Chapter 238 – Mountain-Moving Power! Achieving Body Tempering Primordial Unity Realm! (10,000 words, 2-in-1)

【At the agreed-upon location, Lu Yuanwu had already been waiting for a long time.】

【His expression was excited, addressing you as ‘senior’ with every breath, clearly aware of the formidable effects of the two types of pills.】

【He produced one thousand tons of exotic metal, stating this was the maximum he could mobilize within a week. You gently shook your head, indicating the quantity was too little.】

【Lu Yuanwu smiled bitterly, explaining that one person’s power was limited, and with moles still existing within Xia’s military, he couldn’t provide exotic metal in large quantities.】

【However, Lu Yuanwu also stated that in every subsequent week, he would provide you with one thousand tons of Third Rank exotic metal.】

【Furthermore, Lu Yuanwu had already applied to access reserve materials from the national treasury. Once the orders were approved, he could provide you with ten thousand tons of Third Rank exotic metal in a single delivery!】

【After hearing Lu Yuanwu’s words, you reluctantly nodded in agreement and produced ten thousand pills to hand over to Lu Yuanwu.】

【Lu Yuanwu took the pills and left excitedly.】

【You cast spells to mask your aura and appearance, secretly tailing Lu Yuanwu the entire way.】

【You followed him for several days straight, ultimately determining that Lu Yuanwu had not betrayed you.】

【Cautious by nature, you disguised yourself and concealed your aura before returning to the school to see if anything had occurred.】

【For several months running, nothing happened. Your transactions with Lu Yuanwu were completely safe.】

【During these months, you planted dozens of Spirit Awakening Flowers, waiting until you would need them for refining Spirit Awakening Pills in the future.】

Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this, confirming that the trade with Lu Yuanwu truly carried no risk, and finally put his mind completely at ease.

“One thousand tons of Third Rank exotic metal per week… that means an extra two billion energy per week!”

“While I didn’t get rich overnight, this amount of energy is more than sufficient!”

Su Xing nodded with satisfaction, his gaze turning to the simulation panel.

【One day, you traveled to the Luotian Assembly instance.】

“Using immersive simulation… duration: 24 hours!”

【You have successfully used immersive… remaining energy: 94.99 million points.】

The scene before Su Xing’s eyes shifted, and he appeared within the great hall.

Before him stood his master, Luotian Sect Supreme Elder Luo Song.

“Disciple, go to the rear mountain and summon your Senior Brother Shennong…”

Luo Song issued his usual orders, but Su Xing didn’t rush to carry them out. Instead, he asked:

“Master, I’d like to ask — what level of cultivation must one reach to physically traverse the void?”

Hearing Su Xing’s question, Luo Song smiled and explained:

“To physically traverse the void and drift through chaotic spatial currents — only an immortal’s body can achieve that!”

“And if one wishes to tear through the void by sheer force and travel between the Three Thousand Worlds, one must reach at minimum the realm of a True Immortal…”

Su Xing could hardly believe what he was hearing.

Didn’t that mean one needed to reach at least the immortal level just to wade through those chaotic spatial currents?

Unwilling to give up, Su Xing pressed further:

“Master, what if… it were only a short stretch of chaotic spatial current? Could someone below the immortal level safely cross it?”

Luo Song considered this for a moment, then said:

“If the duration isn’t long, the pressure on the physical body might not be so overwhelming…”

“In that case, with Mahayana Stage, Perfection cultivation, or a mid-stage Body Tempering Major Mastery physique, combined with a powerful defensive supernatural art, it might be possible to cross!”

Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief. Body Tempering Major Mastery was the realm after Body Tempering Primordial Unity.

With enough effort, he could potentially reach that within a few months.

But at the same time, a sense of shock stirred within him.

Traversing the Three Thousand Worlds and tearing through the void required True Immortal level?

Didn’t that mean Blood Three was at minimum a True Immortal-level powerhouse?

At this thought, Su Xing’s scalp tingled. He had once again underestimated the Advent Cult’s strength across the Three Thousand Worlds.

After finishing his questions, Su Xing went to the rear mountain to find Shennong Youtian.

Having completed the quest sequence, Su Xing headed straight to the Scripture Pavilion to study the Dao of Puppetry under Ghost Granny.

…

The immersive simulation soon ended, and Su Xing returned to the Real World.

“Not bad. Every session of guidance from Ghost Granny advances my Dao of Puppetry considerably…”

His gaze returned to the simulation panel.

【After leaving the Luotian Assembly, you met with Luo Shuying as promised.】

【Under Luo Shuying’s guidance, you successfully joined the Advent Cult.】

【You remained within the Advent Cult, refining pills day after day as before.】

【In the second year, you made another trip to the Luotian Assembly instance.】

“Using immersive simulation… duration: 24 hours!”

【You have successfully used immersive… remaining energy: 92.59 million points.】

…

The immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing’s Dao of Puppetry advanced yet another step.

His gaze returned once more to the simulation panel.

【For the following period, you stayed within the Advent Cult, refining pills every day.】

【In the third year, you handed over all two hundred thousand-plus pills you had refined to Xia’s military.】

【Afterward, you were in no hurry to betray the Advent Cult. Instead, you began investigating information about the Cult’s moles.】

【According to your intelligence, the moles the Advent Cult had planted within Xia’s military over the past several centuries had been nearly completely rooted out.】

【This dealt a severe blow to the Advent Cult. Various operations were hampered, and rebuilding a network of moles in a short time would be extraordinarily difficult.】

【Upon learning the moles had been eradicated, you sighed and lamented on the surface, while secretly rejoicing inside.】

【And so, you settled in peacefully within the Advent Cult, cultivating diligently each day and using spiritual energy to accelerate the growth of your Spirit Awakening Flowers.】

【Thus, three years passed.】

【In the sixth year, your strength had risen to the Body Integration stage, second layer.】

【As you continued accelerating the Spirit Awakening Flowers’ growth, combined with the bonus from the Divine Farmer talent, these spirit flowers that would normally take over a hundred years to mature now needed just four more years.】

【So you continued your daily cultivation and tending of spirit herbs as before.】

【Thus, another two years passed.】

【In the eighth year, your reputation within the Advent Cult grew ever greater, trending toward replacing the leader of the Transhuman Faction.】

【You quietly awaited the right moment.】

【In the tenth year, your cultivation reached the third layer of Body Integration stage.】

【That same year, you found an opportunity to kill the leader of the Transhuman Faction and took their place.】

【This action provoked Old Dog Dragon’s displeasure.】

【In the eleventh year, the Spirit Awakening Flowers you had planted matured, and you began attempting to refine Spirit Awakening Pills.】

【According to the pill grading system you obtained from the cultivation world, the Spirit Awakening Pill was a Sixth-Grade pill.】

【Grades one through three corresponded to low-grade pills in the Separation Fire Alchemy Art.】

【Grades four through six corresponded to mid-grade pills.】

【Grades seven through nine corresponded to high-grade pills.】

【Your Separation Fire Alchemy Art had already reached Minor Mastery, and you had even previously refined the high-grade Rebirth Pill.】

【Therefore, refining the Spirit Awakening Pill was not too difficult for you.】

【Even so, you activated the Great Wisdom state as a boost and began earnestly studying the refinement of Spirit Awakening Pills.】

【A single furnace of Spirit Awakening Pills could only produce one pill, and each one required a full eighteen hours of refining — a duration exceeding any pill you had previously refined.】

【In the first month, you refined ten furnaces of Spirit Awakening Pills. Unsurprisingly, all turned out as waste pills.】

【But you were not discouraged, because with each attempt, your understanding of the Spirit Awakening Pill deepened.】

【In the second month, you refined eight furnaces of Spirit Awakening Pills. All failed.】

【In the third month, you refined seven furnaces of Spirit Awakening Pills. All failed.】

【It was not until the fourth month that, out of ten furnaces of Spirit Awakening Pills, one finally succeeded — meaning you had broken through the introductory level of Spirit Awakening Pill refinement!】

【After this breakthrough, your efficiency at refining Spirit Awakening Pills improved dramatically.】

【Over the next three months, you refined a total of ten furnaces of Spirit Awakening Pills, of which three succeeded. The best among them had already reached the standard quality of a Spirit Awakening Pill.】

【Your mastery of Spirit Awakening Pill refinement was now approaching the Minor Mastery level.】

【At this point, you still had over ten Spirit Awakening Flowers remaining — enough for ten furnaces — but you were in no hurry to refine them and set them aside instead.】

【In the twelfth year, you continued cultivating diligently to raise your strength.】

【Your cultivation remained at the third layer of Body Integration. After exhausting your spirit stones and spirit liquid, your cultivation progress slowed to a crawl.】

【Thus, another two years passed.】

【In the fourteenth year, you prepared to make a bold attempt.】

【You wanted to test whether, after killing Old Dog Dragon and claiming the spirit vein dragon for yourself, the Advent Cult headquarters in the Three Thousand Worlds would detect it.】

【You were prepared to take the gamble, because if the Advent Cult didn’t notice, you would gain the spirit vein dragon’s assistance, and your cultivation speed would skyrocket!】

【And so, you planned meticulously.】

【In the fifteenth year, you traveled to the Myriad Wood Sect ruins and killed Perfected One Myriad Wood.】

【You freed the Spirit Vein Dragon and guided it into your spirit field grotto-heaven.】

【The Spirit Vein Dragon’s released aura quickly attracted Old Dog Dragon.】

【A great battle was imminent!】

【You and Old Dog Dragon fought for thousands of rounds, and in the end, with your masterful Heaven Sword technique, you successfully slew Old Dog Dragon!】

【Afterward, you destroyed Old Dog Dragon’s communication jade slip.】

【You stripped Old Dog Dragon’s hide and bones, extracting the most critical item — the Dragon Pearl.】

【After killing Old Dog Dragon, you waited quietly, wanting to know whether Blood Three would detect anything and come to Earth.】

【A full year passed…】

【In the sixteenth year, Blood Three still had not come to Earth. But to be safe, you decided to remain within the Advent Cult.】

【That same year, you had accumulated over a month’s worth of Great Wisdom talent bonuses and consumed the finest Spirit Awakening Pill you had, then began your final alchemy attempt.】

【After consuming the Spirit Awakening Pill, you immediately felt your cognitive processing speed was far faster than before. Your comprehension had increased dozens of times over in a short period!】

【What excited you most was that the Spirit Awakening Pill’s effects could indeed stack with the Great Wisdom talent!】

【Though their combined effect still fell short of a Spontaneous Epiphany, in this state, one month of comprehension was equivalent to ten years under normal conditions!】

【And so, you began attempting to refine Spirit Awakening Pills.】

【Over twelve days, you refined ten furnaces of Spirit Awakening Pills. Among them, supreme-grade Spirit Awakening Pills accounted for a full thirty percent, and the overall success rate approached seventy percent!】

【Your mastery of the Spirit Awakening Pill had, in a single leap, reached the Major Mastery level!】

【While this state of hundredfold comprehension had not yet ended, you began attempting to refine the final Nine Revolutions Pill!】

【Before attempting the Nine Revolutions Pill, you had already memorized the entire refinement process by heart.】

【The Nine Revolutions Pill was an Eighth-Grade pill, and its refinement difficulty far surpassed any pill you had ever made.】

【Only in a state of vastly heightened comprehension did you dare attempt its refinement.】

【And a single furnace of Nine Revolutions Pills took half a month to refine! Yielding only one pill!】

【For you, there was only one Dragon Pearl, and only one chance…】

【You took a deep breath, entered a state of total absorption, and began the Nine Revolutions Pill refinement process.】

【You brought out the pill furnace that Qingyunzi had left you. As your alchemy skills grew ever more refined, you had come to appreciate the extraordinary quality of this furnace more and more.】

【Only this pill furnace was worthy of refining the Nine Revolutions Pill.】

【The furnace was lit. The Separation Fire Technique flowed forth at your command…】

【Following the procedure, you first preheated the pill furnace to the proper temperature.】

【Then, you placed the refinement ingredients in one by one on schedule, every step precise down to the second, without the slightest hesitation.】

【Finally, you placed that fist-sized Dragon Pearl into the pill furnace.】

【After accurately adding all the ingredients, you began the final refinement phase.】

【The refinement of the Nine Revolutions Pill required using extreme temperatures to drive the pill furnace and melt the Dragon Pearl, ultimately harnessing the power of the other ingredients to remove the Dragon Pearl’s side effects, forming the Nine Revolutions Pill capable of elevating one’s Body Tempering realm!】

【This process needed to continue for an entire half month, an enormous drain on one’s spiritual energy.】

【You channeled the Separation Fire Technique with all your might, the spiritual energy within your body gradually depleting…】

【Before long, half a month had passed.】

【Inside the pill furnace, the Nine Revolutions Pill’s refinement was missing only the final step — opening the furnace!】

【You sighed inwardly. Were it not for your Body Integration stage cultivation, the spiritual energy required for refining the Nine Revolutions Pill alone would be more than a Void Return stage cultivator could bear.】

【This was precisely why alchemy masters were invariably cultivators of profound cultivation.】

【At last, you calculated the timing, and the moment to open the furnace arrived.】

【The pill furnace opened — the Nine Revolutions Pill was complete!】

【A pill the size of a thumb, round and lustrous, with nine dragon patterns coiling around its surface, slowly took form.】

【On merely your first attempt, you had successfully refined the Nine Revolutions Pill!】

【This tiny Nine Revolutions Pill had concentrated nearly all the essence within the Dragon Pearl!】

【It was precisely because of this that it could allow even a Major Mastery cultivator to break through an entire realm!】

【With the Nine Revolutions Pill in hand, you furrowed your brow slightly. As expected, since this was your first refinement, the pill’s quality was subpar — but it was still sufficient to help a Primordial Unity stage cultivator break through one layer!】

【And your mastery of the Nine Revolutions Pill had successfully entered the Minor Mastery level!】

【After finishing the refinement, life seemed to settle back into calm once more…】

【Just like that, another two years passed.】

【In the eighteenth year, one day while you were staying at the Advent Cult’s headquarters as usual, a figure suddenly appeared behind you, unnoticed.】

【You looked closely and saw that it was none other than Blood Three!】

【Your heart tensed slightly, but you still calmly regarded Blood Three and asked who he was.】

【After arriving at Earth’s Advent Cult headquarters, Blood Three furrowed his brow slightly, then asked where that little dragon was.】

【You naturally knew that “little dragon” referred to Protector Dragon!】

【What followed was you putting your acting skills to full use.】

【You first looked at Blood Three with wariness, then let out a cold laugh, declaring that the black dragon had long since been killed by you!】

【Upon hearing this, Blood Three furrowed his brow. He had previously maintained yearly contact with Old Dog Dragon through communication jade slips, with Old Dog Dragon reporting on the situation on Earth.】

【But for the past three years, he had received no response from Old Dog Dragon. Unable to rest easy, he had come to Earth personally.】

【Blood Three’s voice turned icy as he demanded to know your identity.】

【You raised an eyebrow and declared that you were the leader of the Advent Cult’s Transhuman Faction.】

【Blood Three froze upon hearing your words. He had originally assumed you were a native cultivator of Earth who had killed Old Dog Dragon, but he never expected that you were actually a high-ranking member of the Advent Cult.】

【So he asked why you had killed Old Dog Dragon.】

【You let out a cold laugh and gave no answer. Blood Three then subjected you to soul pressure.】

【Under Blood Three’s coercion, you were “forced” to answer: Old Dog Dragon had tried to seize your treasure, but lacked the strength, and was killed by you in retaliation.】

【Upon hearing your words, Blood Three furrowed his brow slightly, then a strange gleam flashed through his eyes as he scrutinized you carefully.】

【Blood Three quickly sensed the spirit field grotto-heaven on your person, and with a grasping motion into the void, the spirit vein dragon from within the grotto-heaven fell into his hands.】

【Upon seeing the spirit vein dragon, Blood Three was momentarily stunned, then his face flashed with disbelief and elation.】

【You seized the opportunity to state that you had discovered this creature first, and then Old Dog Dragon had tried to kill you and steal it, only to be killed by you instead.】

【After hearing your account, Blood Three fell silent, seemingly deep in thought.】

【After a long while, Blood Three declared that the matter of you killing Old Dog Dragon could be dropped — so long as you offered the spirit vein dragon to him, there would even be a generous reward!】

【Blood Three’s words were exactly what you wanted to hear. You stated that you wished to leave Earth and travel to the Three Thousand Worlds.】

【Blood Three gave a slight nod, then tossed you a travel pass.】

【Before leaving, Blood Three instructed you to cultivate diligently, saying that if you went to the Advent Cult’s main headquarters in the future, you might accomplish something noteworthy.】

【With that, Blood Three tore open the void and departed from Earth…】

In the Real World, Su Xing raised an eyebrow at this.

“As expected, Old Dog Dragon and Blood Three had been maintaining contact all along… If Old Dog Dragon dies, Blood Three will definitely notice!”

Su Xing pondered briefly.

This meant that if Su Xing made his move to kill Old Dog Dragon, the time he’d have left to develop on Earth would be less than three years…

Three years, over a hundred and sixty simulations — Su Xing’s cultivation by then wouldn’t necessarily be inferior to Blood Three’s.

But the problem was, if he killed Old Dog Dragon in reality, it meant that three years later, Su Xing would lose the spirit vein dragon and would have no choice but to join the Advent Cult.

Unless Su Xing fled Earth alone…

“If I kill Old Dog Dragon in the simulation… then within three years, take the spirit vein dragon and head for the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm — by then the sky would be vast and the bird free to fly. That would definitely work!”

Su Xing thought this, silently recording this future plan.

“This simulation has finally confirmed that Old Dog Dragon does indeed have a connection with Blood Three… This means I need to be even more careful and absolutely cannot expose myself, or if Blood Three comes, I’m dead for certain…”

Su Xing made a mental note of this.

Originally, Su Xing was practically invincible on Earth, which had made him somewhat complacent.

But now, new trouble could arrive at any moment, and Su Xing had to become cautious once more!

“I’ll deal with what comes later. For now, the priority is breaking through to the Primordial Unity realm!”

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

【After Blood Three departed, you remained in the Advent Cult, cultivating diligently.】

【In the nineteenth year, you made a trip to the Beast Taming World and spent several months slaying hundreds of Legendary-class demon beasts.】

【In the twentieth year, your cultivation grew to the latter half of the third layer of Body Integration, steadily advancing toward the fourth layer.】

【Just like that, another three years passed.】

【In the twenty-third year, your cultivation improved further, now only a single step away from the fourth layer of Body Integration.】

【You produced the million drops of spirit liquid you had accumulated over these years, preparing to break through to the fourth layer of Body Integration in one decisive push!】

【In the twenty-fourth year, after half a year of secluded cultivation, your cultivation finally broke through to mid-stage Body Integration as you had wished!】

【Having reached the fourth layer of Body Integration, you felt far more confident about breaking through to the Primordial Unity realm within the thunder zones ahead.】

【Over the following years, you waited quietly. Apart from necessary cultivation, you spent most of your time with family and friends.】

【Just like that, four years flew by…】

【In the twenty-eighth year, the Demon Saint descended upon Demon-Sealing Pass. The pass was breached, and humanity fell into despair.】

【Several months later, the Amalgamated Beast descended upon Earth and swallowed the entirety of Great Xia in a single gulp!】

【You raised your Protective Hardened Qi and did not resist, allowing yourself to be swallowed into the Amalgamated Beast’s abdominal space…】

In the Real World, Su Xing felt a surge of anticipation at this.

“Primordial Unity realm cultivation — it’s time for the breakthrough!”

“As long as I shatter the limits of the human body, I’ll definitely be able to break into the Primordial Unity realm!”

“And what’s more… the Unkillable Cockroach talent can further enhance my ability to withstand punishment, greatly increasing the probability that my physical body can endure the thunder!”

“Furthermore… the thunder zones within the Amalgamated Beast’s belly contain the Great Dao of Thunder. Perhaps I can gain some insights and advance my Heavenly Thunder Physique even further?”

Su Xing thought this, his gaze returning to the simulation panel.

【You were swallowed into the Amalgamated Beast’s abdominal space. You raised your Protective Hardened Qi, encasing yourself within it.】

【The surrounding mountains and rivers, continents and towers — all were dissolving rapidly. One life after another vanished before your eyes…】

【After an indeterminate time, thunder zones began appearing before you.】

【You stepped into a small thunder zone, allowing the lightning to strike your body freely.】

【But with your Void Shattering Grand Perfection level of physical strength, combined with your Heavenly Thunder Physique, a small thunder zone like this could no longer inflict any substantial damage.】

【Even without activating your Protective Hardened Qi, enduring these thunderbolts with nothing but your bare flesh only caused you some pain — it could not push you past your limits.】

【So you hesitated no longer and advanced into a medium thunder zone!】

【The moment you stepped inside, terrifying lightning from the sky above struck directly at you.】

【You did not activate your Protective Hardened Qi. You merely activated a thin layer of primordial energy armor on the surface of your skin, allowing the lightning from above to hammer down upon you!】

【The piercing agony made your heart tremble, and you almost instinctively tried to dodge.】

【But you held firm. You knew that if you could not endure this pain, how could you ever shatter your limits and achieve Primordial Unity?】

【Compared to the small thunder zones, the lightning within a medium thunder zone was several times thicker, and the Great Dao of Thunder contained within was also more abundant.】

【This meant the lightning here was far more terrifying, with far greater destructive force against the physical body!】

【Without the protection of Protective Hardened Qi, a single bolt of lightning striking your flesh was enough to scorch your skin black.】

【The horrific bolts left multiple wounds across your body, a mass of mangled flesh and blood.】

【But you gritted your teeth and endured, stubbornly weathering the agony of the lightning, pushing the limits of your physical body bit by bit.】

【What you didn’t expect was that before you had even fully withstood the first bolt, a second one came crashing down right after!】

【Just as you were about to raise your Protective Hardened Qi, you suddenly sensed a cool energy within your body rapidly repairing your injuries.】

【It was the gold talent — Unkillable Cockroach!】

【Under the talent’s effects, your charred skin visibly began to peel away, revealing fresh new flesh growing beneath.】

【And your injuries were recovering at a rapid pace.】

【This brought you relief, giving you the confidence to withstand the continuous lightning here!】

【Another bolt of lightning struck down, savagely ravaging your physical body.】

【And the vital energy surging endlessly from within continued to repair your wounds without pause.】

【In this cycle of ultimate destruction by lightning and rebirth… your physical body gradually approached its limit, continuously breaking past its boundaries…】

【After an unknown length of time, the medium thunder zone you were in had gradually dissipated.】

【You rested briefly, then hurried to the next medium thunder zone.】

【Over the course of a day and a night, you passed through more than ten medium thunder zones in succession.】

【Your physical body drew ever closer to its ultimate limit.】

【But at the same time, the number of thunder zones remaining within the Amalgamated Beast’s belly was dwindling.】

【You knew you could delay no longer. Once the medium zones vanished, you would have no choice but to enter the large zones.】

【But the lightning in the large zones was still far beyond what you could currently endure…】

【So you summoned your courage and prepared to enter the final medium thunder zone.】

【This time, you made a bold decision!】

【Abandon all defenses and face the zone’s lightning with nothing but your bare flesh!】

【This decision was madness…】

【Before, you would never have dared to attempt such a thing, but after the tempering of all the previous lightning, your physical body was more than twice as strong as before — and this gave you the confidence to face the lightning head-on!】

【You readjusted your condition, swallowed a Healing Pill, and drank a bottle of spirit liquid.】

【Then, you stepped into the thunder zone!】

【The instant you crossed in, terrifying lightning surged toward you in a frenzy.】

【Without the primordial energy armor’s protection, the lightning struck your bare flesh directly.】

【The horrific pain was several times more intense than before!】

【A single bolt of lightning nearly made you faint from the agony…】

【But you gritted your teeth and held on…】

【Lightning flooded every inch of your physical body, bringing searing pain to your muscles and every sliver of skin.】

【Blood streamed from your seven orifices, and your flesh was blasted to a charred black.】

【This lightning, infused with Origin Force, had already damaged your internal organs.】

【But at the same time, a trickle of life force flowed into your body like a gentle stream, spreading through your limbs and bones, bit by bit repairing the damage the thunder had inflicted upon your frame.】

【Another bolt of thunder struck down…】

【Through the endless cycle of destruction and restoration, your physical body finally approached its ultimate limit!】

【In a certain instant… your body suddenly felt as though a weight had been lifted.】

【This was the sensation of shattering your limits. You had finally broken through once more — that invisible shackle upon your physical body!】

【Your physical strength surged rapidly, your power growing wildly!】

【In just a few breaths of time, your strength nearly doubled again!】

【Congratulations, you have successfully broken through to become a Primordial Unity realm cultivator!】

In the Real World, Su Xing let out a long sigh of relief upon seeing this and murmured:

“That really was difficult!”

“This Primordial Unity realm breakthrough was considerably harder than the Void Shattering realm breakthrough before…”

“If I didn’t possess a recovery-type talent, I probably wouldn’t have been able to endure it…”

Su Xing understood that the reason his limits were so hard to break was precisely because his foundation was rock-solid. His limits were far higher than those of ordinary cultivators, which made shattering them all the more arduous.

“However, this Primordial Unity breakthrough has brought me an absolutely massive boost!”

“A full fourfold increase in strength — my pure physical power has climbed from five million tons to twenty million tons!”

Su Xing recalled the descriptions of body tempering cultivator strength he had once heard within the Luotian Sect.

In the cultivation world, the way strength was measured differed from modern methods.

Starting from the basic unit of jin, it progressed to the strength of oxen and tigers.

The most well-known measure was the so-called “strength of nine oxen and two tigers.”

But for high-ranking cultivators, there was one important benchmark for describing power.

That was the strength to move a mountain!

The “moving a mountain” here was no figure of speech — it referred to the genuine power to uproot a mountain!

Generally speaking, a small mountain two hundred meters tall, including its entire mass, all the living creatures and trees upon it, would weigh roughly twenty million tons!

“So… after stepping into the Primordial Unity realm, I should possess the so-called ‘strength of one mountain,’ right?!”

Su Xing felt a surge of excitement.

The “one mountain” here didn’t mean destroying a mountain…

It meant having the pure physical strength to hoist an entire mountain onto one’s shoulders!

“Then next, I need to break through to the second layer of Primordial Unity and find a way to advance the Heavenly Thunder Physique…”

Su Xing murmured. He intended to use the remaining time to make another attempt.

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【After breaking through to the Primordial Unity realm, you temporarily left this medium-sized thunder zone.】

【Then, you took out the Nine Revolutions Pills you carried with you and began breaking through to the second layer of Primordial Unity!】

【You swallowed the Nine Revolutions Pill, and it instantly transformed into pure power that surged through your body.】

【Every inch of your skin seemed to undergo a sublime transformation…】

【Your strength and physical resilience grew rapidly…】

【You circulated your Protective Hardened Qi and attempted your breakthrough within the belly of the Amalgamated Beast.】

【Three full days passed like this…】

【When you opened your eyes again, your body tempering cultivation had broken through to the second layer of Primordial Unity without encountering any bottleneck!】

【After reaching the second layer of Primordial Unity, you clearly felt a significant increase in both physical strength and resilience.】

【And so, you began searching for the next thunder zone, hoping to achieve a breakthrough in your Heavenly Thunder Physique.】

【But after searching for a long time, all the small and medium thunder zones had already dissipated. The only things remaining in the void were large thunder zones and terrifying spatial turbulence.】

【Left with no choice, you could only steel yourself and attempt to comprehend the Great Dao of Thunder within a large thunder zone.】

【Compared to the medium thunder zones, the large thunder zones contained far more terrifying thunder origin energy — the pressure was almost comparable to that of a Thunder Tribulation.】

【You raised your Protective Hardened Qi and gritted your teeth as you entered…】

【A terrifying bolt of thunder struck your body…】

【You resisted for a moment…】

【You died!】

【Ding, this simulation has ended!】

After the simulation ended, Su Xing’s lips twitched as he muttered:

“Are the large thunder zones really that terrifying?”

“A second layer Primordial Unity cultivator with Protective Hardened Qi… and I could only resist for a single moment?!”

Su Xing felt rather helpless.

That thunder didn’t give him the slightest chance to recover from his injuries!

It had killed him instantly…

“Oh well!”

“The objectives for this simulation have been almost perfectly achieved… At the very least, I now know that my current strength isn’t enough to advance the Heavenly Thunder Physique…”

“Let me check the rewards from this simulation!”

Su Xing’s gaze turned to the simulation rewards.

【Master Painter】: Purple talent. Price: 1,000,000 energy points.

【Twenty-Five Years of Alchemy Experience】: Upon redemption, existing alchemy insights will increase moderately, including insights into the second-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill, sixth-grade Spirit Awakening Pill, and eighth-grade Nine Revolutions Pill. Price: 80,000,000 energy points.

【Integration Stage, Fourth Layer】: A mid-stage Body Integration cultivator who can sense the embryonic form of the Great Dao and comprehend Origin Force… Price: 1,500,000,000 energy points.

【Primordial Chaos Realm, Second Layer】: Break through Primordial Unity, shatter illusions, and bring your physical body and strength to a new level. Outstanding Primordial Unity cultivators can briefly traverse the void. Price: 1,000,000,000 energy points.

【Supreme Spirit-Awakening Pill x1】: A miraculous pill with the ability to enhance cognition, enabling one to maintain a state of drastically heightened comprehension — dozens of times over — for the duration of one month. Price: 50,000,000 energy points.

Regarding the selection of this simulation’s rewards, Su Xing naturally had nothing to agonize over.

What he had originally wanted from this simulation was the alchemy experience and the Primordial Unity cultivation!

“The fourth layer of Body Integration stage is a slightly higher realm than the second layer of Primordial Unity… but both would require one simulation’s worth of time to achieve…”

“And if I don’t choose the Primordial Unity cultivation this time, I’ll still need to enter the Amalgamated Beast’s belly again in the future — it’s only a matter of time!”

Su Xing murmured.

But what made him somewhat embarrassed was that his simulation energy was insufficient. At most, he had less than one hundred million energy points on hand.

“Oh well… looks like I need to pay Grandpa Lu another visit!”

Su Xing calculated the time — today was exactly the day he and Lu Yuanwu had agreed upon for their transaction.

So Su Xing began disguising himself and concealing his aura, preparing to set out to find Lu Yuanwu.

Traveling by sword flight, Su Xing arrived at the agreed meeting point with Lu Yuanwu moments later.

He swept the area within a radius of several dozen li with his divine sense and confirmed that Lu Yuanwu had indeed come alone.

Seeing that Lu Yuanwu had been waiting for quite some time, Su Xing revealed himself, appearing behind Lu Yuanwu and saying coolly:

“You’ve been waiting for me?”

Su Xing’s sudden words startled Lu Yuanwu.

Then, Lu Yuanwu’s face lit up with excitement as he said:

“Senior… those pills…”

Su Xing raised a hand to cut him off:

“You already know the effects of those pills, right? Rest assured, there are absolutely no side effects…”

“Here — ten thousand pills. Hand over your one thousand tons of exotic metal.”

“And remember, deal with the moles inside the military. Don’t let anyone find out about our transactions…”

Su Xing cautioned, then waved his hand. One thousand bottles of pills materialized before Lu Yuanwu’s eyes.

Lu Yuanwu’s expression shifted slightly upon hearing Su Xing’s words.

“Senior… what kind of ability is this? Can he read minds? How does he know everything I’m thinking?!”

Lu Yuanwu was shocked to his core, his awe of Su Xing’s power deepening further.

He hurriedly handed over a storage ring and asked:

“Senior… can I come here to trade with you every week from now on?”

“With my level of authority, I can procure at most one thousand tons of Third Rank exotic metal per week…”

“But I guarantee — within half a year… no, three months — once I obtain military authorization, I’ll be able to provide you ten thousand tons of exotic metal in a single transaction!”

Su Xing listened with an impassive nod, then said:

“That’s fine. But I also have one condition…”

“Until the moles within Great Xia’s military have been completely rooted out, you are not to distribute these pills on a large scale…”

Hearing Su Xing’s words, Lu Yuanwu hesitated briefly but nodded in agreement:

“No problem, Senior! Pills of this caliber absolutely cannot be allowed to fall into the Advent Cult’s knowledge…”

Lu Yuanwu agreed, his determination to eradicate the moles growing even stronger.

Seeing how perceptive Lu Yuanwu was, Su Xing naturally said nothing more.

He merely used his divine sense to briefly inspect the storage ring. Once he confirmed there were no issues, Su Xing departed.

Traveling the entire way by sword flight, Su Xing arrived at the Age of Immortals and Martial Arts dungeon.

He entered the Five Elements Sect ruins, used formations to conceal his aura, and then entered the spirit field grotto-heaven.

“Phew, it’s time to break through to the Primordial Unity realm!”

Su Xing murmured.

When he had previously broken through to the Body Integration stage, the disturbance he’d caused was already considerable.

So Su Xing needed to be extremely careful, relying on the dual concealment of his portable spirit field and the ruins to break through in peace.

“Right, I also need to set up a Breath-Concealing Formation!”

Su Xing murmured, then swiftly began laying down the formation.

Moments later, the formation was complete.

Su Xing then converted the one thousand tons of Third Rank exotic metal into simulation energy.

With that, Su Xing gained an additional 2 billion energy, bringing his total to 2,092,590,000 points.

“Redeem the second layer of Primordial Unity and the alchemy insights!”

Su Xing intoned silently.

【Ding, you have successfully brought out the second layer of Primordial Unity cultivation. Energy spent: 1,000,000,000. Remaining energy: 1,092,590,000 points.】

【You have successfully brought out twenty-five years of alchemy insights. Energy spent: 80,000,000. Remaining energy: 1,012,590,000 points.】

As the notification sounds faded, two streams of mysterious energy descended into Su Xing’s body.

What Su Xing felt first was an enormous flood of memories surging into his mind.

In mere moments, Su Xing had mastered the refinement of three types of pills: the Marrow Cleansing Pill, the Nine Revolutions Pill, and the Spirit Awakening Pill.

“Excellent. From now on, with each simulation, my cultivation will advance even faster!”

Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.

But then, the aura around Su Xing began to surge violently…

Void Shattering Grand Perfection… Primordial Unity, first layer!

Primordial Unity, second layer!

In just a few breaths of time, Su Xing’s physical strength and cultivation aura had multiplied several times over!

Meanwhile, in the outside world of the Age of Immortals and Martial Arts, above the mountain, waves of thunder clouds drifted overhead, gathering without dispersing, yet never showing any sign of descending.

Within the spirit field grotto-heaven, Su Xing closed his eyes and meditated, restraining his aura.

After a moment, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, a flash of pleasant surprise in them.

“Body Tempering Primordial Unity, second layer! This Daoist has done it!”