My Cultivation Has a Progress Bar

By the time Huaimo and Zhang Xinghuai’s game reached the mid-game, Wang Ping had also finished reading the Secret Technique Ke Yue had given him. A holographic panel popped up:

[Unknown Artifact Cultivation Secret Technique: Over centuries of accumulated experimentation, several Artifact Cultivators came up with a crazy idea while trying to advance to the Fourth Realm.]

[1. With the body of a mortal, cultivate the Artifact Cultivation Array step-by-step to the Third Realm. Completely assimilate the Magical Artifact formation and the Demon Race bloodline. Using a specific Array, attempt to use your own bloodline to assimilate the Demon Race bloodline once every sixty hours. If you do not succeed within thirty years, give up immediately. (Progress 0/100).]

[2. Using a specific Array, use the qi and blood from assimilating the Demon Race bloodline, in conjunction with an Array or Elixir that suppresses human desires, to refine the Magical Artifact formation. You may attempt this twice a day. If you do not succeed within one hundred years, give up immediately. (Progress 0/100, Today’s Progress 0/2).]

[3. Consume a ’Nine Revolutions Pill’ to condense your Primordial Spirit Consciousness. You may take one pill at most every thirty years. You must spend at least six hours a day assimilating its medicinal power. While assimilating, your soul must leave your body. The number of Elixirs you can take is unlimited; you can continue taking them until you form a Primordial Spirit, but the fewer, the better.]

[4. Find a Demon Soldier that possesses Fourth Realm energy. Using the Third Realm advancement method, fuse it into your Magical Artifact formation. The success rate of the fusion depends on the compatibility between your Primordial Spirit and the Demon Soldier. Current success rate: No reference object.]

[5. You need a Fourth Realm True Spirit to advance your Primordial Spirit. Then, use your advanced Primordial Spirit Consciousness to suppress the Fourth Realm Demon Soldier, allowing your Magical Artifact formation, physical body, and the Demon Soldier to achieve a perfect balance. Upon success, you will be nearly invincible among Fourth Realm Cultivators.]

[Note 1.1: The Nine Heavens Array is currently the best-known Artifact Cultivation Array because it fuses the Cultivator’s own body, which allows for better assimilation of the Demon Race bloodline within the Magical Artifact formation. The success rate can be increased by at least twenty percent.]

[Note 1.2: Do not continue assimilating the Demon Race bloodline beyond the time limit. Otherwise, you will most likely be assimilated into the malformed state of a Human Race Demon Cultivator.]

[Note 1.3: If using other Magical Artifact formations, you can first try to fuse your physical body into the Array. For specific methods, refer to the Nine Heavens Array or the Mystic Sect’s method of fusing with a Spirit Vein. The specific Array for assimilating the bloodline is shown in the diagram below...]

[Note 2.1: If you have one Third Realm Cultivator from each of the Xuanmen Five Elements to act as your Guardian, you can complete the refining of the Magical Artifact formation much faster with almost no chance of failure. If you have no Guardians, please set up a Five Elements Formation with a balance of at least 80%. Refer to the diagram below...]

[Note 2.2: Balance: No reference object.]

[Note 2.3: The specific Array is shown in the diagram below...]

[Note 3.1: Your soul leaving your body will reawaken the chaotic consciousness from your bloodline fusion. You need to lock your physical body within a Sealing Array that has no Spiritual Qi, and the Array’s energy intensity must be at least at the Third Realm.]

[Note 3.2: Each ’Nine Revolutions Pill’ you consume will decrease your future chances of successfully advancing to the Fourth Realm by a certain amount. Please do not overuse the medication.]

[Note 4.1: You need to nourish the Demon Soldier you obtain to increase the compatibility with your Primordial Spirit Consciousness. For specifics, you can refer to the Five Profound Sects’ method of fusing with a Spirit Vein.]

[Note 4.2: The Demon Soldier and the True Spirit must be fused simultaneously, or your Magical Artifact formation will instantly lose its balance.]

[Note 5.1: The clearer the True Spirit Consciousness, the higher the success rate. If you have the ’Flowery-faced Mask’ to alter fate, the success rate will increase dramatically. If not, a specific Array is needed to suppress part of the True Spirit’s consciousness. The Array Map is shown below...]

[Note 5.2: You must fuse with the Demon Soldier simultaneously. Without the help of the ’Flowery-faced Mask,’ the maximum success rate for advancement is no more than 5%.]

[Note 5.3: Using the ’Flowery-faced Mask’ will most likely result in your fate being dominated or your Primordial Spirit being extinguished. Alternatively, you can use the ’Divine Jade Brush’ to alter anything you wish.]

Wang Ping stared blankly for a moment after finishing reading the holographic panel. Only then did he remember what the ’Flowery-faced Mask’ was—it was Demon Soldier ’Jia-Shang 04’ in the hands of the South Sea Taoist. As for the ’Divine Jade Brush,’ Wang Ping had no knowledge of it, but he was certain it must also be a ’Jia-Shang’ ranked Demon Soldier.

Even a Third Realm Cultivator, let alone an ordinary person, could not possibly possess such priceless treasures. Even if they could, they wouldn’t be able to bear the cost of using them. This meant that under normal circumstances, even if an Artifact Cultivator prepared everything perfectly and was in optimal condition, the success rate of advancing to the Fourth Realm was at most only 5%!

Wang Ping didn’t know how to describe this success rate. Yu Lian noticed his emotional state, rode a cloud over from beside the game board, and perched on Wang Ping’s shoulder, asking, "What’s wrong?"

Wang Ping reached out and gently stroked Yu Lian’s head. Looking at her, he replied, "It’s nothing!"

Yu Lian’s mind was linked with Wang Ping’s. As their eyes met, she guessed what he was planning. Her gaze fell upon the jade slip in his hand, and she spoke in a human voice, "Is that the Secret Technique for advancing to a Fourth Realm Artifact Cultivator?"

The moment she said this, Zhang Xinghuai, Huaimo, and Ganxing all looked over from the game board.

Wang Ping put away the jade slip and smiled. "That’s right!" Then, meeting the gazes of the three, he explained, "Ke Yue traded information about Moon Mountain and this jade slip with me in exchange for the ’Red Jade Ruler’ that Guang Zuo Taoist gave me!"

Everyone except Ganxing had a look of understanding. Ganxing forcefully suppressed the fervent heat in his eyes and asked doubtfully, "How did something like this fall into Ke Yue’s hands?"

Wang Ping said with a faint smile, "’First Day’ always has access to intelligence we can’t reach. It’s not hard to understand how she obtained this Secret Technique."

No one present believed him, but since Wang Ping had said it, a smart person wouldn’t press the issue.

Before Ganxing could speak again, Wang Ping’s gaze fell on Zhang Xinghuai. "I’ve read this Secret Technique," he said. "It has two parts. The first part systematically records how an Artifact Cultivator can form a Primordial Spirit. The second part records the advancement method, but it’s not a good one. Never mind the items you need to prepare; the final success rate isn’t even ten percent."

"An Artifact Cultivator forming a Primordial Spirit is one of the most guarded secrets of the Nine Tripods Sect," Ganxing interjected, his voice already filled with desire.

’The first half of this Cultivation Technique really might be a Secret Technique from the Nine Tripods Sect. After all, Dongcan’s master was an apostate from the Nine Tripods Sect. The most valuable things in it are those two specific Array Maps.’

"I’ll contact Sect Leader Lu Shan right away and explain it to him."

Zhang Xinghuai understood why his Junior Martial Uncle had told him this. He put down the game piece between his fingers and took out a Communication Jade Slip. As streaks of white light flashed, a row of fine, coded words appeared on it. When he activated the Array on the slip, it dissolved into an invisible white light and vanished into the sky.

Ganxing grew anxious and wanted to say something, but Wang Ping looked at him first and said, "This Secret Technique is a bit of a mess, likely written in a hurry. Fellow Daoist, if you wish to look it over, please wait until I have time to organize it. How does that sound?"

Wang Ping planned to split the Secret Technique into two parts for the transaction.

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