[You know it's too late!]
[Just like the last simulation, when it was absolutely necessary, Mr. Li asked you to check the situation. The result was that you were submerged by the sea of thunder, and the simulation ended instantly.]
[In the end, you just shook your head and said nothing more.]
[You know it's impossible to ask them to help eliminate the thunder.]
[In the 32nd year, during this year, you noticed that many people in Backbone Mountain were on guard against you.]
[Whenever you approached the formation, there was always someone who appeared beside you, intentionally or unintentionally.]
[You smiled bitterly in helplessness. These people were truly cautious. They feared you wouldn't heed their advice and might repair the formation yourself, so they monitored you.]
[So, in the following time, you rarely went out.]
[You began to focus on practicing the immortal way diligently every day.]
[You had enough spirit stones with you.]
[There were 60 that you brought with you and more than 900,000 spirit stones given as a thank-you gift for setting up a high-level spirit-gathering formation for the immortal cultivators in Backbone Mountain.]
[With over one million spirit stones in total, your cultivation in the immortal way advanced rapidly.]
[In the 33rd year, you successfully broke through to the second level of the Jindan realm.]
[In the 35th year, you successfully broke through to the third level of the Jindan realm.]
[In the 40th year, you reached the fifth level of the Jindan realm.]
[But in this year, you decided to leave Backbone Mountain.]
[You knew that in the last simulation, it was in the 42nd year that the formation left by Senior Lu Wuya encountered a problem.]
[Although you consumed some of the heavenly thunder this time, which might have delayed it, you weren't sure by how much. To simulate longer, you decided to leave early.]
[In the 43rd year, you broke through to the sixth level of the Jindan realm.]
[In the 45th year, your talent "Accidental Enlightenment" triggered, granting you an 8-fold cultivation speed bonus and making your thoughts more active.]
[This enlightenment lasted for an entire year, allowing you to directly break through to the eighth level of the Jindan realm.]
[In the 51st year, you finally broke through to the ninth level of the Jindan realm.]
[You knew there were only two years left before the heavenly thunder would descend.]
[You realized it was too late to cultivate both the immortal and martial paths to perfection and break through to the next great realm.]
[So you headed toward the Back Mountain.]
[You wanted to know if the formation left by Lu Wuya was still functional after you had consumed some of the thunder.]
[If it remained strong, you thought you might survive a while longer with this formation.]
[In the 52nd year, you returned to the Back Mountain.]
[You saw only charred soil. Occasionally, arcs of lightning flashed on the blackened ground.]
[You smiled bitterly. It seemed the formation left by Senior Lu Wuya was still not strong enough.]
[You knew this simulation was likely coming to an end.]
[Faced with the heavenly thunder, you had no effective solution.]
[In the 53rd year, you returned to Qingshan City.]
[By this time, Qingshan City was nothing but ruins and piles of bones.]
[You felt a chill in your heart; you had already guessed this outcome.]
[Decades ago, when the man in black appeared and attacked the Jiang family, everyone in Qingshan City learned of the existence of immortals.]
[Afterward, to keep the secret of the immortal's existence and prevent more mortals from learning about it, the immortal slaves who served the immortal sect dealt with it.]
[Without dwelling on it further, you sat cross-legged on the ruins of the original Jiang Mansion, waiting for the heavenly thunder.]
[One day, lightning and thunder filled the sky, and a purple thunderbolt rushed toward you.]
[You didn't move as you watched the thunder descend.]
[You could have arranged some formations to strengthen your defense and survive another day or even half a year.]
[But in the end, you simply smiled and chose to accept it calmly.]
[You died at the age of 73.]
[This simulation is over.]
[You can choose two rewards from this simulation: Yimu Divine Body (Talent), Martial Arts Cultivation (Perfect Qidong Realm), Immortal Cultivation (Ninth Layer of Dan Formation), and Pseudo-Eighth-Rank Formation Master.]
[Yimu Divine Body (Talent)]: Price: 100 Energy Values.
[Martial Arts Cultivation (Perfect Qidong Realm)]: Price: 950 Energy Values.
[Immortal Cultivation (Ninth Layer of Dan Formation)]: Price: 900 Energy Values.
[Pseudo-Eighth-Rank Formation Master]: Price: 1 billion energy points (only theoretical, as insufficient cultivation prevents setting up an eighth-rank formation).
Jiang Yifeng saw the calm ending of his simulation.
He suddenly found himself looking a little handsome.
This simulation had essentially achieved the goals he wanted to accomplish, leaving him with no regrets.
He just hadn't expected the people in Backbone Mountain to be so stubborn.
It seemed there was still a long way to go to delay the simulation time.
Only by advancing his formation skills to a higher level could he find someone in Backbone Mountain willing to help consume the underground thunder together.
Or if his cultivation were higher, he could withstand more thunder and consume more of it.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to delay the collapse of the formation left by Lu Wuya.
If the formation couldn't hold, then extending the simulation time would remain difficult for now.
Jiang Yifeng didn't dwell on the events of the simulation any further.
He looked at the simulation rewards.
The rewards this time were quite good.
The formation was obviously very important, but what he lacked currently was strength.
Without enough spiritual energy, it was impossible to arrange a higher-grade formation and break through to a true eighth-grade formation master.
As for martial arts, it seemed more cost-effective than the immortal path, being half a realm higher.
However, as the simulation showed, as long as he went to Backbone Mountain, entered Senior Lu Wuya's formation, and guided the underground thunder to cultivate, his martial arts would progress quickly.
Thus, in the next simulation, as long as he went to Backbone Mountain, his martial arts cultivation would improve rapidly.
So, Jiang Yifeng didn't hesitate much and said silently, "I choose Yimu Divine Body (Talent) and Immortal Cultivation (Ninth Level of Dan Formation)."
There were methods to improve martial arts quickly, but for immortal cultivation, Jiang Yifeng hadn't found any shortcuts yet—at most, absorbing spirit stones to speed it up.
However, this method was still much slower than using thunder to temper the body for martial arts.
As for Yimu Divine Body (Talent), it was a must-have. With it, he could stabilize his martial arts progress through thunder for a long time.
He believed this was the best choice for now.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the innate Yimu Divine Body; 100 energy points deducted. Remaining energy value: 3 billion...]
[Ding! Immortal cultivation (Ninth Level of Dan Formation) successfully extracted; 900 energy points deducted. Remaining energy value: 3 billion...]
Soon, Jiang Yifeng felt the improvement in his strength.
After a few seconds, it was over.
Jiang Yifeng walked out of the Jiang Mansion and headed toward Chunyan Tower.
This simulation had lasted a long time, and his eyes felt a bit tired.
He thought it would be good to listen to some music to relax and relieve his fatigue.