Chapter 328 – Four Hundred Years of Simulation, the Astonishing Changes Brought by the Wind Calamity!

Chapter 328 – Four Hundred Years of Simulation, the Astonishing Changes Brought by the Wind Calamity!

【The Wind Calamity of the Three Calamities of Immortals — you had originally assumed it would be as grand and dramatic as the tribulation of lightning and the fire calamity.】

【But after experiencing it firsthand, you discovered that the Wind Calamity increases gradually. At first, it was nothing more than a gentle breeze brushing against your face, causing virtually no harm to a cultivator.】

【But as time passed, the Wind Calamity’s power grew increasingly terrifying…】

【What surprised you even more was that while enduring the Wind Calamity, the only one affected was the cultivator themselves — all other living things in the surroundings remained completely unaffected!】

【It was as though… it were a trial imposed by heaven and earth upon cultivators alone!】

【In such ease and comfort, fifteen years passed in the blink of an eye…】

【Year 160. The Wind Calamity’s power continued to grow.】

【If the first few years could be described as a gentle breeze brushing the face, eroding only the cultivator’s divine soul and weakening it gradually…】

【Then the current Wind Calamity was like the biting wind of winter — piercing to the bone, causing not only the cultivator’s divine soul to weaken, but their physical body to gradually deteriorate as well…】

In the Real World, Su Xing frowned slightly upon seeing this.

“The Three Calamities of Immortals… the Wind Calamity is actually this strange?”

“As expected… each of the Three Calamities is harder to endure than the last!”

Su Xing reckoned that if he were to describe them using gaming terminology:

The tribulation of lightning was divine soul illusion damage, targeting the cultivator’s mental state.

The fire calamity was magical burst damage, extremely powerful in raw force.

Only the Wind Calamity was debuff-type damage — continuous and compounding. Insignificant at first, but the longer one was exposed to its erosion, the harder it became to endure!

“Tsk tsk… while enduring the Wind Calamity, a cultivator’s strength would drop tremendously… At this point, cultivators would typically find a safe place and go into seclusion for a hundred years, right?”

Su Xing had absorbed enough experience by now and continued:

“But at the beginning of the Wind Calamity, the impact seems minimal. For the first fifteen years, one should still be able to cultivate supernatural arts normally?”

“After that… one would have to divert part of their mental energy to resist the Wind Calamity…”

What Su Xing described applied only to himself personally.

Su Xing’s divine soul was powerful, his physical body was strong, and his Dao comprehension was more than sufficient — thus he could withstand the Wind Calamity.

But for an ordinary peak Celestial Immortal realm cultivator, or those whose strength was lacking, forcibly enduring the Wind Calamity would likely be unbearable within just ten or twenty years.

“I just wonder — with my cultivation and strength, how many years will it take before I can barely hold on and need the Wind-Calming Pearl’s assistance?”

With this thought, Su Xing’s gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【The Wind Calamity came in wave after wave, continuously eroding your mind and body. But with your strength, you could still resist for a long time.】

【However, because resisting the Wind Calamity required expending part of your mental energy, your combat power inevitably declined somewhat.】

【You estimated that before the Wind Calamity, at your peak, your strength was roughly at the Half-Step Mystic Immortal Realm… but now, you only had the strength of Great Perfection True Immortal realm.】

【Just like that, another twenty years passed in the blink of an eye.】

【Year 180. This was your thirty-fifth year resisting the Wind Calamity. By now, the Wind Calamity was no longer as “gentle” as before — its terrifying power made even you feel considerable discomfort.】

【Every day, all 24 hours, you were subjected to the Wind Calamity’s erosion without pause, though its intensity fluctuated between strong and weak.】

【This forced you to divert even more mental energy to resist the Wind Calamity’s erosion…】

【This year, your combat power dropped to the late True Immortal realm.】

【But the Wind Calamity was still within your tolerance at this point, and there was absolutely no need to use the Wind-Calming Pearl.】

【Year 200. Another twenty years had passed — this was your fifty-fifth year experiencing the Wind Calamity!】

【By now, the Wind Calamity had become terrifyingly powerful, like a bone-scraping blade, stripping away the cultivator’s physique layer by layer.】

【For an ordinary peak Celestial Immortal realm cultivator, this would be the final stretch of the Wind Calamity — they would only need to hold on for a few more years to successfully break through to the True Immortal realm!】

【But your physical body and divine soul were far stronger. This level of damage was nothing to you.】

【In fact, it stimulated the activation of your innate talents — the power of Wood within the Five Elements Dao, and the Unkillable Cockroach talent.】

【You still did not use the Wind-Calming Pearl to resist the Wind Calamity.】

【But as the Wind Calamity’s power continued to grow and you diverted more mental energy to resist it, your strength inevitably fell to the mid True Immortal realm…】

【However, these fifty-five years of being tempered by the Wind Calamity also brought you unexpected benefits!】

【You could clearly feel that your aptitude had improved by roughly twenty percent compared to before, and the speed at which you absorbed spiritual energy was growing faster and faster!】

【At the same time, your immortal power seemed to be continuously purified under the Wind Calamity’s tempering. Your immortal power had become at least twenty percent more concentrated than before!】

【This was not an increase in immortal power capacity, but an improvement in quality — as if your immortal power had undergone a baptism…】

【You were astonished. This meant that at equal levels of immortal power, a True Immortal realm cultivator’s immortal power was several degrees purer than a Celestial Immortal realm cultivator’s…】

【And the benefits brought by the Wind Calamity were far more than just this!】

【Faintly, you could also feel that your resistance to Dao-based supernatural arts was growing stronger. You possessed a degree of immunity, capable of greatly reducing all damage below the Dao Embryonic Form level.】

【Your physical body also seemed to have been further tempered, improving by roughly ten percent…】

In the Real World, Su Xing’s eyes lit up at this, and he murmured:

“So that’s how it is… The Wind Calamity, in essence, is a temporary sacrifice of combat power in exchange for a massive increase in future potential!”

“A cultivator enduring the Wind Calamity must constantly struggle against it, as if perpetually engaged in combat, so naturally their practical fighting ability declines.”

“But the improvements it brings are enormous!”

“Aptitude, immortal power, dao resistance… even the physical body is strengthened!”

“This is practically a nerfing-type immortal tribulation!”

Su Xing blinked, now somewhat understanding why those cultivators said the gap between True Immortals and Celestial Immortals was even greater than the gap between immortals and those undergoing Tribulation Transcendence!

It wasn’t just because of the increased immortal power from breaking through — it was also because of the changes wrought by the Wind Calamity!

“If that’s the case… it seems like the longer you endure the Wind Calamity, the better?”

“No, wait! I should first look into the standards and records for enduring the Wind Calamity across the Three Thousand Worlds… Only then can I better judge exactly how many years of Wind Calamity I need to endure.”

“Also, staying within the Azure Cloud Sect is still safe for now, so I’ll continue resisting the Wind Calamity!”

Su Xing mused thoughtfully, then turned his gaze back to the simulation panel.

【Year 220. The Wind Calamity’s power had increased yet another level. Nearly one-fifth of your daily time was now spent resisting it.】

【Fortunately, the rise in potential also brought a considerable increase to your true combat power. So even while affected by the Wind Calamity, you could still barely exert mid True Immortal realm combat power.】

【You continued to grit your teeth and persevere, not using the Wind-Calming Pearl.】

【This year, you visited the Azure Cloud Sect’s Scripture Repository, which contained records of many major events across the Three Thousand Worlds.】

【Within those records, you found the precise standards for Celestial Immortal realm cultivators resisting the Wind Calamity.】

【The lowest tier of peak Celestial Immortal realm cultivators endured the Wind Calamity for thirty to fifty years. Their physique, divine soul, immortal power, and aptitude improved by roughly ten percent. Though they advanced to True Immortal, their path of the Dao was obstructed and difficult to climb further.】

【One tier above that, ordinary Celestial Immortals endured the Wind Calamity for fifty to seventy years. Their divine soul, physique, and immortal power improved by roughly twenty percent — these were considered middling cultivators of the True Immortal realm.】

【Stronger still were those who could be called geniuses among the Celestial Immortal realm. They endured the Wind Calamity for seventy to ninety years, with potential improving by roughly thirty percent.】

【Those who could resist one hundred years of the Wind Calamity saw potential improvements of roughly forty percent. Such Celestial Immortals were one in ten thousand, and already qualified to ascend the Prodigy List.】

【Resisting the Wind Calamity for one hundred and fifty years brought potential improvements of sixty percent. Such Celestial Immortals were one in a hundred thousand, enough to rank in the top fifty of the Prodigy List!】

【Resisting the Wind Calamity for two hundred years brought potential improvements of seventy percent. Their aptitude was sufficient to rank in the top twenty of the Prodigy List — among a million Celestial Immortals, perhaps only one could achieve this.】

【Resisting the Wind Calamity for two hundred and fifty years brought potential improvements of eighty percent — enough to rank in the top ten of the Prodigy List!】

【Resisting the Wind Calamity for three hundred years brought potential improvements of ninety percent or more, ranking in the top three of the Prodigy List! Such cultivators possessed the potential to advance to Supreme Unity and Grand Luo Golden Immortal!】

【Beyond this, the records noted that the longest anyone had ever resisted the Wind Calamity was a Grand Luo Golden Immortal from the ancient era, who endured it for one thousand and six years. The reason he could resist for so long was that his spiritual root was a mutated Wind spiritual root, granting him extraordinary resistance to the Wind Calamity!】

【Apart from this Wind spiritual root cultivator, everyone else — even Grand Luo Golden Immortals — had a limit of only around seven hundred years of resistance…】

【Strictly speaking, the Wind Calamity was, among the Three Calamities, a comprehensive test and enhancement of a cultivator’s full potential!】

【Those who could resist for more than three hundred years already had the prospect of reaching Grand Luo Golden Immortal!】

【Those who endured the Wind Calamity for over five hundred years would, after achieving Grand Luo, be among the strongest at that level…】

【As for the Wind Calamity beyond five hundred years — while it still offered some improvement to cultivators, the gains were negligible. It served more as a symbol of one’s strength…】

【You read through all the information about the Wind Calamity, and understanding filled your heart.】

【You set yourself a goal: endure the Wind Calamity for over seven hundred years!】

【As for comparing yourself with that Wind spiritual root cultivator — you had no interest in that…】

In the Real World, Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this.

“Enduring the Wind Calamity for over seven hundred years aligns perfectly with my goal…”

“If the endurance period is too short, the improvement is limited. But if it’s too long… it would likely delay my progress in breaking through to the True Immortal realm!”

Su Xing had no desire to compete with the Wind spiritual root cultivator; he only sought the optimal path.

“Then, I’ll continue enduring the Wind Calamity peacefully within the Azure Cloud Sect!”

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

【While resisting the Wind Calamity, another twenty years passed.】

【Year 240. This was your ninety-fifth year resisting the Wind Calamity. Your potential had improved by over thirty percent — a bountiful harvest.】

【Year 260. Your one hundred and fifteenth year resisting the Wind Calamity. Your potential had improved by roughly forty percent.】

【Just as you had predicted, every twenty years the Wind Calamity’s power escalated another tier. By now, the Wind Calamity was formidable enough that even some prodigies dared not underestimate it.】

【But you still had not used the Wind-Calming Pearl. It was just that more than a third of your daily time now had to be spent resisting the Wind Calamity…】

【Just like that, forty years passed in the blink of an eye.】

【Year 300. You had already spent over a hundred years within the Azure Cloud Sect, and you were familiar with every blade of grass and tree here.】

【Though you spent most of your time in your cave dwelling, you occasionally moved about within the Azure Cloud Sect, getting to know quite a few senior brothers and sisters.】

【The Wind Calamity had a significant impact on your daily life, but with your deep reserves of immortal power, you were not yet at the point of losing composure in front of others.】

【And so, the days passed one by one, and thirty years slipped by in the blink of an eye.】

【Year 330. This is your 195th year of enduring the Wind Calamity, and your potential has increased by nearly seventy percent!】

【The power of the Wind Calamity has now reached a truly terrifying level, and even you have been greatly affected.】

【Having achieved immortality long ago, you who were immune to heat and cold now feel as though frigid winds are scraping against your very bones each day, bringing unbearable agony.】

【Your combat ability has been further impacted. The battle strength you can actually display is merely comparable to an early-stage True Immortal realm cultivator…】

【You sigh inwardly, thinking to yourself that even prodigies ranked in the top three of the Prodigy List would likely struggle to endure beyond two hundred years without relying on a Wind-Calming Pearl.】

【But you continue to grit your teeth and persevere.】

【In the blink of an eye, another twenty-five years pass.】

【This is your 220th year resisting the Wind Calamity. This year, even when facing a True Immortal realm cultivator, you believe you would have difficulty winning…】

【Nearly all of your time is spent resisting the Wind Calamity, leaving you unable to spare attention for anything else.】

【And so, you prepare to use a Wind-Calming Pearl to resist the Wind Calamity…】

【A transparent pearl the size of a palm appears beside you. You fasten it at your waist, and immediately feel the Wind Calamity’s power decrease by at least fifty percent!】

【This means you can endure the Wind Calamity for a much longer period…】

【Having been tormented by the Wind Calamity day after day, you suddenly feel much more at ease, and even have time to reunite with your fellow Daoists.】

【During these hundred years, you grew closest with Senior Sister Ziling. She even gifted you numerous precious natural treasures to help you resist the Wind Calamity.】

【In the blink of an eye, another fifteen years pass.】

【Year 370. To your surprise, the energy of your first Wind-Calming Pearl has been completely depleted—and its effectiveness had already declined significantly ten years prior.】

【Yet a Wind-Calming Pearl should have been able to resist the Wind Calamity for thirty years, with its effects only beginning to decline after fifteen years.】

【After consulting Senior Sister Ziling, you learn that the Wind-Calming Pearl’s stated effects apply to ordinary cultivators.】

【But for top-tier prodigies, one often needs to prepare several Wind-Calming Pearls, with each successive pearl’s effective duration growing shorter…】

【After hearing this, you express your thanks and return to your cave dwelling to continue cultivating.】

In the Real World, Su Xing sighed with emotion upon seeing this:

“Wealth, companions, methods, and land… Even a top-tier prodigy would struggle to endure three hundred years without sufficient funds to purchase Wind-Calming Pearls!”

Su Xing did some calculations. He still had five Wind-Calming Pearls on hand, enough to last another eighty-some years. In the short term, there was no need to worry about running out.

“If the Wind-Calming Pearls aren’t enough when the time comes, perhaps I could exchange contribution points for more within the sect?”

“With my status as a second-generation disciple, it shouldn’t be hard to make the exchange. There’s no need to go to the Gold Coin Trading Company outside to purchase them…”

Su Xing thought to himself.

Trading companies like the Gold Coin Trading Company primarily served independent cultivators without backing—those who hailed from lesser worlds.

These cultivators grew step by step, possessing commendable temperament, fortune, and aptitude, yet they lacked the support of a major sect, making it difficult for them to obtain crucial treasures.

But for disciples of major sects like the Azure Cloud Sect, although they had the constraints of sect obligations, the sect maintained a complete internal trading system, eliminating the need for external purchases.

“Let’s continue enduring the Wind Calamity…”

Su Xing’s heart brimmed with anticipation, hoping to push through the three hundred years of Wind Calamity as quickly as possible!

His gaze returned to the simulation panel.

【In the blink of an eye, another fifteen years pass.】

【Year 385. Your second Wind-Calming Pearl’s energy is exhausted, but your potential has increased even further…】

【Year 400. Your third Wind-Calming Pearl is depleted. At this point, you have endured the Wind Calamity for 255 years.】

【Your potential has improved by more than eighty percent, reaching the threshold for the top ten on the Prodigy List…】

【Just as you prepare to continue pushing forward, one day, earth-shattering news arrives from Three Immortals Peak!】

【Qingyunzi transmits his voice to you: he can no longer hold back the evil corpse’s encroachment, and he senses the evil corpse’s malice directed toward you… He urges you to flee immediately!】

【Upon hearing this, you sigh inwardly. Given the strength of Qingyunzi’s evil corpse, where could you possibly flee to?】

【Moreover, the situation across the Three Thousand Worlds is in chaos. The dozens of lesser chiliocosms surrounding the Lesser Azure Cloud Sect were all conquered over a hundred years ago… Only the Azure Cloud Realm and a few nearby Medium Chiliocosms of considerable strength remain.】

【Even if you piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, you would likely have nowhere to land. And with the Wind Calamity afflicting your body, you retain barely a tenth of your strength… How could you possibly traverse the void?】

【You know in your heart that this simulation’s time is nearing its end…】

【Sure enough, one year later, Qingyunzi’s evil corpse seizes complete control.】

【Qingyunzi performs a soul search on you…】

【Your consciousness gradually dissipates… You are dead!】

【Ding! This simulation has ended!】

After the simulation concluded, Su Xing let out a long breath and murmured:

“Even someone as powerful as Qingyunzi couldn’t completely hold back the evil corpse?”

“In the 400th year of the simulation… the Ruyi Visualization Diagram could no longer suppress the flaws of One Qi Transforms into Three Purities?”

“Ultimately… Qingyunzi obtained this technique too late. If he’d gotten it thousands or even tens of thousands of years earlier, perhaps everything could have been averted?”

Su Xing let out a sigh, lamenting the cruel twists of fate.

“Still, there’s nothing to be done about it… Being able to proceed smoothly to the 400th year of the simulation is already an astonishing harvest!”

Su Xing was fairly satisfied with this simulation’s returns.

From the immersive simulation alone, Su Xing had reaped abundant rewards.

Not only had he successfully comprehended the Five Elements Dao, but his progress in the Great Dao of Space was also quite impressive.

“Well then, let’s see what rewards this simulation has to offer…”

With a thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the reward list.

【Astrology】: Gold talent. Price: 10 origin energy.

【Yellow Sand Sculpture】: A Dao essence treasure containing insights into the Great Dao of Earth. Most of the insights have been consumed. Price: 300,000 origin energy.

【Black Water Banner】: A Dao essence treasure containing insights into the Water Dao. Most have been consumed. Price: 200,000 origin energy.

【Wind-Calming Pearl】: A treasure for resisting the Wind Calamity. Can also ward off all winds in the world. Price: 100,000 origin energy.

【Wind Calamity Cultivation Results (255 Years)】: You have successfully endured over 250 years of Wind Calamity. Your aptitude, magical power, Dao comprehension, and more have all improved by nearly eighty percent. The foremost of the Three Calamities of Immortals—once overcome, a grand and unobstructed path to Golden Immortal awaits… Price: 100,000 origin energy.

Upon seeing the simulation rewards, Su Xing was overjoyed.

“There really are Wind Calamity cultivation results? Then doesn’t that mean… my Wind Calamity time can keep accumulating?”

“In that case, there’s no need to agonize over this simulation’s rewards!”

“I choose the Astrology talent… and the Wind Calamity insights!”

As his words fell, the simulation notification chimed.

【Congratulations! You have successfully extracted the gold talent Astrology. Cost: 10 origin energy. Remaining origin energy: 231,925 points…】

【Congratulations! You have successfully extracted the Wind Calamity Cultivation Results… Cost: 100,000 points. Remaining origin energy: 131,925 points!】

As the notification faded, two streams of profound energy surged into Su Xing’s body.

On Su Xing’s attribute panel, the words “Astrology” appeared.

This was Su Xing’s new talent. Although it wouldn’t directly change Su Xing’s combat strength, cultivating the Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method in the future would become far easier!

Immediately after, Su Xing’s physical body, divine soul, and the magical power within him… all underwent earth-shaking transformations in that very moment…

His aptitude, physical body, divine soul strength, magical power quality, and dao resistance all increased by more than eighty percent!

Although he was still classified as having a Super Spirit Root, Su Xing could clearly feel that his speed of absorbing spiritual energy had risen by more than just one level.

At the same time, the circulation of immortal power within his body became smoother, and his execution of supernatural arts and techniques far surpassed what he was previously capable of…

Su Xing sat cross-legged, carefully savoring the myriad benefits brought by the Wind Calamity.

After a moment, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, a look of pleasant surprise spreading across his face.

“Right now… my strength has probably nearly doubled!”

“Such a massive change in power… It’s practically on par with a major realm breakthrough!”

After a pause, a question also arose in Su Xing’s mind.

“Then… with my current strength, have I truly crossed beyond the True Immortal realm and become a cultivator comparable to the Mystic Immortal realm?!”

Su Xing’s heart pounded wildly.

Due to the simulator’s special nature, Su Xing had only extracted the Wind Calamity’s benefits from this reward—the Wind Calamity’s negative effects had not carried over!

This meant that Su Xing was essentially equivalent to a True Immortal realm cultivator who had already weathered the Wind Calamity… yet his actual realm remained at peak Celestial Immortal.

“Tsk tsk. Possessing Mystic Immortal realm cultivation while at peak Celestial Immortal realm—something like this has probably never happened in the entire cultivation world, has it?”

Su Xing blinked, knowing full well he had stumbled upon an enormous bargain.

After all, the Wind Calamity was notoriously difficult to endure. Cultivators weathering the Wind Calamity, while experiencing tremendous growth in both potential and true strength, were in a weakened state that naturally prevented them from unleashing their full battle power…

But Su Xing was different!

Su Xing had perhaps become the sole anomaly in the entire cultivation world—someone who, while still in the Celestial Immortal realm, truly possessed strength comparable to the Mystic Immortal realm!

“So then… should I try for the number one position on the Prodigy List?”

Su Xing took a deep breath, feeling somewhat hesitant.

Ranking first on the Prodigy List would earn him the opportunity to meet the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master!

This naturally tempted Su Xing greatly, but he feared running into trouble… What if the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master saw through his greatest secret?

After deliberating for a long while, Su Xing shook his head and said:

“Since I already possess Mystic Immortal realm strength… first place on the Prodigy List is only a matter of time!”

“As for whether I should seize that opportunity to ask a question, there’s no rush for now… Before that, I should first learn more about this mysterious Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master!”

Su Xing quickly reached his decision.

“However… my simulation energy is still somewhat insufficient!”

“The simulation energy needed for the upcoming breakthrough to the True Immortal realm is still an unknown… And I also need to prepare simulation energy in advance for a month in the void…”