I Have a Cultivation Simulator

You stored away True Monarch Huofeng's Nascent Soul spiritual body, thinking to yourself, 'Not bad. I didn't expose too many of my trump cards.'

At the very end, that divine soul attack—which faintly surpassed the limits of the Mid Nascent Soul Stage—was a strike fueled by your body cultivation divine ability, Eruption.

Without the divine soul amplification granted by Eruption, your current divine soul strength would have struggled to halt True Monarch Huofeng's Nascent Soul spiritual body in its tracks.

A Nascent Soul spiritual body was inherently forged from a convergence of a Nascent Soul True Monarch's divine soul and magical power. Against a divine soul attack from an ordinary mid-stage Nascent Soul True Monarch, it could hold out for a short while.

Aside from Eruption, you still had many trump cards left unused.

These included the Tier 4 puppet grand array, astral projection of your Nascent Soul, the Divine Ability Transformation, and more.

Merely exposing Eruption in exchange for thoroughly killing True Monarch Huofeng was, in your eyes, highly worthwhile.

Moreover, even though you used this body cultivation divine ability, the other True Monarchs wouldn't necessarily recognize it; they would simply assume it was a forbidden secret art meant to amplify the divine soul.

As for the Tier 4 corpse puppet leading the charge... that was no secret. Any Nascent Soul True Monarch knew you had it in your possession.

The first was naturally to seize a Nascent Soul True Monarch's net worth, which would allow you to make immense profits.

The second was to use the merit of thoroughly killing an Immortal Dynasty's True Monarch to exchange for the treasures and resources you needed from Wujian Hall.

And the third... was to display your strength, particularly your divine soul methods, to influence Prince Zhennan's assessment of you, prompting him to send True Monarch Chongtian to keep you in check.

Currently, among the mid-stage True Monarchs in the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty faction, only True Monarch Chongtian excelled in divine soul techniques aside from Prince Zhennan.

During the fourth simulation, when facing the bloodline divine ability of the Blood Roc—a beast with a True Spirit Bloodline—True Monarch Zixu, True Lord Seven Fiends, and the other Nascent Soul True Monarchs did not dare to resist it head-on with their own divine souls.

Only True Monarch Chongtian had withstood the Blood Roc's bloodline divine ability to slay it.

From this, it was evident that True Monarch Chongtian possessed unique expertise in divine soul defense.

Even if a normal mid-stage True Monarch were capable of blocking the Blood Roc's bloodline divine ability, they wouldn't be willing to take it head-on like that.

Divine soul attacks were incredibly bizarre. Faced with the methods you had deliberately revealed, the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty had a high probability of using True Monarch Chongtian to counter you.

This was also the conclusion you had reached after repeated Divination.

If you wanted an opportunity to kill True Monarch Chongtian, you needed to make contact with him, ideally by fighting him directly to understand his methods.

After that, calculating through Divination would become much easier.

During this strike, everything from having the Tier 4 corpse puppet launch a sneak attack to ultimately using Eruption had been within your expectations.

The only thing you hadn't been certain of was exactly how many trump cards you would have to expose to kill True Monarch Huofeng.

Looking at it now, everything was entirely under your control.

'Let's go.'

With a slight shift in your thoughts, the heavily injured Tier 4 corpse puppet returned behind you.

The Tier 4 corpse puppet possessed thick skin, tough flesh, and a powerful restorative ability. The minor injuries it had sustained would only take half a day to heal, so you didn't feel any heartache over it.

In stark contrast to your composure, the various True Monarchs of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty faction fell into silence.

The strength of a mid-stage True Monarch was enough to crush an early-stage True Monarch; there was no disputing that.

An early-stage True Monarch being killed—or even completely obliterated—by a mid-stage True Monarch wasn't impossible to understand.

But just how much time had passed from the moment True Monarch Qingyuan attacked to the moment True Monarch Huofeng's Nascent Soul spiritual body was sealed?

Was True Monarch Qingyuan's strength really just at the level of someone who had newly advanced to the Mid Stage?

Even though True Monarch Qingyuan was suspected of launching a sneak attack, True Monarch Huofeng shouldn't have been so helpless that not even her Nascent Soul spiritual body could escape, right?

"It was a divine soul attack. True Monarch Qingyuan must possess some sort of secret art that amplifies the divine soul, allowing him to erupt with a higher level of divine soul power in a short period of time..."

"Indeed. If not for that final divine soul attack, Fellow Daoist Huofeng's Nascent Soul spiritual body should have been able to escape."

"A Nascent Soul spiritual body has a terrifying escape speed. As long as she could have fled to our side, she would have survived. What a pity..."

The Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty communicated rapidly, summarizing the reasons behind True Monarch Huofeng's death while pondering whether they could have survived your attack if they were in her position. Anyone who could cultivate to the Nascent Soul True Monarch level was no fool; after understanding your methods, they all knew how to take precautions.

Under these circumstances, if you were to launch another sneak attack, the results would be far less effective than they were against True Monarch Huofeng.

You might even be counter-ambushed.

In the past, when True Monarch Chongtian attacked for the first time, he heavily injured a Nascent Soul True Monarch from the Wujian Domain faction, forcing them to abandon their physical body and flee with their Nascent Soul spiritual body.

But ever since then, the True Monarchs on the Wujian Domain's side had been extremely guarded against True Monarch Chongtian.

"True Monarch Qingyuan..."

Higher up in the clouds, Prince Zhennan paced with majestic strides, his gaze sharp.

As the supreme commander of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty's expedition, he had far too many things to consider.

"Chongtian..."

Prince Zhennan looked toward True Monarch Chongtian and said in a calm tone, "I will leave True Monarch Qingyuan to you. How about it?"

"Understood."

True Monarch Chongtian nodded. His divine soul was unique, and what he feared least were divine soul attacks.

It was entirely appropriate for him to deal with you.

After giving his orders, Prince Zhennan continued to observe the battlefield below.

During this expedition, the Immortal Dynasty faced significant resistance. That Divination grandmaster of Wujian Hall had forged alliances, gathering mid-stage True Monarchs from two neighboring super domains, as well as Nascent Soul True Monarchs from numerous ordinary domains.

Were it not for this, the Wujian Domain alone could never have blocked the Immortal Dynasty's cultivator army for this long.

And now, there was an additional True Monarch Qingyuan on the Wujian Domain's side? This meant that another mid-stage True Monarch on the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty's side would be tied down.

"That is... Xing'er..."

Among the various True Monarchs of the Wujian Domain faction, True Monarch Yinxiao watched you from afar—or, more accurately, he watched the Tier 4 corpse puppet that had returned behind you.

True Monarch Yinxiao had never imagined that he would see his former Tier 4 corpse puppet again on such an occasion.

"Xing'er..."

True Monarch Yinxiao clenched his fists, his heart bleeding.

When this Tier 4 corpse puppet was in his hands, how much he had cherished her!

Yet, in your hands, you actually had her lead the charge, trading injury for injury!

True Monarch Yinxiao's heart was filled with anger and indignation.

However, the moment he thought of your strength, and of True Monarch Huofeng, who had just died at your hands...

It was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over True Monarch Yinxiao.

Right now, he was nowhere near capable of contending with you.

No matter what he saw or what happened, he had to endure it.

After dealing with True Monarch Huofeng, you soared into the sky, rising above the clouds and entering the war fortress of the Wujian Hall faction.

"Congratulations, True Monarch Qingyuan, on slaying True Monarch Huofeng of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty. She is the second Nascent Soul True Monarch to fall so far."

One by one, the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Wujian Domain faction voiced their congratulations. They weren't limited to those from the Wujian Domain; there were also True Monarchs from the Baidi Domain, the Daluo Domain, and numerous neighboring ordinary domains.

By decisively slaying True Monarch Huofeng, you had already inspired awe and reverence among the early-stage True Monarchs.

"Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, to think that your very first strike would yield such results..."

The Wujian Hall Master wore a smile on his face as True Monarch Qingtian's attitude toward you surfaced in his mind.

He had originally been quite doubtful, but looking at it now, someone who could so easily slay True Monarch Huofeng was absolutely no weaker than himself.

In some aspects, you might even be stronger.

And yet, you had stepped into the Mid Stage less than a century ago, whereas how many years had it been since the Wujian Hall Master advanced to the Mid Stage?

"Hall Master, in that battle just now, in order to kill True Monarch Huofeng, I utilized a forbidden secret art to amplify my divine sense and paid no small price. I need to recuperate now. I'm afraid I won't be able to participate in battle for the next few years..."

You stated immediately, disguising Eruption as some sort of divine sense amplification forbidden art.

"All right."

The Wujian Hall Master nodded.

Upon hearing this, the other Nascent Soul True Monarchs weren't surprised either.

A divine soul attack capable of momentarily halting True Monarch Huofeng's Nascent Soul spiritual body had likely half-stepped into the Late Nascent Soul Stage. If you hadn't used a forbidden art, it would have truly shocked the True Monarchs.

"I have already recorded the merit of Fellow Daoist Qingyuan killing True Monarch Huofeng. If you wish to exchange it for any treasures, you may inform Wujian Hall at any time..."

The Wujian Hall Master said.

"Mhm."

Accompanied by a Nascent Soul True Monarch, you arrived at the highest level of the war fortress.

The war fortress was a war machine forged by the Wujian Domain at an immeasurable cost; it was a highly mobile bastion of war.

Within this giant fortress lay the resting quarters for many cultivators of the Wujian Domain faction.

As a Nascent Soul True Monarch, your resting place was naturally on the highest floor of the fortress.

You entered your cultivation quarters, a cave dwelling spanning several li in radius.

Being able to carve out such a cave dwelling inside the fortress already showed that Wujian Hall had put careful thought into accommodating you.

Upon entering the True Monarch cave dwelling, you casually inspected its array formations.

You were a Tier 4 array master; checking the arrays couldn't be simpler for you.

'There are no methods of surveillance here...'

Your heart settled slightly.

In truth, Wujian Hall wouldn't dare pull any tricks with the arrays.

The high-level cave dwellings were all meant for True Monarchs, and who knew what identification methods True Monarchs might possess?

If any surveillance tricks were left behind and discovered, it would inevitably impact the war against the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty.

After resting for a brief moment, you began taking stock of your spoils of war.

True Monarch Huofeng was the first Nascent Soul True Monarch you had slain.

To be precise, you hadn't fully slain her. True Monarch Huofeng was not yet dead; her Nascent Soul spiritual body had merely been sealed away.

'Three Lower-Grade Spirit Treasures, and one mid-grade Spirit Treasure? Not bad at all...'

A smile surfaced on your face. Your attack had been too fast. Her head had been smashed to pieces before she could use most of her methods, forcing her to enter the escape phase with her Nascent Soul spiritual body. Naturally, she hadn't been able to wield these Spirit Treasures.

'There are also some Tier 4 spiritual items... and Tier 3 spiritual items...'

Your mood was excellent. Taking down True Monarch Huofeng had left you making immense profits, far exceeding the gains from painstakingly refining pills.

After finishing the inventory of the various treasures and spiritual items, you took out a Sealing Jade Box.

Sealed inside was True Monarch Huofeng's Nascent Soul spiritual body.

A Nascent Soul True Monarch's Nascent Soul spiritual body was itself a type of spiritual resource. Many True Monarchs of the demonic and evil paths possessed secret arts to absorb and devour Nascent Soul spiritual bodies.

However, you would not do such a thing.

The Shanhai Inheritance inherently pursued the utmost purity and density of magical power. Devouring another person's Nascent Soul spiritual body? It would only pollute your own magical power, bringing a hundred harms without a single benefit.

'I can, however, use it for external trade. Wujian Hall should be interested in this Nascent Soul spiritual body...'

You thought to yourself. As a True Monarch of the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty, True Monarch Huofeng definitely knew many secrets regarding the Immortal Dynasty's expeditionary cultivator army. Wujian Hall probably wanted to know them very much...

Several years later, feeling it inappropriate to continue resting, you stepped out of the fortress and arrived at the battlefield above the clouds.

Various True Monarchs stood tall. Aside from the Wujian Hall Master, you also saw a figure dressed in an elegant green shirt, holding a feather fan.

'True Monarch Qingtian.'

You immediately knew who it was.

In the entire Wujian Domain, the only one who dressed like this was True Monarch Qingtian, who was renowned for his divinations that could commune with the spirits.

"Fellow Daoist Qingyuan."

True Monarch Qingtian seemed to have anticipated this and looked toward you.

'Hm?'

As you looked at True Monarch Qingtian, your expression shifted slightly.

Although True Monarch Qingtian's eyes were closed, you could sense a certain profound aura of death emanating from within them.

This deathly aura seemed deeply rooted, fused into True Monarch Qingtian's eyes. It was impossible to eradicate, impossible to neutralize.

"I wonder what happened to Fellow Daoist Qingtian's eyes..." you asked, quite curious.

"..." True Monarch Qingtian did not speak.

The Wujian Hall Master also looked quite uncomfortable.

You grew thoughtful.

Could True Monarch Qingtian's eyes be the price he paid for forcibly divining information about you that one time?

As a Divination grandmaster yourself, you naturally knew that a severe heavenly backlash didn't just reduce one's lifespan; it would also cause a diviner to permanently lose a physical organ or ability.

"I heard that Fellow Daoist Qingyuan slew the Immortal Dynasty's True Monarch Huofeng. Congratulations."

True Monarch Qingtian took the initiative to approach you, offering his congratulations.

"It was merely a fluke..."

You waved your hand.

True Monarch Qingtian fell silent.

In his heart, he felt quite speechless. He was arguably the person who knew the most of your secrets, having sacrificed nearly a century of his lifespan and a pair of eyes for that knowledge.

Naturally, he was very clear that your slaying of True Monarch Huofeng was far from a fluke. Based on the scene of you killing True Monarch Huofeng that he was aware of, he could deduce that you still had many trump cards left completely unused.

"I wonder if the Nascent Soul spiritual body you captured is still in your possession?"

True Monarch Qingtian got straight to the point and stated his objective.

"It is."

You looked at True Monarch Qingtian.

"That Nascent Soul spiritual body is quite important to my Wujian Hall. If you hand it over to me, Fellow Daoist, you can exchange it for one hundred thousand merit points. How about it?"

True Monarch Qingtian spoke earnestly, showing no intention of lowballing the price.

"One hundred thousand merit points?"

You could hear the sincerity in True Monarch Qingtian's words.

On the list of treasures and resources provided to you by Wujian Hall, the purchasing power of one hundred thousand merit points was extremely high, exceeding the inherent value of the Nascent Soul spiritual body itself.

The true value of True Monarch Huofeng's Nascent Soul spiritual body lay in its memories.

"All right."

You nodded in agreement.

Time flowed by, and fifty years passed in the blink of an eye.

During these fifty years, you spent the majority of your time cultivating in the True Monarch cave dwelling within the fortress.

Occasionally, you stepped out to battle True Monarch Chongtian, whom the Immortal Dynasty had sent out to keep you in check.

On this day, you had just concluded a closed-door cultivation session in your True Monarch cave dwelling. You pinched your fingers and calculated.

'Dachun... has appeared at Nether Mountain...'

You slightly raised your head and gazed distantly toward the Taiyuan Region.

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