewed the n for this simtion in his mind and looked at the simtion panel. [Inside the Spirit Field Cave, you realized you were simting.] Chapter 388: Chapter 212: Taking a Risk to Earn Several Billion Energy Points? (5k)_3 [After you disguised yourself and suppressed your breath, you concealed your own Heavenly Secrets and prepared to handle something.] [Disguised and suppressing your breath, you quickly arrived at the headquarters of the Jin Merchant Guild in Jinling City.] [Your Divine Sense enveloped the entire Jinling City, and you swiftly found the Jin residence.] [You entered the residence, and without much effort, found the dying elder of the Jin family.] [This elder was a Heavenly King-level power, seemingly over five hundred years old, and in terms of seniority, he was Jin Congxue''s second great-uncle!] [You had investigated beforehand. This second great-uncle was considered a significant branch of the Jin family, and although he didn''t wield as much power as Jin Congxue''s father in the guild, he still had many resources at his disposal.] [Taking advantage of the night, you silently entered the second great-uncle''s room and saw the dying old man lying in bed, with a maidservant attending him nearby.] [The second great-uncle became terrified upon seeing you and wanted to call for help.] [But you directly used your powerful Divine Sense to suppress him, rendering him immobile. As for the maidservant, she had already fainted from fright.] [You took out a Life Extension Pill and calmly exined its effects.] [Upon hearing that this pill could extend his life by five years, the second great-uncle''s breath turned heavy with excitement.] [The longer one lives, the more they fear death. Moreover, this second great-uncle, having lived for over five hundred years with wealth and power at his disposal, was not ready to die.] [Seeing the old man''s desperate, pleading eyes, you nodded in satisfaction.] [You thenid down your terms: two Life Extension Pills for ten years in exchange for fifty tons of Fourth-Rank Special Metal.] [The second great-uncle instantly looked troubled and asked if Second and Third-Rank special metal ores could be used instead, as Fourth-Rank Special Metal was exceedingly rare.] [Ultimately, after some bargaining, the second great-uncle agreed to exchange 3,000 tons of Second-Rank Special Metal and 200 tons of Third-Rank Special Metal for the two pills.] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly, then chuckled: "Heh, this second great-uncle''s courage is far inferior to Baili Tu''s!" Faced with the temptation of the Life Extension Pill, Jin Congxue''s second great-uncle appeared somewhat servile. In contrast, Baili Tu had much more courage, even daring to seek a breakthrough to the Martial Emperor level after extending his life. As for the second great-uncle, he might just be prolonging his pitiful existence for another decade or so... "However, fifty tons of Fourth-Rank Special Metal amounts to about ten billion in total energy..." "Recing it with Second-Rank and Third-Rank Special Metal doesn''t make a substantial difference to me; after all, the simted energy contained is the same..." Su Xing thought to himself as he looked at the simtion panel. [You agreed to the second great-uncle''s trade and then withdrew your Divine Sense.] [Soon, the second great-uncle notified his subordinates, and a Martial Emperor-level powerhouse delivered two storage rings.] [You cast a casual nce at the Martial Emperor powerhouse, then released a Divine Sense pressure. With just a look, the Martial Emperor powerhouse became immobilized.] [Cold sweat appeared on the Martial Emperor''s forehead, and a sh of terror crossed his eyes.] [You casually took the two storage rings, removed the traps within with a flick of your finger, and flicked the two pills into the second great-uncle''s hands.] [Having done all this, you cast a cold nce at those around you and then confidently strolled out of the Jin Merchant Guild.] [After leaving the Jin Merchant Guild, you concealed your breath, masked your Heavenly Secrets, and used Sword Flight to cover thousands of miles within an hour...] [Afterward, you changed your appearance and altered your direction, preparing to visit Mingzhu Business Association in Mingzhu City.] Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly, murmuring to himself: "As expected, he set up some traps, but by overwhelming him with my absolute power... This second great-uncle wouldn''t dare act rashly. In their eyes, I must seem like a legendary peak powerhouse, right?" "Since I''ve already made my move, I need to acquire more energy in a short time! Thus, visiting more business associations is the best choice!" Su Xing did a quick calction; he still had more than ten top-grade Life Extension Pills. If all were traded at this price, acquiring tens of billions in energy wouldn''t be an issue! Next, it was time to choose the business association targets! "In the Great Xia Country, apart from Baili Business Association, ck Dragon Business Association, and the Jin Merchant Guild... there are also business associations representing the military. I won''t trade with these for now!" "So the remaining three are the Mingzhu Business Association, the Daqing Business Association, and the Northern Yuan Business Association..." Any of these associations would undoubtedly need Life Extension Pills. Su Xing decided to take bold and decisive action, aiming to trade in bulk and acquire a massive amount of simted energy! "This time, I should be able to acquire tens of billions of simted energy, right?" Su Xing felt a bit excited, looking at the simtion panel. [You arrived at the Mingzhu Business Association in Mingzhu City and used the same trick... For the price of two Life Extension Pills, you acquired arge number of Special Metals from Mingzhu Business Association, with a total value of approximately nine billion in simted energy.] [Afterward, you visited the Daqing Business Association in the southwestern province and the Northern Yuan Business Association in DB province, acquiring about twenty billion worth of energy resources from these two associationsbined.] [Along the way, you were always cautious. The entire process of visiting these associations took you less than three days.] [Even though you felt the attention of some Martial Emperor powerhouses, with your speed and concealment techniques, you easily eluded them.] [Afterpleting all these trades, you took a long detour before finally returning to the Kyoto Academy, resuming your guise as an unremarkable, repeat student.] [While hiding in the academy, you continued to refine elixirs as usual, quietly awaiting any potential issues that might arise...] Chapter 389: Chapter 213: Ultimate Strength? Origin Power, the Basis of Great Dao Principles! (5k) [For two consecutive weeks, you stayed in the Spirit Field Cave refining elixirs.] [asionally, you went to the real world, using your divine sense to observe if anyone was following you.] [Fortunately, with powerful concealment abilities, no one discovered your whereabouts.] [You sessfully delivered the elixirs to Jin Congxue and obtained the mining rights to a second-tier alien metal mine instance from the Great Xia Military.] [After observing in secret for some days and finding that you hadn''t been exposed, you felt much more at ease.] [One day, after umting a day''s worth of Great Wisdom State bonus, you set out to head to the Luotian Meeting Instance.] Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly, silently chanted: "Use the immersive simtion function, duration 24 hours!" [Ding, congrattions on using the immersive simtion function, consuming 2,400,000 points of energy, with 146,330,000 points remaining.] As the prompt sound faded, Su Xing''s view shifted, and he found himself within the Luotian Meeting Instance once again. He was standing in a grand hall, and in front of him was his cheap master in the instance, Luo Ying. "Good disciple, go to the back mountain and invite Senior Brother Shennong over..." Su Xing nodded slightly at these words but did not hurry to move. Instead, he asked the question in his heart. "Master, my current cultivation level has reached the Great Perfection of the Return to Void Realm, and I wish to break through to the Integration Phase..." "But my current understanding of the powers of heaven and earth, of the rules, is still somewhat unclear. Could you possibly enlighten me, Master?" The Sect Master of the Luo Tian Sect, Luo Ying, nodded slightly upon hearing Su Xing''s words, first praising him: "Disciple, your talent is indeed extraordinary! You have a chance of achieving immortality along the orthodox immortal path in the future!" After speaking, Luo Ying scrutinized Su Xing closely, and his face was one of surprise: "Good disciple, it seems you have already grasped the extreme speed?" "Extreme speed is a type of extreme power, and extreme power is also known as origin power!" "It''s a part of the Great Dao Principles. Typically, as long as a cultivatorprehends one form of extreme power and cultivates it to a profound level, finding a ce rich in spiritual energy, and using extreme power to stimte the dantian..." "Of course, it must also be assisted with mantras and mental techniques..." After speaking, Luo Ying pointed at Su Xing''s forehead. Instantly, Su Xing''s mind was filled with many memories. Those memories concerned the precautions for breaking through from the Return to Void Realm to the Integration Phase, along with a short mantra. The information regarding the spiritual power flow was particrly beneficial for Su Xing, saving him much time in personal exploration. With these new memories, Su Xing was overjoyed and quickly said: "Thank you, Master, for enlightening me!" Luo Ying nodded slightly, but he still reminded him: "Good disciple, your talent is outstanding. While in the Return to Void Realm, try to enhance your divine sense to the maximum. When you reach the Integration Phase, your divine sense will transform further!" "Additionally, concerning the extreme speed you have mastered..." "You were born with a thunder body and are skilled in swordsmanship. I believe that after you be immortal, the first Great Dao youprehend might be the Dao of Thunder or the Dao of the Sword..." "But regardless of which Great Dao it is, both require extreme speed and extreme strength!" "If you canprehend both during your Return to Void Realm, then exploring the Dao of Thunder and the Dao of the Swordter will yield twice the result with half the effort, greatly benefiting you!" Su Xing nodded slightly at Luo Ying''s remarks. These were lessons from predecessors, and Su Xing naturally took them to heart. Then, he asked his second question: "Master, regarding the breakthrough to the Chaos Origin Realm after the Broken Void Realm, could you possibly guide me on that as well?" Upon hearing Su Xing''s question, Luo Ying replied: "In fact, for the body refinement path, the core of the breakthrough has always been the same: Breaking the limit!" "Break the physical limits and unlock your greatest potential!" "Therefore, whether it is the Chaos Origin, the Great Achievement Body, or even the Immortal Body, all you need to do is to continually break your limits!" "Like before, find a ce of extreme conditions to enhance your physical strength and break the limits, achieving the Chaos Origin!" Su Xing nodded slightly at the exnation, then asked: "Master, have you ever heard of the Spirit Vein Dragon?" Since it wasn''t easy toe to the Luotian Meeting Instance, Su Xing naturally wanted to ask some long-standing questions in his heart. Hearing Su Xing''s words, Luo Ying teased: "Good disciple, it seems you have too many questions for today?" "Why not invite your senior brother first? I will answer your queries another time when there''s an opportunity?" Su Xing sighed inwardly upon hearing this, knowing he had asked too many questions. It seemed the instance couldn''t always bend the rules. He decided to ask more during the next simtion. Thus, Su Xing went to find Senior Brother Shennong Youtian. Afterpleting a series of tasks, Su Xing immersed himself in the Scripture Pavilion, continuing to cram moremon knowledge about the cultivation world. Very soon, the immersive simtion time ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world. Back in the real world, Su Xing muttered: "The breakthrough to Return to Void, and the steps after the Broken Void Realm, are bing clearer..." "Next, I should continue to enhance my divine sense and focus on the cultivation of extreme power?" Su Xing pondered for a moment. His extreme speed had been triggered during theprehension of swordsmanship. But as for how to obtain extreme strength, that was still unclear to him. "I will take it one step at a time... If I truly can''t achieve extreme strength, I''ll break through to the Integration Phase directly andpensateter..." With this in mind, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simtion panel. [After leaving the Luotian Meeting Instance, you began to study the Minor Spirit Gathering Array.] Chapter 390: Chapter 213: Ultimate Strength? Origin Power, the Basis of Great Dao Principles! (5k)_2 [You bought some fish seedlings from the market and dug a pond in the Spirit Field Cave, introducing the spiritual spring, and extravagantly added a batch of spiritual liquid.] [Later, you ced these fish seedlings into the pond, preparing to try engraving a minor spirit gathering array on the carp in the future.] [On the day you met Luo Shuying, you brought Soul Condensing Pills for her.] [You also joined the Descending Sect together with Luo Shuying.] [After joining the Descending Sect, you quickly garnered arge number of fangirls.] [In the following two years, you refined elixirs daily, while the previously acquired fish seedlings grew rapidly into carp with nascent spiritual intelligence...] [You umted two months of the Great Wisdom in Foolishness state.] [In the third year, you saw the timing was right and thus defected from the Descending Sect.] [After defecting from the Descending Sect, you faced pursuit.] [You took the opportunity to counter-kill all the Martial Emperor-level protectors and erased the two faction leaders.] [After that, you deceived your devoted followers into entering the Demon-Subduing Pass to fend off enemies.] [You started attempting to set up minor spirit gathering arrays.] [Setting up a minor spirit gathering array required a high level of divine sense, at least reaching the keen realm, only then could one observe the subtle changes in the spirit gathering array.] [In this respect, you just met the requirements.] [Moreover, setting up a spirit gathering array, unlike ordinary formations, required not just spirit stones, but a special tool, a spirit brush, and spiritual ink to engrave on the target.] [These tools and array materials were all stored in the Five Elements True Master''s storage ring.] [However, the difficulty of the minor spirit gathering array was... it needed to align with the characteristics of the spirit gathering array, adapt to the flow of spiritual power, and nature''s energy, only then could it be sessfully arranged...] [The entire process was more like drawing a talisman than setting up an array...] [Although you had outstanding talent in the Dao of Arrays, you were not proficient in the Dao of Talismans, making the initial undertaking of the minor spirit gathering array difficult.] [Fortunately, with the two-month Great Wisdom state bonus, yourprehension improved, and you took out the spiritual ink and spirit brush, attempting to engrave on the spiritual carp.] [With keen realm divine sense radiating out, you could feel the subtle spiritual power flow within the spiritual carp...] [Then, using the spirit brush as a medium, and spiritual ink as energy, you moved your brush with the skill of a dragon,pleting it in one go!] [Boom! With a crisp sound, the spiritual carp unexpectedly exploded into a handful of blood foam.] [Even the remains were gone, shattering your n to have tofu carp soup that night...] [Helplessly, you turned your gaze to the remaining spiritual carp in the pond...] [The spiritual carp, with nascent intelligence, trembled in fear.] In the real world, Su Xing saw this scene and couldn''t help butugh and cry. He reflected on the minor spirit gathering array. In essence, itbined the cirction of one''s spiritual energy with that of nature''s spiritual energy. By forming an array, it incorporated nature''s spiritual energy within the body, allowing for passive cultivation. However, the subtle details were critically important. If it were an ordinary array setup, failure was just failure; one could start over. But setting up a minor spirit gathering array on a living being''s skin posed significant risks. Any stroke mistake could disrupt the spiritual energy bnce within the being, easily causing a spiritual power riot, leading to an explosive demise. So, besides the formation, divine sense, and talisman requirements, having acute sensitivity to the flow of spiritual energy was crucial. Understanding this, Su Xing sighed deeply, saying: "Truly, one should never underestimate the heroes of the world!" "This Five Elements True Master was not only extraordinarily perceptive and proficient in formations and talismans, but also well-versed in spiritual energy and divine sense!" "Could it be this insight led to the creation of such a delicate minor spirit gathering array?" Su Xing found himself admiring this prodigious cultivator from thousands of years ago. "Moreover, this further proves the exceptional nature of the minor spirit gathering array!" "If sessful, it would not only greatly speed up cultivation but also deepen one''s understanding of the spirit gathering array and the Dao of Arrays!" Su Xing initially intended to make a slight attempt to see if he could learn the minor spirit gathering array. However, he found it more difficult than he had imagined. But Su Xing did not intend to give up. At least after reaching the Body Integration Realm, he still wanted to master this minor spirit gathering array, so his cultivation level could improve as quickly as possible! "However, learning to set up the minor spirit gathering array this time seems difficult..." "But I can try it out first, and keep improving my divine sense as much as possible!" With this in mind, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simtion panel. [In the following months, you tried engraving minor spirit gathering arrays on a few spiritual carp daily.] [Every day, there were fewer spiritual carp in the pond.] [Although mastering the minor spirit gathering array yielded little progress, it didn''t waste much time.] [One day, you headed to the Blood Demon Cave dungeon, wanting to see the consequences of ughtering the entire Blood Demon Realm.] [You infiltrated the Blood Demon Realm, investigating for a long time, confirming that Dragon Protector was not in this realm.] [Therefore, you swiftly killed your way to the Blood Demon Sect, broke through the Sect Protection Array, and stormed into the forbidden territory of the Blood Demon Sect!] [You destroyed all the Blood Pools of the Blood Demon Sect, and collected all the blood spiritual liquid, blood spirit stones, and blood condensation pills into your storage ring.] [You ughtered the entirety of the Blood Demon Sect afterward.] [You then returned to the real world, preparing to see how Dragon Protector would react...] [Besides wandering the Void Domain daily, you started observing the external situation.] [Until a monthter... you heard about a horrifying blood sacrifice event at the southern border of Great Xia.] Chapter 239: Chapter 163: The Secret of Return to Void, Rumors of the Void Domain! (5k) Su Xing sat cross-legged, his eyes slightly closed. Feeling, guiding the Origin Force within his body. Just like bamboo shoots breaking through the soil after a spring rain shower. Theyer of Origin Force armor covering Su Xing''s body also protruded a few inches outwards. This kind of progress was remarkable. Originally, Su Xing could barely control the Origin Force to wrap around the surface of his skin. But now, Su Xing could not only wrap it, he could also feel the subtle and different changes of the Origin Force. The surge in Su Xing''s Cultivation Level of Origin Force continued for several minutes before it slowly subsided. Afterward, Su Xing stretched out his hands, sensing the invisible force on them. Like wind, yet also like fire. Invisible like wind, and as destructively powerful as fire. A thought crossed Su Xing''s mind, and a strand of Origin Force detached from his palm. He then guided the strand of Origin Force, sending it flying towards a boulder a few meters away. A few breathster, the boulder was still intact. At that moment, a gentle breeze blew by, and the boulder over a meter tall unexpectedly crumbled into fine sand. "Tsk tsk... Crushing a boulder into sand with brute force isn''t difficult..." "But the strength of Origin Force lies in its invisibility!" "If inbat, you silently inject Origin Force into the enemy''s body, by the time the enemy realizes it, I''m afraid their internal organs will have been shaken into blood!" Su Xing''s mouth curved slightly upward, clearly very satisfied with this method of inner destruction through Origin Force. With this skill of separating Origin Force from the body, from a few meters away, even against a Martial Emperor Level powerhouse, Su Xing could silently assassinate them! "Then, let''s try wrapping it around the Spirit Sword next!" A thought rose in Su Xing''s heart, and the Ink Ice Sword appeared in his hand. Immediately after, Su Xing guided the Origin Force, covering the entire Ink Ice Sword in his hand. The Ink Ice Sword trembled slightly, emitting soft whistling sounds. It seemed to be enjoying the touch of the Origin Force. Su Xing slightly felt the strength of the Ink Ice Sword. Its toughness had doubled in strength, and even the spirit within the sword seemed more abundant. If the original Ink Ice Sword were a legendary weapon, then after covering it with Origin Force, for a brief moment it would likely surpass even a legendary existence! When Su Xing withdrew the Origin Force, the Ink Ice Sword returned to its original state. But Su Xing could feel that in those brief few minutes, the Ink Ice Sword had imperceptibly improved. "So that''s how it is, Origin Force can be both soft and hard..." "Using Origin Force to nourish a Magic Artifact, thereby transforming it into an Origin Artifact... is the process of forging the Magic Artifact with Origin Force!" "The stronger a Cultivator''s Origin Force, and the longer the Origin Force is wrapped around it, the greater the enhancement of the Magic Artifact will be!" Su Xing estimated that those Body Refinement Cultivators'' life-bound Magic Artifacts must have been nourished by Origin Force for hundreds or even thousands of years to truly be Origin Artifacts, far surpassing ordinary Magic Artifacts. After withdrawing the Origin Force, the Spirit Sword in Su Xing''s hand emitted a series of whistles. Su Xing could feel that the Ink Ice Sword seemed to be expressing dissatisfaction, as if it wanted more Origin Force. "Don''t worry, once my Origin Force grows stronger... I will feed you every day!" Su Xing whispered a few words to the Ink Ice Sword, and it ceased its protest. "Tsk tsk, after this simtion, my strength has probably increased by at least close to fifty percent!" "If I want to make another breakthrough, I must consider the matter of the Broken Void Realm..." Su Xing murmured softly, his gaze turning toward the simtion panel. On the afternoon of July 29, 2024, of the New Era, Su Xing promptly began a new round of simtion. "Begin simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 4700 points of energy, remaining energy is 15.04 million points, remaining number of simtions is unlimited.] [Simtion started!] [Extracting a green talent costs 1000 energy points, a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, extracting a Purple Talent costs 100,000 energy points, do you wish to extract?] "Extract Purple Talent!" Su Xing chanted silently. [Congrattions, you have obtained the Purple Talent: Friend of Animals!] [Friend of Animals]: A Purple Talent, you possess an astonishing attraction and affinity for all animals and spirit beasts, easily garnering their liking, and they have an innate trust in you. You can also understand thenguages of all animals and spirit beasts. "Hm? This talent... seems like an advanced version of the Beast Speech level ten I had gotten before?" Su Xing arched his eyebrows, remembering the level ten Beast Speech talent he had acquired. It was when he got caught by that damned Zong for the first time and almost refined into a Human Pill. At that time, that damned Zong brought out a very strange Gu Insect. If it wasn''t for Su Xing being able to understand thenguage of the Gu Insects, he would have probably been tortured to the brink. "Compared to the level ten Beast Speech talent, the Purple Talent Friend of Animals... seems to have the added ability to win animal affection?" "It''s just unknown how potent the effect of winning their affection is." Su Xing pondered reflectively. The talent to gain favor with spirit beasts wasn''t bad; if there was a chance in the future to enter the Cultivation World, maybe he could contract a Spirit Pet. If being a Descendant of Shennong means affinity with nts, then Friend of Animals is the affinity for animals; both are of the same category. "However... the most urgent thing for me now is to improve my Cultivation Level even further!" "Friend of Animals can directly rece level ten Beast Speech... If extracted at the right time, it can even save the money for an additional talent slot; not a bad deal!" Su Xing murmured. Afterward, Su Xing set a target n for this simtion session. "If I could take another step further in mastering Origin Force, that would naturally be excellent..." "Of course, beside Origin Force, it''s also time to start learning Protective Gang Qi!" "After that, it will be about seeking the secrets to breaking through to the Return to Void Realm, as well as finding the ultimate challenging location..." Chapter 240: Chapter 163: The Secret of Return to Void, Rumors of the Void Domain! (5k)_2 Su Xing closed his eyes and went over these targets in his mind, then he officially began the simtion. [In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize that you are in a simtion.] [Suddenly, the distant Spirit Chickens started clucking noisily. They looked at you with eyes filled with deep admiration.] [You can hear them constantly calling you "Chicken Bro, Chicken Bro," as if you were their leader.] [You understand that this is the "Animal Kinship" talent at work.] [At this moment, you feel something unusual about the soil beneath your feet. It turns out to be the Spirit Earthworms you had nted before, expressing their affection for you.] [You soothe the Spirit Earthworms for a while, hoping they will evolve into Earth Dragons soon.] [After hearing this, the Spirit Earthworms immediately feel invigorated and burrow back into the Spirit Field, diligently fertilizing and loosening the soil.] [Once Origin Force reaches the external-release level, you can begin to try practicing the Protective Gang Qi.] [Thus, in the following period, while waiting for news from Jin Congxue, you attempt to cultivate Protective Gang Qi.] [The difficulty in cultivating Protective Gang Qi lies in keeping the Origin Force about a foot, roughly thirty centimeters, from the surface of the skin.] [And you have just seeded in doing so, so you try to control the Origin Force at a distance of three feet from your skin.] [Afterward, following the method of Protective Gang Qi, you slowly shape the Origin Force into a surrounding shield, protecting yourself within it.] [The whole process is a great drain on the Origin Force.] [Every day, you can only practice for two hours before the Origin Force in your body is depleted, and you must wait for it to recover before continuing.] [But to your surprise, by practicing this Divine Skill of Origin Force, Protective Gang Qi, you''re able to squeeze out the utmost from the Origin Force within your body, even quicker than your previous cultivation practices.] [A monthter, Jin Congxue contacts you. She tells you that the matter of the Mining District Copies has been settled, and the Tarot Society has gained four more Mining District Copies.] [You are delighted, but you remain cautiously in Kyoto to see the reaction of the Great Xia Military.] [During this time, you take a trip to the Luotian Meeting Instance.] [After getting permission from the instance administrator, you sessfully enter the Luotian Meeting Instance.] Su Xing, having seen this, is moved and silently intones: "Activate the immersive simtion feature! Duration: 24 hours!" [Ding, you have sessfully used the immersive simtion feature, costing 2.4 million energy points, with 12.54 million energy points remaining.] As the simtor''s prompt tone finishes, Su Xing sees his vision change for a moment. The next second, Su Xing appears in the familiar grand hall. "Good disciple, go to the back mountain and call your Uncle Shennong to attend the Luo Tian Meeting..." It''s still Niu Ruolie standing in front of Su Xing, instructing him. But this time, Su Xing doesn''t leave right away. Instead, he asks: "Master, I am confused about something, regarding the nurturing of a Spiritual Artifact into an Origin Artifact..." Niu Ruolie nods slightly after hearing this, not urging Su Xing to go to the back mountain but saying: "You''re the most perceptive disciple I have ever taught. Not yet a hundred years old, you have already cultivated Origin Force to the third stage, the external-release level!" "Even I was not as good as you back in the day!" "Do you know into how many categories our cultivators'' weapons are divided?" Without waiting for Su Xing to answer, Niu Ruolie continues: "The magic treasures of cultivators, from low to high, are Talisman Artifacts, Magic Artifacts, Precious Artifacts, Spiritual Artifacts... and even the legendary Immortal Artifacts!" "Generally speaking, when a magic treasure is initially forged, its foundation and material have already determined its level, and it''s difficult to changeter." "However, it''s different for us Body Refinement Cultivators'' Origin Artifacts!" "Body Refinement Cultivators, who cultivate the body, call it the Origin Artifact!" "As long as the Origin Artifact is nurtured long enough by you, even the lowest-level Talisman Artifact can be an existence surpassing Immortal Artifacts!" Having said that, Niu Ruolie shouts, and a phantom Blood Red Axe appears behind him. Niu Ruolie reaches out and grasps, and this phantom giant axe bes solid, appearing in his hand. This giant axe is a whole ten feet long, entirely red, emitting a strong odor of blood and a burning sensation of mes. Su Xing, standing ten feet away from this Blood Red Giant Axe, can still feel oppressed by a powerful aura and even finds it hard to breathe. Niu Ruolie dances with the giant axe in front of Su Xing. The powerful aura that bursts forth even causes birds outside the hall to fall from the sky. A few minutester, Niu Ruolie puts away the giant axe and exims softly. The giant axe once again turns into a phantom and disappears into Niu Ruolie''s body. Su Xing is so shocked by this scene that he is at a loss for words. And Niu Ruolie looks at Su Xing proudly, saying: "Good disciple, what do you think of your master''s skill with this axe?" "Just now, that was my Origin Artifact, the Open Heaven Axe!" "Hahaha... Of course, when I first named this axe, I just wanted something awe-inspiring!" Pausing for a moment, Niu Ruolie''s eyes reveal a hint of nostalgia as he says: "I remember when I first joined the Luo Tian Sect, that was over two thousand years ago, huh?" "Back then, I was just a little Qi Refinement Realm cultivator... Later, I identally turned to the path of Body Cultivation..." "And when Iterprehended Origin Force, the axe I nurtured was the one I used to chop wood daily." "Yes, you heard right! This axe was initially nothing more than the most ordinary wood-cutting axe! But now, it has be an existence that rivals Immortal Artifacts!" Saying this, Niu Ruolie''s face shows a trace of pride. "And all of this is thanks to the power of Origin Force!" "Origin Force is infinitely wondrous, its applications are not inferior to Spiritual Power... As long as you nurture the Origin Artifact with enough patience, it will be more and more powerful." Chapter 241: Chapter 163: The Secret of Return to Void, Rumors of the Void Domain! (5k)_3 ``` "As your mentor, I have nurtured this axe for over eighteen hundred years now, haven''t I?" Upon hearing this, Su Xing felt an immense shock in his heart. He recalled the thick murderous aura and the stench of blood on that red giant axe, as well as the zing inferno that seemed capable of burning everything in the world to ashes. That terrifying aura that almost made Divinity Transformation Cultivators unable to look at it directly... Two thousand years ago, was this mountain-splitting axe really just an ordinary wood-chopping axe? The difference was truly astonishing! Seeming to see Su Xing''s shock, Niu Ruolie exined: "The nurturing of an Origin weapon lies in the use of it!" "Ordinary magical treasures and weapons, even if made from high-quality materials, will suffer in quality over time through the erosion of the years and countless battles..." "But Origin weapons are different!" "We, Body Refinement Cultivators, wrap Origin Force around Origin weapons during battles, which acts as a buffer for the weapon, such that ordinary weapons colliding with it couldn''t possibly harm our Origin weapons." "Furthermore, regr maintenance and polishing, and even your feelings for the Origin weapon, can make it stronger and stronger..." "If you were a little stronger, you could integrate the Origin weapon into your body and nurture it with your own blood and Origin Force, eventually forming your destiny''s Origin weapon. By then, the Origin weapon in your hand would be no less powerful than any magical treasure!" Su Xing could see that Niu Ruolie was very proud as he spoke these words. And indeed, nurturing an ordinary weapon into such a terrifying and astonishment-inducing weapon was something to be proud of! Su Xing took a deep breath, then bowed to Niu Ruolie and said: "Thank you for your guidance, Master!" Niu Ruolieughed and nodded in response: "All right, go find your uncle Shennong in the spirit fields!" Su Xing nodded at the words, his mind still reverberating with the image of that crimson giant axe. It wasn''t until he was almost at the back mountain that he suddenly remembered he had forgotten to ask about how to break through the Return to Void Realm. "No matter, Uncle Shennong should be able to help..." With that thought, Su Xing quickly arrived at the back mountain. Shennong Youtian still looked like an old farmer tending to his spirit field among the hills. After carefully loosening the soil and fertilizing a seed, Shennong Youtian stood up, looked towards Su Xing with a smile, and said: "Nephew Luo Tian, are you calling me to the Luo Tian Great Assembly?" Su Xing nodded slightly and replied: "Yes, Uncle Shennong!" Shennong Youtianughed and walked toward Su Xing, saying: "Nephew, your aura has grown increasingly profound. I suspect you have reached the end of both Body and Qi refinement and are close to entering the Void Realm, aren''t you?" Su Xing nodded slightly again, seizing the opportunity to say: "Uncle Shennong, I havee to seek your advice on exactly how to step into the Return to Void Realm." Uncle Shennong nodded slightly and replied: "Having cultivated to this realm, you indeed should know a few things about the Return to Void Realm..." ``` "The so-called refining of essence into qi, refining of qi into spirit, and refining of spirit to return to void... This is the path of cultivation for us Qi Cultivation Cultivators in the early stages," "And upon entering the Return to Void Realm, one can retract one''s Divine Sense within, with the consciousness guarded inside the body, not only can it protect the body from aging and destruction... but it can also allow the Divine Sense to travel outwards, into the Void Domain!" Su Xing slightly furrowed his brow after listening and asked in confusion: "The Void Domain? What is that ce?" Uncle-Master Shennong replied with a question: "Do you know the meaning of forming ''spiritual connections over a long time''?" "The so-called spiritual connections over a long time, for ordinary people, mean that they have heard of each other''s reputation and have long wanted to meet but only just did, which is a regret." "But for cultivators in the Return to Void Realm, it means that the Divine Senses of two people have already resonated with each other in the realm of nothingness, despite not having met in the real world." Su Xing listened with a deeper frown. From what he heard, the Void Domain seemed to be a ce where only cultivators above the Return to Void stage could send their Divine Sense? Sure enough, Shennong Youtian said: "When your Primordial Spirit is strong enough, you will be able to sense the call of the Void Domain. Once you can step into the Void Domain, your physical body and divine soul can undergo a transformation..." "Survive the Divine Thunder of Void, and you be a Return to Void Realm Cultivator!" After hearing this, Su Xing''s brow tightened. The Void Domain, the Divine Thunder of Void. These things seemed to exist only in the Cultivation World... And in the world where Su Xing lived, no new cultivators were born. He was uncertain whether the Void Domain still existed. "Could it be... that the path ahead is already severed?" Unwilling to ept this, Su Xing asked: "Uncle-Master, if one does not enter the Void Domain, is there still a possibility to break through to the Return to Void stage?" Upon hearing Su Xing''s words, Shennong Youtianughed heartily and said: "What are you talking about, Nephew? Without entering the Void Domain, how can one be a Return to Void Realm Cultivator..." Mid-sentence, Shennong Youtian suddenly stopped, as if he remembered something, and said: "Actually, there is such a rumor... It is said that tens of thousands of years ago, a Divinity Transformation Cultivator identally entered a ce beyond heaven..." "The so-called ce beyond heaven refers to a world without the Void Domain." "That cultivator stayed in the ce beyond heaven for over a thousand years. Even though he cultivated to the Great Perfection of Divinity Transformation and his Divine Sense was full, he still couldn''t sense the Void Domain..." "But that Divinity Transformation Cultivator was also remarkable. He was an incredible talent in alchemy. Even without the Void Domain, he managed to create a type of elixir..." "Named Void Refinement Pill!" After a pause, Shennong Youtian continued: "The main use of the Void Refinement Pill now: is to help Divinity Transformation Stage cultivators at Great Perfection, to protect their Primordial Spirits from being destroyed and withstand the Divine Thunder of Void after entering the Void Domain." "But initially, the Void Refinement Pill was rumored to be able to bypass the sensing of the Void Domain and directly allow one to step into the Return to Void stage." "Of course... This is just a rumor. Whether it''s true or not, it''s been too long, and I do not know," Uncle-Master said. After hearing this, Su Xing silently took note. Regardless of its truth, Su Xing had to give it a try. If there truly is no Void Domain in the real world, wouldn''t Su Xing be doomed? Therefore, Su Xing said: "Uncle-Master, about the recipe for this Void Refinement Pill... cough cough, is it possible for your nephew to take a look?" Chapter 242: Chapter 164 Supreme Secret Technique, Diagram of Wishful Visualization! (5k) Shennong Youtian nodded lightly and said, "Why not? An elixir recipe is just an external object after all..." Having said that, Shennong Youtian rummaged through his storage magical artifact and, finally, handed over an old piece of parchment. Su Xing took it and looked. On this parchment, not only was the recipe for the Void Refinement Pill recorded, but also the types and quantities of medicinal herbs were clearly listed. One of the main ingredients for this Void Refinement Pill was actually the Condensing Spirit Wood! Su Xing was not surprised by this. After all, Condensing Spirit Wood is a rare herb that can enhance divine sense, making it particrly suitable as a main ingredient for the Void Refinement Pill. "But, what is this Spring Dew Pure Water?" Su Xing pointed to an ingredient on the recipe and asked his Uncle-Master Shennong. Shennong Youtian then exined, "Pure water refers to rootless water... that is, rainwater that falls from the sky." "As for Spring Dew Pure Water, it is the first strand of rainwater collected after the thunder on the day of Jingzhe!" "The day of Jingzhe is the day of utmost yang, where it is said that with a single peal of thunder, all evil retreats!" "This Spring Dew Pure Water, having absorbed a thread of thew of thunder from the first p of thunder, is even more beneficial to our cultivators'' divine souls and physical bodies." "Return to Void Realm cultivators, upon entering the Void Domain, will undergo the baptism of the thunder of voidness. If one can obtain the thunderous essence from this Spring Dew Pure Water, they can safely cross over." Shennong Youtian borated with ease. Su Xing nodded thoughtfully and said, "So, this Spring Dew Pure Water, is just the first strand of rainwater on the day of Jingzhe?" "But... with so much rainwater during a rainfall, how do I obtain that first strand?" Su Xing started to feel a headache; after all, the water from rainfall is innumerable drops. How difficult it must be to take the first strand from those innumerable drops? Perhaps... only a deity could manage it, right? Shennong Youtian smiled slightly upon hearing this and said, "Nephew Luo, have you forgotten about divine sense?" "If a cultivator''s divine sense is sufficiently strong, it can envelop tens of miles around. On the day of Jingzhe, taking roughly the first ten drops of rainwater should be the aim..." "As for quantity, naturally, the more, the better... However, if one''s agility and divine sense are not strong enough, there isn''t much difference between the tenth drop and the first drop..." After hearing this, Su Xing nodded as if deep in thought. But in his heart, he still harbored some worries; the requirement for Spring Dew Pure Water seemed a bit too strict... "Thank you for the guidance, Uncle-Master!" Su Xing bowed to Shennong Youtian. No matter what, he now had a clue about how to break through to the Return to Void Realm. Difficult as it might be, as long as Su Xing was willing to persevere, he could always manage to get it. Afterwards, Su Xing escorted Shennong Youtian to the grand meeting of the Luo Tian Convention. There were still ten hours left before the immersion simtion. Su Xing hurried to the Scripture Pavilion to continue memorizing the "Three Talents Sword Technique" Heavenly Sword chapter. After all, the Heavenly Sword chapter was the most challenging, and Su Xing wanted to cherish every opportunity to memorize it. Day by day, little by little, as long as he visited a few more times, he would eventually be able topletely memorize this sword technique. Soon, Su Xing arrived inside the Scripture Pavilion. Going to a familiar spot, Su Xing took out the Three Talents Sword Technique and was ready to memorize it. But not long after he arrived, he heard the voice of Ghost Grandma. "You are Niu Ruolie''s disciple Luo Xiaochuan, right?" The figure of Ghost Grandma appeared behind Su Xing. Su Xing quickly bowed and said, "Greetings to the senior!" Ghost Grandma still had that calm expression, only saying, "In my opinion, your talent for Qi Refinement even surpasses that of Body Refinement, no?" "Not yet a hundred years old, and already at Divinity Transformation Realm Great Perfection, breaking into the Return to Void Realm is probably just a matter of time..." Su Xing responded with just a thankful smile. Ghost Grandma was actually mistaken. Su Xing''s talent for Body Refinement was purple, strictly speaking, better than his Qi Refinement talent. However, Su Xing had invested more resources and effort into his Qi Refining Cultivation, which was why he was barely able to keep both types of cultivation on par. But then, Ghost Grandma said something that made Su Xing''s heart leap with joy. "It seems to me you haven''t cultivated any secret divine sense techniques... how can you ascend to the Void Domain and step into the Return to Void Realm without that?" "Eh? Strange..." "Although you haven''t cultivated any secret divine sense techniques, why is your divine sense so formidable?" "Could it be you have the natural Soul Immortal Body... or have you consumed some kind of heavenly material or earthly treasure?" Ghost Grandma''s expression became even more curious. It was understandable that Ghost Grandma could not see through Su Xing''s details. At this point, Su Xing''s divine sense was entirely umted through consuming Soul Condensing Pills! But taking Soul Condensing Pills resulted in pill toxin, which was tolerable in small doses, but withrger amounts, it would be difficult to improve divine sense. However, Su Xing''s greatest cheat... the simtor, when bringing out divine sense and cultivation level, incidentally could remove the effect of pill toxin! Thus, the sources of Su Xing''s divine sense and cultivation appeared incredibly pure, as if they were entirely gained through his own cultivation. While Su Xing was contemting, The eyes of the Ghost Grandma before him turned into an eerie purple, and after examining Su Xing closely, she eximed in amazement, "How wondrous and truly strange! I have lived several thousand years... This is the first time I''ve seen such an unusual talent..." "Clearly not the natural Soul Immortal Body, yet possessing such an astonishing divine sense... And even the traces of consuming soul-strengthening elixirs are undetectable..." "Although the divine sense is only at the level of the Five Senses Realm, if you cultivate divine sense secret techniques... Hiss, your future is immeasurable!" Listening to Ghost Grandma''s mutterings, Su Xing''s heart grew more astonished. Ghost Grandma''s methods were indeed profound; she could even sense his divine sense. Those eerie purple eyes must be some kind of divine skill, right? Chapter 243: Chapter 164 Supreme Secret Technique, Diagram of Wishful Visualization! (5k)_2 If it weren''t for Su Xing''s knowledge that Ghost Grandma was unfathomable, just by listening to these words, one might fear that Ghost Grandma was a swindler selling the "Buddha''s Palm". As Su Xing was contemting, Ghost Grandma then said: "Luo Xiaochuan, I observe that you have an extraordinary talent... I wish to impart you a secret Divine Sense technique." "But as repayment, you must help me do one thing..." Before Ghost Grandma could finish, Su Xing quickly agreed: "Disciple is willing!" Su Xing''s impulsiveness somewhat caught Ghost Grandma off guard. She had not expected Su Xing to agree so readily. Thus she questioned doubtfully: "Aren''t you afraid that this olddy is one of those entric hermits from a sect who likes conducting experiments on cultivators?" Su Xing decisively shook his head and earnestly said: "Disciple is not afraid, I think grandma has a very kind heart!" But in reality, Su Xing was thinking: Sigh, anyway, I won''t remember next time... How could I pass up on another secret technique for free? Su Xing secretly apuded Ghost Grandma. Seeing that Su Xing had agreed so readily, Ghost Grandma extended her finger towards Su Xing''s forehead and said: "I will impart you this secret technique... named Wishful Visualization Technique!" "It is a supreme technique for Divine Soul cultivation,parable to a top-tier Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique... You must cultivate it diligently and not let it be wasted in obscurity!" As her voice fell, a diagram filled with endless mysteries appeared in Su Xing''s mind. In the diagram was an old Daoist with a white beard, holding an indistinct Jade Ruyi! Besides that, a section of chant around a few hundred words also entered Su Xing''s mind. "Supreme Wishful... The divine and human are serene, yet the heart disrupts it; the human heart longs for stillness, but desires entangle it... Those who recite this method will possess the Jade of Wishful Protection, sheltering their Divine Soul..." Su Xing was thrilled; this Visualization Method would enhance his Divine Sense, the very secret technique he had long yearned for! Su Xing was just about to express his thanks when he looked up and saw Ghost Grandma''s face was somewhat pale and she was even unstable on her feet. Su Xing reached out to help Ghost Grandma, but she prevented him. Ghost Grandma then said: "You must cultivate diligently, and don''t forget to return to this Scripture Pavilion again after a year..." With that, Ghost Grandma disappeared from the spot. Su Xing was left alone, and he couldn''t help but sigh to himself: "Sigh, although Ghost Grandma appears unkind, she truly is a good person!" "Not only did she give me a Divine Skills technique... she even imparted such a precious thing as the Visualization Method!" When Ghost Grandma taught him the Swordsmanship Techniquest time, she did not exhaust herself as much. But this time, teaching the Visualization Method nearly caused her to lose her footing. Aside from the fact that both the Visualization Method and Diagram are more difficult to materialize, it probably also has to do with the significant origins of the Visualization Method! After Ghost Grandma left, Su Xing first took out the Void Refinement Pill recipe and carefully memorized every step and detail of Alchemy. With the remaining time, Su Xing began memorizing the "Heavenly Sword chapter" of the Three Talents Sword Technique. Soon, his time in the immersive simtion ended, and Su Xing''s consciousness returned to the real world. In the real world, Su Xing massaged his temples and closed his eyes slightly, then he saw that infinitely mysterious Diagram of Wishful Visualization. The chant was also within Su Xing''s mind. Su Xing took out some writing materials and attempted to draw the Visualization Diagram. But after many tries, even though Su Xing was sweating profusely from the effort, he still could not even begin to draw it. "This Wishful Visualization Technique is truly profound; it can only be visualized in the mind and can''t even be seen with the naked eye!" Su Xing felt humbled, as the immersive simtion brought him a bounty of rewards. The secrets of Origin Instruments, Void Refinement Pill... and he even got a marvelous Wishful Visualization Technique for free! "Additionally, I''ve memorized almost one-third of the Heavenly Sword chapter of the Three Talents Sword Technique, and after a few more visits, I should be able to fully remember it, right?" Su Xing wasn''t in a hurry about this; after all, he hadn''t evenpleted the Earth Sword, so there was no rush. "Void Refinement Pill I already have the Condensing Spirit Wood, the other auxiliary materials are also not hard to find... only this Spring Dew Pure Water, given my current physical abilities and Divine Sense, I probably can''t obtain it, it looks like cultivating my Divine Sense should also be a priority..." Su Xing thoughtfully looked at the simtion panel. [After exiting the Luotian Meeting Instance, you have gained much.] [Back at Kyoto Polytechnic, you cultivated your Protective Gang Qi while your Origin Force got depleted, and then you cultivated the Wishful Visualization Technique every day, leading a very fulfilling life.] [In your spare time, you also extended your Divine Sense, and at the same time, observed whether anyone was secretly investigating you and Jin Congxue.] [Fortunately, no idents urred, and each time after you disguised yourself and traded with Jin Congxue, no one followed.] [This went on for a year, and after nothing happened, you finally let your guard down.] [In the second year, you went to Shuangqing City, ready to join the Descending Sect in order to seize Spiritual Medicine.] [You were lucky and encountered Damned Zong within a few days.] [Damned Zong came due to sensing Divine Sense, and on seeing you, he became wary, as the aura of your Cultivation Level put him under great pressure.] [You were puzzled why Damned Zong didn''t actively seek you out but didn''t dare to act rashly, maintaining your reckless and arrogant demeanor as always.] [You pretended to be a Cultivator who had just woken up from a Cultivation instance, and as expected, Damned Zong was deceived!] [When you took out your Life Extension Pill, a look of longing appeared in Damned Zong''s eyes.] [Eventually, with the Life Extension Pill, you sessfully joined the Descending Sect and obtained a lot of Spiritual Medicine from Damned Zong.] [After joining, Damned Zong often invited you to drink, and you never refused, appearing like old friends who had known each other for years.] Chapter 244: Chapter 164 Supreme Secret Technique, Diagram of Wishful Visualization! (5k)_3 Su Xing''s eyebrows raised in curiosity, pondering what could have caused such a change in Damned Zong? However, Su Xing quickly realized thatpared to before, his strength in this simtion had greatly increased. Especially since his Qi Refining Cultivation had also reached the Great Perfection of the Divinity Transformation stage; it wasn''t an overstatement to say he could crush Damned Zong in every aspect. And perhaps Damned Zong felt threatened by Su Xing, sensing him as a more powerful cultivator, which was why he wanted to ingratiate himself with Su Xing, right? "Heh... Too bad I don''t give a damn about you!" "After I break through the void, you''ll be the first one to die!" Su Xing snorted coldly, turning his gaze to the simtion panel. [After joining the Descending Sect, although you outwardly became close with Damned Zong, in reality, you''ve secretly teamed up with Luo Shuying and obtained many medicinal materials.] [But other members of the Descending Sect are unaware, merely thinking that you have an excellent rtionship with Damned Zong.] [You enjoyed yourself, stayingfortably within the Descending Sect.] [Every day, you would practice Protective Gang Qi for two hours and during the practice of your Divine Skills, your mastery and intensity of your Origin Force steadily increased.] [After depleting your Origin Force, you would visualize the Diagram of Wishful Visualization in your mind for half an hour.] [However, the difficulty of practicing the Wishful Visualization Technique was even higher than you expected; you felt mentally exhausted after half an hour and had to stop.] [The vast majority of the remaining time, you were making Elixirs.] [You had long since mastered the preparation of Organ Refining Pills and Essence-Nourishing Pills, so you decided to attempt the alchemy in The Great Wisdom in Foolishness state to umte some insight.] [In the state of The Great Wisdom in Foolishness, your insights and intelligence decreased, but you were very proficient in making these low-level pills, so the speed of making them was only slightly affected.] [Continuing like this for a year, you made nearly eighty thousand pills, and in addition, umted more than thirty days in the Great Wisdom State.] [In the third year, you continued your routine of daily pill making and practicing Protective Gang Qi.] [That year, you made more than eighty thousand pills, and the total length of the "Great Wisdom" state you had umted reached 60 days.] [In the fourth year, having collected sufficient Spiritual Medicine, you fled the Descending Sect with Luo Shuying.] [After deserting the Descending Sect, Damned Zong also got implicated and was hunted by various protectors and faction leaders of the Descending Sect.] [You and Luo Shuying went to Kyoto, which was rtively safe under the watch of the Great Xia Military.] [That year, you made another eighty thousand pills, and your time in the Great Wisdom State umted to an impressive ny-plus days!] [You gave all the Elixirs you made to the Great Xia Military.] [The Great Xia Military gained over eighty thousand Grandmaster Level warriors, close to eight hundred Heavenly Kings, and several dozen Martial Emperor Level powerhouses.] [In the fifth year, when you had used up all your medicinal materials, you focused solely on cultivation.] [You continued to practice Protective Gang Qi for two hours every day.] [With several years of effort, your Protective Gang Qi began to take shape; you could be considered to have reached the beginner''s level.] [When your Origin Force was exhausted, you would attempt to visualize the Diagram of Wishful Visualization in your mind.] [You could only manage to visualize the diagram for half an hour every day, but during that time, you activated the Great Wisdom State, exponentially increasing your insights and making significant progress in understanding the diagram.] [After each visualization session, you would exit the Great Wisdom State and return to your normal state.] [Over the year, you used about fifteen days of the Great Wisdom State.] Su Xing''s eyes lit up at this and he muttered: "Whoa, this Great Wisdom in Foolishness can actually be used flexibly!" "Looking at it this way, its practicality is undoubtedly much stronger than before!" "Just using it during visualizations, it''d only consume about fifteen days a year, the time I''ve umted before is enough for six years!" Su Xing felt it was quite good to save the insight gained from alchemy for when it was needed, getting great value for the effort! His gaze returned to the simtion panel. [In the sixth year, you continued the arduous cultivation of Protective Gang Qi,plemented by the observation of the visualization diagram.] [In addition to cultivating, you would save up your Great Wisdom State during your free time; within a year, you managed to increase it back to a hundred days!] [In the seventh year, as you kept practicing Protective Gang Qi, the thickness of your Origin Force also grew slowly.] [The total amount of Origin Force in your body was sufficient for you to practice Protective Gang Qi for five hours every day.] [Meanwhile, with your efforts, you gained a preliminary understanding of the Diagram of Wishful Visualization and its incantations.] [You took out the previously made Soul Condensing Pills and used them daily in conjunction with the Wishful Visualization Technique; your Divine Sense grew rapidly!] [That year, your Divine Sense expanded to 3,300 zhang!] [In the eighth year, you continued to internalize the Diagram of Wishful Visualization and externally practice Protective Gang Qi. Your understanding and application of both Divine Skills improved day by day.] [Especially with the growth of your Divine Sense,bined with the outstanding effects of the Soul Condensing Pills, it expanded to 3,600 zhang!] Su Xing''s eyes brightened once more. Since he had broken through to the Great Perfection of the Divinity Transformation Stage, the growth of his Divine Sense had been slow. It had always lingered just above 3,000 zhang. But unexpectedly, the Wishful Visualization Technique was so effective that in just two years, his Divine Sense had reached 3,600 zhang! "Tsk, tsk, with such Divine Sense, I must have surpassed themon Divinity Transformation Stage cultivators at Great Perfection, right?" The corners of Su Xing''s mouth lifted slightly as his eyes returned to the simtion panel. [In the ninth year, in addition to cultivation, you started to explore every hidden spot on Blue Star.] [From snow mountains thousands of zhang high to seas tens of thousands of zhang deep, you''ve been everywhere.] [But with the physique of a Divine Strength Realm cultivator, you''ve long be impervious to both heat and cold; you could hardly feel the pressure of the deep sea.] [After searching for a year, you realized that Blue Star did not have the extreme ce you were looking for, so you began to explore dungeons...] [The same year, your Divine Sense expanded to 3,900 zhang!] Chapter 405: Chapter 218 First Real-World Enlightenment, Comprehending Divine Arts! (5k)_2 After adjusting for a while, Su Xing finally recovered from this state. At this moment, Su Xing found that his understanding of the Spirit Explosion Technique and the Five Elements Mutual Generation Technique had both taken a huge leap! Su Xing subconsciously opened his attribute panel and nced at it. On the attribute panel, he saw that hisprehension of the Five Elements Mutual Generation Technique had increased from minor achievement to Mahayana level! But what made Su Xing curious was that hisprehension of the Spirit Explosion Technique had surprisingly dropped from perfection to entry-level! "Strange... I can understand the promotion of the Five Elements Mutual Generation Technique..." "But why has the Spirit Explosion Technique regressed to entry-level instead?" Su Xing carefully recalled his understanding of the Spirit Explosion Technique in his mind, then widened his eyes, his mouth agape for a long time. "Incredible... The Spirit Explosion Technique has actually evolved from a minor Divine Skill into a true Divine Skill!" Su Xing''s heart pounded rapidly. There was only a one-word difference between a minor Divine Skill and a Divine Skill, but the implications werepletely different! Among all the attack methods Su Xing currently mastered, perhaps only the perfected Earth Sword could barely be considered at the Divine Skill level... It didn''t even count! Only after cultivating to the Heavenly Sword could one truly reach the Divine Skill level! Because all Divine Skills involved the application of origin powers... Only then could they possess such astonishing power. "It''s unbelievable that I''ve actually created a true Divine Art through my ownprehension!" Su Xing couldn''t help but feel a sense of pride. After all, this was not something Su Xing had learned from someone else, but something he had trulyprehended on his own. The implications werepletely different! Su Xing stretched out his palm, wanting to test the power of the Spirit Explosion Technique after upgrading to a Divine Skill! Su Xing cautiously infused about one-tenth of his wood attribute Spiritual Energy into it, then added a wisp of fire attribute Spiritual Energy... After that, Su Xing stopped and looked at the cyclone of Spiritual Power in front of him, murmuring: "Unbelievable, the power is almost equivalent to what it was before with just one-third of the Spiritual Energy consumed..." "If I continue to infuse more Spiritual Energy, the power of the Spirit Explosion Technique could be several times greater!" "This is, after all, only an entry-level Spirit Explosion Technique... If it reaches a higher realm, the power will be unimaginable!" Su Xing took a deep breath and didn''t continue to infuse Spiritual Energy, but slowly dissipated the Spirit Explosion Technique. After all, if any ident happened, the Spirit Field Cave could be destroyed by the technique. "The maximum power of the Spirit Explosion Technique will have to be tested in a simtionter..." Su Xing murmured. Anyway, this idental enlightenment had given Su Xing a great surprise. It almost equaled saving time for one simtion. "However... I still need to break through to the Integration Phase as soon as possible!" "Only after reaching the Integration Phase will my strength have a qualitative leap!" Su Xing murmured. For the next three days, Su Xing continued as usual, refining Fasting Pills daily. In just three days, Su Xing had nearly made four thousand Fasting Pills. On December 8, Su Xing disguised himself, concealing his aura and Heavenly Secrets, and quietly left Kyoto City. After leaving Kyoto City, Su Xing went to the location he had agreed upon with Luo Shuying. The 8th of every month was the day Su Xing and Luo Shuying had agreed to meet. When he was still more than two hundred kilometers away from the agreed location, Su Xing cautiously spread out his Divine Sense to scout the area. It wasn''t that he didn''t trust Luo Shuying, but he was worried that Luo Shuying might have been followed, which would expose him. Fortunately, Su Xing only detected Luo Shuying''s presence. After confirming that no one was following him, Su Xing arrived at the agreed location and appeared on time. "Senior!" Seeing Su Xing, Luo Shuying was excited. Since herst conversation with Su Xing, she felt as if she had found a mentor in life, a lighthouse guiding her future. When Su Xing saw Luo Shuying, he nodded slightly and said: "Haven''t encountered any unexpected situations recently?" Luo Shuying shook her head slightly and said: "No, the Descending Sect has always trusted me..." Upon hearing this, Su Xing took out a small bottle of Soul Condensing Pills from his storage magical artifact and handed it to Luo Shuying. "This pill can help you reach the legendary realm!" Luo Shuying was somewhat excited upon hearing this, took the small bottle of elixirs, and respectfully said: "Thank you, Senior!" Then, Luo Shuying also took out a storage ring and handed it to Su Xing. "Senior, these are some herbs and treasures I exchanged from the treasure vault using contribution points during this period. I think they might be of some use to you..." Su Xing didn''t decline, scanning the storage ring with his Divine Sense to ensure there were no tampering, and then ced it into his Spirit Field Cave. Seeing Su Xing ept her storage ring, Luo Shuying was overjoyed, feeling she had made some contribution. But immediately, Luo Shuying said sadly: "Senior, I still haven''t found any clues about the matter you asked me to investigate..." "However, based on my guess, a high-ranking official named Dragon Protector who guards the treasure vault has an extremely high status!" "It seems he holds a higher position than the leaders of the other two factions... I suspect he might be the conservative faction''s leader who has never shown himself!" "Also..." Luo Shuying shared the information she had gathered with Su Xing. Su Xing nodded after listening and reminded her: "It''s fine, there''s no rush for this matter... Your own safety is the most important, do not expose yourself!" Luo Shuying was deeply moved by Su Xing''s concern. Chapter 406: Chapter 218 First Real-World Enlightenment, Comprehending Divine Arts! (5k)_3 Su Xing then asked, "By the way, you seemed to be trying to absorb the power of the Foreign Race before... to strengthen yourself?" "This method has many future repercussions; do not attempt it lightly!" "Show me now, let me see the extent of the mutation in your body..." Upon hearing this, Luo Shuying''s face revealed a trace of hesitation, but she still nodded and activated her power. She took off her gloves, revealing a pair of smooth, delicate jade hands. Within just a few breaths, these hands underwent a huge transformation. The color changed to ck and became coarser, resembling ws. Luo Shuying said somewhat dejectedly, "Senior... this is the power I obtained from a Shadow Tribe corpse I found by chance... " "After activating this power, my strength, speed, and even defense significantly increased... but at the same time, I lost the ability to control objects..." "Additionally, this Shadow Tribe power asionally causes me to lose myself... If it weren''t for my Spirit Race''s innate strong spiritual power, I might havepletely turned into a monster..." Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this. In previous simtions, he had only seen the scenes of Luo Shuying activating this power. Even her entire body would transform, turning her from a beauty into a horrifying alien monster. She would then possess power nearly on par with a legend... As for the Spirit Race, their original power lies in their spiritual power... which is almost akin to telekinesis! Su Xing thought it over and said, "From now on, you should focus on cultivating your Spirit Race power... reaching the peak in spiritual power may not be weaker than other power systems!" "Although the Shadow Tribe''s power is strong, the side effects are too great, and it is ultimately not your own power... you should stop using it." "Additionally, I will try to find a way to remove the side effects from your body..." Upon hearing Su Xing''s words, Luo Shuying obediently nodded. Afterward, Su Xing and Luo Shuying discussed some other matters before parting ways. Before leaving, Su Xing shielded the Heavenly Secrets of the area and cleaned up all traces. Then he flew on his sword inrge circles before returning to Kyoto City. Back in Kyoto City, after entering the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing took out the storage ring Luo Shuying had given him before and began examining its contents. Two thousand Essence-Nourishing Herbs, two thousand Yellow Immortal Essences... and dozens of Dragon Spirit Flowers and Yuanwu Herbs... along with various other herbs. Su Xing felt a burst of emotion as he looked at the materials in the storage ring. He merely mentioned it in passing, but Luo Shuying brought all these for him. "Essence-Nourishing Herb and Yellow Immortal Essence... these are herbs that can help a Grandmaster Level profession user break through to the Heavenly King Level!" "Even though these things are not considered precious in the Descending Sect, Luo Shuying must have paid a considerable price to get them..." Su Xing thought. He nted some of these herbs in the medicinal field. Once they grow, Su Xing would have an inexhaustible supply of spiritual medicine. He kept the rest for future alchemy. Although now is not the time to bring Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills into the world, they will be needed eventually. On December 9th, as scheduled, Su Xing went to meet Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue was wearing a light blue wool long coat with red jeans, looking very youthful and vibrant. The two sat facing each other and quickly got to business. "Boss, I have sessfully resolved the matter you asked me to handlest time!" "Five thousand elixirs can exchange for the ten-year contract of a second-tier alien metal mine! All the alien metal mined during this period belongs to us!" "And the Great Xia Military said that the more of these elixirs, the better. If we can provide fifty thousand elixirs, even ten second-tier alien metal mines would be no problem!" Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this. A ten-year contract was practically the same as permanent for Su Xing. By then, Su Xing would likely already be an ultimate powerhouse in the Three Thousand Worlds. With this thought, Su Xing handed the stored elixirs over to Jin Congxue and said, "This batch of elixirs, along with the ones I gave you earlier... should total around fifty thousand, just enough to buy a second-tier alien metal mine..." "Afterward, we will focus all our efforts on acquiring alien metal mines. Around every two months, we should be able to acquire another second-tier alien metal mine!" Su Xing said. For him, the main ingredient for the Fasting Pill is Spirit Rice, so there will never be a shortage of materials. But what hecked was the time needed to produce the elixirs. No matter how fast he was, he could only make around a thousand elixirs a day. "It seems I need to find a way to produce more elixirs... only by increasing production speed can I gain more power!" Thinking about this, Su Xing''s heart stirred, and he murmured, "In the ruins of the Wan Mu Sect, I encountered Living Dead Puppets that could cultivate Spirit Fields... so is it possible that there are also Living Dead Puppets capable of making elixirs?" His eyes lit up at this thought. If he could indeed create puppets that could produce elixirs, the rate at which he acquired them would skyrocket! "In the damned Zong''s storage ring, there are eight puppets... maybe I can put them to use..." "However, I don''t know much about puppet crafting; perhaps I should further explore the Luo Tian Meeting Instance!" Su Xing increasingly understood the importance of knowledge in the Cultivation World. The Hundred Arts of Cultivation, including alchemy, formation, talisman crafting, and artifact refining, also epassed puppet crafting. "For me, if I can create puppets that produce elixirs, my energy-gathering efficiency will undergo a qualitative transformation!" Chapter 407: Chapter 219: Hundred Arts of Cultivation, Dao of Puppets! (5k, please subscribe) Su Xing felt a bit of anticipation in his heart. Soon, the meeting with Jin Congxue sessfully concluded. Su Xing disguised himself and hid his breath, stealthily returning to the school. Converting the new week''s goods into simted energy, Su Xing gained over a billion more points of simted energy. Currently, the Tarot Commerce Association could provide Su Xing with a little over a billion points of simted energy every week, and this rate was slowly increasing. Starting next week, the Tarot Commerce Association would be able to provide a staggering one and a half billion points of energy each week. A second-tier alien metal mining area instance alone could provide Su Xing with fifty million points of energy in one week! "Next, I should try to understand the Dao of Puppets... The Fasting Pill is just the most basic elixir, not difficult to refine at all. If I can sessfully create a puppet with this function, my speed in alchemy will increase several times over, even up to dozens of times!" "By then, I might be able to refine tens of thousands of Fasting Pills in a week, equivalent to gaining the energy of an extra second-tier alien metal mining area instance!" Su Xing''s heart pounded with excitement. If he could aplish this, he would be able to entirely provide for the simted energy needed for the entire Integration Phase and Chaos Origin Realm! On December 9, 2024, in the New Era, Su Xing prepared to start a new round of simtion. "Start simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 6,500 points of energy, remaining energy: 3.02533 billion points, remaining simtion attempts: unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Extracting purple talent costs 100,000 points of energy; extracting golden legendary talent costs 1 million points of energy. Would you like to extract?] Su Xing thought for a moment; this time, he did not n to extract new talents. First, the forty percent probability was too low, making it unlikely for Su Xing to draw a golden talent. Second, Su Xing currently needed a talent he had drawn before. Talisman Master! Regarding hisprehension of the Minor Spirit Gathering Array, Su Xing already had a certain foundation in the Dao of Arrays, and his understanding of the Five Elements was consummate. What hecked was some of the techniques for drawing talismans. If Su Xing had sufficient foundation in the Dao of Talismans, he could sessfully learn the Minor Spirit Gathering Array. By then, his cultivation after breaking through the Integration Phase would progress much faster. "Besides... there''s another important point: the Dao of Puppets seems to have some connection to the Dao of Talismans as well..." Su Xing pondered this and muttered to himself: "Use the talent pool extraction function!" The next moment, a mirage-like tiger slot machine appeared before Su Xing. Without hesitation, Su Xing tried to extract the purple talent. After attempting over thirty times, Su Xing finally drew the talent he needed, Talisman Expert! [Talisman Expert]: Purple talent you have a highly innate ability for making talismans. It is easier for you to learn new talismans, and your sess rate in making talismans is slightly increased. [Ding! You have sessfully extracted the purple talent, Talisman Expert. Remaining energy: 3.02143 billion points. Would you like to start the simtion?] Su Xing silently confirmed in his mind and then looked at the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized you were in a simtion.] [Over the next ten days, you dug a pond in the blessednd, poured spiritual spring water and spiritual liquid into it, and bought many fish fry to put in the pond.] [You umted a day''s worth of Great Wisdom State buff.] [After finishing all this, you went to the Luotian Meeting instance.] In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly when he saw this. He nned to explore methods to remove the ck qi from the spirit dragon in this simtion. Additionally, Su Xing needed to strengthen his cultivation in the Dao of Puppets and the Dao of Talismans. Therefore, Su Xing chose to re-enter the Luotian Meeting instance to acquire relevant knowledge. "Use the immersive simtion function for 24 hours..." Su Xing muttered. [Congrattions on using the immersive simtion function, consuming 2.4 million points of energy, remaining energy: 3.01903 billion points.] As the simtor''s prompt sound fell, Su Xing''s vision changed. In the next second, Su Xing found himself in the grand hall of the Luo Tian Sect. He heard the voice of the sect master, Luo Ying, by his ear. "Good disciple, the Luotian Meeting is about tomence... Go to the back mountain to invite your senior brother, Shennong, here..." "Yes, Master!" Su Xing responded but did not move. Luo Ying, seeing this, asked puzzledly: "Good disciple, why do you not go? Do you have something to inquire about?" Su Xing nodded after hearing this and asked: "Master, I indeed have a question to ask..." "Recently, in the Scripture Pavilion, I saw an ancient text that recorded the spirit vein dragon and noted a story..." "It said that the spirit vein dragon was condensed from the essence of heaven and earth, but if trapped in an array, it would be entangled with ck qi..." Su Xing naturally could not say he had encountered this situation himself, so he pretended to have read about it in an ancient text. After all, the books in the Scripture Pavilion were as numerous as cattle; Su Xing believed his master could not possibly have read them all. After pausing for a moment, Su Xing continued to ask: "Disciple wants to know the source of this ck qi and if there is a way to dispel it?" Upon hearing Su Xing''s words, Luo Ying smiled and said: "Heh, you are indeed curious..." After pondering for a moment, Luo Ying said: "The spirit vein dragon has always been very mysterious... The ck qi you described has never been encountered by me..." "However, if it was because of being trapped in an array, leading to the birth of ck qi... I do have some thoughts on the source of this ck qi." "The spirit vein dragon naturally loves freedom and is favored by heaven with unique advantages... If an evil cultivator disregards heaven and forcibly imprisons a spirit vein dragon, it might lead to the interference of a world''s will in some ce..." "Moreover, the grievance of the spirit vein dragon umtes and cannot dissipate... thus forming this ck qi!" Chapter 248: Chapter 166: Earn 650 Million Energy, Heavenly Spirit Root Has Arrived! (5k) Hearing the sudden voice, Baili Tu abruptly raised his head. When he saw Su Xing after the disguise, a hint of surprise shed through his eyes. He then put on a look of delight and said, "Senior, howe you are here? Why didn''t you say anything in advance?" Su Xing noticed the change in Baili Tu''s demeanor and just nodded slightly, "I heard your Baili Business Association has been aggressively purchasing Instance Dungeon Items recently?" Upon hearing this, Baili Tu quickly nodded and said, "Since senior is in need of those Instance Dungeon Items, our Baili Business Association naturally has to make all-out efforts to purchase them. As long as senior is pleased, that''s all that matters!" Su Xing, after hearing this, did not respond, but thought to himself that Baili Tu really had a way with words. Afterward, Su Xing took out another Life Extension Pill from his bosom and said, "Here''s another Life Extension Pill that can extend your life by another five years... Just give me the same amount of Instance Dungeon Items asst time!" The moment the Life Extension Pill appeared, a look of desire emerged on Baili Tu''s face. Although he had extended his life by five years, who wouldn''t want to live longer? With the chance to extend it by another five years... he would have a good ten years to enjoy! Therefore, Baili Tu hurriedly took out a Storage Ring from his pocket and said, "Senior, my son Baili Qi was mischievous before... I have advised him recently, and these are the Instance Dungeon Items he collected over the years, so please ept them all together!" Su Xing took the Storage Ring. Upon examining it with his Divine Sense, indeed, it was piled up with Instance Dungeon Items, nearly the same amount as the batch he had received before. A gleam of excitement shed through Su Xing''s eyes, then with a gentle toss, the Life Extension Pill slid into Baili Tu''s hand. "Since it is so, then this Life Extension Pill is yours." "The deal is made, I shall take my leave..." Having said that, Su Xing prepared to leave. "Senior, please wait!" Just as Su Xing was about to turn and leave, Baili Tu stopped him and handed over another Storage Ring, saying, "Senior, that was the trade... but I have also collected another batch of Instance Dungeon Items recently, just consider it a token of gratitude for your lifesaving grace before!" Su Xing frowned slightly after hearing this but, looking at the tangible energy at hand, he still reached out and took it. After checking with his Divine Sense. Boy, there was no small number of Instance Dungeon Items in this Storage Ring! Although it was not as many as he had traded before, it was at least about thirty percent of the previous trade! The value was probably between one to two hundred million modal energy. Presumably, this was the collection of Instance Dungeon Items Baili Tu had vigorously gathered during this period. Su Xing thought for a moment, still took the Storage Ring, and slowly said, "You are, not bad..." After speaking, Su Xing prepared to leave. But at this moment, Baili Tu hurriedly said, "Senior, how can we contact you in the future? If we have more Instance Dungeon Items, how can we give them to you?" Su Xing frown slightly. Baili Tu wanted his contact information seemingly to satisfy Su Xing''s need for Instance Dungeon Items. But in reality, Baili Tu also wanted to build a rtionship with Su Xing, in case the Baili family encountered problems in the future that they couldn''t resolve and might need Su Xing''s help. Thinking of this, Su Xing felt the Storage Ring in his hand was getting hot. After all, he always disliked owing favors; a trade with no obligations left was naturally for the best... But the Instance Dungeon Items in this Storage Ring were worth at least one to two hundred million, and Su Xing really couldn''t bear to part with them. After hesitating for a bit, Su Xing said, "If your Baili family encounters an insurmountable crisis, just release a message to the outside world that a shocking treasure legacy has been discovered amongst the Instance Dungeon Items..." "At that time, I will understand ande to assist you... However, it will still be business then, understand?" Baili Tu quickly nodded in agreement. Su Xing said no more, turned, and left, his figure vanishing into the night. After Su Xing had left, the smile on Baili Tu''s face faded, and he rhythmically tapped his fingers on the table, pondering something. At that moment, in the hidden chamber of Baili Tu''s room, the Martial Emperor strong man known as Fu Bo stepped out. "Master!" Baili Tu nodded slightly and said, "Fu Bo, what do you think about this mysterious strong man''s eagerness to collect Instance Dungeon Items? What is it for?" Fu Bo, although unsure, ventured to ask, "Perhaps, there is some earth-shattering secret hidden within those Instance Dungeon Items?" Baili Tu nodded after hearing this, then shook his head again and said, "Instance Dungeon Items have been sought after by millions throughout history, hoping to discover their secrets... Yet, no one has ever profited from them." "But for our Baili family, this senior represents a real and significant opportunity!" "This senior should understand our intentions... Perhaps in the future if the Baili family finds itself in a difficult situation, relying on today''s gifted rtions, we might ask the senior to take action..." Fu Bo, hearing this, remained silent, not quite understanding the machinations. Since he could remember, he had been a servant of the Baili household, serving the Baili family for hundreds of years. After some thought, Fu Bo said, "Master, this senior... seems to have grown even stronger than before." "Previously, I only felt threatened by him... but now, I don''t even have the courage to confront him head-on." "I suspect that this senior may have stepped into the realm of legend..." Pausing for a moment, Fu Bo then said, "Moreover, the senior must have noticed my presence, but he simply ignored me..." On hearing this, Baili Tu''s expression grew serious, and after a long silence, he loudly dered, "Summon someone! Instruct that the scale of purchasing Instance Dungeon Items should be doubled! Increase the purchase price by another twenty percent!" Chapter 249: Chapter 166: Earn 650 Million Energy, Heavenly Spirit Root Has Arrived! (5k)_2 "I want all instance dungeon items from all thirteen provinces of Great Xia Country to flow into our Baili Business Association!" The Legendary beings, they are the unmatched overlords who stand above themon dust of the world. If the Baili Business Association could really befriend a Legendary figure, it could ensure the Baili family''s prosperity for a thousand years! This was the sole thought in Baili Tu''s mind at this moment! At this moment, all the schemes and calctions in his heart had vanished, reced with the singr desire to be on good terms with Su Xing... This is the change brought by absolute power... ... On the other hand, after acquiring two storage rings, Su Xing traveled overnight for hundreds of kilometers, returning to Fudong Province, and then caught thetest flight, preparing to return to Kyoto. The next day, upon returning to the academy, Su Xing couldn''t wait to enter the Spirit Field Blessed Land, ready to convert the instance dungeon items in the two rings into energy. [Ding, detected materials containing vast amounts of energy, total energy value 476.82 million, do you wish to convert?] [Ding, detected materials containing vast amounts of energy, total energy value 156.79 million, do you wish to convert?] Listening to the pleasant notification in his ear, Su Xing said eagerly: "Confirm the conversion!" Thus, Su Xing watched as the simtion panel''s energy skyrocketed. From twelve million plus, it shot up to 646.05 million! After steadying his excited emotions, Su Xing opened the simtion panel, preparing to exchange instance rewards. "I choose to exchange for Protective Gang Qi and Wishful Visualization Technique!" [You have sessfully brought out the Protective Gang Qi cultivation results (Minor Achievement), spending 50 million energy, remaining energy 596.05 million points.] [You have sessfully brought out the Wishful Visualization Technique cultivation results (Entry Level), spending 40 million energy, remaining energy 556.05 million points.] As the simtor''s notification sound ended, two mysterious forces infused into Su Xing''s body. Then, a torrent of memories surged into Su Xing''s mind. These were the cultivation results of Protective Gang Qi and Wishful Visualization Technique! In just a moment, Su Xing learned the Origin Force Divine Skill, Protective Gang Qi, and had already reached a Minor Achievement in it! Su Xing slowly opened his eyes and, with a thought, murmured: "Origin Force Armor..." Soon after, a thinyer of Origin Force wrapped around Su Xing''s entire being. Once the Origin Force Armor encased Su Xing, his resistance to blows and his defensive power instantly more than doubled. And that wasn''t all. Feeling the invisible Origin Force Armor upon his body, Su Xing murmured again: "Protective Gang Qi, rise!" The next second, an invisible barrier of Origin Force formed three feet around Su Xing''s skin, directly shielding him within it. The barrier was like an imprable transparent ss cup, isting Su Xing from all harmful substances in the outside world. Forget about attacks and sneak attacks, even a fly or gas would not be able to break through thisyer of Protective Gang Qi! The most crucial point was that Protective Gang Qi and Origin Force Armor could exist at the same time! "Incredible... No wonder during thest simtion, even after entering the stomach space of the giant beast, I didn''t immediately die..." "Protective Gang Qi coupled with Origin Force Armor, such terrifying defense... even a Legendary Level being would not be able to break through it immediately, right?" Ecstatic feelings arose in Su Xing''s heart. If talking about defensive power alone, with Origin Force Armor and Protective Gang Qi, Su Xing could already beparable to a new Legendary Level being! "Such terrifying defense... If I were to cultivate these two to the limit, I might truly be able to break through the limits in the stomach space of a giant beast, achieving Divinity Transformation!" Su Xing took a long while to calm the excitement in his heart. Afterward, Su Xing surfaced in the real world, wanting to test just how powerful his Divine Sense had be. With a thought, his Divine Sense spread out like a tide. It enveloped the entire Kyoto Academy in an instant. And it kept expanding further! Three thousand zhang... three thousand five hundred zhang... four thousand zhang! Five thousand zhang... six thousand zhang... Finally, a Divine Sense range of seven thousand zhang! What concept is seven thousand zhang? It''s equivalent to having a radius of 26 kilometers with Su Xing as the center, everything within is under Su Xing''s perception! This range had almostpletely covered the entire city of Kyoto. "Tsk tsk, the whole city of Kyoto... Not a single person can hide from my Divine Sense..." Feeling his Divine Sense engulfing the whole city, Su Xing felt an indescribable sensation. It was as if... Su Xing was the god of the city! Su Xing finally understood why, in the Cultivation World, ordinary people were indistinguishable from ants in the eyes of powerful cultivators. After all, this feeling of an all-epassing Divine Sense was like having a god''s point of view. It made one inevitably be arrogant and conceited. But Su Xing, being a cultivator who had passed through the fifth stage of Divinity Transformation, suppressed the arrogant emotions before they could even take root. Returning to the Spirit Field Blessed Land, Su Xing continuously brainwashed himself in his mind. Be humble, be cautious! Damn it, I''m not even the strongest of the Human Race yet, what''s there to be proud of? As long as the Foreign Race exists, life and death will always be under someone else''s control... After his mood had steadied, Su Xing resumed his weekly routine of Alchemy and collecting Spiritual Liquid. Five days passed quickly, and Su Xing brought the Elixirs to the vi, then took away this week''s goods. As Jin Congxue was busy with the association''s affairs this week, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave earlier than usual. This week''s goods once again provided Su Xing with nearly thirty million points of energy. New Era, August 5, 2024, amidst the heat, Su Xing started a new round of simtion. "Start simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 4800 points of energy, leaving 586.05 million points of energy, remaining number of simtions unlimited.] Chapter 250: Chapter 166: Earn 650 Million Energy, Heavenly Spirit Root Has Arrived! (5k)_3 ``` [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points, do you wish to draw?] "Draw the purple talent!" Su Xing muttered to himself. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the purple talent, Wood-Fire Dual Heavenly Spirit Root!] [Wood-Fire Dual Heavenly Spirit Root]: You are a once-in-a-million cultivation genius, possessing a world-rare Heavenly Spirit Root. Your cultivation speed is over a hundred times that of ordinary practitioners, and it seems your Heavenly Spirit Root has undergone a certain mutation, possessing an additional attributepared to normal Heavenly Spirit Roots. Seeing the sudden and surprising talent that appeared before him, Su Xing''s eyes shed with aplex expression. The good news was, he had drawn an even stronger Spiritual Root. The bad news was... this Spiritual Root seemed to havee a little toote. "Well, a good meal is worth waiting for!" "After all, with the Heavenly Spirit Root, my cultivation in the Return to Void Realm should be much easier!" Su Xing knew that drawing talents was never as smooth-sailing as one wished. Being able to draw a Heavenly Spirit Root at this time was already incredibly good news. "With the Heavenly Spirit Root now, will breaking through to the Return to Void Realm be a bit easier?" Su Xing pondered with a thoughtful gaze towards the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize that you are in a simtion.] [After obtaining the Heavenly Spirit Root, you be more sensitive to the surrounding Spiritual Energy, feeling an increase in your affinity with Spiritual Energy.] [With the same amount of Spiritual Energy, you can absorb it and transform it into Spiritual Power in a much shorter time, with your speed now three times faster than before!] [After experiencing the mystery of your Heavenly Spirit Root, you prepare to begin cultivating Origin Force and Protective Gang Qi.] [Over an hourter, your Origin Force is depleted, and you happily continue your practice with the Visualization Method.] [Thus three weeks quickly pass.] [After three weeks, Jin Congxue brings you good news; the mining copy territory has officially been contracted, and now it can produce exotic metals every week.] [You are very pleased with this and stay in the Great Xia Country, cultivating for two more months.] [After that, you prepare to join the Descending Sect.] [You go to Shuangqing City alone, keeping your Divine Sense within a certain range, hoping to draw out Damned Zong.] [Sure enough, within a few days, Damned Zong appears, and he shows you great respect.] [Because even with your Divine Sense restrained, he believes you are at least a half-step Return to Void Realm powerhouse!] [In order to curry favor with you, Damned Zong invites you to join the Descending Sect.] [Of course, you don''t refuse and sessfully join the Descending Sect, even receiving a personal audience from a faction leader due to your strength.] [Afterward, you naturally rise to be a nominal protector of the Descending Sect.] [Not only do you rarely perform tasks, but you also enjoy a great degree of freedom.] [Then, you secretly contact Luo Shuying, and receive arge batch of Spiritual Medicine.] [You stay in the Descending Sect for two years, and during those two years, besides thepulsory four hours of cultivation each day, you spend your time refining Elixirs.] [You umte nearly sixty days of enhanced state with "Great Wisdom".] Su Xing looks up with a smile creeping across his face. "Indeed, in this world, strength is everything!" Back when Su Xing''s power was about the same as Damned Zong''s, he had to take the initiative to offer gifts for a chance at making a connection with him. But now, Su Xing''s Divine Sense has surged, and Damned Zong mistakes him for a Return to Void Realm powerhouse. Damned Zong even takes the initiative to show goodwill towards Su Xing. "This is still with restrained Divine Sense... If I had gone all out with my Divine Sense, wouldn''t that have scared Damned Zong into treating me as a true Return to Void Realm expert?" "By then, Damned Zong would probably be scared into kowtowing, right?" Su Xing can''t help but exim reflectively. In the Cultivation World, one''s level of cultivation strength is everything. Nascent Soul Cultivators are no different from weaklings to those in Divinity Transformation. The gap between Divinity Transformation and Return to Void is even greater! Thinking thus, Su Xing''s gaze returns to the simtion panel. [In the third year, over two years, you refine more than a hundred thousand Elixirs, and have nearly emptied the stock of Spiritual Medicine.] [So, you and Luo Shuying defect from the Descending Sect.] [Afterward, Damned Zong suffers a grim pursuit...] [After defecting from the Descending Sect, youfortably stay in Kyoto to continue with Alchemy.] [In the fourth year, you deplete the Spiritual Medicine you took with you, but the Elixirs you refined have added many strong individuals to the Great Xia Country.] [Without the need to refine Elixirs, you have more time to cultivate.] [To break through to the Broken Void Realm as quickly as possible, aside from your daily practice of Divine Skills and Body Refinement Gang Qi, you intensify your cultivation of Origin Force!] [After practicing Protective Gang Qi for two hours every day, your Origin Force is depleted.] [Then you put effort into recovering your Origin Force, the process of forceful recovery is extremely painful, like countless ants biting on your Origin Force, unbearably sour and thrilling.] [But you still clench your teeth and persevere.] [With such intense practice, time quickly passes another two years.] [In the sixth year, because the toxicity of the Soul Condensing Pills in your body is gone, your speed of Divine Sense cultivation elerates again.] [Over the years, your Divine Sense has grown from 7,000 zhang to 7,700 zhang.] [But what surprises you even more is the speed of progression in Origin Force and Protective Gang Qi.] [During your daily practice of Protective Gang Qi, your mastery over Origin Force bes increasingly skillful.] [And the relentless draining of Origin Force every day also fully unleashes your potential, quickening the speed at which your Origin Force recovers.] [In the eighth year, another year of arduous cultivation, your Divine Sense has grown to 8,100 zhang!] [At the same time, you feel that your externally manifested Origin Force seems to have made another small breakthrough, taking a solid step towards the Mahayana Level of outward manifestation.] [In the tenth year, your Divine Sense expands further, reaching 8,500 zhang.] [That same year, on the day of Awakening of Insects, you attempt to collect Spring Dew Pure Water, but ultimately fail.] [However, to your delight, after days of relentless cultivation of Origin Force, you feel that your mastery over Origin Force is not far from the third phase''s Mahayana...] ``` Chapter 251: Chapter 167: Powerful Origin, The Seed of Origin Force! (5k) Su Xing''s face showed a look of pleasant surprise. The aberration of the simtory precisely here. Although Su Xing, during the simtion, had contracted pill poisoning from taking too many elixirs, the Cultivation Level he brought back after the simtion had already cleansed the pill poisoning, leaving no concerns for the future. "With this growth rate... Maybebining it with the Diagram of Wishful Visualization, I could extend my Divine Sense to a breadth of tens of thousands of feet!" A sharp glint shed in Su Xing''s eyes - a Divine Sense of tens of thousands of feet was even beyond what normal Return to Void cultivators could achieve. However, being at the Divinity Transformation Stage, he was soon going to have that capability... "Aside from that, the speed of Origin Force improvement is also extremely fast..." "By practicing the Protective Gang Qi and constantly forging my Origin Force, I can rapidly progress!" Su Xing nodded slightly. This insight into Origin Force cultivation was something Niu Ruolie had once mentioned to him. This was also why Su Xing had chosen to bring back the Newly Aplished Protective Gang Qi in thest simtion. His gaze turned toward the simtion panel. [Year 11, this year you have had a minor breakthrough in your understanding of the Wishful Visualization Technique, and your range of Divine Sense has expanded quite a bit, reaching 8,800 feet!] [At the same time, you keenly discover that, after observing the Wishful Visualization Technique, your Divine Sense not only increased in range but seemed to have undergone some subtle changes.] [Within the range of your Divine Sense, you could see and understand changes in things more clearly, even a fly''s movements tens of thousands of meters away were visible in fine detail.] [This was an ability you did not possess before when your training in Divine Sense mainly focused on expanding its range.] [But now, you find not only can you sense further away, but your Divine Sense can also be finer...] [At that moment, you could not figure it out, but this sensitivity was not always present; you could use it only asionally, when you had a stroke of luck and inspiration.] [Even so, you felt your Divine Sense had be much stronger.] [Year 12, during a sunny and breezy afternoon, you were cultivating your Origin Force as usual in the Spirit Field Cave.] [After enduring two hours of arduous practice, the Origin Force within your body was exhausted.] [You rubbed your sore body, preparing to sit down cross-legged for meditation.] [Just then, you suddenly felt a mysterious change in your body.] [It was as if a well that had been dry for decades was suddenly producing a steady stream.] [Except it wasn''t water emerging from your body, but Origin Force!] [The previously depleted Origin Force seemed as if it were reinvigorated, quickly starting to recover...] [Surprised, you immediately sensed the changes urring in your body.] [But at that moment, your senses became incredibly acute, your mind extraordinarily nimble, and yourprehension skyrocketed hundreds of times.] [You had triggered a state of sudden enlightenment!] [Under this state of enlightenment, you gained a new understanding of Origin Force.] [Not only is Origin Force the sharpest spear and sturdiest shield, but it is also a great river flowing unceasingly to the sea!] [Endless and unfading, that is the nature of Origin Force!] [In this state, you could feel a silent seed being nted within your Dantian.] [This was a seed of Origin Force.] [Now, this seed was continuously supplying Origin Force, hydrating your dried-up body.] [You observed the seed closely and noticed that while the speed of the Origin Force it was discharging wasn''t fast, it replenished every moment non-stop.] [You attempted to control the seed, wishing for it to release Origin Force faster.] [With focused determination, you teased the seed with your Divine Sense, gently caressing it with the Origin Force inside your body.] [After many attempts, you finally felt the speed at which the seed replenished Origin Force increase imperceptibly.] [Joyful, you tirelessly continued trying, repeatedly stimting the seed of Origin Force.] [So you reveled in this profound state of enlightenment, and three days slowly passed by...] [After three days, when you came out of the state of enlightenment, you felt a sense of loss.] [But then, steadying your spirit, you felt the breath of the Origin Force seed within, and tion surged through your heart.] [The Origin Force seed, this was the hallmark of the third stage achievement of Origin Force!] [With the Origin Force seed, your ability for sustainedbat using Origin Force would undergo a transformation!] [Because with the seed of Origin Force within, it would continuouslypensate for the consumption of the Body Cultivation Origin Force.] [Moreover, your seed of Origin Force, seeming nothing like one newly sown but as though it had been nurtured for long, replenished Origin Force at an extremely fast rate!] [Congrattions on sessfully entering the major achievement level of Externally Released Origin Force!] Seeing this, Su Xing''s eyes gleamed with joy. "I never imagined... a single moment of enlightenment, and I actually nted a seed of Origin Force!?" "Hisss~ With this seed of Origin Force, my sustainedbat capability using Origin Force might double, or even triple!" In the insights into Origin Force cultivation that Niu Ruolie had imparted to Su Xing, he had mentioned the seed of Origin Force. For a Body Cultivator, carrying the burden of Origin Force was extremely taxing. Like before with Su Xing, although he could contend with Legendary Level fighters in the short term while using Origin Force, that state could only be maintained for an hour. In the end, it was still a matter of Origin Force running out. Once the body''s Origin Force was drained, it would take a day, or even two, to recover! But with the awakening of the Origin Force seed, things would bepletely different! The Origin Force that previously took a day or two to recover now would be replenished several times faster! Chapter 252: Chapter 167: Powerful Origin, The Seed of Origin Force! (5k)_2 Even when Origin Force was exhausted, it could be restored in less than half a day. More importantly, during battle, the seed of Origin Force would continuously replenish the cultivator''s Origin Force, skyrocketing their sustainedbat ability. "The Elder once said after the awakening of the Origin Force seed, an ordinary cultivator might need to spend decades, or even a hundred years, to refine it to perfection..." "Yet I, due to an epiphany, have refined my Origin Force for a period equivalent to thirty years for others, all in just three days!" Thinking of this, Su Xing''s heart grew increasingly joyous. It is known that once the Origin Force seed awakens, cultivators can gradually evolve and grow it by constantly using and stimting Origin Force. But Su Xing''s idental epiphany talent was truly critical! How could ordinary cultivators directly stimte the seed of Origin Force with their Divine Soul and Origin Force? They would probably lose control of their Origin Force and perish on the spot! But while in an epiphanic state, Su Xing''s understanding soared to an infinite height on the spot! And it just so happened that he was able to do so, directly saving decades of time. This also meant that Su Xing''s Origin Force seed was much stronger than when it was first nted. If an ordinary cultivator needed six hours to fully replenish their depleted Origin Force, then Su Xing would only need four hours, or even less! "An idental epiphany If it weren''t for the fact that this talent triggers too uncertainly it might well be a legendary-level talent, right?" Su Xing once again sensed the strength of his idental talent. After calming his emotions, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simtion panel. [After obtaining the Origin Force seed, the speed at which you recover Origin Force each day is faster.] [This means that you have more time to cultivate your Divine Skills and Protective Gang Qi!] [Thus, you maintain four hours of cultivation for Protective Gang Qi every day, and when your body is depleted of Origin Force, you begin to study the Diagram of Wishful Visualization.] [In the thirteenth year, as the range of your Divine Sense continued to expand, perhaps due to the insufficient potency of the Soul Condensing Elixirs, it became increasingly difficult to improve as you progressed.] [That year, your Divine Sense increased by a hundred feet, reaching a total of eight thousand nine hundred feet!] [In the fourteenth year, after reaching the Mahayana Level of the third stage of Origin Force, you still did not give up on cultivating it.] [Although you nted the Origin Force seed and elerated its growth during the epiphany state, you could feel that there was still a considerable distance to perfection of the third stage.] [Therefore, you cultivated even harder, almost dedicating all your energy to the cultivation of Origin Force.] [By the fifteenth year, your Divine Sense range reached nine thousand one hundred feet.] [Besides the substantial expansion of your Divine Sense range, that feeling of observing minutely previously became even clearer.] [From tens of thousands of meters away, you could clearly see the form of a fly vibrating its wings, even the fine lines on the wings.] [But what troubled you was that you still could not control when to enter this state of minute observation; it was only asionally essible.] Su Xing looked thoughtful at this. "Tens of thousands of meters away, clearly seeing the patterns on a fly''s wings... this seems to be a more intricate and meticulous use of Divine Sense." "If I could reliably trigger this state... might I then be able to capture the first drop of rootless water on the day of Awakening Thunder?" With this thought, a glint appeared in Su Xing''s eyes. A problem that had troubled him for a long time finally seemed to resolve. "Indeed, to obtain Spring Dew Pure Water, one needs a stronger Divine Sense!" "Previously, I couldn''t capture that first drop of rootless water because my use of Divine Sense wasn''t meticulous enough!" With this realization, Su Xing felt thrilled. Whether advancing to the Broken Void Realm or the Return to Void Realm, Su Xing had taken a significant step forward. His gaze moved to the simtion panel. [In the sixteenth year, because the duration of daily cultivation of Protective Gang Qi lengthened, you could feel that the progress of Protective Gang Qi was faster than before.] [Though not yet at the Mahayana Level, you could feel that the Protective Gang Qi was bing more solid and tougher than before.] [Pleased with this change, you cultivated even more diligently, hoping to reach the Mahayana Level of Protective Gang Qi as soon as possible.] [As days of cultivation went by, two years slowly passed.] [In the eighteenth year, your Divine Sense range grew even further, reaching nine thousand five hundred feet!] [The more you cultivated, the more unfathomable you found the Diagram of Wishful Visualization in your mind.] [Within the range of your Divine Sense, your observation of minuscule matter became increasingly detailed and precise.] [You decided to attempt collecting Spring Dew Pure Water on the day of Awakening Thunder.] [The neenth year, the day of Awakening Thunder.] [You arrived early at an uninhabited mountain range, where the air was purer and the ecology more pristine.] [When the first thunder of Awakening Thunder sounded, your Divine Sense in an instant enveloped the entire stretch of mountains.] [One drop, two drops, three drops...] [You could sense the falling of the raindrops beneath heaven and earth.] [The first strand of rain divided into ten drops, but you only sensed seven.] [You understood that this was because your Divine Sense was not detailed and refined enough topletely capture the traces of the first ten drops of water amidst the tens of thousands descending simultaneously.] [Moreover, you discovered another difficulty.] [It was that the ten drops of rootless water might be thousands of kilometers apart, and you must capture them before they mingle with other raindrops.] [And the time you had for this was less than half a second.] [Half a second to capture ten drops of pure water was far beyond the requirements of your current speed and agility.] Chapter 253: Chapter 167: Powerful Origin, The Seed of Origin Force! (5k)_3 Su Xing frowned slightly upon seeing this. Within half a second, to collect the first ten drops of rootless water was indeed a speed he could not achieve at the moment. Perhaps, once he entered the Broken Void Realm and mastered a teleportation Divine Skill, it might be possible to collect them. "Damn it, no wonder this Spring Dew Pure Water is so hard toe by... Probably only high-ranking cultivators can be sure to obtain it, right?" "It seems that I have to reach the Broken Void Realm first and then consider refining the Void Refinement Pills..." Su Xing sighed, his gaze shifting toward the simtion panel. [After failing to collect Spring Dew Pure Water, you continued to cultivate Origin Force in the Spirit Field Cave.] [In the twentieth year, with your diligent day and night cultivation, you finally made further progress in your understanding of the Origin Force Divine Skill, Protective Gang Qi.] [Your Protective Gang Qi Divine Skill sessfully advanced to the Mahayana Level!] [The durability of Protective Gang Qi at the Mahayana Level improved nearly twice as muchpared to before!] [Stronger defenses, along with your own Origin Force armor, almost allow you to withstand attacks from Legendary Level fighters!] [After the breakthrough of your Divine Skill, your confidence in your own strength reached an unprecedented height.] [You even believed that you could go back to the ruins of the ancient tomb in the Immortal Martial Era Instance, and wrestle once more with that Living Dead Puppet.] [After much thought, you temporarily abandoned this idea.] [Since there were a few years left until the twenty-five-year deadline, you nned to continue to enhance your own strength during this time.] [In the twenty-first year, you were still immersed in cultivation every day.] [You would drain your Origin Force dry daily, and relished the sensation of your Origin Force Seed slowly releasing Origin Force.] [At the same time, you keenly discovered that as you continued to use Origin Force, your Origin Force Seed was also growing.] [Just that the growth rate was too slow, far from the surge you experienced during your initial epiphany.] [During the recovery period of your Origin Force, you would observe the Diagram of Wishful Visualization to further enhance your Divine Sense.] [This year, the range of your Divine Sense had grown to 9,700 zhang!] [In the twenty-third year, the range of your Divine Sense increased further, reaching 9,800 zhang, not far from the anticipated 10,000 zhang Divine Sense.] [At the same time, you could feel your Divine Sense reaching a bottleneck, and perhaps after reaching 10,000 zhang, you would advance into a new realm of Divine Sense.] [This year you also made some progress in cultivating your Origin Force and Protective Gang Qi.] Su Xing raised his eyebrows and murmured: "So that''s how it is... The realm of Divine Sense I''m currently in is known as the Five Senses Realm!" "As the name implies, the Five Senses Realm uses the five senses of eyes, mouth, nose, tongue, and ears to perceive the surroundings..." "But a person''s five senses are ultimately limited, incapable of sensing overly subtle and minute things." "Perhaps the next realm of Divine Sense is about enhancing one''s ability to sense these subtle details?" Su Xing contemted thoughtfully, wondering if the realm following the Five Senses Realm could be the Observing the Subtle Realm, or a simr state? His gaze returned to the simtion panel. [In the twenty-fifth year, at the beginning of the year.] [This year, the situation at Demon-Subduing Pass was bing increasingly dire, and you knew that the Demon Race''s army could break through Demon-Subduing Pass and invade the real world at any moment.] [Therefore, you no longer hesitated and entered the Immortal Martial Era Instance.] [You spent half a month gathering the cultivation techniques of the three major sects and the three pieces of jade shards.] [Later, you took a few more days to find the boulder in the mountains.] [With one punch, you shattered the boulder and once again stepped into the ruins of the ancient tomb.] [Not a quarter of an hour into the ruins, you encountered that troublesome Living Dead Puppet.] [Upon seeing you, the Living Dead Puppetunched an attack right away.] [Without hesitation, you immediately activated your Origin Force armor and used the Protective Gang Qi Divine Skill.] [You fought the Living Dead Puppet for dozens of rounds.] [In terms of pure strength, you were indeed slightly inferior to it.] [But because of the dual protection of Origin Force armor and Protective Gang Qi, your defenses were on par with cultivators of the Broken Void Realm, so you didn''t suffer any injuries.] [Holding the Ink Ice Sword, you wrapped it in Origin Force and continued the battle for hundreds of more rounds.] [The battle shook the formations on the ancient tomb''s stone walls.] [After fighting the Living Dead Puppet for an hour, you bitterly discovered...] [While most of the Living Dead Puppet''s attacks were blocked by your Protective Gang Qi, your strength and offensive methods were still inadequate to destroy it.] [Simply put, your defense was sufficient, but your offense wascking.] [Every time you managed to inflict a few wounds on the Living Dead Puppet, a dark, ink-like fluid would heal its injuries.] [After battling for hundreds more rounds, you began to change your strategy.] [Since you couldn''t destroy the puppet, yet it couldn''t harm you either, why not force your way past it.] [So, you fully ignited your Protective Gang Qi, ready to ignore the Living Dead Puppet and dash straight through the narrow ancient tomb corridor.] [You exchanged blows with the Living Dead Puppet for a dozen rounds, and then took the opportunity to push it back.] [Your entire body turned into a streak of light, and you decisively rushed towards the depths of the tomb.] [However, the Living Dead Puppet was three parts faster than you, forcing you to simultaneously fight and run as you continued to explore deeper into the tomb.] [The corridor of the ancient tomb was exceedingly long, and you advanced another ten or so miles.] [Your expression changed, for at this moment, the Spiritual Energy in the tomb''s ruins became incredibly dense, almost equaling the concentration found in a blessednd.] [You were greatly shocked, wasn''t the Spiritual Energy in the Immortal Martial Era Instance exhausted? How could such a blessednd still emerge?] [At this point, you couldn''t care less about the relentlessly pursuing Living Dead Puppet; you charged straight into the inner parts of the ancient tomb ruins...] Chapter 421: Chapter 223 Puppet? Just an Alchemy Toolman 007! (5k)_3 [You sessfully used immersive simtion... Remaining energy: 2,963,430,000 points.] ... A day of immersive simtion ended. Su Xing soon returned to the real world, with a deeper understanding of the Dao of Puppets. "Not bad, this simtion... perhaps my mastery of the Dao of Puppets could indeed reach the Minor Achievement level!" "By then, I should be able to independently refine puppets capable of alchemy..." Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simtion panel. [You stayed in the Descending Sect for another year, sessfully refining sufficient elixirs.] [Because the purpose of this simtion was to quickly umte Origin Power, it didn''t matter whether you defected from the Descending Sect. To gather more information, you decided to stay in the Descending Sect.] [In the third year, you handed over the twenty thousand-plus elixirs you umted to the Great Xia Military.] [The Great Xia Military gained many powerful cultivators in just one year.] [Although the Descending Sect was troubled by this, they never suspected you, as you never exposed your alchemy abilities.] [Then, you continued to diligently practice the Puppetry Technique, and every year on the day of Jingzhe, youprehended the Origin of Power.] [Thus, three more years passed.] [In the sixth year, your mastery of Origin Power improved; the duration you could sustain using Origin Power increased from three breaths to five breaths.] [This would almost allow you to throw two full-strength punches in battle.] [You were not satisfied with this and continued to delve into the Dao of Puppets whileprehending Origin Power.] [Thus, two more years passed.] [In the eighth year, you initially mastered the creation of puppet marks. Based on the memories in your mind, you were able to transform ordinarybat-type puppets into puppets specialized for alchemy.] [So, you attempted to modify the remaining five puppets you had.] [This research took another three years.] [By the eleventh year, after your continual research, you finally transformed the remaining five puppets into alchemy puppets.] [Thus, you had eight puppets working day and night for you, refining elixirs around the clock.] [You tried to have them refine Fasting Pills...] [After two months of testing, you found that the eight puppets could collectively refine fifty thousand Fasting Pills in a month.] [This would mean that, every month, just these eight puppets could yield the equivalent of a minor achievement-level alien metal mining area dungeon!] [You were overjoyed by this discovery.] [At the same time, as you continued to delve into your studies, you noticed something peculiar about the puppet code-named Xiaomei.] [The other seven puppets, though at the Nascent Soul peak, had limited potential and found it difficult to break through.] [However, Xiaomei stood out, able to self-improve and continually surpass limitations, from initially refining one hundred elixirs a week to now being able to refine over a thousand.] [You spected that this might be because Xiaomei''s body still retained a remnant of a Divine Soul Mark from its previous life, so you tried imnting a more advanced puppet mark.] [Through your continuous experiments, you discovered that Xiaomei indeed had further potential for development, even able to advance in cultivation level!] In the real world, Su Xing was amazed by this revtion. "Puppets... can they also improve in cultivation level?" Based on the information Su Xing had, enhancing a puppet''s power either required using more precious Heaven and Earth Treasures to refine it or equipping it with stronger Magical Treasures. But it was unheard of for a puppet to cultivate itself, something Su Xing had never known before. "Could this be... the rumored Puppet Cultivator?" Su Xing''s eyes widened. It must be known that an ordinary Cultivator would cultivate as a human... However, after a cultivator''s death, their spirit could potentially turn into a ghost and continue cultivating, bing a ghost cultivator! And if a cultivator refined themselves into a puppet, there was an extremely low probability of bing a Puppet Cultivator! And now, it seemed that Su Xing''s Xiaomei puppet had turned into a Puppet Cultivator? "Hiss... this is an extraordinary discovery!" Su Xing muttered to himself, his gaze turning back to the simtion panel. [You soon realized that Xiaomei might be a one-in-a-million Puppet Cultivator, born from fortuitous circumstances...] [But you didn''t know how to help Xiaomei recover the remaining traces of her self-awareness, so you put it aside for the moment.] [Thus, in the following three years, you continued to study the Puppetry Technique and the Origin of Power every day.] [By the fourteenth year, your mastery of the Puppetry Technique could be described as reaching a minor achievement.] [You decided to attempt crafting an artifact puppet yourself.] [Artifact puppets, unlike human puppets, were made of metals and minerals, simr to mechanical beasts or robots...] [Before refining an artifact puppet, you had to learn artifact refining first.] [So, you began to delve into the Path of Artifact Refining...] [Though you had no particr talent for artifact refining, fortunately, the artifact puppet you needed to refine was the most basic, requiring no advanced techniques.] [You referenced the jade slip left by that damned Zong, beginning to study the Path of Artifact Refining.] [Having the Li Fire Technique, ideal not just for alchemy but also for artifact refining, saved you a lot of effort.] [As for the materials for refining the puppet, you soon chose the Fourth-Rank Special Metal!] [You controlled the Li Fire to burn the special metal, forging it into a human shape... This process required precise control of Divine Sense, Spiritual Energy, and me.] [After several months of attempts, you finally managed to barely produce a human-shaped puppet.] [Although this puppet''s appearance had nearly no resemnce to a human, you didn''t mind, as it merely needed to be functional.] [Next, you began to craft the puppet''s core and puppet mark, leaving your own puppet mark within.] [You arranged a wood attribute and a fire attribute spiritual array within the puppet''s body, facilitating the conversion of wood and fire attribute Spiritual Energy...] [Then, at the core, you inscribed a me talisman mark, allowing the puppet to autonomously release mes.] [You inserted several Spirit Stones into the puppet for its energy needs.] [What remained was the most challenging part of the entire puppetry technique, teaching the puppet to perform specific tasks.] [Lacking self-learning capabilities, you had to imnt the process of refining Fasting Pills into the puppet''s core, then modify it in practice, enabling it to gradually master alchemy.] [This process took a whole month.] [After a month, you finally seeded in teaching the puppet alchemy; it could refine two thousand Fasting Pills a month!] [Despite its low efficiency, you were very satisfied...] [Because next, you nned to attempt the mass production of alchemy puppets...] Chapter 458: Chapter 233: A New Round of Simulation, Su Xings Goal! (5k) New Era, January 13, 2025. Su Xing punctually started the new round of simtion. This time, Su Xing''s goals were clear. First, he needed to find more substances containing energy. Second, he nned to explore the Luotian Meeting Instance again to see if he could uncover new clues. Third, he aimed to reach the Little Qingyun Realm and find more information and useful cultivation resources there. Su Xing wrote down his n in a small notebook, then muttered, "Begin simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 7,000 points of energy, remaining energy 700,589,000 points, remaining simtion attempts unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing Purple Talent costs 100,000 points of energy, drawing Golden Legendary Talent costs 1,000,000 points of energy. Proceed?] Su Xing hesitated not at all and silently conveyed, "Draw Golden Talent!" [Ding, congrattions on obtaining Purple Talent Hua Tuo Reborn. Next time drawing Golden Talent the chance is 20%...] [Hua Tuo Reborn]: Purple Talent, you are highly skilled in treating wounds. Even the most difficult external injuries can be cured by you. The effectiveness of your wound-healing elixirs is increased by 50%. (Ps: What? Immortals don''t just heal with a breath of immortal qi?) Su Xing looked at the newly drawn Purple Talent without any surprise. With a ten percent probability, getting it from the simtor would indeed be a surprise. "But... this seems to be a talent of a divine healer?" Su Xing nodded slightly. Strictly speaking, this talent was indeed excellent, especially in enhancing the effect of wound-healing elixirs. However, for Su Xing at the moment, it was still of limited use. "Let''s simte first before thinking too much..." Feeling somewhat impatient, Su Xing directed his gaze to the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you became aware that you are in a simtion.] [You took out the alchemy furnace and began to refine elixirs.] [After a day, you refined several furnaces of Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills.] [You had earlier gathered information about Lu Yuanwu, then disguised yourself to find him.] [Lu Yuanwu did not recognize you, and therefore, had some hostility towards you.] [You didn''t hesitate and directly kidnapped Lu Yuanwu.] [Even though Lu Yuanwu was in the Martial Emperor Realm, in your hands, he was like a helpless chick. He was astonished by your power.] [You tied Lu Yuanwu to an isted mountain. Despite his fear, he asked who you were and why you had kidnapped him.] [He suspected you were from the Descending Sect but was uncertain of your intentions.] [You didn''t answer but instead took out a bottle of Essence-Nourishing Pills and a bottle of Organ Refining Pills.] [You handed the two bottles of elixirs to Lu Yuanwu, telling him you were experimenting with them and that the Great Xia Military must not know about it.] [Lu Yuanwu took the elixirs, puzzled.] [You didn''t exin further, only saying you had many more such elixirs and that if Lu Yuanwu was interested in cooperation, to meet at the same ce in a month.] [After saying this, you left the mountain.] [After leaving the mountain, you restored your original appearance and entered the Luotian Meeting Instance.] In the real world, seeing this, Su Xing muttered, "Use the immersive simtion function, duration 24 hours!" [You sessfully used the immersive simtion... remaining energy 700,249,000 points.] With the simtor''s prompt, Su Xing immediately entered the Luotian Meeting Instance. "Dear disciple, go to the rear mountain and ask your Senior Brother Shennong toe over..." Before Su Xing stood an elder with the visage of a child and the hair of a crane, smiling kindly. This was Luo Song, the Supreme Elder of the Luo Tian Sect. He was a loose immortal who had transcended the Heavenly Tribtion! His cultivation level was unfathomably deep. Since breaking through the Body Integration Realm, Su Xing''s status within the Luo Tian Sect had risen to that of a second-ss Immortal Seed. In previous immersive simtions, this Supreme Elder had already been Su Xing''s master. However, aside from his profound cultivation, Su Xing hadn''t noticed any other differences. To Su Xing, whether it was Niu Ruolie or the Luo Tian Sect''s Sect Master, or even Luo Song before him, they all seemed to be merely task givers. "As youmand, Master!" Su Xing responded and then went to the rear mountain to fetch Shennong Youtian,pleting the task skillfully. After finishing everything, Su Xing didn''t go to the Scripture Pavilion immediately. Instead, he started exploring the Luo Tian Sect. Flying on his sword a thousand meters high, Su Xing looked down. "The Luo Tian Sect''s area is ridiculously extensive... spanning hundreds of thousands of miles, all under the sect''s jurisdiction." he muttered. "This realm is called Luo Tian Realm, with countlessrge and small cultivation sects within, all dominated by the Luo Tian Sect..." "The sect''s gate alone covers an area asrge as a city!" "Besides the rear mountain, the sect hall, the artifact refining room, the alchemy room, and the Scripture Pavilion... there are also numerous disciples'' residences, the seclusion ces of each elder, and the blessednds of core figures in the sect..." "Searching thoroughly will take who knows how long..." Su Xing sighed. Based on the intelligence he had previously gathered, Blood Three and Blood Nine likely had a huge secret rted to Luo Tian. Su Xing guessed that it might be a supreme treasure? So he prepared to search the Luo Tian Sect''s headquarters to see if he could find anything. Soon, half a day passed, and Su Xing''s divine sense had almost scanned every corner of the Luo Tian Sect headquarters. Except for the seclusion ces of some great cultivators and certain forbidden areas, he couldn''t search. Nevertheless, Su Xing still didn''t find any trace of a great treasure. Chapter 459: Chapter 233: A New Round of Simulation, Su Xings Objective! (5k)_2 "s, searching for this is no different from finding a needle in a haystack..." Su Xing sighed softly and prepared to spend the next bit of time learning the Dao of Puppets from Ghost Grandma in the Scripture Pavilion. ... "Little one, would you be willing to do me a favor, next year around this time..." Ghost Grandma used her familiar rhetoric. But Su Xing had a sudden inspiration and asked, "Senior, what exactly is this favor? Could you reveal a bit in advance?" Ghost Grandma smiled and replied, "Your current strength is too low; you''ll have to wait until next year..." Upon hearing Ghost Grandma''s words, Su Xing felt a sudden jolt, a thought rushing through his mind. "Could it be that the secrets rted to Luo Tian Sect are with this Ghost Grandma!?" "And the reason I can''t get ess right now... is because my strength is too low!" Su Xing seemed to have a moment of realization. In the following time, he continued to learn the Dao of Puppets from Ghost Grandma as usual. Soon, the time for the immersive simtion ended. Su Xing returned to the real world. "What exactly is the secret of the Luo Tian Sect?" "Even with Integration Phase Cultivation Level, I can''t touch it... Now, I must enhance my cultivation level first..." With this in mind, Su Xing looked at the simtion panel. [Aftering out of the Luo Tian Sect replica, you returned to the Blessed Land to continue refining elixirs.] [A monthter, you arrived at the mountain where you previously met Lu Yuanwu.] [You saw Lu Yuanwu, who had been waiting for you for a long time. You released your Divine Sense and found no one else secretly monitoring the area.] [You secretly admired Lu Yuanwu for his open nature.] [You appeared to meet Lu Yuanwu.] [Upon seeing you, Lu Yuanwu''s face turned red with excitement, repeatedly calling you "Senior."] [You knew that Lu Yuanwu must have understood the elixir''s effects, hence his respectful demeanor.] [Sure enough, Lu Yuanwu mentioned that he tested the elixir the day he received it and found it very beneficial to Master-level profession users'' strength growth.] [He said that this elixir is a treasure for the Great Xia Military and even the entire Human Race!] [Simultaneously, Lu Yuanwu carefully asked what your demands were and whether you intended to trade.] [Upon hearing Lu Yuanwu''s words, a slight smile appeared on your lips; his reaction was entirely within your expectations.] [After a moment''s thought, you proposed a fair price: 10 Essence-Nourishing Pills or Organ Refining Pills for 1 ton of third-tier Alien Metal.] [Hearing this price, Lu Yuanwu raised his eyebrows.] [Indeed, third-tier Alien Metal is precious, but the Great Xia Military had been mining for thousands of years. Precious Alien Metal had long piled up in their Treasure Vault.] [Third-tier Alien Metal could provide Grandmaster-level and even Heavenly King-level professionals with valuable weapons, greatly enhancing their strength.] [But the Essence-Nourishing Pill and Organ Refining Pill could directly nurture Grandmaster-level experts...] [An average of ten Essence-Nourishing or Organ Refining Pills could at least produce one Grandmaster-level expert; the value is self-evident!] [This meant that a ton of third-tier Alien Metal could be traded for a Heavenly King-level expert, who wouldn''t want that?] [Understanding this, Lu Yuanwu decisively agreed, even subtly asking if the elixirs had any side effects and why the price was so low.] [You didn''t answer, only asked how much Alien Metal Lu Yuanwu could prepare within a week.] [After pondering, Lu Yuanwu said that if the Great Xia Military were informed, they could mobilize any amount with all their might... but if it were up to him alone, he could gather a few thousand tons of third-tier Alien Metal in a short time.] [You shook your head slightly and told Lu Yuanwu to keep this matter quiet because there were Human Race traitors within the Great Xia Military.] [Lu Yuanwu was shocked and hurriedly asked if you had any information on the traitors.] [You shook your head slightly, saying you didn''t know yet but would reveal the informationter.] [Lu Yuanwu wasn''t disappointed, for many military generals knew of the traitors'' existence and had been secretly searching for them.] [However, identifying these military traitors was extremely difficult; some had been lurking for decades, impossible to detect except in critical moments.] [Lu Yuanwu finally asked a crucial question: "Senior, how much of these elixirs can you provide?"] [Su Xing slowly replied with a number: "Fifty thousand!"] [Hearing this number, Lu Yuanwu''s body trembled, and then his face showed immense joy.] [That was a total of fifty thousand elixirs! At least, within a year, five thousand, if not more, Grandmaster-level professionals could be born!] [This could increase the number of Grandmaster-level professionals in the Great Xia Military by over thirty percent! It would be a qualitative leap for the overall strength of the Human Race!] [Lu Yuanwu asked when the trade could take ce. You thought for a moment and told him to trade once a month from now on, at this location, and only Lu Yuanwu alone shoulde.] [Lu Yuanwu agreed immediately, understanding that you did this to avoid the existence of traitorous spies.] [You then discussed the trade details with him and swiftly left, without lingering...] [After a rapid journey, ensuring no one followed you, you returned to the Spirit Field Cave.] [At this moment, you began tinkering with your puppets.] [Unfortunately, apart from the first one, your puppets couldn''t yet refine elixirs with the difficulty of Essence-Nourishing Pills or Organ Refining Pills.] [Before it became a Nascent Soul Stage alchemist, the first puppet could naturally refine Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills without issue.] Chapter 257: Chapter 169: Su Xings Small Goal, Aiming for the Broken Void Realm! (5k) As the simtor''s prompt tone fell, a mysterious change urred within Su Xing''s body... Firstly, it was the transformation of the Spiritual Root. Su Xing could feel that his sensitivity to the surrounding Spiritual Energy had be much sharper. With only a slight effort in circting his power, the nature''s spiritual energy around him crazily surged towards the Dantian inside Su Xing. This speed was at least more than three times his original! In addition to absorbing Spiritual Power, the speed of cultivation increased, and when Su Xing''s Spiritual Power was depleted, the recovery speed also increased significantly. "Hiss... Is this the strength of the Heavenly Spirit Root?" Su Xing marveled in his heart. No wonder the quality of the Spiritual Root dictates how far a cultivator can go. Compared to a Mixed Spirit Root, the cultivation speed of a Heavenly Spirit Root might be a hundred times faster! Others cultivate for a year, which is equivalent to your hundred years... How could you evenpete with them? As for the wonderful aspects of the Heavenly Spirit Root, Su Xing''s current understanding wasn''t enough. After all, his Cultivation Level had been stuck at the Great Perfection of the Divinity Transformation Stage. It would not be until he broke through into the Return to Void Realm that the mighty power of the Heavenly Spirit Root would truly manifest. Besides the enhancement of the Spiritual Root, Su Xing then sensed changes in the Origin Force within his body. Upon internal inspection with his Divine Sense, Su Xing could feel a seed slowly being nted inside his Dantian. It was the seed of Origin Force! Origin Force flowed out like a gentle stream from the seed of Origin Force, nourishing Su Xing''s flesh and Origin Force. Soon after, within just a few breaths, Su Xing''s seed of Origin Force underwent tremendous changes. From its initially weak state, the seed rapidly grew in volume and essence, bing several times stronger within a short period! The originally gentle stream thickened several times over a short span, drastically speeding up the supplement of Origin Force. After carefully contemting, realization dawned on Su Xing''s face. "No wonder, although I previously cultivated the ability to externally release Origin Force... And even though mybat power is formidable, I couldn''t endure for long." "Ordinary Divinity Transformation and Divine Power Phase cultivators can fight for several days... How could such Origin Force possiblyst?" "But now... with this seed of Origin Force, even if I fight continuously for several hours, I wouldn''t exhaust my Origin Force..." "If I conserve it a little during battle, using Origin Force only at critical moments, I could probably sustain the fight for several days, right?" Su Xing''s face showed a hint of excitement. The birth of this seed of Origin Force had improved his overall strength by more than fifty percent! The ability to maintain maximumbat power in prolonged battles had at least doubled! After sensing his strength enhancement alone in the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing then began nning his next simtion target. "Based on my current progress in cultivation, entering the Broken Void Realm will definitely be easier than the Return to Void..." "Now that my Origin Force has reached the third stage of maturity, and I''m not far from perfection... in the next simtion, I will definitely be able to practice to perfection!" "And the Divine Skill, Protective Gang Qi, has also reached a minor achievement... The next simtion should at least achieve majorpletion..." "By then, perhaps I could try breaking through to the Broken Void Realm, right?" At this thought, Su Xing felt somewhat excited. The three essentialponents for entering Broken Void with Divine Strength: Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm, the third stage of Origin Force, and the extreme limits. Su Xing not only achieved them all but also learned an additional Divine Skill for protection. With this, the probability of breaking through to the Broken Void Realm was incredibly high! "The only problem is... with my current strength, can I withstand that pressure in the belly of the beast?" Su Xing had no idea, but he was ready to try. After nning his next simtion target, Su Xing began his routine of concocting Elixirs and managing the Spirit Field, collecting Spiritual Liquid. In the blink of an eye, five days passed. Su Xing had refined a total of four thousand Elixirs and was ready to meet with Jin Congxue in the vi. Su Xing first disguised himself and concealed his breath, then swept the surroundings of the vi with his Divine Sense to make sure no one was watching before entering the vi. Upon seeing Su Xing''s appearance, Jin Congxue was initially startled. Then, realizing who he was, she couldn''t help but roll her eyes and teased: "Wow, Boss, you''re being quite cautious, huh!" Su Xing touched his nose awkwardly and didn''t speak, but being cautious was always right. The two then began to enjoy the delicacies that were prepared in advance. After having their fill, Jin Congxue brought up serious matters. "Right, the Spirit Rice project has already begun... I have reported the Spirit Rice to my grandfather... ah, a Martial Emperor of the Great Xia Military." "After learning the wonderful uses of Spirit Rice, the Great Xia Military immediately sent people to negotiate with me, hoping to get the coordinates of the copy that produces Spirit Rice." "But I didn''t agree. I said that with an annual yield of two million jin of Spirit Rice, our Tarot Society is willing to give the entire annual output of Spirit Rice to the Great Xia Military, but..." "In return, I need the mining rights to the contracts for six mining area copies!" Upon hearing this, Su Xing raised an eyebrow. Wasn''t it four mining area copies? How did it be six? Jin Congxue then said: "Of course... the Great Xia Military naturally did not agree. After some bargaining back and forth, the number of mining area copies was eventually set at four, which met our expected target." As she said this, a cunning sh shone in Jin Congxue''s eyes, like a sly fox enjoying its triumph. Su Xing didn''t know whether tough or cry. So the top-notchmerce and official transactions were like haggling in a vegetable market? Su Xing then asked: "So, our matter is confirmed, and the Tarot Society has acquired four more mining area copies?" Jin Congxue nodded in response and said: "Yes, four mining area copies, and they are all first-grade! " "The paperwork is almost finished, and we are currently recruiting miners... Within seven days to two weeks, we should have a stable output of exotic metals!" Chapter 258: Chapter 169: Su Xings Small Goal, Aiming for the Broken Void Realm! (5k)_2 "Of course, as a price, we have to pay the Great Xia Military two million catties of Spirit Rice each year." Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this, as the Spirit Rice was not much; the important thing was that the mine''s copy could be put into production as soon as possible. After discussing business, Su Xing and Jin Congxue chatted for a while. Afterward, Su Xing handed over four thousand Elixirs of this week to Jin Congxue and took away the new goods for the week. Leaving the vi, Su Xing wandered around Kyoto City. After confirming that no one was following him, Su Xing changed his appearance in a hidden corner and reverted to his own looks. Then, Su Xing returned to his school dormitory and skillfully entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land. He first exchanged the new goods for simtion energy, and Su Xing''s energy soared by another thirty million. It reached five hundred and sixty-five million. On August 12, 2024, of the New Era, Su Xing began a new round of simtion. "Begin the simtion!" [Ding! This simtion costs 4,800 points of energy, leaving 565,050,000 points of energy, with an unlimited number of remaining simtion opportunities.] [Simtion starts!] [Drawing a Blue Talent costs 10,000 points of energy, and drawing a Purple Talent costs 100,000 points of energy, would you like to draw?] "Draw the Purple Talent!" Su Xing silently said. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the Purple Talent, Longevity Seed!] [Longevity Seed]: Purple Talent, your body carries a unique bloodline, giving you a lifespan twice that of ordinary Cultivators. (PS: Just wait, watch how I oust everyone!)] Seeing this new Purple Talent, Su Xing was almost dumbfounded. This Longevity Seed Talent was indeed outrageously strong! If a Cultivator in the Mahayana Realm possessed this Talent, their lifespan would double! A lifespan of ten thousand years, directly turning into twenty thousand years! Goodness, this is definitely a Talent that all Cultivators dream of... But the problem was that Su Xing had no need for it! Not to mention his current Cultivation Level at the Divinity Transformation Stage, he could already live for a thousand years. And in twenty-five years, when the Foreign Race descends, he would be not even fifty years old... He wouldn''t have lived even one-twentieth of his potential lifespan... So, this Talent was indeed useless to Su Xing. "Ah, how great it would be if this was a Cultivation World without any threats?" "With this Talent alone, I could survive until the end of time in the Cultivation World..." Su Xing sighed, his gaze focused on the simtion panel. "Let''s set a small goal for this simtion, to break through to the Broken Void Realm!" [In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you are aware that you are simting.] [You begin your daily Cultivation of Origin Force and Divine Skills Protective Gang Qi.] [Due to the Seed of Origin Force, you are able to Cultivate Divine Skills for five hours every day.] [With high-intensity Divine Skills cultivation, your understanding of Protective Gang Qi improves day by day.] [Quickly one week passes, and Jin Congxue tells you that the mine''s copy has officially begun operation, and they can supply you with foreign metals every week.] [After hearing this, you breathe a sigh of relief, but your mind is not on it.] [Once you confirm that the foreign metals can be produced normally, you prepare to head to the Descending Sect.] [You go to Shuangqing City, restrain some of your Divine Sense, and then start to lure out that Damned Zong.] [As expected, a few dayster, that Damned Zong appears, treating you with utmost respect, constantly calling you ''senior.''] [Naturally, you y the part of a venerable elder, and with that Damned Zong''s introduction, you join the Descending Sect.] [After joining the Descending Sect, on the surface, you are brothers with that Damned Zong, but in reality, you have already collected quite a lot of medicinal materials through Luo Shuying.] [So you stay in the Descending Sect with peace of mind, crafting Elixirs while Cultivating Origin Force Divine Skills.] [Quickly, two years go by.] [In the third year, you craft more than a hundred thousand Elixirs, and you manage to take most of the medicinal materials stored in the Descending Sect''s treasure vault into your possession.] [Believing the time is right, you decide to defect from the Descending Sect with Luo Shuying.] [Following the defection, you are pursued by the Descending Sect.] [But with the protection of the Great Xia Military, you are quite safe... but that Damned Zong ends up being the unlucky one...] [After joining the Great Xia Military, you maintain your daily Alchemy and Cultivation routine, and two years pass in a blink.] [In the fifth year, you turn all the medicinal materials amassed over the years into Elixirs, adding many powerful beings to the Great Xia Country.] [At the same time, you have stored up seventy days'' worth of the "Great Wisdom" duration, which you n to use on the Cultivation of Origin Force.] [With a clear target for the simtion, you decide to focus on the Cultivation of Origin Force and temporarily suspend the tempering of your Divine Sense and the Cultivation of the Visualization Method.] [In the sixth year, with daily Cultivationsting five hours, your mastery of Protective Gang Qi bes increasingly refined.] [asionally during the Cultivation of Divine Skills, you use the "Great Wisdom Talent," which allows you to Cultivate much faster than before.] [Amid the monotonous Cultivation, another two years fly by.] [In the eighth year, one day you sense a familiar aura, surprisingly that of the fleeing Damned Zong, hiding near Kyoto City.] [Without hesitation, you quicklyunch a surprise attack on that Damned Zong.] [That Damned Zong dodges the sneak attack, realizing he is no match for you, he starts to flee for his life.] [It takes you three days to hunt him down, but sadly, that Damned Zong''s Storage Magical Artifact is destroyed, and you cannot obtain his inheritance.] [After killing that Damned Zong, you return to your peaceful daily Cultivation.] [In the ninth year, as you can only Cultivate the Origin Force Divine Skills for five hours a day, you have more energy to spend time with family and friends.] [asionally, when the situation at Demon-Subduing Pass is tense, you still enter to kill some enemies.] [In the tenth year, one day after Cultivating the Origin Force Divine Skills, you have nothing to do and decide to head to Demon-Subduing Pass to kill enemies.] Chapter 259: Chapter 169: Su Xings Small Goal, Aiming for the Broken Void Realm! (5k)_3 [Just as I encountered a Demon Emperor charging atop the city wall.] [Without hesitation, Origin Force enveloped my Ink Ice Sword, and then I shed out!] [This stroke cut the Demon Emperor in two. I collected the Flesh Essence of the Demon Emperor and began to examine the injuries of the surrounding soldiers.] [To my surprise, among the soldiers who''d been ambushed, there was my good brother Yu Yan!] [After more than a decade, Yu Yan had not only survived in Demon-Subduing Pass but had even broken through to the level of a Heavenly King!] Seeing this, the corners of Su Xing''s mouth slightly curved upward. "Indeed, Fatty Yu is not so easy to die!" "He''s still alive in Demon-Subduing Pass after ten years, that puts my mind at ease..." Su Xing reflected with a sigh. It had been over a month since their graduation. Yu Yan had also sessfully joined the forces at Demon-Subduing Pass, fighting for the Great Xia Military. During this time, Su Xing asionally contacted Yu Yan. After the trials of the battlefield, Su Xing clearly felt that Yu Yan had be much moreposed. Previously, Su Xing had also sponsored the soldiers at Demon-Subduing Pass through Jin Congxue, in the name of the Jin Merchant Guild. Among them, he gave Yu Yan several purple epic-ss pieces of equipment. Yu Yan was one of his few friends, and naturally, Su Xing did not want to see him get into trouble. Therefore, he helped whenever he could, and these pieces of purple equipment significantly enhanced Yu Yan''s ability to survive. "Speaking of which... by this time next year, my little sister should be graduating too, right?" Su Xing sighed, having spent the past year busy with simtions and increasing his strength; he hadn''t even gone home for the holidays. Su''s little sister also attended a top academy in the south. With his newfound wealth, Su Xing asionally transferred some money to her. The influence of the Jin Merchant Guild was not small in the south. As a result, Su Xing even asked the Jin Merchant Guild to employ his little sister, who performed some safe missions with generous rewards from time to time. This allowed his little sister''s strength to grow significantly faster. Recalling all these past events, Su Xing''s eyes reflected a mix of emotions. He too wanted nothing more than to spend every day with his family and friends. But the apocalypse weighed on Su Xing''s mind like a mountain. Su Xing thought that as long as he cultivated to immortality and his strength was sufficient, would it be difficult to apany his parents and family for a hundred years, or even a thousand or ten thousand years? With this thought, Su Xing''s determination to pursue the path became even more tenacious, his gaze turning towards the simtion panel. [After saving Yu Yan, I began to observe the situation on the battlefield.] [As expected, although the Human Race had many more powerful cultivators over the years thanks to me,pared to the might of the Foreign Race, they were still far behind.] [In most cases, humanity could only rely on the mighty Demon-Subduing Pass to fend off the invasions of the Demonic Beasts.] [Witnessing all this, I only cultivated more diligently.] [In the eleventh year, I still maintained my cultivation of Origin Force, and despite the presence of Origin Force seeds, the time I could spend cultivating Origin Force each day was merely five hours.] [The rest of the time was spent battling enemies at Demon-Subduing Pass, reducing the losses of the Human Race.] [Even though I knew it was a simtion, I could not stand idly by and watch my friends and fellow humans die before me.] [I killed many Demon Emperors, but by now the Flesh Essences of Demon Emperors were no longer of much use to me.] [So I began researching whether the Flesh Essence of the Demon Emperor could enhance the strength of the Human Race professionals.] [ording to my research, when ordinary Human Race professionals consumed Flesh Essence of the Demon Emperor, they could hardly digest the energy within, so their strength only increased slightly.] [Therefore, I attempted to research turning the Flesh Essence into Elixirs, hoping to enhance the strength of the Human Race in this manner.] [In the twelfth year, I studied the medicinal properties of Flesh Essence during my spare time, while maintaining my daily cultivation.] [ording to Li Fire Alchemy, there was an Elixir called Rebirth Pill, which was only of low grade.] [Its effect couldpensate for the innate deficiencies of Qi Refinement practitioners. Even those with weak physical constitutions could greatly improve their physique after consuming several Rebirth Pills, almostparable to the early stages of Body Refinement Cultivators.] [And the main ingredient was the flesh of some precious Spirit Pets, as it contained the essence of life.] [ording to my idea, if the main ingredient was slightly modified, the effect of Demonic Beast Flesh Essence might be even better.] [So I continued my cultivation while attempting to refine new Elixirs.] [In the twelfth year, I made a minor breakthrough in my cultivation of Protective Gang Qi, nearing the Mahayana Level.] [That same year, my research on Rebirth Pills also progressed further. Initially, I used Demon King Flesh Essence as the main ingredient, and while the effect was outstanding, the potency was too wild, with significant side effects.] [I didn''t use humans for the experiment, only capturing some monsters from the simtions to test.] [I observed that some monsters increased in strength after consuming the pill, but some burst open and died.] [I wasn''t satisfied with the oue, so I tried improving the pill''s form in my spare time away from daily training.] [In the thirteenth year, my Divine Skill of Protective Gang Qi was getting closer and closer to Mahayana Level.] [At the same time, after many revisions, the side effects and instability of the Rebirth Pill had been greatly reduced, but it was still not safe enough to be used on professionals.] [Amidst the arduous cultivation and countless revisions to the Elixir over two years, time steadily passed.] [In the fifteenth year, on a sunny and peaceful afternoon, my years of hard work paid off, and my Divine Skill Protective Gang Qi finally entered the Mahayana Level!] [Simultaneously, my mastery of Origin Force grew closer to perfection, approaching the third stage''spletion.] [That same year, I finally refined the Rebirth Pill - its potency was so strong that it could evenpare to a mid-grade Elixir!] Chapter 263: Chapter 171: First Taste of Extreme Trials, Heavenly Thunder Physique! (5k) [You didn''t resist, but quietly stimted your Origin Force armor, propping up your Protective Gang Qi.] [You entered the stomach of the gigantic beast along with an entire continent.] Su Xing''s heart lifted at the sight. Whether he could break his limits and step into the Broken Void Realm depended on this moment! His gaze turned to the simtion panel. [With the world spinning around, the surrounding mountains, rocks, vegetation, and even continents were rapidly dissolving.] [You watched helplessly as life after life vanished before your eyes, unable to offer even the slightest resistance.] [You were doing your best to maintain your Protective Gang Qi, guarding against the space turbulence that could ur at any moment.] [Soon, with the frequent appearances of explosions and space turbulence, all of the continents and lives were sessively disappearing.] [A powerful suction was pulling you towards the deeper part of the beast''s stomach.] [It was like a small ck hole, voraciously swallowing everything around it.] [You barely adjusted your position, preventing yourself from being sucked into the ck hole.] [Gradually, not just the mountains, rocks, and water began to dissipate, but even the air was rapidly vanishing.] [The entire space turned into a near-vacuum state.] [Due to the fluctuations of the space turbulence, you couldn''t enter the Spirit Field Cave to replenish oxygen.] [You could only maintain your breathing by dissipating your own Spiritual Energy and relying on the formidable power of a Body Refinement Cultivator''s lungs.] [You don''t know how much time passed, but the environment around you was bing increasingly inhospitable.] [Almost all visible matter turned to nothingness; in the pitch-ck, empty space, you were the only life form still persevering.] [A sense of loneliness and destion arose within you.] [But fortunately, your resolve was firm and you continued to grit your teeth and endure.] [After a while, you started to see the dim outlines of world remnants amidst the space turbulence.] [These were small worlds (instances), which had be World Fragments along with the destruction of Blue Star.] [You dared not approach those World Fragments, knowing their terrifying destructive power; even as a Cultivator of the Broken Void Realm, you had absolutely no resistance against it.] [You began to search for the ultimate limits that you could withstand.] [In such a dire environment, where oxygen was almost non-existent, no longer suitable for carbon-based life to survive,] [as a Cultivator in the Divinity Transformation Stage, protected inside and out by your Protective Gang Qi, this wasn''t enough to push you to your limits.] [Atst, you saw the collision of two World Fragments, which, with the fluctuation of the power of space, burst forth with dazzling light and terrifying thunder, like two dark clouds colliding.] [You recalled what Niu Ruolie told you, the power of thunder, was also a way to break limits!] [And the thunder before you was obviously far beyond the power of ordinary thunder.] [But you didn''t dare to try rashly, so you searched for some smaller World Fragments and approached the edge of the area where thunder was produced after their collision.] [Boom, boom, boom!] [The terrifying thunder struck towards your body; a single strike nearly destabilized your Protective Gang Qi.] [You quickly exerted all your strength to mobilize Origin Force, keeping the Protective Gang Qi stable.] [At the same time, a strand of the power of thunder struck your body.] [This was not ordinary thunder, but thunder containing a trace of the Power of Laws!] [You gritted your teeth and endured, feeling immense pain transmitted from your body.] [You could feel your body slowly approaching its limits.] [After a good while, you readjusted your state and operated Protective Gang Qi, moving closer to the next thunder zone.] [You entered the thunder zone time after time, using the thunder to temper your body over and over.] [After several attempts, you felt your body''s strength undergoing a transformation, constantly getting closer to its limits.] [However, at the same time, the Origin Force within your body was being consumed fiercely.] [Protective Gang Qi was shattered several times in this process, and you could only continue to use Origin Force to reconsolidate the Protective Gang Qi.] [This was a great drain on your Origin Force.] [Seeing that the speed of recovery of Origin Force couldn''t match the rate of consumption, you clenched your teeth and decided to step into the thunder zone once again.] [Because you knew that only a true desperate situation could break the limits and allow you to step into the Broken Void Realm.] [Thus, you entered the thunder zone several more times; not only did your body approach its limits, but it also began to awaken a trace of the power of thunder.] [You felt pleasantly surprised in your heart, sensing that this strand of the power of thunder would be greatly beneficial to your future development.] [As you continued to use thunder to refine yourself, you felt that the original smaller thunder zones had all dissipated.] [Only some slightlyrger thunder zones remained, and you felt hesitant.] [Because in those medium-sized thunder zones, the power of thunder was even more terrifying, and you weren''t confident that you could fully withstand it.] [You were torn between continuing to look for small thunder zones to breakthrough, or entering a medium-sized zone, trying to gain more thunder-enhancing benefits during the breakthrough.] [You ultimately chose to take the risk!] [You stepped into the midst of a medium-sized thunder zone, feeling the power of thunder beside you as if it could destroy worlds!] [Boom!] [A stroke of thunder struck your Protective Gang Qi; just one strike nearly shattered it.] [You were shocked but tried to absorb this strand of thunder power before the next one arrived.] [In the medium-sized thunder zones, the thunder contained more of the Power of Laws, and you knew the Power of Laws was a terrifying force that you couldn''t possibly touch at your current stage.] Chapter 264: Chapter 171: First Taste of Extreme Trials, Heavenly Thunder Physique! (5k)_2 [Therefore, grasp this opportunity and strive to elevate yourself.] [Enduring the agony, you let the power of thunder and lightning continuously temper your body, stepping towards the limit step by step.] [Just then, another bolt of lightning struck you...] [Boom!] [After a sh of lightning, your Protective Gang Qi waspletely shattered.] [Without enough time to muster anotheryer of Protective Gang Qi, your body was obliterated by the endless lightning.] [Along with your Divine Soul, pulverized by the Power of Laws...] [You died!] [Simtion ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing felt a sense of regret and loss. "To think, I actually failed..." In the few short minutes, Su Xing watched the simtion text with his heart in his throat. In the process of breaking his limits, Su Xing, relying on his strong Origin Force and Divine Skills of Protective Gang Qi, managed to endure the initial rounds of the thunder''s baptism. His body kept breaking through, drawing ever closer to his own limits. He even gained a precious trace of the power of thunder... Butter, Su Xing chose to further challenge himself, venturing into a more powerful region of lightning, only to be demolished by the thunder, his efforts falling short... Su Xing was silent for a moment, asking himself in his heart. If given another chance, would he still enter the moderate thunder area to endure a stronger baptism by the power of thunder? Or would he... proceed methodically, seeking out the smaller thunder areas to break through his limits and advance to the Broken Void Realm? "I think, if given another chance... I would still choose the powerful region of lightning to ept the baptism!" A resolute look shed in Su Xing''s eyes. The path of cultivation is inherently a struggle against the heavens. If one always remains mediocre, they will eventually stagnate and be swallowed by the torrents of time. "Clearly, epting the baptism of the smaller lightning region... although it could also lead to bing Broken Void, the gains would definitely not be as great as those from the moderate thunder!" "And what I want is to be the strongest!" Su Xing was very clear in his heart; the power of the Thunder Laws is a precious force. The Power of Laws is a mysterious power only Immortals can ess. For Su Xing, a mere cultivator in the Divinity Transformation Stage, toe in contact with this Power of Laws was already an immense stroke of fortune! If he could really obtain the Power of Laws, Su Xing would receive many benefits. "It''s a pity... my Protective Gang Qi is only at the Mahayana level, not strong enough to withstand two consecutive bolts of thunder imbued with the power of Laws..." Su Xing sighed. Even the slightest trace of the Laws in the thunder was more than he could currently withstand. "So, how can I withstand two consecutive bolts of thunder?" Su Xing pondered thoughtfully. The only method he could think of was to further enhance his Protective Gang Qi to Great Perfection! Protective Gang Qi at Great Perfection, coupled with Origin Force at the third stage of Great Perfection, was already the limit for Su Xing''s current realm. "What a pity, I thought I could seed in one go..." Su Xing sighed again. He muttered about the horrific, adverse conditions within the space in the belly of the giant beast. Ordinary cultivators at the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm only need to release their Origin Force to form an armor of Origin Force to break their limits. Because their bodily limits are lower, the extreme environments they need to break through are much safer. But with a solid foundation like Su Xing''s, he requires an even more extreme environment to break his own limits. "If I could break through my limits in such an extreme ce, maybe after advancing to the Broken Void Realm, mybat power could directly match that of cultivators in the middle or evente stages of the Broken Void, right?" Su Xing had some craving in his heart. "I''ll try once more, this time I''ll train my Protective Gang Qi to Great Perfection... If I still can''t withstand the sessive thunderbolts... then I''ll settle for the next best thing..." That''s what Su Xing resolved in his heart. His gaze turned towards the rewards on the simtion panel. [Elixir of Longevity]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Ten Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, including the understanding of crafting the Rebirth Pill at Great Perfection level, priced at 5 million energy points. [Origin Force Cultivation Insights]: Origin Force at the fully released Great Perfection level, picking this will greatly evolve the Origin Force within your body, a perpetual cycle of Origin Force. Priced at 50 million energy points. [One Million Drops of Low Grade Spiritual Liquid]: Priced at 100 million energy points. [Protective Gang Qi (Mahayana Level)]: Origin Force Divine Skill, Mahayana level Protective Gang Qi, invulnerability within three feet of Gang Qi, as long as the Gang Qi remains unbroken, the person remains unharmed, not far fromplete mastery of Divine Skills, priced at 50 million simtion energy. [Heavenly Thunder Physique (Iplete)]: Enduring the baptism of heavenly thunder, tempered by the power of the Thunder Laws, the body contains the ultimate power of thunder, naturally possessing a high sensitivity to the thunder element, a chance to form the special Five Elements Spiritual Root - Thunder Spiritual Root, slightly enhancing cultivation aptitude and the physical body, priced at 50 million energy. After seeing the rewards for the simtion, a glint of light shed in Su Xing''s eyes. "Heavenly Thunder Physique!?" "Could it be, this is the benefit I could get after undergoing the baptism of thunder?" Su Xing was slightly excited as he looked at the description of the Heavenly Thunder Physique. Indeed, after the baptism of thunder, Su Xing would indeed reap additional rewards. "To enhance the physical body and the speed of cultivation, as well as affinity with thunder elements... and even, the potential toprehend the Thunder Spiritual Root!" Su Xing was amazed. It is known that the Five Elements Spiritual Roots, consisting of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The Five Elements Spiritual Roots each have their strengths and weaknesses, and are the mostmon types of Spiritual Roots. However, beyond the Five Elements, there are special Spiritual Roots, like the Thunder Spiritual Root! The strongest aspect of the Thunder Spiritual Root is its ultimate destructive power! Chapter 265: Chapter 171: First Taste of Extreme Trials, Heavenly Thunder Physique! (5k)_3 ``` Even more superior to the Fire Spiritual Root by no small margin. It could be said that if Su Xing were to obtain this Thunder Spiritual Root, hisbat abilities would be further enhanced. In addition, against spectral entities, ghosts, and the like, the Thunder Spiritual Root possesses a natural restraining power. Even after Su Xing achieved immortality, if there were an opportunity, owning the Thunder Spiritual Root could allow him to attempt toprehend the Thunder Law! Thinking of this, Su Xing''s breathing became somewhat rapid. "It''s just a pity that this is still an iplete Thunder Spiritual Root... If I could endure through the medium thunder zone''s heavenly thunder baptism, I would surely obtain more of the Power of Laws from the thunder!" "By then, I should be able to acquire theplete form of the Heavenly Thunder Physique, right?" Su Xing muttered to himself. Then, Su Xing looked at his alchemy enlightenment talent. Clearly, in this simtion, Su Xing had improved, or it could even be said that he optimized the Rebirth Pill. As a result, his proficiency with the Rebirth Pill immediately reached thepletion level! "This Rebirth Pill Refining Experience could be taken out in the future... but there''s no need for it now..." After giving it some thought, Su Xing did not hesitate and said: "In this simtion, I choose Protective Gang Qi (Mahayana Level) and the insights of Origin Force cultivation!" As his words fell, the simtor''s prompt sounded in Su Xing''s ears. [You have sessfully taken out the results of Origin Force cultivation, spending 50 million energy, remaining energy 514.95 million points.] [You have sessfully taken out Protective Gang Qi (Mahayana Level), spending 50 million energy, remaining energy 464.95 million points.] As the simtor''s prompt faded, two mysterious forces entered Su Xing''s body. First to change was the Origin Force seed within Su Xing''s body. The Origin Force seed, which continuously emitted Origin Force, became even moreplete in just a few breaths. The speed at which Origin Force flowed out had increased more than twice over in an instant! At the same time, Su Xing felt that his Origin Force had also been sublimated at that moment. A more extreme destructive power, a stronger defensive nature! And an even more enduringbat capability! Su Xing''s eyes were slightly closed as he silently experienced the subtle changes in the Origin Force inside his body. "Attack and defense in one Origin Force is indeed the powerful foundation of a Body Refinement Cultivator!" Su Xing''s mouth curved slightly upward as he murmured. Afterwards, Su Xing began to experience the strength of his Mahayana Level Protective Gang Qi. "Strange... this Protective Gang Qi, both in terms of tenacity and defense, is more than twice as strong as before, so how has it not yet reached thepleteness of Mahayana Level?" Su Xing contemted carefully once more. Then, with a decided tone, he murmured: "My current Protective Gang Qi is probably close topletion level... It''s just a shame that I''m a whisker away from perfection... By then, I should be able to withstand the power of thunder in session, right?" Su Xing thought to himself. After feeling the enhancement of his strength, Su Xing once again threw himself into the busy emperor-like life of the new week without a break. He adeptly crafted elixirs, collected Spiritual Liquids, and tended to the Spirit Fields. By now, Su Xing had almost fully cultivated all five hundred mu of Spirit Fields and utilized them effectively. The vast majority of Spirit Fields were nted with Spirit Grains, close to five hundred mu. The rest were nted with Gathering Spirit Flowers, Divine Power Vines, Ginseng, Yellow Immortal Essence, Essence-Nourishing Herbs, and other Spiritual Medicines. And because the Spirit Field Cave was rich in Spiritual Energy, coupled with the blessing of Su Xing''s talent as a Descendant of Shennong. ``` Su Xing had already harvested a small batch of Spiritual Medicine. He could even attempt refining Organ Refining Pills, Essence-Nourishing Pills, and Divine Strength Pills himself. "Tsk tsk, if these Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills were to appear in the present world... they would probably cause a frantic scramble, right?" "Unfortunately, there will be too many unstable factors by then. Right now, I have no shortage of simted energy, so I might as well wait..." Su Xing murmured. As for the Divine Strength Pill... that was a powerful elixir capable of nurturing Martial Emperor powerhouses! A single Divine Strength Pill would probably cause a tremor in the entire Great Xia market. Before he had the strength to ignore any assassination and danger, Su Xing did not n to reveal it to the world. Soon, Su Xing, with the new week''s elixirs, changed his appearance and concealed his aura before meeting Jin Congxue at the vi. Today, Jin Congxue was wearing a light blue dress that was full of youthful charm. With her innocent and desirable face, she even made Su Xing take a few more nces. "Tsk, little pervert, what are you looking at?" Jin Congxue rolled her eyes, the coquettishness in the moment seemingly boundless. "If you really want to look...e find me tonight, I''ll let you have your fill~" Having said that, Jin Congxue seductively curled her finger at Su Xing. As an energetic young man, Su Xing took a big gulp of iced c to calm the excitement in his heart. Su Xing kept reminding himself. "Su Xing, you must resist temptation! Our goal is to be stronger! Women will only slow down your sword-drawing speed!" After such self-brainwashing, Su Xing said: "Cough cough, definitely next time!" He then quickly changed the topic and said: "By the way, how is the development of the mining side-branching along?" Hearing this, Jin Congxue also started talking about serious matters, saying: "The manpower is all arranged properly, and the development is almostplete!" "Next week, there should be new exotic metals able to be supplied, and the quantity will be more than three to four times greater than before!" Su Xing nodded in satisfaction after hearing this. Afterwards, the two chatted for a bit more before Su Xing took the new week''s goods and left. He skillfully made severalrge loops around the area to make sure no one was following before returning to the dormitory and entering into the Spirit Field Blessed Land. After converting the new week''s goods into energy, Su Xing''s simted energy reached 498 million points! On the afternoon of August 19th, 2024, Su Xing began a new round of simtion on schedule. "This time, I must seed in one fell swoop, awaken the Heavenly Thunder Physique, and break through to the Broken Void Realm!" Su Xing cheered himself on. "Begin simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 4,900 points of energy, leaving a bnce of 498.33 million points, and unlimited remaining simtions.] [Simtion start!] [Drawing a blue talent costs 10,000 points of energy; drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 points of energy. Would you like to draw?] "Draw the Purple Talent!" Su Xing said decisively. Although his goal this time was to reach the Broken Void Realm, if he came across a precious Purple Talent, Su Xing wouldn''t mind adding it to his collection. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the Purple Talent, Sess Master!] [Sess Master]: Purple Talent, yournguage possesses incredible artistry and infectiveness, often making others believe in you without a doubt, and even willinglyy down their lives for you. Note: The consequences of this talent are unpredictable, and the specific effect depends on the target''s strength, personality, and the difference in status between the two parties, so use it with caution. (A certain sess master: Give one million to those who betray me, so in the future, those who are loyal to me will just be a few small goals! p if you understand!)] Chapter 266: Chapter 172: The Magical Talent, Master of Success! (First Update) "A self-help guru?" Su Xing stroked his chin after seeing this talent and muttered: "This talent is quite interesting, isn''t it?" "So, it''s basically a master of deception... capable of fooling the target?" "Just not sure how effective this thing actually is, depends on the target''s strength and status..." Su Xing couldn''t quite grasp the specific effects of the talent and decided to try it out in the simtion. Target looks at the simtion panel. [In the midst of the Spirit Field Cave, you realize you are in a simtion.] [You leave the Spirit Field Cave and return to the real world.] [You n to test the effect of being a self-help guru.] [You walk around the school, randomly pick a student on the path, and tell him you are his long-lost mother.] [The student looks up at you, a puzzled look in his eyes, curses at you for being sick, and then turns and leaves.] [You are dissatisfied with the performance of the self-help guru talent and decide to find two more targets to try.] [You pick another passing student, this time telling him you are his long-lost half-brother from the same mother.] [And you detail a whole lot, from the neighbor Old Wang cuckolding his dad, to his mom getting pregnant... to you being abandoned on a bench in the park...] [Throughout the process, you speak with incredible detail, as though it all actually happened.] [In the end, the student believes you, copsing emotionally into sobs and tears, hugging your thighs and calling you brother.] [Seeing more and more onlookers gathering around, you hurry away pretending something came up.] [Monthster, a figure searching for a long-lost brother is often seen in the school...] [After fooling that student, you find a Heavenly King Level teacher in the school.] [You tell him that his father has just passed away and that you havee especially to convey the news.] [You talk about his father''s cause of death and the time of death as if it were all true.] [In the end, the teacher breaks down in tears, thanks you, and then runs toward the principal''s office of the school.] [Later, you learn that the teacher''s father is a Martial Emperor Level powerhouse, and also one of the school''s vice-principals.] [Thus, you spend three days testing out the effects of the new talent.] [A few dayster, the Tarot Society''s mine instance unfolds sessfully, bringing you a lot of exotic metals each week.] [After confirming there are no issues with the Tarot Commerce Association, you prepare to join the Descending Sect.] Su Xing looks at this, a strange look shing in his eyes. "So, this art of deception... the self-help guru talent isn''t omnipotent after all, its implementation still requires many conditions." "For instance, the student I found at the beginning, though probably only silver or gold level... because what I said was too outrageous, the genders didn''t match, and the age gap was toorge... it defiedmon sense, so I was seen through at a nce..." After a pause, Su Xing analyzes further. "However, once I fleshed out the logic in my exnation, the chances of sessfully fooling someone with the self-help guru talent increased significantly!" "Even the story of a long-lost brother or a Martial Emperor father dying on the spot, people would believe it based just on a single encounter..." "Tsk tsk~ this self-help guru really has something going for it!" Su Xing muttered to himself, feeling that he still hadn''t fully tapped into the strong points of the self-help guru. If he encountered logic that was very unreasonable... but Su Xing forcefully provided a set of logic, what would happen then? Suddenly, Su Xing found the talent more interesting. He looks at the simtion panel. [You leave Kyoto and head to Shuangqing City in the southwest province.] [Afterwards, you suppress your Divine Sense and cover the entire Shuangqing City, ultimately drawing out Damned Zong.] [You tell Damned Zong that you are his long-lost father, going into detail about the reasons and process of separation, and with heavy heart express that you have been looking for him for thousands of years and finally found him.] [Damned Zong looks puzzled after hearing your words, seemingly deep in thought.] [Long after, a smile spreads across his face, and he says, "Elder, stop joking around."] [Clearly, since the strength gap between the two of you isn''trge and Damned Zong is naturally cautious, the talent activation fails.] [After the failure, you feel no embarrassment, and you follow Damned Zong into joining the Descending Sect.] [After joining the Descending Sect, you dere in front of all the followers that you have long aspired to join the Foreign Race and had long wished to submit to them.] [For this, you didn''t hesitate to travel thousands of miles, all to serve the Descending Sect, and you vow to lead the Sect to greater prosperity.] [Your speechsts a full three days, and many of the followers in the Descending Sect are moved by you, taking your words as gospel.] [Even some followers contact you in private, hoping you can establish a fourth faction, aside from the "Natural Faction, Fanatic Faction, Coexistence Faction."] [And they will charge ahead for you!] [What you didn''t expect is that there are not a few such believers, with even several hundred of them.] [Later, even faction leaderse to you, hoping you will be a protector, and indicate that their positions will eventually be yours!] [You are amazed by the power of the self-help guru talent and privately seek out Luo Shuying.] [This time, you don''t even utter the secret phrase, managing to convince Luo Shuying with just the story.] [Shepletely believes you, and is moved by your countless journeys across timelines to save the world, hoping to do more for you.] [With Luo Shuying''s assistance, you quickly gather arge number of medicinal ingredients.] Chapter 267: Chapter 172: The Magical Talent, Master of Success! (First Update)_2 [Afterward, he began the daily routine of concocting elixirs and practicing his Protective Gang Qi Divine Skills.] [However, because of his unbelievably spectacr performance as a Master of Sess, many followers came to him in private, leaving him frustrated and unable to concentrate on his cultivation.] [So he simply dered that he was entering seclusion to contemte ways to lead the Descending Sect to its peak.] [To his surprise, as soon as he said this, the number of die-hard fans within the Descending Sect instantly multiplied!] [Countless members of the Descending Sect believed wholeheartedly in him, convinced that under his leadership, the sect would reach new heights of glory!] [Even many Elder-level followers began to see him as a figure of reverence and strived to emte him.] Su Xing nced at this and a more and more bizarre expression appeared on his face. "Tsk tsk... are the followers of the Descending Sect all missing a screw or something?" "Are they really that easy to bamboozle?" Su Xing pondered for a moment and figured that anyone willing to be a traitor to the Human Race probably had some issues in the first ce. Plus, did these people need a spiritual crutch to hypnotize themselves into forgetting the fact that they had betrayed the Human Race? Hence with various factors at y, was it possible that his sess teachings as a Master got an exceptionally high bonus? Su Xing nodded slightly, feeling that this was probably the case. "Just wondering, if I were to defect from the Descending Sect... what would the reaction of these followers be?" Su Xing thought the scene of the followers'' faith copsing would definitely be interesting, so he couldn''t wait to look at the simtion panel. [In the second year, you continued to make elixirs and practice your Origin Force Divine Skills every day in the Descending Sect.] [Over two years, you had umted over one hundred thousand elixirs and attained the Great Wisdom State for more than sixty days, while your Origin Force Divine Skills Protective Gang Qi was getting closer to perfection.] [In the third year, you had almost gathered all the herbs you needed, and there was no longer any benefit in staying with the Descending Sect.] [Thus, on a dark and stormy night, you fled the Descending Sect with Luo Shuying.] [Before betraying the Descending Sect, you didn''t forget to share a meal with the Damned Zong and nder him.] [Soon after, you and Luo Shuying escaped to Kyoto, and the news of your betrayal spread quickly.] [Initially, everyone in the Descending Sect, from the protectors to the regr members, utterly refused to believe it.] [They couldn''t fathom that you, with such firm belief, would choose to betray the Sect.] [As a result, the Sect was thrown into chaos and split into two factions.] [Some members were convinced that other protectors had framed you and spread rumors, so they sought to rify things with you.] [Others even thought that you were on a secret mission to infiltrate the Great Xia Military to coordinate an internal and external assault to annihte the Human Race.] [Ultimately, these followers gathered and left the Descending Sect overnight, heading for Kyoto, to clear things up with you.] [These followers ounted for eighty percent of the Sect''s poption!] [Over twenty thousand followers, ranging from Heavenly King Level Elders to Master Levelmon members, all came to Kyoto looking for you.] [Suddenly, the streets of Kyoto were filled with many unfamiliar faces of powerful beings.] [You quickly noticed this anomaly and went to meet these twenty thousand followers.] [They asked why you had left the Descending Sect to join the Great Xia Military.] [While you were making arrangements with the Great Xia Military to capture all of these people at once,] [you knew you couldn''t tell the truth, so you had to continue to use your Sess Master talent to bamboozle them.] [You told them that you felt the Sect''s ideals were no longer pure; the three factions were all fighting their own battles and could no longer be considered the true Descending Sect.] [You continued the charade, exining that during your seclusion, you had realized a new path.] [And that was to kill the Foreign Race and to engage in an all-out struggle against them!] [When you revealed this path, some of the Descending Sect members immediately objected.] [But you argued that only by ying the great members of the Foreign Race could one really provoke them! Since the power of the Foreign Race was unimaginably strong, it would surely lead to the quicker destruction of the Human Race!] [This way was the fastest means to let the Foreign Race unify the entire real world!] [Your reasoning was so far-fetched that even you could hardly believe it.] [Yet incredibly, after hearing your words, all the followers fell into contemtion.] [Some quickly believed you, their eyes shining with a fanatical light, convinced that the path you found was the true way of the Descending Sect!] [Others were conflicted but were quickly influenced by the mood of the crowd and joined the mindless horde that worshipped you.] [Even thest batch of slightly more lucid followers were brainwashed by your speech and became eager to attempt the path you proposed.] [There were even followers who suggested convincing the remaining members of the Sect to join as well.] [This led to an event so ridiculous it almost made you question life itself: over twenty thousand followers were all swayed by your deceit and became part of the army opposing the Demon Race!] [These followers, mostly substantial in strength, ranging from Master Level to Heavenly King Level would be a force not to be ignored if they joined Demon-Subduing Pass.] [Without lifting a finger, you had essentially dissolved a considerable part of the Descending Sect''s power, making them loyal members of the army against the Demon Race.] [Under the Great Xia Military''s arrangements, these twenty thousand plus followers all joined the Demon-Subduing Pass, forming a special legion called the Descending Army!] In the real world, Su Xing stared at the simtion text in front of him, almost dropping his jaw to the floor. "Damn, is this some kind of joke?" Chapter 268: Chapter 172: The Magical Talent, Master of Success! (First Update)_3 "These Descending Sect followers are really so easy to swindle... isn''t this one not only swindled but even bought a wheelchair along the way?" Su Xing realized that his talent for sess coaching, if fully utilized, was shockingly effective! "Goodness, turning enemies into friends just like that..." Su Xing smacked his lips and continued to read on. [After swindling this group of followers, you continued to throw yourself into the busy life of cultivation and alchemy.] [In the fourth year, you handed over the more than two hundred thousand elixirs you had crafted over the years to the Great Xia Military.] [At once, the military strength of the Great Xia Military greatly increased, and the situation at Demon-Subduing Pass was looking up.] [Afterpleting the elixir production, you devoted more energy to cultivating the Protective Gang Qi divine skill.] [During the fifth year, besides cultivation, you began to develop the Rebirth Pill, wanting to see how much these elixirs could enhance the strength of the Great Xia Country.] [Through continuous experimentation and alchemy, your mastery of the Rebirth Pill gradually improved.] [In the sixth year, you felt that your divine skill, Protective Gang Qi, was only one step away from reaching perfection.] [So you decided to use all of the umted Great Wisdom time of over one hundred days in one go, striving to break through to the perfected realm!] [Finally, on a night with a sparse starry sky, you gritted your teeth and practiced alone.] [As you continuously infused Origin Force into your Protective Gang Qi, at a certain moment, you finally felt a change in your Protective Gang Qi!] [The defensive limit of Protective Gang Qi doubled in a very short time, with its defending power bing twice that of the original!] [And as the power of Protective Gang Qi increased, you also felt that its consumption of Origin Force was higher.] [The continuous supply of Origin Force within your body was already far less than the consumption rate!] [Over the next month, you carefully studied the use and consumption of Origin Force by Protective Gang Qi.] [Finally, your mastery of Protective Gang Qi naturally reached perfection, attaining a miraculous level.] [You could precisely control the strength of the Protective Gang Qi from every angle.] [If the enemy''s attack came from the front, you would maximize the Origin Force at the front of the Protective Gang Qi, while reducing the Origin Force at the back or below your feet.] [In this way, you could minimize the consumption.] [Furthermore, when Protective Gang Qi was at full strength, the defense power could directly double, but the consumption of Origin Force within your body would reach a shocking level.] [After testing, with full Origin Force, your body''s Origin Force could only support one hour.] [Even so, you were quite satisfied with the effects of Protective Gang Qi!] [You were confident that, at this moment, your Protective Gang Qi could definitely withstand two or even three consecutive strikes of lightning force!] [Now all was prepared, save for the appearance of great beasts, at which point you would be able to reach your extreme limit...] [Thus breaking through your own limit and achieving the Broken Void Realm!] [But you did not n to waste the subsequent more than a decade; you intended to further test the potency of the Rebirth Pill.] [On the seventh year, you arrived at Demon-Subduing Pass. With your current strength, killing Demon Kings was as easy as ughtering chickens.] [Even the Demon Emperors could notst more than three rounds in your hands.] [In just one short month, you killed more than ten Demon Emperors and several hundred Demon Kings.] [Just as you were preparing to use their Flesh Essence to continue developing the Rebirth Pill, you unexpectedly observed an army fighting bravely on the battlefield.] [This army had merely a few thousand men but fought fearlessly, often exchanging their lives to kill a single Demonic Beast.] [Even in death, the soldiers of this army wore smiles on their faces, shouting something enthusiastically.] [Touched by the style of this army, you inquired of Lu Yuanwu about the origin of this army.] [When Lu Yuanwu heard you ask like this, a strange look appeared on his face.] [He told you that this army was originallyposed of Descending Sect followers.] [When these followers first came to Demon-Subduing Pass, Lu Yuanwu was very wary of them and had his soldiers keep a close watch on them.] [But soon, everyone was moved by the fearless fighting spirit of this death-defying army.] [They always charged to the front lines in monster-ying, indifferent to their own death, even willing to trade a life-for-life with the Demon Race.] [With such a fighting style, this army became the one with the most demonic kills.] [At the same time, in just three years, the original crowd of over twenty thousand followers had dwindled to a mere three thousand...] [Hearing Lu Yuanwu''s words, you remained silent.] Su Xing''s eyes widened in disbelief. "Damn, sess coaching master... respect!" Even Su Xing could only curse in disbelief now. The degree of brainwashing by this master of swindling was truly out of this world. Directly transformed from Human Race traitors into fearless and iron-blooded soldiers? "Tsk tsk... but this should be the best end for those followers, right?" "Hopefully, the ughter can lighten the sins on their shoulders..." Su Xing shook his head lightly, turning his gaze to the simtion panel. [In the eighth year, after relentless trial and error, you finally seeded in developing the Rebirth Pill and minimized its side effects.] [In one year, you crafted a full ten thousand Rebirth Pills.] [More surprising was the fact that the production cost of the Rebirth Pills was extremely low, the Flesh Essence of a single Demon King could craft a hundred Rebirth Pills.] [And a hundred Rebirth Pills could help thirty Grandmasters to increase their strength by fifty percent!] [After increasing their strength, they would have a better chance of passing the advancement trials and bing Heavenly King Level professionals!] [ording to your calctions, there were over three thousand Grandmaster Level cultivators who took Rebirth Pills within a year.] [And after a year, the Great Xia Country actually had a thousand more Heavenly King Level professionals!] Chapter 269: Chapter 173: Survive and Return to the Land of Extremes! (Second Update) Su Xing was stunned by what he saw. This was not a thousand Grandmaster Level warriors, but a thousand Heavenly King Level warriors! The Dragon Spirit Pill and Origin Martial Pill that Su Xing had painstakingly developed before could only increase the number of Heavenly King Level warriors in the Great Xia Country by a few hundred. But he hadn''t expected that the Rebirth Pill would be so effective! The Rebirth Pill, purely aimed at strength-type warriors, helped them to increase their strength. Although it came with the side effect of reduced intelligence for a few months, they could recover in no more than a year. The efficiency of this strength improvement was astonishing! If Su Xing was willing to continue refining Rebirth Pills, it wouldn''t be a problem to increase the number of Heavenly King Level warriors by a thousand each year. "Moreover, this is only made from the Flesh Essence of Demon Kings..." "If we use the Flesh Essence of a Demon Emperor... I''m afraid that by then, the Rebirth Pill will be improving the strength of Heavenly King Level warriors!" "At that time... with an increase in strength, Heavenly King Level warriors will have a greater chance of advancing to Martial Emperor warriors!" A gleam of light shed in Su Xing''s eyes as he murmured, "With more Martial Emperor Level warriors... will Legendary Level warriors remain few?" "If we really get dozens or even hundreds of Legendary warriors... in twenty years, perhaps we''ll be able to withstand the assault of those several hundred Legendary Demon Race attackers, right?" Su Xing felt somewhat joyous in his heart. If it were truly so, even if they couldn''t stop them, they could at least dy for several years. That meant, every simtion would give Su Xing many more years... By then, Su Xing would have even more time to cultivate and explore the secrets of this world. Thinking this, Su Xing felt somewhat excited. "The twenty-five-year deadline... Perhaps it can be broken soon!" Su Xing felt eager to try. After calming his emotions, Su Xing also began nning the objectives for his next simtion. Now, his Divine Skills, Protective Gang Qi, as well as his Origin Force cultivation, had all reached the Great Perfection level. It could be said that Su Xing had a seventy to eighty percent certainty in enduring the continuous power of lightning and stepping into the Broken Void Realm. And next, Su Xing only needed to safely live until the day of the behemoth''s arrival and be swallowed by it toplete his task. "In the next simtion, staying alive is the first priority, absolutely no risks must be taken with one''s life..." "Of course, these remaining ten-plus years can''t be wasted either, we can further explore the things that need to be done." After contemting for a while, Su Xing decided to attempt two things with the remaining time. First, continue to develop the Rebirth Pill made from the Flesh Essence of a Demon Emperor. Although Su Xing couldn''t bring his alchemy experience out, he could see just how far the Rebirth Pill could improve the strength of the Human Race. Second, that is to cultivate the Divine Skills of escape techniquesSword Control Technique! After all, upon breaking the void, Su Xing''s Qi Refining Cultivation would also need to keep up and reach the Return to Void Realm. And for this, Su Xing needed to collect Spring Dew Pure Water. Therefore, a qualified escape technique Divine Skill was necessary... With a n in mind, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simtion panel. [In the ninth year, you spend most of your energy on refining and improving the Rebirth Pill.] [This year you try adding the Flesh Essence of a Demon Emperor into the mix, and unsurprisingly, due to the pill''s too violent medicinal properties and too great side effects, you fail to create the pill.] [But you don''t lose heart and continue to improve the pill form, increasing yourprehension of the Rebirth Pill through repeated attempts.] [That same year, you begin attempting to cultivate the escape technique Divine Skill, the Sword Control Technique.] [In the tenth year, after a year of effort, the side effects of the Rebirth Pill have been greatly reduced, but still not enough to be used on humans.] [You work hard to continue developing the improved Rebirth Pill, refining more than a dozen batches of elixirs every day.] [And this upgraded version of the Rebirth Pill, with the Flesh Essence of the Demon Emperor as the main ingredient, when you run out of Flesh Essence, you go to the Demon-Subduing Pass to kill Demon Emperors and gather materials.] [Over the course of a year, you almost killed a hundred Demon Emperors... and made over a hundred changes to the form of the Rebirth Pill.] [Amidst a life devoted to alchemy, three years pass in the blink of an eye...] [In the thirteenth year, this is the fifth year of your research on the upgraded Rebirth Pill.] [Over the past five years, you have revised your studies thousands of times and finally obtained an upgraded version of the Rebirth Pill with the lowest side effects!] [You take three months to refine a thousand upgraded Rebirth Pills and find three hundred Heavenly King Level warriors and ten Martial Emperor Level warriors to take them.] [Even after several improvements, the side effects of this version of the Rebirth Pill are still not low.] [Because the Flesh Essence of the Demon Emperor is even more violent, the Heavenly King Level warriors who took the Rebirth Pill showed various degrees of emotional disturbance, and some even developed bipr disorder.] [Fortunately, you were prepared in advance, having arranged for a psychologist in advance, and admitted this group of three hundred Heavenly King Level warriors to the hospital collectively.] [Three hundred Heavenly King Level warriors staying in the hospital together, seeing a psychologist, was truly a rare sight.] [Compared to Heavenly King Level warriors, the Martial Emperor warriors had much less severe side effects after taking the upgraded Rebirth Pill and only asionally experienced auditory and visual hallucinations...] [In the fourteenth year, after a year of treatment, this batch of Heavenly Kings and Martial Emperor Level warriors fully recover and are discharged from the hospital.] [After your examinations,parisons, and data analysis, the professionals who took the pill all showed rapid increases in strength.] [The Heavenly King Level warriors who took the upgraded Rebirth Pill experienced an average strength increase of about forty percent!] [Each Heavenly King Level warrior took three Rebirth Pills, which is equivalent to an increase of two to three hundred thousand catties in strength per pill!] Chapter 270: Chapter 173: Survive and Return to the Land of Extremes! (Second Update)_2 [The total strength enhancement ranged between 700,000 to 900,000 catties! This was the result of a year''s consumption of elixirs...] [However, after taking three pills, practitioners'' strength growth nearly halted, clearly indicating that the human body had developed a resistance to the medication.] [Compared to Heavenly King Level powerhouses, Martial Emperor Level powerhouses had much less of an increase in strength.] [Three elixirs, on average, could increase their strength by 300,000 to 500,000 catties...] [The overall strength enhancement of Martial Emperor Level powerhouses was less than ten percent.] [Even so, both you and the upper echelons of the Human Race were extremely satisfied with the efficacy of these drugs!] [Some experts even hailed this as a great creation that would change the history of the Human Race!] [And you, were regarded by all practitioners andmon people as the savior of the Human Race.] [In the fifteenth year, you had no interest in these empty titles, you just wanted to understand just how much these elixirs could really enhance the strength of the Human Race.] [So, for the following period, you devoted all your energy to the alchemy of elixirs.] [Thus, two years quietly passed by.] [In the seventeenth year, day and night, you crafted 50,000 Rebirth Pills, as well as 10,000 upgraded Rebirth Pills over these two years.] [The main target audience for these elixirs were Grandmasters and Heavenly King Level practitioners.] [The 50,000 standard Rebirth Pills increased the strength of nearly 15,000 Grandmaster Level practitioners by almost fifty percent.] [After one year of healing, a total of 5,000 practitioners among these Grandmasters advanced to Heavenly King Level powerhouses!] [Suddenly, the number of Heavenly King Level powerhouses in Great Xia Country nearly quintupled!] [Compared to the standard Rebirth Pills, the upgraded Rebirth Pills had a much weaker effect...] [The main reason was that Great Xia Country did not have so many veteran Heavenly King Level practitioners...] [Because the Heavenly King Level practitioners who had advanced with the help of Rebirth Pills had only just met the Heavenly King standard, even if they then consumed the upgraded Rebirth Pills, it still wasn''t enough to break through to Martial Emperor Level.] [Therefore, only one thousand of the earliest veteran Heavenly King powerhouses had taken the Rebirth Pills.] [In the end, in the span of one year, nearly two hundred more Martial Emperor powerhouses emerged in Great Xia Country!] [In just one year, the number of Martial Emperor powerhouses in Great Xia also increased by more than threefold!] [While the numbers of the Human Race powerhouses skyrocketed, you also noticed an interesting phenomenon.] [Since arge number of powerhouses required a year of psychological therapy after taking the Rebirth Pills...] [Psychology had be the hottest field of study amongmoners in recent years.] [Suddenly, psychology graduates had a wide range of job prospects, and countless ordinary people were moring to get into the field of psychology...] Su Xing''s expression became somewhat subtle upon seeing this. With a mix of surprise and a sense of peculiarity. "Indeed, the effects of the Rebirth Pills are no less than those of the Origin Martial Pill or the Divine Strength Pill!" "Though it has a ''trivial'' side effect, its advantages are huge since the main ingredient is abundantly avable!" "This means we can mass-produce Heavenly King and Martial Emperor Level powerhouses!" Speaking of this, a hint of ambition shed in Su Xing''s eyes. What he wanted was not just Martial Emperor Level powerhouses! Twenty-five yearster, hundreds of Legendary Demon Beasts descended upon Demon-Subduing Pass. What Su Xing wanted was the ability to mass-produce Legendary Level powerhouses, which could drive away those Demonic Beasts from Demon-Subduing Pass. And a key issue if Legendary Level powerhouses were to increase in number was... There needed to be more Martial Emperor Level powerhouses! After all, only if there was arger base of Martial Emperor Level powerhouses could some of them sessfully break through to Legendary! "Tsk tsk... Let''s not rush for Legendary Level powerhouses just yet, first let''s stabilize the mass production of Martial Emperor powerhouses..." Su Xing mused thoughtfully, his face barely able to suppress a smile. He hadn''t expected that his actions in this simtor would make psychology graduates the hottest employment group! "Speaking of which, I remember psychology used to be considered a pitfall..." Su Xing shook his head slightly, no longer dwelling on it, and turned his gaze to the simtion panel. [In the eighteenth year, with the appearance of an additional 5,000 Heavenly King Level and over two hundred Martial Emperor Level powerhouses within just two years, the strength of the Human Race saw a significant increase!] [Just when everyone thought you would lead the Human Race to glory... you stopped producing elixirs.] [For you, the purpose of testing the efficacy of the Rebirth Pills had been achieved... Next, you nned to focus your primary efforts on Sword Control Technique cultivation!] [After a few years of intermittent practice, although you had some understanding of the Sword Control Technique, you had not yet reached the entry level.] [So, you decided to concentrate and retreat to diligently practice the Sword Control Technique!] [In the neenth year, with a year of intense practice, on top of previous umtions, you finally reached the entry level of the Sword Control Technique!] [You were now able to perform the rudimentary Sword Flight, and you could control the sword using your energy to decapitate an enemy hundreds of meters away.] [Although the distance for energy sword control was not long, you were quite satisfied, as you had only just begun to understand this Divine Skill.] [The most crucial thing... using energy to control the sword looked cool! Whether it was strong or not didn''t matter, only being cool was something for a lifetime!] [The above were your inner thoughts.] [Besides, you found that entry-level Sword Control Technique, alongside Sword Flight, only improved your speed by a mere twenty to thirty percent.] [But, crucially, it greatly saved on Spiritual Power!] [Originally, not knowing any evasion arts and wishing to fly, you could only rely purely on Spiritual Power to lift your body, slow and consuming a great deal of Spiritual Power!] Chapter 271: Chapter 173: Survive and Return to the Land of Extremes! (Second Update)_3 [But now that you''ve mastered Sword Flight, your spiritual power consumption for flight has been reduced to one-tenth of the original!] [In a single day, traveling non-stop for ten to twenty thousand miles is no problem.] [Therefore, above the skies of Kyoto, citizens often look up to see a handsome figure in white clothes, flying on his sword.] Su Xing nodded slightly when he saw this. For him, speed was a significant weakness. The main reason, besides the slowness of using pure spiritual power to lift his body and travel, was... This spiritual power consumption was also extremely severe; often after flying tens of thousands of miles, Su Xing would need to return to the Spirit Field Cave to replenish his spiritual power. But now, Sword Flight had perfectly solved this problem. "Tsk tsk, if only I had mastered Sword Flight earlier... the previous pursuit of the Damned Zong wouldn''t have been so strenuous, right?" That''s what Su Xing thought as his gaze fell upon the simtion panel. [In the twentieth year, after mastering the basics of Sword Control Technique, you continued to cultivate daily, hoping to break through this Divine Skill to the minor achievement level as soon as possible.] [In the twenty-first year, your Sword Control Technique has not yet achieved minor sess, but your speed has increased significantly from before.] [Thus, you prepare to try and see if you can collect Spring Dew Pure Water with your current speed.] [On the day of Awakening spring, you came to a range of vast mountains.] [You, d in white, fly high above with your sword, closing your eyes to wait for the first peal of spring thunder.] [Your Divine Sense covers the entire mountain range, just waiting for the raindrops to fall.] [Boom! Thunder rolls, and at that moment, you act...] [Because your Divine Sense hasn''t reached the Micro Realm, you can only sense five drops of Spring Dew Pure Water.] [Stepping on your flying sword, your figure shadows through the raindrops...] [A secondter, you stop, extend your right hand, and gaze at your palm.] [Only in the center of your right palm, wrapped within a cluster of spiritual power, are three drops of Spring Dew Pure Water.] [Capturing three drops of Spring Dew Pure Water in less than half a second is currently your limit.] [These three drops of Spring Dew Pure Water are only enough to refine three Void Refinement Pills; the quantity is clearly insufficient.] [But you know, to further improve the efficiency of collecting Spring Dew Pure Water, you need to enhance both Divine Sense and your speed simultaneously.] [In the twenty-second year, after a year of arduous cultivation of Sword Control Technique, you are ready to continue trying to collect Spring Dew Pure Water.] [On the day of Awakening spring, as the first p of spring thunder strikes, you act...] [Still in less than a second, but this time, you collected four drops of Spring Dew Pure Water, one more than before.] [You are pleased with your progress and thus return to continue the strenuous cultivation of Sword Control Technique.] [On the day of Awakening spring in the twenty-third year, you try again, and this time you collect five drops of Spring Dew Pure Water.] [On the day of Awakening spring in the twenty-fourth year, you make progress again, collecting six drops of Spring Dew Pure Water.] [In the twenty-fifth year, the situation at Demon-Subduing Pass began to worsen, but because the strength of the Human Race was stronger than in any previous simtion, it still held on.] [You understand in your heart that before the arrival of the Demon Race''s legendary army, Demon-Subduing Pass will not fall.] [At the same time, you know this will be yourst chance to collect Spring Dew Pure Water.] [With years of cultivation, you have be increasingly proficient in Sword Control Technique, just one step away from reaching the level of minor achievement.] [But time waits for no one, you decide to make onest attempt!] [So on the day of Awakening spring, youe once again to the familiar mountains.] [Divine Sense covering... thunder striking... the first raindrop sliding down...] [And in that instant, you too move...] [A secondter, you slowly open your palm; within the wrappings of spiritual power, there are still six drops of Spring Dew Pure Water.] [You sigh, knowing that six drops of Spring Dew Pure Water are currently your limit. To collect more would likely require your Divine Sense to reach the Micro Realm and your Sword Control Technique to achieve minor sess...] [You put all eighteen drops of Spring Dew Pure Water you''ve collected over the years into a jade bottle.] [In the following time, you spend every day with family and friends, fully enjoying your final moments.] [Before long, newses that Demon-Subduing Pass has been breached...] [A few more months pass, and giant beasts descend into the real world, swallowing the entire Great Xia Country in one gulp!] [You don''t resist, as along with the entirendmass, you are swallowed into the belly of the beast.] [You watch helplessly as life after life vanishes before your eyes, silent and without words; you can''t save them.] [Being swallowed into the belly of the beast, at first there''s pitch darkness, an uncontroble sense of weightlessness, and the world spinning around. [You activate your Origin Force armor and prop up your Protective Gang Qi, trying to maintain your stability and avoid being sucked into deeper areas.] [Even though it''s pitch ck around you, for you, a Cultivator, night vision has long ceased to be an issue.] [You witness once more the copse of the continental te, the toppling of mountains thousands of feet high, turning to dust...] [You don''t know how long has passed, but gradually the original continent is digested beyond recognition; the once-towering mountains and forests have vanished...] [And then, you also see the scene where countless minor worlds around Blue Star collide after the world has copsed.] [Two World Fragments slowly drift toward each other, finally colliding!] [Boom! A powerful spatial turbulence and space debris erupt, followed by the vanishing of both worlds'' fragments...] [Once the spatial turbulence dissipates, thunderclouds and the power of thunder and lightning start to appear.] [You seize the opportunity, dashing to the nearest small thunder zone.] [With your previous experience, you understand that you must break through your own limits using the power of thunder before all the World Fragments disappear...] [Only then can you achieve the Heavenly Thunder Physique and step into the realm of Breaking the Void!] Chapter 284: Chapter 178: Damned Zongs Storage Bag, A Treasure Trove! (Third release~) Su Xing saw this and couldn''t help but feel delighted. "Atst, the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique has reached Mahayana level!" "Damn, considering the talent bonus from ''The Great Wisdom in Foolishness'' plus a seven-day epiphany... it took me over a hundred years just to cultivate this secret technique to Mahayana level!" "The most crucial part is, this is only half of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique... the Human Luck chapter, which is the slightly easier second part!" Su Xing sighed in his heart, wondering how much time it would take to cultivate both the upper and lower chapters to Mahayana level, let alone to perfection. Five hundred years? Eight hundred years? Su Xing was almost afraid to imagine it. "So, the Mahayana-level Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique might be enough to shield myself from Damned Zong''s perception, right?" Su Xing was somewhat hopeful, guessing that Damned Zong might still be in the Immortal Martial Era Instance. "However, before killing Damned Zong, I must n thoroughly..." "I must ensure a one-hit kill without giving him the slightest chance to react!" That''s what Su Xing thought as he directed his gaze towards the simtion panel. [You guess that Damned Zong must be hiding inside the Immortal Martial Era Instance right now.] [But you''re not in a hurry to act. Instead, you first disguise yourself and conceal your aura, then use the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique to shield your fate.] [Afterward, you enter the Immortal Martial Era Instance.] [You spend several days searching in the Instance, eventually finding that he is still hiding within the Changchun Sect, disguised as an outer sect disciple.] [You follow suit, spending some money to join the Changchun Sect and be an outer sect disciple as well.] [Indeed, after shielding your own fate, Damned Zongpletely fails to sense the danger.] [In the sect''s main square, you pretend to practice martial arts but gradually get closer to Damned Zong.] [When you are three meters away from Damned Zong, you suddenly strike!] [Origin Force wraps around your fists, the terrible power of a Broken Void Realm expert is fully disyed at this moment.] [A force equivalent to a million tons!] [As expected, Damned Zong doesn''t stand a chance to react and is immediately turned into a mist of blood by your punch.] [It seemed like he was attempting to flee through his Divine Soul departing his body, but you didn''t hesitate and eradicated his Divine Soul right there.] [At the spot where Damned Zong died, you pick up his storage pouch and leave with big strides amid the exmations of the other Changchun Sect disciples.] [You return to your Spirit Field Cave and begin to inspect the contents of Damned Zong''s Storage Magical Artifact.] [Since Damned Zong''s Divine Soul is destroyed, the Divine Soul Mark on the storage pouch breaks on its own, allowing you to easily see the treasures inside.] Moved by what he saw, Su Xing silentlymanded: "Activate immersive simtion feature, duration twenty-four hours!" [Ding, you''ve sessfully activated the immersive simtion feature. Cost: 2.4 million simtion energy points. Remaining energy: 248.06 million points.] As the prompt from the simtor sounded, Su Xing''s vision blurred. The next second, a gray storage pouch appeared in Su Xing''s hands. "A storage pouch that hasn''t been destroyed... finally, it''s mine!" Overjoyed, Su Xing couldn''t wait to open the storage pouch and check its contents. Divine Sense probing into the storage pouch, Su Xing was instantly stunned. This was thergest storage artifact Su Xing had ever seen. He estimated that the space inside the storage pouch was at least 3,000 cubic meters! "Goodness, 3,000 cubic meters... such a Storage Magical Artifact must be considered a top-grade item in the Cultivation World, right?" Su Xing sighed. Keep in mind his current Storage Ring only had 100 cubic meters of storage space. And the top-tier merchant associationsmonly used storage artifacts for transporting goods, which typically also had only about fifty cubic meters of space. Because therger the space within the storage artifact, the more expensive it is! Of course, Su Xing had his portable Spirit Field, the interior space of which could no longer be described in cubic meters. Therefore, the storage artifact was secondary... What mattered most were the treasures inside! After sweeping his Divine Sense through it, Su Xing found arge stack of paper books. These were Damned Zong''s diaries, containing records of two thousand years worth of experiences, as extensive as a novel with hundreds of millions of words. Most of the diary content revolved around Damned Zong''s own experiences over the past one or two thousand years,parable to an incredibly detailed autobiography. For Su Xing, these diaries were an important treasure to understand the Cultivation World. Of course, Su Xing only nced over with his Divine Sense. He wouldn''t spend his precious time reading these diaries. Beside the diaries, there was a small stack of Jade Slips. After a careful examination, Su Xing found that there were over a hundred of them! The Jade Slips mostly contained records of various low-level cultivation secret techniques, Cultivation Techniques, and introductions to different Divine Arts. They covered everything from the basics of Alchemy, Dao of Arrays, Talisman, to Artifact Refining... Beyond that, a few Jade Slips contained records of more precious Divine Arts. "Blood Soul Art, ck Evil Palm... Soul Search Technique, Blood Burning Secret Technique... Divine Soul Method, Blood Sacrifice Compendium..." Su Xing shook his head slightly, murmuring: "Unfortunately, most of the Cultivation Techniques in these Jade Slips are extremely evil. Although they yield quick results in training... they are too malicious, with significant side effects, and not suitable for me..." Sighing, Su Xing found that there were still some good things in the Jade Slips that he could use. Puppet Array Techniques! Minor Divine Skill: Shrinking Earth into Inches! Theplete version of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique! "Tsk tsk, just these few arts alone should be enough for me to train for quite a while, right?" "Especially this Minor Divine Skill: Shrinking Earth into Inches; it will be very useful to me!" "Although the Sword Control Technique is a fleeing art that epasses Cultivation Technique and long-distance flight... it doesn''t cover short-distance teleportation... and this Shrinking Earth into Inches perfectlyplements that!" Chapter 285: Chapter 178: The Rich Treasures in Damned Zongs Storage Bag! (Third Update~)_2 Su Xing felt a surge of joy in his heart, for among these jade slips were many that could make up for his deficiencies in the practice of magical techniques. Beyond the jade slips, Su Xing also saw eight puppets. Of these puppets, seven were at the Nascent Soul Great Perfection level! "Goodness, these seven puppets are almost equivalent to seven Heavenly King level powerhouses!" "Previously, that damned Zong had used these puppets in abined attack technique. If the seven puppets coordinate well, they would beparable to a Cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Stage!" Su Xing tried to control the puppets, but failed. The puppets had prohibitions left on them, and breaking through these would likely require some effort. Especially since Su Xing had yet to master the art of puppetry, controlling these puppets immediately seemed difficult. "However, this eighth puppet, I seem to have never seen it before..." Su Xing was curious; it was a female puppet with an extremely beautiful appearance, seemingly crafted directly from a living person. Moreover, this female puppet was dressed in an elegant skirt, making her look rather beautiful. Most peculiarly, this puppet only possessed the cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment Stage, which rightfully should not have appeared in the collection of damned Zong. "Strange, what use could a Foundation Establishment Stage puppet have? Aside from looking pretty..." Saying this, Su Xing''s expression turned odd, recalling something he had read in damned Zong''s diary. "This female puppet couldn''t be the Flower Fairy that cuckolded old Zong, could it?" With that thought, a chill ran down Su Xing''s spine. He hadn''t expected that damned Zong would have such peculiar tastes; this puppet was likely not meant for battle, but... for something else. With this in mind, Su Xing''s gaze moved past the puppet and onto the other treasures. More than ten huge jade chests, each half the height of a person, were piled in the corner. Su Xing opened one of the chests and his face immediately burst into ecstatic delight. These chests were all filled with various precious spiritual medicines! Some were decades old, while others even had a lifespan of over a thousand years! Upon careful count, there were no fewer than three thousand strains of these diverse kinds of spiritual medicines! "Goodness... with this batch of spiritual medicines, I can try to concoct new elixirs!" Su Xing was thrilled; many of these elixirs were not even in the storerooms of the Descending Sect. Besides those, there were also bottles and pots ced in the jade chests, which seemed to be elixirs of some sort. But Su Xing didn''t know what these elixirs were for and dared not try them recklessly. When he had timeter, Su Xing might identify each of them with his alchemy expertise. Su Xing continued his search within the storage magical artifact. Soon, he found the bone sword used by damned Zong, a magic artifact of medium quality that was truly extraordinary. But with just one nce, Su Xing felt the deep resentment and karma entwined around the bone sword... It was evident that many innocent lives had been sacrificed during the creation of this magic artifact. Apart from that, there was a soul summoning banner and over a dozen more magic artifacts that Su Xing couldn''t name. Among them were the assassin magical tools used by damned Zong, such as the Five Thunder Balls, numbering in the hundreds. These Five Thunder Balls were extremely valuable and could even injure cultivators at the Divinity Transformation Stage. Each of the Five Thunder Balls was as precious as a superior magic artifact! "Tut-tut... damned Zong''s thousand-year collection really could rival a nation''s wealth!" Su Xing praised and then turned his attention to thest corner. In that final corner, a small pile of spirit stonesy quietly. When Su Xing''s divine sense swept over them, he then frowned slightly. "As a cultivator of the Divinity Transformation Stage, howe damned Zong only has a little over eight thousand spirit stones?" Su Xing was perplexed; while over eight thousand spirit stones were much more than what he owned, that amount, even for replenishing damned Zong''s daily spiritual energy deficit, could onlyst a few years. And since damned Zong had awakened from his long sleep, at least another century had passed. Why would there be so few spirit stones? Although it''s an era where thews of cultivation are fading and spiritual energy is scarce, a Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator is basically a first-rate powerhouse in the Cultivation World. Apart from top-tier Cultivation Sects like the Wan Mu Sect, the Sect Master or Supreme Elders of average sects might also be cultivators at the Divinity Transformation Stage. Such powerhouses, in an era abundant with spiritual energy, having two or three hundred thousand spirit stones would be normal. Even in this era of decline, a Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator should have umted wealth, saving up a considerable fortune. Especially someone like damned Zong who enjoyed killing for treasure, he probably had even greater wealth than the average Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator at full maturity. "Something''s not right... there are too few spirit stones!" "Given damned Zong''s cautious character, after skulking around for thousands of years, it''s impossible for him to have only this few spirit stones..." "Could it be... damned Zong hid the spirit stones elsewhere?" Su Xing was puzzled, then started searching, but he couldn''t find any trace of the spirit stones. Suddenly, Su Xing had a sh of insight and muttered to himself: "Damned Zong loves writing diaries so much... could he have mentioned the hiding ce inside his diaries?" Su Xing flipped through damned Zong''s diaries, starting from the most recent entries and working backward. Sure enough, after looking through a few, Su Xing found that damned Zong had hidden most of the spirit stones in a mountain called Five Elements Mountain ten years ago. "This Five Elements Mountain... where is it?" Still wondering, Su Xing continued to look through damned Zong''s diaries. For the next few hours, Su Xing perused one diary after another. Finally, Su Xing found records rted to Five Elements Mountain, and even found a map interleaved in the pages of the diary. "In the year 2817 of the Xianwu calendar, while fleeing, I chanced upon a treasure map and decided to explore it..." "In the year 2818 of the Xianwu calendar, I found Five Elements Mountain, which was where the Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect chose to slumber hundreds of years ago, he consumed the Yellow Springs Elixir, and his tomb might contain endless treasures..." Chapter 286: Chapter 178: Damned Zongs Storage Bag, a Treasure Trove! (Third Release~)_3 ``` "In the year 2818 of the Xianwu Era, I longed to enter the Five Elements Mountain. Yet, my heart kept warning me of danger! Danger! Great danger! Thus, I refrained from entering. I shall wait until after my cultivation level has significantly improved before venturing into it..." Su Xing nced at the Five Elements Mountain a few times. It seemed to be a ce where, thousands of years ago, the experts and elders of the powerful sects in the Xianwu world had gone into slumber. "Could it be... that thousands of years ago, it wasn''t only True Person Wan Mu who fell into slumber? Did others from those sects also sumb to sleep?" Su Xing stroked his chin. He had not fully explored the Immortal Martial Era Instance; it still hid secrets unknown to him. "Thousands of years ago, there must have been more than one powerful sect... Perhaps there were other sects as well? Like this Five Elements Sect..." Su Xing decided that when he had time in the future, he would search for more historical data in the Immortal Martial Era Instance. After all, the cultivators who went to sleep thousands of years ago must have left behind quite a few treasures... Su Xing murmured as he looked at the map in his hand. "However, it might be worth a trip to the Five Elements Mountain. Even if I don''t explore it, I can at least get ahold of the spirit stones that Damned Zong left behind!" Su Xing then rummaged through Damned Zong''s diary and treasures in the storage bag but did not find any information of greater value. Soon, the immersive simtion time ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world. After returning to the real world, Su Xing felt a sense of awe. "Damned Zong really did have a lot of treasures!" "What a pity that killing him in the simtion, even if I get his Storage Magical Artifact, requires energy to bring it out..." "But if I could kill Damned Zong in the real world... that would really be hitting the jackpot!" Thinking this, Su Xing wished he could face Damned Zong right now and take him down in an instant! Su Xing''s eyes gleamed as he stroked his chin. "However, there''s only one chance in the real world... So, before killing him, it''s best to simte the scenario a few more times as a precaution!" After contemting, Su Xing''s gaze turned towards the simtion panel. [After reading through Damned Zong''s diary, you quickly locate the Five Elements Mountain...] [After a month of searching, you finally discover the ce where Damned Zong hid the spirit stones.] [Breaking through the Formation, you retrieve over seventy thousand spirit stones that Damned Zong had hidden away.] [At the same time, you also find the ces in the Five Elements Mountain where powerful cultivators of the past had gone into slumber.] [As you approach the perimeter of the slumber Formation, you feel a slight stinging sensation in your brow.] [Knowing the potential dangers within, you prudently decide not to explore further.] [Leaving the Immortal Martial Era Instance, you return to the real world, continuing to rigorously practice your Sword Control Technique, hoping to reach the initial stage of mastery soon!] [In the neenth year, you practice Sword Control Technique for a year, feeling yourselfing closer and closer to initial mastery, perhaps on the verge of a breakthrough.] [In the twentieth year, while practicing Sword Control Technique one day, you suddenly have a new insight, which leads to a new understanding of the technique.] [Congrattions! Your insight into Sword Control Technique naturally progresses to the level of initial mastery!] [After reaching initial mastery in Sword Control Technique, your travel speed is greatly increased, allowing you to travel thirty thousand li in a day, and you can maintain the pace for several days without feeling tired.] [Your Flying Sword technique has also advanced to the point where, within the range of your Divine Sense, you can instantly take an enemy''s head from thousands of meters away!] [In the twenty-first year, on the day of Jingzhe, you attempt to collect Spring Dew Pure Water.] ``` [True to expectations, with the Divine Sense of the Entry Micro Realmbined with the minor aplishment in Sword Control Technique, you easily collected tenplete drops of Spring Dew Pure Water.] [You felt quite satisfied with this achievement.] [But since there were still several years left until the simtion ended, you knew you couldn''t waste time and thus continued to rigorously cultivate the Sword Control Technique.] [In the monotonous life of cultivation, two years passed in the blink of an eye.] [In the twenty-third year, you decided to visit the Immortal Martial Era Instance once again, to explore the resting remains of True Person Wan Mu.] [You weren''t going to throw your life away, for ording to your estimation,] [if you could directly kill the Living Dead Puppet, you would be able to break into the core of the ancient tomb; and as long as you didn''t touch the bronze stone coffin, it was likely that True Person Wan Mu wouldn''t easily awaken.] [After some hesitation, you set off for the Immortal Martial Era Instance.] [First, you spent half a month collecting three fragments of broken jade, then located the coordinates of that mountain.] [Breaking open the Formation boulders, you entered into the ancient tomb where True Person Wan Muy in rest.] [Afterwards, you passed through the narrow tunnel and quickly encountered the Living Dead Puppet.] [Without uttering a word, the Living Dead Puppetunched an attack on you.] [The Living Dead Puppet was ferocious, but you, having entered the Broken Void Realm, were not afraid of a mere puppet.] [You supported your Protective Gang Qi and engaged in a fierce battle with the Living Dead Puppet.] [Even though your Protective Gang Qi hadn''t been cultivated to perfection, with the enhancement of the Broken Void Realm, the Origin Force within your body was much thicker than before, and your Protective Gang Qi was even stronger and more reliable.] [Despite the Living Dead Puppet continuously bombarding your Protective Gang Qi, it merely trembled without showing signs of cracking.] [Seeing this, you channeled your Origin Force, wrapping it around your fists, and punched out!] [This punch, with a force of up to a million tons, directly caved in the chest of the Living Dead Puppet.] [ck liquid flowed from the seven orifices of the Living Dead Puppet, seemingly severely injured.] [But after all, the Living Dead Puppet had no consciousness and was merely a puppet.] [Asrge amounts of ck liquid gushed out, it continuously flowed towards the wounds of the Living Dead Puppet for repair.] [Seeing this, you were surprised in your heart, as the Living Dead Puppet still had the power to fight.] [A great battle was about to erupt!] [After hundreds of rounds of fiercebat, the Formations in the ancient tomb trembled continuously, and you finally seized the opportunity to shatter the chest of the Living Dead Puppet with a punch.] [The Living Dead Puppet''s recovery had its limits, it struggled briefly but ultimately failed to rise again.] [You stowed the Living Dead Puppet into the storage ring and continued to explore the core area of the ancient tomb ruins.] Su Xing looked on with some amazement and eximed, "This Living Dead Puppet''s strength is probably not limited to the early stages of the Broken Void Realm... Could it be close to the mid-stage of the Broken Void Realm?" After a moment of surprise, Su Xing''s gaze returned to the simtion panel. [You walked through the narrow corridors of the ancient tomb, traveling more than ten li, feeling the surrounding Spiritual Energy gradually bing abundant.] [After passing around a corner, you finally saw an invisible Formation, separating the interior and exterior of the ancient tomb ruins...] (Third update~ My brothers, save your monthly tickets for a surge at month''s end~) Chapter 287: Chapter 179: Spirit Stone Quality, Take Out the Reward! (5k) [You didn''t hesitate,ing before the formation''s barrier.] [With a punch, fueled by the immense destructive power of your Origin Force, the formation''s barrier cracked like a spider web and eventually shattered,yer byyer...] [You entered the core area of the ancient tomb ruins, with dense Spiritual Energy assaulting your senses, hardly any weaker than that of your Spirit Field Cave.] [You saw the trapped white Spirit Vein Dragon, ck mist entwined around its body.] [The Spirit Vein Dragon cried out to you in sorrow twice, but you suppressed the greed in your heart and didn''ty eyes on the dragon.] [Your gaze turned towards the bronze stone coffin, and indeed, just as you expected, True Person Wan Mu was still slumbering within. If you didn''t awaken him, there would be no danger to his life.] [You carefully examined the entire core area of the ancient tomb ruins.] [The whole area was filled with abundant Spiritual Energy, and directly in front of youy several acres of Spirit Fields.] [The fields were nted with all manner of precious Spiritual Medicines, each starting at two thousand years in age, sufficient to refine mid-grade, and even high-grade Elixirs!] [Within the fields, there were several Puppets tending to the crops, seemingly specialized for this task andcking any aggression.] [Without hesitation, you began to greedily gather everything within reach.] [All the Spiritual Medicines, along with their roots and soil, were packed by you into the Spirit Field Cave.] [In no time, the Spirit Field at the core of the ancient tomb was left with nothing but barrennd.] [As for the Puppet farmers, they stood dumbfounded, not knowing what to do.] [Following this, you started to collect the other treasures in the core area.] [You quickly discovered that in front of the Spirit Vein Dragon there was a Spirit Gathering Array, piled up like a small mountain with Spirit Stones!] [Delighted, you studied the array for a while, and then sessfully entered the Spirit Gathering Array.] [Picking up a Spirit Stone, you examined it carefully and were surprised, for not only were there Low-grade Spirit Stones, but also a good amount of Mid-grade Spirit Stones, and even a few High-grade Spirit Stones!] [You looked at the trapped Spirit Vein Dragon not far away, pondering. These Spirit Stones were probably catalyzed by the dragon.] [After counting carefully, you found a total of one hundred and twenty thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones, five thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones, and three hundred High-grade Spirit Stones!] Seeing this, Su Xing couldn''t contain his joy. "To actually have as many as one hundred and twenty thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones... and even Mid-grade and High-grade Spirit Stones!" "Damn it, I''ve never had more than a thousand spirit stones. If I get these spirit stones, won''t I be rich?" As you know, Low-grade Spirit Stones were the kind Su Xing had before, containing rtively impure Spiritual Energy that was difficult to absorb. A single Mid-grade Spirit Stone contained Spiritual Energy ten times that of a Low-grade Spirit Stone and was easier to absorb. And the Spiritual Energy in a High-grade Spirit Stone was ten times that of a Mid-grade one! "Calcted like this, that means there are effectively two hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones in this ancient tomb!" Su Xing rejoiced in his heart. With this batch of Spirit Stones, whether Su Xing would use them for the Spirit Rice project, cultivation, or even Artifact Refining in the future, they would be sufficient for all his needs! It could even help quicken Su Xing''s cultivation! "Equivalent to two hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones... that''s just two hundred million units of energy... I must get all these spirit stones in my hands!" Su Xing felt a surge of excitement. His gaze turned towards the simtor panel. [You packed all these Spirit Stones into the Spirit Field Cave.] [After scavenging all the Spirit Stones, you started to examine the rest of the ruins.] [Unfortunately, other than the Spirit Stones and Spiritual Medicines, there was only the trapped Spirit Vein Dragon and therge bronze stone coffin on the stone tform.] [Looking at the Spirit Vein Dragon before you, you felt a hint of greed; if you could free and im the dragon for yourself, you would neverck Spiritual Energy again.] [But ultimately, reason prevailed over greed because you knew, if you disturbed the Spirit Vein Dragon, it could likely awaken True Person Wan Mu from his bronze stone coffin.] [After hesitating for a while, you left the core area of the ruins, preparing to return and leave the ancient tomb the way you came.] [Before leaving, the Spirit Vein Dragon let out a mournful cry to you...] [After leaving the ancient tomb ruins, you quickly left the Immortal Martial Era Instance.] [You worried that after triggering the formation, True Person Wan Mu might awaken at any moment inside the ancient tomb.] [To avoid endangering yourself, you returned to the real world.] [Back in the real world, you continued to diligently practice your Sword Control Technique every day.] [You made some progress in mastering the Sword Control Technique, but breaking through to the Mahayana Level seemed far off.] [In the monotonous cultivation, two years quickly passed by...] [In the twenty-fifth year, the situation at Demon-Subduing Pass started to deteriorate, with heavy casualties among the human strongholds.] [You knew that an army of Legendary Demon Beasts was about to descend upon Demon-Subduing Pass.] [After your breakthrough to the Broken Void Realm, you were eager to test your strength.] [Upon arriving at Demon-Subduing Pass, it wasn''t long before the Demon Race''s legendary army arrived.] [Hundreds of Legendary Demon Beasts, several Emperor-Level members of the Demon Race... and countless Demonic Beast armies approached the city gates.] [In this battle, including ten Legends and one Great Emperor of the Human Race, all joined the fight, but in the end, they still failed to keep hold of Demon-Subduing Pass.] [Demon-Subduing Pass waspletely overrun, yet you distinguished yourself in the battle.] [You alone fought against a Legendary-level Demonic Beast.] [The beast was nearly a thousand feet tall, its body as terrifying as a mountain.] [But at this moment, as a Cultivator in the Broken Void Realm, with Origin Force enhancement, a single punch possessed the power of a million tons!] Chapter 288: Chapter 179: Spirit Stone Grade, Take Away Rewards! (5k)_2 ``` [You battled a Legendary Demon Beast for hundreds of rounds and didn''t fall the slightest bit behind.] [The Protective Gang Qi firmly shielded you, while an outeryer of Origin Force armor significantly boosted your defense, and the continuously emerging Origin Force within replenished your expended energy.] [The Legendary Demon Beast, massive as a mountain, was hardly injured by ordinary attacks.] [Its thick hide, coupled withyers of fat and muscle hundreds of meters thick, served as an excellent protective barrier.] [Even for cultivators in the middle stage of the Broken Void Realm, ying a legendary beast of this size is an incredibly difficult task.] [And you, too, faced this troublesome challenge; with the power of the Broken Void Realm, if the enemy wasn''t so immense, you could easily injure or even seriously wound them.] [But against the Legendary Demon Beast, due to its unique size, it was almost immune to most blunt force trauma.] [Compared to brute strength against the vast frame of the Legendary Demon Beast, you found that using Origin Force inbination with the Ink Ice Sword proved more effective.] [With the boost from the Origin Force and your terrifying strength, you could easily slice offrge chunks of flesh from the Legendary Demon Beast.] [Unfortunately, your swordsmanship was still at the Human Sword stage and couldn''t harness the power of heaven and earth to kill the legendary beast.] [After hundreds of rounds ofbat, you sustained minor injuries, but the Legendary Demon Beast you fought suffered serious wounds, though its life was not in danger.] [Just when you were prepared to wear down the beast, the Human Emperor was ultimately in!] [Under the assault of three Demon Emperors, the outnumbered Human Emperor perished in battle.] [And you were killed by the now free-handed Demon Emperor, your Divine Soul annihted...] [You died!] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing took a deep breath. The benefits Su Xing gained from this simtion were not small. Whether it was the inheritance of Damned Zong or the exploration of ancient tombs and ruins, the benefits were sufficient to give Su Xing a qualitative leap in his foundation in a short period of time! "However, that Legendary Demon Beast really is tough!" "Although it''s only at the Legendary Level, its thick hide and huge size... Even cultivators in thete Legendary orte Broken Void stages would find it hard to y easily..." Su Xing murmured. "To kill this legendary beast, it seems I must learn the Three Talents Sword Technique. If I can master the Earth Sword part, my power from the Cultivation Technique will surely increase dramatically, perhaps even allowing me to y it?" Su Xing thought to himself. Then, he eagerly looked at the rewards from this simtion. [Talisman Expert]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Ten Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, priced at 500,000 energy points. [Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique (Proficiency)]: Heaven Rank high-grade secret technique, created by a wandering Taoist, almost on par with Dao Arts, offering a glimpse into the true nature of the Fate Grand Dao, almost like a Dao Art, capable of divining good and bad luck, avoiding danger. For the training of the human part of the technique, has reached the entry level, only a fine line away from minor proficiency. Priced at 120 million simtion energy. [Sword Control Technique (Minor Proficiency)]: The swift Divine Skill of controlling a sword, determined by the quality of the Spirit Sword and the strength of the Sword Cultivator. Advance to take the heads of enemies thousands of miles away, retreat to joyously ride the sword, traversing tens of thousands of miles in an instant. Priced at 80 million energy points. [200,000 low-grade Spirit Stones, 5,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones, 300 high-grade Spirit Stones]: Priced at 280 million energy points. [5000 nts of various herbs aged 3000 years each]: Priced at 500 billion energy points. [Damned Zong''s Diary (Complete)]: Priced at 10,000 energy points. [Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique (Complete)]: Priced at 500 million energy points. ... Su Xing scanned the simtion rewards and found that the simtion triggered dozens of reward options. Among them were most of the valuable items from Damned Zong''s Storage Magical Artifact. Those treasures and magical artifacts were useful, but not worth Su Xing using his precious exchange opportunities and simtion energy. The truly valuable rewards were the eight listed above. Su Xing began to analyze the rewards one by one. "Talisman Expert... This talent might be usefulter, but there''s no rush..." "Once I get Damned Zong''s Storage Magical Artifactter, I can study the Dao of Arrays, Artifact Refining, talismans, and other sidelines..." Su Xing shook his head slightly, excluding the choice of talent first. Next was the Alchemy Experience, which Su Xing had no intention of choosing at the moment. "As for the Spirit Stones... Although I can afford the 280 million energy points at present... I haven''t yet broken through to the Return to Void Realm, so choosing Spirit Stones is also pointless for now." "As for the Spiritual Medicine... Damn, 5000 nts of 3000-year-old medicines, worth a whopping 500 billion energy points? That''s way too expensive!" Su Xing expressed that he couldn''t afford to exchange them. "As for the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique... I''ve already learned a more useful version, the human part of the technique, so I''m not in a hurry to exchange it..." "But with a total value of 500 million energy points, close to the level of Dao Arts... This technique indeed has an extraordinary origin!" Pausing, Su Xing''s gaze turned to Damned Zong''s diary. To his surprise, the whole stack of diaries only required 10,000 energy points. It was probably because, in the simtor''s assessment, it was just a diary of an evil cultivator, hence not very valuable. "Well... At the end of the day, the rewards to choose are still the Sword Control Technique and the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique!" Su Xing''s mouth curved slightly upward. With a minor proficiency level Sword Control Technique, collecting Spring Dew Pure Water wouldn''t be a problem, and thus he would be able to refine the Broken Void Pills sooner. And the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique was a prerequisite for Su Xing to quickly defeat Damned Zong, an essential choice! "I choose the Sword Control Technique and the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique!" Su Xing silently recited. ``` Chapter 289: Chapter 179: Spirit Stone Grade, Bring Out the Reward! (5k)_3 [You have sessfully extracted the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique (Mahayana Level), costing 1.2 billion energy, remaining energy 128.06 million points.] [You have sessfully extracted the Sword Control Technique (Minor Aplishment), costing 80 million energy, remaining energy 48.06 million points.] As the simtor''s prompt fell, Su Xing''s original energy of more than two hundred million suddenly dwindled to just under fifty million. However, it was all worth it! Two mysterious streams of energy entered Su Xing''s body. Immediately after, a flood of memories poured into Su Xing''s mind, insights into the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique, as well as memories of the practice of the Sword Control Technique! Originally, Su Xing''s entry-level Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique was already considered half Immortal in the human world, a bona fide master of fortelling, geomancy, fate-changing, and divination. But now, with the influx of Mahayana-level memories, Su Xing''s understanding of destiny had already transcended the realm of ordinary humans. Su Xing''s gaze was focused, as he diligently digested the memories of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique in his mind. It was only after a long while that Su Xing slowly opened his eyes. In his eyes was a hint of incredulity. "Unbelievable... the concept of destiny is so exquisite, covering almost every aspect of the world, and even permeates a person''s entire life..." Su Xing''s expression was somewhat solemn. With his current divination skills, he could see through the destiny of ordinary people, even the trajectory of future developments, at a ncewithout needing to consume much cultivation level. Moreover, Su Xing could expend his own cultivation level to forcibly change the destiny of ordinary people! "Such means to change another''s destiny in the blink of an eye are... almost divine!" Su Xing marveled in his heart; his cultivation level had soared rapidly after over a year of practice, and now with this fortune-telling technique, he finally resembled an Immortal in the eyes of mortals. A thought urred to Su Xing, and mysterious Spiritual Energy appeared above his eyes; he then took out a mirror and looked at his own head. This was the technique of Observing Aura! "Hmm... a deep green color, even with a hint of purple! Indeed... I may not be the Son of Destiny, but with a talent that shines among millions of people, my aura is second to none!" Su Xing was quite pleased with this. Aura and destiny are elusive concepts. But now Su Xing could see the color of ordinary people''s auras. Ordinary people have a transparent white aura. The slightly luckier ones have a light green aura. Someone who wins a top prize in a lottery will have a deep green aura. As for Su Xing, with a deep green mixed with purple, he was one blessed with great destiny! This was a change brought by Su Xing''s innate talent and favorable stars... "With my aura, I am almost unparalleled in the world of mortals... but if there is a higher, purple aura, who could possess it?" Su Xing pondered thoughtfully. "Perhaps, Liu Xiu, the great Mage from the history of my previous life who experienced a meteor shower, or the old Zhu, who started with only a bowl and conquered the world, could barely be considered to have purple auras?" Su Xing sighed lightly. In the history of the Human Race spanning thousands of years, whether in his previous life or on Blue Star today. Every thousand years or so, one or two Sons of Destiny would emerge. After thoroughly experiencing the profundity of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique, Su Xing took out the Spirit Sword Mo Bing. Mo Bing in hand, it emitted a series of faint whistles. "After reaching minor aplishment in the Sword Control Technique... I''m even more familiar and closer to the Spirit Sword now!" A slight smile curled up on Su Xing''s lips. With the minor aplishment in the Sword Control Technique, it wasn''t an exaggeration to say that Su Xing could now travel thirty thousand li in one day, with minimal consumption of Spiritual Energy. Which meant, if he were to travel to Guang Province, over a distance of more than ten thousand kilometers, Su Xing would only need half a day to reach it. Su Xing stretched out his hand, stroking the Spirit Sword Mo Bing in his hand, his eyes shing with admiration: "What a fine Sword of Mo Bing... In just a short period of being close to my body, soaked in Origin Force, it has already improved in quality again!" "I''m afraid, the quality of the Ink Ice Sword now is equivalent to that of an extremely legendary weapon, right?" Su Xing was somewhat delighted. Strictly speaking, after being nurtured by Su Xing''s Origin Force, the Ink Ice Sword had stepped out of the category of Magic Artifacts and be an Origin Artifact! An Origin Artifact is different frommon magic treasures; it grows with Su Xing''s strength. After digesting the rewards obtained this time, Su Xing contemted thoughtfully: "Now I only have less than fifty million energy left, even if I add the goods from next week, I''ll only have just over one hundred million energy..." "This energy is simply not enough!" Su Xing felt that he had to think of a way to generate more; otherwise, the breakthroughs for Return to Void and Broken Void Realm, and each level''s need for staggering amounts of energy were beyond his means. "This week, I''ll focus on alchemy for now... and if the energy isn''t enough after the next simtion, I''ll make a trip to that ce..." Su Xing already had a vague n in mind. Thus, for the following week, Su Xing was once again busy with alchemy and farming. A weekter, Su Xing, with five thousand elixirs in tow, went to see Jin Congxue. Going through the familiar process of changing his appearance and concealing his presence, Su Xing arrived at the vi. Today, Jin Congxue was wearing a dark-colored long gown, but herplexion seemed somewhat pale. Su Xing entered the room, nced at Jin Congxue, and activated his technique for Observing Aura. The aura above Jin Congxue''s head was deep green, just as Su Xing had expected; born into a notable family, with attractive looks and exceptional abilities, she was indeed someone guarded by a great destiny. But then Su Xing''s gaze sharpened slightly, as he noticed a faint trace of blood-red within the deep green over Jin Congxue''s head. Blood-red signified an impending disaster of blood and strife! The red above Jin Congxue''s head was light, meaning it wouldn''t be fatal. Even so, Su Xing spoke to Jin Congxue with grave seriousness: "Sister Xue, it seems you have an impending disaster of blood and strifeing up!" A disaster of blood and strife? Jin Congxue looked puzzled at first, then seemed to realize something. Her pretty face blushed, and she rolled her eyes charmingly and said, "You lecher!" Chapter 296: Chapter 182: The Exotic Metal Ore Worth Three Billion Energy! (5k) [In the core area, arge amount of dense Spiritual Energy rushed towards his face, and countless Spiritual Medicines grew within the Spirit Fields.] [However, with your current level of alchemy, you were still unable to refine these medicines.] [So, you bypassed those Spirit Fields and removed all the Spirit Stones from the Spirit Gathering Array.] [You didn''t disturb True Person Wan Mu in the bronze sarcophagus; before leaving, you looked back longingly at the Spirit Vein Dragon.] [After leaving the ancient tomb, you took out Damned Zong''s diary and found the location of Five Elements Mountain.] [Before the Formation of the Five Elements Mountain ruins, your brow felt a slight pain.] [This indicated that if you were to step into the ruins of Five Elements Mountain, you would be in mortal danger.] [Out of caution, you decided to temporarily put aside the exploration of the Five Elements Mountain ruins and continued to collect more Spring Dew Pure Water.] [In the twentieth year, you returned to the real world and continued to amass Spring Dew Pure Water.] [That year, you umted a total of one hundred ny drops of Spring Dew Pure Water.] [Afterward, you collected Spring Dew Pure Water yearly on the day of Awakening Insects, while also practicing diligently.] [In a blink of an eye, another four years passed.] [In the twenty-fourth year, after the day of Awakening Insects, you had gathered two hundred thirty drops of Spring Dew Pure Water.] [Although you had enhanced the practice of the Li Fire Technique, you found that there was still quite a distance to achieve its Great Perfection.] [The biggest issue was that your current Spiritual Power was insufficient to let the Li Fire Technique burst forth with the utmost high temperature.] [Perhaps after reaching the Return to Void Realm and having a surge in Cultivation Level, you could better activate the Li Fire Technique.] [In the twenty-fifth year, hundreds of Legendary Demon Beasts broke through Demon-Subduing Pass, and many Human Race warriors died in battle.] [A small number of Human Race warriors fled back to the real world, preparing for theirst stand.] [And you, after collecting that year''s Spring Dew Pure Water, decided to explore the Immortal Martial Era Instance once again.] [You arrived at Five Elements Mountain, shattered the Formation of the ruins, and entered the ancient tomb.] [Based on the information you had, the cultivator sleeping in this tomb was a powerful member of the Five Elements Sect from thousands of years ago.] Su Xing felt a slight anticipation upon reading this. "Within the Wan Mu Sect ruins lies True Person Wan Mu..." "Could there also be a cultivator of the Body Integration Realm sleeping within the Five Elements Sect ruins?" Thinking this, a faint nervousness and excitement stirred in Su Xing''s heart. After all, within the Wan Mu Sect ruins, there were plenty of treasures: Spiritual Medicines, Spirit Stones... even a fully formed Spirit Vein Dragon! If the Five Elements Sect ruins also contained these things, then Su Xing would make a fortune! "Tsk tsk, once I reach the Integration Phase, I''ll definitely open up your ancient coffins!" Initially, Su Xing had some good impressions of these powerful cultivators, but after knowing about True Person Wan Mu''s actions, he immediately lost all favorable feelings. With these thoughts in mind, Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the simtion panel. [The Formation of the Five Elements Sect was more robust than you imagined, but you still managed to break it and entered the interior of the ancient tomb.] [Passing through the narrow tomb passage, the path ahead gradually widened, and you immediately became vignt, activating your Origin Force armor and Protective Gang Qi.] [After walking a few more miles, suddenly a dark shadow shed before your eyes.] [An astonishing force hit your Protective Gang Qi, shattering it instantly.] [Even with the buffer of Protective Gang Qi, you were still struck against the ancient tomb''s stone wall, your chest aching with pain.] [You were greatly shocked, but at the same time, you saw the appearance of the person before you.] [It was a Living Dead Puppet!] [However, this Living Dead Puppet was much stronger than those in the Wan Mu ruins.] [In life, this entity was at least in thete stages of the Broken Void Realm, even close to the Great Perfection!] [You observed this Living Dead Puppet carefully and noticed that its hair and beard were all white, its eyebrows also white, resembling the White-Eyebrow Priest from a certain movie.] [But its current state was extremely pitiful: disheveled white hair, a pale face, and a body bearing endless resentment!] [Seeing the Living Dead Puppet about to attack again, you instinctively raised your Protective Gang Qi once more and dashed towards the core area of the ruins.] [Fortunately, your escaping speed had increased significantly, and since the Living Dead Puppet seemed to have a disability in its legs, it couldn''t catch up immediately.] [With full speed, you desperately ran forward, reaching the core area of the Five Elements Mountain ancient tomb in just a few breaths.] [Strangely, the core area of this ancient tomb seemed to have no Formation...] [No, it seemed there once had been a Formation, but it had been violently destroyed!] [While fleeing for your life, you were filled with doubt: Did Damned Zong oncee here?] [But you quickly denied that thought. ording to Damned Zong''s diary, he never dared set foot in this part of the Five Elements Sect ruins.] [Quickly stepping into the core area, you took notice of a huge bronze sarcophagus.] [Simr in appearance to the one in the Wan Mu ruins, but instead of a vast forest, this sarcophagus bore images of the Five Elements...] [What puzzled you even more was that the bronze sarcophagus was already open, and the cultivator who should have been sleeping inside was nowhere to be found.] [An idea immediately surfaced in your mind: the Living Dead Puppet chasing you was the cultivator who should have been resting inside the sarcophagus!] [For some unknown reason, the cultivator who should have been in slumber had awakened prematurely and turned into this form of a Living Dead Puppet.] [But you didn''t have time to contemte the reasons as the Living Dead Puppet was still hot on your heels.] Chapter 297: Chapter 182: The Exotic Metal Ore Worth Three Billion Energy! (5k)_2 [You began to search for useful treasures within these ruins.] [Your divine sense rapidly swept through every corner of the core area, but you didn''t find anyrge medicine fields, nor any other living dead puppets.] [You only saw a few corpses that were as smooth and translucent as jade.] [To your disappointment, there was no trace of Spirit Vein Dragons in these ruins.] [However, you did discover quite a few Spirit Stones in a corner.] [At this moment, the living dead behind you were once again in hot pursuit.] [Gritting your teeth, you once again raised your Protective Gang Qi and ran straight for the Spirit Stones.] [You quickly gathered the Spirit Stones into your Storage Magical Artifact, but by then the living dead had already renewed their assault.] [This time, their attack was even more ferocious!] [Fortunately, with the protection of the Protective Gang Qi, you were not killed on the spot, suffering only grievous injuries that left you in a pitiful state.] [A thought crossed your mind, preparing to flee into the Spirit Field Cave for temporary refuge from the attacks of the living dead puppets.] [However, within the ancient tomb of the ruins, it seemed there was a spatial formation that slowed your entry into the Spirit Field Cave by one second.] [And that one second was fatal!] [Your body was battered and torn under the relentless attack of the living dead.] [Forced to leave your body with your divine soul, you hoped to escape this cmity.] [But the living dead gave you no opportunity, they annihted your divine soul outright.] [You died!] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing frowned tightly, seemingly deep in thought. "Why is the relic of the Five Elements Sect different from that of the Wan Mu Sect... why is there no trace of a Spirit Vein Dragon?" "And why... is True Person Wan Mu still asleep, but that Broken Void Realm Great Perfection cultivator from the Five Elements Sect has awoken early?" Su Xing seemed to have captured some critical information, but couldn''t connect it all right away. "Wait... True Person Wan Mu intercepts the spirit veins beneath the heavens, gathers the Spirit Vein Dragon, cultivating himself..." "Could it be that other sects arepletely unaware of this!" "It''s also because the Spirit Veins were cut off that the Spiritual Energy rapidly depleted over the centuries..." "As for that Five Elements Sect cultivator turning into a living dead... It''s probably rted to True Person Wan Mu too!" Su Xing seemed to have caught the key information. "Thus, the towering resentment of that living dead... also makes sense now..." "Perhaps someone discovered True Person Wan Mu''s n, which is why a melee erupted in the relics of the Wan Mu Sect, and why there are Living Dead Puppets in the relics?" Su Xing was contemtive, feeling that following this line of thought should put him on the right track. "However, as for the specifics... I still need to look into the Immortal Martial Era Instance to consult historical texts and search further..." Su Xing sighed; after a few thousand years, those historical texts must be hard to find. However, there might still be some traces in the three major sects of the current Immortal Martial Era Instance. Su Xing nned to explore when he had the time, as these pieces of information might be helpful for his exploration of the relics and ancient tombs. "Nevertheless, the purpose of this simtion has been achieved!" "Spring Dew Pure Water, Spirit Stones... With these, my cultivation in the Return to Void Realm should proceed much smoother!" With this thought in mind, Su Xing turned his attention towards the rewards of this simtion. [I am not a Rain God]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Twenty Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, including theprehension of Rebirth Pills (Medium Perfection, High-grade entry) priced at 7 million energy points. [220,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones, 5,000 Medium-grade Spirit Stones, 300 High-grade Spirit Stones]: priced at 300 million energy points. [240 drops of Spring Dew Pure Water]: The first thread of rootless water to fall on the day of Awakening Insects, containing mysterious power, can be used in crafting Void Refinement Pills, a total of 240 drops, priced at 24 million energy points. [Damned Zong''s Diary]: priced at 10,000 energy points. [Ores containing Third and Fourth Rank Special Metals, 1000 cubic meters]: valued at 150 billion energy points, its value halved due to arge number of impurities. Su Xing looked at the rewards of this simtion without much hesitation. After all, the purpose of this simtion was to obtain Spring Dew Pure Water and Spirit Stone resources for his breakthrough into the Return to Void Realmter on. But the problem was, Su Xing''s simtion energy was insufficient! His current simtion energy was at most 147.56 million points, yet taking out the Spirit Stones and Spring Dew Pure Water required 324 million energy points. Su Xing turned his gaze to thest reward option, his face showing some surprise. "The Third and Fourth Rank Special Metals in that Scarlet Hell Abyss, are they really worth a total of 150 billion energy points?" "Wait... after the simtor takes a tenfold mark-up... it should be 15 billion simtion energy points!" Seeing such a huge amount of energy, Su Xing''s heart nearly leaped out of his chest. 15 billion energy points, that would be enough for his cultivation to reach the Broken Void Realm and even Great Perfection in the Return to Void Realm! "But... what''s with the halving of its value?" Su Xing was somewhat puzzled. And for once, the simtor provided Su Xing with an answer. [Ding, as the proportion of the special metal contained in the ore is 3.7 percent, it is considered a secondary energy material... If purified, its value can reach 30 billion energy points.] Su Xing immediately understood the simtor''s meaning. "So, if I directly absorb it, the value is 15 billion energy points... If purified before absorption, the value is 30 billion energy points, right?" Su Xing was somewhat excited; whether it was 15 billion or 30 billion, it was a huge sum for him! "In that case, I should head to the Scarlet Hell Abyss instance first!" Su Xing muttered to himself. Before, he had used the immersive simtion feature to fully simte the scenario of going to the Scarlet Hell Abyss. Now going there again in the real world should be foolproof! Chapter 298: Chapter 182: Exotic Metal Ore Worth Three Billion Energy! (5k)_3 With that thought, Su Xing nced at the sky and began to disguise himself and conceal his presence. As the sky darkened slightly, Su Xing left the Kyoto Academy and ran out of Kyoto City. After confirming that no one was paying attention to him, Su Xing executed the Heavenly Secrets Shielding Technique and took to Sword Flight, rushing towards Ma Yi City in the Northwestern Province. Soon, Su Xing arrived near the location of the Red Lotus Demon Cave instance he remembered. Approaching, Su Xing indeed found a fully armed professional army lingering outside the instance of the Red Lotus Demon Cave. As a taboo-level instance, the Red Lotus Demon Cave was naturally under strict control. The professional army was there not only to prevent monsters from escaping the instance but also to prevent people from identally wandering in. However, the strength of these professional soldiers was only around the Master or Grandmaster Level; they did not dare get too close to the entrance of the instance. For Su Xing, a slight application of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique to shield his presence from them was enough to sessfully blend into the Red Lotus Demon Cave instance. To the current Su Xing, these Grandmaster Level professionals were no different from ordinary people. Stepping into the Red Lotus Demon Cave instance, Su Xing quickly entered a strange environment. Clearly, this was no longer Blue Star. "Hmm... the temperature around here has risen quite a bit, with a perceived temperature of about fifty to sixty degrees Celsius..." Su Xing nodded slightly, but such a temperature felt like normal room temperature to him. Even though Su Xing''s strength was nowparable to that of legendary fighters, out of caution, he still put up his Protective Gang Qi and triggered his Origin Force armor. After some exploration, Su Xing came upon a nearly vertical descent into an abyss which allowed for only one person to pass at a time. "Here, this should be the passage that leads to the core area of the instance..." Without hesitation, Su Xing directly flew into the cavern. Due to the narrow structure of the cavern, he couldn''t achieve his maximum speed. As a result, Su Xing took several hours to reach the thousands of miles deep me Demon area. At this moment, the surrounding temperature had soared to three to four thousand degrees Celsius, a level at which only those above the Heavenly King Level could survive. With his Divine Sense, Su Xing quickly detected the me Demon he had encountered in the simtions. There was no dallying. Origin Force coiled around his arm, and he threw a punch! In just an instant, the life force of the me Demon rapidly diminished. A Martial Emperor peak me Demon couldn''t withstand even a single move from Su Xing! "This is the benefit of steady development!" "No matter what level the enemy is... once I''m fully grown, I''ll cut you all down from your horses!" Su Xing''s lips curved upward ever so slightly as he continued to explore deeper into the nest of the me Demon. Before long, Su Xing found an even deeper cave leading to the magmayer. "Down there, that should be the region where the Special Metal ores are located..." Su Xing explored further into the depths of the cave, and soon he saw a magma pool. By now, the temperature had reached over five thousand degrees Celsius. Luckily, Su Xing had his Protective Gang Qi to iste the inside from the outside, so his body was unaffected. Thus, Su Xing''s gaze passed over the magma pool, looking towards the ore region beside it. Indeed, within the uneven rocks, there mixed in plenty of reddish special metal. "Indeed, Special Metal ores!" "So... it''s time to get to work!" Su Xing took a deep breath and pulled out his Spirit Sword Mo Bing. Under the nourishment of Origin Force, the Ink Ice Sword had be even sharper and more durable. Su Xing''s heart moved, and he wrapped Origin Force around the Ink Ice Sword. Then he chopped at the metallic rockyers that were mixed with special metals. Under the action of Origin Force, these uneven rocks were cut as easily as tofu, leaving smooth and t surfaces. Su Xing, a bit obsessivepulsive, cut every piece of ore into one cubic meter blocks. Immediately after, Su Xing spent the entire night mining relentlessly. Until, by noon the next day, thest of the special metal ore had been excavated by Su Xing. Only then did he feel satisfied and prepared to leave. "A thousand cubic meters of ore containing special metal is now in my hands... These ores are worth at least 1.5 billion energy!" "As for whether to refine them or to absorb them directly, I''ll consider itter... It''s not safe to stay here for long, better leave first!" So, it took Su Xing several more hours to leave the Red Lotus Demon Cavern instance. Traveling by Sword Flight, he did not return to his dormitory until the evening. Decisively entering the Spirit Field Blessed Land, Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn''t help his heart thumping wildly. "Goodness, this is special metal worth a full 1.5 billion energy!" Su Xing looked at the mountainous pile of special metal before him and began to ponder. "If absorbed directly, it''s only worth 1.5 billion energy..." "But if refined, it could be worth 3 billion energy!" "However, I expect that refining this special metal will be very time-consuming... I just don''t know how much time it will actually take?" Su Xing hesitated for a bit before making a call to Jin Congxue. "Hey, busy person, how do you have time to call me?" Jin Congxue''s voice came from the other end of the line. Su Xing chuckled and said, "Cough cough... I have some things to ask you. Those special metals, they need to be refined and purified, right?" Jin Congxue''s affirmative reply came through the phone: "Isn''t that obvious? You''re the big boss who''s contracted six mining instance areas, after all! Don''t you even know this much?" "Mining is tough, but refining also takes time. The special metal you get each week probably needs to be refined four to seven days in advance..." "Of course, the higher the grade of the special metal, the more time it needs for refining and purifying." Hearing this, Su Xing showed an ''as expected'' expression and then inquired: "Sister Xue, if it''s a thousand cubic meters of ore containing third and fourth-rank special metals, with a purity of around 3.7%... how long would it take to refine and purify?" Jin Congxue was not expecting Su Xing to ask such a detailed question so seriously. After pondering for a moment, she said: "Based on your description... I estimate that purifying this batch of ore will take about a month... " Upon hearing this, Su Xing''s eyes brightened; a month''s time to purify special metals worth 1.5 billion energy could yield a direct 3 billion! Hisss~ That''s quite the profit! "However, there''s a problem... If I refine it all, then I won''t have any model energy for practice..." After some hesitation, Su Xing decided to absorb one-third of the special metals first, equivalent to five hundred million model energy. The rest would be handed over to Jin Congxue for refining. "The remaining six hundred plus cubic meters should take about three weeks to refine... Then the 1 billion energy would directly turn into 2 billion!" Chapter 299: Chapter 183: Overnight Fortune, Raking in 300,000 Spirit Stones! (5k) ``` One billion turned into two billion, even Buffett hasn''t made that kind of return, has he!? Thinking of this, Su Xing felt somewhat excited. "But if I could refine all of them and convert them into simtion energy, that would be best... I just don''t know if there will be enough time?" After all, Su Xing was still waiting to exchange the simtion rewards... So Su Xing asked Jin Congxue if she was avable. But Jin Congxue said she was not in Kyoto at the moment and that it might take a few days for them to meet. Hearing this, Su Xing pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "If we wait a few more days, there might not be enough time, and we could miss the chance to choose simtion rewards..." "It seems I''ll have to absorb a batch of exotic metal ores first..." Thus, Su Xing scheduled a time with Jin Congxue, preparing to give her the exotic metal ores worth 10 billion energy for purification and refinement. Meanwhile, Su Xing prepared to absorb one-third of the exotic metal ores in front of him into simtion energy for use in theing period. The simtor humanely selected one-third of the energy material. [Ding, detected an energy-containing material worth 5 billion energy, do you wish to absorb it?] "Yes!" Su Xing silently dered. Soon, one-third of the pile of exotic metal ores vanished before him, and Su Xing packed up the remaining exotic metal ores to save for Jin Congxue''s use. "Skipping the refinement process, although it will mean half the energy, can save a lot of time!" "Perhaps, I should try going to the Tarot Society''s mine instance in the future and attempt to directly absorb the unprocessed exotic metal ores... maybe I''ll get even more simtion energy!" Su Xing contemted. Afterward, with the newfound abundance of simtion energy, Su Xing was ready to choose the rewards he had earned in the previous simtion. "I choose to take out the Spirit Stones and the Spring Dew Pure Water..." As his words ended, the simtor beeped in his ear. [You have sessfully brought out 220,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones, 5,000 Medium-grade Spirit Stones, 300 High-grade Spirit Stones, spending 3 billion energy, remaining energy is 347.56 million points.] [You have sessfully brought out 240 drops of Spring Dew Pure Water, spending 24 million energy, remaining energy is 323.56 million points.] When the simtor''s tone ended, Su Xing nodded slightly and murmured: "Still over 300 million energy left... should be enough for the next two weeks of simtion!" Immediately, arge pile of Spirit Stones appeared on the open ground in front of the thatched cottage. The Spirit Stones were of varying sizes, and next to them, there was a small jade bottle. Su Xing hurriedly picked up the jade bottle and nodded: "Not bad, Spring Dew Pure Water... with this thing, I''ll be able to concoct Void Refinement Pillster!" After stowing away the jade bottle, Su Xing looked at the small mountain of Spirit Stones piled before his eyes, his gaze shining! A good 220,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones, several thousands of Medium-grade Spirit Stones, and hundreds of High-grade Spirit Stones! "Combined, that''s worth over 300,000 Spirit Stones!" "Damn, I''ve scrimped and saved up till now and have less than a thousand Spirit Stones... Now the amount has increased by more than three hundredfold!" Looking at the Spirit Stones before him, Su Xing suddenly felt likeughing foolishly. "With so many Spirit Stones... the practice for reaching the Return to Void Realm shouldn''t be a problem, should it?" Su Xing felt some anticipation. As it''s known, the path of cultivation bes increasingly difficult, and for cultivators in the Return to Void Realm, it''spletely normal to spend decades in seclusion just to break through a minor boundary. If Su Xing had enough resources, he could shorten this time by several times, even up to tenfold! Su Xing carefully stowed away the Spirit Stones he couldn''t bring himself to spend even one. Using them during the simtion was the real deal! "Phew... Next, I still have to work hard for the breakthrough to the Return to Void Realm!" "And I need to continue Alchemy!" Su Xing muttered, although by now he could be considered a small tycoon in the Cultivation World. But he still maintained a calm heart... diligently farming, developing steadfastly and securely! Thus, in the next six days, Su Xing spent his time Alchemy, farming, and collecting Spiritual Liquid. During this time, Su Xing took some time to meet Jin Congxue and gave her the 600-plus cubic meters of exotic metal ores. This gave Jin Congxue quite a shock. You must understand these were nomon first or second-tier exotic metals found in the market. These were high-level exotic metals of the third and fourth tiers! Though Jin Congxue didn''t know how Su Xing got them, she still kept his secret. She even released information to the outside, iming to purchase high-tier exotic metal ores and fabricated some orders. Thus, the source of Su Xing''s exotic metal ores became legitimate. Su Xing just had to wait for two to three weeks. Once the exotic metals were refined and purified, he would have a full 20 billion energy! "Tsk tsk... 20 billion energy!" "What to do next? It''s time to n for reaching the Great Perfection of the Return to Void Realm..." "And learn a few more spells, to improve mybat abilities..." Su Xing was already imagining how he would use the future simtion energy. After concocting the pills for the new week, Su Xing headed to the vi. Jin Congxue was not around this week; to ensure the safety of the exotic metal ores, she personally went to monitor the instance. So Su Xing picked up the goods,id down the Elixirs, and then returned to the dorm to enter the Spirit Field Blessed Land. Converting the week''s goods into simtion energy, Su Xing''s energy instantly topped 4 billion, making him a bona fide tycoon. On the afternoon of September 16, 2024, Su Xing started a new round of simtion on time. But before the simtion, Su Xing opened up the talent lottery system, intending to draw out the "Master of Sess" talent. ``` Chapter 300: Chapter 183: Overnight Fortune, Raking in 300,000 Spirit Stones! (5k)_2 Su Xing''s heart moved, and he opened the Talent Lottery Pool feature. A retro slot machine appeared in front of Su Xing. [Ding, wee to use the Talent Lottery Pool of the simtor. Please select the quality of the talent you wish to draw. White Talent one hundred points of energy... Purple Talent one hundred thousand points of energy.] Su Xing''s target was the Purple Talent "Master of Sess," and naturally, he chose Purple Talent. "I choose the Purple Talent pool!" As Su Xing''s voice fell, some purple balls appeared in the slot machine in front of him. The purple balls had some characters engraved on them. Master of Talisman, Master of Dao of Arrays, Cold-faced Emperor, I am Passerby A... There were a dozen or so purple spheres, all talents that Su Xing had experienced before but had not taken with him. [Please pay one hundred thousand points of energy for a random draw...] The simtor''s prompt tone rang in his ear, Su Xing''s heart moved, and he paid one hundred thousand points of energy. "Tch, just one hundred thousand points of energy, who do you think you''re looking down on?" "Damn it, I''ve got several hundred million, with just these dozen balls, how could they stump me?" Su Xing snorted coldly and silentlymanded: "Pay!" As Su Xing''s words fell, the transparent slot machine interface began to shake continuously. Su Xing watched the talent marked "Master of Sess" tumble, nearly being drawn several times. But ultimately it "slipped through his fingers"... Under Su Xing''s watchful eyes, a purple ball marked "I am Passerby A" slowly rolled out. "Fuck..." Su Xing almost let out a curse as the simtor''s prompt sounded in his ear. [Ding, you have drawn the Purple Talent I am Passerby A. Do you choose this talent?] Su Xing was so frustrated he couldn''t even bring himself to hit anything, mumbling: "No, no, no! Give me another draw!" Thus, Su Xing began his relentless lottery moment. [Ding, congrattions on acquiring the Purple Talent Master of Talisman...] [Ding, congrattions on acquiring the Purple Talent Cold-faced Emperor...] [Ding...] After more than thirty consecutive draws, Su Xing''s eyes began to bloodshot, his consciousness even starting to blur. "No... this is impossible? There are only a dozen talents... I''ve drawn more than thirty times, why can''t I get it!" Su Xing began to doubt life itself, and he was reminded of the fear of being subjected to the whims of lottery odds by a certain Goose Firm''s games in a past life. But the talent of Master of Sess was too significant; Su Xing had reasons he had to draw it out. "Draw! Keep drawing for me!" Su Xing, like a yer addicted to drawing SSRs, said through gritted teeth. In this way, Su Xing drew twenty more times and finally heard that delightful prompt tone. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the Purple Talent Master of Sess, do you choose this?] "Continue... wait, that''s the one!" Su Xing, almost numb from drawing, had gone through over sixty draws before finally getting the talent he wanted out of a dozen talent spheres. The odds were truly unprecedented. "Six million plus points of simtion energy... Not much for me, but the key is, damn, this lottery really messes with your mental state!" Su Xingined somewhat angrily. Seeing the desired talent in front of him, Su Xing felt somewhat relieved and said. "Start the simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 5300 points of energy, leaving a bnce of 317.06 million points of energy, remaining simtion attempts unlimited.] [Detection of your chosen talent "Master of Sess," the simtion officially begins!] Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realize that you are simting.] [You have stayed in Kyoto for three weeks, during which time you received the refined exotic metals sent to you by Jin Congxue.] [Three weekster, you head to Shuangqing City, ready to kill the damned Zong!] [You disguise yourself and conceal your aura, blocking your own fate, then release your Divine Sense, hoping to lure out the damned Zong.] [Sure enough, the damned Zong is quickly attracted by you.] Su Xing slightly nodded and said: "Good, then I''ll kill the damned Zong once more as a practice run!" "Use the immersive simtion feature for one hour." [You have sessfully used the immersive simtion feature, spending 100,000 points of energy, leaving a bnce of 316.96 million points of energy.] As the prompt tone ended, Su Xing''s vision changed, and he appeared in an unfamiliar environment. "Senior!" In front of Su Xing, came the voice of the damned Zong, sounding very respectful. Seeing this, the corners of Su Xing''s mouth slightly lifted. In the next second, a force of a million tons poured out, directly sting the damned Zong into residue. The damned Zong didn''t even have time to react before he was obliterated. Afterward, the damned Zong''s Divine Soul left his body; Su Xing did not hesitate and crushed it immediately. Su Xing seemed to see the damned Zong''s incredulity before death. He then showed a trace of loneliness and muttered: "You seem puzzled as to why I''m so proficient?" "Nothing else... simply practice makes perfect!" Su Xing picked up the damned Zong''s storage bag, killing him had just been a matter of convenience this time. Next was Su Xing''s real purpose for this trip. He attempted to see if his Master of Sess could gain the trust of Luo Shuying without exposing himself. Su Xing''s Divine Sense enveloped the surroundings, and he faintly noticed someone observing him. But Su Xing did not reveal himself and directly flew away on his sword. In Su Xing''s Divine Sense perception, that figure kept a distant follow behind him. Half an hourter, Su Xing stopped in arge mountain area, took out a stone table, and two stone stools. Then he pretentiously brewed two cups of tea and said aloud: "Isn''t it a pleasure to have friendse from afar!" "Why not show yourself, esteemed guest?" After Su Xing spoke, he sipped his tea as if he didn''t care about others. Before long, Luo Shuying''s figure appeared not far from Su Xing, looking at him somewhat warily and asked: Chapter 301: Chapter 183: Overnight Fortune, Raking in 300,000 Spirit Stones! (5k)_3 ``` "Who are you? Why do you want to kill Protector Zong?" Hearing this, Su Xing smiled faintly and retorted: "A Human Race traitor, a scourge of the Descending Sect, why should he not be killed?" After hearing Su Xing''s words, Luo Shuying fell silent and then took out two daggers, saying coldly: "In that case, let''s fight!" Upon hearing this, Su Xing remained calm and collected, and said: "Hehe, since you are not a traitor of the Human Race, why should I make a move?" "If I''m not mistaken... you are from the Spirit Race world, sent as an undercover agent to the Descending Sect, aren''t you?" At these words, Luo Shuying felt a jolt in her heart, seemingly incredulous as to how Su Xing could know. But Su Xing carried an air of profound mystery and said: "I have wandered through countless minor worlds~ naturally, I have been to the world of the Spirit Race... As for Damned Zong... the Protector, he''s nothing but the dregs among cultivators!" "As for the Spirit Race... I have encountered a few, so I was able to recognize your identity..." With the help of the "Sess Master", Su Xing''s words were well-founded, and Luo Shuying had no doubts. Seeing the uncertainty in Luo Shuying''s eyes, as if she was somewhat convinced, Su Xing took the opportunity to continue his deception. "I see you are not far from reaching the Legendary Level, there is a natural treasure in the treasury of the Descending Sect named Condensing Spirit Wood." "If you can bring it to me, I can help you ascend to the Legendary Level!" Upon hearing Su Xing''s words, Luo Shuying''s eyes lit up, her heart filled with desire. She had been stuck at the peak of the Martial Emperor Level for years and had yet to break through; if she could ascend to the Legendary Level, her power would surely rise to a new level. Under the influence of the Sess Master, Luo Shuying''s trust in Su Xing grew stronger. But Luo Shuying still had some doubts and asked: "Senior, why are you being so kind to me?" Upon hearing this, Su Xing smiled faintly and said: "We are both fighting against the Foreign Race to protect our hometowns, aren''t we?" "Follow me, and I will lead you in driving out the Foreign Race and reiming our homes!" After listening to Su Xing''s words, Luo Shuying finally becamepletely convinced and hastily said: "Senior, what do you need me to do for you?" Seeing that Luo Shuying had finally put herplete trust in him, Su Xing thought for a moment and then said: "On the 8th of every month,e to this ce. If I am here, you shalle and meet... if I''m not, you can leave on your own!" Luo Shuying nodded slightly after hearing this. Su Xing then drank the tea in his cup in one gulp and left the ce. The immersive simtion ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world. In the real world, Su Xing stroked his chin and said: "Tsk tsk, the effect of this Sess Master is truly amazing!" "Directly deceiving Luo Shuying, a powerhouse close to the Legendary Level, like this..." Su Xing was very satisfied with the performance of the Sess Master. In fact, every word Su Xing had said to Luo Shuying had been carefully thought out. "In the real world, it''s not too good for me to expose my identity directly to Luo Shuying... at least I can''t expose it at the current stage..." "But I still need Luo Shuying to introduce me, so I can continue to exploit the Descending Sect in the simtion..." ``` "Moreover, if weter raid the Descending Sect''s treasury, we will need Luo Shuying''s help!" "And by having Luo Shuying visit that location once a month, she will not expose herself, and since there is no direct way of contact between us, it is the safest measure!" Su Xing stroked his chin, muttering to himself. He could be a little reckless within the simtor, but in the real world, Su Xing was always cautious. As for asking Luo Shuying to bring Condensing Spirit Wood, he naturally wanted her to break through to the Legendary Level as soon as possible, so that she could better coordinate with him. "I wonder... With such a n, could there be a risk of leakage?" Su Xing decided to run another simtion. His gaze shifted to the simtion panel. [After killing Damned Zong, you met with Luo Shuying.] [With your glib tongue, you won Luo Shuying''s trust.] [You quietly waited in Kyoto for a month, during which you tried to concoct elixirs and practiced the Li Fire Technique.] [A monthter, you found Luo Shuying on time and joined the Descending Sect together.] [After joining the Descending Sect, you started your routine concoction of elixirs.] [You concocted some Soul Condensing Pills for Luo Shuying, helping her break through to the Legendary Level.] [In the following two years, you stayed within the Descending Sect, seducing arge number of loyal followers with your masterful persuasive skills.] [They saw you as the future guide of the Descending Sect, the spiritual anchor in their lives.] [Over those two years, you concocted arge number of elixirs and umted a 60-day bonus to the "Great Wisdom" state.] [Also, on the days of Jingzhe in both years, you obtained twenty drops of Spring Dew Pure Water.] [In the third year, you defected from the Descending Sect with Luo Shuying and went to Kyoto.] [When the more than twenty thousand Descending Sect disciples found out, they all flocked to the Great Summer Kyoto to question you.] [Utilizing your talent as a master of persuasion, you introduced "the Fourth Path to Redemption" and totally bewitched them into joining Demon-Subduing Pass, forming a dare-to-die army.] [These Descending Sect disciples became warriors in Demon-Subduing Pass, each worth ten ordinary men.] [After all this, you formally started concocting Void Refinement Pills.] [You now have one piece of Condensing Spirit Wood that is three zhang long and another that is one zhang long, which is enough for the ingredients.] [But you only have two hundred and sixty drops of Spring Dew Pure Water, each drop only enough to concoct one batch of Void Refinement Pills.] [Thus, you treasured every opportunity to concoct Void Refinement Pills.] [You entered the Great Wisdom state and pushed your Divine Sense to the limit, carefully watching the condensation and changes of every herb within the Pill Furnace.] [Spiritual Power enveloped the Spring Dew Pure Water as you ced it into the Alchemy Furnace...] [The first attempt at concocting Void Refinement Pills took two hours.] [Undoubtedly, you failed, but you began to umte experience from this failure.] [In the first month, you tried to concoct twenty batches of Void Refinement Pills, all predictably resulting in failures.] [Concocting Void Refinement Pills proved to be a bit more difficult than you had imagined, but under the "Great Wisdom State," you made some progress in their concoction.] [In the second month, you concocted another twenty batches of Void Refinement Pills and all failed, but your understanding of them improved slightly...] [The third month... The fourth month...] [So it went, until half a year had passed, during which time you concocted a total of one hundred and twenty batches of Void Refinement Pills, and though all were failures, your detailprehension of the concoction process was several times better than before.] [The bonuses from the Great Wisdom State allowed you to gain multiple times more experience with each concoction attempt.] [You knew in your heart that once you sessfully concocted the Void Refinement Pill, the Return to Void Realm would not be far away!] Chapter 320: Chapter 190: The Worlds Fissure, the Angel Envoy of Slaughter? (5k~) Su Xing saw this and still felt some anticipation in his heart. Whether he could reach the d of the ughter Battlefield. Whether he could find the cracks to other worlds, this was rted to whether Su Xing could go to the Qingyun Realm! "I hope, this time I can go ev further..." "At least, I cannot fall to those lost Legdary Demon Beasts again!" Su Xing muttered to himself, his gaze fixed on the simtion panel. [On the dless ughter Battlefield, you continue to move forward.] [Your Divine Sse observes any movemt within thirty thousand zhang a you.] [You try to avoid those lost Demonic Beasts, avoiding unnecessary battles.] [But the further you walk, the bigger the Red Moon above you grows, and the more you feel the negative emotions in your heart be uncontroble.] [Again, time passes without knowing how long, and currtly, within the range of your Divine Sse, the lower-order Demonic Beasts be fewer and fewer.] [Almost all the Demonic Beasts are of Demon King level or above.] [asionally, you can see a few Legdary Demon Beasts, aimlessly wandering a this ughter Battlefield...] [You continue forward, asionally taking a Calming Pill to resist the influce of the Red Moon.] [Finally, the Demonic Beasts you counter are at least of the Demon Emperor level, and you have countered more than a doz Legdary Level Demon Beasts.] [You use your Divine Sse to probe for possible emies within thirty thousand zhang, still avoidingbat with them, carefully maneuvering a.] [After all, on this ughter Battlefield, you do not know how much further you must go, and you must save your strgth as much as possible.] [Thus, the Red Moon in the sky grows from the size of a jade te, to the size of a wheel... ultimately bing asrge as a grinding disc.] [You feel that the closer you are to the Red Moon, the stronger the wild rage in your heart grows.] [You walk on for a long time... The vastness of this ughter Battlefield far exceeds your imagination.] [Its area might be dozs or ev hundreds of times that of Blue Star...] [You are astonished at why the ughter Battlefield is so vast.] [At this point, every few hundred li you walk, you counter one or two Legdary Level Demon Beasts, all of whom have lost themselves.] [They do not attack each other, but as soon as they sse a strange aura, they will chase reltlessly, never stopping until death.] [Along the way, you inadverttly counter a Legdary Demon Beast, and after fighting hundreds of s, you finally manage to kill it with difficulty.] [You know that this is due to the influce of the Red Moon, which greatly diminishes your strgth.] [And these lost Legdary Demon Beasts, under the influce of the Red Moon, be ev more ferocious and bloodthirsty, truly difficult to deal with.] [After that battle, you be ev more cautious. If you counter a Legdary Demon Beast on the road, you will go a as far as possible to avoid fighting.] [Not knowing how much time has passed...] [Finally, you feel that the Red Moon is right in front of you, within reach if you extd your hand...] [A voice seems to rise from the bottom of your heart, constantly tempting you, seemingly urging you to give up resisting and return to the embrace of the divine.] [You do not know what this divine refers to, but you know it is not well-inttioned.] [Fortunately, your will is firm and you have not lost yourself to it.] [The whispers in your ears grow louder, and you have to spd more and more mtal ergy to suppress your own violt emotions.] [Luckily, you still have many Calming Pills in your hand, and with these, you are confidt that you can go much further.] [You are like a weather-beat traveler, unaware of where the d is, but you keep moving forward...] [After a long time, two paths appear in front of you, and you do not know which way to go.] [You decide to follow the guidance of your heart and choose to continue walking forward.] [Gradually, more and more forks in the road appear before you, seemingly tempting you to rush in other directions.] [But you always manage to pick the right path. You know... this is the function of your innate human-shaped navigation!] [Evtually, it seems that you have reached the d of the ughter Battlefield... but actually, you are not sure...] [Because in front of you, that Red Moon finally appearsplete and clearly before you.] [It is no longer as hazy as before, but rather like an artifact within reach, touchable if you extd your hand.] [A voice in your heart tells you to touch this Red Moon.] [But your intuition tells you not to.] [Wh you arrive here, there seems to be no road ahead.] [You suppress the negative emotions that are surging in your heart, with your Divine Sse sweeping through everything a you.] [Suddly, you sse a very strong spatial fluctuation at a certain location.] [You immediately perk up, knowing that it might be the crack betwe worlds, the channel betwe worlds, that you''ve be looking for!] [But in your sse, right in front of that spatial coordinate, there is a terrifyingly extreme presce...] [But you do not hesitate, regardless of what that presce represts, you want to explore it.] [You arrive at the coordinate with the strong spatial fluctuations and it seems like you''ve found a bug in the world.] [On the blood-colorednd, there is an abrupt pure wall of air...] [Just as you are about to approach that wall of air, suddly a ck shadow attacks you.] [At this momt, you are already somewhat delirious, but still you barely manage to raise your Protective Gang Qi, hoping to block the sneak attack.] [The Protective Gang Qi shatters upon impact, and you are flung hundreds of meters away, severely injured and spitting blood.] [Simultaneously, you also clearly see the appearance of the creature that attacked you.] [It is a humanoid monster, but it is pitch ck all over, with disgusting limbs like ttacles and tdrils.] Chapter 321: Chapter 190: The Worlds Fissure, the Angel Envoy of Slaughter? (5k~)_2 [He and those lost demonic beasts were differt; he seemed to still retain his own consciousness.] [He called himself the ughter Envoy...] [He warned you not to approach that door.] [He asked if you were willing to ept God''s test and be an voy of God like him, possessing dless mighty power...] [You looked at his disgusting figure, and you refused...] [The creature that called itself the ughter Envoy muttered regretfully after hearing your refusal, saying he detected a distasteful sct on you.] [It was the sct of those despised by the God of ughter...] [Having said that, his figure shed, and his fingertips grew nails sharp as des, slicing across your neck.] [Your head fell to the g as a matter of course, and your divine soul left your body...] [Without any effort, he captured your divine soul.] [Afterward, he made a strange gesture, seemingly worshipping the blood moon.] [It appeared he wanted to sacrifice your divine soul to that blood moon.] [Your consciousness slowly faded...] [You died!] [Ding, your talt "Unepting Eyes" has be activated!] [You wided your eyes and saw the so-called ughter Envoy toss your divine soul towards the blood moon.] [The moon in the sky seemed to flicker for a momt, a strange gravitational force drawing your divine soul towards the blood moon.] [However, something you did not anticipate happed.] [You had thought the blood moon would absorb your divine soul, but instead, you ssed a trace of revulsion from it.] [The blood moon released your divine soul back to where it came from.] [The ughter Envoy''s face instantly showed an expression of terror as he continued to worship the blood moon.] [In the d, he obliterated your divine soul...] [Ding, this simtion has ded!] After the simtion ded, Su Xing took a deep breath, but his expression wasplicated. "Indeed, after reaching the realm of legds, relying on one''s own strgth and powerful divine sse... one can reach the d of the ughter Battlefield!" "And just like what Damned Zong said before, at the d of this ughter Battlefield lies the passage to other worlds!" Su Xing took a deep breath. He couldn''t help but believe everything he had se in this simtion! That strange pure air wall, perhaps by passing through that wall, one could travel to other worlds? Or is it that the guy who imed to be the ughter Envoy, his fear, ev reverce, towards that blood moon... Indirectly proves the extraordinary nature of that blood moon, perhaps it truly is the incarnation of some deity after death? "And the most crucial point... why did the ali shape say that I am a person despised by the blood moon?" "And why... did the ughter Blood Moon refuse to devour my divine soul?" Su Xing really couldn''tprehd, the evts he witnessed in this simtion were still beyond his understanding. "Regardless, the d of this ughter Battlefield, that air wall, does indeed warrant further exploration!" Su Xing frowned lightly, muttering to himself: "It''s just that the ughter Envoy''s strgth is at least at the Emperor Level!" "Adding to that... the negative emotional impact that the strange blood moon had on me greatly reduced my strgth!" "I fear that I will need to wait until my strgth has greatly increased before I can possibly defeat that ughter Envoy!" After pondering for a long time, Su Xing''s furrowed brows rxed. Regardless, everything he had se on the ughter Battlefield was crucial information for him. "But now... it''s time to choose the simtion rewards!" Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the simtion reward panel. [Humanoid Navigation]: Purple Talt, price million ergy points. [Return to Void Realm Sixth Layer]: Midstage cultivation level of Return to Void Realm, with spiritual power that flows unding like a great river. Price 300 million ergy points. [T Years of Alchemy Experice]: After exchange, prest alchemy insights will slightly increase, price million ergy points. [Li Fire Technique (Mahayana)]: A powerful divine skill developed by a great cultivator after observing the ancit divine fire, Nanming Li Fire, and having practiced it to the Mahayana level, can incinerate demonic beasts and obliterate spirits within a 3,000-meter radius at the mere thought. Price 50 million ergy points. [Rebirth Pill (High-Quality) 0 Pills]: Developed by the ancit Witch n andter improved by Su Xing, nearing high-quality grade. Divine Strgth Realm cultivators who consume it will see their strgth rapidly increase in cultivation level, and Return to Void cultivators will find it beficial for Body Cultivation, though with certain side effects. Price 00 million simtion ergy points. "In the ughter Battlefield, there seemed to be many forks in the road at the d... and this time, I reached the d under the guidance of this humanoid navigation talt." "What the consequces of choosing the other paths would have be remains unknown..." Su Xing paid atttion to the Purple Talt humanoid navigation mtioned this time. This seemingly useless talt yed a crucial role before Su Xing finally countered the ughter Envoy. "Alchemy experice isn''t necessary to choose again... after all, I didn''t develop any new elixirs this time..." Su Xing also noticed the simtor''s exnation for the Rebirth Pill. He was surprised to see his own name appear in the description of the Rebirth Pill. This means that the Rebirth Pill was indeed indepdtly developed and improved by Su Xing. Thus, Su Xing naturally had a Mahayana, ev a Great Achievemt level of understanding of the Rebirth Pill. "However, there''s no need to hesitate over this time''s reward selection!" "I choose the Return to Void Realm Sixth Layer cultivation level and the Mahayana Level Li Fire Technique!" Su Xing dered decisively. [You have sessfully brought out the Return to Void Realm Sixth Layer cultivation level, spding 300 million ergy, remaining ergy bnce is 4 billion 3 million 560 thousand points...] [You have sessfully brought out Mahayana Level Li Fire Technique, spding 50 million ergy, remaining ergy bnce is 3 billion 3 million 560 thousand points.] Chapter 322: Chapter 190: The Worlds Fissure, the Angel Envoy of Slaughter? (5k~)_3 After the simtor''s prompt tone dropped, two mysterious forces surged into Su Xing''s body. Feeling the turbult and raging Spiritual Power within. Su Xing hurriedly sat down cross-legged and calmed his mind. Immediately after, the Cultivation Level within Su Xing''s body began to skyrocket. Return to Void Realm thirdyer... Return to Void Realm fourthyer... Return to Void Realm fifthyer! Evtually, Return to Void Realm sixthyer! In just a few breaths'' time, the Spiritual Power inside Su Xing had more than doubled! He had leaped directly from the early stage of Return to Void to the mid stage! And he was just one minor level away from thete stage of Return to Void... After stabilizing the internal ergy within his body, Su Xing slowly oped his eyes and murmured, "The feeling of a sudd increase in cultivation... feels so good!" In any part of the Cultivation World, being able to jump from the thirdyer of Return to Void to the sixthyer in just twty-five short years is undoubtedly an act of gius! After all, this wasn''t Gold Core or Nasct Soul realms. This was Return to Void! "Cultivation resources really doe first... Previously it took a decade or two just to breakthrough threeyers during the Gold Core Stage..." "Now at the Return to Void Stage, it still only took a little over twty years... That''s the importance of cultivation resources!" Su Xing couldn''t help but smile at the corner of his mouth. Using Spiritual Liquid in conjunction with a Heavly Spirit Root, the feeling of cheating in cultivation was just too exhrating! Unfortunately, over a million drops of Spiritual Liquid were only ough for Su Xing to cultivate for one year... "It seems that a n to obtain more Spiritual Liquid must be implemted soon, otherwise the growth in Cultivation Level for theter stages of Return to Void and the Integration Phase might once again be slow..." Su Xing murmured to himself before shifting his atttion to the Li Fire Technique. "What kind of astonishing power does a Mahayana Level Li Fire Technique possess?" With a thought, Su Xing once again tried to summon the Li Fire Technique. A wisp of me appeared in the palm of Su Xing''s hand. The Mahayana Level Li Fire Technique, with its intse and bright red mes, ev had a hint of purple within it... With a thought from Su Xing, this wisp of Li Fire could appear at any location within the Spirit Field Cave. But Su Xing didn''t dare to experimt too much. After all, although the Li Fire wouldn''t harm Su Xing, if it were to burn the nts in the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing would be extremely distressed... "The temperature and power of the me... indeed several times stronger than before!" "Just this little wisp of me, if an ordinary Martial Emperor were toe into contact with it, they''d probably be burned to ashes in an instant!" "Ev for a peak Martial Emperor, a slight touch would likely be a life or death situation!" Su Xing could feel that, as his proficicy with the Li Fire Technique increased, the power of the Li Fire also greatly escted. At the same time, Su Xing also felt that the amount of Spiritual Energy needed to release the Li Fire Technique had more than doubled. Luckily, Su Xing''s Spiritual Power was now much more robust than before, so he barely took this consumption into ount. "Might as well try Alchemy... With a thought, Su Xing took out the Alchemy Furnace. But just after heating for a few seconds, the second-rank special metal Alchemy Furnace was thoroughly melted. Su Xing blinked and shook his head slightly, saying: "Indeed, the durability of a second-rank special metal is still insufficit to withstand this strand of Li Fire!" Fortunately, Su Xing still had the Pill Furnace left behind by Qing Yunzi, which could be used to refine elixirs. "Once I get my hands on the Alchemy Furnace made of fourth-rank special metal, it should be able to withstand the temperature of this Li Fire Technique!" That''s what Su Xing thought. Of course, that was assuming Su Xing wasn''t using the Li Fire Technique at full strgth. Alchemy, unlike killing... naturally requires differt temperature control! The following week, Su Xing spt his busy time farming. Because the second-rank special metal Pill Furnace was destroyed, Su Xing could only use one furnace for alchemy, instantly halving his speed. Su Xing simply refined over two thousand elixirs. With the remaining time, he collected spiritual liquid, and in one week, Su Xing obtained another thousand drops of spiritual liquid. Su Xing ev found time to weed out some of the grass in the fields. Th he changed theyout of the Spirit Gathering Array. After all, in the future, there might be more Gathering Spirit Flowersing to Su Xing''s Spirit Field Cave. Soon, a week passed. It was the sevth of October. After disguising himself and concealing his presce, Su Xing wt to find Jin Congxue again. Jin Congxue had be waiting in the vi''s room for quite some time. Unlike her sporty girl stylest time, today Jin Congxue wore a form-fitting gown. The autumn air was growing chillier, but the gown couldn''t hide Jin Congxue''s exquisite body curves. Su Xing inwardly praised her. Jin Congxue''s beauty was indeed like the first snow of winter, beautiful... and like a capricious fairy, elusive and unfathomable. Especially after taking the Nourishing Face Pills refined by Su Xing continuously, her skin condition was like that of an eighte-year-old girl''sdelicate, with cog-full cheeks. Caught under Su Xing''s gaze, Jin Congxue''s pretty face blushed as she chided: "Ar''t you going to sit down and eat already~" Su Xing chuckled and sat down across from her, and together they started to joy the meal. Before long, the meal was over, and Jin Congxue handed over a storage ring. Su Xing oped the ring and saw that it indeed contained refined special metal ores. There were also a full five red-purple Alchemy Furnaces. "Is this, an Alchemy Furnace made of fourth-rank special metal?" Joy appeared on Su Xing''s face, and he quickly took out a furnace to inspect. Indeed, the craftsmanship of this Pill Furnace was far superior to the second-rank one from before. Su Xing had a thought and pressed his finger on it slightly, but it only left a shallow imprint. "Hiss~ It''s certainly sturdy ough!" Su Xing rejoiced inwardly. Though he didn''t use his full strgth, if it had be the second-rank furnace from before, it would probably have be punctured by now, which showed a significant improvemt in durability. "Good, it should be able to withstand the power of the Li Fire Technique!" Su Xing thought to himself. Soon after finishing their meal, Su Xing made a thorough check and th returned to the Spirit Field Cave. "After this simtion, it''s time to head out and kill that damned Zong..." Su Xing muttered, feeling a mild sse of anticipation. Chapter 329: Chapter 193: Bluffing Luo Shuying, New Round of Simulation! (Vote for Monthly Pass~) By this time, Luo Shuying had alreadye to fully trust Su Xing, so she quickly nodded and said, "As youmand, elder!" "May I ask, elder, is there anything I can do for you?" At this moment, in Luo Shuying''s heart, Su Xing was an absolute expert, a paragon who had stood against the Foreign Race for a millennium, a true representative of the righteous. He was also the straw that Luo Shuying grasped at for self-redemption, the one who could save the Spirit Race world! Su Xing still maintained a calm andposed expression and sighed, "Your strength is still too weak now... you haven''t even reached the realm of legend..." "How about this, you go to the Descending Sect''s treasury and find a piece of Condensing Spirit Wood, and I will refine a batch of Soul Condensing Pills for you, which will help you to break through to legend!" Luo Shuying was delighted upon hearing this and was even more convinced that Su Xing was a peerless expert who stayed hidden from the world. "Thank you, elder!" Luo Shuying said, bowing in gratitude. Su Xing then nodded slightly and said, "From now on, on this day of each month, you cane here seeking me, and if I''m not here, feel free to leave..." "Next month, on the 8th, bring the Condensing Spirit Wood, and after another month, you cane to receive your elixirs..." Luo Shuying quickly nodded in response. Su Xing used his Spiritual Power to draw an image of the Condensing Spirit Wood in the air and instructed Luo Shuying on several matters. Luo Shuying then excused herself, prepared to return to the Descending Sect. Su Xing, on the other hand, carefully erased all traces of their meeting here and obscured the workings of fate before preparing to fly back to Kyoto on his sword. To be safe, Su Xing did not return directly to Kyoto City but instead traveled through the sky, ovend, and waterway in turns. He made a big detour, passing through seven or eight provinces before returning to Kyoto City. Back in his familiar dormitory, Su Xing took a deep breath and entered the Spirit Field Cave. Inside the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing thought carefully for a long time to make sure he had left nothing unchecked, and only then, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Phew~ Taking out that damned Zong and meeting Luo Shuying certainly entailed some risks, but the rewards are quite tempting!" Su Xing murmured to himself. In the real world, it would be better not to reveal his identity to Luo Shuying. Especially after knowing more about the strength of the Descending Sect and the Foreign Race, the fewer people who knew about Su Xing''s identity, the better. It was best if everyone thought of Su Xing as a student who had failed to graduate, a bottom-rung student; this was in line with Su Xing''s wishes. With these thoughts, Su Xing took out an item. It was unexpectedly the storage bag of the damned Zong! "Finally got my hands on it... Within this storage bag is the fortune that Zong umted over thousands of years!" Su Xing rubbed his hands together excitedly. ?@?-?ҦӦ+?&-?!*????⣤ Firstly, he took out arge pile of Spirit Stones. Because Zong had not yet hidden the Spirit Stones in the Five Elements Mountain, the bag contained nearly eighty thousand Spirit Stones in total. Su Xing carefully added this batch of Spirit Stones to his own pile. Thus, the number of Su Xing''s low-grade Spirit Stones surpassed three hundred thousand! Afterwards, Su Xing continued to sort through the contents of the storage bag. He kept aside the Cultivation Techniques and magic techniques recorded on the Jade Slips; these might be of great use to him in the future. He also categorized some Magic Artifacts, including those like the Five Thunder Balls, which were very useful for Su Xing. However, the frequently used bone sword and the Soul Summoning Banner favored by Zong did not attract Su Xing much. One reason was that these Magic Artifacts were overly malicious; another was that they had significant side effects. Moreover, with Su Xing himself cultivating his own prime artifact, there was no need for him to settle for less and pursue these. "Hmm, the quality of these Spiritual Medicines is really not bad; they must be at least several hundred years old... I''ll preserve them carefully; they might be needed when I practice alchemy in the future..." Su Xing took out several jade boxes and stored the Spiritual Medicine to prevent the medicinal properties from dissipating. Next, he carefully put away the elixirs in various bottles and jars, nning to examine their uses when he had more time. As for the puppets, Su Xing did not touch them for the moment. After all, there were still Prohibitions on these objects, which could easily reveal clues to others. It was a rtively safe approach to keep them in the Spirit Field Cave. After categorizing all sorts of treasures from the entire storage bag, Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief and began to read Zong''s diary. "Xianwu Year 2377, entered the sect, chanced upon the Flower Fairy... truly beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal, I really felt inferior..." "Xianwu Year 2378, the Flower Fairy gave me directions, I didn''t sleep at all that night, so excited was I..." "Xianwu Year 2379, passing by the Flower Fairy''s chamber, I mustered the courage to approach and inquire about Cultivation Techniques..." "Xianwu Year 2380, I talked with the Flower Fairy for a long time, and she said I was a good person... Strange, was sheplimenting me?" "Xianwu Year 2382, I bought a hundred-year fine wine from the foot of our sect for the Flower Fairy, she and the eldest senior brother drank together... I wanted to join them, but the Flower Fairy said that as a neer to the path of cultivation, I should not drink... Strange, howe master never told me that? Luckily, the Flower Fairy reminded me..." Su Xing casually flipped through a few pages of the diary and then couldn''t help but close it. "Damn, this damned Zong was a lovesick puppy back in the day!" "The early diaries nearly always mention the Flower Fairy..." "Tsk tsk, perhaps his descent to the path of evil cultivation... was also because he was deeply hurt by the Flower Fairy..." Su Xing felt somewhat speechless for the moment; Zong''s experiences were truly peculiar! Recalling the Flower Fairy who was turned into a puppet in the storage magical artifact, Su Xing sighed that love indeed was a stumbling block on the path of cultivation! "Well, when I''m bored someday, I''ll look through Zong''s diaries again; surely, I can glean quite a bit of useful information from them!" Su Xing put the diary away, since there was no rush to finish reading it now that he had the object in hand. The main problem was that the content was too voluminous... Who could finish reading diaries spanning thousands of years? Chapter 330: Chapter 193: Trick Luo Shuying, A New Round of Simulation! (Vote for Monthly Ticket~)_2 After storing the items away, Su Xing prepared to start setting up the Spirit Gathering Array. First, he dismantled the core of the previous Spirit Gathering Array, then he rearranged the base Spirit Gathering Array. Next, hebined two basic Spirit Gathering Arrays to form an elementary Spirit Gathering Array... Finally, he set up an intermediate Spirit Gathering Array! The setup of just one intermediate Spirit Gathering Array had taken Su Xing a full three days. This was under the condition that Su Xing had a near-impable grasp of the Spirit Gathering Array, otherwise, it would have taken even more time. "I''ll just set up one for now... Afterward, I''ll take a few days each week to set up the Spirit Gathering Array. There''s no rush..." With this in mind, Su Xing began his usual alchemy to make elixirs. Due to time constraints, Su Xing could only afford to make three thousand elixirs. On October 14th, after disguising himself and concealing his presence, Su Xing went to find Jin Congxue. In the private room of the vi, Su Xing and Jin Congxue sat opposite each other. After a meal, Su Xing handed over the elixirs made during the week to Jin Congxue and also collected this week''s goods. Once the trade waspleted, Su Xing covertly returned to the Spirit Field Cave. The new week''s goods provided Su Xing with nearly one hundred million energy. Thus, Su Xing''s simtion energy once again reached five hundred and ny million! Su Xing secretly nodded and murmured, "Even though the high-grade purified exotic metals are gone... but as the Tarot Society''s business continues to grow... one hundred million energy a week is not bad!" One hundred million a week, that''s a full four hundred million energy a month! Though for Su Xing, a month''s worth of energy was barely enough for a few levels of the Broken Void Realm. However, this was after all a stable and gradual source of energy ie. If he could earn some extra money asionally, it should be barely enough. On October 14th of the New Era 2024, Su Xing promptly started a new round of simtion. "Start the simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 5700 points of energy, remaining energy 612.33 million points, unlimited remaining simtions.] [Simtion starting!] [Drawing a Purple Talent costs 100,000 points of energy, drawing a Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 million energy, would you like to draw?] "Draw a Golden Talent!" Su Xing silently thought. [Ding, congrattions on drawing the Purple Talent "Touch of Midas," your next chance of drawing a Golden Talent is at 35%...] As expected, it was a Purple Talent. Su Xing wasn''t disappointed, knowing the simtor''s touching draw rates, getting a Golden Talent before a seventy percent chance would make him quite lucky, right? "Touch of Midas... What kind of talent is that?" Su Xing looked at the talent introduction. [Touch of Midas]: Purple Talent, as the name suggests, you have the talent of turning anything into gold by spending a certain amount of Spiritual Power, you can turn ordinary stones into gold. "Consume Spiritual Power to turn into gold!?" "Hiss~ This seems like a top-level money-making talent!" Su Xing''s eyes lit up. On Blue Star, as a precious metal, one gram of gold was priced around 400 Great Xia Coins. If he could get enough gold, Su Xing could definitely make a fortune in a short amount of time. "Let''s test out this talent first!" Su Xing looked at the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realize you are in a simtion.] [You go to a big mountain outside Kyoto City and bring back arge stone.] [You attempt to activate your Spiritual Power talent to turn the stone into gold.] [You seed!] [You spent one day transforming this stone into a whole ton of gold.] Su Xing raised an eyebrow at this. A ton of gold a day, this talent seemed quite strong! But after some quick calctions, Su Xing found the talent somewhat useless to him. On Blue Star, a gram of gold is worth 400 Great Xia Coins. One thousand grams, that''s four hundred thousand... A ton of gold is four billion! Four billion seemed like a lot, but Su Xing made more than that in pure profit daily just by making elixirs. After some further thinking, Su Xing shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, this talent is of no use at the moment... I wonder if the speed of converting to gold will increase once my level is higher in the future?" Su Xing sighed. However, if Su Xing really reached that level of strength, money might truly be just a number to him. "Well, my goal this time is to get Spiritual Liquid and improve my Body Refinement Cultivation Level... whether the talent is good or bad doesn''t really matter." After all, since he had to save up Spiritual Liquid, he naturally couldn''t spend Spiritual Liquid to increase his Qi Refinement Cultivation Level. Thus, improving his Body Refinement Cultivation Level at the same time seemed like the most cost-effective method. Su Xingforted himself and turned his gaze back to the simtion panel. [You realize that the Touch of Midas talent isn''t much use to you.] [So you begin setting up aposite Spirit Gathering Array in the Spirit Field Cave and also set up a Water Gathering Formation.] [ You spend three weekspleting the setup of these formations.] [By now, the Spirit Field Cave has already been elevated to a medium-grade Cave Heaven.] [Thus, the Spirit Field Cave will provide you with 3,000 drops of Spiritual Liquid every week, saving you time to collect Spiritual Liquid.] [After setting up the Spirit Gathering Array, you go to Luo Shuying as agreed.] [With Luo Shuying''s introduction, you join the Descending Sect.] [Using your "Master of Sess" talent, you quickly attract arge number of die-hard fans.] [You spend two years in the Descending Sect, during which you spend all your time making elixirs and saving up sixty days of "Great Wisdom State."] [In the third year, you made a total of two hundred thousand elixirs, almost draining the treasury of the Descending Sect.] [You believe the time is right, so you betray the Descending Sect.] [You join the Great Xia Military. With the elixirs you made, you help Great Xia Country birth arge number of powerful individuals.] Chapter 344: Chapter 198: Immortal Seed Third Class, The Secret of Becoming an Immortal! (5k) Su Xing merely nodded slightly, a mere Martial Emperor could hardly catch his attention now. "First, take Master Baili back to the mansion... he hasn''t fullye to his senses yet..." So said Su Xing. Before long, the three of them returned to the Baili mansion. With the help of the various healing medicines of the Baili family, Master Baili soon regained consciousness. Upon waking, Master Baili looked around and spotted Su Xing among the crowd. Master Baili quickly came to a realization and bowed to Su Xing, saying: "Thank you, senior, for your life-saving grace. I will never forget this great kindness for as long as I live..." Su Xing, upon hearing this, simply shook his head slightly, fiddling with the two storage rings on his hand, and said: "It''s just business... you pay, I protect your life, that''s how it should be." Baili Tu was startled upon hearing this, then decisively said: "Senior, my life is worth more than these instance dungeon items..." "How about this, as long as I live, the Baili family will provide a batch of instance dungeon items to senior every month..." "The Baili family may not have much of value to offer... but we do have some wealth... whatever you need, we will try to satisfy!" Su Xing nodded slightly and said: "If that''s the case, if I need anything in the future, I wille to the Baili family to find you..." "Now that the head of the Baili family has recovered, it is time for me to leave..." Baili Tu wanted to ask him to stay, but Su Xing wasn''t interested in further rtions, preferring to maintain a purely business rtionship. Su Xing vanished on the spot, turning into a streak of light and leaving the Baili mansion. After Su Xing left, Baili Tu sighed deeply: "s, this senior is unfathomably strong... yet he does not wish to be too involved with my Baili family..." "Well, being able to keep in touch with the senior is already good... as long as we keep collecting instance dungeon items in the future, the senior is bound to have some goodwill towards the Baili household." At this moment, Baili Tu was convinced that Su Xing was definitely one of those legendary figures who lived in seclusion. Even among legendary figures, he was among the best! Such a strong person might already be hundreds of years old, having seen too much of the world''s vicissitudes. While the Baili Business Association was one of the top businesses in Da Xia, it was still far from enough for a legendary strong person... ... Meanwhile, after leaving the Baili mansion, Su Xing once again used his Divine Sense to check the storage rings. As expected, there was no tampering by the Baili family this time. But Su Xing, always cautious, flew with his sword to Kyoto City and made sure no one was following him before he changed his appearance and returned to the Spirit Field Cave. First, Su Xing converted the two storage rings given to him by Baili Qi into model energy. [Ding, detected arge amount of energy-rich materials, total value 430 million model energy, do you wish to absorb?] "Yes!" Su Xing said decisively. Including this batch of model energy, Su Xing''s energy once again surged to 690 million points. Su Xing nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad, the Baili Business Association, as the leader of the southernmerce guilds, can collect over four billion worth of instance dungeon items in just a couple of months..." "This scale of business and capability, Tarot Society is still far behind..." An average of four billion energy every two months was a respectable ie for Su Xing. "There''s also the exotic metals I found in this instance, worth sixteen billion after purification..." "In that case, in just one short day, I have earned just over twenty billion in energy!" Su Xing was somewhat excited, then returned to his dormitory and made a call to Jin Congxue. After confirming that Jin Congxue was still in Kyoto City, Su Xing sent over the exotic metal ores. Five hundred cubic meters of exotic metal ores would be purified in no more than two weeks. By then, Su Xing would be able to earn sixteen billion instance energy at one go! "Phew... Su Xing, you can''t get carried away! There are still many uses for energy in the future..." "Energy is a thing that the more you have, the better." Su Xing reminded himself. Over the next few days, Su Xing continued to stay in the Spirit Field Cave, refining elixirs, arranging spirit formations, and even took the time to read the diary left by Damned Zong. By the 28th of October, the Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Field Cave had be extremely rich. It had fully progressed from an inferior cave to a medium-quality one. From now on, every week, Su Xing could automatically collect a total of three thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid! That day, after finishing his elixir refining, Su Xing changed his appearance, and went to find Jin Congxue. Today, Jin Congxue was wearing a white floral dress, looking very much like a young girl. The two chatted leisurely while eating together. Su Xing handed over the elixirs that he had refined over the week to Jin Congxue. Then he took out two more bottles of elixirs and passed them over, saying: "Sister Xue, these two bottles contain twenty Spirit Pills..." "The Spirit Pill will greatly benefit your strength enhancement... and this pill is extremely precious, so you should take it yourself and not let others know about it..." Seeing how serious Su Xing was, Jin Congxue nodded and put away the elixirs. Afterward, Jin Congxue also took out the goods she had prepared for the week and said: "ording to your request, the exotic metal ores you sent a few days ago have also been partially purified... I''ll hand them all over to you!" Su Xing took the storage ring, and after some more casual conversation, he skillfully checked with his Divine Sense and safely returned to the Spirit Field Cave. He converted the week''s goods into model energy. Su Xing''s model energy instantly skyrocketed by more than seven billion. Including the energy he had left, Su Xing''s model energy had reached a total of fourteen billion! "Phew~ Having money on hand really calms the mind!" Su Xing looked at the long string of numbers on the panel, his lips inevitably curling into a smile. Chapter 345: Chapter 198: Immortal Seed Third Rank, The Secret to Becoming an Immortal! (5k)_2 On October 28, 2024 of the New Era, Su Xing promptly initiated a new round of simtion. "Begin simtion!" [Ding! This simtion will consume 5,900 points of energy, leaving a bnce of 1.41788 billion points. The remaining number of simtion attempts is unlimited.] [Simtion starting!] [Drawing the Purple Talent costs 100k points of energy, while drawing the Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 million points of energy. Would you like to draw?] Upon seeing this, Su Xing gave it some thought. His current remaining energy for simtions was fourteen billion, which should be more than sufficient for the next few simtions, especially since arge batch of energy would be credited to his ount next week. "At present, my base probability of drawing a Golden Talent is five percent... it may be better to invest another five billion energy points. With that, it would take at most ten attempts to draw a Golden Talent, thereby increasing efficiency!" That''s what Su Xing considered, then he silentlymanded. "Spend 5 billion energy points to increase the lottery probability for drawing a Golden Talent!" [Ding, you have sessfully spent 5 billion points of energy. The lottery probability for the Golden Talent has increased by 5%, with the current base hit rate at 10% and the probability for drawing a Golden Talent this time at 50%... Remaining energy points are 9.1788 billion!] As the simtor''s notification bell sounded, Su Xing nodded slightly and continued: "Draw the Golden Talent!" [Ding, congrattions on drawing the Purple Talent, ''Three Days without Hunger, Nine Meals Missed.'' Your probability of drawing a Golden Talent next time is 60%...] [''Three Days without Hunger, Nine Meals Missed'']: Purple Talent, your stomach structure is different from that of ordinary people. Eating one full meal allows you to maintain abundant physical strength for the next few days. Be aware, you already have a simr type of stomach modification talent. If epted, it will rece the ''The Great Glutton'' talent. (Following Master De, one can endure hunger for three days and miss nine meals.)] Upon seeing the reward of this drawing, Su Xing''s vision momentarily darkened. Just as expected, it was another Purple Talent. The key point was, damn it, if Su Xing chose this talent, it wasn''t clear if it would be strengthening or weakening... ''The Great Glutton'' Talent, to be honest, could still help Su Xing strengthen his physical body and speed up the Body Refinement process by eating. It''s hard to estimate how much of a boost it provided, but it undoubtedly had some effect. However, the utility of ''Three Days without Hunger, Nine Meals Missed'' seemed not to be so significant. After all, Su Xing was already a cultivator in the Return to Void Realm and had long been capable of fasting without eating. Usually, he would eat Spirit Rice to ensure that his physical body was in the most perfect condition. "Well then, it seems this simtion''s reward isn''t of much use..." "Since that''s the case, the goal of this simtion should still be focused on enhancing my own strength..." Su Xing frowned in contemtion. He had already nned that this simtion must utilize the immersive simtion function to revisit the Luotian Meeting Instance. On one hand, it was to inquire about breakthroughs for the Integration Phase, and on the other hand, to further advance the Protective Gang Qi. Beyond that, Su Xing also had to figure out how to learn a Divine Sense attack technique. After all, to enter the Void Domain and contend with the Damned Dragon, Su Xing needed not only a strong Divine Sense but also a corresponding attack technique. "In addition, given that my Qi Refining Cultivation holds an advantage, it is time to practice the Spirit Explosion Technique... If the Spirit Explosion Technique can be perfected, even legendary peak powerhouses might not be my match!" Su Xing already had a n for the goals of this simtion and looked towards the simtion panel. [Within the Spirit Field Cave, you realize that you are in a simtion.] [You routinely refine elixirs and, utilizing the ''The Great Wisdom in Foolishness'' Talent, umte ten days of the Great Wisdom State.] [After ten days, you head to the Luotian Meeting Instance, sessfully entering it...] Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this, and silently thought: "Use the immersive simtion function for a duration of 24 hours..." [Ding, you have sessfully used the immersive simtion function, spending 2.4 million points of energy, with a remaining bnce of 9.1448 billion points.] As the simtor''s notification sounded, Su Xing''s vision shifted. Regaining his senses, Su Xing found himself within the Luotian Meeting Instance. "Good disciple, go to the back mountain... and invite Elder Shennong over!" In front of Su Xing stood an ethereal old man with youthful features and silvery hair who spoke these words. Hearing this, Su Xing nodded and said, "As youmand, Master!" Leaving the great hall, Su Xing headed in the direction of the back mountain, all the while pondering continuously in his mind. "Indeed, upon entry, my identity has once again undergone a tremendous change!" "Even though I''m still Luo Xiaochuan, a disciple of Luo Tian Sect, my status is no longer that of a direct disciple, but that of a true Saint Heir of Luo Tian Sect!" Information about the Saint Heir of Luo Tian Sect shed through Su Xing''s mind. The Saint Heir of Luo Tian Sect, also known as the Immortal Seed. As the name suggests, they are the seeds of bing immortal... All disciples who be Immortal Seed are lofty individuals with the potential to be immortals! And the Immortal Seed is divided into three levels. Under the age of one hundred and fifty, achieving either thete stage of the Return to Void Realm or thete stage of the Void Breaking Realm can make one eligible to be a third-level Immortal Seed! Currently, Su Xing is a third-level Immortal Seed of Luo Tian Sect! A third-level Immortal Seed can enter the fifth level of the Scripture Pavilion and view Heaven Rank secret techniques! They also get extremely high-quality resources and personal guidance from the Sect Master of Luo Tian Sect! The status of a third-level Immortal Seed in Luo Tian Sect isparable to the top ten Elders. Regrettably, for Su Xing, the cultivation resources in the Luotian Meeting Instance, no matter how plentiful, were merely illusory and of no real use. find more stories on mv|lempyr Instead, guidance from the Sect Master and ess to view the Heaven Rank secret techniques in the Scripture Pavilion were truly valuable to Su Xing. Below three hundred years of age, those who achieve the early phase of the Qi Refining Body Integration Realm or the early phase of the Body Refinement Mixed Element Realm can be second-level Immortal Seeds. A second-level Immortal Seed is ranked on par with the Sect Master of Luo Tian Sect. They can be taken as direct disciples by the Supreme Elders of Luo Tian Sect! Chapter 346: Chapter 198: Immortal Seed Third Class, The Secret of Becoming an Immortal! (5k)_3 And the Supreme Elder of the Luo Tian Sect must be at least among the ranks of loose immortals! Loose immortals may not be equivalent to the orthodox "Nine Realms of Immortals," but they are indeed mighty cultivators who possess immortal power and have achieved an Immortal Physique. In the memory fragments Su Xing obtained this time, there was a detailed introduction about loose immortals and the "Nine Realms of Immortals." Cultivators at the peak of the Mahayana Realm can transform the vast sea-like Spiritual Power in their bodies into immortal power. And by passing the Trial of Heart refinement, they can achieve an immortal Primordial Spirit. Adding on the physical body''s Tribtion Crossing, they would attain the first realm of the "Nine Realms of Immortals," the Human Immortal Realm! The transformation of Spiritual Power into immortal power, the forging of the heart in the Trial of Heart refinement, and the Tribtion Crossing to achieve an Immortal Physique. Of these three major thresholds, the Trial of Heart refinement is the most difficult; if one fails at refining the heart, they can still be an immortal, but only a loose immortal. Loose immortals also enjoy the lifespan of immortals, but they must endure a Heavenly Tribtion once every thousand years. Failing to persevere through it would mean death. Moreover, the potential of loose immortals is far inferior to that of the orthodox immortal journey of the "Nine Realms of Heaven and Man." "Even so... to be a loose immortal is still to surpass the peerless powerhouses of the Mahayana Realm..." Su Xing sighed and murmured, "To step into a second-grade Immortal Seed means that at the very least, one can achieve the position of a loose immortal." "Above the second-grade Immortal Seed, there is the first-grade Immortal Seed..." "First-grade Immortal Seed bearers must reach the Mahayana Realm before the age of five hundred to obtain it!" "Therefore, they would have enough time to temper their mental state and walk the orthodox Great Dao of immortality!" Su Xing shook his head slightly; this Immortal Realm was still too far away for him. However, for Su Xing, a third-grade Immortal Seed was a real and substantial benefit! "After entering the Luo Tian Sect this time, my mentor is no longer the Grand Elder Niu Ruolie... but the Sect Master of the Luo Tian Sect, Luo Ying!" "He is a mighty figure at the peak of the Mahayana Realm who may cross the Tribtion at any moment to ascend to the Immortal Realm!" "Furthermore, Shennong Youtian is no longer my mentor''s younger brother but my senior brother, isn''t he?" Murmured Su Xing, while feeling even more puzzled in his heart. Why, every time he entered a copy, was he this Luo Xiaochuan? And as Su Xing''s own strength continually increased, so would Luo Xiaochuan''s status? But these puzzles were questions Su Xing could not yet unravel. "Well, I might as well ask about the breakthrough of the Body Integration Realm first..." Thinking this way, Su Xing quickened his pace and headed into the back mountain. Shennong Youtian was still dressed in simple clothing, nting in the field like a farmer. Seeing Su Xing, Shennong Youtian stopped his farming work, smiled, and said to Su Xing, "Junior Brother, are you here to call me to join the Luo Tian Conference?" Su Xing nodded in response, and the two chatted as they walked toward the main hall. . Compared to the previous simtion, after bing the Saint Heir, Su Xing''s rtionship with Shennong Youtian was clearly much closer. As they almost reached the venue of the Luo Tian Conference, Su Xing asked his senior brother, "Senior brother, I have now reached the Great Perfection of the Return to Void Realm... How should I break through to the Integration Phase?" After hearing this, Shennong Youtian pondered for a moment before saying, "Indeed, now that you, Junior Brother, have be the Saint Heir of our Luo Tian Sect and advanced the cultivation level to the Great Perfection of the Return to Void Realm, it''s indeed time for you to consider advancing to the Body Integration Realm..." "But you''ve been the Saint Heir for a short time... let me exin this to you in detail." Pausing for a moment, Shennong Youtian asked in return, "What do you think is the biggest difference between Return to Void Realm cultivators and Divinity Transformation Stage cultivators?" After pondering for a moment, Su Xing answered uncertainly, "Is it the Spiritual Power... and the Divine Sense?" "The mana of the Return to Void Realm at Great Perfection is more than ten times that of the Divinity Transformation Stage at Great Perfection... The Spiritual Power within is like an unfathomable river... and the power of the spells released is even greater!" "Moreover, after the Return to Void Realm, cultivators cane into contact with the Void Domain, hence the cultivation of Divine Sense is much quicker, and the scope of Divine Sense is much stronger than that of Divinity Transformation Stage!" Shennong Youtian nodded satisfactorily upon hearing Su Xing''s answer and said, "Although it''s not entirely urate, it''s not far off..." "You need to remember one thing, you achieved the Great Perfection of the Return to Void Realm before the age of a hundred, which means your aptitude is somewhat higher than mine was back then..." "Therefore, it would be best for you to cultivate your Divine Sense scope to a hundred thousand zhang, to the most subtle level... Doing so will have great benefits for your cultivationter on!" "Apart from that, the biggest difference between the Return to Void Realm and the Body Integration Phase lies in the sensitivity to nature''s spiritual energy!" "Return to Void Realm cultivators, even if they have ample Spiritual Power inside, ultimately have a limit..." "But once they reach the Body Integration Phase, they will be able to crudely draw on nature''s spiritual energy, greatly enhancing the power of their spells!" "Especially with Divine Skills... although Divinity Transformation and Return to Void Realm cultivators can practice Divine Skills, they cannot draw upon nature''s spiritual energy and their power is limited... But if one reaches the Body Integration Realm, with the help of nature''s spiritual energy, the power of Divine Skills will be multiplied many times over, or even by tens of times!" Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this, his thoughts suddenly turning to the "Three Talents Sword Technique" he had learned before, where the Earth Sword and Heavenly Sword were meant to connect with the forces of nature. Shennong Youtian seemed in good spirits and continued to exin, "By the time one reaches the Great Perfection of the Integration Phase, the Mahayana Realm, they will be able to crudely draw upon the power of space, moving a thousand miles, or even ten thousand miles, in the blink of an eye..." Pausing briefly, Shennong Youtian finally got to the crux of the matter. "Therefore, for Return to Void Realm cultivators wanting to break through to the Body Integration Realm, the key lies in the sensitivity to nature''s spiritual energy!" "The more outstanding the Spiritual Root is, the richer the surrounding nature''s spiritual energy, the greater the likelihood of sensing the patterns of nature''s spiritual energy!" "You, Junior Brother, possess a Heavenly Spirit Root, which gives you a considerable advantage in this aspect... For you to reach the Body Integration Phase, it might just take a single opportunity..." Su Xing contemted after hearing this. With Shennong Youtian''s exnation, Su Xing had gained some insight for the time being. Consequently, Su Xing proceeded to ask, "Senior brother, do you know any methods for divine sense attacks? Although I have reached Great Perfection in the Return to Void Realm, my use of Divine Sense is still somewhatcking..." Chapter 347: Chapter 199: The Method of Divine Sense Assault! Shennong Youtian thought for a moment and said, "Although I have mastered the methods of Divine Sense attack, they might not be suitable for you..." "You can go to the fifth floor of the Scripture Pavilion to see, there are indeed some exceptional Divine Sense attack methods there..." Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this and did not continue to inquire. Soon, Su Xing returned to the grand hall with Shennong Youtian. Meanwhile, Su Xing''s master, Luo Ying, had been waiting for a long time. Afterpleting his task, Su Xing did not rush to leave. Instead, he turned to his master, the Sect Master of Luo Tian Sect, Luo Ying, and asked, "Master, I have a few questions about cultivation that I would like to consult you on..." For a genius of the Saint Heir level like Su Xing, Luo Ying was obviously patient. Thus, she smiled and asked: "My good disciple, what questions do you have? Just ask!" So, Su Xing asked, "Master, it''s about problems with Origin Force Divine Skills... My Divine Skill, Protective Gang Qi, has already reached the Great Perfection level, but I feel there is still room for improvement, and I do not know how to advance it..." Su Xing roughly outlined his problem. Luo Ying nodded slightly after listening, and said, "Protective Gang Qi, I do know of this Divine Skill, was it taught to you by Great Elder Niu Ruolie?" "Protective Gang Qi is indeed an extraordinary Origin Force Divine Skill with extremely strong defensive power..." "Generally speaking, as your realm ascends, the power of your Origin Force Divine Skills will also increase. However, if you wish to surpass the boundaries set by the creator of the Origin Force, you need to further deduce it after reaching Great Perfection... This requires an extremely high level ofprehension and luck, and it is something that one may stumble upon but cannot seek out deliberately..." Su Xing sighed after hearing this. He roughly understood what Luo Ying meant. The implication was that the limit for a Divine Skill was perfection unless one could manage to deduce it themselves. Su Xing might have a chance to deduce it if he could enter that state of enlightenment again. "Thank you, Master!" Su Xing could only take his leave for now and then hurried to the Scripture Pavilion. Entering the fifth floor of the Scripture Pavilion, Su Xing began searching for a suitable Divine Sense attack technique. After searching for a while, Su Xing was still at a loss, not knowing where to start. At this moment, the voice of Ghost Grandma came from behind Su Xing. "Child, are you looking for a Divine Sense attack method?" Ghost Grandma asked. Upon hearing this, Su Xing quickly nodded and said, "Greetings to the senior... I am indeed searching for a Divine Sense attack method..." Ghost Grandma nodded slightly after hearing this and said, "Child, if you are willing to do something for me... Come back to this instance in a year, and I can impart a Divine Sense attack method to you!" After a pause, Ghost Grandma continued to say, "In general, it is best to seek Divine Sense attack methods in the Void Domain, as they are more suitable for one''s self." "But I have a Divine Sense attack method here that integrates both offense and defense and serves as a decent transitional attack method for the early stages..." Before Ghost Grandma could finish, Su Xing eagerly said, "Disciple is willing..." Su Xing could not remember how many times Ghost Grandma had made such requests. "However, this Luotian Meeting Instance repeats a single day''s scene over and over... Even if I enter the instance again, Ghost Grandma will still forget about this matter, right?" "Certainly, Ghost Grandma must have an unfulfilled long-standing wish... If there is a chanceter, perhaps I can inquire about it..." Su Xing thought to himself. And then, Ghost Grandma, standing in front of him, pointed at Su Xing''s forehead and said, "This Divine Skill attack method is called the Wishful Golden Cauldron!" "Once you master it, it can protect your body like a cauldron and lift heavy as if it were light... It is adept in both attack and defense!" Very soon, the cultivation method of the Wishful Golden Cauldron integrated into Su Xing''s mind. With closed brows, Su Xing took a long time to open his eyes again. His eyes sparkled with surprise as he earnestly said, "Thank you, senior!" After imparting the Wishful Golden Cauldron to Su Xing, Ghost Grandma seemed tired, and so she said, "Cultivate it well... and do not forget the arrangement between us." Having said that, Ghost Grandma vanished on the spot. Meanwhile, Su Xing sighed and said, "It''s a pity, this arrangement might forever remain unknown..." Thereby, Su Xing did not need to memorize the Divine Sense attack method anymore. Instead, he could continue reciting the Three Talents Sword Technique, the "Heavenly Sword" chapter. Soon, a day passed. The virtual simtion time ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world. Back in the real world, Su Xing nodded in satisfaction and murmured, "Not bad, the prospects for a breakthrough in the Integration Phase are visible... and I have also acquired a Divine Sense attack method!" "Divine Sense of ten thousand zhang... based on the foundation Iid during the Divinity Transformation Stage, my Divine Sense will probably far exceed that in the end!" "After all, I have to make a trip to the Void Domain to have a showdown with that Damned Dragon..." "First, I should master this Wishful Golden Cauldron. The secret technique passed down by Ghost Grandma shouldn''t be too bad..." Su Xing had alreadypleted half of his goals in this simtion. The next step was to carry out the cultivation of the Spirit Explosion Technique and the Divine Sense attack method systematically! "Also, the cultivation of the Three Talents Sword Technique. I have already memorized most of the Heavenly Sword part. Just one more visit, and I will be able topletely remember the entire Three Talents Sword Technique." Thinking this way, Su Xing''s gaze turned toward the simtion panel. [After leaving the Luotian Meeting Instance, you''ve reaped plenty of benefits.] [You waited in Kyoto for a few days, and on November 8th, you met up with Luo Shuying as scheduled.] [With Luo Shuying''s introduction, you sessfully joined the Descending Sect.] [Soon, with your talent as a sessful cultivation master, you gathered arge group of loyal cult follower fans.] [Over the next two years, you crafted Elixirs daily while umting bonuses from the Great Wisdom State.] [In the third year, seeing the opportunity was right, so you left the Descending Sect with Luo Shuying.] Chapter 348: Chapter 199: The Method of Divine Sense Assault!_2 [Upon your arriNovelBinal in Kyoto, over twenty thousand followers soon sought you out, and you persuaded them to join Demon-Subduing Pass.] [You handed over the two hundred thousand plus elixirs you had crafted to the Great Xia Military, and afterward, you began to concentrate on cultivating the art of Divine Sense attacks.] [In the fourth year, you discovered that your Divine Sense was incredibly strong and felt an unexpected ease while cultivating the Wishful Gold Cauldron.] [Moreover, the Wishful Gold Cauldron seemed to have a vague connection to the Wishful Visualization Technique you had cultivated before.] [You exhausted the two months of Great Wisdom State you had umted.] . [In merely one year, you had reached the entrance level in the cultivation of the Wishful Gold Cauldron, the art of Divine Sense attacks!] Su Xing nodded slightly and stated: "Indeed, ''sharpening the axe will not dy the work of cutting firewood''... My Divine Sense was strong enough before, so when I switched to cultivating the art of Divine Sense attacks, it naturally became twice as effective!" "This simtion suggests that I may be able to reach the minor achievement level in the art of the Wishful Gold Cauldron!" "When that timees... even if I''m not as strong as the Damned Dragon, I should have no issues defending myself!" With these thoughts in mind, Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the simtion panel. [In the fifth year, after mastering the basics of the Wishful Gold Cauldron, you felt your Divine Sense grow even stronger.] [You could transform your Divine Sense into a golden miniature cauldron.] [In this form, both the strength and the defensive capabilities of your Divine Sense increased manifoldpared to before!] [Additionally, you could even control the Divine Sense to ram into your opponent, the small cauldron''s momentum was heavy and its power extraordinarily formidable.] [You appreciated the profound mysteries of this art of Divine Sense attacks and cultivated it with even greater effort.] [But after reaching the introductory level, the difficulty of cultivating this secret technique slightly increased and, with the absence of the Great Wisdom State bonus, your cultivation pace somewhat slowed down.] [Thus, as days turned into years of relentless training, three years shed by before your eyes.] [In the eighth year, yourmand of the Wishful Gold Cauldron became much more refined, and you discovered that bybining it with the Diagram of Wishful Visualization, the cultivation of the Wishful Gold Cauldron progressed exceptionally smoothly.] [In just three years'' time, you touched the threshold of minor achievement in the Wishful Gold Cauldron...] [In addition to cultivating the art of Divine Sense attacks, you began to explore the Spirit Explosion Technique.] [In the ninth year, you immersed yourself in the study of the Spirit Explosion Technique.] [But due to the Spirit Explosion Technique''s immense power, you dared not experiment with it in the real world.] [Hence, you selected an excellent battlefield, Demon-Subduing Pass!] [You arrived at Demon-Subduing Pass and stood atop the city wall, with Spiritual Power slowly converging in your hands.] [You keptpressing the Spiritual Power in your hands; it gathered rapidly in the palm of your hand, restless...] [Gradually, a whirlwind appeared in your hand.] [You took a deep breath and hurled the whirlwind of Spiritual Power with all your might.] [Under the guidance of Spiritual Power, the whirlwind flew over ten kilometers and hit the core of a Demon Race army.] [Boom!] [All that could be heard was an enormous explosion; the life force of thousands from the Demon Race army quickly dissipated.] [A single use of the Spirit Explosion Technique directly killed dozens of Demon Kings, seven or eight Demon Emperors... countless Grandmaster Level demonic beasts died or were injured!] [On the battlefield, the dreadful power instantly caused amotion among the Demon Race.] [The Demon Race, possessing wisdom, also felt fear.] [Such a terrifying, wide-ranging skill causedplete disarray amongst the entire Demon Race army.] [Satisfied with the power of the Spirit Explosion Technique, you nodded and assessed the use of Spiritual Power within you.] [That one attack depleted about one-tenth of the Spiritual Power in your body.] [If you were willing, you could even infuse a third of your Spiritual Power into the Spirit Explosion Technique, and its power would be tremendously horrifying, likely even legendary fighters wouldn''t survive!] In the real world, Su Xing nodded in satisfaction upon seeing the text before him, muttering: "Not bad, the power of this Spirit Explosion Technique has indeed met my expectations..." "Relying on sheer Spiritual Power to crush everything, I suspect no cultivator in this Age of Dharma Decline could afford such a grand measure..." "But I am the master of my own blessednd and possess millions of Spiritual Liquids, tens of thousands of Spirit Stones... such consumption is still within my means!" Su Xing stroked his chin, continuing: "However, this power still isn''t enough..." "Next, I should find a way to infuse more Spiritual Power; if I can channel one half of all my Spiritual Power at once, coupled with the properties of tri-elemental Spiritual Power... only then will it truly be a deadly move!" Having reflected this way, Su Xing offered his opinions regarding the future study of the Spirit Explosion Technique. His eyes turned back to the simtion panel. [In the tenth year, each day was spent exploring the Spirit Explosion Technique and cultivating the art of Divine Sense attacks, the Wishful Gold Cauldron.] [Through ceaseless research, you gradually uncovered the mysteries of the Spirit Explosion Technique.] [You tried infusing the whirlwind with fire-attributed Spiritual Power and found that the fire-attributed whirlwind was far more violent.] [Because the whirlwind was so vtile, you could only infuse up to one-tenth of your Spiritual Power at a time; any more carried the risk of explosion.] [However, you discovered that the fire-based Spirit Explosion Technique was extremely powerful and came with a burning effect, its might astonishing.] [Subsequently, you experimented with infusing wood and thunder-attributed Spiritual Power.] [You found that the wood-attributed Spiritual Power whirlwind had the strongest stability, allowing for the most Spiritual Power to be infused, thereby generating a vast range of destructive force.] [The thunder-attributed Spiritual Power whirlwind, on the other hand, was released the quickest and had even higher destructive power than the fire-attributed whirlwind...] [Thus, three types of Spirit Explosion Technique each had their advantages and disadvantages.] [In the eleventh year, you advanced to a new level in the cultivation of the Wishful Gold Cauldron, reaching the minor achievement level.] [This remarkable pace of cultivation filled you with joy, indeed the Diagram of Wishful Visualization greatly benefited the cultivation of this art of Divine Sense attacks!] Chapter 349: Chapter 199: The Method of Divine Sense Assault!_3 [After achieNovelBining minor sess, the small cauldron formed by your divine sense had greater offensive power, and its defensive capabilities also greatly enhanced, truly achieving an integrated offense and defense.] [You had wanted to enter the Void Domain after the minor sess of the Diagram of Wishful Visualization and have a battle with that damned dragon.] [But after much consideration, you decided to y it safe once more and see if you could cultivate this offensive technique to the Mahayana Level!] [Thus, day after day of cultivating your divine sense offensive technique and researching the Spirit Explosion Technique, three years slowly passed...] [In the fourteenth year, you began to further research the Spirit Explosion Technique.] [After several years of research, you were now able to channel nearly half of your spiritual power into the Spirit Explosion Technique; if you channeled thunder attribute spiritual power, even a legendary peak expert would peel ayer of skin if not killed!] [You had a premonition that if you could research the Spirit Explosion Technique to the Mahayana Level, even legendary peak experts could be instantly killed!] [But at this point, your research into the power of the Spirit Explosion Technique had hit a bottleneck, requiring you to invest more time and energy.] [During your daily research, you had a sudden inspiration one day: what would happen if you channeled wood attribute spiritual power into a fire attribute whirlwind?] [ording to your hypothesis, wood feeds fire, so the power of the wood attribute whirlwind should greatly increase the power of the fire attribute Spirit Explosion Technique.] [With this idea in mind, you began intensive research.] [But you discovered that channeling wood attribute spiritual energy into a fire attribute whirlwind resulted in an extremely unstable phenomenon.] [It required extremely precise control over spiritual power and a high level of proficiency toplete.] [If you were not careful, the explosive power of the Spirit Explosion Technique was equivalent to a hydrogen bomb''s explosion!] [And for such a terrifying research, naturally, you would not choose to conduct it within the confines of the Spirit Field Cave.] [Therefore, you sought out an excellent experimental venue the Beast Taming Realm!] [In the fifteenth year, you entered the Beast Taming Realm, the ughter Battlefield.] [There, on the ughter Battlefield, you fought while researching the Spirit Explosion Technique.] [If the control of spiritual power failed, you would throw it far away by hand; even if a legendary level demonic beast was hit by the st, they would have a slim chance of survival...] [So, with such devoted research, another three years slowly passed...] [In the eighteenth year, after thousands of attempts, your research on the Spirit Explosion Technique gradually perfected, and you stepped into the Mahayana Level!] [You could continuously channel fire attribute spiritual power, controlling the formation of a fire attribute whirlwind... Afterward, you could then channel a strand of wood attribute spiritual energy!] [The infusion of the wood attribute spiritual power doubled the power of the fire attribute Spirit Explosion Technique!] [With just this Spirit Explosion Technique, you could look down upon all enemies at the legendary stage, boasting invincibility beneath only the Great Emperor!] [But whether the Spirit Explosion Technique could threaten Great Emperor level experts, you admittedly were not certain...] [After all, Great Emperor level experts crushed those at the legendary level; if you could achieve Great Perfection in both the Return to Void and Broken Void Realms, and learn the Earth Sword, perhaps you could contend with them.] [In the neenth year, after achieving mastery over the Spirit Explosion Technique, you devoted more time to cultivating the divine sense offensive technique.] [With the blessing of the Diagram of Wishful Visualization, your cultivation of the Diagram of Wishful Visualization grew increasingly profound.] [You left the Beast Taming Realm and returned to Blue Star to focus solely on the secret methods of the Diagram of Wishful Visualization.] [Thus, several more years slowly passed.] [In the twenty-third year, after years of relentless effort, your cultivation of the Diagram of Wishful Visualization was nearing the Mahayana Level, just one step away from perfection.] [You decided to press on, continuing your seclusion to make an early breakthrough to the Mahayana Level!] [In the twenty-fourth year, Heaven finally rewarded your painstaking efforts, and your cultivation of the Diagram of Wishful Visualization reached the Mahayana Level.] [Mahayana Level Diagram of Wishful Visualization, an integrated offense and defense, the solidity of which had improved yet another level from before.] [With the divine sense offensive technique in hand, you had the confidence that even if you couldn''t win against the dragon, you would at least not be at too much of a disadvantage.] [Mainly because the divine sense strength of the dragon was also exceptionally formidable, presumably spanning over sixty thousand zhang... a result of its thousand years of cultivation in the Void Domain.] Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this and murmured, "Ultimately, I havepleted all the objectives of this simtion... With the Spirit Explosion Technique together with the divine sense offensive technique, my cultivation level has not increased, but mybat capabilities have definitely greatly improved!" "Moreover, after mastering the Spirit Explosion Technique and divine sense offensive technique, I am faced with two choices..." Su Xing narrowed his eyes; with the power he had in the simtor, there was actually one more year for him to make some attempts. The first attempt would be to enter the Void Domain to continue exploring; although there were some risks, the problem shouldn''t be too great. The second was to venture into the replicas from the era of decline, the Xianwu Era, and explore the relics of the Five Elements Mountain! experience NovelBin,le, content After a moment of hesitation, Su Xing decided to go into the Five Elements Mountain relics. "The Void Domain mainly enhances divine sense... I have already decided in this simtion to take out the Spirit Explosion Technique and divine sense offensive technique, so enhancing my divine sense would be of no use..." "However, in the Xianwu Era relics within the Five Elements Mountain, that Five Elements True Master should have the cultivation level of both Great Perfection in the Return to Void Realm and Mahayana Level in the Broken Void Realm..." "Although his cultivation level surpasses mine substantially, with the Spirit Explosion Technique and Protective Gang Qi, I may not be without a fighting chance..." Pausing for a moment, Su Xing murmured, "Of course, the most crucial point is that within the Five Elements Mountain relics, there is a very high likelihood of finding the Five Elements synergy technique!" Thinking this, a desire appeared in Su Xing''s eyes. The Five Elements synergy technique, if it could be mastered by him, could possibly greatly increase both his cultivation speed and the power of the Spirit Explosion Technique! "So, when thest yeares... I will still make a trip to the Five Elements Mountain relics!" Chapter 350: Chapter 200: The Sorrows of the Spirit Withering Era, The Fallen Genius! (5k) Su Xing thought as such, his gaze turning toward the simtion panel. "After the Spirit Explosion Technique and the Ruyi Golden Cudgel Technique achieved a great level of mastery, you began formting a n to enter the Immortal Martial Era Instance.] [You didn''t rush into the instance; instead, you nned to steadily cultivate onest time to enhance your own strength.] [In the twenty-fifth year, you knew that Demon-Subduing Pass would soon fall, and the Human Race couldn''t hold out much longer.] [Thus, you chose to enter the Immortal Martial Era Instance and leave behind some useful information.] [You entered the Five Elements Mountain relics.] [You traveled through the lengthy underground burial passages, and quickly your Divine Sense detected a potent aura ahead.] [Instantly cautious, you knew it was that undying being, the Five Elements True Master!] [The Five Elements True Master might not be as powerful as True Person Wan Mu, but as a cultivator who had achieved Great Perfection in both the Return to Void and Broken Void realms, you still weren''tpletely certain you could defeat him.] [You carefully erected your Protective Gang Qi and conjured your Origin Force Armor.] [With the dual defenses, you felt somewhat more secure in your heart.] [Silently you activated the Spirit Explosion Technique and ran toward the direction of the Five Elements True Master.] [Fiery hot fire-element Spiritual Energypressed in your hands, trembling slightly, releasing a terrifying aura.] [You soon found the Five Elements True Master, and he discovered you as well!] [Heunched an attack toward you without hesitation, and you decisively injected thest trace of Wood Spiritual Power into the Spirit Explosion Technique.] [Seeing the Five Elements True Master quickly approaching, you didn''t hesitate to throw the sessfully condensed Spirit Explosion Technique.] [In the next second, you decisively turned and entered the Spirit Field Cave.] [You stayed in the Spirit Field Cave for a quarter of an hour, consumed nearly half a bottle of Spiritual Liquid, fully restored your Spiritual Power, and then left once more, returning to the relics of the Five Elements Sect.] [Indeed, as you had anticipated, much of the ancient tomb''s passageways had copsed, the tomb''s protective formations were damaged under the Spirit Explosion Technique, and the whole tomb was at risk of copsingpletely.] [Boulders filled the tunnel, with aftershocks asionally emanating from the ground, but you were no longer concerned about that and instead quickly extended your Divine Sense throughout the relics.] [With your Divine Sense, you quickly located the Five Elements True Master buried under the rubble.] [From the aura detected by your Divine Sense, the Five Elements True Master seemed to have sustained serious injuries but showed no signs of a life-threatening condition...] [Boom!] [In the next second, the Five Elements True Master hurled off the boulders on him, transforming into a terrifying blur as he attacked you once again.] [The massive impact struck your Protective Gang Qi, fine cracks appearing on its surface, but you managed to block the Five Elements True Master''s sneak attack without any harm.] [You activated your Spiritual Energy, quickly dodging the subsequent attacks of the Five Elements True Master.] [At the same time, you also saw the miserable state of the Five Elements True Master.] [His body was enveloped in red and ck mist, his chest was partially copsed from the impact of the Spirit Explosion Technique, and his body was covered in scorch marks.] [Still, despite such severe injuries, the Five Elements True Master showed no signs of being fatally wounded, his Spiritual Power was just chaotically disturbed, and his strength must have slightly dropped...] [ck blood eerily flowed from the Five Elements True Master''s body, slowly mending his damaged flesh.] [You were astounded by the Five Elements True Master''s formidable strength, as he still possessed suchbat power even after being ambushed by your Spirit Explosion Technique.] [But you also understood that what awaited you was going to be a fierce battle, so you activated your Origin Force and engaged in closebat with the Five Elements True Master.] [The battle was about to erupt, the horrific aftershocks from the fight making the relics'' protective formations even more unstable...] Su Xing frowned slightly as he read: "Indeed, one must not underestimate the prodigies of this world!" "With my Return to Void Realm at Great Perfection, plus the Broken Void Realm quintuple...now that I have also mastered the Spirit Explosion Technique, I must be nearly invincible below the rank of Great Emperor..." "But this Five Elements True Master, although he practiced both Qi and physical refinement, his strength must have declined after bing an undying being... And yet, after taking a hit from my Spirit Explosion Technique, he still has the power to fight!" Surprised, Su Xing began to contemte. In Su Xing''s judgment, the Five Elements True Master, now an undying being, should no longer feel pain, no longer the same as ordinary life. Plus, the mysterious ck blood allowed the Five Elements True Master to quickly recover from injuries and regain stamina... "Truly difficult to deal with, but if ites to a head-on fight, I should have the power to stand a chance!" Su Xing didn''t hesitate, his eyes once again turning toward the simtion panel. -mp _y,r. [You began physicalbat with the Five Elements True Master, terrifying fluctuations emanating with every move.] [To your surprise, the Five Elements True Master''s physical strength was exceedingly outstanding, even slightly surpassing yours.] [You knew this was because you were currently only at the fifth level of Broken Void Realm, while the Five Elements True Master was a cultivator at the Great Perfection of Broken Void Realm, and even though your Divine Power had reached its peak during the Divine Strength Realm, it was still difficult to bridge such a vast gap in cultivation level.] [Fortunately, you had a better handle on Origin Force than the Five Elements True Master, so you didn''t suffer too much in closebat.] [But you knew that continuing like this would still not defeat the Five Elements True Master, so you drew back to extend the distance between you, ready to win with your Qi Refinement techniques.] [A thought crossed your mind, and a strand of Separation Fire shot out from your palm, the terrifying temperature immediately causing heavy damage to the Five Elements True Master.] Chapter 351: Chapter 200: The Sorrows of the Spirit Withering Era, The Fallen Genius! (5k)_2 [But just as you thought you had seen his final gambit, Five Elements True Master produced yet another trump card.] [You only saw him execute a profound spell and absorb the Spiritual Energy of the five elements metal, wood, water, fire, earth from the air into his body, sending dazzling multicolored light hurtling towards you.] [Seeing this, you quickly activated the Thunder Spirit Explosion Technique, swiftly forming seals with your hands and attacking the Five Elements True Master''s Five Elements spell!] [Boom! The terrifying noise instantaneously turned the entire ancient tomb into a battleground, the defensive array within the ruins was sted open by the aftershocks of the spells colliding, creating huge cavities, and the entire tomb began to shake incessantly.] [You knew in your heart that if this continued, the ancient tomb might inevitably sumb to copse.] [Thus, you took out a bottle of Spiritual Liquid, replenished your depleted Spiritual Energy, andunched an even fiercer offensive against the Five Elements True Master.] [But this Five Elements True Master, worthy of being one of the top three peerless geniuses of the Xianwu Era thousands of years ago,] [had achieved a profound level of mastery over the Five Elements spells.] [The Earth Type spells were hugely defensive, and your assaults were mostly blocked by them.] [Metal Type spells were especially sharp, and a sword formed of metal Spiritual Power could actually contend with your Ink Ice Sword for a short while.] [Wood Type spells healed injuries. Fire Type spells were even more powerful, forcing even you to keep your distance.] [What made you feel particrly troubled was the Five Elements True Master''s Water Type spell, which had a significant restraining effect on Li Fire, and presumably, he had also mastered a remarkable Water Spirit Divine Skill.] [You and the Five Elements True Master battled for hundreds of rounds, during which you even gained insight into the terrifying aspects of the Five Elements Sect''s "Five Elements Mutually Generating Decision."] [The five types of Spiritual Powers supported andplemented each other, not only greatly enhancing the power of spells, but also allowing for flexible use against an enemy''s weaknesses.] [As such, you fought bitterly for several more hours.] [Finally, by continuously replenishing Spiritual Energy with the Spiritual Liquid, and the seed of Origin Force within you constantly replenishing the loss of Origin Force,] [on the other hand, the Five Elements True Master, having been heavily injured by your surprise attack with the Spirit Explosion Technique at the beginning and constantly engaged in battle, saw his injury gradually worsen.] [After several hours of fierce fighting, you finally began to gain the upper hand.] Su Xing let out a long breath as he looked at the simtion text before him. "Five Elements Mutually Generating Method... Is it truly so mystical?" "This Five Elements True Master, with this divine skill and secret technique, is probably almost invincible below the Body Integration Realm..." "Luckily, he has be a living dead, and was also severely injured by my preemptive attack... Otherwise, I might not be his match!" Su Xing felt a sense of emotion. Indeed, extraordinary geniuses who emerged during the era of waning Spiritual Power, not one was ordinary, all were dazzling talents who dominated an era! "But the Five Elements spells... theoretically, are supposed to require the ability to absorb Five Elements Spiritual Energy to be released..." "Could it be that this Five Elements True Master possessed a Mixed Spirit Root?" No sooner had Su Xing finished his thought than he shook his head slightly, dismissing the possibility. How could a Mixed Spirit Root possibly advance to Return to Void Great Perfection in less than a millennium? "No doubt, this Five Elements True Master also has a variant Spiritual Root... At the least, a True Spiritual Root! Or maybe even a Heavenly Spirit Root..." Su Xing pondered. He felt increasingly that the Five Elements Mutually Generating Method was extraordinary, such a secret technique, even in the Ancient Era, would likely be a treasure capable of being the pride of an entire sect. And the fact that the Five Elements True Master was able to develop this Five Elements Mutually Generating Method showed his exceptional talent! "I must get my hands on the Five Elements Mutually Generating Method!" Su Xing resolved in his heart, looking towards the simtion panel. [As the Five Elements True Master''s injuries worsened gradually and his internal Spiritual Power depleted without being replenished...] [You increasingly dominated the battle!] [After thousands more rounds of fierce fighting, your advantage slowly turned into a victory, and you prepared to deliver a decisive blow to kill the Five Elements True Master!] [You forced the Five Elements True Master back with a sword thrust, then extended your palm, from which Spiritual Power surged out,pressing... Finally forming a fire attribute Spiritual Power whirlwind!] [After the Fire Type whirlwind was formed, you injected Wood Type Spiritual Power into it!] [With that, your strongest strike to date, the Wood-Fire Mutually Generating Spirit Explosion Technique, was finally born!] [After the Spirit Explosion Technique was fully condensed, you took a few breaths.] [This single Spirit Explosion Technique contained nearly half of your internal Spiritual Power, and you were confident that with this trump card, you couldpletely kill the heavily injured Five Elements True Master!] [The Five Elements True Master seemed to feel the terrible threat as well, so he once again unleashed the Five Elements Mutually Generating Method...] [Metal, wood, water, fire, earth - The Five Elements spells were cast in sequence.] [Five dazzling spell lights attacked you!] [And at that moment, you threw out your Spirit Explosion Technique!] [Boom!] read more on NovelBinmp-yr [The collision of the two divine skills produced a terrifying shockwave and battle aftershock, ultimately causing the already fragile protective array of the ruins topletely break down.] [As the protective array was destroyed, the entire ancient tomb shook violently as if an earthquake had urred.] [The ground copsed, and boulders tumbled.] [You knew this was not a ce to linger, and you must find the Five Elements True Master''s legacy quickly, or else these treasures could be buried underground forever with the Five Elements Sect''s ruins.] [Fortunately, with your final strike of the Wood-Fire Mutually Generating Spirit Explosion Technique, you managed to kill the already severely injured Five Elements True Master.] [You nced at the Five Elements True Master lying dozens of meters away, who seemed to have regained fleeting consciousness in thest moment of his life.] [You saw dark red blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, and he only uttered one word...] Chapter 352: Chapter 200: The Sorrows of the Spirit Withering Era, The Fallen Genius! (5k)_3 [Hatred...] [After hearing this word, you fell silent. In the moments before the Five Elements True Master died, you indeed sensed his overwhelming hatred...] [You knew it wasn''t you he hated.] [But rather he hated the sadness of being born so exceptionally talented and perceptive during an era when Spiritual Energy was depleted...] [He hated the betrayal by his close friend, True Person Wan Mu, and the tragic fate of bing a living dead...] [The breath of the Five Elements True Master slowly faded, and a peerless genius who once dazzled an era thousands of years ago finally died...] [You didn''t have too many negative feelings towards the Five Elements True Master; he was just another sad figure who died under the mighty current of the era.] [So you collected the body of the Five Elements True Master, preparing to find a geomantically auspicious ce to bury him.] [Afterwards, taking advantage of the fact that the ruins had not yetpletely copsed, you went to the core area of the ancient tomb.] [You pushed open the bronze stone coffin and found a storage ring inside it...] [Sweeping your Divine Sense across the core area and confirming there was nothing missed, you quickly left the Five Elements Sect''s ruins.] [After you left the ruins of the Five Elements Sect, itpletely crumbled into destruction.] [Once the ruins'' Formation was damaged, the remnants of the Five Elements Sect disappeared into the spatial turbulence, its whereabouts unknown...] [You rapidly left the Immortal Martial Era Instance. After the fierce battle with the Five Elements True Master, your body was seriously injured, and you needed to calm your mind for recuperation.] [Thus, for the following three months, you stayedfortably within the Spirit Field Cave, recovering from your injuries.] [Taking advantage of this time for recuperation, you also examined the storage ring you obtained from the Five Elements True Master.] [In the storage ring, there weren''t the vast amounts of Spirit Stones you had imagined, but instead, there were many materials and treasures for setting up Formations.] [Apart from these treasures, you found two very important Jade Slips.] [One was the Formation methods that the Five Elements Sect had passed down for ten thousand years, the Dao of Arrays...] [And the Divine Arts improved by the Five Elements True Master himself, the Five Elements Generating Technique!] [The records in these two Jade Slips were of great benefit to you!] [The Five Elements Generating Technique could allow thepatible Spiritual Energies to work together, achieving an effect where one plus one is greater than two.] [Cultivators with apatible Spiritual Root not only gained increased power when releasing their techniques but also experienced a slight increase in the speed of their cultivation.] [Moreover, after you learned the basics of the Dao of Arrays, the Five Elements Sect''s Dao of Arrays left behind was a huge treasure for you; this Formation manual was profound and mysterious, offering you much to study for a long time...] Su Xing''s expression was a mix ofplexity and relief after seeing this. "Living under the declining era, with Spiritual Energy depleted... Cultivators no longer enjoy the glorious years of the past..." "Under the trend of this era, the most tragic are those geniuses with shining talents." "If born during the golden age of cultivation, ascendancy to immortality might have been within reach..." "But now, they can only turn into a handful of yellow earth..." Su Xing sighed, feeling a kinship in sorrow for the fallen. But Su Xing quickly perked up, murmuring to himself: "However, with a simtion tool like this against the heavens, I will surely have a glimpse of the Immortal Dao..." "Once I kill that terrifying behemoth, the Three Thousand Worlds will be mine to roam freely!" A hint of anticipation glimmered in Su Xing''s eyes. "As for the present... This Five Elements Generating Technique and the Dao of Arrays could indeed be quite useful to me; I''ll see how much they are priced at after the simtion is over..." Thinking this, Su Xing turned his gaze toward the simtion panel. [You buried the Five Elements True Master in a picturesque mountain, experiencing the passing of a forebear True Immortal and the cruelty of the cultivation path.] [Your state of mind has improved, your determination to seek the Dao has be even more resolute...] [One day, Demon-Subduing Pass was breached, with the Human Race on the brink of eradication.] [Monthster, a colossal beast descended and swallowed the entire Great Xia Country in one gulp...] [You were swallowed by the beast into its belly...] [You did not die immediately.] [You held on for a long time...] [You were killed by the spatial turbulence...] [Your Divine Soul waspletely extinguished.] [You died!] [Ding, this simtion has ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing let out a long sigh of relief. "The gains from this simtion are indeed significant!" "With my current strength, after mastering the Spirit Explosion Technique, I am nearly invincible beneath the Great Emperors..." "But I need to be cautious of those talents from the Cultivation World''s past; if the Five Elements True Master was this difficult to deal with... True Person Wan Mu is likely to be even more terrifying!" After pausing, Su Xing continued to ponder. "As for the Five Elements ruins, exploring now still carries some risks..." "Once I reach the Body Integration Realm, I will go explore the Five Elements ruins; I should be able to easily obtain the Five Elements Generating Technique and the Dao of Arrays..." Su Xing nodded slightly, then pulled out his notebook to jot down this goal. Afterwards, Su Xing turned his attention to the list of rewards for this simtion. [Three Days Without Food, Nine Meals Missed]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Twenty Years of Alchemy Experience]: After exchange, a slight increase in current alchemyprehension, priced at 2 million energy points. [Spirit Explosion Technique (Great Achievement)]: Developed by Su Xing through his research, a Divine Art that unleashes immense power through the extremepression of Spiritual Power. It creates astonishing effects after the explosion, especially whenbined with different attributes of Spiritual Power,parable to a minor Divine Skill, but it consumes extensive Spiritual Power and requires further refinement. Priced at 150 million energy points. [Ruyi Golden Cauldron Technique (Great Achievement)]: A Divine Sense offense and defense technique. The Ruyi Golden Cauldron makes one''s Divine Sense as sturdy as a cauldron, good for both offense and defense. It is considered superior among Divine Sense offensive techniques, although it cannotpare to ancient Divine Sense techniques. Its advantage is that it can be used as a transitional technique and does not conflict with other Divine Sense techniques. Priced at 150 million energy points. [Five Elements Generating Technique]: A pinnacle minor Divine Skill, approaching the level of a major Divine Skill,prehended by the Five Elements True Master, incredibly profound and mysterious, priced at 300 million. _em _pyr. [Dao of Arrays]: A thousand-year-old ancient manual on Formation from the Five Elements Sect, perfected by countless Cultivators, leading directly to the essence of the Great Dao of Formations. Priced at 200 million. Chapter 353: Chapter 201: First Golden Legendary Talent, Innate Sword Body! (5k) Su Xing looked at the reward options before him and pondered for a moment. First of all, the talent and alchemy experience could be ruled out. The Hunger for Nine Meals talent would override Su Xing''s Glutton King talent, which was a pure negative reinforcement. And the alchemy experience was also ignored by Su Xing. "As for the Five Elements Mutual Generation Method and the Dao of Five Elements Arrays... although they''re good, the price is a bit steep," "When my strength is sufficient, I will personally go to the Immortal Martial Era Instance and seize these two jade slips, which is clearly more cost-effective," After a brief thought, Su Xing decisively said, "I choose to take out the Mahayana Level Spirit Explosion Technique and the Mahayana Level Wishful Visualization Technique!" As his words fell, the prompt sound from the simtor echoed in his ears. [You have sessfully taken out the Spirit Explosion Technique (Mahayana Level), spending 150 million energy, remaining energy is 764.48 million points.] [You have sessfully taken out the Wishful Golden Cauldron Secret Method (Mahayana Level), spending 150 million energy, remaining energy is 614.48 million points.] As the simtor''s prompt sound came to an end, two mysterious forces entered Su Xing''s body. A flood of memories instantly surged into Su Xing''s mind. These memory fragments were all about the Spirit Explosion Technique and the Wishful Golden Cauldron Method. Su Xing closed his eyes to concentrate, carefully digesting the memories in his mind. A momentter, he slowly opened his eyes, a slight smile on his lips. Su Xing took a deep breath, frantically mobilizing the spiritual power within his body. Spiritual power gathered in the palm of his hand, continuously copsing,pressing, and finally condensing into a vortex. This was fire attribute spiritual power; afterward, Su Xing tried to add a wisp of wood attribute spiritual power. When the wood and fire attributes fused together, Su Xing clearly sensed the power of the Spirit Explosion Technique greatly increase. "As expected of a divine skill that can seriously injure peak Broken Void Realm cultivators... its power is indeed terrifying!" Su Xing murmured. To prevent idents, Su Xing then reined in the spiritual power again. The spiritual power cyclone in his palm slowly dissipated and finally merged back into Su Xing''s body. "Good, with my current strength, I can at most mobilize half of my spiritual power into the Spirit Explosion Technique... If the spell is canceled afterward, the majority of the spiritual power can be returned, significantly increasing its practicality..." "However, I presume as my cultivation level further increases, the consumption of this Spirit Explosion Technique will probably decrease..." Su Xing shook his head slightly. Theoretically, the more spiritual power one can mobilize, the greater the power of the Spirit Explosion Technique! For instance, if Su Xing could mobilize half of his spiritual power into the Spirit Explosion Technique at the Body Integration Realm, the power would probably be more than double what it was at that moment! "Next, there''s the Divine Sense offensive technique..." With a thought, Su Xing released his Divine Sense again. This time, however, Su Xing tried to condense his Divine Sense. Eventually, Su Xing''s Divine Sense condensed into a small golden cauldron. With a thought, the small cauldron smashed towards arge boulder in the distance. Boom! With a loud noise, the towering boulder turned to dust in an instant. Su Xing''s eyebrows twitched as he murmured: "The Divine Sense offensive technique is not only greatly useful against Divine Sense, but it can even affect reality!" -mpyr. "Just with the power of Divine Sense alone, I''m probably not inferior to an ordinary Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator!" Su Xing nodded in satisfaction, considering it a pleasant surprise. It also made Su Xing realize that when Divine Sense is strong enough, it indeed has the ability to affect reality! "Now that I have learned the Divine Sense offensive technique, entering the Void Domain shouldn''t pose too much of a problem..." "However, I still need to further strengthen my Divine Sense, as it''s prerequisite for advancing to the Body Integration Realm." "Besides, it''s also time to enhance my Broken Void cultivation..." Su Xing pondered briefly. Clearly, advancing to the Body Integration Realm was not going to happen overnight; thus, improving the efficiency of his Body Refinement Cultivation Level was the better approach at the present stage. He vaguely had a n for his next simtion. In the following week, Su Xing continued to refine elixirs as usual, umting more energy for the simtor. asionally, he would take some time to read through Damned Zong''s diary, merely as a way to pass the time. As for cultivating in the real world, it was absolutely out of the question for Su Xing. After all, priority was given to acquiring energy, and then cultivating in the simtor, which was hundreds or thousands of times more cost-effective... Thus, the week passed quickly. In that week, Su Xing refined a total of five thousand elixirs. And as the spiritual energy in the Spirit Field Cave became increasingly dense, all the spirit nts and animals in the entire Spirit Field Cave underwent subtle changes... First was therge batch of Spirit Rice that Su Xing had nted. Su Xing could clearly feel that the current Spirit Rice was much more plump than before, with the Spirit Grains containing an even more abundant amount of spiritual energy. The effects were probably much better than before! "Tsk tsk, this quality of Spirit Rice has probably reached the level of mid-grade Spirit Rice... not to mention Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, even cultivators with a Golden Core and Nascent Soul would greatly benefit from consuming it long-term!" Su Xing nodded in satisfaction as the improvement in the quality of the Spirit Rice was beneficial and harmless to him. Beyond the changes to the Spirit Rice, Other spirit nts, such as the Divine Power Vines and Dragon Spirit Flowers, began to reproduce, sprouting several dozen new spirit medicine sprouts. Su Xing looked at the newly grown spirit medicines and pondered. "If spirit medicines are continuously consumed without nting new ones, they can easily be exhausted... For sustainable development, breeding new spirit medicines is a must!" After Su Xing obtained Damned Zong''s storage bag, he had already nted some of the spirit medicine seeds within it. Although it was still a long way from maturity, nting earlier meant harvesting earlier. Also, Su Xing would asionally go to the professionals'' market to look for some aged herbs such as ginseng, angelica, and so on. He would select those with good characteristics and potential to be nurtured into spirit medicines. Chapter 354: Chapter 201: The First Golden Legendary Talent, Innate Sword Body! (5k)_2 "In ordinary cultivationnds, to nt a single piece of Spiritual Medicine, it takes at least several decades, and often hundreds or even thousands of years... This means that cultivating Spiritual Medicine requires a lot of effort and is extremely difficult to grow on arge scale..." "But in this medium-grade Spirit Field Cave, the growth rate of Spirit nts is more than ten times faster than in ordinarynds rich in Spiritual Energy!" "Moreover, with the Spirit Gathering Array and the multiple enhancements from a Descendant of Shennong''s talents... nt the Spiritual Medicine that would normally take a hundred years, and I fear it can mature in just four or five years." "If one is willing to invest energy and use Spiritual Power to hasten the maturity, it may be even quicker..." Su Xing contemted. Because of the uniqueness of his Spirit Field Cave and his own talents. This allowed Su Xing to mass produce aged Spiritual Medicine. I can''t say for sure about other types, but I can definitely grow centuries-old Spiritual Medicine in one cultivation cycle. The only problem now is that I don''t have enough seeds... These Spiritual Medicine seeds are mostly hard to obtain, used one less one. Su Xing''s mind stirred, suddenly thinking of a special method from the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique. The way of the Spirit Bees! The so-called way of the Spirit Bees involves raising some Spirit Bees in the Spirit Field. These Spirit Bees not only do not attack their master, but they also pollinate on a regr basis, helping the Spiritual Medicine to propagate. Moreover, every once in a while, Su Xing could harvest the Spirit Honey produced by the Spirit Bees. This Spirit Honey is also a main ingredient in some Elixirs. Or you can directly consume the Spirit Honey. Not only does it taste excellent, but it can also be beneficial to cultivation. "Maybe I should capture some bees and try to cultivate some Spirit Bees?" Su Xing contemted. With the foundation of the Spirit Field Cave as it is now, if I intermittently feed the bees with Spiritual Liquid, In as little as a month or up to three to five months, some of the ordinary bees may transform into Spirit Bees. "This method is worth a try..." Su Xing nodded slightly, then continued to look around the Spirit Field Cave. Besides the changes in the Spirit nts, there were two types of Spirit Pets in Su Xing''s Spirit Field Cave that had undergone significant transformations. The first was the Spirit Chickens raised in the chicken coop. After several generations of breeding, Su Xing''s Spirit Chickens have long since surpassed the category of ordinary chickens. It''s no exaggeration to say that based solely on their fighting ability, these Spirit Chickens could take down bronze-level professionals. And ever since the spiritual intelligence of the Spirit Chickens grew higher, Su Xing rarely consumes their meat. It''s just that he still eats a few Spirit Chicken eggs from time to time, to enjoy some rich food. "Tsk tsk... with enough time to breed them and the aid of heavenly treasures, who knows, maybe the Spirit Chickens will really turn into phoenixes..." Su Xing shook his head slightly and moved forward a few steps. Soon, a more than ten-meter-long creature as thick as a thigh affectionately nuzzled Su Xing''s leg. Su Xing brought out some Spirit Rice to feed it, and the creature opened its mouth to eat. "Not bad, you''ve been working hard in the fields recently. Keep it up!" Su Xing said approvingly as he patted the creature''s head. The Earth Dragon... no, it should be said that the creature was an Earth Dragon in its infancy! With the continuous increase of Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Field Cave, this Earth Dragon was almost ready to transform. And because of the presence of this Earth Dragon, Su Xing almost didn''t need to take care of the Spirit Field himself. Pests or weeds, they were all food for the Earth Dragon. . Moreover, as the Earth Dragon rolled through the soil, it often made the Spirit Field more fertile. "Everything is developing in a good direction... my Spirit Field Cave now rivals the caves of some powerful cultivators..." Su Xing nodded in satisfaction. Spiritual Liquid, Spirit Rice, Spirit Chickens... Gathering Spirit Flowers, Elixirs... This area of about five hundred mu of Spirit Field provided many conveniences for Su Xing. Even in a cultivation boom, the caves of some Mahayana-level, or even scattered immortals, might not be as practical as Su Xing''s Spirit Field Cave. After all, these tens of thousands of Gathering Spirit Flowers are not something that ordinary cultivators cany their hands on. "The only thing that makes me shudder is this thatched cottage... but how does the saying go? ''This humble abode, where virtue resides... ''" "This thatched cottage is just a ce to stay!" After pausing, Su Xing actually had another vision for the Spirit Field Cave in his heart. "Five hundred mu is still somewhat small for a Spirit Field... it would be better if the area could be a bitrger!" Su Xing thought to himself. Without a doubt, arger size of the cave has certain advantages. For example, being able to nt more Spirit nts, raise more Spirit Pets... But if the area is toorge, the concentration of Spiritual Energy within a certain area might be diluted, and the grade of the Spirit Field Cave might fall from a medium-grade Cave to a low-grade Cave. At that time, Su Xing would need to further increase the concentration of Spiritual Energy in the cave. "Everything is moving in a favorable direction..." From the initial few dozen mu of barrennd to now, he had cultivated hundreds of mu of Spirit Field, turning it into a medium-grade Cave. Su Xing was filled with a sense of achievement. After reflecting for a moment, Su Xing nced at the time and, seeing that it was about right, he took the Elixirs and prepared to find Jin Congxue. After disguising himself and concealing his presence, Su Xing arrived within the vi. Today, Jin Congxue wore a blue long dress and her hair was tied in a bun, making her look especially cute. Su Xing skillfully sat opposite Jin Congxue and started to chat. The two of them talked andughed for a while before they began to discuss serious matters. "Ah Xing, here''s this week''s goods..." "And those Fourth-Rank Special Metals you gave me before have also beenpletely purified..." Jin Congxue handed over a Storage Ring. Su Xing received it and simultaneously passed the new week''s Elixirs. Jin Congxue paused, hesitated for a moment, and said: &"There''s news that in two months, the Great Xia Military will auction off a second-order Special Metal mine replica..." Chapter 355: Chapter 201: The First Golden Legendary Talent, Innate Sword Body! (5k)_3 ``` "Those attending the auction will at least be in charge of first-ratemercial firms, should we give it a try when the timees?" His eyes lighting up upon hearing this, Su Xing thought that a second-order rare metal mine instance was far more precious than a first-order one! A second-order rare metal mine instance could produce energy in a month that was probably equivalent to what four or five first-order instances could yield. So Su Xing nodded and said eagerly, "We''ll make our utmost effort to secure the mining rights to this mine instance!" After hearing this, Jin Congxue nodded but still hesitated as she said, "Second-order rare metal mines are extremely precious... Ourpetitors are almost all those top-tiermercial firms, I''m not very confident that we can win the bid..." After pausing, Jin Congxue continued, "However, I''ve heard that the Great Xia Military has expressed their need for items that can be of use on the battlefield at Demon-Subduing Pass... If we could supply such items, perhaps we could put up a fight..." Nodding in agreement, Su Xing murmured, "Items for use on the battlefield, huh..." Su Xing roughly understood what Jin Congxue meant. Demon-Subduing Pass has always been of utmost importance to the Human Race, and clearly, what the Great Xia Military needs is not merely a legendary or even mythical piece of equipment. But rather items that can truly y a key role on the battlefield. Or to say, items that could enhance the overall strength of the Great Xia warriors. Thinking this, an idea came to Su Xing, and he thought to himself, "Fasting Pills... It''s time for them to make an appearance!" Indeed, Su Xing currently had several trump cards up his sleeve, but few were suitable for public release. Whether it was Dragon Spirit Pills, Essence-Nourishing Pills, and so on, none were appropriate for mass release. Inparison, the Fasting Pill would stir much lessmotion. After all, this was merely an elixir that could ensure warriors wouldn''t feel hunger for a long period. As Su Xing mutter to himself, "After improving the quality of the Spirit Rice, the effects of the Fasting Pills should also be enhanced..." With that thought, Su Xing intended to try it out in the subsequent simtions. Bearing that in mind, Su Xing said to Jin Congxue, "Leave the auction to me... I''ll provide you with enough chips, and we must secure this second-order rare metal mine!" Su Xing said with a certain gravitas. After discussing serious matters, the two exchanged a few more words. Then, disguising his appearance and concealing his presence, Su Xing left the vi. Returning to the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing converted this week''s goods into simtion energy. Now, the goods provided by Jin Congxue every week nearly reached a billion simtion energy. Plus the 500 cubic meters of rare metal he had before, Su Xing''s pure simtion energy ie for the week reached close to one billion and fifty million! Taking into ount the energy left over from previous simtions, the total was about 1.66 billion and 60 million energy! Looking at the new high in the simtor''s energy, Su Xing nodded with satisfaction and eximed, "Indeed, if you want to get rich quickly, you need that stroke of unexpected fortune!" "With more than 1.66 billion energy, at least until I reach the Integration Phase... I shouldn''t have to worry about running out of simtion energy!" Su Xing murmured to himself, then turned his attention to the simtion panel. The simtion time had cooled down, and Su Xing decisively prepared to simte. On November 4th, 2024 of the New Era, Su Xing began a new round of simtion. "Begin simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 6,000 points of energy, remaining energy is 1.66 billion 6388 million points, remaining simtion count is unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing the Purple Talent costs 100,000 points of energy, drawing the Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 million energy, do you wish to draw?] Without any hesitation, Su Xing said, "Draw the Golden Quality Talent!" [Ding, congrattions! You have drawn the Golden Legendary Talent: Innate Sword Body. Base probability bonus reset to zero, your next chance of drawing a Golden Quality Talent is 10%...] "As expected, another guaranteed talent... Wait, what?..." "Holy shit, a Golden Quality Talent, and I drew it just like that?!" Su Xing, habitually ready toin about the simtor''s draw rates, was taken aback when he actually drew a Golden Quality Talent. After all, the chance of drawing a Golden Quality Talent for Su Xing this time was only sixty percent... He had assumed that with the simtor''s usual luck, it might take until eighty or ny percent. "Tsk tsk, Innate Sword Body! Indeed... I truly am the perfect material for swordsmanship!" Su Xing''s face was practically beaming with joy. This Innate Sword Body, as a Golden Talent, looked to be a talent that could help Su Xing elerate his training! Furthermore, Su Xing had once drawn a Purple Talent called Sword Obsession, and that effect was already grotesquely powerful. But now, with a Golden Quality Sword Dao talent, he wondered how terrifying the boost would be. "Tsk tsk... let me check out this talent''s introduction!" Su Xing, excited, looked at the introduction of Innate Sword Body. [Innate Sword Body]: Golden Legendary Talent, you were born to practice swordsmanship. You can swiftly grasp most sword techniques and moves, even the most difficult Sword Dao ssics are something you can quickly get to grips with and learn... You have a predestined fullpatibility with every type of sword. When you wield the sword in your hand, where your heart directs, enemies shall be sliced. Su Xing''s eyes lit up upon reading the talent introduction. Beyond a talent boost for sword training, with this talent, Su Xing would be fundamentally fully talented with all types of swords. Even with a brand-new sword, he wouldn''t need any period for adjustment or adaptation in his hands. "Nice, nice!" Touching his chin, Su Xing murmured, "It seems I need to adjust my ns for this simtion..." Su Xing was initially indecisive about whether to enter the Void Domain to practice the Diagram of Wishful Visualization to enhance his Divine Sense or practice the Earth Sword chapter of the Three Talents Sword Technique. But now, having drawn this talent, Su Xing was no longer in a dilemma. Fortunately, he will first practice swordsmanship to experience just how powerful this Golden Legendary Talent is. "Tsk tsk, if I can perfect the Earth Sword, coupled with the strength of the Broken Void Realm at Great Perfection... I might have a shot against an Emperor Level warrior!" Chapter 374: Chapter 208: Blood Immortal Scripture, The Secret of the Blood Demon Realm! (5k) Su Xing''s brows furrowed tighter as he saw the simted text. "No need for Spiritual Energy, no cultivation of the Spiritual Root... to cultivate just by relying on blood vitality?" "This... this is surely a defiance of the natural order!" After a pause, Su Xing voiced his confusion: "However, who exactly is the Blood Immortal... to truly create such a heaven-defying Cultivation Technique, could he really be an Immortal?" "Could it be... the Blood Immortal, is none other than that Damned Dragon?" Su Xing''s heart tightened, but he quickly shook his head in denial. "Impossible, with the Damned Dragon''s Cultivation Level at the Return to Void Realm, he could not have created such a heaven-defying Cultivation Technique!" "For one to create such a Technique, undoubtedly their Dao Comprehension is profound, at least at the level of an Immortal, or even higher!" Although Su Xing did not know the Cultivation Level needed to fullyprehend the Great Dao, he imagined it must be something beyond the reach of an Immortal. Even ordinary Immortals might not possess such deepprehension of the Great Dao. "The Blood Immortal probably is not that Damned Dragon... but there must be a significant connection between them..." "Could it be, the Blood Immortal is the leader of the Descending Sect, the Damned Dragon''s superior?" At this thought, Su Xing inhaled sharply. "How could it be... the leader of the Descending Sect, an Immortal!?" Su Xing slightly shook his head, not daring to make such a hasty judgment with the information at hand. However, there must be some connection between the Blood Immortal and the Descending Sect... "Well, I might as well continue reading..." His gaze returned to the simtion panel. [You collected the bodies of these Golden Core cultivators and carefully inspected their storage rings.] [Inside the storage rings, you found several bottles of unusual elixirs.] [These elixirs were round and red, each one asrge as a fist.] [You took out an elixir and observed it carefully, only to find that it was filled with Karma and violent power, as if it had been refined using blood...] [You brought it close to your nose and sniffed, yourplexion suddenly changing. The rich scent of blood on the elixir did note from animal blood, but from human blood!] [The energy within the elixir was very simr to Spiritual Energy, but it carried a heavy malevolence. Long-term consumption might enhance one''s Cultivation Level, but it would likely harm one''s lifespan...] [You quickly understood that this elixir was likely what the cultivators of this realm needed for their practice...] [After storing the elixirs away, you swiftly sought to leave the ce.] [But just as you had fled a few dozen miles, you were pursued by cultivators from the Blood Demon Sect.] [Several Nascent Soul cultivators, along with a Divinity Transformation cultivator wielding a nefarious magic artifact,unched an attack towards you.] [You stood in ce, frowning slightly, and with a wave of your hand, you cut down all the cultivators.] [The sole Divinity Transformation cultivator appeared to want to flee.] [But you effortlessly captured this Divinity Transformation cultivator and began an interrogation.] [Under intense questioning, you soon learned of the exact location and strength of the Blood Demon Sect.] [ording to this Divinity Transformation cultivator, there were practitioners of the Return to Void Realm stationed within the Blood Demon Sect, and there were rumors of the Blood Dragon Ancestor, who threatened you to release him, otherwise you would surely meet a certain death.] [You merely scoffed at this, regretting that you had not cultivated the Soul Searching Technique. Otherwise, you could have effortlessly extracted more information from this Divinity Transformation cultivator''s soul.] [But at that moment, all you could do was suppress his Divine Soul and extract more information from him.] [As you suppressed his Divine Sense, you noticed the aura of this Divinity Transformation cultivator was ethereal. Although he was in the mid-stage of Divinity Transformation, his strength was likely only equivalent to the initial stage of the same realm.] [Moreover, the cultivator''s breath was deep, his lifespan fading...] [Yet, from the cultivator''s face you could see the indelible mark of death; it seemed most of his lifespan had been consumed, and his days were numbered.] [You asked how long he had been practising Cultivation. Pressured by you, he dared not hide the truth, honestly answering that he was one hundred and seventy years old, having cultivated for over a hundred and sixty years...] [Hearing this, you frowned slightly. The aura of this Divinity Transformation cultivator was decaying, and he had at most twenty or thirty years remaining... Normally, for a Divinity Transformation cultivator, a lifespan of a thousand years wasn''t an issue, and with life-extending substances, living to one thousand five hundred years was not difficult.] [It became clear to you, the methods of this sinister Cultivation severely drained one''s lifespan! His life expectancy was less than a fifth of that of cultivators at the same realm!] [At the same time, you were astounded; a person without a Spiritual Root had managed to reach the mid-stage of Divinity Transformation in just over a hundred and sixty years, a Cultivation talent that came close to a Heavenly Spirit Root Cultivator!] [You wished to continue questioning this Divinity Transformation cultivator, yet he still offered you a minor threat. In the end, it seemed as if he saw something terrifying, showing a painful expression, and within minutes, he fell to the ground lifeless.] [After the death of this Divinity Transformation cultivator, his face aged rapidly, and he became thin as a rake... It seemed his vitality, spirit, and Essence had been sucked dry.] [In just a few breaths, he changed from a middle-aged man to an old wreck, eventually turning into a dried corpse.] [Grudges and Karma entwined above the dried corpse, and even his Divine Soul was wiped clean.] [You were surprised and immediately used your Divine Sense to inspect the body.] [However, beneath the corpse, you discovered a bug the size of a thumb!] [It was a Gu Insect!] [Entirely red, wrapped in grudges and blood scent, it gave off an extremely malicious vibe.] [If you were not mistaken, the rapid withering of this Divinity Transformation cultivator''s body was due to the Gu Insect devouring all his blood vitality, Cultivation, and even his Divine Soul.] [You channeled your Spiritual Power and captured the Gu Insect.] [Once you caught it, the Gu Insect stared at you with resentment and malice, its sesame seed-sized eyes blood red, seemingly highly intelligent.] Chapter 376: Chapter 208: Blood Immortal Scripture, The Secret of the Blood Demon Realm! (5k)_3 [A thought crossed your mind, and you threw the Spirit Explosion Technique into the midst of the Blood Demon Sect''s sect grounds!] [Boom! In an instant, a terrifying spiritual power explosion swept through most of the sect...] [After a few breaths, the smoke slowly cleared, revealing thousands of low-level cultivators below, who had been sted to death like ants by your hand.] [Fear and roars of agony instantly filled the entire Blood Demon Sect.] [But you, as calm as the breeze and light as the clouds, took out a bottle of Spiritual Liquid and, after taking a sip, you once again gathered a cyclone of energy and released the Spirit Explosion Technique towards the ground below.] [Like this, you unleashed three Spirit Explosion Techniques in session.] [In less than a quarter of an hour''s time, tens of thousands of the sect''s cultivators were reduced to merely a few dozen survivors.] [Thus, all cultivators below Divinity Transformation Stage were indiscriminately killed by the Spirit Explosion Technique.] [Even those at the Divinity Transformation Stage were severely injured and their aura was weak.] [After clearing the area, you controlled your spiritual power to slowly descend into the Blood Demon Sect''s grand hall, where you saw the few dozen cultivators gathered together in defense.] [Apart from two cultivators at the Return to Void Realm who merited a second nce, those at the Divinity Transformation Stage were no match for you at all.] [You slowly made your way into the grand hall, and with a casual sword strike, you killed one of the Divinity Transformation Stage cultivators.] [Then your Divine Sense swept over the corpse, and just as you had thought before, the body quickly decayed and soon a Gu Insect crawled out slowly from the cadaver.] [You channeled your spiritual power to capture the Gu Insect, which immediately bared its teeth at you.] [You frowned slightly, it wasn''t just the cultivator you had killed before or the body you just slew, all the cultivators in the sect, from Foundation Establishment Stage to Nascent Soul Stage, turned into corpses after death.] [You lifted your head to look at the cultivators in front of you, and they trembled with shock.] [Your Divine Sense passed over the only two Return to Void cultivators.] [Sure enough, both of these Return to Void cultivators looked like their lifespan had been damaged, their aura fragile.] [One of the tall Return to Void cultivators fared somewhat better, but the other was shrouded in dark qi, with likely no more than fifty years left...] In the real world, Su Xing looked at the text before him and frowned slightly, murmuring: "So, even the Return to Void cultivators have little time left in their lifespan?" "Normally, a Return to Void cultivator could easily live for two to three thousand years... But the cultivators of this realm probably have lifespans of only four to five hundred years, right?" "Is it because of the Blood Immortal Scripture?" Su Xing took a deep breath, then chanted silently: "Activate the immersive simtion feature for 24 hours!" [Ding, you have sessfully used the immersive simtion feature, costing 2.4 million energy points, remaining 1.04793 billion.] As the simtor''s notification sounded, Su Xing''s vision blurred momentarily. The next second, Su Xing found himself in an unfamiliar environment. First was the thick scent of blood, along with an ufortable sticky presence in the air. Su Xing frowned slightly and scanned the area in front of him. He saw dozens of cultivators a few dozen meters away from him, each with different expressions, armed with weapons and magical treasures, ready for battle. In each cultivator''s eyes, there was a deep fear. Su Xing nced at the cultivator who had turned into a rotting corpse not far away, then his Divine Sense swept over the few dozen living cultivators and murmured: "Just as described in the simtion text... their lifespans are damaged, hardly befitting of a cultivator!" Su Xing shook his head slightly. The path of cultivation practiced by the cultivators of this realm had deviated from the essence of the cultivator''s path and had turned towards some extreme. What is the path of cultivation? Although Su Xing had been in the Cultivation World for less than two years, having experienced the five challenges of Divinity Transformation, his mindset and pursuit of the cultivation path were fairly steadfast. In Su Xing''s view, there''s only one ultimate goal for any cultivator, and that is immortality! Immortals live as long as the heavens and the earth, shine alongside the sun and the moon. Further down, some cultivators may seek to right wrongs with a swift hand, others desire freedom and leisure... Or perhaps ambitious cultivators aim to wield the power of the world, to find joy in thep of beauty. But regardless, they can never stray from the ultimate goal of cultivation, immortality! Yet the cultivators of this realm, even upon reaching the Return to Void Realm, possess lifespans that don''t evenpare to ordinary Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators. Such practice truly runs counter to the essence of cultivation. "Quick-fix methods are indeed undesirable..." Su Xing shook his head, the only benefit being that the Blood Immortal Scripture is not choosy about its practitioners. As Su Xing contemted, the few dozen cultivators in front of him spoke up with trembling voices: "Senior, what grudge or grievance do you have with us to warrant annihting our Blood Demon Sect?" "Yeah... Senior, you''ve already killed those low-level cultivators... but for us above the Divinity Transformation Stage, cultivation isn''t easy!" Su Xing looked on coldly at the pleading cultivators, remaining silent. Seeing that Su Xing was unresponsive, these cultivators started to threaten: "Senior, although you are powerful... our Blood Demon Sect is not to be trifled with!" "This time, you''ve prated our Blood Demon Sect, but that''s because our Blood Dragon Ancestor was not at home!" "Now that you''ve broken through the formation, the Blood Dragon Ancestor will surely return soon. If you leave now we can act as if nothing happened... but by the time you want to run, it''ll be toote!" After hearing the words of these two Return to Void cultivators, Su Xing''s interest was piqued, and he countered: "Oh? I killed tens of thousands of cultivators from your Blood Demon Sect, and you can act as if nothing happened?" "Do you think I''m stupid?" The two Return to Void cultivators looked at each other. One slightly more robust cultivator stepped forward and said to Su Xing: "Senior, not to deceive you, the Blood Dragon Ancestor is my father!" "If you are willing to spare us, we will indeed act as if nothing happened... We are even willing to offer a significant gift!" Chapter 381: Chapter 210 Battle with Blood Dragon Ancestor, Chaos Origin Realm Cultivator? (5k)_2 In the real world, Su Xing saw this and chuckled: "Did it actually appear in just over a month?" "It seems the Blood Demon Sect is indeed not without defenses against me... previously, they said the minimum would be three months, and the maximum half a year..." "However, this Dragon Protector is indeed the Blood Dragon Ancestor!" Su Xing felt somewhat excited at that moment. He had known earlier that the Dragon Protector''s Divine Sense strength should still be at the Great Perfection stage of the Return to Void Realm. If it truly was the Dragon Protector, Su Xing was not worried. With this thought, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the Simtion Panel. [The Blood Dragon Ancestor, also known as the Dragon Protector, rapidly approached you.] [When seeing you, the Blood Dragon Ancestor had a sinister smile on his face.] [Obviously, he also recognized you as the one who severely injured his Divine Soul in the Void Domain previously.] [The Dragon Protector quickly covered the entire Blood Demon Sect with his Divine Sense, and when he found out that all the cultivators were ughtered, he had no reaction.] [But when he discovered that the forbidden ground of the Blood Demon Sect was destroyed by you, he instantly flew into a rage!] [Clearly, in his mind, the tens of thousands of cultivators, perhaps descendants of the Blood Demon Sect, were not as valuable as the cultivation resources in the forbidden ground.] [The damned dragon roared, a towering blood-red aura rising from his body, and he charged at you.] [The great battle was imminent!] Seeing this, Su Xing slightly raised the corner of his mouth and said: "Indeed, the damned dragon is the Blood Dragon Ancestor!" "Heh, having been severely injured by me before, and now severely hurt, he shouldn''t be a match for me, right?" Su Xing thought this way, turning his gaze to the Simtion Panel. [Seeing the damned dragon charging at you, you remained calm.] [Your Protective Gang Qi and Origin Force armor instantly covered your body.] [Origin Force wrapped around both fists, and you punched directly at the damned dragon.] [Boom! The two fists collided!] [The terrifying power almost changed the color of the heavens and earth, and the ground began to fracture inyers...] [To yourplete surprise, your strength was slightly inferior to the damned dragon''s...] [You were sted back dozens of meters, while the damned dragon stabilized his form after only retreating a few meters.] [Seeing the damned dragon dozens of meters away, your eyes grew serious.] [Because this damned dragon was not a Broken Void Realm cultivator, but a Chaos Origin Realm cultivator!] [In pure strength, the damned dragon''s power was over 50% higher than yours!] [This was even with the Origin Force wrapping... This indicated that the damned dragon was probably a mid-stage Chaos Origin Realm cultivator.] [The damned dragon saw that one punch didn''t solve you, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.] [He had mistaken you for a Chaos Origin Realm cultivator, as only Chaos Origin Realm cultivators could possess such terrifying strength...] [Not nning to hold back, the damned dragon roared and began to transformpletely...] [His body grew several timesrger... scales started to grow all over, and his hands transformed into dragon ws...] [In just a moment, the damned dragon transformed into a giant dragon, hundreds of meters long, covered in red and ck scales!] [Antlers of a deer, head of a bull, eyes of a rabbit, body of a serpent, ws of an eagle!] [This was undoubtedly a true dragon from Eastern mythology!] [This was not like the spirit dragons you encountered previously, which were formed from spirit veins... You could feel that the Dragon Protector was a real Eastern dragon with true dragon bloodline in his body!] [The terrifying pressure made your heart race slightly...] [But given the situation, you couldn''t afford to retreat.] [Even though you were only at thete stage of the Broken Void Realm, your foundation was perfect, and with a perfected Earth Sword, even a mid-stage Chaos Origin Realm cultivator could be rivaled...] [You raised the Ink Ice Sword in your hand, Origin Force wrapped around it, and with extreme speed, you charged at the Dragon Protector''s true form.] [After just a few exchanges, you quickly realized you had made a great mistake.] [The Dragon n had a terrifying potential in their bloodline, and in their true form, their physical strength wasparable to ate-stage Chaos Origin Realm cultivator.] [In just a moment of confrontation, your Protective Gang Qi shattered.] [Your Origin Force armor also quickly became tattered...] [After a few more rounds, your physical body was on the brink of copse...] [Helplessly, you resorted to letting your Divine Soul leave your body...] [Your Divine Soul was then extinguished by the Dragon Protector...] [You died!] [Ding, simtion ended!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing stared at the simtion text in front of him silently for a long time. Finally, a look of shock appeared on Su Xing''s face. "This Dragon Protector... is actually a Chaos Origin Realm cultivator!" "Body Refinement Chaos Origin... This is even harder than Qi Refinement Integration!" Su Xing frowned slightly, but considering the Dragon n''s talent in physical bodies, they were among the top across countless races. The Dragon Protector had lived for an unknown amount of time, and it seemed possible for him to have cultivated to the Chaos Origin Realm! "Damn it, I underestimated it this time!" "I only knew the Dragon Protector was a Qi Refinement Return to Void cultivator... but I didn''t expect his Body Refinement Cultivation Level to be so strong!" "And with the Dragon n''s true form... their regenerative power and physical strength are top-tier, I probably need to reach dual realms of Integration Phase and Chaos Origin Realm to fight him?" But Su Xing quickly remembered a talent he once obtained. The Dragon yer! Dragon yer, a purple talent, could severely restrain the Dragon n! If Su Xing sessfully brought out this talent, there might really be a chance to fight the damned dragon... "However, I would at least need to enter the Body Integration Realm to battle the damned dragon?" Su Xing shook his head slightly. All of this was based on the simtion. In reality, Su Xing might even choose to be more cautious, waiting until his realm was high enough to crush the damned dragon before taking action. "However... still no news about the Blood Immortal... It seems I can only get information about the Blood Immortal and the leader of the Descending Sect from the damned dragon!" Chapter 382: Chapter 210 Battle with Blood Dragon Ancestor, Chaos Origin Realm Cultivator? (5k)_3 Su Xing felt thoughtful. Soon, Su Xing brought out paper and pen to n his current enemies and the uing development. At present, Su Xing had five targets in mind! First, the Five Elements True Master! The Five Elements True Master was the weakest among Su Xing''s imagined enemies. Su Xing had the confidence to handle him now. After defeating the Five Elements True Master and exploring the ruins of the Five Elements Sect, Su Xing could gain thew of mutual generation of the Five Elements and the Dao of Arrays, inheriting part of the Five Elements Sect''s legacy, which could be considered a good return. The second target was to eliminate True Person Wan Mu. With Su Xing''s current strength, he had some confidence in killing True Person Wan Mu. But for safety''s sake, Su Xing decided to wait until he reached the Integration Phase before killing True Person Wan Mu in reality. The benefits of killing True Person Wan Mu were undoubtedly immense. A Spirit Dragon, hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones, spiritual medicines aged thousands of years, Living Dead Puppets, the alchemy techniques of the Wan Mu Sect... These were all things Su Xing craved immensely. As for the third target, it was to eliminate the ughter Envoy on the ughter Battlefield. ording to Su Xing''s spection, the ughter Envoy''s strength was roughly in the middle tote stages of the Great Emperor Level, which was about thete stages of the Integration Phase. But because of the suppression of Su Xing by the ughter Moon on the ughter Battlefield, Su Xing''s strength would be severely affected. Therefore, for safety, Su Xing decided to explore it only after reaching the Integration Phase. "After killing the ughter Envoy... the passage to the outside world from this realm will be opened!" "By then, I should be able to ess the true Three Thousand Worlds, right?" The thought excited Su Xing. There was still a Qingyun Token in his storage bag. If he could reach the Great Thousand Worlds, he might be able to find news about the Qingyun Sect... Su Xing''s fourth imagined enemy was naturally the Dragon Protector. The Dragon Protector was the highest battle force known in the Descending Sect. Qi Refinement Return to Void Perfection, Body Refinement Chaos Origin Realm mid-stage... and the bloodline of the Dragon n! Su Xing estimated that this should be the most troublesome among the four enemies. "To kill the Dragon Protector, the Dragon yer talent was essential... Besides, the cultivation level must be raised as high as possible, at least Qi Refinement Integration plus Body Refinement Chaos Origin Realm... only then could I be fully assured!" "However, after killing the Dragon Protector, the benefits would naturally be numerous... but it might also cause unnecessary trouble!" "Which would be the potential leader of the Descending Sect... and the Blood Immortal who created the Blood Immortal Scripture!" Pausing, Su Xing muttered, "And these two might be the same person..." "And also myst imagined enemy, and the strongest one!" "Of course, besides these five... there''s also the Double-pupil Demon Saint, who needs to be dealt with... but for the Demon Saint level, it might take the Integration Phase''s Great Perfection to even attempt it!" Su Xing recorded his n in a small book. As the number of simtions increased, Su Xing became more and more cautious about each simtion''s nning. Because each simtion represented a significant leap in strength for Su Xing and could not be wasted! "Very well... the task at hand is still to further improve my strength!" "And find a way to contact other worlds as soon as possible... but at this point, there was no rush. Progressing step by step with a focus on personal safety is still crucial!" Su Xing nodded slightly. If there were an opportunity before him to enter the Great Thousand Worlds immediately and contact the true cultivation world, But at the cost of exposing himself, Su Xing would decisively refuse! Because staying alive was more important than any other opportunity! Besides that, Su Xing always had a lingering concern. "Qing Yunzi, from the previous interactions, my convenient master should be considered a righteous cultivator..." "But faced with heaven-defying opportunities, even the pinnacle of righteousness might do unknown things... Just like True Person Wan Mu!" "If Qing Yunzi learned that I had grown to the Integration Phase in just a year or two... would it bring about a cmity for me?" Su Xing shook his head slightly, not knowing for sure. "Well, let''s first look at the rewards of this simtion!" Su Xing''s eyes fell on the simtion rewards. [Breaking the Defense]: Purple Talent, priced at one million energy points. [Twenty Years of Alchemy Experience]: After exchange, the current alchemy insights would increase slightly, priced at two million energy points. [Great Perfection in Broken Void Realm]: Cultivation level in Broken Void Realm, with the power to discern illusion, priced at 200 million energy points. [Eleven Thousand Zhang of Divine Sense (Micro-realm)]: The beginning of limitless Divine Sense, breaking the limit of ordinary Return to Void Realm cultivators'' Divine Sense but still having great growth potential. Priced at 790 million energy points! [Blood Immortal Scripture]: Created by a mighty cultivator, it does not require a Spiritual Root, and Spiritual Energy can still be cultivated. It is a fast-track method for evil cultivation... However, there are important secrets behind this scripture, priced at one billion energy points. [One Hundred Thousand Blood Condensing Pills]: Cultivation pills containing mixed Spiritual Energy, the refining method is cruel, the use of which would reduce lifespan, priced at one billion energy points. [Ten Thousand Blood Spirit Stones]: Cultivation stones containing mixed Spiritual Energy, a crystal of resentment and Spiritual Energy, cruelly refined, the use of which would reduce lifespan, priced at one billion energy points. [One Million Drops of Blood Spiritual Liquid]: Cultivation liquid containing some mixed Spiritual Energy, purified by Blood Spirit Gu, but still reducing lifespan and deepening karma upon use, priced at one billion energy points. [One Blood Spirit Gu]: A spiritual gu that devours lifespan, Spiritual Energy, and Flesh Essence, living on resentment and capable of purifying mixed power, priced at one million energy points. Su Xing looked at the simtion rewards before him, revealing a look of surprise in his eyes. "This Blood Immortal Scripture, worth a full one billion energy points? Is it on the same level as the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique? A true immortal technique!" "And these Blood Condensing Pills, Blood Spirit Stones, spiritual liquid, and spiritual gu... although cruelly refined, contain unexpectedly abundant energy!" An audacious idea began to form in Su Xing''s mind. Chapter 383: Chapter 211 Su Xing: I didnt mean to quarter the True Immortal! (5k) Su Xing naturally wouldn''t consume these Blood Spirit Stones, Soul Condensing Pills, and so on himself. But if used to convert into energy for the simtor, it would be incredibly beneficial! What Su Xing saw inside the Blood Demon Sect''s forbidden area included various blood pools, spiritual liquids, Blood Spirit Stones... All of thesebined contained energy amounts that at least numbered in the tens or hundreds of billions! Thinking of this made Su Xing''s heart leap with excitement. "Goodness, if I were to rob the Blood Demon Sect, wouldn''t that mean I would instantly gain billions in energy, reaching the Body Integration Realm or even a higher cultivation level?" For a moment, greed sparked in Su Xing''s heart. But then Su Xing shook his head and said: "However, the strength of the Damned Dragon is still beyond me... Even if I rob the Blood Demon Sect, who knows if it would bring greater hidden dangers..." "It''s better to handle this matter with caution!" Pausing, Su Xing revealed a meaningful smile. "But... who says I have to take down the Damned Dragon to go to the Blood Demon Sect?" "The Damned Dragon himself should still be within the Treasure Vault of the Descending Sect, right?" "If I rob the Blood Demon Sect and do it without a trace, would he be able to find out?" Su Xing stroked his chin. With the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique, Su Xing''s Heavenly Secrets Shielding Technique should be able to deceive the Dragon Protector. However, since this matter was of great importance, Su Xing should simte it a few more times to prevent any unexpected situations. "Well, these matters can be dealt withter!" "For now, I should choose this simtion''s reward... and quickly raise my cultivation level to the Perfection of the Broken Void Realm!" Su Xing didn''t hesitate much, directly reciting in his mind: "I choose the Perfection of the Broken Void Realm cultivation level and an eleven-thousand-zhang divine sense!" [You sessfully bring out the Perfection of the Broken Void Realm cultivation level, costing 2 billion energy, with 8.4073 billion energy points remaining...] [You sessfully bring out an eleven-thousand-zhang divine sense, costing 7.9 billion energy, with 50.73 million energy points remaining.] Seeing the swiftly dwindling string of numbers on the panel, Su Xing''s heart immediately ached. "However, it''s all worth it!" Su Xing consoled himself this way. As the simtor''s prompt sounded, two mysterious energies surged into Su Xing''s body. The first sensation Su Xing felt was the rapid increase in his cultivation level''s momentum. The eighth level of the Broken Void Realm... the ninth level of the Broken Void Realm... Finally, the Perfection of the Broken Void Realm! In just a few breaths, Su Xing''s Body Refinement cultivation level naturally reached the Perfection of the Broken Void Realm. His entire body''s vigor, strength, origin force, and physical strength all climbed several steps in a short time! Su Xing sat cross-legged, closed his eyes to control andprehend the energy within him. After a long while, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, a hint of surprise shing through his eyes as he murmured: "Incredible... My current pure physical strength has probably surged to five million tons!" "If I wrap it with origin force, my strength will reach ten million tons!" "Compared to when I first entered the Broken Void Realm, my strength has increased tenfold!" "Moreover... The intensity and total amount of the origin force within me have also increased several timespared to when I first entered the Broken Void Realm!" Su Xing was a little shocked. One must know that a small mountain over a hundred meters high weighed no more than ten million tons! With his current full strength, Su Xing could indeed lift a one-hundred-meter-high mountain directly! "With my current strength... What terrifying power would I have if I entered the Chaos Origin Realm?" Su Xing''s eyes shed with a look of anticipation. After experiencing the explosive increase in his Body Refinement cultivation level, Su Xing quickly returned to reality. Immediately, his eleven-thousand-zhang divine sense expanded, sweeping through the entire Kyoto City like a tide. Eleven thousand zhang was equivalent to Su Xing being the center, covering everything within a radius of three to four hundred kilometers. This was not merely a matter of covering an entire city with a single thought. It covered an entire province or even the vast northern ins. "Whew~ The range of my divine sense is far stronger than before!" "Thus, if I want to find someone, it will be very easy..." "The real change is the intensity of the divine sense! The power I can now exert with the Wishful Golden Cauldron is far stronger than before!" "Incredible... Even with my current divine sense, it hasn''t reached its peak! If it reaches the peak, how vast would it be? Fifteen thousand zhang? Or even... twenty thousand zhang!" Su Xing now truly experienced the benefits of a solid foundation. Practicing the Wishful Visualization Technique and consuming many years'' worth of Soul Condensing Pills had almost pushed Su Xing''s divine sense potential to the extreme limits of the Return to Void phase! Su Xing then carefully explored the subtleties of his divine sense. First, he covered the area around the school, seeing Jin Congxue inside the vi... "Hm? Jin Congxue is... Why is she lying on the bed alone with such a flushed face?" "Strange..." Su Xing lightly shook his head, and his divine sense drifted away again. Wild geese at the edge of the sky began flying south, and there seemed to be arge wastnd outside the western suburbs of Kyoto... Every detail was within Su Xing''s grasp. His divine sense continued to explore outward. Gradually, it exceeded the boundaries of Kyoto City... reaching the neighboring Northern Province. Almost without Su Xing having to deliberately search, every powerful lifeform appeared in his perception like a radar blip. After sensing the lifeforms'' faint presences in the distance, Su Xing raised his eyebrows and murmured: "My, my... It seems I mustn''t underestimate the background of the various business families..." "In top-tier business associations, there are almost always one or two Martial Emperor level experts... There also seem to be quite a few Heavenly King level experts?" Su Xing slightly nodded. The strongest expert he could sense was likely at the Martial Emperor level. Chapter 384: Chapter 211 Su Xing: I didnt mean to quarter the True Immortal! (5k)_2 And stronger legendary level experts could almost only be encountered at the Demon-Subduing Pass. "It wasn''t the most dangerous time at the Demon-Subduing Pass yet... Therefore, all the top families still reserved their hidden strengths. This indicated that there were internal conflicts within the human race!" Su Xing sighed softly. Where there were people, there were rivalries and conflicts. Not to mention those human race traitors, even these top families might not be united wholeheartedly to resist foreign enemies. Take the Baili family for instance, they still fancied passing down their family legacy for millennia... Little did they know that under the great tide, the entire human race couldn''t evenst for decades. "Although the strength of these families and business associations was mediocre... the energy behind them shouldn''t be underestimated!" "Especially the resources they could mobilize!" "If I could consolidate this power for my use... acquiring the resources needed to be immortal would be as easy as flipping my hand!" Su Xing thought to himself. He only took advantage of one top business association, the Baili Business Association. Merely the instance dungeon items alone could provide him four to five billion energy every two months. If he could mobilize all the top business association forces in the Great Xia, the amount of energy Su Xing could obtain would be astonishing! "Of course... there''s also the Great Xia Country''s military!" "After all, on thisnd, the military is the real master! The foundation they possess is probably more than all the familiesbined, right?" Su Xing closed his eyes in deep thought. He saw the few tens of millions of simted energy left and sighed. What hecked now was simted energy, and the top families and the military of the Great Xia Country could indirectly provide it to him. What the human racecked was overall strength! Su Xing could also fulfill these needs for them... Therefore, if he could manage these rtionships well, Su Xing would be able to easily obtain arge amount of simted energy. "But the problem now is how to do this with as little risk as possible?" Su Xing slightly frowned. With the resources he had, just the Tarot Society alone could fully provide him four billion energy a month. But four billion energy was already somewhat insufficient for Su Xing, who was about to enter the Integration Phase. "ording to previous experience... entering the Body Integration Realm would even require ten billion points of energy! With my current means, I would need to wait for two months!" Su Xing slightly shook his head. He couldn''t wait that long. And he couldn''t go without simtion for two months just to break through the Integration Realm. Rubbing his temples with some headache, Su Xing muttered to himself, "Looks like I''ll have to find a way to get simted energy again..." "With my current strength, getting energy isn''t difficult; the hard part is not exposing myself!" After thinking deeply for a long while, Su Xing muttered, "With my current means, the ways to get energy are..." "First, find a way to kill high-level demonic beasts to obtain flesh essence, which can indisputably acquire arge amount of simted energy..." "But this is also the most dangerous method..." "Second, go to the relics of the Five Elements Sect, and I might get some energy, but the amount might be unpredictable, perhaps not much?" "As for the third point... it''s to get a little from those top families!" As he said this, Su Xing''s eyes lit up. He had previously gone to the Baili family as a mysterious man to sell lifespan extension elixirs. Just two of them had earned him ten billion energy! Although other families might not have instance dungeon items like the Baili family, they should have alien metals, high-level equipment, and other items that could provide a lot of energy. "The most crucial point is, with my current cultivation level... except for that Great Emperor level expert in the human race, the rest should not be my match!" "And with the technique to block heavenly secrets... I shouldn''t expose too much!" Su Xing felt a little eager in his heart. If he remembered correctly, in Jin Congxue''s family, it seemed there was an elder who needed lifespan extension elixirs? "However... this matter can''t be rushed. It''s better to simte it in the simtor first and then decide next time!" Su Xing still decided to be cautious. As for this week... Su Xing did not intend to stay in the Spirit Field Cave to refine elixirs but nned to go to the Immortal Martial Era instance! Thinking of this, Su Xing couldn''t help but feel a bit excited, and muttered, "Finally... going to the Immortal Martial Era instance?" "With my current strength, there should be no risk... I just need to enter the relics of the Five Elements Sect and eliminate the living dead Five Elements True Master!" Su Xing was still quite confident because he had tried several times during previous simtions, and now his cultivation level could indeed crush the Five Elements True Master. Thinking about the Five Elements Formation and Five Elements Mutual Generation Technique made Su Xing a bit excited. "No time to lose... I should set off immediately!" Su Xing muttered. Then, Su Xing began to disguise himself and conceal his breath, and immediately blocked his own heavenly secrets. Taking advantage of the night, Su Xing used sword flight and quickly arrived outside the coordinates of the Post-Apocalyptic Era instance. Su Xing set up a concealment formation on himself, and then swaggered into the Immortal Martial Era instance. ... Passing through a light curtain, Su Xing''s vision changed, and the next second, he appeared in a big mountain. "Here, is the Immortal Martial Era instance..." Su Xing nodded slightly, and converged his divine sense. There were still cultivators in this Immortal Martial Era instance. Although the number was small, for the sake of caution, Su Xing decided to converge his divine sense. After that, Su Xing took out a diary and retrieved a page of the map inserted within it. This map was the location of the Five Elements Sect relics noted by the damned Zong. Chapter 385: Chapter 211 Su Xing: I didnt mean to quarter the True Immortal! (5k)_3 "Damned Zong made it easy for me, saving me the trouble of searching..." Su Xing''s lips curled slightly, and afterparing directions, he flew towards the Five Elements Sect on his sword. In less than half a day, Su Xing found the entrance to the Five Elements Sect ruins. The entrance was also a giant rock, looking quite ancient. "Tsk tsk, do these big sect ruins all like to hide their entrances in giant rocks?" Su Xing chuckled lightly. The formation was just aposite maze array, a spatial direction array, and a breath-concealing array. With Su Xing''s current formation skills, he spent a little effort and sessfully entered the array. Stepping into the formation, Su Xing''s vision shifted. The next second, he found himself in a dim space. Narrow, damp... stone walls all around, with faintly glowing stones embedded. "Is this the ce where Five Elements True Master is buried?" Su Xing frowned slightly. To be cautious, Su Xing raised his Protective Gang Qi and Origin Force Armor. With twoyers of defense, Su Xing felt a little more at ease. "In the Five Elements Sect ruins... there should only be Five Elements True Master..." Su Xing murmured, then confidently released his Divine Sense. The Divine Sense surged like a tide, quickly capturing the aura of Five Elements True Master. Five Elements True Master was about ten kilometers away from Su Xing, located near the core area of the Five Elements Sect ruins. Su Xing nodded slightly, murmuring: "Swift and decisive, with my current strength, Five Elements True Master shouldn''t have any chance to resist..." Thinking this, Su Xing drew out his Ink Ice Sword, Origin Force entwined around it. To avoid damaging the Five Elements Sect ruins, Su Xing decided to use Earth Sword directly, quickly ying Five Elements True Master. With this thought, Su Xing shot forward like an arrow, heading towards Five Elements True Master. In just a few breaths, Su Xing reached Five Elements True Master. By the faint light, Su Xing saw Five Elements True Master''s appearance clearly. He seemed to be around forty years old, with a well-proportioned build. The only striking feature was his eyes, full of wisdom, appearing extremely insightful. However, at this moment, Five Elements True Master''s expression was numb, his face pale, having lost hisst trace of consciousness. "Is this... a Living Dead Puppet?" Su Xing took a deep breath, seeing a Living Dead Puppet in reality for the first time. As Su Xing noticed Five Elements True Master, Five Elements True Master also attacked Su Xing decisively. Su Xing didn''t dodge, raised his brow, lifted Earth Sword, and attacked Five Elements True Master. "Too slow!" Su Xing shook his head slightly. Then, Speed Force enhanced the Ink Ice Sword in his hand, shing at Five Elements True Master''s body. With just one strike, Su Xing severed Five Elements True Master''s left arm. ck gas instantly spread, crimson and slightly ck blood flowed out, dripping onto the ground, forming a small puddle. After Five Elements True Master''s arm was severed, his aura instantly weakened significantly. The red-ck blood squirmed like venom, frantically trying to repair the injury. But could a Broken Void Realm cultivator''s severed arm be so easily repaired? Five Elements True Master roared, Five Elements Spiritual Power shing across his body. Su Xing squinted slightly, knowing this was Five Elements True Master trying to activate the Five Elements Supportive Method. But would Su Xing give Five Elements True Master such a chance? As Five Elements True Master gathered Spiritual Power, Su Xing struck first. Another swift sword strike! With one sh, he severed Five Elements True Master''s other arm. Then, Su Xing delivered four consecutive strikes. He aimed at Five Elements True Master''s left and right thighs, dantian... and finally his head! Within just a few breaths, Su Xing dismembered Five Elements True Master. Watching Five Elements True Master''s eyes sh with a trace of rity and regret just before death. Su Xing muttered: "What a pity... I originally wanted to keep the body intact, couldn''t hold back..." Su Xing sighed, adding: "Seems like I''ll have to burn him to ashes, hoping to bury him in a good Feng Shui site..." Su Xing collected Five Elements True Master''s body, then walked into the deepest part of the Five Elements Sect ruins. Scanning the core of the ruins with his Divine Sense, Su Xing found nothing of value. Sighing, Su Xing approached the ancient bronze coffin, taking out a Storage Magical Artifact inside the coffin. Probing it with his Divine Sense, besides the Jade Slips recording the Five Elements Supportive Method and Five Elements Dao of Arrays, Su Xing also found many useful array-setting materials. "Why are the Five Elements Sect ruins so poor?" "This is far worse than the Wan Mu Sect ruins!" Su Xing licked his lips, recalling the Spirit Dragon in the Wan Mu Sect ruins and thousands of Spiritual Medicines over thousands of years old, feeling a bit longing. As Su Xing was about to leave the Five Elements Sect ruins, he suddenly thought of something, turning to look at the ancient bronze coffin before him. Su Xing''s lips curved into a smile, adhering to the principle of leaving nothing behind, he stored the entire ancient bronze coffin into the Spirit Field Cave. Next, Su Xing quickly left the Five Elements Sect ruins, returning to the Immortal Martial Era Instance. Without any dy, after finishing his business, Su Xing walked towards the instance exit, returning to Blue Star. The entire process, from arriving at the Five Elements Sect ruins, killing Five Elements True Master, to returning to Kyoto. Took less than a day... Back in the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing had a thought, looking at the ancient bronze coffin before him. "Speaking of which... why do all the True Immortals sleep in these ancient bronze coffins?" "Could it be... this coffin has something special?" Su Xing felt curious. Then he tried to absorb the ancient coffin, converting it into energy. Such arge coffin, if made of bronze, should yield some energy points, right? Unexpectedly, a surprised voice echoed in Su Xing''s ears. [Ding, detected a material containing energy, worth 370 million energy points, absorb?] Chapter 386: Chapter 212: Taking a Risk to Earn Several Billion Energy Points? (5k) "Huh? Holy crap!" "Over three hundred million energy?" Su Xing''s eyes widened. He never expected that this bronze coffin would be worth so much. This indicated that the bronze coffin was definitely not made of mere bronze but rather a special metal containing a vast amount of energy. "Moreover... every True Immortal uses this copper coffin. It should also have the effect of preserving their bodies, right?" Su Xing pondered. Before figuring out the exact use of this bronze coffin, he decided not to convert it into energy for now. What if it turned out to be useful? Su Xing temporarily ced the bronze coffin in the Spirit Field Cave, then began his daily elixir refining. In the blink of an eye, another six days passed. Su Xing refined over six thousand Fasting Pills in total. On this day, it was time for his scheduled meeting with Jin Congxue. Su Xing disguised himself and concealed his aura before heading to the vi. Jin Congxue was wearing a ck "stepmother dress" today, showing off her body curves perfectly. "Oh, you came early today, busy man!" Jin Congxue poured Su Xing a pot of tea and said cheerfully. After hearing this, Su Xing also smiled. The two of them sat facing each other, chatting and asionally eating the delicacies on the table. Soon, they got to the main topic. Jin Congxue took out a Fasting Pill, looked at Su Xing with a serious expression, and said: "Su Xing, did you also refine this elixir?" Su Xing nodded slightly and said casually: "Of course, where else would ite from, the sky?" Jin Congxue rolled her eyes and said: "I don''t have time to joke with you! I''m talking about serious matters... do you know the importance of this elixir?" Su Xing raised an eyebrow and took a sip of tea, saying: "Isn''t it just amon elixir? Didn''t we also have the Nourishing Face Pill before? It should be simr, right?" Jin Congxue''s tone instantly became excited as she said: "How can that be the same? The Nourishing Face Pill is only useful for rich, elderly women!" "But this Fasting Pill can change the battlefield and even enhance the strength of the Human Race!" Su Xing chuckled but didn''t say much. However, Jin Congxue spoke seriously: "Do you know what it would mean if the Great Xia Military knew you could refine this elixir?" "ording to the appraisal from the grandmaster at the Jin Merchant Guild, this elixir can ensure that a Grandmaster Level expert maintains a certain level of physical strength for three to six months without hunger affecting theirbat abilities!" "Even a Heavenly King Level expert can maintain their strength for about a month!" After a pause, Jin Congxue continued: "You know about the Demon-Subduing Pass, right? Each year, the soldiers at the Demon-Subduing Pass have a huge expenditure on food!" "Especially as the level of Profession Users increases, their vitality bes more abundant, so they require more food for sustenance!" "The logistics of supplying the front line are already a troublesome issue..." "But with your elixir, the entire Great Xia Military at the Demon-Subduing Pass could maintain sufficientbat strength with just hundreds of thousands of pills a year!" "And this could prevent many casualties... do you understand?" Seeing Jin Congxue say all this in one breath, Su Xing just smiled and said: "Of course I understand, but you got one thing wrong..." "A Grandmaster Level Profession User can guarantee six months of food supply with just one pill!" "A Master Level Profession User only needs half a pill to ensure six months of food supply..." "The effect of my elixir might be even better than you think..." Seeing Su Xing''s calm demeanor, Jin Congxue was taken aback and asked in confusion: "Such a valuable item, how can you just take it out so casually?" "Aren''t you afraid... that I might leak such a big secret? Do you trust me that much?" Hearing this, Su Xing just smiled slightly. Naturally, he wouldn''t say that he had already simted it without any risk. Instead, he asked in return: "So... would you betray me?" Jin Congxue was stumped by this question. After seriously considering it, she shook her head and said: "No, I can''t betray your trust in me!" "Besides... I''m lucky that the appraiser I hired was reliable, or it would have leaked already!" "Rest assured, as of now, the Fasting Pills are safe!" Hearing this, Su Xing nodded slightly, but he couldn''t help but think: Just these Fasting Pills caused such a big stir? If Su Xing were to take out the Essence-Nourishing Pills, Organ Refining Pills, and other elixirs inrge quantities, what would happen then? Jin Congxue saw that Su Xing remained silent and continued to ask: "So how do you n to trade these elixirs with the Great Xia Military?" Su Xing thought for a moment and then replied: "I can refine about thirty thousand Fasting Pills if I work at full capacity for a month..." "Do you think fifty thousand Fasting Pills would be enough to secure a mining concession for a second-grade Alien Metal mine at an auction?" After seriously considering this, Jin Congxue replied: "Absolutely!" "At the auction, the top merchant guilds can only offer a batch of healing potions and mid-to-high-grade equipment at most..." "To the Great Xia Military, the value of these items is far inferior to the Fasting Pills you can provide!" After a pause, Jin Congxue continued: "I can even try to get you a fast track, bypassing the auction entirely. With fifty thousand pills, you can directly exchange them for a second-grade Alien Metal mining concession!" Su Xing didn''t seem too surprised to hear this. Jin Congxue''s grandfather was Lu Yuanwu, the Martial Emperor of Great Xia, responsible for logistics... And this Fasting Pill, to Lu Yuanwu, was perfectly suited for his expertise! Jin Congxue thought for a moment and said: "I will continue to keep your identity secret. I can guarantee that your information won''t be leaked from my side!" Chapter 387: Chapter 212: Taking a Risk to Earn Several Billion Energy Points? (5k)_2 "However... once the Fasting Pill is released, some people might investigate the Tarot Commerce Association..." "I''ve erased all traces of our previous meetings, but you must ensure that you don''t expose yourself moving forward..." Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this. He still had a lot of trust in Jin Congxue in this regard. Finally, Jin Congxue said: "It would take as short as a week or as long as half a month for the Fasting Pill to secure the alien metal mining rights!" Su Xing nodded in satisfaction at these words. Jin Congxue never disappointed him when it came to efficiency. Soon, their transaction ended. Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave with a new week''s worth of goods. He exchanged the new week''s goods for simtion energy, adding another billion points of energy. Thus, Su Xing''s energy surged to 1.5 billion points. On November 25, 2024, of the New Era, Su Xing punctually started a new round of simtions. "Start Simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumed 6300 points of energy, with 1.507 billion points remaining and unlimited simtion times left.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a Purple Talent costs 100,000 points of energy, and drawing a Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 million points of energy, draw?] Su Xing hesitated for a moment as he looked at the simtion text in front of him. Unexpectedly, Su Xing would likely draw a Purple Talent again. These Purple Talents were not very useful to him. However, Su Xing was indeed in need of some previously drawn Purple Talents. "Dragon yer... and Array Dao Prodigy Talent, these two talents are what I need right now!" The Dragon yer Talent significantly increased Su Xing''s chances against the Dragon Protector. But it was not urgent. Su Xing nned to y the damned dragon after integrating with the Dragon yer Talent. "As for the Array Dao Prodigy Talent... it would allow me toprehend the Five Elements Array Dao more quickly! This is greatly beneficial for improving the Spirit Gathering Array!" Su Xing''s heart stirred slightly. With the current grade of the Spirit Field Cave, it should be able to produce Mid Grade Spiritual Liquid... However, in the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing only set up a simple Mid Grade Composite Spirit Gathering Array. If the Spirit Gathering Array could be improved a bit more, it could possibly produce Mid Grade Spiritual Liquid, even if not at an advanced level! The cultivation speed with Mid Grade Spiritual Liquid could be several times, or even ten times faster than with Low Grade Spiritual Liquid! Although Su Xing had not yet reached the Body Integration Realm, he had to n ahead for his breakthrough after reaching it. Therefore, the Spirit Gathering Array needed further improvement. "Besides... This Five Elements True Master, truly a prodigy, with unparalleledprehension!" Su Xing couldn''t help but sigh in admiration. In the past few days, apart from refining elixirs, Su Xing took time to study the two jade slips obtained from the relics of the Five Elements Sect. The Five Elements Mutual Generation Array and the Five Elements Array Dao! Apart from improving the Five Elements Mutual Generation Array, the Five Elements True Master also made significant improvements to the Five Elements Array Dao. Among these improvements, what astonished Su Xing the most was the Five Elements True Master''s modification of the Spirit Gathering Array! Initially, Su Xing thought that the Five Elements True Master had a Heavenly Spirit Root. After all, only this could enable one to reach the Great Perfection Return to Void Realm within just a few hundred years in an era of depleted Spiritual Energy. To Su Xing''s surprise, the Five Elements True Master turned out to have only a True Spiritual Root... Moreover, it wasn''t even an outstanding one among True Spiritual Roots. For an era''s prodigy, having such a Spiritual Root was far from sufficient, even substandard. Despite this disadvantage, the Five Elements True Master was the earliest among the three True Masters to achieve the Great Perfection of the Return to Void Realm! The reason behind this was the incredible formation the Five Elements True Master developed! The Minor Spirit Gathering Array! Unlike an ordinary Spirit Gathering Array, the Minor Spirit Gathering Array was not set up on the ground; it was set up on the human body! Once a Minor Spirit Gathering Array was arranged on one''s body, a cultivator could automatically absorb Spirit Qi day and night, transforming it into pure Spiritual Power and cultivation level! In simple terms: This was essentially plug-in cultivation! Even a pig would be a celestial marshal with plug-in cultivation over thousands of years, right? It was this Minor Spirit Gathering Array that excited Su Xing deeply! "If I could arrange a Minor Spirit Gathering Array on my body, the cultivation speed would undoubtedly increase rapidly!" "It''s equivalent to gaining additional benefits from plug-in cultivation besides my manual practice!" This undoubtedly opened another cheat for Su Xing, who possessed a simtor. "After reaching the Great Perfection Return to Void Realm,es the Body Integration Realm... after which is the Mahayana Realm, and even higher, the Immortal Realm!" "The further one progresses in cultivation, the slower the speed of improvement..." "Therefore, enhancing aptitude and cultivation speed bes increasingly crucial! After all, each simtion is time-limited; increasing the cultivation speed is equivalent to extending the simtion time!" Su Xing pondered carefully. Then he silently recited: "I want to draw from the Talent Pool..." Soon, a lottery machine containing purple spheres appeared before Su Xing. Among them, Su Xing spotted the sphere marked as the Array Dao Prodigy. "Blessed by the Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerate... Start the draw!" This time, Su Xing''s luck was not too bad. He spent only two million energy points to draw the Array Dao Prodigy Talent he desired. Having drawn the talent, Su Xing smiled in satisfaction, murmuring: "Now, let''s officially start the simtion!" Su Xing carefully reviewed the n for this simtion in his mind and looked at the simtion panel. [Inside the Spirit Field Cave, you realized you were simting.] Chapter 388: Chapter 212: Taking a Risk to Earn Several Billion Energy Points? (5k)_3 [After you disguised yourself and suppressed your breath, you concealed your own Heavenly Secrets and prepared to handle something.] [Disguised and suppressing your breath, you quickly arrived at the headquarters of the Jin Merchant Guild in Jinling City.] [Your Divine Sense enveloped the entire Jinling City, and you swiftly found the Jin residence.] [You entered the residence, and without much effort, found the dying elder of the Jin family.] [This elder was a Heavenly King-level power, seemingly over five hundred years old, and in terms of seniority, he was Jin Congxue''s second great-uncle!] [You had investigated beforehand. This second great-uncle was considered a significant branch of the Jin family, and although he didn''t wield as much power as Jin Congxue''s father in the guild, he still had many resources at his disposal.] [Taking advantage of the night, you silently entered the second great-uncle''s room and saw the dying old man lying in bed, with a maidservant attending him nearby.] [The second great-uncle became terrified upon seeing you and wanted to call for help.] [But you directly used your powerful Divine Sense to suppress him, rendering him immobile. As for the maidservant, she had already fainted from fright.] [You took out a Life Extension Pill and calmly exined its effects.] [Upon hearing that this pill could extend his life by five years, the second great-uncle''s breath turned heavy with excitement.] [The longer one lives, the more they fear death. Moreover, this second great-uncle, having lived for over five hundred years with wealth and power at his disposal, was not ready to die.] [Seeing the old man''s desperate, pleading eyes, you nodded in satisfaction.] [You thenid down your terms: two Life Extension Pills for ten years in exchange for fifty tons of Fourth-Rank Special Metal.] [The second great-uncle instantly looked troubled and asked if Second and Third-Rank special metal ores could be used instead, as Fourth-Rank Special Metal was exceedingly rare.] [Ultimately, after some bargaining, the second great-uncle agreed to exchange 3,000 tons of Second-Rank Special Metal and 200 tons of Third-Rank Special Metal for the two pills.] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly, then chuckled: "Heh, this second great-uncle''s courage is far inferior to Baili Tu''s!" Faced with the temptation of the Life Extension Pill, Jin Congxue''s second great-uncle appeared somewhat servile. In contrast, Baili Tu had much more courage, even daring to seek a breakthrough to the Martial Emperor level after extending his life. As for the second great-uncle, he might just be prolonging his pitiful existence for another decade or so... "However, fifty tons of Fourth-Rank Special Metal amounts to about ten billion in total energy..." "Recing it with Second-Rank and Third-Rank Special Metal doesn''t make a substantial difference to me; after all, the simted energy contained is the same..." Su Xing thought to himself as he looked at the simtion panel. [You agreed to the second great-uncle''s trade and then withdrew your Divine Sense.] [Soon, the second great-uncle notified his subordinates, and a Martial Emperor-level powerhouse delivered two storage rings.] [You cast a casual nce at the Martial Emperor powerhouse, then released a Divine Sense pressure. With just a look, the Martial Emperor powerhouse became immobilized.] [Cold sweat appeared on the Martial Emperor''s forehead, and a sh of terror crossed his eyes.] [You casually took the two storage rings, removed the traps within with a flick of your finger, and flicked the two pills into the second great-uncle''s hands.] [Having done all this, you cast a cold nce at those around you and then confidently strolled out of the Jin Merchant Guild.] [After leaving the Jin Merchant Guild, you concealed your breath, masked your Heavenly Secrets, and used Sword Flight to cover thousands of miles within an hour...] [Afterward, you changed your appearance and altered your direction, preparing to visit Mingzhu Business Association in Mingzhu City.] Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly, murmuring to himself: "As expected, he set up some traps, but by overwhelming him with my absolute power... This second great-uncle wouldn''t dare act rashly. In their eyes, I must seem like a legendary peak powerhouse, right?" "Since I''ve already made my move, I need to acquire more energy in a short time! Thus, visiting more business associations is the best choice!" Su Xing did a quick calction; he still had more than ten top-grade Life Extension Pills. If all were traded at this price, acquiring tens of billions in energy wouldn''t be an issue! Next, it was time to choose the business association targets! "In the Great Xia Country, apart from Baili Business Association, ck Dragon Business Association, and the Jin Merchant Guild... there are also business associations representing the military. I won''t trade with these for now!" "So the remaining three are the Mingzhu Business Association, the Daqing Business Association, and the Northern Yuan Business Association..." Any of these associations would undoubtedly need Life Extension Pills. Su Xing decided to take bold and decisive action, aiming to trade in bulk and acquire a massive amount of simted energy! "This time, I should be able to acquire tens of billions of simted energy, right?" Su Xing felt a bit excited, looking at the simtion panel. [You arrived at the Mingzhu Business Association in Mingzhu City and used the same trick... For the price of two Life Extension Pills, you acquired arge number of Special Metals from Mingzhu Business Association, with a total value of approximately nine billion in simted energy.] [Afterward, you visited the Daqing Business Association in the southwestern province and the Northern Yuan Business Association in DB province, acquiring about twenty billion worth of energy resources from these two associationsbined.] [Along the way, you were always cautious. The entire process of visiting these associations took you less than three days.] [Even though you felt the attention of some Martial Emperor powerhouses, with your speed and concealment techniques, you easily eluded them.] [Afterpleting all these trades, you took a long detour before finally returning to the Kyoto Academy, resuming your guise as an unremarkable, repeat student.] [While hiding in the academy, you continued to refine elixirs as usual, quietly awaiting any potential issues that might arise...] Chapter 389: Chapter 213: Ultimate Strength? Origin Power, the Basis of Great Dao Principles! (5k) [For two consecutive weeks, you stayed in the Spirit Field Cave refining elixirs.] [asionally, you went to the real world, using your divine sense to observe if anyone was following you.] [Fortunately, with powerful concealment abilities, no one discovered your whereabouts.] [You sessfully delivered the elixirs to Jin Congxue and obtained the mining rights to a second-tier alien metal mine instance from the Great Xia Military.] [After observing in secret for some days and finding that you hadn''t been exposed, you felt much more at ease.] [One day, after umting a day''s worth of Great Wisdom State bonus, you set out to head to the Luotian Meeting Instance.] Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly, silently chanted: "Use the immersive simtion function, duration 24 hours!" [Ding, congrattions on using the immersive simtion function, consuming 2,400,000 points of energy, with 146,330,000 points remaining.] As the prompt sound faded, Su Xing''s view shifted, and he found himself within the Luotian Meeting Instance once again. He was standing in a grand hall, and in front of him was his cheap master in the instance, Luo Ying. "Good disciple, go to the back mountain and invite Senior Brother Shennong over..." Su Xing nodded slightly at these words but did not hurry to move. Instead, he asked the question in his heart. "Master, my current cultivation level has reached the Great Perfection of the Return to Void Realm, and I wish to break through to the Integration Phase..." "But my current understanding of the powers of heaven and earth, of the rules, is still somewhat unclear. Could you possibly enlighten me, Master?" The Sect Master of the Luo Tian Sect, Luo Ying, nodded slightly upon hearing Su Xing''s words, first praising him: "Disciple, your talent is indeed extraordinary! You have a chance of achieving immortality along the orthodox immortal path in the future!" After speaking, Luo Ying scrutinized Su Xing closely, and his face was one of surprise: "Good disciple, it seems you have already grasped the extreme speed?" "Extreme speed is a type of extreme power, and extreme power is also known as origin power!" "It''s a part of the Great Dao Principles. Typically, as long as a cultivatorprehends one form of extreme power and cultivates it to a profound level, finding a ce rich in spiritual energy, and using extreme power to stimte the dantian..." "Of course, it must also be assisted with mantras and mental techniques..." After speaking, Luo Ying pointed at Su Xing''s forehead. Instantly, Su Xing''s mind was filled with many memories. Those memories concerned the precautions for breaking through from the Return to Void Realm to the Integration Phase, along with a short mantra. The information regarding the spiritual power flow was particrly beneficial for Su Xing, saving him much time in personal exploration. With these new memories, Su Xing was overjoyed and quickly said: "Thank you, Master, for enlightening me!" Luo Ying nodded slightly, but he still reminded him: "Good disciple, your talent is outstanding. While in the Return to Void Realm, try to enhance your divine sense to the maximum. When you reach the Integration Phase, your divine sense will transform further!" "Additionally, concerning the extreme speed you have mastered..." "You were born with a thunder body and are skilled in swordsmanship. I believe that after you be immortal, the first Great Dao youprehend might be the Dao of Thunder or the Dao of the Sword..." "But regardless of which Great Dao it is, both require extreme speed and extreme strength!" "If you canprehend both during your Return to Void Realm, then exploring the Dao of Thunder and the Dao of the Swordter will yield twice the result with half the effort, greatly benefiting you!" Su Xing nodded slightly at Luo Ying''s remarks. These were lessons from predecessors, and Su Xing naturally took them to heart. Then, he asked his second question: "Master, regarding the breakthrough to the Chaos Origin Realm after the Broken Void Realm, could you possibly guide me on that as well?" Upon hearing Su Xing''s question, Luo Ying replied: "In fact, for the body refinement path, the core of the breakthrough has always been the same: Breaking the limit!" "Break the physical limits and unlock your greatest potential!" "Therefore, whether it is the Chaos Origin, the Great Achievement Body, or even the Immortal Body, all you need to do is to continually break your limits!" "Like before, find a ce of extreme conditions to enhance your physical strength and break the limits, achieving the Chaos Origin!" Su Xing nodded slightly at the exnation, then asked: "Master, have you ever heard of the Spirit Vein Dragon?" Since it wasn''t easy toe to the Luotian Meeting Instance, Su Xing naturally wanted to ask some long-standing questions in his heart. Hearing Su Xing''s words, Luo Ying teased: "Good disciple, it seems you have too many questions for today?" "Why not invite your senior brother first? I will answer your queries another time when there''s an opportunity?" Su Xing sighed inwardly upon hearing this, knowing he had asked too many questions. It seemed the instance couldn''t always bend the rules. He decided to ask more during the next simtion. Thus, Su Xing went to find Senior Brother Shennong Youtian. Afterpleting a series of tasks, Su Xing immersed himself in the Scripture Pavilion, continuing to cram moremon knowledge about the cultivation world. Very soon, the immersive simtion time ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world. Back in the real world, Su Xing muttered: "The breakthrough to Return to Void, and the steps after the Broken Void Realm, are bing clearer..." "Next, I should continue to enhance my divine sense and focus on the cultivation of extreme power?" Su Xing pondered for a moment. His extreme speed had been triggered during theprehension of swordsmanship. But as for how to obtain extreme strength, that was still unclear to him. "I will take it one step at a time... If I truly can''t achieve extreme strength, I''ll break through to the Integration Phase directly andpensateter..." With this in mind, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simtion panel. [After leaving the Luotian Meeting Instance, you began to study the Minor Spirit Gathering Array.] Chapter 390: Chapter 213: Ultimate Strength? Origin Power, the Basis of Great Dao Principles! (5k)_2 [You bought some fish seedlings from the market and dug a pond in the Spirit Field Cave, introducing the spiritual spring, and extravagantly added a batch of spiritual liquid.] [Later, you ced these fish seedlings into the pond, preparing to try engraving a minor spirit gathering array on the carp in the future.] [On the day you met Luo Shuying, you brought Soul Condensing Pills for her.] [You also joined the Descending Sect together with Luo Shuying.] [After joining the Descending Sect, you quickly garnered arge number of fangirls.] [In the following two years, you refined elixirs daily, while the previously acquired fish seedlings grew rapidly into carp with nascent spiritual intelligence...] [You umted two months of the Great Wisdom in Foolishness state.] [In the third year, you saw the timing was right and thus defected from the Descending Sect.] [After defecting from the Descending Sect, you faced pursuit.] [You took the opportunity to counter-kill all the Martial Emperor-level protectors and erased the two faction leaders.] [After that, you deceived your devoted followers into entering the Demon-Subduing Pass to fend off enemies.] [You started attempting to set up minor spirit gathering arrays.] [Setting up a minor spirit gathering array required a high level of divine sense, at least reaching the keen realm, only then could one observe the subtle changes in the spirit gathering array.] [In this respect, you just met the requirements.] [Moreover, setting up a spirit gathering array, unlike ordinary formations, required not just spirit stones, but a special tool, a spirit brush, and spiritual ink to engrave on the target.] [These tools and array materials were all stored in the Five Elements True Master''s storage ring.] [However, the difficulty of the minor spirit gathering array was... it needed to align with the characteristics of the spirit gathering array, adapt to the flow of spiritual power, and nature''s energy, only then could it be sessfully arranged...] [The entire process was more like drawing a talisman than setting up an array...] [Although you had outstanding talent in the Dao of Arrays, you were not proficient in the Dao of Talismans, making the initial undertaking of the minor spirit gathering array difficult.] [Fortunately, with the two-month Great Wisdom state bonus, yourprehension improved, and you took out the spiritual ink and spirit brush, attempting to engrave on the spiritual carp.] [With keen realm divine sense radiating out, you could feel the subtle spiritual power flow within the spiritual carp...] [Then, using the spirit brush as a medium, and spiritual ink as energy, you moved your brush with the skill of a dragon,pleting it in one go!] [Boom! With a crisp sound, the spiritual carp unexpectedly exploded into a handful of blood foam.] [Even the remains were gone, shattering your n to have tofu carp soup that night...] [Helplessly, you turned your gaze to the remaining spiritual carp in the pond...] [The spiritual carp, with nascent intelligence, trembled in fear.] In the real world, Su Xing saw this scene and couldn''t help butugh and cry. He reflected on the minor spirit gathering array. In essence, itbined the cirction of one''s spiritual energy with that of nature''s spiritual energy. By forming an array, it incorporated nature''s spiritual energy within the body, allowing for passive cultivation. However, the subtle details were critically important. If it were an ordinary array setup, failure was just failure; one could start over. But setting up a minor spirit gathering array on a living being''s skin posed significant risks. Any stroke mistake could disrupt the spiritual energy bnce within the being, easily causing a spiritual power riot, leading to an explosive demise. So, besides the formation, divine sense, and talisman requirements, having acute sensitivity to the flow of spiritual energy was crucial. Understanding this, Su Xing sighed deeply, saying: "Truly, one should never underestimate the heroes of the world!" "This Five Elements True Master was not only extraordinarily perceptive and proficient in formations and talismans, but also well-versed in spiritual energy and divine sense!" "Could it be this insight led to the creation of such a delicate minor spirit gathering array?" Su Xing found himself admiring this prodigious cultivator from thousands of years ago. "Moreover, this further proves the exceptional nature of the minor spirit gathering array!" "If sessful, it would not only greatly speed up cultivation but also deepen one''s understanding of the spirit gathering array and the Dao of Arrays!" Su Xing initially intended to make a slight attempt to see if he could learn the minor spirit gathering array. However, he found it more difficult than he had imagined. But Su Xing did not intend to give up. At least after reaching the Body Integration Realm, he still wanted to master this minor spirit gathering array, so his cultivation level could improve as quickly as possible! "However, learning to set up the minor spirit gathering array this time seems difficult..." "But I can try it out first, and keep improving my divine sense as much as possible!" With this in mind, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simtion panel. [In the following months, you tried engraving minor spirit gathering arrays on a few spiritual carp daily.] [Every day, there were fewer spiritual carp in the pond.] [Although mastering the minor spirit gathering array yielded little progress, it didn''t waste much time.] [One day, you headed to the Blood Demon Cave dungeon, wanting to see the consequences of ughtering the entire Blood Demon Realm.] [You infiltrated the Blood Demon Realm, investigating for a long time, confirming that Dragon Protector was not in this realm.] [Therefore, you swiftly killed your way to the Blood Demon Sect, broke through the Sect Protection Array, and stormed into the forbidden territory of the Blood Demon Sect!] [You destroyed all the Blood Pools of the Blood Demon Sect, and collected all the blood spiritual liquid, blood spirit stones, and blood condensation pills into your storage ring.] [You ughtered the entirety of the Blood Demon Sect afterward.] [You then returned to the real world, preparing to see how Dragon Protector would react...] [Besides wandering the Void Domain daily, you started observing the external situation.] [Until a monthter... you heard about a horrifying blood sacrifice event at the southern border of Great Xia.] Chapter 398: Chapter 216: Slaying True Person Wan Mu, Spirit-Drunk Spirit Vein Dragon! (5k) [You activated your Protective Gang Qi and swiftly escaped.] [A fierce, violent surge of Spiritual Power erupted from behind you, shattering the entire relic formation into pieces with the explosion of the Spirit Explosion Technique.] [You ran frantically and eventually escaped the ruins of the Wan Mu Sect, arriving at the Immortal Martial Era Instance.] [At the entrance of the ruins, you looked at the violently twisted space formation, gripping your sword tightly, awaiting the impending battle.] [Your peripheral vision caught sight of the Spirit Vein Dragon not far away, the young dragon now freed, filled with joy, flying continuously in the air.] [Soon, a figure emerged from the formation, it was True Person Wan Mu!] [True Person Wan Mu''s clothes were in tatters, hair disheveled, and a faint smell of blood emanated from him, clearly indicating he had been severely injured by the explosion of the Spirit Explosion Technique.] [True Person Wan Mu stared nkly at the red-ck blood flowing from his body, soon realizing the changes within himself.] [His emotions became extremely agitated, and he roared like a madman.] [You saw the unwillingness in his heart, having nned for thousands of years, only to end up a living dead. If he continued to sleep, he wouldpletely lose consciousness and turn into a puppet.] [You took a deep breath, activated your Origin Force, and initiated an attack on True Person Wan Mu.] [Although True Person Wan Mu was a Great Perfection cultivator of the Broken Void Realm, his foundation was far less solid than yours and his power was significantly weaker.] [You and True Person Wan Mu exchanged only a dozen moves before his expression changed dramatically.] [Your terrifying power had clearly made True Person Wan Mu mistake you for a cultivator of the Chaos Origin Realm!] [Faced with the increasingly desperate True Person Wan Mu, you pressed on, each punch and move containing terrifying force.] [The two of you fought over a hundred miles, causing mountains to copse and rivers to dry up...] [During the fight, True Person Wan Mu repeatedly tried to persuade you, offering to share the Spirit Vein Dragon and to achieve immortality together!] However, you sneered at this, knowing that coborating with a tiger would not work, and only by killing the hypocrite True Person Wan Mu could you subdue this Spirit Dragon!] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and burst intoughter. "Haha, this True Person Wan Mu, he was so arrogant when I first saw him!" "Now his strength is such that he can only negotiate with me..." Su Xing was disdainful of this; negotiation andpromise were impossible. "Ridiculous, you were stronger than me back then and killed me without resistance..." "But now I am stronger than you, killing you directly shouldn''t be excessive, should it?" Su Xing muttered to himself, True Person Wan Mu had to die! With this thought, Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the simtion panel. [Faced with True Person Wan Mu''s plea for mercy, you did not hesitate, picked up the Ink Ice Sword, and with Sword Qi flowing in all directions, chased after him once more.] [Seeing his plea for mercy fail, True Person Wan Mu hardened his heart and took out an elixir from his storage ring and swallowed it.] [After consuming the elixir, True Person Wan Mu''s aura skyrocketed instantly, his cultivation level directly advancing from the half-step Integration Phase to the early Integration Phase in a short time!] [Breaking through to the Integration Phase, True Person Wan Mu''s gaze turned icy as he activated his Spiritual Energy to fight you once more.] [Seeing the surge in True Person Wan Mu''s power, you dared not underestimate him, attacked even more cautiously, and once again unleashed the Spirit Explosion Technique towards him.] [True Person Wan Mu observed your spellcasting process intently, then inquired about your rtionship with the Five Elements True Master and how you obtained the Five Elements Mutual Generation technique.] [You responded with only a coldugh, having decided to kill True Person Wan Mu when you inherited the Five Elements True Master''s legacy, and would not go back on your word.] [Thus, the terrifying Spirit Explosion Technique descended upon True Person Wan Mu.] [True Person Wan Mu''s pupils contracted upon recognizing the Spirit Explosion Technique as the same divine skill that ambushed him before, and he dared not take it lightly.] [True Person Wan Mu quickly formed seals and cast spells, gathering an astonishing amount of wood spirit energy.] [Arge number of trees and vines appeared in front of True Person Wan Mu, rapidly forming an incredibly strong Wood Barrier.] [The barrier glowed with a strange light, securely protecting True Person Wan Mu within it.] [Boom! The terrifying shockwave of the Spirit Explosion Technique hit, rapidly disintegrating the vine barrier, but True Person Wan Mu remained unscathed within.] [Seeing True Person Wan Mu sessfully block your Spirit Explosion Technique, you immediately became serious.] [True Person Wan Mu was indeed the greatest prodigy of a thousand years ago; this wood-type art must be of divine skill level and had been mastered to an extremely high degree by him.] [Furthermore, by consuming the elixir and breaking through to the Integration Phase within a short time, True Person Wan Mu could firmly withstand the Spirit Explosion Technique.] [As the Wood Barrier slowly withered, True Person Wan Mu walked out, a cold smile on his face.] [He smugly remarked that with your mere Return to Void Realm cultivation, youcked the Spiritual Energy to sustain such a terrifying divine skill like the Spirit Explosion Technique for long.] [In response to True Person Wan Mu''s taunt, you calmly pulled out a bottle of Spiritual Liquid and drank half of it in one gulp,vishly as if drinking mineral water.] [The Spiritual Liquid soaked into the corner of your clothes, slowly evaporating, causing True Person Wan Mu to grit his teeth.] [He never expected you to consume Spiritual Liquid so extravagantly.] [In this age of spiritual energy depletion, even in a flourishing era of cultivation, few would waste Spiritual Liquid this way.] [Seeing True Person Wan Mu struggling to counter, youughed lightly, knowing that with your stock of Spiritual Liquid, you could sustain the Spirit Explosion Technique for days on end if necessary.] Chapter 399: Chapter 216: Slaying True Person Wan Mu, Spirit-Drunk Spirit Vein Dragon! (5k)_2 [True Person Wan Mu''s face revealed a hint of greed, harboring thoughts of killing for treasure.] [He utilized a Wood Type technique, causing vines to grow wildly at your feet, binding you tightly.] [You raised your eyebrows upon seeing this, and with a mentalmand, the Li Fire Technique was unleashed, instantly incinerating the strange vines entangling you.] [Among the Five Elements, wood generates fire, and fire ovees wood. Moreover, the Li Fire Technique was itself a divine skill of mes, possessing considerable power, making it especially effective against Wood Type techniques.] [True Person Wan Mu''s expression grew grave as he watched his technique be unraveled, and he quickly gathered spiritual power to attack you again.] [You remained unflustered. Though your cultivation level was less than True Person Wan Mu''s, you made up for it with mastery of the Earth Sword and your understanding of ultimate speed, putting you on even footing.] [The two of you battled fiercely for several hundred rounds. True Person Wan Mu''s spiritual energy was significantly depleted, and he once again took out elixirs to replenish his spiritual energy.] [You also consumed spiritual liquid to recover your spiritual power. When it came to a prolonged battle, you were not at a disadvantage against True Person Wan Mu.] [You originally thought True Person Wan Mu''s increased cultivation level could only be maintained for a short time, but the elixir effects were incredibly potent, allowing him to sustain a Body Integration Realm cultivation for an extended fight without exhaustion.] [You once again invoked your Sword Intent and attacked True Person Wan Mu.] [With a thought, you murmured, "Come to me!"] [In the next second, a strange piece of wood appeared in your hand. The wood was entirely ckened, and you sensed considerable Dao essence within it, but could not discern the reason.] [Recognizing the umon nature of the wood, you put it away.] [True Person Wan Mu was shocked to see the wood in your hand. After carefully checking his storage ring, he became furious and intensified his attack on you.] [You remained unfazed, countering with your swordsmanship.] [True Person Wan Mu, it turned out, also understood Sword Dao and drew a peculiar wooden sword to engage you in battle.] [After several hundred more rounds of fiercebat, you continuously used spiritual liquid to replenish your spiritual power.] [True Person Wan Mu also ingested a number of elixirs, many of which seemed to temporarily boost his cultivation level.] In the real world, Su Xing witnessed this scene and thought to himself: "Wan Mu Sect, you truly are an alchemy school... so many elixirs to boost cultivation and recover spiritual energy!" "Could they be the richest among the three major sects?" With this thought, Su Xing''s resolve to kill True Person Wan Mu grew even stronger. He nced at the simtion panel. [The battle continued. That ckened wood seemed extremely important to True Person Wan Mu, his face growing more anxious as he desperately tried to retrieve it.] [Thus, you shed for dozens more rounds.] [Finally, you seized an opportunity, shing off one of True Person Wan Mu''s arms with a stroke of Sword Qi.] [True Person Wan Mu screamed in agony but quickly gritted his teeth and frantically channeled spiritual energy.] [Through your Divine Sense, you perceived a viridescent energy rapidly regenerating True Person Wan Mu''s arm. In just a few breaths, he had fully regrown the limb!] [You were deeply shocked.] [Limb regeneration was an ability only strong practitioners in the Chaos Origin Realm could achieve, and even they could not do it this quickly.] [You realized the issuey with the green spiritual energy. While wood-attribute spiritual energy could indeed heal wounds, it could never do so this rapidly.] [You vaguely suspected... could it be that True Person Wan Mu had grasped the basics of the Great Dao of Wood?] [Much like yourprehension of ultimate speed included elements of thunder and sword dao...] [True Person Wan Mu''s rapid regeneration ability was likely a fundamental aspect of the Great Dao of Wood.] [Your expression turned serious. If this were true, while Origin Power was not particrly aggressive, its defensive and regenerative properties could be incredibly daunting.] [For you, this was an even more challenging battle!] "Tsk tsk, worthy of being a prodigy! He''s grasped even the basics of the Great Dao of Wood... he''s probably not far from breaking into the Body Integration Realm!" Su Xing sighed, understanding that killing True Person Wan Mu had just be a bit harder. He nced at the simtion panel. [After True Person Wan Mu''s wounds healed, he looked at you with growing hatred.] [Desperate to reim the piece of wood, he knew you were at the Great Perfection of the Return to Void Realm.] [Being at the Body Integration Realm himself, he believed your Divine Sense power was certainly inferior to his.] [Thus, True Person Wan Mu proactively employed a Divine Sense attack technique against you.] [You were delighted to see this, amazed that True Person Wan Mu had exposed such a w.] [Facing True Person Wan Mu''s Divine Sense attack, you neither dodged nor rushed, simultaneously releasing your Divine Sense, transforming it into a golden cauldron to strike back against his Divine Sense.] [Boom!] [The two Divine Senses collided, sending immense ripples through the air, almost changing the color of the heavens.] [At the moment of collision, True Person Wan Mu sensed something was awry; your Divine Sense was considerably stronger than his!] [As the two Divine Senses shed, it was toote for True Person Wan Mu to retract his Divine Sense.] [You pressed on, severely damaging True Person Wan Mu''s Divine Sense.] [He spewed blood immediately after the Divine Sense attack, his aura greatly diminished, clearly heavily injured.] [You then withdrew your Divine Sense, feeling a rush of joy, and charged at True Person Wan Mu!] [Another few hundred rounds of fiercebat ensued.] [However, after the Divine Sense injury, True Person Wan Mu''s spiritual energy became unstable, significantly weakening his power. He could only rely on his regenerative abilities to swiftly heal, trying to prolong the fight.] Chapter 400: Chapter 216: Slaying True Person Wan Mu, Spirit-Drunk Spirit Vein Dragon! (5k)_3 [The battle ultimatelysted a day and a night.] [At the cost of severe injuries, you sessfully killed True Person Wan Mu!] [After killing True Person Wan Mu, you stored his body in the Spirit Field Cave and took off his storage ring.] In the real world, Su Xing felt a surge of joy as he thought: "What a dramatic oue... If True Person Wan Mu had fought me normally, with his foundation and mastery of the Wood Dao, along with numerous elixirs... there''s no way I could have taken him down in just a few days!" "But True Person Wan Mu courted death by using his Divine Sense to battle, ultimately biting the dust... and I managed to kill him!" Su Xing''s heart was filled with joy, eagerly anticipating the treasures within True Person Wan Mu''s storage ring. "Damn it, and that Spirit Vein Dragon... I saved its life, and it just ran off?" "Aren''t Spirit Vein Dragons supposed to be grateful? Why is this one so ungrateful?" "Haha, but it can''t escape far... this Immortal Martial Era Instance isn''t that big. Where could it possibly go?" Su Xing thought as he looked at the simtion panel. [Just as you were about to enter the Spirit Field Cave, a dragon''s roar suddenly came from behind.] [You instantly turned around, seeing a small dragon, over a foot long, flying towards you from the clouds, its eyes filled with gratitude.] [You were overjoyed, thinking you might have misunderstood this Spirit Vein Dragon, wondering if it came to repay its debt.] [The Spirit Vein Dragon let out a few low growls beside you, and using your tenth-level Beast Speech, you understood its meaning.] [It wanted the Spiritual Liquid you had on you.] [Although it pained you a bit, you still took out a bottle of Spiritual Liquid and handed it over.] [The Spirit Vein Dragon was delighted, gulping down the Spiritual Liquid as if it were a health tonic.] [It continued to ask you for more Spiritual Liquid.] [Despite feeling a bit hurt, you knew that one must lose something to gain something in return, so you took out several hundred bottles of Spiritual Liquid at once.] [The Spirit Vein Dragon was overjoyed, affectionately nudging your back, before exhaling a breath of pure Spiritual Energy.] [You felt your injuries quickly healing, and in just a moment, you went from being severely injured to lightly injured.] [You were greatly impressed. Indeed, it was a Supreme Treasure of the Three Thousand Worlds, the top-ranked creature of the Earth Rankings. A mere breath of Spiritual Energy from the Spirit Vein Dragon had such a terrifying effect.] [Seeing the little young dragon gulping down the Spiritual Liquid, you didn''t feel as pained anymore.] [In just a quarter of an hour, this young Spirit Vein Dragon had consumed no less than a hundred bottles of Spiritual Liquid.] [A hundred bottles of Spiritual Liquid were a total of a million drops!] [It was enough for half a year of your cultivation in the Return to Void Realm, but the dragon consumed it in just a few minutes.] [If a cultivator ingested that much Spiritual Liquid in such a short time, they would undoubtedly have exploded.] [But the Spirit Vein Dragon seemed unaffected, except its originally white dragon head turned slightly red, and it began to walk unsteadily.] [Seeing the Spirit Vein Dragon in this state, you were astonished, recalling a rumor you had heard.] [If one ingests too much Spiritual Energy in a short time, or suddenly enters a ce rich in Spiritual Energy, a mysterious phenomenon urs...] [This phenomenon is called Spirit Drunkenness!] [It refers to absorbing so much Spiritual Energy that the body and mind be unclear, simr to being drunk.] [Obviously, the Spirit Vein Dragon, still in its youth and having always been in slumber, had never drunk so much Spiritual Liquid at once.] [Suddenly consuming a million drops of Spiritual Liquid, it entered a state of Spirit Drunkenness...] [As the Spirit Vein Dragon''s drunkenness deepened, it walked unsteadily for a while before falling asleep at your feet.] [You couldn''t help butugh looking at the Spirit Vein Dragon, keeping the remaining Spiritual Liquid and preparing to decide how to deal with this little dragon.] [Just then, a sense of warning surged in your heart, and your instincts and Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique frantically conveyed ominous messages.] [Your heart raced, sensing an impending danger.] [Without hesitation, you erased your traces, shielded your Heavenly Secrets, and put the Spirit Vein Dragon into the Spirit Field Cave before desperately fleeing far away.] [You had no time to clean up the traces left from fighting True Person Wan Mu.] [You used Sword Flight and fled tens of thousands of miles, but the sense of warning never diminished.] [You had no choice but to escape the Immortal Martial Era Instance and return to Blue Star.] [After returning to Kyoto, you immediately entered the Spirit Field Cave, where the sense of warning finally began to fade.] [Feeling your somewhat calm emotions, you let out a long breath.] [At the same time, you became vignt. What kind of threat could have made you feel so rmed...] [You pondered carefully. With your current cultivation level and strength, few could pose a life-threatening danger to you on Blue Star.] [After much thought, you believed the biggest possibility was Dragon Protector!] [After all, Dragon Protector was also a cultivator and belonged to the Dragon n like the Spirit Vein Dragon, perhaps sensing the Spirit Vein Dragon''s presence and finding you?] [You weren''t sure of the reason, but fortunately, staying in the Spirit Field Cave was temporarily safe.] [Dragon Protector was strong, but he couldn''t tear through space to find the Spirit Field Cave.] [Calming down, you looked at the drunken little dragon, pondering how to handle it.] Chapter 401: Chapter 217: Mysterious Attacker, Innate Treasure Fusang Immortal Tree Branch! (5k) In the real world, Su Xing looked at the simtion text in front of him, lost in thought. "The Spirit Vein Dragon truly is a rare wonder of the world... If exposed, it could bring deadly misfortune!" After a pause, Su Xing murmured, "After obtaining the Spirit Vein Dragon, cing it in the Paradise Cave should avoid any immediate trouble..." "Otherwise, if the Dragon Protector learns of it, I won''t be able to avoid another chase." "Moreover, my whereabouts in the simtor are likelypromised. The Dragon Protector will definitely follow the battle traces to find my identity!" Su Xing shook his head slightly. The battle with Master Wanmu left unavoidable traces, and with their skirmishes spanning a thousand miles, there were too many marks left behind for Su Xing to conceal. "It seems... if I want to get the Spirit Vein Dragon in reality, it''s safer to deal with Master Wanmu in the ruins to minimize the traces left behind..." Su Xing thought so. And to achieve this, Su Xing would likely need to break through to the Fusion Stage to suppress Master Wanmu absolutely. He looked towards the simtion panel. [In the Paradise Cave of Spirit Fields, you looked at the drunk Spirit Vein Dragon, knowing it would be safest for the young dragon to stay within the Paradise Cave of Spirit Fields.] [The dragon slept for several months after getting drunk, yet it still didn''t awaken.] [You were puzzled by why this dragon slept so much.] [What surprised you most was that, with the dragon in the Paradise Cave of Spirit Fields, even when it did nothing, the spiritual energy in the cave steadily increased.] [In just a few months, the Paradise Cave of Spirit Fields began to produce some Mid Grade Spirit Liquid.] [ording to your calctions, if the young Spirit Dragon remained in the cave doing nothing, in less than ten years, the cave would ascend from a medium-grade cave to a superior one.] [Every month, you checked the amount of spirit liquid in the Water Gathering Formation. Every month, it produced not only twenty thousand drops of low-grade spirit liquid but also a thousand drops of mid-grade spirit liquid.] [During this time, you took the opportunity to explore Master Wanmu''s storage ring.] [In the ring, you didn''t find many spirit stones but discovered numerous magical treasures, elixirs, and items for refining elixirs.] [And the thing you longed for the most... the Heart Method of Wanmu!] [With this heart method, you could unify three cultivation techniques and merge them into the Heavenly Grade Technique, Wanmu Technique.] [The Wanmu Technique is a powerful cultivation technique that can be practiced to the Immortal Realm!] [You temporarily didn''t know the purpose of those elixirs and spiritual medicines.] [However, the most perplexing to you was the charred piece of wood you obtained earlier.] [The wood appeared ordinary, but it seemed to contain some kind of Dao essence, though you couldn''t figure out what it was after days of contemtion, so you put it aside for the time being...] In the real world, Su Xing''s eyes lit up when he saw this. "Goodness, the appearance of the Spirit Vein Dragon... producing mid-grade spirit liquid in just a few months..." "And as time goes on, the spiritual energy in the Paradise Cave of Spirit Fields will be denser, producing more and more mid-grade spirit liquid..." Su Xing nodded with satisfaction. "The effect and value of mid-grade spirit liquid are ten times that of low-grade spirit liquid! Consuming a single drop of mid-grade spirit liquid is equivalent to cultivating directly with low-grade spirit stones... This will speed up the cultivation of spiritual power greatly!" Su Xing was somewhat excited and couldn''t wait to subdue the spirit dragon. "I just wonder how long the spirit dragon will sleep after getting drunk?" Su Xing was somewhat curious and murmured, "Besides that, the treasures in Master Wanmu''s storage magical artifact are surprisingly numerous!" "Especially that piece of wood, what is its origin that it contains Dao essence?" "And the Heart Method of Wanmu... the path for cultivation after the Fusion Stage is clear!" Su Xing''s face showed joy as he looked towards the simtion panel. [You stayed in the Paradise Cave of Spirit Fields daily, observing the changes in the Spirit Vein Dragon.] [Soon, you noticed that during its sleep, the Spirit Vein Dragon seemed to show painful expressions from time to time.] [asionally, the Spirit Vein Dragon would exhale ck gas, which, when it contaminated the spirit fields, would cause the spirit nts to wither and reduce the purity of the surrounding spiritual energy.] [You felt a tightness in your chest and carefully used your divine sense to investigate the condition of the Spirit Vein Dragon.] [Eventually, you discovered that the ck gas was the reason for the dragon''s condition.] [You guessed the ck gas originated from the ruins of the Wan Mu Sect, created by the immense resentment the Spirit Vein Dragon umted while trapped in the formation for countless years...] [However, this was unlike ordinary resentment, seemingly born from the spirit of heaven and earth, unwilling to see the Spirit Vein Dragon suffer back then.] [Unable to resolve this ck gas, you created a small area for the Spirit Vein Dragon to sleep alone, setting up several formations to iste it from the surrounding area.] [You tried to prevent the ck gas from contaminating the nearby spirit nts and spiritual energy as much as possible.] [Several months passed as the Spirit Vein Dragon continued to sleep.] [In the twenty-second year, the Spirit Vein Dragon finally awoke from its slumber. You noticed that the ck gas on its body seemed to have lessened but still caused the dragon asional pain.] [The Spirit Vein Dragon opened its eyes and looked around. The abundant spiritual energy in the air delighted it greatly.] [Like a yful fish, the Spirit Dragon eagerly jumped around the Paradise Cave of Spirit Fields, destroying many spirit nts.] [You were rather helpless about this and could only repeatedly persuade the Spirit Vein Dragon.] [Having been trapped in the small formation for hundreds or even thousands of years, the Spirit Vein Dragon was naturally curious and lively, remaining defiant and ignoring you.] Chapter 403: Chapter 217: Mysterious Attacker, Innate Treasure Fusang Immortal Tree Branch! (5k)_3 Because ultimately, Spirit Field Cave was nothing more than a partial spatial ne created within the Great World. However, this space was tampered with by a great power, making it portable. And after over a year of Su Xing''s modifications, it had be a true Spirit Field Cave. Yet if one had sufficient enlightenment of the Great Dao and a deep understanding of spacews, one could easily locate it. The enemies Su Xing encountered before were all beings below immortals, and it was normal for them not toprehend it deeply. Of course, this excluded that giant beastrger than a. Up until now, Su Xing still had not figured out its origins. Devouring worlds, with space fragments continuously colliding in its stomach, it still managed to survive... However, Su Xing estimated that even ordinary immortals would find it difficult to achieve such a feat. "So, what is the background of that mysterious person?" "Could it be that the Dragon Protector invited them?" "If that''s really the case, then this mysterious person''s identity... the greatest possibility is that they are either the true leader of the Descending Sect or the so-called Blood Immortal!" "Or... could it be that these two individuals are actually the same person!?" Countless doubts arose in Su Xing''s heart at this moment. After pondering for a moment, Su Xing shook his head and said, "However... the appearance of this mysterious person should not be to kill me, but topete for this Spirit Vein Dragon that has appeared!" "It seems, in the future, if I want to obtain this Spirit Vein Dragon, I must not cause too much of amotion!" "Not only that... can I avoid the pursuit of the mysterious person?" Su Xing felt a bit uncertain in his heart. To verify this guess, he could only try it in subsequent simtions. Before that, Su Xing could not reveal any clue in the real world, or he would court disaster! "Sure enough... there have always been powerful beings watching Blue Star. They did not show up before simply because there was nothing to entice them..." "But this Spirit Vein Dragon, even great immortals would covet it!" Su Xing sighed lightly. In an era of spiritual energy depletion, Spirit Vein Dragons were even more precious. "Well, what''s the point of thinking about this... for now, I should carefully focus on improving my strength!" With this in mind, Su Xing looked at the rewards on the simtion panel. [Take it]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Twenty-Year Alchemy Experience]: Slightly increases your current alchemyprehension after exchange, priced at 2 million energy points. [Five Elements Mutual Growth Technique (Minor Achievement)]: A small pinnacle divine technique close to great divine power,prehended by the Five Elements True Master, full of mysteries. Enhances sensitivity to five-element spiritual energy and can stimte it to enhance spell power and cultivation speed... myriad benefits, priced at 100 million energy points. [Superficial Comprehension of the Origin of Power]: The Origin of Power is a fundamental part of many Great Daos. After acquisition, it slightly enhances yourprehension of power, priced at 50 million energy points. [Spirit Explosion Technique (Perfection)]: Uses extremelypressed spiritual power to create an astonishing explosion. The effect and power vary with different attributes of spiritual energy. The power of the divine skill changes with the total amount of spiritual power. Currently, the power has reached the small divine skill level. Further research might elevate it to a great divine skill level. Priced at 200 million energy points. [Myriad Wood Technique Mental Method]: The mental method of the Myriad Wood Technique, a top Heaven Rank cultivation technique. It can unify the divided Changchun Technique, Floating Life Technique, and Xuanhuang Technique, therebyprehending the true Myriad Wood Technique. Priced at 10 million energy points. [The Burnt Branch of the Innate Fusang Divine Tree]: A branch of one of the top ten ancient Divine Trees, the Innate Fusang Divine Tree, ranked thirty-third among the supreme treasures of the Heaven List, an innate treasure. Born from the sun and capable of enduring the high temperature of the Golden Crow''s fire, it was burnt by the Southern Bright Leaving Fire during a great battle. Because it was burnt, it cannot be used for refining magical treasures, but it contains the Great Daoprehension of the wood and fire path, and some essence of the Southern Bright Leaving Fire, extremely precious. Priced at 1 million origin energy units. The rewards Su Xing received this time were nothing short of generous. Su Xing''s gaze swept over the reward list from top to bottom and finally stopped at [The Burnt Branch of the Innate Fusang Divine Tree]. "Holy crap, what the hell!? The branch of the Innate Fusang Divine Tree, one of the top ten ancient Divine Trees?" "Burnt by the Southern Bright Leaving Fire... containing Great Daoprehension! Holy crap!!!" Su Xing was instantly stunned and even started to suspect if his eyes were deceiving him. He couldn''t understand how True Person Wan Mu came to possess such a supreme treasure. "Darn it... carrying such a great treasure, this True Person Wan Mu is practically the Son of Destiny, the protagonist of a novel!" Su Xing was shocked; he finally understood why True Person Wan Mu couldprehend even a superficial understanding of the Great Dao of Wood. With such a supreme treasure, carrying it for years, if one couldn''tprehend it, one would indeed be a fool... "But, what is the deal with this energy requirement?" "Damn it, it requires 1 million energy!? Is it free?" Su Xing suspected that his simtor had a bug. But at this moment, the simtor''s prompt sounded. [Please note, the selling price unit is origin energy, not simted energy... Note that origin energy is a more refined energy unit than simted energy!] Su Xing was stunned upon hearing this; there was actually an energy unit more refined than simted energy, so he asked in confusion, "Then, how can I obtain origin energy?" The simtor answered next. [It can be absorbed through more rare items to obtain origin energy...] [At the same time, each 1 million simted energy points can be converted to obtain one unit of origin energy... Do you want to convert?] Chapter 404: Chapter 218: First Realization in Reality, Comprehending Divine Arts! (5k) Su Xing was stunned by these words. A million simted energy to exchange for one point of Origin Energy Source? Su Xing did some quick calctions, then slowly opened his mouth wide. Doesn''t this mean that to get one hundred million Origin Energy Source...it would require one trillion simted energy!? What the hell? One trillion energy... Even if I emptied out all the trading guilds in the Great Xia Country, it might not be enough, right? Up to now, the simted energy Su Xing had gathered was only about one percent of that? "Such a supreme treasure...trying to bring it out of the simtion is clearly unrealistic..." "I can only find a way to obtain it in reality!" Su Xing took a deep breath, his desire growing stronger in his heart. Thus, Su Xing now had another reason to kill True Person Wan Mu! Innate Treasure twig, Spirit Vein Dragon! Any one of these treasures would be enough for a powerful Immortal to risk their life for. But now, Su Xing had actually learned about these two treasures and even had the chance to obtain them! "Stay calm... I must stay calm!" "Before I deal with the matter of being hunted by the mysterious person... I can''t act rashly!" "These two items...are not very useful to me right now... I will only truly need them after breaking through the Body Integration Realm!" "For now, the most urgent task is to improve my strength as much as possible!" Su Xing thought to himself, calming down as he turned his gaze to the other rewards on the simtion panel. Come here, this Purple Talent, it indeed looked good. Randomly stealing an item from the target, if a great one could be stolen, it would be a huge gain. But for the current Su Xing, it wasn''t very useful. Because the usage scenarios were too limited, maybe it would be more useful after entering the Cultivation World? "Theprehension of the Origin of Power...was still at a superficial level, the progress seemed somewhat too slow..." "If I cannot trigger an asional enlightenment, the superficial understanding of the Origin isn''t very useful to me, though better than nothing... but it can only be umted slowly..." Su Xing sighed, hesitated for a moment, and murmured: "Well, let''s try one more time! If I still can''t trigger an asional enlightenment... then I''ll have to rely on myself to slowly umteprehension of the Origin of Power..." "As for the Wan Mu Decision method... this is a Heavenly Grade Technique that can reach the Immortal Realm..." "But my current Thousand mes Art is enough to break through to the Body Integration Realm... also, there is an advanced version of Thousand mes Art in the Luo Tian Grand Meeting that I haven''t memorized, so there''s no rush to bring it out!" Su Xing realized that although he had gained a lot of rewards in this simtion, Only two of them were truly worth bringing out. "I choose the Five Elements Mutual Growth Art and the Perfect Spirit Explosion Technique!" Su Xing silently recited. [You sessfully brought out Five Elements Mutual Growth Art (Minor Achievement), costing 100 million energy, remaining energy 3.122 billion points.] [You sessfully brought out Spirit Explosion Technique (Perfection), costing 200 million energy, remaining energy 2.903 billion points.] As the simtor''s prompt sounded, two mysterious energies entered Su Xing''s body. A flood of memories surged into Su Xing''s mind. "Yin and Yang Five Elements Mutual Growth Method... Metal thrives with Fire, forming vessels... Metal conquers Wood, Woodcks Metal... Fire thrives with Water, forming mutual harmony..." A short segment of the form entered Su Xing''s mind, making him feel his mastery of the Dao of the Five Elements and Five Element Spiritual Energy had be much sharper. In just a moment, Su Xing''s mastery of Five Element Spiritual Energy was raised by several levelspared to before. "Hmm~ Five Elements True Master, truly an extraordinary genius, just the Minor Achievement level of Five Elements Mutual Growth Art has elevated my understanding of the essence of Spiritual Energy!" Su Xing closed his eyes slightly, adjusted his breathing, and carefully sensed the Spiritual Energy in the surrounding world. Soon, various attributes of Spiritual Energy within the Spirit Field Cave were all felt by Su Xing. Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth... each type of Spiritual Energy was like dancing sprites, jumping inside Su Xing''s body. With a thought, Su Xing could precisely extract Wood and Fire attribute Spiritual Energy and merge them, forming a stable state. "No wonder I couldn''t master the Spirit Explosion Technique before. After all, the Spirit Explosion Technique is purely an offensive technique formed bypressing and exploding Spiritual Energy..." "But Five Element Spiritual Energy counteracts each other... if thepressed and mixed Spiritual Energy is unstable, it will definitely lead to instability in the Spirit Explosion Technique''spression space." "Only by precisely controlling the Spiritual Energy, merging andpressing it ording to the Mutual Growth of the Five Elements technique, can its power be maximized!" Su Xing sensed the Five Elements Mutual Growth Art in his mind and the Spirit Explosion Technique he perfected. It seemed as if a sh of enlightenment shone through, touching upon a mystical state. Questions that were previously difficult to understand now had answers in an instant. Gradually, Su Xing fell into a state of self-forgetfulness... This was asional enlightenment! Indeed, this was the first time Su Xing had triggered asional enlightenment in reality, outside of the simtion! And this enlightenmentsted for a full two days! Three dayster, when Su Xing came out of that almost omnipotent state, he slowly returned to himself. A tear seemed to streak across the corner of Su Xing''s eye. "Was I... in a state of asional enlightenment?" Su Xing felt a deep and indescribable bitterness in his heart. In the state of enlightenment, Su Xing''s mental acuity was nearly divine. But once out of that state, the fall from being all-knowing to a mere mortal left a sense of loss and emptiness. This was the first time Su Xing experienced such wild emotional swings, making him momentarily lose hisposure. Chapter 405: Chapter 218 First Real-World Enlightenment, Comprehending Divine Arts! (5k)_2 After adjusting for a while, Su Xing finally recovered from this state. At this moment, Su Xing found that his understanding of the Spirit Explosion Technique and the Five Elements Mutual Generation Technique had both taken a huge leap! Su Xing subconsciously opened his attribute panel and nced at it. On the attribute panel, he saw that hisprehension of the Five Elements Mutual Generation Technique had increased from minor achievement to Mahayana level! But what made Su Xing curious was that hisprehension of the Spirit Explosion Technique had surprisingly dropped from perfection to entry-level! "Strange... I can understand the promotion of the Five Elements Mutual Generation Technique..." "But why has the Spirit Explosion Technique regressed to entry-level instead?" Su Xing carefully recalled his understanding of the Spirit Explosion Technique in his mind, then widened his eyes, his mouth agape for a long time. "Incredible... The Spirit Explosion Technique has actually evolved from a minor Divine Skill into a true Divine Skill!" Su Xing''s heart pounded rapidly. There was only a one-word difference between a minor Divine Skill and a Divine Skill, but the implications werepletely different! Among all the attack methods Su Xing currently mastered, perhaps only the perfected Earth Sword could barely be considered at the Divine Skill level... It didn''t even count! Only after cultivating to the Heavenly Sword could one truly reach the Divine Skill level! Because all Divine Skills involved the application of origin powers... Only then could they possess such astonishing power. "It''s unbelievable that I''ve actually created a true Divine Art through my ownprehension!" Su Xing couldn''t help but feel a sense of pride. After all, this was not something Su Xing had learned from someone else, but something he had trulyprehended on his own. The implications werepletely different! Su Xing stretched out his palm, wanting to test the power of the Spirit Explosion Technique after upgrading to a Divine Skill! Su Xing cautiously infused about one-tenth of his wood attribute Spiritual Energy into it, then added a wisp of fire attribute Spiritual Energy... After that, Su Xing stopped and looked at the cyclone of Spiritual Power in front of him, murmuring: "Unbelievable, the power is almost equivalent to what it was before with just one-third of the Spiritual Energy consumed..." "If I continue to infuse more Spiritual Energy, the power of the Spirit Explosion Technique could be several times greater!" "This is, after all, only an entry-level Spirit Explosion Technique... If it reaches a higher realm, the power will be unimaginable!" Su Xing took a deep breath and didn''t continue to infuse Spiritual Energy, but slowly dissipated the Spirit Explosion Technique. After all, if any ident happened, the Spirit Field Cave could be destroyed by the technique. "The maximum power of the Spirit Explosion Technique will have to be tested in a simtionter..." Su Xing murmured. Anyway, this idental enlightenment had given Su Xing a great surprise. It almost equaled saving time for one simtion. "However... I still need to break through to the Integration Phase as soon as possible!" "Only after reaching the Integration Phase will my strength have a qualitative leap!" Su Xing murmured. For the next three days, Su Xing continued as usual, refining Fasting Pills daily. In just three days, Su Xing had nearly made four thousand Fasting Pills. On December 8, Su Xing disguised himself, concealing his aura and Heavenly Secrets, and quietly left Kyoto City. After leaving Kyoto City, Su Xing went to the location he had agreed upon with Luo Shuying. The 8th of every month was the day Su Xing and Luo Shuying had agreed to meet. When he was still more than two hundred kilometers away from the agreed location, Su Xing cautiously spread out his Divine Sense to scout the area. It wasn''t that he didn''t trust Luo Shuying, but he was worried that Luo Shuying might have been followed, which would expose him. Fortunately, Su Xing only detected Luo Shuying''s presence. After confirming that no one was following him, Su Xing arrived at the agreed location and appeared on time. "Senior!" Seeing Su Xing, Luo Shuying was excited. Since herst conversation with Su Xing, she felt as if she had found a mentor in life, a lighthouse guiding her future. When Su Xing saw Luo Shuying, he nodded slightly and said: "Haven''t encountered any unexpected situations recently?" Luo Shuying shook her head slightly and said: "No, the Descending Sect has always trusted me..." Upon hearing this, Su Xing took out a small bottle of Soul Condensing Pills from his storage magical artifact and handed it to Luo Shuying. "This pill can help you reach the legendary realm!" Luo Shuying was somewhat excited upon hearing this, took the small bottle of elixirs, and respectfully said: "Thank you, Senior!" Then, Luo Shuying also took out a storage ring and handed it to Su Xing. "Senior, these are some herbs and treasures I exchanged from the treasure vault using contribution points during this period. I think they might be of some use to you..." Su Xing didn''t decline, scanning the storage ring with his Divine Sense to ensure there were no tampering, and then ced it into his Spirit Field Cave. Seeing Su Xing ept her storage ring, Luo Shuying was overjoyed, feeling she had made some contribution. But immediately, Luo Shuying said sadly: "Senior, I still haven''t found any clues about the matter you asked me to investigate..." "However, based on my guess, a high-ranking official named Dragon Protector who guards the treasure vault has an extremely high status!" "It seems he holds a higher position than the leaders of the other two factions... I suspect he might be the conservative faction''s leader who has never shown himself!" "Also..." Luo Shuying shared the information she had gathered with Su Xing. Su Xing nodded after listening and reminded her: "It''s fine, there''s no rush for this matter... Your own safety is the most important, do not expose yourself!" Luo Shuying was deeply moved by Su Xing''s concern. Chapter 406: Chapter 218 First Real-World Enlightenment, Comprehending Divine Arts! (5k)_3 Su Xing then asked, "By the way, you seemed to be trying to absorb the power of the Foreign Race before... to strengthen yourself?" "This method has many future repercussions; do not attempt it lightly!" "Show me now, let me see the extent of the mutation in your body..." Upon hearing this, Luo Shuying''s face revealed a trace of hesitation, but she still nodded and activated her power. She took off her gloves, revealing a pair of smooth, delicate jade hands. Within just a few breaths, these hands underwent a huge transformation. The color changed to ck and became coarser, resembling ws. Luo Shuying said somewhat dejectedly, "Senior... this is the power I obtained from a Shadow Tribe corpse I found by chance... " "After activating this power, my strength, speed, and even defense significantly increased... but at the same time, I lost the ability to control objects..." "Additionally, this Shadow Tribe power asionally causes me to lose myself... If it weren''t for my Spirit Race''s innate strong spiritual power, I might havepletely turned into a monster..." Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this. In previous simtions, he had only seen the scenes of Luo Shuying activating this power. Even her entire body would transform, turning her from a beauty into a horrifying alien monster. She would then possess power nearly on par with a legend... As for the Spirit Race, their original power lies in their spiritual power... which is almost akin to telekinesis! Su Xing thought it over and said, "From now on, you should focus on cultivating your Spirit Race power... reaching the peak in spiritual power may not be weaker than other power systems!" "Although the Shadow Tribe''s power is strong, the side effects are too great, and it is ultimately not your own power... you should stop using it." "Additionally, I will try to find a way to remove the side effects from your body..." Upon hearing Su Xing''s words, Luo Shuying obediently nodded. Afterward, Su Xing and Luo Shuying discussed some other matters before parting ways. Before leaving, Su Xing shielded the Heavenly Secrets of the area and cleaned up all traces. Then he flew on his sword inrge circles before returning to Kyoto City. Back in Kyoto City, after entering the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing took out the storage ring Luo Shuying had given him before and began examining its contents. Two thousand Essence-Nourishing Herbs, two thousand Yellow Immortal Essences... and dozens of Dragon Spirit Flowers and Yuanwu Herbs... along with various other herbs. Su Xing felt a burst of emotion as he looked at the materials in the storage ring. He merely mentioned it in passing, but Luo Shuying brought all these for him. "Essence-Nourishing Herb and Yellow Immortal Essence... these are herbs that can help a Grandmaster Level profession user break through to the Heavenly King Level!" "Even though these things are not considered precious in the Descending Sect, Luo Shuying must have paid a considerable price to get them..." Su Xing thought. He nted some of these herbs in the medicinal field. Once they grow, Su Xing would have an inexhaustible supply of spiritual medicine. He kept the rest for future alchemy. Although now is not the time to bring Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills into the world, they will be needed eventually. On December 9th, as scheduled, Su Xing went to meet Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue was wearing a light blue wool long coat with red jeans, looking very youthful and vibrant. The two sat facing each other and quickly got to business. "Boss, I have sessfully resolved the matter you asked me to handlest time!" "Five thousand elixirs can exchange for the ten-year contract of a second-tier alien metal mine! All the alien metal mined during this period belongs to us!" "And the Great Xia Military said that the more of these elixirs, the better. If we can provide fifty thousand elixirs, even ten second-tier alien metal mines would be no problem!" Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this. A ten-year contract was practically the same as permanent for Su Xing. By then, Su Xing would likely already be an ultimate powerhouse in the Three Thousand Worlds. With this thought, Su Xing handed the stored elixirs over to Jin Congxue and said, "This batch of elixirs, along with the ones I gave you earlier... should total around fifty thousand, just enough to buy a second-tier alien metal mine..." "Afterward, we will focus all our efforts on acquiring alien metal mines. Around every two months, we should be able to acquire another second-tier alien metal mine!" Su Xing said. For him, the main ingredient for the Fasting Pill is Spirit Rice, so there will never be a shortage of materials. But what hecked was the time needed to produce the elixirs. No matter how fast he was, he could only make around a thousand elixirs a day. "It seems I need to find a way to produce more elixirs... only by increasing production speed can I gain more power!" Thinking about this, Su Xing''s heart stirred, and he murmured, "In the ruins of the Wan Mu Sect, I encountered Living Dead Puppets that could cultivate Spirit Fields... so is it possible that there are also Living Dead Puppets capable of making elixirs?" His eyes lit up at this thought. If he could indeed create puppets that could produce elixirs, the rate at which he acquired them would skyrocket! "In the damned Zong''s storage ring, there are eight puppets... maybe I can put them to use..." "However, I don''t know much about puppet crafting; perhaps I should further explore the Luo Tian Meeting Instance!" Su Xing increasingly understood the importance of knowledge in the Cultivation World. The Hundred Arts of Cultivation, including alchemy, formation, talisman crafting, and artifact refining, also epassed puppet crafting. "For me, if I can create puppets that produce elixirs, my energy-gathering efficiency will undergo a qualitative transformation!" Chapter 407: Chapter 219: Hundred Arts of Cultivation, Dao of Puppets! (5k, please subscribe) Su Xing felt a bit of anticipation in his heart. Soon, the meeting with Jin Congxue sessfully concluded. Su Xing disguised himself and hid his breath, stealthily returning to the school. Converting the new week''s goods into simted energy, Su Xing gained over a billion more points of simted energy. Currently, the Tarot Commerce Association could provide Su Xing with a little over a billion points of simted energy every week, and this rate was slowly increasing. Starting next week, the Tarot Commerce Association would be able to provide a staggering one and a half billion points of energy each week. A second-tier alien metal mining area instance alone could provide Su Xing with fifty million points of energy in one week! "Next, I should try to understand the Dao of Puppets... The Fasting Pill is just the most basic elixir, not difficult to refine at all. If I can sessfully create a puppet with this function, my speed in alchemy will increase several times over, even up to dozens of times!" "By then, I might be able to refine tens of thousands of Fasting Pills in a week, equivalent to gaining the energy of an extra second-tier alien metal mining area instance!" Su Xing''s heart pounded with excitement. If he could aplish this, he would be able to entirely provide for the simted energy needed for the entire Integration Phase and Chaos Origin Realm! On December 9, 2024, in the New Era, Su Xing prepared to start a new round of simtion. "Start simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 6,500 points of energy, remaining energy: 3.02533 billion points, remaining simtion attempts: unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Extracting purple talent costs 100,000 points of energy; extracting golden legendary talent costs 1 million points of energy. Would you like to extract?] Su Xing thought for a moment; this time, he did not n to extract new talents. First, the forty percent probability was too low, making it unlikely for Su Xing to draw a golden talent. Second, Su Xing currently needed a talent he had drawn before. Talisman Master! Regarding hisprehension of the Minor Spirit Gathering Array, Su Xing already had a certain foundation in the Dao of Arrays, and his understanding of the Five Elements was consummate. What hecked was some of the techniques for drawing talismans. If Su Xing had sufficient foundation in the Dao of Talismans, he could sessfully learn the Minor Spirit Gathering Array. By then, his cultivation after breaking through the Integration Phase would progress much faster. "Besides... there''s another important point: the Dao of Puppets seems to have some connection to the Dao of Talismans as well..." Su Xing pondered this and muttered to himself: "Use the talent pool extraction function!" The next moment, a mirage-like tiger slot machine appeared before Su Xing. Without hesitation, Su Xing tried to extract the purple talent. After attempting over thirty times, Su Xing finally drew the talent he needed, Talisman Expert! [Talisman Expert]: Purple talent you have a highly innate ability for making talismans. It is easier for you to learn new talismans, and your sess rate in making talismans is slightly increased. [Ding! You have sessfully extracted the purple talent, Talisman Expert. Remaining energy: 3.02143 billion points. Would you like to start the simtion?] Su Xing silently confirmed in his mind and then looked at the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized you were in a simtion.] [Over the next ten days, you dug a pond in the blessednd, poured spiritual spring water and spiritual liquid into it, and bought many fish fry to put in the pond.] [You umted a day''s worth of Great Wisdom State buff.] [After finishing all this, you went to the Luotian Meeting instance.] In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly when he saw this. He nned to explore methods to remove the ck qi from the spirit dragon in this simtion. Additionally, Su Xing needed to strengthen his cultivation in the Dao of Puppets and the Dao of Talismans. Therefore, Su Xing chose to re-enter the Luotian Meeting instance to acquire relevant knowledge. "Use the immersive simtion function for 24 hours..." Su Xing muttered. [Congrattions on using the immersive simtion function, consuming 2.4 million points of energy, remaining energy: 3.01903 billion points.] As the simtor''s prompt sound fell, Su Xing''s vision changed. In the next second, Su Xing found himself in the grand hall of the Luo Tian Sect. He heard the voice of the sect master, Luo Ying, by his ear. "Good disciple, the Luotian Meeting is about tomence... Go to the back mountain to invite your senior brother, Shennong, here..." "Yes, Master!" Su Xing responded but did not move. Luo Ying, seeing this, asked puzzledly: "Good disciple, why do you not go? Do you have something to inquire about?" Su Xing nodded after hearing this and asked: "Master, I indeed have a question to ask..." "Recently, in the Scripture Pavilion, I saw an ancient text that recorded the spirit vein dragon and noted a story..." "It said that the spirit vein dragon was condensed from the essence of heaven and earth, but if trapped in an array, it would be entangled with ck qi..." Su Xing naturally could not say he had encountered this situation himself, so he pretended to have read about it in an ancient text. After all, the books in the Scripture Pavilion were as numerous as cattle; Su Xing believed his master could not possibly have read them all. After pausing for a moment, Su Xing continued to ask: "Disciple wants to know the source of this ck qi and if there is a way to dispel it?" Upon hearing Su Xing''s words, Luo Ying smiled and said: "Heh, you are indeed curious..." After pondering for a moment, Luo Ying said: "The spirit vein dragon has always been very mysterious... The ck qi you described has never been encountered by me..." "However, if it was because of being trapped in an array, leading to the birth of ck qi... I do have some thoughts on the source of this ck qi." "The spirit vein dragon naturally loves freedom and is favored by heaven with unique advantages... If an evil cultivator disregards heaven and forcibly imprisons a spirit vein dragon, it might lead to the interference of a world''s will in some ce..." "Moreover, the grievance of the spirit vein dragon umtes and cannot dissipate... thus forming this ck qi!" Chapter 408: Chapter 219: Hundred Arts of Cultivation, Dao of Puppets! (5k, please subscribe)_2 After a pause, Luo Ying tentatively exined, "As for the solution I think... First, we must rescue the Spirit Vein Dragon and treat it well. Perhaps after a few hundred or even a thousand years, the resentment will be resolved, and the dark energy will naturally dissipate..." "Of course, this method would take a very long time, possibly even ten thousand years..." "Besides this, if we can set up some formations to dissolve resentment and shield the will of the world, and keep the Spirit Vein Dragon within them for years, it might help the resentment dissipate more quickly!" Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this. Dissolving resentment and shielding the will of the world This sounded like even this method would not be fast enough? So Su Xing, unwilling to give up, asked, "Master, is there any other method to dissolve this dark energy more quickly?" After a moment of hesitation, Luo Ying replied, "In the fifth level of the Scripture Pavilion, there is a secret method... called Transnting Flowers and Trees. It can transfer the positive and negative effects of all things onto oneself... If you are willing, you can transfer this dark energy onto yourself..." "However, this might damage your cultivation, and it requires a very high state of mind to reduce this impact. You should also use the Heart Cleansing Art and Heart Cleansing Pill to quickly dissolve the resentment within yourself..." After hearing Luo Ying''s words, Su Xing''s eyes brightened. Transferring the dark energy onto himself and then dissolving it on his own, this method seemed feasible? But Su Xing still asked, "Master, will this transfer method have any side effects?" Luo Ying smiled and said, "The Spirit Vein Dragon is different from cultivators. Its resentment is extremely difficult to dissolve..." "However, ordinary cultivators, even if they ascend, inevitably experience seven emotions and six desires. The resentment and joy would just cause some emotional changes... If resolved in time, there should be no major issues..." Su Xing waspletely reassured after Luo Ying''s exnation. Having passed the five gates of Divinity Transformation, Su Xing''s mind state was transcendent, and he believed he could bear this bit of resentment without issue. He decided to try itter. Then Su Xing asked another question. "Master, I have recently been researching the Dao of Puppets. Do you have any insights on this?" Luo Ying thought for a moment before responding, "I am not very skilled in the Dao of Puppets" "However, in the Scripture Pavilion, Ghost Grandma has quite extensive research in this area. Although her temper is entric... perhaps you can ask her?" Su Xing nodded upon hearing this. Surprised that Ghost Grandma was also proficient in the Dao of Puppets, he thought he might be able to learn a puppet method from her! With this in mind, Su Xing quickly left the hall. Shortly after, Su Xing brought Senior Brother Shennong to the hall,pleted the task process, and eagerly hurried to the Luo Tian Sect''s Scripture Pavilion. In the Scripture Pavilion, Su Xing went to the fifth level and found a book titled "Detailed Exnation of the Dao of Puppets," which he read with great interest. While reading, Su Xing also secretly observed his surroundings. ording to previous experience, Ghost Grandma would soone looking for Su Xing. Sure enough, after reading for an hour or two, Su Xing heard Ghost Grandma''s voice beside his ear. "You are looking for me?" Su Xing''s heart shook at the sound, and he immediately turned around to bow, saying, "Yes, Ghost Grandma... I have a matter to inquire about regarding the Dao of Puppets... I heard that you have extensive research in this area?" Ghost Grandma, hearing Su Xing, asked with great interest, "Oh? Nowadays, few young cultivators are willing to learn the Dao of Puppets... It is mostly regarded as the practice of evil cultivators..." "However, the Dao of Puppets, too, has its distinction between right and evil. Which one do you wish to learn?" Su Xing raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, thinking that Ghost Grandma was willing to give guidance. He immediately said, "Please guide me, Grandma!" Ghost Grandma nodded slightly and said slowly, "The Dao of Puppets is considered an aberrant path within the Hundred Arts of Cultivation" "And the reason for this is the existence of the human puppet method!" "The Dao of Puppets is generally divided into two categories: the human puppet method and the artifact puppet method!" "The so-called human puppet method involves refining a living person into a living dead, eventually transforming them into a puppet..." "Compared to the artifact puppet method, the human puppet method has many advantages... For example, it saves puppet-refining materials, the puppet''s strength is formidable, retaining most of the cultivator''s strength and skills from their previous life..." "But the human puppet method is despised by righteous cultivators... Because it is easy to refine, many puppet masters step into the path of evil!" After a pause, Ghost Grandma continued to exin, "In contrast, the artifact puppet method involves using rare metals and celestial treasures... driven by Spirit Stones. The puppet is trained, and fixed talismans are inscribed into its core, enabling it to perform specific tasks" "Therefore, masters of the artifact puppet method are often also masters of artifact refining!" "Additionally..." Ghost Grandma said much, and Su Xing listened attentively, gaining a general understanding of her meaning. The so-called Dao of Puppets is actually abination of artifact refining, talismans, formations, and divine soul methods! Of course, this does not mean that to refine a puppet, one must excel in all four methods. Often, a puppet master would refine the puppet''s body, the talisman master would inscribe the core talismans, the array master would assemble and install the Spirit Gathering Array and Spirit Stones... The puppet master then drives it with their divine soul. The integration of these four methods forms the Dao of Puppets! After hearing Ghost Grandma''s words, Su Xing''s face turned somewhat grim. In the cultivation world, ordinary puppet masters could indeed coborate in this manner... Chapter 409: Chapter 219: Hundred Arts of Cultivation, Dao of Puppets! (5k, please subscribe)_3 But for Su Xing, these four skills had to be fully mastered to be a true Puppet Master. However, mastering all four skills was easier said than done. "Sigh... the Dao of Puppets, who would have thought it required such stringent demands?" "If I were to learn all four skills, I might waste a lot of time..." Su Xing pondered carefully on the pros and cons of learning the Dao of Puppets. Refining puppets naturally had its benefits, saving Su Xing a lot of time and effort. For example, for refining low-level elixirs like the Nourishing Face Pill and the Fasting Pill, Su Xing wouldn''t need to do it himself, allowing his puppets to handle it and saving him a vast amount of time, which could be quickly converted into simted energy. Su Xing estimated that if he let his puppets refine the Fasting Pill to exchange for the mining rights of alien metal mineral areas. The quantity of simted energy he could obtain in theing months would increase several times, even tenfold! Moreover, there were tasks that Su Xing might find inconvenient to perform himself, where he could let his puppets do the work. For example, in trading with the Great Xia Military, Su Xing could let his puppets impersonate masters to conduct further transactions. Finally, the puppets themselves constituted an extremely powerful fighting force. These were the three major benefits of Su Xing learning the Dao of Puppets. However, practicing the Dao of Puppets might require Su Xing to waste three to five simtion sessions... This would significantly dy Su Xing''s progress in bing stronger... After hesitating for a moment, Su Xing asked: "Grandma, is there a shortcut to mastering the Dao of Puppets?" The Ghost Grandma chuckled softly, looked profoundly at Su Xing, and asked: "Are you thinking... of learning the Human Puppet Path?" For some reason, hearing the Ghost Grandma''s words gave Su Xing a fright, afraid that he might be mistaken for an evil cultivator... Su Xing was about to exin, but the Ghost Grandma interrupted: "To me, the Dao of Puppets has no distinction between good and evil!" "If you are willing to do something for me, I am willing to teach you both the Human Puppet Path and the Instrument Puppet Path... How about it?" Su Xing quickly responded: "I am willing!" The Ghost Grandma said: "Since that is the case, a year from now..." After stating her requirement, the Ghost Grandma pointed her finger towards Su Xing''s forehead. Su Xing felt a few secret techniques and knowledge rted to the Dao of Puppets flooding into his mind. The secret techniques were "Divine Soul Puppet Control Method," "Instrument Refinement Puppet Method," "Puppet Core Inscription Method," and "Puppet Core Formation." These four secret techniques almost covered arge part of the knowledge from beginner to mastery within the Dao of Puppets. Su Xing only needed to briefly recall to memorize the knowledge about the Dao of Puppets in his mind, but he was still far from being able to utilize it. After teaching Su Xing the four secret techniques, the Ghost Grandma said: "The Dao of Puppets requires more than just basic knowledge... Next, I will teach you the essentials to pay attention to in controlling, refining, and using puppets..." With these words, the Ghost Grandma personally guided Su Xing. Each pointer allowed Su Xing to gain immense benefits regarding the Dao of Puppets. Additionally, in his Great Wisdom State, Su Xing''s understanding of the Dao of Puppets skyrocketed as if he had a cheat. Soon, the immersive simtion session ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world. Back in the real world, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, with a hint of amazement in them. "The Ghost Grandma must be a reclusive mighty expert!" "For the Dao of Puppets, the Ghost Grandma must have reached the pinnacle... With her guidance, my understanding of the Dao of Puppets has advanced by leaps and bounds!" Su Xing opened the familiar simtion panel. Just within a short immersive simtion session. Su Xing''s panel had a new ability, the Dao of Puppets, and it had already reached the beginner level. "Tsk, tsk, with a few more sessions, I might soon achieve the Minor Achievement Level in the Dao of Puppets... By then, I should be able to control those eight Living Dead Puppets!" Su Xing felt a hint of joy as he recalled the knowledge in his mind. "The eight puppets left behind by the Damned Zong, I can now unlock the prohibitions on them..." "But if I want them to refine elixirs or cultivate spirit nts, I need to modify their internal structure... I need to inscribe formation talismans into their puppet cores to give them the ability to refine elixirs and cultivate spirits!" Su Xing nned to try this after the simtion ended. "However, besides researching the Dao of Puppets in this simtion... I also need to figure out the identity of that mysterious person!" For Su Xing, that mysterious person was like a sword hanging over his head. If this crisis was not resolved, Su Xing might find it difficult to obtain the Spirit Vein Dragon. The only thing Su Xing knew was that this puppet and Dragon Protector were somehow connected. Therefore, to figure out the identity of this simted person, Su Xing intended to go undercover in the Descending Sect during this simtion! He looked at the simtion panel. [After exiting the Luotian Meeting Instance, you gained a lot, and you began attempting to cultivate the Dao of Puppets.] [You delved into the Dao of Puppets in the Spirit Field Cave for dozens of days, making some progress, but you were still unable to control those few puppets.] [You knew that to master the Dao of Puppets, you needed toprehend the Talisman Method as well.] [So you took out a jade slip left by the Damned Zong, documenting the Talisman Method, and began cultivating it.] [One day, you met Luo Shuying as promised.] [After a month of not seeing her, Luo Shuying had already grown into a legendary-level expert, and under her leadership, you sessfully joined the Descending Sect.] [After joining the Descending Sect, you used your talent as a master of sess to convince arge number of followers.] [In this simtion, you didn''t n to directly betray the Descending Sect but to stay within and gather more clues...] Chapter 416: Chapter 222: The Secrets of the World, The Resurrection of the Red Moon! (5000 words) ```html Su Xing forced himself to contain his shock, then asked: "But since that great figure can descend into this realm, why can''t we escape from the Blue Star?" "As high-ranking members, shouldn''t we be able to flee to other worlds to save our lives!?" Su Xing''s heart pounded. In truth, Su Xing always had a thought in his mind: if the high-ranking members of the Descending Sect could eventually escape the onught of the colossal entity and sessfully leave the Blue Star for the Great Thousand Worlds, they would be able to survive. And Su Xing, bing a true high-ranking member of the Descending Sect in this simtion, might be able to extend the simtion time further? But based on Su Xing''s past experiences, even individuals like Protector Zong ultimately died in the jaws of the colossal entity, unable to escape... Upon hearing Su Xing''s words, Dragon Protector smiled and said: "Haha, it''s because... including you and me... and even the whole Blue Star, as well as the surrounding hundreds of Minor Thousand Worlds, tens of thousands of Half nes... they have always been its prey!" Prey? Su Xing felt a chill in his heart upon hearing this. But Dragon Protector continued: "There is a great figure... who wishes to descend into the world again... it is a significant figure among the Foreign Race, you understand?" "One of the highest-ranking figures... and he has made a deal with another being among the Foreign Race. The entire Blue Star, along with all the living beings in dozens of surrounding worlds, their souls and ughter after death will be the nourishment for his resurrection!" Upon hearing Dragon Protector''s words, Su Xing immediately thought of something and blurted out: "You mean... the Red Moon!?" Dragon Protector smiled slightly and said: "Something like that... and the time for that figure''s resurrection is already near... maybe five years, maybe ten years, or a few decades at most..." "By then, that figure will be ready for revival, and you, me, and everything else will be his nourishment!" He paused, "It is precisely because he wants to resurrect that no one in this world is allowed to leave!" "Moreover, that figure has already made pre-arrangements... any strong being on the Blue Star will eventually fall under his watchful eye!" On hearing this, Su Xing suddenly remembered those Great Emperors, Saints, and even God-level strong beings who had disappeared on the Blue Star... Could it be, their disappearance is rted to the Red Moon? "But if he already has his eyes on us, how can you escape from this sealed world?" On hearing Su Xing''s question, Dragon Protector smiled and said: "That figure wants to resurrect... sacrificing the living beings of dozens of Minor Thousand Worlds around... naturally he wouldn''t mind one or two slipping through, as long as there is a transport pass!" A transport pass? Su Xing immediately thought of the storage ring Dragon Protector had obtained from the mysterious person. Could it be that the ring is the transport pass? Dragon Protector''s face showed a bit of pride as he said: "Thanks to the revtion of the Spirit Vein Dragon, I was able to see the true form of that great figure... and thus get the transport pass in advance, or even I wouldn''t be confident of leaving this realm..." "Now the transport pass is in hand, I can leave this realm anytime and enter the safe Little Qingyun Realm..." "But before I leave, there are still many benefits in this world waiting for me to take!" Seeing Dragon Protector''s unting demeanor, Su Xing couldn''t help but feel a wave of disgust. But he still asked: "So, you created the Descending Sect?" Upon hearing Su Xing''s question, Dragon Protector sneered and said: "You still don''t understand?" "The Descending Sect is an enormous entity among the Three Thousand Worlds!" "The true master... is someone you and I could nevere into contact with!" "And I only received instructions from that great figure to establish the Descending Sect on the Blue Star..." Upon hearing this, Su Xing was shocked and almost froze in ce. The Descending Sect on the Blue Star... the Descending Sect belongs to the Three Thousand Worlds!? From these few words,bined with previous information, Su Xing had already roughly understood the origin of the Descending Sect. In summary, the Descending Sect is a massive organization that has always existed within the Three Thousand Worlds, full of experts far beyond the Blue Star. And the ultimate goal of the Descending Sect in the Three Thousand Worlds might truly be the rule of the Foreign Race over the Three Thousand Worlds? Or perhaps for some other purpose? But to achieve this unknown goal, the Descending Sect must ce personnel in and establish forces across various valuable and potential nes in the Three Thousand Worlds. And Dragon Protector''s role is roughly the leader of the Descending Sect on the Blue Star! However, for the entire Descending Sect, the branch on the Blue Star is actually just a tiny part of the main organization within the Three Thousand Worlds. Even this Blue Star branch was established single-handedly by Dragon Protector a thousand years ago... It''s roughly equivalent to... A Fortune 500pany wanting to develop a small vige by establishing a subsidiary. So they chose a locally respected viger as the subsidiary''s CEO and provided some resources... asionally, they would get in touch, but mostly they let the subsidiary fend for itself. Currently, the Blue Star Descending Sect is more or less in this situation. Unexpectedly, a gold mine was discovered in the vige, and the chosen viger seems about to be promoted to the headquarters... That roughly describes Dragon Protector, who contributed the Spirit Vein Dragon... Originally nning to work until retirement quietly, then head to the Descending Sect headquarters with seniority. But unexpectedly, due to discovering the Spirit Vein Dragon, Damned Dragon got the opportunity to enter the main branch of the Descending Sect in advance. ``` Chapter 418: Chapter 222 The Secret of the World, the Resurrected Red Moon! (5000) _3 [In repeated baptisms by lightning, in your observation of lightning, you unraveled the mysteries and distinguished the Origin of Power and the Origin of Speed.] [You tried toprehend the Origin of Power, and your understanding of the Origin of Power gradually deepened.] [Finally, yourprehension of the Origin of Power reached the entry level!] [You felt that afterprehending the Origin of Power, you could multiply your strength several times in a short period!] [But you were still not satisfied, and continued to stay in the lightning region to furtherprehend the Origin of Power...] [Until, within the range of your Divine Sense, no more lightning regions were born...] [And yourprehension of the Origin of Power went a step further!] [Finally, a spatial turbulence attacked, and you were torn to pieces...] [Your Divine Sense slowly dissipated...] [You died!] [Ding, this simtion ends!] After the simtion ended, Su Xing looked at the words in front of him and remained silent for a long time. "As expected, on Blue Star, everyone in the Descending Sect was abandoned..." "Only Dragon Protector, due to the meritorious contribution of the Spirit Vein Dragon, escaped with his life and went to the Three Thousand Worlds?" Su Xing was not surprised by this. After all, these matters were still somewhat distant from him; what he cared about now was the improvement of his current strength! With this in mind, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the rewards of this simtion. [Talisman Expert]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 million energy points. [Twenty Years of Alchemy Experience]: After exchange, current alchemyprehension will slightly increase, priced at 2 million energy points. [Comprehension of the Origin of Power (Entry)]: The Origin of Power, a foundationalponent of many Great Daos; upon iming, it will slightly enhance theprehension of the Origin of Power, priced at 200 million energy points. [Minor Spirit Gathering Array (Entry)]: Developed by the five Elements True Master, a peerless talent of ancient times with exceptionalprehension,bining talisman, array Dao, and the Dao of the Five Elements. It can be inscribed on living beings to perform passive cultivation, greatly elerating the cultivator''s cultivation speed. Priced at 100 million energy points. [Dao of Talismans (Entry)]: Comprehension of the Dao of Talismans, capable of crafting talismans from one to five tiers, totaling over a hundred kinds. It''s not far from Minor Achievement in the Dao of Talismans. Priced at 200 million energy points. [Dao of Puppets (Entry)]: Detailed understanding of puppet crafting and control, capable of attempting puppet crafting by oneself. Priced at 50 million energy points. This simtion was more of an exploration for Su Xing. Whether it was the Dao of Puppets or the inscription of the Minor Spirit Gathering Array, both were greatly beneficial for Su Xing''s future development. The Minor Spirit Gathering Array could greatly enhance Su Xing''s cultivation speed, equivalent to indirectly increasing his aptitude. Meanwhile, the Dao of Puppets could help Su Xing umte simted energy more quickly. However, before the simtion, Su Xing didn''t know the depths of these two Daos, so this time, it was just a tentative attempt. After hesitating for a while, Su Xing silently said: "I choose the Talisman Expert talent and the entry-levelprehension of the Origin of Power!" The Talisman Expert talent would allow Su Xing to go further in the Dao of Talismans and the Dao of Puppets. It was also a necessary condition for setting up the Minor Spirit Gathering Array, so Su Xing had no choice but to select it. "As forprehension of the Origin Power, since there was no epiphany, umtion over time is the only way!" "As long as the Origin of Power reaches Minor Achievement, I can attempt to break through to the Body Integration Realm!" The simtor''s prompt sounded in Su Xing''s ears. [Ding, talent slots are full. Rece talent?] Hearing this, Su Xing nced at his talents and decided to rece his blue talent "Big Appetite" since it provided too little help to him now. [Recing talent...] [You sessfully acquired the Purple Talent Talisman Expert, costing 1 million energy. Remaining energy: 3 billion 132.3 million points.] [You sessfully acquiredprehension of the Origin of Power (Entry-level), costing 200 million energy. Remaining energy: 2 billion 813.23 million points.] As the simtor''s prompt faded, two mysterious forces entered Su Xing''s body. The first thing Su Xing felt was a great enhancement in hisprehension of the Dao of Talismans. The problems that Su Xing couldn''t understand before all became clear. Indeed, with any Dao, talent and aptitude were extremely important. Then, many insights about the Origin of Power suddenly filled Su Xing''s mind. Su Xing calmed his mind and sat cross-legged in front of the thatched hut. After a quarter-hour passed, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes. Upon reopening his eyes, a trace of astonishment appeared in Su Xing''s eyes. "The Origin of Power... pursuing the ultimate strength..." Su Xing carefully sensed it, seeming to perceive a rough power of origin within himself. Speed and strength... these two origins are the foundational structures of many Great Daos. Now that Su Xing, just at Great Perfection in the Return to Void Realm, could sense these two origins, it would greatly benefit his future cultivation! Su Xing''s heart moved, and a weak Origin of Power was activated. Subsequently, Su Xing felt his strength suddenly increase to an unprecedented level in a short time... This was at least a fivefold increase in power! Su Xing took a deep breath, finding it hard to believe that such a minor origin power could give him such a massive enhancement. Under the empowerment of the Origin Power, Su Xing''s strength immediately surged from 5 million tons to 25 million tons! If added with the support of Origin Force, it could reach an astonishing 50 million tons! This was the terrifying power that only mid-Chaos Origin Realm experts could reach! But Su Xing, already mastered while at Great Perfection in the Broken Void Realm... However, this extreme power onlysted for a few breaths before quickly dissipating. The root cause was that Su Xing''sprehension of the Origin of Power was too shallow and could only maintain it for a very short time. After one use, he had to wait a long time before he could release it again... "Roughly equivalent to one strike in a battle... I can trigger a single hit with fivefold power boost!" "And this is just the entry-level of the Origin of Power... How terrifying would it be if it reached Minor Achievement?" Chapter 419: Chapter 223 Puppet? Just an Alchemy Toolman 007! (5k) Su Xing was shocked, and at the same time muttered with some surprise, "If I trigger the Origin of Power... I should be able to instantly kill True Person Wan Mu with one punch, right?" "After killing True Person Wan Mu, perhaps the Spirit Vein Dragon won''t be exposed... By then, maybe the Dragon Protector won''t know about the emergence of the Spirit Vein Dragon?" Su Xing was lost in thought. But this was just Su Xing''s guess. To know the specific situation, Su Xing still needed to try it in the next simtion. "And the Dao of Puppets... Now, after receiving two lessons from Ghost Grandma, although my study of the Dao of Puppets is at the beginner level, it should be enough to drive ordinary puppets, right?" Su Xing looked at the eight puppets left by the Damned Zong. If these eight puppets were slightly modified, perhaps Su Xing could have a batch of freebor for alchemy and farming. So, in the next week, Su Xing began to try modifying the Living Dead Puppets. "These puppets are allbat types... they are not specifically for alchemy. The abilities of humanoid puppets are not much different from their abilities when they were alive..." Su Xing first consulted the Damned Zong''s diary and spent an hour to find the identities of the eight puppets. Among the eight puppets, three had wood and fire attributes of Spiritual Energy, namely Flower Fairy and the other two puppets. One of the puppets had even been an alchemist. Knowing that these three puppets had the ability for alchemy, the next steps became much simpler. Su Xing first erased the Divine Sense Marks left by the Damned Zong on the puppets, then left his own mark. Next, Su Xing opened the control core of the Living Dead Puppet, which was generally located in the puppet''s heart. A puppet''s abilities mainly depended on three parts. The first part was Su Xing''s Divine Soul Mark, which Su Xing could activate tomand the puppet. Secondly, it was the puppet mark at the puppet''s control core. There were many types of puppet marks:bat, auxiliary, spirit array, alchemy, and talisman-making. With different puppet marks, the puppet could perform different tasks. The third part was the abilities the person had before they died, which would be retained to a certain extent. And since Su Xing couldn''t independently create new puppet marks to rece them, only those three puppets with alchemy talent could be used for alchemy. Su Xing named them, Ah Da, Ah Er, and Xiao Mei! Ah Da had been at the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage before being made into a puppet, and he retained strength close to the peak Nascent Soul level. He had also been an alchemist. So Su Xing easily taught him how to make Fasting Pills. After all, this was the lowest rank of elixir. Even a Foundation Establishment puppet could make it. Ah Er was also at the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage and retained wood and fire attributes of Spiritual Energy after bing a puppet. Although he was abat puppet without intelligence and independent consciousness, he had the ability to mimic and learn. So Su Xing let him follow Ah Da to learn how to make Fasting Pills. He would likely learn it soon. As for Xiao Mei, she was the Damned Zong''s lover, Flower Fairy. She had only the strength of the Foundation Establishment Stage, but her physical body was well-preserved, with some residual consciousness. She was likely a top-notch puppet refined through secret methods by the Damned Zong. Her strength was the lowest, but her potential was significant. Su Xing temporarily let Xiao Mei also learn how to make Fasting Pills. As for the remaining five Living Dead Puppets, Su Xing let them do farming and weeding tasks. This would also reduce Su Xing''s pressure. The Living Dead Puppets had no independent consciousness and didn''t need rest. They only needed regr energy infusion, inserting Spirit Stones into the core, to be used continuously. After some calction, Su Xing found that if they only did weeding tasks, one puppet would need only one Low-grade Spirit Stone per year. Alchemy required more Spirit Stones, with one puppet needing ten Low-grade Spirit Stones per month. But this was entirely manageable for Su Xing, who had tens of thousands of Spirit Stones. "It''s just... puppets need an incredible number of Spirit Stones forbat!" "And the early-stage Return to Void Realm puppet obtained from the Wan Mu Sect ruins is almost scrapped... Maybe I can try to repair it when I have time in the future?" Very quickly, a week passed. In Su Xing''s Spirit Field Cave, there were eight new free puppetborers. Ah Da performed well, providing Su Xing with an extra one thousand Fasting Pills per week, with a chance to produce top-quality Fasting Pills. Ah Er was slightly worse, producing about five hundred Fasting Pills per week. As for Xiao Mei, she made only about a hundred Fasting Pills per week, with a high failure rate. However, Su Xing was very patient, considering it as future umtion. As long as there were enough puppets, Su Xing could produce tens of thousands of Fasting Pills per week in the future! This week, Su Xing was busy modifying puppets and teaching them alchemy, so he only managed to make less than two thousand Fasting Pills himself. When the day came to meet Jin Congxue, Su Xing disguised himself and suppressed his aura before going to the vi area. In the vi, Jin Congxue had been waiting for a long time. The two sat facing each other, eating and chatting. Jin Congxue took out a storage ring she had prepared earlier and said, "The new week''s goods, including the output from the second-rank alien metal mine, are here... From now on, we can stably provide second-rank alien metal every week!" Chapter 420: Chapter 223 Puppet? Just an Alchemy Toolman 007! (5k)_2 "We also informed the Great Xia Military, and as long as the Tarot Society provides Fasting Pills, every fifty thousand Fasting Pills will give us the right to mine a second-tier alien metal mining area!" Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "That sounds about right... I will temporarily stop the production of Nourishing Face Pills and focus all my efforts on making Fasting Pills!" "Alien metal mining will be the main business direction for our Tarot Commerce Association in the future!" Jin Congxue listened and didn''t refuse; she only said, "Of course, the Tarot Society was founded by you and me, so I have no issue with these major decisions..." "And since the Tarot Society''s current operations are stable, there''s no need for significant fund injections... As for the Nourishing Face Pills, you can make some asionally to fulfill certain customer requests!" After hearing this, Su Xing nodded; Jin Congxue''s ideas coincided with his own. The two chatted for a while longer, and Jin Congxue seemed to remember something funny, saying, "By the way, have you heard recently... Including the Pearl Commerce Association, the Northern Yuan Commerce Association... Even my second great-uncle, they seem to be looking for a legendary hidden peerless expert!" "As for why they''re looking for that expert, the reason is still unknown, but it seems to have something to do with longevity?" Saying this, Jin Congxue burst intoughter, "You wouldn''t believe itmy second great-uncle, over five hundred years old, a dignified Heavenly King Level expert... ended up stumbling several times in a day from being in such a hurry..." Su Xing''s mouth twitched as he asked tentatively, "Oh? Have they found any news about this expert?" Jin Congxue shook her head, "No... that seniores and goes without a trace, leaving no clues... Even when somemerce associations enlisted a Legendary Level expert from the Demon-Subduing Pass to divine, they found no information about that senior at all!" Su Xing felt a lot more at ease after hearing this. After that incident, Su Xing was investigated, which was entirely within his expectations. But it was destined to yield no results, as Su Xing had shielded the Heavenly Secrets, acted covertly, and simted beforehand, eliminating nearly all riskshow could he be found? And among the tens of billions of people in the Great Xia Country, no one would suspect a mere university student like Su Xing. Soon, their conversation ended. Su Xing, with the new week''s goods, discreetly returned to the Spirit Field Cave. The new week''s goods provided Su Xing with 150 million points of simted energy. As Su Xing had imagined, a second-tier alien metal mining area instance could bring nearly fifty million points of pure profit in simted energy per week! Thus, Su Xing''s simted energy reached 2.96823 billion points. On December 16, 2024, in the New Era, Su Xing prepared for a new round of simtion. Before simting, Su Xing set goals for this simtion. "Understanding the Origin of Power and reaching Minor Achievement as soon as possible... this will allow me to break into the Body Integration Realm quickly!" "Apart from that, the Dao of Puppets still needs to be improved; if I can create more puppets, I can get more simted energy in the future, and the simted energy required for the Body Integration Realm will be sufficient by then..." With this in mind, Su Xing looked at the simtion panel. "Begin simtion!" [Ding! This simtion costs 6600 points of energy. Remaining energy: 2.96823 billion points, remaining simtions: unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing a Purple Talent costs 100,000 points of energy, drawing a Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 million points of energy, draw?] "Draw a Golden Quality Talent!" Su Xing said without hesitation. [Ding, congrattions on obtaining the Purple Talent: Supreme Spearmanship. Next time, the chance of drawing a Golden Talent is 50%...] [Supreme Spearmanship]: Yourprehension in the art of spearmanship surpasses ordinary people; your talent in the way of the spear is several times that of a normal person. Looking at the newly drawn talent, Su Xing shook his head unsurprisingly. As expected, it was not a Golden Talent. "Spearmanship, huh... not bad, but who can be proficient in every weapon? Even I... couldn''t master everything." Having devoted himself to swordsmanship, Su Xing had no intention to pursue spearmanship for now. With this in mind, Su Xing''s gaze turned back to the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realize you are in a simtion.] [For the next half month, you will be making elixirs while umting the Great Wisdom State''s blessing.] [Half a monthter, you set off to enter the Luotian Meeting Instance.] In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly. In this simtion, he nned to continue receiving guidance from Ghost Grandma to learn the Dao of Puppets. "Use the immersive simtion function... Duration: 24 hours!" [Ding, you have sessfully used immersive... Remaining energy: 2.96583 billion points.] ... Soon, the immersive simtion ended. In this simtion, Su Xing once again gained considerable knowledge about the Dao of Puppets from Ghost Grandma. "Although I haven''t reached the Minor Achievement level... my understanding of the Dao of Puppets has significantly improved!" Su Xing nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the simtion panel. [After a month, you met Luo Shuying as agreed and joined the Descending Sect.] [Luo Shuying was already a Legendary Level expert at this time, and you quickly garnered a group of followers within the Descending Sect.] [For the next year, you stayed in the Descending Sect daily, making elixirs and studying the Dao of Puppets.] [In the second year, you took time out again to enter the Luotian Meeting Instance.] "Use the immersive simtion function..." Chapter 421: Chapter 223 Puppet? Just an Alchemy Toolman 007! (5k)_3 [You sessfully used immersive simtion... Remaining energy: 2,963,430,000 points.] ... A day of immersive simtion ended. Su Xing soon returned to the real world, with a deeper understanding of the Dao of Puppets. "Not bad, this simtion... perhaps my mastery of the Dao of Puppets could indeed reach the Minor Achievement level!" "By then, I should be able to independently refine puppets capable of alchemy..." Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simtion panel. [You stayed in the Descending Sect for another year, sessfully refining sufficient elixirs.] [Because the purpose of this simtion was to quickly umte Origin Power, it didn''t matter whether you defected from the Descending Sect. To gather more information, you decided to stay in the Descending Sect.] [In the third year, you handed over the twenty thousand-plus elixirs you umted to the Great Xia Military.] [The Great Xia Military gained many powerful cultivators in just one year.] [Although the Descending Sect was troubled by this, they never suspected you, as you never exposed your alchemy abilities.] [Then, you continued to diligently practice the Puppetry Technique, and every year on the day of Jingzhe, youprehended the Origin of Power.] [Thus, three more years passed.] [In the sixth year, your mastery of Origin Power improved; the duration you could sustain using Origin Power increased from three breaths to five breaths.] [This would almost allow you to throw two full-strength punches in battle.] [You were not satisfied with this and continued to delve into the Dao of Puppets whileprehending Origin Power.] [Thus, two more years passed.] [In the eighth year, you initially mastered the creation of puppet marks. Based on the memories in your mind, you were able to transform ordinarybat-type puppets into puppets specialized for alchemy.] [So, you attempted to modify the remaining five puppets you had.] [This research took another three years.] [By the eleventh year, after your continual research, you finally transformed the remaining five puppets into alchemy puppets.] [Thus, you had eight puppets working day and night for you, refining elixirs around the clock.] [You tried to have them refine Fasting Pills...] [After two months of testing, you found that the eight puppets could collectively refine fifty thousand Fasting Pills in a month.] [This would mean that, every month, just these eight puppets could yield the equivalent of a minor achievement-level alien metal mining area dungeon!] [You were overjoyed by this discovery.] [At the same time, as you continued to delve into your studies, you noticed something peculiar about the puppet code-named Xiaomei.] [The other seven puppets, though at the Nascent Soul peak, had limited potential and found it difficult to break through.] [However, Xiaomei stood out, able to self-improve and continually surpass limitations, from initially refining one hundred elixirs a week to now being able to refine over a thousand.] [You spected that this might be because Xiaomei''s body still retained a remnant of a Divine Soul Mark from its previous life, so you tried imnting a more advanced puppet mark.] [Through your continuous experiments, you discovered that Xiaomei indeed had further potential for development, even able to advance in cultivation level!] In the real world, Su Xing was amazed by this revtion. "Puppets... can they also improve in cultivation level?" Based on the information Su Xing had, enhancing a puppet''s power either required using more precious Heaven and Earth Treasures to refine it or equipping it with stronger Magical Treasures. But it was unheard of for a puppet to cultivate itself, something Su Xing had never known before. "Could this be... the rumored Puppet Cultivator?" Su Xing''s eyes widened. It must be known that an ordinary Cultivator would cultivate as a human... However, after a cultivator''s death, their spirit could potentially turn into a ghost and continue cultivating, bing a ghost cultivator! And if a cultivator refined themselves into a puppet, there was an extremely low probability of bing a Puppet Cultivator! And now, it seemed that Su Xing''s Xiaomei puppet had turned into a Puppet Cultivator? "Hiss... this is an extraordinary discovery!" Su Xing muttered to himself, his gaze turning back to the simtion panel. [You soon realized that Xiaomei might be a one-in-a-million Puppet Cultivator, born from fortuitous circumstances...] [But you didn''t know how to help Xiaomei recover the remaining traces of her self-awareness, so you put it aside for the moment.] [Thus, in the following three years, you continued to study the Puppetry Technique and the Origin of Power every day.] [By the fourteenth year, your mastery of the Puppetry Technique could be described as reaching a minor achievement.] [You decided to attempt crafting an artifact puppet yourself.] [Artifact puppets, unlike human puppets, were made of metals and minerals, simr to mechanical beasts or robots...] [Before refining an artifact puppet, you had to learn artifact refining first.] [So, you began to delve into the Path of Artifact Refining...] [Though you had no particr talent for artifact refining, fortunately, the artifact puppet you needed to refine was the most basic, requiring no advanced techniques.] [You referenced the jade slip left by that damned Zong, beginning to study the Path of Artifact Refining.] [Having the Li Fire Technique, ideal not just for alchemy but also for artifact refining, saved you a lot of effort.] [As for the materials for refining the puppet, you soon chose the Fourth-Rank Special Metal!] [You controlled the Li Fire to burn the special metal, forging it into a human shape... This process required precise control of Divine Sense, Spiritual Energy, and me.] [After several months of attempts, you finally managed to barely produce a human-shaped puppet.] [Although this puppet''s appearance had nearly no resemnce to a human, you didn''t mind, as it merely needed to be functional.] [Next, you began to craft the puppet''s core and puppet mark, leaving your own puppet mark within.] [You arranged a wood attribute and a fire attribute spiritual array within the puppet''s body, facilitating the conversion of wood and fire attribute Spiritual Energy...] [Then, at the core, you inscribed a me talisman mark, allowing the puppet to autonomously release mes.] [You inserted several Spirit Stones into the puppet for its energy needs.] [What remained was the most challenging part of the entire puppetry technique, teaching the puppet to perform specific tasks.] [Lacking self-learning capabilities, you had to imnt the process of refining Fasting Pills into the puppet''s core, then modify it in practice, enabling it to gradually master alchemy.] [This process took a whole month.] [After a month, you finally seeded in teaching the puppet alchemy; it could refine two thousand Fasting Pills a month!] [Despite its low efficiency, you were very satisfied...] [Because next, you nned to attempt the mass production of alchemy puppets...] Chapter 458: Chapter 233: A New Round of Simulation, Su Xings Goal! (5k) New Era, January 13, 2025. Su Xing punctually started the new round of simtion. This time, Su Xing''s goals were clear. First, he needed to find more substances containing energy. Second, he nned to explore the Luotian Meeting Instance again to see if he could uncover new clues. Third, he aimed to reach the Little Qingyun Realm and find more information and useful cultivation resources there. Su Xing wrote down his n in a small notebook, then muttered, "Begin simtion!" [Ding! This simtion consumes 7,000 points of energy, remaining energy 700,589,000 points, remaining simtion attempts unlimited.] [Simtion begins!] [Drawing Purple Talent costs 100,000 points of energy, drawing Golden Legendary Talent costs 1,000,000 points of energy. Proceed?] Su Xing hesitated not at all and silently conveyed, "Draw Golden Talent!" [Ding, congrattions on obtaining Purple Talent Hua Tuo Reborn. Next time drawing Golden Talent the chance is 20%...] [Hua Tuo Reborn]: Purple Talent, you are highly skilled in treating wounds. Even the most difficult external injuries can be cured by you. The effectiveness of your wound-healing elixirs is increased by 50%. (Ps: What? Immortals don''t just heal with a breath of immortal qi?) Su Xing looked at the newly drawn Purple Talent without any surprise. With a ten percent probability, getting it from the simtor would indeed be a surprise. "But... this seems to be a talent of a divine healer?" Su Xing nodded slightly. Strictly speaking, this talent was indeed excellent, especially in enhancing the effect of wound-healing elixirs. However, for Su Xing at the moment, it was still of limited use. "Let''s simte first before thinking too much..." Feeling somewhat impatient, Su Xing directed his gaze to the simtion panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you became aware that you are in a simtion.] [You took out the alchemy furnace and began to refine elixirs.] [After a day, you refined several furnaces of Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills.] [You had earlier gathered information about Lu Yuanwu, then disguised yourself to find him.] [Lu Yuanwu did not recognize you, and therefore, had some hostility towards you.] [You didn''t hesitate and directly kidnapped Lu Yuanwu.] [Even though Lu Yuanwu was in the Martial Emperor Realm, in your hands, he was like a helpless chick. He was astonished by your power.] [You tied Lu Yuanwu to an isted mountain. Despite his fear, he asked who you were and why you had kidnapped him.] [He suspected you were from the Descending Sect but was uncertain of your intentions.] [You didn''t answer but instead took out a bottle of Essence-Nourishing Pills and a bottle of Organ Refining Pills.] [You handed the two bottles of elixirs to Lu Yuanwu, telling him you were experimenting with them and that the Great Xia Military must not know about it.] [Lu Yuanwu took the elixirs, puzzled.] [You didn''t exin further, only saying you had many more such elixirs and that if Lu Yuanwu was interested in cooperation, to meet at the same ce in a month.] [After saying this, you left the mountain.] [After leaving the mountain, you restored your original appearance and entered the Luotian Meeting Instance.] In the real world, seeing this, Su Xing muttered, "Use the immersive simtion function, duration 24 hours!" [You sessfully used the immersive simtion... remaining energy 700,249,000 points.] With the simtor''s prompt, Su Xing immediately entered the Luotian Meeting Instance. "Dear disciple, go to the rear mountain and ask your Senior Brother Shennong toe over..." Before Su Xing stood an elder with the visage of a child and the hair of a crane, smiling kindly. This was Luo Song, the Supreme Elder of the Luo Tian Sect. He was a loose immortal who had transcended the Heavenly Tribtion! His cultivation level was unfathomably deep. Since breaking through the Body Integration Realm, Su Xing''s status within the Luo Tian Sect had risen to that of a second-ss Immortal Seed. In previous immersive simtions, this Supreme Elder had already been Su Xing''s master. However, aside from his profound cultivation, Su Xing hadn''t noticed any other differences. To Su Xing, whether it was Niu Ruolie or the Luo Tian Sect''s Sect Master, or even Luo Song before him, they all seemed to be merely task givers. "As youmand, Master!" Su Xing responded and then went to the rear mountain to fetch Shennong Youtian,pleting the task skillfully. After finishing everything, Su Xing didn''t go to the Scripture Pavilion immediately. Instead, he started exploring the Luo Tian Sect. Flying on his sword a thousand meters high, Su Xing looked down. "The Luo Tian Sect''s area is ridiculously extensive... spanning hundreds of thousands of miles, all under the sect''s jurisdiction." he muttered. "This realm is called Luo Tian Realm, with countlessrge and small cultivation sects within, all dominated by the Luo Tian Sect..." "The sect''s gate alone covers an area asrge as a city!" "Besides the rear mountain, the sect hall, the artifact refining room, the alchemy room, and the Scripture Pavilion... there are also numerous disciples'' residences, the seclusion ces of each elder, and the blessednds of core figures in the sect..." "Searching thoroughly will take who knows how long..." Su Xing sighed. Based on the intelligence he had previously gathered, Blood Three and Blood Nine likely had a huge secret rted to Luo Tian. Su Xing guessed that it might be a supreme treasure? So he prepared to search the Luo Tian Sect''s headquarters to see if he could find anything. Soon, half a day passed, and Su Xing''s divine sense had almost scanned every corner of the Luo Tian Sect headquarters. Except for the seclusion ces of some great cultivators and certain forbidden areas, he couldn''t search. Nevertheless, Su Xing still didn''t find any trace of a great treasure. Chapter 459: Chapter 233: A New Round of Simulation, Su Xings Objective! (5k)_2 "s, searching for this is no different from finding a needle in a haystack..." Su Xing sighed softly and prepared to spend the next bit of time learning the Dao of Puppets from Ghost Grandma in the Scripture Pavilion. ... "Little one, would you be willing to do me a favor, next year around this time..." Ghost Grandma used her familiar rhetoric. But Su Xing had a sudden inspiration and asked, "Senior, what exactly is this favor? Could you reveal a bit in advance?" Ghost Grandma smiled and replied, "Your current strength is too low; you''ll have to wait until next year..." Upon hearing Ghost Grandma''s words, Su Xing felt a sudden jolt, a thought rushing through his mind. "Could it be that the secrets rted to Luo Tian Sect are with this Ghost Grandma!?" "And the reason I can''t get ess right now... is because my strength is too low!" Su Xing seemed to have a moment of realization. In the following time, he continued to learn the Dao of Puppets from Ghost Grandma as usual. Soon, the time for the immersive simtion ended. Su Xing returned to the real world. "What exactly is the secret of the Luo Tian Sect?" "Even with Integration Phase Cultivation Level, I can''t touch it... Now, I must enhance my cultivation level first..." With this in mind, Su Xing looked at the simtion panel. [Aftering out of the Luo Tian Sect replica, you returned to the Blessed Land to continue refining elixirs.] [A monthter, you arrived at the mountain where you previously met Lu Yuanwu.] [You saw Lu Yuanwu, who had been waiting for you for a long time. You released your Divine Sense and found no one else secretly monitoring the area.] [You secretly admired Lu Yuanwu for his open nature.] [You appeared to meet Lu Yuanwu.] [Upon seeing you, Lu Yuanwu''s face turned red with excitement, repeatedly calling you "Senior."] [You knew that Lu Yuanwu must have understood the elixir''s effects, hence his respectful demeanor.] [Sure enough, Lu Yuanwu mentioned that he tested the elixir the day he received it and found it very beneficial to Master-level profession users'' strength growth.] [He said that this elixir is a treasure for the Great Xia Military and even the entire Human Race!] [Simultaneously, Lu Yuanwu carefully asked what your demands were and whether you intended to trade.] [Upon hearing Lu Yuanwu''s words, a slight smile appeared on your lips; his reaction was entirely within your expectations.] [After a moment''s thought, you proposed a fair price: 10 Essence-Nourishing Pills or Organ Refining Pills for 1 ton of third-tier Alien Metal.] [Hearing this price, Lu Yuanwu raised his eyebrows.] [Indeed, third-tier Alien Metal is precious, but the Great Xia Military had been mining for thousands of years. Precious Alien Metal had long piled up in their Treasure Vault.] [Third-tier Alien Metal could provide Grandmaster-level and even Heavenly King-level professionals with valuable weapons, greatly enhancing their strength.] [But the Essence-Nourishing Pill and Organ Refining Pill could directly nurture Grandmaster-level experts...] [An average of ten Essence-Nourishing or Organ Refining Pills could at least produce one Grandmaster-level expert; the value is self-evident!] [This meant that a ton of third-tier Alien Metal could be traded for a Heavenly King-level expert, who wouldn''t want that?] [Understanding this, Lu Yuanwu decisively agreed, even subtly asking if the elixirs had any side effects and why the price was so low.] [You didn''t answer, only asked how much Alien Metal Lu Yuanwu could prepare within a week.] [After pondering, Lu Yuanwu said that if the Great Xia Military were informed, they could mobilize any amount with all their might... but if it were up to him alone, he could gather a few thousand tons of third-tier Alien Metal in a short time.] [You shook your head slightly and told Lu Yuanwu to keep this matter quiet because there were Human Race traitors within the Great Xia Military.] [Lu Yuanwu was shocked and hurriedly asked if you had any information on the traitors.] [You shook your head slightly, saying you didn''t know yet but would reveal the informationter.] [Lu Yuanwu wasn''t disappointed, for many military generals knew of the traitors'' existence and had been secretly searching for them.] [However, identifying these military traitors was extremely difficult; some had been lurking for decades, impossible to detect except in critical moments.] [Lu Yuanwu finally asked a crucial question: "Senior, how much of these elixirs can you provide?"] [Su Xing slowly replied with a number: "Fifty thousand!"] [Hearing this number, Lu Yuanwu''s body trembled, and then his face showed immense joy.] [That was a total of fifty thousand elixirs! At least, within a year, five thousand, if not more, Grandmaster-level professionals could be born!] [This could increase the number of Grandmaster-level professionals in the Great Xia Military by over thirty percent! It would be a qualitative leap for the overall strength of the Human Race!] [Lu Yuanwu asked when the trade could take ce. You thought for a moment and told him to trade once a month from now on, at this location, and only Lu Yuanwu alone shoulde.] [Lu Yuanwu agreed immediately, understanding that you did this to avoid the existence of traitorous spies.] [You then discussed the trade details with him and swiftly left, without lingering...] [After a rapid journey, ensuring no one followed you, you returned to the Spirit Field Cave.] [At this moment, you began tinkering with your puppets.] [Unfortunately, apart from the first one, your puppets couldn''t yet refine elixirs with the difficulty of Essence-Nourishing Pills or Organ Refining Pills.] [Before it became a Nascent Soul Stage alchemist, the first puppet could naturally refine Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills without issue.] Chapter 460: Chapter 233: A New Round of Simulation, Su Xings Objective! (5k)_3 [But you also discovered that even with A Da''s alchemy skill, he could only refine about three hundred Essence-Nourishing Pills in a week. This quantity was still too small, and the quality was far inferior to your own.] [For the next half month, you stayed in the Spirit Field Cave, continuing to refine elixirs.] [Half a monthter, you went to meet Luo Shuying as promised, and under her guidance, you joined the Descending Sect.] In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly. "Indeed, it was time to start trading with the Great Xia Military... For now, at least Lu Yuanwu was trustworthy!" "And with my growing power, there were almost no beings on Blue Star that could threaten me..." Having entered the Body Integration Realm andprehended the Heavenly Sword, Su Xing''s currentbat strength was roughly equivalent to that of ate-stage Great Emperor. Among the entire Human Race, the only person who could possibly match Su Xing inbat was the elderly peak Great Emperor guarding Demon-Subduing Pass. But that person couldn''t leave Demon-Subduing Pass. And the only opponent in the Descending Sect on Blue Star who could be a match for Su Xing was that damned dragon. But with Su Xing''s rapidly increasing power, those two would soon be left behind. Therefore, the only thing Su Xing needed to be wary of was enemiesing from beyond Blue Star. The Red Moon on the ughter Battlefield... and the Descending Sect gods in the Three Thousand Worlds! "Although the Red Moon hasn''t been resurrected yet, it''s still a deity. I don''t know what tricks it might have... So, it''s best to stay cautious." "Then there''s the damned dragon; he could contact powerful beings with ''Blood'' codenames from the Three Thousand Worlds at any time. I need to be extremely careful!" After pausing, Su Xing continued, "But if I just trade with trusted members of the military, slowly releasing some inconspicuous items to exchange forrge amounts of simted energy to further increase my strength, that''s the right way to go!" "Like boiling frogs in warm water... Once I''ve umted enough strength and energy... Even if I''m eventually discovered, I can simply crush them to death!" Su Xing''s lips curved into a slight smile. This n could be summed up in one phrase: build high walls, umte energy widely, and bide time to proim supremacy... "However, the spies and undercover agents from the Descending Sect within the Great Xia Military are indeed a hidden danger and need to be cleaned out..." Su Xing muttered to himself. "As for their list of informants... Now that I''ve be a faction leader within the Descending Sect, wouldn''t it be easy to obtain a small list?" The above was the risk of trading with the military. But if he strengthened his dealings, the benefits to Su Xing would be enormous! Ten Essence-Nourishing Pills could be exchanged for one ton of third-tier alien metal, valued at 2 million simted energy points! Ten thousand pills would equal 1,000 tons of third-tier alien metal, worth 20 billion energy points! Su Xing only needed to produce 100,000 Essence-Nourishing Pills to get 200 billion energy points, which would be more than enough to cultivate to the Mahayana Realm! "The problem is, I need over a year to refine 100,000 Essence-Nourishing Pills... and I don''t have that many spiritual herbs right now..." Su Xing frowned slightly. Relying solely on his own alchemy skills was clearly inappropriate and too time-consuming. "But what if... I use one simtion attempt to bring out both Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills from the simtion?" Su Xing couldn''t help but feel a sense of satisfaction. For the simtor, the cost of Essence-Nourishing Pills would definitely not be as high as 200,000 energy points per pill. Su Xing estimated that each pill would cost only around 10,000 energy points. He could easily bring out tens of thousands of Essence-Nourishing Pills at once, then sell them to Lu Yuanwu for alien metal and make a huge profit from the difference! "With my current strength, as long as I''m cautious... I canplete such a transaction without any risk!" "This is what you call low risk, high reward!" With these thoughts, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simtion panel. This time, he nned to root out the Descending Sect spies embedded in the Great Xia Military! [After joining the Descending Sect, you quickly leveraged your formidable power to attain the position of protector within the sect.] [Over the next year, your stature within the Descending Sect continued to rise, attracting arge number of fervent followers.] [With the help of Luo Shuying, you managed to refine over 100,000 elixirs within a year.] [In the second year, you set off for the Luotian Meeting Instance.] In the real world, Su Xing chanted to himself, "Use immersive..." [You sessfully used immersive... Remaining energy: 790 million points.] ... The immersive simtion ended quickly. As usual, Su Xing learned the Dao of Puppets from the Ghost Grandma during the simtion. "Not bad... Every lesson from Ghost Grandma deepens my understanding of the Dao of Puppets. With the added boost from my Great Wisdom talent, a single lesson is worth several months of studying the Dao of Puppets..." Su Xing nodded in satisfaction, his gaze fixed on the simtion panel. [Upon leaving the Luotian Meeting Instance, you returned to the Descending Sect.] [You continued to refine elixirs as usual, and over another year, you refined more than 100,000 elixirs.] [Meanwhile, the herbal seeds you nted earlier gradually matured into fully grown herbs, which you used to refine several tens of thousands of elixirs with another batch of spiritual herbs.] [At this moment, you had more than 230,000 elixirs in your possession!] [In the third year, you disguised yourself, concealed your aura, and masked your heavenly secrets to meet with Lu Yuanwu.] [You handed over 180,000 elixirs to Lu Yuanwu, keeping the remaining 50,000 Essence-Nourishing Pills and Organ Refining Pills for yourself.] [In the fourth year, you devoted time to enhancing your cultivation level and diligently studied the Heavenly Sword Technique!] [Within a year, you consumed millions of drops of low-grade spiritual liquid, and along with the cultivation increase from the three years of operation by the minor spirit gathering array, you sessfully broke through to the secondyer of the Body Integration Realm!] [However, elevating the Heavenly Sword Technique to the Minor Achievement level proved to be quite challenging. Even for you, achieving the Great Achievement level was likely to take decades; for an ordinary sword cultivator, it would take several centuries.] [Thus, you decided to dual-focus on practicing the Heavenly Sword Technique, hoping for the asional epiphany, while also working hard to improve your cultivation level.] Chapter 503: Chapter 242: Defeating the Demon Saint, A Decades Delay! (7k chapter, votes~)_2 But after all, he was a dignified Demon Saint, and with millions of the Demon Race watching below, he naturally couldn''t avoid it. So, the Demon Saint also threw a punch, and in this punch, there was also an understanding of the Origin of Power! "As expected, has this Demon Saint alsoprehended the Origin Power..." Su Xing''s heart stirred. He neither dodged nor evaded, wanting to see whose strength was ultimately stronger. Boom! Experience tales at ?? With this punch, a terrifying wave of air raised a hundred-meter-high cloud of dust, and the ground began to crack... mountains within a hundred miles copsed. Among the Demonic Beasts army below, more than half of the non-Grandmaster Level beasts perished instantly. Dozens of miles away, an invisible shield rose from Demon-Subduing Pass, firmly blocking the aftermath of the battle. One man and one demon, their punches shed, causing aplete transformation of the terrain where they fought. The final result of their exchange of punches was a draw. In terms of pure physical strength, the Double-pupil Demon Saint was slightly superior to Su Xing. But Su Xing, with the aid of his Origin Force, actually had more strength than the Double-pupil Demon Saint. However, the Double-pupil Demon Saint''s understanding of the Origin of Power was slightly deeper than Su Xing''s. So, their punch ended in a tie. "Hahaha, wonderful! Let''s go again!" The Double-pupil Demon Saint looked like a battle demon, excitement shing on his face. He roared and continued to fight Su Xing at close range. Su Xing naturally had no fear, so high above the sky, the two terrifying "monsters" battled over eight thousand miles. The aftermath of their fight devastated any life in their path. In the blink of an eye, a day and a night passed... In the battle with the Demon Saint, Su Xing gained a lot of experience. At first, he seemed a bit inferior, as Su Xingcked experience battling peers of his level. But as the fight progressed, Su Xing became more adept. The twenty years of intensebat experience gained in Demon-Subduing Pass allowed Su Xing''s purebat skills to match the Demon Saint. On the first day, Su Xing fought the Demon Saint with pure physical strength.N?v(el)B\\jnn Su Xing was at a disadvantage but fought back and forth. He keenly sensed that the Double-pupil Demon Saint seemed to hold back even more powerful strength. On the second day, Su Xing no longer held back and used his swordsmanship to fend off the enemy. With Protective Gang Qi for defense, wherever his sword light reached, the true essence of the sword swept through. The Double-pupil Demon Saint felt immense pressure and was forced to use his true form! The Double-pupil Demon Saint''s true form was a four-legged creature thousands of feet high, resembling both a bull and a tiger but indescribable, with a skin that looked like a battle armor. After revealing his true form, his strength, speed, and defense increased nearly twofold. At first, Su Xing struggled to adapt. But as the battle continued, Su Xing became more proficient. His sword light left gaping wounds on the Demon Saint''s true form. By the third day, relying on his mastery of the sword''s true essence, Su Xing finally gained an absolute upper hand. The Demon Saint''s strength gradually waned due to his worsening injuries. During the most dangerous moment, Su Xing nearly killed the Double-pupil Demon Saint. "Phew... it''s time to end this fight, isn''t it?" Su Xing held the Spirit Sword Mo Bing, adjusting his breath, and looked at the mountain-sized strange giant beast in the distance. Then, with one swing of his sword, ten thousand Zhang of Sword Qi directly struck towards the Demon Saint''s neck. After a sh of sword light, a deep wound reached the bone on the Demon Saint''s neck, and blood spilled onto the ground, forming a smallke. Having struck sessfully, Su Xing prepared to press his advantage and, holding the Spirit Sword, was about to unleash the Heavenly Sword Technique to deliver the final blow to the Demon Saint. But at the critical moment, Su Xing''s heart pounded wildly, as if sensing something, and he hurriedly stopped. He saw a fist-sized golden light sh across the Demon Saint''s true form, scattering and shaking the earth. "This... seems to be an extremely powerful magical treasure!?" Su Xing took a deep breath. Though obscured by the golden light, he could sense extreme danger emanating from it. But in that brief moment, a space rift appeared in the air. The Demon Saint quickly transformed into a human form, entered the rift, and escaped. Seeing this, Su Xing was stunned for a moment but quickly reacted. "That Demon Saint... he ran away!?" Su Xing looked at the almostpletely in demonic beast army and the one remaining Demon Emperor in the distance. They were all in disarray. Su Xing showed a strange expression, then brandished his Sword Qi, ughtering the demonic beasts below... Three days passed in the blink of an eye. The immersive simtion ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world. ... "This Demon Saint... seems to have an extraordinary background!" Su Xing touched his chin, muttering to himself. The magical treasure on the Demon Saint''s body seemed capable of breaking space and escaping to another location. It was likely an escape trump card given to him by an elder of the Double-pupil Demon Saint. "What a pity... I almost killed him!" Su Xing shook his head. "But driving the Demon Saint away is still a good oue... Next, let''s see how long the Demon-Subduing Pass can hold." Su Xing looked at the simtion panel. [You battled the Double-pupil Demon Saint for three days and three nights, finally defeating him with a slight advantage.] [You thought you could y the Demon Saint, but he used a magical treasure to escape.] [However, this did not affect the copse of the demon army. Over the next few months, you rounded up and annihted the demonic beast army, sessfully guarding the Demon-Subduing Pass.] [At this time, you didn''t know when the next wave of the demon race''s offensive woulde.] Chapter 253 Simulated 67 Years, Invincible Below Immortal! (Ten thousand words, two-in-one) [You arrived at the Slaughter Battlefield and continued forward in the direction of the Red Moon.][You eventually reached the end of the Slaughter Battlefield and entered that strange space.] [You glanced at the black passageway, knowing you were still some distance away from traversing the spatial turbulence.] [So, you turned and entered the Descending Sect passage...] [When you woke up again, you were already in the valley town.] [Compared to before, this time, your injuries were much lighter, requiring only two days of rest to fully recover.] [You chose the same descending point as before, so there were still two years left until the next Blood Seed Competition.] [Thus, you continued to work as a brothel guard to accumulate initial funds.] [On regular days, you comprehended the Body-Protecting Sword Aura, increasing the number to nearly four hundred strands!] [In the blink of an eye, two years passed...] [In the thirteenth year, you participated in the Blood Seed Competition, killing over a hundred Return to Void Realm cultivators and accumulating a large sum of money.] [Immediately afterward, you began preparing to escape from the valley.] [You spent two and a half years growing three hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers and sold off the resources previously seized, exchanging them for items like high-grade Pill Furnaces, various herbs, Spiritual Liquid, talisman papers, and so on...] [These items were almost nonexistent in the Tiger Immortal''s stronghold; once you left the valley, it would be hard to obtain them.] [After making these preparations, you chose an auspicious day and snuck into the forbidden area.] [Facing two Mahayana Realm guards, you recklessly took action, killed them both, took the Pass Token, and fled the valley.] [A terrifying aura quickly emerged from within the valley; Mahayana and Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivators started pursuing you.] [But your Sword Flight speed was extremely fast; within just a few days, you had traveled millions of miles...] [One day, you performed a divination, predicting that within the next two days, you would face a tribulation.] [Knowing that Human Immortal Realm cultivators were about to pursue you, you fled into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, continuing to escape.] [You evaded danger and sought safety, bypassed territories of great demons, and ran day and night without stopping...] [Half a month later, you finally entered the core area of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.] [At this moment, two terrifying mana fluctuations came from ten thousand miles behind you...] [You knew it was the Tiger Immortal and Blood Nine fighting each other.] [Soon, the Tiger Immortal would win and come after you.] [Knowing that you couldn''t escape from the Tiger Immortal at your current speed, you simply laid down, found a place, and started sleeping, quietly waiting for the Tiger Immortal to find you.] [Two days later, the Tiger Immortal arrived, looking at you with amazement.] [You calmly bowed to the Tiger Immortal, expressing your gratitude for the Tiger Immortal''s life-saving grace.] [The Tiger Immortal had an odd expression after hearing this; he had merely prevented humans from entering the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and saved you incidentally.] [Just as the Tiger Immortal was about to speak, you began to pledge your loyalty, saying: "Wandering half a life, if you do not abandon me, I am willing to serve you as my lord and help build a great enterprise together."] [This move puzzled the Tiger Immortal.] [It was known that not only did demon cultivators hate Human Clan cultivators, but Human Clan cultivators also despised demon cultivators; they were essentially enemies.] [It was the first time he encountered such a Human Clan cultivator, making him quite curious.] [So, he asked about your skills and why the Descending Sect was pursuing you...] [You explained that because you were adept at planting Gathering Spirit Flowers, the Descending Sect captured you, and you had finally found a chance to escape.] [The Tiger Immortal inquired about your efficiency in planting Gathering Spirit Flowers.] [You replied that if enough seeds were provided, you could grow three hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers every five years...] [You also took out several hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers to bolster your credibility.] [The Tiger Immortal was first astonished, then burst into laughter.] [He stated that he wanted to appoint you as the chief of farming at the Tiger Immortal''s stronghold, responsible for planting Gathering Spirit Flowers for the Tiger Immortal for the next five hundred years.] [You feigned being overwhelmed with favor and followed the Tiger Immortal back to the stronghold...] Su Xing looked at the simulation text in front of him, nodding slightly. All of this was within Su Xing''s plan; currently, these Gathering Spirit Flowers were useless to him. Therefore, it was better for Su Xing to use the Gathering Spirit Flowers as a stepping stone and quickly gain a higher status within the Tiger Immortal''s stronghold. In the future, he might also persuade the Tiger Immortal and the Money Demon King to reconcile and jointly resist possible future threats. "The longer the simulation lasts, the more I can comprehend in my Body Refinement Cultivation Level and Body-Protecting Sword Aura..." Su Xing murmured, looking at the simulation panel. [Following the Tiger Immortal back to the stronghold, your daily activities, besides planting Gathering Spirit Flowers, included cultivation.] S~ea??h the ovlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [In the Tiger Immortal''s stronghold, although the flesh essence of Human Immortal Realm demon generals was rare, the flesh essence of Tribulation Crossing Realm creatures was not hard to find.] [Many demon cultivators consumed high-grade flesh essence to enhance their cultivation speed.] [So, you procured a batch of Tribulation Crossing Realm flesh essence and began selling Rebirth Pills.] [The price remained consistent; for every hundred Rebirth Pills sold, you made a net profit of seventy to eighty pounds of flesh essence...] [You sold one hundred Rebirth Pills each month, and the earnings were sufficient for your daily cultivation.] [Additionally, you set aside four hours each day to comprehend the Body-Protecting Sword Aura.] [In this stable lifestyle, five years quickly passed...] [In the eighteenth year, your cultivation level smoothly advanced to the late stage of the fourth level of the Great Achievement Realm.] [Simultaneously, through five years of accumulation, the number of Body-Protecting Sword Auras you comprehended increased to four hundred and twenty strands...] [You prepared the three hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers required for the five years in advance and handed them over to the Tiger Immortal.] Experience more content on empire [The Tiger Immortal, in high spirits, invited you to plant the Gathering Spirit Flowers in his cave mansion.] Chapter 254 Attaining the Mahayana Realm, Heading to White Emperor City! (10,000 words, two-in-one!) Su Xing''s ears caught the simulator''s notification sound.[Ding! This simulation consumed 8200 points of energy, remaining energy 134,530,000 points, remaining simulations unlimited.] [Simulation starting!] [Drawing for purple talent costs 100k points of energy, drawing for golden legendary talent costs 1 million energy, proceed with drawing?] "Draw for golden talent!" [Ding, congratulations! You''ve acquired the purple talent: Photographic Memory, the chance of drawing a golden talent next time is 30%...] [Photographic Memory]: Purple talent, your memory capacity surpasses that of ordinary people. For text-based books, you can read ten lines at a glance, and remember them effortlessly! (Mom doesn''t have to worry about my studies anymore!) Seeing the newly acquired talent, Su Xing was on the verge of tears. "Wah wah wah, it''s been two years! Almost two years now!" "Darn it... finally got this Photographic Memory talent!" "But hey, isn''t this talent a standard for other transmigrators? Why was it so hard for me to get?" Su Xing sighed, slightly regretting that the talent appeared too late. Currently, Su Xing''s cultivation level was already nearing the Mahayana realm. At this realm, for mundane books, just a glance was enough to record them. As for the arts and techniques, low-rank techniques could be easily mastered, and learning high-rank techniques would be done with half the effort! "I wonder if this Photographic Memory talent will give a boost in learning arts and techniques?" Su Xing was a bit curious and decided to give it a try. He looked at the simulation panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized you were simulating!] [You disguised yourself and held your breath, preparing to trade with Lu Yuanwu.] [In this transaction, Lu Yuanwu brought you 10,000 tons of third-tier alien metal as agreed, and you gave him 100,000 elixirs.] [After the deal, nothing unexpected happened...] [Ten days later, you headed to the Luo Tian instance.] [After leaving the instance, your puppet techniques improved.] [As usual, you joined the Descending Sect. Over the next two years, you refined elixirs, accumulating insights in the Great Wisdom State.] [In the third year, you gifted elixirs to the Great Xia Military.] [Later, you headed to the Commanding Fire Sect ruins to comprehend the Fire Origin.] In the real world, Su Xing took a deep breath, with a hint of anticipation in his eyes. "Here it comes! Let''s see if this time, the Fire Origin can reach perfection!" "Then, using the Fire Origin as the foundation, achieve the Mahayana realm in one go!" Su Xing mentally chanted: "Use immersive simulation for 30 days!" [Ding, you have successfully used the immersive simulation... remaining energy 56,730,000 points.] As the simulator''s notification faded, Su Xing''s vision shifted. Soon after, Su Xing found himself in the familiar Commanding Fire Sect ruins. Sear?h the ovelFire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. After paying respects to the True Immortal of Fire''s corpse, Su Xing took out the Vermilion Bird''s tail feather and integrated it into his body. He then combined it with the branch of the innate Fusang Divine Tree and began comprehending the Fire Origin... The effect of the Spirit Awakening Pill was remarkable. Combined with the Great Wisdom State, Su Xing''s comprehension of the Fire Origin soared. In the blink of an eye, a month had passed... On the last day of the immersive simulation, Su Xing finally succeeded in elevating his comprehension of the Fire Origin to the perfection level! The immersive simulation ended... In the real world, Su Xing let out a long breath, his eyes gleaming with excitement. "The comprehension of the Fire Origin, successfully perfected!" "Next, I''ll find a way to break through to the Mahayana realm!" Su Xing was filled with anticipation. Perfecting the Fire Origin wasn''t only a prerequisite for stepping into the Mahayana realm, but it also significantly boosted his strength! Especially the power of Su Xing''s Li Fire Technique, which would see another significant increase. And the Five Elements Burst Technique''s power would undergo a qualitative transformation! However, Su Xing''s Qi refining cultivation was not high at the moment, so the Five Elements Burst Technique couldn''t threaten late Mahayana enemies yet. Once Su Xing improved his Qi Refinement realm in the future, the Five Elements Burst Technique, as one of the only two "Great Divine Powers" possessed by Su Xing, would still have terrifying potential! He turned his gaze back to the simulation panel. [After burying the True Immortal of Fire, you stayed at the ruins, preparing for closed-door cultivation.] [You entered the Spirit Field Cave, consumed spiritual liquid, and began working towards breaking through to the Mahayana realm...] [Breaking through Qi Refinement Mahayana, there are two stages.] [First, sufficient spiritual power is needed to expand the Sea of Spiritual Energy massively, increasing its capacity to enhance the density of mana, reaching the Mahayana realm.] [Second is achieving perfection in the comprehension of a certain type of Spiritual Root.] [You have long prepared for this day, meeting the second condition already.] [Now you only need to break through with mana, and you''ll reach the Mahayana realm!] [So, you took out the million drops of low-grade spiritual liquid and 900,000 drops of mid-grade spiritual liquid you had accumulated... officially preparing for the breakthrough!] [Before the breakthrough, you went to the Wan Mu Sect ruins, releasing the Spirit Vein Dragon from the formation and leading it into the Spirit Field Cave.] [The Spirit Vein Dragon indeed attracted the damned dragon, and without hesitation, you struck hard and killed it.] [After killing the damned dragon, you knew Blood Three would descend within three years, and you had to break through to the Mahayana realm as soon as possible during this time!] [...In the Spirit Field Cave, you sat cross-legged, adjusting your aura to its peak.] [Just the breathing exercises took you seven full days...] [After seven days, you divined and got an extremely auspicious hexagram.] [Thus, you no longer hesitated and wildly operated the Myriad Flames Technique, absorbing the spiritual energy from the Spirit Field Cave like a torrent.] [The spiritual energy surged into your Sea of Spiritual Energy, continuously filling it...] [After half a month, your Sea of Spiritual Energy was completely filled, with roaring waves of spiritual power seemingly crashing.] [So, you no longer hesitated, starting to expand the Sea of Spiritual Energy...] Chapter 257 Qing Yunzi Appears, Opportunity for Becoming a Saint? (Second Update, Please Vote~) Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly, muttering to himself,"In the simulated fortieth year, Qing Yunzi has yet to exit seclusion... but by this time, Blue Star is probably already destroyed." "This means that relying on Qing Yunzi to protect Blue Star is likely extremely difficult..." "If I ask those senior brothers and sisters in the Golden Immortal Realm to intervene, I wonder if they can resolve the crisis?" Su Xing had some expectations. Though his own strength wasn''t sufficient, if he could call for reinforcements to resolve the crisis, it wouldn''t be shameful! Of course, this was just a small attempt by Su Xing in the simulation. After all, the mystery of Luo Tian was tied to Blue Star; those senior brothers and sisters didn''t know the background, and Su Xing might not dare to expose this secret. He looked back at the simulation panel. [In the forty-first year, your cultivation level increased to the Second Layer of the Mahayana Realm.] [Even though you mainly focused on Body Cultivation all these years, with little time to improve your Qi Refining Cultivation, under conditions of abundant spiritual energy and no shortage of Spiritual Liquid, your cultivation progress wasn''t slow.] [In a blink, two more years passed.] [In the forty-third year, you had your second trade with Immortal Ziling.] [Since you temporarily didn''t lack Spirit Stones and Flesh Essence, you wanted to exchange the Gathering Spirit Flower for a magical treasure you needed.] [Immortal Ziling inquired about the type of magical treasure you required.] [Upon hearing, you directly stated that you needed a magical treasure that could traverse worlds and contained the Dao of Space.] [After hearing your request, Immortal Ziling declined politely; such magical treasures were of extremely high value and couldn''t be exchanged for merely a thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers.] [After contemplating for a moment, Immortal Ziling handed you a plain, black stone.] [When you received this inconspicuous stone, you felt a weight in your hand; this small palm-sized stone was actually as heavy as a mountain!] [Immortal Ziling told you that this treasure was called the Void Stone, which she had acquired by chance while training above the Nine Heavens; it was a material for crafting Acquired Treasures, extremely valuable.] [The Void Stone could not only forge a supreme space treasure, but it also contained a trace of the Dao of Space. If comprehended frequently, it might lead to an understanding of the Origin Power of space.] [You were overjoyed upon hearing this, realizing that this stone''s value far exceeded a thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers.] sea??h th N?velFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [So you took out another eight hundred Gathering Spirit Flowers as compensation.] [Seeing this, Immortal Ziling''s impression of you improved, commending you as a cultivator who wasn''t greedy for quick success and predicting that you would achieve great things in the future.] [After this trade, your relationship with Immortal Ziling became closer.] [Occasionally, when encountering difficulties in cultivation, you would consult with Immortal Ziling.] [Immortal Ziling also purchased some Gathering Spirit Flower seeds from you, attempting to grow them herself, and asked for your experience.] [Generously, you shared your knowledge, though you knew that your expertise in growing Gathering Spirit Flowers was due to the talent inherited from Shennong, something others couldn''t easily learn.] [In the forty-fourth year, after obtaining the Void Stone, your daily tasks included comprehending the spatial power within it!] [Previously, in the chaotic flow of that mysterious space, you had vaguely touched the origin of space, half a step into the threshold.] [But you still couldn''t practically use the power of space.] [If you could properly utilize this spatial stone, even if you couldn''t forge a space treasure, just gaining some insight would be greatly beneficial.] Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly. "The Dao of Space, with its uniqueness and difficulty, far surpasses ordinary Great Dao Principles... If I can gain some insight, perhaps I can bring enough items to travel to the Three Thousand Worlds!" Su Xing had some expectations. For Su Xing, the priority of comprehending spatial power was even higher than improving his cultivation level! He looked at the simulation panel. [In the forty-sixth year, after two years of comprehension, your understanding of spatial power greatly improved, being able to perceive some patterns in spatial fluctuations.] [At this level, although you couldn''t create spatial tools or perform space jumps and world travel, your speed in mastering spatial divine skills increased significantly.] [Thus, another two years passed.] [In the forty-eighth year, you finally barely grasped the basics of spatial power.] [By now, you could predict the operation patterns and future trajectories of spatial turbulence to some extent, avoiding injuries from spatial turbulence.] [Simultaneously, you could utilize materials like minerals containing spatial power to craft some rudimentary spatial tools.] [In the fiftieth year, your Qi Refining Cultivation advanced further, reaching the mid-stage of the Second Layer of the Mahayana Realm.] [In the fifty-first year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level improved, reaching the late stage of the Eighth Layer of the Great Achievement Realm!] [Thus, another two years passed.] [In the fifty-third year, you traded with Immortal Ziling and acquired a large number of contribution points.] [That same year, another of your senior brothers, part of the second-generation disciples, exited seclusion and gifted you an Immortal Grade Bone Regeneration Flower.] [This flower contained extremely strong vitality, capable of bringing mortals back from the brink of death.] [Even cultivators in the Earth Immortal Realm would see their injuries healed quickly upon consumption.] Su Xing saw this and sighed, "Alas, the second-generation disciples of the Qingyun Sect indeed have many benefits!" "Just these tokens of their goodwill are worth all the efforts I''ve put into dozens of simulations in the past..." Several top-quality immortal artifacts; these were treasures that Su Xing had never even seen on Blue Star or in the Little Qingyun Realm. Su Xing sighed inwardly, regretting not finding the sect sooner. He then looked back at the simulation panel. Chapter 279 Golden Talent, Acquired Taoist Body! [First Update, Please Vote for Monthly Ticket] "Huh? Golden Talent... Acquired Daoist Body!"Su Xing took a deep breath, feeling a little excited. Could this Acquired Daoist Body be the one he was thinking of? He quickly turned his gaze to the talent description. [Acquired Daoist Body]: Golden Talent, you are favored by the cultivation world and by the Great Dao itself. Your comprehension speed of the Origin Power of the Great Dao is three times that of an average person. You can easily perceive the Origin and use it... After seeing the explanation for the Acquired Daoist Body, Su Xing''s heart started pounding. "Just as I thought! Accelerated comprehension of the Origin of the Great Dao!" "Then doesn''t this mean... my Spirit Domain can take shape even faster!?" The Spirit Domain, after all, was an advanced way of utilizing the Origin Power of the Great Dao. Su Xing took a deep breath. If he originally had a seventy percent chance of advancing to the Human Immortal Realm, with this talent''s help, stabilizing nine types of Origin of the Great Dao and passing the Spirit Domain threshold had over a ninety percent chance! By then, the probability of passing the Heavenly Tribulation would also be over ninety percent! "Tsk... The key now is, how much strength does Red Moon still have left?" Su Xing felt anticipation in his heart. As long as Red Moon''s current strength did not surpass a True Immortal, Su Xing had a ninety percent chance of blocking its perception! Your journey continues on empire Thinking this, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized you were simulating.] [You traded with Lu Yuanwu as agreed...] [You began to experiment with the possibility of the Spirit Rice plan...] [Day and night, you continuously infused wood attribute immortal power into the Spirit Rice in the Spirit Field to expedite its maturation...] [Under the influence of wood immortal power, both the yield and quality of the Spirit Rice increased significantly.] [In one day and one night, you matured five hundred acres of Spirit Field, harvesting a total of ten million jin of Spirit Rice.] [For the next ten days, you worked day and night, maturing and harvesting Spirit Rice, obtaining a total of one billion jin...] [You went to the Luo Tian instance...] [After leaving the Luo Tian instance, you stayed in the Spirit Field Cave to cultivate.] [You took out the Innate Fusang Tree Branch to test the effects of the Acquired Daoist Body.] [The effect of the Acquired Daoist Body was astonishing, one day of comprehension equaled three days in the past...] [After one month, you officially traded with the Great Xia Military.] [With the mediation of Jin Congxue and Lu Grandmaster, you successfully obtained ten million Abyss Stones.] [For some time, you stayed in Kyoto to see if there were any risks in implementing the Spirit Rice plan.] [Fortunately, Jin Congxue''s confidentiality measures were excellent, and the Great Xia Military''s internal spies were completely eliminated, so the plan was not exposed.] [At the same time, the Tarot Society also faced pressure from the Great Xia official, wanting Jin Congxue to hand over the location of the Spirit Rice instance.] [Luckily, Jin Congxue was extremely resourceful, and coincided with Lu Yuanwu''s promotion, his power in the military was second only to the Human Emperor.] [Therefore, after Jin Congxue agreed to supply Spirit Rice only to the officials, the pressure was ultimately removed...] [You stayed in Kyoto City for three months, ensuring that no unexpected incidents occurred, and then joined the Descending Sect.] In the real world, Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this and said unexpectedly: "Who would''ve thought Lu Grandmaster was so useful!" "His authority in the Great Xia Military actually increased... second only to the Human Emperor?" Su Xing stroked his chin, estimating that Lu Grandmaster''s promotion was closely related to him. It must have been that Lu Yuanwu provided a lot of elixirs, hence his increased authority... Essentially, the Great Xia Military was looking to befriend Su Xing, this "senior expert"! Sarch* The N?velFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Hmm... It seems that the crisis was inadvertently resolved..." Su Xing nodded his head in satisfaction. He pondered whether he should give Lu Yuanwu a little reward later, such as helping him become a legendary expert? This way, Su Xing could also be more at ease with Jin Congxue. He turned his gaze back to the simulation panel. [After joining the Descending Sect, you began to cultivate the fledgling form of the Spirit Domain.] [With the help of the Acquired Daoist Body, your comprehension speed of the Spirit Domain was over three times faster than before!] [Thus two years passed...] [In the third year, you unexpectedly received information that the Descending Sect was planning to assassinate Jin Congxue!] [Upon learning this, you were momentarily stunned. After a thorough investigation, you understood the reason.] [Ever since the Descending Sect''s moles were cleared out years ago, their surveillance of the Great Xia Military had almost come to a halt.] [But over the past three years, the Descending Sect continuously sent spies to infiltrate, and they finally managed to plant several spies.] [These spies were given a special mission: to investigate why the number of low-rank profession users of the Human Race had surged in just a few years?] [Following the clues, they found the Tarot Society and learned that Jin Congxue was the behind-the-scenes boss of the Tarot Society.] [Therefore, the Descending Sect decided to assassinate Jin Congxue!] [Upon learning this, you immediately sought out Jin Congxue, but it was already too late...] [Fortunately, the talismans you had given Jin Congxue played a crucial role. The two Martial Emperor level assassins sent by the Descending Sect were both killed by her using the talismans!] [After learning about this, you gave Jin Congxue several more talismans for self-defense...] In the real world, Su Xing frowned slightly upon seeing this. "Sigh, as expected, the Spirit Rice plan still caused unnecessary trouble..." "In just a few years, billions of Spirit Rice... is probably enough to increase the number of silver and gold level profession users in the Great Xia by millions! Even the number of masters might increase by tens of thousands..." "The commotion is still too big!" Su Xing estimated slightly. The Spirit Rice, matured under wood immortal power and with enhanced quality, was now considered top-grade Spirit Rice, highly effective. For bronze level profession users, consuming about five or six jin would greatly improve their strength and physique within three months, making it easy to complete the silver advancement mission. Chapter 279 Golden Talent, Acquired Taoist Body! [First Update, Request for Monthly Pass]_2 For Silver Level profession users, consuming over ten jin of Spirit Rice within half a year greatly enhanced their potential, making it possible for them to advance to the Gold Level!For Gold Level profession users, consuming one hundred jin within two to three years... advancing to the Master Level was also possible! And Su Xing''s billion jin of Spirit Rice was enough to enable Great Xia Country to produce millions of low-rank profession users within a few years... It almost increased the speed at which low-rank profession users were born several times over! This quantity even attracted the attention of the Descending Sect! "But... the danger comes three years later?" Su Xing contemplated. Three years later, he didn''t even know to what extent his strength would reach. By then, these dangers should dissipate on their own... "Hmm, from this point of view, the problem is not that significant! I can accept this minor risk!" Su Xing slightly nodded, his gaze shifting to the Simulation Panel. [After resolving Jin Congxue''s crisis, you returned to the Descending Sect, constantly monitoring for news on this matter...] [The Descending Sect sent out several batches of assassins successively, all of whom you secretly neutralized without leaving any traces...] [And so, three years passed.] [This year, the leader of the Nature Faction decided to take action personally and assassinate Jin Congxue!] [But Jin Congxue used a Seventh Rank Talisman, successfully countering and killing the Nature Faction leader!] [Subsequently, you fortuitously became the leader of the Nature Faction ahead of schedule.] [Half a year later, Damned Dragon decided to take matters into his own hands and attacked Jin Congxue...] [Fortunately, the Divine Sense you left on Jin Congxue earlier took effect, delivering a serious blow to Damned Dragon, leaving him severely injured...] [When Damned Dragon returned, you felt uneasy, worrying he might report the incident to Blood Three.] [Thus, you used the Spirit Vein Dragon as bait, deliberately engaged in a duel with Damned Dragon, and ''accidentally'' killed him...] [Thereafter, in the Descending Sect on Blue Star, you became the indisputable leader; all cadre members had to follow your orders.] [After defeating Damned Dragon, you felt much more at ease and continued your daily cultivation, waiting for Blood Three to arrive.] [In the ninth year, you successfully incorporated the Origin of Speed into the embryonic form of your Spirit Domain!] [By this time, your Spirit Domain embryo had incorporated the Origins of Wood, Fire, Lightning, Speed, Space, and six Great Dao Origins, but it was still lacking the three major Origins: Sword, Cause and Effect Destiny.] [In the tenth year, Blood Three arrived on Blue Star, learning of Damned Dragon''s death.] [Fortunately, Damned Dragon had not reported the matter of the Spirit Rice... Blood Three remained unaware of this.] [You presented the Spirit Vein Dragon and used your ''Master of Success'' talent to successfully gain Blood Three''s trust and obtain a pass...] [After Blood Three left, you stayed on Blue Star to cultivate in peace.] Seeing the simulation text before him, Su Xing released a long breath. "Phew... Fortunately, as long as Blood Three is kept in the dark, everything will be fine!" "Currently, the two uncertain factors on Blue Star are Blood Three and Red Moon!" "Both of them possess the strength to kill me right now..." But thankfully, as Su Xing''s future cultivation realm grew higher, he would slowly reveal his true power, rising from beneath the surface... His gaze shifted to the Simulation Panel. [And so, ten years passed.] [In the twentieth year, you visited the Beast Taming Realm to eliminate hidden dangers...] [In the twenty-fifth year, you successfully incorporated the Spirit Domain of the Sword into the embryonic form of your Spirit Domain...] [As the number of Great Dao Origins in your Spirit Domain increased, their fusion became increasingly difficult...] [In the twenty-eighth year, the Double-pupil Demon Saint descended, and you used the same strategy...] [In the thirty-third year, the Demon Saint noticed some clues and retreated to the Demon-Subduing Pass.] [After the Demon Saint left, you did not hurriedly retreat but remained at the Demon-Subduing Pass, waiting to see what kind of enemies would come next.] [There, you continued to guard and cultivate your Spirit Domain embryo, attempting to incorporate the Origin of Cause and Effect into your Spirit Domain embryo.] [Thus, nine years passed...] [During these nine years, although you had not successfully incorporated the Origin of Cause and Effect, your mastery of it improved greatly, making your use of its power more refined.] [In the forty-second year, one day, you performed a divination and foresaw that the Demon-Subduing Pass would face a disaster within a month.] [You spent your lifespan to further divine and discovered that this disaster was a minor misfortune, not unavoidable.] [You guessed it was because the foreign deity descending upon the Demon-Subduing Pass was weaker than you...] [Sure enough, a month later, a deity with two horns, as large as a mountain, descended outside the Demon-Subduing Pass.] [When this foreign deity appeared, all the humans inside the Demon-Subduing Pass despaired.] [But you saw that this foreign deity only possessed lower-tier Divine Power, roughly equivalent to the mid-stage of the Human Immortal Realm.] [Thus, you summoned fourteen hundred Sword Qi Barriers and successfully slew the deity!] [You also discovered that this foreign deity''s divine role was related to blood!] [Unfortunately, the Origin Power you possessed was vastly different from this deity''s divinity, making it impossible to devour...] [After killing the foreign deity, you continued to guard the Demon-Subduing Pass.] [Soon, another eight years passed...] [In the fiftieth year, you divined that the Demon-Subduing Pass would once again face a calamity, and if you stayed, you would face certain death!] Sarch* The novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [You knew in your heart that the foreign races would launch an even fiercer attack, one that even you couldn''t stop...] [Thus, you decided not to remain on Blue Star and headed to the Slaughter Battlefield, moving towards Red Moon...] [Red Moon sensed your presence; presenting a pass this time would be useless because you were known as a traitor to the Descending Sect...] [However, this had no effect on you, as you slew the Slaughter Angel Envoy and crossed into the other-world space.] [You traveled through the world portal, arriving in the northern part of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.] [Upon reaching the Little Qingyun Realm, your first task was to go to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, selling and buying intelligence.] Chapter 279 Golden Talent, Acquired Taoist Body! [First Update, Request for Monthly Pass]_3 [You realized that the red-eyed foreign race had not yet appeared on the frontline of the Little Qingyun Realm, indicating that the Red Moon Revival had been delayed!][However, the situation in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains was dire, and even the Tiger Immortal had been killed this year... Out of thirty-six Demon Kings, only a few remained.] [You analyzed the information related to the Red Moon, Qing Yunzi, and the Descending Sect. Based on your estimation, the Red Moon revival would be delayed by ten years, occurring around the sixtieth year...] [Due to the intelligence being revealed late, its value significantly decreased this time, but you still gained a considerable amount of spirit stones.] Su Xing raised an eyebrow upon seeing this. "As expected, the destruction of the Demon-Subduing Pass is directly related to the Red Moon Revival!" "Unfortunately, this trip to the Little Qingyun Realm was somewhat late, and some outcomes could not be changed..." "However, delaying the Red Moon''s arrival is the greatest gain!" Su Xing nodded slightly. This simulation was just a small experiment; perhaps it would allow the simulation time to break through a hundred years... "In the coming period, it''s time to fully comprehend the spiritual domain prototype!" "Meanwhile, it''s also necessary to inquire about the whereabouts of the Origin Martial Pill..." With these thoughts, Su Xing directed his gaze to the simulation panel. [After leaving the Heavenly Secret Pavilion''s intelligence office, you headed to a shop in White Emperor City.] [As you expected, the Origin Martial Pill was just a common elixir in the Little Qingyun Realm.] [The price of an Origin Martial Pill was only thirty to fifty spirit stones, even the best pills didn''t exceed a hundred low-grade spirit stones.] [You swept through dozens of elixir shops in White Emperor City, purchasing a hundred thousand Origin Martial Pills for seventy low-grade spirit stones each, spending only seven million low-grade spirit stones in total.] [The shopkeepers in the city were curious as to why a Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivator needed so many low-grade elixirs, but with business at their doorstep, they naturally did not refuse.] [After buying all the available Origin Martial Pills, you signed agreements with these shops to purchase four hundred thousand more top-grade Origin Martial Pills within ten years.] [For this, you paid a five million low-grade spirit stone deposit...] Su Xing nodded slightly at this. "As expected, the Origin Martial Pill is merely an elixir for Origin Martial Realm cultivators... Its target users are analogous to Nascent Soul Stage cultivators. In the Little Qingyun Realm, this belongs to the low end of the cultivator chain..." In the Little Qingyun Realm, spirit stones and spiritual energy were relatively scarce. Especially for those low-rank cultivators, the so-called "Nascent Soul Patriarchs" considered themselves wealthy if they could come up with a few thousand low-grade spirit stones. For this reason, the price of the Origin Martial Pill was destined not to be high... "The issue of mass purchasing the Origin Martial Pill is solved. Now, the question is: how much energy is required to bring one Origin Martial Pill out?" Su Xing felt a bit of anticipation. He directed his gaze back to the simulation panel. [This year, you left White Emperor City. Deep in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, you established an underground cave mansion and set up the Xuanyuan Concealment Array to shield against the sensing of heavenly secrets.] [For the next ten years, you continued to comprehend the power of karma, striving to form the prototype of the spiritual domain.] [Thus, ten years passed by!] [In the sixtieth year, you successfully emerged from seclusion. Your spiritual domain prototype gained another karmic trait, now containing eight types of great dao origin power...] [After coming out of seclusion, you immediately headed to White Emperor City to fulfill your agreements.] [In these ten years, the number of cultivators in White Emperor City had significantly decreased, but fortunately, you successfully obtained the four hundred thousand Origin Martial Pills.] [Subsequently, you went to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion''s intelligence office to purchase frontline intelligence.] [As you expected, red-eyed foreign races started to appear on the frontline a year prior; you suspected that the Red Moon was gradually reviving...] [You inquired about the situation of the two heavenly immortal-level demons and discovered that they had not been sneak attacked and killed yet.] [So you sold the intelligence that the foreign race would launch sneak attacks on the heavenly immortal-level demons within ten years...] [With this intelligence, you earned a significant amount of spirit stones.] [Meanwhile, you learned that the Descending Sect''s stronghold had been besieged by righteous cultivators.] [However, this intelligence arrived a bit too late, missing the best opportunity for the siege, and the strength of the righteous cultivators had considerably diminished, allowing the Descending Sect to escape numerous times...] [You silently noted this information and then returned to your hidden cave mansion to focus on comprehending the last bit of destiny origin!] [Quickly, five years passed.] [In the sixty-fifth year, with eight types of great dao origin powers in your spiritual domain prototype, you felt the growing difficulty of merging the origin powers.] [By your estimation, you would only be able to accommodate up to nine types of great dao origin power at most before reaching your limit.] [Unsure how long the Little Qingyun Realm could last this time, you redoubled your efforts in cultivation...] [Under the influence of the Taoist Body, your mastery of the spiritual domain steadily improved.] [Time fleeted by, and another fifteen years passed...] [In the eightieth year of the simulation, you successfully integrated the destiny origin into the spiritual domain prototype!] sea??h th n?vel_Fire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [At this point, your spiritual domain prototype finally possessed nine types of great dao origin power, reaching its limit.] [Only one step remained: solidifying the spiritual domain prototype.] [This solidification process took you three years.] [In the eighty-third year, your spiritual domain broke through its limitations. You were just one step away from transcending tribulation and ascending...] [But you did not rush to transcend tribulation; instead, you went to White Emperor City to gather intelligence on the current state of the Little Qingyun Realm.] [Compared to the previous timeline, the situation in the Little Qingyun Realm was much better.] [The main reason was that the red-eyed foreign race appeared later, allowing the frontline cultivators to retain more strength.] [Even so, the frontline was still at an absolute disadvantage, and the Little Qingyun Realm was steadily heading towards destruction.] [After gathering intelligence, you returned to the depths of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains to prepare for tribulation...] Chapter 279 Golden Talent, Acquired Taoist Body! [First Update, Request for Monthly Pass]_4 [You accumulated a month''s worth of the Great Wisdom Talent''s blessing, then took a Spirit Awakening Pill...]In the real world, Su Xing saw this and felt a stir in his heart, silently chanting: "Use immersive simulation, duration: 30 days!" [Ding...] Su Xing''s vision shifted, and he appeared in the simulated world. "The opportunity with the Spirit Awakening Pill cannot be wasted... This simulation, I''ll comprehend the Protective Sword Qi!" Su Xing had already made up his mind. Taking advantage of the great boost in comprehension, he began to study the Protective Sword Qi. Because of the Taoist Body''s effect, Su Xing''s speed in comprehending all Great Dao Origin Powers tripled. And the Great Sword Dao was among them! On the tenth day of the immersive simulation, Su Xing''s Protective Sword Qi numbered one thousand four hundred sixty. On the twentieth day, the total number of Sword Qi reached one thousand five hundred thirty! On the thirtieth day, the amount of Sword Qi broke through to one thousand six hundred! The immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing''s consciousness returned to reality. "Tsk tsk... the Taoist Body''s reputation is well-deserved!" "Combined with the Innate Sword Body... the effects stack, making my month of intense cultivation worth more than a century for ordinary Sword Cultivators!" Su Xing nodded in satisfaction. One thousand six hundred strands of Protective Sword Qi had almost reached his current limit. With the Protective Sword Qi, Su Xing could even threaten Earth Immortal Realm cultivators! "One thousand six hundred strands of Protective Sword Qi, my chances of surviving the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation have increased again!" Su Xing''s lips curled up as he looked at the simulation panel. [After comprehending one thousand six hundred strands of Protective Sword Qi, you adjusted your momentum to its peak, quietly waiting for the moment to cross the tribulation...] [Just like that, two years passed.] [In the eighty-fifth year, one day you performed a divination, and the omen was exceptionally auspicious.] [Thus, you no longer hesitated and prepared to break through to the Transcendance Tribulation Stage in one go!] [With prior experience, you smoothly elevated your immortal power to its peak, taking only a month.] [Then, you drew the Great Dao of Fire into your body, ready to summon the Heavenly Tribulation in one move!] [On the peak of a mountain within the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, dark clouds filled the sky for ten thousand miles around, and thunder rumbled faintly from above...] [At this moment, you encountered the Three Questions of the Heavenly Dao!] [Heavenly Question: What kind of immortal do you seek to become?] [You answered: I seek the orthodox immortal status, to transcend the Six Passages of the Immortal Transformation, integrating the Great Dao into my body, achieving the Human Immortal Realm!] [...] [Three consecutive questions, each striking the depths of your soul!] [After the Three Questions of the Heavenly Dao, the lightning of the Heavenly Tribulation began to gather in the sky!] [You took a deep breath and, in your prime state, faced the impending Heavenly Tribulation...] [The first set of Nine Cycles of Lightning descended, which you endured with your physical body, coming through unscathed!] [Next, the second set of lightning fell. You only took a brief respite and endured it successfully with your physical body again.] [The third set of lightning struck, and after enduring it, a drop of sweat dripped from your forehead.] [At this moment, many living beings in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains were drawn by the lightning and gathered around.] [For the fourth set of lightning, you changed your strategy, enduring it with Protective Gang Qi, without using the Sword Qi...] [For the fifth set of lightning, you unleashed the Spirit Explosion Technique at the lightning, dissipating most of its power and safely passing through.] [...] [As the lightning continued, the surrounding Demon Cultivators and Human Clan Cultivators showed terrified expressions.] [Because the Sixth Set of Nine Cycles was about to descend!] [In the Little Qingyun Realm, those who could trigger the Sixth Set of Nine Cycles of Lightning were rare indeed!] [The Sixth Set of Nine Cycles of Lightning heralded the talent of a Golden Immortal!] [Amidst the exclamations of the cultivators, you slashed out a ten-thousand-mile-long Sword Qi, reducing the power of the Sixth Set of Nine Cycles of Lightning by a third.] [The remaining power of the lightning was further lessened by the Protective Gang Qi. When it struck your body, it was no longer a threat.] [You felt only slight pain in your physical body and passed through the Sixth Set of Nine Cycles of Lightning!] [Within ten thousand miles, the observing cultivators were stunned by your formidable tactics.] [Many cultivators wanted to approach and congratulate you on successfully ascending to immortality...] [Their primary goal, of course, was to forge a connection with a future powerful cultivator!] [But immediately, their expressions changed drastically...] [Because the lightning in the sky showed no signs of dissipating...] [The Seventh Set of Nine Cycles of Lightning was coming!] In the real world, Su Xing''s lips curled into a slight smile, and he remarked: "Tch, cultivators of the Little Qingyun Realm... looking as if they''ve never seen the world!" "But compared to before, this time''s tribulation was much more composed!" During his first tribulation, Su Xing had not held back, wasting some strength and failing to plan well for the tribulation. But now, Su Xing knew he would face the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation. Naturally, he conserved his strength, saving his trump card for last! "This time, I have merged with nine types of Spirit Domains, and my physical body''s strength is now twice as strong as before... The Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, I have a good chance of passing!" With this thought, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel. [High in the sky, dark clouds gathered, and terrifying lightning descended from the Nine Heavens, striking straight at your physical body...] [You took a deep breath, released another Five Elements Immortal Burst Technique, and simultaneously held your sword in your left hand, slashing out a ten-thousand-mile-long Sword Qi!] [In the Immortal Burst Technique, you merged some Origin Power of Wood and Fire Great Dao, greatly enhancing its power...] [An immortal power vortex and a crisscrossing sword light surged toward the Seventh Set of Nine Cycles of Lightning!] [Under the successive resistance of the two attacks, the power of the Seventh Set of Nine Cycles of Lightning was greatly reduced...] [When the lightning passed through the Protective Gang Qi and struck your physical body, you only sustained minor injuries.] [You took out a handful of Wound Healing Pills and swallowed them. You felt the Wood Type Origin rapidly repairing your physical body, and with the help of the Small Strong Talent, your injuries healed quickly...] Sear?h the N?vel?ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [However, you did not relax your vigilance, for the next two sets of lightning would be the true challenge!] Chapter 279 Golden Talent, Acquired Taoist Body! [First Update, Request for Monthly Tickets]_5 [Amidst the exclamations of the cultivators, the eighty-nine lightning tribulation descended...][Facing the eighty-nine lightning tribulation, even you didn''t dare to be careless!] [You took a deep breath, revealing all your trump cards at this critical moment!] [In an instant, the embryo of your spirit domain unfolded, nine strands of Great Dao origin transformed into starlight, surrounding you...] [With the aid of the sword domain, your sword intent was greatly enhanced as you unleashed your strongest sword strike!] [With that one sword strike, the powerful aura of the eighty-nine lightning tribulation weakened by three marks...] [Next, the Wood and Fiery Spirit Domain unfolded, fully activating the Five Elements Immortal Burst Technique, symbolizing your most powerful Qi Refinement divine skill!] [The power of the eighty-nine lightning tribulation weakened by another three marks...] [The Space Spirit Domain unfolded, forming layers of invisible barriers around you.] [The Lightning Spirit Domain unfolded, absorbing a portion of the power of the eighty-nine lightning tribulation...] [After being weakened layer upon layer, the power of the eighty-nine lightning tribulation was less than half of its peak strength.] S~ea??h the ovlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [But even then, you still did not feel secure...] [You consumed a hundred years of your lifespan, using the power of cause and effect to forcefully diminish the result of the eighty-nine lightning tribulation killing you, further weakening its power...] [Finally, you activated your protective Gang Qi, making your last stand!] [Boom! The eighty-nine lightning tribulation ultimately descended, piercing through your protective Gang Qi, striking directly at your physical body.] [Fortunately, as the power of the tribulation had been reduced significantly, you only felt an endless wave of excruciating pain, but the tribulation did not destroy your will, nor did it make you fall.] [The "Undying Xiaochi," the "Ancient Witch Body," several types of talents played their roles within you, with the Wood Type origin power rapidly ensuring your vitality.] [You gritted your teeth and ingested a handful of healing pills, withstanding the strike of the eighty-nine heavenly tribulation!] In the real world, Su Xing exhaled deeply upon seeing this. "Phew... Finally, the hardest eighty-nine heavenly tribulation is over... The ninety-nine heavenly tribulation shouldn''t be too difficult!" Su Xing''s lips curled into a slight smile. He still had two absolute trump cards that he hadn''t used in this simulation! A thousand six hundred body-protecting sword qi barriers... And the golden talent, Unethical in Martial Conduct! Su Xing touched his chin, a meaningful smile appearing on his face. "The target for ''Unethical in Martial Conduct''... has never been specified as only living humans!" [Unethical in Martial Conduct]: Golden talent, this talent can only be used once per simulation. Against elders older than you, you can use a "sneak attack," and the damage of the first strike is doubled. This was the conclusion Su Xing had reached after much contemplation! Unethical in Martial Conduct, as a golden talent, had three strict conditions! It could only be used once per simulation... The target must be an elder... and it must be during a sneak attack! "The ninety-nine lightning tribulation... could it be part of the heavenly tribulation? It absolutely counts as an elder!" "Since it''s an elder... then Unethical in Martial Conduct will definitely be effective!" "The only problem is the condition of the sneak attack..." Su Xing had an idea as he looked at the simulation panel. [When the eighty-nine heavenly tribulation descended, all cultivators watching within ten thousand miles showed expressions of pity.] [In their view, being able to withstand the eighty-nine heaven rank tribulation during the Transcendance Tribulation Stage was utterly inconceivable...] [After all, it was an attack comparable to that of an Earth Immortal cultivator. How could a cultivator at the Transcendance Tribulation stage possibly withstand it?] [But when they saw your still upright figure amidst the lightning of the fallen eighty-nine heavenly tribulation, everyone fell silent...] [At that moment, only one thought arose in their minds: the Little Qingyun Realm was about to give birth to a true monstrous prodigy!] [...] [And after the eighty-nine heavenly tribulation descended, when they saw that the phenomena in the Nine Heavens had not disappeared, everyone froze.] [They all displayed terrified expressions, cursing the person who was hated by the heavens, and quickly fled from the area...] [At the center of the lightning tribulation, you stood alone, proud at the peak of the black mountain, your gaze firmly fixed on the lightning tribulation in the Nine Heavens above.] [The ninety-nine lightning tribulation! It was still brewing at this moment...] [But you no longer planned to wait!] [Seizing the moment while the lightning tribulation was still brewing... you took a deep breath, your entire body radiating sword intent, carrying a thousand six hundred body-protecting sword qi barriers, soaring through the Nine Heavens!] [When you unleashed this sword strike, the talent Unethical in Martial Conduct activated at the same time!] [This sword strike, imbued with all of your hopes... struck straight at the ninety-nine lightning tribulation, and also at the Heavenly Dao of this realm!] (First update, asking for monthly votes~) Chapter 282 Veteran Driver Su Xing, Out of Fuel? [Bonus Chapter for Monthly Votes] The Spirit Realm, one of the numerous world instances near Blue Star.Although Su Xing had never been there, he had quite a few dealings with it... Because Luo Shuying came from the Spirit Realm! "Wait... Luo Shuying''s surname is Luo!" "One of the three major family clans of the Luo Tian Sect... Could Luo Shuying be a descendant left behind by the Luo clan after going to the Spirit Realm?" Su Xing''s face took on a peculiar expression as he thought there was an increasing possibility of this. Luo Shuying, and the abilities of the entire Spirit Race, were extremely unique! Their power came from the mind... their physical bodies were also much stronger than ordinary transcendents! This seemed somewhat similar to a highly specialized branch among cultivators... the Spirit Cultivators! The so-called Spirit Cultivators did not practice arts or spiritual energy... they solely cultivated the divine sense realm! Using the mind to shake the physical body, they obtained extraordinary power! "So because of this... Luo Shuying and the Spirit Race have such a good absorption effect on Soul Condensing Pills?" Su Xing narrowed his eyes, growing more certain that Luo Shuying perhaps had some connection with the descendants of the Luo Tian Sect. And the Spirit Realm... very likely could be the former Yu Ling Realm! "Looks like... during the next simulation, it''s necessary to personally investigate the Spirit Realm!" Su Xing said softly, turning his gaze back to the simulation panel. [After leaving the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, you went to the various shops in White Emperor City and purchased some Origin Martial Pills.] [After spending seven million low-grade Spirit Stones, you obtained a hundred thousand top-grade Origin Martial Pills, with the remaining hundred thousand to be collected in ten years.] [After purchasing the elixirs, you went to White Emperor City. After displaying your Human Immortal Realm cultivation, you became a second-grade elder of White Emperor City.] [After spending some Spirit Stones, you obtained a top-grade blessed land as a cave residence.] [Upon obtaining the cave residence, you carefully arranged a Xuan Yuan Concealment Array and set up several illusion arrays and prohibitions before starting your cultivation in peace...] [You took out millions of drops of low-grade Spiritual Liquid and began your cultivation...] [After reaching the Immortal Realm, cultivation became slower.] [The spiritual liquid first needed to transform into Immortal Qi upon entering the body, then operate the cultivation technique to enhance your cultivation level.] [If the mana of an Immortal was like a well, each intake of spiritual liquid was like a drop of water falling from the walls, continuously dripping until the well was filled, breaking through the cultivation realm...] [Thus, ten years passed in the blink of an eye...] [Over ten years, you spent millions of drops of low-grade Spiritual Liquid on cultivation. However, your mana had not even reached one-fifth of the first layer of the Human Immortal Realm...] [Such cultivation speed left you very dissatisfied...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and frowned slightly. "Ten years... even with the aid of spiritual liquid, the first layer''s progress is only one-fifth?" Su Xing finally understood why advancing in Immortal cultivation was so slow, often requiring hundreds of years for a single breakthrough. "My spiritual root is a mutated Heavenly Spirit Root... already inferior among the Human Immortal Realm..." "Fortunately, with the help of the seventh-rank Minor Spirit Gathering Array and the Heavenly Thunder Physique, the efficacy is even better than a regular Super Spiritual Root... but even so, breaking through one layer in the Human Immortal Realm would take fifty years, or even longer!" "And this speed... only gets slower the further you go!" Su Xing sighed, the shortcomings of lackluster aptitude now becoming evident. "For a regular cultivator with a Heavenly Spirit Root, even if they are fortunate enough to become an Immortal, it might take as long as one hundred fifty years to break through one layer!" "And this speed is with sufficient spiritual liquid and Spirit Stone assistance... otherwise, even three to five hundred years wouldn''t be enough to break through one layer!" Pausing, Su Xing continued down this train of thought. "A regular immortal cultivator, upon reaching the Immortal Realm, might already be three to five thousand years old... even with proper maintenance, without life-extending elixirs, they could only live another five thousand years or so..." "If they are a fierce and combative type, leaving hidden injuries behind... they might not even live for five thousand years..." "This means that a cultivator with a Heavenly Spirit Root in the Human Immortal Realm could exhaust all their life span on cultivation and still not experience a breakthrough!" Su Xing sighed lightly. Cultivators fought incessantly for a reason. Enjoy exclusive content from empire The resources were limited... if one continuously remained detached from worldly affairs, they would ultimately end up expending their life span and turning into dust... "However, this speed of cultivation is still too slow!" "The improvement of the spiritual root relies entirely on luck... and my luck talent has no effect on the simulator..." "As it stands now, I still need to quickly cultivate the Zhengyi Submission Decision!" Such were Su Xing''s thoughts as he gazed at the simulation panel. [After ten years of cultivation, feeling the slow progress, you left seclusion to retrieve the hundred thousand top-grade Origin Martial Pills you agreed to take at that time.] [Afterward, you began looking for a way to find the whereabouts of a space artifact.] [The Green Wood Realm is far from the Little Qingyun Realm, and even with adequate cultivation, you would need the aid of a spatial magic treasure to traverse worlds...] [However, such spatial magic treasures are extremely rare. Despite multiple inquiries in the markets of White Emperor City, you could not find such a magic treasure.] [After finding nothing, you temporarily gave up and returned to your cave residence to resume your secluded cultivation.] [The slow progress of cultivation made you decide to prioritize comprehending the Zhengyi Submission Decision!] Seeing this, Su Xing muttered: "Use immersive simulation... duration: 30 days!" [Ding, you successfully used the immersive simulation... remaining origin energy points: 24039...] Sar?h the N?velFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. As the simulation prompt sound faded, Su Xing appeared in his cave residence. "I need to make haste practicing the Zhengyi Submission Decision... otherwise, my cultivation speed in the future will become a substantial issue!" Su Xing muttered. The first layer of the Zhengyi Submission Decision, allowed Su Xing to cultivate for an hour each day, saving ninety percent of the time to practice other divine arts and techniques, undoubtedly a great help. The second layer, aside from saving ninety percent of the time, also increased Su Xing''s cultivation speed to three times the original! Chapter 282 Veteran Driver Su Xing, Out of Fuel? [Bonus Chapter for Monthly Votes]_2 On the third layer, the cultivation speed increased to seven times the original!With such an astonishing cultivation speed boost, it would be foolish for Su Xing not to start cultivating immediately... Thinking this way, Su Xing swallowed a Spirit Awakening Pill, activated the Great Wisdom State, and then began cultivating "Zhengyi Submission Decision". ... In the blink of an eye, thirty days passed, and the immersive simulation ended. Su Xing returned to reality. In the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes and sighed: "Zhengyi Submission Decision... as expected of Luo Tian Sect''s supreme secret technique..." "The cultivation difficulty is just too high!" Su Xing shook his head slightly. One month of immersive simulation, combined with the Spirit Awakening Pill and the Great Wisdom augmentation, equaled ten years of hard cultivation, but Su Xing still hadn''t gotten past the basics of Zhengyi Submission Decision. He hadn''t even learned the first layer... "At this rate, mastering just the first layer would take about a hundred years..." Su Xing did some quick calculations, murmuring. "However, cultivating Zhengyi Submission Decision is absolutely worth the effort, and the benefits increase the further you go!" Su Xing contemplated for a moment, deciding to allocate future simulation attempts specifically for cultivating Zhengyi Submission Decision. Thinking this way, Su Xing turned his gaze to the Simulation Panel. Read new chapters at empire [You cultivated Zhengyi Submission Decision for a while, surprised by its difficulty.] [Thus, your Qi Refinement cultivation temporarily hit a bottleneck, so you decided to focus on Body Refinement cultivation...] [In the blink of an eye, another ten years passed...] [In the thirtieth year, you received the subsequent reward promised by the Heavenly Secret Pavilion.] [However, you still had no clues about obtaining a Space Artifact.] [Helpless, you planned to go to Qingyun Sect to see if you could find a suitable Magic Artifact...] [You boarded a flying boat and headed to Little Qingyun City.] [At that time, Qingyun Sect was recruiting new members. After the recruitment ended, you contacted True Immortal Dan Huo...] [True Immortal Dan Huo informed you that in three years, you could accompany him to Qingyun Realm.] Sar?h the n?vel_Fire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [In the blink of an eye, three years passed...] [You boarded the flying boat and, together with True Immortal Dan Huo, arrived at Qingyun Sect...] In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly as he read this. "This simulation''s goal was to obtain Physical Training Talent, gather intelligence... and acquire two hundred thousand elixirs..." "Therefore, the simulation duration isn''t particularly important this time..." The Origin Martial Pills in Su Xing''s possession were already depleted, so the two hundred thousand elixirs in this simulation were extremely crucial, as they pertained to Su Xing''s long-term energy income and couldn''t be delayed. As for cultivation progress, divine skills cultivation, and acquiring Magical Treasures... those could be postponed for now. Origin energy was the foundation of everything! "The goals of this simulation are almost complete... so let''s see if there are any suitable Space Artifacts!" Thinking this way, Su Xing turned his gaze to the Simulation Panel. [Upon arriving at Qingyun Sect, you quickly attracted the attention of second-generation senior brothers and sisters.] [You were the latest to enter, and with exceptional talent, you soon received many welcome gifts...] [However, to your regret, you did not see any Space Artifacts.] [You settled down in Qingyun Sect, and in the blink of an eye, another ten years passed...] [In the forty-third year, during this decade, you got along well with Senior Sister Ziling, often discussing the Soul-Nurturing Way and teaching her to plant the Gathering Spirit Flower.] [At the same time, you learned from Immortal Ziling that Space Artifacts capable of inter-world travel were extremely rare, most being Supreme Treasures.] [Even the few exquisite Immortal Treasures that could traverse worlds would suffer damage and couldn''t be used for long...] [Hearing this, you felt somewhat helpless but still hoped to find a Space Artifact.] [You discovered that even within Qingyun Sect, there were no completed Space Immortal Treasures for sale.] [Only by collecting materials and spending contribution points could you ask the sect''s artifact-refining elders to craft one.] [After obtaining this information, you began collecting space-related materials and contacting the sect elders.] [So, several more years passed...] [In the forty-seventh year, during these years, you constantly sold Gathering Spirit Flowers, accumulating nearly ten million Sect Contribution Points.] [More than half of these points were used to exchange for materials for crafting Space Artifacts.] [These included bones from space-related demonic beasts, space-attribute minerals, and Void Stones, among others...] [In the fiftieth year, you spent three million contribution points to successfully hire a Profound Immortal realm artifact-refining elder to craft a Space Immortal Treasure for you.] [This Profound Immortal realm artifact-refining elder, a Great Grandmaster in artifact refining, had a record of crafting several exquisite Immortal Treasures.] [Thus, you spent a hefty sum for him to design a space-traveling flying boat, ideally capable of multiple world crossings and long-distance travel...] [After agreeing to help you, the Profound Immortal elder began refining the flying boat day and night...] [In the blink of an eye, a year passed...] [One day, colorful clouds suddenly appeared above the Artifact Refining Peak of Qingyun Sect, signaling the birth of an exquisite Immortal Treasure!] [Soon, you received a transmission from the artifact-refining elder, informing you of the completed Immortal Treasure...] [Upon hearing the news, you rushed to the Artifact Refining Peak and saw that in the refining room was a flying boat, three zhang long, one zhang wide, entirely deep black...] [This flying boat could freely change its size, normally as small as a leaf and could be carried around.] [When needed, it could even expand to a width of a hundred zhang, accommodating a thousand people inside...] [However, the larger the flying boat, the more spirit stones and spiritual energy it required, and it would also become more fragile and easy to destroy.] [It was a true exquisite Immortal Treasure flying boat, capable of traveling through Minor Thousand Worlds!] [You were extremely fond of this Leaf Flying Boat...] [However, the artifact-refining elder looked at you with a regretful expression.] Chapter 282 Veteran Driver Su Xing, Out of Fuel? [Bonus Chapter for Monthly Votes]_3 [He stated that a crucial material for the artifact refining process was missing, the Space Spirit Stone!][If this stone could be found, his refining this time would surely achieve a breakthrough, potentially creating a flying boat of almost Acquired Treasure level!] [The current flying boat could only conduct short-distance travel between nearby small worlds... but a half-step Acquired Treasure could even cross over a dozen worlds!] [Seeing the regret on the Qi Refinement Elder''s face, you silently noted all this in your heart...] In the real world, Su Xing sighed as he saw this. "What a pity... Supreme Immortal Treasure to half-step Acquired Treasure, that''s a qualitative leap!" Su Xing shook his head slightly. Above Spiritual Artifacts were Immortal Artifacts, also known as Immortal Treasures. Sar?h the n?velFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. These powerful magical treasures were eligible to be wielded only by Immortals. Low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and supreme Immortal Artifacts often belonged to cultivators in the Human, Earth, and Sky Immortal Realms, up to the True Immortal Realm. However, Acquired Treasures were magical treasures that only Profound Immortals, Golden Immortals... and even Taiyi Golden Immortals could possess! The gap was unimaginably wide. At the same cultivation level, using a Supreme Immortal Treasure to fight a mid-grade Immortal Treasure was almost a crushing defeat... Discover hidden stories at empire Not to mention the difference between Acquired Treasures and Supreme Immortal Artifacts. "Space Spirit Stone, huh... I should note this. The next time I simulate, finding this stone might allow me to create a half-step Acquired Treasure!" This simulation of Su Xing was mainly to test the waters, and being able to refine a spatial-type magical treasure in one go was certainly ideal. If it wasn''t satisfactory, he could make more comprehensive preparations for the next simulation... "This simulation is done... but I could use this magical treasure to try and travel to other worlds as well, right?" Su Xing thought this, his gaze shifting to the simulation panel. [After crafting a Supreme Immortal Treasure flying boat, you couldn''t wait to test it out.] [And by that time, Qing Yunzi''s seclusion was already near its end.] [So you requested Immortal Ziling to send you to the Little Qingyun Realm.] [In the fifty-third year, you arrived at the Little Qingyun Realm.] [After Immortal Ziling left, you didn''t choose to stay in this world.] [You wanted to try piloting the flying boat to other worlds...] [After some deliberation, you decided to head to the Blackwater Realm, which was very close to the Little Qingyun Realm...] [This realm was said to be extremely desolate, with nearly ninety-nine percent of it composed of seawater. There were even sea demonic beasts above the Human Immortal Realm in the deep seas...] [You disguised yourself and concealed your breath, visiting the Heavenly Secret Pavilion to purchase coordinates and relevant information about the Blackwater Realm.] [Then, you went to the market to buy some magical treasures for surviving in water, such as Water-Repelling Pearls...] [After making all these preparations, you headed to a spatial node in the Little Qingyun Realm.] [In terms of general direction, the Blackwater Realm was to the southwest of the Little Qingyun Realm.] [Using spatial power, you precisely captured the spatial coordinates of the Blackwater Realm... then you activated the flying boat, entered a space tunnel, and left the Little Qingyun Realm...] [This was your first time piloting a flying boat and attempting to independently traverse worlds.] [Despite the thorough preparations, you were still somewhat flustered...] [Piloting a Supreme Immortal Artifact-level flying boat required an enormous amount of immortal power, and with your Human Immortal Realm cultivation level, you couldn''t sustain such immense consumption.] [Just a few space jumps depleted most of your spiritual power...] [Fortunately, you possessed a million high-grade Spiritual Liquid...] [You spared no expense, wildly infusing immortal power into the flying boat while absorbing the Spiritual Liquid, like an unfeeling immortal power conversion machine...] [But you ultimately overestimated your own strength...] [On the fifteenth day of space jumping with the flying boat, you felt utterly exhausted and your body was in chaos with immortal power, unable to continue piloting...] [Being in the void at that moment, leaving the flying boat would mean certain death.] [Luckily, the flying boat had its own defensive array. You used your remaining immortal power to support the defense array, but you couldn''t control the flying boat to continue flying...] [Thus, you were lost in the void.] [The flying boat drifted like a rootless duckweed in space, floating towards an unknown world...] Su Xing''s vision darkened as he saw this, and he furiously complained: "Damn, it''s like running out of gas while driving! Even a veteran driver couldn''t help this..." "Sigh, I just hope I land in a relatively safe world randomly..." (Extra chapter for monthly votes, please vote before the end of the month, or they''ll expire~) Chapter 283 Luotian Legacy, Astonishing Wealth! [Request for Monthly Ticket] Su Xing felt a bit nervous."Lost in the void... Normally, the immortal boat should crash land on the nearest world, right?" "The nearest world to the Little Qingyun Realm... It wouldn''t be one occupied by a foreign race, would it?" Su Xing immediately felt something was amiss. Near the Little Qingyun Realm, many Minor Thousand Worlds had already been defenseless, gradually falling to foreign race occupation. And the chance of Su Xing falling into such a world was quite high! Su Xing took a deep breath and looked at the simulation panel. S~ea??h the n?vel_Fire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [The immortal boat drifted within the space wormhole, losing power, drifting with the space turbulence.] [Luckily, your fortune was good, as the immortal boat avoided ferocious space beasts and space black holes several times.] [At this moment, you captured a space coordinate that seemed to be the nearest Minor Thousand Worlds.] [Thus, you didn''t hesitate, using the last bit of your immortal power to maneuver the immortal boat through the space node, arriving at this world...] [You stumbled out of the immortal boat, greedily breathing in. At the moment, your immortal power was thoroughly exhausted.] [But then you realized something was wrong. It seemed you had landed in a barren world, where spiritual energy was so thin it was only slightly better than that of the Blue Star.] [Looking around, the withered trees and red soil almost made you think you were back at the Slaughter Battlefield.] [You took out a bottle of spiritual liquid, drank it in one go, and consumed several elixirs, quickly restoring your immortal power and strength...] [After half an hour, feeling your immortal power had recovered by thirty percent, you sighed in relief and decided to explore this world.] [You tried to shrink the three-zhang-long immortal boat, but found that its internal shrinking formation was damaged. Helpless, you could only store it in the space artifact.] [After finishing this, your spirit stirred, and your divine sense spread out like a tide, instantly covering an area within ten thousand miles...] [In the range of your divine sense, there seemed to be very few living beings in this world... Within ten thousand miles, you detected almost no powerful presences.] [Moreover, the landscape was dotted with collapsed mountains and dry rivers, as if freshly ravaged by war...] [Curiosity piqued, you decided to conduct a sword flight to explore the area...] [Flying through the sky on your sword, you suppressed your aura, using your divine sense to survey everything below...] [After traveling tens of thousands of miles, you came to a remote village.] [In this village, you unexpectedly saw a few cultivators at the Return to Void Realm, but they were all mutilated and their auras were weak...] [From their mouths, you learned that this place was known as the Huoyan Realm...] [Ten years ago, it was completely overrun by the foreign race, now left in ruins and gradually withering...] [Upon hearing the name "Huoyan Realm," you felt a sense of foreboding.] [In the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, you had purchased intelligence on the worlds near the Little Qingyun Realm.] [Among them, Huoyan Realm was adjacent to the Little Qingyun Realm, and it was conquered by the foreign race ten years ago, losing all communication...] [From the current situation, it was clear that the Huoyan Realm was on the brink of withering.] [You spent a month exploring this world, discovering that nearly all the powerful cultivators had been killed...] [From a distance, you could sense some auras of foreign race deities, some of which rivaled Earth Immortal or even Heavenly Immortal Realms... Therefore, you dared not act rashly.] [After some thought, you decided to try repairing the immortal boat in order to leave this world...] [This repair work took several years!] [In the sixtieth year, during these years, you frequently avoided the foreign race''s scouts while continually repairing the immortal boat.] [Unfortunately, your artifact refining skills were insufficient to repair such an immortal treasure...] [Until one day, a shadow that covered the sky and blocked the sun descended upon the Huoyan Realm...] [You were all too familiar with this figure.] [Countless times in simulations, you faced this giant beast that devoured the Blue Star!] [Only now, it seemed the beast had grown threefold larger...] [Seeing the beast ready to devour this world, you threw caution to the wind.] [Sixteen hundred sword qis shot forth, combined with unethical martial conduct, stabbing toward the beast''s mouth...] [However, the sky-reaching sword qi had no effect on the beast. It merely opened its mouth slightly, swallowing all the sword qis into its belly...] [The scenery around you shifted suddenly, and you entered the beast''s dungeon.] [Inside the beast''s belly, countless space turbulences and world fragments tore at everything wildly...] [With your extreme physical body, you survived in the beast''s belly for a month...] [You died!] [Ding! This simulation has ended!] After the simulation ended, Su Xing fell silent for a moment. He muttered to himself: "Huoyan Realm... Another world devoured by the giant beast?" "What is this beast? How can it grow stronger by devouring worlds?" "Perhaps I can purchase related intelligence from the Heavenly Secret Pavilion... But such intelligence probably costs at least a Class A level..." Su Xing frowned slightly. This giant beast seemed to only act when a world was about to be destroyed, swallowing parts of the world along with its inhabitants... "Could it be a tool used by the foreign race specifically for world destruction?" Su Xing pondered. "Well, the main objectives of this simulation were mostly achieved... Let''s see the simulation rewards!" Su Xing decided to stop dwelling on it. His goal this time was to extract the two hundred thousand Origin Martial Pills he had previously purchased. [After Transformative Taoist Body]: Gold Talent, priced at 10 points Origin Energy Source. [Ten years of Alchemy Experience]: After redemption, the current alchemy insight would increase slightly, priced at 10 points Origin Energy Source. [Top-Grade Immortal Boat]: Rare spatial top-grade immortal treasure, can be driven by immortal power, traversing space wormholes to other worlds, but it''s of insufficient quality, so it only allows short-distance travel, currently damaged. Priced at 20,000 points Origin Energy Source. Chapter 283 Luotian Legacy, Astonishing Wealth! [Request for Monthly Ticket] _2 [Top-grade Origin Martial Pill (200,000 pieces)]: A low-rank elixir for cultivators in the Origin Martial Realm, priced at 20,000 Origin Energy Sources.[First Layer of Grand Witch Body Refining Decision (Minor Achievement)]: Enlightenment gained after 30 years of cultivation, slightly improved, priced at 10,000 Origin Energy Sources. sea??h th novlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Su Xing''s gaze fell on the exchange price for the top-grade Immortal Boat, murmuring: "A damaged top-grade Immortal Boat requires at least 20,000 Origin Energy Sources... If it were in perfect condition, wouldn''t it need at least 50,000 Origin Energy Sources?" Su Xing''s voice suddenly rose, finding it hard to accept. Fifty thousand Origin Energy Sourcesequivalent to 500 billion simulated energy... Su Xing could only accumulate that in two weeks! "Sigh, and that''s just a top-grade Immortal Treasure. For acquired treasures, the energy needed would be even more!" Su Xing shook his head slightly. "Forget it, don''t think too much... let''s exchange for the rewards needed this time first!" Su Xing didn''t hesitate much, murmuring: "I choose the Acquired Taoist Body... and 200,000 Origin Martial Pills!" [You have successfully brought out the talent Acquired Taoist Body, costing 10 points of Origin Energy Source, remaining Origin Energy Source 24,029 points...] [You have successfully brought out 200,000 Origin Martial Pills (Top-grade), costing 20,000 Origin Energy Sources, remaining Origin Energy Source 4,029 points...] As the simulation prompt sounded, a profound energy flowed into Su Xing''s body. Su Xing closed his eyes, experiencing the mystery of the new talent. He felt that the once distant Great Dao Origin was now a bit closer. His comprehension speed of the Great Dao Origin further improved... Moreover, his utilization of the Great Dao Origin also became easier. "Acquired Taoist Body... truly mysterious!" Su Xing nodded in satisfaction, with this talent, it would be much easier for him to comprehend the Origin Power in the future. Meanwhile, a massive wooden box appeared in front of Su Xing. In the wooden box, 20,000 jade bottles were neatly arranged, each containing ten Origin Martial Pills. Su Xing took out one jade bottle, uncorked it, and a round elixir rolled out. Su Xing placed it under his nose and sniffed, nodding slightly: "Not bad, indeed top-grade Origin Martial Pills... the effect isn''t much different from mine..." For such low-rank elixirs, the skill difference between high-rank alchemists was hard to distinguish. After becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster, Su Xing became more knowledgeable about elixirs. He could discern the efficacy of many herbs and elixirs just by their scent. After organizing the Origin Martial Pills, Su Xing glanced at the time, murmuring: "Almost time... time to trade with Lu Yuanwu!" Simplifying his appearance and aura, Su Xing left the Spirit Field Cave, flying on his sword towards the outskirts. Moments later, Su Xing turned back, heading to the Xianwu World. At this time, Su Xing''s simulation panel already showed an additional 20,000 Origin Energy Sources. Upon arriving in the Xianwu World, Su Xing began refining the final batch of alien metal miner puppets. "With my current puppet crafting skills, a week is enough to refine four miner puppets..." "A total of 30 miner puppets, a week can bring me 15,000 points of Origin Energy Source (150 billion energy), almost enough..." Su Xing murmured. As for more miner puppets, given the number of profession users in the Tarot Commerce Association, they might not be able to purify them in time, which would be counterproductive... With these thoughts, Su Xing began the week''s new crafting. ... Seven days passed quickly, and Su Xing''s number of miner puppets successfully reached 30, allowing him to gain 15,000 Origin Energy Sources every week, a very considerable income. Glancing at the time, Su Xing returned to Blue Star, preparing to head to the villa to meet Jin Congxue. At the dining table, Jin Congxue reported the progress of the Spirit Rice plan to Su Xing. "Su Xing, the Great Xia officials have sent an accurate message... they are willing to trade, and they also asked if you could provide the promised 100 million jin of Spirit Rice... are you sure there is no problem?" Jin Congxue''s tone was slightly serious. No matter how you think about it, 100 million jin of Spirit Rice wasn''t a small amount... Su Xing nodded slightly, planning a bit before speaking: "Then let''s set the trade time for three weeks later... Three weeks later, 100 million jin of Spirit Rice will be delivered!" Seeing Su Xing so confident, Jin Congxue chose to believe, then spoke excitedly: "If the organization can provide 100 million jin of Spirit Rice to the Great Xia officials... it will be a qualitative improvement for the overall strength of our Human Race!" "Within ten years or so, the overall strength and number of our Great Xia Country''s profession users will more than double!" Jin Congxue was not a woman without vision; she accurately perceived the great transformation Spirit Rice would bring to the Human Race. Su Xing just smiled slightly at this, saying: "Just mutual benefit... the organization also needs Abyss Stones for research..." ... Soon, Su Xing received about 13,000 Origin Energy Sources from the week''s output from the Tarot Society. Thus, Su Xing''s previously depleted finances became substantial again. On July 29, 2025, in the New Era, Su Xing prepared to start a new round of simulation. Before simulating, Su Xing made further plans. "Currently, improving strength after the Immortal Realm has become slow; thus, it''s imperative to quickly elevate the Zhengyi Submission Decision to the second level!" "But during this period, strength enhancement cannot be neglected... Just in time to enhance the Body Refinement Cultivation Level!" Su Xing stroked his chin. This time, Su Xing''s goal in the simulation was to acquire the Fiery Flame Divine Body while advancing the first layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision to the Mahayana Level! By then, Su Xing''s pure physical strength would be enough to combat late-stage Human Immortal Realm cultivators! Chapter 283 Luotian Legacy, Astonishing Wealth! [Request for Monthly Ticket]_3 "Right, I need to explore the Spirit Realm...""And the Space Spirit Stone... I also need to search for it!" Once the simulation''s cooldown period ended, Su Xing murmured: "Start the simulation!" [Current remaining Origin Energy Source: 37429 points, remaining simulation attempts: none.] [Simulation begins!] [Extracting Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 point of Origin Energy Source. Proceed with extraction?] Su Xing did not choose to extract a new Golden Talent but instead opened the Talent Lottery pool, preparing to draw the Fiery Flame Divine Body. Spending two points of Origin Energy Source, Su Xing successfully drew the Fiery Flame Divine Body. "Phew... With the Fiery Flame Divine Body, my cultivation speed should be enhanced by thirty percent..." Su Xing murmured as he looked at the Simulation Panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized you were in a simulation.] [You spent ten days, tirelessly ripening Spirit Rice day and night...] [Ten days later, you visited the Luo Tian Instance to learn the Dao of Puppetry...] [Another ten days passed, and you successfully completed the trade with the Great Xia authorities, with no unexpected events occurring...] [One day, as promised, you went to meet Luo Shuying to inquire about the Spirit Realm.] [You asked her about the specific location of the Spirit Realm, how to get there, and if there were any special places within the Spirit Realm...] [Luo Shuying found your questions strange, as based on your previous statements, you should be quite knowledgeable about the Spirit Realm. Why were you asking such questions?] [But fortunately, you successfully fooled her, causing Luo Shuying to trust you more and providing you with the coordinates and method to enter the Spirit Realm Instance.] [Luo Shuying gave you a Token. Holding this Token allows one to access the Spirit Realm at a corresponding location.] [You examined the Token, observing the character "Luo" engraved on it, lost in thought.] [You left the Great Xia Country and arrived at a small island in the East Sea. You activated the Token and entered the Spirit Realm...] [A change in your field of vision occurred, and you entered the Spirit Realm.] [The Spirit Realm was not very large, comparable to Blue Star, with a territory of only about ten thousand miles...] [In the Spirit Realm, the Spirit Race was the absolute ruler. However, in recent years, they became exhausted from fighting against the foreign races.] [Following Luo Shuying''s instructions, you arrived at the Spirit Race''s territory, where it was rumored that some secrets were hidden...] Seeing this, Su Xing felt a stir in his heart and murmured: "Use immersive simulation, duration: 1 day!" [Ding...] As the simulation prompt sounded, Su Xing''s field of vision changed once again. In the next moment, Su Xing found himself in an unfamiliar world. Before him were lush trees, with layers of mist swirling around... Su Xing squinted, observing his surroundings, and murmured: "Interesting... An ancient mist formation, huh? It seems this place really was once a part of the Cultivation World..." "The depletion of spiritual energy has caused the formations to fail... Are the members of the Luo Family still alive?" Su Xing attempted to walk deeper into the mist. In the mist, directions seemed indistinguishable, and even Su Xing''s divine sense was somewhat disrupted. Fortunately, the grade of the mist formation was not high, and due to its long neglect, its power was far from its former glory. Su Xing did not exert too much effort to find the formation''s core. Upon breaking the formation''s core, the mist formation completely failed, revealing the true appearance of the Luo Family''s ancestral land. A platform made of cyan jade slabs, about ten zhang wide, showed cracks and overgrowth of moss due to prolonged neglect. At the center of the stone slab, a purple formation was inscribed. The spiritual charm on the formation seemed to have gradually faded, indicating it was damaged. "A damaged teleportation array, huh?" Su Xing raised an eyebrow, and with his knowledge of formations, he easily discerned the formation''s origin. "An eleventh-grade teleportation array, leading to an alternate dimension within the Spirit Realm?" "Unfortunately, the formation is somewhat damaged, and the spiritual power system is also compromised..." Su Xing rubbed his chin. Evidently, to further explore the Luo Family''s ancestral land, he had to enter the formation before him. "Then I''ll attempt to repair it..." Su Xing pondered, taking out tools for repairing formations and some Spirit Stones to begin the repairs. "Hmm, capturing the spatial nodes... Recharging the spiritual power system... The positioning is also somewhat off..." Su Xing mumbled while carefully performing the repairs... The entire process took around three hours. Fortunately, the formation was not complex, and its core remained intact. After considerable effort, Su Xing successfully activated the teleportation array. Having repaired the formation, Su Xing attempted to activate it but failed to find the mechanism to do so. Su Xing thought for a moment, then took out Luo Shuying''s Token. After trying it, he still could not activate the formation. "So it isn''t activated through the Token?" Su Xing frowned slightly. After carefully inspecting the formation, he discovered a micro receiving formation in its core. "This receiving formation seems useless?" S~ea??h the N?vel(F)ire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Su Xing pondered for a while, then had a sudden idea. "Could it be... the incantation Ghost Grandma once told me?" With that thought, Su Xing no longer hesitated and loudly recited: "Mind and Essence... Allow me to pass through... Luo Tian Eternal..." After Su Xing finished reciting the incantation, the stone slab beneath him began to tremble slightly. Shortly after, spiritual energy gushed out from the formation beneath his feet... Soon, Su Xing felt the surrounding space was shaking, and he was transported into the space connected to the formation. "This place is..." Su Xing raised his eyebrow, examining the environment around him. A dim palace, approximately ten zhang in length and width, with mysterious patterns carved on the walls. "The layout here... looks very similar to a palace of the Luo Tian Sect!" Su Xing murmured, then began to search around the palace. After several searches, Su Xing focused on a stone coffin at the front of the palace. Chapter 283 Luotian Legacy, Astonishing Wealth! [Request for Monthly Tickets]_4 "So... these senior cultivators all like to hide things in stone coffins?"Su Xing muttered, then walked up to the stone coffin and, with great effort, pushed it open. Upon opening the coffin, Su Xing saw a skeleton as white as jade, emitting a faint but pleasant fragrance. S~ea??h the N?velFire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. There was no usual stench of rotting bones... "Hmm? Judging by the time... The owner of this skeleton must have been dead for tens of thousands of years, right?" To have bones like jade and emit a faint fragrance after ten thousand years of death, these are signs only immortals possess... "Could it be... This is the Bing''er that Ghost Grandma mentioned?" Su Xing felt a stirring in his heart as he took a storage ring from the skeleton''s finger. The prohibitions on the storage magical artifact were naturally lifted upon the death of its owner. Su Xing''s divine sense entered the ring and discovered it was filled with countless resources. Spirit pills and elixirs, heaven and earth treasures. Elixirs for the Qi Refinement stage, all the way up to ninth-grade elixirs for the Mahayana Tribulation Crossing stage, were all there... The quantity... exceeded a million! Swords, spears, halberds, golden silk armor... From magic artifacts to treasure artifacts, spiritual artifacts, countless items... Su Xing even saw over a dozen pieces of nascent immortal treasures. Spirit Stones! Heap after heap of spirit stones, all high-grade, forming a small hilla total of one million pieces! Cultivation techniques and secret techniques... A chest one zhng high in the storage ring was packed with jade slips and ancient texts, numbering no less than three thousand... There were also various strange tools... In a corner, dozens of puppets were arranged. One glance and Su Xing could see that there were five puppets for each stage from Divinity Transformation to Tribulation Crossing! All were combat-type puppets... also known as protectors! Su Xing withdrew his divine sense from the storage ring and also took out a token and a jade slip. "Unbelievable... To have such a massive amount of cultivation resources in this spiritual ancestral land!" Su Xing estimated the value of the items in this storage ring to be no less than ten million spirit stones... high-grade spirit stones! The most precious were the divine arts, techniques, and cultivation techniques left behind by the Luo Tian Sect... But what Su Xing found most useful were the various cultivation resources! "However, since Bing''er is Ghost Grandma''s disciple, tasked with rebuilding the sect in another world, it makes sense she carried so many resources..." "It''s a pity the sect couldn''t be rebuilt... These resources naturally benefit me..." Su Xing didn''t hold back, taking the storage ring, and out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a jade slip behind the skeleton''s head. "A sound transmission jade slip?" Su Xing raised an eyebrow, guessing that the jade slip might contain the dying words of the skeleton''s owner. "Alright, let me listen to it... then I''ll convey it to Ghost Grandma, fulfilling her wish..." Su Xing sent his divine sense into the jade slip and heard a clear, crisp female voice. "I am Luo Tian Sect''s sixth-generation direct disciple, Luo Bing''er..." "Since that battle, it has been over thirty thousand years, the hundred worlds have withered, and Luo Tian is in decline... Many traitors arose within the sect, and the tree fell and monkeys scattered..." "In the face of imminent danger, I received the mission to establish the sect outside this world, waiting for the right time, preserving the heritage... hoping to revive the glory of Luo Tian!" "However, there was a traitor within the sect, who colluded with a foreign race... revealing my plans. Though I managed to kill the foreign race, I was severely injured, my realm fell, and my life was nearing its end..." "I carried three hundred immortal sprouts, all young children from the Luo family, with outstanding aptitude... and left behind tribulation puppets to guide them, hoping to rebuild the sect..." Su Xing silently listened to this message. The gist was that Luo Bing''er''s mission had failed due to a sneak attack by a foreign race. She left behind puppets to guide the Luo family disciples on their path to immortality, not forgetting their family duty. "However... little did Luo Bing''er expect that after the spiritual energy waned, the Luo family disciples could not cultivate and became spirit cultivators?" "And after thousands of years of heritage, they gradually evolved into the current Spirit Race?" Su Xing speculated briefly. As for the puppets, they were probably damaged over the thousands of years? "The Luo family clan members... without this passphrase, couldn''t enter this ancestral land, right?" Su Xing mumbled as he listened to the final part of the jade slip. Find your next read on empire "To the one who activated the formation and entered this place, I do not know who you are?" "If you are a descendant of the Luo family, having glimpsed the path of immortality, and received the formation''s passphrase from the puppet''s mouth?" "Or if you are a disciple of the Luo Tian Sect, who found this place..." "Bing''er hopes it is the former... If so, my master''s efforts have not been in vain..." "Tell my master that Bing''er misses the lullaby she used to sing..." "Lastly, the storage ring inside the stone coffin is yours for the taking... There is also a spiritual spring under the coffin, which can aid your cultivation..." "May you preserve the immortal path and revive the glory of Luo Tian!" "Luo Bing''er, the sixth-generation direct disciple of the Luo family, leaves this..." The voice from the sound transmission jade slip faded away, leaving Su Xing in silence. "Alas... it''s a pity that the Luo Tian Sect was not rebuilt in this world!" Su Xing sighed, collected Luo Bing''er''s remains, and then moved the stone coffin aside, revealing the clear spring underneath. "Wow... Just how much spiritual liquid is there!?" Su Xing''s eyes widened as he saw the spring, one zhng wide, beneath the coffin. He quickly fetched a large water jar and used the water manipulation technique to collect it. Moments later, Su Xing still looked excited. "A total of five cubic meters of spiritual liquid!" "At two million drops of spiritual liquid per cubic meter... that''s a full ten million drops of spiritual liquid!" "And it''s all high-grade spiritual liquid!" Su Xing took a deep breath. Ten million drops of high-grade spiritual liquid... equivalent to a billion drops of low-grade spiritual liquid! "This... is the foundation of the Luo Tian Sect?" Su Xing mumbled. Even a Heavenly Immortal couldn''t produce such a quantity of spirit liquid! "Goodness... The resources for cultivation in the three realms of heaven, earth, and human are not something to worry about now!" Chapter 283 Luotian Legacy, Astonishing Wealth! [Request for Monthly Tickets]_5 Su Xing swallowed a mouthful of saliva.This trip to the Spirit Realm, with the portions of the Luo Tian legacy he obtained, was simply too profitable! Read exclusive chapters at empire ... Soon, the immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to reality, but the excitement on his face was hard to hide. "Luo Binger... even at the Earth Immortal Realm, the legacy treasures she carried were already so many!" "Then if it''s Ghost Grandma''s Dao companion, that True Immortal Realm cultivator... how many legacies would he be carrying!?" Su Xing took a deep breath. According to his thoughts, the Luo Tian Sect must surely know the principle of not putting all eggs in one basket. That stronger Li Yun True Immortal, was clearly the bigger basket, able to hold more eggs! If Su Xing could reach the Green Wood Realm... perhaps he could obtain an even greater legacy? "However... it''s not certain, maybe Li Yun True Immortal has already rebuilt the Luo Tian Sect, just hiding in the shadows?" Su Xing murmured. But in any case, the Green Wood Realm, he had to visit in the future! "But right now, the Spirit Race''s legacy... must also be obtained as soon as possible!" "Not to mention the Spirit Stones and Spiritual Liquid, just those elixirs... selling them to the Great Xia Military, chambers of commerce, or even to other overseas countries, could earn endless simulated energy!" Su Xing estimated that once his strength increased a bit more. Ensuring that going to the Spirit Realm was safe, he could set off! "The trip to the Spirit Realm has ended... so next, it''s time to prepare for the journey to the Three Thousand Worlds!" Su Xing murmured. This time, simulating to enhance the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, staying on Blue Star any longer would be of no benefit. With this in mind, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel. [After returning to Blue Star from the Spirit Realm, you prepared to head directly to the Little Qingyun Realm to obtain Flesh Essence and accelerate cultivation.] [But before that, you went to the Beast Taming Realm to clear out threats and extend the time before Blue Star''s destruction.] [In the third year, you went to the Demon-Subduing Pass, heading towards the Red Moon.] [After reaching the end of the Slaughter Battlefield, you killed the Slaughter Envoy and entered the alternate space.] [Upon entering the alternate space, you chose to go to the Little Qingyun Realm through the black passage...] [You descended in the familiar northern region of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, and the first thing you did was go to the White Emperor City''s Heavenly Secret Pavilion to sell intel.] [After selling important information, you sought to obtain intel about the Space Spirit Stone.] [But you only learned that this stone might appear in a secret realm, extremely rare, and if any information on the Space Spirit Stone emerged, the Heavenly Secret Pavilion would notify you.] Sear?h the novlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [Not obtaining the Space Spirit Stone, you felt some regret, but could only wait peacefully.] [To obtain enough Flesh Essence, you prepared to head to the Heavenly Demon City.] [At that time, the battle between the Foreign Races and the Little Qingyun Realm was still in a stalemate, the frontline pressure at the Heavenly Demon City was not great, but high-realm cultivators were lacking as well.] [With your Human Immortal Realm cultivation level, you easily obtained the position of Chiliarch, needing only to accumulate battle merits to become a Ten Thousand Commander in three to five years.] [You settled down in Heavenly Demon City, always charging at the front lines during battles, low-tier divine power Foreign Race Deities were no match for you...] [Thus, twelve years passed...] [In the fifteenth year, seven years ago, you had already become a respected Ten Thousand Commander, known as the number one below Earth Immortal Realm in Heavenly Demon City.] [Over the past decade, you killed more than ten Foreign Race Deities, but failed to obtain divine attributes that matched your own to grow your Dao comprehension.] [Even so, you accumulated thousands of pounds of Flesh Essence.] [Yet these low-tier divine power Foreign Race Deities, their Flesh Essence offered limited enhancement to you, so your cultivation speed in the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision was not fast...] [Thus, you fought and mixed in the battlefield, using Flesh Essence to grow your physical cultivation level.] [Another five years passed...] [In the twentieth year, one day on the battlefield, you encountered a special Foreign Race Deity.] [This Foreign Race Deity came from the Shadow Tribe!] [After killing this Foreign Race, you found that its divine attribute contained a trace of Comprehension of the Space Dao...] [Surprised, you tried to absorb this attribute...] [Divine attributes differ from regular Dao origins, with varied Dao Essence, but not negligible in amount.] [If using conventional methods to refine, it would take much time...] [But you surprisingly found that the Luo Tianhua Immortal Jue, encompassing all things, seemed quite effective in removing Dao Essence impurities.] [During this period, you removed the "thoughts" in the divine attributes and thoroughly refined the imprints left by the Foreign Race Deity...] [You spent ten years removing impurities in this trace of divine attribute, obtaining a relatively pure fragment of the Space Dao...] [In the thirtieth year, after obtaining this fragment of the Space Dao, you immediately chose to retreat for comprehension...] [Repeatedly ensuring there were no impurities in the Dao Essence, only then did you proceed to devour it.] [In this retreat, another ten years passed!] [In the fortieth year, after ending your retreat, you discovered that your comprehension of the Space Dao had improved by over fifty percent!] [If you obtained two to three more Space-related divine attributes, you might even breakthrough and reach the entry-level realm...] (Another chapter will be released by noon tomorrow~) Chapter 284 Simulated Century, Su Xing is the Mandate of Heaven! [Extra Update, Please Vote] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and was shocked."The Luo Tian Transformation Immortal Jue, encompassing all... does it actually have such an effect?" It removed the impurities from the divinity and transformed it into pure Great Dao law fragments. This meant that Su Xing could directly comprehend the Great Dao fragments, accelerating his understanding of the Great Dao! "This piece of spatial fragment... can save me at least a hundred years of painstaking cultivation! And this is under the enhancement of the acquired Taoist body... If it were an ordinary cultivator, it would take even longer!" Su Xing raised an eyebrow. Could the secret to becoming a saint be related to accelerating the comprehension of Great Dao laws? "Three supreme secrets of the Luo Tian Sect, the Zhengyi Submission Decision, accelerating the breakthrough of cultivation realms... the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, strengthening the physical body, at its peak achieving the Witch Clan''s physique, the physical body becoming saintly!" Enjoy new tales from empire "And this Luo Tian Transformation Immortal Jue... hides the effect of accelerating Great Dao comprehension..." Su Xing sighed slightly. It truly lived up to its name, being a top force that suppressed other sects several yuanhui ago, with such profound heritage! "These three legacies, even one alone could become the treasured inheritance of a top sect. Yet the Luo Tian Sect possesses all three!" Su Xing sighed. He originally planned to enhance the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, elevating it to the Great Achievement Realm all at once... But this spatial fragment made Su Xing hesitate. "Well, if I can find another spatial divinity to refine... it will bring about comprehension of the Space Dao." "Otherwise, I''ll honestly enhance the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision!" After some consideration, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel. [After digesting the spatial fragment, you felt that your Space Spirit Domain became even stronger...] [The distance for spatial teleportation (instant transfer) also increased to a hundred miles!] [Thus, you continued to guard Heavenly Demon City, resisting the foreign race.] [So, another ten years passed...] [In the fiftieth year, you displayed bravery on the battlefield, killing many lower divine power foreign race members.] [But due to your cultivation realm, you remained at the Ten Thousand Commander level.] [Meanwhile, the battlefield situation continued to deteriorate over the past decade, with foreign races pouring in continually.] [This had its perks for you; with many foreign race intrusions, you acquired more foreign race flesh essence, slightly enhancing your cultivation speed for the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision.] [After killing several red-eyed foreign race deities, you discovered that their bodies lacked divinity... piquing your curiosity.] [Quickly, another ten years went by.] [In the sixtieth year, your Grand Witch Body Refining Decision made a minor breakthrough, increasing your strength to the power of six thousand mountains...] [In the same year, you reported the potential sneak attack on an Earth Immortal-level demon by the foreign race.] [Due to your status, this matter was promptly taken seriously.] [Half a year later, you received a reward and were given Earth Immortal Realm flesh essence...] [Over the next ten years, you gradually purchased quite a bit of Earth Immortal Realm flesh essence, furthering your cultivation...] [In the seventieth year, the frontline battlefield situation worsened significantly, prompting you to decide to leave the frontline early.] [Coincidentally, that year, a foreign race deity equivalent to the early Earth Immortal Realm launched a sneak attack on the frontline, causing widespread devastation and killing one hundred thousand...] [You stepped in, releasing 1,600 body-protecting sword auras, killing this foreign race member in one strike...] [Afterward, you feigned severe injury and death, withdrawing from the frontline...] [Before leaving, you were rewarded with 300 jin of Earth Immortal Realm flesh essence, enough for your cultivation needs for several decades.] [In the seventy-first year, you left Heavenly Demon City.] [Disguised and suppressing your aura, you first visited White Emperor City... By this time, White Emperor City was extremely desolate, with few cultivators on the streets.] [After you showed yourself, you were almost forcibly taken to fight on the front lines.] [But after presenting a Ten Thousand Commander token, you gained your freedom...] [You went to the intelligence office of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, hoping to find that young girl.] [This time, to your surprise, the young girl was still in Heavenly Demon City.] [It turned out that the Heavenly Secret Pavilion previously owed you information on the Space Spirit Stone, and now that the intel was available, they didn''t want to go back on their word and had waited for you a few more years, though they were on the brink of leaving this realm...] In the real world, seeing this made Su Xing''s heart stir, and he silently chanted: "Use immersive simulation... duration 31 days!" [Ding, you successfully used it... remaining origin energy source points: 37,397.] As the simulation prompt sound faded, Su Xing''s vision shifted and he appeared in the intelligence office of Heavenly Secret Pavilion. A young girl''s voice reached his ears. "This fellow Taoist... the transaction is completed. Do you have any more questions?" Su Xing looked at the jade slip in his hand and asked: "Now that calamity is imminent in the Little Qingyun Realm... Are you Heavenly Secret Pavilion just going to stand by and watch?" sea??h th N??eFire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "If you were willing to help guard this realm, how could the Small Qingyun Sect be invaded by foreign races to the point of destruction?" Su Xing was somewhat puzzled as to why these major forces were all leaving the Little Qingyun Realm instead of fighting the foreign race with all their might. Hearing Su Xing''s words, the young girl fell silent for a moment before saying: "Have you ever thought... if it weren''t for us major forces, the Little Qingyun Realm might have already fallen?" After pausing, the girl continued: "All beings in the world, even a certain world... all have their destined fate... every peck and drink involves cause and effect..." "There is only so much we can do..." Having said this, the girl waved her sleeve, and by the time Su Xing regained his composure, he found he had left the Heavenly Secret Pavilion shop. Looking through the window again at the shop''s interior, it was already empty... "All have their destined fate?" Su Xing frowned slightly, muttering this phrase repeatedly. Was the foreign invasion and the demise of the Three Thousand Worlds an unavoidable fate? No, he did not believe it! Chapter 284 Simulating a Century, Su Xing is Destiny! [Extra Chapter, Please Vote] _3 "Given my current cultivation realm, I can''t conceal it for now... But a hundred years of simulation should be enough!"Su Xing was quite satisfied with this. For him, with enough resources, a hundred years of cultivation could match a thousand years of hard work for other immortals. If every simulation could last a hundred years... It''s possible that in one or two months, Su Xing could achieve the Earth Immortal Realm! "Alright, let''s see the rewards for this simulation!" Su Xing''s heart moved, and he looked at the simulation panel. [Fiery Flame Divine Body]: Golden talent, priced at 10 origin energy points. [Great Dao of Space (Insight)]: Enhances insight into the Great Dao of Space, remains at the embryonic realm without reaching the beginner''s level, priced at 10,000 origin energy points. [Grand Witch Body Refining Decision First Layer (Great Achievement)]: The first layer of Grand Witch Body Refining Decision in the great achievement state, with the physical strength capable of fighting late-stage Human Immortal Realm cultivators, priced at 30,000 origin energy points. [High-grade Spiritual Liquid 5 portions (approximately 10 million drops)]: Priced at 10,000 origin energy points. Su Xing glanced at the reward list. Besides the mentioned rewards, there were many magical treasures and spirit stones, but none were his target this time. Without hesitation, Su Xing directly chanted in his mind: "I choose the Fiery Flame Divine Body talent... and the first layer insight of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision!" [You have successfully acquired the Fiery Flame Divine Body talent, costing 10 origin energy points, remaining origin energy points: 37,387...] [You have successfully acquired the first layer of Grand Witch Body Refining Decision (Great Achievement), costing 30,000 origin energy points, remaining origin energy points: 7,397...] As the prompt sound fell, two mysterious energies surged into Su Xing''s body. Su Xing felt a slight change in his physique, and his sensitivity to the Great Dao of Fire and fire spiritual energy became sharper. Meanwhile, Su Xing''s overall aura also began to rapidly increase. For the first-layer cultivation of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, he had officially reached the late stage! The pure physical strength surpassed the power of seven thousand mountains! Feeling the explosive increase in his physical strength, Su Xing nodded in satisfaction. "No wonder it''s the secret technique of the Ancient Witch Clan... The body refinement is naturally perfected, truly extraordinary!" After marveling for a while, Su Xing disguised and concealed his aura, preparing to head to the mountains outside Kyoto City to trade with Lu Yuanwu. Moments later, Su Xing flew on his sword to the Immortal Martial Era instance, with an additional 20,000 origin energy points on the simulation panel. ... Continue reading at empire "Thirty miner puppets are already enough!" "So, this week will be dedicated to fully maturing the spirit rice!" Su Xing murmured as he entered the Spirit Field Cave. At this moment, the spirit grains in the field were still lush green, far from maturity. "The use of wood immortal power... also requires a method!" "If merely using immortal power for irrigation to hasten maturity, it''s a waste of immortal power and spiritual liquid... and yields only half the results!" Su Xing thought of an art from the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, the Spirit Rain Technique! Essentially, it transformed mana into spiritual rain to quickly mature crops or spirit plants. "Since spiritual power can be used... immortal power should have even better effects!" Su Xing murmured, then attempted to learn this technique. Sarch* The NovelFire.net* website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Learning the Spirit Rain Technique was not difficult. In just a moment, Su Xing mastered it without a teacher and began to perform it. Standing in the center of the spirit field, with a thought, pure wood immortal power surged into the air, combined with the sweet spring water from the spiritual spring, and rapidly transformed into spiritual rain filled with immortal qi, falling onto the spirit rice. In just a quarter of an hour, ten acres of spirit rice were moistened by Su Xing with sweet dew, maturing instantly and with better quality. "Not bad... Maturing ten acres of spirit rice in a quarter of an hour, so for five hundred acres... about six to seven hours..." "Considering the time needed for the puppets to harvest the spirit rice..." "In about one day, I can harvest five hundred acres of spirit field, which is ten million pounds of spirit rice!" After a bit of calculation, Su Xing knew that in just ten days, he could harvest one hundred million pounds of spirit rice! Selling it to the Great Xia Military would yield a thousand billion energy... or ten thousand origin energy points in revenue! Thinking of the upcoming large amount of origin energy, Su Xing felt full of motivation. The next week, Su Xing spent busily hastening the maturation of the spirit rice... (Brothers, it''s the end of the month. Please vote for monthly tickets. An extra update is presented!) Chapter 286 Unexpected Talent, Late Bloomers Astonishing Impact! [8k] Su Xing saw this and first breathed a sigh of relief, but then he became somewhat puzzled.He was relieved that Blood Three ultimately did not dare to step into Heavenly Demon City. The incarnation of that Heavenly Demon General at least had the strength of a Golden Immortal, and in a home-field battle, it was enough to deter. What puzzled Su Xing was that the foreign race clearly had the strength to break through Heavenly Demon City in one fell swoop but was waiting for an opportunity... "This... What opportunity are they waiting for?" Su Xing closed his eyes in deep thought. On the battlefield, there were only two reasons why the advantageous side would wait for an opportunity. First, reinforcements would arrive for their side, allowing them to expand their advantage and take the city without a bloodshed... Second, they were waiting for the enemy''s strength to weaken, to attack the city with greater certainty and minimal losses... "So, which reason is it? Or is it both?" Su Xing didn''t know for the moment and could only look at the simulation panel. sea??h th N?velFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [You observed the movements of the foreign race in Heavenly Demon City day by day...] [You discovered that the strength of the red-eyed foreign race had increased by more than 30% within a few months, and the pressure on the front lines was growing...] [What worried you even more was that in the skies over countless cities to the north of Heavenly Demon City, millions of miles away... it was gradually turning red!] [This red color... You were all too familiar with it!] [It was Xue Yue!] [The power of Red Moon was gradually recovering!] [This greatly increased the strength of the red-eyed foreign race, and the overall strength of the foreign race grew rapidly...] [You were worried that if the Red Moon fully revived... the Little Qingyun Realm might fall irretrievably into the abyss!] [After many considerations, you decided to report this to Heavenly Demon City!] [Surprisingly, the higher-ups of Heavenly Demon City did not respond...] [Given your commander status, after several reports, a True Immortal in the city met with you.] [This True Immortal was from the Heavenly Demon Prison, the practical highest authority in Heavenly Demon City apart from that incarnation.] [He did not hide anything from you and only told you that they had long known about the fact that Red Moon was about to revive.] [But this... was an unavoidable open strategy!] Stay connected via empire [The foreign race''s overall strength was higher than the Little Qingyun Realm. How could the cultivators of Heavenly Demon City fight back?] [They could only delay time, watching the Red Moon revive... waiting for the day of complete annihilation!] [You asked why the incarnation of the Heavenly Demon General did not act?] [Perhaps its action... could prevent the revival of Red Moon?] [The True Immortal shook his head slightly, seemingly unwilling to speak about some difficulties.] [Helpless, you could only continue cultivating within Heavenly Demon City, keeping an eye on the foreign race''s movements...] [However, things did not go well. As the battle on the front lines grew increasingly brutal, sometimes medium divine power, and even strong divine power, foreign deities approached, making it difficult to defend.] [Even you, on the front lines, were treading on thin ice, narrowly escaping danger several times under the blessing of your luck talent...] [Thus, five years passed...] [In the 105th year, you did not dare to delve deep into the battlefield. However, when a frontline fortress was surrounded, you had to take the risk to support it.] [Unexpectedly, it was a trap laid specifically for you!] [Surrounded by three medium divine power foreign deities, you fought desperately and managed to kill one foreign deity... and then fainted with exhaustion...] [When you woke up again, you were in a familiar formation with a pair of blood-red eyes staring down at you...] [Whispers reached your ears... Your consciousness gradually faded...] [You died!] [Ding, this simulation has ended!] After the simulation ended, Su Xing was speechless. "Red Moon is actually still fixated on me... Is it indeed for the Luo Tian legacy in me?" Su Xing shook his head slightly, not expecting that Red Moon and the foreign races had specifically set a trap to capture him. "Well, I have simulated for 105 years... the simulation goal has been basically achieved!" Su Xing closed his eyes in deep thought, summarizing the gains and losses of this simulation. "If I were to hole up in Heavenly Demon City and only defend without going out, would I be able to simulate for a longer time?" "Hmm... This point is worth considering!" "That Void Beast ruin, once I am stronger, it can also be explored!" "The All-Encompassing Flower in the Blackwater Realm... I will have to pay a visit in the future! "And the Zhengyi Submission Decision... I must quickly cultivate to the second level, so the training speed bonus can help my cultivation level rise faster!" After some general summarizing and filling in gaps, Su Xing glanced at the rewards for this simulation. [Old but Powerful]: Purple talent, priced at 1 point of origin energy. [Grand Witch Body Refining Decision Level One (Perfection)]: Grand Witch Body Refining Decision level one at perfection, with physical strength rivaling perfection-level Human Immortal Realm cultivators; priced at 30,000 points of origin energy. [Zhengyi Submission Decision Insight (First Level)]: An unparalleled secret method of the Luo Tian Sect, can consume the Qi of the Twelve Hours; daily cultivation for one hour equals one day of diligent cultivation. Priced at 10,000 points of origin energy. [Space Spirit Stone (4 pieces)]: A curious mineral born from the void, has the wonderful use of stabilizing space, can be used in magical treasure refinement; priced at 20,000 points of origin energy. Looking at the rewards in front of him, Su Xing hesitated slightly. "The Space Spirit Stone... is produced in the secret realm of the 67th year, and when I obtained the stone, Qing Yunzi had already emerged..." "This indicates that I cannot go to Qingyun!" "It also means I must take the Space Spirit Stone out of the secret realm... and then seek out the Qingyun Sect''s Qi Refinement Grandmaster to refine it..." Su Xing frowned slightly, understanding that this meant he would lose 20,000 points of origin energy and waste one of his simulation choices. "Unfortunately, there''s no better way... To obtain the half-step Acquired Treasure, I must do this!" "But for now, the priority is to improve my cultivation level... The Space Supreme Treasure can wait to be taken out later..." Chapter 286 Unexpected Talent, The Astonishing Effect of Late Bloomers! 【8k】_2 Su Xing estimated that a damaged top-tier spatial Immortal Treasure would require at least twenty thousand units of Origin Energy Source.A semi-Acquired Treasure of the spatial category might even need a hundred thousand units of Origin Energy Source? With Su Xing''s current resources, he was temporarily unable to afford such an exchange. He realized that only after trading with the Great Xia Military and selling the Spirit Rice might he have enough. Understanding this, Su Xing no longer hesitated and silently murmured: "I choose to achieve perfection in the first layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision and gain an insight into the Zhengyi Submission Decision." [You have successfully brought out the first layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision (perfection), costing 30,000 units of Origin Energy Source. Remaining Origin Energy Source: 13,180 units...] [You have successfully brought out the first layer of the Zhengyi Submission Decision (insight), costing 10,000 units of Origin Energy Source. Remaining Origin Energy Source: 3,180 units...] As the simulation prompt sounded, two streams of energy flowed into Su Xing''s body. Su Xing''s mind was filled with many insights, both from the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision and the Zhengyi Submission Decision. Simultaneously, Su Xing''s physical body also began to rapidly transform. In just a few breaths, Su Xing''s physical strength climbed to the power of ten thousand mountains... Which was referred to as the power of mountains and rivers! A moment later, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, stretching his muscles to adapt to the sudden surge in power. "Not bad... Compared to the initial formation of my Immortal Physique, my strength has increased several folds, and the durability of my physical body has also multiplied..." The strength of one mountain... was twenty million tons! The strength of ten thousand mountains! Power to lift mountains and rivers! Su Xing couldn''t comprehend the extent of his current power, as there were no longer any rivals for him on Blue Star. "The Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, each breakthrough is a qualitative leap!" "Breaking through from the first layer to the second layer, not only does it significantly increase strength, but it also grants new abilities!" Su Xing took a deep breath, focusing on the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, which primarily cultivated Origin Force! Su Xing was no stranger to Origin Force, it was the most crucial power for Body Refinement Cultivators! Even before becoming immortal, Su Xing had already planted the seed of Origin Force in his body, making it endlessly regenerative. Su Xing''s mastery of Origin Force had already reached the third layer, allowing him to release it externally! However, Origin Force was originally a special power developed by later Body Refinement Cultivators, modeled after the Witch Clan. It could be said that the Witch Clan was the ancestor of mastering Origin Force! The second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision would allow the seed of Origin Force in his body to bloom, while also enhancing its power and longevity! "Additionally, the nurturing of Origin Weapons... The second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision greatly accelerates this process!" "Perhaps my Ink Ice Sword can also reach the level of a top-tier Magical Treasure... Maybe even an Acquired Treasure!" Su Xing took a deep breath, feeling a sense of anticipation. He took out the Spirit Sword Mo Bing, the cold sword lightly hummed in Su Xing''s hand. This Ink Ice Sword had accompanied Su Xing for years, and he found it exceptionally handy, unwilling to replace it unless absolutely necessary. "And then there''s the Zhengyi Submission Decision..." Su Xing closed his eyes slightly, taking a deep breath as he tried to sense the rhythm of Qi. "Consuming the Qi of the Twelve Hours... This will save me a lot of time in future cultivation!" Explore more stories at empire Su Xing murmured to himself. He glanced at the time, Lu Yuanwu was probably already waiting at the agreed location. Disguising himself and concealing his breath, Su Xing went to meet Lu Yuanwu. After the transaction was completed, Su Xing gained an additional twenty thousand units of Origin Energy Source. Looking at the simulation panel with the Origin Energy Source restored to five digits, Su Xing sighed. "Ah, the Origin Energy Source comes fast... and goes just as quickly!" "With my current cultivation level, extracting cultivation during a simulation costs at least thirty to forty thousand units of Origin Energy Source each time..." "And this is just at the Human Immortal Realm... When I reach the Earth Immortal Realm, the consumption will undoubtedly be even more astonishing..." Su Xing shook his head slightly, realizing he couldn''t slack off in acquiring more Origin Energy Source. With this in mind, Su Xing rode his sword to the Xianwu World. Upon entering the Xianwu World, instead of refining a puppet, Su Xing entered the Spirit Field Cave to accelerate the growth of the Spirit Rice. The Spirit Rice he had accumulated before had been used up in the trade with the Great Xia Military. Sar?h the n?vel_Fire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Moreover, the daily production of Fasting Pills also required a large amount of Spirit Rice, compelling Su Xing to stockpile some. "Let''s accelerate the growth of Spirit Rice for another week... Accumulating several million pounds should be sufficient?" Su Xing mumbled to himself. For the next week, Su Xing stayed in the cave accelerating the growth of the Spirit Rice. ... Before long, the date was August 12th. Su Xing returned to Blue Star and met Jin Congxue at the villa. Jin Congxue was wearing a white short dress today, sitting in front of Su Xing with a beaming smile. "Oh, did something good happen today? Why are you so happy?" Su Xing teased. Jin Congxue scoffed: "It''s all because of you!" "The trade with the Great Xia Military has made progress... We can conduct the transaction as soon as a week from now!" Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this, the speed was indeed not slow. The thought of gaining a hundred thousand units of Origin Energy Source soon made Su Xing a bit excited. After bidding farewell to Jin Congxue, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave. On August 12th, 2025, Su Xing started his 99th simulation on time. "Start simulation!" [The 99th simulation has begun, current remaining Origin Energy Source: 39,180 units... Remaining simulations: none.] [Simulation started!] [Drawing Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 unit of Origin Energy Source, do you wish to draw?] Su Xing thought for a moment and decided not to draw the Golden Talent. Instead, he wanted to bring out the Great Talent Maturing Late! "In the previous simulation, I lived for one hundred and five years... I was 128 years old then, which meant I received 28 years of doubled cultivation speed, which is already considerable!" "It''s time to make use of the Great Talent Maturing Late!" Su Xing found that the purple talents he had previously drawn could be more effective than the golden ones in some special situations! Chapter 286 Unexpected Talent, the Amazing Effect of Being a Late Bloomer! [8k]_3 And now, it was precisely the time when Su Xing needed to utilize these talents!"Start the talent pool draw..." Over the next few minutes, Su Xing spent a total of 23 Origin Energy Points before drawing the "Late Bloomer" talent from the pool, which made him somewhat distressed. Fortunately, the talent was obtained, and Su Xing''s Origin Energy was not wasted. [Detected that the host selected the talent "Late Bloomer," simulation officially begins!] [In the Spirit Field Cave... you realized you were in a simulation!] [You received news from Jin Congxue, telling you that the transaction went smoothly, and you got ten million Abyss Stones.] [After disguising yourself, you went to the villa, used Divine Sense to observe the surroundings, confirmed no one was watching, and retrieved the Abyss Stones.] [Ten days later, you went to the Luo Tian Instance...] In the real world, Su Xing silently said: "Use the Immersive Simulation..." [Ding...] Soon, the immersive simulation ended, and after regaining consciousness, Su Xing habitually glanced at the attribute panel. Unexpectedly, he found that his Dao of Puppets had officially entered the Mahayana Level! "Hiss... Ghost Grandma, definitely a Great Grandmaster Level figure in the Dao of Puppets!" "Just these dozens of immersive simulations... have brought my Dao of Puppets to the Mahayana Level, equivalent to a tenth-tier Puppet Grandmaster!" "This saved me at least a thousand years of dedicated research in the Dao of Puppets!" Su Xing sighed slightly, unknowingly, his Dao of Puppets had also reached the Mahayana Level. In the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, Su Xing was involved in Alchemy, Talismans, Dao of Arrays, Puppets, cultivating spirits, and more. Unlike ordinary cultivators, Su Xing did these to gain more energy. "The Mahayana Dao of Puppets... means those puppets can be refined again, and the efficiency will likely further increase!" Su Xing muttered, his gaze shifting to the simulation panel. [After leaving the Luo Tian Instance, your Dao of Puppets reached the Mahayana Level!] [A few days later, you contacted Luo Shuying and went to the Spiritual Ancestral Land to retrieve some of Luo Tian Sect''s inherited treasures.] [You did not rush to leave Blue Star but chose to stay and continue comprehending the Zhengyi Submission Decision.] [You practiced for an hour every day, consuming a thousand drops of High-grade Spiritual Liquid, equivalent to ten days of regular cultivation for a Human Immortal Realm cultivator.] [The rest of the time, you devoted to comprehending the Zhengyi Submission Decision.] [Every twenty-four solar terms, your comprehending speed of the second layer of the Zhengyi Submission Decision was the fastest...] [Thus, ten years passed.] [The tenth year, during these ten years, the Descending Sect attempted multiple assassinations on Jin Congxue. Before Damned Dragon could personally act, you had her go to the Demon-Subduing Pass for refuge, avoiding a disaster.] [Although your strength could easily handle Damned Dragon, you did not intend to do so.] [Because once you kill Damned Dragon, Blood Three might descend on Blue Star within a few years.] [Even if you shielded yourself from heavenly secrets, it would still be hard to fend off Blood Three''s probing.] [At that time, you would have no choice but to leave Blue Star...] [Thus, you stayed on Blue Star to cultivate.] [Thus, another ten years passed.] [The twentieth year, your progress on the second layer of the Zhengyi Submission Decision accelerated, and on six solar term days like Awakening of Insects, Grain in Ear, and Spring Dew, your cultivation speed increased more than tenfold.] [You were delighted and practiced even harder...] [The twenty-third year, you went to the Beast Taming Realm and resolved some hidden dangers.] [The twenty-eighth year, a Demon Saint descended on the Demon-Subduing Pass.] [You chose to reveal yourself at this time and guarded the Demon-Subduing Pass for five years.] [The thirty-third year, the Demon Saint retreated, and you continued to cultivate the Zhengyi Submission Decision.] [Another nine years passed, and you successively comprehended the solar terms of Cold Dew, Frost''s Descent, and Autumn Equinox... greatly accelerating your cultivation speed!] Read exclusive content at My Virtual Library Empire [The forty-second year, you had already managed to ensure a cultivation speed fifteen times faster than usual on twelve solar term days.] [That year, a deity of a lower divine power of the Foreign Race descended on the Demon-Subduing Pass!] [When you saw this deity about to destroy the Demon-Subduing Pass, you stepped forward and killed it with a single punch through physical power...] [Outside the Demon-Subduing Pass, a thousand-foot-deep grand canyon suddenly appeared, the beast''s blood flowed into the canyon, turning it into a river of blood.] [After killing the God-level Foreign Race, you did not intend to linger on Blue Star but prepared to go to Little Qingyun Realm to cultivate!] [The forty-third year, after explaining to several friends and family, you went to the Little Qingyun Realm...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly. "According to the previous simulation, repelling this wave of Foreign Race in the forty-second year could delay Red Moon''s revival by ten years..." "This means that the Red-eyed Foreign Race will only appear on the battlefield in the sixtieth year." "Such a delay in the unfavorable frontline situation might allow me to simulate a few more years..." Su Xing''s lips curved slightly upward. sea??h th N?vel(F)ire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. With the support of the "Late Bloomer," each additional year of simulation would double Su Xing''s gains. For this reason, without cultivation resources unavailable on Blue Star, staying on Blue Star to delay the Foreign Race was the best strategy. Su Xing thought so, his gaze turning to the simulation panel. [You descended in the northern part of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, and immediately headed towards the Heavenly Secret Pavilion.] [You sold the intelligence to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, telling them that the Foreign Race would accelerate the invasion of Little Qingyun Realm in about seventeen years.] [After selling the intelligence, you obtained a considerable amount of Spirit Stones.] [According to your estimation, the Red-eyed Foreign Race would appear around the sixtieth year.] [For the next twenty or thirty years, you didn''t have to worry about the Descending Sect bothering you, so you stayed in the White Emperor City to comprehend the Zhengyi Submission Decision with peace of mind.] [Thus, seven more years passed.] [The fiftieth year, that year your cultivation level broke through to the second layer of the Human Immortal Realm.] Chapter 286 Unexpected Talent, the Amazing Effect of Being a Late Bloomer! [8k]_4 [You made some progress in your understanding of the Zhengyi Submission Decision.][Time flew by, and another ten years passed...] [In the sixtieth year, you slightly improved your understanding of the second layer of the Zhengyi Submission Decision.] [You mastered sixteen methods of Consuming Qi during special days, allowing your cultivation speed during those days to be twenty times faster than usual...] [This year, you went to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion in White Emperor City to purchase intelligence on the frontline situation.] [As you expected, the situation at the frontline was dire with the initial appearance of the red-eyed foreign race.] [You stayed in the inner city of White Emperor City for a day, sold the intelligence about the possible ambush on Heavenly Immortals, and then returned to your cave to cultivate...] Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly. "Not bad... If the situation continues like this, this simulation could last at least a few more years!" "As for this Zhengyi Submission Decision, I wonder if I can master the second layer in this simulation?" Su Xing felt a bit worried. The Zhengyi Submission Decision had three layers, each more difficult than the last. The first layer could be cultivated daily and was not slow, yet Su Xing took one hundred and twenty years to master it. The second layer could also be cultivated daily, but the speed was slow. Only on special days could the cultivation speed increase. Moreover, the second layer was the most complex, requiring twenty-four different methods of Consuming Qi for the twenty-four special days! For example, during the Great Heat day, one needed to find a particularly hot place to consume Qi to achieve optimal results. Fortunately, Su Xing could set up formations to simulate different environments of the special days, making it less troublesome. "At this rate, completing the second layer will take at least two to three hundred years!" "Now, I can only hope for enlightenment!" Su Xing sighed and looked at the simulation panel. [After selling the intelligence, you returned to your cave to cultivate, and another ten years passed.] [In the seventieth year, your cultivation reached the mid-stage of the second layer of the Human Immortal Realm, and the Zhengyi Submission Decision slightly improved.] [This year, you planned to join the army in the Heavenly Demon City for safer cultivation.] [You took a flying ship to the Heavenly Demon City and demonstrated your ability as an eleventh-tier formation grandmaster.] [You were incorporated into the logistics army of the Heavenly Demon City, gaining some safety. Besides setting up formations, you had plenty of spare time to cultivate.] [Thus, another seven years passed.] [In the seventy-seventh year, you were promoted to a Ten Thousand Commander.] [In the same April, you turned one hundred years old and officially triggered the Great Talent Maturing Late.] [After triggering this talent, you were surprised to find that the improvement in cultivation speed affected not only your cultivation level but also doubled your speed in comprehending divine skills and techniques!] [You were delighted and started cultivating harder.] [Thus, another thirteen years passed...] [In the ninetieth year, you reached the late stage of the second layer of the Human Immortal Realm!] [In the same year, your mastery of the Zhengyi Submission Decision further improved, allowing you to increase your cultivation speed by twenty times on twenty special days.] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and showed a look of delight. "The Great Talent Maturing Late... it can also enhance the cultivation of divine skills and techniques?" Su Xing opened the simulation panel and carefully examined the description of the Great Talent Maturing Late. Sarch* The N?vel?ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Great Talent Maturing Late: Automatically takes effect when your age exceeds one hundred years, doubling your cultivation speed on the current basis! "That''s right! It''s cultivation speed... not necessarily Qi Refinement!" "To be precise, Body Refinement, Qi Refinement, the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, and divine skills all count as cultivation!" This talent''s importance increased further in Su Xing''s eyes! "Damn, the importance of this talent is no less than that of a golden-quality talent!" Su Xing looked excited. Seeing it this way, the duration of the simulation became even more important! He looked at the simulation panel again. [You cultivated in the Heavenly Demon City for decades while keeping an eye on the frontline war.] [As expected, although the human race was at a disadvantage on the frontline, the situation was not yet critical.] [But if the current situation continued, it would deteriorate significantly within the next twenty years.] [So you seized the time and cultivated even harder...] [Thus, another ten years passed.] [In the hundredth year, one day, while cultivating the Zhengyi Submission Decision, you entered a mysterious state.] [You gained new insights into the twenty-four special days, feeling a hint of reincarnation and the Path of Time in the changes of the special days...] Continue your adventure at My Virtual Library Empire [Congratulations! You triggered an accidental enlightenment!] [This enlightenment lasted for a full seven days...] [Seven days of enlightenment equated to seventy years of hard cultivation!] [When you came out of the enlightenment state, you felt a sense of loss.] [But then you were pleasantly surprised to find that you had mastered twenty-three methods of Consuming Qi for the special days, and your efficiency had reached twenty-nine times!] [You were just one step away from fully mastering the second layer of the Zhengyi Submission Decision with only the Spring Equinox day remaining.] [Overjoyed, you seized the time to cultivate even more.] [However, that year, the situation at the frontline became extremely dire, with frequent deaths of Earth Immortal cultivators.] [Fortunately, you stayed in the Heavenly Demon City and did not go to the frontline.] [Even so, you did not dare to be complacent.] [You knew that the Red Moon might already know your whereabouts, and if you fought on the frontline, you could be captured.] [Additionally, Blood Three from the Descending Sect might be hunting for you outside...] [So, you stayed in the Heavenly Demon City and seized the last bit of time to cultivate.] [Thus, eight years passed...] [In the one hundred and eighth year, your cultivation reached the late stage of the second layer of the Human Immortal Realm.] [You also successfully mastered the method of Consuming Qi on the Spring Equinox day, the last one.] [The only regret was that your efficiency in consuming Qi stayed at twenty-nine times, not reaching the perfect level of one day''s cultivation equal to a month''s hard cultivation.] Chapter 286 Unexpected Talent, Incredible Late Bloomer Effect! [8000] _5 [Thus, you consumed the Spirit Awakening Pill, activating the Great Wisdom State, preparing for the final sprint!][After a month, when you emerged from seclusion, you had finally perfectly comprehended the second layer of the Zhengyi Submission Decision!] [Congratulations, you can now consume all twenty-four solar terms, greatly enhancing your cultivation speed!] Su Xing saw this and let out a long sigh of relief. "Fortunately... I successfully triggered an epiphany! Otherwise, who knows how much longer it would have taken to comprehend the second layer of the Zhengyi Submission Decision..." Your next read awaits at My Virtual Library Empire Su Xing did some quick calculations. The second layer of the Zhengyi Submission Decision had taken twenty years of cultivation in his last simulation. Counting the eighty years of cultivation this time, it totals one hundred years. With the nearly twenty years of Late Bloomer''s blessing, it''s another forty years... A month of the Spirit Awakening Pill equates to ten years of hard work; seven days of epiphany equates to another seventy years... "So, the second layer of cultivation took approximately two hundred and forty years in total?" Su Xing took a deep breath and remarked, "Tsk tsk... This Zhengyi Submission Decision is indeed not something an average person can cultivate!" "And this is just the second layer... The third layer is even more difficult, possibly several times, if not dozens of times harder... It''s likely impossible to master in a short time..." Su Xing shook his head slightly. He planned to start fully focusing on advancing his Qi Refinement cultivation after this simulation! The second layer of Zhengyi Submission Decision, with its roughly threefold increase in cultivation speed, would suffice for now! Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the Simulation Panel. [After reaching the second layer of the Zhengyi Submission Decision, you were very satisfied.] [Consequently, you spent more time focusing on the front-line battle situation.] [With the previous experiences, you remained within the main city of Heavenly Demon City, never venturing outside.] [You declined several assignments to set up formations at the front line, claiming your strength was insufficient and stayed in the city to arrange formations.] [As a result, even after spending several decades in Heavenly Demon City, your accumulated military merits remained at the level of a Ten Thousand Commander, far from becoming a commander...] [Thus, another twelve years passed!] [On the one hundred and twentieth year, the situation at the front line was tense, with signs that the Foreign Race might break through the city at any moment.] [You believed you would die at the hands of the Foreign Race.] [Unexpectedly, a surprise guest arrived in Heavenly Demon City that day...] [Dressed in black, resembling a demon, it was Qing Yunzi!] [Qing Yunzi had only one purpose in coming to this city, which was to find you!] [You didn''t know how he found your location, but when he appeared behind you, your heart pounded, and your instincts for avoiding danger screamed warnings.] [At the same time, a tall, majestic man, covered in black armor, appeared beside you.] [It was the manifestation of the Heavenly Demon General, the highest combat power guarding Heavenly Demon City!] [He sensed Qing Yunzi''s presence and came to this place!] [The Heavenly Demon General wore a mask, so you couldn''t see his face.] [But from his tone, you could detect a hint of displeasure...] [He frowned at Qing Yunzi and said, This is not a place you should be!] [Qing Yunzi, somewhat crazed, pointed at you, stating he only needed you!] [As long as you left with him, he would withdraw from Heavenly Demon City!] [The Heavenly Demon General, never yielding in his life, even if merely a manifestation, refused to be threatened.] [But Qing Yunzi waved his hand and said, If you choose to save him, today will be the day Heavenly Demon City falls!] [The usually unyielding Heavenly Demon General fell silent upon hearing this.] [Before leaving, he gave Qing Yunzi a deep look, then vanished from the spot.] [After the Heavenly Demon General left, Qing Yunzi waved his hand, and you followed him out of Heavenly Demon City...] [When you came to your senses, you were already in a deep mountain.] [Qing Yunzi instantly set up a prohibition and reached out to grab you, intending to perform a Soul Search without a word.] Sarch* The ovelFire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [Thinking quickly, you shouted, Master!] [Simultaneously, you claimed to have acquired part of the Luo Tian Sect''s legacy and were willing to offer it to help Qing Yunzi become a Saint!] [Upon hearing your words, Qing Yunzi retracted his hand, looking at you with great interest.] [You braced yourself and handed over the inheritance from the Spirit Realm intact.] [But Qing Yunzi merely scanned them with his Divine Sense and stated those were not what he needed...] [Your heart tightened, and you quickly stated that you also knew the Luo Tianhua Immortal Jue, the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, and the Zhengyi Submission Decision!] [As you spoke, you began reciting the incantations in front of Qing Yunzi...] [Qing Yunzi interrupted you halfway through and demanded to know what exactly he was looking for.] [At this moment, Qing Yunzi seemed to have lost part of his sanity, crazily saying, The Pure Heart Jue! I need the Pure Heart Jue to neutralize the flaws in the Three Purities from One Qi!] Chapter 287 Another Divine Body! Teasing Qing Yunzi? [8k] [Having said that, Qing Yunzi did not wait for your reaction, reaching out to search your soul...][Your consciousness gradually dissipated...] [You are dead!] [Ding, this simulation ends!] After the simulation ended, Su Xing frowned slightly. "Three Purities from One Qi... Is this Qing Yunzi''s famous Divine Skill?" "But what does this have to do with Qingshan Jue?" Su Xing fell into deep thought, piecing together clues he had gathered over the days. Qing Yunzi in black, white, and green robes... Evil Corpse, Self Corpse, Good Corpse... Slaying the Three Corpses to become a Saint? The side effects of reversing the slaying of the Three Corpses... Immortal Ziling''s mysterious Yin Sacred Body... Luo Tian Sect''s Qingshan Jue, neutralizing the side effects of Three Purities from One Qi!? A flash of insight crossed Su Xing''s mind, connecting all the dots... "So, what Qing Yunzi desires is the Qingshan Jue passed down by the Luo Tian Sect!?" "Qingshan Jue can alleviate, even remove, the side effects of Three Purities from One Qi and the reversal of slaying the Three Corpses!" "This is the key to Qing Yunzi''s path, the opportunity to become a Saint!" Su Xing took a deep breath, finally understanding! What Qing Yunzi sought was never the method of becoming a Saint through Body Refinement, nor top-tier Cultivation Techniques like Luo Tianhua Immortal Jue or Zhengyi Submission Decision. As a Daluo Golden Immortal, a powerful cultivator who had become a Semi-Saint by slaying corpses. He had certainly found his own path, making these techniques useless to him! What he needed was the "Qingshan Jue" of the Luo Tian Sect, to compensate for the deficiencies in his own cultivation... "But does Qingshan Jue really work on Qing Yunzi?" "If I find Qingshan Jue and present it... Can I build a good relationship with Qing Yunzi, simulating longer?" Su Xing pondered. In any case, Su Xing had to give it a try... "Very well! Next time in the simulation, I''ll go to the Luo Tian Sect and seek Qingshan Jue..." Su Xing estimated that, with his status, obtaining a Qingshan Jue shouldn''t be difficult? Having thought of this, Su Xing turned his gaze to the rewards from this simulation. For now, he still had to choose the gains from the simulation! [Late Bloomer]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 point of Origin Energy Source. [Insight of Zhengyi Submission Decision (Second Layer)]: An unparalleled secret technique of the Luo Tian Sect, currently comprehended to the second layer, allows consuming the Qi of the Twelve Hours and the Twenty-four Solar Terms, enjoying triple the cultivation boost of ordinary cultivation and saving a lot of time, priced at 20,000 Origin Energy Sources. [Second Layer of Human Immortal Realm Cultivation Level]: Human Immortal Realm cultivator, has reached the late phase of the Second Layer, priced at 10,000 Origin Energy Sources. [Flesh Essence of the Earth Immortal Realm (100 pounds)]: Priced at 10,000 Origin Energy Sources. [Ten million low-grade Spirit Stones]: Priced at 10,000 Origin Energy Sources. Su Xing looked at the rewards from this simulation, without hesitation, he silently thought: "I choose the insight of Zhengyi Submission Decision and the talent Late Bloomer!" As his voice fell, a prompt from the simulator came to his ears. [You successfully brought out the purple talent Late Bloomer, costing 1 point of Origin Energy Source, remaining Origin Energy Source: 39,154 points] [You successfully brought out the insight of Zhengyi Submission Decision (Second Layer), costing 30,000 Origin Energy Sources, remaining Origin Energy Source: 9,154 points...] As the simulation prompt ended, two mysterious energies surged into Su Xing''s body. The purple talent merged into Su Xing''s forehead, disappearing. Its talent effects would not manifest temporarily. Subsequently, Su Xing''s mind was filled with numerous insights on Zhengyi Submission Decision. The Qi of the Twelve Hours, the Twenty-four Solar Terms, with its unpredictable changes, seemed to gather the essence of the sun and moon, the transformation of all life. Su Xing slightly closed his eyes, and in an instant, his mind state seemed to undergo a transformation. "Drifting in the heavens and earth, a small existence in the vast sea... The changes of all things in the world, only time is eternal, reincarnation unending..." Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, murmuring. After receiving the insights of Zhengyi Submission Decision, Su Xing seemed to see a scene. On the top of a mountain shrouded in celestial mist, Su Xing sat cross-legged, absorbing the Qi of all things into his body, sitting motionless for countless years, ascending in broad daylight... During this period, the sun and moon rotated, the extreme cold and heat alternated, spring came and went... And he remained unshakable! After a long while, Su Xing took a deep breath and whispered: "Zhengyi Submission Decision... Indeed related to the Great Dao of time and reincarnation?" A strange glimmer flashed in Su Xing''s eyes. This secret technique still harbored many secrets waiting for him to uncover. Su Xing seemed to grasp a few thoughts, but they drifted away... ... After a moment, Su Xing slowly stood up, murmuring: "Perhaps the time is not ripe yet... Should focus on the now!" Glancing at the time, Su Xing disguised himself and concealed his aura, heading to trade with Lu Yuanwu. The new week''s 20,000 Origin Energy Sources obtained, Su Xing flew with his sword to the Immortal Martial Era Instance. This week, Su Xing had made some improvements to his thirty mining puppets. Sarch* The N?vel(F)ire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. The efficiency of mining raw Alien Metals increased by more than fifty percent! Thus, the amount of raw Alien Metals mined each week contained almost 25,000 points of Origin Energy Source! "At this rate, it won''t take three months for the raw Alien Metals in the Xianwu World to be exhausted..." "By then, I will have to find a new energy source..." Su Xing frowned slightly, as Alien Metals had now become one of his primary energy sources, he naturally was reluctant to give it up easily. Fortunately, there were still many unexplored instance worlds near Blue Star. With the "Geology Expert" talent, Su Xing could still find new mining instance worlds. On August 19, 2025, Su Xing returned to Blue Star and headed to a villa to meet Jin Congxue. Discover hidden content at My Virtual Library Empire "This is last week''s goods, refined Alien Metals..." Jin Congxue handed over a Storage Ring. Then she took another one out and said: "Here are ten million Abyss Stones obtained from the Spirit Rice trade..." Su Xing''s eyes lit up upon hearing this and he quickly accepted the two Storage Rings. With a thought, a prompt from the simulator came to his ear. Chapter 287 Another Divine Body! Toying with Qing Yunzi? [8k]_2 [Detected a large amount of Origin Energy Source material, worth 16,432 points of Origin Energy Source, would you like to absorb it?][Detected a large amount of Origin Energy Source material, worth 100,000 Origin Energy Source, would you like to absorb it?] "Yes!" Su Xing silently chanted. Two consecutive prompts made Su Xing laugh until his mouth could not close. "Counting the previous Origin Energy Source... now the Origin Energy Source in my hand amounts to 145,866 points!" "That''s equivalent to more than 140 billion Simulated Energy points!" Su Xing did some quick calculations in his heart, unable to hide his excitement. After a moment of joy, Su Xing looked up and saw Jin Congxue''s reproachful eyes. "Ahem, Sister Xue! Love you to death!" "You really are my benefactor!" Su Xing couldn''t hold back. After hugging Jin Congxue, he kissed her on the cheek. This made Jin Congxue blush furiously. After the two lingered in the room for a long time, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave. "Nearly 150,000 Origin Energy Source! It should be enough for now..." Find your next read on My Virtual Library Empire "Next, Qi Refinement cultivation... and obtaining the Space Artifact, it''s time to get started!" Su Xing murmured, looking at the simulation panel that had finished cooling down. "Start simulation!" [The 100th simulation begins, current remaining Origin Energy Source is 145,866 points... no remaining simulation attempts.] [Simulation begins!] [Extracting Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 point of Origin Energy Source, would you like to extract it?] Su Xing thought for a moment. Currently, there was no usable Purple Talent, so he silently chanted: "Extract!" [Ding, congratulations on obtaining Golden Talent Water Spirit Body, the probability of extracting Golden Talent next time is 60%...] [Water Spirit Body]: Golden Talent, one of the Hundred Great Divine Bodies, can accelerate the comprehension of the Great Dao of Water and the absorption speed of Water Spiritual Energy. "Hmm? Another Divine Body!" Su Xing''s eyes lit up, but after carefully reading the description of Water Spirit Body, he frowned slightly. "Unfortunately... I don''t have a Water Spiritual Root, nor have I comprehended the Great Dao of Water... Can this Water Spirit Body still take effect?" Su Xing had a bad premonition. He looked at the simulation panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized that you were simulating.] [You felt some changes in your body and were eager to try cultivation...] [But no matter how you practiced, you couldn''t sense Water Spiritual Energy, and your cultivation speed didn''t change a bit...] [Unwilling to give up, you tried to comprehend the Great Dao of Water, but lacking relevant mediums, without Water Spiritual Root or Water Supreme Treasure, you didn''t know where to start...] [After a few days, you gave up.] [You accumulated Great Wisdom Talent and prepared to head to the Luo Tian Instance...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and sighed unexpectedly. "Sure enough... without Water Spiritual Root, the Water Spirit Body cannot be activated!" Su Xing was a bit speechless; those naturally endowed with Water Spirit Body must have Water Spiritual Root. But unfortunately, Su Xing''s Water Spirit Body was an acquired talent, lacking Water Spiritual Root, it couldn''t bring out the advantage of this Divine Body... "Well, it''s just a Divine Body... I already have the Fire Flame Body, so I don''t lack this one!" Now Su Xing was more curious about whether the Clear Heart Technique was within Luo Tian Sect. Thinking this way, Su Xing silently chanted: "Use Immersive Simulation, duration 1 day!" [Ding...] The vision before him changed, and Su Xing appeared in the Luo Tian Instance. A familiar mission process sounded in his ears. "Xiaochuan, go to the back mountain and ask your Brother Shennong to come over..." After listening, Su Xing nodded slightly but didn''t act immediately. Instead, he asked: "Master, does our Luo Tian Sect have the Clear Heart Technique? I would like to cultivate it..." After hearing Su Xing''s words, Luo Qingniu was somewhat surprised but still nodded and said: "Yes, you can find it in the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion, the Clear Heart Technique is the most basic clear heart cultivation technique, even outer disciples can practice it..." After hearing Luo Qingniu''s words, Su Xing was somewhat surprised. The most common technique in Luo Tian Sect? Sar?h the N?vel?ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Is this really the Clear Heart Technique that Qing Yunzi was looking for? But anyway, since there was a clue, Su Xing had to investigate it. First, he completed the familiar mission process. He went to the back mountain to invite Shennong Youtian, then visited the main venue of the Luo Tian conference. Only after being "forcefully ejected from the mission" did Su Xing go to the Scripture Pavilion. Su Xing first went to the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion and found the Clear Heart Technique in an inconspicuous corner. With the help of the Great Wisdom State, Su Xing began to practice. Before long, the Immersive Simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to reality. "Strange... This Clear Heart Technique doesn''t seem to be anything special, it just looks like the most basic heart-clearing technique?" "It''s not even as effective as the Heart Enlightenment Pill... Can this really help Qing Yunzi?" Su Xing was somewhat skeptical. Given the difficulty of practicing the Clear Heart Technique, Su Xing had perfected it in just one day. But even so, Su Xing hadn''t found anything special... Techniques like the Clear Heart Technique could be found in any cultivation sect, with at least eighty to a hundred books. It didn''t look like a supreme secret technique at all. "Well, since Qing Yunzi specifically asked for it, I should give it a try anyway..." Su Xing murmured, looking at the simulation panel. [You left the Luo Tian Instance and began your formal cultivation.] [With the help of the Zhengyi Submission Decision, your cultivation speed was extremely fast. You only needed to practice for one hour a day to achieve the effect of a full day''s cultivation.] [You went to the Spiritual Ancestral Land and retrieved ten million drops of High-grade Spiritual Liquid.] [Thus, you spent one hour each day, consuming a hundred drops of High-grade Spiritual Liquid, and your cultivation progressed daily.] [During the seasonal festivals like Spring Dew and Awakening of Insects, your cultivation speed would increase thirty times, with one day''s practice consuming three thousand drops of High-grade Spiritual Liquid, equivalent to a month''s hard cultivation...] Chapter 287 Another Divine Body! Teasing Qing Yunzi? [8k]_3 [Cultivation disregards the passage of time, and in the blink of an eye, ten years had passed.][In the tenth year, your cultivation level reached the late stage of the first layer of the Human Immortal Realm.] [Due to your abundant mana, the resources required to improve your cultivation level were several times that of cultivators in the same realm.] [In ten years, you expended a million drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid, equivalent to three hundred years of hard cultivation for a regular Human Immortal Realm cultivator!] [Thus, another ten years passed.] [In the twentieth year, your cultivation level reached the peak of the first layer of the Human Immortal Realm.] [You started to break through to the second layer of the Human Immortal Realm...] [Due to your ample preparations and solid foundation, you succeeded in breaking through after two years of seclusion.] [In the twenty-second year, you went to the Beast Taming Realm and killed a foreign race.] [Afterward, you returned to the Spirit Field Cave to continue cultivating.] [Like a fleeting moment, six years passed in an instant...] [In the twenty-eighth year, the Demon Saint descended.] [You used a small strategy to delay for five years.] [In the thirty-third year, the Demon Saint retreated.] [In the same year, your cultivation level increased to the mid-stage of the second layer of the Human Immortal Realm.] [With the support of high-grade Spiritual Liquid and the Zhengyi Submission Decision, your cultivation level advanced rapidly...] [In the forty-third year, your cultivation level advanced to the late stage of the second layer of the Human Immortal Realm.] [A subordinate divine power foreign race deity descended to the Demon-Subduing Pass. With a single stroke of your sword imbued with Heavenly Sword Intent, you killed them...] [After killing this foreign race deity, you decided to leave the Blue Star and head to the Little Qingyun Realm.] [You made arrangements with your family and friends and crossed the Slaughter Battlefield alone...] [After passing through the alternate space, you arrived in the Qingyun Realm!] Su Xing looked at the words in front of him and nodded slightly. "Not bad, forty-three years to cultivate to the mid-stage of the second layer of the Human Immortal Realm... This is equivalent to over a thousand years of hard cultivation for a Human Immortal Realm cultivator with Super Spiritual Root qualifications..." "Without the Zhengyi Submission Decision, I fear I couldn''t have even reached the late stage of the first layer of the Human Immortal Realm by now..." Su Xing enjoyed the benefits of the Zhengyi Submission Decision. With this secret technique, Su Xing could ensure an extremely fast cultivation speed in the Human Immortal Realm and even the Earth Immortal Realm. "It''s just a pity that the third layer of the Zhengyi Submission Decision is too difficult... I can''t learn it in a short time!" sea??h th N?vel(F)ire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Unless I trigger an epiphany again, only then could I bring about comprehension of the third layer..." Su Xing murmured. [Arriving in the familiar northern part of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, you headed towards White Emperor City.] [First, you went to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, sold relevant information, and obtained a generous amount of Spirit Stones.] [Then, you delved into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, established a cave mansion near the Secret Realm of the Void, set up the Xuan Yuan Concealment Array, and began cultivating.] [After becoming an Immortal, the difficulty of cultivation increased by more than tenfold compared to before.] [At the late stage of the second layer of the Human Immortal Realm, the amount of Spiritual Liquid required for cultivation was even more.] [You cultivated for an hour each day, consuming one hundred and thirty drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid... On festival dates, you needed over four thousand drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid.] [Quickly, five years passed.] [In the fiftieth year, your cultivation level climbed to the peak of the second layer of the Human Immortal Realm.] [You went into seclusion, seeking a breakthrough...] [Thus, two years passed.] [In the fifty-second year, you spent two hundred thousand drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid but ultimately failed to break through.] [Regrettably, the quality of your Spiritual Root became a barrier to your cultivation progress.] [But you didn''t lose heart, only accumulated experience, solidified your foundation, and prepared for the next breakthrough attempt.] [Thus, three years passed.] [In the fifty-fifth year, your cultivation level successfully broke through, reaching the third layer of the Human Immortal Realm!] [At the same time, you noticed that the amount of Spiritual Liquid required for cultivation increased to over one hundred and fifty drops per hour.] [On festival dates, you could spend six thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid in a day, equivalent to a month''s worth of hard cultivation...] [Fortunately, with abundant cultivation resources, the tens of millions of drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid from the Luo Tian Legacy were enough to sustain your cultivation for a long time...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly, making some calculations. "The first layer of the Human Immortal Realm requires one hundred thousand drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid per year for cultivation... This is equivalent to about thirty years of cultivation for a regular Human Immortal Realm cultivator?" "The second layer of the Human Immortal Realm requires one hundred and fifty thousand drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid per year, the third layer two hundred thousand drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid..." "Calculating it this way, ten million drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid are only enough for fifty years of cultivation in the third layer of the Human Immortal Realm, equivalent to over a thousand years for an ordinary cultivator..." Su Xing sighed slightly. Rapidly improving one''s cultivation level was indeed a game for a "spender". Wealthy cultivators could progress their cultivation much faster than regular cultivators! "However, fortunately, with all the Spiritual Liquid and Spirit Stones in my possession... Occasionally buying some Spiritual Liquid should be enough for a hundred years of cultivation..." Su Xing nodded slightly. It seemed that each simulation could improve three to four minor realms, just enough to break through from the early to the mid-stage, which wasn''t slow at all! He looked back at the simulation panel. [With the ample support of Spiritual Liquid, your cultivation level advanced rapidly.] [In the sixty-seventh year, your cultivation level advanced to the mid-stage of the third layer of the Human Immortal Realm.] Read new adventures at My Virtual Library Empire [In the same year, you sensed fluctuations from the Void Secret Realm and headed there immediately.] [Meanwhile, numerous Earth Immortal Realm cultivators within a million miles sensed the birth of the Secret Realm and rushed over...] [Having learned from the previous experience, you were the first to arrive at the Secret Realm, passed through the Void Labyrinth smoothly, and saw the corpse of the Void Beast and four Space Spirit Stones.] [You quickly stored the corpse of the Void Beast along with the Space Spirit Stones into your storage ring, ready to leave the Secret Realm...] [Just as you left the Secret Realm, you saw over ten formidable auras heading towards you.] [Among them, the weakest was a late-stage Human Immortal Realm cultivator, and there were five with the cultivation level of the late stage of the Earth Immortal Realm...] Chapter 287 Another Divine Body! Teasing Qing Yunzi? [8k]_4 [You frowned slightly, just about to leave, when you heard someone say, "That kid just came out of the secret realm, let''s not let him go!"][Focusing, you saw the speaker, a black-robed cultivator at the late Earth Immortal Realm. It was the very person with whom you had a grudge from a previous simulation.] [You frowned again, and soon several late Earth Immortal Realm cultivators vaguely surrounded you, saying, "Everyone gets a share of Heaven and Earth Treasures."] [If it was just one late Earth Immortal Realm cultivator, you naturally wouldn''t be afraid.] [But five late Earth Immortal Realm cultivators, with your current strength, would indeed be hard to contend with.] Explore stories on My Virtual Library Empire [Moreover, the corpse of the Void Beast wasn''t your goal this time.] [Thus, gritting your teeth, you threw out the Void Beast''s corpse... then prepared to escape far away.] [Unexpectedly, that black-robed cultivator fixated on you, relentlessly pursuing you. He knew you might have a Space Spirit Stone on you and thought you, a Human Immortal Realm cultivator, were easy prey.] [He chased you alone for a thousand miles. You endured, showing weakness to mislead him.] [At a critical moment, you used the Unethical in Martial Conduct technique, combined with sixteen hundred Sword Qi Barriers... A rainbow of swords pierced the sun, seriously injuring him in one blow!] [Just as you were about to finish him off, he unexpectedly turned into a black light and escaped at a speed comparable to a Heavenly Immortal...] [You tried to pursue him for a while but could hardly catch up, so you had to give up...] [However, you still obtained four Space Spirit Stones, feeling satisfied, you continued to return to your cave to cultivate.] Su Xing saw this and rolled his eyes, muttering: "Alright, another cunning old fox!" "Inciting conflicts, stirring trouble... bullying with power, and running away when knowing they can''t win..." Su Xing felt somewhat helpless, as the majority of cultivators in the cultivation world were like this. Never mind that Earth Immortal Realm cultivators were considered unattainable in the eyes of low-rank cultivators. But when it came to their lives, they ran faster than anyone else... "Tsk tsk, an escape speed comparable to the Heavenly Immortal Realm... It''s a pity. If my proficiency in Sword Dao were higher, maybe my Sword Control Technique could reach such speeds too?" Su Xing stroked his chin, looking at the simulation panel. [In your spare time between cultivation, you went to White Emperor City and sold the information about the sneak attack on the Great Demon at the Heavenly Immortal Realm.] [Afterwards, you returned to the Spirit Field Cave and continued to cultivate...] [Another thirteen years passed like this.] [In the eightieth year, you successfully emerged from seclusion, having advanced to the late third layer of the Human Immortal Realm.] [Three years ago, you triggered the Great Talent Maturing Late, doubling your cultivation speed again!] [At this moment, you still had millions of drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid, and tens of millions of drops of low-grade Spiritual Liquid...] [To avoid being found early by the Descending Sect, you directly joined the military in Heavenly Demon City.] [As before, you rose to the position of Ten Thousand Commander due to your status as an eleventh-tier Great Grandmaster of formations.] [Every day, besides completing formation tasks, you had ample time to cultivate...] [Seven more years passed like this.] [In the eighty-seventh year, your cultivation level reached the peak of the third layer of the Human Immortal Realm.] [You attempted to break through from the early to the middle phase of the Human Immortal Realm...] [Unsurprisingly, you failed...] [After the failure, you summarized your experience and accumulated your foundation, silently awaiting the next breakthrough.] [In the ninety-fifth year, you attempted the breakthrough to the fourth layer of the Human Immortal Realm again.] [This time, you succeeded!] [Congratulations on becoming a mid-phase Human Immortal cultivator!] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and let out a sigh of relief, but he also felt a headache. "Spiritual Root aptitude! In the end, it''s still not enough... If only I could draw a Golden Spiritual Root!" Su Xing realized that Divine Bodies and such didn''t significantly help with breaking through cultivation bottlenecks. At least not for Five Element Divine Bodies... Only with sufficient Spiritual Root aptitude could the path of cultivation be smooth... "Breaking through to the mid-phase of the fourth layer of the Human Immortal Realm in the ninety-fifth year, the following time should be enough to reach the later phase of the fourth layer, right?" Su Xing looked forward to it, glancing at the simulation panel. [After breaking through to the mid-phase of the Human Immortal Realm, you felt that the mana in your body was more than twice as thick as when you were in the first layer of the Human Immortal Realm!] [The stream of immortal power in your body was now as wide as thirty feet, comparable to the mana thickness of an ordinary late-phase or even peak Human Immortal!] [Despite the breakthrough in cultivation, you remained humble and calm, focusing on your cultivation.] [You knew that there were many traps waiting for you outside the city, and many foreign races and traitors wanted to assassinate you.] [So you stayed safely inside the city, feigning illness to avoid going out on missions, only cultivating and setting up formations within the city.] [For this reason, you were even demoted from a Ten Thousand Commander to a Chiliarch...] [But you didn''t regret it because staying alive was the real deal!] [Fifteen more years passed like this...] [In the one hundred and tenth year, your cultivation reached the middle phase of the fourth layer of the Human Immortal Realm.] [As your cultivation level increased, you felt that cultivation became increasingly difficult.] [Estimating that Qing Yunzi would find news of you in another ten years, you grasped the time to cultivate even more diligently...] [One day, you took the Spirit Awakening Pill, activated the Great Wisdom State, and prepared to comprehend the Body-Protecting Sword Aura...] Sear?h the ovlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. In the real world, Su Xing felt a stir in his heart, silently chanting: "Use Immersive Simulation..." [Ding...] The next moment, Su Xing''s vision changed, and he appeared in Heavenly Demon City. "Body-Protecting Sword Aura, I currently master sixteen hundred of them, but the destructive power is still limited... not enough to kill a late Earth Immortal Realm cultivator!" "If I could advance further, reaching the mastery of two thousand Body-Protecting Sword Auras, maybe I could fully possess the power to kill a late Earth Immortal Realm cultivator?" Chapter 287 Another Divine Body! Teasing Qing Yunzi? [8k]_5 Su Xing muttered to himself, then began to cultivate the Body-Protecting Sword Aura.As soon as he started cultivating, Su Xing''s eyes lit up. Because the effects of the Spirit Awakening Pill, Great Wisdom State, and Late Bloomer could actually stack! This meant that one month of Su Xing''s cultivation was equivalent to twenty years of hard work! Thus, one month passed quickly... The immersive simulation ended, Su Xing returned to reality, a satisfied look on his face. "Not bad! Equivalent to twenty years of hard work, my Body-Protecting Sword Aura has increased in quantity... reaching one thousand seven hundred and fifty strands!" "At this rate, after a few more sessions, the number of Body-Protecting Sword Aura strands will reach two thousand!" Su Xing was quite satisfied with this. But Su Xing also vaguely sensed that the upper limit of the Body-Protecting Sword Aura was approaching. If he wanted to comprehend more than two thousand strands of Body-Protecting Sword Aura, he might need to fully understand the Origin of Sword and grasp the prototype of the Great Sword Dao! He turned his gaze back to the simulation panel. [In the one hundred and twentieth year, you finally reached the late stage of the fourth level of the Human Immortal Realm!] [In a short span of a hundred years, you have progressed nearly four levels... surpassing a bottleneck, equivalent to the diligent cultivation of an ordinary cultivator of the Human Immortal Realm for over three thousand years!] [You are quite satisfied with this, so you quietly wait in the city, wanting to see if what Qing Yunzi seeks is indeed this ordinary Clear Heart Art...] [Some day, your talent for evading danger sounded a frantic warning.] [One day later, Qing Yunzi found you...] [A manifestation of a Heavenly Demon General appeared but was forced to abandon you due to Qing Yunzi''s threats involving Heavenly Demon City...] [You were captured by Qing Yunzi, and he intended to perform a soul search on you.] [You hurriedly offered to recite the full text of the Clear Heart Art...] [So, in front of Qing Yunzi, you began reciting the full text of the Clear Heart Art.] [However, just halfway through your recitation, Qing Yunzi interrupted...] [He said that you dared to make a fool of him, and then proceeded with the soul search...] [You died!] [Ding, this simulation has ended!] After the simulation ended, Su Xing frowned slightly. "Make a fool of him? How could that be..." "Could it be that the Clear Heart Art Qing Yunzi seeks is not this one?" Su Xing was quite certain that the Clear Heart Art he had was obtained from the Luo Tian Sect, and it was genuine. "Could it be... because my cultivation level is not high enough, I did not obtain the true Clear Heart Art?" Su Xing was somewhat puzzled. "Or perhaps, what Qing Yunzi sought was not the Clear Heart Art, but another secret technique?" After a long while, Su Xing sighed. "Sigh, it seems there''s no solution for now... What exactly is Qing Yunzi looking for?" Su Xing had no idea. "It seems, I still have to use the old method... avoid Qing Yunzi as much as possible!" "Going to a faraway Minor Thousand Worlds... is the best solution!" Thinking this, Su Xing turned his gaze to the rewards from this simulation. [Water Spirit Divine Body]: Golden Talent, priced at 10 points of Origin Energy Source. [Human Immortal Realm Fourth Level Cultivation]: A cultivator at the fourth level of the Human Immortal Realm, priced at 30,000 points of Origin Energy Source. [Space Spirit Stone (4 pieces)]: Strange minerals born in the void, stabilizing space, can be used to craft magical treasures, priced at 20,000 points of Origin Energy Source. "In that case, I should first acquire the Space Spirit Stones... and then create Supreme Space Treasure, that way I can travel to Minor Thousand Worlds!" Thinking this, Su Xing muttered: "I choose the fourth level of Human Immortal Realm cultivation... and four pieces of Space Spirit Stone!" [You have successfully brought out the fourth level of Human Immortal Realm cultivation, which cost 30,000 points of Origin Energy Source, leaving 115,832 points remaining...] [You have successfully brought out four pieces of Space Spirit Stone, which cost 20,000 points of Origin Energy Source, leaving 95,832 points remaining...] As the simulation notification sound finished, a mysterious energy flowed into Su Xing''s body. Enjoy more content from My Virtual Library Empire Su Xing''s entire aura surged in a short amount of time. Human Immortal Realm second level... Human Immortal Realm third level... Human Immortal Realm fourth level! Even upon stepping into the Immortal Realm, Su Xing''s cultivation speed did not slow down. This was the importance of laying a solid foundation! He had progressed from the initial stage of the Human Immortal Realm to the mid-stage, And then taken a big step forward, reaching the late stage of the fourth level of the Human Immortal Realm! Su Xing slightly closed his eyes, feeling the three-zhang wide stream of immortal power within his body, which had vaguely taken the shape of a small river. "Not bad... with increased mana, the power of Qi Refinement and Divine Arts will also be further enhanced!" Su Xing estimated that with the current power of his Five Elements Immortal Burst Technique, it might not be much different from the one thousand eight hundred strands of Body-Protecting Sword Aura! At the same time, four fist-sized, ice-like but starlit stones appeared in front of Su Xing. Sarch* The Novl?ire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Space Spirit Stones! "Great... with these Space Spirit Stones, I can craft a Supreme Space Treasure of half-step Acquired Treasures grade!" "In the simulation, I can travel to farther worlds... perhaps even in reality, I can directly go to the Three Thousand Worlds?" Su Xing felt a bit of anticipation in his heart. Chapter 288 Abyss Journey, Supreme Treasure Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat! 【8k】 After his cultivation realm rose, Su Xing did not become complacent.He glanced at the time; the trade with Lu Yuanwu was approaching. So, Su Xing disguised himself and concealed his aura before heading to the agreed location for the trade. With one trade, another 20,000 origin energy sources were in hand. After the trade ended, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave. This week, Su Xing did not choose to craft puppets or refine elixirs. For low-rank elixirs like the Nourishing Face Pill and Fasting Pill, a puppet handled the alchemy. The spirit plants in the Spirit Field were also tended to by a nurturing puppet. And Su Xing''s thirty miner puppets could steadily provide alien metal energy each week. After almost two years of busy work, Su Xing suddenly felt idle. "Tsk tsk, truly a fleeting moment of leisure..." Su Xing leisurely strolled around the campus for a while, then returned to the Spirit Field Cave and began to peruse some ancient books from the cultivation world he had previously obtained. To broaden his knowledge and increase his understanding of the cultivation world. Thus, as the sun rose and set, a day passed. On August 20, Su Xing felt too bored to sit still and suddenly had an idea. Experience more on My Virtual Library Empire "Why not... explore other countries?" Su Xing stroked his chin. Previously, in simulations, he had visited the Endless Abyss dungeon located in America. Based on Su Xing''s experience, as long as he didn''t venture too deep into the abyss, there was no risk for him. "Then, let''s explore America..." Su Xing estimated the time; America was less than 100,000 miles away from Great Xia Country. At Su Xing''s sword flight speed, he could arrive within an hour. So, Su Xing began to disguise himself and conceal his aura, making his appearance and equipment resemble American profession users, then used his sword flight to head for America. To the east of Great Xia Country, crossing thousands of miles of ocean, one could see Huangdao Country. Continuing further east, crossing about 70,000 to 80,000 miles of ocean, Su Xing reached America. With a casual motion, he cast a formation on himself for shielding perception and sight, and walked through the streets of America as if no one else was there. His divine sense spread out like a tide, quickly covering most of America. The profession users here were quite different from those in Great Xia Country. And the dungeon types leaned more towards Western mythology, like vampires, cowboys, demons, and the like. The power system resembled that of foreign races'' divine senses. There were power-type profession users who could transform into a large green brute, with anger determining their strength limit, but ultimately it was finite. There were also profession users who could summon battle armor, but they were not omnipotent either. Su Xing wandered around America for two days, seeing many unique dungeon artifacts and items. For instance, a type of holy water that could deal massive damage to evil dungeon bosses... But Su Xing was a bit disappointed that, except for Abyss Stones, there were no special artifacts containing a large amount of energy. And Abyss Stones had their market price increased significantly due to recent purchases by Great Xia''s officials. Sear?h the ovlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Su Xing estimated it would take some time for the price of Abyss Stones to stabilize. "Tsk tsk... But overall, there are quite a number of white and green equipment here; the number of low-rank profession users is relatively high!" "Perhaps, I could leave a few puppets here to trade some items and equipment, and I could come periodically to harvest?" Su Xing stroked his chin. Currently, although he was not short of energy, after reaching the Earth Immortal Realm and Heavenly Immortal Realm, the weekly energy gathered within Great Xia Country might not suffice for Su Xing''s simulation needs. But on Blue Star, Great Xia Country was not the only nation! Among the Seven Countries and Twelve Domains, although Great Xia Country was the strongest, the other six countries were not weak either. The neutral regions within the Twelve Domains could potentially provide Su Xing with several times the energy of Great Xia Country! "Hmm, but since I am in Great Xia Country... dealing with the associations here must be done cautiously!" Su Xing thought it over and summoned the puppet Xiaomei from the Spirit Field Cave. After several months, Xiaomei had already attained peak Golden Core strength. Practicing daily within the cave, continuously consuming elixirs, and Su Xing even luxuriously used some low-grade spiritual liquid to aid her cultivation. Coupled with the effects of a seventh-rank Minor Spirit Gathering Array, she had a cultivation speed surpassing Heavenly Spirit Roots. Thus, Puppet Cultivator Xiaomei''s cultivation speed rivalled that of core disciples in the sects of the Great Thousand Worlds. "Hmm, compared to other puppets, Puppet Cultivator already showed initial signs of intelligence, capable of executing more complex commands... and as for strength..." "At peak Golden Core, nearly approaching Heavenly King Level strength. Paired with a few life-saving talismans and high-rank magical treasures, she shouldn''t face any threats in America..." Su Xing murmured. The number of Heavenly Kings and Martial Emperors among American profession users was even less than that in Great Xia Country. However, the number of low-rank profession users was higher. "During this period, you''ll stay in America... I''ll give you some goods, and you can liaise with American associations. Just be smart about it; you can even start a small association and hire some American profession users..." "Also, remember to disguise yourself, to resemble American profession users..." Su Xing gave a few instructions, then took out a few storage rings filled with goods and low-rank resources for cultivators, handing them to Xiaomei to sell. Since the Descending Sect had less influence in America, Su Xing was not worried about being discovered. Puppet Cultivator Xiaomei obediently nodded, saying: "Yes, Master..." Su Xing thought for a moment, still feeling a bit uneasy. Thus, he utilized his talent "Gift of Roses" and bestowed Xiaomei with the green talents "Good Fortune" and "Business Elite." Chapter 288 Abyss Journey, Supreme Treasure Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat! [8k] _2 Su Xing vaguely felt subtle changes on Xiao Mei, the line of cause and effect between them increased.With these two talents, running a business association in America wouldn''t be too difficult for Xiao Mei. After finishing everything, Su Xing let Xiao Mei act freely, while he headed to the entrance of the Endless Abyss dungeon. ... Passing through an underground cave, Su Xing clearly felt waves of spatial fluctuations. Su Xing successfully entered the first layer of the Endless Abyss. After entering the Endless Abyss, Su Xing observed the surrounding environment. The sky was blood-red without any light source, and there seemed to be an invisible barrier overhead. The soil beneath his feet was also red, as if soaked in blood. To prevent unexpected incidents, Su Xing didn''t use his divine sense on a large scale, keeping it within a ten-mile radius. In Su Xing''s perception, the first layer had quite a few profession users, all American "warriors," battling against abyssal monsters. The monsters on the first layer, being the foreign race, weren''t very strong, only at the silver and gold levels. However, there was a certain probability that killing them would drop Abyss Stones. Sar?h the N?vel(F)ire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Along the way, Su Xing casually killed about a hundred monsters, collecting over a hundred Abyss Stones. The Lucky Star talent made Su Xing''s drop rate nearly one hundred percent. A hundred of these low-level Abyss Stones provided Su Xing with about one million simulated energy, equivalent to one point of origin energy source. Su Xing didn''t linger on the first layer but proceeded to the second layer. On the second layer, the number of profession users was significantly less, but the number of monsters hadn''t decreased. Su Xing casually killed around a hundred monsters, obtaining a hundred Abyss Stones, and tried to exchange them for origin energy. "Hmm? The Abyss Stones on the second layer... seem to be of higher quality!" Su Xing raised an eyebrow. The hundred Abyss Stones on the second layer provided him with two points of origin energy. Interested, Su Xing continued downwards. The third layer, a hundred Abyss Stones, provided five points of origin energy... The fifth layer, a hundred Abyss Stones, provided ten points of origin energy. The tenth layer, a hundred Abyss Stones, provided thirty points of origin energy. The twentieth layer, a hundred Abyss Stones, provided a hundred points of origin energy! Around the twentieth layer, the lowest level monsters encountered were grandmaster level. Most were at the Heavenly King and Martial Emperor levels, and there were lots of them! Su Xing even saw monsters near the Legendary level! By this layer, profession users were extremely rare. Only elite Heavenly King level profession user teams could grind here occasionally. "This layer... the rate of obtaining Abyss Stones seems quite good!" Su Xing muttered to himself. The twentieth layer of the Abyss wasn''t as vast as the first layer, but it was still large. However, each monster was distantly spaced, so Su Xing had to spend some time finding one. In about an hour, Su Xing could kill over a hundred abyssal monsters, collecting a hundred Abyss Stones and earning a hundred points of origin energy. This amounted to one billion simulated energy points! "This layer has about several thousand monsters... and they seem to respawn periodically, maintaining a constant total number?" Continue reading stories on My Virtual Library Empire Su Xing became more interested. In the following three days, he spent all his time "grinding monsters" on the twentieth layer of the Endless Abyss! In three days, Su Xing collected nearly five thousand points of origin energy! For Su Xing, this was a considerable extra income... "Tsk tsk... When I have time, I can frequently visit here or explore deeper layers to grind monsters..." Su Xing muttered. In his previous simulations, he had once explored the hundredth layer of the Endless Abyss. The monsters there were at the Saint level! However, there were too few... the efficiency of grinding Abyss Stones might be less than that of the twenty to thirty layers. "Hmm, after finishing this last wave, I''ll head back..." Su Xing muttered, then controlled his Sword Qi. A streak of sword light could often penetrate through several monsters within a ten-mile radius, and Su Xing only needed to pick up the Abyss Stones. ... After Su Xing left the Endless Abyss, a team of blond, blue-eyed profession users entered the twentieth layer of the Endless Abyss. This was a standard Heavenly King level team! A team of five, composed of a Priest, warrior, mage, etc., working in coordination. They were also one of the top three profession user teams in America... "Kael! Kael! Everyone be careful... in the twentieth layer of the Abyss, a lot of Heavenly King-level monsters will appear!" The leader of this blond team spoke in American. "Shit! Why are we coming to the twentieth layer... weren''t we safe around the fifteenth layer?" a voluptuous lady complained. "There''s an old saying in Great Xia Country, ''Seek wealth in danger''... Now Great Xia Country is heavily purchasing high-quality Abyss Stones from us, and their prices are skyrocketing!" "Once we finish this job, we can upgrade our equipment and prepare to advance to Martial Emperor level!" A profession user of African descent said. "Be careful, everyone... stay together and explore around..." This profession user team cautiously explored for half a day, finding no trace of any monsters. "Strange... where are the monsters on this layer? Could they have been cleared out by other profession users!?" "Fool! How is that possible? There are hundreds of monsters on this layer... not even just a profession user team, but even our strongest warrior in America, War God Ares, an Emperor level profession user, couldn''t manage that!" "Damn! Something must have gone wrong here... retreat quickly and report this!" This profession user team hurriedly retreated to the upper layers. Chapter 288 Abyss Journey, Supreme Treasure Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat! 【8k】_3 ...Su Xing did not know about this small episode, riding his sword back to the Great Xia Country. For the next two days, Su Xing was not idle either. After crafting some talismans, Su Xing went to the Immortal Martial Era Instance, extracted the raw alien metal, then headed to the villa. Jin Congxue was not at home this week; he should be handling Tarot Society-related business. Su Xing put down the elixirs and raw alien metal and collected the new week''s output from the Tarot Society. Thus, he gained an additional twenty-six thousand origin energy points. ... Returning to the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing glanced at his remaining origin energy. 146,332 points! "Not bad... This origin energy should be enough to extract a half-step post-celestial supreme treasure, right?" Su Xing''s heart burned with excitement. Thinking about being able to wield a spiritual treasure to travel to the target world made it hard for Su Xing not to be moved. On August 26, 2025, New Era, Su Xing started a new round of simulations. "Begin simulation!" [The 101st simulation starts, current remaining origin energy is 146,332 points... remaining simulation attempts are zero.] [Simulation starts!] [Drawing golden legendary talent costs 1 origin energy point, do you wish to draw?] "Yes!" Su Xing silently thought. [Ding, congratulations! You''ve obtained purple talent Super Smell, next simulation draw probability for golden talent is 70%...] [Super Smell]: Purple talent, your sense of smell surpasses ordinary people, capable of identifying enemy positions through scent and tracking them, as well as discerning material components... "Hmm? This talent..." Su Xing touched his chin, thinking it was a fairly decent purple talent. Unfortunately, it came a bit late. Currently, with enough divine sense and mastery of tracking techniques, Super Smell felt somewhat redundant. "Well, let''s officially start the simulation!" Su Xing''s heart stirred as he looked at the simulation panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized you were simulating.] [You took out the materials obtained earlier, aiming to craft more puppets.] [This time, your goal was to expand the numbers in the Heavenly Secret Pavilion tenfold! Craft a hundred puppets and send them to various countries on the Blue Star for trade.] [In this way, you could earn more simulated energy.] [The creation of puppets not only related to the puppet master''s strength but also the importance of the materials themselves.] [However, the materials in your hand were insufficient for crafting high-tier puppets.] [Using fourth-rank alien metal ores could only create puppets comparable to the Heavenly King level at most.] [First, you went to the Luo Tian Instance and learned the blueprints for several battle puppets...] [In the following year, besides cultivating, you dedicated yourself to crafting combat puppets daily.] [Trading in other countries inevitably came with some dangers; thus, the combat capabilities of the puppets became crucial.] [In the second year, you spent a year successfully crafting fifty battle puppets comparable to the Nascent Soul Stage.] [You powered them up and equipped them with sufficient talismans for protection, five puppets per group, carrying enough Nourishing Face Pills, Lifespan Extension Pills, low-tier talismans, elixirs, and equipment rivaling legendary weapons...] [Another year quickly passed.] [In the third year, you attempted to retrieve the items traded by these puppets.] [You discovered that the attrition rate of the fifty puppets exceeded thirty percent... nearly twenty puppets were destroyed in battle.] [Despite this, you gained sufficient goods...] [In a year''s time, these puppets brought you hundreds of thousands of tons of various ranks of alien metals, countless numbers of white equipment and instance dungeon items, and millions of Abyss Stones.] [You couldn''t estimate the specific value of these goods, but it should be no less than hundreds of thousands of origin energy!] [This showed you the blue ocean of international trade! The seven countries and twelve domains all became your essential energy sources...] [However, you also noticed an issue: the puppets'' strength was insufficient and easily damaged.] [Thus, you went to the Spiritual Ancestral Land and retrieved the Luo Tian Legacy from it.] [The legacy''s treasure trove contained various puppets, ranging from Divinity Transformation to Transcendence Tribulation Stage, capable of executing complex commands.] [Their strength was sufficient, but the majority of the puppets were already damaged, requiring time for repairs.] In the real world, Su Xing raised an eyebrow at this. "Indeed, on the Blue Star, the materials for crafting puppets are limited... Most come from those few relics!" sea??h th N?vel(F)ire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "If I obtain the puppets and other legacies from the Spiritual Ancestral Land, even if they need repairs, it''d be much faster than crafting them directly!" Su Xing stroked his chin. This week''s trip to America made Su Xing realize that he needed to hasten establishing energy acquisition channels in other countries, ensuring future development. "The next meeting with Luo Shuying should be around the 8th... I can discuss it then!" Su Xing murmured. He hadn''t seen Luo Shuying for several months. But according to their previous agreement, she would wait for half a day at the predetermined location every month on the 8th. If Su Xing didn''t show, she would leave immediately. Your next chapter awaits on My Virtual Library Empire "Hmm, I should visit the Spiritual Ancestral Land soon..." His gaze returned to the simulation panel. [Repairing the Spiritual Race''s puppets wasn''t difficult; alongside cultivating, you spent several months to repair all the puppets.] [You still organized the puppets into five-member teams; a larger group would be too noticeable.] [For the time being, you stayed on the Blue Star for stable cultivation.] [During the long cultivation, fifteen years passed in the blink of an eye...] [In the seventeenth year of the simulation, your cultivation level reached the peak of the fourth level of the Human Immortal Realm.] [Immediately, you began accumulating your foundation, preparing to break through to the fifth level of the Human Immortal Realm!] Chapter 288 Abyss Journey, Supreme Treasure Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat!【8k】_4 [20th Year of the Simulation, you successfully broke through.][Congratulations on becoming a Human Immortal Fifth Layer cultivator!] [In the same year, you went to the Beast Taming Realm...] [Over the past twenty years, you also observed the puppet trading situations in various countries.] [You found that in orderly countries like America and Huangdao Country, the probability of puppets being damaged was relatively low, but you needed to be cautious of potential investigations by the Descending Sect.] [Fortunately, you had Luo Shuying as an inside agent. She informed you that the Descending Sect was investigating the mastermind behind the puppets but had not taken any rash actions.] [Luo Shuying proactively proposed that she become the chief commander of the investigation into the puppet organization "Heavenly Secret Pavilion," which naturally yielded no progress for the Descending Sect.] [The Twelve Domains, however, were relatively chaotic, composed of various small countries and organizations, filled with profession user guilds and bloody violence, areas where law was hard to enforce.] [Though there were some risks with puppets in these areas, you could actually obtain more valuable materials from the black market, including high-grade Abyss Stones and large amounts of alien metals...] Su Xing raised an eyebrow at this point. "The Twelve Domains... truly a chaotic place!" Su Xing murmured to himself. In a world of superhumans, even with modern technology, it was still filled with violence, slaughter, and bloody crime. These profession users often had very formidable strengths but were like "evil cultivators," expelled by the Seven Nations and concentrated within the Twelve Domains. In terms of the number of mid-level profession users, from the Master to the Heavenly King Level, the Twelve Domains even surpassed the combined total of the Seven Nations! Before the apocalypse, these profession users were also forcibly conscripted to defend the Demon-Subduing Pass against the foreign races, contributing some strength. "When I have time, I should personally visit the Twelve Domains..." Su Xing murmured, as he had never been to these chaotic areas before but had heard many rumors about them. S~ea??h the N?vel(F)ire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. For instance, a Martial Emperor Level or even Legendary Level profession user, after committing heinous crimes, hid in the chaotic Twelve Domains and established his own business empire... After some thought, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel. [Time flew by silently in cultivation, another eight years passed...] [28th Year, the Double-pupil Demon Saint descended, and began his procrastination tactics...] [33rd Year, the Double-pupil Demon Saint retreated, and you no longer planned to stay on the Blue Star but prepared to head to the Three Thousand Worlds!] [Crossing the alternate space, you reached the Little Qingyun Realm.] [The first thing you did was head towards White Emperor City.] [In White Emperor City''s Heavenly Secret Pavilion, you sold the intelligence you had previously gathered.] [After that, you took a flying boat to Little Qingyun City...] [You contacted True Immortal Danhuo, revealing your identity.] [True Immortal Danhuo showed great respect towards you and informed you that he would head to the Qingyun Realm in four years.] [You naturally agreed, thus staying in Little Qingyun City to cultivate.] [While you knew that heading to the Qingyun Sect would surely be noticed by Qing Yunzi in advance, the Supreme Acquired Treasure you intended to refine could only be created within the Qingyun Sect.] [You settled in Little Qingyun City, peacefully cultivating.] [35th Year, your cultivation level advanced to the mid-stage of Human Immortal Fifth Layer...] [37th Year, you and True Immortal Danhuo headed to the Qingyun Realm.] [Upon arriving at the Qingyun Sect, you were awestruck by the grandeur of its mountain gate.] [You were given your own cave dwelling, at the Cave Heaven Level.] [Several senior brothers and sisters gave you many treasures.] [You obtained the contact information for Immortal Ziling and earned a large amount of sect contributions by selling Gathering Spirit Flowers, totaling ten million points.] [With those sect contributions, you began purchasing various materials needed for refining within the sect.] [Merely purchasing and gathering these precious materials took you thirteen years!] [50th Year, your cultivation level advanced to the late stage of Human Immortal Fifth Layer.] [In the same year, you found a great Grandmaster of artifact refining within the sect, a Profound Immortal Realm Elder, spending a million contribution points to have him craft a flying boat capable of traversing worlds and crossing the void...] [You specifically offered four Space Spirit Stones, hoping he could create a Magical Treasure at the half-step Supreme Acquired Treasure level!] [The refining process took three years...] [53rd Year, one day above the artifact refining peak, a small Heavenly Tribulation gathered...] [This wasn''t a tribulation for a cultivator but an artifact tribulation!] [Only treasures at the Supreme Acquired Treasure level or above had the possibility of triggering an artifact tribulation.] [Judging by the scale of the tribulation, the Elder of the artifact refining peak had successfully crafted a half-step Supreme Acquired Treasure level item!] [Elated, you hurried to the artifact refining peak.] [Sure enough, in the artifact refining room, you saw a three-zhang-long, entirely golden, wondrous flying boat.] [This boat could be large or small, extending up to a hundred zhang, or shrinking to just an inch.] [Compared to before, this time''s half-step Supreme Acquired Treasure level flying boat was more exquisite in design, with a more solid hull...] [Additionally, it possessed the function you valued moststable, long-distance traversal of Minor Thousand Worlds!] Your journey continues on My Virtual Library Empire [Supreme Immortal Treasure level items could only traverse nearby Minor Thousand Worlds, unable to travel long distances.] [But a half-step Supreme Acquired Treasure, even when crossing three to five Minor Thousand Worlds in one go, would remain stable and undamaged...] [As for achieving true long-distance traversal, crossing ten or even dozens of Minor Thousand Worlds in one go, only a true Supreme Acquired Treasure could accomplish that.] [Even so, you were very satisfied, with this flying boat, you could attempt to traverse worlds on your own. Whether for fleeing or exploring other worlds, your methods would be greatly enhanced!] [You named this flying boat the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, as its appearance and name were very fitting.] Chapter 288 Abyss Journey, Supreme Treasure Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat! 【8k】_5 [After obtaining the flying boat, you did not use it immediately, instead, you carefully put it away.][Later, you contacted Immortal Ziling, hoping she would take you to the Little Qingyun Realm.] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly. "Indeed, I can''t use the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat this time... After all, if the boat gets damaged, I''ll have only a broken flying boat when I come out." "And with my artifact refining skills, it''s obvious I can''t repair it..." "For now, I''ll wait and take the intact flying boat out. Then, even if it gets damaged in subsequent simulations, I won''t feel bad..." Su Xing understood the intricacies involved, so he was not in a rush. "As for which realm Immortal Ziling takes me to, it makes no difference... With Qing Yunzi''s strength, I estimate it''ll only take twenty or thirty years for him to find me, right?" Su Xing sighed and intended to break through his cultivation in the remaining time. [After leaving the Qingyun Sect, you returned to the Little Qingyun Realm for cultivation.] [Quickly, another seven years passed.] [In the sixtieth year, your cultivation level rose to the peak of the fifth stage of the Human Immortal Realm.] [In the same year, you sold information about a Heavenly Immortal Realm great demon...] [Later, you went to the depths of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and established a cave dwelling, cultivating in seclusion every day.] [In the sixty-fifth year, after much preparation, you successfully broke through to the sixth stage of the Human Immortal Realm!] [In the eightieth year, your cultivation level rose to the mid-stage of the sixth stage of the Human Immortal Realm.] [With the Great Talent Maturing Late, your cultivation speed was astonishing...] [However, you also felt vaguely worried in your heart that Qing Yunzi could come looking for you at any time, so you had to cultivate quickly!] Discover exclusive tales on My Virtual Library Empire [One day, you took a Spirit Awakening Pill and prepared to comprehend the Body-Protecting Sword Aura.] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and felt a stir in his heart, silently reciting: "Use immersive..." [Ding...] Su Xing''s consciousness appeared in the secluded cave dwelling. Not wasting any time, Su Xing began to cultivate the Body-Protecting Sword Aura. Due to the presence of the Great Talent Maturing Late, if he used the immersive simulation after seventy-seven years, he would achieve twice the result with half the effort! ... Soon, the immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to reality. Feeling the progress in his Body-Protecting Sword Aura, Su Xing nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad, the total amount of Body-Protecting Sword Aura has reached 1,900 strands, and its power has increased by a small margin..." "It looks like the total number of Body-Protecting Sword Aura strands will be around 2,000 before I comprehend the Great Sword Dao..." Su Xing planned to first elevate the Body-Protecting Sword Aura to its current limit before attempting to comprehend the Great Sword Dao. He looked at the simulation panel. [After making progress with the Body-Protecting Sword Aura, you did not choose to stay in the depths of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.] [Not knowing when Qing Yunzi would return, you decided to go to Heavenly Demon City, where you hoped to buy some time.] [In the same year, you traveled to Heavenly Demon City by airship, where you disguised yourself as a Ten Thousand Commander, concealing your heavenly secrets in hopes of delaying Qing Yunzi from finding you.] [In this way, ten years passed.] [In the ninetieth year, your cultivation level rose to the peak of the sixth stage of the Human Immortal Realm!] S~ea??h the Novl?ire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [One day, the Auspicious Omen talent warned you of impending danger.] [The next day, Qing Yunzi appeared...] [After negotiations between you in the guise of a Heavenly Demon General and Qing Yunzi, you were abandoned...] [No matter how much you tried to explain to Qing Yunzi, he didn''t believe you...] [You were subjected to a Soul Search...] [You died!] [Ding, this simulation has ended!] After the simulation ended, Su Xing shook his head slightly. "What a pity, my cultivation only reached the late sixth stage of the Human Immortal Realm..." "Did Qing Yunzi find me in the ninetieth year of the simulation?" Su Xing murmured. This was slightly later than he had anticipated. It seemed that the Heavenly Secret Concealment Technique and the Xuan Yuan Concealment Array had been somewhat effective. "Let''s see the rewards for this simulation!" Su Xing rubbed his hands in excitement, eager to obtain that Supreme Treasure of space! He looked at the list of simulation rewards. [Super Smell]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 Origin Energy Source point. [Cultivation Level at the sixth stage of the Human Immortal Realm]: As a cultivator at the sixth stage of the Human Immortal Realm, having reached the peak of the sixth stage, priced at 20,000 Origin Energy Source points. [Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat]: A high-end flying boat crafted by a Great Grandmaster of artifact refining, capable of mid-range world traversal, equipped with all necessary living facilities, with a sturdy body reaching the level of a half-step Acquired Treasure. Priced at 80,000 Origin Energy Source points. [Fifty Nascent Soul Realm combat puppets]: Priced at 500 Origin Energy Source points. "A half-step Acquired Treasure, priced at 80,000 Origin Energy Source points? That''s still acceptable..." Su Xing gritted his teeth and silently recited: "I choose the cultivation level at the sixth stage of the Human Immortal Realm, and the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat!" [You have successfully brought out the cultivation level at the sixth stage of the Human Immortal Realm, costing 20,000 Origin Energy Source points, with 126,299 Origin Energy Source points remaining...] [You have successfully brought out the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, costing 80,000 Origin Energy Source points, with 46,299 Origin Energy Source points remaining...] Chapter 289 Golden Talent, Alchemy Grandmaster, Arrives at Yellow Sand Realm [8k] The immersive simulation prompt fell silent, and a mysterious energy surged into Su Xing''s body.The momentum of Su Xing''s cultivation level began to climb continuously. In just a few breaths, it skyrocketed from the fourth layer of the Human Immortal Realm to the peak of the sixth layer. Only one step away from becoming a late-stage Human Immortal cultivator! "What a pity... just a little bit more. But I should be able to smoothly break through to the Great Perfection of the Human Immortal Realm next simulation!" A trace of confidence flashed in Su Xing''s eyes. Next time during the simulation, he wouldn''t need to look for Qing Yunzi, and he could simulate for at least one hundred twenty years. Moreover, with the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, he could attempt to travel to other worlds, maybe even simulate longer. And each additional year of simulation, under the blessing of being a late bloomer, would be doubled! "Why does it feel like, after reaching the Human Immortal Realm, the progress of cultivation... is much faster than during the Transcendance Tribulation Stage?" Su Xing''s lips curled slightly. The faster the cultivation increased, the more advantageous it was for him! Read exclusive adventures at My Virtual Library Empire All he needed to worry about was acquiring simulated energy. Su Xing spent some time adapting to the increased cultivation level. At this moment, the mana within his body had increased by more than fifty percent compared to a week ago. "Oh right, there''s still the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat!" Su Xing hurriedly looked down at the one-inch-long small boat under his feet, which appeared like an exquisite model. Su Xing took a few steps back, his heart stirred, and he injected a stream of immortal power into the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat. sea??h th N?vel(F)ire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. As the immortal power was injected, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat shone with dazzling golden light. The one-inch-long small boat model instantly turned into a three-zhang-long, one-zhang-wide small boat, enough to accommodate several people. If Su Xing wished, he could even make this boat turn into a hundred-zhang-long, thirty-zhang-wide large ship! A little cramped, but enough to hold over a thousand people... "Tsk tsk, with this Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat... even if Blue Star is destroyed immediately, I can take my friends and family and escape!" Su Xing''s heart was somewhat excited. With his previous abilities, he could have left alone, escaping to the Little Qingyun Realm. But those he cared about, Jin Congxue, Luo Shuying, Wang Qingxuan, Yu Yan... or even his family, all could not follow him. But things were different now; with this Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, Su Xing could completely take a group of people and escape first. "If it really comes to that desperate point... I can only abandon Blue Star and take some people to escape first..." Su Xing murmured. He was very open-minded. Su Xing didn''t necessarily have to be the hero who saves everyone. As long as his family and friends were safe, that was enough... He could even take over a thousand Blue Star people on the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat before Blue Star''s destruction, escaping to the Little Qingyun Realm, which could be considered a good deed. At least ensure that the Blue Star people wouldn''t be extinct... Thinking of this, Su Xing couldn''t wait to test the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat. Entering the small boat, a glass-like cover appeared on the originally semi-open, roofless small boat. From inside the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, he could see outside, but from outside, one couldn''t see the interior. Different from what Su Xing imagined, this Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat even had a bit of a high-tech feel. There were many formation switches on its control panel. For example, high-altitude flight, world traversal... or full-speed flight, defensive array buttons... Invisibility formation, Breath Concealing Formation, Spirit Gathering Array, Space Formation... it had everything! It could even release art and technique attacks, powerful enough to slay an Immortal! Of course, all this required spiritual energy or immortal qi as support! It could use a large number of spirit stones as power, or Su Xing could input immortal power to operate it; very user-friendly. "Tsk tsk... as expected of an immortal family''s magical treasure! This Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat is absolutely essential for killing and robbing, and escaping!" Su Xing was very satisfied with the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat. Unfortunately, on Blue Star, there was temporarily no opportunity for Su Xing to use it. Later, Su Xing might try an immersive simulation... "It''s about time to find Lu Yuanwu!" Su Xing murmured. Then he disguised himself and concealed his breath, going to trade, which got him twenty thousand points of origin energy source. This week, Su Xing also went sword flighting to America. On one hand, to see if Puppet Cultivator Xiaomei had any problems. But found that she was doing well, disguised as a blonde, blue-eyed beauty, not only selling many goods but also recruiting some followers. After confirming there were no issues in America, Su Xing went to the Abyss dungeon. This week, Su Xing moved back and forth between the twentieth and thirtieth levels of the Abyss, killing magical creatures. In six days, the collected Abyss Stones were worth ten thousand points of origin energy source! On September 2nd, Su Xing went to the Xianwu dungeon and brought out the alien metal ore. ... On September 2, 2025, in a villa in Kyoto. Su Xing looked at Jin Congxue in front of him, wearing a black dress with light makeup, exuding a bit of queenly aura. "Ah Xing, this week''s goods and alien metals..." Jin Congxue handed over two storage rings, which Su Xing took with an outstretched hand. Su Xing chuckled, just as usual, handing over the elixirs and alien metal ore. Seeing Jin Congxue''s hesitation, Su Xing wondered: "Sister Xue, you look a bit down. Is there something troubling you?" Jin Congxue''s face turned red as she said shyly: "Someone promised to take me to see a movie last time... it''s almost been a month, and there''s still no sign of it!" Su Xing was taken aback by her words, then nodded and said: "Oh! You want me to take you to a movie, just say it earlier!" Su Xing had been quite free recently; with various puppets doing the work, he had at least a day off each week. Seeing Su Xing''s indifferent attitude, Jin Congxue immediately became unhappy, humming: Chapter 289 Golden Talent, Alchemy Grandmaster, Arrives at Yellow Sand Realm [8k]_2 "Shouldn''t you be inviting me? Now I''ve said it... it seems like I''m inviting you!"Seeing Jin Congxue getting genuinely upset, Su Xing was taken aback for a moment and quickly said: "Let''s go see the movie now!" "I''m buying the tickets right away..." Jin Congxue''s eyes brightened at that, and the two prepared to head into the city to find a theater to watch the latest movie. Before leaving, Su Xing mused: "Ah, women... definitely obstacles on my path of cultivation..." With Su Xing''s way of thinking, it was highly unlikely he would ever comprehend Jin Congxue''s subtle hints... ... After watching the movie, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave. Just then, the simulator had finished its cooldown, and Su Xing prepared to start a new week''s simulation. "Begin simulation!" [The 102nd simulation is starting. Currently, there are 103,199 Origin Energy Points remaining... No remaining simulation attempts.] [Simulation beginning!] [Extracting Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 Origin Energy Point; proceed with extraction?] "Yes!" Su Xing silently vowed. [Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the Golden Talent Alchemy Sage. The probability of extracting a Golden Talent in the next simulation is 60%...] [Alchemy Sage]: Golden Talent, your alchemy skills are astonishing, with the potential to become a Great Master of Alchemy, capable of creating elixirs with spirituality... Upon seeing the newly acquired talent, Su Xing was initially a bit disappointed. Gold-quality Spiritual Root, despite so much time, still had not been drawn... But upon clearer inspection of the new talent, Su Xing''s eyes brightened again. "Alchemy Sage... this seems to be an upgraded version of the Purple Alchemy Talent!" "Elixirs with spirituality mean..." Experience new stories with My Virtual Library Empire Su Xing rubbed his chin; he had heard that those who reached the pinnacle of the Alchemy Dao could create elixirs that developed consciousness. Sear?h the N?vel?ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Such elixirs could even attain immortality! For example, the Dragon and Tiger Pill, originally a high-level elixir to increase a cultivator''s power of dragon and tiger. But in the hands of an alchemy expert, the Dragon and Tiger Pill could even transform into a real dragon and tiger, possessing battle power comparable to an immortal! "However... this alchemy talent comes at the perfect time!" "For the second level of the Grand Witch Body Refining Technique, the Earth Origin Pill is required, which I still need to personally refine... This alchemy talent is just in time!" Su Xing muttered to himself, turning his gaze to the Simulation Panel. This time''s goal, Great Perfection of the Human Immortal Realm! [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized that you are in a simulation.] [A few days later, you went to find Luo Shuying.] [You obtained a token to the Spiritual Ancestral Land and headed to the Spirit Realm.] [You successfully acquired the heritage left by the Luo Tian Sect...] [Half a month later, you entered the Luo Tian Instance and studied the Dao of Puppets...] [For the next year, aside from cultivating, you repaired puppets daily.] [You sent the repaired puppets to various countries on the Blue Star, establishing forces in various regions, further expanding the Heavenly Secret Pavilion.] [A year quickly passed.] [In the second year, you sensed that you were about to break through to the late stage of the Human Immortal Realm.] [To do so, you visited the ruins of the Wan Mu Sect.] [After reinforcing the Xuan Yuan Concealment Array, you set up a prohibition to shield the heavenly secrets, then placed the Spirit Vein Dragon into the Spirit Field Cave...] [Just as you expected, the Damned Dragon did not sense the presence of the Spirit Vein Dragon.] [Even though they were both from the Dragon Clan, under the dual protection of the formation and the Heavenly Secrets Shielding Technique, even a Profound Immortal would find it challenging to detect, let alone a mere Broken Void Realm hybrid dragon.] [You placed the Spirit Vein Dragon in the Spirit Field Cave, taking good care of it, quickly earning its affection.] [Another year passed.] [In the third year, you started preparing to break through to the seventh level of the Human Immortal Realm!] [This secluded cultivation lasted a full year...] [When you were about to fail your breakthrough, the Spirit Vein Dragon exhaled a breath of pure immortal qi, helping you successfully advance to the late stage of the Human Immortal Realm!] [Congratulations, you have broken through to the seventh level of the Human Immortal Realm!] Su Xing''s eyes brightened as he read this, nodding slightly: "Nice, the Spirit Vein Dragon is indeed due to be released..." "With the aid of the formation, the Damned Dragon won''t sense it... As long as the Spirit Dragon is placed in the Spirit Field Cave, the cave might undergo further upgrades!" Currently, Su Xing''s cave quality had reached mid-grade. If the Spirit Vein Dragon moved in, it might reach high-grade quality within a few months. Then, Su Xing''s cultivation speed and spiritual liquid production would further increase. "Excellent! Successfully breaking through to the seventh level of the Human Immortal Realm in one go increases the likelihood of achieving Great Perfection of the Human Immortal Realm in this simulation!" Su Xing nodded with satisfaction. He then turned his gaze to the Simulation Panel. [After breaking through to the seventh level of the Human Immortal Realm, you remained on Blue Star and continued cultivating.] [Fifteen years passed swiftly...] [In the seventeenth year, your cultivation level rose to the mid-seventh level of the Human Immortal Realm.] [This year, you visited the Beast Taming Realm to resolve some hidden dangers...] [In the twenty-eighth year, the Demon Saint descended upon Blue Star...] [You guarded the Demon-Subduing Pass for five years, and the Demon Saint was defeated.] [By the thirty-third year, you advanced to the late seventh level of the Human Immortal Realm.] [That same year, you traveled from the Slaughter Battlefield to the Little Qingyun Realm.] [Upon arriving at the Little Qingyun Realm, your first task was to sell information at the Heavenly Secret Pavilion.] [But you did not forget that in two years, the All-Encompassing Flower would appear in the Blackwater Realm!] [The All-Encompassing Flower is a vital ingredient for refining the Earth Origin Pill, so you needed to visit the Blackwater Realm.] [You traveled to the southern part of the Little Qingyun Realm, located the spatial coordinates connecting to the Blackwater Realm...] [Then, you piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat towards the void.] [The Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat navigated through turbulent void currents.] [Occasionally, you spotted Void Beasts sleeping and foraging in the void.] [These Void Beasts were immensely powerful, with the weakest having the strength of an immortal. There were even legends of Void Beasts possessing power comparable to that of a Daluo Golden Immortal!] Chapter 289 Golden Talent Alchemy Dao Saint, First Arrival in Yellow Sand Realm [8k]_3 [You activated the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat''s protective formation, resisting the erosion of the Void.][Seven days later, you arrived at the first Void Node.] [You piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, successfully passing through the Space Node, traversing countless voids...] [Thus, you only needed to pass through two more Void Nodes to smoothly arrive at the Blackwater Realm.] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly. Traversing between worlds was extremely difficult, otherwise, even Immortals wouldn''t find it hard to arrive. Even adjacent Minor Thousand Worlds required Heavenly Immortals to fly for a thousand years to reach their destination if measured purely by distance. At this time, it was necessary to contact the Space Nodes in the Void for long-distance space jumps. Each jump might cover a distance of billions of miles. Find exclusive stories on My Virtual Library Empire Adjacent Minor Worlds often required crossing two or three Void Nodes. Sarch* The Novl?ire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. For far-apart Minor Thousand Worlds, it might even require crossing dozens of Void Nodes. Therefore, long-distance jumps were only possible above the True Immortal Realm. Otherwise, immortal power alone would not support the flight of an Immortal Boat... "Fortunately, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat had a storage function, and my mana had greatly improved since before..." "This time, can I safely arrive at the Blackwater Realm?" Su Xing was slightly nervous. In a previous simulation, he had failed to traverse worlds and was forced to land in a world on the brink of destruction, significantly reducing his simulation time. This time, he couldn''t afford to repeat the same mistake... Thinking this, Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the simulation panel. [After passing through the first Void Node, more than half of the immortal power in your body was consumed.] [So, you activated the storage function of the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, enabling automatic navigation.] [In just three days of navigation, you consumed tens of thousands of drops of Low Grade Spiritual Liquid, causing you great heartache.] [After recovering your mana, you injected your immortal power to continue the navigation yourself.] [A week later, you passed through the second Void Node.] [Ten days later, you arrived at the spatial coordinates of the Blackwater Realm.] [You piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat to slowly descend...] [Congratulations, you successfully arrived at the Blackwater Realm!] [According to your information, the strongest sect in the Blackwater Realm was only guarded by Earth Immortal Realm cultivators, far less powerful than those in the Little Qingyun Realm.] [But you also knew that the Blackwater Realm was undoubtedly infiltrated by the Descending Sect.] [The Mahayana Blood Seed from before originated from the small Blackwater Realm...] [Two years later, with the opening of the All-Encompassing Flower Secret Realm, another fierce battle might ensue.] [Ninety-nine percent of the Blackwater Realm''s area was covered by oceans.] [And the location of the Secret Realm''s opening was also at the bottom of the ocean, ten thousand feet deep.] [Su Xing arrived early at the Secret Realm''s location, using the Water-Repelling Pearl to establish an underwater cave mansion nearby, ensuring he could enter the Secret Realm as soon as it opened.] [But at the same time, you had some concerns.] [The Descending Sect''s influence in the Blackwater Realm wasn''t weak; would members of the Descending Sect come when the Secret Realm opened?] Seeing this, Su Xing was also a bit curious. "This Blackwater Realm should be like the Blue Star, already corrupted beyond recognition by the Descending Sect..." "But the Damned Dragon''s strength was average... Are there stronger existences within the Blackwater Realm''s Descending Sect?" What Su Xing worried about was those high-ranking officials with blood code names. If they appeared here, it would be troublesome. Thinking this, Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the simulation panel. [To ensure the All-Encompassing Flower was entirely yours, you continued to cultivate diligently, hoping to further improve your cultivation level.] [In the thirty-ninth year, your cultivation level still remained at the late stage of the seventh level of the Human Immortal Realm.] [But at the moment the Secret Realm opened, you rushed in immediately.] [According to the information, the All-Encompassing Flower was the most precious heaven and earth treasure in this Secret Realm, hidden at the deepest part.] [When you entered the Secret Realm on the third day, several figures also entered this Secret Realm.] [You explored the Secret Realm and, relying on your Good Fortune Talent, you smoothly reached the deepest part of the Secret Realm and picked all of the All-Encompassing Flowers.] [Just as you were about to leave, three figures surrounded you.] [You didn''t know their identities, but judging from the cause and effect tied to them, they were evil cultivators!] [One was at the late stage of the Earth Immortal Realm, one at the early stage of the Earth Immortal Realm, and one was at the peak of the Human Immortal Realm...] [You guessed these three were members of the Descending Sect!] [A fierce battle ensued.] [You fought against three, initially at a disadvantage, but after you managed to kill the early Earth Immortal Realm cultivator, the pressure was greatly reduced.] [The battle lasted an entire day and night, causing the entire sea to boil.] [You unleashed one thousand nine hundred Body-Protecting Sword Qi, combining it with Unethical in Martial Conduct, and instantly killed the late Earth Immortal Realm cultivator...] [With only the peak Human Immortal Realm cultivator left, you easily killed him and then performed a soul search.] [As expected, these three were indeed cadres of the Descending Sect!] [Codenamed Blood Forty-Nine, Blood Fifty-Nine, and Blood Ninety-One...] [From their Storage Magical Artifacts, you acquired a large amount of Spirit Stones and Spiritual Liquid, along with numerous cultivation resources.] [Their Storage Magical Artifacts contained nearly ten million drops of Mid Grade Spirit Liquid and several million Spirit Stones, sufficient for your cultivation for a long time.] [You carefully inspected each Magical Treasure, destroying any with residual markings.] [Ensuring no flaws were left behind, you navigated the Spirit Boat and took a month to return to the Little Qingyun Realm...] In the real world, Su Xing arched an eyebrow upon seeing this. Chapter 289 Golden Talent Alchemy Dao Saint, Initial Arrival at Yellow Sand Realm [8k]_4 "Blood Forty-Nine, Blood Fifty-Nine... and even Blood Ninety-One?""It seems the Descending Sect indeed knows about this secret realm. In the previous timeline, these All-Encompassing Flowers were very likely obtained by them!" Su Xing''s understanding of the Descending Sect also became more comprehensive. "It seems the strength of the Descending Sect is greater than I imagined..." "Perhaps cadres numbered within the top sixty are all Earth Immortal Realm cultivators!" "And Blood Forty-Nine is already at the late stage of the Earth Immortal Realm... Those ranked before the top forty might even reach the Heavenly Immortal Realm?" Su Xing remained silent for a while, then suddenly laughed. After reaching the Immortal Realm, cultivation progress slowed and required massive resources. Robbing ordinary cultivators was something Su Xing would never do. But these Descending Sect cadres, weren''t they just cash cows for Su Xing? "Tsk tsk, it seems I have a way to make a fortune in the future..." "Millions of drops of mid-grade spiritual liquid... Tsk tsk, this would be enough for me to cultivate for a dozen or twenty years!" The more spiritual liquid, the better, naturally. Su Xing nodded in satisfaction, his gaze returning to the simulation panel. "Next, quickly elevate my cultivation level to the peak of the Human Immortal Realm!" [Upon returning to the Little Qingyun Realm, you immediately went into seclusion to cultivate.] [With the adequate support of spiritual liquid, your cultivation progressed rapidly.] [In the forty-fifth year, your cultivation level reached the peak of the Human Immortal Realm.] [After accumulating your foundation for five years, you attempted to break through to the eighth level of the Human Immortal Realm!] [In the fiftieth year, you successfully broke through to the eighth level of the Human Immortal Realm!] [At this time, on the front lines of the Heavenly Demon City, the red-eyed foreign races had begun to descend.] [You knew that this time, the Red Moon''s arrival was somewhat earlier, so you worked even harder in your cultivation.] [Aside from cultivating, you also purchased intelligence on other minor thousand worlds near the Little Qingyun Realm.] [Most minor thousand worlds were undergoing invasions by foreign races.] [Some minor thousand worlds had even been entirely obliterated by foreign races.] [This gave you a headache, and you could only do your best to choose worlds far from the frontline battlefield that were relatively safe...] [Thus, fifteen more years passed quickly.] [In the sixty-fifth year, your cultivation level advanced to the mid-stage of the eighth level of the Human Immortal Realm.] [As your cultivation level increased, you felt your cultivation speed increasingly slow down...] [In the eightieth year, your cultivation level progressed to the late stage of the eighth level of the Human Immortal Realm.] [Through years of investigation, you had formed a preliminary escape plan, deciding not to die a slow death in the Little Qingyun Realm, but to flee to other minor thousand worlds.] [From your investigations, you discovered three suitable worlds for escape!] [They were the Spirit Beast Realm, the Yellow Sand Realm, and the Star Realm.] [You had previously visited the Spirit Beast Realm, which was also being invaded by foreign races, but its peril was far less than that of the Little Qingyun Realm.] [Based on your speculation, the Spirit Beast Realm was likely to be completely invaded after the Little Qingyun Realm.] [The Star Realm was the furthest world from the Little Qingyun Realm, separated by three minor worlds, requiring travel through thirteen void nodes.] [Cultivators in the Star Realm possessed strange powers, capable of harnessing the power of stars to enhance themselves, often making them stronger than cultivators of the same realm.] [It was also the strongest cultivation world among the three minor thousand worlds.] [However, with your current mana, it might be difficult to reach the Star Realm.] [The Yellow Sand Realm was located to the west of the Little Qingyun Realm, a relatively barren world.] [Due to its barrenness and the not weak strength of its cultivators, it was invaded by foreign races relatively late.] [Interestingly, nearly ninety-nine percent of the Yellow Sand Realm was covered by deserts.] [In the Yellow Sand Realm, most cultivators had the earth spirit root, with over ninety percent of them also practicing body refinement!] Su Xing murmured as he read: "The Yellow Sand Realm, practicing body refinement..." "It seems harsh environments also affect the primary cultivation direction of cultivators..." Su Xing pondered deeply. He first ruled out the Spirit Beast Realm. Previously, Su Xing went to this realm but was found by Qing Yunzi, indicating that escaping to the Spirit Beast Realm was not safe. "And the Star Realm... it seems a bit too far?" "Perhaps it would be safer to head there after reaching the Earth Immortal Realm..." Su Xing murmured, having made a decision in his heart, his gaze shifting to the simulation panel. [After your analysis, you felt the Yellow Sand Realm was more suitable for escape. This realm was remote with fewer cultivation resources, but you had ample spiritual liquid to sustain your cultivation.] [However, the Yellow Sand Realm was also six void nodes away from the Little Qingyun Realm.] [You planned to cultivate further and break through before heading there.] [Thus, you went into seclusion for another eight years.] S~ea??h the ovelFire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [In the eighty-eighth year, your cultivation level reached the peak of the eighth level of the Human Immortal Realm.] [You started a seclusion to break through, aiming for the ninth level of the Human Immortal Realm.] [You succeeded...] [In the ninetieth year, one day, you had a feeling and successfully became a ninth-level Human Immortal Realm cultivator.] [After breaking through to the ninth level of the Human Immortal Realm, you did not immediately head to the Yellow Sand Realm.] [There was a more important task at hand, refining the Earth Origin Pill!] Read the latest on My Virtual Library Empire [Over the years, you had gathered all the materials needed to refine the Earth Origin Pill.] [You consumed the Spirit Awakening Pill, preparing to start refining the Earth Origin Pill...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and felt a surge in his heart, silently reciting: "Use the immersive simulation, duration 30 days..." [Ding...] The scenery before his eyes changed, and Su Xing''s consciousness entered the simulator. "The eleventh-tier Earth Origin Pill... With the blessing of the Alchemy Grandmaster and the Spirit Awakening Pill, how long will it take to learn?" Su Xing pursed his lips. Currently, his understanding of the Alchemy Dao barely allowed him to refine tenth-tier elixirs, far from reaching the level of an Alchemy Grandmaster. But successfully refining the Earth Origin Pill would mark his official entry into the ranks of Alchemy Grandmasters. Chapter 289 Golden Talent Alchemy Dao Saint, Initial Arrival at Yellow Sand Realm [8k]_5 "Earth Origin Pill is a small pill, just perfect for drilling proficiency!"Su Xing thought so. In the Three Thousand Worlds, elixirs are also divided into large and small pills. Large and small pills do not refer to the quality level of alchemy but the time and frequency of refining. For example, the Nine Revolutions Pill, which takes dozens of days to refine one piece and can only be taken once in a lifetime, is definitely a big pill. But the Earth Origin Pill and Origin Martial Pill, among others, are small pills that can be refined multiple times in a day, with each batch taking only a few hours. They can also be taken long-term to assist in cultivation, thus making them small pills. Su Xing consumed a Spirit Awakening Pill, activated the Great Wisdom State, and with the aid of the late bloomer talent, a month of refining could be worth twenty years! Moreover, the Saint Hand of Alchemy gave Su Xing a clearer understanding of alchemy almost instantly. On the first day of the immersive simulation, Su Xing opened the furnace and refined Earth Origin Pills twice, both ending in failure. Every day afterward, Su Xing refined two batches, all failing... But through failures, Su Xing summarized his experiences and felt his mastery of the Earth Origin Pill and understanding of alchemy were rapidly progressing. Until the fifteenth day. Su Xing was refining the Earth Origin Pill, and a flash of insight struck him, making the process exceptionally smooth. But at the pill formation stage, a tiny mistake led to three subpar Earth Origin Pills. "Hmm... half a month, and I''ve produced subpar Earth Origin Pills. At this rate... I should master it in a month!" Su Xing took a deep breath and continued refining. Thus, by the twenty-third day, Su Xing''s success rate in refining the Earth Origin Pill had reached about ten to twenty percent. Sear?h the novlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. He had genuinely reached the entry-level in refining the Earth Origin Pill. Looking at the silver-white pill in his hand, which contained traces of Origin Force, Su Xing nodded in satisfaction. "The Earth Origin Pill aids in the blooming of Origin Force within the body, stimulates its growth to reach the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, and supports the second layer''s cultivation!" Su Xing nodded in satisfaction. The remaining seven days of the immersive simulation were not wasted by Su Xing, who continued refining the Earth Origin Pill. ... The immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing''s consciousness returned. Recalling the memories of refining the Earth Origin Pill, Su Xing concluded: "A month of immersive simulation, the success rate of refining the Earth Origin Pill reached thirty percent, truly entry-level... but still quite a distance from the minor achievement level." "However, my alchemy skills are now at the Grandmaster level!" "Once I thoroughly master the Earth Origin Pill, refining eleventh-grade elixirs in the future won''t be so challenging..." Su Xing was fairly satisfied with this. He looked at the simulation panel. Experience tales with My Virtual Library Empire [You spent a month, successfully reaching entry-level proficiency in refining the Earth Origin Pill.] [Afterward, you quickly prepared to head to the Yellow Sand Realm...] [At the spatial node in the southwest of the Little Qingyun Realm, you activated the Flowing Cloud Golden Immortal Boat and sailed into the void...] [Seven days later, you crossed the first void node.] [You continued towards the Yellow Sand Realm...] [Crossing the void and heading to other worlds proved much more challenging than you imagined.] [For the first four void nodes, you managed by alternating between spiritual liquid and mana output to ensure the smooth sailing of the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat.] [But after more than a month in the void, when attempting to cross the fifth void node, your mana started to become erratic.] [At this point, you understood that the void, lacking spiritual energy and having a peculiar environment, was extremely harsh for cultivators.] [Cultivators with abundant mana could last a long time, and even though your foundation was deep, your mana at that moment was comparable to that of an early Earth Immortal Realm cultivator, it was still hard to sustain.] [Fortunately, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, as a half-step Acquired Treasure, was more resilient than you imagined.] [Despite the bumpy situation in the later stages, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat eventually safely crossed all six void nodes, arriving at the Yellow Sand Realm!] [Upon landing in the Yellow Sand Realm, the external and internal formations of the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat were damaged to varying degrees.] [You had to make an emergency landing; eventually, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat couldn''t continue traveling.] [This time, you could only stay in the Yellow Sand Realm...] [After arriving in the Yellow Sand Realm, your first task was to investigate the forces in this realm.] [According to the information obtained, Earth Immortal Realm cultivators were present in the Yellow Sand Realm...] [And their body refinement cultivation level was pure and comparable to Heavenly Immortal Realm, trained in the extremely harsh environment of the Yellow Sand Realm.] [The cultivators in the Yellow Sand Realm were extremely united, living in the few oases.] [What surprised you was that the cultivators in this realm were proficient in the Dao of Puppets.] [After confirming that the cultivators of the Yellow Sand Realm were extraordinary and that the situation regarding foreign race invasions was not too severe, you opened a cave dwelling deep within the desert.] [Unexpectedly, the Yellow Sand Realm''s soil and fire spiritual energies were abundant, and due to possessing the Fiery Flame Divine Body, your cultivation speed also slightly increased...] Chapter 292 Golden Talent Inborn Unique Meridian, Sweeping the Descending Sect Branch! [One day later, Qing Yunzi found you.][Qing Yunzi was already somewhat deranged, and without any explanation, he soul-searched you.] [You hurriedly explained that you had infiltrated the Luo Tian Instance and brought back an ultimate secret method called the Wishful Visualization Technique for him!] [You wrapped your Divine Sense around the Diagram of Wishful Visualization in your mind and transferred it to Qing Yunzi, suffering a great loss in Divine Sense.] [Qing Yunzi remained silent for a long time after obtaining the diagram.] [Finally, he howled toward the sky, already somewhat out of his mind, like a madman!] [Qing Yunzi had schemed his entire life to reverse three corpses for the path to sainthood, only to find that the road ahead was blocked...] [After his Dao Heart was damaged, black gas rose from Qing Yunzi''s body, and he completely fell into madness!] [Seeing this, you knew something was wrong and prepared to escape, but Qing Yunzi caught you with one hand!] [You died!] [Ding, this simulation has ended!] After the simulation ended, Su Xing''s face was somewhat solemn. "As expected... with Qing Yunzi''s current cultivation level, it was clearly not realistic to re-cultivate the Wishful Visualization Technique..." "And without the Wishful Visualization Diagram, the defects of Three Purities from One Qi cannot be remedied... Seeing that his path was cut off, it''s no wonder he went mad!" Su Xing somewhat understood Qing Yunzi. After cultivating for hundreds of thousands or even a million years and scheming meticulously for the path to sainthood, only to fail at the last moment... Such an experience would be unbearable for anyone! "Alas, it seems that the path of befriending Qing Yunzi is temporarily unworkable!" "The method to extend the simulation still lies in going to a more distant Minor Thousand World to evade Qing Yunzi''s pursuit!" The Three Thousand Worlds were vast and boundless. Su Xing believed that even if Qing Yunzi were a Daluo Golden Immortal or Semi-Saint, he could not possibly find every corner! What Su Xing needed to do was to escape to a world far enough away to simulate longer! Before that, Su Xing needed a stronger Qi Refining cultivation and higher-level comprehension of the Great Dao of Space! "Close! This time''s simulation perfectly completed the Great Dao of Space... and also found the whereabouts of the two Yin-Yang fires!" "The distance to reaching the Earth Immortal Realm... is already not far!" Su Xing took a deep breath and looked at the rewards for this simulation. [Thousand-Cup No Drunk]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 point of Origin Energy Source. [Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, Second Level (Entry)]: Entry to the second level of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, possessing the strength of three mountains and rivers, with the blossoming of Origin Force Flower inside, Origin Force endlessly rejuvenating, pure physical strength can fight early-stage Earth Immortal cultivators! Priced at 30,000 Origin Energy Source. [10 Earth Origin Pills]: Eleventh-tier Elixirs, which can trigger the Vital Energy inside the body, stimulate the birth and growth of the Origin Force Flower, used by the Ancient Witch Clan for body refining. Priced at 10,000 Origin Energy Source. [Comprehension of the Space Dao (Threshold Insight)]: Comprehension of the Great Dao of Space has reached the second stage, threshold insight realm, greatly enhancing the mastery of space power, allowing distant teleportation, and significantly enhancing space attack methods. Priced at 100,000 Origin Energy Source. Su Xing glanced at the prices of the simulation rewards and immediately felt tense. "The cultivation level of the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision (Entry) requires 30,000 Origin Energy Source?" "Doesn''t that mean that after the Earth Immortal Realm, each level of cultivation enhancement would triple the consumption of Origin Energy Source!" Su Xing took a deep breath, his face somewhat grim. Calculating like this, the energy he earned each week was somewhat insufficient... "As for this comprehension of the Great Dao of Space, just the threshold insight costs such an exaggerated price?" "Alas, the Origin Energy Source I currently have seems somewhat insufficient..." Su Xing sighed. With all calculations, the Origin Energy Source in his hand barely exceeded 110,000. To extract the comprehension of the Great Dao of Space and the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, it was somewhat lacking. "But after trading with Lu Yuanwu, it should just barely meet the energy requirement for claiming the rewards..." "As for the subsequent energy, I''ll have to quickly think of a solution!" Su Xing didn''t hesitate, first disguising himself and concealing his aura, then went to trade with Lu Yuanwu. Moments later, after completing the trade, Su Xing rode his sword toward the Immortal Martial Era Instance. After replenishing the Spirit Stone energy for thirty mining puppets, Su Xing entered the Spirit Field Cave. "I choose to bring out the cultivation level of the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision and the comprehension of the Great Dao of Space!" Su Xing recited silently, and the simulator''s prompt sounded in his ears. [You successfully brought out the cultivation level of the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision (Entry), costing 30,000 points of Origin Energy Source, remaining Origin Energy Source is 100,502 points] [You successfully brought out the comprehension of the Great Dao of Space, costing 100,000 points of Origin Energy Source, remaining Origin Energy Source is 502 points...] As the simulation prompt ended, Su Xing''s heart bled. Over 100,000 points of Origin Energy Source, gone in a flash, leaving only 500 points... "Alas, Dao Comprehension and Cultivation levels are the main expenses for energy!" Su Xing sighed helplessly. The next second, two profound energies surged into Su Xing''s body. First was the huge enhancement of his Body Refinement cultivation! Find adventures on My Virtual Library Empire Su Xing''s physical strength and defense tripled in an instant! From the strength of one mountain and river, it directly rose to the strength of three mountains and rivers! The greater change, however, was in Su Xing''s Origin Force within his body! The original Origin Force Seed slowly shed its shell and transformed into a blooming Origin Force Flower... Sar?h the N?vel(F)ire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Origin Force became more vigorous, and even its quality improved significantly! Su Xing could sense that if he used Origin Force now, both the enhancement of strength and the improvement of defense would be greatly increased! After upgrading to an Immortal Physique, the initial augmentation of Origin Force on strength was less than fifty percent, not as effective as during the Divine Strength Realm... But now, the augmentation of Origin Force on physical strength and power exceeded triple! Especially... the power of the Origin Force divine skill Body-Protecting Sword Aura also improved further! Chapter 292 Golden Talent, Inborn Unique Meridian, Sweeping the Descending Sect Branch! _2 Su Xing hadn''t had time to rejoice when a flood of comprehension regarding the Great Dao of Space surged into his mind.Along with this, his understanding of the surrounding space became even more profound. In just a few breaths, Su Xing felt that the space around him seemed somewhat different in his eyes. With a thought, Su Xing wielded the power of space... Originally, if the embryonic form of the Great Dao of Space made each thread of space power as thin as hair. Now, it was like a fine net, firmly covering all the surrounding space, completely under Su Xing''s control! Thirty feet... fifty feet... one hundred feet! One hundred and ten feet! Su Xing could feel that the current limit of his Great Dao of Space allowed him to fully control the space within a radius of one hundred and ten feet! In this area, Su Xing was the one true god of the space laws! Unless someone with a more profound mastery of the Great Dao of Space appeared in this space... A span of one hundred and ten feet was more than enough to cover the entire Spirit Field Cave! This also meant that Su Xing now truly had the ability to take the entire Spirit Field Cave, along with him, off Blue Star! Just like taking out a storage magical artifact and its contents! But the difference was, the Spirit Field Cave could carry life! This meant that Su Xing could completely take the Spirit Vein Dragon and even his cherished family and friends out of Blue Star, fleeing to the Three Thousand Worlds! Su Xing took a deep breath, his eyes brimming with excitement. After two years of hard work, he had finally gained the power to protect his family and friends! At the very least, the people he cared about wouldn''t perish in the catastrophe wrought by the foreign race decades later... "But, the Spirit Field Space is not all-powerful!" "Ultimately, this small space can''t save everyone on Blue Star!" Su Xing sighed. After all, Blue Star was the land that nurtured him. Unless absolutely necessary, he didn''t have the heart to abandon it. Moreover, Blue Star was related to Luo Tian and harbored great secrets that Su Xing had yet to uncover, making it impossible for him to easily forsake Blue Star... "However... the Spirit Field Cave is not omnipotent!" Su Xing still harbored a long-hidden anxiety. The Spirit Field Cave, after all, was a gift from Qing Yunzi. As long as this cave existed, could Qing Yunzi sense Su Xing''s location? But for Su Xing to abandon this cave was simply unrealistic! Previously, Su Xing had no solution for this issue. But now, as his comprehension of the Great Dao of Space kept improving, he vaguely touched upon deeper aspects of the Dao of Space! That was to use supreme might to forcibly carve out a space completely belonging to himself, or to integrate part of the world''s space into his existing blessed land! Sarch* The N?vel?ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Su Xing estimated that to achieve this, his comprehension of the Great Dao of Space would have to reach at least a minor achievement stage... And Su Xing still had a long way to go to reach that realm. "The road is long and arduous! The urgent task is to acquire more origin energy sources!" Su Xing muttered to himself. This week, he planned to recall the Heavenly Secret Pavilion''s puppets scattered throughout the Great Xia Country. Months had passed, and those puppets must have traded a considerable amount of goods by now, enabling Su Xing to replenish a wave of energy, bringing in massive quantities of origin energy sources. Furthermore, Su Xing''s plan to expand his "Heavenly Secret Pavilion" puppet organization globally needed to be implemented as soon as possible. So, Su Xing decided to first repair the Divine Transformation Level puppets. This level of puppets had strength comparable to a Martial Emperor, sufficient to protect themselves in the Seven Nations and Twelve Domains, establish power, and bring Su Xing a large amount of origin energy sources. Especially in the chaotic Twelve Domains, if Su Xing''s moral bottom line were a bit lower... in a short time, it could bring a vast amount of origin energy sources! Su Xing was highly action-oriented, and once decided, he acted immediately. In one week, he repaired three Divine Transformation Stage puppets. Along with the previous five puppets, Su Xing prepared a batch of fifth and sixth-rank talismans for them, numerous Lifespan Extension Elixirs, and even ten thousand Origin Martial Pills! These goods were enough for the puppet organization to exchange for a large amount of energy materials. Of course, to ensure foolproof success, Su Xing prepared enough spirit stones as their power source and numerous talismans of seventh rank and above to guarantee the puppets'' combat power! Continue your journey on My Virtual Library Empire After doing all this, Su Xing traveled eighty thousand miles via sword flight to the so-called Blue Star "Chaos Realm"! The Twelve Domains area! "Here it is, the Twelve Domains!" Su Xing was flying on his sword, high above in the sky, and his divine sense spread out like a tide, instantly enveloping the entire Twelve Domains. The Twelve Domains consisted of a continent plus several hundred coastal peninsulas and islands. The total area was more than three times that of the entire Great Xia Country! Because it had twelve powerful profession users, leading twelve different organizations and forming an alliance, it was known as the Twelve Domains. The Twelve Domains were relatively chaotic, and here strength was everything, overriding the laws set by the human alliance of the Seven Nations. Many master-level and even Martial Emperor Legendary-level renegade profession users hid in the Twelve Domains, secretly establishing their own "empires" to enjoy endless resources and power... Su Xing''s divine sense continuously swept through the Twelve Domains, and after half a day, he roughly understood the strength of the most powerful profession users in the entire Twelve Domains. "Hiss... The overall strength of the Twelve Domains is indeed not to be underestimated!" A strange light flashed in Su Xing''s eyes. In his perception, there were six Legendary-level profession users hidden in the Twelve Domains! Dozens of Martial Emperor-level profession users, and as for Heavenly King-level and above profession users, there were no fewer than a hundred! Chapter 292 Golden Talent, Inborn Unique Meridian, Sweeping the Descending Sect Branch! _3 This level of power could amount to about one-third to half of the high-end forces of the Great Xia Country!As for the number of Master to Grandmaster Level professionals, it was several times that of the Great Xia Country! Sarch* The N?velFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. These professionals came from all over the world, including America, Huangdao Country, and even illegal professionals from the Great Xia Country, hiding here. For thousands of years, the Twelve Domains had been difficult to eradicate, gradually forming an unspoken rule. These chaotic evil or chaotic neutral professionals could only act within the Twelve Domains, as long as they didn''t venture into the seven great empires, people simply turned a blind eye. "The highest are but Legendary Level professionals, Divinity Transformation Stage puppets holding Seventh-Rank Talismans should be able to establish a power of their own within the Twelve Domains!" Su Xing murmured, then cast an invisibility formation on himself and landed in a certain city within the Twelve Domains. Dressed in a black robe, Su Xing moved as if the place were uninhabited, observing the city. The streets and alleys were filled with the sounds of quarrels and fights. In just ten minutes, Su Xing saw no less than six cases of theft, three robberies, and even a murder! And all these acts of violence were done by professionals! From bronze and silver down to Heavenly King Level professionals, they were all involved. Su Xing passed through a chaotic market and entered a black market. In this black market, laws and principles were non-existent, and fights between buyers and sellers were commonplace. If you were strong enough, you could even force buyers or sellers, and it wouldn''t be a problem! Of course, even within the Twelve Domains, there was a thin strand of credibility... If you frequently robbed, coerced, or didn''t pay for your purchases, it was easy to get blacklisted, despised by both buyers and sellers, leading to a bad reputation. In severe cases, even the "emperors" of the Twelve Domains, those at Legendary and Martial Emperor Levels, would intervene! Su Xing wandered the Twelve Domains for an hour, then left satisfied. In a secluded corner, Su Xing released three Divinity Transformation puppets and five Nascent Soul Stage puppets. Then, he issued orders to them. "From now on, you will move freely within the Twelve Domains..." "Remember, conduct legal transactions, and hold integrity as your core!" "Of course, if you encounter forceful buying or selling... just beat them up and take all their money!" Su Xing ordered. Continue reading on My Virtual Library Empire His creed was: If people do not offend me, I will not offend them; if people offend me, I will destroy them directly! This saying was most suitable within the Twelve Domains. If it weren''t for the worry that it would stir too much turmoil and alert the Descending Sect, Su Xing could have directly killed an infamous emperor within the Twelve Domains and replaced him with a puppet, which would likely bring more wealth and energy in a short time! "These goods should be enough for your transactions for the next six months..." "Remember, I need Alien Metals and Abyss Stones, as well as all kinds of low-rank instance dungeon items and equipment!" "Exchange all these materials for them!" Su Xing ordered. These puppets had high intelligence and could carry out relatively complex orders; such simple transactions were naturally no problem. "Yes, master!" The eight puppets responded, each carrying goods, disappearing into the nearby cities. Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this scene. Today, he had sown the seeds, now he just had to wait to reap the harvest when the time came! ... Time quickly passed to September 16. Su Xing, after disguising himself and suppressing his aura, went to trade with Jin Congxue. Over the week, Su Xing had summoned back the puppets dispersed across the Great Xia Country, bringing with them an enormous wealth he hadn''t anticipated! All the merchant puppets, over a few months, brought Su Xing thousands of tons of fourth-rank special metals, countless second- and third-rank alien metals, and numerous instance dungeon items and pieces of equipment. The total energy origin brought in was worth 103,000 points! On the noon of September 16, Su Xing went to the villa area to meet Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue, wearing a black short dress today, sat opposite Su Xing, and they quickly got down to business. "Here are this week''s goods... check them out..." Jin Congxue handed over a storage ring, Su Xing absorbed and converted it, gaining an additional 27,000 points of energy. After the transaction, Jin Congxue suddenly thought of something and said to Su Xing: "By the way, it seems that something has happened in America recently..." America? Su Xing paused after hearing this, frowned, and asked: "Did something unexpected happen in America?" Upon hearing this, Jin Congxue spoke seriously: "I heard that in America, a Great Emperor level powerhouse has appeared!" "That powerhouse delved into the Endless Abyss, clearing the monsters on the twentieth to thirtieth levels in just a few days..." "This action has attracted significant attention from the American officials, and even numerous Heavenly King Level professionals have confirmed that America indeed has a new peak powerhouse!" Jin Congxue paused and looked somewhat helpless as she continued. "Because of this, recently, American professionals and major merchant guilds have been rather arrogant within the Human Alliance... even overshadowing our Great Xia Country!" Upon hearing Jin Congxue''s words, Su Xing displayed a strange expression on his face. A Great Emperor powerhouse... sweeping through the Abyss''s twentieth to thirtieth layers? Wasn''t that what he had done two weeks ago? Su Xing was a bit puzzled; when had he become an American professional? Su Xing found it speechless but roughly guessed America''s intentions. This was like that certain Asian country from his previous life, claiming credit to boost its own international influence? Chapter 292 Golden Talent, Inborn Unique Meridian, Sweeping the Descending Sect Branch! _4 Thinking of this, Su Xing smiled wryly and said to Jin Congxue:"You don''t need to be overly concerned about this..." After a pause, Su Xing added. "They are not American practitioners, but predecessors from within our organization!" Upon hearing Su Xing''s words, Jin Congxue''s eyes lit up instantly, then she reacted, showing a look of astonishment. Within the organization, there was a Great Emperor-level expert? This was something Jin Congxue never expected! Previously, she knew the organization was powerful, but she didn''t expect it to be this strong! ... After bidding Jin Congxue farewell, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave. Because he had dispatched the puppet for a week, the amount of Origin Energy Source he obtained was extremely high. Su Xing''s Origin Energy Source exceeded 130,000 points again. On September 16, 2025, New Era, Su Xing prepared to start a new round of simulation. "Start simulation!" [The 104th simulation begins, current remaining Origin Energy Source is 131,236 points... Remaining simulation times none.] [Simulation begins!] [Drawing Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 point of Origin Energy Source, would you like to draw?] "Yes!" Su Xing silently mouthed. [Ding, congratulations on obtaining the Golden Talent Inborn Unique Meridian. The probability of drawing a Golden Talent in the next simulation is 60%...] [Inborn Unique Meridian]: Golden Talent, you cannot enhance your cultivation by consuming elixir-type resources, but in a natural state, your cultivation speed is doubled... "Hmm? This talent..." Su Xing frowned slightly; this seemed like a double-edged sword type of talent. After obtaining this talent, Su Xing could not enhance his cultivation speed by consuming elixirs... For example, the Earth Origin Pill could not be consumed... But at the same time, the benefits were enormous! The cultivation speed doubled directly! This meant that cultivation that originally took twenty or thirty years would only take a little over ten years! "I just wonder if this Inborn Unique Meridian talent can be stacked with the Late Bloomer talent?" Continue your journey with My Virtual Library Empire Su Xing was a bit curious. Soon, Su Xing thought of the usage scenario for this talent. During Body Refinement, Su Xing needed to consume Earth Origin Pills, so it would be counterproductive to bring out this talent... But when enhancing Qi Refinement Cultivation, Su Xing could consume Spiritual Liquid and perhaps enjoy double the cultivation speed! S~ea??h the N??eFire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Thinking of this, Su Xing''s eyes lit up. As his cultivation realm improved, advancing a single level in the Earth Immortal Realm took two to three thousand years. Even Su Xing needed to spend a lot of time and resources cultivating... With this talent, Su Xing''s cultivation speed would still be guaranteed to be extremely fast! "Not bad... When the time is right, this talent can be brought out, but for now, it''s not suitable..." Su Xing quickly ran through his simulation plan in his mind. "The Yin-Yang Pill must be found, and the Dao Comprehension of the Great Sword Dao also needs further improvement!" Su Xing entered the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, increasing his mastery of Origin Force. This also meant that the upper limit of Su Xing''s Body-Protecting Sword Aura was higher, only lacking further insight into Sword Dao. If he could enter the Dao with the sword and completely comprehend the Great Sword Dao, the power of the Body-Protecting Sword Aura would surely be further enhanced! Su Xing thought this and looked at the simulation panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized you were simulating.] [Ten days later, you repaired several Divinity Transformation Stage puppets and then entered the Luo Tian Instance...] [After coming out of the Luo Tian Instance, you tried to dispatch various puppets to the Seven Countries and Twelve Domains to accumulate initial Origin Energy Source.] [Afterward, you stayed on the Blue Star and resumed practicing the Three Talents Sword Technique.] [When your Great Sword Dao nearly reached perfection before, you realized that only by merging the three swords of the Three Talents Sword Technique could you enter the Dao with the sword and further enhance your power.] [For this, you practiced diligently, and ten years flew by...] [In the tenth year, you further integrated the Three Talents Sword Technique, almost achieving the merging of three swords, but always fell just one step short.] [This year, you went to the Beast Taming Realm to eliminate threats.] [In the fifteenth year, the puppet forces you dispatched had developed greatly, covering almost the entire Seven Countries and Twelve Domains.] [In the Twelve Domains, seven emperors had been replaced by "puppets," bringing you vast resources annually.] [You continued to practice on the Blue Star, and thirteen years passed in the blink of an eye...] [In the twenty-eighth year, the Double-pupil Demon Saint descended...] [In the thirty-third year, you decided to leave the Blue Star.] [But this time, you planned to take your family and friends with you, leaving this place!] [Due to limited capacity in the Spirit Field Cave, you packed all your family and friends into it, hoping they could live longer.] [Including Jin Congxue, Luo Shuying, and a few others, all hoping to go to the Three Thousand Worlds.] [Except for Lu Yuanwu...] [In the end, Lu Yuanwu chose to stay on the Blue Star, to live and die with the Human Race!] [You admired Lu Yuanwu''s actions, but to ensure the fire of the Blue Star Human Race didn''t extinguish, you took a portion of the Human Race and settled them in the Spirit Field Cave, heading towards the Slaughter Battlefield.] [Heading in the direction of the Red Moon, you quickly reached the alternate space.] [Using the power of space, you wrapped the entire Spirit Field Cave within it, including the Human Race inside and even the Spirit Vein Dragon!] [After a violent space fluctuation, you arrived in the Little Qingyun Realm...] In the real world, Su Xing took a deep breath after seeing this. "Finally, after so much effort, I managed to take a portion of the Human Race away from the Blue Star, a small goal achieved..." Su Xing knew that perhaps a complete rescue of the Blue Star was still far away, but a partial rescue was also a significant achievement. Chapter 292 Golden Talent, Inborn Unique Meridian, Sweeping the Descending Sect Branch! _5 "Then for this simulation, go to the Yellow Sand Realm as soon as possible... But before that, I need to locate the Yin-Yang Pill!"Su Xing knew that the Yin-Yang Pill was extremely rare, but some peak Human Immortal Realm cultivators might have it. Among them, Su Xing had strong suspicions that Blood Ninety-Nine possessed one. Therefore, Su Xing set his sights on Blood Ninety-Nine. "Blood Ninety-Nine should still be in that valley... Perhaps I can take advantage of the time selling information and blend in with the loose cultivators to launch a sneak attack on those Descending Sect officers?" Su Xing touched his chin thoughtfully. The cultivation resources of a Descending Sect officer could equal those of two or three cultivators of the same level. If he could rob a few Descending Sect officers, he would surely obtain many resources... He might even be able to gather the resources needed to advance to the Earth Immortal Realm! With this thought, Su Xing hesitated no longer and looked at the simulation panel. [After arriving in the Little Qingyun Realm, you immediately placed the Human Race in White Emperor City.] [Except for some close family and friends, you let the rest fend for themselves. After all, you''ve done your best to have a clear conscience.] [You then went to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion in White Emperor City and sold most of the information you had.] [This information was either about Qing Yunzi or the Descending Sect and Red Moon...] [After leaking information about the Descending Sect''s stronghold, you paid special attention to this area.] [In August of the same year, you lay low in White Emperor City and noticed that the city began to gather loose cultivators to attack several Descending Sect strongholds.] [One of these strongholds was the one you previously stayed at, which was Blood Ninety-Nine''s base!] [Given your current strength, even if you couldn''t defeat the top-ranking officers of the Descending Sect, you wouldn''t be in any life-threatening danger.] [So you planned to hide among the loose cultivators and seize the opportunity to attack the Descending Sect stronghold, hoping to get Blood Ninety-Nine''s storage magical artifact and the Yin-Yang Pill!] [In January of the same year, a group of several hundred cultivators in the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, dozens of Human Immortal Realm cultivators, and even a few Earth Immortal Realm cultivators acted...] [With your divine sense, you even noticed a few Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators following in the shadows to ensure the plan''s success...] [You all spent several months lurking outside the valley base, and finally, the Earth Immortal Realm cultivators led the charge, attacking the valley base!] [This battle was a complete slaughter, a massacre by the loose cultivators of the Little Qingyun Realm against the Descending Sect!] [Even though the valley had several Earth Immortal and Human Immortal Realm cultivators defending it, they never expected a sudden attack from the Human Clan, suffering heavy losses!] [Especially the cultivators below the Transcendance Tribulation Stage who were preparing to participate in the Blood Seed competition; they were almost completely wiped out by the loose cultivators of the Little Qingyun Realm...] [It seemed that the battle between the righteous and the evil factions could be just as cruel?] [You didn''t dwell on it, quickly rushing towards the valley''s forbidden area, hoping to find Blood Ninety-Nine''s location.] Find exclusive stories on My Virtual Library Empire [But by the time you arrived, the Descending Sect officers had already fled.] [They each used their arts and techniques, escaping at astonishing speeds toward the depths of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.] [In demon cultivator territory, Human Clan cultivators didn''t dare to act recklessly, and the Descending Sect hoped this would lessen the threat of pursuit...] [Indeed, most of the loose cultivators gave up the chase.] [But you were familiar with the interior of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, and several peak Human Immortal Realm cultivators including Blood Ninety-Nine were right ahead, so you naturally wanted to kill them and see if they had the Yin-Yang Pill...] [With this determination, you charged into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains like a tiger into a flock of sheep...] Sar?h the NovelFire.net* website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Chapter 293 Ten Years of Immersion, Half-step Earth Immortal Realm! [In the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, you had a significant advantage, and that was your familiarity with the nearby terrain!]In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly. He had explored the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains multiple times in previous simulations. Su Xing was quite clear about the distribution of forces in the core area. If the Descending Sect cadres fled into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, ordinary human clan cultivators might not dare to pursue, for fear of being attacked by demon cultivators. But for Su Xing, there were only a few demon cultivators in the mountains who could threaten him. Moreover, Su Xing knew several of the Demon Kings well and was very confident. Continue reading at My Virtual Library Empire "Ha-ha, flee into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains? There''s truly no escape there!" "In that case... I should be able to deal with the Descending Sect cadres easily!" "Blood Ninety-Nine and the other blood-named cadres are all at the Human Immortal Realm peak... The Yin-Yang Pill might be found!" Thinking this, Su Xing''s eyes turned to the simulation panel. [The group of cultivators chased to the outskirts of the core area of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains but did not dare to pursue further into the depths.] [You ignored everyone and chased the three peak Human Immortal Realm Descending Sect cadres alone.] Sarch* The Novel?ire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [Initially, the three Descending Sect cadres thought there was a large group of loose cultivators assisting in the chase.] [But as you continued deeper, they realized only you were pursuing, so they became bolder.] [You found it amusing in your heart, seeing the three peak Human Immortal Realm cadres stop. Without hesitation, you struck out with a sword.] [The Spirit Sword Mo Bing in your hand emitted a three-foot sword light. It was a simple and unadorned strike with not much sword light, straight towards one of the peak Human Immortal Realm cadres.] [This sword light contained the ultimate Sword Dao reaching the perfection of the origin of the sword, directly beheading one of the peak Human Immortal Realm cadres...] [After one sword strike, this Human Immortal Realm cadre fell. The other two Descending Sect cadres instantly exploded with escape speeds comparable to Earth Immortal Realm cultivators, fleeing toward the core area of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and felt somewhat embarrassed. "Damn, these evil cult cultivators... Leaving aside their attack methods, their life-saving abilities are absolutely top-notch!" Su Xing shook his head slightly. Counting all the evil cultivators he had encountered, especially the damned Zong as a representative, each ran faster than the last one. "But, it''s understandable, right?" "Being a villain also comes with pressure... Once performance is bad, you''ll be hunted by righteous cultivators. Those who run slow would probably be dead already!" Su Xing complained helplessly, turning his gaze to the simulation panel. [After killing this Descending Sect cadre, you took his storage magical treasure.] [As expected, you found a Yin-Yang Pill among his possessions, probably prepared for his breakthrough to the Earth Immortal Realm.] [At the same time, you also discovered an Identity Token marked with Blood Ninety-Seven.] [You put away the Yin-Yang Pill and then continued to pursue the remaining two Descending Sect cadres through sword flight.] [These two Descending Sect cadres evidently had notable life-saving experience, splitting up and escaping thousands of miles in an instant.] [You casually chose a direction to pursue and soon encountered Blood Ninety-Nine!] [Back then, Blood Ninety-Nine, who was at your mercy, now seemed as insignificant as an ant in your eyes.] [You saw his face filled with terror, hastily trying to escape.] [But in the face of absolute strength, the desire to survive became insignificant.] [You gently struck out with a sword, powerful origin of the sword enveloped, directly aiming at Blood Ninety-Nine''s head!] [One sword strike, and his head separated from his body...] [You successfully obtained Blood Ninety-Nine''s Identity Token, as well as another Yin-Yang Pill.] [To your disappointment, this Yin-Yang Pill''s quality was even less than that obtained from Blood Ninety-Seven.] [If you could get a top-grade Yin-Yang Pill, the chances of surviving the Yin-Yang Fire Tribulation would undoubtedly increase greatly!] [You did not hesitate any longer and pursued the last Descending Sect cadre.] [This pursuit led you to the core area of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.] [To your surprise, the Descending Sect cadre suddenly stopped in a horn-shaped mountain.] [Then he took out a Jade Slip, seemingly asking for help...] [You instantly felt a tightening in your heart. Could it be that the Descending Sect had inside connections among the demon cultivators in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains too?] [Indeed, it was just as you expected!] [Soon, a demon cultivator with a purple horn on his head and a body like a small mountain charged out...] [Your expression turned somewhat serious, for this was one of the thirty-six Demon Kings in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, the Purple Ox Demon King!] [His power had reached the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm!] [And judging by the demeanor of the Descending Sect cadre, it was clear he knew the Purple Ox Demon King...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and frowned slightly. "The Descending Sect cadres... They had not only infiltrated the human race but even had moles among the demon cultivators?" Su Xing was slightly startled and then found it reasonable. After all, if there were moles among the human race, it made sense for demon cultivators to be bribed as well... "However, looking at it this way... the previous incidents make perfect sense! "Inside the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, the swift disappearance of the thirty-six Demon Kings was due to the existence of moles among the demon cultivators..." "The Purple Ox Demon King, huh? I''ll remember... " Su Xing murmured, finding it useful information. In future simulations, perhaps it could be used. "But, a peak Earth Immortal Realm cultivator... With my current strength, can I contend with him?" Su Xing touched his chin, estimating that if he leveraged the "Unethical in Martial Conduct" talent, he might be able to successfully kill the Purple Ox Demon King. But it would require precise timing, as the "Unethical in Martial Conduct" talent could only be activated once. Chapter 293 Ten Years of Immersion, Half-step Earth Immortal Realm!_2 In the event that it was defined as not being in a sneak attack state, it wouldn''t trigger...Having thought of this, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simulation panel. [After the Purple Bull Demon King appeared, the cadres of the Descending Sect hid behind him.] [Just as you predicted, the Descending Sect had colluded with this Purple Bull Demon King!] [At the moment he saw you, the Purple Bull Demon King showed a look of surprise, but his face quickly turned displeased.] [It was clear that he knew he had been used, and his identity had been discovered by you...] [Although the Purple Bull Demon King was unhappy, he also knew that this matter must not be exposed. Otherwise, he would surely be hunted down by both Demon Cultivators and the Human Race.] [So, the Purple Bull Demon King launched an offensive towards you!] [His two horns on top of his head erupted with incredible power, rushing straight at you...] [This charge seemed capable of shattering mountains and splitting the earth, causing the heavens to change color!] [A hint of interest appeared on your face...] [Ever since you advanced the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision to the second layer, you had never faced a strength-type cultivator.] [Now, facing a strength-type demon cultivator at the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm, you were eager to test your level.] [Relying solely on your physical body strength to defeat this Bull Demon head-on was probably impossible, but to ensure your safety, you were quite confident.] Stay connected with My Virtual Library Empire [Thinking this, your eyes focused, your body released a burst of energy, and Origin Force instantly covered the surface of your body.] [After advancing to the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, your pure physical strength combined with Origin Force almost reached the power of ten Great Rivers...] [Breaking Mount Tai with a single punch... would not be an exaggeration!] [But the Bull Demon at the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm was equally terrifying in strength!] [When the two forces collided, you felt as if you had slammed into a towering mountain.] [After letting out a shout, you held your ground, countering the Bull Demon at the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm with sheer power.] [Boom! Instantly, terrifying brute force sliced through the air, distorting the surrounding space...] [Even more terrifying, the force reached the ground, causing it to collapse, creating cracks thousands of feet deep, stretching for miles, nearly severing the entire core area of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains in two...] [In an instant, several Great Rivers nearby flowed back into the heart of the mountains, while underground streams gushed out...], [Before your eyes, the surrounding landscape was about to be transformed, forming a new lake and river basin...] In reality, Su Xing raised an eyebrow as he observed this. "Sigh, the battles between powerful cultivators... are terrifying, aren''t they?" "With a wave of a hand, they can make the mountains crumble, reshape the terrain... unknowingly, I''ve also become a powerful cultivator!" Su Xing felt a bit emotional. He knew that the ability to crush a world with such power instantly was not something mere mana and physical strength could achieve. To suppress an entire world with the might of a single immortal... Perhaps reaching the Golden Immortal Phase and truly mastering a Great Dao Principle would be necessary to accomplish that? Su Xing shook his head slightly, realizing he was overthinking things. The key now was to deal with this Purple Bull Demon King. "Indeed, appearing weak to the enemy... always remains a good strategy!" Su Xing muttered, his gaze fixed on the simulation panel. [The Purple Bull Demon King was momentarily shocked by your incredible power, but his face quickly displayed a fanatical expression.] ["It''s been thousands of years since I''ve faced an enemy who could challenge my strength"] [The Purple Bull Demon King said domineeringly, his horns growing even thicker and longer, charging straight at you...] [Instantly, the Purple Bull Demon King''s power increased several folds, and you were taken aback, sent flying by the brute force, crashing into the ground tens of miles away, forming a large pit.] [You immediately activated your Body-Protecting Sword Aura combined with an Origin Force armor, protecting yourself firmly from injury...] [But even so, you felt a slight pain...] [However, this pain made you even more excited!] [A plan suddenly formed in your mind, and you activated the Heavenly Secrets Shielding Technique, concealing your aura.] [Sure enough, the Purple Bull Demon King took the bait!] [As a demon king at the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm, he ranked among the top three of the thirty-six demon kings within the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains!] [There wasn''t a single demon king who could confidently kill him...] [Under a Heavenly Immortal realm great demon, the Purple Bull Demon King had few enemies...] [Because of this, the Purple Bull Demon King''s arrogance grew even more!] [After sensing your gradually weakening aura, most of his vigilance immediately dissipated, thinking that you had lost most of your combat power under that strike...] [Thus, he prepared to come down to inspect...] [As the Purple Bull Demon King approached, you activated 1,900 Body-Protecting Sword Auras combined with your "Unethical in Martial Conduct" talent, launching your strongest attack!] [This strike, like a long rainbow piercing the sun, aimed at the vital points of the Purple Bull Demon King!] [The Purple Bull Demon King, after all, was a cultivator at the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm, reacting just before the Sword Aura reached him...] [But, he was half a step too slow!] [The swarming Sword Aura left countless deep bone-visible wounds on the Purple Bull Demon King''s body... hitting several vital points...] [The Purple Bull Demon King, in pain, had bloodshot eyes, losing part of his sanity.] [But the Purple Bull Demon King, after all, was a demon king at the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm, his vitality frightfully robust...] S~ea??h the n?vel_Fire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [Even after taking your combined Body-Protecting Sword Aura attack, he didn''t die immediately. Though his aura weakened considerably and his strength quickly dropped, he still survived.] [However, you wouldn''t miss this opportunity to further beat the downed opponent!] [In this situation, you once again engaged in a fierce battle with the Purple Bull Demon King...] Chapter 293 Ten Years of Immersion, Half-step Earth Immortal Realm!_3 [This battle lasted for hundreds of rounds!][In the end, the Purple Bull Demon King was worn out and died at your hands...] [You killed a peak Earth Immortal Realm cultivator!] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and took a deep breath, a bit of surprise in his eyes. "Now, my strength has already reached the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm!" "Tsk tsk, Body-Protecting Sword Aura combined with being unethical in martial conduct... it really defies reason!" "Moreover, the power of the Body-Protecting Sword Aura has yet to reach its peak. When my understanding of the Great Sword Dao deepens, and the number of Sword Auras increases... maybe even the Heavenly Immortal Realm won''t be out of reach!" At this moment, Su Xing felt an endless surge of pride in his heart. A Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator was a prominent figure in all the Three Thousand Worlds! In most Minor Thousand Worlds, the Heavenly Immortal Realm was already considered the highest level... Even in a vast power like the Qingyun Sect, a Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator could become an elder! "This is far from the limit!" "Currently, I still have a long way to go with my Grand Witch Body Refining Decision... and my Qi Refining Cultivation has not yet risen to the Earth Immortal Realm!" "If the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision is cultivated to the Mahayana Level, the potential will be even more terrifying!" Thinking of this, Su Xing nodded in satisfaction. According to his estimation, Red Moon''s strength might only be at the True Immortal or Profound Immortal Realm, definitely not at the Golden Immortal Realm! And as for Su Xing, wasn''t he close to this realm as well? "But Qing Yunzi''s strength..." Su Xing shook his head slightly, feeling that he was still far behind Qing Yunzi! That was a being who had slain one or two Three Corpses, surpassing Great Luo, and close to the Semi-Saint level! Even though Qing Yunzi was in seclusion, Su Xing was far from being able to match him... Not to mention, Qing Yunzi was the ancestor of the Qingyun Sect, commanding countless powerful individuals, where any one True Immortal could easily defeat Su Xing. Previously, Su Xing had sold information about Qing Yunzi to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, partly to test Qing Yunzi''s strength. But the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, a giant power, had no intentions regarding Qing Yunzi. Not to mention Su Xing, a mere Human Immortal Realm "small fry"? "After all, cultivation realm is the foundation!" "If I can obtain the Yin-Yang Pill this time, I can attempt to break through and cross the Yang Fire Calamity..." Su Xing looked forward to it, his gaze turning to the simulation panel. [After slaying the Purple Bull Demon King, you immediately pursued the Earth Immortal Realm peak cadre of the Descending Sect.] Stay tuned to My Virtual Library Empire [After spending several hours, you successfully found him and captured him alive!] [From his storage ring, you found a token marked with Blood Seventy-Nine! And a top-quality Yin-Yang Pill!] [You didn''t choose to kill him directly because killing the Purple Bull Demon King might trigger a battle and split between the human race and the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains. At this time, both races still needed to unite to fight against the foreign race!] [You took Blood Seventy-Nine back to the loose cultivator gathering place in White Emperor City...] [Sure enough, three days later, a Heavenly Immortal Realm great demon came to question the death of the Purple Bull Demon King.] [As a result, a hidden Human Immortal Realm cultivator showed up to confront them face to face.] [When you presented concrete evidence of the Purple Bull Demon King''s collusion with the Descending Sect, the Heavenly Immortal Realm great demon immediately retreated speechlessly...] [Not only were you not reprimanded, but you also received a considerable extra reward.] [In the thirty-fourth year, you returned to White Emperor City to continue studying the Three Talents Sword Technique.] [In the same year, after settling your family and friends, you headed to the Blackwater Realm...] [Riding the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, you traversed several spatial nodes and arrived at the Blackwater Realm smoothly.] [By then, there was still a year left before the emergence of the Secret Realm.] [You continued to cultivate peacefully...] [In the thirty-fifth year, the Secret Realm emerged, and you successfully obtained 180 All-Encompassing Flowers, killing several evil cultivators of the Descending Sect in the process...] [After finishing all this, you were ready to leave the Blackwater Realm and head to the Yellow Sand Realm!] [In the same year, riding the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, you easily reached the Yellow Sand Realm.] [Upon arriving in the Yellow Sand Realm, you did not rush to the Yang Fire Calamity area but continued to comprehend the Three Talents Sword Technique.] [This cultivation lasted for twenty years!] [In the fifty-fifth year, you felt that you were close to completely understanding the Great Sword Dao, but there was still some distance...] [The fusion of the Three Talents Sword Technique was stuck at the final bottleneck!] [You had no choice but to continue cultivating, refining your comprehension of the Great Dao...] [Thus, another twenty-five years passed.] [In the blink of an eye, it was the eightieth year!] [In these years, your late-blooming talent finally took effect; you felt your cultivation speed for the Three Talents Sword Technique had increased significantly...] [But there was always a slight lack, the comprehension of entering the Dao through the sword remained elusive...] [With no other option, you took a Spirit Awakening Pill to combine with the Great Wisdom State and your late-blooming talent, attacking the Sword Dao!] [Quickly, a month passed!] [Finally, on the last day, you successfully penetrated the mystery, entering the Dao through the sword!] [Congratulations, you comprehended the Three Talents Sword Technique... understanding the Great Sword Dao to the embryonic stage!] Sear?h the N?velFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. In the real world, Su Xing saw this and exhaled a long breath. "Simulated for eighty years... plus a Spirit Awakening Pill, equivalent to twenty years of arduous cultivation, and only then did I finally comprehend the Great Sword Dao!" "Even then, it was under the dual blessings of my Innate Sword Body and acquired Taoist Body..." "If a sword cultivator of average aptitude tried this, how much time would it take?" Su Xing sighed softly. Cultivation required testing aptitudes... and for sword cultivators, this was even more necessary! Cultivators with low or even mediocre aptitude would have been eliminated long before achieving immortality... Chapter 293 Ten Years of Immersion, Half-step Earth Immortal Realm!_4 But even those sword cultivators with superior sword Dao aptitude would need thousands of years to break through this barrier and merge their sword with the Dao!"However... being a sword cultivator means wielding formidable suppression power within the same realm!" Su Xing''s lips turned up slightly. Although a sword cultivator wasn''t invincible within the same realm, it was extremely rare for anyone of the same level to defeat them. To be a sword cultivator inherently meant a form of suppression! Ordinary cultivators, even those of genius level, would be reluctant to engage in combat with a sword cultivator of the same realm! In short, all sword cultivators were maniacs! "It is better to go for it straightforwardly than to take roundabout ways!" Sword cultivators often fought putting their lives on the line... Even if those genius cultivators could win, they would likely suffer indelible scars and naturally avoid fighting a sword cultivator. "However, for me, achieving sword cultivation and becoming a sword immortal... the greatest significance lies in the upper limit of my body-protecting sword aura being raised!" "Two thousand strands of body-protecting sword aura is now far from the limit... If I continue to enhance my cultivation, even cultivators at the Heavenly Immortal realm could be threatened!" Su Xing was very satisfied; half of this simulation''s goal had been completed. Next was attempting to pass through the Yin-Yang Fire Tribulation. Su Xing stroked his chin, recalling the specific process of overcoming the "Three Calamities of Immortality." Among them, the Yin-Yang Fire Calamity was the most crucial checkpoint for breaking through from the Human Immortal Realm to the Earth Immortal Realm. Cleansing the internal organs with the Yin-Yang Fire, purging the impurities. This process was often long and difficult to undertake simultaneously. Yang Fire enhanced the internal organs, improving the cultivator''s internal refinement. Yin Fire purged the impurities, enhancing aptitude. "The current difficulty is that the place contains both Yin and Yang fires simultaneously... making it challenging to undergo long-term baptism!" Sear?h the ovelFire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Su Xing frowned slightly, thought for a while, but could not come up with a perfect plan. The only way was to undergo baptism of one fire first, half a day at a time, accumulating gradually. "Alas, that is the only way!" Su Xing took a deep breath, but fortunately, after taking the Yin-Yang Pill, the benefits would be lifelong, without any time limitations. Otherwise, just collecting the Yin-Yang Pills would take Su Xing a lifetime to accomplish... Having a plan in mind, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simulation panel. [After achieving sword cultivation and becoming a sword immortal, you did not slack off...] [You quickly headed to Huangsha City, where you stayed for a few days before heading to the rumored birthplace of the Yin-Yang Fire...] [You took the Yin-Yang Pill, entered the perilous area, and felt the damage from the Yin-Yang Fire lessen significantly. However, the benefits for the constitution''s baptism were as strong as ever.] [After a moment of contemplation, you decided to undergo the baptism of the Yang Fire first!] [Every day during the day, you went to the place of Yang Fire, using the extreme heat for the baptism of your internal organs...] Experience more on My Virtual Library Empire [At first, you felt some discomfort, the heat was unbearable. But as the Yang Fire baptism continued, your body''s resistance grew significantly.] [At night, you would leave the perilous Yin-Yang Fire area and return to Huangsha City.] [Out at dawn, back at dusk...] [For the next thirty years, it was the same routine!] [In the 110th year, after thirty years of persistent cultivation, you felt your understanding of the Great Dao of Fire further deepening!] [The Yang Fire constantly cleansing your internal organs, you felt you were not far from fully overcoming the Yang Fire Calamity.] [Your aptitude also grew somewhat during this process.] [Thus, another ten years passed...] [In the 120th year, one day, you had an epiphany, a certain shackle inside you seemed to have been broken...] [You knew that you had smoothly passed through the Yang Fire Calamity!] [Only the Yin Fire purification was left to fully pass the Yin-Yang Fire Calamity, allowing you to ascend to the Earth Immortal Realm!] [A cultivator who has undergone the baptism of one fire but has not fully passed the Yin-Yang Fire Calamity is also known ashalf-step Earth Immortal Realm!] In the real world, Su Xing paused for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile. "So... the half-step Earth Immortal Realm cultivation level has appeared after all!" Su Xing sighed, but he could understand. For a Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivator to become an immortal, they must pass through the Five Trials of Immortality Transformation. In comparison, the Yin-Yang Fire Calamity seemed much simpler. "Never mind... Based on this time frame, I should be able to fully ascend to the Earth Immortal Realm in the next simulation!" "Moreover, there is the body-protecting sword aura that needs further cultivation..." Su Xing thought to himself, his gaze shifting back to the simulation panel. "But I can''t waste the time that follows either!" Su Xing muttered, silently reciting: "Use immersive simulation for ten years!" [Ding, you have successfully used immersive simulation for ten years, remaining Origin Energy Source 127,583 points...] Su Xing''s vision shifted, and he found himself in a city. The main city of the Yellow Sand Realm, Huangsha City! "Whew... With the Great Talent Maturing Late and Great Wisdom in Foolishness talents still active for over seven years, it amounts to roughly a sixfold increase in cultivation speed!" "This means that ten years of immersive simulation... equates to about forty-five years of hard cultivation!" A strange light flashed in Su Xing''s eyes. This was his first time choosing such a long duration for immersive simulation. The aim was to quickly elevate his body-protecting sword aura to a higher realm! In comparison, the 3,600 plus Origin Energy Source points seemed like a cost Su Xing could bear. "Since that''s the case, let''s officially begin cultivating!" Su Xing took a deep breath, officially preparing to comprehend the body-protecting sword aura... In the first year, Su Xing''s body-protecting sword aura increased by thirty strands, accumulating a total of 1,930 strands! In the third year, Su Xing''s body-protecting sword aura reached two thousand strands! In the seventh year, the number of body-protecting sword aura strands was 2,150 strands! In the tenth year... the immersive simulation ended! The number of body-protecting sword aura strands Su Xing possessed finally settled at 2,200 strands! When Su Xing opened his eyes again, he had returned to the real world. A trace of bewilderment inevitably flashed in Su Xing''s eyes. Having spent ten years in immersive simulation, it was equivalent to Su Xing truly living in that simulation timeline for ten years! During those ten years, Su Xing only did one thing, cultivate the body-protecting sword aura! Even with Su Xing''s disposition, the monotony felt somewhat unbearable... "Whew... Ten years, finally over!" Su Xing took a deep breath, recollecting the dusty memories, and verified his current time point. "I am now... still in the simulation..." Going over his pre-immersive simulation memories, Su Xing rubbed his temples and murmured: "Immersive simulation... really is quite hard to endure, huh?" "This rushed ten-year passage of time... is a significant mental challenge as well!" "Perhaps learning a memory-sealing technique will be necessary in the future!" For Su Xing, a month of immersive simulation was not particularly long. But ten years... was indeed too long... Even though an immortal''s memory wouldn''t fade like a mortal''s, there would still be a sense of unfamiliarity. After adjusting for a moment, Su Xing adapted his mindset and looked back at the simulation panel. [After passing the Yang Fire Trial, you knew that your cultivation level was hard to advance further and thus trained in body-protecting sword aura...] [After ten years of cultivation, your body-protecting sword aura reached 2,200 strands!] [The power of the body-protecting sword aura further increased!] [In the 130th year, one day you had a premonition, a massive sense of crisis surged...] Chapter 294 Su Xings Sword Dao, The Sword of Safety! [First Update] [The next day, Qing Yunzi attacked...][No matter how much you explained, even if you offered the Diagram of Wishful Visualization, Qing Yunzi still performed a Soul Search on you...] [Your consciousness gradually dissipated...] [You died!] [Ding, this simulation has ended!] After the simulation ended, Su Xing shook his head slightly. "What a pity, with my current strength, simulating for one hundred and thirty years might be the limit... In the future, with greater strength, I should be able to further extend the simulation..." "It has been proven that befriending Qing Yunzi is not feasible... The key is to increase my cultivation level!" Su Xing''s gaze turned towards the simulation panel. [Inborn Unique Meridian]: Golden Talent, priced at 10 points Origin Energy Source. [Three Calamities of an ImmortalYang Fire Calamity]: One of the Three Calamities of an Immortal, the baptism of Yang Fire Calamity in the Yin Yang Two Fire Calamity. After experiencing it, it can cleanse the five viscera and six bowels and strengthen the Immortal Physique. If one passes the Yin Yang Fire Calamity, one can achieve the Earth Immortal Realm! Price: 10,000 points Origin Energy Source [All-Encompassing Flower 180 stalks]: Heaven and Earth Treasure, has the effect of attracting Vital Energy and refining Origin Force. Price: 18,000 points Origin Energy Source. [Comprehension of the Great Sword Dao (Embryonic Form)]: Entering the Dao with the sword, achieving the Sword Immortal. Requires the cultivation of more profound swordsmanship to further improve. Price: 30,000 points Origin Energy Source. Looking at the simulation rewards in front of him, Su Xing felt a bit conflicted. The Inborn Unique Meridian talent was temporarily abandoned by Su Xing. In the future, if he no longer needs elixirs for Qi Refinement, he might consider using it. As for the All-Encompassing Flower, Su Xing intended to bring it out once to ensure sufficient Earth Origin Pills for the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, but not now. "In the end, the most crucial thing right now is to achieve the Earth Immortal Realm and further enhance my strength!" Su Xing murmured, then decisively said: "I choose the Three Calamities of an Immortal... and the Comprehension of the Great Sword Dao!" [You successfully brought out the comprehension of the Yang Fire Calamity, one of the Three Calamities of an Immortal, costing 10,000 points Origin Energy Source. Remaining Origin Energy Source: 117,583 points...] [You successfully brought out the Comprehension of the Great Sword Dao, costing 30,000 points Origin Energy Source. Remaining Origin Energy Source: 87,583 points...] As the simulation prompt sound faded, two streams of mysterious energy poured into Su Xing''s body. Su Xing first felt his five viscera and six bowels being cleansed, a slight heat within his body, which finally settled into calm... In just a moment! The Yin Yang Fire Calamity, Yang Fire Calamity, was successfully passed! At the same time, Su Xing''s mind was flooded with a vast amount of comprehension regarding the Sword Dao, his Sword Intent soaring to a new level! From the Origin of the Sword to the Great Sword Dao, it was a qualitative leap! Sitting cross-legged, Su Xing quietly comprehended for a moment before slowly standing up. With a thought, 2,200 Body-Protecting Sword Auras surrounded Su Xing. "The Great Sword Dao... Even though it''s just an embryonic form, the number of Body-Protecting Sword Auras I can control has greatly increased..." "But the Sword Dao is different from other Great Dao Principles, it almost never naturally occurs in the Cultivation World, it can only be comprehended through studying swordsmanship or similar methods?" Su Xing murmured. To further improve his Body-Protecting Sword Aura, he might need to make another trip to the Luo Tian Sect. "There''s no rush... The embryonic form of the Great Sword Dao is temporarily sufficient, swiftly reaching the Earth Immortal Realm is the key!" Discover hidden content at My Virtual Library Empire Su Xing glanced at the time, then began to disguise and conceal his aura. Moments later, Su Xing completed the transaction successfully, obtaining 20,000 points of Origin Energy Source. Over the next week, Su Xing repaired three Divinity Transformation Stage puppets in the Spirit Field Cave. On September 23, Su Xing made a trip to the Xianwu World, retrieving newly mined alien metal ores for the week. As Su Xing''s comprehension of the Great Sword Dao improved, the speed of his Sword Control Technique increased by a full fifty percent! Now, Su Xing could travel a million miles in just eight hours using the Sword Flight! The speed of the Sword Control Technique was not only related to the mastery of Divine Skills and one''s own cultivation level... The more important factor was the comprehension of the Sword Dao! With the drastic improvement in the speed of the Sword Control Technique, Su Xing''s travels to various instance worlds and other countries became much faster. This saved Su Xing a lot of effort. After obtaining the alien metal ores, Su Xing went to the villa to meet Jin Congxue. After completing the transaction, Su Xing did not linger but directly returned to the Spirit Field Cave. Su Xing was already impatient to start a new round of simulation. He once again entered the Luo Tian Instance! As soon as the cooldown period ended, Su Xing started the simulation immediately! "Start the simulation!" [The 105th simulation begins, currently remaining Origin Energy Source: 133,276 points... Remaining simulation attempts: none.] [Simulation begins!] [Drawing Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 point Origin Energy Source, do you want to draw?] "Yes!" Su Xing muttered. [Ding, congratulations on obtaining the Purple Talent Innate Tide Body. The probability of drawing the Golden Talent next time is 70%...] [Innate Tide Body]: Purple Talent, you were born with more water content in your body, making your comprehension of water-based Spiritual Energy higher than average. Su Xing: "..." Seriously, this physique feels a bit strange? Su Xing rolled his eyes. Instead of using it himself, maybe gifting this physique to someone else would be more beneficial? Su Xing pondered. Shaking his head, Su Xing muttered: "Oh well, let''s officially start the simulation!" [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized you were simulating...] [Ten days later, you went to the Luo Tian Sect Instance!] "Use the Immersive Simulation..." Su Xing muttered. [Ding...] In the next second, Su Xing''s vision altered and he appeared in the Luo Tian Instance. Sear?h the n?vel_Fire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Familiar with the Luo Tian Sect''s grand hall, Su Xing completed the task process and returned to his master Luo Qingniu''s side, asking: "Master, this disciple has merged the Three Talents Sword Technique into one and has entered the Dao with the sword. It cannot grow any further. Is there a path beyond the Sword Immortal?" After hearing Su Xing''s words, Luo Qingniu remained silent for a moment before saying: Chapter 294 Su Xings Sword Dao, The Sword of Safety! [First Update]_2 "The path of the Sword Immortal, I don''t know much about it either... But what I can be sure of is, all sword cultivators, upon reaching the Sword Immortal Realm, must forge their own path!"Their own path? Su Xing froze for a moment, a hint of confusion in his eyes. Luo Qingniu nodded and said: "All Sword Immortals in the world, the swords they cultivate, are all cultivated for themselves!" "If you cultivate the Sword Dao, there is no pre-existing path to follow... You must explore it on your own!" Hearing Luo Qingniu''s words, Su Xing slightly furrowed his brow. Explore on my own... Although Su Xing had plenty of time in the simulation, if he had to explore on his own, the efficiency would definitely not be as fast as learning pre-existing swordsmanship! Seeing the thoughts in Su Xing''s mind, Luo Qingniu said: "You have extraordinary talent, Xiao Chuan... But the most important thing for a sword cultivator is not talent, but character!" "In our Luo Tian Sect, there was once a patriarch, a sword cultivator... He reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm but fought against Daluo Golden Immortals without defeat!" Hearing this, Su Xing''s eyes instantly brightened. Enjoy exclusive adventures from My Virtual Library Empire Taiyi Sword Immortal, fighting against Daluo Golden Immortals! This swordsmanship, Su Xing could definitely learn it! After all, the sword was just one of Su Xing''s many means. Even if he could only attain Daluo-level combat power, Su Xing would be satisfied... With Daluo strength, Su Xing''s simulation could be greatly extended, giving him ample time to increase his cultivation level... Thinking this way, Su Xing asked: "Master, what about the swordsmanship of that Taiyi patriarch..." Luo Qingniu shook his head slightly and said: "I said, Sword Immortals do not have cultivation techniques..." "However, that patriarch did leave behind the path he walked..." Saying this, Luo Qingniu took out an ancient book that resembled a diary and handed it to Su Xing, saying: "If you have time, you can comprehend the methods of the patriarch to cultivate your own Sword Dao!" Su Xing nodded slightly, took the ancient book, and began to read. It was indeed a diary, recording only the circumstances of the patriarch''s sword practice. Su Xing had an astounding memory and quickly finished reading the diary, showing a hint of astonishment on his face. This Sword Immortal patriarch practiced the sword for hundreds of thousands of years! This diary did not introduce any sword moves or techniques. What it contained were merely his lifetime experiences! But this patriarch, from the day he learned the sword, never left it for the rest of his life... From his life''s trajectory, Su Xing roughly summarized four key points: First, nurturing the sword! Using one''s own Sword Dao insights to nourish the sword in hand! Nurturing the sword had no time limit; strictly speaking, a sword cultivator''s entire life was about nurturing the sword. The longer the nurturing time, the more in tune a sword cultivator became with their sword, and the more terrifying the power they could wield! Second, killing the enemy! Using a pure sword to kill the enemy, disregarding all sword moves, swordsmanship, even Sword Qi Barrier and Sword Intent! This Taiyi Sword Immortal fought countless battles, killing enemies in the billions... In these continuous battles, he enhanced his understanding of the sword! Third, Sword Qi and Sword Qi Barrier! Using Sword Qi and Sword Qi Barrier as means to sever anything in the world that cannot be severed! Once, this Taiyi Sword Immortal practiced Sword Qi to a level where one sword strike could sever a Middle Thousand Worlds! Fourth, Sword Intent! Using one''s own Sword Dao will to choose one''s path... On this point, that patriarch walked the path of the Invincible Sword Intent! This required absolute confidence in one''s own strength and absolute will! "Forging one''s own path, huh..." Su Xing was thoughtful, seeing an extreme pursuit of the sword in this patriarch''s Sword Dao. Throughout his life, he only cultivated the sword; perhaps it was for this reason that he could walk the Invincible Sword Dao? "Invincible Sword Dao... Is it suitable for me?" Su Xing took a deep breath, then shook his head. Undoubtedly, it was not suitable for Su Xing. When Su Xing''s strength was weak, in previous simulations, he encountered too many powerful enemies. Even in the simulations... Su Xing had been defeated before, unable to be called invincible. "Then... what is the Sword Dao I seek?" Su Xing closed his eyes in deep thought. After a long time, a term appeared in his mind. Safety! The path Su Xing walked was the path of safety! What he pursued was nothing more than his own ultimate safety! But... how to achieve this Sword Dao? Su Xing suddenly smiled and murmured: "If all your enemies are gone... wouldn''t that be safe?" "The Sword Dao I seek is to protect myself and those I love!" "Under my sword, all who fall are enemies!" In that instant, Su Xing seemed to feel that his Sword Intent and Sword Dao had undergone a great sublimation! Su Xing had found his own Sword Dao, safety! ... After finding his own Sword Dao, Su Xing did not leave immediately but went to the Scripture Pavilion, hoping to find a secret technique to seal parts of his memory. This was to prevent prolonged immersive simulations from causing some confusion in Su Xing''s memory. Sar?h the N?vel(F)ire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Su Xing arrived at the seventh layer of the Scripture Pavilion, and after much searching, finally found an immortal technique. Binding Memory Technique! The effect of this technique was simple, sealing one''s own or another''s memory. Of course, sealing one''s own memory was simple, but to seal another''s memory, either consent was needed to ensure the other person''s Divine Soul was completely open, or the practitioner''s strength had to far exceed the target''s to forcibly seal it! Practicing this immortal technique was not easy for Su Xing; after spending most of the day, he only managed to memorize this secret technique without mastering it. ... Immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to reality. "Phew... The Binding Memory Technique! Truly wonderful! This is perfect for sealing parts of my memory!" Su Xing murmured, then recalled the Sword Dao he had found: "Pursuing safety... is even harder than pursuing invincibility!" Chapter 294 Su Xings Sword Dao, The Sword of Safety! [First Update]_3 "To ensure safety, one must be invincible in this world!"Su Xing took a deep breath, his eyes filled with determination as he looked at the simulation panel. [After leaving Luo Tian, you found your own Sword Daothe Safety Dao!] [This Sword Dao might be more challenging than any before... but you did not cower!] [So next, you chose to continue cultivating on Blue Star.] [Ten years of grinding a sword, time flew by.] [In the tenth year, the number of Body-Protecting Sword Auras you comprehended reached two thousand four hundred!] [In the same year, you went to the Beast Taming Realm to eliminate hidden dangers.] [To seek the opportunity to break through to the Earth Immortal Realm as soon as possible, you decided to go to the Little Qingyun Realm!] [You contacted the Great Xia Military, but at that time, the Foreign Race''s offensive was still weak, and the Demon-Subduing Pass remained strong.] [Therefore, you took your family and friends, placed them in the Spirit Field Cave, and left Blue Star.] [After passing through the Alternate Space, you arrived in the Little Qingyun Realm.] [At this time, it was only the tenth year of the simulation, and the situation in the Little Qingyun Realm was still favorable, with the Foreign Race at a disadvantage.] [You went to White Emperor City and sold the prior intelligence, including the information about the Violet Bull Demon King.] [In the twelfth year, White Emperor City secretly gathered loose cultivators to prepare for the eradication of major Descending Sect strongholds.] [You infiltrated, went to the valley gathering place, and prepared to eliminate the Descending Sect officials.] [Since you took action in advance, the three peak Human Immortal Realm officials did not even have time to escape to the depths of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.] [You successfully obtained a top-grade Yin-Yang Pill, but you did not plan to go to the Yellow Sand Realm to endure the three Immortal Tribulations.] [Before that, you had more important matters to attend to.] [After settling your family and friends, you piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat to the Blackwater Realm.] [For more than twenty years, you remained in the Blackwater Realm, cultivating the Zhengyi Submission Decision, hoping to trigger an accidental enlightenment...] [In the thirty-fifth year, you entered a secret realm, killed Descending Sect officials, and obtained one hundred and eighty All-Encompassing Flowers!] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly. "What a pity, no accidental enlightenment occurred... but fortunately, the All-Encompassing Flowers were obtained!" Indeed, in this simulation, besides breaking through to the Earth Immortal Realm, another important goal for Su Xing was to find a way to obtain the All-Encompassing Flowers! Previously, Su Xing drew a "Double-Edged Sword" talent, an Inborn Unique Meridian. Unable to use elixirs for cultivation, but it could double his cultivation speed! Therefore, after breaking through to the Earth Immortal Realm, Su Xing prepared to charge towards the perfection of the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision as his first priority! If he could successfully cultivate the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision to perfection, Su Xing could then turn to refining his Qi cultivation level and use the Inborn Unique Meridian to quickly enhance his Qi cultivation level. Of course, if he could successfully cultivate the Zhengyi Submission Decision to the third layer, that would be ideal as well. If not, Su Xing would not force it. "One hundred and eighty All-Encompassing Flowers, enough to refine hundreds of Earth Origin Pills, and with the ones obtained in subsequent simulations, there would be over a thousand Earth Origin Pills!" "This quantity should be enough..." Su Xing murmured. Over a thousand Earth Origin Pills, taking one pill per month, should be enough for him to cultivate the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision for more than a hundred years. With this in mind, Su Xing''s gaze returned to the simulation panel. [After obtaining the All-Encompassing Flowers, you did not refine them into elixirs.] [You decided to leave this realm immediately and head to the Yellow Sand Realm!] [After nearly two months of traversing The Void, you safely arrived in the Yellow Sand Realm!] [You went to a desolate area, preparing to break through the final Yin Fire Disaster!] [If you could successfully overcome this disaster, you would be able to elevate your cultivation level to the Earth Immortal Realm...] [Yin Fire, after sunset, this place''s temperature would drop sharply, making it difficult for ordinary immortals to withstand!] [After taking the Yin-Yang Pill, you felt much better and would head into the Yin Fire Disaster every day after sunset to cleanse yourself.] [The Yin Fire, as it pierced through your limbs and bones, would increase your intrinsic accumulations...] [This cultivation lasted thirty-five years!] [In the seventieth year, the Yin Fire''s baptism on your body had mostly completed, requiring only time to accumulate.] [During these decades, you also accumulated a full five-year effect of the Great Wisdom State.] [Thus, another ten years passed.] Sarch* The N?velFire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [In the eightieth year, you activated the Great Talent Maturing Late ability three years ago, doubling your cultivation speed!] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and did not hesitate, decisively saying: "Use Immersive Simulation for a duration of 10 years!" [Ding, you successfully used Immersive Simulation, remaining energy: 129,432 points...] As the simulation prompt sounded, Su Xing appeared in the simulated world. The first thing he did was practice the Memory Sealing Technique! This technique was a necessity for long-term immersive simulations! The Memory Sealing Technique was extremely mysterious, not only capable of locking memories within a specific period. It could even fix certain memories for extraction at a suitable time. Su Xing took a Spirit Awakening Pill, activated his Great Wisdom State, and prepared to practice the Memory Sealing Technique! On the tenth day of the immersive simulation, Su Xing finally mastered the Memory Sealing Technique! Immediately afterward, Su Xing chose to lock and fix his recent memories to ensure that he could remain sensitive to memories and time after leaving the immersive simulation. After making the preparations, Su Xing officially began his cultivation. Su Xing''s first choice was still the Zhengyi Submission Decision! Thus, ten years passed in the blink of an eye... Su Xing returned to the real world, his eyes a bit dazed, but he soon realized something and immediately used the Memory Sealing Technique! Next, a flood of memories came back, and Su Xing regained the memory points from before the immersive simulation. "Whew... ten years of immersion is equivalent to thirty or forty years of hard cultivation. The third layer of the Zhengyi Submission Decision is still out of reach!" (After struggling for several hours, I only managed to write five thousand words; there''s another chapter to be posted tomorrow during the day~ Goodnight~) Chapter 295 Finally Entering the Earth Immortal Realm, Strange Star Realm! [Second Update] Su Xing slightly shook his head.The third layer of the Zhengyi Submission Decision required consuming the qi of the four seasons. Only on the days of the start of spring, summer, autumn, and winter could cultivation progress rapidly. On ordinary days, though progress was possible, it was far slower than on those four days. Therefore, advancing to the third layer of the Zhengyi Submission Decision demanded a lot of time and effort. "At this pace, I might need several simulations... or hundreds of years in an immersive simulation to master the third layer?" Su Xing slightly shook his head. Since the Zhengyi Submission Decision could not currently progress to the third layer, he decided to go all out for the Yin Fire Calamity instead! There were forty years remaining in the simulation, enough time to pass through the Yin-Yang Fire Calamity and break through to the Earth Immortal realm! With this thought, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel. [In the ninetieth year, after cultivating the Zhengyi Submission Decision for ten years with slow progress, you decided to break through to the Earth Immortal realm with all your might!] [Quickly, ten years passed...] [In the hundredth year, aided by your late bloomer potential, your speed in surviving the Yin Fire Calamity doubled.] [As you continued cultivating and constantly underwent hair shedding and marrow cleansing, your aptitude further improved.] [This cleansing didn''t enhance the quality of your spiritual root; you''re still a tri-variant Heavenly Spirit Root. But you felt your ability to absorb spiritual energy and your bone structure improved significantly...] [The improvement in your aptitude and bone structure delighted you, so you went to a desolate place every night after sunset to undergo hair shedding and marrow cleansing.] [You persisted for twenty years.] Sar?h the N??elFir.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [In the hundred and twentieth year, you felt something within; your internal organs, bones, and aptitude were nearing perfection.] [You were only one step away from passing through the Yin-Yang Fire Calamity...] [So you didn''t hesitate and launched the final sprint towards the Earth Immortal realm!] [This seclusion lasted for three years!] [In the hundred and twenty-third year, you felt your internal mana continually expanded.] [Within a few days, the river symbolizing your mana was ten lengths wide!] [Compared to the peak of the Human Immortal realm, your internal mana was twice as thick!] [More importantly, the quality of your immortal power appeared to improve slightly.] [The sky where you secluded gathered thunderclouds that never dispersed; this was a phenomenon of an immortal breaking through a major realm.] [Unlike the Heavenly Tribulation during the tribulation crossing, the breakthrough from the Human Immortal to the Earth Immortal realm required only passing through the Yin-Yang Fire Calamity without surviving the Heavenly Tribulation.] [This phenomenon signaled the birth of a new Earth Immortal realm cultivator in this world!] [At this moment, everyone within a radius of ten thousand miles knew that a new Earth Immortal realm cultivator was being born here!] [And you, too, felt surges of excitement as you solidified your internal cultivation.] [Congratulations, you have become an early-stage Earth Immortal realm cultivator!] [After breaking through to the Earth Immortal realm, you felt many probing auras around you. Many immortals were curious about the identity of this new Earth Immortal realm cultivator.] [Not wanting to create too much of a stir, you quickly retracted your aura and flew away on your sword...] [After reaching a desolate area, you tried circulating your internal mana.] [Due to your solid foundation, although you were only in the early stage of the Earth Immortal realm, your internal mana was already near the mid-stage of the Earth Immortal realm!] [Your thick mana gave you an edge when performing arts and divine skills... your internal immortal power flowed endlessly.] In the real world, seeing this, a smile appeared on Su Xing''s face. "With my Qi Refining cultivation, I''ve successfully entered the Earth Immortal realm... coupled with the entry-level second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, my current strength should be unrivaled under the Heavenly Immortal realm, right?" "Perhaps... even against a Heavenly Immortal realm expert, I might still have a fighting chance!" Su Xing carefully pondered the cards he currently held. Besides dual cultivation of body and qi refinement, Su Xing also had impressive insights into the Great Dao, with his spirit domain taking initial shape. Especially his grasp of the Great Dao of Space, which was a Heavenly Immortal''s technique. Unfortunately, Su Xing''s strength increased too rapidly, and for those Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators, a nascent spirit domain was unimpressive. Su Xing''s strongest offensive techniques remained the Body-Protecting Sword Aura and the Five Elements Burst Technique! Su Xing estimated that if he expended a third of his internal immortal power and combined it with the fire and wood Great Daos, he could inflict serious injury on a peak Earth Immortal realm cultivator in one burst. The Body-Protecting Sword Aura, with two thousand two hundred strands, was formidable within the Earth Immortal realm without a doubt. The only downside was that Su Xing did not have an art or divine skill that could directly threaten or seriously injure a Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator. Perhaps when the number of Body-Protecting Sword Auras increased to over three thousand, he might manage it? "Huff but now the simulation has reached the hundred and twenty-third year!" "According to previous experience, Qing Yunzi will find this world in seven years... perhaps I could try to flee to another realm?" Su Xing closed his eyes in contemplation. Currently, his cultivation had reached the early stage of the Earth Immortal realm, and his mana was comparable to that of the mid-stage. With the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, Su Xing felt confident traveling to the small worlds within ten void nodes. "Perhaps it''s time to visit the Star Realm?" Su Xing murmured. The Star Realm was thirteen void nodes away from Little Qingyun Realm, but only ten void nodes from the Yellow Sand Realm. If he gave it a try, it might be possible! Staying in the Yellow Sand Realm would only mean living a few more years in hiding. It would be better to visit the Star Realm; he might gain further insight into the situation of the Three Thousand Worlds, and at worst, it would delay Qing Yunzi''s pursuit. With this thought, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel. [After breaking through to the Earth Immortal realm, you did not hesitate and prepared to head to the Star Realm.] [But first, you needed to find the corresponding void node in the Yellow Sand Realm.] [It took you three years to locate the void node to the Star Realm in the central region of the Yellow Sand Realm, thanks to your amazing perception.] [You prepared many supplies and spiritual liquid and spirit stones to ensure the success of your journey through the void.] [Thus, you drove the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat and entered the void.] [With previous experience piloting it, you did not rush; instead of focusing on speed, you prioritized stability and mana reserve.] [After twenty days, you passed through the first void node.] [Your internal immortal power was less than half-depleted, and you continued navigating towards the Star Realm while driving the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat.] [Three months passed like this...] [In over three months, you traversed six void nodes, consuming a massive amount of immortal power to maintain the boat''s stability.] [However, after these three months, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat suffered minor damage.] [Fortunately, your current cultivation was at the Earth Immortal realm, and your mana was far denser than before. Surviving the Yin-Yang Fire Calamity enhanced your control and recovery of immortal power.] [You gritted your teeth and persisted, and two more months passed...] [Finally, after two months, you passed through the ninth void node, leaving only one void node distance to the Star Realm.] [At this point, your internal mana had been mostly exhausted, and your immortal power started to become chaotic.] [Long-term travel in the void was extremely detrimental to cultivators, which is why few attempted such journeys.] [You gritted your teeth and persevered, and after another twenty days passed...] [At last, you successfully reached the edge of the Star Realm. The Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, after some shaking, finally arrived in the Star Realm...] [At this time, it was night in the Star Realm. The Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat landed on a plain.] [You exited the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat and immediately adjusted your internal mana...] [Half a year of travel had heavily disrupted your cultivation aura; even the immortal power river within you seemed polluted by strange substances from the void...] [This wasn''t the first time you''d experienced such things, but this voyage was exceptionally long, causing unprecedented disruption to your mana...] In the real world, Su Xing frowned at this. "The void is unsuitable for cultivators, even those with powerful cultivation... long-term residence in the void could lead to a realm decline!" "But what exactly causes this?" Su Xing was unsure, but he knew the void contained some mysterious energy that polluted cultivation levels, seemingly designed to target cultivators! "Maybe this energy in the void is brought by a foreign race?" "And that''s why cross-realm travel is so difficult even True Immortal realm cultivators dare not make long leaps!" Su Xing stroked his chin, guessing there might be some hidden truth in this that he should investigate in the future. But for now, first see what the Star Realm had to offer... With this thought, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel. [You put away the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat and hid in a concealed location to recover your internal cultivation and stabilize your mana.] [You meditated with your mind towards the heavens, gazing at the vast and ethereal starry sky, gradually understanding why this realm was named the Star Realm!] [In the night sky, each star was unusually bright, almost seeming within reach.] [Being in the Star Realm, the vast number of stars seemed to pull at your heart every moment.] [According to the information you acquired, Star Realm cultivators could enhance their cultivation by drawing power from the stars, an incredibly mystical method.] [Moreover, the Star Realm had a lineage of astrologers whose mystical methods could even perform divination through star charts...] [After a day''s meditation, sensing some recovery in your cultivation and mana, you entered the Spirit Field Cave, intending to explore the Star Realm when you were fully restored...] [This seclusion lasted half a year!] [In the hundred and twenty-fourth year, after half a year of recuperation, your cultivation finally returned to its peak.] [You then planned to leave the Spirit Field Cave to explore the Star Realm.] [A thought brought you into the Star Realm, but your expression changed almost immediately.] [You sensed no fewer than dozens of Immortal Realm cultivators within a hundred-mile radius!] [They carried the aura of the stars, indicating they were native to the Star Realm!] [The most critical part was that judging by their direction, they seemed to have anticipated your arrival... this gathering was perhaps to confront you!] Chapter 296 Bringing out the Cultivation Level gains, Star Realm and Witch Clan! [8k] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and frowned slightly."A Star Realm diviner, could they really have predicted my arrival in advance?" He entered the Star Realm six months ago. After spending a day at the landing site of the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, he went to the Spirit Field Cave. During the simulation, with Su Xing''s caution, he would have undoubtedly erased all traces and shielded his heavenly secrets. But even so, he was still discovered by the Star Realm cultivators... It''s even possible that he was discovered before he had even reached the Star Realm! And these Star Realm cultivators had six months to prepare for an ambush before approaching. "Tsk tsk, it seems the Star Realm cultivators are more skilled in the Path of Divination than I had imagined..." Su Xing pondered. The Path of Divination involved the Path of Causality and Destiny. Perhaps in the Star Realm, he could learn something about this field? "This is the Path of Causality and Destiny! My current understanding of these two paths is only at the level of the origin at great achievement and has not yet led the Great Dao into my body..." "But the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique still has potential for further improvement..." Su Xing''s heart heated up a bit but quickly calmed down. "For now... I still don''t know the attitude of these Star Realm cultivators. Let''s see what happens first!" Su Xing muttered to himself, his gaze shifting to the simulation panel. [As you watched the cultivators approaching, a sense of foreboding filled your heart...] [You activated your body-protecting sword aura, with two thousand four hundred layers of it surrounding you to ensure your safety.] [Then, you scanned your surroundings, encasing your voice with mana, and let it resonate over a hundred-mile radius.] [In your transmitted message, you stated that you had no malicious intent, that your Immortal Boat was damaged, and you ended up in this realm as a result. If the Immortal Boat was repaired, you would leave immediately.] [After a brief moment, there was finally some movement.] S~ea??h the N?velFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [Dozens of cultivators started to gradually approach you, the weakest among them having the cultivation level of a Human Immortal...] [There were even a few Earth Immortal cultivators mixed in among them!] [You observed everything calmly, recalling the intelligence you had about the Star Realm.] [The Star Realm, one of the highest-ranked Minor Thousand Worlds, with cultivators whose cultivation levels did not lose out to those of the Little Qingyun Realm!] [However, due to their unique method of cultivating by harnessing celestial forces, the Star Realm cultivators were highly xenophobic.] [In the Star Realm, the division of power among cultivators was based on tribes.] [In a single tribe, there could be hundreds of thousands of cultivators with wide-ranging strengths, all worshiping a particular star in the sky.] [The entire Star Realm had thousands of tribes with vast differences in strength.] [In smaller tribes, the leader might only be an Earth Immortal cultivator... but the powerful tribes have Heavenly Immortal cultivators guarding them!] [Rumors even spoke of True Immortal cultivators appearing in the Star Realm...] [Being new here, you decided to act cautiously.] [But you were also worried that these "tribe" cultivators might be the type of bloodthirsty savages.] Stay updated with My Virtual Library Empire [...] [When dozens of Star Realm native cultivators approached, you were taken aback.] [Because, from their appearance, these cultivators were not the kind of bloodthirsty natives you had imagined.] [Instead, they had refined looks. The male cultivators were burly and full of masculine energy, while the female cultivators had sun-kissed skins and a healthy, vibrant beauty.] [Their clothing wasn''t made of grass skirts and animal hides but a kind of specially made battle attire, which had a hint of technological sense, making you almost feel like you had returned to the modern world...] [As they slowly approached, you transmitted your intent through divine sense, expressing that you had no hostile intentions.] [Seeing these cultivators ready for a fight, you gripped your Ink Ice Sword tightly, prepared to retaliate at any moment!] [The atmosphere grew tense...] [You exposed your Earth Immortal cultivation level, indicating that you were not someone to be trifled with...] [After a while, two mid-stage Earth Immortal cultivators came forward to negotiate with you!] [They asked you to leave the Star Realm as soon as possible or risk bringing disaster to this place...] [You raised your eyebrows and took out a bag of high-grade spirit stones, handing it over.] [Upon seeing the spirit stones, these cultivators were momentarily taken aback and showed a hint of interest.] [Evidently, the Star Realm cultivators also knew the value of spirit stones, which could accelerate their cultivation and harness celestial forces faster!] [But they shook their heads slightly and transmitted through divine sense: Not enough, need to add more!] [In the end, you paid a price of two hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones to gain temporary residence in the Star Realm.] [Meanwhile, you also promised that once the Immortal Boat was repaired, you would leave the Star Realm immediately.] [Before that, you could use resources to trade with Star Realm cultivators for the items you needed.] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and was somewhat speechless. "Tsk tsk, indeed, spirit stones are the hard currency!" "These Star Realm cultivators... are quite practical!" "But at least I managed to secure temporary residency in the Star Realm... It was just a matter of spending some spirit stones, after all." Su Xing nodded slightly. With his current assets, two hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones were merely equivalent to twenty million low-grade spirit stones, really nothing significant. In comparison, Su Xing did not want to resort to a massacre, thereby causing unnecessary trouble. "It is said... that the Star Realm produces a special type of stone called Star Stone!" "This stone is formed from the disintegration of falling stars from the sky, landing in the Star Realm!" "It is also a supplementary item for the third layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision!" Su Xing''s face showed some anticipation; he wanted to see the magical uses of the Star Stone. With that in mind, Su Xing''s gaze shifted back to the simulation panel. [After offering the spirit stones, you obtained temporary residence in the Star Realm.] Chapter 296 Bringing Out Cultivation Level Gains, Star Realm and Witch Clan! [8k]_2 [After following this group of native cultivators into the tribal territory, you froze.][Because the Star Realm was a technologically advanced cultivation world!] [In this realm, cultivators could harness the power of stars to develop some high-tech products, and even some powerful technological weapons, which were no weaker than an immortal''s strike...] [While you were astonished, you also began to investigate the power structure of the Star Realm cultivators.] [A month later, you had a slightly clearer understanding of the power structure in the Star Realm.] [In the Star Realm, the number of tribes was countless, even they themselves were not clear.] [But the tribe you were in was called the Sirius Tribe... which worshiped a star in the sky named Sirius.] [The Sirius Tribe was considered one of the powerful tribes in the Star Realm, ranking in the top ten!] [Because this tribe had an astrologer at the Heavenly Immortal Realm!] [Back then, it was precisely this Heavenly Immortal astrologer who calculated your landing spot...] [With curiosity, you began to investigate this Sirius Tribe.] [With the combined efforts of the "success coach" and the "money power," you learned a lot of secrets.] [For example, the Sirius Tribe practiced a strange cultivation technique that could absorb power from Sirius for cultivation.] [Moreover, the cultivation speed was extremely fast, at least two or three times faster than ordinary cultivators!] [What surprised you even more was that this method of cultivation seemed to have few side effects and could also enhance combat power by drawing on the power of the stars.] [This aroused your interest, and you wanted to get this cultivation technique for research.] In the real world, Su Xing raised an eyebrow at this. Fast cultivation technique... with no side effects? Su Xing had previously seen the Blood Immortal Scripture, which was highly likely to be an evil technique produced by the Descending Sect. The cultivation speed was indeed fast, but the side effects were too significant. But if the cultivation speed of the Star Realm cultivators increased without side effects... its value might only be slightly inferior to the Zhengyi Submission Decision. The Zhengyi Submission Decision, when cultivated to perfection, could provide a seven-fold increase in cultivation speed and was the most valuable cultivation acceleration technique Su Xing knew of. But the two to three times increase of the Star Realm technique was also very extraordinary... Even more valuable than some techniques practiced by Profound Immortals... Such a valuable technique, why hadn''t other cultivators from other worlds come to snatch it? Su Xing was a bit curious. "Interesting... I just don''t know if I can cultivate this Star Realm tribal technique or steal it to take a look?" Su Xing pondered, his gaze on the simulation panel. [You found a Earth Immortal Realm Elder of the Sirius Tribe and expressed your desire to cultivate this technique.] [You were already prepared for a big expenditure, after all, in your previous impression, the Sirius Tribe cultivators loved wealth. Maybe if you paid enough Spirit Stones, you wouldn''t have to start a fight.] [But to your surprise, this cultivator didn''t say a word and directly gave you the technique.] [This mysterious technique was called the Sirius Star Technique, and all cultivators in the Sirius Tribe practiced it.] [Different tribes practiced different techniques, and it was said that all of them were bestowed by the stars in the sky...] [Getting the technique effortlessly undoubtedly surprised you.] [But soon, you learned the reason why.] [It turned out that in the Star Realm, the prerequisite for each tribe''s cultivation technique was faith in their tribe''s star!] [This meant that if you wanted to cultivate the Sirius Star Technique, you had to first believe in Sirius!] [You had a vague premonition that this faith was not a good thing, so you did not choose to cultivate it.] [Instead, you spent Spirit Stones trying to buy rare Star Stones in the Star Realm.] [For that, you found a native cultivator at the Heavenly Immortal Realm, hoping to buy Star Stones from him.] [He was very surprised by your request, as Star Stones were only useful for their cultivation techniques and had no effect on external cultivators.] [Not knowing what you were thinking, he still sold you quite a few due to the Spirit Stones.] [You learned that Star Stones were also categorized by quality.] [Low-grade Star Stones were priced at 1,000 high-grade Spirit Stones.] Stay updated through My Virtual Library Empire [Mid-grade Star Stones were priced at 10,000 high-grade Spirit Stones.] [High-grade Star Stones were priced at 100,000 high-grade Spirit Stones.] [Although Star Stones were precious, you still bought two of each kind for research.] [After buying the Star Stones, you studied them for a long time but found they were just ordinary meteorites, each about the size of a fist, with no peculiarities... except for a faint power of the stars inside.] [After several months of research, you lost interest.] [Next, you planned to explore the Star Realm thoroughly.] [You left the Sirius Tribe, flying on your sword, heading to other tribes.] [Because you had obtained a travel permit from the Sirius Tribe, you could explore normally within the friendly tribes nearby.] Sear?h the N?vel(F)ire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [But the relationships between tribes were not always friendly. If you appeared in a hostile tribe to the Sirius Tribe, you might be hunted.] [But that couldn''t stop you. With extreme escape speed, comparable to the Heavenly Immortal Realm... and techniques to conceal your presence and shield Heavenly Secrets, you began to explore the Star Realm.] Su Xing muttered: "Star Stones... really aren''t cheap!" "I just hope the exploration of the Star Realm can yield some information..." [So, six years passed!] [In the one hundred and thirtieth year, this was the seventh year since you came to the Star Realm.] [Since you started exploring the Star Realm six years ago, over these six years, you had traveled almost half of the Star Realm, visiting no less than a thousand tribes.] Chapter 296 Bringing Out Cultivation Level Gains, Star Realm and Witch Clan! [8k]_3 [Just as the intelligence indicated, the strength disparity between each tribe was immense.][You even encountered a tribe with two Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators as its strongest!] [While the weakest tribe only had a leader at the peak of the Human Immortal Realm...] [The weaker tribes might reach an agreement with each other, tributes paid annually to ensure peace.] [Alternatively, wars between tribes were often waged to capture newborns and untrained children...] [These tribes worshipped different celestial bodies, such as Fire Bull Star, Centaur Star, and Sky Snake Star...] [The relationships between different tribes were intricate.] [Through your continuous exploration, you also uncovered some secrets of the Star Realm.] [The stronger the celestial body a tribe worshipped, the more powerful the tribe, the deeper the cultivation levels of the cultivators within...] [Additionally, powerful cultivators of a tribe could feedback their strength to the celestial bodies they worshipped during cultivation, strengthening those celestial bodies!] sea??h th Novel?ire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [Hence, the disparity between tribes grew ever larger!] [The strong grew stronger, and the weak grew weaker!] [Thus, population became a significant factor in assessing the strength disparity between tribes!] [You traveled for years without finding any traces of a True Immortal cultivator...] [However, these years of travel revealed a crucial flaw of the Star Realm cultivators.] [That was the low upper limit!] [Since the fall of the Ancestral Star, the most powerful cultivators born in the Star Realm had only achieved the True Immortal Realm!] [The cultivation speed was fast, but the upper limit was low...] [As for the Ancestral Star, it was a concept you discovered in an ancient book from the Star Realm.] [It was said that several yuanhui ago, the Star Realm had only one tribe, which worshipped only the Ancestral Star!] [But one day, the Ancestral Star suddenly dimmed and vanished, causing countless stars to appear in the sky...] [From that point on, the Star Realm was divided into countless tribes, each warring with the others...] [According to your speculation, the secret of the Ancestral Star might be somewhat related to the Witch Clan.] [This deduction was naturally based on the third layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, which required Star Stones for cultivation assistance...] In the real world, Su Xing raised his eyebrows upon seeing this. "Star Realm... an ancient Minor Thousand Worlds, containing considerable secrets, perhaps related to the Witch Clan?" "Tsk tsk, this indeed warrants exploration!" Su Xing muttered. "And this Ancestral Star, does it have any connection with the fall of the Witch Clan back then?" "Gaining strength by worshipping different celestial bodies... This method seems somewhat peculiar?" Su Xing raised his eyebrows. It should be known that cultivators did not worship gods or Buddhas, only believing in their own power. Otherwise, how could they fight for dominance with the heavens and the earth, seeking eternal immortality? "The only uncertainty is whether the remaining simulation time is enough for exploration?" The simulation time had reached the 130th year, meaning Qing Yunzi could find him at any moment. Although the Star Realm was slightly farther from the Qingyun Realm, it would at best delay the inevitable. "Next, try to explore as many secrets of the Star Realm as possible, and seek out their divination methods!" Su Xing murmured, his gaze shifting to the simulation panel. [In the following few years, you continued to explore the Star Realm.] [You gradually discovered that astrologers in the Star Realm practiced a method that allowed them to receive guidance from the celestial bodies above. Their practice of "the way of divination" was a profound secret in the Star Realm.] [To obtain the corresponding divination secret arts, one needed certain merits and also had to worship the celestial bodies.] [You continued exploring the Star Realm, and time flew by...] [In the 140th year, one day you had a premonition, your innate talent for avoiding misfortune went into overdrive with warnings.] [Several days later, Qing Yunzi descended...] [Qing Yunzi performed a Soul Search on you...] [You died!] [Ding, this simulation has ended!] After the simulation ended, Su Xing raised his eyebrows. "Indeed, traveling to a further world could extend the time before being discovered by Qing Yunzi!" Su Xing felt his strategy was correct. As he kept traveling farther worlds, the simulation time could become longer. The longer the simulation time, the faster Su Xing''s cultivation level and strength would grow! In this way, a positive cycle could form... A 140-year simulation was already quite substantial for Su Xing. Seventy-seven years later, Su Xing would have the boon of being a late bloomer. This meant that Su Xing''s simulation gains were equivalent to 200 years! "As for confronting Qing Yunzi directly... that was obviously impossible! One could only stay far away to simulate for as long as possible!" After understanding this, Su Xing began contemplating the intelligence about the Star Realm. Based on the intelligence he previously obtained from the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, the Star Realm had existed for a long time, even longer than some Great Thousand Worlds! Long ago, powerful cultivators from this realm emerged, comparable to Golden Immortals and even the Taiyi Realm! But within several yuanhui, the cultivators of this realm weakened, eventually dropping below the True Immortal Realm. "The relationship between Star Stones and the Witch Clan... the power of stars... the way of divining the stars..." Find exclusive content at My Virtual Library Empire Su Xing felt increasingly that the secrets buried within the Star Realm were not small. "It seems the next simulation location can be in the Star Realm... to explore its secrets!" After thinking for a while, Su Xing eagerly opened the reward list, with excitement bubbling in his heart. [Innate Tide Body]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 Origin Energy Source.] [Earth Immortal Realm First Layer]: Earth Immortal Realm First Layer cultivation level, having overcome the Yin Yang Fire Tribulation, with internal organs and Spiritual Root aptitude further purified, resistance to heat and extreme cold further enhanced, a slight improvement in the quality of Immortal Physique, accelerated immortal power operation and recovery speed. Priced at 30,000 Origin Energy Sources.] Chapter 296 Bringing Out Cultivation Level Gains, Star Realm and Witch Clan! [8k]_4 [All-Encompassing Flower, 180 plants]: Heaven and Earth Treasures, capable of inducing Vital Energy and refining Origin Force, priced at 18,000 Origin Energy Source points.[Body-Protecting Sword Aura Insight]: Insight into Body-Protecting Sword Aura of Earthly Fiend Divine Skills, after learning, the number of Sword Qi Barriers increases to 2,400, priced at 2,000 Origin Energy Source points. [Low, Medium, High-grade Star Stones, 2 each]: Formed from the power of celestial starfalls, and are also important cultivation resources for Star Witches. Priced at 3,330 Origin Energy Source points. Su Xing looked at the simulation rewards before him, pondering slightly. "Star Stones... Star Witch!" "Indeed, the Star Realm and the Ancient Witch Clan are intricately related!" Su Xing''s eyes lit up. The Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, derived from the cultivation methods passed down by the Witch Clan, could be practiced by descendants of the Witch Clan or some Human Clan Cultivators. Could it be that Star Witches were a branch of the Ancient Witch Clan? Explore more adventures at My Virtual Library Empire "No wonder... the Star Realm''s technology is so advanced, yet it still gathers in the form of tribes. Perhaps it is a tradition left by the Witch Clan?" Su Xing thought to himself. Wouldn''t this mean that cultivators in the Star Realm all carried the bloodline of the Witch Clan within them? But Su Xing shook his head slightly and said: "Not necessarily... Besides, even if there is Witch Clan blood, after several Epochs, it''s likely so diluted it''s indistinguishable from normal Human Clan Cultivators!" Matters involving the Witch Clan piqued Su Xing''s interest even more. But Star Stones were not the reward Su Xing wanted to choose right now. "Huff... Next, I need to advance to the Earth Immortal Realm cultivation level... This will likely cause quite a commotion. It''s better to break through at the Wan Mu Sect ruins!" Su Xing murmured, glanced at the time, and then began to disguise and conceal his breath, preparing to trade with Grandpa Lu. A moment later, with 20,000 Origin Energy Source points in hand, Su Xing set off for the Immortal Martial Era Instance. On his way to the Wan Mu Sect ruins, Su Xing reinforced the Xuan Yuan Concealment Array, then slipped into the Spirit Field Cave. Without much hesitation, Su Xing decisively said: "I choose to bring out Earth Immortal Realm First Layer cultivation, and 180 All-Encompassing Flowers!" As these words fell, a simulation prompt sounded in his ears. [You successfully brought out Earth Immortal Realm cultivation. The cost is 30,000 Origin Energy Source points. The remaining Origin Energy Source points are 119,432...] [You successfully brought out 180 All-Encompassing Flowers. The cost is 18,000 Origin Energy Source points. The remaining Origin Energy Source points are 101,432...] As the simulation prompt ended, a mysterious energy surged into Su Xing''s body. Next, his cultivation aura began to skyrocket! Having passed through the Yin and Yang Fire Calamity, Su Xing felt his body alternately cold and hot, but it eventually returned to calm. During this time, Su Xing''s aptitude further improved... But the biggest change was in Su Xing''s cultivation! The river of immortal power inside him extended beyond ten fathoms. The quality of his immortal power increased by thirty percent, and the total amount directly doubled! Just at the Earth Immortal Realm First Layer, Su Xing''s mana density was already comparable to that of a mid-stage Earth Immortal cultivator! When the surge of aura subsided, Su Xing carefully felt it out, then sighed and said: "Indeed, the gap between cultivation realms grows larger in the later stages... Ten fathoms of immortal power light is already quite remarkable!" "I wonder if by the time I reach Great Perfection in the Earth Immortal Realm, I can have mana comparable to a Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator?" Su Xing wasn''t sure, but he estimated that even if he did, it would only be comparable to a Heavenly Immortal Realm First Layer''s mana? "Sigh, if only the Spirit Vein Dragon could breathe more immortal qi on me... That would ensure absolute domination in mana!" Su Xing glanced at the Spirit Vein Dragon slumbering in the distance within the formation. Wisps of black qi escaped from the Spirit Vein Dragon, eventually being dissolved by the formation. "I need to accelerate the dissipation of this black qi... Only then can the Spirit Vein Dragon grow smoothly!" Su Xing stroked his chin. He had previously learned the "Flower Shifting Wood Connecting" technique, which could transfer the black qi from the Spirit Vein Dragon to himself. Su Xing could then eliminate this black qi by practicing techniques like the Clear Mind Formula. Now that Su Xing''s Divine Soul was strong, and his cultivation had reached the Earth Immortal Realm, it was time to give it a try! Thinking thus, Su Xing stepped into the formation and touched the Spirit Dragon... Then, he activated the Flower Shifting Wood Connecting technique! Wisp after wisp of black qi rapidly peeled off the Spirit Vein Dragon, flowing into Su Xing''s body. The entire process lasted only a few breaths. Su Xing extended his right hand and saw the wisps of black qi entangled over his palm. "Tsk tsk... This black qi might take three days to eliminate by practicing the Clear Mind technique?" Confirming that the black qi wasn''t particularly dangerous, just needing three days of Clear Mind practice to remove it with no side effects, Su Xing sighed in relief. He felt that the black qi on the Spirit Vein Dragon had reduced by about one percent. At this rate, as long as Su Xing performed the Flower Shifting Wood Connecting technique every three days, paired with a Formation to dispel the evil qi... In a few months, the black qi on the Spirit Vein Dragon would be completely eliminated. Then, the growth potential of the Spirit Vein Dragon would greatly increase, and Su Xing''s Spirit Field Cave might even rise to top-grade levels! Thinking of this, Su Xing felt a bit excited. "If the Spirit Field Cave reaches top-grade... would it yield top-grade Spiritual Liquid?" Thinking this, Su Xing was filled with motivation. sea??h th N?vel(F)ire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Running the Clear Mind Formula, while repairing the Puppets, was no difficulty for someone with Su Xing''s "Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart". Soon, a week passed. During this time, Su Xing dispelled the black qi from the Spirit Dragon twice. And he also repaired three Divinity Transformation Stage Puppets. At this moment, Su Xing had six Divinity Transformation Stage Puppets in hand. After some hesitation, he decided to place these six Puppets within America''s borders, coordinating with Puppet Cultivator Xiaomei''s actions. Chapter 296 Bringing Out Cultivation Level Gains, Star Realm and Witch Clan! [8k]_5 Sword flight, a round trip with errands explained, only took a few hours.After finishing everything, the time arrived at noon on September 30th. Su Xing, as promised, went to the villa district to meet with Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue sat across from Su Xing, curiously scrutinizing him, and asked in confusion: "Why do I feel like you have become even more attractive... just the feeling, the distance between us seems even greater?" Su Xing was stunned for a moment after hearing Jin Congxue''s words, then replied earnestly: "How could that be! You will always be my Sister Xue!" Su Xing knew that the reason why Jin Congxue had such thoughts was due to Su Xing''s cultivation level having further improved. Reaching the Earth Immortal realm, his cultivation aura had changed. The greater the immortal essence, the stronger the sense of oppression towards mortals... Although Su Xing had already tried his best to contain his aura, the resulting sense of distance was inevitable... Su Xing comforted Jin Congxue for a while, and their relationship further deepened, with only one final step left to breakthrough. But until the crisis was completely resolved, or his strength had grown enough to protect those around him, Su Xing''s heart only yearned for the Immortal Dao! "Hmph! Glad you understand!" Jin Congxue wrinkled her cute little nose, then said: "This week''s goods are all here... the current overseas trade, especially in America, seems to have taken a turn for the better!" "Our Tarot Society''s trade range is becoming broader, and it can now be considered among the top ten prestigious associations in the country!" "Of course... those truly old-established associations have been accumulating for hundreds or even thousands of years... in this aspect, we are still far behind!" Su Xing, seeing Jin Congxue''s serious demeanor, couldn''t bear to disturb her interest. He knew that Jin Congxue had almost single-handedly developed the Tarot Society to such a scale, which was no small feat. But to Su Xing, all of this was unimportant, as what he needed was simply energy... ... After the trade ended, Su Xing brought the new week''s Origin Energy Source back to the Spirit Field Cave. He glanced at the simulation cooldown time, which had not yet reset. So Su Xing looked at his current attribute panel. [Name: Su Xing] [Age: 23 years] [Profession: Cultivator] [Cultivation Level: Earth Immortal Realm First Layer, Grand Witch Body Refining Decision Second Layer Initiate] [Cultivation Technique: Diagram of Wishful Visualization, Luo Tianhua Immortal Jue, Zhengyi Submission Decision (Second Layer), Grand Witch Body Refining Decision] [Talents: Unethical in Martial Conduct, Swallow Heaven, Innate Sword Body, The Undying Xiaochi, Kind Rose, Ancient Witch Body, The Great Wisdom in Foolishness, Occasional Epiphany, Alchemy Dao Sage Late Bloomer, Fiery Flame Divine Body, Acquired Taoist Body...] [Skills: Spirit Domain (Prototype), Li Fire Technique (Mahayana Level), Alchemy (Minor Achievement), Five Elements Immortal Burst Technique (Minor Achievement), Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique (Initiate Level), Boundless Divine Sense (State of Six Senses), Origin Force Flower, Body-Protecting Sword Aura (Two Thousand Two Hundred Layers)...] [Origin of Great Dao: Great Dao of Thunder (Prototype), Great Dao of Fire (Prototype), Great Dao of Space (Initial Insight), Origin of Wood (Perfection), Great Sword Dao (Prototype)...] [Special Physique: Heavenly Thunder Physique (Second Stage)] Both Qi Refinement and Body Refinement breakthroughs, the total number of talents also reached eighteen, the Origin Force Flower bloomed... and various Great Dao principles further advanced. After a moment of contemplation, Su Xing murmured: "For now, if I want to improve my combat power as much as possible in a short time... I still need to start with my cultivation level and Body-Protecting Sword Aura!" "Previously, I brought out an extra one hundred and eighty All-Encompassing Flowers. Together with the All-Encompassing Flowers in the next simulation, it should be enough for my Grand Witch Body Refining Decision Second Layer''s cultivation for a hundred years, right?" Sarch* The novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Su Xing took a deep breath, already having a plan in mind. "As for improving my Qi Refining Cultivation, there''s no rush... when I bring out the Inborn Unique Meridian for cultivation later, the results will certainly be twice as good with half the effort!" ... Once the simulation cooldown finished, Su Xing silently said: "Begin simulation!" [The 106th simulation begins, current remaining Origin Energy Source is 131,236 points... no remaining simulation attempts left.] [Simulation begins!] [Drawing Gold Legendary Talent costs 1 point of Origin Energy Source, would you like to draw?] Discover stories with My Virtual Library Empire "Yes!" Su Xing silently said. [Ding, congratulations on obtaining the Golden Talent Dragon-Searching Point, the chance of drawing a Golden Talent in the next simulation is 60%...] Chapter 297 Golden Talent: Seeking Dragons and Acupuncture Points, the True Luotian Legacy!【8k】 Dragon Spotting and Pointing?Su Xing froze for a moment. His first reaction was that this was a talent related to grave digging, or perhaps it could find Spirit Vein Dragons. But when Su Xing saw the complete introduction of this talent, his eyes suddenly lit up. [Dragon Spotting and Pointing]: Golden talent, you are born with the ability to sense exotic treasures and precious mineral veins, capable of locating valuable minerals buried in the ground, practically a walking treasure-hunting machine! "This talent... it seems like an upgraded version of a previous geology expert!" Su Xing touched his chin and muttered. The geology expert talent allowed Su Xing to sense alien metals and spirit ore veins within a certain range. And this Dragon Spotting and Pointing talent was clearly stronger than the geology expert, and the sensed items were not limited to minerals, including various heaven and earth treasures. "Phew... with this talent, exploring secret realms should become much easier, right?" Su Xing pondered for a while and decided to test the effects of the new talent. The geology expert talent had led Su Xing to discover alien metal veins during the Xianwu Era, providing him with a large amount of energy. Unfortunately, alien metals were ultimately limited. Su Xing estimated that the alien metal veins within the Xianwu Era would last him at most two or three more months before they began to deplete. Before that happened, Su Xing had to find new veins. Su Xing temporarily decided not to explore the Blood Demon Cave World, as it was the lair of the Damned Dragon, and mining there might lead to trouble. "It is necessary to bring out the Dragon Spotting and Pointing talent... so for this simulation, let''s focus on enhancing the Body Refinement Cultivation Level!" Su Xing thought as he looked at the simulation panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized you were simulating.] [Ten days later, having accumulated a day''s worth of the Great Wisdom State, you went to the Luo Tian Sect instance.] "Use immersive simulation, duration one day." [Ding...] Following the simulation prompt sound, Su Xing''s vision changed. He appeared in the grand hall of the Luo Tian Sect and went through the familiar task process. Then, Luo Qingniu escorted Su Xing to the venue of the Luo Tian Conference. Just when Su Xing thought he would be forcibly "plot-killed" and kicked out of the venue, something different happened. Beside him, Luo Qingniu suddenly sighed and said: "Actually, I know you are not Xiaochuan..." "And we, too, have long been gone..." Su Xing, who was preparing to read in the Scripture Pavilion, froze upon hearing these words. Forcing a smile, Su Xing subconsciously said: "Master... what are you talking about? I don''t understand?" Luo Qingniu took a deep breath, turned, and looked at Su Xing seriously: "Child, I don''t know who you are or from which era you come... Can you tell me what the real world is like now?" "We... have been trapped in this day for countless epochs!" Hearing Luo Qingniu''s words, Su Xing was wildly shaken within! So... including Luo Qingniu and Ghost Grandma... all the cultivators of the Luo Tian Sect knew? They had always known they were no longer among the living? They knew all along... they were simply acting along with me? "No... even if they knew they were repeating, it should be the first time they''ve seen me!" "After all, for the Luo Tian instance, every simulation is my first entry!" Su Xing quickly realized. Two years ago, he could enter the instance three times per simulation each year. Sar?h the NovelFire.net* website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Recently, in the past year or so, there had only been two opportunities. Su Xing estimated that soon, he would only be able to enter the Luo Tian instance once per simulation! This meant he could enter the Luo Tian instance no more than sixty more times. Before Luo Tian completely closed, Su Xing had to fully understand its secrets! And now, with Su Xing''s cultivation level reaching the Earth Immortal Realm, the instance storyline changed again! These "NPCs" in the instance clearly knew they were forever stuck in this day! "So... what exactly is the Luo Tian Sect''s attitude towards me?" "From the current perspective, they seem to be an ally... Should I tell them the truth?" "Does my current identity count as Luo Tian''s descendant?" At this moment, several thoughts flashed through Su Xing''s mind. Just then, Luo Qingniu explained on his own. Discover hidden stories at My Virtual Library Empire "Child, regardless of your identity... or how much time has passed... We old ones of the Luo Tian Sect can only rely on you!" "You bear the Luo Tianhua Immortal Jue, the Wishful Visualization Technique, the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision... even the Zhengyi Submission Decision is on you!" "I don''t know where you obtained these secret techniques of Luo Tian, but in fact, you are already considered a descendant of Luo Tian!" After a pause, Luo Qingniu continued: "Soon, maybe in a year, or two... we old ones will completely disappear!" "We don''t matter if we die... but the Luo Tian legacy cannot be broken!" "Your current cultivation level may still be low... but no matter what, I need to tell you everything now!" As he spoke, Luo Qingniu pointed his hand to the center of the Luo Tian Conference venue. At the center of the wide Heavenly Altar, a small, ancient mirror the size of a palm slowly rose. The ancient mirror was carved with a yin and yang diagram, but it was different from the Bagua, as if it resided between reality and illusion... It was as if it transcended time and space, with even time freezing at this moment. The extraordinary little mirror emitted multicolored light, sweeping over everyone in the Luo Tian instance, except for Su Xing... Chapter 297 Golden Talent Seeking Dragon Acupuncture, The True Luotian Legacy! (8k)_2 Su Xing was utterly shocked in his heart. In the moment when this mirror appeared, Su Xing''s heart throbbed violently.Without a doubt, this mirror was a supreme treasure! Moreover, it was something Su Xing had never seen before, a treasure that surpassed all others... even far more valuable than the Spirit Vein Dragon and the Innate Fusang Tree Branch! "This mirror... What exactly is it!?" Su Xing''s heart was wildly shaking. Next, Luo Qingniu answered Su Xing''s question. "This mirror is named Luo Tian Mirror... It is one of the three Chaotic Supreme Treasures that were born at the dawn of the heavens and earth... surpassing all time, space, and the cause and effect of destiny!" "It can be called... an artifact that suppresses the ages!" "It is also the greatest secret of our Luo Tian Sect!" Luo Qingniu glanced at Su Xing and explained: "Several epochs ago, since that great battle... our Luo Tian Sect quickly fell apart, and its strength was far from its peak period!" "To ensure the continuation of our Luo Tian Sect, two plans were chosen at that time!" "First, select some elite and trusted disciples to take some Immortal Sprouts and go to other small realms, and hide there... Until the time is right, showing up strong enough descendants to revive our Luo Tian Sect!" "At that time, there were one hundred and eight disciples ranging from Earth Immortal Realm to Golden Immortal Realm, who took tens of thousands of Immortal Sprouts to various small realms with the purpose of preserving the Luo Tian Legacy!" "But tens of thousands of years have passed... and not a single descendant of Luo Tian has returned... So I think it probably failed!" At this point, a trace of sorrow appeared in Luo Qingniu''s eyes. Su Xing also understood at this moment, that the sorrow he saw in Luo Qingniu during the last Luo Tian meeting was not only due to the Luo Tian Sect being invaded by the Foreign Race and the death of Ancestor Master Luotian... But also because the Luo Tian Legacy had been cut off... Listening to Luo Qingniu''s mournful tone, Su Xing felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart as well. Luo Qingniu continued: "The second plan was for all disciples and elders within the Luo Tian Sect to hold a Luo Tian meeting... to sacrifice their freedom and remain forever on that day!" "This method used the supreme power of the Luo Tian Mirror, allowing millions of cultivators within the Luo Tian Sect to enter it and enjoy eternal lifespan... until the day the Luo Tian Mirror completely loses its power!" "With the help of the Luo Tian Mirror, we old undying ones could exist in the mirror for several epochs... although we lost our freedom, we retained the legacy and hope!" "If one day, disciples of the Luo Tian Sect return and reach a higher realm than even our Ancestor Master Luotian, perhaps they could let us appear again in the world!" "Since that day, the Luo Tian Mirror exhausted most of its power just to seal us..." At this point, Luo Qingniu sighed and said: "Unfortunately, several epochs have passed... the Luo Tian Mirror is becoming dimmer, and the remaining energy is no longer enough to sustain the existence of this illusory world..." "We old undying ones will also perish along with the dissolution of the Luo Tian Realm, swallowed in the sorrowful river of time..." Hearing this, Su Xing widened his eyes. At this moment, he finally knew what kind of existence the Luo Tian Instance was! The Luo Tian Instance repeated the same day endlessly... In fact, at least a small portion of the ''NPCs'' in the instance knew that this day was continually repeating! They had been sealed within the Luo Tian Mirror since that day, waiting for the appearance of Luotian''s Descendants! Unfortunately, tens of thousands of years had passed, and Luotian''s Descendants had yet to appear. The formidable power of the Luo Tian Mirror was also gradually dissipating... "So, the essence of the Luo Tian Instance is the Luo Tian Mirror!" "And the Luo Tian Mirror is the very thing that Qingyunzi and the Descending Sect have been searching for?" Su Xing vaguely understood the cause and effect. As for how precious the Luo Tian Mirror was, there was no need to elaborate. One of the three Chaotic Supreme Treasures born at the dawn of the heavens and earth, predating the creation of some worlds! It was also the foundation for the establishment of the Luo Tian Sect! If one could obtain the Luo Tian Mirror, one would not only gain a Chaotic Supreme Treasure. But also inherit all the treasures and legacy of the Luo Tian Sect! These predecessors sealed within the Luo Tian Mirror... were an incredibly vast knowledge treasure vault! Continue your journey on My Virtual Library Empire At the same time, Su Xing noticed a very important point. Luo Qingniu said that the Luo Tian Mirror "possessed the power to transform virtual reality"! Did this not mean that everything within the Luo Tian Sect... might actually exist? Could Su Xing also inherit those endless treasures and wealth!? Thinking of this, Su Xing''s heart pounded vigorously. If this were truly the case, this treasure would not only tempt a Daluo Golden Immortal, but even a Saint would be unable to resist its allure! "But... how can the Luo Tian Mirror be inherited?" Su Xing''s heart was filled with immense longing. Luo Qingniu glanced at Su Xing and said: "Over the epochs, this mirror has encountered not a few who descended here... They accidentally entered the Luo Tian Mirror, but most of them had no cultivation level!" "Tens of thousands of years ago... There were some individuals with cultivation levels who came here, but the highest only reached the Earth Immortal Realm!" S~ea??h the novlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "They were far from meeting the standard to unlock the Luo Tian Mirror..." "Actually, I wasn''t supposed to tell you these things yet!" "But, the power of the Luo Tian Mirror is nearly exhausted. I have no other choice... Since you bear our Luo Tian Sect legacy, would you be willing to do something for us?" Upon hearing this, Su Xing''s heart was stirred, and he quickly said: "I am willing!" Luo Qingniu nodded slightly, clearly at his wit''s end as he said: "According to my calculations... there is about one year and some months left before the Luo Tian Mirror completely dissipates... During this period, I hope you can find a True Immortal Realm strong practitioner!" "Only a True Immortal Realm practitioner... can inherit the Luo Tian Mirror, restore some of its energy, and also extend the existence of the Luo Tian Realm..." Chapter 297 Golden Talent Seeking Dragon Acupuncture, The True Luotian Legacy! (8k)_3 "As a reward, I am willing to inform you about the treasures my Luo Tian Sect has hidden in various Minor Thousand Worlds...""Although several epochs have passed and most of the treasures may have been buried in the river of time... surely, there are still many treasures that exist!" "All you need to do is find a righteous cultivator above the True Immortal Realm and make him the inheritor of my Luo Tian Sect!" Luo Qingniu first explained the situation sincerely, then tempted with benefits. The hidden treasures of the Luo Tian Sect scattered around the world were obviously as valuable as those in the "Spiritual Ancestral Land." If there were enough, even Golden Immortals or Taiyi Golden Immortals would be tempted! After hearing Luo Qingniu''s words, Su Xing was silent for a moment, calculating in his mind. Sear?h the novlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "A year and one month... In reality, that''s about a bit more than a year, around sixty simulations!" "During this time, I must reach the True Immortal Realm to fully obtain the Luo Tian Mirror and inherit the Luo Tian Sect''s legacy?" "Yet, a year and a month... it''s still too risky... Ideally, I should reach the True Immortal Realm within a year, or even six months, to inherit the Luo Tian Mirror!" Su Xing thought to himself. He naturally didn''t want to hand over the Luo Tian Sect''s inheritance to someone else. Thus, he had to reach the True Immortal Realm within a year! Currently, Su Xing''s cultivation level was at the initial stage of the Earth Immortal Realm, still two major realms away from the True Immortal Realm! However, with his rapid growth in cultivation, Su Xing was confident of reaching the True Immortal Realm within thirty or forty simulations! With that thought, Su Xing did not hesitate and decisively said: "I am willing to find an inheritor for Luo Tian Sect within a year!" Upon hearing Su Xing''s response, Luo Qingniu breathed a sigh of relief, nodding appreciatively, then pointed to Su Xing''s forehead. "Here lies the location of the thirty-six hidden legacy sites of the Luo Tian Sect in the outside world, along with the secret methods to open them..." "Several hundred thousand years have passed, I don''t know how many are left... but it''s still a considerable fortune for you!" Su Xing closed his eyes slightly, absorbing the information in his mind, then felt a surge of joy. These thirty-six hidden sites held wealth comparable to the "Spiritual Ancestral Land," some even several times more. "Though hundreds of thousands of years have passed, it''s uncertain how much remains... even if only a dozen are left, it should be enough for me to cultivate to the Profound Immortal Realm, right?" Su Xing felt joy in his heart. At this moment, Luo Qingniu asked: "Child, though your cultivation level is insufficient, you now bear the title of the Luo Tian Sect''s inheritor..." "I wish to ask you, what is the current situation in the outside world?" After the question, a look of inquiry appeared in Luo Qingniu''s eyes. Anyone trapped in one realm for hundreds of thousands of years would surely be curious about the outside world, right? Su Xing pondered for a moment after hearing Luo Qingniu''s words, then began to explain: "Luo Tian Sect has indeed disappeared from the Three Thousand Worlds..." "At least on the surface, Luo Tian Sect has not emerged in the Three Thousand Worlds... whether it''s hidden, I do not know..." After Su Xing said this, Luo Qingniu sighed, extinguishing his last glimmer of hope. "I once went to the Spirit Realm... it seemed to be led by a disciple of Luo Tian Sect, Luo Binger..." At this point, Ghost Grandma suddenly appeared behind Su Xing, trembling as she asked: "Child... what did you just say?" "How is Luo Binger...?" Seeing Ghost Grandma''s anxious expression, Su Xing paused for a moment and said: "Luo Binger successfully led several thousand immortal sprouts to escape to the Spirit Realm... but they were ambushed, and she succumbed to serious injuries shortly after..." "However, part of the immortal sprout disciples, guided by puppets, continued on the path of cultivation..." "Yet, in the current world with scarce spiritual energy, they couldn''t refine Qi and turned to spiritual cultivation, living in the Spirit Realm under the name Spirit Race." Upon hearing Su Xing''s words, Ghost Grandma trembled and nearly fell. But Su Xing continued: "I once received a legacy from the Luo Tian Sect... Sister Luo Binger said... she still wanted to hear you sing a lullaby for her..." Explore more stories at My Virtual Library Empire With Su Xing''s final words, Ghost Grandma couldn''t hold back her tears any longer. "Binger... Binger has done very well..." Watching Ghost Grandma weep, Su Xing felt a deep sense of emotion. After calming down a bit, Su Xing then introduced the current situation of the Three Thousand Worlds to Luo Qingniu. He spoke of the state of the Three Thousand Worlds, the invasion of foreign races, the once Luo Tian Realm, and now the Blue Star and its surrounding shard worlds in imminent danger. Finally, Luo Qingniu sighed and said: "When the lips are gone, the teeth feel the cold... such a simple truth, yet the forces of the Three Thousand Worlds do not understand it, it''s truly laughable!" "If other forces had been willing to assist back then... working together with my Luo Tian Sect''s progenitor, the foreign races might have been expelled long ago!" "Alas, everything in the world has its fate... this catastrophe seems unavoidable for our Three Thousand Worlds!" After saying this, Luo Qingniu looked up at the sky, lost in thought. Seizing the moment, Su Xing asked his burning question: "Senior, I wish to ask... now that the Qingyun Sect''s ancestor, Qing Yunzi, attempted to slay the three corpses but ultimately failed, thus leading him to madness, altering his mind and nature..." "Is there any way to restore Qing Yunzi''s original nature... after all, a Semi-Saint is a cornerstone of our Three Thousand Worlds!" Upon hearing this, Luo Qingniu sighed softly and said: Chapter 297 Golden Talent: Seeking Dragons and Acupuncture Points, the True Luotian Legacy!【8k】_4 "Slaying the Three Corpses in reverse, once it begins, it cannot be stopped...""Unless Qing Yunzi himself realizes the problem, but several millennia of cultivation efforts will be in vain... Qing Yunzi will only fall deeper into madness!" "With my insight, I fear it''s difficult to change the outcome..." Su Xing felt a bit helpless upon hearing Luo Qingniu say there was no solution. Unless absolutely necessary, having someone like Qing Yunzi as an adversary was certainly not a good thing for Su Xing. But at this point, there was no way to resolve it either... "Sigh, never mind... better stay far away!" Su Xing shook his head slightly. During this visit to the Luo Tian Sect, Su Xing had already benefited greatly and had no more extravagant desires. In the remaining time, Su Xing continued to stay in the Luo Tian Sect to further study puppet arts and to make up for his shortcomings in low-rank spells... ... Soon, the immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to reality. "Phew... The Luotian Legacy is truly a treasure that makes one envious!" "Next, just finding those treasures in the Minor Thousand Worlds will be enough to yield significant gains for me!" Su Xing rubbed his chin, recalling the coordinates of those treasures in his mind. "Hmm? It seems... there''s a Luotian Legacy located in the Blackwater Realm!" Discover hidden stories at My Virtual Library Empire Su Xing''s eyes lit up. Back then, when the disciples of Luo Tian Sect fled, the divisions of the major legacies varied in distance, with very few near the Little Qingyun Realm. Besides the legacy Su Xing already had from the Spiritual Ancestral Land, the Blackwater Realm was the only world whose location Su Xing knew. "Well then, it''s perfect, just as I need to go to the Blackwater Realm to find the All-Encompassing Flower; I can investigate it at that time!" Su Xing nodded slightly and looked at the simulation panel. [After leaving the Luo Tian Instance, you gained significantly.] [In the following year, you continued to craft puppets, attempting to establish a force of puppets within the Seven Nations and Twelve Domains.] [Though the Twelve Domains were chaotic, strength ruled above all, and the puppet organization quickly gained a foothold, becoming a renowned group that brought you considerable resources.] [Meanwhile, thanks to Luo Shuying''s cooperation, the puppet organization remained relatively hidden from the Descending Sect...] [In the second year, you took out the previously prepared All-Encompassing Flower to attempt the refinement of the Earth Origin Pill...] In the real world, Su Xing felt a surge in his heart upon seeing this and silently chanted: "Use immersive simulation, duration two months!" [Ding...] With the simulated prompt sound, Su Xing''s figure appeared in the simulated world. Taking out the Spirit Awakening Pill, Su Xing murmured: "Although the effect of taking the Spirit Awakening Pill would be better seventy-seven years later... the cultivation of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision cannot wait that long!" "I need to reach Perfection in the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision as soon as possible... Before that, my Earth Origin Pill refining technique still needs improvement!" Previously, Su Xing''s Earth Origin Pill refining technique was at the Minor Achievement level, still a bit away from Great Achievement. Only at the Mahayana Level could the top-grade Earth Origin Pills be refined, ensuring a faster body refinement speed for Su Xing. Thus, Su Xing decided to first enhance his Earth Origin Pill refining skills. After ingesting the Spirit Awakening Pill, Su Xing spent the following month crazily refining pills. Refining two batches of Earth Origin Pills a day, Su Xing managed to refine a total of sixty batches of Earth Origin Pills within a month. With a pill success rate of around eighty percent, Su Xing ended up with fifty batches of Earth Origin Pills, totaling one hundred fifty pills. "Unfortunately... still a bit short of Great Achievement..." Su Xing shook his head slightly and continued refining during the remaining month of immersive simulation time. Finally, in the last few days of the immersive simulation, Su Xing successfully refined his first batch of top-grade Earth Origin Pills! The effect of top-grade Earth Origin Pills was more than twice that of regular Earth Origin Pills! This meant Su Xing''s Earth Origin Pill refining skill had successfully reached the Mahayana Level! ... The immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad... the pill success rate is about ninety percent!" "The chance of refining top-grade Earth Origin Pills is about ten percent..." Su Xing calculated that with the hundred eighty-plus Earth Origin Pill herbs in his possession, he could refine more than five hundred Earth Origin Pills, enough to support nearly fifty years of his cultivation! "Before the secret of Blackwater Realm opens, I can stay on Blue Star for a few more years to cultivate the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision!" Su Xing thought, casting his gaze at the simulation panel. [Next, you spent half a year refining a total of one hundred eighty batches of Earth Origin Pills, resulting in 470 pills, including 50 top-grade Earth Origin Pills.] [You began consuming Earth Origin Pills to aid your Grand Witch Body Refining Decision training!] [For the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, what you cultivate is the essence and the physical body, refining primarily the Origin Force within your body!] [Without the Earth Origin Pill, you could still cultivate, but the speed would be extremely slow, almost imperceptible.] [With the Earth Origin Pill, you could clearly sense your body refinement speed increasing several times over.] [Consuming one Earth Origin Pill per month, your cultivation speed equaled six months of past effort!] [Thus, eight years passed.] Sarch* The n?vel_Fire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [In the tenth year, you felt a slight improvement in your Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, with the Origin Force flower within you beginning to bloom slightly.] [The Origin Force within your body flowed endlessly, and even your physical strength increased by about ten percent compared to before.] [With joy in your heart, you continued your Grand Witch Body Refining Decision cultivation.] [Thus, another ten years passed.] [During these ten years, besides cultivating, you occasionally took time to explore the instance worlds near Blue Star, hoping to find large Alien Metal Veins in those instances.] [However, after exploring dozens of instance worlds, you only discovered a few low-rank Alien Metal veins, which did not pique your interest.] [The Talent for Dragon Pointmanship allowed you to have an innate sense, detecting the presence of Alien Metals and Heaven and Earth Treasures within a ten-mile radius.] Chapter 297 Golden Talent Seeking Dragon Acupuncture, The True Luotian Legacy! (8k)_5 [The higher the quality of the minerals and exotic treasures, the stronger the sense...][You traveled through those alternate worlds for ten years, but did not find any, which means there are indeed no high-rank exotic metal veins in those places...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and felt a bit helpless. "In the territory of the Great Xia Country, more than ninety percent of the exotic metal replicas are probably already controlled by the Great Xia Country... With thousands of years of accumulation, to obtain a large quantity of exotic metals, one still needs to get them from their hands!" "However... this Dragon-Searching and Acupuncture Spot Talent is still quite good. Previously, the range for geological experts was only one mile, but now it has become ten miles. The efficiency of this search is directly increased a hundredfold!" Su Xing was very satisfied with this, but it was a pity that the exotic metals on Blue Star were limited. Perhaps in the future, Su Xing could go to the alternate worlds abroad to have a look, or directly search in the Three Thousand Worlds? "There is no hurry... but twenty years have passed, and it is almost time for me to go to the Three Thousand Worlds!" Thinking thus, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simulation panel. [In the twentieth year, your Grand Witch Body Refining Decision made some progress again, but the search for exotic metal veins was fruitless.] [You decided to go to the Three Thousand Worlds to find the Luotian Legacy...] [You informed the high level of the Great Xia about the future large-scale invasion of the Foreign Race, but letting them abandon their homeland was indeed difficult. Even if you tried your best to mislead, you could only preserve a seed for the Great Xia Country.] [However, fortunately, your family and friends were willing to go with you to the Three Thousand Worlds to take refuge...] Experience tales with My Virtual Library Empire [Passing through the alternate space, you arrived in the Little Qingyun Realm!] [After settling your family and friends in White Emperor City, you went to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion to sell information and obtained a large batch of resources.] [In the same year, you drove the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat and went to the Blackwater Realm!] [After arriving in the Blackwater Realm, you immediately went to the location Luo Qingniu told you about.] [But even after searching the location thoroughly, using the power of the Dragon-Searching and Acupuncture Spot, you still did not find any trace of the Luo Tian Sect legacy.] [You guessed in your heart that perhaps the cultivators of Luo Tian Sect were intercepted and killed halfway... or the Luo Tian legacy had already been discovered by other cultivators and was not there...] [But you did not intend to give up so easily, instead, you searched for possible treasures in the Blackwater Realm using the Dragon-Searching and Acupuncture Spot Talent.] [In the Blackwater Realm, most of it is the sea, with very little land area, but there is a cultivation sect, the Blackwater Sect!] [You disguised yourself and concealed your breath, and went into the Blackwater Sect to investigate...] [To your surprise, through your investigation, you did find a trace of the Luo Tian legacy...] [According to ancient records in the Blackwater Sect teachings, they were not native cultivators of the Blackwater Realm but migrated from another realm hundreds of thousands of years ago.] [Their ancestors also produced a great cultivator of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!] [But through endless years of inheritance, the initial batch of cultivators disbanded and split, taking parts of the heritage and losing the most precious inherited treasure of the Blackwater Sectthe Weak Water Black Banner!] [It is said that this banner is an acquired treasure, capable of controlling the powerful weak water, devouring all things in the world...] [Knowing that the Luo Tian legacy scattered in the Blackwater Realm had already been utilized, you felt a bit lost but still investigated.] [You discovered that in the Blackwater Realm, several cultivators had the aura of practicing the Blood Immortal Scripture, confirming that the Blackwater Realm had been deeply infiltrated by the Descending Sect...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and frowned slightly. "Weak Water Black Banner... an acquired treasure?" As Su Xing recalled, he once saw a taciturn cultivator in the Descending Sect using a powerful offensive method that seemed similar to this Weak Water Black Banner. "Could it be that the Luo Tian legacy along with the Weak Water Black Banner was obtained by that cultivator?" Su Xing frowned slightly, calculating the time. "At this moment... that cultivator should still be in the Blackwater Realm, maybe the Luo Tian legacy is with him?" Su Xing''s eyes lit up, and he looked at the simulation panel. [The Weak Water Black Banner undoubtedly piqued your interest. You started searching in the Blackwater Realm for the taciturn cultivator you encountered before.] [It did not take you long to find the location of the taciturn cultivator.] [To avoid alerting the Descending Sect, you waited silently for the right moment.] [Soon, three years passed...] S~ea??h the N?vel?ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [In the twenty-third year, one day the taciturn cultivator left the Blackwater Sect and headed into the endless ocean, finally stopping in a certain sea area and plunging into the water.] [Feeling a bit curious, you hid your breath and followed him from a distance, using divine sense to monitor his movements...] Chapter 298 Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method, Great Battle Heavenly Immortal Realm! [8k] [Diving into the deep sea, you locked onto the cultivator with your Divine Sense and quickly discovered that he was headed toward a specific location with a clear objective.][During this time, the cultivator was cautious and concealed his aura along the way, fearing that he was being followed.] [But the difference in Cultivation Level between you two was vast. No matter how careful he was, he was unable to detect your presence...] [Soon, both of you descended tens of thousands of feet deep into the sea. The cultivator stopped in front of an underwater cave and activated a small Formation, then entered it.] [You did not choose to enter rashly but hid outside.] [Half a day later, the reticent cultivator left the Formation, looking joyful.] [Seeing this, you hesitated no longer. You directly took action and captured him, then used the Soul Searching Technique on him...] [Moments later, you too felt joyful, having obtained the information you wanted.] [As you expected, the cultivator had been cultivated by the Descending Sect hundreds of years ago as an undercover agent in the Blackwater Realm, secretly monitoring the situation there, waiting for the right time to launch an invasion.] [Moreover, hundreds of years ago, the cultivator had inadvertently entered a Secret Realm and gained part of the Luo Tian Legacy!] [Among that legacy was the Weak Water Black Flag, countless Spirit Stones and Spiritual Liquid, and numerous inheritances...] [But with great treasures and no strength to protect them, the cultivator decided to hide the treasures and most of the resources in this deep-sea Formation space, retrieving a portion of the resources every decade for his cultivation...] [It was precisely because of this that he was able to grow from a mere Divinity Transformation cultivator to his current Mahayana stage in just a few hundred years!] [Nonetheless, the remaining Luo Tian Legacy would now belong to you!] [With that thought, you entered the Formation...] In the real world, Su Xing''s heart moved as he saw this and silently recited, "Use Immersive Simulation, duration one day!" [Ding...] With the sound of the prompt, Su Xing appeared in the space within the Formation. This was a hidden cave. As soon as Su Xing entered, his Dragon-seeking Talent started to function, eventually guiding him to several hidden Storage Magical Artifacts. Without hesitation, Su Xing took out the Storage Magical Artifacts and was soon shocked by the wealth inside. Nearly a billion low-grade Spirit Stones, tens of millions of mid-grade Spirit Stones, and even close to three million high-grade Spirit Stones! What excited Su Xing even more was the Spiritual Liquid inside! High-grade Spiritual Liquid, approximately five million drops, ten million drops of mid-grade Spiritual Liquid, and tens of millions of low-grade Spiritual Liquid... Su Xing put away the Storage Magical Artifacts containing Spirit Stones and Spiritual Liquid, shaking his head as he said, "This amount of Spiritual Liquid is probably not all of the Luotian Legacy in the Blackwater Realm... But considering the passage of several great cycles, it''s already quite good to have this much left!" According to the information Su Xing had obtained, the Luo Tian Sect cultivator who had fled to the Blackwater Realm back then should have had a Heavenly Immortal Realm Cultivation Level, and the resources he carried would have been more abundant than what Luo Binger had initially brought. But after hundreds of thousands of years, who knows what might have changed. "Even so... these Spiritual Liquids and Spirit Stones are quite valuable to me!" "Combined with the resources I obtained from the Spiritual Ancestral Land earlier, the resources for cultivation after reaching the Earth Immortal Realm should be sufficient!" Su Xing nodded slightly, then inspected the other Storage Magical Artifacts. Various Magical Treasures and Cultivation Techniques were piled up like mountains, but there was no trace of a protective puppet, which further convinced Su Xing that the initial legacy was far more extensive than this. "And this Weak Water Black Flag..." Su Xing''s heart moved, and a black flag appeared in his hands. Feeling the terrifying power contained within it, Su Xing was shocked. "A true Acquired Treasure! It''s a pity that after several great cycles, the Artifact Spirit is lost... But it remains an Acquired Treasure!" Su Xing then took out a Divine Skill, "Three Thousand Weak Waters!" Sar?h the Novl?ire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Your adventure continues at My Virtual Library Empire This Divine Skill was one of the seventy-two Earthly Fiend Divine Skills! When used in conjunction with the Weak Water Black Flag, if a late-stage Earth Immortal Realm cultivator cultivated it to Great Achievement, they could contend with Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators! "However... it requires a Water Spiritual Root to maximize its power..." Su Xing shook his head slightly and put it away. Without a Water Spiritual Root, performing this Divine Skill would naturally be less effective. After looting the treasures in the cave, Su Xing ensured there were no omissions, then took all the storage resources on that cultivator''s body, finding tens of thousands more high-grade Spiritual Liquid drops. "Though it''s killing to seize treasures... those of the Descending Sect are treacherous and deserve to be eradicated!" Su Xing thought this, secretly noting the position of the underwater cave so that he could obtain more resources with each subsequent simulation. ... After the Immersive Simulation ended, Su Xing returned to reality and looked at the simulation panel again. [After leaving the underwater cave, you obtained numerous resources.] [You erased the traces of your presence there, destroyed the Formation, and went to the vicinity of the underwater Secret Realm where the All-Encompassing Flower was born.] [For the next ten years, you practiced the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision daily while using your Dragon-seeking Talent to search for possible Heaven and Earth Treasures and mineral veins in the Blackwater Realm.] [Thus, over a decade passed.] [In the thirty-fifth year, as you continued using the Earth Origin Pill for cultivation, your Cultivation Level grew steadily, but the cultivation of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision required the accumulation of years, so growth was slow.] [However, consuming one Earth Origin Pill per month also gradually reduced the number of Earth Origin Pills you had refined previously.] [After much thought, you decided to reduce the number of Earth Origin Pills you consumed and save them for use after seventy-seven years...] In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly as he saw this. "Not bad... After a hundred years old, under the blessing of being a Late Bloomer, one Earth Origin Pill is worth two... If too many are used before then, it would be a waste!" Chapter 299 3,000 Sword Qi Barriers, Capable of Slashing Heavenly Immortal Realm! 【9k】 Su Xing glanced at the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method, nodded slightly, and said:"As expected, just as I thought, the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method is an unparalleled secret technique, and its direct exchange price is indeed exorbitant..." "However, by recalling it from my own memory, I saved a considerable amount of simulated energy." Without hesitation, Su Xing said directly: "I choose to bring out the talent ''Dragon Pointing and Vein Seeking'' and the second level of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision (Minor Achievement)!" As soon as he finished speaking, a notification sound from the simulator sounded in his ears. [You have successfully brought out the talent ''Dragon Pointing and Vein Seeking'', costing 10 points of origin energy source. Remaining origin energy source: 131,162 points...] [You have successfully brought out the second level of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision (Minor Achievement), costing 60,000 points of origin energy source. Remaining origin energy source: 71,162 points...] With the end of the simulation notification sound, two mysterious energies surged into Su Xing''s body. In the next second, Su Xing felt his entire body''s momentum and physical strength soar! Ten mountain and river forces... fifteen mountain and river forces... twenty mountain and river forces! In the end, Su Xing''s physical strength reached twenty-five mountain and river forces! The second level of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, from entry to minor achievement, more than doubled Su Xing''s physical strength! At the same time, the Yuan Flower within Su Xing''s body also underwent significant changes, transforming into a flower bud, appearing ready to bloom. With the transformation of the Yuan Flower, the quality of Su Xing''s origin force also improved further! Originally, the origin force''s enhancement to strength was about threefold, but now it increased to approximately fourfold! Combined with Su Xing''s pure physical strength, each punch from Su Xing could possess the force of over a hundred mountains and rivers! Moments later, Su Xing adapted to the surging strength within his body, feeling somewhat incredulous. "Now, if I unleash a full-force strike using my origin force... it should be enough to shake the continental plate, right?" Su Xing''s heart surged with excitement. Over a hundred mountain and river forces, and mid-stage Earth Immortal Realm in physical body, this had already transcended the knowledge of profession users! With such tremendous power, a single punch could likely cause an earthquake within thousands of miles! sea??h th Novl?ire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Su Xing estimated, even if the Blue Star advanced several thousand years, even those at the god level profession users, their strength would still be far inferior to his current state. "If Earth Immortal Realm cultivators fought with full force on Blue Star... it might be enough to make continental plates drift and oceans change!" "Although it wouldn''t destroy the entire world, the aftermath of the battle might devastate most of the biological life here!" Su Xing sighed, increasingly understanding that possessing strength necessitated great caution and never forgetting one''s original heart. "But, it''s still far from enough... If I reach the Heavenly Immortal Realm, I might be able to delay the destruction of the Little Qingyun Realm?" "If I attain the True Immortal Realm, I could inherit the legacy within the Luo Tian Mirror! By then, my foundation would experience a qualitative leap!" "Even that looming Red Moon overhead... if I achieved the Profound Immortal Realm, I''d dare to face it head-on!" Su Xing took a deep breath, feeling an increasing urgency for strength improvement. "But I shouldn''t aim too high... My current strength could be considered invincible in the Earth Immortal Realm, but there''s still a way to go to reach the Heavenly Immortal Realm..." "If I could obtain the star-attracting divine skill from the Star Realm... my strength might increase further!" Stay updated through My Virtual Library Empire Su Xing felt a pang of desire. From the simulation''s situation, that divine skill was at least on the level of Earth Fiend Grade Divine Skills; if Su Xing acquired it, his combat power would further enhance. But immediately, Su Xing shook his head slightly, feeling that it was unwise to bite off more than he could chew. He should first improve his current divine skills. "Sigh, but ultimately, the most important thing is the cultivation realm... The improvement of cultivation still requires energy!" "If I elevate the second level of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision to perfection, it would probably require another 120,000 points of energy!" "At the end of the day, it''s still all about making money!" Thinking of this, Su Xing checked the time and began to disguise and conceal his aura, preparing to trade with Lu Yuanwu. Moments later, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave, acquiring another 20,000 points of origin energy source. Afterward, Su Xing made time to repair the puppets while removing the evil energy from the Spirit Vein Dragon. Because the Spirit Vein Dragon was heavily shrouded in black energy, Su Xing had to rearrange the evil energy-exorcising formation periodically to ensure the removal of evil energy. Thus, a week passed by quickly. During this period, Su Xing used sword flight to make a trip to the Xianwu World, gathering the raw alien metal ores for the new week. ... Time came to October 7, 2025. Su Xing went to the villa on time to meet Jin Congxue. In the new week, he got nearly 27,000 points of origin energy source. Looking at the six-figure origin energy source on the panel, Su Xing felt somewhat satisfied. After the transaction, Su Xing and Jin Congxue spent some intimate moments together before returning to the Spirit Field Cave. ... The simulation cooldown ended, and Su Xing prepared to start a new round of simulation! "Start the simulation!" [The 107th simulation begins. Remaining origin energy source: 118,862 points... Remaining simulation attempts: None.] [Simulation starts!] [Drawing golden legendary talent costs 1 point of origin energy source, proceed with the draw?] "It''s time to enhance the Path of Artifact Refining!" Su Xing frowned slightly, not rushing to draw a talent. In the previous simulation, Su Xing faced a Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator from the Star Realm and eventually died in defeat. Apart from the difference in cultivation, the gap in magical treasures could not be ignored. Therefore, if Su Xing could further refine the Ink Ice Sword, he might not be able to defeat such a powerful Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator, but fighting an ordinary early-stage Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator wouldn''t be a big problem. "But the current issue is... my previous artifact refining talent was merely the purple-tier Artifact Refining Genius. If only I had the golden artifact refining talent..." Su Xing sighed. He also had a talent named Fiery Flame Divine Body, which could enhance his understanding of the Path of Artifact Refining. If combined with the Artifact Refining Genius, the effect might be quite good. Chapter 299 3,000 Sword Qi Barriers, Capable of Slashing Heavenly Immortal Realm! 【9k】_2 "Should I choose the previous talent for artifact refining? But doing so... I''d lose a chance to draw a golden talent!"Su Xing was slightly conflicted. If it were a golden artifact refining talent, Su Xing would not hesitate. But a purple one... seemed not worth it. "Take a gamble, turn a bike into a motorcycle!" "Purple talents are already a bit outdated. I still need a golden talent!" "If I can''t draw a golden artifact refining talent within four simulations... I''ll just take out the purple artifact refining talent then..." Su Xing quickly made a decision. Your next journey awaits at My Virtual Library Empire Because the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision greatly increased the growth of Origin Force, the speed of nurturing the Origin Artifact would also be much faster. Su Xing hoped to re-refine the Ink Ice Sword before nurturing the Origin Artifact, enhancing its quality to maximize the benefits. "Draw the gold talent!" Su Xing gritted his teeth. [Ding, congratulations on obtaining the purple talent "Flowing Water With No Intent." The probability of drawing a golden talent in the next simulation is 70%...] [Flowing Water With No Intent]: Purple talent, you can sense the fluctuation of water, significantly enhancing your comprehension of the Great Dao of Water. "Sigh..." Su Xing shook his head slightly. A purple talent that increased comprehension of the Great Dao of Water was presently useless to him. Sarch* The Novl?ire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Since I didn''t draw a golden talent, I''ll go with the plan!" Su Xing muttered. This time, he planned to further enhance his body refinement power. It would be best if the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision could reach completion. Besides, it seemed necessary to further enhance his Body-Protecting Sword Aura! "From past experience, it''s best to take the Earth Origin Pill seventy-seven years later for maximum effect!" "Twelve pills a year, at least seven hundred Earth Origin Pills are needed..." Su Xing estimated that after achieving Great Achievement in Earth Origin Pill refining, three hundred and sixty All-Encompassing Flowers would be enough for him to refine over a thousand Earth Origin Pills. This meant that in the first seventy-seven years, he should use as few Earth Origin Pills as possible. In the later sixty or so years, with the help of Earth Origin Pills, his cultivation would be twice as effective with half the effort! After a brief contemplation to ensure nothing was missed, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realize you are in a simulation...] [Accumulating a day of the Great Wisdom talent''s blessing, you head to the Luo Tian Instance to study the Dao of Puppets...] [Two months later, you''ve mined out the alien metal veins in the Immortal Martial Era Instance.] [You head to the Beast Taming Realm Instance and place thirty puppets there to mine. According to your estimation, this alien metal vein should take about four months to mine.] [Thus, a year passes.] [In the second year, you accumulate two months of the Great Wisdom talent''s blessing and prepare to refine Earth Origin Pills.] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and made a slight calculation. "Thirty mining puppets can provide me with twenty-five thousand points of Origin Energy Source per week... that''s one hundred thousand points a month..." "So, the two instances have nearly six hundred thousand points of alien metal raw ore..." Su Xing frowned slightly. Six hundred thousand points of Origin Energy Source might be enough before reaching the Heavenly Immortal Realm. But after the Heavenly Immortal Realm? At the current consumption rate of Origin Energy Source, advancing a minor realm after the Heavenly Immortal Realm might require up to one hundred thousand points! Would the resources from all the instances near Blue Star be enough for Su Xing to advance to the True Immortal Realm? This was a problem that troubled Su Xing... "However... since the Spirit Realm is a complete instance world, it might also contain quite a bit of alien metal raw ore? I could go explore it?" According to the original timeline, the Spirit Realm''s destruction would be in about seven or eight years. Of course, this was without external interference. But as long as Su Xing wished, he could easily extend the Spirit Realm''s lifespan, delaying its destruction by at least twenty or thirty years. "But now, let''s refine the Earth Origin Pills first!" "Use immersive simulation... duration two months!" [Ding...] With the simulation prompt, Su Xing entered the simulated world. He then decisively took the Spirit Awakening Pill and activated the Great Wisdom state. Su Xing began refining the Earth Origin Pills. In one month, Su Xing refined sixty furnaces of Earth Origin Pills, achieving a pill success rate of ninety-eight percent, with only one furnace resulting in waste pills. Moreover, he refined twenty furnaces of top-grade Earth Origin Pills, with a top-grade pill success rate of over thirty percent! "Phew... the Earth Origin Pill refining technique is nearing perfection!" "Just a little more..." Under the blessing of the Spirit Awakening Pill, Su Xing''s progress was rapid. In the next month''s immersive simulation, Su Xing finally perfected his Earth Origin Pill refining technique. Thus, the probability of refining top-grade Earth Origin Pills reached fifty percent, and the pill success rate was one hundred percent! ... After the immersive simulation ended, Su Xing was quite satisfied with his alchemy results. "Not bad. With top-grade Earth Origin Pills, my cultivation speed with the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision will increase significantly. I might even break through to the Mahayana level in one go!" Su Xing nodded slightly and redirected his gaze back to the simulation panel. [You spent several months refining one hundred and eighty furnaces of Earth Origin Pills.] [A total of five hundred and thirty pills were formed, with two hundred and thirty being top-grade Earth Origin Pills.] [You did not rush to take these pills but instead took a trip to the Spirit Realm.] [Using the Dragon Seeking Acupuncture Point talent, you spent three years carefully exploring the Spirit Realm.] [As expected, you found high-level alien metal veins in the Spirit Realm.] [You discovered about one hundred fourth-rank special metal veins, enough to supply the mining puppets for half a year.] [In the fifth year, you visited the Beast Taming Realm, cleared out the foreign race, and returned to Blue Star, preparing to head to the Little Qingyun Realm.] [You placed your family and some Profession Users from the Great Xia Country in the Spirit Field Cave and headed to the Little Qingyun Realm.] Chapter 299 3,000 Sword Qi Barriers, Capable of Slashing Heavenly Immortal Realm! 【9k】_3 [Appearing in the familiar northern part of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, the first thing you did was go to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion in White Emperor City to sell information.][Besides earning Spirit Stones by selling information, you also purchased intelligence on dozens of Minor Thousand Worlds nearby. Among them were several Minor Thousand Worlds where the descendants of the Luo Tian Sect had fled.] [You meticulously recorded this information without rushing to explore, instead ensuring your family and friends were settled before preparing to head to the Blackwater Realm.] [In the sixth year, you arrived at the Blackwater Realm and went to the underwater cave where you had been before. You retrieved all the resources, magical treasures, and divine skills hidden in the cave.] [Afterwards, you erased your tracks and secluded yourself near the All-Encompassing Flower Secret Realm.] [During your seclusion, you took an Earth Origin Pill every three months, and your Grand Witch Body Refining Decision also improved day by day.] Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly, murmuring: "Apart from boosting my Body Refinement techniques and abilities... I also need to further cultivate my Body-Protecting Sword Aura!" Su Xing currently mastered a total of two thousand two hundred strands of Body-Protecting Sword Aura. This number was considerable, sufficient to dominate Earth Immortal Realm cultivators without being defeated. But now, Su Xing had begun to grasp his own unique sword paththe Sword of Safety! This meant the upper limit of his Body-Protecting Sword Aura could be increased further! Two thousand two hundred strands of Body-Protecting Sword Aura were already insufficient. "Apart from body refinement, I also need to further cultivate my Body-Protecting Sword Aura!" Su Xing thought this and looked at the Simulation Panel. [In the seventh year, besides practicing the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, you also began cultivating your Body-Protecting Sword Aura.] [You practiced for four hours a day, and the number of Body-Protecting Sword Auras you mastered gradually increased.] [Thus, twenty-three years passed.] [In the thirtieth year, you had taken nearly a hundred Earth Origin Pills over the years, all of ordinary quality, and you still had over four hundred remaining.] [You felt the Origin Force flower within you bloom, and the strength of your physical body reached the power of thirty mountains and rivers.] [Meanwhile, the number of Body-Protecting Sword Auras you commanded reached two thousand four hundred strands!] [The power of your Body-Protecting Sword Aura further increased!] [Another five years passed.] [In the thirty-fifth year, you successfully obtained one hundred and eighty All-Encompassing Flowers and killed three cadres of the Descending Sect.] [After acquiring the All-Encompassing Flowers, you didn''t hesitate. You went straight to the Star Realm!] [After six months of traveling through the void, you finally reached the Star Realm safely.] [As expected, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat was severely damaged and could no longer continue its journey.] [You entered the Spirit Field Cave and meditated for half a year, regaining your peak strength.] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly. "Coming to the Star Realm earlier is perfect, as it allows me to search for the scattered Star Observation Methods among the tribes more quickly!" "While cultivating, at the rate of collecting from ten tribes a year... one simulation should be enough to gather a thousand Star Observation Methods!" "At this rate, three to five simulations will be enough to completely gather the ''Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method''!" Su Xing''s heart filled with anticipation. This was a supreme divine power involving the Dao of Causality and Destiny! If Su Xing could fully collect and master this ''Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method''. Not only could he shield himself from Qing Yunzi''s perception and extend simulation time. It could also potentially deduce causality and destiny! The allure of this was too tempting, even for Su Xing. "Phew... then let''s proceed methodically among the tribes!" "But it''s best to start with the smaller tribes... otherwise, if Earth Immortal Realm cultivators appear, it would be troublesome!" Su Xing drew lessons from his previous experiences and looked at the Simulation Panel. [After regaining your strength, you reappeared in the Star Realm.] [As expected, dozens of native cultivators from the Star Realm ambushed you.] [You paid two hundred thousand top-grade Spirit Stones to secure temporary residency in the Star Realm.] [In the following fifteen years, apart from cultivation, you focused on collecting Star Observation Methods from various tribes.] [In the fiftieth year, you had gathered Star Observation Methods from two hundred different tribes, organizing them and further perfecting the ''Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method'' in your possession.] Continue your journey on My Virtual Library Empire [That year, the number of Body-Protecting Sword Auras you commanded reached two thousand five hundred strands.] [In the fifty-first year, through continuous research on Star Observation Methods from various tribes, you discovered that the stars in the sky had their own ''factions'' or constellations!] [The relationships between the stars seemed to correspond to the relationships between the tribes of the Star Realm, whether hostile or friendly...] [This made you even more curious.] [In the sixtieth year, you diligently cultivated your Body-Protecting Sword Aura, and the number of strands reached two thousand five hundred and fifty.] [You estimated that the ultimate limit of your Sword Dao embryo would be around three thousand strands of Body-Protecting Sword Aura!] [This quantity would grant you the combat strength of a Heavenly Immortal Realm!] [In the following twenty years, besides cultivation, you focused most of your efforts on collecting Star Observation Methods.] [With your increasing skill in stealing Star Observation Methods, you became more proficient, and you always returned them the next day, having memorized them.] [This did not attract the attention of the cultivators in the Star Realm.] [In the eightieth year, during the past forty-some years, you collected nearly six hundred Star Observation Methods, faster than you had originally anticipated.] [Counting the previously gathered Star Observation Methods, you had accumulated over one thousand two hundred methods in total.] [Among these, most of the contents were repetitive and contradictory, but you sifted through them, extracting the essence and discarding the dross. Gradually, you pieced together a complete ''Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method.''] [You estimated that you had collected a quarter of this Star Observation Method. If you could gather half, you could officially start cultivating it.] Sarch* The n?velFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Chapter 299 Three Thousand Sword Qi Barriers, Capable of Slashing Heavenly Immortal Realm! 【9k】_5 "Now, I can be considered to possess the combat power of the Heavenly Immortal Realm! In the Little Qingyun Realm, I should be considered a significant figure.""Unfortunately, my opponents are still too strong Red Moon, Blood Three, Qing Yunzi, or even the entire Descending Sect, are not forces that a mere Heavenly Immortal cultivator can contend with!" Su Xing pressed his lips together, reminding himself not to get complacent with a bit of strength and cultivation. If he didn''t hold back until he was invincible, there was always a risk of death! Thinking such, Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the simulation panel. [After achieving Great Success in the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, you continued to use the few remaining Earth Origin Pills to accelerate your cultivation.] [Several months passed.] [One day, your talent for avoiding danger gave a frantic warning...] [The next day, Qing Yunzi attacked...] [Qing Yunzi performed a soul search on you...] [You died!] [Ding, this simulation has ended!] After the simulation ended, Su Xing slightly shook his head and sighed: "Indeed, I still couldn''t avoid the calamity of Qing Yunzi!" "But fortunately, the goal of this simulation has been basically achieved!" Su Xing knew that if he wanted to simulate for longer, he needed to enhance his Qi Refining cultivation and escape to a more distant world. Additionally, he needed to deepen his understanding of the Path of Causality and Destiny to prevent Qing Yunzi''s divination. "But for now, I should extract my cultivation level insights first!" Su Xing eagerly looked at the reward list. [Flowing Water]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 Origin Energy Source point. [Grand Witch Body Refining Decision Second Layer (Great Success)]: An ancient Witch Clan''s legacy method, suitable for Immortals to refine their bodies. The second layer increases Origin Force, and reaching a profound level can contend with high-level cultivators, currently equivalent to late-stage Earth Immortal Realm combat power, priced at 60,000 Origin Energy Sources! Sear?h the ovlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method (One-Third)]: A divination technique passed down by the Star Witches of the ancient Witch Clan, reaching a profound level can peek into the Dao of Fate and Causality, an unparalleled secret technique, but the opening chapter is missing, making cultivation difficult, priced at 30,000 Origin Energy Sources. [Body-Protecting Sword Aura (Three Thousand Paths)]: Insight into Earth Shattering Divine Ability''s Body-Protecting Sword Aura. After mastering, the number of Sword Qi Barriers will increase to 3,000 paths, priced at 20,000 Origin Energy Sources. Without hesitation, Su Xing silently muttered: "I choose to take out the second layer cultivation of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision and the insights into the Body-Protecting Sword Aura!" [You have successfully taken out the second layer (Great Success) of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, costing 60,000 points of Origin Energy Source, remaining Origin Energy Source: 58,793 points...] [You have successfully taken out the Body-Protecting Sword Aura (Three Thousand Paths), costing 20,000 points of Origin Energy Source, remaining Origin Energy Source: 38,793 points...] As the simulation prompt sound ended, two streams of mysterious energy surged into Su Xing''s body. First, the significant change was Su Xing''s physical body cultivation level! Originally, Su Xing''s pure physical body strength was the power of twenty-five mountains and rivers! And now Su Xing''s physical body strength doubled again, from the power of twenty-five mountains and rivers to fifty mountains and rivers! Experience more tales on My Virtual Library Empire If combined with Origin Force, it would grant five times the strength and physical enhancement! Feeling the surge of power within him, Su Xing vaguely sensed an omnipotent feeling. "The ancient Witch Clan... lifting an entire world might not be an exaggeration?" "The Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, each layer of cultivation is horrifying!" "If it were to be cultivated to the final layer... what kind of terrifying power would it possess?" Su Xing felt a bit excited, as he had only cultivated to the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision and already possessed such terrifying power. As for the ancient times, those Witch Clan members who were comparable to the Daluo Golden Immortal would be even more terrifying! This transformation was not limited to Su Xing''s Body Refinement cultivation level. Su Xing''s mind moved, and three thousand golden phantom small swords surrounded his body, emitting a continuous soft hum! "The three thousand paths of Body-Protecting Sword Aura have been raised to the current limit. This is a technique that only true Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators can possess!" "Ordinary Earth Shattering Divine Abilities may not match the power of my Body-Protecting Sword Aura..." Su Xing felt a bit emotional. The upper limit of a cultivator''s strength was always determined by their most adept technique. For Su Xing, it was the Body-Protecting Sword Aura! The three thousand paths of Body-Protecting Sword Aura, both offensive and defensive, could pierce through the entire continent and reach ten thousand miles below the surface with one sword! "However, if I want this technique to maintain its advantage, I still need to continue diligently cultivating the Sword Dao... otherwise, after the Heavenly Immortal Realm, I might blend in with the other Immortals?" Su Xing sighed. To cultivate to the Earth Immortal and Heavenly Immortal Realm, each cultivator was an unrivaled genius before becoming an Immortal! But step by step, breaking through to higher realms, seeing higher landscapes, they would understand that there were always more powerful beings beyond them. Once powerful figures in the Earth Immortal Realm, after advancing to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, might only be considered ordinary. Genius might constantly fall, but within each realm, there would always be geniuses! Su Xing constantly reminded himself that if he did not want to be crushed by cultivators of the same realm, his cultivation level must be stable and profound, and his divine abilities should not be lacking... "But for now, my current strength on Blue Star is absolutely safe!" "Considering the time, it should be time to meet with Lu Yuanwu!" Su Xing disguised himself and hid his aura, heading to trade with Lu Yuanwu. Flying on his sword to the agreed mountain, Su Xing used spatial power, appearing in front of Lu Yuanwu in the next second. "Senior, you are here!" Lu Yuanwu had long been accustomed to Su Xing''s mysterious comings and goings, respectfully bowed. Then, he skillfully took out a storage ring and handed it to Su Xing: "Senior, this is for this week''s, ten thousand tons of third-grade alien metal!" Lu Yuanwu said eagerly. Su Xing took the storage ring and casually converted it into 20,000 points of Origin Energy Source. Then a thousand Origin Martial Pills fell in front of Lu Yuanwu. After the transaction was completed, Su Xing didn''t rush to leave. Including this transaction''s 20,000 Origin Energy Sources, Su Xing had nearly 60,000 Origin Energy Source points. It might be enough for the next simulation, but he needed to prepare for future simulation energy sources. So Su Xing, moved by his thoughts, took out a Divine Strength Pill and handed it to Lu Yuanwu, saying: "This pill is called the Divine Strength Pill. Taking one pill every six months, four pills in two years, can increase the physical body and strength of a strength-type Heavenly King level profession user by over fifty percent!" "But the effect is quite strong, so it''s best to choose an experienced Heavenly King level profession user to take it..." Su Xing said so. The Divine Strength Pill was a pill for enhancing the cultivation of the Divine Strength Realm, corresponding to a Martial Emperor level strongman! If taken by a Heavenly King level strongman and used appropriately, the increase in strength would be especially significant! As soon as Su Xing finished speaking, Lu Yuanwu understood Su Xing''s implication, and his voice trembled: "Senior... you mean? This pill can help a Heavenly King level profession user advance to Martial Emperor level?" "It means... this is a pill that can create a Martial Emperor level profession user!" Su Xing nodded slightly and said: "That''s right, but the success rate is about one-third, which means that ten Divine Strength Pills can create roughly one Martial Emperor level profession user!" After getting Su Xing''s confirmation, Lu Yuanwu was so excited that he almost fainted on the spot... In previous transactions, Su Xing had mentioned to Lu Yuanwu that he possessed miraculous pills capable of creating Martial Emperor level strongmen. At that time, Lu Yuanwu was still somewhat skeptical, as there were only a few dozen Martial Emperors in the entire Great Xia Country, and only about one or two hundred in the entire Human Race. But now, seeing the "Senior''s" confident tone, Lu Yuanwu had to believe it. So, Lu Yuanwu swallowed, his voice trembling: "Senior... then, are these pills also going to be traded with us?" After hearing this, Su Xing did not rush to answer but rather took a meaningful look at Lu Yuanwu and asked: "Ahem, tell me honestly, how much alien metal can the entire Great Xia Country produce?" Chapter 300 Consecutive Explosions of Golden Talents, Su Xings First Artifact Refining! [8k] No doubt, as Su Xing''s strength grew, he was no longer satisfied with the few tens of thousands of Origin Energy Sources he received weekly!With Su Xing''s strength comparable to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, he could fully withstand greater risks. If the Damned Dragon found out, Su Xing might as well go all in and take him out directly! Though eliminating the Damned Dragon could lead to Blood Three descending upon the Blue Star within three years, Su Xing could also choose to escape to the Little Qingyun Realm with his family and friends! With the resources of the Three Thousand Worlds, and Su Xing''s three years of simulation, wouldn''t he reach the Golden Immortal Realm''s cultivation level? By then... Blood Three might not even be a match for Su Xing! At this moment, Su Xing''s thought was to make money! Get more Origin Energy Sources! Upon hearing Su Xing''s question, Lu Yuanwu hesitated for a moment before carefully replying: "Senior..." "Our Great Xia Country is also poor. Could you lower the price of the elixirs a bit?" After hearing Lu Yuanwu''s words, Su Xing raised an eyebrow. Was Lu Yuanwu trying to haggle? Was he afraid he couldn''t afford the price of the Divine Strength Pills? Su Xing paused for a moment and did some rough calculations on the number of Divine Strength Pills he could produce. Currently, he had three Divine Strength Vines, enough to make about three hundred Divine Strength Pills. With Su Xing''s alchemy skills, he was confident in ensuring a hundred percent top-grade rate. Three hundred top-grade Divine Strength Pills could guarantee the birth of at least thirty Martial Emperor-level profession users in the Great Xia Country! Su Xing pondered the real weight of Martial Emperor-level profession users in the eyes of the Great Xia Country! According to Su Xing''s intel, the Great Xia Country had only a dozen or so Legendary-level profession users, all stationed at the Demon-Subduing Pass. As for Great Emperor-level combat strength, there was only one! Therefore, the Martial Emperor level was essentially the peak of the Great Xia Country''s strength, genuinely top-tier individuals! Sarch* The Novel?ire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Thirty Martial Emperor-level profession users would almost double the high-end combat power of the Great Xia Country... "Ten Origin Martial Pills could get me 200 points of Origin Energy Source..." Stay tuned with My Virtual Library Empire "Then one Divine Strength Pill sold for a thousand Origin Energy Sources shouldn''t be too overpriced, right?" Su Xing mused to himself. A thousand Origin Energy Sources meant five hundred tons of third-rank Alien Metal... Su Xing had a total of three hundred Divine Strength Pills. If they were all sold, he would get thirty thousand Origin Energy Sources, equating to 15 tons of third-rank Alien Metal. Given the size of the Great Xia Country, they should be able to afford it! With these thoughts, Su Xing didn''t hesitate and said directly: "One Divine Strength Pill is priced at five hundred tons of third-rank Alien Metal!" "To be honest, I only have three hundred of these Divine Strength Pills on hand..." "If you agree, go back and discuss it with your higher-ups. Give me fifteen thousand tons of third-rank Alien Metal or fifteen hundred tons of fourth-rank Alien Metal, and I''ll sell them to you!" Su Xing didn''t really care about the price, as these things cost him very little to produce. If Su Xing wished, he could casually refine several types of elixirs more advanced than the Divine Strength Pill! For example, the Rebirth Pill, not only effective but its raw materials were inexhaustible... By selling elixirs to the Great Xia Country, besides making money, Su Xing also aimed to enhance the overall strength of the Human Race as well. For instance, with the current overall strength of the Human Race, even without Su Xing''s help, they could defend the Demon-Subduing Pass for more than twenty years without any problem! "One Divine Strength Pill... fifty tons of fourth-rank Alien Metal?" Upon hearing this, Lu Yuanwu''s heart started to pound excitedly. This price wasn''t too high... it was too cheap! For the Great Xia Country, resources were sufficient, but they lacked talent, higher-level Human Race profession users! A Martial Emperor-level profession user played a massive role on the battlefield! And Alien Metal... to the Great Xia Country, it was just like scrap iron gathering dust in their warehouses! Thus, Lu Yuanwu thumped his chest and assured: "Senior, we don''t need fifteen thousand tons of fourth-rank Alien Metal..." "How about this, in a month, I will deliver to you twenty thousand tons of fourth-rank Alien Metal!" "By then... how about the Divine Strength Pills?" Hearing Lu Yuanwu''s words, Su Xing couldn''t help but chuckle. Lu Yuanwu sure knew how to do business. Planning to trade regularly with Su Xing undoubtedly required slightly raising the price. So, Su Xing nodded and said: "Rest assured about the Divine Strength Pills... One month later, just prepare the required Alien Metal!" After saying that, Su Xing''s figure flickered and disappeared from the spot. After Su Xing left, Lu Yuanwu finally lost his composure, excitedly clenching his fists and murmuring: "Senior is truly a good man!" "Equivalent to thirty Martial Emperor-level fighters for just twenty thousand tons of fourth-rank Alien Metal. It''s practically a gift!" "If it weren''t for Senior''s low profile, I would have loved to erect a large statue of him at the Demon-Subduing Pass!" With that, Lu Yuanwu excitedly prepared to go back and report to the higher-ups. As Lu Yuanwu obtained more and more elixirs from Su Xing, he trained many mid-to-high-level profession users for the Great Xia Country. Particularly the Origin Martial Pills, which could enhance the strength of the Grandmaster-level profession users. This further elevated Lu Yuanwu''s status! Lu Yuanwu was currently the head of the logistics department of the Great Xia Country, with almost all national treasury resources passing through his hands! If he were willing, forget twenty thousand tons of fourth-rank Alien Metal... even ten times that amount... well, Lu Yuanwu would need to consider it! ... After the transaction, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave to prepare for the refinement of the Divine Strength Pills. In a week''s time, Su Xing refined three hundred Divine Strength Pills, each of the highest quality! Just enough for the transaction with Lu Yuanwu a month later. On October 14, 2025, New Era, Su Xing went to the villa to trade with Jin Congxue. With Jin Congxue''s help, the Tarot Commerce Association''s scale grew larger and larger, and the value of goods brought to Su Xing increased as well. Chapter 300 Consecutive Explosions of Golden Talents, Su Xings First Artifact Refining! [8k]_2 Currently, the weekly revenue from refining the raw metal ores by the Tarot Commerce Association brought in twenty-five thousand Origin Energy Points, not to mention other goods and the mining of the Alien Metal instance.In one week, the Origin Energy brought to Su Xing was nearly thirty thousand points! Thus, in the new week, Su Xing had another fifty thousand Origin Energy Points credited. The total Origin Energy in hand amounted to eighty-nine thousand three hundred and ninety-three points! After the transaction was over, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave, ready to start a new round of simulation. As the simulation time had not yet cooled down, Su Xing looked at the panel and prayed: "Please, please, give me a golden quality Artifact Refining talent! The Hundred Arts of Cultivation have appeared so frequently before, haven''t they?" Su Xing performed a round of mystical chanting. Once the simulation cooldown had expired, Su Xing promptly began a new round of simulation! "Start simulation!" [The 108th simulation begins, current remaining Origin Energy is eighty-nine thousand three hundred and ninety-three points... Remaining simulation times are zero.] [Simulation starts!] [Drawing a Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 point of Origin Energy. Would you like to draw?] "Hesitation leads to defeat! Draw a golden talent!" Su Xing decisively said. [Ding, congratulations! You have obtained the golden talent Talisman Master, your next chance to draw a golden talent is increased by 60%...] [Talisman Master]: A golden talent, one of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, your talent in the Dao of Talisman far surpasses that of ordinary people. Your success rate in creating high-rank Talismans has significantly increased! Seeing the new talent, Su Xing was slightly disappointed but still nodded and said: "It''s still a golden talent, even though it''s not Artifact Refining... But the Dao of Talisman is also quite good!" Su Xing''s original Talisman skills were already capable of crafting seventh or eighth-rank Talismans. If he further trained, he might become a Grandmaster of Talisman, crafting Talismans exceeding the tenth rank! "Speaking of which... Tenth-rank Talismans could be considered immortal Talismans, right? That kind of quality... could probably kill a Mahayana or even a Transcendance Tribulation Stage Cultivator, right?" Su Xing rubbed his chin. Actually, Talismans were useful for more than just trading for Origin Energy! For example, if Su Xing left dozens of tenth-ranked Talismans to the Human Race before leaving Blue Star, even a Demon Saint or a God-Level Foreign Race would have difficulty breaking the Demon-Subduing Pass! If that were the case, even without Su Xing on Blue Star, the Human Race could hold out for a long time... "The Dao of Talismans does indeed need to be improved, but not right now!" "Right now, the priority is to continue improving cultivation! The goal is to upgrade the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision to the second level perfection as soon as possible!" "Unfortunately, as the cultivation level rises, it becomes increasingly difficult to advance... It took a full one hundred and forty years to advance the second level of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision from minor achievement to great achievement... Will it be possible to advance to perfection in one go this time?" Su Xing was a bit worried, but even if he couldn''t achieve perfection, it shouldn''t be far off. Within two simulations, Su Xing''s goal was to bring the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision to the third level! After a brief planning session, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized you were in a simulation.] [You accumulated a bit of wisdom talent, then headed to the Luo Tian Instance...] "Using Immersive Simulation..." [Ding...] Su Xing''s vision shifted, and he appeared in the Luo Tian Instance. After completing the task flow, Su Xing headed to the Scripture Pavilion. This time, however, Su Xing did not choose to learn puppet skills from Ghost Grandma. Continue your saga on My Virtual Library Empire Instead, he selected a book named "Luo Tian''s Artifact Refining Compendium" in the Scripture Pavilion to study. Luo Tian''s Artifact Refining Compendium covered many advanced refining techniques, ranging from the eighth to fifteenth rank grandmasters, with detailed descriptions. Sear?h the n?velFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Su Xing spent a day memorizing some of its content for later digestion. ... The Immersive Simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world. "Not bad. The Luo Tian''s Artifact Refining Compendium will be enough for me to study for a long time... But before that, I need to relearn the basics of Artifact Refining!" "The Commanding Fire Sect''s Artifact Refining Manual is quite a good resource!" Su Xing muttered. Whether it was for obtaining higher quality magical treasures or repairing the spirit boat, the path of Artifact Refining had to be explored. He looked at the simulation panel. [After leaving the Luo Tian Instance, you gained a lot.] [In another half month, you successfully traded with Lu Yuanwu, obtaining twenty thousand tons of fourth-rank special metal.] [In the next six months, you refined five hundred and forty Earth Origin Pills, nearly three hundred of which were of top-quality.] [In the second year, you made a trip to the Beast Taming Realm and wiped out the Foreign Race there.] [In the third year, you visited the Descending Sect and eliminated several high-ranking members, looting the Descending Sect''s treasure vault. You then went to the Blood Demon Realm and scavenged all valuable resources.] [In the next three years, you diligently practiced the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision and began to comprehend your own Sword Dao.] [In the sixth year, one day, you did some calculations and found that a calamity would occur within a month.] [You believed it might be brought by Blood Three, so you took your friends and family, along with some profession users from the Great Xia Country, and fled to the Three Thousand Worlds.] [After arriving in the Little Qingyun Realm, you went to White Emperor City. After settling your family and friends, you sold critical intelligence.] [Upon reaching the Little Qingyun Realm, the uneasy feeling gradually faded, and you knew that Blood Three wouldn''t find you easily within the short term...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly. "Not bad, it seems the Descending Sect''s treasure vault and the Blood Demon Realm... It''s time to take action!" "After dealing with the Descending Sect, there are three years of buffer time... This time is enough to improve many of my cultivation levels!" Chapter 300 Consecutive Explosions of Golden Talents, Su Xings First Artifact Refining! [8k]_3 Since Su Xing gained the simulator, it had only been two short years. He had risen from a Qi Cultivation Cultivator to an Earth Immortal Realm Cultivator!At this speed, advancing to the Golden Immortal Realm within the next three years was not impossible! All that was needed were more resources and energy... "It seems the real world also has a way to reach the Three Thousand Worlds..." "But the premise is, I must not attract the attention of the Red Moon!" Su Xing thought for a moment. Passing through alternate space would inevitably draw the attention of the Red Moon. Once the Red Moon noticed, it would cause unknown effects on the Blue Star, so if Su Xing went to the Three Thousand Worlds through alternate space, he was highly likely not to return. Thus, a better way would be for Su Xing to use the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat to pass through Void Nodes to reach the Three Thousand Worlds! However, this required Su Xing to have higher cultivation levels and better comprehension of the Dao of Space and the Way of Cause and Effect. "Perhaps, after some time, when I inherit the Luo Tian Mirror, I shall be able to head to the Little Qingyun Realm!" Su Xing felt a bit excited. Once he entered the Three Thousand Worlds, it would mean more resources and opportunities, but of course, it also meant risks... Yet the Blue Star''s resources were limited; heading to the Three Thousand Worlds was inevitable! Su Xing shook his head slightly and murmured: "I have thought too much... Never mind, I''ll continue to refine my swordsmanship and cultivate the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision first!" Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simulation panel. [With your Earth Immortal Realm cultivation, you easily obtained the status of Guest Elder in White Emperor City.] [Subsequently, with this status, you went to the frontline of Heavenly Demon City to participate in the battle!] [You became a commander on the frontline battlefield of Heavenly Demon City and signed a support agreement for the frontline for twenty-five years..] [As an Earth Immortal Realm expert, you were very free, able to allocate most of your time at will.] S~ea??h the Novl?ire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [You not only received generous mission rewards but were also highly respected.] [Especially since the frontline situation of the Little Qingyun Realm had been rather favorable these years; you did not face too much risk.] [But you went to the frontline of Heavenly Demon City primarily to hone your swordsmanship.] [Alone with your sword, you crazily killed enemies on the frontline battlefield.] [Thus, twenty years passed...] [In the thirty-third year, countless Foreign Races had died at your hands, including over a hundred of weak divine power Foreign Races and more than a dozen of medium divine power Foreign Races!] [With this unparalleled swordsmanship, you were hailed as the number one person below the Heavenly Immortal Realm in Heavenly Demon City!] [Your accumulated battle merits were substantial, and soon your reputation spread throughout the entire Little Qingyun Realm.] [But this also attracted multiple assassination attempts, not only from Foreign Races but also from the Descending Sect!] [Fortunately, you had prepared in advance and brought your family to Heavenly Demon City.] [In the thirty-fourth year, the frontline support agreement you signed with Heavenly Demon City had long ended, and you planned to leave Heavenly Demon City.] [Although the frontline cultivators were very reluctant to see you go, you knew that Heavenly Demon City was not a place to stay for long. To pursue a better future, you had to head to the Blackwater Realm and Star Realm.] [However, in these twenty years, your growth in swordsmanship was also astounding!] [Although the Sword Dao still stayed at the embryonic stage, you clearly felt your Sword Intent was more abundant, and the Sword Dao you walked had become clearer.] [At the same time, your Grand Witch Body Refining Decision also made further progress, with your physical strength reaching the power of fifty-five mountains and rivers, but the path to perfection of the second level was still a long way ahead.] [This year, you secretly went to the spatial node in the southwest of the Little Qingyun Realm, piloting the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat to the Blackwater Realm...] In the real world, Su Xing sighed as he saw this. "What a pity... the Sword Dao did not have an epiphany!" "If the Sword Dao had an epiphany, it might have saved a hundred years of time!" "The progress of the second layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision had also slowed down... Next, I''ll prepare methodically to head to the Star Realm!" Su Xing murmured, his gaze turned to the simulation panel. [After arriving at the Blackwater Realm, you quickly gathered the treasure from the underwater cave.] [Afterward, you lurked near the secret realm of the All-Encompassing Flower, waiting quietly for the secret realm to open.] [In the thirty-fifth year, the secret realm opened. You seized the All-Encompassing Flower and simultaneously killed a cadre of the Descending Sect.] [In the same year, you piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat to the Star Realm.] [Upon arriving at the Star Realm, you hid within the Spirit Field Cave for half a year to recuperate.] [In the thirty-sixth year, you appeared in the Star Realm, traveling between various tribes, collecting the Star Observation Maps of each tribe.] [Thus, fourteen years passed.] [In the fiftieth year, you collected approximately two hundred Star Observation Methods from various tribes. You compiled them into a book, and the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method was further refined.] [After arriving at the Star Realm, you needn''t worry about the pursuit of the Descending Sect cultivators.] [Because the Star Realm was extremely distant, and the natives of this realm disliked outsiders, making it difficult for the Descending Sect to develop spies here.] [After arriving at the Star Realm, aside from practicing swordsmanship and cultivating the body, you collected the Star Observation Methods of various tribes each day.] [Thus, another twenty-seven years passed.] [In the seventy-seventh year, the number of Star Observation Methods you collected reached six hundred, many of which were duplicates.] [This year, your strength reached the power of sixty mountains and rivers.] [At the same time, your Late Bloomer talent came into play, and you began to take Earth Origin Pills monthly, quickly improving your Body Refinement Cultivation Level.] Seeing this, Su Xing nodded slightly. "Not bad, after seventy-seven years, focus on cultivating the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision. Even if it can''t be perfected, much progress will be made!" His gaze turned to the simulation panel. [In the ninety-fifth year, taking Earth Origin Pills, your cultivation progressed rapidly, and this year your strength increased to sixty-five mountains and rivers.] Chapter 300 Consecutive Explosions of Golden Talents, Su Xings First Artifact Refining! [8k]_4 [In the one hundred and tenth year, your physical strength increased to the power of seventy mountains and rivers.][You vaguely perceived that the upper limit of power after reaching the second level of perfection in the Body Refinement Technique should be around the power of one hundred mountains and rivers.] [And you had a rather long way to go before reaching this level.] [In the one hundred and twenty-fifth year, your physical strength increased to the power of seventy-five mountains and rivers.] [In the one hundred and fortieth year, your physical strength increased to the power of eighty mountains and rivers!] [At the same time, the past century of collection also resulted in you acquiring over a thousand additional tribal Star Observation Methods, which you integrated one by one.] Su Xing saw this and his heart stirred as he said, "Use the immersive simulation feature for a duration of two months!" [Ding...] After entering the simulated world, Su Xing took a Spirit Awakening Pill and without hesitation began memorizing these tribal Star Observation Methods. Three days passed like this, and Su Xing memorized them all, gaining many new insights. "Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method, I have currently collected about half?" "It''s just a pity that I''m still missing the beginning part, otherwise, I could have started practicing it!" After committing the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method to memory, Su Xing began attempting to learn the Way of Talismans. "This time in the simulation, the talent I drew, Talisman Master, happened to be perfect for delving into the Way of Talismans!" Su Xing then took out numerous materials and began studying high-level talismans above the eighth rank. ... Soon, the immersive simulation ended and Su Xing returned to reality. The satisfaction in his eyes was hard to hide. "In just two months of immersive simulation... not only did I master dozens of ninth-ranked talismans, but I also mastered two tenth-ranked ones!" "Now, I can truly be called a Grandmaster of Talisman Crafting!" Su Xing was very satisfied. The two tenth-ranked talismans he had mastered this time were the Golden Light Talisman and the Golden Shield Talisman, one for attack and one for defense, both capable of threatening cultivators at the Tribulation Crossing Stage! Taking the Spirit Awakening Pill, two months of immersive simulation was equivalent to ten years of hard cultivation. This meant that Su Xing had grown from an eighth-rank Talisman Master to a tenth-rank Grandmaster in just ten years! Besides the boost from the golden talent, Su Xing''s cultivation realm growth and powerful Divine Sense also made learning the Way of Talismans easier. "Whew... tenth-ranked talismans are enough for now!" "But I still need to get my hands on the Minor Heavenly Cycle Visualization Method!" "It''s just a pity that in this simulation, I couldn''t break through to the second level of perfection in the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision..." Su Xing shook his head slightly, feeling trapped in a dead end within the Star Realm during the simulation. Thinking this, Su Xing turned his attention to the simulation panel. [After advancing in the Way of Talismans, you continued your rigorous cultivation for two more months.] [One day, your talent for avoiding misfortune and seeking good fortune gave you a premonition of danger...] [The next day, Qing Yunzi came...] [You died...] [Ding, this simulation has ended!] After the simulation ended, Su Xing shook his head slightly. "The simulation duration... it hasn''t increased for some time..." Su Xing felt a bit helpless; with the simulation only lasting a hundred and forty years at a time, it was hard to say whether he could ascend to the True Immortal Realm within a year. However, Su Xing also knew that the Star Realm was just a temporary experience farming instance. In the Star Realm, his aims were twofold: to gather more Star Observation Methods and to cultivate the second level of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision. "Whew... although it wasn''t perfected, let''s see the rewards for this simulation!" Su Xing murmured, turning his attention to the simulation panel. [Talisman Master] Golden talent, priced at 10 points of Origin Energy Source. [Second Level of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision (Great Achievement)]: The inheritance method left behind by the Ancient Witch Clan, suitable for Immortals to refine their bodies, the second level increases Origin Force; cultivated to a profound realm, one can fight against eminent cultivators, currently equivalent to the late Earth Immortal Realm (eighty mountains and rivers of power), priced at 30,000 points of Origin Energy Source! [Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method (Incomplete)]: The divination technique inherited from the Star Witch of the Ancient Witch Clan, cultivated to a profound realm, one can glimpse the Way of Cause and Effect of destiny; it''s an unparalleled secret technique, unfortunately missing the opening section, making it difficult to practice, priced at 50,000 points of Origin Energy Source. Without hesitation, Su Xing silently recited: "I choose to take out the second level cultivation of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision and the Talisman Master talent!" [You successfully took out the second level (Great Achievement) of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, costing 30,000 points of Origin Energy Source, remaining Origin Energy Source is 59,311 points...] [You successfully took out the Talisman Master talent, costing 10 points of Origin Energy Source, remaining Origin Energy Source is 59,301 points...] As the simulation prompts fell, two streams of energy surged into Su Xing''s body. Su Xing''s physical body, in a mere moment, enhanced to the power of eighty mountains and rivers, an increase of sixty percent! "Whew... though I didn''t reach perfection, this progress is still quite impressive!" Su Xing nodded slightly. Sarch* The N?vel?ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Glancing at the time, Su Xing proceeded to trade with Lu Yuanwu as scheduled. After gaining 20,000 points of Origin Energy Source, Su Xing began another week of puppet repairs. Three more Divinity Transformation Stage puppets were repaired by Su Xing, who also crafted two ninth-rank talismans in the process; these two talismans were prepared for the Demon Saint at Demon-Subduing Pass in the future. On October 21, Su Xing went to the Immortal Martial Era instance to harvest alien metal ores. Then, he rushed to the villa area to meet Jin Congxue. The two chatted and enjoyed some food together. Jin Congxue rubbed her somewhat sore shoulders, saying: "Whew... this period really wore me out, I feel like I''ve aged several years!" Listening to Jin Congxue''s complaints, Su Xing looked at her flawless skin and kept his silence with a smile. After some hesitation, Su Xing said: "Sister Xue... if I give you an opportunity to not only become a profession user but also gain new powers, would you take it?" Jin Congxue froze for a moment upon hearing this, then asked in confusion: Chapter 300 Consecutive Explosions of Golden Talents, Su Xings First Artifact Refining! [8k]_5 "What kind of power?"Su Xing described it a bit and said, "Like the ones in ancient novels, the Immortals... you know?" "It''s that kind of... power that rivals Gods!" "Although the initial training is slow, the future potential is enormous. Are you willing to accept it?" Jin Congxue''s eyes lit up after hearing this and said, "Like the power you have? After joining the organization... your strength seems to have increased a lot! I can''t even see through you anymore..." Jin Congxue wrinkled her cute little nose. Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this. He still hesitated whether to bestow the Spiritual Root to Jin Congxue. The problem was, the only Spiritual Root Su Xing had left was a Wood-Fire Dual Spiritual Root, which was of average quality. Su Xing decided to wait. If he could draw a Golden Quality Spiritual Root, he could then give Jin Congxue the Heavenly Spirit Root. So Su Xing said, "Sister Xue, don''t rush... I''m just giving you a heads-up! Perform well, and the organization will grant you power!" Hearing Su Xing''s words, Jin Congxue instead showed a strange look. The organization grants power... why does that sound so much like what a villain would say? Jin Congxue giggled. The two chatted for a while, then Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave. ... The simulation time had cooled down, and Su Xing prepared to start a new week of simulation! [The 109th simulation begins, the remaining Origin Energy Source is 110,309 points... No simulation attempts left.] [The simulation begins!] [Drawing a Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 point of Origin Energy Source, would you like to draw?] "Yes!" Su Xing did not hesitate. [Ding, congratulations on obtaining the Golden Talent Artifact Refining Sacred Body, the probability of drawing a Golden Talent next time is 60%...] Sear?h the N?vel(F)ire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [Artifact Refining Sacred Body]: Golden Talent, one of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, your physique is naturally suited for artifact refining, and your comprehension in artifact refining is astonishing. You can easily become a Grandmaster in artifact refining! "Damn, two golden draws in a row!" "Finally got the artifact refining talent!" Su Xing''s heart pounded, feeling that his luck had turned around. After three consecutive draws, Su Xing finally got the golden artifact refining talent he wanted. Su Xing originally planned to settle for using the purple artifact refining talent if he couldn''t draw the golden one... "Boohoo, turns out the system daddy still loves me!" Su Xing nodded in satisfaction; the goal for this simulation was now extremely clear! To cultivate the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision to the level of Perfection! At the same time, he needed to carry the artifact refining talent forward and improve his skills in artifact refining as much as possible! With this in mind, Su Xing turned his attention to the Simulation Panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized you were in a simulation.] [Ten days later, you visited the Luo Tian Instance and memorized many things from the Luo Tian Artifact Refining Codex.] [For the next year, you refined the Earth Origin Pill, using it for artifact refining.] [In the second year, you visited the Beast Taming Realm, killing the foreign races there.] [In the third year, you killed the Damned Dragon and the high-ranking officials of the Descending Sect.] [In the same year, you looted the treasure vaults of the Descending Sect and the Blood Demon Realm.] [In the fourth year, you took your family and friends, as well as some humans from the Great Xia Country, and escaped to the Three Thousand Worlds.] [In the fifth year, after settling your family and friends, you went to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion to sell intelligence.] [You reaped a considerable amount of Spirit Stones, spending most of them on materials for artifact refining.] [You then piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat to the Blackwater Realm.] [After retrieving a secret treasure from an underwater cave, you established a cave near the All-Encompassing Flower Secret Realm.] In the real world, Su Xing took a deep breath and silently said, "Use immersive simulation for 30 years!" [Ding, you have successfully used immersive simulation...] As the simulation prompt ended, Su Xing appeared in the Blackwater Realm. Just entering the cave in the Blackwater Realm, Su Xing sensed the rich water element in the air. After setting up the protective formation in the Blackwater Realm cave, Su Xing headed to the Spirit Field Cave. "An immersive simulation of thirty years... costing over ten thousand points of Origin Energy Source... can''t waste this!" Su Xing took out a few storage rings to examine them. These storage rings contained a large number of artifacts refining materials, ranging from first-tier ordinary materials to eleventh-tier Immortal Treasure prototypes, everything one could wish for. Su Xing''s goal for this immersive simulation was to enhance his artifact refining skills as much as possible! "Thirty years of immersive simulation... should be enough to become a Grandmaster in artifact refining, right?" Su Xing took a deep breath and didn''t rush into artifact refining, but instead performed a memory-blocking secret technique he learned from the Luo Tian Sect. By performing this secret technique in advance, Su Xing could focus solely on artifact refining and almost feel no passage of time. In this way, after thirty years, when Su Xing returned to the real world, he wouldn''t have that feeling of time leaps. Everything was ready, and Su Xing officially began his first artifact refining! (P.S. I will try to skip cumbersome plots and speed up the pace to make the story more interesting...) Chapter 302 Repairing the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, the Dawn of Escape? 【8k】 [In the eleventh year, you took out the materials you had been preparing for years in the Spirit Field Cave and officially started crafting celestial treasures.] [You adopted the strategy of progressing from the simple to the complex.] [You began with the smallest celestial treasures, crafting from daggers and hidden weapons to swords and spears...] [In just six months, you crafted five celestial treasures of the half-step Immortal Artifact level.] [Thus, nine years passed once more.] [In the twentieth year, after a hundred attempts over the nine years, you finally crafted your first lower-grade Immortal Artifact.] [At this moment, you officially entered the ranks of the artifact crafting grandmasters!] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly. "Being an artifact crafting grandmaster is an achievement that ordinary artifact crafting cultivators might not reach even after hundreds of years of effort... This talent bonus is quite fierce!" "As for the limited materials at hand... perhaps selling the completed celestial treasures could gain some spirit stones, which could then be used to procure enough materials in the Star Realm!" Pausing for a moment, Su Xing continued to consider: "And Star Stones... I''ll try to acquire some as well, to break through to the third layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision as soon as possible!" His gaze turned to the simulation panel. Experience tales with My Virtual Library Empire Sear?h the Novel?ire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [In the twenty-first year, you sold the half-step celestial treasures you had crafted over the last ten years and purchased a lot of materials needed for artifact crafting from various tribes.] [You procured dozens of Star Stones and began using them not only for artifact crafting, but also to communicate with the stars in the sky and further refine your body.] [Thus, another ten years passed.] [In the thirtieth year, your progress in the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision was impressive, and you felt increasingly connected with the stars in the sky.] [Your physical strength further increased, reaching the power of one hundred forty mountains and rivers.] [In the same year, your artifact crafting skills improved further. Your success rate in crafting lower-grade Immortal Artifacts surpassed ninety percent, and you began attempting to craft mid-grade Immortal Artifacts.] [Thus, another twenty years passed.] [In the fiftieth year, your physical strength increased to the power of one hundred fifty mountains and rivers.] [Your physical body and bloodline underwent initial changes, and you learned the divine skill Heavenly Manifestation from the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision!] [By casting Heavenly Manifestation, your physical body could instantly increase tenfold in size, transforming into a giant several zhang tall!] [Even more delightfully, after casting Heavenly Manifestation, your strength would further increase, reaching the power of three hundred mountains and rivers, doubling your physical power!] [That year, the commotion caused by the loss of the Stellar Observing Method in various tribes subsided. You continued stealing different star observation methods from the tribes...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and felt a surge of joy in his heart. "The third layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision is coming closer to full mastery!" "Heavenly Manifestation... Is this a bloodline divine skill hidden within the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, similar to the Myriad Phenomena Star Guidance?" By casting Heavenly Manifestation, the increase in body size and strength was inevitable. Su Xing had heard that in ancient times, the Heavenly Manifestation of the Witch Clan was as large as planets! Only with such a massive body could one support the entire world; otherwise, how could a mere seven-foot-tall body accomplish that? "It''s like the giant spirits in mythological legends... They also needed to cast Heavenly Manifestation to exhibit their full strength..." Su Xing pondered deeply. [In the sixtieth year, after over thirty years of artifact crafting, you finally crafted your first mid-grade Immortal Artifact.] [Mid-grade Immortal Artifacts were worth a fortune and were beyond the reach of cultivators below the Earth Immortal Realm.] [You roamed between various tribes, stealing star observation methods and selling lower-grade and mid-grade Immortal Artifacts. Not only did you avoid losses, but you also made a fortune.] [Furthermore, the sale of celestial treasures over the past few decades gradually increased your reputation in the Star Realm.] [Many cultivators from various tribes requested your services to craft celestial treasures. They not only provided their own materials but also offered you a significant crafting fee.] [Of course, these tribal cultivators never imagined that the renowned artifact crafting grandmaster was the same person as the thief stealing their Stellar Observing Methods.] [Thus, for the next twenty years, you received numerous artifact crafting requests from cultivators.] [But you only accepted orders for mid-grade or higher magical treasures, which not only improved your artifact crafting skills but also earned you extra commissions.] [Every once in a while, you would secretly visit various tribes to steal star observation methods to further restore the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method...] [Thus, twenty years passed...] [In the eightieth year, your talent as a late bloomer took effect, and that year, you began attempting to craft high-grade Immortal Artifacts.] [High-grade Immortal Artifacts contained much more spirituality than mid-grade ones and were the common magical treasures of Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators.] [Even with your artifact crafting skills, successfully crafting one was not easy.] [You made several attempts over the years.] [In the eighty-fifth year, you finally crafted your first high-grade Immortal Artifact, a long spear!] [Although you were not proficient in using spear-type weapons, you could clearly sense the extraordinary nature of this spear. The spirituality contained within it was almost enough to birth the weakest form of an artifact spirit.] [You were very satisfied with it, so you announced that you could craft high-grade Immortal Artifacts!] [As soon as this news spread, dozens of Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators in the Star Realm rushed to you, asking you to craft celestial treasures for them.] [You accepted every request, collecting materials and a significant down payment, agreeing on delivery times.] [Crafting high-grade Immortal Artifacts was extremely exhausting.] [Even for you, crafting a single high-grade Immortal Artifact required three to five months.] [The materials provided by these cultivators were enough to keep you busy crafting for twenty to thirty years...] Chapter 302 Repairing the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, Dawn of Escape?【8k】_2 [While refining artifacts, you also practiced the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision. Your physical strength further increased...] [Thus, another five years passed.] [In the ninetieth year, your physical strength grew to the power of one hundred seventy rivers and mountains.] [You were already able to initially mobilize the power of the stars, further enhancing your physical body and strength.] [Throughout these years, you refined over a dozen top-grade immortal treasures, with your success rate rising from fifty percent to eighty percent.] [Cultivators in the Star Realm expressed their admiration for your exquisite craftsmanship...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and showed a joyful expression. "Top-grade immortal treasures... an eighty percent success rate. This was already something most artifact refining grandmasters could hardly achieve!" After all, not every artifact refining grandmaster had as much time and materials for refining as Su Xing did. Many artifact refining grandmasters held their status in high regard and were unwilling to casually refine artifacts, which made it difficult for their skills to improve further. But Su Xing was different. His goal was to refine more artifacts and enhance his refining skills. As for making money, that was just a side effect... "Speaking of which, the artifact refining methods of the Luo Tian Sect are truly profound!" "These artifact refining methods can allow me to cultivate to the extreme limit of a great grandmaster in artifact refining... perhaps, I could even create acquired treasures with my own hands!" Su Xing''s eyes were full of excitement. Acquired treasures were the limit that a great grandmaster in artifact refining could create. As for treasures above acquired treasures, innate treasures were birthed by the heavens and the earth, beyond human capability to create. "A little more effort, if I can refine supreme-grade immortal treasures, I could attempt to repair the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat!" Su Xing waved his fist, his gaze turning to the simulation panel. [In the daily refining and cultivation, another ten years passed in the blink of an eye...] [In the hundredth year, during this period, you refined another ten to twenty top-grade immortal treasures, maintaining a success rate of around seventy to eighty percent.] Sear?h the n??el Fire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [You felt as though you had temporarily hit a bottleneck, making it hard to further improve your refining skills.] [So you slowed down your refining pace and focused more on practicing the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision.] [In the hundred and tenth year, your physical strength grew to the power of one hundred eighty rivers and mountains, not far from fully mastering the third level of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision...] [In these ten years, you refined over a dozen top-grade immortal treasures, yet your skill didn''t advance.] [So you chose to take the Enlightenment Pill to further your understanding of the path of artifact refining...] [After taking the Enlightenment Pill, under the influence of the state of Great Wisdom, those difficult artifact refining problems of the past became clear.] [In just a month, your understanding of the future direction of artifact refining became clearer.] [Your long-stalled artifact refining skills finally made a breakthrough this year...] [With newfound inspiration for refining, you spent the next ten years honing your artifact refining skills day and night.] [Thus, another ten years passed...] [In the hundred and twentieth year, your success rate for refining top-grade immortal treasures reached over ninety percent.] [This year, you began attempting to refine supreme-grade immortal treasures...] [In the same year, one day while you were cultivating, you felt the stars in the sky were very close to you, as if they could continuously provide you with strength...] [That year, you finally made a breakthrough to the third level of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision!] [Your pure physical strength grew to the power of three hundred rivers and mountains!] In the real world, Su Xing was ecstatic when he saw this. "Finally, the third level of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, pure physical strength of three hundred rivers and mountains? At this moment, I can battle a Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator with just my body refining cultivation!" Find exclusive stories on My Virtual Library Empire Su Xing''s heart pounded rapidly. Currently, his body refining cultivation finally exceeded his qi refining cultivation by an entire major realm, becoming his primary means of combat! "However... relying solely on pure physical strength to defeat a Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator is clearly unrealistic..." "The third level of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, besides enhancing the physical body, also provides other benefits that need to be experienced!" Su Xing''s mind stirred as he looked at the simulation panel. [In the hundred and thirtieth year, you made several attempts to refine supreme-grade immortal treasures, but you were still slightly lacking. Although the treasures you refined surpassed ordinary top-grade immortal treasures, there seemed to be a gap before reaching supreme-grade immortal treasures.] [But you knew that you couldn''t delay any longer.] [So you began to repair the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat...] [Thus, another five years passed.] [In the hundred and thirty-fifth year, after five years of continuous repair, you finally repaired most of the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat. Although it wasn''t fully restored to its peak, it could continue navigating the void.] [That year, you accelerated the collection of the Star Observation Method from the tribe...] [Thus, another three years passed.] [In the hundred and thirty-eighth year, you nearly completed the Minor Zhou Tian Star Observing Technique but were still missing a small part.] [However, you decided not to wait any longer.] [That year, you piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, preparing to leave the Star Realm.] [You chose to head to another Middle Thousand World called the Cangwu Realm, located five void nodes away from the Star Realm.] [This world was rich in wood-attribute spiritual energy, containing numerous heaven and earth treasures.] [After three months of void navigation, you finally arrived at the Cangwu Realm...] In the real world, Su Xing was overjoyed when he saw this. "Finally... I now have the ability to repair the immortal boat!" "As long as I can repair the immortal boat, doesn''t that mean I can continuously travel through various Minor Thousand Worlds? If I run fast enough, perhaps Qing Yunzi won''t be able to find me!" Thinking this, Su Xing''s mind recalled the information and intelligence about the Cangwu Realm. Chapter 302 Repairing the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, Dawn of Escape? [8K]_3 Cangwu Realm, one of the Middle Thousand Worlds within the Three Thousand Worlds system, boasted formidable strength overall. In this world, cultivators of the Profound Immortal Realm had once emerged... Due to its geographic location, this realm was at a distance from the frontline and had yet to suffer from alien invasion. Trade was extremely prosperous here, with major powers like the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, Heavenly Demon Prison, Qingyun Sect, and White Emperor Tower having established their presence. Sar?h the n??el Fire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Moreover, one of the apex forces in the Three Thousand Worlds, the Money Guild, also resided here! It was rumored that the president of the Money Guild was a Daluo Golden Immortal! The doctrine of the Guild was such that, given sufficient spirit stones, no task was beyond completion! The saying "money talks" fit this organization to a tee... "The Money Guild differs from other top forces... Although it remains neutral, it only sets up branches in some minor and middle thousand worlds..." "Perhaps I can seek refuge through the Money Guild?" Su Xing''s eyes brightened, as if seizing a lifeline. "Let''s head to Cangwu Realm first!" Su Xing thought thus, eyes fixed on the simulation panel. [In the hundredth and thirty-ninth year, you arrived at Cangwu Realm, witnessing this bustling middle thousand world.] [Cangwu Realm spanned extensive territory, dozens of times larger than Little Qingyun Realm.] [It was said that hundreds of thousands of years ago, over seventy percent of this realm was ocean, later filled by powerful immortals using supreme power, altering the landscape to allow more cultivators to survive.] [Upon your arrival in Cangwu Realm, you disguised and concealed your identity.] [Subsequently, you flew to a city where cultivators gathered via sword flight.] [The cultivators'' cultivation levels in this city generally surpassed those in Little Qingyun Realm.] [Sometimes you even saw Human Immortal cultivators mingling within city markets.] [Much like in Little Qingyun Realm, this city also had a branch of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.] [For the next six years, you practiced the path of artifact refining while investigating intelligence on Cangwu Realm, focusing particularly on the Money Guild.] [You compiled these pieces of intelligence into a book, recording them meticulously...] "Finally, breaking the one hundred forty years simulation limit, and at the one hundred forty-fifth year, Qing Yunzi still hasn''t detected my whereabouts?" Su Xing felt a surge of joy, silently musing, "Use immersive simulation for a duration of one month..." [Ding...] The next second, Su Xing appeared in the simulated world, holding the compiled intelligence about Cangwu Realm. Su Xing read through this information one by one... Recalling the intelligence on Cangwu Realm, Su Xing frowned slightly. "There seems to be traces of the Descendants'' Cult in Cangwu Realm as well?" Su Xing immediately felt a tinge of uneasiness. The Descendants'' Cult appeared in a world for one of two reasons. First, the world was experiencing an alien invasion, with the Descendants'' Cult assisting from within to accelerate the invasion. Second, aliens were preparing to invade, with the Descendants'' Cult laying the groundwork and gathering intelligence. Clearly, Cangwu Realm''s situation fell into the latter category... "Tsk tsk, it seems the frontline intelligence is quite dire! Has Little Qingyun Realm already been destroyed?" "I should investigate the intelligence on Little Qingyun Realm..." Su Xing decided to purchase intelligence on Little Qingyun Realm at the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. "However, the Money Guild is indeed reliable!" Su Xing''s lips curled into a slight smile. The Money Guild, where money paved the way and anything could be accomplished, was not an exaggeration! Experience new tales on My Virtual Library Empire According to the intelligence Su Xing had obtained, the Money Guild had a completion rate of ninety-nine percent for the tasks they accepted! The remaining one percent were not completed because the clients didn''t pay enough! From purchasing heaven and earth treasures, crafting weapons, seeking protection... to hunting down enemies... It could be said that as long as one was willing to spend, the Money Guild would take on any task! "I just wonder how long this simulation can continue... Perhaps it''s time to contact the Money Guild!" Su Xing thought thus, then flew westward via sword flight, heading to the largest city in Cangwu Realm. Cangwu City! In Cangwu City, all major top forces had established branches, and Su Xing even occasionally sensed auras not weaker than his own. Su Xing wandered around Cangwu City for a long while, eventually stopping in front of a shop. The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Intelligence Store! Before seeking shelter with the Money Guild, Su Xing planned to purchase intelligence at the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion first. Entering the familiar shop, Su Xing noticed formation fluctuations nearby, raising an eyebrow and muttering: "This formation''s aura seems more refined than the branch in Little Qingyun Realm?" As soon as Su Xing stepped into the shop, he heard a girl''s voice. "Friend, are you buying or selling intelligence?" Su Xing looked up to see a lazy girl lying on a table, resembling the attendant at the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Intelligence Store. Yet her appearance and figure were quite different. Su Xing paused for a moment, then said: "I''m here to buy intelligence... I need information on Little Qingyun Realm!" Upon hearing Su Xing''s words, the girl raised an eyebrow and said: "Recent intelligence on Little Qingyun Realm is categorized under Grade B. It costs five hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones... or equivalent intelligence for exchange?" Hearing this, Su Xing directly took out a bag of spirit stones and tossed it over. A mere five hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones were nothing to the current Su Xing. The girl took the storage ring and casually handed over a jade slip. Su Xing''s divine sense delved into the jade slip, information flooding out... Ten years ago, the Red-eyed Foreign Race launched a massive invasion on Little Qingyun Realm. The Heavenly Demon City frontline fell, with millions of cultivators perishing, but they held out for a hundred days. Until a Black Armor Arrival charged out, an incarnation of the Heavenly Demon General, with a single axe, seriously wounding the Red Moon. Chapter 302 Repairing the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, Dawn of Escape? [8K]_4 After this battle, the Black Armor General would no longer appear... Three years ago, during the second large-scale invasion of the Red-eyed Foreign Race, Heavenly Demon City was unable to resist, abandoning over a hundred cities. The northwest domain of Little Qingyun Realm fell, yet the Heavenly Demon General''s incarnation did not appear. Currently, the three major forces, White Emperor City, Heavenly Secret Pavilion, and Qingyun Sect have completely withdrawn from Little Qingyun Realm, leaving only the local cultivators to struggle to hold on... Based on the estimation of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion Master, within twenty years at most, or as little as five to ten years, Little Qingyun Realm would be completely overrun... ... Messages flashed through Su Xing''s mind. Su Xing frowned slightly, his expression grave. S~ea??h the n??el Fire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "At this rate, it means that Little Qingyun Realm will completely perish in about 150 to 160 years?" Su Xing closed his eyes, and a map of the Three Thousand Worlds emerged in his mind. Little Qingyun Realm was an extremely crucial location in the Three Thousand Worlds. It neighbored Qingyun Realm, Blackwater Realm, and other Minor Thousand Worlds. Once Little Qingyun Realm was breached, the Foreign Race would be able to bypass Qingyun Realm, accelerating their invasion and devouring the interior of the Three Thousand Worlds! By then, hundreds of Minor Thousand Worlds and dozens of Middle Thousand Worlds would be wide open, becoming easy prey for the Foreign Race! "The Three Thousand Worlds... are in grave danger!" Su Xing silently thought to himself, feeling a bit dazed. He didn''t understand why those major forces didn''t intervene in this matter. After all, with the destruction of other Minor Thousand Worlds, wouldn''t they face the same fate... Could it be that they were truly confident in safeguarding themselves amidst the Foreign Race''s invasion, remaining uninvolved? Seeing Su Xing''s solemn expression, the young girl in front of him chuckled softly and said: "Fellow Daoist, you seem very concerned about Little Qingyun Realm?" Su Xing was momentarily stunned but then casually replied: "When it comes to the invasion of the Foreign Race, as a cultivator of our realm, we naturally need to pay close attention. It''s best if we can contribute our modest strength..." Upon hearing Su Xing''s words, the girl showed an intrigued expression and asked: "Fellow Daoist''s aura feels somewhat familiar. Could it be that you''ve been to Little Qingyun Realm over a hundred years ago?" Su Xing''s heart tightened upon hearing this. In the simulation, he had indeed been to Little Qingyun Realm to sell intelligence. But Su Xing wouldn''t admit it, simply shaking his head and saying: "I just exited seclusion after a hundred years, yet I didn''t expect such events to occur... It''s truly lamentable!" With that, Su Xing shook his head and walked out of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion''s intelligence department. Behind him, the girl tilted her head slightly, and countless shadows flashed rapidly behind her. Moments later, the girl opened her eyes and murmured: "It''s actually him... He seems to be a cultivator from a minor realm... the one Qing Yunzi and the Descending Sect have been searching for? "Strange... What is someone at the Earth Immortal Realm doing in the Cangwu Realm?" ... Su Xing had no idea that his information and identity had already been exposed. He simply quickened his pace, heading towards the Money Guild. A while later, Su Xing arrived in front of an opulent palace. In this city where every inch of land was precious, the palace stood a hundred feet high and covered an area of over a hundred acres! At first glance, it did not look like a guild but rather like a palace. Standing before the Money Guild, Su Xing muttered: "This Money Guild is truly wealthy!" Upon entering the guild, reception staff quickly arrived and inquired about Su Xing''s purpose. "Fellow Daoist, what brings you here?" Explore hidden tales at My Virtual Library Empire As soon as Su Xing had a thought, he revealed his Earth Immortal Realm cultivation level and then said: "I have a significant business deal and hope to discuss it with the senior management of the Money Guild!" The two attendants were also Mahayana Realm cultivators. They immediately sensed the terrifying aura from Su Xing. Exchanging glances, they said: "This way, Immortal, to a private room!" Following the two attendants, Su Xing entered a secluded private room, which was equipped with a protective formation. The table was laden with spirit fruits and delicacies for Su Xing to enjoy. Before long, two attractive female cultivators brought tea. Su Xing declined to eat. He simply waited quietly in the room. About a quarter of an hour later, a woman in a purple dress with a seductive appearance approached the private room. After examining Su Xing, she saluted and asked: "Fellow Daoist, I am Zier, the vice president of the Money Guild in Cangwu City. What can I do for you?" This female cultivator had an alluring figure, her natural charm radiating, but even Su Xing found it hard to discern her cultivation level. Su Xing dared not be careless, returning the salute and asking: "Fellow Daoist, is it convenient to talk here?" Upon hearing Su Xing''s question, Zier covered her mouth and laughed lightly: "Fellow Daoist jests. In the entire Three Thousand Worlds, let alone Cangwu Realm, few forces would dare to target our Money Guild..." Zier spoke with a flash of pride in her eyes. Su Xing nodded slightly and probed: "I heard that as long as money is sufficient, the Money Guild undertakes any job... Is that true, even including assassinating cultivators?" Zier nodded affirmatively and said: "As long as the spirit stones are enough, who can''t be killed?" Relieved, Su Xing then made a startling statement: "Ahem, what if the target is a Semi-Saint?" "Uh... That Semi-Saint''s current state is abnormal. Their strength should only be slightly stronger than a typical Daluo Golden Immortal by thirty percent..." Upon hearing Su Xing''s words, Zier froze, her smile turned stiff: "Hehe, Fellow Daoist... You must be joking? "You want to assassinate a Semi-Saint? Are you kidding me!" "In this era where Saints do not appear... Who can kill a Semi-Saint? "Fellow Daoist, stop joking... Make a more realistic request!" Zier''s expression became somewhat peculiar. Upon hearing this, Su Xing showed a look of disappointment and murmured: Chapter 302 Repairing the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, Dawn of Escape? [8K]_5 "Sigh, so it really can''t be killed..." Su Xing then changed his request and said, "If it''s to protect someone from a Semi-Saint, can your Money Guild do it?" Hearing Su Xing''s words, Zier dropped her pretense and her eyes turned cold. She said, "Are you here to cause trouble for our Money Guild?" "If that''s the case, then don''t expect to stay here for long..." "Someone, escort the guest out!" As soon as she finished speaking, there was movement outside, and the door automatically opened, seemingly to drive Su Xing away. Seeing this, Su Xing remained calm. He walked to the door, gently closed it, and said, "Ahem, since those two requests can''t be met, I''ll make a slightly simpler one!" "Would it be possible for you to send me to the Heavenly Demon Realm or to the Heavenly Secrets Realm where the Heavenly Secret Pavilion is located?" As he spoke, Su Xing took out a storage ring and handed it over, containing a million high-grade Spirit Stones to show his sincerity. Zier glanced at the storage ring, paused for a moment, and said, "An escort mission? That can be arranged..." "After all, you weren''t joking with our Money Guild..." After confirming the storage ring indeed held a million high-grade Spirit Stones, Zier''s expression softened a bit, and she said, "Ahem, however!" "The Heavenly Demon Prison and the Heavenly Secrets Realm are extremely far from the Cangwu Realm. The journey requires passing through over a thousand Void Nodes, and the time required for Void navigation would likely be over a hundred years..." "And such a long-distance Void navigation would require several Golden Immortal-level experts to oversee it. With your financial resources, I''m afraid you wouldn''t be able to hire them, right?" She paused before continuing, "However, our Money Guild does have regular long-distance Void escort missions every hundred years..." "The next one is in fifty years, and the destination is the Tianyuan Realm, which is a hundred Void Nodes away. Would you be willing to go there?" "After arriving at the Tianyuan Realm, there is a branch of our Money Guild. Perhaps there will be opportunities to proceed to the Heavenly Demon Prison and the Heavenly Secret Pavilion..." Su Xing fell into deep thought upon hearing Zier''s words. He was not unaware of the difficulties of Void navigation. With Su Xing''s strength, even with the aid of a half-step Acquired Treasure, he could barely travel to a destination ten Void Nodes away at most. Void traversal requires not just a high mana cultivation level and sturdy vehicles, but also a deep understanding of the Dao of Space. Otherwise, the chances of getting lost in the Void are extremely high... And dying in spatial turbulence... Even if all conditions were met, long-distance Void navigation would still be extremely dangerous! Let alone Earth Immortals or True Immortals. Even Profound Immortals and Golden Immortals face certain risks... Perhaps only by becoming a Great Luo Golden Immortal could one roam the Three Thousand Worlds unimpeded, ignoring the dangers of the Void... Su Xing didn''t expect to be able to go directly to the Heavenly Demon Realm or the Heavenly Secrets Realm. It would already be quite good to first get to the Tianyuan Realm a hundred Void Nodes away. "Fifty years later... is that the time?" Su Xing furrowed his brows slightly. Although he felt it was a bit late, he still nodded and said, "Alright, I''ll head to the Tianyuan Realm first then!" Zier sighed in relief upon hearing this and, seeing that she had dealt with this "difficult" customer, quoted her price. "Such long-distance Void navigation to a hundred Void Nodes away... the journey time is about ten years, and the fee you need to pay is ten million high-grade Spirit Stones!" While speaking, Zier shook the storage ring in her hand and said, Sarch* The novlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "As for this million high-grade Spirit Stones, it can serve as a deposit... If you are willing, come find me here fifty years later, and I can arrange for you to go to the Tianyuan Realm!" Su Xing clicked his tongue upon hearing the price of ten million high-grade Spirit Stones. Ten million high-grade Spirit Stones were not cheap! A typical Earth Immortal cultivator''s entire fortune amounted to just a few million high-grade Spirit Stones. Only a Heavenly Immortal cultivator could come up with ten million high-grade Spirit Stones... This indicated that only Heavenly Immortal cultivators had the initial qualifications for mid-to-long-distance Void navigation. After a brief consideration, Su Xing nodded and said, "Then I will trouble you, Daoist friend..." After saying this, Su Xing left the room, wandered around the Money Guild for a bit, saw many exotic treasures and herbs, and gained a lot of knowledge... Soon, the immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world. "Sigh, fifty years later, which in the simulation is approximately two hundred years, can I board the Immortal Boat?" Find your next read at My Virtual Library Empire "I hope to hold on until then..." Thinking this way, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel. [After leaving the Money Guild, you gained a lot of knowledge.] [Next, you stayed in the Cangwu Realm, focused on artifact refining daily. To prevent accidents, you began attempting to repair the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat...] Chapter 303 Explosion in Strength, Physical Body Heavenly Immortal Realm! [8k] [Thus, five more years passed...] [In the one hundred and fiftieth year, you thoroughly repaired the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat...] [With years of artifact refining, your artifact refining skills had improved, and you were now capable of attempting to refine top-grade Immortal Treasures...] [However, the materials needed for top-grade Immortal Treasures were exceedingly rare!] [To refine a top-grade Immortal Treasure, the material costs were nearly a billion high-grade Spirit Stones, over ten times the cost of refining a high-grade Immortal Treasure...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly, saying: "Nearly a billion high-grade Spirit Stones... that''s tens of millions of top-grade Spirit Stones!" "Only a True Immortal could possess such wealth, right?" Top-grade Immortal Treasures were originally meant for True Immortals, to be able to unleash their maximum power. It was no exaggeration to say that a handy magical treasure could increase a cultivator''s combat power by more than thirty percent. Therefore, many True Immortals spent thousands to tens of thousands of years accumulating wealth to craft a top-grade Immortal Treasure. "Tsk, tsk, being able to refine a top-grade Immortal Treasure would indeed qualify one as a Great Grandmaster of artifact refining... but I''m still some distance away..." Su Xing shook his head slightly and looked at the simulation panel. Sear?h the Novl?ire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [In the next ten years, you refined artifacts day and night, sometimes visiting the Heavenly Secret Pavilion to gather intelligence on the Three Thousand Worlds.] [In the one hundred and sixtieth year, you received a shocking piece of intelligence after visiting the Heavenly Secret Pavilion.] [All contact with the Little Qingyun Realm was lost; it was completely invaded by the Foreign Race!] [Upon learning this, you fell silent for a long time but could only accept this fact.] Explore more adventures at My Virtual Library Empire [The Foreign Race was powerful. How could a mere Minor Thousand Worlds realm resist, even if they had been holding out?] [During these years in the Cangwu Realm, you also discovered traces of the Descending Sect.] [By chance, an evil cultivator attempted to assassinate you, wanting you to refine artifacts for him.] [This evil cultivator had a peak Earth Immortal Realm cultivation level. After several entanglements, you killed him...] [After killing this evil cultivator, you obtained a token from him, inscribed with the code "Blood Forty-three"...] [You were shocked, realizing that the Cangwu Realm too had become a future target for the Foreign Race''s conquest...] [However, you estimated that with the Cangwu Realm''s strength, holding out for another hundred years shouldn''t be a problem...] [One day, your Talent for foreseeing good and evil sent a warning.] [After a divination, you learned that a death calamity was imminent...] [You decided to pilot the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat and prepare to escape from the Cangwu Realm.] [You had just passed the Void Node when you encountered an unexpected enemy!] [A high-ranking official of the Descending Sect, Blood Three!] [Somehow, Blood Three had tracked your whereabouts and pursued you...] [His physical and mana strength was so formidable that he could traverse the void...] [Your flying boat was destroyed by him, and you were captured alive by Blood Three...] [You lost consciousness.] [When you woke up again, you found yourself within a gigantic formation, beneath a pair of blood-red eyes.] [Murmurs filled your ears...] [Your consciousness slowly disintegrated...] [You died!] [Ding, the simulation has ended!] After the simulation ended, Su Xing frowned slightly. "The Descending Sect truly is like a centipede that dies but won''t fall!" "To think there are also traces of the Descending Sect in the Cangwu Realm!" Undoubtedly, this was bad news for Su Xing. In this simulation, he didn''t die at Qing Yunzi''s hands; instead, he was killed by Blood Three. It was just that Blood Three''s strength was somewhat beyond Su Xing''s expectations. "Being able to traverse the void with sheer physical and mana strength... Perhaps even among Golden Immortal Realm experts, he has few rivals?" Su Xing sighed and continued: "And the Little Qingyun Realm, which was annihilated around the one hundred and sixtieth year... perhaps if I intervened, I could delay its destruction?" Su Xing estimated that with his current strength, he could postpone Blue Star''s destruction by several decades. By then, the Red-eyed Foreign Race''s invasion would be delayed, and the Little Qingyun Realm might be able to hold out for several more decades as well. "The good news is, Qing Yunzi hasn''t found my whereabouts yet... This means that as long as I avoid the Descending Sect''s search, I can simulate for a longer period..." Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the rewards from this simulation. [Thunder Body] Purple Talent, priced at 1 Origin Energy Source. [Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, Third Layer (Beginner)]: A legacy method left by the Ancient Witch Clan. The third layer harnesses the power of the stars for body refining, forming the Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect and containing the Divine Skill "Ten Thousand Star Attraction." Beginner level third layer is equivalent to early Heavenly Immortal Realm combat power, priced at 100,000 Origin Energy Source. [Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method (Incomplete)]: A divination technique from the Star Witches of the Ancient Witch Clan. When perfected, it can perceive the Way of Cause and Effect, being an ultimate secret technique. Usable for cultivation, priced at 90,000 Origin Energy Source. [10 Star Stones each of lower, middle, and high grades]: Formed from the fallen power of the stars. These are also essential cultivation resources for Star Witches. Priced at 16,650 Origin Energy Source. [Artifact Refining Insight]: Insight into the Path of Artifact Refining, enabling the refinement of high-grade Immortal Treasures at most. Upon exchange, it elevates you to the peak of a Grandmaster of artifact refining, just one step away from becoming a Great Grandmaster. Priced at 50,000 Origin Energy Source. Looking at the simulation rewards before him, Su Xing did not hesitate and decisively said: "I choose Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, Third Layer (Beginner), as well as the Artifact Refining Insight..." [You successfully brought out the Artifact Refining Insight, costing 50,000 points of Origin Energy Source, leaving a balance of 221,196 points...] [You successfully brought out the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, Third Layer (Beginner) cultivation, costing 100,000 points of Origin Energy Source, leaving a balance of 121,196 points...] As the prompt sounded, two streams of profound energy flowed into Su Xing''s body. A massive amount of artifact refining experience surged into Su Xing''s mind. The previously incomprehensible artifact refining techniques and obstacles were all effortlessly resolved. Chapter 303 Explosion in Strength, Physical Body Heavenly Immortal Realm! [8k]_2 In just a moment, Su Xing became a true artifact crafting grandmaster! High-grade Immortal Treasures, he could refine them too! "Tsk, tsk... an artifact crafting grandmaster! In the Three Thousand Worlds, he could be called a walking spirit stone production machine!" Su Xing clicked his tongue, knowing the profits from artifact crafting were not low. A single low-grade Immortal Treasure required materials costing around one to two hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones to refine. As an artifact crafting grandmaster, if he were somewhat unscrupulous, making thirty percent profit would not be difficult. Taking the example of refining ten low-grade Immortal Treasures in a year, the annual profit would be three to four hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones! For a middle-grade Immortal Treasure, the materials needed would cost millions of high-grade spirit stones. And for a high-grade Immortal Treasure, the materials required would cost tens of millions of high-grade spirit stones! Even considering the difficulty and the losses, Su Xing''s pure profit would still be around ten percent... "Tsk, tsk, the Hundred Arts of Cultivationalchemy, artifact crafting, talismans, formationsat their peak, are all madness-inducing money-makers!" Su Xing felt a bit excited. At this moment, the aura around Su Xing changed rapidly. Su Xing quickly calmed his mind and experienced it carefully. In just a brief moment, Su Xing''s strength began to skyrocket! One hundred fifty mountain river strength... Two hundred mountain river strength! In the end, Su Xing''s pure physical strength reached three hundred mountain river strength! The Great Witch Body Refining Decision officially stepped into the third layer! Su Xing''s body refinement cultivation level could now battle Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators! Hidden within the third layer of the Great Witch Body Refining Decision, besides providing Su Xing with increased physical body strength and power, it also contained two bloodline abilities... Heaven and Earth Apparition, and Myriad Stars Attraction! Su Xing closed his eyes for a moment, digesting the memories in his mind, and a glint of golden light flashed in his eyes. He murmured: "Big, big... big!" In the next second, Su Xing''s height began to rise... One zhang high... three zhang high... ten zhang high! If he wished, Su Xing could easily transform into a giant a hundred zhang tall at this moment! But Su Xing didn''t do that. Instead, with a thought, he returned to his original form. "Besides physical changes... the Heaven and Earth Apparition seems to have another use!" Su Xing let out a light shout, and behind him appeared a hundred-zhang tall phantom in golden armor, bearing a three-part resemblance to Su Xing but looking like an ancient great witch. After this phantom appeared, although Su Xing''s physical body didn''t change, his internal strength seemed endless. Using this Heaven and Earth Apparition phantom behind him, Su Xing could burst out nearly a thousand mountain river strength in a short time! If he added the boost from origin force... that would be nearly ten thousand mountain river strength! Moreover, after the Heaven and Earth Apparition appeared, Su Xing vaguely felt a certain connection between himself and the stars in the sky. If Su Xing was willing to pay a price, including but not limited to cultivation level and lifespan, he could trigger the stars to fall! The higher his cultivation level, the stronger the stars he could trigger! At Su Xing''s current cultivation level, it seemed he was still a bit short of triggering the moon, but triggering meteors in the cosmos shouldn''t be a problem! "Tsk, tsk... Myriad Stars Attraction, Heaven and Earth Apparition! The ancient Witch Clan truly deserves to be the overlords of heaven and earth... their power is too strong!" Su Xing''s heart pounded. It''s no exaggeration to say, at his current strength, he could fight a mid-stage Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator! If Su Xing was willing to pay a certain price to trigger the falling stars, even a late-stage Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator might unexpectedly fall... "Tsk, tsk... my body refinement cultivation level has completely surpassed my qi refinement cultivation level!" Su Xing blinked, but immediately felt a bit troubled. Entering the third layer of the Great Witch Body Refining Decision had cost Su Xing a full ten million origin energy sources... This meant, if Su Xing wanted to reach minor achievement in the third layer, he would need to spend thirty million origin energy sources... reaching perfection in the third layer would require ninety million origin energy sources! With the current energy at Su Xing''s disposal... it was far from enough to pay such a lot. "Sigh, it seems I have to put body refinement cultivation on hold for now... better focus on improving my qi refinement cultivation first!" Su Xing murmured. His current qi refinement cultivation was at the first layer of the Earth Immortal Realm, but with the accumulation of resources, reaching perfection in the Earth Immortal Realm wouldn''t be difficult. Improving his qi refinement cultivation would bring many benefits for Su Xing. It would allow for longer distance void navigation... and make the enhancement of his artifact crafting and alchemy skills more convenient! The primary reason Su Xing found it difficult to refine super-grade Immortal Treasures was largely due to his inadequate cultivation level. "So in the next simulation, I must focus on improving my qi refinement cultivation!" Su Xing made a brief plan in his heart. After extracting the simulation reward, Su Xing glanced at the time, disguised himself, and traded with Lu Yuanwu. This week, he once again obtained twenty thousand origin energy sources. At the same time, Lu Yuanwu also promised to bring twenty thousand tons of fourth-rank special metal in the next week''s trade. After completing the transaction, Su Xing spent a week repairing four puppets. Next, Su Xing planned to make these puppets his core and send them to all Seven Kingdoms and Twelve Domains to continuously gather origin energy sources for him. Until the entire Blue Star''s resources could no longer satisfy Su Xing''s weekly simulation needs, Su Xing could only head to the Three Thousand Worlds... Read exclusive content at My Virtual Library Empire On November 4, 2025, Su Xing went to trade with Jin Congxue. In one transaction, Su Xing gained another thirty thousand origin energy sources. Returning to the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing began a new round of simulation. "Begin simulation!" [Simulation No. 111 started, current remaining origin energy sources are 172,352 points... remaining simulation count is none.] [Simulation begins!] [Extracting Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 point of origin energy source, would you like to extract?] Sarch* The N??elFir.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Chapter 303 Explosion in Strength, Physical Body Heavenly Immortal Realm! [8k]_3 Su Xing thought for a moment and didn''t choose to draw a new talent. "Inborn Unique Meridian talent... it''s time to put it to use!" Su Xing muttered, spending a few Origin Energy Source points, successfully drawing out his previous Inborn Unique Meridian talent! [Inborn Unique Meridian]: Golden talent, you are naturally unable to improve your cultivation by taking elixirs, but your cultivation speed in a natural state becomes twice as fast... "Unable to cultivate with elixirs... but fortunately, using Spiritual Liquid to improve my Qi Refining Cultivation is not categorized as an elixir... Star Stones aren''t elixirs either!" Su Xing muttered, looking towards the simulation panel. [Ding, congratulations on obtaining the golden talent Inborn Unique Meridian, simulation begins!] [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized you were in simulation.] [Ten days later, you headed to the Luo Tian Instance...] [After leaving the Luo Tian Instance, you returned to the Spirit Field Cave for dedicated cultivation.] Explore more stories with My Virtual Library Empire [You cultivated for one hour daily, and on seasonal days, your cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.] [However, the resources required for Earth Immortal Realm cultivation are ten times that of Human Immortal Realm.] [Although you cultivated daily, your speed was more than ten times faster than ordinary Earth Immortal Realm cultivators, but the consumption was also greater.] [For daily cultivation, each hour required nearly a thousand drops of High-Grade Spiritual Liquid.] [On seasonal days, you needed over ten thousand drops of Spiritual Liquid...] [Thus, you cultivated for two years, feeling your cultivation level improve daily, but you consumed a million High-Grade Spiritual Liquid.] [By the third year, even with the millions of drops of High-Grade Spiritual Liquid accumulated previously, it wouldn''t last long at this rate.] [If you want to maintain your cultivation speed, you must obtain more Spiritual Liquid...] [This year, your Spirit Field Cave began to produce High-Grade Spiritual Liquid, but only ten thousand drops a year, a drop in the ocean compared to your needs...] [Therefore, you raided the Treasure Vault of the Descending Sect, the Blood Demon Realm, and killed the Damned Dragon.] [In the same year, you went to the Beast Taming Realm to purge the disasters.] [In the fourth year, you left a few talismans and a few Low-Grade Immortal Treasures for the Great Xia Country, and left Blue Star with your family and friends.] [After arriving at the Little Qingyun Realm, you sold some critical information and harvested a considerable amount of Spirit Stones.] [You stayed in White Emperor City for several years, selling Spirit Stones to purchase Spiritual Liquid, but only managed to gather a million drops of Low-Grade Spiritual Liquid...] In the real world, Su Xing sighed upon seeing this. "Ah, even immortals are poor!" "The amount of Spiritual Liquid an Earth Immortal Realm cultivator consumes for cultivation is enormous... often requiring ten thousand years of accumulation to be enough for cultivation." "Spiritual Liquid isn''t something ordinary cultivators would sell, they keep it for their own cultivation... but using Spirit Stones to cultivate is too slow..." Su Xing thought about it; the Spiritual Liquid in his hand should be enough for over ten years of cultivation. Within these ten years, Su Xing must find new sources. And to find new sources, the fastest way to obtain Spiritual Liquid was naturally through pillaging! Robbing the evil cultivators of the Descending Sect! With this in mind, Su Xing looked towards the simulation panel. [In the fifth year, the loose cultivators in White Emperor City gathered to exterminate the Descending Sect branch.] [You disguised yourself as an ordinary Earth Immortal Realm loose cultivator, hiding among the cultivators attacking the Descending Sect...] [In three years, you were always at the forefront, relying on your extraordinary strength, killing no less than twenty senior members of the Descending Sect, with countless members below the Human Immortal Realm falling to your hands.] [Thus, you accumulated ten million drops of High-Grade Spiritual Liquid, ten million drops of Mid-Grade Spiritual Liquid, and over thirty million drops of Low-Grade Spiritual Liquid...] [After a major raid, you became quite wealthy, but fearing the Descending Sect would uncover your identity, you left the Little Qingyun Realm...] [In the ninth year, you piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat to the Blackwater Realm, where you found hidden treasures in an underwater cave, gaining five hundred thousand drops of High-Grade Spiritual Liquid...] [For the next eleven years, you stayed in the Blackwater Realm, cultivating in hiding.] [By the twentieth year of the simulation, you broke through to the mid-stage of the First Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm, consuming millions of drops of High-Grade Spiritual Liquid over the years, making remarkable progress.] [In the twenty-eighth year, you reached the late stage of the First Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [In the thirty-fifth year, you reached the peak of the First Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [In that year, the Secret Realm of the All-Encompassing Flower opened, and you harvested the All-Encompassing Flowers, waiting by the exit for your prey.] [As expected, three senior members of the Descending Sect arrived, and you killed them, seizing a plethora of resources, including over a million drops of High-Grade Spiritual Liquid...] Sar?h the n?vel_Fire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [Reaching the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm, you stayed in the Blackwater Realm, preparing to advance to the Second Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [In the fortieth year, you finally broke through.] [Congratulations on becoming a Second Layer Earth Immortal Realm cultivator!] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and felt a surge of emotion. "In just forty years, I''ve advanced to the Second Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm, this speed is truly unprecedented!" Su Xing made a quick calculation. Although his Spiritual Root was only a three-element mutated Heavenly Spirit Root, his cultivation speed far surpassed ordinary cultivators, thanks to his talent and sufficient Spiritual Liquid. The Seventh Rank Minor Spirit Gathering Array on him doubled his cultivation speed. The Zhengyi Submission Decision increased his cultivation speed more than threefold! The Inborn Unique Meridian talent doubled his cultivation speed... With the continuous support of High-Grade Spiritual Liquid, Su Xing''s forty years of cultivation equated to one or two thousand years of hard work for an average Earth Immortal Realm cultivator. "It''s a pity I haven''t drawn a golden quality Spiritual Root yet, otherwise, my cultivation speed could be even faster!" Su Xing sighed, estimating that this simulation''s breakthrough to the mid-stage of the Earth Immortal Realm should not be difficult. He looked towards the simulation panel. Chapter 303 Explosion in Strength, Physical Body Heavenly Immortal Realm! [8k]_4 [After breaking through to the middle stage of the Earth Immortal Realm, you sensed that continuing to stay in the Blackwater Realm might be dangerous.] [So you piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, traversing nearly ten Void Nodes, and arrived at the Star Realm.] [In the forty-first year, after your mana recovered, you wandered among the various tribes of the Star Realm, assuming the identity of a lost artifact-refining Grandmaster.] [Sure enough, once the cultivators of the Star Realm knew you were an artifact-refining Grandmaster, their attitudes changed.] [The cultivators of this realm, unlike the outside world, constantly needed various precious Immortal Treasures.] [So, in addition to your cultivation, you began refining magical treasures for the cultivators of various tribes.] [From the lower-grade Immortal Treasures needed by Human Immortal Realm cultivators to the high-grade Immortal Treasures needed by Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators, you could refine them all.] [With your superb artifact refining skills, your reputation quickly spread throughout the Star Realm.] [Each year you only refined three Immortal Treasures: one low-grade, one mid-grade, and one high-grade Immortal Treasure, but even so, you could earn 1.5 million high-grade Spirit Stones yearly.] [Furthermore, you charged only Spiritual Liquid for your refining services. Though Spiritual Liquid was precious, you could still earn twenty to thirty thousand drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid yearly.] [In the following decades, you stayed in the Star Realm to cultivate, refine artifacts, and occasionally played the role of a sky bandit, stealing the Star Observation Methods of various tribes.] [In this way, nineteen years passed.] [In the sixtieth year, your cultivation level advanced to the mid-stage of the Second Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [You had nearly collected all parts of the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method, missing only a few tribes...] [Thus, another twenty years passed.] [In the eightieth year, your cultivation level advanced to the late phase of the Second Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm!] Your next read is at My Virtual Library Empire [In the same year, you finally completed the collection of the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method!] [After completing the collection of the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method, you began trying to memorize it...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and smiled with joy. "Phew... after several simulations, I finally gathered the entire Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method. It seems it''s time to comprehend a more profound Path of Causality and Destiny!" Su Xing felt a surge of joy in his heart and silently thought: "Use immersive simulation for a duration of one month..." [Ding...] As the simulation prompt sounded, Su Xing''s consciousness entered the simulated world. He then consumed a Spirit Awakening Pill and began memorizing the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method. Three days later, Su Xing had fully memorized the cultivation process of the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method. Although he had not yet comprehended it, he had gained quite a lot. "This Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method... using the power of the stars to comprehend the Path of Causality and Destiny, it truly is profound!" Su Xing praised, but during the process of memorizing, he also learned something. Several eras ago, the Star Witch not only mastered the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method but also the more powerful "Great Celestial Observation Method"! However, this method had long been lost, and Su Xing had no way of knowing it for now. "Alas, it doesn''t matter. Let''s start comprehending the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method in earnest!" Su Xing took a deep breath and sat down on a plain. The myriad stars in the sky seemed to harmonize with Su Xing''s breathing. In this way, a week passed... On the tenth day of the immersive simulation, Su Xing opened his eyes and frowned slightly. "One week of immersive simulation... equivalent to several years of comprehension, yet I haven''t grasped even the basics?" Su Xing felt somewhat troubled. He had underestimated the difficulty of cultivating the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method. "The Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method is not only difficult to comprehend... the ancient Witch Clan texts within it are even harder to understand, and the texts contain the Path of Causality and Destiny..." "With my current understanding of Causality and Destiny, it seems temporarily impossible to directly comprehend them?" Su Xing pondered. After perfecting the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique, Su Xing''s Origin of Causality and Destiny had reached a great achievement. If he advanced two more steps, he could fully comprehend the Path of Causality and Destiny and grasp the rudiments of the Great Dao. "The Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique... it seems it can still progress. If I can integrate the sections on National Fortune and Human Fortune, I should be able to comprehend the rudiments of both Daos..." Su Xing decided to put off cultivating the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method for now and instead focus on extracting the final value of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique to enhance his Dao Comprehension. Thus, twenty days passed, and the immersive simulation ended. ... Twenty days of immersive simulation were equivalent to over ten years of comprehension. Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, showing a look of satisfaction. "Not bad, my Origin of Causality and Destiny has advanced further... finally reaching perfection!" Su Xing extended his hand, and with a mere thought, two illusory lines appeared in his palm. With Su Xing''s current cultivation level and comprehension, he could even change a mortal''s destiny with a wave of his hand. Even a beggar, if his destiny was altered by Su Xing, could have the appearance of an emperor! "However, meddling too much with Causality and Destiny harms oneself, burdening you with cause and effect... unless necessary, it''s best not to easily change others'' destinies!" Su Xing murmured, looking at the simulation panel. [Your Path of Causality and Destiny has advanced further...] [Next, you stayed in the Star Realm, hoping to find traces of the Great Celestial Observation Method...] Sar?h the n?velFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [And so, ten years passed...] [In the ninetieth year, your cultivation level advanced to the peak of the Second Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm!] [You began attempting to break through to the Third Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm...] [Thus, three years passed...] [In the ninety-third year, congratulations on successfully breaking through to the Third Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm!] [But in these years, despite your efforts, you did not find any trace of the Great Celestial Observation Method.] [Continuing to stay in the Star Realm, your Spiritual Liquid was no longer sufficient, and most of the previously accumulated Spiritual Liquid had been consumed.] [So you decided not to stay in the Star Realm any longer and prepared to travel to the Cangwu Realm of the Middle Thousand Worlds for cultivation!] [In the ninety-fourth year, after passing through five Void Nodes, you arrived safely at the Cangwu Realm...] [You recuperated in the Cangwu Realm for several months, restoring your strength to the peak.] Chapter 303 Explosion in Strength, Physical Body Heavenly Immortal Realm! [8k]_5 [In the ninety-fifth year, you went to the Money Guild, ready to trade and purchase a large amount of Spiritual Liquid!] [You displayed your Earth Immortal Realm cultivation level, entered the VIP room of the Money Guild, and met with a guild manager.] [In the manager''s surprised gaze, you took out more than ten Gathering Spirit Flowers, indicating that you wanted to trade with the Money Guild.] [The manager gave you a fair price, one Gathering Spirit Flower, worth two hundred thousand low-grade Spirit Stones...] [This also meant that more than ten Gathering Spirit Flowers were only worth about twenty thousand high-grade Spirit Stones...] [If you directly traded the Gathering Spirit Flowers for Spiritual Liquid with the Money Guild, ten Gathering Spirit Flowers could be exchanged for about five thousand drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and frowned slightly. "Ten Gathering Spirit Flowers, worth five thousand drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid..." Your next read is at My Virtual Library Empire "In my Spirit Field Cave, there are only ten thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers, which means I can only trade for about five million drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid..." Su Xing pondered for a moment. His Spirit Field Cave produced about ten thousand drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid a year. Five hundred years would be enough to produce high-grade Spiritual Liquid... "Sigh, this deal is really a huge loss!" "The price of Spiritual Liquid is really expensive!" Su Xing pondered for a while. The five million drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid would at most last him four or five years of cultivation, and that was with extreme frugality. If he ran out of high-grade Spiritual Liquid, Su Xing would have to use mid-grade and low-grade Spiritual Liquid, or even Spirit Stones for cultivation. At that time, his cultivation speed would definitely decline significantly. "Sigh, but there''s no other way! I still have to trade!" Su Xing muttered, gazing at the Simulation Panel. [The value of Spiritual Liquid exceeded your expectations, but you still sold five thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers in one go, purchasing two hundred and fifty thousand drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid.] [With enough Spiritual Liquid obtained, you stayed in Cangwu Realm, continuing your cultivation.] [Thus, fifteen years passed.] [In the hundred and tenth year, your cultivation level rose to the mid-stage of the Third Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [In these years of cultivation, you have exhausted all of your high-grade Spiritual Liquid and spent over ten million drops of mid-grade Spiritual Liquid.] [The decline in cultivation speed forced you to find new ways to acquire more resources.] [But fortunately, over the years, you have accumulated quite a few Immortal Treasures.] [You sold more than ten mid-grade Immortal Treasures, earning tens of millions of high-grade Spirit Stones. With these high-grade Spirit Stones, you once again purchased two million drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid.] Sar?h the N?vel(F)ire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [You went to the Money Guild, requesting that they escort you to the Tianyuan Realm.] [This time, it was not the vice president, Xiao Zi, who received you, but a manager.] [The manager informed you that the Golden Immortal who last headed to the Tianyuan Realm for void navigation had set off over a hundred years ago...] [The date of the next voyage was unknown, but he would inform you if there were any updates...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and frowned slightly. "In the previous simulation, the vice president, Xiao Zi, even said... the flight was once every hundred years..." "But this time, the manager''s statement changed?" Su Xing pondered for a moment, muttering: "It seems that the date of void navigation is not fixed... If I want to go to the Tianyuan Realm, I will have to wait until around the two-hundred-year simulation..." "The main reason is that long-distance void navigation requires Golden Immortal Realm cultivators to escort... But those Golden Immortal Realm cultivators are not always available..." Su Xing pondered for a moment. Since he could not head to the Tianyuan Realm in advance, Su Xing had to find a way to organize protection against the Blood Three of the Descending Sect''s pursuit. "In the simulated one hundred and sixtieth year, the Descending Sect targeted me... Perhaps I could seek the protection of the Money Guild to stop Blood Three''s pursuit?" With this thought, Su Xing looked at the Simulation Panel. [You carried more than two million drops of Spiritual Liquid back to the cave to continue your cultivation.] [Thus, another fifteen years passed.] [In the hundred and twenty-fifth year, your cultivation level rose to the late stage of the Third Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [That year, you exhausted all the mid-grade Spiritual Liquid you had accumulated and could only use low-grade Spiritual Liquid for cultivation, significantly slowing down your cultivation speed...] [Fortunately, besides cultivation, you also collected materials and refined Immortal Treasures.] [Over the years, you refined three high-grade Immortal Treasures, preparing to sell them in exchange for Spiritual Liquid for cultivation.] [In the hundred and thirtieth year, you went to the Money Guild, sold three high-grade Immortal Treasures, and wanted to exchange them for ten million drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid.] [However, the Money Guild informed you that a quantity of ten million drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid was too large to be exchanged at once.] [Thus, you obtained three million drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid. The remaining seven million drops, the Money Guild agreed to pay within thirty years...] Chapter 304 Plan to Go to the Tianyuan Realm, A Big Deal! [8k] [Although thirty years might seem a long time for you, you have no choice but to agree.] [In the next ten years, you continued your cultivation in Cangwu Realm, practicing the Zhengyi Submission Decision daily, and your cultivation level grew rapidly.] [By the hundred and fortieth year, your cultivation level had risen to the peak of the Third Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm, and you began attempting a breakthrough.] [This time, you spent several years, but still ultimately failed.] [In the hundred and forty-eighth year, you launched your second attempt to break through to the Middle Phase of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [At the critical moment of failure, the Spirit Vein Dragon exhaled a mouthful of pure Immortal Qi, helping you to break through smoothly...] [Congratulations, you advanced to the Fourth Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm!] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and let out a long breath. Sear?h the Novel?ire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Phew, finally I managed to break through to the Middle Phase of the Earth Immortal Realm..." "With a Heavenly Spirit Root qualification, breaking through to the Earth Immortal Realm is one in ten thousand... but ultimately, my Spiritual Root is somewhat lacking!" "Fortunately, I had the assistance of the Spirit Vein Dragon... I wonder if I can break through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm?" Su Xing felt some worries in his heart as he looked at the simulation panel. [After breaking through to the Fourth Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm, you continued your cultivation.] [By the hundred and fifty-fifth year, the Money Guild handed over the remaining seven million drops of Spiritual Liquid to you.] [After obtaining it, you accelerated your cultivation.] [By the hundred and sixtieth year, your cultivation level had risen to the middle phase of the Fourth Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [But as the time reached the hundred and sixtieth year, you became extremely anxious, occasionally using the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique, and your fortune was far from what it used to be.] [You sensed that Blood Three would find your trail this year, so you urgently sought help from the Money Guild.] [You went to the Money Guild, hoping to get protection from a Golden Immortal cultivator from the Money Guild, with a protection period of forty years, until you could head to Tianyuan Realm.] [However, the cost of requesting a Golden Immortal was extremely high, and Blood Three''s strength was so formidable that a Golden Immortal cultivator could not guarantee your complete safety.] [In the end, you used an Innate Fusang Tree Branch and ten thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers as a price to request the help of two Golden Immortal cultivators to protect you for twenty years.] [However, as part of the agreement, you had to stay within the Money Guild to prevent a possible sneak attack from Blood Three.] [One day, feeling uneasy, you suddenly received a frantic warning from your Danger Sense Talent.] [The next day, Blood Three came looking for you, intending to kill you on the spot.] [At the critical moment, the two Golden Immortal cultivators fought against Blood Three with terrifying Divine Sense.] [The battle between cultivators of this realm was not something you could interfere with.] [You had to hide in the distance, secretly observing and praying for Blood Three to leave quickly...] [But in just a moment of the battle.] [You heard the two Golden Immortal cultivators who arrived exclaim in horror: "How could a Taiyi Golden Immortal be here? The mission information is wrong, retreat!"] [Then the two Golden Immortal cultivators hurriedly fled...] [Blood Three walked towards you with a playful expression...] [Your consciousness gradually faded...] [You died!] [Ding, this simulation ends!] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and felt an immense shock in his heart. "Taiyi... How could it be a Taiyi Golden Immortal!" Su Xing''s eyes were dazed, he had always thought Blood Three was a Golden Immortal cultivator, but he never expected... it would be a Taiyi Golden Immortal, which was above the Golden Immortal Realm! If a Golden Immortal was already a top-tier cultivator across the Three Thousand Worlds... Then a Taiyi Golden Immortal was an absolute powerful existence! In this era where Saints do not appear and Daluo Golden Immortals do not emerge... the Taiyi Golden Immortal was an invincible existence! Perhaps in the Three Thousand Worlds, rumors of fallen Golden Immortals would circulate every ten thousand years... But for Taiyi Golden Immortals, news of their deaths had not been heard for thousands of years! "Blood Three is actually a Taiyi Golden Immortal?" "Doesn''t this mean... the Descending Sect has at least three Taiyi Golden Immortals, and a Daluo Golden Immortal backing them!?" Su Xing took a deep breath, feeling even more troubled. According to the information he had obtained. The Descending Sect''s strength was ranked by code names. Blood Three was a Taiyi Golden Immortal, so Blood Two and Blood One... were at least of this level! Adding to that the Blood Immortal that existed only in rumors... The strength of the Descending Sect was even greater than Su Xing had imagined! "Things have become really tricky!" "It seems, to completely escape from Blood Three, I have to ride the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat... and flee to even farther worlds!" Su Xing thought to himself. Even a Taiyi Golden Immortal''s Divine Sense could not cross the void and locate someone in another world. So Su Xing only needed to keep running, and he might evade the pursuits of Blood Three and Qing Yunzi... "Now, my Qi Refining Cultivation is at the Middle Phase of the Earth Immortal Realm... My mana is so abundant that it doesn''t fall behind the late phase of the Earth Immortal Realm either!" "Maybe, I don''t need to go to Cangwu Realm... I could use the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat to head directly to the Great Tianyuan Realm?" Su Xing murmured to himself, but with his cultivation level not yet at the Heavenly Immortal Realm, wanting to traverse the void and cross hundreds of void nodes was evidently very dangerous. Su Xing needed to plan carefully to reach the Great Tianyuan Realm! Stay connected with My Virtual Library Empire "Phew... but before that, I should first claim my rewards!" Su Xing murmured, looking at the list of rewards this time. [Inborn Unique Meridian]: Golden Talent, priced at 10 Origin Energy Source points. [Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method]: A divination technique inherited from the Star Witches of the Ancient Witch Clan, reaching profound levels can prying into the Way of Fate and Causality, it is a supreme secret technique, can be cultivated, priced at 100,000 Origin Energy Source points. [Ten each of Low, Middle, and High-grade Star Stones]: Formed by the falling power of celestial stars, and also an important cultivation resource for Star Witches. Priced at 16,650 Origin Energy Source points. [Fourth Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm cultivation level]: A mid-phase Earth Immortal cultivator, who survived the Yin-Yang fire tribulation, with abundant mana, lifespan of twenty thousand years, priced at 90,000 Origin Energy Source points. Chapter 304 Plan to Go to the Tianyuan Realm, A Big Deal! [8k]_2 [Artifact Refining Insight]: Insight into the Path of Artifact Refining, reaching the level of a Grandmaster in Artifact Refining. Due to insufficient mana, it''s difficult to refine top-tier Immortal Treasures, priced at 10,000 Origin Energy Source. During this simulation, besides improving his Qi Refining Cultivation, Su Xing spent almost all of his time on artifact refining to secure enough resources for cultivation. "The Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method has finally been completely gathered..." Su Xing pondered for a while and then said: "I choose to take out the Golden Talent ''Inborn Unique Meridian''... and the Fourth Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm cultivation level!" The cultivation level was a reward that had to be taken out. As for the Golden Talent, the double cultivation speed boost made it hard for Su Xing not to be tempted. [You have successfully taken out the Golden Talent ''Inborn Unique Meridian,'' costing 10 Origin Energy Source points, leaving 172,346 points remaining...] [You have successfully taken out the Fourth Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm cultivation level, costing 90,000 Origin Energy Source points, leaving 82,336 points remaining...] After the simulation prompt sounded, two streams of profound energy surged into Su Xing''s body. ''Inborn Unique Meridian'' officially became Su Xing''s twenty-second talent. Currently, Su Xing''s talent limit was twenty-five, meaning he had three more talents to choose from freely. Aside from gaining one more talent, Su Xing''s cultivation aura rapidly increased as well. Second Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm... Third Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm... Fourth Layer of the Earth Immortal Realm! Su Xing''s cultivation level advanced from the early stage of the Earth Immortal Realm to the mid-stage! The entire cost, taking no more than one hundred and sixty years, matched what an ordinary Earth Immortal Realm cultivator would take four to five thousand years of hard work to achieve... "Phew..." Su Xing slowly rose, exhaling a breath of turbid air, and nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad, the speed of improving my Qi Refining cultivation level has not fallen behind..." "At this rate, it will take at most three more simulations to reach the Great Perfection of the Earth Immortal Realm!" Su Xing''s expression showed some excitement. To be able to guarantee a breakthrough to a new major realm within four simulations while still in the Earth Immortal Realm, this speed was beyond his expectations. After all, four simulations would be roughly equivalent to only a month in the real world. At this rate, achieving the True Immortal Realm within a year was entirely feasible! The only troublesome part was the shortage of cultivation resources and energy... "Phew... But fortunately, there''s still the promised 300,000 Origin Energy Source from Lu Yuanwu this week, which can sustain me for a while longer!" Su Xing checked the time, disguised himself, and prepared to meet Lu Yuanwu for the transaction. Discover more stories at My Virtual Library Empire Moments later, Su Xing appeared in the mountains on the outskirts of Kyoto. At the designated meeting place, Lu Yuanwu had been waiting for quite some time. Upon seeing Su Xing appear, he hurried forward, handing over a storage ring and said: "Senior, here is the promised 20,000 tons of fourth-rank special metal..." Lu Yuanwu, though graying at the temples, looked much healthier than before and spoke in amazement. Su Xing took the storage ring, and a thought arose in his mind as the simulator''s prompt sounded in his ear. [Ding, detected substantial Origin Energy Source material, worth a total of 300,000 Origin Energy Source points, absorb?] "Yes!" Su Xing silently commanded, and the special metal was completely absorbed. Su Xing nodded in satisfaction and then waved his hand, making thirty bottles of Divine Strength Pills appear in front of Lu Yuanwu. Exactly three hundred pills, each one of the highest quality! Lu Yuanwu''s face lit up with joy, hurriedly storing the elixirs while he couldn''t help but flatter Su Xing. "Senior, you are truly noble and selfless... You have made a great contribution to our Human Race!" "Senior... My admiration for you is like the vast, endless river, like the mighty, overflowing Yellow River..." Listening to the flattering remarks spilling from Lu Yuanwu, a strange look appeared on Su Xing''s face. Who would have thought that the dignified Martial Emperor of Great Xia Country would be so good at flattery? Su Xing contemplated for a moment and then spoke earnestly to Lu Yuanwu: "Little Lu! We''ve been working together for some time... Let me ask you, do you want to become a Legendary-level powerhouse?" Sarch* The n??el Fire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Hearing Su Xing''s words, Lu Yuanwu paused, then his face turned red with excitement, and he stammered: "Senior... Can I, can I really break through to the Legendary Level?" Lu Yuanwu rarely showed such loss of composure. Even the previous information about the Divine Strength Pill hadn''t excited him this much. As a Martial Emperor-level powerhouse who had been in a high position for many years, Lu Yuanwu immediately captured numerous implications from Su Xing''s short statement. Firstly, Su Xing had the ability to help a Martial Emperor-level powerhouse advance to the Legendary Level! Secondly, Su Xing was willing to help him advance to the Legendary Level! This was a Legendary-level powerhouse! Throughout the Great Xia Country, there were only a dozen or so, and they were all stationed at the Demon-Subduing Pass! Throughout the entire Human Race, there were no more than thirty Legendary-level powerhouses... Lu Yuanwu had been stuck at the peak of the Martial Emperor level for nearly a hundred years... Aside from the lack of absolute confidence in advancing to the Legendary Level, he was also worried that after breaking through to the Legendary Level, he might not be able to stay on Blue Star and might lose himself... If he could break through to the Legendary Level, he might even be laughing in his dreams! Seeing Lu Yuanwu''s loss of composure, Su Xing was mentally prepared and said: "Ahem, I do have the capability to help Martial Emperor-level professionals break through to the Legendary Level..." "However, this method is quite troublesome..." Su Xing feigned hesitation and said: "How about this? I''ll help you break through to the Legendary Level... You give me 10,000 tons of fourth-rank special metal, how about it?" Su Xing paused here and then added, "Consider this our private deal!" Su Xing proposed this naturally with his own calculations in mind. Firstly, 10,000 tons of fourth-rank special metal, worth 200,000 Origin Energy Source, was quite significant for him and could greatly replenish his resources. Secondly, there would be many more dealings with Lu Yuanwu in the future. Su Xing felt it necessary to help Lu Yuanwu elevate his position within Great Xia Country. Chapter 304 Plan to Go to the Tianyuan Realm, A Big Deal! [8k]_3 As for the best way to elevate one''s status, naturally, it was to increase one''s strength! "Ten thousand tons of fourth-rank special metal... to help me advance to the legendary level..." "This... isn''t this practically giving it away for free?" Lu Yuanwu''s eyes widened as he hurriedly said, "Senior, I am willing!" "It''s just that..." Sarch* The N??elFir.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. At this point, Lu Yuanwu hesitated a bit and explained, "It''s just that I''ve been stuck at the peak of the Martial Emperor Level for many years and have no confidence in breaking through..." "Moreover, after advancing to the legendary level, there seems to be some risk; I might have to seek refuge at the Demon-Subduing Pass..." Su Xing naturally knew Lu Yuanwu''s concerns. On Blue Star, all profession users were considered "reserve food" for the Red Moon. And after advancing to the legendary level, people would mysteriously disappear. Su Xing had already deduced that this was related to the Red Moon. As for the solution, as long as Su Xing was willing to sever the cause and effect or shield the heavenly secrets, it would be possible to avoid the Red Moon''s perception. After all, a mere legendary-level expert wasn''t something the Red Moon would pay much attention to... So, Su Xing said, "Rest assured, I will still need to trade with you in the future... Since I promise to ensure your advancement to the legendary level, I will definitely eliminate any hidden dangers for you!" Su Xing thought for a moment and said, "How about this, return to this place in a week, and I will trade with you, providing you with an elixir. Take it once a month, and within three months, you will have the confidence to challenge the legendary dungeon!" "When you break into the legendary level, I will find you again and ensure you are free from any risk, allowing you to remain on Blue Star..." Upon hearing such a detailed guarantee and plan from Su Xing, Lu Yuanwu''s face lit up with joy, nodding repeatedly. Then he hesitantly asked, "Senior... besides me, can other Martial Emperor Level experts also be guaranteed to break through to the legendary level?" Su Xing thought for a moment and said, "Yes, but each one will also require ten thousand tons of fourth-rank special metal... and the number cannot exceed ten!" "Remember... they must be peak Martial Emperor Level profession users of the strength type; otherwise, this method will not work... As for the candidates, you pick them yourself; make sure they are trustworthy!" Lu Yuanwu nodded repeatedly and agreed immediately. ... After parting with Lu Yuanwu, Su Xing used sword flight to arrive at the entrance of the Beast Taming Realm dungeon. "Phew... elevating ten legendary level experts... one legendary-level foreign race''s flesh essence should be enough, right?" Yes, Su Xing''s plan was to use the Rebirth Pill to help these profession users advance! As for possible side effects after taking the Rebirth Pill, With Su Xing''s current cultivation level, he could easily remove them! "Ten legendary levels... that''s a hundred thousand tons of fourth-rank special metal, two million origin energy sources!" "Completing this trade might just be enough for the cultivation needs of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!" Su Xing felt excited. Then, casting a formation to shield his aura and presence, Su Xing entered the Beast Taming Realm dungeon. Upon entering the Beast Taming Realm dungeon, Su Xing arrived naturally at the Red Dragon''s lair. Without alerting the Red Dragon, Su Xing followed his memory and reached the native land of the Beast Taming Realm. After spending another day, he made his way to the battlefield between the Beast Taming Realm and the foreign race. Looking at the familiar red soil and blood-red sky, Su Xing clicked his tongue and muttered, "Tsk tsk, I''d love to wipe out all the foreign races in the Beast Taming Realm... but the time isn''t right yet..." Su Xing didn''t make any rash moves, instead stealthily approaching over three days to silently take down a legendary-level foreign race. After obtaining its flesh essence, Su Xing smoothly returned to Blue Star. In the Beast Taming Realm, with hundreds of legendary foreign races, the loss of one wouldn''t cause much commotion... ... Inside the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing prepared to refine the legendary Rebirth Pills. A hundred pounds of flesh essence was enough for Su Xing to refine several hundred Rebirth Pills. But to ensure the potency of the elixirs and eliminate their side effects as much as possible, He ended up purifying and refining only one hundred supreme-grade Rebirth Pills. "Phew... finally succeeded in the refinement, the Rebirth Pill is enough to enhance the physical constitution of Martial Emperor profession users by thirty to fifty percent..." Su Xing nodded in satisfaction. Checking the time, there were still two days left before the week ended. So Su Xing took the opportunity to repair a puppet at the Divinity Transformation Stage. Soon, it was November 11, 2025, the New Era, and Su Xing went to the villa to meet with Jin Congxue. After a successful trade, he gained another thirty thousand origin energy sources. Your journey continues at My Virtual Library Empire Besides providing Jin Congxue with raw alien metal and elixirs, Su Xing also gifted him a supreme-grade spiritual treasure-level necklace. This made Jin Congxue''s face blush with excitement, though he didn''t know the true value of the necklace. Su Xing had infused the supreme-grade spiritual treasure with a wisp of immortal power and set up prohibitions. Even if Integration Phase or Mahayana Realm cultivators intended harm towards Jin Congxue, they would be easily blocked. ... Back in the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing planned his future simulation schedule while the cooldown for the simulated time had not yet ended. "From the information revealed by Lu Yuanwu a few days ago, the Great Xia Country can provide ten thousand tons of fourth-rank special metal... but it might be difficult..." "And for my Earth Immortal Realm to reach even the Perfection stage, I still need to spend twenty thousand simulated energy... Raising the Heavenly Immortal Realm to Perfection requires around a million energy sources..." "So, conservatively, raising it to the True Immortal Realm will cost at least over two million origin energies!" Su Xing calculated that if the plan was executed smoothly, he would be able to gather that much origin energy source. Chapter 304 Plan to Go to the Tianyuan Realm, A Big Deal! [8k]_4 But the improvement in Body Refinement would have to be set aside for a while. "Prioritize achieving Qi Refining Cultivation to the True Immortal Realm, then I can inherit the Luo Tian Mirror!" Su Xing''s goal was just that! "If the resources from Blue Star can''t support my further breakthroughs, then I''ll head to the Three Thousand Worlds!" Su Xing closed his eyes slightly, the decision was made in his heart. When the simulation cooldown was complete, Su Xing silently chanted: "Start simulation!" [112th simulation begins, current remaining Origin Energy Source is 413,456 points... No remaining simulation attempts.] [Simulation starting!] [Extracting Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 point of Origin Energy Source, would you like to extract it?] "Yes," Su Xing silently chanted. [Ding, congratulations on obtaining the Golden Talent, Divine Body of Yellow Earth, the probability of extracting the Golden Talent next time is sixty percent...] [Divine Body of Yellow Earth]: One of the Hundred Great Divine Bodies in the Cultivation World, your absorption of earth-attributed Spiritual Energy and comprehension of the Great Dao of Earth far exceed ordinary people. Su Xing glanced at the newly extracted talent and shook his head slightly: "What a pity, I don''t have an earth-attributed Spiritual Root... This Divine Body will have to be set aside for now..." "Therefore, this simulation will still focus on improving Qi Refining Cultivation... Additionally, I need to start nurturing the Spirit Sword, at the very least, to elevate the Ink Ice Sword to the high-grade Immortal Treasure level!" With this thought in mind, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realized that you are simulating.] [Ten days later, you ventured into the Luo Tian Instance to study the Dao of Puppets.] [In the next year, besides cultivating, you used Origin Force daily to nurture the Spirit Sword Mo Bing.] [In the third year, you ransacked the Descending Sect''s treasure vault in the Blood Demon Realm...] [In the same year, you took your family and friends to the Little Qingyun Realm.] Sear?h the Novel?ire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [You sold intelligence to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, acquiring a large number of Spirit Stones.] [In the fourth year, you joined loose cultivators from White Emperor City to raid the Descending Sect''s branch, accumulating Spiritual Liquid.] [In the tenth year, your cultivation further improved, advancing to the late stage of the fourth level of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [In the same year, you navigated the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat to the Blackwater Realm.] [You started planting Gathering Spirit Flowers in the Spirit Field Cave.] [Every three years, you could harvest a thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers...] [In the twenty-fifth year, you harvested a total of five thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers, and your Qi Refining Cultivation successfully advanced to the Peak of the fourth level of the Earth Immortal Realm!] [In the same year, you began to break through the bottleneck of the minor realm...] [Three years later, you successfully exited seclusion.] [In the twenty-eighth year, your cultivation advanced to the fifth level of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [That year, you began to reforge the Spirit Sword Mo Bing.] [You took out a sword-shaped Immortal Treasure prototype, which was extremely compatible with the Ink Ice Sword.] [After forty-nine days of reforging, the quality of the Ink Ice Sword finally broke through, upgrading from a Spiritual Artifact to a low-grade Immortal Treasure!] [At the same time, you noticed that the spirituality of the Ink Ice Sword became increasingly abundant, resonating with your intentions...] [In the next seven years, aside from cultivating, you constantly refined the Spirit Sword Mo Bing, and its quality continuously improved.] [In the thirty-fifth year, you retrieved the Luo Tian Legacy from an underwater cave.] [After the All-Encompassing Flower Secret Realm opened, you killed three high-ranking members of the Descending Sect and acquired a significant amount of resources.] [That year, you navigated the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat to the Star Realm.] [You stayed in the Star Realm for fifteen years, during which you refined Immortal Treasures for many cultivators, earning tens of millions of high-grade Spirit Stones.] [In the fiftieth year, through continuous refinement, the materials of the Spirit Sword Mo Bing reached the medium-grade Immortal Treasure level.] [And because this sword was your life-bound Origin Weapon, reinforced by Origin Force, its combat efficiency was comparable to that of a high-grade Immortal Treasure!] [That year, you navigated the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, passed through five Void Nodes, and arrived in the Cangwu Realm.] [In the fifty-first year, your cultivation advanced to the mid-stage of the fifth level of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [That year, as a Grandmaster of Artifact Refining, you refined Immortal Treasures for Earth Immortal and Heavenly Immortal cultivators in the Cangwu Realm.] [Each year, your income exceeded a million high-grade Spirit Stones...] [Aside from cultivating and artifact refining, you continuously used Origin Force to refine the Spirit Sword Mo Bing, and its quality kept improving...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and slightly nodded, saying: "The Ink Ice Sword has a good foundation and abundant spirituality... This is something many top-grade Immortal Treasures don''t possess!" "Moreover, this sword has become my life-bound Origin Weapon, resonating with my intentions, and it can''t be easily replaced..." "As long as it is repeatedly refined, elevating it to the top-grade Immortal Treasure level shouldn''t be difficult..." Pausing for a moment, Su Xing continued: "However, I still need to find a way to purchase a route map to Tianyuan Realm in the Cangwu Realm..." "With my own strength, so long as I make multiple stops and decide on the worlds I need to pause in, I should be able to reach Tianyuan Realm..." With this thought in mind, Su Xing silently chanted: "Use immersive simulation, duration one day..." [Ding...] As his vision changed, Su Xing appeared in the simulated world. Without hesitation, Su Xing disguised himself and restrained his aura, heading to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion. Inside the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, a young girl looked at Su Xing and asked: "Daoist friend, what intelligence do you wish to purchase?" Su Xing replied: "I wish to purchase the void node routes from the Cangwu Realm to the Tianyuan Realm... Preferably several routes, including the coordinates of the Minor Thousand Worlds along the way for reference!" The girl was startled by Su Xing''s request and sized him up. Purchasing void node routes was clearly for the purpose of traversing the void. But traversing the void, even with the aid of spatial treasures, required at least a True Immortal Realm cultivation level to attempt. And heading to the Tianyuan Realm, such a distant journey, even an average Profound Immortal wasn''t assured of success... Nonetheless, as the Heavenly Secret Pavilion only sold intelligence and did not inquire into customer privacy, she asked: Chapter 304 Plan to Go to the Tianyuan Realm, A Big Deal! [8k]_5 "Yes, traveling from the Cangwu Realm to the Tianyuan Realm, you need to traverse between 97 to 113 Void Nodes, offering seven routes with varying difficulty passing through hundreds of worlds, available for your selection" "This intelligence is equivalent to the grade B-plus and extremely detailed. I''ll charge you three million high-grade Spirit Stones, how about that?" Upon hearing the girl''s words, Su Xing nodded slightly and, without haggling, tossed over a bag of Spirit Stones. S~ea??h the novlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. After obtaining the intelligence Jade Slip, Su Xing returned to the cave estate he had temporarily acquired in the Cangwu Realm and then stepped into the Spirit Field Cave. Soon, the immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing re-entered the real world. ... In the real world, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, routes to the Tianyuan Realm already forming in his mind. These Void routes varied in distance; some were very dangerous, requiring passage through terrifying Void turbulence but consuming less time. Others were very long yet relatively safe, but regrettably required passing through dozens of worlds, possibly taking twenty to thirty years. Su Xing kept filtering and thinking endlessly, finally determining his route. "Starting from the Cangwu Realm, heading north through six Void Nodes to reach the Spirit Beast Realm then going eastward through seven Void Nodes to reach the Yin Wood Realm" "Further eastward, passing through the Yellow Water Realm and Yellow Sky Realm finally reaching the Tianyuan Realm!" "This journey needs to traverse 103 Void Nodes, passing through about 13 worlds. It might take about twenty years to reach the Tianyuan Realm, right?" Su Xing clicked his tongue, with a plan already in mind. The reason he chose such a route. Firstly, to avoid those worlds invaded by Foreign Races, preventing unexpected incidents. Secondly, and more importantly, several of these worlds were once locations of Luo Tian Sect''s hidden treasures! If Su Xing explored them, he might acquire plenty of resources for his cultivation! "Huff 103 Void Nodes, though a bit far, are within an acceptable range!" "As long as I reach the Tianyuan Realm, at least the danger from the Descending Sect should be avoided Qing Yunzi''s Qingyun Realm is also far from the Tianyuan Realm, making it difficult for him to find me..." Su Xing felt excited but didn''t plan to set off immediately. "Void navigation is perilous; a single mistake can lead to getting lost in the Void turbulence Better to enhance my cultivation level first and take the risk only when the simulation is about to end!" Su Xing thought this, his gaze returning to the Simulation Panel. [After leaving the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, you continued to cultivate in the cave estate.] [Every twenty years, you would sell five thousand Gathering Spirit Flowers to the Money Guild, exchanging them for two million drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid for cultivation.] [Despite this, it was still a drop in the bucket; the amount of Spiritual Liquid still kept depleting...] [In the seventieth year, your cultivation level advanced to the late stage of the fifth level of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [Through years of artifact refining and Origin Force nourishment, the spirituality of the Ink Ice Sword became increasingly high, nearing the level of a high-grade Immortal Treasure.] [In the eighty-fifth year, your cultivation level smoothly ascended to the peak of the fifth level of the Earth Immortal Realm, and you began seeking a breakthrough.] [In the eighty-eighth year, consuming a million drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid, you successfully made a breakthrough!] [Congratulations on becoming a cultivator at the sixth level of the Earth Immortal Realm...] [In the ninetieth year, continued refining finally elevated the Ink Ice Sword to a high-grade Immortal Treasure, making it even more powerful than top-tier Immortal Treasures!] [With the Ink Ice Sword in hand, you were confident that you could defeat even mid-stage Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators!] [That year, with most of your Spiritual Liquid consumed, you went to the Money Guild and sold a few high-grade Immortal Treasures you had previously refined, aiming to exchange for ten million drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid.] [The transaction was successful, with the Money Guild informing you that within twenty years, they would provide you with all ten million drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid.] [With this supply, your cultivation speed increased by thirty percent.] [In the hundredth year, your cultivation level rose to the mid-stage of the sixth level of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [In the hundred and fifteenth year, your cultivation level ascended to the late stage of the sixth level of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [That same year, you spent a large sum, selling an Innate Fusang Tree Branch to obtain many precious artifact refining materials, the most valuable among them being a Spirit Sword Stone!] [The Spirit Sword Stone was an Acquired Treasure, inherently holding boundless Sword Intent. It could also be used as an artifact refining material to birth an Artifact Spirit within a magical treasure!] [You prepared to make a vigorous effort to refine the Ink Ice Sword to the level of a top-tier Immortal Treasure using the Spirit Sword Stone!] Chapter 305 Comprehending the Path of Causality and Destiny, The Price of Severing Causality! 【8k】 In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly. "If the Ink Ice Sword can truly be upgraded to an ultimate immortal treasure, my combat power will increase by at least thirty percent... For a period in the future, I won''t be at a disadvantage in the battle of the same realm artifacts..." "The problem now is whether my mana is sufficient to refine the ultimate immortal treasure?" Su Xing was a bit worried. Therefore, before completely refining the ultimate immortal treasure and engaging in long-distance void navigation, Su Xing hoped to quickly break through to the late Earth Immortal Realm. With the increase in mana, his grasp of the situation would undoubtedly improve. Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel. [Before refining the Ink Ice Sword, you decided to first raise your cultivation realm.] [In the next fifteen years, you occasionally refine artifacts, but spend most of your time practicing the Zhengyi Submission Decision, your cultivation level advancing by leaps and bounds...] [In the 125th year, your cultivation level reached the peak of the sixth level of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [You started attempting to break through to the late Earth Immortal Realm...] [In the 127th year, after the failure of your first breakthrough attempt, your mana became chaotic...] [So you started accumulating resources, preparing for a second breakthrough attempt...] [In this way, another three years passed.] [In the 130th year, during your second breakthrough, you spent a million drops of high-grade spiritual liquid.] [Finally, on a sunny and windy morning, luck favored you, and you successfully broke through...] [Congratulations, you became a late Earth Immortal Realm cultivator!] [After breaking through to the late Earth Immortal Realm, your mana became more abundant, increasing by more than fifty percent... The immortal power within you flowed endlessly like a long river...] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly. "Not bad, the late Earth Immortal Realm, mana has grown significantly... It''s time to attempt refining the Ink Ice Sword!" Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel. [After breaking through to the late Earth Immortal Realm, you began to attempt refining the Ink Ice Sword anew.] [You took out the Spirit Sword Stone and various precious materials and began to retreat into artifact refining...] [In this long retreat, day and night blended together, and before you knew it, a year had passed...] [After a year of re-refining, your immortal power continuously surged into the Ink Ice Sword, the spirituality within it growing stronger, seeming to begin the birth of an artifact spirit...] [So, another year passed.] [On this day, a seven-colored glow floated over the Spirit Field Cave, and the Ink Ice Sword had finally been upgraded to an ultimate immortal treasure, almost reaching the realm of acquired treasures...] S~ea??h the N?vel(F)ire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [Just when you thought this was the limit for the Ink Ice Sword... the Spirit Vein Dragon suddenly approached and spat out a crystal-clear Dragon Ball...] [The Dragon Ball hovered above the Ink Ice Sword, causing light waves to ripple...] [Suddenly, the spirituality of the Ink Ice Sword increased greatly, its quality undergoing a transformation!] [The Ink Ice Sword directly upgraded from an ultimate immortal treasure to a half-step acquired treasure!] [And it finally gave birth to its own consciousness!] [You felt an immense joy in your heart, sensing that the touch of the Ink Ice Sword in your hand now felt like an extension of your own arm...] [With a thought, you moved the Ink Ice Sword into your body, where it gently quivered for three seconds, transformed into a rainbow light, and surged into your body!] [The Origin Force Flower within your dantian continuously emitted Origin Force, endlessly nurturing the Ink Ice Sword.] [As your innate artifact, given time, this Ink Ice Sword would eventually be fully upgraded to an acquired treasure!] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and couldn''t help but feel delighted. "Luck... is indeed on my side!" "To think it directly upgraded to a level of acquired treasures? Though it''s only a half-step acquired treasure... it''s still far beyond an ultimate immortal treasure!" Su Xing murmured. A half-step acquired treasure was often an artifact that only a Profound Immortal could possess. Or some Heavenly Immortals and True Immortals with deep backgrounds might have a small chance to possess such treasures. It could be said that after mastering the Ink Ice Sword, Su Xing wouldn''t be at a disadvantage even against True Immortals in terms of artifacts. "With my current strength... could I defeat a late-stage Heavenly Immortal in battle?" Explore more adventures at My Virtual Library Empire Su Xing pondered for a moment, realizing he had never fought a late-stage Heavenly Immortal before. But by his calculations, even if he couldn''t win, he should have no problem fighting to a draw. "Moreover, since the Ink Ice Sword is my innate artifact... with the continuous nurturing of Origin Force, its potential and quality limits will be extremely high!" "With the material bonus of the Spirit Sword Stone, it won''t be at a disadvantage... This Ink Ice Sword should at least last me until the Golden Immortal Realm!" Su Xing nodded in satisfaction. With the artifact issue resolved, the next step was to find a way to travel to other worlds within the Three Thousand Worlds... Thinking this, Su Xing looked again at the simulation panel. [In the 135th year, you began preparing for void navigation to travel to the Tianyuan Realm...] [You purchased three million drops of high-grade spiritual liquid from the Money Guild, as a supply for long-distance void navigation.] [At the same time, you spent tens of millions of high-grade spirit stones to buy a treasure named "Void Compass."] [The Void Compass helps cultivators determine their position during void navigation, preventing them from getting lost in the void, making it an essential item for long-distance void travel...] [Apart from the Void Compass, you also bought formations and magical artifacts to reinforce the Immortal Boat, spending millions more high-grade spirit stones.] [After making all these preparations, you headed to the void node of the Tianyuan Realm, planning to go first to the nearby Spirit Beast Realm...] [Upon reaching the late Earth Immortal Realm, your void navigation speed increased by thirty percent, and three months later, you successfully arrived in the Spirit Beast Realm.] [The Spirit Beast Realm was only a dozen void nodes away from the Qingyun Realm, and in your heart, you were somewhat worried, knowing there was some risk of being sensed by Qing Yunzi.] Chapter 306 A Mighty Divine Power Demon Appears, Heaven Rank Spirit of the Void!【8k】 ``` A figure appeared behind you without making a sound. After recognizing the figure, your complexion changed drastically, the newcomer was none other than Qing Yunzi! At this moment, Qing Yunzi was wearing a black robe and seemed somewhat delirious... He revealed a strange smile, indicating that you were indeed a descendant of the Luo Tian Sect... It turned out that Qing Yunzi had discovered your trail as early as five years ago when you were in the Yin Wood Realm. He had been lurking by your side this whole time, watching you find the Luotian Legacy one after the other, until he finally confirmed your identity... Before you could even explain, Qing Yunzi performed a Soul Search on you... Your consciousness gradually faded... You died! Ding, this simulation has ended! Back in the real world, Su Xing gasped and muttered, "Qing Yunzi... a Daluo Golden Immortal, has been tracking me for years without me noticing?" "Simulation of the one hundred and seventieth year... and still, Qing Yunzi managed to find a clue!" Su Xing frowned slightly, never having imagined that Qing Yunzi too was so adept at concealment, and it seemed his Divine Sense was extremely powerful. Su Xing was in the Yin Wood Realm, tens of Void Nodes away from the Little Qingyun Realm... "So, was it a chance discovery... or is Qing Yunzi also extremely powerful in the Path of Divination and predicted my location?" Su Xing pondered. If Qing Yunzi''s Divine Sense could cover from the Qingyun Realm to the Yin Wood Realm, Su Xing wouldn''t believe it! Such Divine Sense, let alone a Semi-Saint, even a true Saint couldn''t achieve it! So, it was the result of Cause and Effect Divination... Strictly speaking, he was Qing Yunzi''s disciple and also carried the Spirit Field Cave given by Qing Yunzi. Combined, these two made it seem not so difficult for Qing Yunzi to find him... "Destroy my Cultivation Level... that would likely deal a major blow to my Vital Energy..." "But I might be able to create my own Spirit Field Cave... The Cave that Qing Yunzi gave me isn''t indispensable after all!" That was what Su Xing thought. Su Xing''s Spirit Field Cave was actually just an ordinary personal mini world, an Alternate Space. Creating such a space didn''t come from nothing, rather it required cutting a part out of the world to serve as one''s personal space. Therefore, the understanding of the Dao of Space required for such Cultivation is extremely high. With Su Xing''s beginner''s understanding of space, it was sufficient to create a personal space of about several dozen feet in circumference. But Mana... seemed to be lacking a bit... "Perfection in the Earth Immortal Realm... with my foundation, perhaps my Mana could barely be equivalent to the early stages of the Heavenly Immortal Realm... then I could try giving up the Spirit Field Cave given by Qing Yunzi, which would not be easily detected by him..." But currently, the Spirit Field Cave was too important for Su Xing, impractical to just give up... He could only wait until later, after Su Xing had created his own Spirit Field Cave, to make new plans. Your next chapter is on My Virtual Library Empire Su Xing thought so and then glanced at the simulation rewards. "This week, I am supposed to provide Lu Yuanwu with Elixirs as agreed upon..." In fact, as Su Xing had speculated. The location Qing Yunzi used to find him was largely through locking onto the Spirit Field Cave. [Yellow Earth Divine Body]: Golden Talent, priced at 10 points of Origin Energy Source. [Seventh Layer Earth Immortal Cultivation Level]: Mid-stage Earth Immortal Cultivator, after surviving disasters of Yin and Yang Fire, with thick Mana and a lifespan of twenty thousand years, priced at 90,000 points of Origin Energy Source. [Artifact Refining Insights]: Insights into the Path of Artifact Refining, a half-step Great Grandmaster, able occasionally to refine supreme Immortal Treasures, priced at 30,000 points of Origin Energy Source. [Ink Ice Sword (Reforged)]: Reforged countless times by Artifact Refining Grandmaster Su Xing into a half-step Acquired Treasure, it is the essential Spirit Artifact, able to perfectly unleash the strength of Origin Force, made of strange and precious material, and even birthed a Supreme Treasure with sentient spirituality, priced at either 100,000 or 150,000 points of Origin Energy Source. sea??h th Novl?ire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. During this simulation, apart from improving his Cultivation Level, Su Xing devoted most of his energy to the reforging of the Ink Ice Sword. From a mere Spiritual Artifact, Su Xing continuously improved its quality and materials, and nurtured it with Origin Force. It was finally through the Spirit Sword Stone that he elevated it to a half-step Acquired Treasure! "The Ink Ice Sword... is a must to take with me! With the reforged Ink Ice, even if I were to face a late-stage Heavenly Immortal Cultivator, I dare to fight..." Su Xing''s heart stirred, and he took out the Ink Ice Sword, curiously asking, "Why is the Ink Ice Sword priced at either 100,000 or 150,000 points of Origin Energy Source? One item, two prices?" Su Xing was puzzled, but the explanation from the Simulator came just in time. [Ding, if you wish to apply the reforging from the simulation directly onto the current Ink Ice Sword, the cost will be 100,000 points; to take out another complete Ink Ice Sword, you will need to spend 150,000 points of Origin Energy Source...] After hearing the Simulator''s prompt, Su Xing understood. "So, it''s about strengthening what''s already there!" Su Xing nodded slightly, looking at the Spirit Sword Mo Bing in his hand. He wasn''t a cultivator of the dual-sword style; one essential Spirit Artifact was sufficient. Besides, the extra 50,000 points of Origin Energy Source were not a small expense. Thus, Su Xing silently decided, "I choose the Seventh Layer Earth Immortal Cultivation Level... and the Ink Ice Sword at the level of 100,000 points..." As his words fell, the Simulator''s prompt sounded. [You have successfully brought out the Ink Ice Sword (Reforged) for 100,000 points of Origin Energy Source, leaving you with a remaining balance of 313,296 points...] [You have successfully brought out the Seventh Layer Earth Immortal Cultivation Level for 90,000 points of Origin Energy Source, leaving you with a remaining balance of 243,296 points...] Two mysterious energies, one after another, entered Su Xing''s body and the Ink Ice Sword in his hand. ``` Chapter 306 The Mighty Divine Power Demon Appears, Heaven Rank Great Void Spirit!【8k】_2 In an instant, Su Xing felt the Cultivation Mana within his body surge explosively, and the Ink Ice Sword in his hand also began to undergo violent changes. Earth Immortal Realm Fourth Rank... Earth Immortal Realm Fifth Rank... Earth Immortal Realm Sixth Rank! Su Xing''s Cultivation Level had broken through in one go to the Seventh Rank of the Earth Immortal Realm, making him a late-stage Earth Immortal Realm Cultivator! Moreover, his Cultivation Level stayed in the late-seventh rank of the Earth Immortal Realm, perhaps not far from the eighth... Su Xing took a long breath, feeling the immortal power raging inside him like a long river, and nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad... my mana has increased by more than double compared to the mid-stage of the Earth Immortal Realm!" After comprehending the changes in his mana, Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the Spirit Sword Mo Bing in his hand. At this moment, the appearance of the Ink Ice Sword was vastly different from before. Originally, the Ink Ice Sword was a type of thin sword with a blade no more than three centimeters wide, but now the blade was about an inch and a half wide. The Sword Body was inky black, and the blade was extremely sharp. Sarch* The ovlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Su Xing only needed to hover his finger above the blade for his skin to feel a stinging sensation. "Tsks tsk... what a fine sword!" Su Xing nodded with satisfaction. At the same time, Mo Bing emitted a series of light hums, and a milky, loli voice entered Su Xing''s ears. "Master~ can you hear me?" Su Xing shuddered all over, looking at the Ink Ice Sword in his hand, an odd feeling rising in his heart. "What a cute... ahem, what a fine sword!" ... After leaving the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing headed to the location agreed upon with Lu Yuanwu. This week, Su Xing had agreed to provide Lu Yuanwu with Elixirs capable of creating Legendary Level warriors! As soon as Su Xing approached the mountain, he sensed Lu Yuanwu''s presence, and within a hundred miles around, Lu Yuanwu was the only one with such a strong Life aura. Su Xing nodded in satisfaction and then revealed himself. Lu Yuanwu had been waiting for a while and when he saw Su Xing appear, his heart leaped with joy, saying, "Elder! Does our previous discussion about the trade still stand?" "This... this is the ten thousand tons of Fourth-Rank Alien Metal I''ve brought for you... As for the rest of the Alien Metals, I need some time to gather them... I promise to give them to you within a month!" Hearing this, Su Xing took the storage ring and with a thought, it transformed into two hundred thousand Origin Energy Points! "Even with the resources of Great Xia Country, gathering a hundred thousand tons of Fourth-Rank Alien Metal... must take some time..." Su Xing thought to himself. He wasn''t in a hurry; the two million Origin Energy Points couldn''t run away. And since Su Xing was still some distance away from the Heavenly Immortal Realm, he wasn''t in a rush for the moment... So Su Xing asked, "Little Lu! You said before that there were quite a few Peak Martial Emperors among the upper echelons of Great Xia who wanted to advance... how is your preparation going?" Hearing Su Xing''s question, Lu Yuanwu promptly nodded and replied, "Including myself, a total of eleven Peak Martial Emperors seek a breakthrough... What do you think?" Lu Yuanwu felt tense inside; previously, Su Xing had mentioned ten, and now he was asking for eleven, wasn''t that being a bit too presumptuous? A drop of cold sweat slid down Lu Yuanwu''s forehead, fearing that he might upset the elder. But Su Xing didn''t mind; to him, the difference between ten or eleven Legendary warriors was negligible... He casually took out eleven bottles of Rebirth Pills, a total of 33, each of supreme quality. "Follow the process I gave you, each person takes one Rebirth Pill per month... After taking them, you might feel extremely irritable, but this side effect is only temporary..." "During the process, I need to supervise to ensure nothing goes wrong..." "After three consecutive months, after each of you has taken three pills, your strength and physical fitness should increase by at least 30%!" Pausing for a moment, Su Xing continued, Stay connected via My Virtual Library Empire "By then, when you carry out the tasks to advance, even if you step into Legendary Rank, I guarantee you won''t lose yourselves!" Upon hearing Su Xing''s words, Lu Yuanwu nodded eagerly, cautiously asking, "Elder, the other ten Great Xia high officials are waiting at an upscale hotel in Kyoto City... How about it, would you care to join us for a simple meal while overseeing our first dosage of the Elixirs?" Su Xing was well aware that supervising them taking the Elixirs was secondary; what Lu Yuanwu really desired was to strengthen their bond with Su Xing. But for now, Su Xing didn''t want to lay all his cards on the table with the Great Xia officials yet; it could involve too many complications... So Su Xing said, "I can supervise the taking of Elixirs... but there''s no need for a meal!" Hearing this, Lu Yuanwu''s expression tightened, and he dared not say more. Su Xing''s Divine Sense moved, covering a thousand miles like a tidal wave. He quickly discovered that in the north of Kyoto City, within a certain hotel, there were over ten formidable auras. "It''s the Red Star Hotel in the city, isn''t it? Come here..." Su Xing merely reached out and grabbed Lu Yuanwu''s arm, then the power of the Great Dao of Space activated... In the next instant, Su Xing and Lu Yuanwu''s figures traveled a thousand miles and arrived directly inside the Red Star Hotel in Kyoto City. In a private room, more than ten robust or muscular middle-aged men laughed and talked, seemingly waiting for something good. The next second, Su Xing appeared beside them, still holding Lu Yuanwu. "Everyone, be careful, it''s an attack!" "Who are you... how did you get here!" "You..." These battle-hardened generals reacted quickly, drawing their weapons and watching Su Xing with vigilance. Su Xing merely frowned slightly, put down Lu Yuanwu, and signaled with his eyes for him to explain... "Old Lu... what''s going on here?" "Old Lu, how did you all appear here?" "Old Lu... could this be the person you mentioned, the one in charge?" Chapter 306 Emergence of a Mighty Divine Power Demon, Heaven Rank Great Void Spirit!【8k】_3 A group of seasoned Martial Emperors widened their eyes, all talking at once. Lu Yuanwu, however, seemed as if he hadn''t clearly heard what they were saying, his heart tremendously shaken: Sar?h the n?vel_Fire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Who am I? Where am I? Holy shit... how did I suddenly appear in the Red Star Hotel?" "This place... is a full thousand miles away from that mountain!" "Thousand miles... teleported directly? Hiss..." "Elder... what exactly is his Cultivation Level... could it really be that he''s a God?" Lu Yuanwu took a deep breath and it took him a long while to calm his emotions before he turned to the Martial Emperors beside him: "Old Wu, Old Liu... have you not met the elder?" "The elder''s visit this time is to help us break through to Legendary Level..." ... With Lu Yuanwu''s explanation, these Martial Emperors also became aware of Su Xing''s identity and looked at him with reverence. Su Xing then used a little trick to stabilize their agitated moods and eliminate the side effects of taking the Rebirth Pill. After all this, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave once more. Your adventure continues at My Virtual Library Empire This week, Su Xing was still repairing Divinity Transformation Puppets. As Su Xing''s puppet knowledge became more proficient, his repair work on the puppets was done with greater ease. The number of puppets obtained from the Spiritual Ancestral Land ranged from the Nascent Soul Stage to the Mahayana Realm. Su Xing planned to repair all these puppets and then dispatch them to various countries to provide a long-term Origin Energy Source for him. Time quickly arrived at November 18th, 2025 of the New Era, and Su Xing went to the villa to trade with Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue wore a pink long dress today, looking a bit haggard despite the dark color. Su Xing pointed to Jin Congxue''s small face and asked: "Sister Xue, what''s wrong with you these past few days? You seem to be a little preoccupied..." Jin Congxue replied with some sadness in her voice after hearing this: "Su Xing, do you think Sister is old?" Su Xing looked at Jin Congxue''s fair skin, pink cheeks, just like an eighteen-year-old girl, and quickly shook his head, saying: "Of course not! Heavenly King Level Profession Users have lifespans of hundreds of years... you''re not even thirty, how could you be old? You look like a sixteen-year-old girl to me!" Jin Congxue chuckled at his response but still said with some worry: "These past few days, I don''t know why... but several generals from the Great Xia Country have come to propose marriage to my Jin family, saying their descendants are excellent... it seems they want to arrange a marriage with the Jin family?" "And in their words, there is a lot of flattery towards my grandfather and the Jin family..." Upon hearing Jin Congxue''s words, Su Xing slightly furrowed his brows, then quickly realized. Jin Congxue was being pressured into marriage! And it was that clichd clan marriage politics? As for the reason behind the attempted union... it was because of Lu Yuanwu''s rising star, with the Great Xia Country''s generals seeking to curry favor with the Jin family? Su Xing felt somewhat helpless; after going around in circles, it seemed the issue still involved him! There was no doubt about Su Xing''s identity as a "senior master," and his regular transactions with Lu Yuanwu. This meant that Lu Yuanwu''s status in the entire Great Xia Country was probably second only to the Human Emperor! Especially once Lu Yuanwu advanced to Legendary Level, bringing forth ten new Legendary powerhouses... Lu Yuanwu was likely to become one of the most sought-after figures in the entire Human Race! And consequently, Lu Yuanwu''s relatives naturally became targets of flattery. Even Jin Congxue became a target for other clans seeking to arrange marriages... However, Su Xing wasn''t worried that things would develop for the worse. If any cheesy clan marriage drama truly unfoldedSu Xing would intervene if necessary! To be honest, the trivial squabbles of those Martial Emperor or "Legendary Level" strongmen were hardly a concern for Su Xing. Thus, Su Xing asked with some curiosity: "Sister Xue... what did you say then?" Jin Congxue blushed slightly, stealing a glance at Su Xing, and said matter-of-factly: "Well, I said! Now that I''m a Heavenly King Level Profession User with a lifespan of five hundred years... and I''m only thirty this year, which is equivalent to a six-year-old girl to a normal person!" "You can''t force a six-year-old girl into a marriage, right? Heh heh... so we''ll have to wait until I''m of age... which is to say, sixty years from now!" Jin Congxue smiled playfully, feeling somewhat smug in her heart. Right now, Jin Congxue was thinking: Although Su Xing didn''t have high strength, in sixty years, he would surely become a Martial Emperor Level big shot, right? Then, she could bring Su Xing back to meet her parents... As for Su Xing, looking at the waves cresting at Jin Congxue''s chest, he thought... Ah, this size, six years old? Yeah right! ... After bidding farewell to Jin Congxue, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave, ready to start a new round of simulations. This week, Su Xing obtained 220,000 Origin Energy Source from Lu Yuanwu, plus over 30,000 more from the Tarot Commerce Association. Altogether, he had gained over 250,000 Origin Energy Sources! Taking advantage of the simulation time not having cooled down yet, Su Xing was planning this round of simulation. "My Cultivation Realm has already improved to the late Earth Immortal Realm... it shouldn''t be difficult to break through to the perfection of the Earth Immortal Realm in one go!" "Besides, I must find a way to enhance my Divine Sense and Dao Comprehension as well..." Since becoming an Immortal, Su Xing''s Divine Sense hadn''t been cultivated further. To put it dramatically, Su Xing''s ten-thousand-mile Divine Sense was even inferior to most cultivators in the Earth Immortal Realm... And to break through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, one must endure the Three Disasters of Immortals! The Three Disasters of Wind, Fire, and Thunder! Among them, the Yin and Yang disaster had already been successfully passed by Su Xing... Next up would be the Thunder Disaster! "The Heart-Breaking Thunder! This is a disaster that strikes directly at the Cultivator''s Divine Soul... if the Divine Soul, the strength of the Divine Sense is not enough, there is even a risk of complete annihilation!" "But once the Heart-Breaking Thunder is passed, not only will one''s foundation and Divine Soul grow further... but the Mana will also increase!" Chapter 306 The Mighty Divine Power Demon Appears, Heaven Rank Great Void Spirit!【8k】_4 "So, the growth of Divine Sense also needs to be scheduled now!" Su Xing murmured. Practicing Zhengyi Submission Decision, apart from the solstice days, only required spending one hour on Qi Refinement each day. The rest of the time, Su Xing could use to hone his Divine Sense... Perfect for elevating the Divine Sense Realm! Su Xing pondered for a moment, his gaze shifted to the Simulation Panel. "Begin simulation!" [Simulation No. 113 initiated, remaining Origin Energy Source points are 498,796... remaining simulation attempts are unlimited.] [Simulation started!] [Extracting Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 point of Origin Energy Source, proceed with extraction?] Su Xing did not hesitate, he silently thought: "Yes!" [Ding, congratulations on obtaining the Purple Talent, Earth and Wood Specialist, next Golden Talent extraction probability is seventy percent...] [Earth and Wood Specialist]: Purple Talent, your sensitivity to earth and wood attribute Spiritual Energy is beyond ordinary, allowing you to more swiftly comprehend The Great Dao of Earth and The Great Dao of Wood. Seeing the newly extracted talent, Su Xing raised a mocking eyebrow and commented: "Oh boy... when will there be an Earth and Wood Sacred Body, the Earth and Wood guy would be ecstatic?" Su Xing''s gaze returned to the Simulation Panel. [Within the Spirit Field Cave, you realize you are in a simulation...] [Ten days later, you visited the Luo Tian Instance...] [After leaving the Luo Tian Instance, you returned to the Spirit Field Cave.] [Aside from practicing Qi Refinement, you began to venture spiritually into the Great Void...] [After your Divine Sense entered the Divine Sense Realm of Six Senses, the strength of your Divine Soul improved significantly, making your traveling speed in the Great Void surprisingly fast.] [You madly searched for Spirit Voids in the Great Void, continuously devouring them, increasing your Divine Sense...] [Thus, ten years passed...] [In the tenth year, your Divine Sense expanded to twelve thousand li.] [During this time you devoured dozens of earth-rank Spirit Voids, yet you still hadn''t found a trace of a heaven-rank Spirit Void...] [In the fifteenth year, your Cultivation Level advanced to the Seventh Layer Peak of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [You began attempting to break through to the eighth layer of the Earth Immortal Realm...] [In the eighteenth year, your first breakthrough attempt failed, yet you did not lose heart, continuing to accumulate your foundation; aside from practicing Zhengyi Submission Decision, your Divine Sense also grew day by day...] Discover hidden tales at My Virtual Library Empire [In the twentieth year, your Divine Sense expanded to fourteen thousand one hundred li...] [In the twenty-fifth year, you launched your second attack on the eighth layer of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [This time, you succeeded, congratulations on becoming an cultivator of the eighth layer of the Earth Immortal Realm!] [That year, your scope of Divine Sense expanded to fifteen thousand li...] Back in the real world, Su Xing''s mouth couldn''t help but curve upwards. Sar?h the N?velFire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "After reaching the Immortal Realm... the enhancement of Divine Sense is much faster than before!" Su Xing murmured, nodding in satisfaction. The reason his Divine Sense had grown so rapidly was naturally due to his improvement in Cultivation Realm and the explosive growth after his Divine Sense reached the Divine Sense Realm of Six Senses! Typically speaking, at the peak of the Human Immortal Realm, the range of Divine Sense should be around thirty thousand li. For the Earth Immortal Realm, it is sixty thousand li... Once Divine Sense in the Immortal Realm entered the Six Senses Realm, its growth was naturally much faster than before, yet not as rapid as Su Xing''s. Even those who specialized in cultivating Divine Sense would need at least a thousand years to increase their Divine Sense by five thousand li. But Su Xing took only twenty-five years to increase by five thousand li. On average... he increased his Divine Sense by two hundred li every year! The fast pace of growth was naturally due to the unique aspect of the Great Void in Blue Star. Blue Star was once a part of the vast Luo Tian Great Realm; its Great Void had a long heritage, unexplored by cultivators for several epochs. In the vast expanse of the Great Void, the quantity of Void Spirits was extremely abundant, unclaimed by other cultivators. Few monks, plenty of porridge; naturally benefiting Su Xing... "Goodness, at this rate, it won''t be long before my Divine Sense reaches the limit of the Earth Immortal Realm!" Su Xing smacked his lips. "However, such high-speed growth of Divine Sense... can only be achieved on Blue Star, it seems this simulation should stay on Blue Star as much as possible..." Thinking so, Su Xing''s gaze returned to the Simulation Panel. [In the twenty-eighth year, the Demon Saint descended...] [You went to the Demon-Subduing Pass, guarding it for five years, ultimately the Demon Saint retreated...] [Thus, more than ten years passed...] [In the fortieth year, you ventured spiritually into the Great Void, your scope of Divine Sense expanded to nineteen thousand li...] [Over these decades, you swallowed countless Xuanhuang and earth-rank Spirit Voids, yet you still hadn''t encountered a trace of a heaven-rank Spirit Void...] [You did not give up, continuing your search.] [You decided to try and see just how vast the Great Void was...] [Therefore, you chose to head north, wanting to reach the edge of the Great Void...] [In the forty-fifth year, your Cultivation Level advanced to the mid-stage of the eighth layer of the Earth Immortal Realm!] [That same year, a lower-ranked deity wielding Divine Power attacked, you secretly took action and killed it...] [In the fiftieth year, your Divine Sense expanded to twenty-one thousand li...] [Your Divine Sense constantly wandered the Great Void, covering countless distances.] [For a full ten years, your Divine Soul drifted northwards, seeing only desolation, fortunately, the number of Void Spirits you devoured did not decrease, your Divine Sense grew stronger and stronger...] [In the fifty-third year, heading north, you gradually noticed changes in the Great Void...] [In the Great Void, it was still desolate, but the number of Spirit Voids you encountered seemed to increase.] [That year, you devoured several earth-rank Spirit Voids, your Divine Sense expanded to twenty-two thousand li...] [You felt elated by this, and your heart held some anticipation... indeed, the Great Void also wasn''t unchanging!] [In your conjecture, the Great Void may also have a Core Area... and the number of Spirit Voids in the Core Area might be more numerous, with higher ranks, more suitable for you to devour and grow your Divine Sense!] Chapter 306 The Appearance of a Powerful Divine Power Demon, Heaven Rank Spirit of the Void!【8k】_5 ``` [Thus, you gather all your willpower, and your Divine Sense races toward the north...] ``` Back in the real world, Su Xing raised an eyebrow at this. "In the Great Void Realm...there''s a core area too?" "Perhaps the Heaven Rank Great Void Spirits, which have never appeared before, exist in the core area!" Su Xing''s heart thumped with excitement, filled with anticipation. A Heaven Rank Great Void Spirit, if devoured, would certainly provide significant growth to Divine Sense! More importantly, Heaven Rank Great Void Spirits could possibly birth Divine Consciousness secret techniques from the Ancient Era! Currently, the Any-Wish Golden Cauldron technique mastered by Su Xing is just barely sufficient, but is far from profound. "It would be wonderful to get a hold of an Ancient Era Divine Consciousness secret technique... Moreover, the techniques manifested by Heaven Rank Great Void Spirits must definitely suit the cultivator''s own attributes!" Sear?h the novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Su Xing murmured to himself, but then he became a bit worried. "The next round of invasion by the Foreign Race on Blue Star is coming soon... I wonder if we can hold them off, or if I should explore the Great Void Realm as soon as possible!" His gaze turned to the Simulation Panel. [You wander through the Great Void, and two more years pass, as you approach closer to the core area of the Great Void Realm, the rank of the surrounding Great Void Spirits grows higher...] [But even Earth Rank Great Void Spirits can be easily handled by you...] [In the fifty-fifth year, your Divine Sense has extended to twenty-three thousand miles...] [As such, three more years pass, and the number of Great Void Spirits you''ve consumed grows...] [In the fifty-eighth year, your Divine Sense has grown to twenty-five thousand miles!] [That same year, you perform a Divination and foresee major calamity for Demon-Subduing Pass...] [Therefore, without calculating the strength of the Foreign Race coming to attack, you discover that while you were in danger, it wouldn''t be fatal...] [After some thought, you decide to continue staying within Blue Star!] [Several months later, a creature as vast as the sky and as dreadful as a demon appeared in Demon-Subduing Pass!] [With just one glance, you recognize that this demon from the Foreign Race is the same one that appeared in America during the apocalypse long ago!] [At this moment, you finally understand his strength... a powerful Divine Force from the Foreign Race!] [Equivalent to a cultivator in the mid-Heavenly Immortal Realm!] [For a mid-Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator, even you must face the battle with utmost caution...] [You defend Demon-Subduing Pass for several months, engaging in a fierce battle with this powerful Divine Force Foreign Race deity for seven days and nights...] [In the end, by employing your "Unethical in Martial Conduct" talent, you surprise it with a sneak attack, combined with three thousand strands of Body-Protecting Sword Aura, and successfully slay it!] [After killing this demon deity, you also obtain his Divinity and divine authority...] [This demon from the Foreign Race seems to possess some authority over slaughter and blood...] [Correspondingly, it is among the cultivators, the Dao of Slaughter Principles!] [You are not too interested in the Dao of Slaughter, thus you choose not to assimilate it...] [But for some reason, ever since you killed this demon deity of the Foreign Race, you feel an additional gaze upon you...] [You are unaware of where this gaze originates from, but can only be even more cautious.] Back in the real world, Su Xing frowns slightly at this. "A powerful Divine Force demon of the Foreign Race... the same one that attacked America before... Is it directed here to target me this time?" Su Xing frowns slightly, clearly, the strength he displayed in this simulation might have exceeded the Foreign Race''s expectations. A "Profession User" with the strength of the Heavenly Immortal Realm appearing on Blue Star, even the Foreign Race would have to take serious notice! Su Xing has a premonition, after killing this demon deity, the Foreign Race might react impulsively... using a fearful cost to destroy Blue Star! Moreover, the Foreign Race might suspect that a descendant of Luo Tian has appeared! "And that gazeis it from the Red Moon? Or other Foreign Race deities?" Su Xing has no idea. But he knows, he must hasten his exploration of the Great Void Realm, and leave Blue Star as soon as possible. Otherwise, even he would face great danger! With that thought, Su Xing''s gaze returns to the Simulation Panel. [Thus, in the following time, you accelerate the speed of your wanderings through the Great Void...] [As such, years pass by again...] Stay connected with My Virtual Library Empire [In the sixty-third year, your Divine Sense grows to twenty-seven thousand miles within that year!] [You are getting closer and closer to the core area of the Great Void Realm.] [After an unknown amount of time... you finally encounter an extraordinary Great Void Spirit!] [This Great Void Spirit is bathed in a golden light and appears to possess extreme intelligence... its stature towers a hundred zhang high!] [With such a terrifying size and traits, you deduce in your heart, this must be the Heaven Rank Great Void Spirit you have been searching for!] Chapter 307 Opening a Minor World, Earth Immortal Realm Perfection! [8k] ``` [Thus, you no longer hesitated and launched an attack on the Heaven Rank Greater Void Spirit!] [And the Heaven Rank Greater Void Spirit, seemingly very intelligent, sensed a tremendous threat from you...] Your adventure continues at My Virtual Library Empire [Without a word, it turned tail and fled, with you in hot pursuit...] [This chase lasted a whole month!] [This Heaven Rank Greater Void Spirit was the most difficult one you have encountered...] [Because you were in the Great Void Realm, in the state of Primordial Spirit, thus your strength was a mere tenth of its usual... Your greatest offensive method was the Divine Sense Attack Technique the Wishful Golden Cauldron Method!] [As for the Heaven Rank Greater Void Spirit, it was naturally extraordinary, with a powerful Divine Soul and a Gold Cultivation Technique that would stab at your Divine Sense like a sword to the throat, causing you great discomfort...] [Even so, you continued to fight against it relentlessly, chasing and battling, but the spiritual intelligence of the Greater Void Spirit ultimately couldn''t compare with that of Cultivator Immortals.] [Although the Heaven Rank Greater Void Spirit was powerful, its Divine Soul strength was only about twenty thousand miles, just entering the Six Senses Realm, still inferior to you...] [In the end, with your astonishing perseverance, you slew this Heaven Rank Greater Void Spirit!] [After slaying the Heaven Rank Greater Void Spirit, a golden light surged into your Divine Soul...] [In just a moment, the strength of your Divine Soul surged by a small margin, from twenty-seven thousand miles to a full thirty thousand miles!] [What thrilled you even more was that you obtained a fragment of a Divine Sense Attack Technique!] [This technique was named, the Greater Void Sword Decree!] [It involved condensing one''s Divine Sense into a small golden sword, unparalleled in attack, and easily capable of severely injuring the Divine Sense of a cultivator of the same rank!] [You were ecstatic and quickly absorbed and comprehended it, but to your disappointment, this fragment was only one-third of the complete technique...] [What you have obtained was the middle part, still lacking the beginning and end, only by collecting all could you obtain the complete Greater Void Sword Decree!] Back in the real world, Su Xing was thrilled at this development. "The Greater Void Sword Decree... This is definitely an extremely powerful Divine Sense Attack Technique! It''s probably far superior to the previous Wishful Golden Cauldron Method! If I can learn it, not only will I be powerful in the Great Void Realm, but there will also be numerous benefits in the simulation!" A powerful Divine Sense Attack Technique would allow Su Xing to kill Greater Void Spirits faster and accumulate more Divine Sense strength. Moreover, the Divine Sense Attack Technique is also extremely important for cultivators! Su Xing had heard of a class of cultivators who specialized in Divine Soul, with powerful Divine Senses, often more than double that of cultivators of the same realm! With their Divine Sense Attack Technique, they could easily damage an opponent''s Divine Soul during battle. Once a cultivator''s Divine Soul is injured, their combat power naturally diminishes greatly, and engaging them in battle afterward gives a huge advantage! sea??h th ovelFire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Even against some cultivators who don''t cultivate the Divine Soul, those who specialize in Divine Sense can directly obliterate the target''s Divine Soul, annihilating it and leaving no chance for reincarnation. Although Su Xing was not primarily cultivating his Divine Soul, having the Divine Soul Cultivation Technique provided extra self-protection against Divine Soul cultivators. And in crucial moments, it could also be Su Xing''s trump card! "It''s just a pity... this simulation probably won''t allow me to fully collect the Greater Void Sword Decree..." Su Xing shook his head slightly, the simulation was in its sixty-third year, and he was still on Blue Star, perhaps the Red Moon and the Foreign Race had already taken notice of him. Now, it was time to head to the Three Thousand Worlds! "It''s a pity, after heading to the Three Thousand Worlds, the growth of my Divine Sense won''t be as rapid..." "However... by delaying the Foreign Race''s destruction of Blue Star... could it be that the demise of the Little Qingyun Realm will also be postponed?" Su Xing pondered, his gaze returning to the Simulation Panel. [With a Divine Sense of thirty thousand miles, after comprehending the Greater Void Sword Decree, you left the Great Void Realm.] [Now, it''s the sixty-third year of the simulation, and Demon-Subduing Pass is still standing firm.] [But you don''t know when the Foreign Race will invade en masse, and once they do, it will surely bring even more terrifying beings...] [You spent your lifespan to divine that within three years, a great calamity will strike Demon-Subduing Pass again!] [Even for you, if you remain here, it would mean certain death, and the later you leave, the greater the threat to your life...] [Thus, you chose this moment to brave the rapids and retreat, leaving Blue Star...] [You took your family and friends, along with some Great Xia Country Profession Users, left Blue Star, passed through otherworldly realms, and headed toward the Little Qingyun Realm!] [Upon arriving at the Little Qingyun Realm, you immediately went to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion to purchase intelligence about the frontline Heavenly Demon City in the Little Qingyun Realm.] [To your surprise, the cultivators of the Little Qingyun Realm were still as steadfast as before!] [The Foreign Race''s invasion of the Little Qingyun Realm had reached a stalemate, with the Heavenly Demon General''s external incarnation deterrence in Heavenly Demon City, preventing the Foreign Race from invading in large numbers...] [And there was no news of the Red-eyed Foreign Race on the battlefield...] [After learning this information, you were overjoyed, the arrival of the Red-eyed Foreign Race had indeed been delayed!] [Judging by this progress, the Little Qingyun Realm might last until the two hundredth year of the simulation before its destruction...] [After some calculation, you sold various pieces of intelligence about the Red Moon, the Red-eyed Foreign Race, the Descending Sect, and more...] [With a large proceeding of Spirit Stones, you settled your family and friends and joined the forces eradicating the Descending Sect.] [Thus, two years passed...] [In the sixty-fifth year, after participating in the eradication of the Descending Sect, you reaped many Spirit Stones and Spiritual Liquids...] [In the same year, you prepared to leave Blue Star, heading to the Blackwater Realm...] [After over a month of travel through The Void, you arrived at the Blackwater Realm.] [You took out the treasures of the underwater caves, as the cultivator who found them did not take everything, probably fearful of being coveted for possessing such treasure after joining the Descending Sect, so he kept hiding them here, which turned out to be fortunate for you...] ``` Chapter 307 Opening a Minor World, Earth Immortal Realm Perfection! [8k]_2 ``` [You harvested millions of drops of Spiritual Liquid, left the Blackwater Realm, and then proceeded to the Cangwu Realm...] [In the sixty-sixth year, after arriving at the Cangwu Realm, you changed your appearance and concealed your aura, living there under a new identity.] S~ea??h the Novel?ire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [Based on previous experience, you were at least safe for a hundred years; thus, you planned to cultivate in peace within the Cangwu Realm until you advanced to Great Perfection of the Earth Immortal Realm...] [And so, another four years passed.] [In the seventieth year, your Cultivation Level smoothly advanced to the late eighth stage of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [After coming to the Cangwu Realm, because you purchased some Spiritual Liquid every year, there was a continuous supply of it, and therefore your Cultivation Level progressed slightly faster.] [But the growth rate of your Divine Sense became slow; there were many Cultivators in the Cangwu Realm, and the Spirits of the Great Void in the Great Void Realm had been depleted by a large margin, making it a case of too many monks and not enough porridge...] [In five years, you had increased your Divine Sense by barely five hundred miles...] [Thus, you began to place more effort on the cultivation of the Wishful Visualization Technique...] [And so, another ten years passed...] [In the eightieth year, your Divine Sense had grown to thirty-two thousand miles...] [After cultivating the Wishful Visualization Technique, you felt that the growth of your Divine Sense was somewhat faster than wandering in the Great Void Realm, particularly with the blessing of being a Late Bloomer, you could average about two hundred miles of growth in Divine Sense each year...] [While the progress of Divine Sense was far less than during your time in Blue Star, it was still growing...] [Over these years, besides your daily cultivation, you also began to inquire about news from the Little Qingyun Realm.] [You learned that in the past few months, the Red-eyed Foreign Race had begun to appear on the battlefield of the Little Qingyun Realm... But the Cultivators of the Little Qingyun Realm were formidable, so they could still hold their ground.] In the real world, Su Xing furrowed his Mei brows, murmuring: "In the eightieth year, the Red-eyed Foreign Race emerged... This suggests that the previous resistance in Blue Star indeed had an effect, delaying the revival of the Red Moon..." Discover exclusive content at My Virtual Library Empire "As for this simulation, the time Blue Star was destroyed should have been around the sixty-fifth year..." Su Xing stroked his chin; this was undoubtedly good news for him. "However, my main focus should still be on cultivation, to set off on the journey to the Tianyuan Realm as soon as possible!" Su Xing thought thus, his gaze turning towards the Simulation Panel. [In the ninetieth year, your Cultivation Level advanced to the Peak of the eighth stage of the Earth Immortal Realm, and you began to attempt a breakthrough.] [This breakthrough took you three years, and your Cultivation Level smoothly advanced to the ninth stage of the Earth Immortal Realm!] [That same year, your Divine Sense grew to thirty-four thousand miles...] [You sold many Immortal Treasures that you had previously refined and continued to purchase Spiritual Liquid for cultivation...] [In the one hundred and fifth year, your Cultivation Level advanced to the middle phase of the ninth stage of the Earth Immortal Realm.] [In the one hundred and twentieth year, your Cultivation Level advanced to the late phase of the ninth stage of the Earth Immortal Realm, and that same year, your Divine Sense scope expanded to forty thousand miles!] [After advancing to the late phase of the Earth Immortal Realm, you decided to temporarily set aside your cultivation and instead find a way to establish your own Spirit Field Cave.] [Most True Immortals and those above have their own Blessed Lands, which can vary greatly in size. However, the Spirit Field Cave you possess, having been gifted by Qing Yunzi, posed some potential risks.] [Therefore, you went to the Money Guild to purchase materials needed to establish your own Spirit Field Cave...] In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly, murmuring: "A Spirit Field Cave is, strictly speaking, merely a portable cave... It can be established once one reaches the True Immortal Realm, but it has strict requirements for mastery of the Great Dao of Space..." "I have just begun to glimpse into the path of the Great Dao of Space, which is sufficient to establish a Spirit Field Cave, but my Cultivation Level is lacking, necessitating the use of some materials!" Su Xing recalled in his mind that to establish a portable cave, the three most precious materials needed were: Space Origin Stone, Space Spirit Stone, and Void Stone... He possessed Space Spirit Stone and Void Stone, obtained from The Void, so no need to make purchases. But the Space Origin Stone was the foundation for a portable cave, derived from the spaces within a world... Mighty Cultivators could sever space with their formidable power, causing a part of space to collapse and compress... The product of this collapse and compression was the Space Origin Stone! A space of several hundred zhang compressed could result in a Space Origin Stone the size of a fingernail, and its price was prohibitively expensive! Amounting to tens of millions of High-grade Spirit Stones... A Space Origin Stone was used to open up space, a Void Stone to maintain distance between the portable space and The Void, and a Space Spirit Stone to ensure the stability of the space; missing any one of these was not an option. "Space Origin Stones are pricey... but the greater the initial investment in a Space Origin Stone, the higher the growth potential!" Su Xing murmured, wanting to purchase a considerable Space Origin Stone to open up enough space to completely replace the current Spirit Field Cave, thus disrupting Qing Yunzi''s search for it. Thinking like this, Su Xing''s gaze returned to the Simulation Panel. [You went to the Money Guild to purchase a Space Origin Stone.] [After exhibiting the Cultivation Level of a Body Refinement Heavenly Immortal, you were ushered into the VIP room, where you were greeted by Zier, the vice-chairperson of the Money Guild.] [She informed you that Space Origin Stones were extremely expensive and rare, and currently, the Cangwu Realm branch of the Money Guild had only three Space Origin Stones.] [The first Space Origin Stone was the size of a fingernail, and Zier informed you that the price was 8.88 million High-grade Spirit Stones.] [The second Space Origin Stone, the size of half a fist, was priced at 99.99 million High-grade Spirit Stones.] [The third Space Origin Stone, the size of a fist, was priced at three billion High-grade Spirit Stones, and the buyer''s Cultivation Level had to reach the True Immortal Realm!] [Although you were interested in purchasing the largest Space Origin Stone, both your Cultivation Level and the Spirit Stones you possessed were slightly insufficient, so you had to settle for the second choice, acquiring the half-fist-sized Space Origin Stone!] ``` Chapter 307 Creating a Small World, Earth Immortal Realm Perfection! 【8k】_3 ``` "You didn''t have hundreds of millions of spirit stones in cash on you, so you paid thirty million high-grade spirit stones, and the rest was replaced with Gathering Spirit Flowers and Immortal Treasures." "Finally, you purchased the Space Origin Stone." "Next, you spent ten years raising your Cultivation Level to the ninefold peak of the Earth Immortal Realm..." "In the one hundred and thirtieth year, you attempted to break through to the Great Perfection of the Earth Immortal Realm." "But the first breakthrough, unsurprisingly, failed..." "You sighed in your heart but decided to leave the Cangwu Realm temporarily and head to a more distant place to evade Qing Yunzi''s pursuit." "This time, you didn''t choose to pass through the beast realm but decided to forcibly cross through thirteen void nodes to directly reach the Tianyin Realm!" "This was undoubtedly a huge challenge for you." "Although risky, it was the result of deep contemplation..." "Opening a personal Cave needs to be done within The Void, taking at least one and a half years, and at most, tens of years..." "And during this period, you planned to first open your own Spirit Field Cave, then cut off the Spirit Field Cave given by Qing Yunzi to reduce cause and effect..." "Thus, several months have passed." "You maneuvered the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, found a relatively stable area within The Void, and stayed there." "Next, you left the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, raised your Protective Gang Qi, and stilled your physical body in The Void." "Reaching the third layer of the Grand Witch Body Refinement Technique, your pure physical body could now stay in The Void for long periods, surviving up to a year or even longer!" "However, staying in The Void for long periods without accessing Spiritual Energy could easily cause Mana decay and a drop in realm." "More worrying for you was the attack of void turbulence..." "Fortunately, with your profound understanding of the Great Dao of Space and ample confidence, you could stay in The Void for over half a year." "You chose a relatively safe area in The Void, took out the Space Origin Stone, and crushed it!" "In just an instant, the crushed Space Origin Stone expanded like a singularity, wildly compressing the surrounding space." "Streams of golden purple light appeared in The Void, creating waves like brilliant meteors..." Sar?h the n?vel_Fire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "The scene was beautiful, but the process was lengthy..." "Soon, three months passed, and a separate space appeared in front of you, like a half-plane, different from The Void, a separate alternate space..." "This piece of space was about thirty feet in size, far smaller than the Spirit Field Cave given by Qing Yunzi." "But you were very satisfied because this cave would truly belong to you, without any marks." "You closely observed this cave, thinking about how to take it over, but to your surprise, you discovered a core within this space." "You approached this core the size of a singularity, and inscribed your own Divine Sense mark on it." "Then, just like the Spirit Field Cave, this space could be carried with you, and you could enter it at any time." "This undoubtedly made you very satisfied..." "But in this newly opened space, there was no Immortal Power or even soil..." "You used the power of the space to move a mountaintop from the previous Spirit Field Cave into the new space." "Then you moved the Spirit Vein Dragon, some Spirit Fields, and Exotic Treasures and Herbs into it..." "Gradually, this space began to generate Spiritual Energy..." "This exhilarated you, so over the next ten years, you continuously expanded the new cave''s space and filled it with various necessities..." "Even with your Physical Body, it was hard to stay in The Void for three years; whenever you felt you couldn''t hold on, you temporarily entered the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, and after recovery, you continued the expansion." "Space Spirit Stones and Void Stones were also refined into it, continuously expanding the new portable space''s size..." "In the one hundred and fortieth year, a brand-new portable Blessed Land appeared beside you!" "This was a cave completely opened by you alone, marked with your own Divine Sense!" "This cave was only fifty feet in size, and the space inside was much smaller than the previous Spirit Field Cave, but you were extremely satisfied." "At least the Spirit Vein Dragon could live stably inside, and various Spirit Plants could also grow smoothly..." "The only downside was that the scenario''s Spiritual Energy temporarily remained at the Blessed Land Level and needed some time before it could recover back to the High-grade Cave..." "But you were already very pleased, and thus, you activated the power of the space and completely detonated and destroyed the previous Spirit Field Cave..." "The Spirit Field Cave burst like fireworks in The Void, radiating brilliant colors." "And with it, you felt part of your cause and effect with Qing Yunzi was severed..." "From now on, your portable Blessed Land would completely belong to you; you could freely open and expand its range, even creating a world entirely your own!" "Most crucially, Qing Yunzi lost the coordinates to the portable Spirit Field, considerably affecting his pursuit of you..." In the real world, Su Xing looked somewhat exhilarated. "So, the process of opening up a personal world... turns out to be like this!" Su Xing felt he had greatly increased his knowledge and, most importantly, had severed part of the cause and effect with Qing Yunzi. "I''ve heard that some powerful cultivators have created worlds similar to real Minor Thousand Worlds... where living beings are thriving, and the sunrise and sunset are no different from the ordinary world!" Continue your saga on My Virtual Library Empire "Perhaps one day, my world could also reach such a size, enough to accommodate the entire world''s people?" ``` Chapter 307 Creating a Minor World, Earth Immortal Realm Perfection!【8k】_4 Su Xing''s heart was slightly excited, but he still thought calmly, "I need to expend quite a lot of energy to bring out the new Spirit Field Cave Heaven; I needn''t rush to bring it out this time, after all, Qing Yunzi is temporarily unable to threaten the real me..." Thinking this way, Su Xing''s gaze returned to the Simulation Panel. [After creating a new portable Blessed Land, you hurried toward the Tianyuan Realm.] [After crossing several Void Nodes again, you successfully arrived at the Tianyuan Realm...] [You stayed in the Tianyuan Realm for a year to rest and recuperate, during which you constantly observed your surroundings to see if Qing Yunzi was following you, but you found nothing.] [In the one hundred and forty-second year, you drove the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat and arrived at the Yin Wood Realm.] [You successfully obtained the Luotian Legacy hidden in the Yin Wood Realm, and then you stayed in this realm to cultivate, aiming to make a concerted effort to break through to a higher Cultivation Realm!] [In the one hundred and forty-fifth year, one day, as if blessed by fortune, you felt signs of a breakthrough in your realm.] [So, you prepared one million drops of High-grade Spiritual Liquid and consumed it all like a vortex, ready for a bold attempt to break through to the Great Perfection of the Earth Immortal Realm!] [This sprint, another five years went by...] [Just when you thought you might fail for the second time, a stream of pure Spiritual Energy burst forth from the Spirit Vein Dragon.] [You immediately felt abundant with immortal power and in excellent condition... in one last effort, you completed the breakthrough!] [Congratulations, you''ve become a Cultivator of the Great Perfection in the Earth Immortal Realm!] [After the breakthrough to the Great Perfection of the Earth Immortal Realm, you felt satisfied and drove the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat toward your next destination, the Dongsheng Realm.] [In the one hundred fifty-first year, you arrived at the Dongsheng Realm, seeking the legacy of the Luo Tian Sect hidden here.] [You cautiously entered a Secret Realm and extracted the Luotian Sect Legacy from within.] [Fortunately, it seemed that Qing Yunzi had not followed you this time.] [You left the Secret Realm satisfied after finding some of the Luotian Sect''s heritage, a huge amount of Spirit Stones and Spiritual Liquid...] [You didn''t stay much longer in the Dongsheng Realm; after a brief rest for half a year and repairing the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, you headed for the next world.] [So, four years went by, and you crossed through several Minor Thousand Worlds, eventually arriving at a world called the Proud Cloud Realm.] [In the one hundred fifty-fifth year, you found the Luotian Legacy within the Proud Cloud Realm, hidden inside a Secret Realm.] [At this point, your vigilance had reached its peak because in the previous simulation, Qing Yunzi had discovered you right here.] [You cautiously made your way to the Secret Realm, seeking the Luotian Sect heritage...] [You smoothly obtained a portion of the Luotian Sect Legacy, along with a large amount of Spirit Stones, and then you left the Secret Realm...] [Qing Yunzi did not appear; it seemed that he had truly lost track of you and had not sensed your location.] [You let out a slight sigh of relief and then steered the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat toward your next target location, the Yellow Water Realm!] S~ea??h the Novl?ire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [The Yellow Water Realm, a Minor Thousand World, also contained part of the Luotian Sect Legacy of that era...] [After more than two months of travel through The Void, you successfully reached the Yellow Water Realm.] [In the one hundred fifty-sixth year, after reaching the Yellow Water Realm, you breathed a huge sigh of relief.] [The Yellow Water Realm, in a straight line from the Tianyuan Realm, was less than twenty Void Nodes distant, and even further from the Qingyun Realm, at a distance of eighty Void Nodes.] [Such distance gave you a considerable sense of safety.] Your next chapter is on My Virtual Library Empire [You planned to rest and consolidate your cultivation in the Tianyuan Realm for a few years, as the long journey through The Void had left your cultivation somewhat unstable.] [In addition, you also continued to refine your Divine Sense...] [So, nine years went by...] [In the one hundred sixty-fifth year, your Cultivation had become solid and stable, and your Divine Sense had grown to forty-five thousand li...] Back in the real world, Su Xing let out a long breath. "The Yellow Water Realm, it''s not far from the Tianyuan Realm now... After Yellow Water Realm, the next coordinate is Yellow Sky Realm, which is a Middle Thousand World, and also an important stop before reaching the Tianyuan Realm. It, too, harbors part of the Luotian Sect Legacy..." When Su Xing initially chose his route, he tried to cover as many of the world coordinates where Luotian Legacies were buried as possible. Besides fleeing, Su Xing also wanted to see how much he could recover from the Luotian Legacies... It would also facilitate his cultivation after reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm... "I wonder if the Luotian Sect Legacy in the Yellow Water Realm is still there?" Su Xing pondered thoughtfully. According to what he could see so far, a single Luotian Legacy contained between five and thirty million High-grade Spirit Stones, and countless Cultivation Techniques and Supernatural Powers. But what excited Su Xing the most was the Spiritual Liquid within! Each legacy contained between three million and ten million drops of Spiritual Liquid. If Su Xing could find about a dozen legacies, that would be nearly a hundred million drops of High-grade Spiritual Liquid! With such an amount, Su Xing''s cultivation after reaching the Heavenly Immortal Realm would likely be satisfied for the most part... "First, find the Luotian Legacy, then quickly reach the Tianyuan Realm!" After setting his goal, Su Xing''s eyes returned to the Simulation Panel. [You spent a few months in the Yellow Water Realm and, with quite a bit of luck, found part of the Luotian Sect Legacy, obtaining five million drops of High-grade Spiritual Liquid.] [Pleased with your haul, you then drove the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat toward the next destination...] [Thus, you crossed through more than a dozen Void Nodes and after stopping in two Minor Thousand Worlds, you smoothly reached the Middle Thousand World, the Yellow Sky Realm!] [In the one hundred sixty-eighth year, after half a year of rest in the Yellow Sky Realm, your Mana was fully restored.] Chapter 307 Opening a Small World, Earth Immortal Realm Perfection!【8k】_5 ``` [But what weighs heavily on your mind is that the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat... is barely holding together!] [The Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, after all, is only a half-step Acquired Treasure and has not reached the true level of an Acquired Treasure!] [Moreover, your Cultivation Level is only at the Earth Immortal Realm, and your mana is insufficient to protect the entire Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat...] [More importantly, over the decades of continuous travel, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat has passed through more than a hundred Void Nodes, and the keel of the Immortal Boat is nearly shattered...] [Even with your artifact-refining Grandmaster skills, it is difficult to completely repair it. You can only set up multiple repair and protection formations to prolong its life, hoping to smoothly arrive at the Tianyuan Realm.] [In the 169th year, you were in the Yellow Sky Realm, searching for traces of the Luotian Legacy.] [Thus, another three years passed...] [In the 172nd year, you successfully found a Secret Realm, where a relatively intact Luotian Legacy was preserved!] [You gained a full ten million drops of High-Grade Spiritual Liquid, what excites you more is... you obtained a Jade Slip, which seems to contain messages from the Ancient Witch Tribe...] Back in the real world, Su Xing''s heart stirred. "Luo Tian Sect and the Ancient Witch Tribe have deep connections... Could this inheritance contain some important information?" Su Xing stroked his chin, thinking that he just needed to know the exact locations of these Luotian Legacies. Moreover, he had not yet consumed the Spirit Awakening Pill, and in this simulation, Su Xing could continue to contemplate the Dao of Causality and Destiny. Thinking this, Su Xing silently uttered, "Use immersive simulation, duration one hundred days..." [Ding...] Soon Su Xing appeared in the simulated world, and without rushing to consume the Spirit Awakening Pill, he first began to recall the messages he left in this simulation. Including some changes in Qingyun Realm and Three Thousand Worlds, as well as the detailed addresses of the Luotian Legacies, which Su Xing cared about deeply... After Su Xing memorized all this, he took out a Jade Slip and began reading the messages it contained. ... A moment later, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, a flicker of unusual color briefly appeared. "Ancient Witch Tribe... The messages left in this Jade Slip are actually related to the Star Witch?" Su Xing felt his luck was incredibly good. Sear?h the Novel?ire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. This Jade Slip recorded a piece of history unknown to the public, known only to descendants of the Witch Tribe. According to the descendants, a significant reason the Star Witch broke away from the Witch Tribe was due to instigation by external forces. Which forces these were, Su Xing did not know. But what he knew was that after the Star Witch left the Witch Tribe, the strength of the entire tribe declined. After all, the Star Witch was the only clan in the Witch Tribe that possessed Great Wisdom. Without the Star Witch, the Witch Tribe was like a body without a thinking brain, just a group of brutes... What excited Su Xing more, however, was that this Jade Slip recorded two secret divination techniques taken by the Star Witch. The Great Celestial Observation Method and the Minor Celestial Observation Method! It was said that if one could master both techniques, one could observe the fate of life and death, examine a clan, a world... even the fate of the entire Three Thousand Worlds! "Great Celestial Observation Method... definitely was taken by the Star Witch, so it''s very likely still somewhere within the Star Realm?" Enjoy exclusive chapters from My Virtual Library Empire "Maybe... there will be a chance to search for it later!" Thinking this, Su Xing took out the Minor Celestial Observation Method he had organized and began to study. He took the Spirit Awakening Pill and activated the Great Wisdom State boost. Su Xing''s one hundred days of immersive simulation was equivalent to about twelve years of arduous study! However, after twelve years of hard study, Su Xing still had not mastered the Minor Celestial Observation Method, having only learned some superficial aspects. "Tsk tsk... Just some superficial knowledge, yet I feel immensely enlightened!" Su Xing smacked his lips, feeling that the Minor Celestial Observation Method was several levels higher than the previous Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique... After returning to the real world, Su Xing''s gaze turned toward the Simulation Panel. "Next, let''s make a push and reach the Tianyuan Realm!" [During the hundred days of retreat, you made slight progress in the Minor Celestial Observation Method...] [But you still haven''t mastered it.] [This year, your Divine Sense grew to 46,000 li.] [You repaired the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat a bit, and piloted it through several Void Nodes, heading in the direction of the final destination, the Tianyuan Realm...] ``` Chapter 308 Cultivators Alliance Established, Gold Talent Yi Wood Divine Body! [8k] [After several months of traveling through the Void, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat was severely damaged.] [Each time you crossed through the Void wormholes, the boat nearly broke apart, almost dragging you into the chaotic currents of the Void...] [But eventually, you overcame numerous challenges and successfully reached the Tianyuan Realm!] [Upon arriving at the Tianyuan Realm, you immediately entered the Blessed Land on your person to restore your chaotic mana and regain your peak strength.] [In the one hundred seventy-third year, you left the Blessed Land and appeared in the Tianyuan Realm, intent on learning about the specific situation of the Tianyuan Realm.] In the real world, Su Xing sighed with relief and muttered to himself, "After so many hardships... I''ve finally arrived at the Tianyuan Realm!" Su Xing recalled the intelligence and situation of the Tianyuan Realm in his mind. Tianyuan Realm, one of the few Great Thousand Worlds among the Three Thousand Worlds, had a vast and boundless territory and was home to many major powers! Not just the White Emperor Tower, Heavenly Secret Pavilion, Money Guildthese neutral powers had set up important branches in the Tianyuan Realm. The realm also boasted an extremely powerful sect, the Tianyuan Sect! Though the Tianyuan Sect wasn''t as powerful as the Qingyun Sect, and definitely not as dominant as the Luo Tian Sect once in its control over the Three Thousand Worlds, it was still a top sect in the Three Thousand Worlds. Though the sect had no Daluo Golden Immortals, it had several veteran Taiyi Golden Immortals, making it a force not to be underestimated. Sarch* The novlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Tianyuan Realm is far from the Little Qingyun Realm... and it is the territory of the Tianyuan Sect, I wonder if Qing Yunzi would be wary." "If neutral organizations like the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, White Emperor Tower, and Money Guild can establish branches in the Tianyuan Realm, the Qingyun Sect definitely has no power there..." Su Xing took a deep breath; he decided to first gather intelligence about the Three Thousand Worlds, understand the situation in the Tianyuan Realm, and then find a secluded place to focus on cultivation. He looked at the Simulation Panel. [Tianyuan Realm was boundless, and your arrival point was in the northwestern area of the Tianyuan Realm.] [The most prosperous city within the Tianyuan Realm was Tianyuan City, located at the foot of the Tianyuan Sect. Its size was comparable to that of a nation, inhabited by countless cultivators with high cultivation levels, situated in the central area of the Tianyuan Realm.] [You decide to head towards Tianyuan City, where all the major powers have set up important branches...] [At this moment, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat was damaged, and you found it difficult to navigate it to the Tianyuan Realm.] [From your location to the center of the Tianyuan Realm was more than a billion miles... With just yourself using Sword Flight, it would likely take more than ten years to reach.] [Thus, you headed to a nearby city, spending a million high-grade Spirit Stones to buy a ticket for an airship to take you to the center of the Tianyuan Realm...] [The airship had an extremely fast cultivation speed, even faster than a Heavenly Immortal cultivator; you rented a superior room within it to safely cultivate.] [Soon, three years passed...] [In the one hundred seventy-sixth year, you successfully arrived at the central area of the Tianyuan Realm and saw a magnificent cityTianyuan City!] [You successfully entered Tianyuan City and gathered relevant intelligence...] [Your first stop in the Tianyuan Realm was to buy information about the Little Qingyun Realm!] [Due to the great distance between the two worlds, the intelligence you received was from three years ago.] [At that time, the Little Qingyun Realm was entirely on the defensive in its fight against the Foreign Race, but Heavenly Demon City had not yet fallen, and the Little Qingyun Realm was still standing strong...] [Knowing this, you felt joy in your heart, reassured that your efforts on Blue Star had not been in vain.] [In Tianyuan City, you purchased a cave dwelling for cover, then entered the Spirit Field Blessed Land to cultivate.] [In the one hundred eightieth year, Spirit Field Blessed Land, this year it advanced to a lower-grade cave heaven, but its space was still only a few dozen meters in diameter.] [This was barely sufficient for you, as it forced you to set aside the planting of the Gathering Spirit Flower and Spirit Rice.] [That year, your Divine Sense expanded to forty-seven thousand miles...] [In the one hundred ninetyth year, your Divine Sense reached forty-nine thousand miles.] [Simultaneously, you began to think about preparing to breakthrough to the Heavenly Immortal realm!] In the real world, Su Xing frowned slightly and murmured, "Ascending from Earth Immortal to Heavenly Immortal realm...requires enduring the Heartbreaking Thunder!" "Heartbreaking Thunder not only tests the strength of the Divine Soul... but also requires the help of elixirs to ensure safe Tribulation Crossing, otherwise the Divine Soul could be completely destroyed..." "However, compared to the assistance of Thunder Avoiding Pills... I have a better plan! That is... to improve the Great Dao of Thunder and the Heavenly Thunder Physique!" Su Xing thought to himself. He had previously advanced his Heavenly Thunder Physique to the second stage, and the Great Dao of Thunder had also successfully broken into the nascent stage of the Great Dao. If Su Xing had enough control over thunder, passing the Heartbreaking Thunder would naturally pose no danger! "So next... it''s time to enhance the Great Dao of Thunder!" Su Xing murmured to himself; he knew ways to achieve the Heavenly Thunder Physique, besides enduring Heavenly Tribulations, was in the belly of the great beast. "Considering... it''s been a long time since I last went to check out the belly of the great beast... with my current strength, could I cultivate there for an extended period?" Su Xing''s eyes flashed with eagerness. "But let''s first get through this simulation..." Su Xing murmured, turning his gaze towards the Simulation Panel. [In the next ten years, you continued to cultivate the Wishful Visualization Technique, steadily advancing your Divine Sense...] [In the two hundredth year, your Divine Sense expanded to fifty-one thousand miles...] [This was the longest simulation you ever had in a safe environment, making you wonder if Qing Yunzi had forgotten about you.] [But you still dared not take it lightly and continued to hide in Tianyuan City to cultivate.] [In the two hundred tenth year, your Divine Sense increased to fifty-three thousand miles.] Enjoy new stories from My Virtual Library Empire Chapter 308 Establishment of the Cultivators Alliance, Gold Talent Yi Wood Divine Body! 【8k】_2 ``` [In the two hundred and twentieth year, the range of your Divine Sense extended to fifty-five thousand miles...] [In the Tianyuan Realm, everything proceeded as usual, and you took the time to visit the Heavenly Secret Pavilion and purchased some intelligence about the Little Qingyun Realm.] [You learned that the Little Qingyun Realm had been completely destroyed twenty years ago.] [And in those twenty years, several Minor Thousand Worlds close to the Little Qingyun Realm had fallen one after another...] [The continuous invasions of the Foreign Race finally alerted the cultivators of the Three Thousand Worlds!] [In the two hundred and twenty-first year, you received a message that the White Emperor City had issued a notice to the Loose Cultivators of the Three Thousand Worlds, requesting an alliance to jointly resist the Foreign Race!] [Upon hearing this message, you were extremely astonished, had the major powers of the Three Thousand Worlds finally realized the importance of resisting the Foreign Race?] [However, having been previously disappointed by these major powers of the Three Thousand Worlds, you decided to continue observing for a while before making a decision!!] S~ea??h the N??elFir.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [Over the following year, you frequently visited the Heavenly Secret Pavilion to investigate related intelligence.] [From the intelligence you obtained, the Pavilion Master of White Emperor Tower, Emperor Bai himself, expressed a willingness to mobilize all Loose Cultivators above the Immortal Realm to register for battle. Not only were there generous resource rewards but also Spirit Stones and Spiritual Liquids were to be given annually based on cultivation level and meritorious deeds.] [Furthermore, they could learn a variety of Cultivation Techniques and Supernatural Powers... even high-quality Immortal Treasures were provided as rewards for meritorious deeds!] [Upon hearing this, such Loose Cultivators, like chickens injected with blood, in just one year, over a hundred thousand Loose Cultivators from various worlds had registered to fight, all of them being cultivators above the Immortal Realm!] [And White Emperor City was also about to establish a border fortress in the Star Realm, using it as the core to resist the Foreign Race!] Continue reading at My Virtual Library Empire [In a short span, a large number of cultivators responded, creating an unprecedented buzz, and you truly saw the hope of defeating the Foreign Race!] [What excited you even more was that since the White Emperor Tower called upon the Loose Cultivators to issue a notice to exterminate the Foreign Race, within just a few months, the Heavenly Demon Prison also expressed interest in joining the alliance against the Foreign Race!] [In the two hundred and twenty-second year, the Money Guild expressed a willingness to provide extensive support with Spiritual Liquids and Spirit Stones for the alliance against the Foreign Race, supporting up to a trillion Spiritual Liquids every year!] [In the two hundred and twenty-third year, the Heavenly Secret Pavilion also issued a notice to exterminate the Foreign Races in the same year, willing to send several Golden Immortal Realm cultivators to strengthen the power of the alliance...] [But to your dismay, the Qingyun Sect, a paragon of righteousness, has not issued any notice yet... merely holding firm within the Qingyun Realm...] In the real world, Su Xing''s feelings were complex, both excited and puzzled. "Finally, these righteous major powers have realized the great threat of the Foreign Race!" "With the White Emperor Tower leading and uniting the Human Race''s Loose Cultivators to resist the Foreign Race... and with the financial support from the Money Guild, perhaps we truly could fight the Foreign Race!" "As for the Heavenly Demon Prison, it has always been the leading power in resisting the Foreign Race, active on the front line..." But what puzzled Su Xing was this. The Heavenly Secret Pavilion had previously been very pessimistic about the Three Thousand Worlds'' resistance against the Foreign Race, so why now are they also exerting great effort, deploying several Golden Immortal Realm cultivators... this power was not to be underestimated! "The Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion... proficient in the Path of Causality and Destiny, perhaps, she saw even further into the future?" Su Xing pondered thoughtfully. "There''s also no move from the Qingyun Sect... perhaps it''s because Qing Yunzi encountered some problems?" "After all, when the founding ancestor of a sect encounters major problems... it indeed lacks the power to resist Foreign Races..." Su Xing continued to ponder, overall, after the extinction of the Little Qingyun Realm, the forces of the Three Thousand Worlds had finally spurred into action, realizing that the Foreign Race required a united front, which was undoubtedly good news. "This simulation has actually reached the two hundred and twenty-third year... maybe there are no issues with Qing Yunzi after all?" Su Xing''s lips curled up, his eyes once again gazing towards the Simulation Panel. [After learning about the alliance of powers in the Three Thousand Worlds, you felt delighted and after much hesitation, you did not choose to join the battle immediately but continued to cultivate in the Tianyuan Realm...] [In the two hundred and twenty-fifth year, your Divine Sense range increased to fifty-six thousand miles...] [In the same year, while cultivating in the Spirit Field Cave, you suddenly felt a palpitation and your Talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster furiously sent out warnings...] [An hour later, a figure tore through your mobile world and appeared in front of you!] [Upon seeing this, you tensed up, as Qing Yunzi appeared!] [At this time, Qing Yunzi, his mind unclear and somewhat mad... incessantly murmured the name Luo Tian...] [Upon seeing you, hiscontinued) face showed wild joy, and he coldly said with a laugh, "What a hiding little mouse..."] [Qing Yunzi performed a Soul Search on you...] [Your consciousness gradually dissipated...] [You died!] [Ding, this simulation has ended!] After the simulation ended, Su Xing slightly furrowed his brows and sighed. "Indeed, even after losing the Spirit Field Cave and restarting it, I still have cause and effect threads connected to Qing Yunzi... it just took longer for Qing Yunzi to discover me this time!" "But, severing the Spirit Field Cave gave me about fifty additional years in the simulation! A total of two hundred and twenty-five years is indeed a record-breaking feat!" Su Xing took a long breath, and while it wasn''t a permanent solution, it at least proved that Su Xing''s approach was correct. As long as the divinations by Qing Yunzi were continuously disturbed, Su Xing could simulate for longer! "Perhaps... after severing the Spirit Field Cave, I need to further refine the Path of Causality and Destiny?" "Once completely freed from Qing Yunzi''s pursuit, surely I will be like a dragon entering the sea, with boundless opportunities ahead!" Su Xing''s heart felt a bit uplifted as his gaze turned towards the rewards from this simulation. [Master of Earthworks]: Purple Talent, priced at 1 point of Origin Energy Source. ``` Chapter 308 Cultivators Alliance Established, Golden Talent Yi Wood Divine Body! 【8k】_3 [Earth Immortal Realm Great Perfection Cultivation Level]: Earth Immortal fully accomplished, having endured the Yin and Yang Fires and possessed thick mana, with a lifespan of twenty thousand years. After surviving the Heart Breaking Thunder Calamity, one could reach the Heavenly Immortal Realm! Priced at 90,000 Origin Energy Source. [Artifact Refining Insight]: Insight into the Path of Artifact Refining, half-step Great Grandmaster, occasionally able to refine top-quality Immortal Treasures. Priced at 30,000 Origin Energy Source. [Portable Three-Inch Small Cave Heaven]: With a range of fifty steps, it contains Spiritual Energy similar to a small world, changing according to the Cultivator''s will. Priced at 50,000 Origin Energy Source! [Divine Sense Fifty-Six Thousand Miles]: Divine Sense of the Six Senses Realm, covering a range of fifty-six thousand miles. Priced at 46,000 Origin Energy Source. [Great Void Sword Art (One-Third)]: Supreme Divine Sense Offensive Secret Technique, condenses the sword of Divine Soul in gold, unmatched in attack. Priced at 30,000 Origin Energy Source. Seeing the rewards of this simulation, Su Xing gradually analyzed. "The Earth Immortal Realm Great Perfection Cultivation Level is definitely a must-take!" "As for the portable Cave Heaven... that''s not urgent, this Cave Heaven can still be enhanced... If it can be refined again later, perhaps I could get even a better portable Cave Heaven than now?" Su Xing stroked his chin and muttered, "That fist-sized Space Origin Stone needs True Immortal Realm to purchase... but what if I exchange treasures for it?" Su Xing decided to try it in the next simulation. "As for the Great Void Sword Art, I have already memorized it... I didn''t expect just a fragment could be worth 30,000 Origin Energy Source, truly precious!" Su Xing pondered for a moment and silently said, "I choose to take out the Earth Immortal Realm Great Perfection Cultivation Level... and Divine Sense Fifty-Six Thousand Miles!" [You have successfully taken out Divine Sense Fifty-Six Thousand Miles, spending 46,000 points of Origin Energy Source, remaining Origin Energy Source is 452,694 points...] [You have successfully taken out Earth Immortal Realm Great Perfection Cultivation Level, spending 90,000 Origin Energy Source, remaining Origin Energy Source is 362,694 points...] Simulation notification sounds dropped, and mysterious energies flowed into Su Xing''s body. Su Xing first felt his Divine Sense quickly growing, but in this small Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing could not perceive to what extent his Divine Sense had grown. But immediately following, the growth in Cultivation Level was truly tangible! Earth Immortal Realm seventh stage... Earth Immortal Realm eighth stage... Earth Immortal Realm ninth stage! In a short moment, Su Xing''s cultivation continuously climbed, finally stabilizing at the Earth Immortal Realm Perfection! Inside Su Xing''s body, the river-like Immortal Power surged endlessly, seemingly about to break into a higher realm! Su Xing had a premonition that he might try to overcome the Heart Breaking Thunder Calamity, let go and step into the Heavenly Immortal Realm! But reason still suppressed this impulse. To break into the Heavenly Immortal Realm in a simulation was obviously safer, otherwise, a single misstep could mean the annihilation of both body and path in reality... "Whew... finally Earth Immortal Realm Perfection, Heavenly Immortal Realm is also beckoning to me!" "If I had Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivation, could it delay the doom of the Little Qingyun Realm?" Su Xing felt it necessary to offer some effort for the Little Qingyun Realm, whether for this world or for himself. "Divine Sense still needs further growth... and the breakthrough of the Heavenly Thunder Physique should also be sped up!" Su Xing muttered. Looking at the time, Su Xing changed his appearance and headed to trade with Lu Yuanwu. First leaving the Spirit Field Cave, Su Xing wondered about the limit of his current Divine Sense. sea??h th novlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Deliberately avoiding the direction of Shuangqing City, Su Xing''s Divine Sense covered like a tide. In just an instant, Su Xing''s Divine Sense enveloped the entire Kyoto City. Then, the entire northern plains region of Great Xia... Finally, Su Xing''s Divine Sense surpassed the northern border of Great Xia Country, reaching one of the Seven Countries, North Bear Country! And to the south, Su Xing''s reach even crossed Great Xia Country''s southernmost part, stretching over the vast ocean! With Su Xing at the core, fifty-six thousand miles around, countless vast territories all fell within Su Xing''s perception! One could say, as long as Su Xing wished, the entire Great Xia Country, along with several surrounding large countries, half of the Twelve Domains were within Su Xing''s perception... As for America across the ocean, it was beyond Su Xing''s furthest sensing distance... "Whew... but maintaining the maximum range of Divine Sense for a long time still consumes quite a bit..." Su Xing rubbed his forehead, feeling his Divine Soul slightly fatigued. But this was normal, even for a Daluo Golden Immortal, it''s impossible to keep Divine Sense fully open at all times, watching over the entire world... After testing the power of his Divine Sense, Su Xing went to the agreed place to trade with Lu Yuanwu. ... With 20,000 Origin Energy Source in hand, Su Xing urged Lu Yuanwu to speed up the process, he stated that the pre-agreed one hundred thousand tons of Fourth-Rank Special Metal would be collected as soon as possible, and Su Xing then set his mind at ease. This week, Su Xing, as always, repaired puppets. In a week''s time, he repaired several Nascent Soul Realm puppets, even one Body Integration Realm puppet. "Another month of repairing the puppets, and they can be spread throughout the entire Blue Star''s Seven Countries and Twelve Domains... By then, more stable Origin Energy Source will surely be delivered..." Su Xing thought so. Read new chapters at My Virtual Library Empire New Era November 25, 2025, Su Xing went to the villa to meet Jin Congxue. After a close conversation, another 30,000 Origin Energy Source came into his hands, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave. ... Within the winter of the Spirit Field, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel about to cool down, clenched his fist, and muttered, "This simulation, continue exploring the Great Void Realm, and train the Divine Sense to its current limit..." "And, with my current strength, maybe I could stay in the belly of a giant beast for a long time, could that be a safe place?" Chapter 308 The Establishment of the Cultivators Alliance, the Golden Talent Yimu Divine Body!【8k】_4 Su Xing thought to himself and silently chanted: "Start the simulation!" [The 113th simulation has started, the current remaining Origin Energy Source is 415,693 points... Remaining simulation times: unlimited.] [The simulation begins!] [Extracting Golden Legendary Talent will cost 1 point of Origin Energy Source, do you wish to extract?] Without hesitation, Su Xing silently chanted: "Yes!" [Ding, congratulations! You have acquired the Golden Talent, Yi Wood Divine Body. The probability for your next Golden Talent extraction is 60%.] [Yi Wood Divine Body]: A Golden Talent, one of the Hundred Great Divine Bodies. Your absorption speed for wood attribute Spiritual Energy increases, and your comprehension of The Great Dao of Wood deepens. "Hm? Yi Wood Divine Body..." Su Xing raised an eyebrow, a smile appearing on his face. Clearly, the Yi Wood Divine Body, just like the Fiery Flame Divine Body, was a talent that could enhance Su Xing''s aptitude. "Not bad... This Talent is indeed worth exchanging for... But there''s no hurry for now, let''s focus on breaking through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm first!" Su Xing decided not to disrupt his plans at the moment, turning his attention back to the Simulation Panel. [Within the Spirit Field Cave, you realize that you are in a simulation.] [Ten days later, you enter the Luo Tian Instance and reap great benefits...] [Another five days, and you successfully acquire 100,000 tons of Fourth-Rank Special Metal from Lu Yuanwu without any accidents.] [Next, you prepare to stay on Blue Star, travel the Great Void with your Divine Sense, and cultivate!] Sar?h the N?vel(F)ire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [Your Divine Sense enters the Great Void Realm and because of your previous experience, you rush towards the north, hoping to reach the Core Area of the Great Void Realm as soon as possible.] [While on the move, you also incidentally hunt the spirits of the Great Void, and your Divine Sense strengthens continuously...] [Thus, ten years pass!] [In the tenth year, your Divine Sense has expanded to 59,000 li!] [At the same time, you notice that the spirits of the Great Void you encounter along the way are becoming more numerous and of higher rank...] [You hunt these spirits of the Great Void, and your Divine Sense grows ever more robust...] [In the twentieth year, your Divine Sense has expanded to 63,000 li!] [This year, you finally enter the Core Area of the Great Void Realm!] [Using the memories in your mind, you quickly find the same Heaven Rank spirit of the Great Void from before!] [Compared to before, your Divine Sense is now stronger, and you chase after it... After roughly a month, you completely annihilate it!] [After absorbing this Heaven Rank spirit of the Great Void, your Divine Sense has increased to 66,000 li!] Continue your journey on My Virtual Library Empire [At the same time, you''ve acquired a fragment of a secret technique for Divine Sense offensives, the first half of the Great Void Sword Scripture!] [At this point, you have collected two-thirds of the Great Void Sword Scripture; you only need the last part to fully learn this sword technique!] In the real world, Su Xing expressed his delight upon seeing this and murmured: "Oh, so the drops from these spirits of the Great Void are random... Just like collecting shards, it seems this time I''ll successfully complete the Great Void Sword Scripture!" Su Xing looked forward with anticipation; the offensive arts of Divine Sense could also serve as one of his trump cards! "In Blue Star''s Great Void Realm, the growth rate of the Divine Sense remains as reliable as ever!" "I wonder what the limit of the Heavenly Human Realm Divine Sense will be?" Su Xing thought with a hint of expectation, his gaze returning to the Simulation Panel. [After dealing with the spirit of the Great Void, you continue to explore the Core Area of the Great Void Realm...] [Thus, another five years go by.] [In the twenty-fifth year, your Divine Sense has expanded to 72,000 li!] [This year, you are lucky to encounter another Heaven Rank spirit of the Great Void within the Core Area. After devouring it, your Divine Sense becomes significantly stronger, but what drops is still the first part of the Great Void Sword Scripture...] [Not discouraged, you continue to travel the Great Void, hunting these spirits...] [Three more years pass.] [In the twenty-eighth year, your Divine Sense has expanded to 75,000 li!] [This year, the Demon Saint arrives at Demon-Subduing Pass; you defend the Pass for five years, and the Demon Saint retreats...] [In the thirty-third year, your Divine Sense has expanded to 80,000 li!] [That year, you encounter another Heaven Rank spirit of the Great Void. After devouring it, you obtain the middle part of the Great Void Sword Scripture...] [Thus, seven years go by.] [In the fortieth year, your Divine Sense has expanded to 84,000 li!] [As your Divine Sense continues to grow, you feel as if your Divine Soul gradually undergoes a transformation...] [This transformation is indescribable, but it makes you feel greatly beneficial; it seems that your Divine Sense is close to the next Realm!] [During this year, you encounter a Heaven Rank spirit of the Great Void. After devouring it, you receive the middle part of the Great Void Sword Scripture...] In the real world, Su Xing sarcastically commented: "Damn it... Why is it always the first or middle parts of the Great Void Sword Scripture? Did the last part get eaten by a dog?" Su Xing felt somewhat speechless; the drop rate for the Great Void Sword Scripture seemed too elusive. It even reminded Su Xing of collecting cards as a child C was getting timely rain Song Jiang always this difficult? What Su Xing didn''t know, however, was that obtaining pieces of the Great Void Sword Scripture each time he killed a spirit of the Great Void was already incredibly lucky! Ordinary cultivators would consider it extremely good luck to obtain just one fragment after killing more than ten spirits of the Great Void. Otherwise, the secrets of the Divine Soul in the Great Void Realm wouldn''t be so precious... Su Xing''s eyes returned to the changes in his Divine Sense and he murmured to himself: "Divine Sense at 84,000 li... Perhaps 100,000 li is the current Realm''s limit?" Su Xing continued to think. "After the Heavenly Human Realm... The next Realm for Divine Sense is the Heavenly Immortal Realm!" "With a Divine Sense of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, one can sense heavenly people and naturally avoid misfortune and danger, as well as mitigating certain risks... At the same time, it greatly enhances comprehension of the Great Dao and various Cultivation Techniques and Supernatural Powers!" "And yet, it often requires reaching the True Immortal Realm and tens of thousands to even hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation to grasp a Divine Sense of the Heavenly Immortal Realm..." Chapter 308 Establishment of the Cultivators Alliance, Golden Talent Jia Wood Divine Body! [8k]_5 "And I, in just a total of a thousand years, will be able to elevate my Divine Sense to the Heavenly Human Realm?" Su Xing felt a surge of excitement in his heart. Discover stories with My Virtual Library Empire Previously, Su Xing had obtained the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique, which had annotations. Perfected, this technique could evade the connection of heaven and man! At that time, Su Xing thought it was about evading the detection of Immortals... But in fact, the complete mastery of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Technique meant comprehending the Path of Causality and Destiny! This was enough to evade the sensing of ordinary Heaven Rank beings... meaning, even True Immortals and Profound Immortals would have difficulty locating Su Xing''s position and Heavenly Secrets! And like this, Su Xing''s strength in Divine Sense... was not far off! "Divine Sense in the Heavenly Human Realm! If coupled with the Tai Xu Sword Technique... could I directly annihilate Heavenly Immortals with an offensive of the Divine Soul?" Su Xing felt a hint of anticipation in his heart. "Another push, another push, at the pace of finding a Heaven Rank Tai Xu spirit every five or six years... I refuse to believe that with my extraordinary potential, I really can''t find the latter part of the Tai Xu Sword Technique?" With this thought, Su Xing''s gaze turned towards the Simulation Panel. [The forty-fifth year, this year you encountered another Heaven Rank Tai Xu spirit, and after defeating and absorbing it, your Divine Sense grew to eighty-nine thousand li!] [That same year, Different Race Deities invaded Demon-Subduing Pass... you took action and suppressed them!] [After suppressing the Different Race Deities, you continued to roam the vastness of the void.] [Thus, ten years passed...] [The fifty-fifth year, this year your Divine Sense grew to ninety-five thousand li!] [As the range of your Divine Sense kept increasing, you gradually felt you were touching an invisible barrier, and the growth of your Divine Sense once again slowed down...] [During these ten years, you hunted down two Heaven Rank Tai Xu spirits, but still did not obtain the latter part of the Tai Xu Sword Technique.] [The fifty-eighth year, a formidable Demon God with immense power from the Different Race descended upon Demon-Subduing Pass...] [It took quite an effort, but after battling it for three days and nights, you slaughtered it!] Sarch* The N?velFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [After killing this Different Race Deity, you felt a sensation of being watched...] [This made you feel quite uneasy, so you accelerated your search for the Tai Xu spirits...] [The fifty-ninth year, you found a Heaven Rank Tai Xu spirit, and after slaying it, you finally obtained the much longed-for latter part of the Tai Xu Sword Technique!] [At this moment, with the Tai Xu Sword Technique complete, you recorded it on a Jade Slip, keeping it as a backup...] Seeing this, Su Xing''s heart stirred, and he silently intoned: "Use Immersive Simulation, duration one month..." [Ding...] ... Quickly, the Immersive Simulation ended, and Su Xing''s mind finally possessed the complete cultivation methods of the Tai Xu Sword Technique! "The Tai Xu Sword Technique... an ultimate offensive secret technique for Divine Sense... when there is time in the future, I must cultivate it diligently!" Su Xing smacked his lips, then began contemplating his next simulation target. "This simulation, I''ll try staying on Blue Star... not going to Demon-Subduing Pass, what should be done when that behemoth arrives?" "With my strength, at the very worst... I could survive for over a decade within the behemoth''s belly... certainly enough to explore thoroughly!" With this thought, Su Xing made up his mind. What consequences would remain if he stayed on Blue Star during this simulation, not resisting, and being swallowed by the behemoth? His gaze fell upon the Simulation Panel. [After obtaining the complete Tai Xu Sword Technique, you did not stay at Demon-Subduing Pass but disappeared completely on Blue Star, secluding yourself within the Spirit Field Cave.] [You set up the Xuan Yuan Concealment Array, shielding your own Heavenly Secrets... with various enhancements, you were confident that cultivators below the Golden Immortal Realm would find it difficult to detect any trace of you.] [After making ample preparations, you continued roaming the void and began cultivating the Wishful Visualization Technique, initiating a charge towards the realm of Heaven and Man Connection...] [In the blink of an eye, another six years passed!] [The sixty-fifth year, your Divine Sense grew to ninety-eight thousand li!] [That year you performed a divination, foreseeing a calamity at Demon-Subduing Pass... and with your strength, you could not prevent this disaster; if you interfered, you would only perish along with your path...] [Therefore, you chose to stay on Blue Star, quietly waiting for the behemoth to descend...] [That year, Demon-Subduing Pass shattered, and the Human Race was at the brink of destruction... but Blue Star had not been entirely wiped out!] [Thus, three more years went by...] [The sixty-eighth year, your Divine Sense grew to ninety-nine thousand li!] [One day, while you were roaming the void, you suddenly felt a terrifying threat rapidly approaching...] [You hurriedly called back your consciousness, your Primordial Spirit returning to your body... and then, you saw that sun-eclipsing, sky-shrouding behemoth!] Chapter 309 Simulating Ninety Years, Stepping into the Heavenly Human Realm!【8k】 In the real world, Su Xing''s heart was stirred when he saw this. "Finally, the behemoth has come!" "I wonder if with my current strength... I can survive for a long time in the belly of the beast?" "If I can... is the space within the behemoth''s belly safe enough for me to evade Qing Yunzi and the Foreign Race''s assassination attempts?" Su Xing looked forward to it slightly as his gaze shifted to the Simulation Panel. [The behemoth that blotted out the sky, like a stretch of the Milky Way, descended beyond Blue Star.] Discover hidden stories at My Virtual Library Empire [It opened its mouth, black-hole-like, and swallowed the entire Great Xia Country in one gulp...] [All life, flowers, trees rapidly diminished, mountains crumbled, and the earth split apart...] [You could barely ensure your own safety by summoning the Body-Protecting Sword Aura.] [Using the power of the Great Dao of Space, you wrapped several storage rings, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, and the Spirit Field Cave around you.] [The belly of the beast felt incredibly familiar to you, as if it were the birth of The Void...] [After the world''s annihilation, The Void is eternity.] [You operated your immortal power to maintain balance within the beast''s belly and headed toward an area shimmering with purple thunder...] [You glanced at the small thunder zone and didn''t linger; the thunder within held no threat to you nor could it serve to refine your body, feeling no more than an itch.] [Moments later, you entered a medium-sized thunder zone.] [Here, the power of the thunder was significantly stronger, manifold times over. You walked into it, letting the lightning strike your physical body.] [Moments later, you left disappointed...] [With the strength of your current physical body, even the medium-sized thunder zone was merely like touching static electricity, inflicting almost no harm on you.] [You began to search in this void within the belly, looking for a large thunder zone.] [Thus, after an hour, you arrived at an area sparkling with purple thunder light.] [Within this area, even Cultivators at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage would feel terror-stricken at the robust lightning...] [Without hesitation, you stepped into it... Bathing in the lightning, the fearsome thunder continually refined your physical body.] [You didn''t use any protective measures, not even Origin Force, allowing the thunder to strike you unimpeded...] [Gradually, scorched marks appeared on your skin.] [These marks were trivial, not even qualifying as minor injuries... but they did stimulate your constitution and talent''s automatic recovery!] [The Undying Xiaochi, Wood Type immortal power, Ancient Witch Body... With the enhancement of various talents and constitutions, the charred skin quickly fell away, and within just two or three seconds, new skin and flesh grew back...] [Destruction and rebirth... endlessly cycling growth, you felt waves of itching sensation.] [At the same time, with every strike of thunder, you felt your physical body and constitution slightly change.] [After several hours, this large thunder zone gradually faded away, and you summoned the Body-Protecting Sword Aura to continue exploring in the belly of the beast...] [Shortly after, you found another large thunder zone.] [You repeated the process, relying on the power of the thunder zone to continuously temper and refine your body...] [Thus, after experiencing several large thunder zones being born and vanishing, the Great Dao of Thunder relentlessly baptized and merged into your physical body.] [During this process, your comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder gradually improved, and it seemed that the Heavenly Thunder Physique was also transforming...] [Initially, this process was too distracting, but once you adapted to the thunder, you could even comprehend thunder while cultivating and envisioning the diagrams in your mind.] [Gradually, you got used to this process; under the multitasking, your comprehension continuously improved...] Back in the real world, Su Xing felt slightly emotional when he saw this. "The thunder zones in the belly of the same behemoth... I had to struggle to withstand even the slightest before..." "Now, with the sheer strength of my physical body, I can withstand the effects of this region... without even a minor injury..." "This, is the change that strength brings!" Sear?h the ovlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Pausing for a moment, a look of anticipation flashed in Su Xing''s eyes. "Following this progress, maybe I really could survive for a long time in the space within the behemoth''s belly..." Thinking this way, Su Xing''s gaze turned back to the Simulation Panel. [You shuttled back and forth among various thunder zones, the Heavenly Thunder Physique constantly shedding its old self, with an ever-deepening comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder...] [Time unknown, this was the thirty-seventh large thunder zone you had encountered, and all you could see was darkness.] [Large thunder zones were nearly impossible to find, and the space within the behemoth''s belly seemed to have returned to calm.] [But this wasn''t what you hoped for, so you released your Divine Sense, continuously searching within the belly of the beast, hoping to find more thunder zones...] [You sped through the void in the belly of the beast at an extremely fast pace... and this space seemed as if it had no bounds, limitless, with no end.] [After an unknown period, you encountered a thunder zone you had never seen before!] [A sky full of purple thunder light, terrible thunder striking down continuously... the robust lightning, each strike as powerful as the lightning from the sixth and ninth Heavenly Tribulation!] [Your heart leaped with joy, knowing this was what you were searching for... a gigantic thunder zone!] [Without any hesitation, you entered this area alone.] [The terrifying thunder, like mighty dragons, poured down instantly...] [But the terrifying lightning, with each strike on your physical body, caused only light injuries... within a few breaths'' time, your physical body and talents repaired themselves, rapidly diminishing these wounds...] Chapter 309 Simulating Ninety Years, Stepping into the Heavenly Human Realm!【8k】_2 Continue your journey on My Virtual Library Empire ``` [Although pain came from time to time... it didn''t affect your mind, you even attempted to multitask, visualizing the diagram in your mind.] [Thus, when one day you opened your eyes... this vast thunder region finally vanished!] [You roughly calculated and found that from its emergence to its demise, the thunder region lasted... about a month''s time.] [But why the thunder region was born, you had no idea... it was not easy to search for it in this vast space.] [You used divination to estimate the time, and realized that from entering the belly of the beast, it had already been three months!] [You were pretty sure that nearly everything on Blue Star had already vanished... The occasional world fragments and Great Dao principles that floated by confirmed your thoughts.] [A mere three months, even if living in The Void, your mana remained as stable as the beginning... unaffected in the slightest!] [What was even more fortunate was that the Spirit Field Cave, wrapped in the power of space, was still stable... you could enter it whenever you wished!] Back in the real world, Su Xing smiled, murmuring to himself, "Indeed, with my current strength, I am now able to survive in The Void for a long time!" "With my Cultivation Level at the Great Perfection of the Earth Immortal Realm, my mana is stable and profound... protected by the Body-Protecting Sword Aura, staying in The Void for a year and a half is no problem!" "And once mana becomes chaotic... I could return to the Spirit Field Cave to adjust for some time..." "Such a cycle... this means, at the very least, I can survive in the belly of the beast for several years... or even dozens of years!" Su Xing felt very satisfied in his heart. If everything went according to his plan, this simulation would provide ample time to expand his Divine Sense... and even enhance his comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder! Thinking this, Su Xing''s gaze fell upon the Simulation Panel. Sear?h the ovlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [Life in the space within the belly of the beast was dull and uninteresting... apart from yourself, there was no other life...] [What you did every day was wander endlessly, searching for thunder regions...] [Thus, three months passed...] [Finally, with your unremitting efforts, you found another immense thunder region.] [You decisively entered it... to embrace yet another baptism of thunder!] [Thus... a month passed.] [Your comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder advanced further, and your Heavenly Thunder Physique continued to perfect...] [After this baptism, you chose to return to the Spirit Field Cave, to stabilize your Mana Cultivation.] [Thus, another half year went by.] [In the seventieth year, your Divine Sense had expanded to ninety-nine thousand nine hundred fifty miles...] [And as Divine Sense continued to press against a certain threshold, it became increasingly difficult to improve.] [But you were not anxious, you decided to hide in the belly of the beast, continuing your cultivation...] [Thus, apart from searching for thunder regions and meditating on the Great Dao of Thunder, you pondered the Diagram of Wishful Visualization, and five years swiftly passed...] [In the seventy-fifth year, your Divine Sense grew to ninety-nine thousand eight hundred miles in that year!] [The final goal of one hundred thousand miles... was no longer far!] [And over these five years, you found six immense thunder regions in succession, constantly refining yourself through their baptisms.] [Your Dao Comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder took another firm step forward... it seemed you weren''t far from a preliminary understanding...] [What was a bit surprising was that, by living a long time in the belly of the beast, your comprehension of the Great Dao of Space seemed to deepen!] [The space within the beast''s belly was as dangerous as The Void... although there were no void wormholes, the terrifying void currents could also annihilate everything.] [And with your current comprehension of the Great Dao of Space, you could not only predict the emergence of void currents in advance but also somewhat avoid their destructive power...] [What excited you more was that, after years of refinement, the Heavenly Thunder Physique finally entered the third stage!] [As the Heavenly Thunder Physique entered the third stage, you clearly felt your physical body grow stronger, the damage from thunder lessened... and the efficiency of your comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder increased multifold...] Su Xing''s eyes twinkled upon reading this. "Heavenly Thunder Physique... has it entered the third stage again?" "According to current trends, it seems I can hold on for quite some time... Could the Heavenly Thunder Physique advance even further?" The reason he said ''again'' was that Su Xing''s Heavenly Thunder Physique had entered the third stage before. That was when he underwent the Heavenly Tribulation... only at that time, Su Xing chose to advance his Cultivation Level and comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder, not the Heavenly Thunder Physique. However, now, after experiencing the belly of the beast... the Heavenly Thunder Physique might be able to advance further! The second stage of the Heavenly Thunder Physique, in Su Xing''s opinion, was about stronger than the ordinary Purple Talent but not quite as strong as the Golden Talent. Breaking into the third stage of the Heavenly Thunder Physique was roughly equivalent to possessing an additional Golden Talent-like Divine Body! Its power was comparable to the Ancient Witch Body... and the Fiery Flame Divine Body, barely considered among the Hundred Great Divine Bodies. "Above the third stage... can the Heavenly Thunder Physique grow further, surpassing the other grades I currently possess?" Su Xing harbored a bit of anticipation. His gaze returned to the Simulation Panel! [And so, after endlessly refining the Heavenly Thunder Physique, another three years passed...] [In the seventy-eighth year, your Talent of being a Late Bloomer had taken effect, and your Divine Sense had burgeoned to ninety-nine thousand nine hundred miles!] [Without hesitation, you consumed the Spirit Awakening Pill you had preserved, to break through to the Heavenly Human Realm with your Divine Sense!] [After taking the Spirit Awakening Pill, your Comprehension greatly increased, and with the boost from the Great Wisdom State, the speed at which you pondered the diagram in your mind was many times faster...] ``` Chapter 309 Simulating Ninety Years, Stepping into the Heavenly Human Realm! 【8k】_3 ``` [Thus, a month passed...] [Finally one day, you felt as if a fragmented voice echoed in your mind!] [You felt your Divine Soul and Divine Sense stepping into a new vast world...] [That day, your Divine Sense finally broke through 100,000 miles!] [Congratulations on entering the Divine Sense Heavenly Human Realm!] [With your Divine Sense entering the Heavenly Human Realm, your comprehension and memory greatly improved... Even your sense of danger advanced further, this profoundly mysterious sensation captivated your mind...] [When you visualized the diagram in your mind again, you saw the Jade Ruyi in the hands of the Immortal Elder!] [The Jade Ruyi, green as verdant leaves and lifelike, seemed to possess tremendous magic power... continually drawing in your soul.] [Gradually, you seemed to be getting lost in it...] [At the crucial moment, a light humming from the Ink Ice Sword at your waist sent a refreshing coolness to the depths of your soul...] [You snapped back to reality, hastily stopping the visualization of the Jade Ruyi, yet feeling a substantial drain on your Divine Soul...] [With your current Divine Sense Realm, although you can see the Jade Ruyi clearly, if you observe it for too long, the consumption might exceed expectations...] [And the environment around you now obviously isn''t conducive to prolonged observation.] In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly and murmured, "When I was in the Five Senses Realm of Divine Sense... I could only see the landscape in the Diagram of Wishful Visualization, I couldn''t even make out the features of the Immortal Elder..." "When I was in the Six Senses Realm, I could see the Elder clearly, but not the Jade Ruyi!" "Now, in the Divine Sense Heavenly Human Realm, I can finally scrutinize this Jade Ruyi!" "The so-called Diagram of Wishful Visualization... the mystique must certainly lie in this Jade Ruyi!" Su Xing pondered with thoughts in his heart. Sarch* The N?vel(F)ire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Since the Divine Soul has reached the expected level... next, while in the belly space of the giant beast, the focus should still be on comprehending the Great Dao of Thunder and enhancing the Heavenly Thunder Physique!" Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the Simulation Panel. Find your next adventure on My Virtual Library Empire [After your Divine Sense entered the Heavenly Human Realm, your Dao Comprehension speed increased by more than fifty percent.] [At the same time, you could sense the changes in The Void around you over a larger area, preemptively avoiding the incoming void turbulence...] [Thus, another seven years passed.] [In the eighty-fifth year, with continuous refinement of your Heavenly Thunder Physique over the last seven years, you felt that your physique was much stronger than before, and the speed of absorbing Thunder Spiritual Qi also more than doubled...] [You were not sure how far your Heavenly Thunder Physique had developed now, but this improvement was obviously beneficial for you.] [This was your twentieth year inside the belly space of the giant beast... The original World Fragment, the Great Dao Principles had largely collapsed, and it seemed like everything inside the belly of the beast was to turn into The Void...] [Yet, you also noticed, although the World Fragments were diminishing, new World Fragments were continually entering, maintaining a sort of balance overall.] [You knew this was because the giant beast was constantly devouring new worlds to ensure this balance!] [A real danger you felt was that this space had developed "malice" towards you!] [Initially, the space inside the beast''s belly was peaceful, you only needed to be cautious of the void turbulence, occasionally entering the Spirit Field Cave to restore mana, and you could survive easily.] [But gradually, you found that this space seemed to be rejecting you, an outsider.] [The entire space appeared to want to kill you!] [Specifically, the frequency of encountering void turbulence was increasing... even World Fragments and Great Dao Principles kept rushing towards you.] [You had seen a terrifying Grand Interspatial Path turn into a sharp blade, nearly splitting you in half...] [You also saw terrifying flames coming at you, seemingly wanting to devour you.] [And whether it was the void turbulence or the attacks of various Daos, they seemed to have consciousness...] [You were absolutely certain, the giant beast had discovered your existence!] [And instinctively, the beast wanted to crush you, this "little bug"... Thus, it constantly created difficulties, trying to kill you!] [At first, the occasional attacks were manageable...] [But as this "world malice" grew, it was becoming nearly impossible for you to maintain your survival in this space!] [Finally, one day you shockingly discovered... you had lost the coordinates to the Spirit Field Cave!] In the real world, Su Xing''s brows deeply furrowed. "World malice? The entire Void wants to kill me? This... surely the giant beast has discovered I am still alive!" Su Xing had always been extremely lucky, especially under the blessings of good fortune, with void turbulence rarely bothering him... As long as Su Xing didn''t tempt fate, he should be able to survive for a long time. Yet, he was after all in the belly space of the giant beast, and this Void... after all, belonged to that beast! The giant beast was like the will of this void! "Things are going to get tricky now!" "The giant beast has discovered my presence... The Spirit Field Cave has been destroyed by the beast... meaning, my mana can hardly be replenished, I must comprehend the thunderous Great Dao as soon as possible!" Su Xing looked somewhat anxious as he gazed towards the Simulation Panel. [After losing the Spirit Field Cave, you knew you had lost your biggest support, and it was impossible to live in this space forever.] [But fortunately, you still have the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat!] [You activated the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, steering it to continuously search for thunderous areas...] [Inside the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, you occasionally consumed Spiritual Liquid to ensure an adequate supply of mana.] [You kept searching for thunderous areas, continuing to temper your Heavenly Thunder Physique, enhancing your comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder...] ``` Chapter 309 Simulating Ninety Years, Stepping into the Heavenly Human Realm! 【8k】_4 "[Thus, you persisted for an entire five years!]" S~ea??h the n?vel_Fire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "[In the ninetieth year, entering the twenty-fifth year inside the belly of the giant beast, as the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat completely disintegrated, you finally could not hold on.] "[Your mana surged chaotically throughout your body...ultimately, you died under the assault of the Great Dao Principles!]" "[You died!]" "[Ding, this simulation has ended!]" After the simulation ended, Su Xing withdrew his gaze. "What a pity, this simulation only made it to the ninetieth year...it''s been a long time since I''ve had a simulation that short..." "It seems that with my current strength, I am not yet able to survive indefinitely within the space inside the giant beast''s belly..." "Even if I''m better prepared later, I could probably only last about a hundred years or so, right? Perhaps after I gain more strength, I can try again!" Su Xing did not regret his decision. Although the simulation was not long, Su Xing had essentially achieved the objectives of this trial! Whether it was the enhancement of his Divine Sense or the breakthrough of his Heavenly Thunder Physique, both were good for Su Xing! "Well then, let''s see what rewards this simulation has brought..." Su Xing thought. [Yimu Divine Body]: Golden Talent, priced at 10 Origin Energy Points. Discover more stories at My Virtual Library Empire [Divine Sense 100,000 Li (Heavenly Human Realm)]: Heavenly Human Realm Divine Sense, covering a range of 100,000 li, facilitating a breakthrough into the Heavenly Human Realm, further enhancing comprehension, deepening the resonance with the Great Dao, and allowing one to sense dangers targeting oneself, priced at 44,000 Origin Energy Points. [Tai Xu Sword Technique (Complete)]: A supreme secret technique of Divine Sense attack, condensing a golden Divine Soul sword with unrivaled offensive power, priced at 100,000 Origin Energy Points. [Heavenly Thunder Holy Body (Incomplete)]: One of the top ten Sacred Bodies in the Cultivation World, it breaks through the initial illusions, sweeps away all evil spirits, greatly bolstering the Thunder Spiritual Root, significantly enhancing the efficiency of perceiving Thunder Spiritual Qi, and deepening the comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder, but the Heavenly Thunder Body is still not fully achieved, requiring even more intense thunder to stimulate, priced at 100,000 Origin Energy Points. [Great Dao of Thunder Comprehension]: On the brink of an initial peek into the Realm of the Great Dao of Thunder, priced at 80,000 Origin Energy Points. [Comprehension of the Space Dao]: Twenty-five years of perception of the Great Dao of Space, the exchange enhances control over space, priced at 50,000 Origin Energy Points. Su Xing''s gaze swept over the rewards of this simulation, analyzing each one. "Yimu Divine Body...definitely a choice to be made, but there''s no rush!" "Divine Sense 100,000 Li, breaking into the Heavenly Human Realm...it''s a prerequisite for surviving the tribulation of thunder, this choice is indisputable, a must for this time!" "The Tai Xu Sword Technique, I have already completely memorized..." After some thought, Su Xing finally set his eyes on the Heavenly Thunder Holy Body and the Great Dao of Thunder Comprehension! "Selecting the Heavenly Thunder Holy Body, though incomplete...yet the strength of a Holy Body, I''m afraid, might surpass an ordinary Divine Body...at least it''s equivalent to a top-tier Golden Talent!" "As for the Comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder, once I choose the Heavenly Thunder Holy Body, it won''t be too late to attempt comprehension in later simulations..." Su Xing quickly made a decision, mentally declaring: "I choose the Divine Sense of 100,000 Li in the Heavenly Human Realm... and the Heavenly Thunder Holy Body!" [You have successfully extracted the Heavenly Human Realm Divine Sense (100,000 Li), spending 44,000 Origin Energy Points, your remaining Origin Energy Points are 374,692...] [You have successfully extracted the Heavenly Thunder Holy Body (Incomplete), spending 100,000 Origin Energy Points, your remaining Origin Energy Points are 274,692...] As the notification sounds fell, two mysterious energies flowed into Su Xing''s body. Su Xing sat cross-legged, quietly sensing the changes in his body. The Heavenly Thunder Physique leapt from the second stage all the way to the level of the Heavenly Thunder Holy Body; though it hadn''t fully stepped into it, it far surpassed the third stage of the Heavenly Thunder Physique. This made Su Xing''s sensitivity to Thunder Spiritual Qi increase by more than double! Besides, Su Xing''s comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder also advanced further! The most crucial point was that, although the Heavenly Thunder Holy Body was incomplete, like the Xuan Yin Holy Body, it carried special effects! The Heavenly Thunder Holy Body was invulnerable to all evil, significantly improving Su Xing''s ability to withstand evil spirits and curses! Apart from the changes brought about by the Heavenly Thunder Holy Body, the advancement of Su Xing''s Divine Sense was even more apparent! His range of Divine Sense had greatly increased, almost doubling from the previous 56,000 li! And Su Xing''s comprehension at this moment greatly increased, speeding up his understanding of all Daos... This was not a mere increase in wisdom but rather an enhancement of memory and comprehension. The Heavenly Human Realm Divine Sense also made Su Xing''s sense of his own fortunes and misfortunes much sharper. "Let me try the Diagram of Wishful Visualization first..." Moments later, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, first visualizing the patterns in his mind. Within a landscape, an old man held a Jade Ruyi, yet his expression was inexplicably chilling. Su Xing found that if he looked at the landscape alone, he could see it clearly. The Immortal old man and the Jade Ruyi, he could also see clearly... But if he wanted to observe all three at once, he could not manage it! Even observing the old man and the landscape simultaneously was beyond Su Xing''s ability. "Could it be... there are realms above the Heavenly Human Realm of Divine Sense?" Su Xing pondered, feeling that the Heavenly Human Realm might not be the limit of the Diagram of Wishful Visualization! Thinking of this, a smile formed on Su Xing''s lips; the higher the potential limit of the visualization diagram, the more beneficial it was for him! "Now then, I should go test it on Blue Star... With my current Divine Sense, am I able to cover the entire Blue Star?" Su Xing was eager to try, his figure flashed and he appeared in the dormitory of Kyoto Academy. Immediately afterward, Su Xing''s Divine Sense surged out like a tide in all directions. Passing the borders of Great Xia Country... reaching the major nations and regions around it... Then, crossing the vast ocean, he arrived at America on the other side of the great sea! Chapter 309 Simulating Ninety Years, Stepping into the Heavenly Human Realm! 【8k】_5 At last, Su Xing''s Divine Sense completely covered the entire Blue Star! Enjoying the feeling of his Divine Sense enveloping the entire Blue Star, Su Xing took a deep breath, able to perceive anything happening on the planet at will. This feeling... was indistinguishable from that of a God! After carefully contemplating for a moment, Su Xing withdrew his Divine Sense, nodding in satisfaction. "With such vast Divine Sense... commanding and driving puppets will be much easier in the future!" Now, Su Xing no longer needed to tirelessly refine elixirs day and night to obtain energy. Hundreds of puppets, spread across the seven countries and twelve domains of Blue Star, as well as the Beast Taming Realm and Xianwu World, were able to provide Su Xing with a continuous supply of energy! Together with the weekly energy supply from Tarot Commerce Association and Great Xia Country... Su Xing might not lack energy anymore before reaching the True Immortal Realm! "It''s a pity... the total energy of Blue Star is still limited!" "How can I make Blue Star produce more energy for me?" Su Xing was somewhat troubled. In his view, with the current capacity of Profession Users on Blue Star, it should not be difficult to provide the energy needed to ascend to the Heavenly Immortal Realm. As for the energy needed for the True Immortal Realm... if he exhausted all of Blue Star''s efforts, perhaps it could just be managed. But what about higher realms? Profound Immortal... Golden Immortal... even Taiyi Golden Immortal? By then, the energy needed to ascend even a minor realm might amount to tens of millions of Origin Energy Sources. With Blue Star''s capacity, it would likely be hard to sustain! Therefore, Su Xing must quickly direct his attention towards the Three Thousand Worlds! Only there could Su Xing have enough resources to enhance his cultivation level! "However... if I could enhance the overall strength of Blue Star''s Profession Users... creating more Profession Users, perhaps they could also provide more energy!" Su Xing pondered thoughtfully. Not to mention, in the dungeons nearby Blue Star, small worlds and various instances numbered in the hundreds of thousands! Most were already explored by Profession Users, but some remained unexplored. If the overall strength of Blue Star''s Profession Users were to advance a level, they could at least obtain more equipment! Just those pieces of equipment could bring Su Xing a considerable amount of energy! "However... with my current cultivation level strength, I cannot broadly interfere and improve the overall strength of the Human Race..." "Because once I do, it will definitely be discovered by the Descending Sect... and then it would be tantamount to completely exposing myself to the Foreign Race Descending Sect..." Su Xing was not in a hurry for the moment, having the advantage on his side, and he had plenty of time to wait! Experience more content on My Virtual Library Empire Even if it meant simulating for 220 years each time, by stalling for one year, Su Xing was effectively cultivating for ten thousand years! If he stalled for about ten years... achieving the realm of Golden Immortal or even Taiyi Golden Immortal, would he still fear the Descending Sect then? At least Su Xing was confident that in the Three Thousand Worlds, he could also protect his family and friends from harm. And this... was merely the worst, most conservative estimate... Su Xing organized his thoughts and prepared to go trade with Lu Yuanwu. ... After the trade, Su Xing gained another twenty thousand Origin Energy Sources. sea??h th Novl?ire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. In the following week, Su Xing continued to repair puppets. In a week''s time, Su Xing repaired several puppets. Su Xing dispatched these puppets to different countries, continuously trading for them and collecting substances containing great energy. Currently, the entire Blue Star already had puppet organizations established by Su Xing in five countries plus twelve domains! The counterfeit "Heavenly Secret Pavilion" established by Su Xing had completely become a transnational organization with considerable influence. However, those Profession Users did not know that the Heavenly Secret Pavilions in all countries belonged to the same organization, otherwise they would certainly be cautious. If two or three more weeks passed and Su Xing repaired another ten or twenty puppets, the trade scope of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion would completely cover the entire Blue Star! On December 2, 2025 of the New Era, Su Xing went to trade with Jin Congxue. One trade, and again over thirty thousand Origin Energy Sources were acquired. Su Xing returned to Spirit Field Cave, quietly waiting for the simulation cooldown to complete. Seeing the simulation cooldown finally ended, Su Xing calmed his excited heart. "Although the Heavenly Thunder Holy Body is not yet complete, it should also be sufficient!" "Plus my Heavenly Human Realm''s Divine Sense... I should be able to overcome the Heartbreaking Thunder Disaster and break through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm!" After a pause, Su Xing continued, "And... this simulation might also be an opportunity to try if, with my abilities, I can directly participate in the battle, promote the early birth of the Cultivators Alliance, and delay the destruction of the Little Qingyun Realm?" Chapter 310 Gold Spiritual Root Talent, Five Elements Mutated Super Spiritual Root!【8k】 Considering this, Su Xing silently recited: "Begin simulation!" [Simulation 114 initiated, remaining Origin Energy Source is 328,762 points... Remaining simulation count: unlimited.] [Simulation started!] [Extracting Golden Legendary Talent consumes 1 point of Origin Energy Source. Proceed with extraction?] Su Xing did not hesitate and silently said: "Yes!" [Ding, congratulations! You''ve obtained the Golden Talent: Five Elements Super Spiritual Root. Next extraction probability for Golden Talent is 60%.] [Five Elements Super Spiritual Root]: Golden Talent, you naturally possess the Five Elements Spiritual Root, not only can you sense the spiritual energy of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth but your comprehension of Thunder Spiritual Qi is exceptionally high. With the Super Spiritual Root aptitude, reaching immortality in a millennium is no delusion! Sarch* The ovlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Holy shit... Did it finally explode? The Golden Spiritual Root Talent... Five Elements Super Spiritual Root!" Su Xing took a deep breath, unable to hold back from blurting out swear words in excitement! Currently, his biggest obstacle for advancing his Qi Refining Cultivation was his insufficient Spiritual Root! Although his cultivation had progressed swiftly at the Earth Immortal Realm due to sufficient resources, and the boost from various physiques and cultivation techniques, still, the breakthroughs between minor realms became incredibly difficult! Just moving from the early stage to the middle stage alone might require two or three attempts. For an ordinary cultivator, failing to break through this bottleneck could potentially damage their potential and halt their progress. But for Su Xing, because each simulation would reset, he didn''t face these problems. "Regardless, the timely arrival of a Golden quality Super Spiritual Root is absolutely perfect!" "With this Super Spiritual Root... My confidence in breaking through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm has increased by another 10%... The odds of success are now 98%!" Su Xing was in a fantastic mood. Normally, for someone with a Heavenly Spirit Root to break through to the Human Immortal Realm, if they had enough resources and sufficient preparation, the probability stands at 50/50. And the chance of breaking through to the Earth Immortal Realm with a sufficiently talented root could drop to less than 10%. And if one aims to break through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm... The probability would likely be less than 0.1%! Thus, Su Xing''s arrival of the Super Spiritual Root was incredibly timely! "However... with this, I need to make some slight adjustments to this simulation''s plan..." Su Xing had a plan in mind, his gaze shifting to the Simulation Panel. [In the Spirit Field Cave, you realize you are in a simulation.] [A week later, you transact with Lu Yuanwu and successfully acquire a hundred thousand tons of Fourth-Rank Alien Metal...] [Two days later, you visit the Luo Tian Instance and reap a lot of benefit...] [You stay on Blue Star for three years, preparing for your journey to the Three Thousand Worlds.] [In the fourth year, you remove all items from the Spirit Field Cave, severing ties with it...] [After losing the Spirit Field Cave, you feel that your causal link with Qing Yunzi has reduced...] [You leave behind many Puppets on Blue Star and created several tenth-level Talismans.] [Later, you pass through Alternate Space, heading towards the Little Qingyun Realm.] [Arriving at the familiar northern part of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, you sell intelligence and acquire a mass of resources; you join the White Emperor City, showing off your cultivation at the peak of Earth Immortal Realm, becoming an Elder of the city''s subdivision.] [Not staying long in the Little Qingyun Realm, you pilot the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat toward the Blackwater Realm.] [From the Blackwater Realm, you obtain part of Luo Tian Sect''s legacy.] [After resting for half a year, you head towards the Cangwu Realm...] [You make contact with the Cangwu Realm''s merchants'' guild, showing off your Body Refinement Heavenly Immortal Realm strength, and in exchange for an Innate Fusang Tree Branch, you obtain a fist-sized Space Origin Stone!] [In the seventh year, having done all this, you pilot the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, ready to return to the Little Qingyun Realm!] [This time, you want to see if, with your strength, you can prevent the destruction of the Little Qingyun Realm!] [You pilot the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, lingering in The Void for a long time, you activate the Space Origin Stone, and with the help of Space Spirit Stone and the Void Stone, you open a portable Blessed Land!] [Thanks to the higher quality of the Space Origin Stone, you smoothly carve out a Blessed Land of hundred zhang...] [Unfortunately, your Cultivation Mana is insufficient, though with Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivation, you are confident in creating a three hundred zhang Blessed Land!] [You replant the Gathering Spirit Flower and many Spirit Plants back into the Blessed Land... the Spirit Field gradually ascends towards Spirit Field Cave!] [In the tenth year, you return to the Little Qingyun Realm, with the strength of a White Emperor City Elder, and assist Heavenly Demon City in resisting the Foreign Race!] In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly. "Not bad, everything is proceeding according to plan... However, the only risk to this plan is, will Qing Yunzi sense my presence prematurely?" Su Xing frowned slightly, lost in thought. Your next read is at My Virtual Library Empire Currently, Su Xing''s Qi Refining Cultivation was at the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm, his Body Refinement Cultivation was at the initial phase of the third level of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, equivalent to the initial Body Refinement in the Heavenly Immortal Realm. Adding Sword Dao, All-Encompassing Star Attraction, Spirit Explosion Technique, and various talents, even facing a late-stage Heavenly Immortal, Su Xing''s combat power was not inferior at all! "Already a main force on the front lines for Heavenly Demon City with Heavenly Immortal Realm strength!" "If I kill in battle during this simulation and accumulate sufficient military exploits, might it draw the attention of White Emperor City and Heavenly Demon Prison sooner?" "And with raising my Qi Refinements... Breaking through the Heart Thunder Calamity and reaching the Heavenly Immortal Realm is just a natural progression..." Pausing for a moment, Su Xing continued to think: "In previous simulations, it took Qing Yunzi two hundred and twenty-five years to find me... with Qing Yunzi''s Semi-Saint strength, if he locates my position, it would only take a few years, or perhaps a dozen years to find me..." "This shows that severing ties with the Spirit Field Cave can indeed obscure Qing Yunzi''s senses!" Chapter 310 Gold Spiritual Root Talent, Five Elements Variant Super Spiritual Root! [8k]_2 Although Su Xing didn''t know the reasons behind it, he had the ability to give it a try. Even if he failed, it would simply be a wasted simulation attempt... With a plan in mind, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simulation panel. "Because of your outstanding strength, as soon as you joined Heavenly Demon City, you attained the position of Ten Thousand Commander." "You volunteered boldly, expressing your willingness to lead a troop of cultivators, fighting on the front lines against the Foreign Race." "The higher-ups in Heavenly Demon City were very satisfied with your idea and not only provided you with a ten thousand-strong army, but they even equipped you with two deputy commanders at the Human Immortal Realm!" "Though nominally a Ten Thousand Commander, the power in your hands was no different from that of a commander at the Earth Immortal Realm." "You decided to use the slaying of the Foreign Race as an opportunity to refine your own swordsmanship!" "Following the sword cultivation methods obtained from Luo Qingniu, you decided to first slay the Foreign Race for thirty to fifty years to hone your Sword Dao!" "Thus, ten years passed!" "By the twentieth year, you had successfully become one of Heavenly Demon City''s front-line commanders at the Earth Immortal Realm!" Your journey continues at My Virtual Library Empire "During these ten years, you had slain dozens of lower divine power Foreign Race individuals and three of medium divine power!" "Such achievements, below the Heavenly Immortal level, were second to none!" "Your actions and strength instantly caught the attention of both Heavenly Demon City and White Emperor City''s higher echelons." "Every cultivator in Heavenly Demon City knew, there was a powerful Sword Immortal whose sword could slay Different Race Deities... Fierce in battle, and invincible in war!" "Moreover, this Sword Immortal was very protective of his own troops; although he combated the Foreign Race, the casualty ratio could reach one to a hundred, slaying countless Foreign Race... " "And as your fame spread wide on the front lines of Heavenly Demon City, more and more cultivators wished to forge ties with you." "The army you led was named Tianyuan!" "The Tianyuan Army, unbeatable in battle, feared no death!" "And every year, you also received much spoils of war, not only could you prioritize the battle''s spoils, but even White Emperor City would grant you a hundred thousand points of High-grade Spiritual Liquid as support." "But to you, the battles on the front lines were actually not dangerous, because at that time, the strongest among the Foreign Race on the battlefield were at most at the peak of divine power... Not even a single True God had appeared." "And over these ten years, you continually refined your swordsmanship... to the point where you could slay the Foreign Race with the simplest of Sword Moves!" "Every sword strike, every battle, brought you new insights into the sword!" Sar?h the N?velFire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Through the day-to-day battles on the front line, another ten years passed!" "By the thirtieth year, your Tianyuan Army became a target, as a powerful divine power entity from the Foreign Race led hundreds of thousands of its kind to assail you..." "In this battle, the Tianyuan Army felt complete despair, yet did not retreat even half a step!" "Only you knew, this powerful divine power entity from the Foreign Race... was nothing much, strictly speaking, it was only early Heavenly Immortal Realm at best..." "So, in this battle, you showed a bit of your true power." "At first, you used this Different Race Deity to refine your swordsmanship, and after fighting for several hours, your swordsmanship improved considerably..." "When this Different Race Deity''s strength started to wane, you struck decisively. Utilizing two thousand Body-Protecting Sword Aura strikes, you sliced it down with one blow!" "In this battle, out of your thirty thousand soldiers, more than thirty percent suffered casualties..." "Yet you annihilated the hundred-thousand-strong Foreign Race army!" "This astounding victory quickly spread throughout Heavenly Demon City..." "All the higher-ups in Heavenly Demon City knew, a talented Sword Immortal, known as Su Ye, had the capability to slay a Heavenly Immortal with Earth Immortal Realm cultivation!" "From this moment, you became famous in a single battle... and were promoted to General on the front lines of Heavenly Demon City!" "After a few months, the master of a True Immortal Realm branch from White Emperor Tower came to see you in person. He encouraged you greatly, and in the name of White Emperor City, he supplied you with ample resources." "These resources did not concern you, as your goal was to build sufficient fame while concurrently refining your swordsmanship!" "Thus, another five years went by!" "In the thirty-fifth year, leading the Tianyuan Army on an external campaign, you encountered another strong divine power entity from the Foreign Race!" "After hundreds of rounds of fierce battle, you managed to slay it at the cost of only light injuries!" "At this moment, Heavenly Demon City was utterly agitated!" "With Earth Immortal Realm cultivation, to have slain two strong divine power Foreign Race entities within five years, on par with Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators, such a deed was rare even throughout the Three Thousand Worlds..." "Only you knew, this strong divine power entity was not merely at the early stage of the Heavenly Immortal Realm; its actual combat power had already been comparable to the middle stage of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!" "However, as an Earth Immortal Realm cultivator at the Peak, slaying an early stage Heavenly Immortal was already defying the heavens... If you were to slay a mid-stage Heavenly Immortal, that would be somewhat abnormal..." "Your pursuit was to create enough fame, not to attract unnecessary trouble." "After slaying the second powerful Different Race Deity, your status within Heavenly Demon City grew ever higher!" "Including you, there were only seven Heavenly Immortal level combatants on the front lines of Heavenly Demon City, along with a True Immortal Realm City Lord to guard it..." "Of course, you knew that within Heavenly Demon City, the real trump card was the incarnation of a Heavenly Demon General!" Back in the real world, Su Xing nodded in satisfaction, muttering to himself, "Not bad... Now, within Heavenly Demon City, and even in the Little Qingyun Realm, I''ve got quite a reputation!" "But, with my current influence, is it feasible to initiate an alliance of cultivators against the Foreign Race ahead of time?" After some pondering, Su Xing still felt it was not very realistic. Su Xing''s current reputation probably wouldn''t concern the truly powerful cultivators. At most, it might reach the ears of some True Immortals and Profound Immortal Realm Immortals... Chapter 310 Gold Spiritual Root Talent, Five Elements Variant Super Spiritual Root! [8k]_3 Unless Su Xing''s fame could take another leap forward! "Then... it''s time to undergo the breakthrough to the Heavenly Immortal Realm!" Su Xing murmured. The tribulation from Earth Immortal Realm to Heavenly Immortal Realm, the Heart Calamity Thunder Tribulation, was not as troublesome as the Yin and Yang Fire Tribulation. Heart Calamity Thunder Tribulation happens only once, and as long as one withstands that fearsome thunder that intimidates the mind, a smooth ascension to the Heavenly Immortal Realm is assured! "Then, let''s go all out and fight!" A determined light flashed in Su Xing''s eyes as he gazed at the simulation panel. [In the thirty-sixth year, you announced that you were going into seclusion, seeking a breakthrough in your cultivation level...] [After hearing this news, the upper echelons of Heavenly Demon City were greatly shaken, for at the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm, you already possessed the strength of the Heavenly Immortal Realm...] [If you were to smoothly break through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, couldn''t you potentially defeat mid-stage Heavenly Immortal Cultivators? At the very least... you''d be invincible in the early stages of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!] [But to prevent any accidents, Heavenly Demon City kept this secret for you and provided you with a suitable Daoist retreat appropriate for seclusion.] [Your place of seclusion was located within a great mountain thousands of miles from Heavenly Demon City, an area under the city''s influence where ordinary cultivators dared not approach.] [You took out millions of drops of Spiritual Liquid, consuming them continuously, and the Mana within your body grew increasingly robust!] [With every breakthrough of a realm, an enhancement of Mana is essential, thus naturally, ample resources must be prepared!] [You kept running the Zhengyi Submission Decision, absorbing and refining countless High-grade Spiritual Liquids...] [In the blink of an eye, three years passed by!] [In the thirty-ninth year, after three years of accumulation, the Mana in your body was incredibly dense, like a balloon filled to the brim, unable to contain even a sliver of more Mana...] [Therefore, in this year, you officially began preparations for your breakthrough!] [Your Divine Sense continued to brew, that profound and mysterious sensation coming over you again!] [Seizing the moment, you braced yourself and beckoned the heavenly tribulation thunder!] [As soon as your heart moved, the sky immediately grew tumultuous, dark clouds persistently accumulating, thickening...] [Terrifying thunderclaps, instantly enveloping a thousand miles!] [Soon, cultivators were drawn to these abnormal signs...] [At first, they merely thought it was a normal Tribulation Crossing Heavenly Tribulation, a cultivator wanting to ascend...] [But there were those with piercing insights who recognized at a glance that this was Heart Calamity Thunder!] [Heavenly thunder strikes down without harming the physical body... it only damages the Divine Soul!] [This is a sign of a cultivator breaking through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm!] [And as the heart calamity thunder began to gather, the upper echelons of Heavenly Demon City also breathed a sigh of relief.] [Ever since you declared three years ago that you would go into seclusion to face tribulation, they had been eagerly anticipating.] [But as there had been no movement from you for three years, they almost thought that something had gone awry...] [Yet now, they finally saw the signs of the heart calamity thunder, and the anxiety hanging over the heads of Heavenly Demon City''s high officials was assuaged...] [You sat cross-legged, standing on the mountain''s summit, your gaze piercing the clouds, observing the gathering lightning.] [The lightning seemed as thin as hairs, seemingly powerless, but you still did not dare to underestimate it...] [After a brief moment, the first Heart Calamity Thunder struck...] [Various illusions appeared before your eyes, but you hadn''t even taken a clear look before you had already broken free from the Illusionary Realm, successfully overcoming the first Heart Calamity Thunder!] In the real world, Su Xing saw this and his lips curved upwards. "Tsk tsk, this is the benefit of having a strong Divine Soul and Mind State!" "When I went through the Refining Heart Challenge, I had already tempered my mind state to be incredibly solid... naturally, I could overcome this simple first Heart Calamity Thunder!" "Also, the Divine Soul of the Heavenly Human Realm gives me an absolute advantage in this aspect!" S~ea??h the Novl?ire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Most importantly... the Heavenly Thunder Holy Body naturally restrains illusions and similar unrealities!" "Although it''s just an incomplete Heavenly Thunder Holy Body... it''s completely sufficient!" Su Xing recalled the intelligence on the Heart Calamity Thunder Tribulation in his mind. Heart Calamity Thunder Tribulation, continuing for roughly a month, would send down eighty-six thousand four hundred bolts of lightning! Read exclusive chapters at My Virtual Library Empire Almost every half-minute, a bolt would strike, and the cultivator would fall into an illusion... Until all Heart Calamity Thunders are passed, breaking through eighty-six thousand four hundred kinds of illusions, one could completely ascend to the Heavenly Immortal Realm! "This round, ah! Riding the dragon right in the face... never mind, better not to jinx it!" Su Xing earnestly watched the simulation panel. [After the first illusion was broken, following closely... the second Heart Calamity Thunder also descended!] [Just in a moment''s time, you smoothly passed through the second illusion...] [Following that, the third... the tenth... the hundredth...] [Time flew swiftly, and before long, it was the eighteenth day of your tribulation, and you were about to meet your fifty-three thousand six hundredth Heart Calamity Thunder!] [In just over half a month, you had already passed through more than fifty-three thousand kinds of illusions!] [The first few days of tribulation had no effect on you...] [But as the number of illusions you passed through increased, the strength of the Illusionary Realm became increasingly formidable!] [Now, for each illusion you passed through, it took about a minute in the Illusionary Realm, yet in reality, only thirty seconds had gone by...] [Fortunately, with the Heavenly Thunder Holy Body at hand, these illusions still posed no threat...] [In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed!] [On the twenty-eighth day, the Heart Calamity Thunder struck down eighty thousand times, and you had also passed through eighty thousand types of illusions...] [With less than three days left to fully overcome the Heart Calamity Thunder Tribulation, only six thousand four hundred kinds of illusions remain!] [Yet you did not relax in the slightest; rather, your nerves tensed up even more!] [Because as the Heart Calamity Thunder Tribulation progresses, the difficulty increases, and the time required to break through each illusion grows longer.] [Initially, at this point, each illusion you passed through took up to half an hour.] Chapter 310 Gold Spiritual Root Talent, Five Elements Variant Super Spiritual Root! [8k]_4 [Just as the illusion was shattered, thirty seconds later, another illusion attacked...] [Continuous illusions constantly devastated and tempered your will!] [If it had been an ordinary cultivator, at this time, it would likely take several days to break free from just one illusion, but your will was exceptionally strong, barely taking half an hour to successfully break it] [As time ticked by every minute and second, you entered and exited illusions continually...] [On the twenty-ninth day, the time it took to break each illusion had already reached an hour.] [In these illusions, it could be demons and evil spirits, seductive enchantresses, wealth and power...] [But all of these could not shake your inner heart, your mind remained steadfast as ever] [At last, time reached the thirtieth day!] [The remaining illusions were also less than a thousand.] [But now, every single illusion required even you several hours to completely break free...] [You went through and shattered illusions over and over again...] [After the eighty-six thousandth illusion passed, it now took you a month to get through each one!] [In these illusions, you saw your family members, companions, Qing Yunzi, Blood Three you saw your deepest fears!] [But you weren''t scared of them; you faced your fears and bravely shattered them!] [Time flew...] [Heart Breaking Heavenly Tribulation unconsciously struck down eighty-six thousand three hundred and ninety times] [At this moment, each illusion kept you for decades... yet the outside world had barely flickered by!] [You could hardly remember how many illusions you had experienced you just knew there weren''t many left!] [On this day, including Heavenly Demon City many cultivators from the outside world were closely watching you!] [Because once you transcended the Heavenly Tribulation, and broke through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, you would become one of the top powers in the entire Little Qingyun Realm!] [Finally, on this day, the Descending Sect made their move!] [Several Heavenly Immortals and Earth Immortal Realm operatives with the code of "Blood" tried to take you down, threatening to kill this prodigy of the White Emperor Tower!] [However, this time in the simulation, you were not alone!] [Several powerful beings from White Emperor Tower and Heavenly Demon City had been watching over you, and even True Immortal Realm powers intervened, shielding you from these relentless attacks!] In the real world, Su Xing also clenched his fists in anxiety. "Heart Breaking Heavenly Tribulation! "The further it went the stronger the illusions!" "Previously, the eighty-six thousand Heart Breaking Thunder and illusions were bearable but the last four hundred, for ordinary cultivators, each one might last a lifetime!" "From eighty-six thousand to eighty-six thousand four hundred, those could be four hundred lifetimes of reincarnation!" Sarch* The N?vel?ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Even the will of an Earth Immortal Realm cultivator might find it hard to stay true, right?" "However before breaking through the Tribulation, Earth Immortal Realm cultivators would consume a Heart Breaking Pill, increasing their chances of success by more than ten percent" "And me, with the Heavenly Thunder Holy Body, naturally restrains the illusions of the Heavenly Tribulation!" After a pause, Su Xing murmured: "Pity, the Heavenly Thunder Holy Body isn''t complete otherwise, I would have an easier time getting through the Heart Breaking Heavenly Tribulation!" "As for the help from Heavenly Demon City and White Emperor Tower" Su Xing''s lips curled up; he wasn''t surprised by this. Or rather, this was one of Su Xing''s goals! If a cultivator at the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm with no background tried to breakthrough, the commotion caused by the Heart-Breaking Tribulation would be too significant, easily noticed by other cultivators. Inevitably, some with ill-intentions, like the Descending Sect, might interfere... But, this time in the simulation, Su Xing''s reputation and status were significant enough to persuade White Emperor Tower and Heavenly Demon City to aid him in crossing the tribulation! With the support of these forces, Su Xing could cross the Tribulation without future worries and focus wholly! "Just a few more Heavenly Tribulations to endure, hang in there!" Su Xing''s palms sweated as his eyes focused on the simulation panel! [In a blink of an eye, several more Heavenly Tribulations passed!] [By now, even you were somewhat lost in the illusions, each one... requiring a lifetime to break free!] [In a flash, the last of the Heart Breaking Thunder fell!] [And this time, you fell into a different illusion...] [Within the illusion, you returned to Earth!] [You became that ordinary worker burdened with car payments, the young and old to care for...] [A drunken truck driver, its headlights flashing like daylight... after which, you traveled to Blue Star!] [As a youth, you were carefree...] [Although your parents were ordinary, life in the countryside was still comfortable...] [After a few years, your memory included a clingy little sister...] Your journey continues at My Virtual Library Empire [But as you grew up, this sister grew more disobedient!] [Until the age of eighteen... you were identified for a hidden profession, a cultivator!] [From then on, you skyrocketed!] [You were specially recruited into the top academic institution of Great Xia Country...] [You yearned to change your family''s fate on your own, to escape that impoverished rural life...] [But, the reality that you could not gain any experience points completely disheartened you!] [Four years in college, you drifted aimlessly...] [From the prodigy you once were, you became a useless person!] [But fortunately, you still had your good friend Fatty Yu your family never despised you!] [Until one day... you regained the ability to gain experience points!] Chapter 310 Gold Spiritual Root Talent, Five Elements Variant Super Spiritual Root! [8k]_5 ``` [In that battle, you finally unleashed your immense potential!] [At the critical moment, you broke through to become a Saint Level... that is, a Mahayana Realm Cultivator!] [You successfully slain that terrifying member of the Foreign Race... securing the immortality of the Human Race!] [After this battle, your Mind State became even more stable... You lost your best friend, and now, the only thought in your mind was revenge!] [You grew stronger incessantly, striving for that legendary God Level! To utterly exterminate the Foreign Race!] [In the year you turned one hundred, you finally became the God Level Profession User you had always dreamt of!] [But that day... a voice reached your ears!] [You desperately tried to resist... but it was all in vain!] [Your body started to move against your will... whispers filled your ears...] [You saw a sea of blood-red color!] [Just as your consciousness was about to fade away... you broke free from the Illusionary Realm!] [...] [You looked up at the layers of thunderclouds in the sky...] [In an instant, the thunderclouds dissipated, and the sky cleared for miles!] [And your body, too, emitted a startling gold radiance!] [Your Mana continued to surge...] [Congratulations, you have been promoted to a Heavenly Immortal Realm Cultivator!] In the real world, Su Xing saw his breakthrough, but his eyes held neither joy nor sorrow. "This last Illusionary Realm... even if I, like an ordinary Profession User, can gain experience, what of it?" "Upgrading according to the process, farming equipment... without the Simulator, without the Luo Tian inheritance, without Jin Congxue, without Luo Shuying..." "Even if I eventually became that God Level Profession User, in the eyes of Red Moon, I am still just a pawn!" Su Xing slightly furrowed his Mei, feeling something was odd. "If the Illusionary Realm is real, doesn''t that mean that the ultimate fate of a Profession User is to become part of Red Moon?" Sarch* The novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Or perhaps... the Profession User is, from the very beginning, a deception created by Red Moon!?" Su Xing vaguely understood more, yet he was not sure... "Or, was this just an Illusionary Realm?" Su Xing slightly shook his head, no matter what, he had successfully passed the Heartbreaking Heavenly Tribulation, becoming a Heavenly Immortal Realm Cultivator! "So what comes next... perhaps my status in Little Qingyun Realm will be higher?" "And there is also the honing of the Sword Dao..." Su Xing pondered, his gaze turning toward the Simulation Panel. [After surviving the eighty-six thousand four hundred waves of the Heartbreaking Heavenly Tribulation, you have successfully become a Heavenly Immortal Realm Cultivator!] [Your prestige within Heavenly Demon City is unmatched!] [Even the external embodiments of the Heavenly Demon Generals within the city personally received you!] [He expressed that you are a good seedling, not only talented but also a true child of the Human Race with a strong dislike of the Foreign Race, which pleased him!] Experience exclusive tales on My Virtual Library Empire [You were somewhat flattered by this and then accepted the kindness of the higher-ranking Cultivators within Heavenly Demon City.] [You continued to lead the Tianyuan Army to fight on the front lines!] [Because you knew that in more than ten years, the Red-eyed Foreign Race would appear!] [At that time, the offensive and defensive situation of Little Qingyun Realm would be reversed... hence it was crucial to gain as much advantage as possible right now!] [You led the Tianyuan Army, continually slaying members of the Foreign Race, with millions dying at your hands each year!] [As such, another eleven years passed by...] [In the fiftieth year, a deity from the Foreign Race with Divine Power comparable to the late stages of Heavenly Immortal Realm launched a Sneak Attack against you!] [You did not retreat, calmly leading your troops and successfully counterattacking these members of the Foreign Race!] [After battling with this deity for seven days and nights, you successfully killed him!] [This time, you did not conceal your achievements...] [All of Heavenly Demon City was abuzz, a wave of praise rushing toward you!] [Directly stating that you are the most talented Sword Cultivator seen in Little Qingyun Realm for tens of thousands of years!] [The impact of this was even more exaggerated than when you, at the Earth Immortal Realm, battled against a Heavenly Immortal!] [Not until several months later, you received a message...] [You have been included in the list of the Three Thousand Worlds'' Distinguished Young Masters!] ``` Chapter 313 The Dao of Slaughter, the Star Realm Bows and Submits!【8k】 In the real world, Su Xing''s lips curled up. "Finally, another epiphany has been triggered!" "The comprehension of the Sword Dao has finally reached the initial stage... This can be considered up to par with what''s expected at the Heavenly Immortal Realm!" Su Xing sighed. In the past few months, Su Xing''s strength had increased rapidly, advancing from Human Immortal to Heavenly Immortal in just three to five months. The main advancement was merely in the realm of Cultivation Level! However, comprehension of the Great Dao and Divine Skills, among others, had been somewhat neglected. Usually, cultivators at the Heavenly Immortal Realm have already reached the initial stage of Dao Comprehension, and even the exceptional ones have several Great Daos at this stage! But Su Xing, although he possessed many Great Daos, had yet to master them. Only the Great Dao of Space, and now the Sword Dao from this simulation, had barely reached the initial stage... "Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal Realm... corresponds to the initial stage of Dao Comprehension!" "While True Immortals and Profound Immortals often achieve Minor Achievement in at least one Great Dao!" "At such a level of Cultivation, actual combat power depends not only on Cultivation Level... but also on comprehension of the Great Dao!" "Otherwise, with only Mana and lacking in comprehension, it''s merely a facade!" Su Xing reflected thoughtfully, deciding that progress in Dao Comprehension must become a priority! And with it, the Spirit Domain also needed further strengthening. "Ah, the stages that ordinary cultivators take tens of thousands of years to reach... must involve much accumulation!" "Although my cultivation is fast... ultimately the foundation is still lacking..." Su Xing was clear about his own situation. If his comprehension of the Great Dao fell short, to say nothing of fighting across levels, even at the same realm, it would be difficult for Su Xing to maintain an advantage... "However, it''s unknown how long this episodic epiphany will last! If it could continue for a few more days, I could make even more progress in the Sword Dao!" "If at the Heavenly Immortal Realm... the Sword Dao could reach Minor Achievement, I''m certain that I would not be inferior in actual combat!" So thought Su Xing as he looked towards the Simulation Panel. [Your comprehension of the Sword Dao has entered the initial stage! Yet the episodic epiphany continues...] [Thus, another nine days have passed!] [In these nine days, your daily sword practice was like an obsession, as if receiving a sudden enlightenment, your comprehension of the Sword Dao soaring!] [Just nine days of epiphany are comparable to a century of your diligent practice!] [With the blessing of the Innate Sword Body, a century of your diligent practice is equivalent to five hundred years for an ordinary Sword Cultivator!] [When the state of epiphany gradually faded, a sense of poignant loss arose in your heart...] [But before you could feel regret, you were eager to experience the current progress of your Sword Dao!] [You, alone, headed to the battlefield at the front lines, fighting through the Foreign Race armies with a single sword...] [In three days and three nights, tens of thousands of Foreign Race foes fell by your hand!] [And you, have fully grasped your current comprehension of the Sword Dao!] [Your Sword Dao has improved twofold over what it was before!] [Each strike of your sword has increased significantly in power...] [Although the Body-Protecting Sword Aura remains three thousand layers, you can feel that the Sword Intent contained within is far beyond what it was, and these three thousand layers of the Body-Protecting Sword Aura have far surpassed the previous strength!] [If you were to encounter again that Comparable-to-Late-Heavenly-Immortal-Realm Foreign Race foe, even without resorting to the ''Unethical in Martial Conduct'' talent, you are confident that three thousand layers of the Body-Protecting Sword Aura would severely injure or even kill them instantaneously!] [What excites you even more is that the maximum limit of your Body-Protecting Sword Aura has also increased further!] Discover exclusive tales at My Virtual Library Empire [Now then, you can master even more Body-Protecting Sword Auras... with potential and power both awaiting growth!] In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly and said, "Truly worthy of a Sword Cultivator! Unparalleled in offense!" "Now my strongest trump card, three thousand layers of Body-Protecting Sword Aura... should be enough to ensure victory over late-stage Heavenly Immortal opponents!" "If the cultivation continues... and the number of Body-Protecting Sword Auras continues to increase, even the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm wouldn''t be insurmountable!" What Su Xing said did not account for the bonus from the ''Unethical in Martial Conduct''... After all, ordinary Heavenly Immortals often already reached the initial stage of a Great Dao, a front where Su Xing held no advantage! But where Su Xing excelled was the stronger offense of his Sword Dao! The combined power of Origin Force and Sword Intent in his Divine Skills! "I just don''t know how far this simulation will go..." Su Xing frowned slightly; although his reputation had grown, he also needed to be mindful of potential unnecessary trouble. His gaze returned to the Simulation Panel. [In the 150th year, the situation in the Little Qingyun Realm gradually began to worsen...] [The number of Red-eyed Foreign Race increased, while the Human Clan Cultivators decreased...] [Even during this year, something significant happened!] [A cultivator who was ranked seventy-fourth on the human list, in the early stages of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, died tragically in an ambush by the Foreign Race, his body still warm...] [This enraged you, as these talented individuals had come admiring your reputation, and now they had died on a mission, which would surely cause concern among other talented cultivators!] [And indeed, after this incident... several elders from their clans sent messages, hoping for their quick return from the Little Qingyun Realm to their family territories!] Sarch* The N?velFire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [After all, it''s clear to any discerning person that the situation in the Little Qingyun Realm is worsening, and if they continue to stay, even those talents could be risking their lives!] [Consequently, over the course of several years, more than ten talents left the Little Qingyun Realm... exacerbating the worsening battle situation!] [Fortunately, many cultivators with righteous hearts were willing to stay, ready to resist the Foreign Race alongside you!] Chapter 313 The Dao of Slaughter, the Star Realm Bows and Submits!【8k】_2 ``` [This has made the situation in Little Qingyun Realm much better than before...] [But the general trend is hard to change, the strength of the Foreign Race cannot be altered by the addition of just over ten cultivators of the Heavenly Immortal Realm...] [Watching your former compatriots and soldiers continuously die tragically, a nameless rage surged in your heart!] [Finally, on one deep night, you led ten thousand Tianyuan Army soldiers in a surprise attack on an important Foreign Race stronghold!] [Your surprise attack caught the Foreign Race unguarded, achieving a stunning victory with a strong attack on the weak!] [In just three days, the Foreign Race that died under your raid exceeded five hundred thousand!] [But the nameless rage in your heart never diminished, as if you had blood in your eyes, and even though your lieutenants advised you, you refused to retreat...] [You were like someone possessed, with only one thought in your mind, kill kill kill!] [To kill until not a single member of the Foreign Race was left!] [The Ink Ice Sword in your hand kept emitting chilliness, but the bloodthirst and desire to kill in your heart did not lessen, each slash of your sword resulting in the deaths of dozens, if not hundreds, of the Foreign Race...] [You did not know how long you had killed for, only to realize upon waking up once more... that you were inside a Heavenly Demon City cave dwelling!] [After being informed by the servants of the mansion, did you come to know that you had been unconscious for an entire month!] [And your raid on the Foreign Race, that had happened four months ago!] [You led ten thousand Tianyuan Army soldiers, a lone force deeply infiltrating into a Foreign Race fortress!] [Like a man possessed, you killed for an entire three months!] [Until at last, you had even lost consciousness... unable to distinguish friend from foe!] [Because of your recklessness, the entire ten thousand Tianyuan Army perished!] [And you, in three months... you altogether slaughtered close to four million of the Foreign Race''s army!] [Just those killed by your hand... exceeded three million!] [After waking up this time, you felt as if you had undergone some sort of change...] [When facing your subordinates, you were usually amiable, but now there seems to be an invisible bloodthirst surrounding you, chilling people to the core...] [Merely with a look, you could even make a cultivator of the Human Immortal Realm dare not to move impetuously, sweating profusely behind you...] [From the servants in the mansion, you learned that a month ago, whoever came to find you was frightened away.] [In the end, it was the Heavenly Demon General taking on a human form who went to see you, safely bringing you back...] [This was also the first time in ten thousand years that the Heavenly Demon General in human form had left the Heavenly Demon City... You can imagine the risk had the Foreign Race learned of this!] [Just when you were regretting your actions, news came from outside the mansion, the Heavenly Demon General requested to see you...] In the real world, Su Xing slightly furrowed his brows and murmured: "This sense of killing intent... seems somewhat familiar." Sar?h the novlF~ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Su Xing vaguely remembered that in a previous simulation, he had fought at Demon-Subduing Pass for decades, eventually grasping something called the rudimentary form of killing intent! Could it be... The changes in him this time were related to killing intent? "Could it be... the Dao of Slaughter?" Su Xing took a deep breath, feeling that the Heavenly Demon General''s reason for seeking him out probably had to do with the changes within him! Your next read awaits at My Virtual Library Empire Thus, Su Xing silently recited: "Activate immersive simulation, duration one day!" [Ding...] Su Xing''s vision changed for a while, and soon he appeared in the Simulated World. Following the memories in his mind, Su Xing quickly found the Heavenly Demon General. The residence of the Heavenly Demon General was peculiarly simple, with a wooden table, two chairs, a wooden bed, all meticulously arranged... Seeing that Su Xing arrived, the Heavenly Demon General gestured for Su Xing to sit down. Su Xing didn''t stand on ceremony, sitting straight across from the Heavenly Demon General. The Heavenly Demon General looked at Su Xing carefully, and then said something surprising: "Su Ye, have you grasped the Dao of Slaughter by enlightenment!?" Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly upon hearing this, not yet clear about the changes in himself, only having suspicions, so he asked humbly: "Master, what is the Dao of Slaughter? I seem to indeed have undergone some changes..." "Subordinates who used to adore me now have a trace of fear in their eyes... And I, at times, can''t control my own killing intent..." The Heavenly Demon General nodded slightly after hearing Su Xing''s words, and said: "That''s right! You have indeed mastered the power of killing intent!" "That battle of yours was too reckless... and it went against military orders!" "For the next fifty years, you should abstain from battle... Hand over your military post to Qin Lei..." "As for you, grasp this power within you well!" Su Xing showed an unnatural expression on his face upon hearing this, if he couldn''t go to the front lines and engage in battle, how would Su Xing save Little Qingyun Realm? As if seeing the unwillingness in Su Xing''s heart, the Heavenly Demon General advised: "The war against the Foreign Race isn''t something that can be resolved overnight... Little Qingyun Realm is just the beginning of this full-scale war!" "Although the Foreign Race is mighty, our Cultivation World is not vegetarian... This full-scale war might last an entire Grand Epoch!" "And you, my disciple... you are a natural leader on the battlefield! Moreover, you have astonishing talent! If you were to fall in this small Qingyun Realm... our Human Race would lose a crucial fighting force in the future conflict against the Foreign Race!" "Now, what you need to do... is to digest this power, digest this killing intent!" "Killing intent is also the Dao of Slaughter! It is extremely suited to actual combat!" "Unlike all other Great Daos... the Dao of Slaughter, the Dao of War, these types of Great Daos, can only be comprehended on the battlefield!" "Once you fully master this power, you''ll truly have an absolute advantage, as natural on the battlefield as a fish in water!" Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this, but also inquired: "Master, how can I fully master this killing intent?" ``` Chapter 313 The Dao of Slaughter, the Star Realm Bows and Submits!【8k】_3 After hearing this, the glare in the eyes of the Heavenly Demon General intensified, and a terrifying aura burst forth from him, nearly halting Su Xing''s breathing. Just a few breaths later, the Heavenly Demon General reined in his imposing aura, his lips curling up as he said, "It so happens that I, too, have mastered the Dao of Slaughter!" "The process of mastering the Dao of Slaughter... was far more arduous for me than it was for you!" "I had ventured alone into the Outer Realm, battling for a thousand years before finally shaping the Dao of Slaughter!" "Afterward, I spent three thousand years cultivating my nature until I had truly mastered this power..." "Unlike you, young fellow, who mastered such power just from one battle and a fainting spell of about a month, even I am envious of that!" He paused for a moment before advising, "In the next several decades, you should stay within Heavenly Demon City and cultivate your spirit." "Once you have fully mastered this power... or if the situation in Little Qingyun Realm becomes dire... I will find a way to send you out!" Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this and then stood up to take his leave... After Su Xing had left, the external incarnation of the Heavenly Demon General muttered to himself, "Su Ye... could you be the variable in the Three Thousand Worlds'' fight against the Foreign Race?" "Why... do I feel a sense of familiarity and closeness from him?" ... The immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to reality. "Indeed, was it the Dao of Slaughter? This simulation was truly an unexpected joy!" A complex expression appeared on Su Xing''s face, his original goal for this simulation was to advance his Cultivation Level to the Heavenly Immortal Realm! However, now he had unexpectedly comprehended the Dao of Slaughter! And listening to the tone of the Heavenly Demon General... the Dao of Slaughter seemed extremely powerful! At the moment, Su Xing faced a choice, whether he should pursue the realm of Heavenly Immortal or the Dao of Slaughter. He did not hesitate for long before quickly making up his mind! Clearly, the Dao of Slaughter was the better choice! This opportunity could be described as accidental... if he missed this chance, he was unsure if another simulation could trigger it again! "So now... I''ll just stay in Heavenly Demon City to cultivate my spirit, and in the meantime solidify my cultivation..." Su Xing''s gaze returned to the simulation panel. [After bidding farewell to the Heavenly Demon General, you know you are about to master a new power, the intent to kill!] [You must now spend time to fully grasp these powers!] [Thus, you calmly remained in your cave dwelling, practicing Qi Refining Cultivation for one hour each day, and practicing Sword Dao for two hours...] [With the remaining time, you cultivated some Spirit Plants, Spiritual Medicines, or crafted Elixirs and Talismans...] [Initially, your mind often wandered during the Alchemy process, invoking an inexplicable urge to kill! This had never happened before.] [But as you continued cultivating your nature, you also began to calm down.] [A pot of tea, a furnace for Elixirs, you could often make Elixirs for an entire day...] [Thus, twenty years slowly passed...] [In the one hundred seventy years, after twenty years of cultivating your nature, the killing intent hardly affected your life anymore, and you became like a normal person, no longer suddenly feeling anger or rising urges to kill.] [But to fully master the killing intent and freely control the Dao of Slaughter, you still had some distance to go...] [So, you continued cultivating your nature, focusing daily not only on your cultivation but also on the flexible application of the killing intent.] [In the one hundred eighty years, your Sword Dao had slightly improved; you would go out monthly to cut down some mountains, slicing thousands of feet high mountains as smoothly as cutting through tofu...] [In the one hundred ninety years, you had gained deeper insights into the Dao of Slaughter; you could now flexibly use the killing intent, but the power was still difficult to maximize!] [So you continued to cultivate, hoping to master the Dao of Slaughter as soon as possible!] Back in the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly. "Good, it seems mastering the killing intent is also in stages..." Find more to read at My Virtual Library Empire "From being difficult to master at first, to wielding it freely... eventually, it should be possible to fully release the killing intent, thus leading to a boost in combat strength." He paused for a moment, a trace of worry flashing through his eyes. "However, this simulation is nearly at its end!" "Having reached the one hundred ninety years mark in the simulation... how much longer can Little Qingyun Realm hold on? Has Qing Yunzi already sensed my presence?" Su Xing hoped to fully master the Dao of Slaughter before this simulation ended! With this in mind, Su Xing''s gaze returned to the simulation panel. S~ea??h the n?velFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [As days went by in your training with the killing intent, another three years passed.] [In the one hundred ninety-third year, one day the external incarnation of the Heavenly Demon General found you!] [He appeared somber, seemingly with important news to announce.] [The Heavenly Demon General informed you that his original body was encountering some troubles in the Heavenly Demon Prison, thus the power of his external incarnation would be somewhat reduced.] [Meanwhile, the situation in Little Qingyun Realm was already critical, hence he planned to send someone to evacuate you to Tianyuan Realm for refuge...] [You did not oppose this, knowing that Little Qingyun Realm could not hold out much longer.] [A gentleman does not stand under a collapsing wall; indeed, it was time for you to leave...] [You requested the Heavenly Demon General let the Tianyuan Army fully withdraw from Little Qingyun Realm, but the Heavenly Demon General unequivocally refused...] [By now, the Tianyuan Army had become the main force defending Little Qingyun Realm; if the Tianyuan Army withdrew, Little Qingyun Realm would soon fall.] [You had no choice but to settle for less, taking away some of the elite and those subordinates you trusted.] [In the next few years, you continued to work on convincing these elites to change the battlefield, persuading them that preserving their lives meant they could fight the Foreign Race another day!] [In the one hundred ninety-fifth year, you announced the establishment of the Anti-Foreign Race Alliance!] [And since Little Qingyun Realm could no longer hold on, you hoped to move the battlefield into the Star Realm...] Chapter 313 Dao of Slaughter, Star Realm Bows and Declares Allegiance!【8k】_4 [The moment this message was released, it caused a massive uproar within just a few years...] Sear?h the n??el Fire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [Many cultivators of the Little Qingyun Realm cursed you openly, directly calling you a coward who intended to abandon the Little Qingyun Realm.] [However, those truly wise understood that continuing to defend the Little Qingyun Realm was no longer realistic. The best strategy was to preserve the living forces and shift the battlefield!] [Thus, shortly after you announced the formation of the Anti-Foreign Race Alliance, countless cultivators responded within just a few years!] [Among the cultivators ranked fifty to one hundred in the Heavenly Pride List, seven expressed their willingness to join the alliance.] [And among those ranked in the top fifty, four also showed their willingness to fight together against the Foreign Race!] [With the reputation associated with the twentieth rank on the Heavenly Pride List, your influence was beyond imagination, easily mobilizing cultivators from dozens of worlds near the Little Qingyun Realm...] [In the one hundred and ninety-eighth year, White Emperor City announced the formation of the Human Clan Cultivator Alliance to collectively counter the Foreign Race!] [That same year, an official from White Emperor Tower found you and discussed with you the locations for resisting the Foreign Race!] [After several discussions, you decided to shift the frontline to the Star Realm!] [You originally thought this move would face strong opposition from the cultivators of the Star Realm, as the local cultivators here were uniformly xenophobic!] [But unexpectedly, the cultivators of the Star Realm particularly despised the Foreign Race, not only agreeing to build fortresses within the Star Realm, but many tribes also responded in droves, declaring their addition to the Anti-Foreign Race Alliance!] [In no time, the momentum of the Anti-Foreign Race Alliance was unprecedentedly powerful!] [In the two hundredth year, Heavenly Secret Pavilion and Money Guild were both willing to offer you support!] [This support was not limited to spirit stones, spiritual liquid, magical treasures, and elixirs... Money Guild also expressed willingness to establish a Void fleet, shuttling between Cangwu Realm and Star Realm every ten years to provide logistical support for you!] [Within just ten years, the momentum to resist the Foreign Race started to manifest clearly.] [Taking Star Realm as the core frontline, with Yellow Sand Realm and Beast Realm forming defensive horns, cultivators from these three neighboring worlds formed a battle line to jointly counter the Foreign Race!] Read exclusive chapters at My Virtual Library Empire [And the commercially prosperous Cangwu Realm served as a logistical supply transit station, continuously providing resources and manpower support to the frontline cultivators...] [After learning this information, you were pleasantly surprised in your heart, which meant that with your personal influence, as long as your reputation was enough, you could really advance the formation of the Human Clan Cultivator Alliance!] In the real world, Su Xing''s eyes lit up with surprise. "The cultivators of the Human Clan...finally came around!" "Following this trend, even if the three lines of defense cannot withstand the Foreign Race, could they hold out for hundreds of years?" "That means... perhaps after handling the simulations properly, the duration of the simulations could skyrocket by hundreds of years!" Su Xing felt relieved in his heart, at least there was hope, and they wouldn''t be gradually devoured by the Foreign Race without any power to resist. "So, the greatest threat right now still comes from Qing Yunzi and the Descending Sect... that is indeed a problem. I wonder if it can be resolved?" Su Xing fell into deep thought. To eliminate the crisis Qing Yunzi was facing, there was only one way! That was to find a way for Qing Yunzi to sever the Three Corpses! Qing Yunzi was currently in the critical phase of reverse severing the Three Corpses... Previously, Qing Yunzi had severed the Good Corpse, and was currently severing the Self Corpse. If Su Xing could help Qing Yunzi preserve the Self Corpse and sever the Evil Corpse first, perhaps the crisis could be removed! "Sigh...but with my current reputation, it''s probably still not enough... unless I can leverage it, letting Qing Yunzi sever the Evil Corpse first!" Su Xing slightly furrowed his brows. In this simulation, his identity in the Three Thousand Worlds barely qualified as, a newly listed company''s boss, possessing some strength and connections. But Qing Yunzi, he was like the CEO of a top ten company in the world... The two were not on the same level, and Su Xing had no right to ask Qing Yunzi to sever the Three Corpses again... "Increasing prestige in the simulation is still the main direction moving forward, but the pace needs to be faster!" "Best to truly make a name for myself in the Three Thousand Worlds within the next thirty to fifty years of simulation!" "As my strength continues to grow... this should be achievable!" Su Xing thought this as his gaze turned towards the simulation panel. [In the two hundred and first year, your understanding of the Dao of Slaughter deepened, and your mastery also became more profound.] [That year, the Little Qingyun Realm finally fell completely behind, and you no longer hesitated, boarding an Immortal Boat heading to the Star Realm...] [The Heavenly Demon General prepared an Immortal Boat for you, an Acquired Treasure, with a capacity to accommodate thousands of cultivators.] [You brought some cultivators and Heavenly Pride subordinates into the Immortal Boat, and then activated the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, taking your family and friends to the Star Realm...] [After a year of Void travel, in the two hundred and second year, you successfully arrived in the Star Realm.] [At that time, in the Star Realm, the construction of frontline defensive facilities was progressing fervently.] [Various high-level formations were set up, various frontline defensive barriers were constructed, and hundreds of thousands of cultivators were practicing, constantly on guard against the invasion of the Foreign Race.] [Especially the cultivatorsnative to the Star Realm, their deep loathing for the Foreign Race was profound, and many tribes sent Tribulation Crossing and even Immortal Realm cultivators to support you.] [You were very grateful to these tribes...] [In the two hundred and third year, you contacted the top ten tribes of the Star Realm and discussed with them matters of jointly countering the Foreign Race.] [Although these tribes were xenophobic, they respected you deeply at heart, as a genius listed on the Heavenly Pride List.] [Among these top ten tribes, surprisingly, there were twenty to thirty Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators, with over ten of them at the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!] Chapter 313 The Dao of Slaughter, the Star Realm Bows and Submits!【8k】_5 [Even more astonishing, among these tribes, there are three elders who have stepped into the True Immortal Realm!] [These tribes expressed their willingness to provide land, material support for the alliance, and also to directly participate in the great undertaking of fighting the Foreign Race!] [In gratitude to these tribes, you took out the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method you restored and bestowed it upon them!] [After receiving the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method, the tribes of the Star Realm were all shocked!] [That Cultivator of the True Immortal Realm received the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method with disbelief, and after examining it carefully for a moment, his hands trembled with excitement...] Find your next read at My Virtual Library Empire [It was almost inconceivable that a grand Cultivator of the True Immortal Realm could hardly hold onto a book...] [Eventually, the eyes of this Cultivator of the True Immortal Realm turned red, and he was on the verge of tears!] [Once he had repeatedly confirmed the authenticity of the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method, he actually knelt down in front of you, in the presence of the surrounding Cultivators!] [He openly declared that you were the benefactor of the entire Star Realm! From then on, no matter which tribe, all would treat you with the highest honors!] [This Cultivator of the True Immortal Realm was said to have lived for eighty thousand years, and clearly knew some secret matters, he told you not to hurry, and after he had verified it, he would inform all several thousand tribes of the Star Realm!] [After bidding farewell to these tribes, your days passed by, one after another, and you continued to master the Dao of Slaughter!] [So, two years passed...] [In the two hundred and fifth year, that elder who had ascended to the True Immortal Realm came to find you, inviting you to attend the Celestial Assembly!] [The Celestial Assembly is a tradition of the Star Realm, only convened in matters of life and death, when all tribes of the Star Realm must send representatives to participate!] [A few days later, you accepted the invitation to attend the Celestial Assembly!] [At the assembly, you truly witnessed the profound foundation of the Star Realm!] [As one of the oldest of the Minor Thousand Worlds, having existed for several grand cycles, its history was even older than some of the Great Thousand Worlds!] [That day, more than eight thousand tribes participated in the assembly, with over fifty thousand Cultivators in attendance!] [All these Cultivators were powerhouses above the Immortal Realm!] [Among them, there were over five thousand Cultivators in the Earth Immortal Realm!] [Nearly a hundred were in the Heavenly Immortal Realm!] [And more than ten were True Immortals presiding!] [Upon understanding the true foundation of the Star Realm, you were astonished; this secluded Star Realm, a lineage of the descendants of ancient Star Witches... had a depth even surpassing many of the Middle Thousand Worlds!] [At the Celestial Assembly, you were the indisputable main character!] [You learned that the elder who had lived for eighty thousand years was known as Star Slave...] [You didn''t know why an elder of the True Immortal Realm would have ''Slave'' in his name, but he wasn''t ashamed; in fact, he took pride in it!] [At the Celestial Assembly, the one named Star Slave announced to the representatives of all tribes the authenticity of the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method!] [And from that point on, you were truly the benefactor of the Star Realm! Over eight thousand tribes... All Cultivators, as long as it didn''t go against their principles, would strive to fulfill your requests...] [During the assembly, tens of thousands of Immortals shed tears in turn... their passion was astonishing to you.] [You were shocked by the importance of the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method and once you inquired about it, the old man explained the reason.] [Originally, several grand cycles ago, the ancestors of the Star Realm had migrated and lost the Great Celestial Observation Method during the process!] [Fortunately, they retained the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method, and all Cultivators of the tribes could practice it!] [With the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method, the Cultivators of these tribes could harness the power of the ancestral stars and reach up to the Golden Immortal Realm at most!] [But as time passed, the tribes started to divide... The complete Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method was lost, and the cultivation of the Star Realm could only reach up to the True Immortal Realm at most...] [And with your gift of the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method, not only did you help the Cultivators of this realm to rediscover the technique left by their ancestors, remaining honorable to their forebears!] [But you also cleared the path for the future Evolution of these Cultivators, allowing them to ascend to the Golden Immortal Realm!] [Even more so, one day, the Star Realm might be able to rise again as a Middle Thousand World!] S~ea??h the n??el Fire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [After experiencing the Celestial Assembly, the Cultivators of the entire Star Realm became even more enthusiastic about the alliance, cooperating fully with its establishment, all thanks to your presence!] [It''s no exaggeration to say that, with the power of just one person, you were able to greatly magnify the alliance''s momentum by several times over!] Chapter 317 Supreme Treasure Five Elements Earth, Daoist Yellow Sands Legacy!【8k】 In the real world, Su Xing had a complicated expression on his face. "Heavenly Demon General''s external incarnation met with an accident... it must be heavily related to the Foreign Race!" S~ea??h the ovelFire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "It seems that even if we summon cultivators from the Three Thousand Worlds to defend, the Little Qingyun Realm cannot escape destruction." "However, to persist until the two hundred and fiftieth year without destruction, that too can be considered breaking a record!" Su Xing estimated that if Qing Yunzi didn''t intervene, he could lead the Tianyuan Army to retreat to the Star Realm and possibly simulate up to three hundred years later! By then, the simulation lasting for three hundred years would be enough for Su Xing to bring back more cultivation level and insights each time... "But will Qing Yunzi really not intervene?" Su Xing sighed inwardly, having lost the protection of the Heavenly Demon General, it probably wouldn''t be long before Qing Yunzi came knocking. With a bit of reluctance in his heart, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simulation panel. [In the two hundred and fifty-fifth year, you led a large number of cultivators and retreated to the Star Realm.] [In the two hundred sixtieth year, you received news that the entire Little Qingyun Realm had fallen... The Foreign Race''s encroachment on the Three Thousand Worlds had progressed even further!] [In the two hundred and sixty-first year, one day your fortune-avoiding talent sent out a frantic warning.] [One day later, Qing Yunzi came to your door.] [Qing Yunzi performed a Soul Search on you...] [You died!] [Ding, this simulation has ended!] Looking at the cold text in front of him, Su Xing let out a long sigh and muttered: "It really is like losing a battle!" "After retreating from the Little Qingyun Realm... Just ten years, and it''s completely fallen?" Read new chapters at My Virtual Library Empire "Qing Yunzi... is always the hanging sword above my head!" After pausing, Su Xing sternly regained his confidence. "But there''s still plenty of time, everything is still manageable!" "When the day in the real world arrives... I definitely won''t repeat the same mistakes!" Su Xing''s gaze turned to the rewards of this simulation. [Five Elements Super Spiritual Root]: Golden Talent, priced at 10 Origin Energy Points. [Eighty million drops of High-grade Spiritual Liquid]: Priced at 800,000 Origin Energy Points. [Third Layer Heavenly Immortal Realm Cultivation]: Third Layer of Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivation, enjoys a lifespan of forty thousand years, Mana as profound as celestial beings... Priced at 100,000 Origin Energy Points! [Prototype of the Great Dao of Water]: Priced at 30,000 Origin Energy Points. This time, Su Xing immersed himself in the simulation for two hundred years, and many rewards of the insight type had already been taken out early. This was so he could bring out resources of High-grade Spiritual Liquid as well as Spiritual Root talents! So, without any further hesitation, Su Xing silently thought: "I choose to bring out the Spiritual Root Talent... as well as eighty million drops of High-grade Spiritual Liquid!" [Ding, Talent of the same type detected, auto-replacing...] [Congratulations on bringing out the Five Elements Super Spiritual Root, costing 10 Origin Energy Points, remaining Origin Energy Points 1,766,318...] [Congratulations on bringing out eighty million drops of High-grade Spiritual Liquid, costing 800,000 Origin Energy Points, remaining Origin Energy Points 966,318...] After the two notification sounds, a mysterious energy entered Su Xing''s body. Su Xing''s Spiritual Root quality was elevated in an instant, and his speed of sensing Five Element Spiritual Energy and the Great Dao, further increased! Moreover, in Su Xing''s hand, there also appeared an extra Storage Ring. Divine Sense entered the Storage Ring, it was filled with precisely eighty million drops of Spiritual Liquid! "Damn, that instant expenditure of eight hundred thousand Origin Energy Points... it really hurts!" Su Xing grimaced for a while. "But fortunately, these eighty million drops of High-grade Spiritual Liquid... added to my current savings, the total number of Spiritual Liquid has reached nearly a hundred million!" "With this, combined with the Spiritual Liquid obtained during the simulation... I no longer need to worry about Spiritual Liquid for cultivation in the Heavenly Immortal Realm, or even True Immortal Realm!" Su Xing felt that it''s better to suffer the pain soon, acquiring Spiritual Liquid earlier is more beneficial for the improvement of his future cultivation level! "Then, the next step is to fully enhance my cultivation level and break through to the True Immortal Realm as soon as possible!" Su Xing muttered. ... After extracting the rewards from this simulation, Su Xing changed his appearance and went to trade with Lu Yuanwu. Another twenty thousand Origin Energy Points were obtained, and Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave. In the Spirit Field Cave this week, Su Xing didn''t continue crafting puppets but started crafting Elixirs, Talismans, and even began Artifact Refining! "Based on the current progress... if things go well, maybe in two to three months, I can reach the True Immortal Realm!" "At that time... the Luo Tian Realm will be inherited by me, and it will also be necessary to take a trip to the Little Qingyun Realm!" "I don''t know how long this trip to the Little Qingyun Realm will take, but it will at least require three to five months!" "Therefore, I must prepare enough goods for the puppet organization to trade!" Currently, apart from the Great Xia Country, the puppet organizations in the remaining Six Countries Twelve Domains brought Su Xing nearly three hundred thousand Origin Energy Points each month! When Su Xing lacked energy, he could naturally go to collect goods and exchange for energy. But such a huge amount of Origin Energy Points required a vast amount of goods each month to trade! Lifespan Extension Pills, Fifth Rank or above Talismans, Spiritual Treasures... various precious Elixirs became the most popular materials! Su Xing prepared to get these items ready in advance. So, in the following week, Su Xing decided to first craft Lifespan Extension Pills! He first took out several hundred ordinary Ginsengs, He Shou Wu, and other medicinal herbs... Afterward, Su Xing activated Wood Type immortal power, and in just one night, he matured the age and medicinal properties of these items to above a thousand years! Then Su Xing spent six more days to craft three thousand Lifespan Extension Pills, all of supreme quality, each extending life by five years! "Three thousand Lifespan Extension Pills... should definitely be enough for some time in the future!" Su Xing sealed the Lifespan Extension Pills and stored them, preparing to hand them over to the puppet organization before heading to the Three Thousand Worlds. Seeing that there was still half a day until the time agreed with Jin Congxue, Su Xing took out the Spirit Brush and materials, and began to engrave an Eighth Rank Minor Spirit Gathering Array on his own body! Chapter 317 Supreme Treasure Five Elements Earth, Daoist Yellow Sands Legacy!【8k】_2 Several hours later... the eighth-rank Minor Spirit Gathering Array had been successfully set up. Su Xing felt that his speed of absorbing Spiritual Energy had increased by another twenty to thirty percent compared to before... "Not bad, with my Five Elements variant Super Spiritual Root, my cultivation speed is now on par with ordinary Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators!" "If combined with the eighth-rank Minor Spirit Gathering Array, even if it''s not as good as the Space Spirit Root, it''s not far behind..." "But if I take into account the enhancement afforded by special physiques like the Fiery Flame Divine Body, my cultivation speed will be even slightly higher than that of the Space Spirit Root!" Su Xing had made a simple assessment of his own talent. For the vast majority of cultivators in the Heavenly Immortal Realm, they possess the Super Spiritual Root talent. Cultivators with the Space Spirit Root are already considered geniuses within the Heavenly Immortal Realm, with a chance to make a breakthrough into the True Immortal and even the Profound Immortal Realm! With Su Xing''s Spiritual Root combined with his special physique and talent, and the eighth-rank Minor Spirit Gathering Array, his cultivation speed was also at the genius level within the Heavenly Immortal Realm! "With various talents enhancing me, my cultivation speed is roughly three times that of ordinary Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators!" "Plus the Inborn Unique Meridian talent... my cultivation speed is at least five times that of an ordinary Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator!" "With the sevenfold increase in cultivation speed from the Zhengyi Submission Decision... that''s thirty-five times!" "And with the continuous supply of Spiritual Liquid, it''s dozens of times faster than ordinary Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators!" Pausing, Su Xing said with some excitement: "And in seventy-seven years... when my Great Talent Maturing Late trait activates, my cultivation speed will be more than a hundred times that of an ordinary Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator!" Excitement flickered in Su Xing''s eyes. A single year of cultivation could match a hundred years of effort by cultivators of the same realm! Ordinary cultivators at the early stage of the Heavenly Immortal Realm usually take between three thousand to five thousand years to break through the first layer of their realm! However, the time Su Xing needed, was only thirty to fifty years (after the activation of Great Talent Maturing Late)... "I need to cultivate as quickly as possible to the True Immortal Realm, of course, I can''t neglect the progress in comprehending the Great Dao either!" Checking the time, Su Xing went to the villa area to meet with Jin Congxue. That day, Jin Congxue wore a pink long dress, a rare girlish outfit that made Su Xing''s eyes light up. "Here, the goods for this week, Su Xing... be gentle, will you!" Jin Congxue said somewhat lazily, inadvertently revealing a patch of fair skin on her chest. Su Xing skillfully took the storage ring and exchanged it for Origin Energy. After handing over the goods for the week, Su Xing began to massage Jin Congxue. Wood-type immortal power relieved the fatigue in Jin Congxue''s body and a passionate kiss at the end made her cheeks flush with a red hue. The relationship between the two now was just one step away from breaking through that final barrier... ... After saying goodbye to Jin Congxue, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave to prepare for the new week of simulation. "This time, my cultivation level needs to be further improved... and also, I need to find a way to comprehend more of the Five Elements Dao!" Su Xing had a clear goal, and all the subsequent simulations were to pave the way for ascending to the True Immortal Realm. The simulation time cooldown was complete, and Su Xing silently recited: "Begin simulation!" [Simulation 118 starting, current remaining Origin Energy points are 1,021,122...remaining simulations unlimited.] [Simulation commencing!] [Extracting the Golden Legendary Talent will cost 1 Origin Energy point, would you like to extract?] Su Xing thought for a moment, as he still had several Golden Talents he had yet to choose. Such as the Water Spirit Divine Body, the Yimu Divine Body, the Yellow Earth Divine Body... sea??h th N??elFir.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. These Divine Bodies were extremely good talents. Therefore, Su Xing did not choose to draw a new talent, but instead chose to draw out the Yimu Divine Body first. Stay connected through My Virtual Library Empire Su Xing had already reached the embryonic realm in his comprehension of the Great Dao of Wood, and to progress to the rudimentary stage was a matter of urgency. [Ding, you have successfully drawn the Golden Talent Yimu Divine Body, simulation starts!] [Within the Spirit Field Cave, you realize that you are in a simulation...] [Ten days later, you visited the Luo Tian Instance and benefited greatly.] [After advancing to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, you already have a presence like that of a god on Blue Star, not even the yet to be revived Red Moon could easily annihilate you.] [But you dare not take it lightly; your biggest threat now comes from the future, from beyond Blue Star!] [You must break through the realms as much as possible in the limited time you have, and your next target is the True Immortal Realm!] [You begin to cultivate in Qi Refinement day after day.] [Under the effect of the Zhengyi Submission Decision, your cultivation speed is extremely fast, one year of cultivation can match thirty-five years of arduous practice for ordinary cultivators!] [However, this assumes a sufficient supply of Spiritual Liquid; you need 700,000 drops of High-grade Spiritual Liquid for each year of cultivation...] [Thus, ten years pass.] [In the tenth year, your Cultivation Level successfully reaches the second layer peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.] [You go to the Beast Taming Realm, preparing yourself for breaking through to the third layer of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.] [In the twentieth year, your Cultivation Level further breakthroughs, advancing to the third layer of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!] [The same year, you killed Damned Dragon, left Blue Star, and went to the Three Thousand Worlds.] [After arriving at the Little Qingyun Realm, you adeptly sold intelligence, eradicated a branch of the Descending Sect, and earned over twenty million drops of Spiritual Liquid.] [Having done all this, you have no intention of staying in the Little Qingyun Realm, but are ready to find a place suitable for your own cultivation...] [And your first stop is the Blackwater Realm!] In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly and said. "In order to inherit the Luotian Legacy, I must first break through to the True Immortal Realm!" "And to break through to the True Immortal Realm, in addition to my Cultivation Level, I also need sufficient comprehension of the Five Elements Dao!" "The Five Elements Dao, cultivating it in the appropriate world, will certainly be twice as effective!" "For example, to cultivate the Great Dao of Water... if it''s in the Blackwater Realm, where the water Spirit Qi and water Dao are abundant, it would be easier to cultivate..." "The Great Dao of Earth... maybe it''s easier to cultivate in the Yellow Sand Realm?" Chapter 317 Supreme Treasure Five Elements Earth, Inheritance of Daoist Yellow Sand!【8k】_3 ``` "But where is the best place to cultivate the Dao of Gold? This will need further exploration..." Su Xing decided that in this simulation, he would try to clearly identify the best locations for cultivating the various elemental paths, so that in the future, he could cultivate more efficiently with half the effort! With this thought, Su Xing''s gaze turned to the simulation panel. [After arriving in the Blackwater Realm, you immediately went to the sea caves and obtained millions of drops of high-grade Spiritual Liquid.] [In the Blackwater Realm, the Spiritual Energy of water is extremely abundant, and you can feel your understanding of the Great Dao of Water deepening.] [Yet even within the Blackwater Realm, the comprehension of water varies by region.] [Therefore, you decide to explore this realm while cultivating, looking for the place where the Great Dao of Water is most abundant...] [You ventured to the depths of the ocean, thousands of feet below the surface, and continued your exploration.] [Thus, five years passed.] [In the twenty-fifth year, you finally discovered the largest ocean beneath the Blackwater Realm, and within it, a sea-eye several tens of thousands of feet deep!] [The area around this sea-eye is saturated with an incredibly dense water Spiritual Energy and essence of the Great Dao of Water!] [For Water Spirit Root Cultivators, comprehending here would indeed be twice as successful with half the effort!] [But at such great depths, there are also many terrifying sea Demonic Beasts!] [These beasts are as large as mountains and fiercely aggressive, possessing strengths ranging from the Human Immortal Realm to the Earth Immortal Realm!] [Fortunately for you, these Demonic Beasts pose no significant threat.] [After careful consideration, you marked this place as your future cultivation site for the Great Dao of Water.] [In the twenty-sixth year, you left the Blackwater Realm to seek your next cultivation site.] [Without any hesitation, you headed to the Yellow Sand Realm!] [In the Yellow Sand Realm, the skies are filled with drifting sands... The Great Dao of Earth and the Great Dao of Fire are highly concentrated, particularly suitable for Earth Spirit Root Cultivators!] [You begin to seek the location in the Yellow Sand Realm where the elemental earth is the most abundant.] [Naturally, your first choice is the largest desert within the Yellow Sand Realm!] [There, the desert spans a million miles, and the climate is harsh; with so many Demonic Beasts, not even Human Immortals would dare to set foot there lightly.] [After searching for several years, you find that although the earth element is abundant in the center of the desert, it still does not meet your expectations.] [Despite your reluctance, you decide to leave the Yellow Sand Realm and continue exploring other worlds.] [But just as you were about to head to Yellow Sand City to purchase some special metal mineral ores, you were surprised to find that the city, located in an oasis, was exceptionally rich in Spiritual Energy and essence of the Great Dao of Earth!] [Releasing your Divine Sense, you keep sensing the source of this essence...] [Ultimately, you discover that this essence of the Great Dao of Earth comes from deep beneath the Yellow Sand Realm!] [Thus, you employed the "Earth Travel Technique" Divine Skill, burrowing into the base of the oasis to investigate further!] [To your astonishment, you discovered an enormously vast palace deep beneath the Yellow Sand Realm, tens of thousands of feet undergroundan existence you''ve never encountered before!] [This palace is filled with traces of the cultivation world of Ancient Times, its age unknown, weathered by the years, yet standing unyielding!] [You try to probe the inside of the palace with your Divine Sense, but your efforts are blocked by a layer of prohibitions...] [After carefully performing several divinations, you deduce that: the palace holds both opportunity and danger, and although there are risks, great benefits could also be gained!] [After confirming that your talent for avoiding danger did not issue a life-or-death warning, you decide to venture into this palace...] Back in the real world, Su Xing felt stirred by this revelation. "Could it be that beneath Yellow Sand City... lies a secret realm from Ancient Times?" "The history of the Yellow Sand Realm is also quite lengthy... It''s not out of the question that a great cultivator may have emerged during Ancient Times!" "Perhaps in this secret realm... there might be many treasures to find!" Su Xing was somewhat expectant as his gaze returned to the simulation panel. Discover hidden stories at My Virtual Library Empire [After passing through the palace''s external prohibitions, you enter it successfully.] [The plaque above the palace gates bears three large characters: Yellow Sand Hall!] [And on either side of Yellow Sand Hall stand two colossal, golden humanoid statues.] [These two statues, both clad in heavy armor and wielding spears, stand like guards, protecting the grand Yellow Sand Hall!] [You linger outside the great hall for a moment before stepping inside...] [Just then, a sudden change occurs!] sea??h th n??el Fire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. [The Yellow Sand Hall is filled with billowing sands, and in an instant, a dust storm is raised!] [At the same time, two terrifying figures appear behind you, their eyes shining with a frightening light.] [In an instant, the two statues swing their weapons, slashing towards you...] [Luckily, with your Divine Sense constantly active, you leap away, dodging the attack of the two statue guardians!] [At that moment, a voice resonates from within the hall: The first challenge of Yellow Sand Hall has officially begun! Your task: Slay the two Yellow Sand guardians!] [Your heart stirs, and you summon three thousand strands of Body-Protecting Sword Aura around yourself, then you engage in combat with the two Yellow Sand guardians.] [A fierce battle breaks out, and in one-on-two combat, you fight hundreds of exchanges in quick succession!] [You''re astonished to find that the two Yellow Sand guardians possess the strength of a mid-stage Heavenly Immortal!] [And this is after their strength has waned due to the passage of time... If they were at their peak, these two puppets might have the power of a peak-stage Heavenly Immortal!] [Facing two mid-stage Heavenly Immortal realm puppets, you manage the battle with ease; the only difficulty is that the puppets are made of sturdy material, even you have a hard time damaging them.] [Fortunately, with your sufficient knowledge on puppets, you quickly identify the weak points of the two guardians during the battle and destroy their puppet cores...] [Thus, you defeat the two puppets!] ``` Chapter 317 Supreme Treasure Five Elements Earth, Daoist Yellow Sands Legacy!【8k】_4 In the real world, Su Xing showed a look of keen interest and silently recited, "Activate immersive simulation... duration: thirty days!" [Ding...] Su Xing''s vision blurred and then he found himself in an ancient palace bearing the marks of many years. Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire The palace walls were adorned with murals, lamps, and decorations, all cast from yellow sand! Yet its opulence was no less than that of a mortal emperor''s palace! "A secret realm from beneath the Yellow Sand City... might as well explore it!" Su Xing blinked, and at the same time, a mechanical voice sounded in his ear. "Congratulations on passing the first trial, defeating the Yellow Sand Guardians..." "The reward for the first trial, Five Elements Earth!" As the announcement in the hall finished, a platform appeared at the center of the hall. Su Xing focused his eyes and saw that atop the platform was an ancient-looking box. After a moment''s hesitation, Su Xing wrapped himself in body-protecting sword aura and used his Origin Force to open the box. Inside the box was a fill of strange soil that shimmered with a golden luster, like gold. Moreover, there was a voice retaining Jade Slip within the box, besides the soil. "Is this... the Five Elements Earth?" Su Xing took a quick breath as memories flooded his mind. "Five Elements Earth... ranked ninth on the Acquired Treasures list! A rare and supreme treasure indeed! It is rumored to be connected to the Innate Treasure, the Breath Soil!" Su Xing took out the Jade Slip and read the message within. An ancient voice entered Su Xing''s ears. "I am Daoist Yellow Sand! I roamed the Qingyun Realm for 186,000 years, and my name carried quite a reputation... alas, plotted against by the treacherous, my lifespan is shortened... thus I leave behind my legacy!" "If juniors can pass the three trials I have set up, they can inherit my legacy!" "First trial, congratulations on your smooth success!" "Within this box lies a portion of Five Elements Earth, accidentally obtained by this poor Daoist." "It can be used for Artifact Refining, Alchemy, and nurturing spirits... It even has the ability to bestow intelligence onto puppets! A true Acquired Treasure... use it well!" Message after message poured into Su Xing''s mind, who took in a deep breath and muttered to himself, "To think it is... a legacy left by a Daoist!" Su Xing felt quite astonished in his heart, as the title of "Daoist" wasn''t one that just anyone could possess! Because "Daoist" means that one has at least reached a state of Minor Achievement in a particular Great Dao! Dao Comprehension, from the initial inklings of the Great Dao to the first insights... and then Minor Achievement, Great Integration... to the true state of the Great Dao! Among these, the initial inklings usually correspond to the Human and Earth Immortal Realms. First insights are related to the Heavenly Immortal Realm and some True Immortals! Minor Achievement typically corresponds to the Realm of True Immortals and Profound Immortals! As for Great Integration... at least it signifies a Cultivator at the peak of Profound Immortal Realm, just one step away from entering the Golden Immortal Realm! sea??h th N?vel(F)ire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "So, this Yellow Sand Hall, is it a legacy left by at least a peak Profound Immortal, or even a Golden Immortal!?" There was a slight excitement in Su Xing''s eyes. If he truly obtained the entire legacy of a Daoist, his heritage would increase greatly! First, Su Xing carefully stored away the Five Elements Earth. Such Earth was a great treasure indeed! As Daoist Yellow Sand had said, this soil could be used in Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and nurturing spirits, making it truly versatile! For crafting elixirs, the Five Elements Earth contained life force, which could heal injuries and enhance one''s comprehension of the Five Elements Dao, among other benefits. And as for Artifact Refining... Su Xing turned his gaze to the two Yellow Sand Guardians he had defeated. "The materials used to craft these two Yellow Sand Guardians... seem to have some of the Five Elements Earth in them?" "Five Elements Earth can even elevate the grade of a puppet by a significant margin!" Su Xing thought for a moment and then took the two puppets into his storage space. "As for nurturing spirits, outside of the Breath Soil, the Five Elements Earth could surely be considered the most precious soil!" Innate Treasure Breath Soil, it is said, is suffused with a rich life force capable of reviving the dead! No matter the Spirit Plant or its value... as long as it''s planted in Breath Soil, it can thrive, grow, and rapidly mature! As for Five Elements Earth... while not as exaggerated in effect as the Breath Soil, it could be considered a watered-down version of it... With this Five Elements Earth, Su Xing would be able to plant more Spirit Plants within it, thereby accelerating their growth and improving their chances of survival! Combined with Su Xing''s talent as a "Descendant of Shennong," the effect was sure to be outstanding! "Stumbled upon treasure with this Five Elements Earth!" Su Xing was in high spirits, but before he could rejoice for long, another mechanical voice echoed in the hall. "Congratulations on passing the first trial. The second layer of the trial will begin shortly..." "Trial content: Defeat two Heavenly Immortal Realm peak Yellow Sand Scorpions!" As the mechanical voice ended, mechanisms seemed to emerge within the hall. Su Xing''s mind tensed, and as the dust stirred in front of him, a huge Yellow Sand Scorpion burst forth from the ground. Its body was as large as a hill, and its massive pincers, bringing gusts of wind and flashing with a crimson light, viciously snapped at Su Xing. With each step of the gigantic scorpion was the tremble of the hall floor. Su Xing swiftly dodged the first wave of the Yellow Sand Scorpion''s assault, but he was somewhat on guard inside. "Hm? What''s going on... Weren''t there supposed to be two Yellow Sand Scorpions? Why is there only one?" "Could the other one be hiding in the dark?" "No, something''s not right... It was supposed to be a Heavenly Immortal Realm peak Yellow Sand Scorpion... why does the aura of this one seem like it''s only at a late stage of Heavenly Immortal Realm?" In just an instant, a multitude of thoughts flashed through Su Xing''s mind, but before he could ponder deeply, the Yellow Sand Scorpion in front of him attacked once again. "Well, let''s deal with this Yellow Sand Scorpion first!" Taking a deep breath, Su Xing engaged in combat with the Yellow Sand Scorpion and remained vigilant for the possible emergence of another hidden scorpion. Chapter 317 Supreme Treasure Five Elements Earth, Daoist Yellow Sands Legacy!【8k】_5 Su Xing unfolded the prototype of his Spirit Domain, moving like lightning, repeatedly teleporting and dodging with agility, while his sword radiated light like a rainbow, engaging in a fierce battle with the Yellow Sand Scorpion. Sword shadows intertwined with scorpion shadows, each collision sounding like thunderous explosions, making the entire Yellow Sand Hall tremble. The battle lasted for hundreds of rounds, with Su Xing''s figure flickering in and out of visibility within the sandstorm. His sword danced faster and faster, revealing his initial understanding of the realm of Sword Dao, each strike seemingly pinpointing the scorpion''s weaknesses. Finally, Su Xing unleashed a thousand strands of Body-Protecting Sword Aura, piercing through the gaps in the Yellow Sand Scorpion''s exoskeleton, directly targeting its vital points. With a piercing scream, the formidable Yellow Sand Scorpion finally fell, its flesh instantly turning into a mound of sand grains, leaving only its shell behind. After killing the first Yellow Sand Scorpion, Su Xing remained vigilant, constantly scanning the grand hall with his Divine Sense. Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire However, after thorough observation, he confirmed that there were no hidden Yellow Sand Scorpions. Meanwhile, a voice echoed through the hall. "Congratulations on passing the second layer of the trial... Reward: Supreme Treasure, Yellow Sand Sculpture!" As the mechanical voice in the hall concluded, another platform rose up, displaying a palm-sized, exquisitely detailed sculpture. Armed with previous experience, Su Xing guided the Origin Force to take the Yellow Sand Sculpture into his hands, his face revealing a look of delight. "Yellow Sand Sculpture... It contains a rich essence of The Great Dao of Earth! This is exactly the Supreme Treasure of the Dao that I need!" Su Xing''s lips curled up in a smile, finding what he needed effortlessly. With this Yellow Sand Sculpture, if Su Xing cultivated in this Yellow Sand Hall, his perception of The Great Dao of Earth would undoubtedly soar. "However, it is indeed strange... Why, in the assessment, are there only one of the two peak Heavenly Immortal Realm Yellow Sand Scorpions left, and its Cultivation Level isn''t at the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm?" Su Xing puzzled inwardly, knowing well that living beings and puppets are different. Puppets might weaken over years of neglect, leading to reduced strength. But living beings typically grow stronger with age! This Yellow Sand Hall might have existed for an eon... Having lived so long, why has the scorpion''s power actually diminished? "Wait... An eon?" "Could it be... the original Yellow Sand Scorpions have died, and this one before me is their offspring, hence its weaker strength?" Su Xing nodded slightly, feeling that this explanation was undoubtedly the most reasonable! "Now... only the last test remains. I wonder why?" As Su Xing pondered, another mechanical voice echoed through the hall. "Yellow Sand Hall third-layer assessment, talent evaluation... Please place both hands on the stone platform!" Following the voice, a semi-human-height stone platform rose in the center of the hall. This ancient platform was engraved with mysterious runes, seemingly capable of assessing a cultivator''s talent. Standing before the stone platform, Su Xing felt a bit apprehensive, having been tormented by the Descending Sect''s talent assessment before. After hesitating for a moment, Su Xing placed his palms on the runes. The stone platform then raised a gold needle, easily piercing Su Xing''s skin, drawing a droplet of blood. Immediately, the runes on the platform emitted a dazzling light, and it began to vibrate gently, releasing a burst of mysterious power, the gold light forming into words. "Qi Refinement: Third Layer of Heavenly Immortal Realm; Body Refinement, early stage of Heavenly Immortal Realm; Age below ten thousand years, Cultivation Level assessment, top grade!" "Five Elements variant, Super Spiritual Root, possesses Earth Type Super Spiritual Root, talent evaluation, high grade!" "Detecting target possesses Special Physique... Deepening analysis..." "Detected target possesses the Fiery Flame Divine Body... Wood Divine Body... Acquired Taoist Body..." "Overall talent evaluation, superior!" "Inheritance match degree analysis... Overall matching degree, high grade!" "Second layer Treasure Vault accessible... After reaching True Immortal Realm, can inherit the complete legacy!" A series of notifications rang out in Su Xing''s ears. Su Xing blinked, then his eyes showed a hint of strangeness. Sarch* The N?vel(F)ire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "They can even detect all my Divine Bodies?" "But it seems they can only detect up to an age of ten thousand years?" "Why then a superior evaluation... but the matching degree is only high grade?" Su Xing frowned slightly, but quickly collected his thoughts. "Daoist Yellow Sand, in seeking an inheritor... looks not only at talent but also the degree of match with his legacy!" "Though I possess many Divine Bodies, I lack an Earth Type Divine Body... Naturally, the match isn''t perfect with Daoist Yellow Sand''s legacy..." "It''s a pity that I have to wait until reaching the True Immortal Realm to inherit all of Daoist Yellow Sand''s legacy..." Just then, Su Xing suddenly recalled something, murmuring: "Wait! I still have an unclaimed talent... the Earth Divine Body!" "If..." Su Xing''s eyes brightened, thinking that maybe next time, he might be able to inherit all of Daoist Yellow Sand''s legacy. Chapter 318 The Legacy of the Golden Immortal, A Treasure Vault That Will Make You Gape in Awe! ``` At this moment, a mysterious teleportation array appeared beneath Su Xing''s feet. A few breaths later, Su Xing disappeared from the spot. Following that, Su Xing appeared inside a splendid palace treasure vault. As soon as he entered the vault, Su Xing was stunned. Because in a palace constructed of yellow sand, this treasure vault was simply a paradisiacal land! No, this was definitely a Dongtian Secret Realm! Inside the secret realm, a hundred-zhang-tall mountain stood, all snow-white... A stream meandered down from the mountain. "Hisss~ Is this mountain a Spirit Stone Mountain?" Su Xing''s eyes widened, stunned by the extravagant sight before him. Approaching the mountain, Su Xing chipped away a piece of rock, and sure enough, it was a high-grade Spirit Stone! Su Xing''s Divine Sense swept over the entire mountain, and after a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief. Discover hidden tales at My Virtual Library Empire "This entire mountain, it''s all made of Spirit Stones!" "Not only high-grade Spirit Stones... but also low-grade, mid-grade... even top-grade Spirit Stones exist!" Su Xing blinked, estimating that just this one Spirit Stone Mountain, if converted into high-grade Spirit Stones, would be worth at least a hundred million! And that stream trickling down from the Spirit Stone Mountain, that was no ordinary stream! It was clearly droplets of high-grade Spiritual Liquid! "Hisss~ Does this stream not contain hundreds of measures of Spiritual Liquid?" Su Xing''s eyes widened... A measure of Spiritual Liquid was roughly two million drops... A hundred measures would then be two hundred million drops of Spiritual Liquid! Su Xing took a closer look, then felt somewhat disappointed. "What a pity... they are merely low-grade Spiritual Liquid... If it were high-grade, that would have made a fortune!" Beside the Spirit Stone Mountain and the rivulet of Spiritual Liquid, those countless flowers and plants were all exotic treasures and herbs! Many of them were even of Immortal Grade! In the treasure vault, apart from Spirit Plants, Spirit Stones, and Spiritual Liquid... there were also hundreds of various Magical Treasures, with the lowest being of Spiritual Artifact grade, and there were even more than ten Immortal Treasures! Besides these, there were also several Cultivation Techniques and Divine Skills... Unfortunately, for Su Xing, these Cultivation Techniques and Supernatural Powers, though good, were not as strong as the ones he was practicing himself! "Just a second-class treasure vault... and it contains such terrifying treasures, how many resources would a first-class vault have?" Su Xing was somewhat speechless, the items in this second-class vault were equivalent to all the possessions of a Profound Immortal Realm cultivator! Su Xing didn''t stand on ceremony and swiftly collected all these treasures, along with the turf and the Spirit Stone Mountain, the Spiritual Liquid... into his personal portable Dongtian. ... The immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to reality, his face barely able to hide his elation. Sar?h the N?vel(F)ire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "The Yellow Sand Realm... truly is my Blessed Land!" "Not only did I find a secret realm suitable for the comprehension of the Great Dao of Earth... the resources there, if fully acquired, would likely mean that I wouldn''t need to worry about cultivating in the True Immortal Realm!" Su Xing''s expression was excited, with this treasure vault, Su Xing wouldn''t need to hustle for resources like ordinary cultivators with each simulation. Just by cultivating peacefully, the peak of the True Immortal Realm was within reach! "Tsk tsk... No wonder those cultivators are so enthusiastic about Secret Realms! This feeling of overnight riches is just too wonderful!" Su Xing blinked; what he obtained was only a second-class treasure vault, how terrifying would it be to be in control of a first-class one? Thinking this, Su Xing''s gaze turned toward the simulation panel. [After taking out all the items from one of the treasure vaults in the Yellow Sand Hall, a teleportation array lit up under your feet... you were teleported to the midst of Yellow Sand City.] [You silently noted this location, then continued to cultivate in the Yellow Sand Realm for a while.] [In the thirtieth year, you left the Yellow Sand Realm and traveled to the farther Star Realm.] [You left the Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method in the Star Realm.] [In the thirty-second year, you arrived at the Tianyin Realm.] [You took away the legacy of the Tianyin Realm, but the Dao Essence of the Great Dao in this realm was ordinary, not suitable for Dao Comprehension.] [Thus, you set off again, heading to the further Yin Wood Realm!] [Indeed, as you expected, the Dao Essence of the Great Dao of Wood in the Yin Wood Realm was extremely rich, at least three times more than that of ordinary worlds!] [And in different locations... the richness of the Dao Essence of Wood varied.] [You spent several years searching, and finally determined that the roots of the Divine Tree in the Yin Wood Realm were the area where the Dao of Wood was richest!] [Cultivating here, your sensitivity to the Dao of Wood far exceeded previously!] [One year of cultivation here, your comprehension of the Great Dao of Wood was worth more than five years of hard cultivation in other worlds!] [You decided, this was the place you wanted for cultivation.] [But now was still not the time to formally start cultivating...] [Before that, you needed to visit the Tianyuan Realm, firstly to purchase Space Origin Stones... and also to find a final place suitable for the comprehension of the Dao of Gold!] [So, you traveled through the Void toward the direction of the Tianyuan Realm, years went by...] [In the thirty-seventh year, you arrived smoothly at the Tianyuan Realm!] [You quickly found the Money Guild, displayed your Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivation level, and chose to exchange the Blackwater Flag for a fist-sized Space Origin Stone.] [Having exchanged for the Space Origin Stone, you went to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion wanting to buy intelligence on worlds related to the Dao of Gold!] [This intelligence was ranked letter B, and after paying several million high-grade Spirit Stones... you successfully obtained it!] [The location of the intelligence was in a Middle Thousand Worlds known as the Gold Wheel Realm!] [This realm was north of the Tianyuan Realm, distanced by thirty Void Nodes away.] [According to the intelligence, this realm was not only rich in the Metal Type Dao, but also possessed a special mineral known as Gold Essence Stone, which could aid in the comprehension of the Dao of Gold!] [You planned a route... ready to navigate toward the Gold Wheel Realm and explore it first.] ``` Chapter 318 The Legacy of a Golden Immortal – The Astonishing Treasure Vault!_2 In the real world, Su Xing felt his heart stir. "Jinlun Realm... Gold Essence Stone? This is indeed good news!" "If the intelligence is accurate, then I have gathered all the places of cultivation for the Five Elements Dao!" "All it takes is time to ponder the Dao... and I shall step into the True Immortal Realm!" Su Xing nodded in satisfaction and said, "However, the Spirit Field Cave bestowed by Qing Yunzi has not yet been severed... It is also time for me to create my own personal space." Thinking this, Su Xing''s gaze shifted to the Simulation Panel. [After leaving the Tianyuan Realm, you found a relatively stable void and took out the Space Origin Stone, ready to create your own personal space.] [Thus, three years passed quickly.] [In the fortieth year, you successfully created a personal Blessed Land with a radius of two hundred zhang, and after transferring the Spirit Plants and Spirit Soil into it, you destroyed the Spirit Field Cave gifted by Qing Yunzi.] [Moving forward, you steered the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat toward the direction of Jinlun Realm.] [After entering the third layer of Heavenly Immortal Realm, your mana became even deeper. Within three years, you crossed numerous worlds, over thirty Void Nodes, and arrived at Jinlun Realm smoothly!] [As expected, Jinlun Realm was full of a solemn killing aura, as if it were a battlefield from Ancient Times.] [Using your talent in dragon vein divination, you searched for the so-called Gold Essence Stones.] [In the forty-fifth year, you found a vein of Gold Essence Stones. Not only was the Metal Type Dao dense here, but there were also plenty of Gold Essence Stones, more than enough for your cultivation needs!] [In the following five years, you stayed in Jinlun Realm to explore and marked many worthy cultivation places.] [In the fiftieth year, you decided to leave Jinlun Realm and return to Yin Wood Realm for cultivation!] [The Yin Wood Realm is quite a distance from Jinlun Realm, nearly seventy Void Nodes away.] [It took you five years to traverse the void, steering the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat, and you finally reached the Yin Wood Realm!] [You came to the root area of the Divine Tree in the Yin Wood Realm, where there was a massive city.] [After paying a certain amount of Spirit Stones, you purchased a cave dwelling and cultivated within.] [In the blink of an eye, another five years passed.] Stay connected through My Virtual Library Empire [In the sixtieth year, your Cultivation Level reached the middle phase of the third layer of Heavenly Immortal Realm.] [Now your yearly cultivation needs for High-grade Spiritual Liquid have reached one million drops, but fortunately, the Spiritual Liquid accumulated previously was enough for this period of cultivation.] [In the eightieth year, your Cultivation Level reached the late phase of the third layer of Heavenly Immortal Realm.] [That same year, your Great Talent Maturing Late talent triggered, doubling your cultivation speed, and the Spiritual Liquid consumed each year also amounted to two million drops!] [The nearly infinite resources, hundreds of times faster cultivation speed than ordinary Cultivators, made your Cultivation Level advance by leaps and bounds.] [In the ninetieth year, your Cultivation Level reached the peak of the third layer of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!] [You didn''t hesitate and immediately prepared to break through to the middle phase of the Heavenly Immortal Realm...] [After ascending to Super Spiritual Root, your aptitude surpassed your past by a great margin, and this breakthrough was very lucky, a success in one go!] [Yet, even so, it took a full three years!] [In the ninety-third year, congratulations on becoming a Cultivator of the fourth layer of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!] [After advancing to the fourth layer of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, the amount of Spiritual Liquid you consume each year for cultivation increased... the High-grade Spiritual Liquid spent each year approached nearly three million drops!] [In the one hundred and fifth year, your Cultivation Level reached the middle phase of the fourth layer of the Heavenly Immortal Realm...] [In the one hundred and twentieth year, your Cultivation Level reached the late phase of the fourth layer of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!] In the real world, Su Xing smacked his lips and murmured, "The feeling of rapidly increasing Cultivation Level is really exhilarating!" "In just a few decades... it''s equivalent to over five thousand years of arduous cultivation by an ordinary Heavenly Immortal Realm Cultivator!" "But... it still requires ample resources... with such speed of cultivation, one simulation consumes Spiritual Liquid by the billions, enough for an ordinary Heavenly Immortal to cultivate all the way from the initial phase to the late phase of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!" However, high investments yield high returns! Su Xing was open-minded about this, as with each Simulation reset, his resources would also reset. Thus, there was no need to worry about a lack of resources in the short term. "But... my previous comprehension of The Great Dao of Wood has already reached the nascent form of the Great Dao... In this simulation, it''s time to go further!" After some reflection, Su Xing wondered if fifty years of Immersive Simulation could be enough to elevate him to the threshold of the Dao? Su Xing chose the talent of the Yi Wood Divine Body this time, and his comprehension of The Great Dao of Wood was many times more than that of an ordinary Cultivator. Combined with the acquired Taoist Body, his comprehension of The Great Dao of Wood was about tenfold. With the boost from the Great Talent Maturing Late talent, it was twentyfold! Plus the strong Wood Type Dao Essence of Yin Wood Realm and the support from the Supreme Treasure, the Fusang Tree Branch! At the very least, it was a thirty or fortyfold increase in comprehension speed! "One Spirit Awakening Pill... plus fifty years of Immersive Simulation, that''s sixty years!" "Equivalent to two thousand years of an ordinary Cultivator''s comprehension of the great dao! Should be enough!" With this thought, Su Xing did not hesitate any longer and murmured, "Use Immersive Simulation... for a duration of fifty years!" [Ding, you have successfully used Immersive Simulation for fifty years, consuming 18,250 Origin Points, leaving you with 1,000,2991 Origin Points...] As the simulation notification sound faded, Su Xing found himself in an unfamiliar environment. Looking around, even the roadside weeds grew dozens of zhang high, as if entering a fantastical kingdom of plants. With a light breath, the rich Wood Type Spiritual Energy seemed to make Su Xing feel years younger. In that verdant exuberance, there was an abundance of the Wood Type Great Dao''s Origin! "Indeed, this is definitely a great place for comprehending The Great Dao of Wood!" With joy on his face, Su Xing didn''t hesitate and immediately began his comprehension of The Great Dao of Wood. Sear?h the N?vel(F)ire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Chapter 318 The Legacy of a Golden Immortal, A Treasure Vault That Leaves One Speechless!_3 Years of cultivation flowed quietly like water. But Su Xing still underestimated the difficulty of Dao comprehension! Until the 49th year of immersive simulation, Su Xing had not yet entered the initial realm of the Great Dao of Wood... "It seems I can''t save the Spirit Awakening Pill..." Su Xing shook his head slightly, then took the Spirit Awakening Pill and activated the Great Wisdom State. Then, astonishing comprehension descended upon Su Xing. In just one month, Su Xing finally entered the early comprehension realm of the Great Dao of Wood! ... The immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to reality. Because this simulation was focused on comprehension and cultivation, Su Xing did not feel much time had passed. "Not bad, fifty years of immersive simulationbreaking through to the initial insights of the Great Dao of Wood, and even saving about one hundred thousand points of Origin Energy Source, that''s a big win!" A smile appeared on Su Xing''s face, this successful breakthrough in Dao comprehension confirmed that his approach was correct! As long as Su Xing was well-prepared, he could use immersive simulation to quickly break through realms and save resources and time. "Currently, the Great Sword Dao, Great Dao of Space, Great Dao of Thunder, and the Great Dao of Wood... I have entered the initial insight realms of these four paths, not only has my combat power greatly increased, but I am also not far from the Five Elements Dao linked to the Spiritual Root..." Su Xing nodded in satisfaction. According to his next plans, the goal was to attempt to break through as much of the cultivation level as possible to reach higher realms! Sar?h the N?vel(F)ire.nt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. With this in mind, Su Xing looked towards the simulation panel. [Year 170, your comprehension of the Great Dao of Wood has reached the initial insights realm!] [As always, you aggressively cultivate, obtaining many resources of Spiritual Liquid from the Secret Realm of the Yellow Sand Hall.] [Your cultivation speed continues to be extremely swift.] [Year 190, your cultivation level reached the fourth peak realm of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!] [You begin preparations to break into the fifth layer of the Heavenly Immortal Realm...] [Year 195, you successfully break through! Congratulation, you''ve become a Heavenly Immortal realm Fifth Layer cultivator!] [After reaching the Fifth Layer of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, the time required for increasing your cultivation becomes increasingly lengthy, perhaps taking five to six thousand years for ordinary Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators to advance to another Layer Realm.] [But for you, it''s merely decades.] [Year 215, your cultivation level reaches the mid-phase of the Heavenly Immortal Realm Fifth Layer.] [Meanwhile, you''re also somewhat anxious, knowing that Qing Yunzi is definitely searching for you.] [Therefore, you prepare to flee to a further world... Regrettably, the performance of the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Boat after several uses is far from what it used to be.] [You spend five years and painstakingly arrive at the Golden Wheel Realm.] [You cultivate in the Golden Wheel Realm, and in the blink of an eye, another decade passes...] [Year 230, one day your talent for avoiding disaster goes off like crazy.] Discover hidden tales at My Virtual Library Empire [The next day, Qing Yunzi finds you...] [Qing Yunzi performs a Soul Search on you...] [You die!] [Ding, this simulation has ended!] After the simulation ended, Su Xing sighed. "Pity, still couldn''t escape Qing Yunzi''s pursuit..." "Just a little more, just a bit more!" "Once I reach the True Immortal Realm... to inherit all of Luo Tian Sect, there would be a big change in the situation now!" Su Xing pondered, during the next while, he still needed to enhance his understanding of the Cause and Effect Grand Dao. "Minor Heavenly Cycle Star Observation Method... After collecting, there was indeed neglect in cultivation, leaving Blue Star, I still need to use this method..." After thinking for a moment, Su Xing looked towards the rewards from this simulation! [Yi Wood Divine Body]: Golden Talent, sale price 10 Energy Origin points. [Low Grade Spiritual Liquid one billion drops]: sale price 10,000 Energy Origin points. [High-grade Spirit Stone one billion pieces]: sale price 1,000,000 Energy Origin points. [Heavenly Immortal Realm Fifth Layer cultivation]: Heavenly Immortal Realm Fifth Layer cultivation, with a lifespan of forty thousand years, Mana as profound as celestials... sale price 300,000 Energy Origin points! [Comprehension of the Space Dao]: After exchange, greatly enhances your comprehension of the Space Dao, sale price 120,000 Energy Origin points. [Personal Miniature Realm]: Two hundred paces in diameter, opened by Su Xing using the Space Origin Stone, sale price 20,000 Energy Origin points. [Yellow Sand Sculpture]: an Essence of Dao Supreme Treasure, containing the comprehension of the Great Dao of Earth, sale price 700,000 Energy Origin points. [Five Elements Earth]: one cubic meter, capable of nurturing spirits, refining artifacts, and alchemizing, ranked ninth on the list of Acquired Treasures, sale price 100,000 Energy Origin points. This simulation, Su Xing indeed obtained quite a few good items. "Five Elements Earth... ranked ninth among Acquired Treasures, it''s only valued at one hundred thousand Energy Origin points?" Su Xing thought for a moment, surmising that it''s due to the small quantity. However, apart from the Five Elements Earth, various Spiritual Liquids, Spirit Stones... even the Yellow Sand Sculpture, all were excellent treasures. "But these items, there''s no rush to retrieve them immediately..." Su Xing did not hesitate, he silently declared: "I choose to take out the Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivation... and the Yi Wood Divine Body talent!" [Ding, congratulations for successfully taking out the Yi Wood Divine Body talent... costing 10 Energy points, remaining Energy Origin 1,000,2981 points!] [Ding, congratulations for successfully taking out the Heavenly Immortal Realm Fifth Layer cultivation... costing 300,000 Energy points, remaining Energy Origin 700,2981 points!] As the simulation notification sound ended, two streams of energy flowed into Su Xing''s body. The Yi Wood Divine Body became Su Xing''s twenty-fourth talent, with now only one remaining talent slot left. With the addition of the Yi Wood Divine Body, Su Xing''s efficiency in sensing Wood Spirit Qi increased, and his aptitude also received a slight boost. Naturally, the greater change was the feedback from Su Xing''s Heavenly Immortal Realm Fifth Layer cultivation! Heavenly Immortal Realm Second Layer... Heavenly Immortal Realm Third Layer... Heavenly Immortal Realm Fourth Layer! Su Xing''s cultivation level surged from the early stages of the Heavenly Immortal Realm to the middle phase! Chapter 318 The Legacy of a Golden Immortal – The Astonishing Treasure Vault!_4 Finally, he had become a Heavenly Immortal Realm Level Five Cultivator! Su Xing sat cross-legged, guarding his mind. After reaching Heavenly Immortal Realm Level Five, he felt that his cultivation and mana had doubled in density. "Now, even without using my ''Unethical in Martial Conduct'' talent, I am capable of killing cultivators at the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!" "The top ten of the Celestial Ranking... should have a place for me!" "I just don''t know... with my ''Unethical in Martial Conduct'' talent, could I kill a True Immortal Realm cultivator?" Su Xing slightly furrowed his brow, still unsure about this. The divide between the Heavenly Immortal Realm and the True Immortal Realm was significant, as a True Immortal''s understanding of the Great Dao far surpassed Su Xing''s. Yet, Su Xing''s Divine Skills and Body-Protecting Sword Aura were still threatening to early-stage True Immortal cultivators! "With my current power, at least facing a True Immortal Realm cultivator... I have the confidence to fight!" Su Xing thought to himself. After choosing this simulation''s reward, Su Xing glanced at the time, then, disguising himself and hiding his aura, he conducted a transaction with Lu Yuanwu. Twenty thousand Origin Energy Source per week was indeed a substantial income. Once the transaction was completed, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave and began crafting Talismans for the new week. With his current power, he could craft up to Eleventh Rank Talismans, even severely injuring or killing Human Immortal Realm cultivators! However, crafting such Talismans required much time and effort, and Su Xing might not even manage one a week. Therefore, he chose to craft some lower-rank Talismans. Mainly Fifth to Eighth Rank Talismans, among which Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Rank Talismans, Su Xing could sell. As for Eighth Rank Talismans, Su Xing chose to keep them for the Puppets to use for protection. Quickly, a week passed. Su Xing spent the days and nights crafting Talismans, producing over one hundred and eighty Fifth Rank Talismans. Seventy-three Sixth Rank Talismans, twenty-eight Seventh Rank Talismans, and six Eighth Rank Talismans. Su Xing temporarily stored these Talismans and, upon his departure from Blue Star, the earth''s Puppet organization''s operations could not be halted. "Following this pace, after crafting for three more weeks... gathering over a thousand Talismans should suffice for three to five months of trade!" Su Xing murmured to himself. Afterward, Su Xing went to a villa area and met with Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue was dressed in a purple coat today, the versatile queen making another appearance. The two ate and chatted while handling their business. Su Xing looked into Jin Congxue''s eyes and asked, "Sister Xue... have you ever thought that we Profession Users might be pawns of some powerful being?" Jin Congxue showed a confused expression upon hearing Su Xing''s words. Su Xing sighed internally, knowing that it was still too soon to tell Jin Congxue these things. Then, changing his thought, he said, "Senior sister, remember the powerful strength I told you about? It could make you a powerful cultivator! No need to level up by grinding experience anymore..." Jin Congxue nodded repeatedly and said, "Of course, I remember what you said!" Su Xing continued to ask, "Sister Xue, acquiring this power... perhaps at the cost, one day, you will lose your status as a Profession User!" Su Xing already had plans in his mind. With Red Moon being so powerful, leaving countermeasures for Profession Users, Su Xing naturally could not let them be manipulated. At least, the people Su Xing cared about had to sever their Cause and Effect with Red Moon, no longer threatened by it! S~ea??h the ovelFire.et website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Although he still did not know the exact method, with the vastness of the Three Thousand Worlds, there must be a solution. Therefore, his current thought was to give Jin Congxue a chance! To let Jin Congxue become a cultivator first and gradually eliminate her dependence on being a Profession User. And now, Su Xing conveniently had an unused Wood Fire Heavenly Spirit Root Talent, which he could give to Jin Congxue! Su Xing chose Jin Congxue not only because they were close but also because Jin Congxue''s position was fraught with more dangers in the future! "Losing the strength of a Profession User..." Jin Congxue seemed to think of something and asked, "Just like you? If I become a Cultivator, we''ll truly be one of our own, right?" Before Su Xing could reply, Jin Congxue smiled brightly and said: "I''m willing! As long as I can be a little closer to you..." Su Xing, moved by Jin Congxue''s earnest expression, said, "Sister Xue..." Su Xing knew what Jin Congxue''s answer meant and the great determination it conveyed! Heavenly King level Profession Users had a lifespan of five hundred years and were truly significant figures on Blue Star! However, because of a single sentence from Su Xing, Jin Congxue was willing to give all that up for the gamble of an unknown future... Considering this, Su Xing took a deep breath and seriously said, "Sister Xue, you won''t regret today''s choice..." ... After returning from the villa, Su Xing returned to the Spirit Field Cave. Undoubtedly, Su Xing gifted the Heavenly Spirit Root to Jin Congxue! He also inscribed an Eighth Rank Minor Spirit Gathering Array at the Dantian in Jin Congxue''s abdomen. Aside from that, Su Xing also gave Jin Congxue a hundred thousand drops of High-grade Spiritual Liquid, tens of thousands of High-grade Spirit Stones, several defensive magical treasures and divine techniques... Moreover, Su Xing personally helped charge Qi into Jin Congxue''s body, enabling her to reach the Qi Training Realm in a mere moment! Enjoy more content from My Virtual Library Empire It wasn''t an exaggeration to say that Jin Congxue''s starting point in cultivation was much higher than Su Xing''s had been! With talent surpassing a Super Spiritual Root, countless resources, and guidance from a powerful "Peak Cultivator" like Su Xing! Even amongst the top sect maiden saints of the Three Thousand Worlds, few could receive such treatment! "Really, it''s annoying how some have all the luck!" "But then again... one should certainly cherish their own woman!" Corner of Su Xing''s mouth couldn''t help but curl into a smile. Soon, the simulation cooldown was completed, and Su Xing prepared for a new round of simulation. "This simulation, I can''t let my Cultivation Realm slip; but more crucial, the treasures in the Yellow Sand Hall! A first-class Treasure Vault!" Su Xing felt a surge of excitement. On December 23, 2025, Su Xing initiated a new round of simulation. "Begin simulation!" [Simulation 119 initiated, remaining Origin Energy Source is 759,332 points Unlimited remaining simulation attempts.] [Simulation begins!] [Drawing Golden Legendary Talent costs 1 point of Origin Energy Source, proceed with the draw?] Su Xing did not choose to draw the Golden Talent. After all, heading to the Yellow Sand Hall and getting a first-class treasure vault, Su Xing needed to enhance his Earth Type Spiritual Root talent! Thus, Su Xing decided to spend a few Origin Energy Source points to draw the Earth Divine Body talent! [Ding, congratulations on acquiring the talent: Earth Divine Body, simulation begins!] [Within the Spirit Field Cave...you realize you''re simulating!] [Ten days later, you had a fruitful visit to the Luo Tian Instance!] [With previous experience, you didn''t plan to stay long on Blue Star and quickly headed to the Three Thousand Worlds!] [In a week, you exterminated the entire Descending Sect, killed the Damned Dragon, and acquired many resources.] [You left behind several Puppets, an Eleventh-Rank Talisman, enough for Blue Star to handle the second wave of invasions from Different Race Deities...] [After looting the Blood Demon Realm, you took your relatives and friends to the Little Qingyun Realm...]