I Have a Cultivation Simulator

[Year 15, you are 31 years old.]

Inside the cave dwelling, you held a talisman pen and slowly, solemnly drew across a piece of third-tier beast hide.

A massive amount of the power of heaven and earth gathered over the beast hide and rapidly stabilized.

A third-tier spiritual pressure faintly emanated from the hide.

"Success!"

You finished the final stroke, overjoyed.

The talisman you had just drawn was no ordinary third-tier talisman.

It was a Dharma talisman from the ancient talisman cultivators.

The art of crafting Dharma talismans was recorded in the Shanhai legacy you had obtained.

To be precise, one had to be both a third-tier talisman master and a core formation master to craft a Dharma talisman.

Unlike normal talismans, Dharma talismans could grow.

By nurturing a Dharma talisman within one's dantian and letting mana wash over it, its power would slowly increase.

Shanhai mana was exceptionally heavy and dense, making it far superior to other cultivation methods for nurturing Dharma talismans. This was exactly why the art was specifically included in the Shanhai legacy.

Unfortunately, neither the Master who led the Shanhai Sect nor True Person Blood Sea were third-tier talisman masters, so they had never prepared Dharma talismans for themselves.

But you were different. You had mastered third-tier talisman crafting.

So, just a few years after becoming a Master, once you had stabilized your third-tier talisman skills, you immediately drew a Dharma talisman for yourself.

Because a Dharma talisman grew stronger the longer it was nurtured, the earlier you prepared one, the greater the benefit.

Furthermore, your greatest advantage over other third-tier talisman Masters was your abundant remaining lifespan.

Other third-tier talisman Masters had at most a little over three hundred years left.

But your remaining lifespan exceeded four hundred and fifty years.

With a thought, you stored the newly drawn Dharma talisman inside your dantian.

Whoosh—

As your incomparably pure Flawless Golden Core mana circulated, it began to wash over the Dharma talisman.

It was like dropping a massive boulder into a surging river.

The boulder wouldn't impede the river's flow; instead, it would be continuously tempered by the day-and-night scouring of the currents.

The same principle applied to the Dharma talisman.

It would not hinder your cultivation.

"Hmm?"

You looked on in surprise.

Your Flawless Golden Core mana was already incomparably pure, and coupled with the Shanhai mana... the overlapping effects pushed the Dharma talisman's nurturing speed far beyond your expectations.

Even within the Shanhai Lineage, cultivators who could form a Flawless Golden Core were exceptionally rare.

"At this nurturing speed, in about thirty years, this Dharma talisman's power will reach the mid-grade of the third tier."

"Nurturing it for eighty years will raise its power to the high-grade of the third tier... Nurturing it for a hundred and fifty years might just push it to the low-grade of the fourth tier..."

Your eyes lit up.

Fourth-tier low-grade power... that was equivalent to a strike from a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

Of course, it would only equal a casual strike, posing no real threat to a True Monarch of the same realm.

But it would be more than enough to severely injure or even kill an unprepared late-stage Golden Core master.

'Nurturing them for a hundred and fifty years to obtain multiple fourth-tier low-grade talismans... completely worth it.'

You thought to yourself.

With the sheer density of your Shanhai mana, simultaneously nurturing over a dozen Dharma talismans would be effortless, placing no burden on you whatsoever.

Moreover, as your cultivation advanced—to the Golden Core Middle Stage? The late stage?—the quality of your mana would rise, further accelerating the nurturing speed.

A smile touched your face.

No matter which Great Region you were in, fourth-tier talismans were exceptionally rare.

If you could nurture over a dozen of them, it would be no different from having over a dozen powerful trump cards.

And even if you ended up not needing these Dharma talismans, you could always sell them to other cultivators before your lifespan ran out.

Dharma talismans were not restricted to their creators; other cultivators could use them as well.

[Year 16, you are 32 years old.]

"Xiao Hei!"

You glanced at Xiao Hei, who was flying joyfully nearby.

After several years of rearing, Xiao Hei now had a wingspan of nearly half a meter.

Hearing your call, Xiao Hei immediately and obediently landed in front of you, rubbing its black eagle head against your arm.

Although you hadn't revealed any Golden Core aura, its instincts as an Earth-rank bloodline demonic beast allowed Xiao Hei to faintly sense the soul-shaking, terrifying power within you—a power that surpassed the limits of its own bloodline.

"Not bad."

You nodded slightly.

With the rearing experience from the previous simulation, you knew clearly that in less than a century, Xiao Hei would grow to the peak of Tier Two, after which it could attempt to break through to become a Tier 3 Great Demon.

A flying Tier 3 Great Demon held immense value, whether kept for personal use or sold to another Master.

In truth, with your current methods, you could easily raise Xiao Hei to the peak of Tier Two within fifty years.

But you worried that rushing it might jeopardize its chances of breaking through to become a Tier 3 Great Demon.

Thus, you stuck to the rearing process from the previous simulation, raising it slowly.

To you, whether it was nurturing Dharma talismans or raising Xiao Hei, both were just casual tasks done in passing during a Master's long lifespan.

It was merely a normal way to accumulate your foundation.

[Year 17, you are 33 years old.]

Inside the Purple Bamboo Forest Cave Abode, Li Yan buried her head against your chest. Faint tear stains were visible on her exquisite face, and light red handprints lingered on her flawless skin.

You lay beside her, eyes closed, savoring the aftertaste.

Aside from savoring normal pleasures, your main senses were focused on the wisp of yin-essence qi within your dantian.

Five years had passed since Li Yan stepped into the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Over these five years, Li Yan had naturally nurtured another wisp of yin-essence qi within her body.

And just moments ago, you had extracted that wisp of yin-essence qi.

The icy yin-essence qi was continuously refined within your dantian, converting into Golden Core-level cultivation.

Apart from the very first wisp, the subsequent wisps of yin-essence qi nurtured by the yin-essence physique offered immense benefits in advancing a cultivator's base.

'Hmm... it's roughly equivalent to half a month of bitter cultivation.'

You nodded inwardly. Five years of nurturing only equated to half a month of hard cultivation for you.

But it had to be remembered that Li Yan was only in the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Rare treasures at the Foundation Establishment level were almost completely useless to a Golden Core master.

For Li Yan, with merely her Foundation Establishment cultivation, to produce something in five years that could match half a month of your hard cultivation—it was already extremely precious.

"Not bad."

You nodded slightly.

No matter how small the mosquito, it was still meat.

Half a month of bitter cultivation was still an advancement.

'Yan'er has been cultivating hard lately...'

You thought to yourself.

Li Yan was now at the third level of Foundation Establishment, only one step away from the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

And given the cultivation speed of the yin-essence physique, this step wouldn't be hard to cross; she wouldn't be blocked by any bottlenecks.

A yin-essence physique at the Nascent Soul level was something you didn't dare hope for.

But you were quite confident in raising Li Yan to the Core Formation Realm.

The yin-essence qi nurtured by a Core Formation Realm yin-essence physique would help you far more than it did now.

With Li Yan assisting your cultivation, your cultivation speed would surpass that of a normal Flawless Golden Core cultivator.

A moment later, Li Yan woke up.

You lingered affectionately with her for a while longer before resuming your daily cultivation.

After stepping into the Core Formation Realm and forming a Flawless Golden Core, your interest in cultivation had increased.

Clearly feeling your cultivation base and mana slowly improving was a kind of bliss in itself.

Compared to the despair during the Foundation Establishment Realm—where you could pop pills all day without your mana advancing an inch—this feeling of progressing as long as you cultivated was infinitely better.

'Core Formation Middle Stage!'

Brimming with motivation, you steadily advanced toward the Core Formation Middle Stage.

[Year 18, you are 34 years old.]

You comprehended the 'Plum Blossom Divination' and faintly felt that your skills in the Dao of Divination had reached the peak of Tier Two Mid-Grade.

'The Dao of Divination is far too difficult.'

You lamented inwardly. You were a Golden Core master now, operating from a higher vantage point, yet your comprehension was still this slow. One could easily imagine the utter despair a normal Foundation Establishment cultivator would face when comprehending divination arts.

No wonder diviners were so rare.

Tier Two High-Grade diviners were likely even fewer than Golden Core masters.

'I'll take it slowly.'

You reined in your thoughts and steadied your state of mind.

In this simulation, the one thing you had in abundance was time.

Even if you just ground it out, you could grind your divination skills to Tier Two High-Grade, and perhaps even set your sights on the third tier.

[Year 19, you are 35 years old.]

Inside the Purple Bamboo Forest Cave Abode, you sat cross-legged, feeling the sixteen Dharma talismans floating within your dantian. Washed by the Flawless Golden Core mana, the power of each talisman was slowly rising.

Over the past few years, you had sequentially drawn fifteen more Dharma talismans and tossed them all into your dantian to nurture.

Fifteen Dharma talismans was your current limit.

Any more, and it might affect your daily cultivation.

It was like throwing too many massive boulders into a surging river; it could cause a blockage.

'If my cultivation advances to the Core Formation Middle Stage, I should be able to nurture even more Dharma talismans.'

You thought to yourself.

'That secret art from the Nether Realm trial...'

You reined in your thoughts and began to comprehend this secret art.

In the seven years since stepping into the Core Formation Realm, you had poured quite a bit of energy into this secret art.

However, as of now, you were still quite far from mastering it.

'The Guardian Deity of the Nether Realm mentioned that the trial-taker who mastered this secret art the fastest only took eleven months?'

You sighed inwardly.

Even if you had devoted all your energy to it, it would have been impossible for you to master it in eleven months.

'How vast the heavens and earth are...'

You lamented deeply. Having formed a Flawless Golden Core, you could be considered a Nascent Soul seed.

And yet, compared to those true top-tier monstrous geniuses, this aptitude still fell slightly short.

For example, cultivators with Heavenly Spiritual Roots who had also formed a Flawless Golden Core?

After the Core Formation Realm, the influence of spiritual roots decreased, but it didn't disappear entirely.

Or what about cultivators with Heavenly Spiritual Roots, coupled with various innate Dao bodies or treasure bodies, who had also formed a Flawless Golden Core?

'True Monarch...'

Your thoughts drifted.

Those aforementioned monstrous freaks all aimed to become Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

As for the even higher Soul Formation Heavenly Monarchs? That wasn't something aptitude or talent alone could determine.

[Year 20, you are 36 years old.]

You walked out of the Purple Bamboo Forest Cave Abode.

'The Shanhai Secret Realm is about to emerge.'

Standing amidst the clouds, you swiftly arrived at the location of the Shanhai Secret Realm.

By now, the area had long been locked down by a large number of Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce cultivators, forbidding anyone outside the chamber from approaching.

Years ago, you had ordered your subordinates to cordon off the surrounding area, waiting for this secret realm to open.

In this simulation, you were a Golden Core master; monopolizing the Shanhai Secret Realm was entirely natural.

"President, concealing arrays have already been set up around the perimeter. Even if a secret realm emerges, no commotion will spread."

The chamber's chief array master, a Tier Two High-Grade array master, stood respectfully beside you as he reported.

"Mhm."

You nodded slightly.

At the same time, you observed the soon-to-emerge entrance of the Shanhai Secret Realm below.

Time slowly flowed by.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

At a certain moment, wisps of spatial fluctuations appeared.

Between the two massive stone pillars below, a gray vortex began to surge forth.

A desolate and ancient aura, seemingly from antiquity, began to permeate the air.

Whoosh—

Immediately after, the previously arranged concealing arrays activated, completely masking all spatial fluctuations.

Aside from you and the numerous Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce cultivators below, no other cultivators knew that a secret realm was emerging here.

Soon after, the entrance to the Shanhai Secret Realm stabilized.

The gray vortex between the two massive stone pillars spun slowly, with distorted spatial forces faintly visible.

"Begin."

You stood high above the clouds while the numerous chamber cultivators below swiftly entered the secret realm to plunder.

Even though you were now a Golden Core master, you still had no intention of entering the Shanhai Secret Realm yourself.

A secret realm was a small heaven and earth independent of the greater outside world; who knew what dangers lurked inside?

Although no anomalies had occurred in the previous three simulations, that didn't guarantee it would still be safe for a Golden Core master like yourself to enter.

Having your subordinates go in to scavenge remained the safest method.

'The Shanhai Ring...'

Naturally, you had long instructed your trusted aides to head straight for the broken statue immediately upon entering the secret realm.

The Shanhai Ring lay right at the foot of that statue.

Several days later.

"President, we found it..."

A Qi Condensation chamber cultivator, looking excited, hurriedly and respectfully presented the sky-blue Shanhai Ring to you.

Alongside it were the statue and the jade stone recording the Shanhai legacy.

You took the Shanhai Ring, your figure vanishing from the spot.

You appeared in a dense forest dozens of miles away from the secret realm.

You examined the sky-blue ring in front of you and casually injected a wisp of aura into it.

Instantly, the sky-blue ring trembled faintly, and an aged voice echoed from within.

"A great dream spans thousands of autumns; what year is it tonight..."

True Person Blood Sea began to extend his divine sense outside the ring.

Using all his strength through the Shanhai Ring, he had shattered half of the sealed statue. Right before falling into a deep slumber, he had sensed a Qi Condensation cultivator walking toward the ring.

Now, it should be that very Qi Condensation cultivator attempting to refine the Shanhai Ring.

But how could True Person Blood Sea allow the Shanhai Ring to be refined?

'I am finally out...'

True Person Blood Sea's mind surged with excitement. He had already devised a series of plans for after breaking free from the seal.

First, he would cultivate a vessel for possession, making them practice the Shanhai Art. Only then would they perfectly match him...

True Person Blood Sea's divine sense finally extended out of the ring. He was just about to say, "Boy, was it you who awakened me?" to lay the groundwork for his next plan...

However, the scene outside left True Person Blood Sea stunned.

He saw a man in cyan robes looking down at him with immense interest.

A suffocating aura radiated from this man in all directions.

Dense and vast, blotting out the sky and sun.

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