65 – Simulating Again

Sword Spirit Sect, within a pavilion, Wang Ping looked at the optimized Life Simulator and smiled faintly.

The optimized Life Simulator determines the cost of each simulation based on his current cultivation level.

His current cultivation is at the Great Perfection of the Spirit Origin Realm, and each simulation requires the consumption of two thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Although the price is higher than before optimization, if he were to use the previous version of the Life Simulator for two more simulations and then optimize it, it would undoubtedly be more cost-effective and save some spirit stones.

However, Wang Ping didn’t optimize it before, nor did he know it would be priced at two thousand low-grade spirit stones, and he isn’t lacking in these spirit stones now.

Therefore, there’s nothing to regret.

“System, I want to perform a paid simulation…”

Wang Ping thought for a moment and then spoke.

Although he could use a free simulation to scout first, after this experience with the group task, he still felt it was better to save more free simulations.

After all, using paid simulations in other worlds is too wasteful of spirit stones.

Considering that some worlds don’t have spirit stones, simulating there wouldn’t greatly enhance his strength. Using free simulations to scout the way is the most suitable and cost-effective approach.

Of course, once he has accumulated enough free simulations, he will also use them to scout the way.

Anyway, saving spirit stones wherever possible.

“System, I want to perform a paid simulation…”

Wang Ping said in his mind.

“Ding, this simulation requires the consumption of two thousand low-grade spirit stones. Do you wish to proceed with the payment…?”

The system’s voice rang out.

“Proceed…” Wang Ping nodded.

“Payment successful. Life Simulator activated. Refreshing talents…”

The system’s voice sounded again.

“Ding, talent refresh successful. Congratulations to the host for successfully refreshing a white talent: Martial Arts Genius…”

“Another white talent: Martial Arts Genius, huh…”

Wang Ping was speechless.

He always felt that the probability of refreshing high-grade talents in the Life Simulator was extremely low; so far, he hadn’t refreshed any talent above green grade.

Could it be that another optimization is needed to increase the probability of refreshing high-grade talents?

Otherwise, it would be just like playing a card collection game in his previous life, where due to poor luck, he had to rely on quantity and guaranteed draws.

“Ding, talent selection successful. Life simulation starting…”

As Wang Ping was internally grumbling, the Life Simulator’s screen appeared before him, and text started to emerge.

【Year 480 of the Great Xia Calendar, April 23rd. You begin to comprehend the sword, aiming to grasp thirty percent Sword Intent.】

【Year 495 of the Great Xia Calendar, end of the year. You successfully comprehend thirty percent Sword Intent. The world is also in turmoil. You arrive in Great Xia, refine a Yang Rejuvenation Pill, and seek to trade with Empress Xia Yuan to enter the forbidden land of Great Xia.】
【Regarding your transaction request, Empress Xia Yuan was highly conflicted. However, for the life of the old ancestor and the stability of Great Xia’s reign, she ultimately agreed. Still, she reminded you that the Forbidden Land is exceedingly dangerous; even those in the Spirit Origin Realm might not survive.】

【You were very composed and did not take it to heart. After all, if Xia Yuan managed to survive, your chances of dying were quite low.】

【You entered the hidden Forbidden Land of the Great Xia Royal Family and accepted the challenge. In the end, you easily passed the test and were rewarded with a Spirit Sword. You were quite surprised, as this spiritual artifact was different from what you remembered. Clearly, there were more than one spiritual artifact hidden in this Forbidden Land.】

【Although you longed to uncover the secrets of this Forbidden Land, you knew very well that it was set up by a Great Transcendence expert. With your current strength, attempting to force your way through would certainly mean death.】

【In the end, you left the capital with the Spirit Sword, leaving the members of the Great Xia Royal Family with mixed feelings. They had clearly not expected you to pass the test so easily and obtain a spiritual artifact. After all, a Spirit Sword would be a sect-defining treasure in the Sword Spirit Sect, something even the Great Xia Royal Family did not possess.】

【Subsequently, since the old ancestor of Great Xia did not pass away, Empress Xia Yuan continued her reforms and stabilized the kingdom, leading to a steady consolidation of the Great Xia dynasty’s rule.】

【In the 510th year of Great Xia, you attempted to comprehend forty percent Sword Intent, aiming for minor accomplishment in Sword Intent, but you still failed, remaining stuck at the peak of thirty percent, which greatly disappointed you. At the same time, Bai Tianhong’s cultivation surged ahead, reaching the pinnacle of the Spirit Origin Realm.】

【In the same year, chaos erupted in the martial world, and demonic cultivators appeared. You were well aware of what was going to happen next.】

【In the 511th year of Great Xia, you and Bai Tianhong descended the mountain, lying in wait around the Wu family.】

【Before long, the Wu family was exterminated, and you both acted. Under your combined assault, the demonic cultivator was killed. From his body, you found the demonic technique he practiced.】

【To prevent further harm to the world, Bai Tianhong wanted to burn it to ashes, but you stopped him, suggesting that perhaps it could contain a secret method to expand the Dantian, which could give you hope of breaking through to the Great Transcendence.】

【Bai Tianhong found your idea very reasonable. Thus, you decided to take the demonic technique back to the sect for study.】

【Eventually, you discovered a secret method to expand the Dantian from the demonic technique. However, the training method was extremely bloody, which Bai Tianhong found disgraceful. Thus, he decided to burn it.】

【In response, you said nothing more, merely suggesting that you could use this secret method as a basis for improvement.】

【By the end of the 530th year of Great Xia, you and Bai Tianhong continually explored and studied the secret method to expand the Dantian using the demonic technique, eventually succeeding in creating a method to expand the Dantian.】

【In the 540th year of Great Xia, both you and Bai Tianhong advanced to Half-step Transcendent Realm, also known as Half-step Spirit Sea Realm. However, due to the lack of sufficient high-quality spiritual stones to supply your Spirit Origin, you were stuck at this stage, unable to fully expand your Dantian, preventing the liquefaction of Spirit Origin into a sea of liquid Spirit Origin.】

【With this, both of you were very frustrated.】

【In the 545th year of Great Xia, the Supreme Elder and the Second Supreme Elder passed away one after another. After a period of silence, Bai Tianhong wanted to go overseas to seek opportunities to break through to the Spirit Sea Realm. However, you knew the consequences of going overseas and advised Bai Tianhong not to go, warning that it would surely lead to death.】

【However, Bai Tianhong, with his unwavering will to seek the Dao, believed that cultivators must fight against the heavens and not cling to life out of fear of death. In the end, he chose to set out to sea alone.】

【As a result, you felt a sense of melancholy, believing that Bai Tianhong’s actions would surely lead to his death.】

【In the 580th year of Great Xia, you successfully comprehended forty percent Sword Intent, reaching the minor accomplishment stage. You were very pleased with this. In the same year, you finally accepted two disciples, diligently instructing them in their cultivation. The entire Sword Spirit Sect was very happy about this. After all, under your guidance, the Sword Spirit Sect grew increasingly stronger. Even though many Supreme Elders had passed away over the years, the number of Spirit Origin Realm experts did not decrease but instead increased, reaching twenty-five.】

【Moreover, with an invincible expert like you overseeing the sect, no one dared to infringe upon the Sword Spirit Sect. They believed that the Sword Spirit Sect would continue to prosper, perhaps even returning to its peak from a thousand years ago.】

【In the 620th year of Great Xia, a peerless genius named Lin Yifei emerged from the newly risen top family, the Lin Clan, with astounding momentum. However, he sought to overthrow Great Xia and establish a new dynasty. You, residing in the Sword Spirit Sect, did not care about him and had no interest in the conflicts among various major forces.】

【However, Empress Xia Yuan of Great Xia was furious and wanted to eradicate the Lin Clan completely. Unexpectedly, the Spirit Origin Realm Seventh Level expert sent by the Great Xia Royal Family was killed by Lin Yifei in one move, showcasing his invincible stance.】

【For a time, Great Xia was shaken. Empress Xia Yuan, enraged once more, personally wielded a spiritual artifact with her Spirit Origin Realm peak cultivation and set out to suppress Lin Yifei. In their battle, Lin Yifei exhibited astonishing cultivation, having reached the peak of the Spirit Origin Realm, shocking many experts.】

【However, due to Empress Xia Yuan wielding a spiritual artifact, Lin Yifei was ultimately defeated and killed by her, and the Lin Clan was completely annihilated. The world was once again at peace, with no one daring to challenge the Great Xia Royal Family.】

“This Lin Yifei really knew how to court death…”

Wang Ping couldn’t help but sigh as he looked at the simulated content.

Although talented and strong, Lin Yifei’s temperament was completely different from his and Bai Tianhong’s. He was too reckless, completely unaware of the saying ‘there’s always someone stronger.’

【In the 655th year of Great Xia, you reached the age of two hundred and were no longer young. During these years, chaos erupted in both the Chu Kingdom and the Zhao Kingdom. The old ancestors who had suppressed the Four Directions with their peak Spirit Origin Realm cultivation had fallen long ago, and no new peak Spirit Origin Realm experts had emerged.】

【Possibly due to her own aging and nearing the end of her life, Empress Xia Yuan wanted to accomplish something greater to leave a lasting legacy in history. She decided to mobilize troops and invade the Chu Kingdom, aiming to annex it before moving on to conquer the Zhao Kingdom.】
The actions of Great Xia shocked the two kingdoms, causing great panic. The two kingdoms chose to ally themselves to confront the wealthy and powerful Great Xia. However, under the governance of Empress Xia Yuan, Great Xia had long since transformed and was no longer something the two kingdoms could oppose. Even if the armies of the two kingdoms allied, they could hardly resist.

In the 656th year of Great Xia, Great Xia successfully annexed the two kingdoms, completing the unification of Middle Earth after many years. However, Empress Xia Yuan’s ambition went far beyond this; she wanted to become an eternal emperor.

In the 660th year of Great Xia, having fully absorbed the resources of the two kingdoms, Great Xia sent troops to target the foreign tribes, aiming to eliminate them completely, and thus remove any future threats, achieving the unification of the entire Profound Turtle Continent.

Over the next two years, Great Xia waged war against the foreign tribes, winning numerous battles which greatly boosted the morale of Great Xia’s soldiers. Empress Xia Yuan’s prestige was at its peak, and she was hailed as an ‘Eternal Emperor.’

However, unexpected storms arose. While counterattacking the foreign tribes’ territory, Great Xia’s forces provoked a long-secluded, powerful figure from the foreign tribes.

Armed with an ancient spirit staff, he single-handedly annihilated Great Xia’s army, even killing the general, who was at the ninth level of the Spirit Origin Realm, with one strike.

The news reached Great Xia, causing a great disturbance. Empress Xia Yuan was equally shocked. She understood clearly that such a person wasn’t someone an ordinary Spirit Origin Realm could deal with. Thus, she personally led the expedition again, wielding the Mystic Ice Mirror to fight the powerful foreign tribesman, intending to kill him.

However, Empress Xia Yuan underestimated her opponent’s strength. During their battle, neither could defeat the other. In the end, the elder chose to perish together with Empress Xia Yuan.

Thus, Empress Xia Yuan fell, shaking Great Xia and startling the world. No one had anticipated such an outcome.

You heard the news but didn’t feel much emotional fluctuation. After all, in this life, you were not familiar with Empress Xia Yuan. Currently, you have deep ties with the Sword Spirit Sect and do not care about worldly power struggles, only wanting to protect the Sword Spirit Sect and maintain its transcendent status.

Because of Empress Xia Yuan’s fall, Great Xia no longer dared to rashly attack the foreign tribes and began to focus on defense. Additionally, due to her fall, internal conflicts in Great Xia re-emerged. Young princes and princesses started rallying ministers, expanding their influence to prepare for the struggle for the throne. Meanwhile, the surviving nobles of Chu Kingdom and Zhao Kingdom started plotting the restoration of their nations.

At the end of the 660th year of Great Xia, the ruthless Fifth Prince of Great Xia killed all five princes and princesses who could contend for power, successfully seizing the throne and proclaiming himself Emperor Xia Wen.

However, because Emperor Xia Wen’s claim to the throne was not legitimate, he began to draw many civil and military officials to stabilize his position, disregarding royal interests.

In the 700th year of Great Xia, you successfully comprehended fifty percent of Sword Intent. However, your cultivation was still stuck in the Half-step Transcendent Realm. You knew very well that if you continued to stay on the Profound Turtle Continent and did not choose to practice demonic cultivation techniques, it would be impossible to reach the Great Transcendence in this lifetime.

In the same year, a genius cultivator with Great Perfection in the Spirit Origin Realm appeared in Great Xia and challenged you. You easily defeated him with a finger used as a sword, and he was completely convinced, choosing to join the Sword Spirit Sect and becoming a Supreme Elder, asking for your guidance in the way of the sword.

By the 750th year of Great Xia, under the tyranny of Emperor Xia Wen, less than a hundred years after Empress Xia Yuan’s fall, countless factions had formed within the court, lords were rampant, noble families were unruly, and descendants of Chu Kingdom and Zhao Kingdom, who were always plotting restoration, caused various troubles, making Great Xia a miserable place for the people, reminiscent of the end of a dynasty.

You observed everything, knowing that Great Xia was on the brink of chaos again, and this time it might truly result in a change of dynasty. However, you didn’t care much about it. At the same time, you were also very clear that you were nearing the end of your life. Even though you were about to pass away, you were not worried about any problems in the Sword Spirit Sect.

Because under your leadership, the number of Spirit Origin Realm experts in the Sword Spirit Sect had already reached nearly fifty, and your disciples and descendants were excellent, capable of leading the Sword Spirit Sect well.

In the 756th year of Great Xia, you passed away at the peak of Sword Spirit Sect Mountain, causing great sorrow in the sect and a shock throughout the world!

With your death, this simulation ends.

“This time, I actually died of old age? It’s really surprising.”

Wang Ping looked at the content of the simulation and couldn’t help but sigh.

Because he had always died accidentally in every simulation, he instinctively thought that it was impossible to die a natural death in the Life Simulator.

Clearly, that wasn’t the case.

As long as he didn’t seek death, he could still live to die a natural death.

Of course, the premise was that his strength in the Profound Turtle Continent was invincible.