I Have a Cultivation Simulator

'True Person Blood Sea...'

Outside the simulation, Zhou Qing fell into brief thought.

Since he was scheming for the Shanhai Secret Realm, True Person Blood Sea was undoubtedly an unavoidable obstacle.

In some ways, True Person Blood Sea was the very target of his schemes.

As a core formation master, even if his physical body and golden core had been ground to dust, leaving only a wisp of his essence soul, he could not be underestimated.

Those centuries of memories alone were an incredibly precious treasure.

Not to mention, Zhou Qing was counting on extracting the Core Formation chapter of the Shanhai Art from him.

The Core Formation chapter held the method to condense the Shanhai Dao Body. This was a piece of information that even True Person Blood Sea had specifically highlighted; it went without saying just how important it was.

In this third simulation, Zhou Qing had started in the Foundation Establishment Realm. He had even joined the Alchemy Hall and established his own circle of influence and connections.

He had already learned a great deal about the Shanhai Sect's master, as well as True Person Blood Sea.

In their youth, the sect master and True Person Blood Sea had mistakenly wandered into the ruins of the ancient Shanhai Lineage, obtaining numerous inheritances from it.

The two shared the same inheritance and had bowed to the same master within those ruins, making them martial brothers.

However, while the sect master practiced the orthodox Shanhai Lineage, True Person Blood Sea cultivated a rather extreme branch of it—the Blood Sea inheritance.

The two successively became core formation masters. Later, because of a female cultivator, they stood in opposition and fought fiercely against each other. Ultimately, over two hundred years ago, they perished along with the entire Shanhai Sect.

'To fight to the death over a female cultivator...'

Zhou Qing was somewhat curious. Just what kind of heavenly beauty was the female cultivator that two core formation masters fought over?

...

'True Person Blood Sea's cultivation should be lower than the Core Formation Middle Stage. Most likely, he is at the Core Formation Initial Stage.'

Zhou Qing's expression turned slightly grave.

He hadn't managed to find detailed information regarding True Person Blood Sea's exact cultivation base.

But it wasn't difficult to deduce.

First of all, a core formation master's lifespan was five hundred years.

True Person Blood Sea had been sealed within the Shanhai Secret Realm for two to three hundred years. In the second simulation, he had even guided Zhou Qing for over sixty years.

Add to that the fact that the other party probably needed to reserve a few decades of lifespan to recover after a successful possession.

Even with the cultivation speed of a Heaven Spirit Root—reaching Foundation Establishment at forty and Core Formation at ninety...

The time left for True Person Blood Sea to cultivate during the Core Formation Realm wouldn't have exceeded fifty years.

Fifty years... Even for a Heaven Spirit Root cultivator, it was incredibly difficult to break through to the Core Formation Middle Stage in that timeframe.

Once one reached the Core Formation Realm, the influence of one's spirit root aptitude on cultivation would decrease.

It placed much greater emphasis on a cultivator's overall foundation and comprehensive background.

...

[You stepped into the third level of the Foundation Establishment Realm. With a thought, you took out several dozen talismans from your Storage Bag.]

[These dozens of talismans were all Sealing Talismans. The two highest-grade ones among them impressively reached the Tier 3 Low-Grade.]

[Over the past decade or so, you frequently attended auctions, using various identities to purchase sealing-type talismans.]

[These dozens of Sealing Talismans before you were the fruits of your labor.]

[Naturally, you acquired so many Sealing Talismans to deal with True Person Blood Sea.]

[The purpose of a Sealing Talisman was to seal an entity. This entity could be living or dead.]

[In theory, a Tier 3 Sealing Talisman could seal and suppress the golden core of a core formation master.]

[True Person Blood Sea's physical body and golden core had been eroded away, leaving only a wisp of an essence soul. Combined with the remnant sealing power of the Shanhai Ring, the multitude of Sealing Talismans you prepared ensured that nothing would go wrong.]

[Even if True Person Blood Sea's strength exceeded your expectations and reached the Core Formation Middle Stage, facing so many Sealing Talismans in his state as a mere wisp of an essence soul, he wouldn't be able to make any big waves.]

[Moreover, you were currently hidden in the dark. True Person Blood Sea didn't even know you existed. Faced with a sneak attack and suppression at a critical moment, it was even more impossible for him to mount any resistance.]

['I hope everything goes smoothly.']

[You thought to yourself. Up to this point, you had pushed all your preparations to the absolute limit.]

[If some unexpected variable truly appeared, you would just try again in the next simulation.]

[You possessed unlimited simulation opportunities, which equated to the ability to constantly start over. True Person Blood Sea couldn't escape even if he grew wings.]

[Stowing away all the Sealing Talismans, you once again took out the drop of blood essence left behind by Dachun.]

['Dachun... is still alive?']

[By casting a spell using the blood essence, you learned that Dachun was currently still alive.]

[Over the past few years, you would periodically use the blood essence to determine if Dachun was dead or alive, allowing you to form some deductions about Youshan.]

[Dachun had been trapped in Youshan for several years and was still alive even now. This made you increasingly certain that Youshan held a great secret and a massive fortune.]

...

[Half a year later, with the opening of the Shanhai Secret Realm imminent, you set off for Wushan Market.]

[Naturally, your stated reason for going to Wushan Market wasn't that you knew the secret realm was about to open, but under the pretext of personally inspecting the chamber's operations.]

[The Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce you established traveled year-round between Biyue Immortal City and Wushan Market. Personally checking the chamber's operations to avoid being deceived was perfectly normal.]

[Upon arriving at Wushan Market, You Rou and the rest of the chamber's management trembled with apprehension as they reported the chamber's operational details to you.]

[As you listened, you sensed that the spiritual energy of the entire market had a faint tendency to be drawn toward the center.]

[This pull was extremely subtle. Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators might not even notice it.]

["How have the cave dwellings and inns in the market been recently?"]

[You glanced at You Rou and asked.]

["A few days ago, the Ouyang family announced that they needed to adjust the market's formations, so they are temporarily not renting out cave dwellings or inns..."]

[You Rou immediately replied.]

["I see."]

[You wore a thoughtful expression.]

[Combined with the information You Rou provided, you deduced that Ouyang Shen, the Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Ouyang family, was currently assaulting a bottleneck to break through to the next realm.]

[This could be seen from the closure of the inns and cave dwellings across the entire market, as well as the shift in the spiritual energy of the spirit vein.]

[A normal Foundation Establishment cultivator wouldn't need this much spiritual energy for their standard cultivation. It was only possible when breaking through.]

[And this was no ordinary breakthrough.]

['Breaking through from the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage?']

[You thought to yourself.]

[The master of Wushan Market, Ouyang Shen, had already stepped into the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage decades ago.]

[For there to be such a massive commotion now, it could only mean he was preparing to break through to the late stage.]

['He must have ultimately failed his breakthrough.']

[You mused silently. If Ouyang Shen had successfully stepped into the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, you would have definitely heard news of it in either the first or second simulation.]

[Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators were also known as Foundation Establishment grand cultivators. If Ouyang Shen had reached this level, he absolutely would have broadcast it far and wide.]

['No wonder the Ouyang family made no moves after the secret realm opened...']

[A look of realization flashed in your mind. During the previous two simulations, when the Shanhai Secret Realm opened, the Ouyang family of the nearest Wushan Market hadn't reacted at all.]

[Now it seemed it was because Ouyang Shen had failed his late-stage breakthrough and suffered a backlash. He would likely need years of recuperation to recover. Under such circumstances, they naturally had no energy to spare for the secret realm's opening.]

[You paid no mind to Ouyang Shen's breakthrough. Instead, you waited quietly at the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce's stronghold within the market.]

[Two months later, your expression flickered slightly as you looked toward the direction of the Shanhai Secret Realm.]

[You knew that at this very moment, the Shanhai Secret Realm had opened.]

[For other cultivators, the opening of the Shanhai Secret Realm was the first time in the last two to three hundred years.]

[But for you, the Shanhai Secret Realm had already opened for the third time.]

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