I Have a Cultivation Simulator

"The third layer of the Cloud Sea Body Refinement Art!"

Outside the simulation, a smile appeared on Zhou Qing's face.

This body refinement art, originating from the Shanhai Sect, was entirely different from the common techniques in the current cultivation world.

It leaned much closer to the path of ancient body cultivators.

Ancient body cultivators were not the slightest bit weaker than ancient cultivators.

It was only because breaking through major realms as a body cultivator was so difficult, combined with threats like heavenly tribulations, that the lineage had gradually declined.

'During the next simulation, I can let Dachun practice this body refinement art...'

Zhou Qing mused. Dachun's talent in body refinement was much stronger than his own. With the Blazing Sun Body Refinement Art, Dachun had nearly touched the threshold of the Qi Refining Late Stage.

If the Shanhai Ring's artifact spirit hadn't repeatedly warned him that passing down either the Shanhai Art or the Shanhai Body Tempering Art to outsiders was strictly forbidden...

'With the third layer of the Cloud Sea Body Refinement Art, passing the Qi and Blood Pass—one of the three passes of Foundation Establishment—is a sure thing.'

Zhou Qing was in a good mood. Those had been the exact words of the artifact spirit.

Originally, Zhou Qing hadn't quite understood that statement. But now, feeling the surging vitality within his body...

If this couldn't pass the Qi and Blood Pass, then ninety percent of the cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Realm would have failed their breakthroughs.

[With the Shanhai Body Tempering Art stepping into the third layer, your only remaining goal was the Foundation Establishment Realm.]

[You had long since mapped out your specific plans for reaching Foundation Establishment.]

[That plan was to attempt the breakthrough in Biyue Immortal City.]

[When attempting Foundation Establishment, it was best for a cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm to break through in an environment with a Tier Two spirit vein.]

[Moreover, the breakthrough process would trigger a spiritual energy vortex, placing high demands on the surrounding spiritual energy environment.]

[Only Biyue Immortal City could satisfy these breakthrough conditions.]

[As for Tingyu Market? Wushan Market? They could indeed provide cave dwellings over Tier Two spirit veins, but if you wanted to attempt Foundation Establishment within those markets... you had to book a reservation in advance.]

[The scale of a market was simply too small.]

[Breaking through in a market also left you vulnerable to sabotage. For instance, at the critical moment, the market lord could adjust the spirit vein's spiritual energy, directly interfering with the advancing Qi Refining cultivator.]

[You walked out of the inn, but you didn't head to Biyue Immortal City immediately.]

[A year ago, you had completed a transaction with You Rou worth tens of thousands of spirit stones.]

[Although you had casually name-dropped Alchemist Zhao Kan of Biyue Immortal City during the exchange...]

[...spirit stones moved people's hearts. What if the Alchemy Alliance's Foundation Establishment leader was camping outside the market to ambush you?]

[Tens of thousands of spirit stones exceeded the total net worth of an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator.]

[Only a Tier Two Alchemist like the alliance leader had deep enough pockets to easily pull out such a sum.]

[You decided to wait a while longer before leaving.]

[Cultivating the Shanhai Art allowed you to delay your twilight years until the age of ninety.]

[You were only eighty years old now; there was still plenty of time.]

[Year 66. You were eighty-one. While waiting in Tingyu Market, you began purchasing numerous craft legacies.]

[These included inheritances for alchemy, artifact forging, array formations, beast taming, and more.]

[You had far too many spirit stones on you. If you failed the breakthrough, wouldn't leaving behind such a massive fortune be a complete waste?]

[In theory, taking a Foundation Establishment Pill would protect your heart meridians, preserving your life even if the breakthrough failed.]

[But even if you survived, your vitality would be severely damaged, leaving you with no chance for a second attempt. Keeping such a huge sum of spirit stones on you would be equally unsafe.]

[Therefore, your plan was to spend all your spirit stones before the breakthrough—aside from what you needed for the attempt itself—to avoid a situation where you died with your wealth unspent.]

[As for what to spend them on... naturally, the standard was things you could carry over.]

[With no way to further improve your current strength, you bought those craft legacies. Regardless of whether you understood them, you memorized them all so you could use them in reality and future simulations.]

[Having too many skills was never a burden—this logic applied just as well in the cultivation world.]

[Year 67. You were eighty-two. Three years had passed since your transaction with You Rou.]

[For these three years, you had remained in Tingyu Market. During this time, you changed identities hundreds of times, moving from one cave dwelling to another inn.]

[Cultivators came and went frequently in Tingyu Market; no one paid any attention to you.]

[You finally decided it was time to leave the market and head to Biyue Immortal City.]

[In your view, even if the Alchemy Alliance's leader was driven by greed to camp outside the market for you...]

[...he wouldn't wait for three whole years.]

[A Foundation Establishment cultivator's time was valuable. He couldn't possibly waste three years on something so uncertain.]

[Even if the other party still hadn't given up, at most he would just leave his subordinate Qi Refining cultivators guarding the outside of the market.]

[And with your current strength, you could directly sweep through three to five cultivators at the Qi Refining Late Stage.]

[You concealed your aura, disguised your appearance, and walked out of Tingyu Market posing as an ordinary Qi Refining Mid-Stage Cultivator.]

[Even after traveling hundreds of li away from Tingyu Market, you encountered no ambushes.]

[You vaguely realized that you might have just spent the last three years fighting a battle of wits with thin air.]

[The Foundation Establishment alliance leader behind You Rou had likely abandoned any schemes against you the moment he heard Alchemist Zhao Kan's name.]

[The influence of a Tier Two Mid-Grade Alchemist capable of independently refining Foundation Establishment Pills was truly terrifying.]

[Of course, it was also possible that the alliance leader had waited for a few months, saw no sign of you leaving, and just departed.]

[You headed all the way toward Biyue Immortal City, never taking out a flying artifact.]

[Flying artifacts were incredibly valuable; even powerful cultivators at the Qi Refining Late Stage couldn't necessarily afford them.]

[Traveling via a flying artifact was far too high-profile. It didn't suit your style.]

[Nearly half a year later, a vast plain entered your line of sight.]

[According to the map's markings, you were only thousands of li away from Biyue Immortal City at this moment.]

[You continued your journey for over two thousand li. A massive immortal city at the end of the plain loomed faintly in the distance, looking like a prostrating ancient behemoth.]

[By now, the frequency with which you encountered other cultivators gradually increased.]

[These cultivators were either hurrying toward Biyue Immortal City or departing from it.]

[But without exception, the cultivators who dared to travel to Biyue Immortal City were mostly at the Qi Refining Middle Stage or Qi Refining Late Stage.]

[Early-stage Qi Refining cultivators were actually quite rare.]

[Furthermore, many of these cultivators vaguely emitted a bloody aura, clearly skilled in life-and-death combat rather than being sheltered novices.]

[Approaching the immortal city, you increased your travel speed by a notch.]

[Soon, a towering, magnificent colossal city appeared in your field of vision.]

[Compared to this immortal city, the surrounding mountain ranges looked like mere hills.]

[A vast and ancient presence radiated from within the giant city.]

["Biyue Immortal City!"]

[Your mind trembled.]

[The founder of Biyue Immortal City was True Person Biyue, a genuine core formation master.]

[According to the information you had gathered, even among Masters, True Person Biyue belonged to the stronger tier.]

[You gazed at Biyue Immortal City from afar.]

[The entire immortal city was built atop a large-scale Tier Three Spiritual Vein, stretching for hundreds of li.]

[Inside and out, the city was shrouded by tens of thousands of formations. Its foundational grand array was at the third-tier level, commanding and integrating the power of all the other formations.]

[As you drew closer to the immortal city, you occasionally sensed streaks of light flashing past high in the sky, entering the city directly.]

[These streaks of light naturally belonged to Foundation Establishment cultivators. In the market, a Foundation Establishment cultivator was a rare sight, yet here, you saw four or five in just a short while.]

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