I Have a Cultivation Simulator

"I wonder when you will head to the battlefield, Fellow Daoist Qingyuan?"

True Monarch Qianhuan asked.

"Within three years," you replied calmly. "But even if I go to the battlefield, I will act freely. I will not be bound by any orders."

You said this primarily to prevent the Wujian Hall Master from assigning you dangerous tasks, such as infiltrating the heart of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty's expeditionary army.

"All right."

True Monarch Qianhuan nodded.

As long as you went to the battlefield and appeared at the Sky Rift Grand Canyon, you would be a deterrent the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty could not ignore. They would have to dispatch at least one mid-stage True Monarch or three to four early-stage True Monarchs just to keep you in check.

That would naturally relieve the pressure on the True Monarchs in other skirmishes, which would in turn ease the burden on the Wujian Domain across the entire war.

A mid-stage True Monarch was powerful enough to influence the expeditionary army's ultimate decisions. Even Prince Zhennan would have to account for your threat.

Inside your Rank 4 cave dwelling in Jiuli Valley.

You formed hand seals as the alchemy furnace spun rapidly in front of you.

Several days later, the furnace lid flew off, and several perfectly round pills shot out.

"Rank 4 middle-grade spiritual pills..."

A smile spread across your face. Successfully refining them meant you were officially a Rank 4 Middle Grade Alchemist.

In the entire Wujian Domain, only Wujian Hall possessed a veteran Rank 4 Middle Grade Alchemist. Your alchemy skills had now reached the absolute pinnacle within the domain and its surrounding regions.

"Not bad," you muttered, nodding slightly. This was also your first skill to reach the Rank 4 middle grade.

"Speaking of which, my current mastery of alchemy is enough to refine a Nascent Soul Formation Pill..."

Ripples of emotion stirred in your heart.

Over three hundred years ago, a Nascent Soul Formation Pill had been something within sight but out of reach. You would not have dared to dream of having one to assist your Nascent Soul breakthrough.

Yet now, you could refine it yourself.

You stored away the newly refined Rank 4 middle-grade spiritual pills and pinched your fingers to calculate for a moment.

"Oh..."

Your expression shifted slightly. "Dachun will appear at Nether Mountain in about fifty or sixty years..."

Ever since your Divination skill broke through to Rank 4, you had made it a habit to perform a reading on Dachun every so often.

Because you and Dachun shared karmic ties, and because you only divined when he would appear at Nether Mountain rather than directly reading the Ghost Realm Trial Field, you suffered no heavenly backlash.

'I wonder if Dachun will be able to become a Rank 4 Body Cultivation True Monarch...' you thought to yourself.

Dachun's path to becoming a Rank 4 Body Cultivation True Monarch was different from yours, and different from True Monarch Beiheng's.

He walked the path of pure body cultivation, relying solely on his physical body to endure eighteen bolts of heavenly lightning.

'If Dachun actually manages to become a pure body cultivation True Monarch... then I would only need a single drop of his blood essence to use Divine Ability Transformation and replicate some of his body cultivation divine abilities...'

The realization suddenly dawned on you. Divine Ability Transformation was not restricted to mimicking demonic beasts. As long as the target was a living being with an aura and blood essence, you could attempt to replicate its abilities.

Even if you could only replicate a portion of those innate divine abilities, obtaining something you did not already possess would be a massive profit.

Three months later, you secretly left Jiuli Valley and headed toward the Sky Rift Grand Canyon.

This was also your first time traveling far since advancing to the Mid Nascent Soul Stage.

Above the clouds, you cast your divine sense downward, blanketing a radius of two to three thousand li.

While rushing toward the Sky Rift Grand Canyon, you did not forget to perform a Divination for yourself.

The resulting hexagram accurately showed that your life would not be in danger.

This made perfect sense. With your current strength, only a Great Cultivator at the Late Nascent Soul Stage acting personally could threaten your life.

And if the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty's expeditionary army possessed such a Great Cultivator at the Late Nascent Soul Stage, they would not be bogged down at the Sky Rift Grand Canyon.

Most of a day later, the Sky Rift Grand Canyon finally came into view.

Down on the surface lay a terrifying rift winding for thousands of li, as if a huge chunk of the earth had been forcefully torn apart.

'Is this the power of a Deity Transformation Heavenly Monarch?' you marveled inwardly.

Cleaving the earth for thousands of li with a single strike—such a feat was practically no different from a true immortal.

Concealing your aura, you approached the Sky Rift Grand Canyon in secret.

Countless cultivators were slaughtering one another on the ground, while towering cultivation war machines bombarded each other.

Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators and even Core Formation Stage True Persons engaged in continuous combat.

Up above the clouds, Nascent Soul True Monarchs from both factions clashed. The terrifying collision of their spiritual pressure blanketed hundreds of li.

Unless the gap in strength was overwhelmingly vast, it was difficult to quickly determine a victor in battles at the True Monarch level.

Right now, the Nascent Soul True Monarchs skirmishing above the clouds had not truly lost their tempers. They were mostly just probing each other.

None of them—whether from the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty or the Wujian Domain—were fools. They would not put their lives on the line so easily.

You scanned the battlefield and recognized quite a few familiar faces.

Among them were True Monarch Yinxiao of Corpse Raising Mountain and True Monarch Jinyan of the Red Crow Sect.

Ever since Corpse Raising Mountain produced its second True Monarch, True Monarch Yinxiao had grown slightly bolder. Combined with Wujian Hall's repeated forced conscriptions, he had finally taken to the battlefield to fight enemy True Monarchs.

You observed carefully, waiting for the right moment to strike.

You knew very well that the moment you revealed yourself and attacked, the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty would undoubtedly send a True Monarch of equal standing to pin you down.

Therefore, if you wanted to secure a significant victory, you had to act before the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty could react.

On the eastern front of the Sky Rift Grand Canyon.

True Monarch Jinyan was completely wreathed in golden flames, burning so fiercely that space itself seemed to ignite. As a True Monarch of the Red Crow Sect, his mastery of fire Dao techniques had already reached divine perfection.

Any single cluster of the golden flames burning around him was enough to incinerate a Great True Person at the Core Formation Perfection Stage into nothingness.

"Jinyan, I possess a fire spirit treasure body. Your golden flames are useless against me. You had better try something else."

A woman's voice rang out from the beautiful figure in crimson robes standing opposite True Monarch Jinyan. With hair like fire, she resembled a living, blazing inferno.

Although this female True Monarch's appearance was only above average, her aura was exceptionally unique. She was like a dancing flame that inevitably stirred restlessness in the hearts of others.

She stretched out a slender hand, unleashing fire-attribute spiritual energy that blotted out the sky, covering a radius of a hundred li and constantly neutralizing True Monarch Jinyan's golden flames.

"Little girl Huofeng, if my golden flames are useless against you, do you really think your spells can hurt me?"

True Monarch Jinyan's face was as red as burning charcoal, his expression filled with annoyance.

He also possessed a certain fire-attribute dao body. Against True Monarch Huofeng, they were completely evenly matched; neither could gain the upper hand.

True Monarch Huofeng was a member of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty's royal family, holding a highly revered status. True Monarch Jinyan's goal was never to defeat her anyway; he simply needed to stall her.

Since both were early-stage True Monarchs and both possessed fire-attribute treasure and dao bodies, they would not necessarily determine a victor even if they fought for decades.

Several hours later, after expending significant energy on various high-power fire spells, True Monarch Jinyan and True Monarch Huofeng were preparing to temporarily retreat, lower their banners and silence their drums.

Right at that moment.

Boom—

A mighty, sinister surge of corpse energy swept upward into the sky, violently erupting from beside True Monarch Huofeng.

The freezing corpse energy rapidly devoured the blistering heat surrounding True Monarch Huofeng.

"A corpse dao True Monarch? Who is it?"

True Monarch Huofeng was deeply alarmed. She had focused most of her attention on fighting True Monarch Jinyan.

Still, as a veteran early-stage True Monarch, she did not panic in the face of the sudden, billowing corpse energy. With a thought, endless fire-attribute spiritual energy gathered once more, forming layer upon layer of barriers around her.

Buzz—

The scorching fire clashed violently with the frigid corpse energy, shattering True Monarch Huofeng's barriers inch by inch.

However, these condensed defensive layers visibly slowed down the sky-filling corpse energy.

The next instant, an even more ferocious wave of corpse energy swept toward her.

A breath later, True Monarch Huofeng's face paled. It was evident that the intense collision had inflicted heavy injuries upon her.

Clatter—

Only now did True Monarch Huofeng finally see the source of the corpse energy.

It was a female cultivator with a tall, graceful figure and a coldly stunning face. She stood barefoot in the air, wearing silver rings on her smooth ankles that gave off a bewitching, eerie allure.

The corpse energy filling the sky originated entirely from her.

Compared to True Monarch Huofeng's wounds, this graceful female cultivator's delicate skin showed faint, charred black marks. It was clear that True Monarch Huofeng's fierce resistance had heavily injured her as well.

"It's a Rank 4 corpse puppet... True Monarch Yinxiao's former dao companion..."

True Monarch Huofeng instantly recognized the ambusher's identity. As part of the invading forces, she had thoroughly memorized every Nascent Soul combatant in the Wujian Domain ahead of time.

But a moment later, her expression changed drastically.

She would not have feared it if this was merely True Monarch Yinxiao's Rank 4 corpse puppet. However, according to recent intelligence, had this Rank 4 corpse puppet not fallen into the hands of True Monarch Qingyuan?

True Monarch Qingyuan... he was a key target of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty, a newly advanced mid-stage True Monarch who had emerged within the last hundred years.

"True Monarch Qingyuan..."

A chill ran down True Monarch Huofeng's spine. If this Rank 4 corpse puppet was still in True Monarch Qingyuan's possession, did that not mean he had already joined the battlefield and was somewhere nearby?

At that very thought, True Monarch Huofeng sensed a figure in azure robes appearing dozens of li away, completely unannounced.

An invisible wave of qi and blood crashed down, suppressing True Monarch Huofeng's fire-attribute domain. Even her divine sense struggled to extend outwards; it felt as though a colossal weight pinned her down, leaving her completely immobilized.

"True Monarch Qingyuan! As a mid-stage Nascent Soul True Monarch, you actually stooped so low as to ambush an early-stage True Monarch! So insidious, you are unfit to be..."

The moment she saw the azure-robed figure, True Monarch Huofeng's expression turned exceedingly ugly. She knew that the slightest misstep now would leave her with no choice but to abandon her physical body and flee with her Nascent Soul spirit body.

Normally, even a mid-stage True Monarch would find it very difficult to destroy an early-stage True Monarch's physical body on the battlefield.

After all, the other True Monarchs of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty were not far away and could provide backup at any time. True Monarch Huofeng only needed to hold out for ten breaths to await reinforcements.

Although an early-stage True Monarch was no match for a mid-stage True Monarch, surviving for ten breaths was entirely possible.

However, the timing of your attack was simply too perfect. You had deliberately sent the Rank 4 corpse puppet in first to stall and injure True Monarch Huofeng.

This caused a deadly sense of crisis to grip her heart.

Taking a single step, you appeared within half a li of True Monarch Huofeng. With another step, you materialized directly in front of her. Then, you raised your hand and slammed it down toward the crown of her head.

At the same time, a palm-sized small pagoda materialized in the air above. It expanded against the wind, growing to a hundred zhang tall in the blink of an eye, radiating a terrifying suppressive force.

True Monarch Huofeng wore three water-drop-shaped jade pendants on her chest.

As your raised hand slowly pressed down toward her, the three jade pendants shattered one after another.

"This is...?"

True Monarch Huofeng's scalp went numb. Those three water-drop pendants were her ultimate lifesaving trump cards, bestowed upon her by the Emperor of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty.

Each pendant was capable of blocking a single strike from a mid-stage True Monarch.

Yet now, your casual palm strike had instantly shattered all three—defenses that could have blocked three full blows from a mid-stage True Monarch.

Watching your palm about to strike the crown of her head, True Monarch Huofeng immediately sent a divine sense transmission. "True Monarch Qingyuan, please show mercy! My Dazhou Immortal Dynasty is willing to pay any price, as long as you..."

True Monarch Huofeng's true intention was merely to delay you for a few breaths. The commotion here had undoubtedly drawn the attention of the nearby dynasty True Monarchs. As long as she held on for just a little longer, reinforcements would arrive.

"Is that True Monarch Qingyuan?"

"True Monarch Qingyuan is making a move?"

Hundreds of li away, the nearest dynasty True Monarchs instantly sensed the situation on True Monarch Huofeng's side.

However, before they could rush over to help, they saw True Monarch Qingyuan already standing in front of True Monarch Huofeng, bringing his hand down.

It all happened far too fast. From the Rank 4 corpse puppet's sneak attack to True Monarch Qingyuan appearing right before True Monarch Huofeng, less than three breaths had passed.

"No matter. Huofeng has the lifesaving treasures bestowed by His Majesty..." one of the dynasty True Monarchs stated without panicking.

But before he could even finish his sentence, he watched the three water-drop jade pendants on True Monarch Huofeng's chest shatter completely.

And then, True Monarch Qingyuan shattered True Monarch Huofeng's head with a single palm strike.

Boom!

A collapsing wave of mana fluctuations erupted. A crimson Nascent Soul spirit body fled from True Monarch Huofeng's headless corpse. It shot you a look full of venomous resentment before escaping toward the distant dynasty True Monarchs without hesitation.

Since her physical body had been destroyed, True Monarch Huofeng's only choice was to flee as a Nascent Soul spirit body.

"Quick, cover Huofeng's retreat..."

The True Monarchs of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty instantly accelerated.

Higher up in the clouds, the gazes of mid-stage True Monarchs also shot toward this direction.

Buzz—

A divine sense fluctuation that struck terror into the hearts of Nascent Soul True Monarchs flashed past. True Monarch Huofeng's fleeing Nascent Soul spirit body sank into a brief state of confusion and stalled in midair.

In that fleeting moment of stagnation, a Rank 4 sealing talisman slapped onto True Monarch Huofeng's Nascent Soul spirit body.

Immediately after, the entire Nascent Soul spirit body was sealed inside a jade box, which then dropped into your hand.

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