I Have a Cultivation Simulator

In the one hundred and eightieth year, you were one hundred and ninety-six years old.

You sat cross-legged inside a Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce cave dwelling on Profound King Island. Your soul left your Golden Core and took command of your sea of consciousness, undergoing an earth-shattering transformation.

Tadpole-sized silver seal characters continuously swirled around your soul, emitting a highly distinct fluctuation.

Surrounded by these silver seal characters, your soul became incomparably stable.

A cultivator's soul was inherently fragile and easily suppressed by various means. The vitality of body cultivation, along with the secret arts of soul cultivation and ghost cultivation, could all severely target the soul.

Yet now, wreathed in the tadpole-sized silver seal characters, your soul was like a fortress capable of resisting the vast majority of external influences and damage.

'The Divine Origin Void Crossing Great Art... I've finally mastered it...'

You slowly opened your eyes, clearly sensing a qualitative leap within your soul.

The tadpole-sized silver seal characters resembled the imprinted truths of heaven and earth, fully fusing with your soul.

Furthermore, your soul's defense had become terrifyingly strong. Even a combined soul attack from several Great True Persons at the Core Formation Perfection Stage would not be able to shake it.

At this moment, the strength of your soul was something only a Nascent Soul True Monarch could break.

'What a terrifying secret art.'

You marveled inwardly. If it had such an effect at the Core Formation Stage, what would happen at the Nascent Soul Stage?

For Nascent Soul True Monarchs, their soul was their Nascent Soul, and their Nascent Soul was their soul. If they mastered this secret art, wouldn't they be able to abandon their physical bodies completely?

'The dharma cultivation true lords of the ancient era roamed the heavens and earth with their Nascent Soul spiritual bodies, clashing head-on against the imperishable golden bodies of body cultivation true lords. I used to think there was some exaggeration in those tales... but now it seems entirely possible...'

You pondered, 'However, to reach the level of those ancient dharma cultivation true lords, one would need to cultivate the Divine Origin Void Crossing Great Art to at least the third or fourth tier...'

Currently, you had only mastered the first tier of the Divine Origin Void Crossing Great Art.

'It took me one hundred and seventy-nine years to master this secret art...'

You turned your thoughts to the matter at hand. At the very beginning of this simulation, you had entered the Ghost Realm Trial Field, undergone the first phase of the trial, and obtained this secret art.

'Since I've mastered it, I should make another trip to Nether Mountain to see the Armored Guardian's evaluation of me, as well as the contents of the second phase of the trial.' You made your decision.

At the same time, you calculated the time and realized Dachun would be passing the first phase of his trial right about now. You could pick him up and see exactly what this so-called Ancient Saint Bloodline was all about.

In the third simulation, you only had the strength of the Foundation Establishment Stage. Even with Dachun's willing cooperation, you couldn't comprehend the Ancient Saint Bloodline. You only knew that Dachun's blood possessed unparalleled healing abilities.

Back then, when you were hunted down by False Core True Person Tonghai, you were covered in injuries. Yet, simply drinking a few mouthfuls of Dachun's blood healed all your wounds completely. It was incredibly miraculous.

Two months later, you arrived at Nether Mountain once again.

Activating the secret technique, you entered the inner realm of Nether Mountain and arrived before the Armored Guardian on the white jade platform.

"Guardian," you called out in greeting.

The Armored Guardian's facial features were sharply defined, as if sculpted from stone. At your call, he slowly opened his eyes.

"Challenger, do you wish to continue entering the trial realm?" the Armored Guardian asked, clearly recognizing you.

"There is no need. I have already mastered that secret art," you replied instantly.

"Challenger, please actively release your soul aura and display the power of the secret art..."

The Armored Guardian's tone was calm, devoid of any fluctuation.

Whoosh!

You immediately released your soul aura.

A faint red glow surfaced in the Armored Guardian's eyes, accompanied by an inexplicable fluctuation.

A short while later.

The Armored Guardian spoke again. "Judgment rendered. The challenger has spent a total of one hundred and seventy-nine years to pass the first phase of the trial. Final evaluation: Average Aptitude."

'Average Aptitude...'

You sighed inwardly. This evaluation did not surprise you.

According to the information revealed by the Guardian, the fastest challenger to pass the first phase of the trial took merely eleven months.

You had spent a full one hundred and seventy-nine years to pass; you were prepared to accept an even lower evaluation.

In fact, if you had not condensed a Flawless Gold Core midway through—which reshaped and significantly elevated your innate talent and comprehension—you would not have been able to pass this trial in seven hundred and nineteen years, let alone one hundred and seventy-nine.

The trials of the Ghost Realm Trial Field were simply not prepared for ordinary cultivators. Even heavenly spiritual root geniuses merely met the threshold to undertake the trial.

'I spent one hundred and seventy-nine years mastering the Divine Origin Void Crossing Great Art during this simulation. In the next simulation, I will master it in an instant. I wonder what the evaluation will be then...'

You looked forward to it with great anticipation.

As for whether it would be detected during the initial aptitude test that you had already mastered this secret art... The Divine Origin Void Crossing Great Art was a secret art on the level of the soul. With a single thought, you could conceal all of its unique traits.

Just now, when the Armored Guardian tested whether you had mastered this secret art, he had to ask you to actively release your soul aura to display its power.

If you chose not to display its power, even the Armored Guardian would be unable to detect it.

"What about the second phase of the trial?" you continued to ask.

"The challenger passed the trial after more than one hundred and fifty years. There is no need to undertake the second phase..."

The Armored Guardian's tone was icy, completely devoid of emotion.

You realized that not every challenger was qualified to experience every phase of the trials.

Every trial within the Ghost Realm Trial Field followed the principle of survival of the fittest. It was destined to eliminate a batch of challengers.

'Forget it. I'll worry about it in the next simulation.'

You didn't feel any disappointment. If it didn't work out in this simulation, you could just try again in the next one.

Outside Nether Mountain, you pinched your fingers to calculate the exact time Dachun would emerge.

Because you had let Dachun enter the Ghost Realm Trial Field over ten years earlier in this simulation, the exact time of his exit could no longer be based on the timeline of the previous simulation.

'Just over two months left.'

You obtained the result of your Divination.

In truth, the Ghost Realm Trial Field itself had the effect of shielding heavenly secrets.

However, what you were divining was not the Ghost Realm Trial Field, but Dachun. Coupled with the extremely heavy karma between you and Dachun, you were able to divine his exact exit time.

The path of Divination emphasized the karma between both parties. The heavier the karma and the closer the relationship, the easier it was to divine.

'The Zhou Family... has long since moved away...' You glanced into the distance at the mortal Zhou Family's former location.

In this simulation, thanks to your casual assistance, Zhou Hai's rise was even faster than in the last simulation.

Relying on the opportunities seized on the Two Regions War battlefield and the support of the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce, Zhou Hai not only broke through to the late Foundation Establishment Stage himself but also led the Zhou Family to a firm footing, successfully cultivating another Foundation Establishment Stage clan member.

'Zhou Hai... is planning to attempt Core Formation...' Your thoughts drifted.

In the third simulation, Zhou Hai had considered the Zhou Family's development and chose not to attempt Core Formation. Instead, he used all his resources and merits to exchange with you for the spiritual vein dojo at Luofeng Mountain.

However, in this simulation, because he had already helped the Zhou Family cultivate a Foundation Establishment Stage clan member, Zhou Hai was prepared to risk everything and attempt to reach the Core Formation Stage.

If he failed, the Zhou Family would still have a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator holding down the fort, ensuring they wouldn't completely decline.

If he succeeded, even if he only formed a False Core, he could still lead the Zhou Family to continued prosperity for centuries.

'What a pity...' You shook your head slightly. Through Divination, you clearly knew that Zhou Hai's hopes of entering the Core Formation Stage were less than ten percent.

Two and a half months later.

Dachun finally passed the first phase of the trial at the Ghost Realm Trial Field.

"Young Master, Master, Madam..."

Dachun was just about to hurry back to check on the Zhou Family from his memories.

Suddenly, he noticed a young man dressed in green robes standing not far away, looking at him with a smile.

"Young Master!"

Dachun's eyes widened, and he immediately rushed over.

"Dachun."

A smile surfaced on your face. Having not seen him for over a century, you missed Dachun quite a bit.

"Young Master, I feel that your strength is incredibly powerful. You're much, much stronger than the most powerful monster I encountered in the trial," Dachun said with honest simplicity.

"Is that so?" you smiled.

You naturally knew what that most powerful monster Dachun spoke of was.

In the previous simulation, Dachun had already told you everything.

That strongest monster possessed strength approaching the Late Core Formation Stage.

But compared to you now, it was naturally far inferior.

"Dachun, give me a little of your blood," you said immediately.

"Alright."

Although Dachun didn't know why you wanted his blood, he still voluntarily cut the skin on his arm, letting out blood that glinted with specks of gold.

'The blood of an Ancient Saint...'

You quickly brought out a jade bottle and collected the blood inside it.

'Hm?'

A moment later, your brows furrowed slightly.

You noticed that as time passed, the golden hue within the blood inside the jade bottle was fading away.

Dozens of breaths later, the gold vanished entirely, leaving only crimson blood.

And you also noticed that the crimson blood possessed no healing properties.

'It still can't be preserved...' You thought to yourself. You had already discovered this in the previous simulation.

In this simulation, you had specifically used a specially crafted jade bottle to preserve Dachun's blood, but it was still useless.

"Let's go, Dachun. Come with me to Profound King Island."

You chatted with Dachun for a while longer before taking him back to Profound King Island with you.

After completing the first phase of the trial, Dachun could rest for thirty years before initiating the second phase.

During this time, you naturally had to study Dachun thoroughly.

To be precise, you were studying the Ancient Saint Bloodline inside Dachun's body.

Of course, you limited yourself strictly to research and wouldn't truly harm Dachun.

To you, Dachun's potential was immense. Passing the first phase of the trial had already given him the strength of a Tier 3 ancient pure body cultivator. What about after passing the second phase? And the third?

Could there be a faint sliver of hope for him to become a body cultivation true lord?

The body cultivation true lords of the ancient era dominated the heavens and earth with their imperishable golden bodies. You greatly looked forward to the day Dachun could become an ancient body cultivation true lord.

In the one hundred and eighty-fourth year, you were two hundred years old.

The Two Regions War came to a complete end. The numerous factions within the Taiyuan Region experienced a massive reshuffle and were about to usher in a new landscape.

The Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce you founded had achieved explosive growth during the Two Regions War. Now, in the Taiyuan Region, it stood on the tier just below Taiyuan Palace and the five major sects.

Yet, you secretly began selling off the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce's many assets, planning to cash out and leave.

Your reason for doing this was primarily the fear of Taiyuan Palace settling accounts after the fact.

During the Two Regions War, you had stationed yourself on Profound King Island and made a fortune off the war. At that time, you had Venerable Xuan's protection and the Jiuyou Region pinning down the enemy.

Taiyuan Palace had no energy to deal with your Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce.

Now that the war was over and Taiyuan Palace had freed up its hands, they might very well plan to make a move against the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce.

Secondly... you were worried about that Beast King with the True Spirit Bloodline deep within the Myriad Beast Mountain Range.

A Beast King with a True Spirit Bloodline would normally grow to the peak of the early Tier 4 stage. Coupled with its noble bloodline, it could suppress and even command other Beast Kings of the same tier...

Once that True Spirit Bloodline Beast King's gaze was no longer confined to the Myriad Beast Mountain Range... the entire Taiyuan Region would likely face an unprecedented disaster.

Of course, the Myriad Beast Mountain Range spanned across several great regions. Even if that True Spirit Bloodline Beast King truly intended to slaughter its way out, it wouldn't necessarily do so from the Taiyuan Region's section of the Myriad Beast Mountain Range.

Perhaps it would be another great region...

But the possibility still existed, which, compounded with Taiyuan Palace's potential purge...

...was why you had the idea of selling off the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce's assets.

You were currently only two hundred years old. A Core Formation Stage true person's lifespan reached five hundred years. Even subtracting the century-plus of lifespan you had burned for Divination, you still had at least a century or two remaining.

You were far from the end of your lifespan, nowhere near the usual time someone would sell off assets to cash out.

In the one hundred and ninety-fourth year, you were two hundred and ten years old.

Stationed on Profound King Island, your cultivation base had reached the Core Formation Perfection Stage several years ago.

However, you did not choose to attempt a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm.

Your physical body had not yet reached the Tier 3 high grade, so you lacked the confidence to survive the Nascent Soul Heavenly Thunder Tribulation.

With the help of the Ten-Thousand-Year Spiritual Milk provided by Venerable Xuan, your physical physique would be able to step into that level in a few decades at most.

With plenty of lifespan to spare, you didn't mind waiting a little longer.

Moreover, you also wanted to observe the subsequent developments of the surrounding great regions.

When attempting the Nascent Soul breakthrough, once you passed the initial phase of shattering the core to form the nascent soul, failure meant certain death.

In the two hundred and fourth year, you were two hundred and twenty years old.

This period was a timeline you had never experienced in any of the previous simulations.

At the end of the third simulation, you died at two hundred and sixteen years old.

On this day, just as you finished your secluded cultivation, you received a critical piece of intelligence from the Taiyuan Region.

Months ago, multiple Third-Tier Great Monsters had charged out from the depths of the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, massacring a massive number of human cultivators.

Sects like the Golden Sword Sect dispatched multiple true persons to suppress them, but they were entirely unable to salvage the situation.

At the critical moment, Taiyuan Palace's True Monarch Zixu personally appeared and ventured deep into the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, only to return severely injured.

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