I Have a Cultivation Simulator

[From the age of eighty-two onward, this was a time period you had never encountered in your previous two simulations.]

[You walked out of the Alchemy Tower and stepped into the courtyard.]

["Master."]

[Two beautiful young handmaidens immediately pressed up against you.]

[Since your original maids, Chunhua and Qiuyue, had grown older, you arranged for them to work at the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce.]

[Chunhua and Qiuyue had served by your side for decades, and their alchemy skills had both reached the first tier's mid-grade.]

[With the protection of the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce, they only needed to refine mid- and low-grade pills to live very comfortably.]

["Flap, flap, flap!"]

[A massive black eagle flapped its wings and landed in front of you in an instant. Its pitch-black eyes darted around as it continuously rubbed against you.]

[Having signed a spiritual pet contract with the Dark Magic Eagle, combined with your many years together, you naturally understood its intentions.]

[Tier 2 Mid-Stage corresponded to a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.]

["Your condition really is quite good."]

[You examined it carefully and sighed to yourself, "Truly worthy of an Earth-grade bloodline."]

[It had been a mere eighteen years since the Dark Magic Eagle crossed into Tier Two.]

[In other words, it took only eighteen years to accumulate the foundation needed to advance from the early phase to Tier 2 Mid-Stage.]

[Its growth rate slightly exceeded that of other Earth-grade bloodlines at the same level.]

[This had a lot to do with your meticulous nurturing. Ever since this Dark Magic Eagle fell into your hands, it hadn't suffered a single day of hardship.]

[You even swapped out its mates every so often. Beast Taming Mountain had brought over nearly all their female eagles to mate with it.]

["Alright."]

[You looked at the Dark Magic Eagle and granted it permission to break through.]

[Of course, its breakthrough certainly wouldn't take place in the Alchemy Tower.]

[It wasn't that the spiritual energy environment of the Alchemy Tower was lacking, but rather that massive demonic beasts could not perfectly control their auras during a breakthrough.]

[Demonic beasts were entirely different from cultivators, and the commotion they caused was vastly different as well.]

[You specifically rented a spacious cave dwelling for the Dark Magic Eagle's breakthrough.]

[Half a month later, you stood at the edge of the cave dwelling, watching the massive black eagle in the distance erupt with surging waves of demonic power.]

[Faced with such terrifying demonic power, a Qi Refining cultivator would undoubtedly suffer severe mental and physical distress, perhaps even walking away with lasting psychological trauma.]

["Tier 2 Mid-Stage..."]

[A smile surfaced on your face as you watched the scene unfold.]

[The Dark Magic Eagle crossed into Tier 2 Mid-Stage without taking a single breakthrough-assisting pill. It cleared the hurdle relying entirely on its own accumulated foundation.]

[Its foundation was solid, its potential abundant.]

[This was a far cry from you, who had to rely on a Stage-Breaking Pill.]

["With such a smooth breakthrough, there's actually a sliver of hope that it might shatter its bloodline shackles and become a Tier 3 Great Demon in the future..."]

[You mused to yourself.]

[Compared to cultivators with Earth Spiritual Roots, demonic beasts with Earth-grade bloodlines had a much smoother path in cultivation. They only needed to continuously unearth their bloodline potential to grow all the way to the peak of Foundation Establishment.]

[However, when it came to breaking through the third-tier bottleneck, Earth-grade beasts fell short of Earth Spiritual Root cultivators.]

[Their success stemmed from their bloodline, and they would inevitably be trapped by it.]

...

[You brought the Dark Magic Eagle back to the Alchemy Tower.]

[Half a month later, you received a letter from the mortal Zhou Family.]

[Opening it, you stared at the somewhat unfamiliar handwriting. The author of this letter wasn't your father, Zhou Shizhong, but your eldest brother, Zhou Wen.]

["Sigh..."]

[You let out a heavy sigh after finishing the letter.]

[The contents were brief, primarily delivering the news of your parents' passing.]

[You were eighty-two years old this year. Your parents had already surpassed a hundred years of age, which was considered incredibly long-lived for mortals.]

[Even most Qi Refining cultivators couldn't guarantee living that long.]

[They had managed to live to such an old age mainly thanks to the health-preservation pills you occasionally sent back.]

[The grade of those pills wasn't high, but they were more than enough for mortals.]

[Your turbulent thoughts quickly settled into a calm stillness.]

[Compared to what your parents endured in your previous two simulations...]

[In this simulation, they had lived well past a hundred before passing away. It could truly be considered a joyous passing.]

[That very night, you left the immortal city and headed to the mortal Zhou Family to mourn them in person.]

[You saw your eldest brother Zhou Wen and your second brother Zhou Wu; both had aged terribly.]

[They were a few years older than you, both well into their eighties.]

["Where is Zhou Hai?" you asked, looking at Zhou Wu.]

[Zhou Hai was Zhou Wu's favorite grandson, and he possessed Mid-Grade Spirit Root talent.]

[Under your guidance, he had joined the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce.]

["I reckon it will be a few more days before he can rush back..." Zhou Wu answered in a low voice.]

[Since Zhou Hai was only a Qi Refining cultivator, it was naturally impossible for him to travel as fast as you.]

[After mourning your parents, you went to take a look at the nearby Youshan.]

[Decades had passed, and Dachun was still trapped within Youshan, yet he hadn't died.]

[You carefully examined Youshan for a while, then tried once more to cast a spell using the lifeblood essence Dachun had left behind.]

["Dachun... just what exactly are you facing?"]

[Your spell yielded nothing. You stood among the clouds, gazing at Youshan for a moment longer before turning to leave.]

...

[Half a year later, inside the Alchemy Tower of the immortal city.]

[You wrapped your arms around Shen Lingxiu's supple waist, pulling her into a close embrace.]

[You could clearly feel the soft curves of her figure as the two of you gradually pressed flush against each other.]

[Her lips were plump, sweet, and incredibly soft.]

[Half a day later.]

[You and Shen Lingxiu slept, nestled against one another.]

[If an outsider were present, they would see that the normally aloof genius array master currently lay with her hair disheveled, her hairpins askew, and her robes scattered.]

["Wang Lang... we haven't seen each other for so long. Did you miss me?"]

[Shen Lingxiu wrapped her arms around your neck, the flush on her face not yet faded.]

["What have you been doing these past few years?" you asked.]

[Over the last five or six years, Shen Lingxiu had barely shown her face.]

[If it weren't for her occasional messages, you would have suspected something had happened to her.]

["About that..."]

[Shen Lingxiu hesitated for a moment, but quickly relaxed. "The City Lord ordered the array masters of our Array Pavilion to readjust the immortal city's grand array..."]

["The City Lord?"]

[You looked surprised.]

[In Biyue Immortal City, the only person who could be called the City Lord was True Person Biyue.]

["How was the grand array adjusted?" you asked after a moment of thought, then quickly added, "If it puts you in a difficult spot, you don't have to tell me."]

[Since it involved the city's grand array, Shen Lingxiu was clearly not allowed to speak of it to outsiders.]

[Her brief hesitation just now hadn't escaped your notice.]

["The Pavilion Master explicitly forbade us from talking about it..." Shen Lingxiu tightened her arms around your neck and buried her face in your chest. "But to me, Wang Lang, you are certainly no outsider..."]

["The City Lord had us strengthen the grand array's internal suppression and lockdown capabilities..."]

[Shen Lingxiu closed her beautiful eyes and spoke softly.]

["Strengthen its internal suppression and lockdown capabilities?"]

[You froze for a moment, sensing that something was wrong.]

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