Chapter 187: Breakthrough to the Return to Void Stage, Cultivation and Spiritual Sense Soar! (Third Update, Requesting Monthly Tickets~)
On the afternoon of September 23rd, New Era, Su Xing started a new round of simulation on time.
"Begin simulation!"
[Ding! This simulation consumes 5400 energy points, remaining energy 300,505,600 points, remaining simulation times unlimited.]
[Simulation start!]
[Spending 10,000 energy points to draw a blue talent, spending 100,000 energy points to draw a purple talent. Do you want to draw?]
"Draw a purple talent!"
Su Xing silently said.
[Ding, congratulations on obtaining the purple talent Late Bloomer.]
[Late Bloomer]: Purple talent, automatically activates when your age is over 100, cultivation speed doubles on the current basis. (Note: The premise is... that you can live to 100.)
Su Xing couldn't help but roll his eyes after seeing this talent.
Well!
Age over 100, cultivation speed doubles...
But damn it, the giant beasts will descend in over 20 years, Su Xing won't even live to 40, let alone 100?
"However... if in the future I can really survive 100 years in the hands of the demon race... this talent is comparable to a divine skill!"
Su Xing secretly took note of this talent.
To be honest, for cultivators, 100 years is really nothing.
But a doubled cultivation speed, this doesn't specify whether it's Qi Refinement or Body Refinement...
This means that once Su Xing lives past 100, the speed of his Qi Refinement and Body Refinement will both double!
This is definitely a late-game development divine skill!
"It's a pity that this talent is not useful for this simulation..."
"However, the original purpose of this simulation is to break through to the Return to Void Stage, and it's not too late to acquire this talent when the time comes..."
Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
[In the Spirit Field Cave Heaven, you realized that you were in a simulation.]
[You stayed in Kyoto City for two weeks before heading to Shuangqing City.]
[On October 8, 2024, you released your spiritual sense and attracted Elder Dog.]
Su Xing saw this and silently said: "Use the immersive simulation function, duration one hour!"
[Ding...]
Soon, one hour passed in the simulator, while only a few seconds passed in the real world.
Returning to the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly:
"Very good, the time and location have been confirmed again!"
"Even the way I killed Elder Dog was much cooler than before... Luo Shuyin also successfully believed me!"
The reason why Su Xing was willing to spend energy points to try and kill Elder Dog and gain Luo Shuyin's trust in each simulation was naturally because he was worried about accidents, and he was constantly increasing his familiarity with this event.
After all, Su Xing only has one chance in reality, but he can practice multiple times in the simulation.
"October 8th, it seems that there are only two simulation opportunities left..."
Su Xing muttered, he decided to improve his strength as soon as possible to prevent any accidents.
"Then this time, let's set a small goal, reach the Return to Void Stage!"
Thinking this, Su Xing's gaze fell on the simulation panel.
[After killing Elder Dog, you took his storage pouch and gained Luo Shuyin's trust.]
[Afterwards, you returned to Kyoto City and stayed there for another month.]
[After a month, you arrived at the agreed location and met Luo Shuyin.]
[Luo Shuyin brought you a precious piece of Concentration Wood, and you also took the opportunity to propose joining the Descent Sect.]
[After joining the Descent Sect, because of your outstanding strength and the Master of Successology talent.]
[Therefore, you quickly gathered a large number of devout disciples in the Descent Sect and obtained the position of Protector.]
[After becoming a Protector, you refined several Concentration Pills for Luo Shuyin, helping her break through to the Legendary level.]
[Afterwards, you began to refine Return to Void Pills and other pills every day, hoping to improve your mastery of the Return to Void Pill to the Great Accomplishment level as soon as possible.]
[Thus, two years passed slowly.]
[In the third year, you had already collected many medicinal herbs and refined enough pills, so you took Luo Shuyin and defected from the Descent Sect.]
[You went to Kyoto, and when the Descent Sect disciples learned about it, they rushed to Kyoto to question you overnight.]
[In the end, you used the phrase "Hear the applause~" to transform all these disciples into the death squads of Zhenyao Pass.]
[Interestingly, even the Descent Sect spies lurking among several Heavenly King-level figures in the Daxia military secretly contacted you, and you successfully persuaded them to become warriors on the front lines against the demon race.]
[In the fourth year, you gave the more than 200,000 pills you had refined to the Daxia military, adding many strong individuals to the military's ranks.]
[Afterwards, you began to wholeheartedly research the Return to Void Pill.]
[You would collect enough Spring Dew Pure Water on the day of the Awakening of Insects every year to prepare for refining the Return to Void Pill.]
[Thus, through your daily research on the Return to Void Pill, your understanding of it rapidly improved and approached the Great Accomplishment level.]
[In the fifth year, you refined another fifty batches of Return to Void Pills this year. As you continuously refined them, your skills with the Return to Void Pill became more and more mature.]
[You even discovered that several of the Return to Void Pills you refined had extremely good appearances, although they didn't reach the top-grade level, their quality was far superior to ordinary Return to Void Pills.]
[You knew that you were not far from achieving Great Accomplishment in your Return to Void Pill refinement skills...]
[While immersed in your research on pills, another two years passed in the blink of an eye...]
[In the seventh year, on a certain sunny morning.]
[You were inspired and started refining pills.]
[A small piece of Concentration Wood powder, a drop of Spring Dew Pure Water, and other spiritual herbs... ]
[You completed the entire process in one go, the order and timing of adding the pills were precise.]
[Your Profound Realm spiritual sense firmly enveloped the pill furnace, and you could sense every change in the medicinal herbs.]
[With a thought, spiritual energy gushed out... ]
[You precisely controlled the temperature of the Leaving Fire Technique, sometimes high and sometimes low, maximizing the medicinal properties of the herbs in the pill furnace.]
[Thus, refining a batch of pills took a full two hours...]
[After two hours, your forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat. Your spiritual sense and spiritual energy were greatly depleted due to your complete focus.]
[And in order to ensure the perfection of this pill refinement, your spirit and will were constantly tense.]
[Fortunately, the pill refinement had reached the final step, the Pill Formation stage!]
[Finally, when you slowly dissipated the Leaving Fire Technique and, with a flash of inspiration, opened the pill furnace.]
[A round and full Return to Void Pill, exuding a medicinal fragrance, appeared before you.]
[On the Return to Void Pill, there was also a small cloud of purple mist.]
[You were overjoyed!]
[Pill Formation with Purple Mist, this is the sign of a top-grade pill!]
[It was also at this moment that your understanding of the Return to Void Pill finally reached the Great Accomplishment level!]
[You carefully took out this top-grade Return to Void Pill and placed it in a jade box.]
[Then, with a great deal of effort, you began to regulate your breath and meditate.]
[After completing the refinement of the Return to Void Pill, you could obviously try to break through to the Return to Void Stage.]
[But your current state was not ideal, it was clearly not the best time to break through.]
[You took some spiritual liquid and regulated your breath for several days, finally adjusting your condition to its peak.]
[Thus, you prepared to start breaking through to the Return to Void Stage!]
[You took out many spiritual liquids and spirit stones, constantly absorbing spiritual energy.]
[After several days, you felt that the spiritual energy in your body had swelled to the extreme, your dantian and meridians were filled with rich spiritual energy.]
[But you continued to compress it, because you knew that the more spiritual energy you absorbed at this time, the easier it would be to break through to the Return to Void Stage later.]
[Finally, you felt that the spiritual energy in your body reached a critical point.]
[At this moment, you pushed your spiritual sense to its limit!]
[Thus, after an unknown amount of time... your spiritual sense vaguely sensed a special space.]
[You knew that this was the Void Realm!]
[And in order to enter the Void Realm, you had to break through the barrier in front of you.]
[You tried again and again, concentrating your spiritual sense.]
[Your spiritual sense strength was far beyond that of ordinary Nascent Soul Stage cultivators. Under your persistent efforts, you finally broke through this barrier.]
[You stepped into the Void Realm, and the barrier behind you quickly recovered.]
[In the Void Realm, you saw a desolate and somewhat lonely scene.]
[You knew that thunder would soon descend, so you began to prepare to receive the baptism of the Void Thunder.]
[Dark clouds began to gather in the sky, and thunder rumbled...]
[A white thunderbolt struck directly at your spiritual sense.]
[Even though you were prepared, the pain that reached deep into your soul almost made you unable to hold on.]
[Your unyielding temperament played a role at this moment, and you endured the first thunderbolt.]
[A few breaths later, your spiritual sense increased from 10,000 zhang to 15,000 zhang...]
[But you didn't let your guard down, because the Void Thunder in the sky was gathering again.]
[Thus... you withstood two more Void Thunders.]
[And at this moment, your spiritual sense had already increased to 26,000 zhang!]
[Your gaze was fixed on the dark clouds in the sky, and sure enough...]
[The fourth Void Thunder began to gather!]
[And at this moment, half of the effects of the Return to Void Pill had not yet been exerted.]
[The Return to Void Pill nourished your spiritual sense, constantly repairing the fatigue of your spiritual sense.]
[Soon, the fourth Void Thunder struck!]
[You gritted your teeth and persevered, combined with the effects of the Return to Void Pill, and finally endured this thunderbolt...]
[At this moment, your spiritual sense experienced a final surge.]
[26,000 zhang... 28,000 zhang...]
[Finally, 30,000 zhang!]
[Just by enduring the baptism of this Void Thunder, in just half an hour, your spiritual sense strength tripled!]
[And at the same time, in the Spirit Field Cave Heaven... you felt that an invisible shackle within your body was shattered.]
[Your total spiritual energy storage capacity tripled at this moment!]
[The spiritual energy you had accumulated before was put to use, it frantically surged into your dantian, transforming into your own spiritual power...]
[The entire breakthrough process lasted for a full three hours!]
[Compared to previous breakthroughs, this time entering the Return to Void Stage was relatively easy.]
[But the increase in your strength was indeed the greatest one!]
[The thickness of your spiritual energy was three times that of when you were at the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage!]
[If the spiritual energy in your body was a continuous river before, then now, it is a surging great river!]
[Like a great river flowing into the sea... one day, it will converge into a vast ocean of spiritual energy.]
[You successfully entered the first level of the Return to Void Stage!]
In the real world, Su Xing saw this and couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
"Sure enough, refining a top-grade Return to Void Pill is a must!"
"Both my spiritual sense and spiritual energy have tripled after the breakthrough!"
"Tsk tsk, Return to Void Stage cultivator... terrifying indeed!"
Su Xing was very satisfied with this. For him, who cultivated alone, the path of cultivation required constant exploration.
And what Su Xing could do was to make every step as perfect as possible.
Only in this way would there be a chance of becoming an immortal...
Su Xing suppressed the excitement in his heart and looked at the simulation panel.
[In the Void Realm, you prepared to explore this space carefully.]
[You walked in the endless Void space, exploring for several days.]
[Suddenly, you sensed a peculiar aura, it didn't seem to be the aura of a cultivator's spiritual sense...]
[Driven by curiosity, you decided to explore it...]
[You saw a mass of white energy, very similar to spiritual sense, but it was not spiritual sense...]
[At the same time, you involuntarily felt a surge of desire to defeat this energy, devour it, and become stronger!]
[You suddenly understood that this special energy in front of you was one of the opportunities in the Void Realm... the Void Spirit!]
[After you approached this Void Spirit, it also sensed you and immediately launched an attack.]
[There were no signs of magical combat, and you didn't possess any spiritual sense attack methods...]
[You and the Void Spirit fought together, like the most primitive beasts, just frantically biting and devouring each other.]
[In the end, you won!]
[Undoubtedly, you, who had entered the Return to Void Stage, with your spiritual sense of 30,000 zhang and Profound Realm, were far from being able to be resisted by this weak white Void Spirit.]
[You devoured this Void Spirit, and in just a few breaths, you sensed the growth of your spiritual sense.]
[The increase wasn't much, roughly from 30,000 zhang to 30,500 zhang...]
[An increase of 500 zhang in spiritual sense, if it were before, you would feel satisfied, but for you now, it's just icing on the cake.]
[But if you devour enough Void Spirits, accumulate little by little, quantitative change can also lead to qualitative change!]
[So in the next few days, you continued to wander through the Void Realm, exploring the Void Realm.]
[You were very lucky and found another Void Spirit. After devouring it, your spiritual sense reached 31,000 zhang!]
[Just as you were preparing to continue steadily devouring Void Spirits to strengthen your spiritual sense, you suddenly sensed an aura.]
[A gray spiritual sense rushed towards you, it was Dragon Daoist!]
[Dragon Daoist was quite shocked by your appearance. He said that in the past thousand years, only his spiritual sense existed in this Void Realm.]
[At the same time, you also sensed Dragon Daoist's apprehension and probing of you.]
[It seemed like he wanted to probe your details.]
[Faced with Dragon Daoist's questioning, you could only claim to be a cultivator who had just awakened from a deep sleep.]
[Dragon Daoist was even more apprehensive after hearing this, unable to gauge your strength.]
[He asked you which cultivation world you came from, and of course you wouldn't tell him.]
[Seeing your vigilance, Dragon Daoist knew that you were no ordinary person.]
[So he extended an invitation to you. He told you that he knew of a place where a Xuan-rank Void Spirit existed.]
[But he was limited in strength, so he wanted to invite you to jointly deal with this Void Spirit.]
[At the same time, Dragon Daoist said that after killing this Void Spirit, the benefits would be shared equally between the two of you.]
[You knew that Dragon Daoist wasn't sincere, but you also wanted to learn more about this Void Realm through him, so you agreed to his invitation.]
[The two of your spiritual senses wandered in this Void Realm, and several days passed.]
[During these few days, Dragon Daoist said a lot, while you mainly listened and rarely spoke, so you didn't reveal your details.]
[Through Dragon Daoist, you learned that only Dragon Daoist had existed in this Void Realm for a thousand years.]
[At the same time, you also understood that these Void Spirits were a great opportunity in the Void Realm.]
[These Void Spirits are divided into four ranks: Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang, with Huang being the lowest and Heaven being the highest...]
[Among them, a Huang-rank Void Spirit, when devoured, can increase the range of spiritual sense by 500 zhang!]
[A Xuan-rank Void Spirit, when devoured, can increase the spiritual sense by 3,000 zhang!]
[As for the Heaven and Earth-rank Void Spirits, if devoured, they can not only greatly increase spiritual sense, but also allow you to comprehend ancient spiritual sense attack methods!]
[But at the same time, Dragon Daoist also said that Void Spirits in the Void Realm are extremely difficult to obtain.]
[Often, even if he searched for several years, he might not be able to find a single Huang-rank Void Spirit...]
[You secretly memorized Dragon Daoist's words but didn't offer any opinions.]
In the real world, Su Xing looked at the words in front of him and nodded slightly:
"Sure enough, the Void Realm is truly a treasure land for Return to Void Stage cultivators to increase their spiritual sense and enhance their strength!"
"Not only can you find direct ways to increase spiritual sense, but you can also learn spiritual sense attack methods!"
It should be known that spiritual sense attack methods are precious cultivation techniques, their value is no less than that of ordinary Heaven-rank techniques.
"However, this Dragon Protector might not be able to find a Void Spirit for several years... This is probably the normal speed."
"As for me, I devoured two Void Spirits in less than ten days. Apart from the Lucky Star talent's enhancement, I'm afraid my own luck has also been extremely good!"
Su Xing estimated that relying solely on the purple talent Lucky Star was not enough to be so lucky.
Under normal circumstances, with the Lucky Star talent, being able to encounter a Void Spirit in a few months would be considered good...
"Let's see what tricks this Dragon Protector is up to!"
"Although I know he's not sincere, having him as a guide should save me a lot of effort..."
Thinking this, Su Xing's gaze fell on the simulation panel.
[In the Void Realm, several more days passed, and you truly saw a powerful Void Spirit.]
[This Void Spirit was much stronger than the previous ones, it looked like a yellow energy ball, which was indeed the Xuan-rank Void Spirit mentioned by Dragon Protector!]
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Chapter 188: Cultivation Soars, Return to Void Stage Third Level! (First Update, Requesting Monthly Tickets~)
[Under Dragon Protector's guidance, you quickly launched a pincer attack on the Xuan-rank Void Spirit.]
[Of course, you didn't reveal your full strength, but remained vigilant against Dragon Protector's potential sneak attack.]
[Dragon Protector was doing the same.]
[Even though both of you had your own thoughts, in the end, this Xuan-rank Void Spirit was finally completely eliminated under your combined efforts.]
[Soon, it was time to distribute the Xuan-rank Void Spirit.]
[You were secretly wary of Dragon Protector...]
[Sure enough, as you expected, Dragon Protector launched a sneak attack on you!]
[Even though you were prepared, you never imagined that Dragon Protector actually possessed a spiritual sense attack method!]
[This meant that his strength alone was enough to kill this Xuan-rank Void Spirit!]
[Under Dragon Protector's spiritual sense attack, you retreated repeatedly...]
[Fortunately, your spiritual sense was also very powerful, comparable to a late-stage Return to Void Stage cultivator.]
[Although your spiritual sense was weakened a lot after being ambushed, you eventually escaped Dragon Protector's pursuit...]
[You finally left the Void Realm and your spiritual sense returned to your body.]
[After being seriously injured and ambushed by Dragon Protector, your spiritual sense was severely injured and in a state of severe weakness.]
[If it were an ordinary Return to Void Stage cultivator, they probably wouldn't recover for decades.]
[Fortunately, you still had many Concentration Pills and Nourishing Spirit Pills. You took pills every day and began to recuperate.]
[Thus, three years passed slowly.]
[In the tenth year, your spiritual sense injuries finally healed, but you didn't dare to enter the Void Realm again, instead, you prepared to improve your Qi Refinement cultivation!]
Su Xing saw this and sighed:
"Sure enough, cultivators who can survive in the Age of Decline are not easy to deal with!"
"This old dog Dragon truly deserves his name, clearly capable of killing the Xuan-rank Void Spirit alone, yet he pretends to be weak and hides his spiritual sense attack method!"
"Even though I was prepared, I was still ambushed and my spiritual sense suffered serious injuries..."
However, although he was injured and recuperated for three years this time, Su Xing also had a deeper understanding of the harshness of the cultivation world.
He also learned about the secrets and conditions of the Void Realm, overall, it wasn't a loss.
"Although I was ambushed in the simulation... but in the real world, the enemy is in the open and I'm in the shadows!"
"This old dog Dragon still doesn't know of my existence, so I have the absolute upper hand!"
Su Xing's lips curled into a slight smile.
Although he suffered setbacks in the simulation, in the real world, the advantage was on his side!
"It's not urgent to enter the Void Realm again, perhaps after learning a spiritual sense attack method, I'll go have another round with Dragon Protector!"
"Right now, I still have many spirit stones and ample time in the simulation... I can just improve my cultivation realm!"
"Just in time, I can test the power of my three-element mutated Heaven Spirit Root!"
Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
[You went to the Immortal Martial Era copy, collected three jade fragments, and found the Wanmu Sect ruins.]
[After killing the Living Dead Puppet, you entered the core area of the ruins and took out all the spirit stones inside.]
[You didn't disturb the sleeping Wanmu Zhenren, because you knew you were no match for him.]
[You glanced at the Spiritual Dragon that was still trapped. Although you wanted to rescue it and use it for your own purposes, you knew that doing so would definitely disturb the sleeping Wanmu Zhenren.]
[And with your current strength, you were still far from being his opponent.]
[You didn't go to the Five Elements Mountain ruins either, because you were still not a match for that Living Dead Puppet.]
[You returned to the real world and entered the Spirit Field Cave Heaven to cultivate.]
[Now, you have close to 500,000 spirit stones and over 1 million drops of spiritual liquid!]
[Such a large quantity is enough for you to cultivate for a long time.]
[In the Spirit Field Cave Heaven, you took a small sip of spiritual liquid (1000 drops), then sat cross-legged and began to cultivate.]
[The advantage of the Heaven Spirit Root was fully revealed at this moment.]
[Your dantian was like a black hole, rapidly digesting the spiritual power transformed from the spiritual liquid. The Qianyan Art ran wildly, accelerating the absorption of the spiritual liquid.]
[Compared to spirit stones, spiritual liquid was much easier to absorb.]
[In just two hours, you had completely transformed the spiritual energy of this sip of spiritual liquid into your own cultivation.]
[You felt that your cultivation had improved slightly.]
[You continued to try cultivating with low-grade spirit stones. You found that low-grade spirit stones, because they contained more impurities, could only be absorbed at a rate of 100 per day.]
[If you absorbed mid-grade spirit stones, you could absorb 12 per day.]
[High-grade spirit stones, you could absorb two per day.]
Su Xing saw this and did a quick calculation in his mind.
"The spiritual energy content of ten low-grade spirit stones is equivalent to one mid-grade spirit stone..."
"And I can absorb 12 mid-grade spirit stones or 100 low-grade spirit stones per day, which is equivalent to about a 20% increase in cultivation speed compared to purely absorbing low-grade spirit stones."
"As for one high-grade spirit stone, it's equivalent to 100 low-grade spirit stones, and I can absorb two per day, which is equivalent to absorbing 200 low-grade spirit stones!"
"Hiss~ this speed is twice as fast as directly cultivating with low-grade spirit stones!"
Su Xing couldn't help but marvel.
High, mid, and low-grade spirit stones, high-grade spirit stones have the fewest impurities, so they are naturally easier to absorb, which is equivalent to increasing Su Xing's cultivation speed!
Low-grade spirit stones have the most impurities, so the cultivation speed is the slowest...
Of course, it's still countless times faster than directly absorbing spiritual energy...
"Then... what about the speed of absorbing spiritual liquid?"
Su Xing calculated briefly.
"Two hours to absorb 1000 drops of low-grade spiritual liquid, which is equivalent to 100 low-grade spirit stones."
"Twelve hours a day, which means absorbing 6000 drops of spiritual liquid, equivalent to absorbing 600 low-grade spirit stones!"
"Hiss~ this cultivation speed is six times that of ordinary spirit stones!"
"If you cultivate entirely with spiritual liquid for a year, it's equivalent to cultivating for six years with low-grade spirit stones, five years with mid-grade spirit stones... and three years with high-grade spirit stones!"
Thinking of this, Su Xing's expression became serious.
Don't underestimate this simple math problem.
Su Xing recorded the cultivation speed increase brought by each type of resource, so he could find the best cultivation plan!
After all, Su Xing had so many resources in each simulation.
If he could successfully plan his cultivation, Su Xing's realm would improve much faster!
"Based on this, the priority for using spiritual liquid is the highest!"
"After the spiritual liquid is used up, then use high-grade spirit stones... then mid-grade spirit stones, and so on..."
"After all, once the cultivation realm is improved, the speed of absorbing spiritual energy will also increase slightly..."
After having a plan in mind, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
[In the Spirit Field Cave Heaven, after a brief experiment, you decided to prioritize cultivating with spiritual liquid!]
[The spiritual liquid produced in the Spirit Field over the past ten years, plus the million drops of spiritual liquid you already had, totaled about 1.5 million drops.]
[And this is enough for you to cultivate for less than a year.]
[Thus, for the next year, you cultivated daily using spiritual liquid.]
[The spiritual energy brought by the spiritual liquid was purer, and your cultivation improved day by day.]
[In the eleventh year, the spiritual liquid you had accumulated was depleted, but at the same time, your cultivation had reached the peak of the first level of the Return to Void Stage, and you were not far from breaking through to the second level...]
[But at this moment, your spiritual liquid had been exhausted, and you had no choice but to use high-grade spirit stones to cultivate.]
[You held the high-grade spirit stones in your palm and frantically absorbed the spiritual energy contained within.]
[Although the speed of absorbing spiritual energy was far less than that of spiritual liquid, the speed was still acceptable to you.]
[In the twelfth year, on a clear morning, you sat cross-legged and closed your eyes to cultivate.]
[The aura around you kept rising, eventually reaching a critical point. After breaking through this small barrier, your cultivation gradually stabilized.]
[You slowly opened your eyes. In just over two years, your cultivation had broken through to the second level of the Return to Void Stage!]
[But at the same time, you also felt a little helpless. In these two years, you had not only exhausted your spiritual liquid, but also had very few high-grade spirit stones left...]
Su Xing saw this and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
"Wow, in just over two years... I've cultivated from the first level of the Return to Void Stage to the second level!"
"This speed... damn it, this is the Return to Void Stage, not the Foundation Establishment Stage!"
Su Xing couldn't help but excitedly clench his fists, muttering:
"Sure enough, the path of cultivation requires resources, companions, methods, and environment!"
"Resources are the most important!"
"It's conceivable that in a prosperous cultivation era, a cultivation genius with sufficient resources would have a cultivation speed many times faster than now!"
Su Xing couldn't help but sigh.
Take himself as an example, during the Nascent Soul Stage, relying on spiritual energy to cultivate, it would take ten years to break through one level.
And now in the Return to Void Stage, theoretically, the spiritual energy required for breakthrough is greater, and the difficulty is also much greater.
But because of the abundant cultivation resources, the cultivation speed is so astonishing!
Of course, this also has a close relationship with Su Xing's three-element Heaven Spirit Root.
It can only be said that on the path of cultivation, resources and aptitude are indispensable!
With enough resources, even a Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root can cultivate at a speed comparable to that of a True Spirit Root!
It's just that unreasonable!
"No wonder in the current Age of Decline, cultivation is so difficult... not to mention spiritual liquid and spirit stones, even places with spiritual energy are extremely difficult to find!"
Su Xing sighed.
He felt that all his previous accumulation was worthwhile!
This is called accumulating strength for a powerful breakthrough!
A Heaven Spirit Root combined with sufficient cultivation resources, even in a prosperous cultivation era, few geniuses would have a cultivation speed that could match Su Xing's!
"Then let me see how far my cultivation realm can be improved in this simulation!"
Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
[In the thirteenth year, after your high-grade spirit stones were exhausted, you began to cultivate using mid-grade spirit stones.]
[After your realm improved, your speed of absorbing spiritual energy became slightly faster. 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones were enough for you to cultivate for two and a half years...]
[Thus, in the midst of non-stop cultivation, two and a half years passed slowly...]
[In the fifteenth year, you had also exhausted your mid-grade spirit stones.]
[Unfortunately, the cultivation improvement brought by mid-grade spirit stones was far less than that of spiritual liquid and high-grade spirit stones before, and your cultivation was still a long way from the third level of the Return to Void Stage.]
[Fortunately, you had accumulated over 200,000 drops of spiritual liquid over the years. You spent over a month absorbing it, and your cultivation improved.]
[In the sixteenth year, you had exhausted both your mid-grade spirit stones and the previously collected spiritual liquid.]
[You had no choice but to resort to low-grade spirit stones.]
[Although cultivating with low-grade spirit stones was many times faster than absorbing spiritual energy, it was still much slower than before...]
[But you had no other choice at this time, so you could only cultivate using low-grade spirit stones.]
[In one year, you consumed nearly 40,000 low-grade spirit stones.]
[In the seventeenth year, you continued to cultivate using low-grade spirit stones, consuming 40,000 spirit stones, and your cultivation improved slightly...]
[In the eighteenth year, you consumed 40,000 low-grade spirit stones, and your cultivation improved slightly...]
[In the nineteenth year, you consumed 40,000 low-grade spirit stones and finally felt that your cultivation had reached the peak of the second level of the Return to Void Stage, and you were not far from breaking through to the third level...]
[In the twentieth year, you took out the over 200,000 drops of spiritual liquid you had accumulated over the years and prepared to go into seclusion to break through.]
[After a month, your cultivation successfully broke through.]
[Congratulations on becoming a third-level Return to Void Stage cultivator!]
Su Xing looked at the simulation text in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
"Sure enough, cultivating with spiritual liquid and high-grade spirit stones is much faster than with low-grade spirit stones!"
"From the first level of the Return to Void Stage to the second level, it only took two and a half years... but from the second level to the third level, it actually took a full seven or eight years!"
Su Xing shook his head slightly. At this speed, it was still the result of him taking some spiritual liquid during the period.
Otherwise, it would probably take another year...
"Sigh, it wasn't enjoyable for a few years... and now the cultivation speed has suddenly dropped back to its original state!"
Su Xing shook his head slightly. Looking at the overall speed, Su Xing's breakthrough to the fourth level of the Return to Void Stage in this simulation was hopeless.
"Ultimately, it's a lack of resources! All those spirit stones and spiritual liquid I accumulated before... won't last a few years..."
Su Xing discovered that he had underestimated the difficulty of cultivating in the Return to Void Stage. Only when the spiritual liquid and high-grade spirit stones were sufficiently abundant could cultivation progress rapidly.
"However, it's not bad... at least during each simulation, I can experience the thrill of soaring cultivation!"
Su Xing knew that he shouldn't be dissatisfied.
After all, cultivation realms become more and more difficult to improve with each level.
If a cultivator, under unchanged cultivation resources and aptitude, takes ten years to improve one level in the Nascent Soul Stage.
Then when he reaches the Return to Void Stage, it will take decades, or even a hundred years to break through...
The difficulty increases exponentially!
This is also why, throughout the ages, cultivators are countless, but those who achieve immortality are extremely rare.
Without aptitude and resources, do you want to cultivate?
Go cultivate your ass!
There's no way! Cultivation is like that...
"Fortunately, the Return to Void Stage can still maintain a cultivation speed similar to the Nascent Soul Stage, which is already fortunate!"
"But if it's after the Unity Stage, without other resources, I'm afraid cultivation will become even more difficult..."
Thinking of this, Su Xing yearned even more...
He yearned to obtain the Spiritual Dragon in the Wanmu Sect ruins!
"Humph! When my strength is sufficient, I'll definitely tie a Spiritual Dragon back home to raise!"
Su Xing thought this, his gaze falling on the simulation panel.
[In the twenty-first year, you cultivated using low-grade spirit stones, spending 43,000 low-grade spirit stones, and your cultivation improved slightly.]
[In the twenty-second year, you consumed 43,000 low-grade spirit stones...]
[Thus, another three years passed.]
[Until the twenty-fifth year, Zhenyao Pass was completely invaded by the demon army.]
[Knowing that time was running out, you consumed all the spiritual liquid you had collected over the years and went into seclusion for a month... but your cultivation still failed to break through to the fourth level of the Return to Void Stage...]
[At this time, your cultivation had finally reached the latter half of the third level of the Return to Void Stage, but there was still a considerable gap between it and the fourth level.]
[You still had over 400,000 low-grade spirit stones left, but you decided to go to Zhenyao Pass again.]
[On this day, hundreds of Legendary demon beasts, three Demon Emperors, and countless demon army descended upon Zhenyao Pass!]
[Human cultivators suffered heavy casualties, and Zhenyao Pass was on the verge of being breached at any time.]
[And you, alone, fought against a Legendary giant beast, battled for hundreds of rounds, and killed a thick-skinned Legendary demon beast.]
[But at the same time, the human Emperor-level cultivator was surrounded and killed, and you were also killed by a Demon Emperor who had freed his hands...]
[Your soul was annihilated by the Demon Emperor...]
[You died!]
[Ding, this simulation is over!]
After the simulation ended, Su Xing let out a long sigh and muttered:
"Sure enough, relying solely on one person's strength, even if you kill Legendary beings, it's difficult to change the situation..."
"Unless, I have the strength to kill a Demon Emperor!"
But Su Xing also knew that this was unrealistic to achieve in a short time.
"Fifteen years of cultivation, from the first level of the Return to Void Stage to over half of the third level... this speed is not slow!"
Su Xing still nodded with satisfaction.
After all, Su Xing's purpose this time was only to reach the first level of the Return to Void Stage, but he exceeded expectations and achieved his additional goals!
"Then next, it's time to receive the simulation rewards!"
Su Xing rubbed his hands excitedly, his gaze falling on the simulation panel.
[Late Bloomer]: Purple talent, price 1 million energy points.
[Twenty-five Years of Pill Refinement Experience]: Pill refinement comprehension, including Return to Void Pill (Great Accomplishment) comprehension, price 10 million energy points.
[Third Level of the Return to Void Stage]: Entering the Void Realm for the first time, achieving the Return to Void Stage, undergoing a perfect Void Thunder baptism, spiritual power is several times higher than during the Nascent Soul Stage. Price 300 million energy points.
[31,000 zhang Spiritual Sense]: Achieving the Return to Void Stage, entering the Void Realm and experiencing the perfect baptism of the Void Thunder, greatly increasing spiritual sense. Price 210 million energy points (Note: After selecting this reward, you will no longer be able to undergo the initial Void Thunder baptism.)
Su Xing looked at the rewards in front of him with satisfaction. They were far richer than after the last simulation!
As for the choice of rewards, Su Xing naturally had no need to hesitate.
The Late Bloomer talent is not very useful to Su Xing at the moment.
And Su Xing is already at the third level of the Return to Void Stage, so the Great Accomplishment level Return to Void Pill refinement technique is almost useless...
Thus, Su Xing only has two choices left: Return to Void Stage cultivation and spiritual sense!
(Brothers, please give me your monthly tickets~)
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 189: Bringing Out Cultivation, Simulator 4.0 Update! (Second Update, Requesting Monthly Tickets~)
However, the biggest problem now is that Su Xing's simulation energy is only 350 million left.
And to bring out these two rewards, he needs over 500 million energy points...
"It seems I have to find a way to get more energy."
Su Xing's brow furrowed slightly, but he suddenly remembered something and muttered:
"Speaking of which, it's been over a week. The batch of high-level exotic metals I gave Jin Congxue should have been refined in part, right?"
Thinking of this, Su Xing's eyes lit up, and he quickly called Jin Congxue.
"Hello, Sister Xue! It's me..."
"How much of the exotic metals I asked you to refine have been completed?"
Su Xing asked anxiously.
Jin Congxue's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"About a third, or so. What's up, do you want to take away a batch in advance?"
Su Xing nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Yes, Sister Xue, I need them urgently..."
Jin Congxue thought for a moment and said:
"Alright then. Come over to my place now. I happen to be going to inspect a copy. Let's go together. I'll help you take out the refined exotic metals by the way!"
Su Xing nodded quickly.
Then, changing his appearance and concealing his aura again, he went to the villa to meet Jin Congxue.
Under Jin Congxue's guidance, Su Xing quickly arrived at a copy coordinate.
After showing his credentials, the two entered the mine copy.
After entering the mine copy, Su Xing glanced around and habitually released his spiritual sense.
This mine copy wasn't very large, about a few square kilometers in size.
Under Su Xing's spiritual sense, every detail within the mine copy was clearly observed.
Thousands of low-level professionals, with strengths ranging from Bronze to Gold level, were refining and processing exotic metal ores with special machines.
In the warehouses and open spaces, there were piles of raw ore that had yet to be refined.
Su Xing walked to a large piece of unrefined ore mixed with exotic metal.
With a thought, Su Xing tried to absorb it.
[Ding, detected a small amount of impurity metal containing simulation energy, worth 10,293 energy points. Do you want to absorb it?]
Su Xing didn't choose to absorb it.
Because the ore is not refined, only half of the energy can be absorbed.
Although it can reduce the refining time, only excavation is required.
But for Su Xing, the efficiency of obtaining simulation energy is almost the same.
Of course, if Su Xing is willing to mine high-level exotic metal ore himself, the speed of obtaining energy would be much faster.
Soon, under Jin Congxue's guidance, Su Xing arrived at a warehouse and saw a lot of refined high-level exotic metal ore.
Su Xing put all these exotic metal ores into his storage ring and then followed Jin Congxue to the next copy.
After visiting six mine copies in a row, Su Xing finally said goodbye to Jin Congxue.
Back in the dormitory, Su Xing decisively entered the Spirit Field Cave Heaven.
Then, he prepared to exchange the refined exotic metal ore for simulation energy.
[Ding, detected a large amount of energy-containing substances, totaling 730,560,000 energy points. Do you want to absorb them?]
Su Xing's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he calculated quickly.
The exotic metal ore sent earlier would be worth about 2 billion energy points after refining, and it would take over three weeks to complete the refining.
Now that over a week has passed, it's about a third plus a little more.
"A total value of over 700 million... hiss~ the difference before and after refining is really big!"
Su Xing sighed, then decisively chose to absorb it.
After the absorption, Su Xing's energy reached an unprecedented height, reaching 1,081,020,000 simulation energy points!
Directly exceeding 1 billion!
At the same time, Su Xing heard a prompt from the simulator.
[Ding, detected that the host's energy accumulation has reached 1 billion. Now activating the Life Simulation 4.0 version update. The updated functions are as follows:]
[1. Activate the Golden Legendary Talent Lottery function. Spending 1 million simulation energy points to draw a lottery, each time you draw a talent, there is a 1% chance of drawing a Golden Legendary quality talent, and a 99% chance of a Purple quality talent.]
[2. For every 100 million energy points spent, you can increase the probability of drawing a Golden Legendary quality talent by 1%. The current version's maximum limit is 50%.]
[Supplementary Clause 1: If you do not draw a Golden quality talent each time you draw, the probability of a Golden quality talent appearing will increase by 10% the next time you draw. This guarantee can accumulate, and it will be cleared once you draw a Golden talent...]
[Supplementary Clause 2: Note that Golden Legendary quality talents have a huge improvement compared to Purple talents. Please use them properly...]
Su Xing carefully read the terms of the Life Simulation update.
In just a few minutes, Su Xing's mood went from excited to cursing, then to relieved...
The good news is that the simulator version has been updated, and Su Xing can now draw even more precious Golden Legendary quality talents!
And the drawing is not expensive, only 1 million simulation energy points each time.
The bad news is that this thing is a probability lottery, with a 1% chance of getting a Golden Legendary quality talent...
So, with the simulator's crappy lottery mechanism, Su Xing will most likely only get a Purple talent for 1 million energy points.
The final good news is that there's a guarantee! And the guarantee can accumulate!
For example, if Su Xing spends 1 million simulation energy points for the first time and only draws a Purple talent.
Then the next time he draws, the probability of getting a Golden talent will change from 1% to 11%!
The time after that, it becomes 21%...
So, even if Su Xing is incredibly unlucky and the simulator's lottery probability is incredibly bad.
At most 11 times, Su Xing will be able to draw a Golden Legendary quality talent with a 101% probability!
"Damn it, my luck shouldn't be that bad... it should come out in at most seven or eight times, right?"
Su Xing tentatively thought, and also noticed the final reminder after the update.
"Golden Legendary quality talents, compared to Purple talents, will have a terrifying improvement. Just how terrifying is it?"
At the same time, Su Xing heard a prompt from the simulator.
[Ding, do you want to spend 100 million energy points to upgrade the version?]
Su Xing didn't hesitate much after hearing this. He currently has over 1 billion energy points.
Spending 100 million isn't a big deal, but if he spends 100 million to increase the probability of drawing a Golden talent by 1%, Su Xing would be reluctant.
After all, if he draws 11 times, he can get a Golden talent for at most 11 million.
He'll consider increasing the probability when he has more energy later?
Thinking this, Su Xing nodded:
"Confirm, perform the version update!"
[Ding, you successfully spent 100 million energy points to perform the version update, remaining energy 981,020,000.]
[Life Simulation 4.0 version updating... Version update successful!]
[Ding, Life Simulation 4.0 version is at your service!]
A series of prompts sounded in Su Xing's ears.
But the simulation cooldown hasn't finished yet, so Su Xing first chose to bring out the rewards from the previous simulation.
"I choose to bring out the third-level Return to Void Stage cultivation and 31,000 zhang spiritual sense!"
[You successfully brought out 31,000 zhang spiritual sense, spending 210 million energy points, remaining energy 771,020,000.]
[You successfully brought out the third-level Return to Void Stage cultivation, spending 300 million energy points, remaining energy 471,020,000.]
The simulator's prompt fell, and immediately, two mysterious energies merged into Su Xing's body.
The first thing Su Xing felt was a surge in his cultivation aura!
In just a few breaths, he directly broke through from the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage to the first level of the Return to Void Stage!
After reaching the first level of the Return to Void Stage, Su Xing's spiritual power was three times stronger than when he was at the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage!
The river of spiritual power finally converged into a great river of spiritual power!
Thus, with a flick of Su Xing's wrist, his spiritual power became even more surging, and he could easily mobilize more spiritual power.
Correspondingly, Su Xing's spells and cultivation techniques also increased in power by several times at this moment!
But it didn't end there...
Next, Su Xing's aura surged two more levels.
First level of the Return to Void Stage... second level of the Return to Void Stage...
Finally, the third level of the Return to Void Stage!
Su Xing's spiritual power aura directly reached the third level of the Return to Void Stage.
And it wasn't just the initial stage, but even among the third level, he was considered a very strong existence.
The surge in spiritual power also made Su Xing's aura slightly violent.
Su Xing sat cross-legged, guarding his mind.
He worked hard to adjust the aura within his body...
After a quarter of an hour, Su Xing completely suppressed the surging aura on his body.
At this moment, Su Xing opened his eyes, stretched out his hands, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.
"This is what it feels like to be a third-level Return to Void Stage cultivator?"
"Hiss~ this level of spiritual power, the degree to which I can mobilize spiritual energy, is at least six or seven times stronger than when I was at the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage!"
Su Xing couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
"Sure enough, the later stages of cultivation become more difficult... but at the same time, the gap between each realm in the later stages is like a chasm!"
Su Xing was very satisfied with his current cultivation.
"If I can learn two more attack magical powers, combined with my current spiritual power realm..."
"And with the Profound Void Realm cultivation, I'm sure I can fight against late-stage Return to Void Stage cultivators without falling behind!"
It should be known that the higher the realm, the more difficult it is to fight beyond one's realm.
But Su Xing cultivated both Qi and Spirit, and also learned swordsmanship, even at the Return to Void Stage, he could fight beyond his realm!
Su Xing's mind moved, and a swirling spiritual energy vortex appeared in his hand.
This was a skill that Su Xing had developed himself, the Spirit Explosion Technique!
This spell is easy to describe. It's simply using absolute spiritual power to continuously compress and then completely release it when compressed to a certain level!
In the end, it produces astonishing power!
Although it's not comparable to magical powers, in terms of pure power, it's already no less than ordinary spells.
Su Xing looked at the spiritual energy vortex in his hand and continuously injected his spiritual power into it.
Wild spiritual power frantically poured into it, causing the spiritual energy vortex to tremble constantly at high frequency.
After a few breaths, the vortex in Su Xing's hand was about to explode.
"If this vortex explodes in Kyoto City, I'm afraid that within a radius of dozens of kilometers, nearly half of Kyoto City would be completely razed to the ground?"
"Even if a Martial Emperor at the peak of their strength were to take this Spirit Explosion Technique, they would probably die instantly!"
"A newly promoted Legendary cultivator might be seriously injured?"
Su Xing roughly estimated the power of the Spirit Explosion Technique he developed.
Then, with a thought, he slowly retracted his spiritual power, and finally, the spiritual energy vortex in his hand slowly dissipated.
Su Xing shook his head slightly, as if he was still a little dissatisfied:
"This Spirit Explosion Technique, although its power is not bad, is still too crude... especially the part where it solely relies on spiritual power compression. Although the power has increased, the spiritual power consumption is also not small..."
Su Xing estimated that if he released the Spirit Explosion Technique that could destroy nearly half of Kyoto City just now, 1/10 of his spiritual power would be consumed.
Although he has a Heaven Spirit Root, Su Xing can recover quickly, but the consumption is still too great.
"Perhaps, I can modify this Spirit Explosion Technique a little... add different spiritual energy attributes to form different vortices?"
"For example, a Wood attribute vortex, a Fire attribute vortex... or even a Thunder attribute vortex!"
Su Xing's eyes lit up. He was generally satisfied with the Spirit Explosion Technique he developed.
Although it's currently comparable to ordinary spells, if Su Xing continues to research and improve it.
Maybe one day, it can truly become a minor magical power, or even a great magical power!
"Besides spiritual power... I should also try out my spiritual sense!"
Su Xing's mind moved, and he left the Spirit Field Cave Heaven, returning to the real world.
Only in the real world can Su Xing exert the full power of his spiritual sense.
With a thought, Su Xing's spiritual sense surged like a tide, instantly enveloping the entire Kyoto City.
And this range continued to expand.
10,000 zhang... 15,000 zhang...
20,000 zhang... 25,000 zhang... 30,000 zhang!
Finally, Su Xing's spiritual sense range stopped at the level of 31,000 zhang!
This means that with Su Xing as the center, within a radius of 30,000 zhang (100 kilometers), is all within Su Xing's spiritual sense range!
If converted to area, it's about 30,000 square kilometers!
In layman's terms...
Not only is the entire Kyoto City within Su Xing's perception, but also over a dozen surrounding cities are within Su Xing's spiritual sense range!
Su Xing carefully experienced the changes in his spiritual sense. After a while, he seemed to sense a mysterious world attracting him!
It was... the Void Realm!
Su Xing quickly retracted his spiritual sense and did not rashly enter the Void Realm.
"Based on the current situation, my understanding of the Void Realm is still too little... I should fully understand the ins and outs of the Void Realm in the simulation, ensure that there are no mistakes, and then try to enter..."
Su Xing shook his head slightly.
He has always been cautious. If he enters the Void Realm at this time, he will undoubtedly expose himself to Dragon Protector.
And this is obviously not what Su Xing wants to see.
After all, Su Xing's biggest advantage at the moment is that the enemy is in the open and he's in the shadows!
"Dragon Protector... although he's just a Protector, he guards the Descent Sect's treasure vault!"
"In my opinion, Dragon Protector's strength is probably more terrifying than the three faction leaders of the Descent Sect!"
Su Xing fell into contemplation. His current understanding of the Descent Sect was considered relatively deep.
Starting from the Elders, only those at the Heavenly King level and above could serve.
As for the Protector position, only Martial Emperors at the peak of their strength, close to Legendary, could become one.
Above the Protectors are the three faction leaders: "Natural Faction, Zealous Faction, and Coexistence Faction."
Based on Su Xing's estimate, these three leaders should be Legendary late-stage to Legendary peak cultivators...
As for whether there are higher positions above the faction leaders... Su Xing doesn't know yet.
But based on Su Xing's estimation, there should be!
Because the three factions have many differences in their philosophies, if there weren't an absolute force to unite them, they would have long since gone their separate ways.
"As for Dragon Protector, his strength is probably stronger than the leaders?"
Su Xing even guessed that Dragon Protector might be the true person in charge of the Descent Sect?
After all, Dragon Protector also arrived here about a thousand years ago, which coincides with the time the Descent Sect was established...
And Elder Dog was also a talent personally discovered by Dragon Protector and brought into the Descent Sect...
"Whether he's the true leader or not is still unknown... but before I find out, it's best not to expose myself!"
Su Xing thought this, then retracted his spiritual sense and returned to the Spirit Field Cave Heaven.
Back in the Spirit Field Cave Heaven, Su Xing immediately resumed his daily pill refinement and spiritual liquid collection.
After this simulation, Su Xing became even more aware of the importance of spiritual liquid.
With spiritual liquid, Su Xing's cultivation speed in the Return to Void Stage is six times faster than cultivating with low-grade spirit stones!
Compared to simply cultivating with spiritual energy, it's probably dozens of times faster!
Soon, another week passed, and the date became September 30th.
Su Xing changed his appearance and concealed his aura, and took the newly refined 5000 pills to see Jin Congxue.
Jin Congxue was wearing a casual, loose-fitting tracksuit today, but the loose clothes still couldn't hide her graceful curves.
Su Xing and Jin Congxue chatted and ate.
Soon, after finishing the meal, Jin Congxue took out a storage ring and said:
"According to what you said, the second batch of high-level exotic metals has also been refined..."
"Next week, all the exotic metals should be refined, and the fourth-order exotic metal pill furnace you customized should also be finished by then..."
Su Xing nodded slightly and expressed his sincere gratitude:
"You've worked hard during this time, Sister Xue!"
Then, Su Xing took out a small bottle of Nourishing Essence Pill and said:
"This pill is very beneficial for your strength improvement... take it yourself, don't let others know."
"Break through to the Heavenly King level as soon as possible, I'll be more at ease with your strength..."
Given Jin Congxue's talent, it wouldn't be difficult for her to break through to the Heavenly King level, it's just a matter of time.
If she is willing to spend a lot of resources and have high-level professionals take her to level up in copies, within a year, she should be able to reach the peak of the Grandmaster level.
This is the advantage of professionals!
Compared to strong individuals in other worlds, on Blue Star, because of the special existence of professionals.
Often, strength improvements only require killing monsters to become stronger, but correspondingly, compared to strong individuals of the same level, they are inevitably weaker.
And Su Xing's pills can perfectly make up for this shortcoming.
Jin Congxue took the pill, her beautiful eyes shining brightly.
She couldn't help but kiss Su Xing on the face.
After the kiss, Jin Congxue was like a startled deer, her face flushed red as she shrank back.
Su Xing, a young man full of youthful vigor, how could he resist this?
But before he could take any further action, Jin Congxue stammered:
"This... this is a reward for you... cough, cough, as for the rest, we'll talk about it later..."
"Thank you for always trusting me... thank you!"
Su Xing knew that Jin Congxue was gradually developing feelings for him, so he wasn't in a hurry.
Thus, Su Xing left the villa, and after confirming that no one was following him, he removed his disguise and restored his original appearance.
Back in the dormitory, Su Xing entered the Spirit Field Cave Heaven.
He exchanged the new batch of goods for simulation energy, and thus, Su Xing's simulation energy soared again to over 1.1 billion!
Seeing that the simulator cooldown was over, Su Xing muttered:
"It's time for a new round of simulation... I wonder if I'll be lucky enough to draw a Golden talent?"
(There will be another chapter around 4 pm, please give me your monthly tickets~)
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 190: Reaching the Sixth Realm of Void Return, Re-entering the Slaughter Battlefield! (Third Update, Seeking Monthly Tickets~)
Su Xing glanced at his remaining simulation energy.
A full 1.13366 billion points!
For a moment, Su Xing hesitated.
"With so much energy, I shouldn't run out between several simulations, right?"
"Plus next week, I should have another six to seven hundred million simulation energy coming in..."
"Should I try upgrading the golden talent lottery probability?"
Su Xing's heart was somewhat moved.
Everyone has a gambler's mentality, and Su Xing was no exception.
With a slight surplus of simulation energy, Su Xing started to stir up trouble.
However, Su Xing didn't dare to exchange all his energy for the golden talent lottery probability.
"Or, should I take out four hundred million energy to test the waters? A five percent probability, just to round it up?"
Su Xing thought for a moment and decided to spend some energy to test the waters first.
"Sigh, anyway, spending energy to upgrade the probability is something I'll have to do sooner or later... Why not do it sooner and enjoy it?"
Su Xing comforted himself. If he did this, the probability of drawing a golden talent would be five percent, equivalent to a fivefold increase in probability!
"Use four hundred million energy to increase the golden talent probability!"
Su Xing silently recited.
[Ding, you have successfully spent 400 million energy, increasing the golden quality talent probability by four percent, the current probability is 5%... Your remaining energy is 733,660,000!]
He still had over seven hundred million energy left.
For Su Xing, that was enough for the time being.
"If it's not enough later, I'll find a way to see if there are any other high-level exotic metal dungeons."
Su Xing pondered.
However, Su Xing also knew that these high-level exotic metals only existed in taboo-level dungeons, and most of the military forces were already exploiting them.
It would be difficult for Su Xing to find any.
"However, I can also try again in future simulations. If I can find one or two high-level exotic metal dungeons, that would be a huge gain!"
Su Xing muttered.
On the afternoon of September 30th, 2024, New Era, Su Xing promptly started a new round of simulation.
"Begin simulation!"
[Ding! This simulation consumes 5,500 energy points, remaining energy 733,660,000, remaining simulation times none.]
[Simulation begins!]
[Spending 100,000 energy points to draw a purple talent, spending 1,000,000 energy points to draw a golden legendary talent, do you want to draw?]
"Draw a golden quality talent!"
Su Xing excitedly rubbed his hands. With a five percent probability, he wondered if he could win the grand prize!
However, as expected...
[Ding, congratulations on drawing the purple talent Humanoid Navigation. Your next probability of drawing a golden quality talent is 15%...]
[Humanoid Navigation]: Purple talent, your sense of direction is extremely strong. Even without relying on tree rings, the Big Dipper, the sun's position, etc., you can have amazing spatial awareness, comparable to a humanoid navigation system. (Note: When traveling during the National Day holiday, your friends no longer have to worry about getting lost~)
"Sure enough, I didn't draw a golden talent..."
Su Xing shook his head slightly, he had expected this result.
"However, this Humanoid Navigation talent... seems interesting?"
Su Xing stroked his chin.
Humanoid Navigation was clearly a talent that leaned more towards a conceptual aspect.
This talent didn't seem to be of much use on Blue Star, but it might be useful in some special spaces...
"For example, the Void Realm... or the Slaughter Battlefield?"
Su Xing's eyes lit up.
The Void Realm, this special world, was of great benefit to Su Xing's strength growth.
Su Xing planned to explore the Void Realm after his strength increased further.
And the Slaughter Battlefield was the only way for Su Xing to leave Blue Star and go to the Qingyun Realm!
"Speaking of which... my strength has reached the Void Return stage, meeting the standard for apprenticeship at Qingyun Sect..."
Su Xing's heart moved, and an ancient token appeared in his hand.
The token had two words engraved on it: Qingyun!
"Should I rise rapidly... or continue to struggle?"
Su Xing shook his head slightly. Previously, in the Slaughter Battlefield, legendary-level monsters had prevented Su Xing from continuing to explore the end of the Slaughter Battlefield.
Now, Su Xing's strength was comparable to a legendary being, so naturally, he should explore it.
"In this simulation, in addition to improving my cultivation, perhaps at the last moment, I should also explore the Slaughter Battlefield..."
"Also, the refining of the Rebirth Transformation Pill requires a higher level of Flaming Fire Technique. Now that my cultivation is sufficient... it's time to cultivate the Flaming Fire Technique again!"
Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
[In the Spirit Field Cave Heaven, you realized that you were in a simulation.]
[You began to try cultivating the Flaming Fire Technique.]
[The Flaming Fire Technique is perfected, requiring extremely high demands on spiritual sense and spiritual energy. However, you are now a Void Return Stage powerhouse, and your spiritual sense has reached the subtle realm, so you meet the standards for continuing to cultivate the Flaming Fire Technique.]
[You cast the Flaming Fire Technique, increasing the influx of spiritual energy. You feel the temperature of the Flaming Fire Technique rise slightly.]
[You are overjoyed, and then you work hard to cultivate the Flaming Fire Technique.]
[After a week, you see Jin Congxue. Jin Congxue gives you the last batch of purified exotic metal and three fourth-order exotic metal alchemy furnaces.]
[The next day, October 8th, you arrive in Shuangqing City.]
[You disguise yourself and release your spiritual sense, successfully attracting Elder Dog...]
Seeing this, Su Xing's heart moved, and he silently recited:
"Use the immersive simulation function, duration one hour!"
[Ding, you have successfully used the immersive simulation, consuming 100,000 energy points, remaining energy 732,560,000.]
The next second, the scene before Su Xing's eyes changed, and he appeared in an unfamiliar environment.
Before him stood the respectful Elder Dog...
...
When Su Xing returned to the real world, he nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Not bad, I've killed Elder Dog again, and Luo Shuyin still trusts me!"
Su Xing let out a long sigh of relief.
There were still eight days until October 8th, and Su Xing could simulate at most one more time.
To ensure that there were absolutely no accidents, Su Xing had to experience the process of killing Elder Dog and the subsequent steps as realistically as possible multiple times.
He looked at the simulation panel.
[After killing Elder Dog, you encounter Luo Shuyin.]
[With the addition of the Successful Learning Master talent, Luo Shuyin completely trusts you.]
[You make an appointment with Luo Shuyin to meet in a month, and at that time, she will bring the Concentration Wood.]
[You return to Kyoto, continue to improve your cultivation, and cultivate the Flaming Fire Technique.]
[A month later, you meet Luo Shuyin, and under her introduction, you join the Descent Sect.]
[After joining the Descent Sect, you exert the Successful Learning Master talent, instantly attracting a large number of disciple fans.]
[You refine the Concentration Pill for Luo Shuyin, helping her break through to the legendary level.]
[After that, you stay in the Descent Sect every day, lining your own pockets and obtaining a lot of medicinal herbs.]
[You only do three things every day: refining pills, cultivating, and practicing the Flaming Fire Technique...]
[Thus, two years pass quickly...]
[In the third year, under the nourishment of spiritual liquid and high-grade spirit stones, your cultivation breaks through to the fourth realm of Void Return!]
[You become a mid-Void Return Stage cultivator!]
[At the same time, you feel that the time is ripe and prepare to defect with Luo Shuyin and join the Great Xia Military.]
[After joining the Great Xia Military, the more than 20,000 disciples of the Descent Sect find you overnight, hoping for an explanation.]
[You use the Successful Learning Master talent to persuade them to become the suicide squad that makes the demon race tremble in fear at Zhenyao Pass...]
[After that, you continue to refine pills, improve your cultivation, and cultivate the Flaming Fire Technique every day...]
[You take some time to go to the Immortal Martial Era dungeon, find the ruins of Wanmu Sect, and take out all the spirit stones and high-grade spiritual herbs.]
[In the fourth year, the medicinal herbs in your possession are depleted. You have refined over 200,000 pills, adding many powerhouses to the Great Xia Military.]
[You know that Zhenyao Pass can at least hold out until the 25th year, so you feel relieved and concentrate on cultivating the Flaming Fire Technique and improving your cultivation.]
[In the fifth year, your last mid-grade spirit stone is exhausted. With no choice, you can only use low-grade spirit stones to cultivate.]
[The speed of cultivation using low-grade spirit stones is much slower, but your cultivation is still steadily increasing.]
[In the same year, through repeated pill refining and cultivation, your understanding of the Flaming Fire Alchemy Technique improves again.]
[Thus, two years pass slowly.]
[In the seventh year, your cultivation remains stagnant at the fourth realm of Void Return, and there is still a long way to go before breaking through to the fifth realm.]
[The good news is that your mastery of the Flaming Fire Technique is improving day by day, and it's not far from perfection...]
Su Xing saw this and couldn't help but sigh:
"Sure enough, using spiritual liquid to cultivate is the best way!"
"It's just that, to obtain more spiritual liquid, I still need to improve the level of the Spirit Field Cave Heaven... which is to plant more Gathering Spirit Flowers!"
Su Xing frowned slightly, pondering whether he should spend energy and simulation times to obtain more Gathering Spirit Flowers.
"Now... I have over 3,000 Gathering Spirit Flowers in my Spirit Field Cave Heaven."
"To reach the mid-grade cave heaven level, I probably need tens of thousands of Gathering Spirit Flowers... Gathering Spirit Flowers cost 100,000 simulation energy each, so that would be 700 million energy!"
Su Xing estimated that he could indeed afford the over 700 million energy.
But the question was, were the Gathering Spirit Flowers worth spending so much energy on?
Soon, Su Xing made a decision.
Worth it!
"In the Void Return Stage, if I had more spiritual liquid, I would definitely be able to reach the Great Perfection of Void Return very quickly!"
"And later, in the Unity Stage, the Transcendence Stage... I'll probably need even more Gathering Spirit Flowers!"
"The sooner I get it, the sooner I can enjoy it... It seems that in the next simulation, I should try to bring out the Gathering Spirit Flowers..."
Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
[In the eighth year, your mastery of the Flaming Fire Technique continues to improve.]
[You consume 50,000 low-grade spirit stones in a year, and your Qi cultivation progresses significantly.]
[In the ninth year, you focus on cultivation, consuming another 50,000 spirit stones, and your Qi cultivation takes another big step forward.]
[In the tenth year, you only have less than 100,000 spirit stones left. At most, it's only enough for you to cultivate for two years.]
[But you decide to continue trying, wanting to see if you can reach the sixth realm of Void Return.]
[In your tireless cultivation, two years pass slowly...]
[In the eighteenth year, your cultivation has improved a lot in these two years. You've reached the latter half of the fifth realm of Void Return, and the sixth realm is not far off.]
[But now your spirit stones are depleted, so you can only resort to cultivating with spiritual Qi every day.]
[Even though the spiritual Qi in the Spirit Field Cave Heaven is abundant, the boost to cultivation speed is still not as good as using spirit stones.]
[Your cultivation is in a slow growth period.]
[In the nineteenth year, Luo Shuyin's home world is conquered.]
[At your suggestion and with the help of the human race, tens of thousands of Spirit Race people flee to Blue Star, join Zhenyao Pass, and fight against the demon race together.]
[The pressure on the human race at Zhenyao Pass is greatly reduced. You comfort Luo Shuyin and continue to work hard on cultivation.]
[In the twentieth year, the third year without spirit stones, you miss the days when you used spirit stones to cultivate every day.]
[After the cultivation speed slows down, in addition to cultivating every day, you also start to look for undeveloped dungeons that may contain exotic metal ore veins.]
[In one year, you explore seven or eight taboo-level dungeons.]
[You kill five or six Martial Emperor-level dungeon bosses, and even two legendary monsters!]
[But even so, you still haven't found a single exotic metal dungeon that hasn't been discovered by the military.]
[In the twenty-first year, you are still unwilling to give up and explore several more dungeons, but you still haven't found an ore vein dungeon.]
[Thus, every day, besides cultivating, you go to various dungeons to explore, hoping to find a dungeon that hides exotic metal ore.]
[Thus, three years pass slowly...]
[In the end, you still fail to find an exotic metal ore vein dungeon.]
Su Xing saw this and shook his head in disappointment.
But this wasn't unexpected.
If dungeons containing exotic metal ore were so easy to find, then high-level exotic metals wouldn't be so precious.
However, this just shows that Su Xing's luck was truly good when he found the Red Lotus Demon Cave dungeon before!
He looked at the simulation panel.
[In the twenty-fourth year, you search for a few more dungeons, but you still haven't found any.]
[You know that there's not much simulation time left, so you no longer waste a single moment and focus all your efforts on breaking through to the sixth realm of Void Return!]
[In these few years of cultivation, your cultivation has reached the peak of the fifth realm of Void Return, and the sixth realm is not far off.]
[At the beginning of the twenty-fifth year, you take out all the hundreds of thousands of drops of spiritual liquid you've accumulated.]
[You are ready to make a decisive breakthrough to the sixth realm of Void Return!]
[You go into seclusion for two months, fully digesting these spiritual liquids, and finally... you barely step into the sixth realm of Void Return!]
Su Xing saw this and breathed a sigh of relief, muttering:
"Fortunately, I've entered the sixth realm of Void Return..."
But then Su Xing also felt a little worried. If he continued at this rate, it would probably take two more simulations to reach the Great Perfection of Void Return.
"So, it's better to plant another batch of Gathering Spirit Flowers, find a way to collect more spiritual liquid, and accelerate my Qi cultivation!"
Su Xing already had a plan in mind.
He looked at the simulation panel.
[In the twenty-fifth year, the situation at Zhenyao Pass takes a sudden turn for the worse, and you arrive at Zhenyao Pass.]
[This time, you don't say goodbye to anyone. You leave Zhenyao Pass alone and step into the Slaughter Battlefield...]
[You walk towards the Blood Moon for a long time... Time seems to have lost its clarity here.]
[You can only feel that the Blood Moon in the sky is getting bigger and bigger, as if it's getting closer and closer to you.]
[Besides that, the red-eyed demon beasts you encounter along the way also change from weak Golden, Master level...]
[To finally encountering Demon Kings, Demon Emperors...]
[You know that you're not far from encountering the lost legendary demon beast.]
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