I Have a Cultivation Simulator

[For years, the Zhou Immortal Dynasty never ceased its investigation into you.]

[True Monarch Chongtian was Great Cultivator Fulong's most valued descendant and the heir he had been grooming to inherit his position.]

[For his sake, Great Cultivator Fulong had exhausted every favor he had to gather all the supplementary herbs and the four main ingredients for the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill, all to support True Monarch Chongtian's breakthrough to the Late Stage.]

[Yet in the end, True Monarch Chongtian died by your hand.]

[Even though the bigger picture prevented Great Cultivator Fulong from hunting you down personally, he deployed every means at his disposal to track your whereabouts.]

[As one of only two Great Cultivators beneath the Zhou Emperor, his status was exceptionally exalted. Even the Zhou Emperor had to carefully consider his will.]

[Even after Great Cultivator Fulong failed his breakthrough to the Deity Transformation Stage, his status barely wavered.]

[Failing the breakthrough did not mean death. Great Cultivator Fulong still had several decades of lifespan remaining.]

["As I see it, since True Monarch Qingyuan has already stepped into the Late Nascent Soul Stage, we can recall the numerous traps and plots set against him..."]

[The Zhou Immortal Dynasty had not only set up corresponding arrangements around Jiuli Valley in the Wujian Region, but through their investigations, they had also traced your origins back to the remote Taiyuan Region. They even discovered the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce and other factions you had established there. To avoid beating the grass and startling the snake, the dynasty took no direct action against those factions or cultivators. They simply kept them under silent surveillance. The moment you made contact with them, the dynasty would know.]

[But now? With the news of your breakthrough to the Late Nascent Soul Stage, the Heavenly Supervision Temple Master intended to abandon every plot against you.]

[Scheming against a Mid Nascent Soul Stage true monarch and scheming against a Late Nascent Soul Stage Great Cultivator were two entirely different concepts.]

[Even with the colossal weight of the Zhou Immortal Dynasty, they would not willingly offend a Late Stage Great Cultivator unless there was absolutely no other choice.]

[Furthermore, you had joined the Heavenly Talisman Sect in the Central Continent. Now that you had reached the Late Stage, your status within the sect had surged even higher. The Zhou Immortal Dynasty would be even less inclined to act rashly.]

[Within the imperial capital, the Zhou Emperor possessed terrifying battle prowess bordering on the Deity Transformation Stage.]

[But unless their brain was broken, no Late Stage Great Cultivator would ever march into the capital to fight the Zhou Emperor on his own turf.]

[The Zhou Immortal Dynasty governed a vast territory. A Late Stage Great Cultivator hiding in the shadows, launching a surprise attack here today and striking there tomorrow, would be enough to give the Zhou Emperor an endless headache.]

["Fulong, what are your thoughts?"]

[The Zhou Emperor stood tall and straight, his eyes profound. Instead of stating his own opinion first, he looked toward Great Cultivator Fulong.]

[In truth, long before Great Cultivator Fulong arrived, the Zhou Emperor had already learned this information and agreed with the Heavenly Supervision Temple Master to cancel their operations against True Monarch Qingyuan.]

[It was unwise for the Zhou Immortal Dynasty to make an enemy of another Late Stage Great Cultivator.]

[However, this matter ultimately concerned Great Cultivator Fulong. He needed to be given face, which was why he had been summoned.]

[At the very least, Great Cultivator Fulong needed to feel that the dynasty had only abandoned its plots against True Monarch Qingyuan after a difficult deliberation.]

["True Monarch Qingyuan..."]

[Great Cultivator Fulong's temples were gray. He finally let out a sigh. "Let us do as the Temple Master suggests."]

[Having overseen the Zhou Immortal Dynasty for so many years, Great Cultivator Fulong was naturally well-aware of the dynasty's fundamental foreign policies.]

[And even if the Zhou Immortal Dynasty abandoned its own interests to force a war against you, they could do nothing to you.]

[A Late Stage Great Cultivator residing in the Central Continent's Heavenly Talisman Sect—how exactly was the Zhou Immortal Dynasty supposed to strike?]

[Launch a military campaign across the vast distance to the Central Continent?]

[What a joke.]

[And as for using Jiuli Valley and the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce as leverage? In the two to three hundred years since your disappearance, the Zhou Immortal Dynasty had monitored the Wujian Region and the Taiyuan Region without finding a single trace of you contacting them.]

[It was easy to deduce from this that you were largely immune to external threats.]

[Among Nascent Soul true monarchs, this was actually quite normal.]

[For a true monarch to cultivate all the way to the Nascent Soul Stage, they had to weather the Heart Demon Tribulation. How resolute must their state of mind be? Let alone threatening a faction they had established, even if their own flesh-and-blood parents or children were held hostage, a Nascent Soul true monarch would most likely remain completely unmoved.]

["Excellent!"]

[The Zhou Emperor nodded slightly, his gaze softening as he looked at Great Cultivator Fulong.]

[This reaction was entirely within the Zhou Emperor's expectations.]

[You were not just a Late Stage Great Cultivator; you were the one who had refined the Five Saints Ultimate Transformation Pill. Your alchemy arts had reached the Fourth Tier High Grade, placing you at the level of an alchemy Grandmaster.]

[Coupled with your Rank 4 Middle Grade talisman arts... the Zhou Emperor simply had no intention of making an enemy out of you.]

[If Great Cultivator Fulong were not still alive, the Zhou Emperor would have even planned to send a priceless congratulatory gift to your Late Stage grand ceremony to build a relationship.]

[The Heavenly Talisman Sect.]

[You sat cross-legged, continuously forming hand seals as you divined.]

[With your breakthrough to the Late Nascent Soul Stage, your identity as True Monarch Qingyuan could no longer be hidden. You attempted to divine the subsequent variables.]

['The Zhou Immortal Dynasty has completely abandoned their pursuit of me...']

[By using Divination concerning your personal safety, you indirectly deduced the Zhou Immortal Dynasty's attitude.]

[This saved you quite a bit of trouble. Originally, you had planned that if the Zhou Immortal Dynasty continued plotting against you, or if Great Cultivator Fulong still sought revenge...]

[...you would happily exchange a few moves with the Zhou Immortal Dynasty.]

[With your current Late Stage cultivation base, you were fully capable of making the Zhou Immortal Dynasty suffer a little.]

[You were no ordinary newly advanced Great Cultivator. Your true combat strength was hardly weaker than Great Cultivator Fulong's, and when paired with your Tier 4 Divination skills...]

[If the Zhou Immortal Dynasty was not careful, they would absolutely suffer a loss.]

['Makes sense. As a faction with an ancient lineage, the Zhou Immortal Dynasty definitely wouldn't offend a Great Cultivator over a temporary grudge...']

[You pondered silently, finding the Zhou Immortal Dynasty's reaction entirely logical.]

[In the past, when Grand Cultivator Powang of the Northern Plains Great Snow Mountain had assumed the alias of the Purple-Eyed True Monarch, who knew how many precious resources he had snatched from the top factions of the Central Continent? The top factions of the Two Body and Three Dharma viewed the Purple-Eyed True Monarch as a thorn in their side.]

[Yet, the moment news arrived that the Purple-Eyed True Monarch had stepped into the Deity Transformation Stage and taken the title of Heavenly Monarch...]

[...out of the five top factions of the Two Body and Three Dharma, who dared bring up those old grievances?]

[Not only did they not dare mention it, but they also had to cheerfully present gifts to celebrate Grand Cultivator Powang's advancement into the Deity Transformation Stage.]

[Your advancement to the Late Nascent Soul Stage followed the same logic. Past grudges and former hidden dangers were not even worth mentioning in the face of the absolute power of a Late Stage Great Cultivator.]

[Year 733. You were 750 years old.]

[Your Late Nascent Soul Stage grand ceremony was held smoothly.]

[Although the scale of this ceremony could not compare to the Deity Transformation grand ceremony at the Northern Plains Great Snow Mountain...]

[...it was still sufficiently grand.]

[You were not only a Late Stage Great Cultivator, but also a Fourth Tier High Grade alchemy Grandmaster and a Rank 4 Middle Grade talisman Grandmaster.]

[The top factions of the Central Continent sent gifts, even Heavenly Sword Peak, the foremost among the "One Peak."]

[It was worth noting that several alchemy Grandmasters from Pill King Mountain also attended.]

[Decades ago, in order to achieve a breakthrough in your alchemy arts, you had possessed a disciple of Pill King Mountain to exchange pointers and debate the Dao with various alchemy Grandmasters. The incident had become an unsolved mystery.]

[Now that you had reached the Late Stage and revealed your identity as an alchemy Grandmaster, that matter could naturally no longer remain hidden.]

[In the entire Human Realm, the number of alchemists who could engage in fierce debate with Pill King Mountain's alchemy Grandmasters could be counted on one hand.]

[Once they confirmed it was not one of those few known figures, you naturally became the prime suspect.]

[These alchemy Grandmasters had visited simply to verify your identity.]

[You did not hide it, admitting it frankly.]

[Possessing a disciple to enter Pill King Mountain could be a major offense or a trivial matter.]

[With your current status as a Late Stage Great Cultivator, it naturally fell into the trivial category.]

[In truth, even if you had not broken through to the Late Stage, the matter would not have been much trouble.]

[Pill King Mountain welcomed alchemists from across the Human Realm to come and exchange knowledge.]

[It was just that previously, in order to conceal your identity as an alchemist and avoid drawing the attention of the Zhou Immortal Dynasty, you had resorted to possession to facilitate the exchange.]

[A few months later, the Late Nascent Soul Stage grand ceremony concluded.]

[The influence of this ceremony was primarily confined to the Central Continent. As for the other four great domains, due to the vast distances, not many factions sent representatives to offer congratulations.]

[In the entire Human Realm, only a Deity Transformation grand ceremony could influence all five major domains.]

['True Monarch Qianhuan...']

[You thought of the few acquaintances who had attended the ceremony.]

[True Monarch Qianhuan was one of the few representatives from the Eastern Wilderness Domain.]

['Fellow Daoist Beiheng... has already passed away in meditation...']

[You sighed silently. Through True Monarch Qianhuan's words and your Tier 4 Divination skills, you had learned much intelligence about the Wujian Region.]

[True Monarch Beiheng passed away in meditation eighty years ago. Until the day he died, he never attempted to break through and become a mid-stage body-cultivation true monarch.]

[Fortunately, before True Monarch Beiheng passed away in meditation, Jiuli Valley had finally managed to nurture a new body-cultivation true monarch, maintaining their legacy.]

['Things remain, but the people have changed...']

[Ripples stirred in your heart. Not only had True Monarch Beiheng passed away in meditation, but the hall master of Wujian Hall and True Monarch Qingtian had also passed away in meditation over the past few centuries.]

[In the Taiyuan Region, True Monarch Zixu had long since passed away in meditation, as had True Monarch Shangxiao. The Seven Killings Demon Lord likely only had a century or two of lifespan left.]

[As for the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce... True Person Blood Sea... You Rou... Zhou Hai... Ye Feng... they were all long dead.]

[The generation of people you encountered when you first stepped into the cultivation world were basically all dead.]

['The Zhou Family...']

[A strange light flickered faintly in your eyes.]

[Over the past few centuries, the Zhou Family had developed quite well. A little over a hundred years ago, they had even produced a Golden Core Daoist Master.]

[They had become the strongest cultivation family within a radius of several thousand li.]

['The Zhou Family's providence... is not bad. In the future, there is hope for them to produce a Late-Stage Great True Person...']

[You continued your deductions. You were a Tier 4 Divination Grandmaster, and the Zhou Family shared a bloodline connection with you. Predicting a vague outline of their future was well within your capabilities.]

['Is it because of me?']

[You stroked your chin. Although you avoided helping the Zhou Family directly as much as possible, the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce's status had surged drastically simply because of your existence.]

[And quite a few members of the Zhou Family held prominent positions within the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce.]

[With the rising tide lifting all boats, this naturally fed back into the Zhou Family.]

[Of course, aside from your indirect influence, it was also tied to the relentless struggles of successive generations of the Zhou Family.]

[To nurture that Golden Core Daoist Master, the Zhou Family had paid a devastating price.]

[Year 743. You were 760 years old.]

[It had already been twenty or thirty years since you broke through to the Late Nascent Soul Stage. Yet, your cultivation base had advanced at a sluggish pace.]

['The Lotus Heart Seed's effectiveness during the Late Stage is lower than during the early and mid stages...']

[You pondered inwardly. This was the conclusion you had reached over the past two to three decades.]

['Deity Transformation is so difficult...']

[You sighed with emotion. It was not just the final hurdle of breaking through to Deity Transformation—after stepping into the Nascent Soul Stage, every single step forward was agonizingly hard.]

[Previously, with the Lotus Heart Seed weakening your bottlenecks, you had not felt it so acutely.]

[Now that you had entered the Late Stage, you could feel the bottlenecks and shackles trapping you with absolute clarity.]

[Year 753. You were 770 years old.]

[Li Yan had mostly recovered and once again attempted to break through to the Mid Nascent Soul Stage.]

[You had specifically prepared several types of Fourth Tier High Grade spiritual pills for her.]

[Half a month later, Li Yan successfully crossed into the Mid Nascent Soul Stage.]

["Master... Yan'er succeeded..." Li Yan looked at you, her face brimming with joy.]

[You patted Li Yan's head.]

[That night, you conveniently harvested the Primordial Yin Qi she had been nourishing for decades.]

['She basically has no hope of breaking into the Late Nascent Soul Stage...']

[During your dual cultivation, you gave Li Yan a thorough examination from the inside out.]

[As a Late Stage Great Cultivator, your insight and judgment were naturally on a completely different level.]

["Yan'er, from now on, focus all your efforts on comprehending the musical arts. See if you can become a Fourth Tier High Grade musical Grandmaster..."]

[You gave Li Yan this advice because her chances of becoming a musical Grandmaster were far higher than her chances of breaking through to the Late Nascent Soul Stage.]

["Okay..."]

[Li Yan nodded obediently, hanging on your every word.]

[Year 763. You were 780 years old.]

[Inside your cave dwelling, you sat cross-legged.]

[Within your dantian, after decades of cultivation, your Second Nascent Soul had finally crossed into the Late Nascent Soul Stage, sitting alongside your main Nascent Soul.]

['Divine Origin Void Crossing Great Art...']

[Complex, mysterious silver seal script continuously flashed across the surface of your main Nascent Soul's spiritual body.]

[After seven or eight hundred years of bitter cultivation, you were finally on the verge of mastering the second layer of the Divine Origin Void Crossing Great Art.]

[One by one, the silver seal script characters intertwined and merged, rendering your Nascent Soul's spiritual body increasingly stable.]

[Most of the day passed before you slowly opened your eyes, concluding your cultivation of the Divine Origin Void Crossing Great Art.]

['In a century or two at most, I should be able to completely master this secret art...']

[Your heart settled slightly. During the first three or four hundred years, you had once doubted whether you could master this secret art at all during this simulation.]

['Once this secret art is mastered, clearing the second phase of the Ghost Realm Trial Field will be a breeze. I just don't know what the third phase trial entails...']

[You were quite curious. The third layer of the Divine Origin Void Crossing Great Art? Based on your experience cultivating the second layer, you felt that only a Deity Transformation Heavenly Monarch would have any hope of mastering the third.]

[Year 773. You were 790 years old.]

[You still spent the majority of your time in bitter cultivation, comprehending your other arts and techniques on the side.]

[Ever since you joined the Heavenly Talisman Sect, your days had been incredibly peaceful, and becoming a Late Stage Great Cultivator only cemented that peace.]

[However, on a certain day...]

[Just as you finished your cultivation, you received a piece of intelligence monumental enough to shake the entire Human Realm.]

[The news came from the Northern Plains. A massive upheaval had occurred in that region, one that would completely alter the landscape of the Human Realm.]

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