I Have a Cultivation Simulator

[Refusing the outrageous demands of the Hundred Flowers Valley's sect master, you reached out to other factions.]

[The responses you received were either unsatisfactory in their terms, or they needed time to consider before giving an answer.]

[This didn't surprise you. When a Nascent Soul condensation spiritual item was involved, even Nascent Soul-level factions had to discuss the matter carefully.]

[During the Two Regions War, Taiyuan Palace had been so utterly helpless against that Tier 3 poison master from the Jiuyou Region that they had offered a Nascent Soul condensation spiritual item as a bounty.]

[Half a month later, a figure in a black cloak arrived at the outer courtyard of your cave dwelling.]

["Fellow Daoist Qingyuan."]

[The cloaked figure spoke in a low voice. Faintly, you could see there was no physical body beneath the fabric.]

[The figure was none other than True Person Blood Sea. After you gradually sold off the assets of the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce, he was no longer needed to watch over it and had begun wandering the world.]

["Fellow Daoist Blood Sea, it seems you've gained quite a lot from your travels these past few years?"]

[With True Person Biyue's death, True Person Blood Sea had untied the knot in his heart. He had advanced by leaps and bounds on the path of ghost cultivation and had now reached the peak of the mid-Tier 3 stage.]

[The path of ghost cultivation emphasized obsession and willpower.]

[His monstrous hatred for True Person Biyue had served as a supremely potent obsession.]

["It's a pity I still haven't stepped into the late-Tier 3 stage. On the path of ghost cultivation, not advancing is falling back..." True Person Blood Sea muttered softly. He carried much less hostility than before, his tone steady.]

["I've heard that eight million li away, there is a massive region called the Youming Region. It was established by a Tier 4 ghost monarch and is home to countless ghost cultivators. Fellow Daoist Blood Sea, you might want to travel there and seek your fortune..."]

[You offered the suggestion.]

[The dominant faction in the Youming Region was the Youming Ghost Palace—an extremely rare Nascent Soul-level power led entirely by ghost cultivators.]

["The Youming Region..."]

[A brilliant light flickered in True Person Blood Sea's eyes.]

[As a ghost cultivator, he was lonely. Over the past few centuries, he hadn't seen many of his own kind.]

[The limitations of ghost cultivation were simply too great. Combined with the numerous restrictions and drawbacks, very few cultivators ever chose to switch to this path.]

["Go."]

[With a thought, you brought out a mid-Tier 3 puppet.]

[Ghost cultivators lacked flesh-and-blood bodies. Under normal circumstances, having a physical vessel allowed them to better protect themselves.]

[You took out this mid-Tier 3 puppet to gift to True Person Blood Sea, letting him use it as his vessel.]

[Constructed from rare materials, a mid-Tier 3 puppet—when operated by a mid-Tier 3 ghost cultivator and supplemented by their unique techniques—was enough to exert power approaching that of a Late-Stage Great True Person of the Golden Core realm.]

[The distance from the Taiyuan Region to the Youming Region was a full eight million li.]

[These eight million li were not just a simple measure of distance; the journey crossed through numerous perilous zones and forbidden lands.]

[Even a Core Formation True Person would encounter all sorts of dangers when crossing such a vast distance.]

[The cross-region teleportation arrays in the Zixiao Domain did not connect to the Youming Region.]

[In truth, the Youming Region was extremely xenophobic and only welcomed ghost cultivators.]

["Fellow Daoist Qingyuan..."]

[True Person Blood Sea couldn't help but feel moved. A mid-Tier 3 puppet was worth a fortune.]

[It was the kind of foundational treasure a faction could pass down through generations.]

[You looked at True Person Blood Sea with a smile.]

[You naturally hadn't done this out of mercy or sudden kindness.]

[You held True Person Blood Sea's Natal Ghost Jade. The stronger he became, the more beneficial it was to you.]

[Ever since you subjugated him, aside from the initial resources required to transition to the ghost path, he had earned all his other resources himself.]

[He hadn't cost you any resources.]

[He had stood guard over the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce for two or three hundred years without taking any payment.]

[Giving him a mid-Tier 3 puppet now was an investment on your part.]

[If he successfully reached the Youming Region and used the opportunity to step into the late-Tier 3 stage, his return on this investment would be far greater than the value of a single puppet.]

[You watched as True Person Blood Sea departed.]

[You fell into deep thought.]

[Now that the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce was mostly sold off, you were free of burdens and no longer needed True Person Blood Sea to guard your side.]

["The Taiyuan Region..."]

[You gazed distantly toward the Taiyuan Region.]

[Most of your mental energy was currently focused on your Spirit-Attached Puppet.]

[Across the lands of the Taiyuan Region, a chubby wandering merchant Daoist was moving swiftly.]

[He continuously gathered intelligence regarding the Myriad Beast Mountain Range.]

["Hm?"]

[The chubby wandering merchant Daoist suddenly stopped and looked at a caravan in the distance.]

["It's a branch of the Zhou Family..."]

[You counted on your fingers, immediately divining the cause and effect.]

[After the Two Regions War, through Zhou Hai's efforts, the Zhou Family cultivator clan had been established.]

[He had even nurtured a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator for them.]

[Later, Zhou Hai chose to attempt the breakthrough to Core Formation, but he failed and died.]

[However, with the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator he had groomed still present, the Zhou Family hadn't been affected too much by his passing.]

[Yet, with the looming threat of the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, the entire Taiyuan Region was in turmoil. Faction after faction was being flattened by demonic beasts.]

[To preserve their bloodline, the Zhou Family split off a branch and sent them to migrate to the Zixiao Domain.]

[The caravan before you was formed by that very branch of the Zhou Family.]

["Under normal circumstances, they would die at the hands of bandit cultivators on the road..."]

[You calculated again. Because a bloodline connection existed between you and the Zhou Family, using Divination was easy, and you immediately saw the omen of great disaster hovering over this caravan.]

["It just so happens I also plan to head to the Zixiao Domain for a look..."]

[After a moment's thought, you chose to follow behind this caravan.]

[You were heading to the Zixiao Domain because your divination faintly suggested that Xiao Hei's buyer was highly likely located there.]

[Thus, you intended to go there personally and investigate.]

[As for this branch of the Zhou Family... since you had run into them, you didn't mind offering them some protection along the way to ensure they reached the Zixiao Domain smoothly.]

[Time passed, and more than half a year slipped by in the blink of an eye.]

[Along the journey, you secretly disposed of a few Foundation Establishment Stage bandit cultivators for the Zhou Family caravan, eventually arriving in the Zixiao Domain.]

[This left the Zhou Family's caravan manager somewhat bewildered.]

[Before leaving the Zhou Family, they had prepared themselves to face countless dangers, even steeling their resolve for the possibility of the entire caravan being wiped out.]

[Yet, throughout the entire journey, they hadn't encountered a single decent threat. The manager felt as if he were dreaming.]

["The ancestors are watching over us! The ancestors are watching over us!"]

[The Zhou Family manager and several of the caravan supervisors wept bitterly. They were only at the Late Qi Refining Stage. The Zhou Family's Foundation Establishment cultivator had to remain in the Taiyuan Region, subject to Taiyuan Palace's mobilization.]

[Crossing between two massive regions with only Late Qi Refining Stage cultivation? Even though the Zixiao Domain and the Taiyuan Region bordered each other and didn't possess a wild wilderness zone between them, it was still a near-suicidal endeavor.]

[But the end result was that all their clansmen arrived safely in the Zixiao Domain. Faced with such a miraculous outcome, the manager and the supervisors could only believe that their ancestors were silently protecting them from the heavens.]

[In truth, there was nothing wrong with them thinking that way.]

[You were technically an ancestor to the current Zhou Family. It was just that you weren't silently watching over them from the heavens, but rather following right behind them and casually protecting them along the way.]

[Zixiao Domain, Miaoyin Pavilion.]

[As a Core Formation-level sect, Miaoyin Pavilion was highly unique. The disciples they accepted were exclusively female cultivators skilled in the musical arts.]

[Every single true person elder in Miaoyin Pavilion was a master of the Dao of Sound.]

["Not long ago, Miaoyin Pavilion's sect-guarding great demon died of old age, and they haven't nurtured a new one to replace it..."]

[You performed a divination for a while and gained a general understanding of the problems Miaoyin Pavilion currently faced.]

["The probability of Miaoyin Pavilion being willing to pay a Nascent Soul condensation spiritual item to purchase Xiao Hei is over fifty percent..."]

[You cast your Divination multiple times. Standing right outside Miaoyin Pavilion's mountain gates, the hexagrams finally began to clear up.]

[In the Dao of Divination, the information obtained under normal circumstances could never be entirely precise or absolute.]

[The higher the level and broader the scope involved, the blurrier the resulting hexagram would be.]

[When you were far away in the Taiyuan Region, the hexagrams you produced had been hazy. You could only vaguely discern that a potential buyer for Xiao Hei existed in the Zixiao Domain.]

[You hadn't even known exactly who it was.]

[It wasn't until you controlled your Spirit-Attached Puppet and arrived in the Zixiao Domain that the omens became a bit clearer.]

["Well then, I'll pay Miaoyin Pavilion a visit."]

[You controlled the Spirit-Attached Puppet, stepped up to the mountain gates of Miaoyin Pavilion, and announced your name.]

[Soon, a female cultivator with a face as lovely as peach blossoms came out to receive you.]

[She was stunningly mature, with a full, voluptuous figure.]

["I have long heard of Alchemist Wang's reputation. I wonder what you intend by your visit today..."]

[This beautiful female cultivator was the vice pavilion master of Miaoyin Pavilion, and also a Tier 3 master of the Dao of Sound.]

["I came because I learned that your pavilion's guardian great demon has passed away," you said directly. "I have raised a Dark Demonic Eagle to the peak of the mid-Tier 3 stage, and it possesses enough potential to advance to the late stage. I wonder if your noble pavilion might be interested?"]

["The peak of the mid-Tier 3 stage... with potential for the late stage..."]

[A bright light flashed in the beautiful woman's eyes. She was clearly tempted. "And what does Alchemist Wang want in return?"]

["A Nascent Soul condensation spiritual item."]

[You replied bluntly.]

["I cannot make the decision on this matter. I need to consult with the pavilion master. Please wait a moment, Alchemist Wang."]

[She stood up immediately.]

[Several hours later, the beautiful female cultivator walked back out.]

["A Nascent Soul condensation spiritual item is no problem. However, we still need to see this Dark Demonic Eagle in person... Is Alchemist Wang currently on Profound King Island?"]

["I will head to Profound King Island right away," she said immediately. "Will that be convenient for you, Alchemist Wang...?"]

[As a Mid Core Formation Stage true person, she could naturally tell that this was not your true body, but rather a consciousness attached to a puppet.]

["No problem!"]

[You gave a slight nod.]

[Half a year later, the beautiful female cultivator arrived at Profound King Island.]

["Is this the great eagle Alchemist Wang spoke of?"]

[She stared closely at Xiao Hei, immediately reaching out to stroke him while secretly using a mystical technique to verify his condition.]

[First was his strength, then his current physical state—meaning roughly how old he was—and finally, the quality of his demon core to confirm if he truly possessed the potential to reach the late-Tier 3 stage.]

[Half an hour later, a satisfied look appeared on her face.]

[Clearly, her inspection had confirmed that Xiao Hei's conditions met Miaoyin Pavilion's requirements.]

[Once both parties were in agreement, you established a spirit contract.]

[After receiving the Nascent Soul condensation spiritual item from Miaoyin Pavilion, you transferred Xiao Hei's master-servant contract.]

[During the transfer of the contract, Xiao Hei's soul was shaken, causing him to fall into a deep sleep. The female cultivator carefully placed him into a spirit beast bag she had prepared in advance.]

["A pleasure doing business with you, Alchemist Wang."]

[She smiled, pursing her lips.]

["Xiao Hei is with Miaoyin Pavilion now. I hope he will be treated well."]

[You remarked casually. After all, having raised him for so many years, you still harbored some affection for him.]

["But of course. Our Miaoyin Pavilion has several grandmasters of the Dao of Sound. With Fellow Daoist Wang's black eagle taking up permanent residence with us, he will constantly be nourished by their music, bringing him spiritual tranquility..."]

[She replied.]

[She was quite fond of Xiao Hei herself and planned to display her own musical skills once they returned, letting your black eagle get acquainted with them early on.]

[No, wait—Xiao Hei was no longer yours. He was now Miaoyin Pavilion's new sect-guarding great demon.]

["Mm."]

[You gave a slight nod.]

[Miaoyin Pavilion was fundamentally a sect built on the Dao of Music, filled with masters of the craft. If Xiao Hei became their sect-guarding great demon, he would certainly be steeped in all sorts of musical arts.]

[As you saw the beautiful female cultivator off from Profound King Island, you faintly sensed the aura of a Late-Stage Great True Person lurking in the distance.]

[It was obvious that Miaoyin Pavilion hadn't just sent their vice pavilion master to conduct the trade; they had a Late-Stage Great True Person personally escorting her.]

[This was perfectly normal. The wilderness zones were extremely dangerous, and the female true persons of Miaoyin Pavilion were considered prime targets by bandit cultivators and evil cultivators. It was impossible for her to come alone.]

["The Shangqing Fruit..."]

[You glanced at the Nascent Soul condensation spiritual item you had obtained from the trade.]

[The Shangqing Fruit had the effect of mitigating backlash. When a cultivator at the Core Formation Perfection Stage attempted to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, the fruit would lessen the backlash caused by the shattering of their Golden Core. This ensured the Great True Person would have enough energy to handle the subsequent Heavenly Thunder Tribulation and Heart Demon Tribulation.]

[Year 244. You were 260 years old.]

[Deep within the Jiang Family's estate, you sat cross-legged. Within your physical body, faint tremors echoed like landslides and tsunamis.]

[After a century of nourishment, aided by massive amounts of Ten-Thousand-Year Spiritual Milk, your physical body had finally reached the peak of the mid-Tier 3 stage.]

[You could break through to the late-Tier 3 stage at any time.]

[Rumble—]

[You chose to step into the late-Tier 3 stage.]

[In an instant, tribulation clouds gathered. Although they were nowhere near as powerful as the Nascent Soul's Heavenly Thunder Tribulation, for a mid-Tier 3 body cultivator, it remained a near-death ordeal.]

[Several days later, you barely managed to survive the late-Tier 3 body refinement heavenly tribulation.]

[Your physical body crossed into the late-Tier 3 stage. With your physique alone, you could rival a late Golden Core grand cultivator.]

[You returned to your cave dwelling and began healing your wounds while stabilizing your physical realm.]

[The late-Tier 3 body refinement tribulation had severely damaged your body. It would take at least half a month to fully recover.]

[While you recovered and stabilized, you focused the vast majority of your attention on your Spirit-Attached Puppet, which was wandering far away in the Taiyuan Region.]

[After decades of continuous conflict, the bloody war between the human cultivators and the endless hordes of demonic beasts had reached its final hour.]

["What is that?"]

[You controlled the Spirit-Attached Puppet to move hundreds of li away from the frontline battlefield, gazing distantly into the sky.]

[You saw True Monarch Zixu, clad in purple robes, standing in midair. He radiated a faint, unintentional aura that sent shivers through every living creature within hundreds of li—the terrifying mana fluctuations of a Nascent Soul True Monarch.]

[Beside him stood another figure, whose aura was in no way inferior to True Monarch Zixu's.]

["True Monarch Shangxiao of the Zixiao Domain?"]

[As you observed secretly, your pupils suddenly shrank.]

[Apart from True Monarch Zixu and True Monarch Shangxiao, there was a third figure—a towering man, nine chi tall, standing silently in the sky.]

[He wore a black robe embroidered with dragon patterns. His long, dark hair cascaded loosely down to his waist.]

[Below his thick eyebrows was a face filled with unbridled arrogance and absolute insolence.]

[Between his brows, seven gray star points condensed together, slowly revolving. They looked like the very source of all malevolence in the world, emanating an aura that gods and ghosts evade. Anyone who sensed it would tremble in terror, and even a true person wouldn't dare look directly at him.]

[It was True Lord Seven Fiends.]

[At this moment, True Lord Seven Fiends stood side by side with True Monarch Zixu and True Monarch Shangxiao. They were clearly on the same side, fighting together against the Tier 4 beast kings of the Myriad Beast Mountain Range.]

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