Chapter 116 – Triggering Epiphany, the Divine Power Pill Is Finally Complete!

Su Xing felt a surge of joy when he saw this.

Finally, finally you’ve arrived!

Good thing I didn’t give up!

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【You triggered the talent Spontaneous Epiphany. Looking at the pills in your hand, you fell into deep thought. All the alchemy details that had puzzled you for so long became crystal clear in this moment. You seized the opportunity and began refining Divine Power Pills.】

【You became absorbed in refining Divine Power Pills, and before you knew it, three days had passed.】

【When you came to your senses again, you discovered that the stalk of Divine Power Vine beside you had been completely used up, and before your eyes sat a full 200 Divine Power Pills!】

【These Divine Power Pills were smooth and uniform, with an alluring luster. Among them were even several supreme-quality Divine Power Pills.】

【Your Divine Power Pill refinement has advanced to Major Mastery!】

Su Xing’s lips curled into a wild grin when he saw this.

“Finally, I finally waited long enough! Spontaneous Epiphany!”

“Damn, it didn’t trigger for several simulations in a row. I was starting to think this talent had stopped working… Who would’ve thought it’d trigger twice in a single simulation! My luck is absolutely insane!”

Su Xing was ecstatic. He hadn’t expected Spontaneous Epiphany to be this powerful—a single activation had pushed his Divine Power Pill refinement straight to Major Mastery!

This meant Su Xing’s success rate for refining Divine Power Pills would exceed ninety percent, with a chance of producing supreme-quality Divine Power Pills.

“On average, one stalk of Divine Power Vine can produce 200 Divine Power Pills. So by that calculation, five stalks could provide a thousand Divine Power Pills!”

Su Xing did some quick math and realized he had suddenly gained another powerful skill in the simulation.

A thousand Divine Power Pills—if given to Heavenly King-stage Class Users, each one might need to consume more than ten pills to gain sufficient enhancement. Using a ratio of one Martial Emperor emerging from every three Heavenly King-stage powerhouses…

He could produce over thirty Martial Emperor-stage Class Users at most, and with good luck, perhaps even forty!

“Good lord, the entire Great Xia has fewer than fifty Martial Emperor-stage powerhouses, right? By that calculation… that’s practically enough to double the number of Martial Emperor-level powerhouses!”

Su Xing thought to himself. This was just his own speculation, of course—actual implementation would depend on the specific circumstances.

“Now that I’ve grasped the method for refining Divine Power Pills, the alchemy experience is a must-pick reward for this simulation… Combined with the Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique I gained an epiphany on earlier, things are basically decided…”

Su Xing rubbed his chin and began planning. This would determine how he conducted his next simulations.

“So, since I’m going to extract alchemy experience anyway, I might as well learn a few more pill types while I’m at it. The Healing Pill from before was great—it could treat Heavenly King-stage powerhouses… And the Mirror Pill has good effects too…”

With a plan forming in his mind, Su Xing turned to the simulation panel.

【After successfully refining the Divine Power Pills, you were overjoyed and eager to test their effects.】

【But you knew your own strength had not yet reached its upper limit. Taking Divine Power Pills too early would be counterproductive…】

【So you gifted the Divine Power Pills to the Great Xia Military, hoping to help Great Xia produce a few more Martial Emperor-stage powerhouses, thereby extending the duration of the simulation.】

【After completing the Divine Power Pill refinement, you began attempting to refine Mirror Pills.】

【In the first month, you refined thirty batches of Mirror Pills. Only one batch succeeded. You gradually grasped the techniques and details of Mirror Pill refinement.】

【In the second month, you refined thirty batches of Mirror Pills. Three batches succeeded. With a one-in-ten success rate, your Mirror Pill refinement had finally reached the introductory level.】

【In the fourth month, you refined thirty batches of Mirror Pills. Ten batches succeeded—nearly a one-in-three success rate.】

【In the sixth month, you refined thirty batches of Mirror Pills. Your success rate finally exceeded fifty percent.】

【Thanks to your Alchemy Prodigy talent, combined with having learned Divine Power Pill refinement, your alchemy skills had grown even more refined. Learning Mirror Pills came naturally to you.】

【Year 16: Your Mirror Pill refinement technique advanced to Minor Mastery. You began attempting to refine Bone Regeneration Pills.】

【As an advanced healing pill, the Bone Regeneration Pill belonged to the same low-grade pill category as the Mirror Pill. Learning it was not particularly complicated for you.】

【Moreover, one of the ingredients for refining Bone Regeneration Pills was spirit dew. After collecting spirit dew each day, you set aside a portion as material for Bone Regeneration Pill refinement.】

【Year 17: Your Bone Regeneration Pill refinement technique also advanced to Minor Mastery.】

【That same year, thanks to your assistance, Great Xia produced a total of ten new Martial Emperor-stage powerhouses. The defensive strength of Demon-Sealing Pass surged dramatically!】

Su Xing blinked in surprise and murmured, “Two hundred Divine Power Pills were enough to produce ten Martial Emperor-stage powerhouses… On average, only two veteran Heavenly King-stage powerhouses were needed to produce one… That probability is even higher than I imagined!”

Su Xing was delighted. This meant his thousand Divine Power Pills could add a total of fifty Martial Emperor-stage powerhouses to Great Xia!

“And the pill refinement basics are already covered. From here on, I should focus on advancing the Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique…”

“As for breaking through to the Divine Power Realm…”

Su Xing shook his head slightly. There was no rush. Now that he had learned to make Divine Power Pills, could the Divine Power Realm be far away?

Exchanging for Divine Power Realm cultivation at the cost of giving up alchemy experience was clearly impractical. After all, Divine Power Pills were the foundation—he couldn’t put the cart before the horse.

With that in mind, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【Year 18: With ten additional Martial Emperor-stage powerhouses, Demon-Sealing Pass’s strength surged. The amount of Demon Emperor Blood Essence you could obtain each year became far more abundant.】

【But your body was clearly approaching its limit. The growth of your strength was becoming increasingly sluggish.】

【Year 19: The dozens of spirit earthworms you had previously cultivated had grown for over a decade, bathing daily in spiritual energy. They had become increasingly thick and robust, even developing a measure of spiritual intelligence.】

【One spirit earthworm had grown as thick as an arm. They tilled the spirit field every day, and the spirit plants in your field were thriving more vigorously than ever.】

【That same year, the Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass you planted had grown its second tail. It was drawing ever closer to maturity.】

【Year 20: After years of persistent body tempering, your physical strength finally reached 6.8 million jin.】

【But now you could only gain twenty to thirty thousand jin of strength per year. You estimated that the upper limit of your body’s potential was around 7 million jin…】

Su Xing felt a twinge of disappointment when he saw this.

“An upper limit of only 7 million jin of strength… That’s still quite a gap from the legendary Wu Clan…”

Su Xing shook his head slightly. The geniuses of the Wu Clan could reportedly reach 8 million jin.

And despite possessing the Innate Divine Power talent, his potential was clearly still inferior to Wu Clan geniuses. His body tempering talent was probably only equivalent to a somewhat exceptional Wu Clan disciple…

【Year 21: You continued studying the spirit plant knowledge contained within the Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique. You began learning the medicinal properties of each spirit herb, the interactions between different ingredients, and how to cultivate spirit herbs.】

【Year 22: You finally achieved introductory mastery of the Minor Spirit-Gathering Formation. You could maintain a success rate above fifty percent when setting up the formation, and you could manipulate the surrounding spiritual energy to control the formation’s intensity.】

【That same year, the conflict between humans and the foreign races at Demon-Sealing Pass grew increasingly fierce. Nearly every month, Heavenly King and Martial Emperor-stage powerhouses sustained severe injuries.】

【You hastily refined an emergency batch of Bone Regeneration Pills, dramatically reducing the mortality rate among frontline Heavenly King-stage powerhouses.】

【Year 23: Demon-Sealing Pass still held firm. Humanity continued to endure.】

【Year 24: This year, you were targeted for assassination by the Advent Cult. They had learned that the pills were being refined by you and discovered your hiding place. They did not hesitate to strike deep into the Capital City to eliminate you as a critical threat.】

【Fortunately, Luo Shuying protected you. For your own safety, you decided to remain within the Blessed Spirit Field and minimize your outings.】

【Year 25: Although human casualties at Demon-Sealing Pass continued to mount, fresh blood joined the ranks each year. The pass still held.】

【Year 26: An endless army of demon beasts launched a frenzied assault on Demon-Sealing Pass. The pass was breached.】

【That same year, the Giant Beast descended into the real world and swallowed all of Great Xia in a single gulp.】

【You died!】

【Your talent Die With Eyes Open activates…】

【Ding! This simulation has ended!】

After the simulation ended, Su Xing stood frozen in place.

“Damn it. Demon-Sealing Pass was in such great shape… and then it fell the very next year? What the hell happened?”

Su Xing furrowed his brow, completely baffled.

“It seems Martial Emperor-level strength still isn’t enough to hold Demon-Sealing Pass for long… It only lasted one extra year? That means the foreign races weren’t even close to going all out before… Otherwise, the pass would have fallen even sooner!”

Su Xing sighed. Just one extra year—that was less than he had hoped.

“Well, whatever… Let me check the simulation rewards first! This time the rewards are incredibly rich!”

Su Xing turned his gaze to the reward selection panel.

【The Prettiest Guy in the Room】: Purple talent. Price: 1,000,000 energy points.

【Twenty-Six Years of Alchemy Experience】: Alchemy insights. Slight increase to previously learned pill experience. Newly learned: Mirror Pill (Minor Mastery), Divine Power Pill (Major Mastery), Bone Regeneration Pill (Minor Mastery). Price: 3,000,000 energy.

【Shennong Spirit-Nurturing Art (Introductory)】: Includes Minor Spirit-Gathering Formation (Introductory), Earth Dragon Art (Introductory), Spirit Dew Technique (Minor Mastery), and alchemy experience. Price: 3,000,000 energy.

【Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass x10】: 280-year-old Three-Tailed Phoenix Grass, nearing maturity. Price: 10,000,000 energy.

Looking at the rewards on the panel, Su Xing barely hesitated.

“Sigh, I want to be The Prettiest Guy in the Room too! But the alchemy experience and Shennong Spirit-Nurturing Art are just too good to pass up!”

Su Xing let out a sigh, though his lips were curling into a wild grin.

“I choose the alchemy experience and the Shennong Spirit-Nurturing Art!”

【You have successfully extracted Twenty-Six Years of Alchemy Experience. Cost: 3,000,000 energy. Remaining energy: 21,463,003 points.】

【You have successfully extracted Shennong Spirit-Nurturing Art (Beginner-level). Cost: 3,000,000 energy. Remaining energy: 18,463,003 points.】

The simulator’s notification chimed in Su Xing’s ears, and suddenly a flood of new memories surged into his mind.

These memories were all knowledge from the Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique—the Minor Spirit-Gathering Formation, Earth Dragon Art, Spirit Dew Technique, as well as various methods for cultivating spirit plants.

Immediately after came the influx of alchemy experience. Su Xing had successfully mastered Divine Power Pill refinement. He felt certain that refining them would come naturally to him now. Beyond that, he had also learned the Mirror Pill and Bone Regeneration Pill.

As long as he had the ingredients, Su Xing could casually produce a batch of Bone Regeneration Pills with ease.

After a long while, Su Xing opened his eyes, his expression one of astonishment.

“Hiss~ The Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique is actually this powerful…”

Su Xing’s lips twitched. He was already somewhat regretting not choosing the Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique sooner, since all three techniques contained within it were impressively powerful and deeply profound.

“The Spirit Dew Technique requires a wood-element or water-element spirit root to learn… Fortunately, I have a wood-element spirit root, so I can use it!”

“Just consuming spirit dew alone is equivalent to a top-grade healing medicine, and it’s also a crucial ingredient in many advanced healing remedies! Learning this is a massive win…”

Su Xing suddenly let out another sigh and said, “It’s just a shame about the Earth Dragon Art. It’s divided into two chapters. The portion that controls the shape and structure of earth requires an earth spirit root to use…”

“Ah well, at least I’ve learned the method for commanding earth dragons. That’s not bad either…”

Su Xing opened his attribute panel.

【Name: Su Xing】

【Age: 21】

【Class: Immortal Cultivator (Unique Hidden Class)】

【Cultivation: Nascent Soul Stage, Grand Perfection / Primordial Martial Realm, Grand Perfection (Heavy)】

【Techniques: Eternal Spring Art, Core Condensation Technique Secret Art】

【Talents: Sword Maniac, Spontaneous Epiphany, Alchemy Prodigy, King of Gluttons, Wood-Fire Dual True Spirit Root, Innate Divine Power, Peerless Adonis (abbreviated)…】

【Skills: Separation Fire (Minor Mastery-level), Alchemy Art (Minor Mastery), Spirit Burst (Minor Mastery), Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique (Beginner-level), Fifty-Zhang Divine Sense (Five Senses Realm), Primordial Energy Mastery (Entanglement-level), Three Talents Sword Art (Human Sword, Minor Mastery)】

【Equipment: Spirit Sword Blackice】

Over these past few simulations, Su Xing’s strength had improved considerably.

Not only had he learned many new skills, but his power had also reached the peak of his current realm.

“So then, the next step is to find a way to break through to the Divine Power Realm…”

Just thinking about the massive power boost that a realm breakthrough would bring filled Su Xing with motivation.

And so Su Xing threw himself into alchemy without delay.

Soon, a week had passed.

Su Xing had ground out six thousand pills, then went to see Jin Congxue.

After a simple meal and discussing business (flirting), Su Xing returned to the Blessed Spirit Field.

He converted the new week’s goods into simulation energy, gaining over ten million energy.

On April 29th, New Era 2024—Su Xing’s birthday—he didn’t slack off, and promptly began a new simulation as scheduled.

“Sigh, only twenty-some years until the apocalypse. Only the strong deserve to celebrate birthdays!”

“Begin simulation!”

Su Xing chanted silently.

【Ding! This simulation costs 3,400 energy points. Remaining energy: 28,534,396 points. Remaining simulation attempts: unlimited.】

【Simulation begins!】

【Drawing a green talent costs 1,000 energy points. A blue talent costs 10,000 energy points. A purple talent costs 100,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?】

Su Xing excitedly rubbed his hands together, mentally willing himself to channel the luck of a god-tier gacha player, then chanted silently:

“Draw a purple talent!”

The simulator’s notification chimed in his ears.

【Congratulations! You have obtained the purple talent: Strength to Uproot Mountains!】