I Have a Cultivation Simulator

"No—!"

The black-robed old man was filled with a mix of shock and fury. He constantly struggled, trying to break free from the bindings of the giant mana hand.

However, all of his resistance was like a clay ox entering the sea, eliciting absolutely no response.

Whoosh!

Just like that, the black-robed old man was dragged into the valley by the giant mana hand.

At this moment, a figure stood quietly inside the valley, while four bodies lay collapsed on the ground.

The four figures lying on the ground were none other than the purple-haired man and his three fellow mid-stage true persons.

As for the solitary standing figure, it was the 'fat sheep' in the eyes of the black-robed old man.

This was also the last scene the black-robed old man saw.

The black-robed old man's consciousness then completely plunged into darkness.

'His resistance is still quite fierce...'

You casually dealt a heavy blow to the black-robed old man's divine soul, forcing him into a coma.

The black-robed old man was a Late-Stage Great True Person, and the Golden Core he had formed was a High-Grade Gold Core.

Even before you attempted your breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm, you could easily suppress him relying on the perfect mana of your Flawless Gold Core.

Not to mention that after experiencing a failed attempt at reaching the Nascent Soul stage, your mana quality had improved by fifty to eighty percent. It would not be an exaggeration to call you a quasi-true lord. Suppressing a Late-Stage Great True Person like the black-robed old man was naturally as easy as turning over your hand.

'Let me see...'

You began attempting to perform Soul Searching on the black-robed old man.

To be safe, you activated the body cultivation divine ability, Eruption. Only after your divine soul surged substantially did you proceed with the Soul Searching.

Regardless, the black-robed old man was ultimately a Late-Stage Great True Person. Your failed Nascent Soul breakthrough had only transformed your mana, while your divine sense had not undergone any evolution.

Thus, to play it safe, it was better to use the body cultivation divine ability, Eruption.

In any case, this divine ability's cooldown was only one month. At worst, you would just hide in this gray valley for the next month.

Dozens of breaths later, you finished Soul Searching the black-robed old man.

This Late-Stage Great True Person was named True Person Wanfeng. He was over four hundred years old and a rather renowned rogue Great True Person.

'Oh! He actually managed to collect three Nascent Soul condensation spiritual items...'

You glanced at True Person Wanfeng's spoils, and a look of joy surfaced on your face.

Through Soul Searching, you learned that True Person Wanfeng had the ambition to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, which was why he had prepared three Nascent Soul condensation spiritual items for himself.

True Person Wanfeng originally came from a mortal peasant family. After awakening an earth spiritual root talent, he was taken in as a disciple by a nearby Foundation Establishment level faction.

Later, True Person Wanfeng secretly killed the young master of this Foundation Establishment level faction and obtained a Foundation Establishment Pill, eventually traveling to the vicinity of Chiwu Immortal City.

'Not bad, not bad.'

You looked satisfied. True Person Wanfeng's entire net worth had essentially been traded for these three Nascent Soul condensation spiritual items.

But now, these Nascent Soul condensation spiritual items had all fallen into your lap.

In fact, True Person Wanfeng's plan had been to finish this heist on you, return to his cave mansion to cultivate to the Core Formation Perfection Stage, and then make a single, determined push to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

True Person Wanfeng's contribution to you wasn't just the three Nascent Soul condensation spiritual items, but rather his more than four hundred years of memories.

These included his understanding of the various factions in Wujian Region, as well as the Nascent Soul breakthrough plan he had formulated for himself.

In True Person Wanfeng's breakthrough plan, he didn't intend to attempt the Nascent Soul breakthrough in Chiwu Immortal City.

Although Chiwu Immortal City had a Tier 4 spiritual vein underground, any foreign cultivator planning to break through to the Nascent Soul stage there would have to sign an indentured servitude contract, working for the immortal city for decades or even centuries to earn the qualification.

The owners of several other factions with Tier 4 spiritual veins were the same way.

Alternatively, they would make you swear a great heart demon oath, demanding that you perform certain tasks for them once you successfully stepped into the Nascent Soul stage.

True Person Wanfeng's plan was to attempt his Nascent Soul breakthrough using the Tier 4 spiritual vein controlled by the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce.

The Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce was not a sect, so attempting the breakthrough there would come at a much lower price.

'It's not easy for rogue cultivators...' you sighed inwardly. Not just for True Person Wanfeng, but for yourself as well.

Even during your last simulation, when you carefully selected your location and attempted your Nascent Soul breakthrough on Profound King Island, you were still easily manipulated by Venerable Xuan.

Of course, you didn't lose out either. At the very least, you obtained the Ten-Thousand-Year Spiritual Milk, which elevated your physical body to the Third-Order Late Stage.

Next, you performed Soul Searching on the purple-haired man and the other three mid-stage true persons.

These four mid-stage true persons had no backing from any Nascent Soul level faction. The strongest among them, the purple-haired man, had a decent relationship with a certain Golden Core true disciple of the Chiwu Sect.

But it was merely a decent relationship. The other party would not expend a significant price to specifically investigate the purple-haired man's death.

Time flowed on, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.

You waited until the cooldown for the body cultivation divine ability, Eruption, ended before leaving the gray valley.

'Three Nascent Soul condensation spiritual items... In this simulation, I only need to wait a few decades to get my hands on True Person Biyue's Heavenly Infant Fruit, and then I can attempt my Nascent Soul breakthrough...'

You thought to yourself.

As for the two Nascent Soul condensation spiritual items from the great domain war... they could be entirely replaced by True Person Wanfeng's three items.

Theoretically, when a Gold Core Perfected Stage true person attempted to reach the Nascent Soul Stage, the more Nascent Soul condensation spiritual items they had, the better.

However, you already had experience attempting a Nascent Soul breakthrough. You knew that you wouldn't face any problems during the phases of shattering the core to form the nascent soul and the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation.

The only real hurdle lay in the Heart Demon Tribulation.

Naturally, there was no need to wait that long.

In fact, if it weren't for the sake of playing it safe, you could attempt your Nascent Soul breakthrough right now.

However, without a top-tier Nascent Soul condensation spiritual item like the Heavenly Infant Fruit, you felt it wasn't secure enough.

Even though the perfection of a Flawless Gold Core provided its own boost to shattering the core to form the nascent soul, having a Heavenly Infant Fruit for assistance was naturally optimal.

Year Eleven. You were twenty-eight years old.

You successfully arrived at the mysterious land, the Purgatory Forest.

The entrance to the Purgatory Forest was controlled by the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce.

To enter the Purgatory Forest, one needed to hand over five hundred thousand spirit stones.

For five hundred thousand spirit stones, you could stay in the Purgatory Forest for ten years. After ten years, the fee had to be paid again.

'What an exorbitant profit...'

You sighed inwardly. Five hundred thousand spirit stones was no small sum for an Early Core Formation Stage true person.

You paid the spirit stones according to the rules and smoothly entered the Purgatory Forest.

The Purgatory Forest was a massive, ring-shaped mountain domain spanning a hundred li. Faint, obscure illusion fluctuations wafted from the mountains.

Upon entering the Purgatory Forest, you headed straight for the nearest dead tree.

The dead tree was completely black, yet the fruit it bore was white.

And that white fruit contained an illusion.

Looking out across the Purgatory Forest, the dead trees were densely packed, the white fruits were countless, and the illusions were innumerable.

You casually picked a white fruit, and your divine sense naturally sank into it.

'This isn't the right feeling...' You immediately broke free. You had come to the Purgatory Forest to find the feeling of falling into the heart demon world from when you last attempted to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Only by doing so could you prepare for your next Nascent Soul breakthrough and face the Heart Demon Tribulation.

'I hope I can find it.'

You continued your attempts, though you had no real certainty in your heart.

Year Twelve. You were twenty-nine years old.

You tried hundreds of white fruits and experienced hundreds of illusions.

Although you still hadn't found the illusion world you were looking for, you hadn't gained nothing.

First of all, thanks to the Lotus Heart Seed planted within your dantian, you sensed its 'lotus' state of mind every so often. Your own state of mind was already slowly improving.

Secondly, even experiencing other illusion worlds could enhance your own mental comprehension.

It was just like a math exam on Blue Star before you transmigrated.

What you were doing right now was endlessly grinding through practice questions, trying to find the answer within a sea of problems.

Even if you didn't find the exact answer, the experience gained from solving those problems would still be highly beneficial for the exam.

Year Thirteen. You were thirty years old.

You were still trying the white fruits one by one, experiencing illusion world after illusion world.

'This Purgatory Forest...'

You thought of the rumors related to the Purgatory Forest.

It was said that deep beneath the Purgatory Forest lay buried a great demon from the Demon Abyss Realm.

That great demon had died by the hands of the Sword Lord back at the end of the ancient era. Yet even in death, countless illusion worlds still spawned from its corpse.

This was the origin of the Purgatory Forest.

The great demon buried underground was most adept at using divine soul illusions.

'The ancient era... the invasion of the Demon Abyss Realm...'

Your thoughts wandered. Even though the final outcome was a victory for the human race, with the Sword Lord severing the major realm passage connecting the Demon Abyss Realm to the Human Realm, there were still many remaining great demons stranded in the Human Realm.

There were even many small-scale monster passages left behind.

Those small passages could only withstand the transit of Golden Core level monsters, so they couldn't cause any real impact on the Human Realm.

Year Twenty-Three. You were forty years old.

After continuous attempts and experiencing thousands upon thousands of illusion worlds, you finally found a white fruit. The illusion world contained within it felt very similar to what you had experienced in your heart demon world.

'This is the feeling...'

The illusion within this white fruit was far from having the silent, all-consuming immersion of the heart demon world, but the essence of the two was extremely similar.

You immediately set up camp in front of this dead tree, repeatedly sinking your divine sense into the white fruit to experience the illusion world inside.

Year Thirty-Three. You were fifty years old.

After ten years of immersion, you were fundamentally extremely familiar with this kind of illusion world.

You chose to leave the Purgatory Forest.

For this trip to Wujian Region, your goals were basically completed.

The first was to find an illusion similar to the heart demon world, and the second was to understand the detailed power dynamics in Wujian Region.

You had already accomplished the former, and by Soul Searching the memories of True Person Wanfeng and the other Wujian Region true persons, you had practically figured out the latter.

You started preparing for your breakthrough location.

In the fourth simulation, your chosen breakthrough location had been Profound King Island.

Since you were currently in Wujian Region, you also wanted to see what the conditions were like for breakthrough locations here.

You found the vice president of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce and directly stated your desire to borrow their Tier 4 spiritual vein.

The vice president of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce was a middle-aged man. Upon learning that you were a Third-Order High-Grade alchemist, he immediately declared that you only needed to refine pills for the chamber of commerce for fifty years to enjoy the support of their Tier 4 spiritual vein.

"Please rest assured, Fellow Daoist, our Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce offers excellent treatment. You won't be refining pills for free; you'll still earn contribution points. With those points, you can even redeem Nascent Soul condensation spiritual items from our treasury..."

The vice president of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce said with a beaming smile. A Third-Order High-Grade alchemist was highly sought after everywhere.

"I will consider it."

You spoke in a calm tone, but you had actually already rejected the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce in your heart.

Refining pills for fifty years? The price was too steep. Moreover, over such a long period, it was hard to guarantee that no accidents would happen.

You suddenly recalled the third simulation, where news of True Person Biyue crossing into the Nascent Soul stage only spread a full century or two later. It was entirely possible that during those one or two hundred years, she had spent decades working her life away for some faction.

'Venerable Xuan was still more generous...'

You evaluated inwardly.

Over the next few months, you successively visited several other Nascent Soul level factions, inquiring about the conditions for borrowing a Tier 4 spiritual vein to attempt your Nascent Soul breakthrough.

In front of Corpse Raising Mountain, you displayed your Late Core Formation Stage strength and met the mountain lord of Corpse Raising Mountain.

The mountain lord of Corpse Raising Mountain was a Late Core Formation Stage master. As for this faction's Nascent Soul True Monarch, he was their Supreme Elder.

Ordinarily, all matters at Corpse Raising Mountain, big or small, were decided by the mountain lord.

The mountain lord of Corpse Raising Mountain was around sixty years old, skinny as a rail, and exuded a cold, sinister aura from head to toe.

You noticed the Corpse Raising Mountain lord's gaze continuously sizing you up.

"Fellow Daoist wants to borrow a Tier 4 spiritual vein to attempt the Nascent Soul breakthrough? No problem. When do you plan to use it?"

The Corpse Raising Mountain lord waved his large hand, speaking quite generously.

"And what might the conditions be?" You felt slightly uneasy.

"The conditions... if you step into the Nascent Soul stage, Fellow Daoist just needs to agree to one request from my Corpse Raising Mountain."

The Corpse Raising Mountain lord's eyes were still sizing you up. "I wonder when Fellow Daoist will be making the attempt."

You could sense the Corpse Raising Mountain lord's impatience; he couldn't wait for you to start your Nascent Soul breakthrough right this very moment.

"In a few more years. I'll come once everything is ready."

Your expression remained unchanged as you stood up to take your leave.

"Then we shall await Fellow Daoist's arrival in a few years."

The Corpse Raising Mountain lord gave you a sinister smile.

You immediately left Corpse Raising Mountain.

'That Corpse Raising Mountain lord doesn't have his eyes on my physical body, does he?'

Recalling his behavior just now, you couldn't help but feel a chill down your spine.

Corpse Raising Mountain's corpse refining techniques required high-quality physical bodies.

What defined a high-quality physical body? Your physique had reached the Third-Order Late Stage, and your vitality was powerful. In the eyes of Corpse Raising Mountain cultivators, it was an absolute treasure.

If your physical body fell into the hands of Corpse Raising Mountain, with just a bit of refining, it would become a Third-Order Late Stage corpse puppet.

'Forget it, forget it...'

You no longer considered Corpse Raising Mountain.

You speculated that the mountain lord of Corpse Raising Mountain actually didn't want you to successfully cross into the Nascent Soul stage.

He was hoping you would die during the Heart Demon Tribulation phase so that your intact physical body could fall into their hands.

Even though, if you failed the Nascent Soul breakthrough and died, giving your physical body to Corpse Raising Mountain wouldn't matter to you.

The fear was that Corpse Raising Mountain would deliberately interfere with your breakthrough just to obtain your body.

Theoretically, when a Gold Core Perfected Stage cultivator attempted the Nascent Soul stage, as long as they passed the phase of shattering the core to form the nascent soul and entered the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation and Heart Demon Tribulation phases, external forces would find it difficult to interfere.

But who knew what hidden methods this Corpse Raising Mountain had.

The Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce was after your skills, but this Corpse Raising Mountain was directly eyeing your body.

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