I Have a Cultivation Simulator

[With the Foundation Establishment Pill in hand, every moment of delay brought new variables.]

[Coupled with reaching your absolute limit in every aspect, you naturally planned to push for the Foundation Establishment Realm immediately.]

[You put away the Jade Box containing the Foundation Establishment Pill and headed for the immortal city's cave abode district.]

[Biyue Immortal City was divided into the outer city, inner city, and core. The inner city's cave abode district provided abodes built over Tier Two spirit veins, satisfying the external requirements for breaking through from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment.]

[Walking down the inner city streets, your gaze remained calm as you continuously adjusted your state.]

[This state wasn't physical, but mental.]

[Across two simulations and over a hundred years of time, you had finally touched the threshold of the Foundation Establishment Realm.]

[Compared to the Qi Refining Realm, a Foundation Establishment cultivator's status, identity, and strength were entirely different.]

[This was obvious just from their lifespan.]

[Even some long-lived Mortals could survive past a hundred.]

[But a Foundation Establishment cultivator enjoyed two hundred years of life.]

[Compared to ordinary Mortals, they could hardly be considered the same species anymore.]

[Not to mention the terrifying destructive power a Foundation Establishment cultivator could unleash with a casual gesture.]

[Walking on air, soaring through the skies, and burrowing into the earth—these were all things a Foundation Establishment cultivator could do.]

[Soon, you arrived at the inner city's cave abode district.]

["I want to rent a Tier Two Mid-Grade cave abode for one month."]

[You looked at the female receptionist and said directly, "It will be used to push for the Foundation Establishment Realm."]

[When cultivators rented cave abodes, it was either for normal cultivation or for making a breakthrough.]

[And these two purposes did not share the same price.]

[The spirit stones required for the latter were far higher than the former.]

[During normal cultivation, a cultivator absorbed and expelled spiritual energy in a gradual, step-by-step process that didn't impact the surrounding environment.]

[But breakthroughs were different. Major realm breakthroughs, in particular, triggered spiritual energy vortexes that disrupted the nearby spiritual environment.]

[Simply put, a cave abode rented for normal cultivation was just a single cave abode.]

[However, a cave abode used for a breakthrough had to guarantee the stability of the surrounding spiritual environment, which could involve the territory of several neighboring cave abodes or more.]

[Cave abodes were built over spirit veins and provided spiritual pressure, allowing cultivators to absorb spiritual energy much more efficiently. During a breakthrough, this spiritual pressure also increased the chances of success; this was exactly why cultivators didn't just directly absorb spiritual energy from spirit stones.]

["Renting a Tier Two Mid-Grade cave abode to push for the Foundation Establishment Realm for one month will be one thousand spirit stones."]

[The female receptionist in the cave abode district didn't show any surprise.]

[In the outside world—such as the major market towns—you might not see a single person at Qi Refining Perfection attempt Foundation Establishment in years.]

[But here in Biyue Immortal City? A Qi Refining Perfection cultivator came to push for Foundation Establishment almost every few days.]

[It was just that most Qi Refining Perfection cultivators chose low-grade, Tier Two cave abodes. A low-grade, Tier Two spirit vein environment was generally enough to satisfy the external requirements for attempting Foundation Establishment.]

[You were doing this to play it safe. Even if it only increased the odds by a minuscule amount, you didn't mind spending the extra spirit stones.]

[You took out the one thousand spirit stones you had prepared in advance and were then led to a cave abode.]

[The cave abode was several hundred square meters in size, and the spiritual energy here was so dense that if Mortals stayed long enough, it would extend their lifespans.]

[You sat cross-legged in the very center of the cave abode and began your final adjustments.]

Watching this, a wave of tension gripped Zhou Qing.

Even if the Foundation Establishment attempt failed—even if it resulted in death and the complete dissipation of his cultivation—it wouldn't actually affect Zhou Qing. At most, he would just try again in the next simulation.

But if he could successfully reach Foundation Establishment this time, it would naturally be the best outcome.

"With my preparations, the vitality of my physical body, and the quality of my magical power... if I can't reach Foundation Establishment with all this, then there's truly no justice in the world..."

Zhou Qing reined in his thoughts and continued watching the simulation's progress.

The illusory text continued to shift.

[Having finished adjusting your state, you didn't hesitate any longer. You immediately circulated the Foundation Establishment method within the Shanhai Art, and the mellow, rich Shanhai magical power inside your body began to flow rapidly.]

[Using the Foundation Establishment method to draw in the external spiritual energy of heaven and earth, a spiritual energy vortex faintly formed high above the cave abode in an instant. Spiritual energy as vast as the sea quickly poured inside.]

[With the spiritual energy infusing your body, you now had to face the Vitality Trial, the first of the three Foundation Establishment trials.]

[The Vitality Trial was also known as the Physical Body Trial or the Physique Trial. All you had to do in this trial was endure the majestic spiritual energy of heaven and earth with your flesh and blood.]

[If you couldn't endure it, you would naturally fail the Vitality Trial, and thus fail the Foundation Establishment attempt.]

[Why was it said that a cultivator's hopes of breaking through in their twilight years were incredibly bleak? It was because their vitality had decayed, leaving their physical bodies completely incapable of withstanding the elevation brought about by a realm transformation.]

[The majestic spiritual energy of heaven and earth continuously flooded into your body.]

[You had already cultivated the Shanhai body tempering art to the third layer. Relying on your physical body alone, you were fully capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with Qi Refining Late Stage cultivators. Enduring this spiritual energy of heaven and earth was naturally a breeze.]

[Soon enough, you smoothly passed the Vitality Trial of the three Foundation Establishment trials.]

[The second Foundation Establishment trial was the Magical Power Trial.]

[From Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, how did magical power change?]

[A Qi Refining cultivator's magical power was in a gaseous state, while a Foundation Establishment cultivator's magical power was in a liquid state.]

[Therefore, the so-called Magical Power Trial was the process of converting magical power from a gaseous state to a liquid state.]

[The difficulty of this trial was enormous. If the magical power had even the slightest impurity and couldn't smoothly transition into a liquid state, the Magical Power Trial would fail.]

["The Shanhai magical power I cultivate is incredibly rich and pure. It shouldn't be a big problem."]

[You began manipulating your own magical power, condensing it toward a liquid state.]

[At the same time, you took out the Foundation Establishment Pill and swallowed it in one gulp.]

[The greatest use of a Foundation Establishment Pill was to purify magical power and accelerate its conversion into a liquid state.]

[As for protecting the heart meridians and ensuring the cultivator survived even if they failed Foundation Establishment, that was actually just an added bonus of the Foundation Establishment Pill.]

[Cultivators who bought Foundation Establishment Pills certainly didn't hope to ever use that heart-protecting function.]

[As wisps of Shanhai magical power were continuously compressed and gathered in your dantian, the very first drop of liquid magical power faintly began to take shape.]

["Liquid magical power?"]

[You carefully sensed that drop of liquid magical power condensing in your dantian as an invisible spiritual pressure began to radiate outward.]

[Any random spell from a Foundation Establishment cultivator could sweep aside a Qi Refining cultivator, and they relied entirely on this liquid magical power that stood far above gaseous magical power.]

[For ordinary cultivators who had just entered the Foundation Establishment Realm, all the gaseous magical power in their bodies would ultimately convert into nine drops of liquid magical power. However, the Shanhai Art was renowned for its richness, and it would ultimately yield thirteen drops of liquid magical power...]

[As drops of liquid magical power took shape one after another, several days passed. Within your dantian, thirteen drops of liquid magical power radiating an invisible spiritual pressure were already suspended.]

[Magical Power Trial, passed.]

[By the time you passed the Vitality Trial and the Magical Power Trial, more than ten days had already passed in the outside world.]

[Normally speaking, if everything went smoothly, the time spent breaking through from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment wouldn't exceed twenty days.]

[Because the amount of liquid magical power you condensed was higher than ordinary cultivators, you ended up consuming a bit more time.]

["The Divine Sense Trial!"]

[With a tranquil mind, you sank your consciousness into your sea of consciousness.]

[Across two simulations and over a hundred years of time, the time you spent on alchemy was no less than the time you spent cultivating.]

[And alchemy required controlling earth fire and fusing medicinal properties, which placed extremely high demands on an alchemist's control over their divine sense.]

[Because of this, you also had full confidence in the Divine Sense Trial of the three Foundation Establishment trials.]

[Just as you began to undergo the Divine Sense Trial, in the outside world, the Shanhai Ring worn on your right index finger slowly began to change.]

[Originally, this Shanhai Ring was entirely sky-blue, with only negligible traces of crimson light flowing across it.]

[But right now, those wisps of crimson light began to surge rapidly. The crimson light was like blood, as vast and mighty as an ocean. In the blink of an eye, the sky-blue Shanhai Ring thoroughly transformed into a blood-red ring.]

[The blood-red ring seemed to contain a boundless sea of blood.]

[Wisps of blood-red aura drifted up from the ring, condensing into an illusory, blood-colored figure a short distance away.]

[This illusory, blood-colored figure looked at you as you sat with your eyes closed in the middle of your breakthrough. As if looking at an incomparably delicious piece of food, it let out a distant, drawn-out sigh.]

["Finally..."]

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