Chapter 40 – The Mysteries of Golden Core Stage, New Skill: Spirit Burst

Su Xing recalled his reaction during the breakthrough in the simulator—it should have been agonizing and grueling.

He had secluded himself for months before finally managing to break through to the Golden Core stage with great difficulty.

But in reality, with the simulator’s help, Su Xing had spent less than a minute effortlessly breaking through to the Golden Core realm, as if he had painstakingly cultivated for decades.

Moreover, the Su Xing inside the simulator had likely consumed large quantities of spirit pills to achieve the breakthrough, which should have left his cultivation foundation unstable and hollow. Yet at this moment, Su Xing’s cultivation was exceptionally solid, accompanied by a feeling of complete mastery and control.

This meant the simulator could not only provide Su Xing with cultivation feedback, but did so without any side effects whatsoever.

Thinking this, Su Xing slowly extended one hand. With a thought, a three-inch miniature vortex appeared in his palm. The tiny vortex spun ceaselessly like a small tornado, transparent yet brimming with spiritual energy—a vortex formed from condensed spirit power!

Su Xing tried continuously compressing and solidifying the spirit vortex in his hand. After several seconds, a rapidly spinning vortex was born. Su Xing could feel the tremendous power contained within it—even a Gold-stage Class User would likely be unable to withstand it.

Sensing the vortex trembling more and more violently, on the verge of erupting, Su Xing hurriedly took control and began dissolving it.

Dozens of seconds later, the vortex slowly dissipated from Su Xing’s hand.

Su Xing wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered:

“Damn, good thing I got it under control. If that vortex had gone out of control, it probably would’ve leveled the entire dormitory building, right?”

Su Xing assessed his body. The spirit power within him had depleted by less than a tenth.

That seemed like a small amount, but in the real world he had absolutely no way to replenish spiritual energy. Apart from using spirit stones to restore it, his only option was to go to the Blessed Spirit Field to recharge.

But now that he was a Golden Core stage cultivator, that ten percent of spirit power alone would probably require an entire spirit stone to replenish.

“Damn, what a money pit!”

Even as Su Xing felt the sting of the expense, he also felt a twinge of guilt. He’d been lucky to regain control in time—otherwise, if he’d blown up the entire dormitory building, he’d probably have been arrested as a terrorist.

At the same time, excitement glinted in Su Xing’s eyes. He still hadn’t mastered any cultivation spells, yet merely relying on his Golden Core stage cultivation alone gave him such destructive power.

“As expected, immortal cultivation is the true path! Leveling up and all that—just a lesser profession!”

The corners of Su Xing’s mouth curled upward. After composing himself, he realized that at some point, a wealth of new memories had appeared in his mind—ten years’ worth of alchemy experience gained from this simulation.

It was just that the impact of breaking through to the Golden Core stage had been so overwhelming that he’d nearly overlooked this equally important alchemy experience.

“Hehe! Just one simulation saved me fifteen years of bitter cultivation… I’m a Golden Core stage cultivator now too!”

Su Xing couldn’t help feeling a bit giddy at this moment, but as soon as he thought about the apocalyptic catastrophe coming in just over a decade, his excitement deflated instantly.

“Stay steady, don’t get cocky!”

“Stay steady, don’t get cocky!”

“Stay steady, don’t get cocky!”

Su Xing repeated this to himself three times, keeping himself vigilant. Although his cultivation had surged tremendously, putting him on par with a Gold-stage Class User, he was still far from being able to prevent that catastrophe fifteen years from now!

To put it bluntly, forget about the disaster fifteen years from now—he couldn’t even handle the Advent Cult.

“But speaking of which… now that I’ve reached the Golden Core realm, I really should find a way to obtain the second half of the Eternal Spring Art in the simulation. Otherwise, even if I achieve the Nine-Revolution Golden Core, I still won’t be able to stand against a Nascent Soul ancestor!”

Su Xing closed his eyes in deep thought, contemplating what choices he should make in his next simulation.

Right now, Su Xing urgently needed two things. First was the Eternal Spring Art—this determined whether he could break through to the Nascent Soul stage or even higher realms.

Second was the Organ Tempering Pill. If Su Xing could successfully consume the Organ Tempering Pill, he might be able to become an Organ Tempering realm powerhouse, which would multiply his cultivation even further!

“Though… if a more powerful talent comes along, maybe I should consider that too?”

With a thought, Su Xing called up his Class User panel.

【Name: Su Xing】

【Class: Immortal Cultivator (Unique Hidden Class)】

【Cultivation: Golden Core Stage, First Layer / Body Tempering, Great Perfection】

【Technique: Eternal Spring Art】

【Talents: Wood-Fire Dual Spiritual Root, Die With Eyes Open, Mr. Mighty, Lucky Streak, Flash of Inspiration, unyielding tenacity…】

【Skills: Separation Fire (Beginner), Alchemy (Beginner), Spirit Burst (Unlearned)】

【Equipment: Jade Blood Longsword (Green), Longspike Chain Mail (Green), Azure Cloud Boots (Green)】

After breaking through to the Golden Core stage, Su Xing’s strength had clearly improved enormously.

Although his Body Tempering at Great Perfection was somewhat underwhelming, Su Xing was still waiting to build up his foundation before making a single explosive breakthrough to the Organ Tempering realm!

Furthermore, Su Xing now had six talents. All six were crucial to him, serving as guarantees for better simulations.

“Now I have six talents. I just don’t know how many talents I can actually hold in total.”

Su Xing had a vague premonition that talents surely had an upper limit. Otherwise, if he could carry thousands of talents on him at once, wouldn’t that make him invincible?

“Huh… it seems I’ve gained a new skill—Spirit Burst?”

Su Xing was momentarily stunned when he saw his skill list. Previously, he had only mastered Separation Fire and Alchemy as his two skills. Evidently, the Class User panel had split the Separation Fire Alchemy Art into two separate parts.

As for Spirit Burst? Su Xing had absolutely no memory of ever learning this skill!

But then something clicked, and he murmured:

“Could it be… that the vortex I tried condensing earlier was recognized as a skill by the Class User panel?”

Su Xing pondered this thoughtfully. This meant that although he couldn’t obtain skill scrolls through killing monsters or opening treasure chests, he could comprehend skills on his own.

It might not seem as convenient, but it opened up infinite possibilities.

Moreover, the Class Users of this world were somewhat like the online game classes from his previous life—after casting a skill, there was a cooldown period.

Su Xing remembered that his good buddy Yu Yan, back when he was still a Bronze rank, tier one Class User, had only managed to fire off a single fireball before completely wilting, reduced to bonking monsters on the head with his staff.

Su Xing, on the other hand, could continuously cast Separation Fire, Spirit Burst, and other spells as long as the spiritual energy within him was sufficient.

“It seems that mastering Spirit Burst should be put on the agenda for future simulations too.”

Su Xing silently noted this plan in his mind.

Over the following week, Su Xing continued refining Beauty-Preserving Pills.

After breaking through to the Golden Core stage, Su Xing’s spirit power was far more abundant. The spiritual energy within him could now sustain the Separation Fire Technique continuously for over an hour, which meant his pill-refining speed had increased several times over.

In just a single day, Su Xing successfully refined all two hundred low-grade Beauty-Preserving Pills.

“Whew… finally done refining!”