I Have a Cultivation Simulator

"Use the Pill Sacrifice Method!"

After thinking for only a moment, you made your decision.

Like a snake trying to swallow an elephant, greed knew no bounds. For you, the absolute priority was this attempt to break through to the Late Nascent Soul Stage.

As for making another attempt if this one failed? If you successfully advanced to the Late Nascent Soul Stage now, there would be no need for a next time.

The Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill was a Quasi-Tier-5 pill. Even with the Heaven and Earth Pill Refinement Method, you had no guarantee of success. Only by using the Pill Sacrifice Method could you ensure a high success rate.

Otherwise, the refinement might fail, leaving you without a single Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill.

All your efforts would be entirely in vain, like drawing water with a bamboo basket.

Ten days later, you left the Heavenly Talisman Sect and headed for your chosen pill refinement site.

Your public excuse was that you were traveling to relax your mind—a perfectly suitable reason for a Mid Nascent Soul true lord.

Chijiao Mountain Range.

This active volcanic range stretched for thousands of li and brimmed with fire-attribute spiritual energy.

It was also the location you had chosen to refine the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill.

Only one Nascent Soul-tier faction, the Red Feather Sect, was located near the Chijiao Mountain Range. Its strongest expert, the Red Feather Sect Master, was only at the Early Nascent Soul Stage.

He posed no threat to you.

Less than a century had passed since the era of competing for the title of Heavenly Monarch.

This was a period where Late Nascent Soul Great Cultivators were extremely scarce. Even if your refinement of the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill caused a commotion, it most likely wouldn't attract any Great Cultivators.

And if it merely drew Mid Nascent Soul true lords, you believed you were no weaker than anyone at that stage in the Human Realm.

You spent half a month walking the entirety of the Chijiao Mountain Range, laying down a Mid-Grade Tier 4 Great Array along your path.

This would prevent any external Nascent Soul true lords from disturbing you during the refinement process.

'At a critical moment, if a Late Nascent Soul Great Cultivator is truly drawn here, I can simply reveal my identity as a guest elder of the Heavenly Talisman Sect and ask Great Cultivator Sanfu for help...'

You thought to yourself, preparing for the worst-case scenario.

As a supreme faction in the Human Realm, the Heavenly Talisman Sect possessed enough deterrent power to ward off even a Late Nascent Soul Great Cultivator.

"Let's begin."

After setting up the Mid-Grade Tier 4 Great Array and scattering ten Tier 4 Puppets around the perimeter of the Chijiao Mountain Range to patrol, you began refining the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill.

Time flowed by.

In the blink of an eye, over half a year had passed.

Rumble—

Despite the isolation of the Mid-Grade Tier 4 Great Array, the terrifying fluctuations frequently erupting from the active crater deep within the Chijiao Mountain Range were almost impossible to conceal.

Then, one day.

Not far from the Chijiao Mountain Range, at the headquarters of the Nascent Soul-tier faction, the Red Feather Sect.

True Monarch Red Feather, the sect master of the Red Feather Sect and an Early Nascent Soul cultivator, jolted awake from his secluded cultivation.

"What is that?"

The Red Feather Sect Master wore a shocked expression as he gazed far off toward the Chijiao Mountain Range.

His Nascent Soul divine sense could faintly detect that some astonishing transformation was taking place there.

'Could it be a fortuitous encounter?'

This thought surfaced in the Red Feather Sect Master's mind. A small number of entrances to the grotto-heavens and blessed lands in the Central Continent Territory opened at random.

At that thought, he shot into the sky, rapidly approaching the Chijiao Mountain Range.

However, as he drew nearer, he sensed something amiss. A magnificent array power shrouded the entire mountain range.

"This array power... it was set up recently... Which Array Grandmaster did this..."

The Red Feather Sect Master's heart trembled, and he obediently halted outside the Chijiao Mountain Range.

A Tier 4 great array covering the entire range was most likely a Mid-Grade Tier 4 Great Array. It was absolutely the work of an Array Grandmaster.

Array Grandmasters were almost universally Nascent Soul true lords. Backed by the power of a great array, they were not someone a mere Early Nascent Soul true lord like him could fight.

Rumble—

Unwilling to risk approaching, the Red Feather Sect Master hovered outside, watching in curiosity.

Under his watchful gaze, five dazzling, astonishing auras pierced through the isolation of the Tier 4 array and formed massive phantoms towering over the four corners of the world.

These five gigantic phantoms included a Heavenly Roc spreading its wings, a black coiling True Dragon, a Yang Deer with a deer's head and a bear's body, a Bai Ze, and a Pixiu.

"These... these are the phantoms of five True Spirit immortal beasts..."

The Red Feather Sect Master's eyes widened. As a Nascent Soul true lord, he naturally knew of the legendary True Spirit immortal beasts. The five majestic phantoms towering over the Chijiao Mountain Range were nearly identical to their descriptions in ancient records.

"Five great True Spirit phantoms, the Chijiao Mountain Range... an active volcano... Is someone refining the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill?"

He didn't know the recipe for the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill, nor the method to refine it, but these phenomena matched the legends perfectly.

"The Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill can aid in breaking through to the Late Nascent Soul Stage..."

The Red Feather Sect Master's heart raced. The Deity Transformation Stage was an unreachable dream, but a Late Nascent Soul Great Cultivator...

However, the moment greed flared in his heart, he swiftly cooled down.

First of all, the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill was a Quasi-Tier-5 spiritual pill. Only an alchemy grandmaster capable of refining Fourth Tier High Grade pills would even be qualified to attempt it.

And grandmasters of that caliber... looking across the entire Central Continent Territory, they could be counted on one hand. Not a single one of them was someone he could dare to covet from.

Buzz—

Several days later, deep within the Chijiao Mountain Range, your hands constantly formed incantation seals, your face pale with exhaustion.

Refining the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill was far more difficult than you had imagined. If you hadn't cultivated a Second Nascent Soul, bringing your mana reserves close to that of a Late Nascent Soul Great Cultivator, you likely wouldn't have been able to endure it.

"Condense!"

You gave a low shout and formed the pill-collecting seal.

In an instant, an astonishing spiritual pressure erupted from the active crater below. A flawlessly white pill shot into the sky and hovered before you.

As the pill came to a halt, the aura from within it rapidly materialized, condensing into the five great True Spirit phantoms: the Heavenly Roc, True Dragon, Bai Ze, Yang Deer, and Pixiu.

"So this is the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill? It has already begun to birth its own spirituality..."

Your expression was solemn. With the boost from the Pill Sacrifice Method, the refinement had been a complete success.

As a Quasi-Tier-5 pill, it was starting to nurture its own sentience. It was said that in ancient times, Rank 5 pills that developed complete sentience could be considered independent lifeforms, possessing inconceivable wondrous uses.

"I must leave immediately."

You did a quick calculation on your fingers, stowed away the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill, and looked toward the perimeter of the Chijiao Mountain Range.

Faintly, you could sense several Early Nascent Soul auras observing you, while even farther away, Mid Nascent Soul true lords were approaching.

Because the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill was a Quasi-Tier-5 spiritual pill, the worldly phenomena triggered during its refinement were impossible to hide. Exposure was inevitable.

Fortunately, the Chijiao Mountain Range you had chosen was remote. On top of that, a significant portion of the Late Nascent Soul Great Cultivators in the Central Continent had perished while attempting to break through to the Deity Transformation Stage. As a result, none of the approaching Nascent Soul true lords were Great Cultivators.

This let you secretly breathe a sigh of relief. Although the pill was useless to Late Nascent Soul Great Cultivators themselves, they still had descendants and juniors.

If a Great Cultivator saw the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill, they would absolutely step forward to test the background of its creator.

Swoosh!

You obscured your aura, blurring your figure. After retracting the Mid-Grade Tier 4 Great Array covering the mountain range and gathering your patrolling puppets, you immediately fled in a specific direction.

"Fellow Daoist, please wait!"

An Early Nascent Soul true lord who had rushed over tried to intercept you.

"Scram!"

A terrifying divine soul shockwave detonated in the surrounding area. Every Early Nascent Soul true lord who heard it suffered a violent mental tremor, falling into a brief daze.

By the time they recovered, they found that you had vanished without a trace.

"What a terrifying divine soul attack. Which alchemy grandmaster is this?"

"A pity. That was the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill..."

The nearby Nascent Soul true lords lost all other thoughts. If a single angry shout could shake their divine sense like that, killing them wouldn't be difficult for this person.

Such strength was impossible for an ordinary Mid Nascent Soul true lord to achieve.

Half a day later, you smoothly returned to the Heavenly Talisman Sect.

'The more time passes, the further the news of my refining the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill will spread, leading to many unpredictable variables.'

You immediately made a decision—

To break through to the Late Nascent Soul Stage at once.

Granted, as long as you were in the Heavenly Talisman Sect, the outside world couldn't do anything to you even if they knew you refined the pill. They could hardly lay siege to the sect, could they?

But what if the Heavenly Talisman Sect itself coveted your Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill?

The pill could aid in advancing to the Late Nascent Soul Stage, and the sect had just lost a Late Nascent Soul expert...

You always preferred to prepare for the worst, and you had never fully trusted the Heavenly Talisman Sect.

This was exactly why you had hidden your identity and left the sect to refine the pill.

Only by advancing to the Late Nascent Soul Stage and becoming a Great Cultivator standing at the peak of the Human Realm could you completely erase all the hidden dangers brought by the pill.

You acted on your words.

You had cultivated to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Peak long ago and were ready to push for the Late Stage at any time.

You immediately applied to the sect for a High-Grade Tier 4 Immortal Cave.

Borrowing a High-Grade Tier 4 Immortal Cave to attempt the Late Nascent Soul Stage was one of the conditions you had set when joining the Heavenly Talisman Sect.

Naturally, the sect did not delay.

Soon, you arrived inside the High-Grade Tier 4 Immortal Cave.

"Late Nascent Soul Stage..." You sat cross-legged, your mind completely placid. After confirming that your state had reached flawless perfection, you swallowed the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill and immediately pushed against the bottleneck.

The moment the pill entered your mouth, you felt five gentle streams of power spread through your limbs and bones, before merging into your mana, your dantian, and your two great Nascent Souls.

'So this is the aid of the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill?'

You felt the bottleneck facing you rapidly disintegrate under the intertwined force of those five gentle streams.

At the same time, your aura began to soar, and your demand for external spiritual energy skyrocketed. An invisible void formed above the High-Grade Tier 4 Immortal Cave, continuously gathering the vast worldly spiritual energy from tens of thousands of li around.

Breaking through from the Mid to Late Nascent Soul Stage might not trigger a heavenly tribulation like a major realm advancement, but the resulting phenomena were still extremely conspicuous. Almost immediately, countless cultivators in the Heavenly Talisman Sect sensed it.

"Someone is attempting to break through to the Late Nascent Soul Stage? Which Mid Nascent Soul true lord of our sect is it?"

"It's Guest Minister Zhou. I didn't expect him to have already cultivated to the Mid Stage Peak. You really couldn't tell."

Within the Heavenly Talisman Sect, the various Nascent Soul true lords conversed, their tones quite relaxed.

Even if a breakthrough from the Mid to Late Nascent Soul Stage failed, the cultivator wouldn't die. At most, they would suffer some backlash, which could be fully healed after several decades of recuperation.

"This is Guest Minister Zhou's first attempt at the Late Nascent Soul Stage. His chances of success aren't very high..."

The sect's true lords discussed the matter privately, doubting that you could smoothly step into the Late Nascent Soul Stage.

The bottleneck between the Mid and Late Nascent Soul Stages was simply too massive. Normally speaking, a Mid Nascent Soul true lord making their first attempt lacked experience and was highly likely to fail.

Only a core Mid Nascent Soul true lord fostered by a supreme faction with their full backing, fully prepared and equipped with precious auxiliary items, had a hope of succeeding on the first try.

But you weren't a core true lord fostered by the Heavenly Talisman Sect. You were an outsider who had joined later. Whether in foundation or underlying strength, you definitely couldn't compare to those core cultivators.

Failing the breakthrough was the normal outcome.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou... is attempting a breakthrough to the Late Nascent Soul Stage..."

True Monarch Wen also noticed it immediately, gazing at the distant breakthrough phenomena.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou is too impulsive... If he had told me beforehand, I have a few precious Tier 4 pills that could ease the backlash of a failed breakthrough..."

True Monarch Wen sighed. If you had taken a few of his pills in advance, even if you failed, your recuperation time would have been much shorter.

This was the privilege True Monarch Wen enjoyed as a direct-lineage true lord of the Heavenly Talisman Sect.

On the main peak of the Heavenly Talisman Sect, Great Cultivator Sanfu also looked toward the majestic breakthrough phenomena spanning tens of thousands of li.

"He's breaking through this quickly?"

Great Cultivator Sanfu was slightly stunned. He recalled that you still had a significant amount of sect merit, more than enough to exchange for some auxiliary items.

"Never mind. Consider this first attempt a lesson. In the future, he won't be this rash..."

Great Cultivator Sanfu shook his head slightly.

Back in his day, he hadn't succeeded on his first attempt either. Only after gaining experience from his initial failure, reviewing and reflecting on his mistakes, did he smoothly step into the Late Nascent Soul Stage on his second try.

Several days later, the breakthrough phenomena over your High-Grade Tier 4 Immortal Cave intensified. The majestic worldly spiritual energy flooded the sky like an ocean before finally pouring into the cave below.

Immediately after, a spiritual pressure far exceeding that of a Mid Nascent Soul true lord rapidly surged and coalesced.

This brand-new spiritual pressure was like a sovereign looking down upon all living things, high and mighty, looking disdainfully at the Human Realm.

"What?"

Great Cultivator Sanfu, who had been preparing to resume his cultivation, opened his eyes in utter astonishment and looked at the breakthrough phenomena again. "He... he actually stepped into the Late Nascent Soul Stage? He succeeded?"

The invisible, oppressive spiritual pressure swept out, making the hearts of all the Nascent Soul true lords witnessing the scene sink.

A single thought surfaced in their minds: the Heavenly Talisman Sect...

Or rather, the Human Realm, had just birthed another Late Nascent Soul Great Cultivator.

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