I Have a Cultivation Simulator

The illusory text rapidly shifted, finally stopping on a single line: [Simulation Ended].

Zhou Qing let out a soft breath.

Truth be told, he could have just ended the simulation himself at the very end.

But just to spite True Person Blood Sea, he had deliberately detonated his divine sense, triggering an explosion in his sea of consciousness that blew his own head cleanly off.

'Didn't you want to possess my body?'

'I'd rather blow myself up than give it to you.'

'Are you mad?'

And clearly, he was.

Judging by the shock and fury in True Person Blood Sea's eyes right at the end, Zhou Qing could tell the man was absolutely livid.

True Person Blood Sea would have to find a new vessel now.

Decades of grooming, dozens of grueling marrow-cleansing sessions—all completely wasted.

Zhou Qing felt deeply satisfied.

'This isn't over.'

'True Person Blood Sea, was it? Sealed inside the Shanhai Ring by Master Shanhai over two hundred years ago... just you wait. In the next simulation, and the one after that, for thousands and millions of simulations—I'll be coming for you!'

Zhou Qing thought to himself.

Since he could run infinite simulations, failure didn't scare him, because he always had a chance to start over.

True Person Blood Sea had screwed him over in this simulation, but in the next one, and the one after that, it would be Zhou Qing's turn to screw True Person Blood Sea over.

'Good thing I spent all my spirit stones before attempting to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm...'

Zhou Qing felt reassured.

He had spent all his spirit stones to guard against the worst-case scenario—failing the breakthrough.

Even cultivators with Earth-grade spirit roots—the favored children of the cultivation world—had the occasional rare instance of failure.

Although True Person Blood Sea had helped him refine his physical body and magic power to a state of flawless perfection, Zhou Qing still had to prepare for the possibility of failure.

Now, those preparations had paid off immensely. The multitude of skill inheritances in his mind, worth tens of thousands of spirit stones, were proof enough.

As these thoughts churned in his head...

...the frozen illusory text began to shift again.

[Please choose one of the following to inherit]

[1: Cultivation base, realm, skills, cultivation techniques, and memories from the simulation's peak]

[2: One treasure that belonged to you during the simulation]

Zhou Qing looked at the two options presented by the illusory text.

Without a doubt, he would choose the first.

After all, while this simulation had ended in the brutal detonation of his divine sense, he had successfully completed its transformation and passed the divine sense trial right before he blew himself up.

Add in the earlier vitality trial and magic power trial...

...passing all three meant he had successfully reached the Foundation Establishment Realm.

'There shouldn't be any issues with the Shanhai Art or the Shanhai Body Tempering Art.'

Zhou Qing paused to mull it over.

During the simulation's final moments, he had asked True Person Blood Sea if there were any hidden dangers in those two techniques.

True Person Blood Sea's answer had been no.

And Zhou Qing felt that answer was trustworthy.

After all, in True Person Blood Sea's eyes at the time, Zhou Qing was already a dead man.

He probably couldn't even be bothered to lie to a dead man.

There was absolutely no benefit in it.

And logically, Zhou Qing didn't believe the Shanhai Art or the Shanhai Body Tempering Art were flawed either.

True Person Blood Sea had been grooming him for his own eventual use; why would he sabotage himself with flawed techniques?

Even taking a massive step back and assuming the techniques were compromised...

...the worst-case scenario was that Zhou Qing could simply cripple his cultivation in a future simulation and start over with a different method.

However, this inheritance would be applied to his real body in reality.

'Marrow cleansing...'

Zhou Qing pondered deeply.

Now that he knew True Person Blood Sea's ultimate goal in grooming him, it was easy to deduce—

If the man hadn't left a backdoor in the cultivation techniques, he had most likely planted one during those dozens of marrow-cleansing sessions.

But so what?

He was inheriting pure cultivation base, realm progress, skills, techniques, and memories...

As for any hidden traps or dangers? Those wouldn't carry over.

Just like how the pill toxicity accumulated in his simulation body had never transferred over.

"I choose one."

Zhou Qing made his choice directly.

In an instant.

An earth-shattering transformation erupted within his body.

His physical vitality skyrocketed, and his magic power surged wildly, eventually condensing deep within his dantian into thirteen drops of liquid magic power.

At the same time, deep within his sea of consciousness, his divine sense began to evolve.

Nearly a century of memories from his second simulation began to flash before his eyes like scenes from a film.

Zhou Qing sat cross-legged, absorbing the changes while actively suppressing his aura.

If a Foundation Establishment cultivator chose to hide their aura, no one would notice a thing—unless a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the same level inspected them at close range.

The reason many Qi Refining Realm cultivators felt an irresistible spiritual pressure when facing a Foundation Establishment expert was because the expert hadn't concealed their aura.

'Liquid magic power?'

Zhou Qing peered into his dantian and 'saw' the thirteen drops of liquid magic power.

The thirteen drops floated throughout his dantian, and every single one contained enough explosive might to eclipse Qi Refining Perfection.

'So this is a Foundation Establishment cultivator!'

Zhou Qing marveled inwardly. Of course, he had only managed to condense thirteen drops of liquid magic power because he had cultivated the Shanhai Art.

A normal Foundation Establishment cultivator could only condense nine drops.

'My physical body hasn't transformed much, though.'

Zhou Qing felt the strength of his physique.

Before attempting the breakthrough, he had already cultivated the Shanhai Body Tempering Art to the third layer. Through physical strength alone, he rivaled an ordinary cultivator at the Qi Refining Late Stage.

Now that he had crossed into the Foundation Establishment Realm, the influx of worldly spiritual energy had strengthened his body further, but the improvement was minor compared to the qualitative leap in his magic power.

Zhou Qing didn't feel any surprise at this.

Body cultivation and magic power were two entirely different paths to begin with.

In the ancient era, cultivators were divided into ancient cultivators and body cultivators, representing magic power and physical strength respectively.

Of course, whether one was a body cultivator or an ancient cultivator, both required a strong divine sense.

'My divine sense...'

Zhou Qing began to unfurl his divine sense.

During the Qi Refining Realm, his divine sense could only cover two or three zhang around him.

But now, as he released it, he felt every detail within thirty zhang. It was as clear as looking at the lines on his own palm.

'My divine sense is also stronger than that of a cultivator who has just entered the Foundation Establishment Realm...'

Zhou Qing thought to himself.

Based on his common knowledge, a normal cultivator who had just entered the Foundation Establishment Realm could only cover twenty zhang with their divine sense.

'The Shanhai Art truly lives up to its name as an ancient inheritance!'

Excitement surged in Zhou Qing's heart.

'I've only just entered the Foundation Establishment Realm, so I'm considered at the first layer, but my actual combat power probably isn't any weaker than the Foundation Establishment Second Layer or third layer!'

Zhou Qing thought to himself.

The first, second, and third layers were all part of the early Foundation Establishment stage. They were minor realm divisions, so even if there was a gap in power, it wasn't insurmountable.

'Hm?'

Right at that moment, Zhou Qing noticed the illusory text at the bottom of his vision shifting again.

[Calculating this simulation's results...]

[Your life was nothing more than a vessel nurtured by a core formation master. Everything you worked for was destined to become fuel for the core formation master's return.]

[But in your final moments, you dared to sacrifice yourself to destroy the core formation master's scheme...]

[You have awakened a Purple Talent—]

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