Chapter 51 – Choosing Rewards

Chapter 51 – Choosing Rewards

Su Xing felt somewhat helpless when he saw this.

Advancing realms in immortal cultivation was never easy. Breaking through even a single minor realm often took years, to say nothing of breaking through a major realm.

Even though Su Xing’s talent was now considered exceptionally outstanding, maintaining a pace of one minor realm breakthrough per year was very difficult. Only with the aid of pills could he achieve breakthroughs.

After all, each simulation only gave him fifteen years of cultivation time, and every single year was precious.

It was precisely because of this that after Su Xing consumed massive quantities of pills to boost his cultivation, Pill Poison inevitably accumulated in his body.

【Year Ten: Your Qi Refinement cultivation advanced to Golden Core realm, Third Layer. Over the past year, you spent every day using spiritual energy to purge the Pill Poison from your body, and the Pill Poison within you decreased significantly.】

【Year Eleven: You maintained a daily regimen of one Organ Tempering Pill to improve your Body Tempering cultivation, but due to the excessive Pill Poison in your body, your cultivation failed to break through.】

【Year Twelve: Through your relentless efforts, your cultivation advanced to Organ Tempering, Eighth Layer.】

【Year Fourteen: Your cultivation broke through to Organ Tempering, Ninth Layer!】

【One day, Protector Shadow came looking for you. You hadn’t seen Protector Shadow in several years. You sensed that his aura seemed far more powerful than before, though his emotions had become even more unstable, and a bloodthirsty crimson gleam occasionally flashed through his eyes.】

【He told you that the real world’s destruction was imminent, and that you were the Elder he was most optimistic about. He produced the corpse of a demonic beast — it appeared to be some kind of high-level creature.】

【His emotions were somewhat out of control. He told you that everything had been a lie. The Coexistence Faction’s followers had been mostly wiped out. The Zealot Faction had launched attacks against the other two factions, and the Master Race would descend within a month. Now, your only chance of survival was to transform into a member of the Master Race.】

【Protector Shadow was willing to personally perform the transformation on you. He said he would take you to the world where the Master Race resided and begin a new life.】

【Faced with Protector Shadow’s request, hesitation showed on your face, but ultimately you refused. You said you were unwilling to become that kind of half-human, half-beast monster.】

【After hearing this, Protector Shadow was silent for a long time and didn’t say much. He seemed to have known your answer all along. He said he respected your choice, and also acknowledged that you had made many contributions over the years, so he could do his best to grant you one request.】

【For you, you had already accomplished your objective for this simulation. You couldn’t think of what to ask for on the spot, but then you had a Flash of Inspiration — you said you wanted the complete version of the technique called Eternal Spring Art from Grand Protector Zong’s possession.】

【Protector Shadow was stunned for a moment, but he shook his head. He said that Grand Protector Zong had died in a major battle a few days ago, and nobody knew where his belongings were, so he couldn’t fulfill this request.】

【Unable to obtain the Eternal Spring Art, you casually made another request. You had known Protector Shadow for over a decade, yet you had never seen the face behind his mask. So you asked to see Protector Shadow’s true appearance.】

【Protector Shadow was taken aback by your request. After a moment of hesitation, he removed his mask.】

【When the mask came off, you froze — because beneath that mask was actually a stunningly beautiful woman, with flowing elegant hair and skin like fresh snow, as if she had stepped out of a painting.】

【Protector Shadow no longer disguised her voice. She told you to take care of yourself, and said that if you ever changed your mind, you could come find her at any time.】

【In the end, Protector Shadow left. You didn’t know where she would go. Perhaps she too once had a story of her own, which led her to betray humanity and join the Advent Cult.】

【September 23rd, New Era 2037. This day was supposed to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the entire human race was engulfed in overwhelming terror.】

【A colossal beast that blotted out the sky appeared. It swallowed the entire nation of Great Xia in a single gulp.】

【You died at the age of 37!】

【Your talent Die With Eyes Open activates…】

【Ding! This simulation has ended!】

After the simulation ended, Su Xing came back to his senses.

All in all, this simulation contained an enormous amount of information, and the rewards obtained were truly abundant.

“Protector Shadow… is actually a woman…”

Su Xing was somewhat astonished. He clearly hadn’t expected this twist at the end.

Based on this simulation’s results, the entire human race seemed to have been completely wiped out, and the three factions within the Advent Cult appeared to have met different fates.

The Coexistence Faction’s followers were almost entirely annihilated by the Zealot Faction, while the remaining Zealot Faction members’ fate was unknown.

Only the Transhuman Faction seemed to have escaped the catastrophe. They had transformed themselves into members of the alien race, apparently able to flee to the alien race’s world for refuge.

Su Xing shook his head. None of these three factions’ outcomes were what he wanted. Becoming an alien — would you even still be truly yourself at that point?

So clearly, joining the Advent Cult wouldn’t lead to a good ending either.

The most critical point that puzzled Su Xing was: why had his age at death become thirty-seven this time?

“In this simulation, the apocalypse arrived fourteen years later. Is it because today is January 7th, 2024? That shouldn’t be it — otherwise I should still have died at thirty-eight…”

“Perhaps it’s because I joined the Advent Cult and helped them accomplish quite a few things, which caused the alien race’s invasion of the real world to happen several months earlier…”

When Su Xing had previously joined the Great Xia Military, he had actually delayed the alien race’s descent by a month.

“By that calculation… joining the Advent Cult might only give me fourteen years of cultivation…”

Su Xing let out a slight sigh. There was nothing he could do about it.

After all, within the simulator, the Advent Cult simply gave too much…

The pills alone were enough to stuff Su Xing to bursting, and they could easily accelerate his cultivation advancement by several times over.

“Until I find a better cultivation channel, if I want to improve my cultivation, I’ll still have to fleece the Advent Cult!”

Su Xing turned his gaze to the rewards from this simulation.

【Innate Divine Strength】: Blue talent. Price: 100,000 energy points.

【Organ Refining Realm, Ninth Layer】: Body Tempering cultivation. Pill Poison side effects have been purged from the body. Price: 1,000,000 energy points.

【Fourteen Years of Alchemy Experience】: Alchemy insights. Price: 140,000 energy points.

【Golden Core Stage, Fourth Layer】: Golden Core stage Qi Refinement cultivation. Additionally, due to your continuous consumption of Essence Nurturing Pills, the spiritual core within your dantian has become more condensed, approaching upper-grade spiritual core quality. Price: 300,000 energy points.

【1,000 Organ Refining Pills】: Price: 10,000,000 energy points.

The blue talent Innate Divine Strength was a reward Su Xing absolutely had to choose, since it was the advanced version of Mr. Mighty and could enormously improve his Body Tempering talent.

As for the remaining choices, the ones Su Xing could currently afford were only the Body Tempering cultivation, the alchemy insights, and the Qi Refinement cultivation.

Su Xing didn’t agonize over it for long and quickly made his choice.

“I choose the blue talent Innate Divine Strength, and the Organ Tempering Ninth Layer cultivation!”