Chapter 153 – Breakthrough, Divine Power Realm Grand Perfection! (5k)

Su Xing was filled with anticipation.

He hadn’t expected that this simulation would turn misfortune into fortune. Although he’d encountered a Legendary-stage demonic beast hunting him down—

He had obtained a precious portion of Legendary-stage Demonic Beast Blood Essence!

One had to understand that Legendary-stage demonic beasts were extremely difficult to kill at Demon-Sealing Pass, because there were fewer than ten humans at the pass who exceeded Legendary-stage strength.

And even when a Legendary-stage demonic beast was killed, other demon tribe members would desperately carry the corpse back.

It was precisely because of this that Su Xing could almost never obtain Legendary-grade blood essence.

But this time, the Legendary-stage Shadow Tribe member had actually come alone to assassinate Su Xing. This was undoubtedly a perfect opportunity. If he missed this chance, Su Xing probably wouldn’t be able to get his hands on Legendary-grade blood essence until he possessed Legendary-stage power himself.

“Divine Power Realm Grand Perfection, here I come!”

Su Xing murmured, his gaze turning to the simulation panel.

【After regaining consciousness, you spent several months recovering. Under the powerful regenerative ability of a Divine Power Realm cultivator, your injuries finally healed gradually.】

【The toxins in your body were almost completely purged. You then took out the ice-sealed Legendary blood essence.】

【Unlike the previous Demon Emperor Blood Essence, the Legendary blood essence contained energy so immense it nearly made your heart tremble with fear.】

【If an ordinary Martial Emperor consumed this blood essence, they would likely explode on the spot from being overwhelmed!】

【And you had a full three hundred jin of such blood essence!】

【The Shadow Tribe’s blood essence was different from other demon tribes—it contained mild toxins. Fortunately, you possessed the Descendant of Shennong talent, so consuming it posed no serious issues.】

【However, the energy contained within this blood essence was far too abundant. Each day, you could only consume less than half a jin before being unable to digest any more.】

【And so, over the following months, you spent each day in cultivation and combat.】

【When hungry, you would eat a large chunk of blood essence to replenish your body’s energy.】

【Once your energy was fully restored, you would head to the city walls to fight, accelerating the digestion of this energy.】

【After several months passed like this, you were surprised to discover that during this period, not only had your Body Tempering cultivation steadily advanced, but your body had also developed a mild resistance to toxins.】

【Year Twenty-One: You continued to spend each day in cultivation and combat.】

【The blood essence left behind by the Legendary demonic beast remained potent. Your cultivation advancement speed was more than double what it had been before. You could feel that you were not far from Divine Power Realm Grand Perfection!】

【Year Twenty-Two: After consuming all three hundred-plus jin of Legendary blood essence, your realm finally broke through!】

【Congratulations on becoming a Divine Power Realm Grand Perfection cultivator!】

Seeing this, Su Xing let out a long breath of relief.

“Finally, Divine Power Realm Grand Perfection!”

Although he’d anticipated it beforehand, when he truly broke through to Divine Power Realm Grand Perfection, Su Xing was still thrilled.

Divine Power Realm Grand Perfection meant that below the Legendary stage, Su Xing truly had no rivals!

This meant a great deal. For instance, if Su Xing went head-to-head against Old Dog Zong right now, he could basically string him up and beat him senseless.

It also meant that in the real world, Su Xing could avoid the vast majority of threats.

After all, peak Martial Emperor was practically the limit of publicly known combat power.

“Next, I just need to methodically bring out the cultivation and that’s that!”

The corners of Su Xing’s mouth curled upward slightly as he looked at the simulation panel.

【Year Twenty-Three: After achieving Divine Power Realm Grand Perfection, you remained active at Demon-Sealing Pass, fighting the enemy with all your might.】

【Because of your presence, the pressure on Demon-Sealing Pass was greatly reduced. Your role on the battlefield was practically comparable to that of a Legendary-stage powerhouse.】

【But one person’s strength was ultimately limited. Class Users died or were wounded at Demon-Sealing Pass every day. You witnessed this, yet focused solely on killing enemies and casting aside distracting thoughts.】

【Year Twenty-Four: After breaking through to Divine Power Realm Grand Perfection, you continued consuming Demon Emperor Blood Essence daily, but its effects on you had become negligible.】

【It could only help you recover stamina faster, and provided virtually no help in advancing your cultivation.】

【You began searching for the method to reach the next realm beyond the Divine Power Realm—the Void-Shattering Realm!】

【But by this time, the Luotian Assembly instance had already closed. The only idea you could think of was to obtain the secret of breaking through the Divine Power Realm from Old Dog Zong.】

【But Old Dog Zong had already disappeared without a trace. You could only remain stuck at Divine Power Realm Grand Perfection.】

【Year Twenty-Five: Legendary demonic beasts attacked, and Demon-Sealing Pass was destroyed!】

【You died at the hands of a Legendary demonic beast, and your soul was devoured along with your body.】

【Your talent Die With Eyes Open activates.】

【You watched helplessly as your former comrades-in-arms, the soldiers of Demon-Sealing Pass, were annihilated. You watched as Luo Shuying, Jin Congxue, and others perished at the hands of the demon tribe. But you had only one eye remaining, and could not change a thing…】

【Ding! This simulation has ended!】

After the simulation ended, Su Xing let out a long breath.

Yet he felt somewhat gloomy inside, and grumbled:

“Damn it, Divine Power Realm Grand Perfection, and in that great battle at Demon-Sealing Pass, I was still nothing more than a slightly bigger ant!”

The thought of his future self, watching helplessly as Jin Congxue, Luo Shuying, and others died before his eyes, powerless to change anything—it filled his heart with frustration.

“Demon tribe, just you wait! Once this young master has cultivated all the way to immortality, I’ll boil every last one of you into soup!”

Although he knew the failure was only within the simulation, and Su Xing had long grown accustomed to death—

The desire to grow stronger burned ever more fiercely!

“Above the Divine Power Realm… the Void-Shattering Realm. How does one reach it?”

Su Xing yearned for the answer. What he lacked wasn’t cultivation time, nor cultivation resources.

What he lacked was information!

Regarding how to break through realms and the path of immortal cultivation that lay ahead, Su Xing knew very little and could only fumble forward on his own.

After pondering for a moment, Su Xing sighed softly:

“Sigh, my Qi Refinement cultivation hasn’t even reached Spirit Transformation stage Perfection yet… I’d better not aim too high for now!”

“In my next simulations, I should work on advancing my Qi Refinement cultivation while simultaneously searching for information about breaking through to the Void-Shattering Realm. That would be the wisest course of action!”

Su Xing thought this to himself, then turned his gaze to the simulation panel before him.

“For now, let’s pick the rewards first!”

“Divine Power Realm Grand Perfection, this young master has arrived!”

With a thought, several reward options appeared before him.

【Blessed by Fortune】: Purple talent. Price: 1,000,000 energy points.

【ten years of alchemy experience】: Alchemy insights. Price: 500,000 energy points.

【Divine Power Realm, Grand Perfection】: Body Tempering cultivation. Price: 30,000,000 energy points.

【Twenty-Two Years of Demon-Suppression Pass Combat Experience】: Enhances real combat ability and slightly improves comprehension of killing intent. Price: 13,000,000 energy points.

Looking at the options before him, Su Xing didn’t hesitate much and silently declared:

“I choose the Blessed by Fortune talent and the Divine Power Realm Grand Perfection cultivation!”

As his words fell, the simulator’s notification sounded in Su Xing’s ears.

【You have successfully brought out the purple talent Blessed by Fortune. Cost: 1,000,000 energy points. Remaining energy: 509,760,000 points.】

【Detected that you possess the same-type blue talent Lucky Streak. Auto-replacing…】

【You have successfully brought out Divine Power Realm, Grand Perfection cultivation. Cost: 30,000,000 energy points. Remaining energy: 479,760,000 points.】

As the notification faded, a mysterious energy descended upon Su Xing.

Immediately after, the aura emanating from Su Xing’s body began to surge violently.

Divine Power Realm, seventh level… Divine Power Realm, eighth level… Divine Power Realm, ninth level!

And finally—Divine Power Realm, Grand Perfection!

Su Xing’s cultivation completed a triple leap in a short span of time.

After several breaths, Su Xing slowly stood up, feeling the explosive aura surging through his body, the corners of his mouth curling upward.

“Divine Power Realm Grand Perfection… my strength has surged by more than double again! Now my power has finally reached one hundred thousand tons!”

After briefly sensing the formidable aura coursing through him, Su Xing couldn’t help but marvel inwardly.

“Divine Power Realm Grand Perfection—even pure physical strength alone is this terrifying…”

With the explosive increase in power, Su Xing couldn’t help but feel a swelling of confidence.

But then he recalled everything that had happened at Demon-Sealing Pass, and couldn’t help but shake his head:

“Still far too weak! Even Legendary-stage powerhouses were nothing but ants in that catastrophe… I need to become even stronger!”

“But how exactly does one reach the Void-Shattering Realm?”

Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly. His understanding of the Void-Shattering Realm was quite limited.

He only knew that a Void-Shattering Realm powerhouse could shatter all laws with pure force, and with the might of their physical body alone, could blast apart all illusions and falsehoods!

This was the Void-Shattering Realm!

But as for how exactly to cultivate toward it, Su Xing had no clue.

“Let me review the growth path of a Body Tempering cultivator…”

“Starting from the very beginning of Body Tempering, the goal is to strengthen the physique, pushing bodily attributes beyond those of ordinary people!”

“The second stage, Bone Forging, is about achieving copper skin and iron bones. A Bone Forging cultivator becomes impervious to blades and spears…”

“Organ Tempering primarily strengthens the internal organs—heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys are all enhanced.”

“The subsequent Primordial Martial Realm involves cultivating primordial energy. Primordial energy is a power unique to Body Tempering cultivators—employing it in combat dramatically amplifies one’s strength!”

“And my current realm, the Divine Power Realm, represents an extreme surge in raw power! With the physical body alone, one can shatter mountains and rivers…”

Su Xing pondered carefully, feeling that there had to be a clear path for body-tempering cultivators to follow. But he couldn’t quite articulate it, so he could only murmur:

“Never mind. Next time I simulate, I’ll go ask around in the Luotian Assembly dungeon about how to reach the Void-Shattering Realm.”

After breaking through to the Divine Power Realm, Su Xing had formulated a preliminary plan for future simulations.

“Once I reach Divine Power Realm, Perfection, my strength probably won’t see any major improvements in the short term…”

“So next, I need to think about breaking through in my Spirit Transformation cultivation…”

Su Xing still remembered that once he cultivated to the Void Return stage, he’d be able to go find that bargain-deal master of his, Qingyunzi.

That was absolutely an enormous opportunity, so he couldn’t afford to slack off on advancing his Qi Refinement cultivation.

But the problem was that progress during the Spirit Transformation stage was extraordinarily difficult — over twenty-plus years, he had only broken through two minor realms.

“Unless… I can draw a purple-quality spirit root!”

Su Xing felt a flicker of anticipation, but immediately shook his head. Drawing talents was truly a matter of luck.

“Other than that, the only option is to boost the spiritual energy in the Blessed Spirit Field to accelerate my cultivation speed!”

Su Xing’s current Blessed Spirit Field was essentially a portable pocket dimension at the blessed land level.

Cultivating in a blessed land was naturally not slow.

But it wasn’t enough for Su Xing. He planned to elevate the spiritual energy concentration in his Blessed Spirit Field to the grotto-heaven level!

“Grotto-heaven level spiritual energy concentration requires at least three thousand Spirit-Gathering Flowers… and I already have over a thousand.”

“So by that reckoning, I just need to bring out another two thousand Spirit-Gathering Flowers!”

The thought of two thousand Spirit-Gathering Flowers, worth two hundred million energy, made Su Xing wince a little.

But he quickly shook his head and said:

“Still, the investment in Spirit-Gathering Flowers is well worth it!”

“With spiritual energy so scarce in the world today, my Spirit-Gathering Flowers are probably treasures that ordinary cultivators can only dream of!”

“Besides, whether it’s my future cultivation or the Spirit rice plan, neither can do without ample Spirit-Gathering Flower support…”

Su Xing thought this over, then glanced at the time.

Seeing that it was still early, Su Xing wasted no time and dove straight into his daily pill refining.

Over the following week, Su Xing only refined five thousand pills.

It wasn’t that his refining skills had declined — Su Xing had been slacking off!

In Su Xing’s own words: “Damn it, I’ve been grinding hard for over half a year. What’s wrong with me enjoying myself a little?”

During this time, Su Xing even took a whole day to ask Jin Congxue out to see a movie.

After all, his Tarot Society was now on track. Beyond selling several types of pills, his operations had expanded.

Equipment trading and dungeon item sales were gradually gaining momentum, bringing Su Xing an ever-increasing stream of simulation energy.

On top of that, with the mining dungeon acquisition about to go through, once exotic metal could be harvested in bulk, Su Xing’s energy income would see yet another massive boost.

By comparison, the revenue from his weekly pill refining was starting to seem not all that important.

“Once I finish paying off the debt from acquiring the Lingyun Merchant Association, I might as well stop refining Beauty-Preserving Pills… Even if I still need to refine pills then, I can switch to higher-profit ones.”

Su Xing thought to himself.

Over the past few months, he’d been refining nothing but Beauty-Preserving Pills and Healing Pills — he was practically sick of it.

After storing away the pills he’d refined that week, Su Xing headed to the villa to meet up with Jin Congxue.

Jin Congxue was wearing a sexy long dress today, and Su Xing silently admired the sight.

After they finished dinner, the two got down to business.

Handing over a storage ring, Jin Congxue blinked and said:

“Big boss, I have some good news. Can you guess what it is? Guess right and there’s a reward!”

Su Xing tentatively asked: “First tell me what the reward is.”

Jin Congxue giggled: “If you guess right, this young lady will reluctantly accompany you to another movie next week. How about it?”

Su Xing laughed, knowing full well that Jin Congxue was the one who wanted to see a movie.

But since he hadn’t been that busy lately, he certainly had time for a movie.

So he played along:

“Let me guess — the mining dungeon deal has been finalized?”

Jin Congxue’s eyes went wide, her red lips parting slightly in surprise, looking absolutely adorable.

“That’s incredible! Can you actually read fortunes?”

Su Xing smiled faintly. With the simulator as his cheat, he really did have the ability to tell people’s fortunes.

Jin Congxue then said:

“That’s right! I don’t know what happened, but the ones who were competing with us for the mining dungeon turned out to be the Baili Trading Company…”

“But unexpectedly, they suddenly shifted their focus to collecting dungeon items and didn’t even show up to the auction… So we secured the mining dungeon contract at a very low price!”

After a pause, Jin Congxue complained:

“I originally thought collecting dungeon items was just a personal hobby of the Baili family’s eldest young master. I never expected it to become an actual strategic priority for the Baili Commerce Group…”

“Sigh, it seems the old patriarch of the Baili family really doesn’t have much time left. Who knows how long the Baili Trading Company can stay prosperous under Baili Qi’s leadership…”

Hearing this, a strange look crossed Su Xing’s face.

He hadn’t expected that his visit to the Baili estate would bring such an unexpected windfall.

The push to collect dungeon items was presumably an order from the Baili family’s old patriarch, Baili Tu.

And making such a dramatic shift in strategic priorities likely had only one purpose — to facilitate another deal with Su Xing!

“Tsk tsk, the allure of the Life-Sustaining Pill really is something… But this does make things convenient. If I ever run short on simulation energy in the future, I can just trade with the Baili Trading Company…”

Su Xing thought to himself.

An ordinary person could take two Life-Sustaining Pills, and two pills could grant a total of ten years of additional lifespan!

The temptation for Old Patriarch Baili was enormous.

And even after the Life-Sustaining Pills’ effects were exhausted, Su Xing still had over a dozen types of Longevity Pills at his disposal.

Just pulling out any two of them would be worth several hundred million simulation energy!

“Damn, nothing beats the feeling of getting rich overnight! If I’d known it would be this easy, why did I even bother starting a trading company?”

Su Xing grumbled to himself, though he knew the truth.

The trading company was what guaranteed a steady, continuous stream of simulation energy.

And while trading Life-Sustaining Pills for dungeon items brought in energy fast, Su Xing had to be extremely careful — one wrong move and the consequences would be endless.

Su Xing chatted with Jin Congxue for a while longer, then returned to campus and converted the week’s goods into energy.

A total of sixteen million energy. Su Xing nodded with satisfaction, murmuring:

“Not bad. The Tarot Trading Company is generating more and more energy!”

On the afternoon of July 1st, New Era 2024, Su Xing punctually initiated a new simulation.

“Begin simulation!”

【Ding! This simulation consumes 4,300 energy points. Remaining energy: 495,130,000 points. Remaining simulation attempts: unlimited.】

【Simulation begins!】

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

Su Xing said without hesitation: “Draw a purple-quality talent!”

【Congratulations! You have obtained a purple talent: Artifact Refining Prodigy!】

【Artifact Refining Prodigy】: You possess extraordinary comprehension in the art of artifact refining. The magical treasures you forge are of higher quality, and you have the potential to become an artifact refining master.

“Hmm? Artifact refining?”

Su Xing studied the newly drawn talent thoughtfully.

Pills, magical treasures, Formation Dao, Talismans…

These four were considered the most lucrative fields for immortal cultivators.

An ordinary cultivator who mastered even one of them could live comfortably and secure a foothold in the cultivation world.

Su Xing currently specialized only in alchemy, and he was already raking in profits hand over fist.

“Well, well… This is a great talent for making money!”

Su Xing exclaimed, then shook his head:

“Unfortunately, I don’t have any knowledge of artifact refining right now, nor do I have any artifact refining manuals…”

“While the art of artifact refining is quite profitable, it’s clearly not something that can be learned overnight… I’ll shelve this talent in the talent pool for now. When I need it, I can draw it out then…”

Compared to learning a whole new discipline, Su Xing decided to prioritize advancing his Qi Refinement cultivation first.

Su Xing shook his head slightly and turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【In the Blessed Spirit Field, you realize you are in a simulation…】

【You return to the Dormitory, where you encounter Fatty Yu. Fatty Yu has already advanced to become a Grandmaster-stage Class User.】

【He’s gathered a few friends for a dinner party and invites you along. You accept.】

【Looking at your classmates at this final university gathering, you fall silent. Every one of them is an elite among Class Users.】

【Some are filled with boundless excitement for the future, while others are reluctant to let go of their college years.】

【You listen quietly to several classmates bragging and bantering at the reunion, reminiscing about the past four years, and thinking ahead to the apocalyptic catastrophe that lies over twenty years in the future. You are deeply moved…】

【Your state of mind has improved…】