I Have a Cultivation Simulator

"How could this be..."

True Monarch Qingtian's eyes bled. Under the repeated backlash of heavenly secrets, not only did he lose nearly a century of lifespan, but he also went completely blind.

This blindness was incurable—a blindness at the level of the divine soul.

Of course, as a True Monarch, he primarily relied on his divine sense to perceive his surroundings, so the impact of losing his physical sight was not too severe.

True Monarch Qingtian's face drained of color. He had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm at two hundred and eighty and become a Divination grandmaster at four hundred and twenty.

Now, he was seven hundred and ten years old.

Having consumed numerous life-extending treasures, his maximum lifespan should have been around one thousand two hundred and forty years.

However, as a Divination grandmaster, his past divinations had inevitably cost him a portion of that lifespan. This was especially true over the past few decades; in order to counter the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty, the frequency at which he sacrificed his longevity had far exceeded the past.

Before divining you, True Monarch Qingtian should have had about three hundred years left to live.

Tier 4 skills? Even a Nascent Soul True Monarch would have to expend a massive amount of energy, coupled with immense talent, just to have a hope of mastering one... Yet you mastered four Tier 4 skills all at once?

Furthermore, the main reason True Monarch Qingtian suffered such a severe backlash was your identity as a Ghost Realm trial-taker.

The Ghost Realm Trial Field was created by a mighty Heavenly Monarch in ancient times and carried an indescribable weight of karma. The moment True Monarch Qingtian saw that you were a Ghost Realm trial-taker, he knew he was doomed.

In the path of Divination, the greatest taboo was attempting to divine certain major figures, or the people and objects connected to them.

The Ghost Realm Trial Field involved a figure at the Heavenly Monarch level. Had True Monarch Qingtian not reacted in time to forcefully interrupt the Divination, using his divination wonder, the Seven-Star Compass, to block part of the backlash, he would have lost far more than just a century of lifespan...

"An ancient, top-tier dharma cultivation True Monarch... This True Monarch Qingyuan is an ancient, top-tier dharma cultivation True Monarch. His most powerful method is his Nascent Soul spirit body..."

True Monarch Qingtian's expression was grim. You had resided in the Wujian Region for two to three hundred years, but your Nascent Soul spirit body had never left your physical form. Outsiders all assumed you were just a normal Nascent Soul True Monarch.

True Monarch Qingtian was certain that, based on the secrets he had divined, even if you hadn't broken through to the Mid Nascent Soul Stage, you still possessed the ability to trade blows with a mid-stage True Monarch and retreat unscathed.

Now that you had entered the Mid Nascent Soul Stage, even if the Wujian Hall Master—a veteran mid-stage True Monarch—teamed up with that Rank 4 Mid Stage beast king, they would likely struggle to do anything to you.

Not to mention, True Monarch Qingtian had only managed to divine a portion of your secrets; he hadn't seen through you completely.

"Qingtian, what happened to you?"

True Monarch Qingtian's sudden change—his bleeding eyes, fading aura, and rapidly graying hair—naturally caught the immediate attention of the various True Monarchs of Wujian Hall.

The Wujian Hall Master looked at him in disbelief. As a mid-stage True Monarch, he naturally knew this was a heavenly backlash caused by True Monarch Qingtian divining too many secrets.

But True Monarch Qingtian had only divined a newly advanced mid-stage True Monarch. Even if this person truly harbored secrets, losing a few years or a decade of lifespan should have been the limit. How could it have reduced True Monarch Qingtian to such a state?

"Just what exactly did you divine..." the Nascent Soul True Monarch who had just spoken couldn't help but ask.

It took a long time for True Monarch Qingtian to recover. His lips moved, but he still didn't dare speak of the information he had divined.

If a Divination master leaked the heavenly secrets they had gleaned, they would suffer a heavenly backlash all the same.

As the saying went, heavenly secrets must not be revealed. If he spoke of them now, True Monarch Qingtian feared he would lose another century of his lifespan, along with completely losing another organ.

Having already lost his eyes and with only two hundred years of lifespan remaining, how could he dare to leak heavenly secrets?

"There is no need to ask about that."

The Wujian Hall Master looked at True Monarch Qingtian and said solemnly, "Qingtian, you just need to tell us how we should deal with True Monarch Qingyuan."

"Satisfy his demands as much as possible..."

True Monarch Qingtian's voice was hoarse, his sightless eyes faintly clouded with the aura of death.

The Wujian Hall Master's expression turned grave. Although True Monarch Qingtian didn't state it outright, he could hear the implication in his words.

Your background and trump cards were not something Wujian Hall could handle. Or rather, attempting to deal with you would force Wujian Hall to pay a disastrous price.

Thus, they could only appease you as much as possible.

The Wujian Hall Master fell silent. In his view, with a peak mid-stage True Monarch like himself, plus a Rank 4 Mid Stage beast king, no matter what, they shouldn't have been reduced to such a subservient posture.

"Then, between True Monarch Qingyuan and the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty..." the Wujian Hall Master continued to ask.

"True Monarch Qingyuan isn't too fond of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty. If the benefits offered by both sides are roughly the same, he will choose to help our Wujian Region..."

After True Monarch Qingtian finished speaking, fresh blood leaked from his deathly eyes once more. The cracked Seven-Star Compass hovering in front of him completely shattered.

"Qianhuan, give me that list..."

True Monarch Qingtian turned his deathly gaze toward True Monarch Qianhuan.

True Monarch Qianhuan immediately brought out the list of treasures you had requested.

"Aside from the treasures Wujian Hall doesn't possess, we can trade the rest with True Monarch Qingyuan. To show our sincerity, send over those few Tier 4 Divination inheritances first..."

Having said this, True Monarch Qingtian stood up, utterly exhausted. "Hall Master, I am going to rest. Because of this divination, I likely won't be able to take action again for the next ten years..."

"Alright."

The Wujian Hall Master said with concern, "If you need any of the treasures in the vault, just take them."

True Monarch Qingtian departed, leaving only a few of Wujian Hall's True Monarchs inside the grand hall.

"Qianhuan, do as Qingtian said," the Wujian Hall Master said after a long silence.

True Monarch Qingtian was a Divination grandmaster. His decisions were undoubtedly made with the entirety of Wujian Hall in mind. Even if the Wujian Hall Master couldn't fully comprehend them, he would still follow his advice.

In Jiuli Valley.

You were in secluded cultivation.

Suddenly, a flash of apprehension rippled through you.

‘Hm? Someone is divining me?’

Your heart stirred.

The premonition welling up inside you didn't just stem from your Tier 3 Divination skills, but also from the divine soul warning of a Mid Nascent Soul Stage True Monarch.

‘A Tier 3 Divination master couldn't possibly divine me. Is it that True Monarch Qingtian from Wujian Hall?’ you deduced inwardly.

You had just given the jade pendant belonging to Prince Zhennan of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty to Wujian Hall, and now this premonition had appeared. Who else could be divining you besides Wujian Hall?

‘I wonder what that True Monarch Qingtian managed to divine? And how severe of a backlash did he suffer?’

You were quite curious.

You held many secrets. Your various Tier 4 skills and methods were one thing, but your connection to the Ghost Realm Trial Field was another.

You were also a Divination master. You knew exactly what it meant in the realm of Divination to peer into a place like the Ghost Realm Trial Field, which was tied to a Heavenly Monarch from the ancient era.

Even a lofty Divination grandmaster wouldn't have an easy time of it.

At your current level of power, even if the many secrets you hid—such as being a Ghost Realm trial-taker—were exposed, you had enough strength to protect yourself.

Back during the Core Formation Stage, if others had learned you were a Ghost Realm trial-taker, it naturally would have attracted a host of unforeseen variables and accidents.

But now? A mid-stage True Monarch was already a peak expert in the Eastern Wilderness.

The various dangers that your identity as a Ghost Realm trial-taker might draw could be completely ignored.

Two months later, True Monarch Qianhuan came to visit once again.

Only, compared to her last visit, True Monarch Qianhuan's attitude had clearly changed.

"Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, these are the treasures and resources that my Wujian Hall can provide..."

True Monarch Qianhuan took out a list detailing numerous rare treasures and precious resources.

The Rank 4 Mid Stage beast king essence blood you wanted was prominently listed among them.

In addition to that beast king's essence blood, Wujian Hall had also gathered the essence blood of four other beast kings.

There was also the body cultivation grand medicine you desired.

Having reached the Rank 4 Early Stage of body cultivation, cultivating to the Early Peak naturally required a massive expenditure of resources and time.

The body cultivation grand medicine could help a True Monarch body cultivator shorten this process.

"This is Wujian Hall's sincerity. I hope Fellow Daoist Qingyuan will take a look."

True Monarch Qianhuan then brought out the several Tier 4 Divination inheritances she had brought with her.

While these Tier 4 Divination inheritances seemed precious, to Wujian Hall, it was merely a matter of making a copy, which wasn't troublesome at all.

This way, they demonstrated their goodwill without suffering a significant loss—they had considered every angle.

"Tier 4 Divination inheritances... 'Six Hexagrams of Destiny'... 'Orthodox Divination'... 'Qimen Dunjia'..."

You were visibly moved. Tier 4 Divination inheritances were incredibly rare. In the two to three hundred years since breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, you had only managed to acquire one, and that was through the channels of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce.

Yet now, True Monarch Qianhuan had brought three Tier 4 Divination inheritances all at once.

One could well imagine the deep foundations of Wujian Hall.

"The Hall Master is very thoughtful..." you said with a sigh, looking at True Monarch Qianhuan.

True Monarch Qianhuan forced a smile.

You looked over the list of treasures and resources True Monarch Qianhuan provided.

Naturally, it was impossible for them to give you the various beast king essence bloods and body cultivation grand medicines for free.

Instead, you needed to exchange battlefield merits for them.

According to the standards set by Wujian Hall, one hundred thousand battlefield merits was an astronomical number. An ordinary Early Nascent Soul Stage True Monarch would have to fight on the front lines for a century to accumulate that amount.

Of course, there were ways to earn massive amounts of merits on the battlefield—such as reversing the outcome of a localized war, or heavily injuring or killing a Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty.

Killing a Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty was divided into two categories: destroying their dharma body, and killing them completely.

The merits rewarded for the latter far exceeded the former.

After all, completely killing an early-stage True Monarch was very difficult, even for a mid-stage True Monarch.

This was especially true on the battlefield, where enemy reinforcements were close at hand and would rush to assist at the slightest sign of trouble. Unless a mid-stage True Monarch could kill their opponent instantly upon meeting, fully eradicating an early-stage True Monarch was much harder than in normal times.

"I believe that with Fellow Daoist Qingyuan's strength, accomplishing this... shouldn't be difficult..."

True Monarch Qianhuan probed carefully.

"Heh... I have only just entered the mid-stage, what strength do I have? I don't even have the confidence to destroy the dharma body of an early-stage True Monarch..." you said with a sigh.

True Monarch Qianhuan blanked for a moment. If she hadn't seen with her own eyes the miserable state of her sect's True Monarch Qingtian suffering the heavenly backlash, she would have almost believed you.

You continued to chat idly with True Monarch Qianhuan for a while.

Finally, right before she left, you suddenly asked, "I wonder how your Wujian Hall's True Monarch Qingtian is doing lately?"

You looked at True Monarch Qianhuan with profound meaning.

"True Monarch Qingtian..." True Monarch Qianhuan hesitated for a moment before shaking her head. "I don't know either."

"I see..."

From her reaction, you could deduce that True Monarch Qingtian had very likely suffered a severe heavenly backlash.

After seeing True Monarch Qianhuan off, you didn't immediately head to the battlefield.

Although with your current methods, keeping your life would be no issue as long as a Great Cultivator at the Late Nascent Soul Stage didn't personally take action, you still intended to play it safe. You planned to wait until your Divination skills reached Tier 4 before considering heading to the front lines.

Ever since you broke through to the Mid Nascent Soul Stage, you vaguely sensed that you were infinitely close to the Tier 4 Divination level.

You were only one opportunity away from making the leap.

Originally, you hadn't known when this opportunity would arrive.

But seeing the three Tier 4 inheritances sent by Wujian Hall, you had a premonition that your breakthrough to Tier 4 Divination would likely happen within the next two or three decades.

A Tier 4 Divination skill would allow you to move much more freely on the battlefield.

Even if you couldn't scheme against the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty, you would at least have a chance to resist and turn the tables when facing enemy plots.

Take, for instance, True Monarch Qingtian of Wujian Hall trying to deduce your background not long ago.

If you had possessed Tier 4 Divination at that time, you could have blocked and blurred his deductions, or even engaged that Divination grandmaster in a duel of heavenly destiny that ordinary True Monarchs couldn't even perceive.

Destiny was invisible and inaudible; even Nascent Soul True Monarchs struggled to sense it.

Yet, it was a sharp weapon in the hands of a Divination grandmaster. By manipulating destiny, they could influence the grand trajectory of an entire major domain.

For example, if True Monarch Qingtian of Wujian Hall chose to bolster the destiny of a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, that cultivator would become a child of providence, stumbling upon fortuitous encounters wherever they went.

Conversely, if targeted negatively, that same Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator would be plagued by sky-high misfortune. They would choke on plain water, and breaking through would be utterly impossible.

In the three hundred and thirty-third year, you were three hundred and fifty years old.

By this time, news of the approaching expeditionary cultivator army from the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty had already spread among the Gold Core and Foundation Establishment Stage circles within the Wujian Region and the neighboring domains.

Fortunately, Wujian Hall had laid out plans in advance and directly announced their alliance with the Daluo Domain and Baidi Domain, which managed to somewhat smooth over the chaos within their own domain.

Inside the Tier 4 cave abode in Jiuli Valley.

You sat cross-legged, your thoughts surging.

In the fourth simulation, you had attempted to break through to the Nascent Soul realm at this exact age, ultimately failing and being forced to end the simulation.

But in this current simulation, three hundred and fifty years old was merely the starting point of your long life as a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

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