Chapter 101 – Grinding Experience Like Crazy: The Correct Way to Use Immersive Simulation!
by spirapira【You revealed your true strength. At Primordial Martial Realm Seventh Layer, your power was already no weaker than an ordinary Elder’s. The Advent Cult therefore agreed to your terms, promising to grant you the rank of Elder after a three-month probationary period.】
【Your alchemy talent quickly caught the attention of both Luo Shuying and Old Dog Zong, who simultaneously extended olive branches to you.】
【Without hesitation, you joined Luo Shuying’s faction and secretly flipped Old Dog Zong the middle finger.】
【The next day, you arranged a private meeting with Luo Shuying, told her about your origins, and spoke that secret passphrase.】
【Luo Shuying was quite shocked to hear that you could traverse timelines, but because of the passphrase, she chose to believe you.】
【You successfully formed an alliance with Luo Shuying.】
Su Xing gave a slight nod at this and murmured:
“Before, when my strength was lacking, I naturally had to be careful and cautious in everything I did. Even in a simulation, one careless mistake leading to sudden death would mean wasting a simulation opportunity.”
“But now, with my Primordial Martial Realm Seventh Layer cultivation plus Nascent Soul stage Qi Refinement, my strength ranks among the top tier of Heavenly King-stage powerhouses. In the Advent Cult, aside from monsters at the Protector level, no one should be a match for me!”
“So being straightforward and stating my purpose directly can save a massive amount of time, letting me access the Advent Cult’s resources faster and form an alliance with Luo Shuying!”
Su Xing thought this to himself, then turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【In the third month, because you completed your tasks on time every month, providing three hundred Essence Nurturing Pills to the Advent Cult, you were promoted and became an Elder of the Advent Cult.】
【But what the Advent Cult’s upper echelon didn’t know was that you had been secretly lining your own pockets, hoarding tens of thousands of Essence Nurturing Pills in preparation to bolster Great Xia’s strength when the time came to defect.】
【At the same time, Luo Shuying spent her contribution points to exchange for large quantities of Essence Nurturing Grass, Primordial Martial Grass, Mind-Condensing Pills, and other medicines for you. You began stockpiling pills in massive quantities.】
【In the second year, through Jin Congxue’s channels, you secretly contacted Lu Yuanwu and exchanged pills for large quantities of Demonic Beast Blood Essence.】
【You took Primordial Martial Pills daily and had an abundant supply of Demon King blood essence to fuel your progress. Your Body Tempering cultivation began advancing rapidly.】
【One day, you secretly traveled to the Capital City and found time to enter the Luotian Assembly dungeon.】
Seeing this, Su Xing gave a slight nod and silently chanted:
“Activate immersive simulation function. Duration: twenty-four hours!”
【Ding! You have successfully activated immersive simulation. Energy consumed: 2,400,000 points. Simulation duration: 24 hours. Remaining energy: 37,301,666 points!】
Before long, Su Xing’s vision shifted and warped as he once again entered the Luotian Assembly dungeon.
For this immersive simulation, Su Xing was once again attached to Luo Xiaochuan’s body. After inviting Shennong Youtian to the Luotian Assembly, Su Xing went alone to the Scripture Pavilion.
Arriving at the familiar spot, he opened that copy of 《Detailed Explanation of elemental force Application》. For over twenty straight hours, Su Xing immersed himself in the cultivation and comprehension of elemental force.
Soon, the immersive simulation ended and Su Xing exited.
Rubbing his temples with some fatigue, Su Xing sighed in admiration:
“The application of elemental force truly is wondrous beyond measure. My understanding of it before was far too shallow… Just one more session, and my comprehension of elemental force should fully cross the introductory threshold, right?”
The corners of Su Xing’s mouth curled slightly upward.
After two consecutive immersive simulations, Su Xing had devoted himself entirely to the cultivation and application of elemental force. His mind now had a foundational understanding of how to train elemental force going forward.
From here on, as long as Su Xing continued cultivating within the simulation, he could leverage the knowledge of elemental force cultivation in his mind to rapidly improve his application of it.
Su Xing currently didn’t have many offensive methods at his disposal. In terms of techniques, only the Separation Fire Technique could be considered formidable.
But Su Xing’s greatest strength was his Body Tempering cultivation, and elemental force was what would allow him to fully unleash the terrifying power of his Body Tempering cultivation and the Primordial Martial Realm.
With this thought, Su Xing turned his gaze back to the simulation panel.
【You emerged from the Luotian Assembly dungeon with a deeper grasp of elemental force, and so you added a new item to your training regimen: the cultivation and application of elemental force!】
【In the third year, you maintained your disciplined routine, refining pills daily, training, and adding elemental force cultivation to the mix.】
【Over the course of this year, your mastery of elemental force far surpassed what it had been before. Though you were still at the first stage, “Enhancement,” you could now coat your fists with elemental force, temporarily boosting your striking power by fifty percent. You also discovered that you could adhere elemental force to your skin, augmenting your body’s defensive capability!】
【Beyond that, your stockpile of Essence Nurturing Pills and Organ Tempering Pills once again exceeded fifty thousand, and you had refined several thousand Primordial Martial Pills for your own cultivation.】
【As you continued funneling pills to Great Xia, though you acted with great secrecy, the information inevitably leaked. You had been placed on the Advent Cult’s list of suspects, though they lacked sufficient evidence.】
【You weren’t the least bit flustered by this. Over these three years, you and Luo Shuying had long since worked together to pilfer most of the medicinal ingredients from the Advent Cult’s treasury. Should things go south, you were fully prepared to flee at a moment’s notice.】
【One day, while tending to the Spirit-Gathering Flowers you had carefully cultivated, you suddenly noticed that three of them had matured simultaneously.】
【You hurriedly began pollinating the three Spirit-Gathering Flowers. Under your meticulous care, seven or eight Spirit-Gathering Flower embryonic buds soon appeared around the three parent plants, growing vigorously.】
【From then on, in addition to your daily cultivation, you set aside dedicated time to tend to the Spirit-Gathering Flowers. You knew that your hopes for advancing your Qi Refinement cultivation rested upon them.】
【Finally, your and Luo Shuying’s secret collaboration with the Great Xia Military was exposed. Fortunately, you had prepared in advance and quickly rendezvoused with Great Xia Military powerhouses, evading the Advent Cult’s pursuit.】
【Afterward, you and Luo Shuying joined the Great Xia Military. Luo Shuying formed a specialized squad to hunt down Advent Cult members, while you focused on advancing your cultivation and refining pills.】
【Seeing that the Luotian Assembly dungeon was about to dissipate, you seized the opportunity and made one final trip to the Luotian Assembly dungeon!】
Su Xing’s heart stirred at this. He silently chanted:
“Activate immersive simulation function. Duration: twenty-four hours!”
【Ding! You have successfully activated immersive simulation. Energy consumed: 2,400,000 points. Simulation duration: 24 hours. Remaining energy: 34,901,666 points!】
Su Xing’s vision spun and flipped as he once again entered the Luotian Assembly dungeon.
After completing the familiar quest sequence, Su Xing returned to the Scripture Pavilion and resumed studying 《Detailed Explanation of elemental force Application》.
The twenty-four hours of immersive simulation quickly expired. Su Xing exited the simulation, a gleam of excitement still lingering in his eyes.
“Three consecutive immersive simulations, and I’ve finally memorized this entire Detailed Explanation of elemental force Application! Once I fully master the contents of this book, my application of elemental force will advance to the second stage — elemental force Entwinement!”
Su Xing took a sip of cool, clear well water, letting his emotions settle.
“Sigh, but mastering elemental force cultivation is probably far from simple. Under normal circumstances, fully stepping into the second stage might take two or three simulation cycles’ worth of accumulation… But once achieved, the power of elemental force extends well beyond the Primordial Martial Realm. Even for Body Tempering cultivators at higher realms, the benefits are enormous!”
“This can’t be rushed. I need to accumulate steadily over time… After all, the one thing I’m never short on is time!”
After a moment of contemplation, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【You emerged from the Luotian Assembly dungeon with new insights into the application of elemental force.】
【You then devised a detailed allocation of your daily time: four double-hours refining pills, four double-hours tempering your body, two double-hours cultivating elemental force, and the remaining time tending to the spirit plants in your spirit field. You transformed into an absolute grind lord, maintaining your energy through one hour of meditation per day.】
【In the fourth year, your mastery of elemental force progressed at breakneck speed. At the same time, thanks to ample Demon King blood essence and Primordial Martial Pills, your Body Tempering cultivation also advanced rapidly.】
【In the fifth year, you continued your daily cultivation, making steady-as-a-rock progress. With your assistance, Great Xia produced more and more Grandmaster-stage and Heavenly King-stage powerhouses.】
【In the sixth year, your Body Tempering cultivation drew ever closer to Primordial Martial Realm Eighth Layer, but due to the lack of a master’s guidance, your mastery of elemental force hit a bottleneck, and progress slowed considerably.】
【That same year, the second batch of Spirit-Gathering Flowers you had planted gradually matured. You began a new round of pollination and cultivation. Your total number of Spirit-Gathering Flowers surpassed ten, with another ten embryonic buds growing vigorously. The spiritual energy concentration within your Blessed Spirit Field also steadily increased.】
【In the seventh year, as the number of Spirit-Gathering Flowers continued to grow, the spiritual energy in your Blessed Spirit Field became abundant once more. However, due to the delicate nature of Spirit-Gathering Flowers, you had to spend even more time tending to and cultivating the immature spirit cultivation flowers.】
【That same year, your entire supply of Essence Nurturing Grass, Radiant Essence Herb, Primordial Martial Grass, Dragon Spirit Flowers, and other medicinal ingredients was completely exhausted. Over these years, you had provided Great Xia with a total of fifty thousand additional Grandmaster-stage Class Users and over seven hundred Heavenly King-stage powerhouses. The strength of the human race was unprecedented.】
【With no further need for mass pill production, you had more time to devote to cultivation and nurturing Spirit-Gathering Flowers.】
【In the eighth year, your Body Tempering cultivation successfully broke through. You became a Primordial Martial Realm Eighth Layer cultivator.】
【Regrettably, you still had not broken through the bottleneck in elemental force application. Your mastery remained at the preliminary Enhancement stage.】
【In the ninth year, you handed over all the Mind-Condensing Pills you had refined to Luo Shuying, helping her and her clansmen break through to new realms.】
【That same year, with abundant Mind-Condensing Pills at her disposal, Luo Shuying broke through to become a Legendary-stage powerhouse. Your relationship grew warmer still, and certain things took their natural course.】
【This year, the number of mature Spirit-Gathering Flowers in your possession surged once again, reaching twenty, with fifteen more immature Spirit-Gathering Flowers in development.】
【In the tenth year, a great battle erupted between the demonic beasts and the human race at Demon-Sealing Pass. The humans lost dozens of Heavenly King-stage powerhouses and one Martial Emperor-stage powerhouse, while also slaying two Demon Emperors.】
【Because you had made arrangements in advance, the Legendary-stage powerhouses guarding Demon-Sealing Pass and Luo Shuying personally intervened to secure the blood essence of the two Demon Emperors for you.】
【You obtained nearly two hundred jin of Demon Emperor blood essence. Combined with Primordial Martial Pills, this precious blood essence accelerated your Body Tempering cultivation at an astonishing rate.】
【Because the energy in Demon Emperor blood essence was overwhelmingly potent, you could only ingest half a jin per day. Even so, your cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.】
【In the eleventh year, you devoted even more energy to advancing your Body Tempering cultivation. The King of Gluttons talent fully demonstrated its value — your physical strength grew ever more formidable, and you drew closer and closer to Primordial Martial Realm Ninth Layer.】
【In the twelfth year, your Body Tempering cultivation finally achieved another breakthrough. You successfully advanced to Primordial Martial Realm Ninth Layer, just one step away from Primordial Martial Realm, Grand Perfection!】
【That same year, the fourth generation of Spirit-Gathering Flowers you had cultivated reached maturity. Though your occasional negligence during this period caused a few Spirit-Gathering Flowers to wither, the total number of mature Spirit-Gathering Flowers in your possession still reached thirty, with over ten more Spirit-Gathering Flower seeds beginning to take root and sprout.】
【The only thing that gave you a headache was that you had made no progress whatsoever in your mastery of elemental force. You remained trapped at the preliminary application stage.】
Seeing this, Su Xing furrowed his brows slightly and murmured:
“It seems the application of elemental force is even more difficult than I imagined. Ten years of cultivation, and I’m still at the first stage?”
By conventional wisdom, the intermediate stage of elemental force application — the Entwinement stage — required decades or even a century of cultivation. At minimum, one had to be a Divine Power Realm cultivator to master it.
But Su Xing believed his Body Tempering talent was exceptional, so he should have progressed faster than ordinary cultivators.
Yet looking at the situation now, the study and application of elemental force depended more on comprehension ability than Body Tempering aptitude.
With this thought, Su Xing glanced at his “Spontaneous Epiphany” talent and murmured:
“Come on, big bro. You were the very first purple talent I ever drew. Show me what you’ve got! Can you pull through or not?”
What Su Xing hadn’t expected was that the Spontaneous Epiphany talent triggered far less frequently than he had imagined. He had simulated for a full twelve years without it activating even once. Wasn’t this just a bit too “spontaneous”?
“Sigh!”
Su Xing let out a soft sigh, abandoning hope that elemental force would see a breakthrough anytime soon.
What Su Xing didn’t expect was that this purple talent would immediately slap him in the face.
【In the thirteenth year, one day while cultivating elemental force as usual, you suddenly felt a stirring in your heart. Spontaneous Epiphany triggered, and you entered a certain mysterious state…】