Chapter 239 – The Ultimate Secret of Class Users? The Correct Use of Spirit Awakening Pills! (10,000 words, please vote!)

After stepping into the Primordial Unity second layer, Su Xing’s strength had taken another significant leap forward.

His raw power and physical constitution, in particular, had increased dramatically.

Back when he was at Void Shattering Perfection, Su Xing’s physical strength was approximately five million tons.

After the lightning baptism and breaking through his limits, Su Xing’s strength had approached ten million tons.

Then, upon breaking through to the Primordial Unity realm, his strength neared twenty million tons—possessing what was known as the force of a mountain.

The Primordial Unity second layer, compared to the first, offered a more modest improvement—roughly a twenty to thirty percent increase in strength.

But this still meant that Su Xing could now effortlessly lift an entire mountain!

“Not bad… and this is only the early phase of Primordial Unity. If I reach the fourth layer and enter mid-stage Primordial Unity, the power increase will be even greater!”

Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.

He estimated that with his Qi Refinement and Body Tempering cultivation alone, he was already close to rivaling an ordinary late-stage Body Integration cultivator.

If he added in his Heaven Sword technique and his comprehension of Origin Force, he could overwhelmingly slay even a Peak Body Integration cultivator!

“Tsk tsk… with my current strength, killing Old Dog Dragon should be considerably easier now…”

Su Xing familiarized himself with the power that came with his advancement, then dove into another busy week.

As always, it was puppet crafting.

A week slowly passed, and Su Xing had crafted three puppets.

He named them Pill Thirteen, Pill Fourteen, and Pill Fifteen.

With a total of fifteen puppets, each week they could produce nearly 7,500 Fasting Pills for Su Xing!

Moreover, the more puppets Su Xing had going forward, the faster the rate of Fasting Pill production would grow!

Su Xing did a quick calculation and murmured:

“The rate increases by roughly 1,500 Fasting Pills per week…”

“At this pace, in a month or even half a month… the additional output will match the yield of an entire second-order exotic metal dungeon!”

Su Xing felt a faint surge of excitement.

Then, Su Xing turned his attention to the puppets left behind from killing Old Dog Zong.

“Compared to pure alchemy puppets, these puppets have considerable combat ability… using them solely to refine Fasting Pills would be a waste of talent…”

After some deliberation, Su Xing decided to have the alchemist puppet attempt refining Marrow Cleansing Pills!

Marrow Cleansing Pills were more valuable than Fasting Pills, but far less valuable than Essence Nurturing Pills.

Su Xing could accumulate a stockpile and save them for future trades with Xia’s military.

With the Nascent Soul alchemist puppet’s memories, producing five hundred Marrow Cleansing Pills per week would be no challenge at all.

If Su Xing saved up for a few months, he could exchange them with Xia’s military for several billion energy—a nice side income.

“And then there’s the puppet Little Beauty… she seems to have grown quite a bit recently…”

A peculiar light flashed in Su Xing’s eyes as he sized up the fair-featured puppet before him—one that only possessed Foundation Establishment cultivation.

The puppet Little Beauty had been Old Dog Zong’s beloved “Fairy Flower” in life. Later, love turned to hatred, and Old Dog Zong refined her into a puppet.

When Su Xing first encountered her, the puppet Little Beauty had only been at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, but now she was not far from Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.

She might even achieve the Golden Core stage!

“Tsk tsk… it seems puppet cultivators can cultivate just like ordinary cultivators… and my spirit field grotto-heaven is rich in spiritual energy. This puppet might become a great asset in the future!”

After brief consideration, Su Xing decided to inscribe a micro spirit-gathering formation at the puppet Little Beauty’s dantian as well.

Little Beauty only possessed dual wood-fire spirit root aptitude, but if Su Xing inscribed a fifth-rank excellent-quality micro spirit-gathering formation, her aptitude would approach that of a Heavenly Spirit Root!

Reaching Golden Core within a few days wouldn’t be difficult.

If Su Xing also provided her with pills for cultivation, Nascent Soul within half a year was entirely possible!

“By then, Little Beauty can become one of my capable alchemy puppets…”

Su Xing thought to himself, then spent an hour or two inscribing the micro spirit-gathering formation on Little Beauty.

After completing all of this, Su Xing went to the Villa to meet with Jin Congxue.

Jin Congxue seemed to be in a good mood today. Su Xing was somewhat curious, and when he probed with his divine sense, he was surprised to discover—

Jin Congxue’s cultivation had actually reached late-stage Grandmaster!

In just a few months, her realm had advanced this quickly!

“What’s this? You look like you’re in a great mood—any good news?” Su Xing asked, already knowing the answer.

Jin Congxue grinned and said with a hint of pride:

“A while back, some Heavenly King-stage seniors in the family organized a leveling trip for the juniors, and I was among them. After several days of dungeon runs, I unexpectedly gained a ton of experience and actually reached late-stage Grandmaster!”

Hearing Jin Congxue’s words, Su Xing nodded slightly.

Indeed, Class Users had an inherent advantage in this regard!

Simply by killing monsters in dungeons, they could acquire massive amounts of experience—and killing monsters above their level yielded even more!

For someone like Jin Congxue, a scion of a great family, if they were willing to spare no expense on leveling, going from early-stage Grandmaster to late-stage Grandmaster in a few months was entirely achievable!

This was something that cultivators, and indeed any other power system, couldn’t remotely compare to.

Furthermore, Class Users often experienced rapid strength growth in their youth.

Take Yu Yan, for example—at the Grandmaster stage, he entered Demon-Sealing Pass to fight enemies.

If he consistently fought on the front lines, reaching Heavenly King within a year—assuming he survived—was entirely possible!

“Come to think of it… the way Class Users gain strength seems almost too easy…”

Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly.

He was no longer that ignorant little native on Earth who knew nothing.

Su Xing’s perspective now encompassed the Three Thousand Worlds.

Yet even across all of the Three Thousand Worlds, aside from Earth, there was no other world that allowed people to improve their strength at such a pace.

Never mind cultivators, whose power growth was gradual—even some Medium Chiliocosm worlds of the “high martial” variety couldn’t match this rate of strength increase.

The Blood Immortal Scripture that Su Xing had encountered in the Blood Demon Realm was already a heretical cultivation system that consumed one’s lifespan, yet even that fell far behind the “Class User” system.

Most terrifying of all, given the growth rate of Class Users on Earth, Earth should have long since ascended to the ranks of the Greater World.

Yet currently, Earth’s overall strength could only rival some of the most basic minor thousand worlds.

Among Class Users, not a single Immortal-level powerhouse had ever appeared.

“There must be… a reason behind all of this!”

“Could it be connected to that entity on the Slaughter Battlefield?”

Su Xing’s frown deepened. Blood Three had once said that Earth and all the other worlds in this region were targets of the Blood Moon.

But Su Xing currently knew very little about this matter, and the more he thought about it now, the more terrifying the implications became.

At this thought, Su Xing suddenly posed a question to Jin Congxue.

“Xue-jie, do you know how strong the most powerful Class User in all of our history has been?”

Hearing this, a look of reminiscence flickered across Jin Congxue’s eyes as she said:

“I once read in the ancient texts of our clan that thousands of years ago, it seems the human race produced Class Users as powerful as gods! But then, for reasons unknown, all those supremely powerful Class Users vanished…”

Su Xing nodded slightly. What Jin Congxue said aligned perfectly with the intelligence he had gathered at Demon-Sealing Pass.

So Su Xing asked another seemingly random question.

“Xue-jie, were we humans born with Class User powers?”

Hearing Su Xing’s question, Jin Congxue couldn’t help but laugh and said casually:

“You clearly didn’t pay attention in school… it’s all recorded in the history books about our race!”

“The first Class Users appeared ten thousand years ago! As for why they appeared, no one knows…”

“But at that time, the foreign races were invading, and humanity was on the brink of extinction. It was precisely because of the emergence of Class Users that humans gradually became able to fight back against the foreign races. That’s been about ten thousand years now, right?”

Hearing Jin Congxue’s words, Su Xing’s heart shook violently.

This seemingly unremarkable piece of information delivered a massive impact to Su Xing.

Class Users had not always existed in human history!

They were a form of power that had suddenly appeared ten thousand years ago!

“Ten thousand years ago, huh… the foreign race invasion—by that timeline, it seems to have occurred after the Blood Moon appeared?”

Su Xing furrowed his brow, a vague hypothesis forming in his mind.

Class Users grew stronger by killing monsters and acquiring “experience points.”

This seemed to be… drawing power from slaughter!?

And the Blood Moon was located in a place called the Slaughter Battlefield!

Could there be a connection!?

With the information Su Xing currently possessed, there was no way to know for certain.

“It seems that in the future, I’ll need to investigate the Blood Moon… and matters related to Earth’s Class Users… across the Three Thousand Worlds!”

Su Xing thought to himself.

This meal, Su Xing ate absent-mindedly.

After all, for the first twenty years of Su Xing’s life, Class Users killing monsters, leveling up, and gaining power was simply the natural order of things—something he took completely for granted!

The human race on Earth had always treated this as a gift from the “World’s Will.”

But now, Su Xing suddenly felt that this “bestowed power” might be the machination of some powerful being.

This realization shook him to his core.

“Looking at it this way… the fact that my power doesn’t come from the Class User system actually seems like good news? At least it means fewer potential hidden dangers…”

Su Xing murmured.

Soon the meal was over, and Su Xing took the new week’s goods and returned to the spirit field grotto-heaven.

“The birth of Class Users… the power plays between supreme cultivators… we may be nothing but tiny chess pieces in their game!?”

“However, my current strength is still far too low. Only by continuously improving my cultivation can I truly become the one who moves the pieces!”

Determination flashed in Su Xing’s eyes, and his desire for greater strength burned fiercer than ever.

“Strength! In the end, it all comes down to strength!”

Su Xing clenched his fists. The feeling of not holding one’s own fate was deeply unpleasant.

“Now that I have simulation energy provided by Xia’s military and the Tarot Society, I won’t be short on energy for a long time!”

“I must raise my strength as quickly as possible! Perhaps only after reaching the Immortal realm… will I be able to step outside this chess game and see the full picture?”

…

Su Xing converted the new week’s goods into simulation energy, adding nearly another 200 million energy.

With that, Su Xing’s total energy reached 1,225,890,000 points.

On January 27th, 2025 of the New Era, Su Xing began a new round of simulation.

“Begin simulation!”

【Ding! This simulation consumes 7,200 energy. Remaining energy: 1,225,890,000 points. Remaining simulations: unlimited.】

【Simulation begins!】

【Drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 energy. Drawing a gold legendary talent costs 1,000,000 energy. Would you like to draw?】

Su Xing didn’t hesitate and silently said:

“Draw a gold-quality talent!”

【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the purple talent Miao Gu Master. Chance of drawing a gold-quality talent next time: 40%…】

【Miao Gu Master】: Purple talent. Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation—the Dao of Gu. You possess an innate affinity for gu worms, can accelerate gu worm cultivation, and are adept at using gu worms to slay enemies.

Seeing the newly drawn talent, Su Xing raised an eyebrow.

“As expected, another backup skill added to the collection…”

The Dao of Gu was likewise one of the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation. A powerful gu cultivator was no weaker than a cultivator of the same realm, and they often employed sinister, unpredictable methods.

But the only gu arts Su Xing had previously encountered were the Blood Spirit Parasite and the gu worms that Old Dog Zong had once used to torment him.

Su Xing currently had no energy to spare for researching the Dao of Gu.

“This talent still isn’t worth choosing… however, this simulation should be a period of rapid strength growth!”

The corners of Su Xing’s mouth curved upward slightly. He already had a plan for this simulation’s objectives.

First: kill Old Dog Dragon again, refine the Nine Revolutions Pill, and rapidly break through in Body Tempering—with a minimum target of reaching Primordial Unity fourth layer or above!

Second, find ways to accumulate more spirit liquid to fuel his cultivation growth at the Body Integration stage! He could even use the spirit vein dragon to produce mid-grade spirit liquid!

Third, find ways to craft a sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation, which combined with Su Xing’s mutated Heavenly Spirit Root would yield cultivation speed even slightly superior to a Super Spirit Root!

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you realized you were in a simulation.】

【You disguised yourself and concealed your aura, then met with Grandpa Lu for the trade as agreed.】

【The transaction went without any problems, and you once again obtained one thousand tons of third-order exotic metal.】

【At the same time, Lu Yuanwu told you that he was accelerating the purging of moles.】

【Ten days later, having accumulated Great Wisdom state buffs, you entered the Luotian Assembly dungeon.】

Seeing this, Su Xing murmured to himself:

“Activate immersive simulation… duration: 24 hours!”

【Ding! You have successfully activated immersive simulation… remaining energy: 1,222,490,000 points.】

Su Xing entered the familiar Luotian Sect, then deftly completed the standard quest progression.

He entered the Scripture Pavilion and began studying the Dao of Puppetry under Ghost Granny.

…

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

A satisfied expression crossed Su Xing’s face. “Not bad. My Dao of Puppetry has grown increasingly refined. I estimate that after one more session, I should be able to craft four alchemy puppets per week!”

Su Xing was quite pleased with this.

The faster he could craft alchemy puppets, the greater their numbers—and that meant Su Xing’s rate of obtaining Fasting Pills, and thus energy, would also accelerate!

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【A few more days passed, and you went to meet Luo Shuying as arranged.】

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

【You quickly became an Advent Cult Protector and gained a large following of devoted admirers.】

【Within the Advent Cult, you continued refining pills as before, and a year passed quickly…】

【In the second year, one day you once again entered the Luotian Assembly dungeon.】

“Activate…”

【Ding! You have successfully activated immersive simulation… remaining energy: 1,220,090,000 points.】

…

The immersive simulation ended quickly, and Su Xing returned to reality, saying with satisfaction:

“Not bad. Successfully reached my target. From now on, crafting four alchemy puppets per week won’t be a problem!”

His gaze turned to the simulation panel once more.

【In the third year, you gave all 200,000-plus pills you had refined to Lu Yuanwu.】

【You did not choose to remain with the Advent Cult, but instead decided to execute your plan as soon as possible!】

【In the fourth year, you began steadily winning hearts within the cult, recruiting a number of Elders and Protectors to your side.】

【You refined a considerable number of Mind-Condensing Pills for Luo Shuying, helping her break through to Mid-stage Legendary.】

【In the fifth year, you ordered some of your trusted subordinates to spread sentiment within the Advent Cult, calling for you to replace the current Transhuman Faction leader.】

【When the Transhuman Faction leader learned of this, his attitude toward you turned hostile.】

【In the sixth year, as your support within the cult grew ever louder, many followers began obeying only your commands.】

【This made the Transhuman Faction leader detest you even more.】

【You noted all of this silently, waiting for the right moment to seize the position of Transhuman Faction leader.】

【In the seventh year, you finally found your opportunity—the Transhuman Faction leader attacked you in a rage.】

【During the battle, you pretended to “accidentally” kill the faction leader.】

【With the faction leader’s position vacant, tens of thousands of Advent Cult followers rallied behind you as the new faction leader.】

【Just as you were about to be elected, Protector Dragon appeared out of nowhere to interfere.】

【He had never liked you, and citing your insufficient seniority, he refused to approve your election as Transhuman Faction leader.】

【As a result, the position of Transhuman Faction leader fell to Luo Shuying instead.】

【Though somewhat displeased, you were in no rush.】

【Because Luo Shuying was also your person—you told her to abdicate the faction leader position to you within two years.】

In the Real World, Su Xing frowned slightly at this.

“Didn’t expect that Old Dog Dragon would come out of nowhere to interfere… What a shame. I could have become faction leader in just seven years.”

“Now I’ll have to wait two more years…”

Su Xing sighed softly.

In this simulation, he had a bold idea.

If this idea could succeed, not only could he travel to the Three Thousand Worlds, he might even be able to secretly claim the spirit vein dragon for himself!

【You did not immediately obtain the faction leader position, but you had already decided not to wait any longer and began executing your plan immediately.】

【First, you traveled to the Myriad Wood Sect ruins. You killed Perfected One Myriad Wood and claimed all of his magical treasures.】

【However, you did not rush to release the spirit vein dragon. Instead, you left the ruins directly.】

【After returning to Earth, you deliberately went back to the Advent Cult and brought out the black piece of wood you had obtained from Perfected One Myriad Wood.】

【Sure enough, Old Dog Dragon set his sights on your piece of wood!】

【Old Dog Dragon was a Void Return Great Perfection cultivator, just one step away from reaching Body Integration!】

【And reaching Body Integration required comprehending Origin Force.】

【The wood-fire Great Dao origin contained in this piece of wood was exactly what Old Dog Dragon desperately needed.】

【But no matter what, you refused to hand the wood over to Old Dog Dragon.】

【Old Dog Dragon harbored a deep grudge against you, and finally… one day he attacked you!】

【Old Dog Dragon’s attack was exactly what you wanted. But you knew that if the two of you fought, the civilian casualties within Great Xia would be catastrophic.】

【So you fought while retreating, moving the battlefield to the uninhabited wilderness beyond Great Xia’s borders.】

【You battled Old Dog Dragon for a day and a night, ultimately severing his dragon head with a single sword strike.】

【After finishing, you destroyed your communication jade slip, then skinned and deboned Old Dog Dragon, collecting the dragon meat.】

【Old Dog Dragon carried the True Dragon bloodline; the essence of his flesh and blood was even more potent than that of an ordinary Demon Emperor.】

【You extracted Old Dog Dragon’s blood and flesh essence, preparing to refine a higher-grade Rebirth Pill.】

【Your mastery of the Rebirth Pill had already approached Perfection, so with higher-grade ingredients, you only needed to find more suitable auxiliary herbs to balance the medicinal properties.】

【After two months of experimentation, you finally succeeded in refining Rebirth Pills from the dragon meat.】

【From one dragon corpse, you refined a total of five hundred Rebirth Pills—enough to last you several years.】

【The pills’ effects were excellent. After taking them, your Body Tempering cultivation advanced daily, progressing steadily toward Primordial Unity third layer.】

【In the eighth year, your cultivation was already approaching Primordial Unity third layer. By your estimates, once you had fully consumed all the Rebirth Pills, you would be able to break into Primordial Unity third layer!】

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

【One month later, you successfully refined a Spirit Awakening Pill of exceptional quality, and you had also accumulated a full month’s worth of Great Wisdom state enhancement.】

【You prepared to use this period to attempt comprehending the micro spirit-gathering formation to the sixth order!】

In the Real World, Su Xing nodded slightly at this, murmuring:

“After reaching Body Integration, cultivation becomes increasingly difficult… and my mutated Heavenly Spirit Root barely gives me any advantage over other Body Integration cultivators…”

“The reason my cultivation in the simulation can advance so rapidly is entirely due to the sheer volume of resources!”

“A portable mid-grade grotto-heaven… millions of drops of spirit liquid, hundreds of thousands of Spirit stones. Without these resources, I might not even be able to advance a single layer in one simulation!”

After a pause, Su Xing continued:

“That’s why, at this stage, the micro spirit-gathering formation becomes especially crucial!”

“A sixth-order spirit-gathering formation running autonomously twelve hours a day absorbs spiritual energy at a rate equivalent to a Heavenly Spirit Root! That alone could boost my cultivation speed by fifty percent!”

“So it’s absolutely vital for advancing my Qi Refinement cultivation going forward!”

After all, even a true Heavenly Spirit Root cultivator, no matter how diligent, couldn’t possibly cultivate nonstop for twelve full hours every single day.

But Su Xing’s micro spirit-gathering formation, as long as he was inside the spirit field grotto-heaven, could operate on its own!

The benefits were self-evident!

But Su Xing faced a problem—each simulation, he could bring out at most two rewards.

For example, after comprehending the sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation, if he also brought out his Body Tempering cultivation progress, he wouldn’t be able to bring out the spirit liquid obtained during this simulation…

So Su Xing came up with a new approach!

“Activate immersive simulation, duration… thirty days!”

【Ding! You have successfully activated immersive simulation. Cost: 72,000,000 energy points. Remaining energy: 1,148,090,000 points.】

That’s right—Su Xing’s plan was to use immersive simulation to achieve his breakthrough in comprehending the sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation!

Under normal circumstances, comprehending the sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation would probably take Su Xing ten whole years.

The energy cost would be staggering!

But now things were different. The Spirit Awakening Pill combined with the Great Wisdom talent gave him a full 120-times comprehension enhancement!

One month of enlightenment for Su Xing was equivalent to ten years!

Ever since he’d first used the Spirit Awakening Pill, Su Xing had conceived this idea.

One immersive simulation session at 72 million energy happened to cover exactly one month.

Using it this way to achieve a breakthrough in a particular ability was absolutely cost-effective!

After all, in immersive simulation, Su Xing experienced everything firsthand—the memories could be brought out directly.

“Besides, just bringing out the sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation insights alone would probably cost more than 72 million energy, wouldn’t it?”

The corner of Su Xing’s mouth curled slightly upward.

He was already close to comprehending the sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation, and he was confident he could complete it within ten years!

…

Su Xing’s vision shifted and blurred, and then he entered the simulation timeline.

Su Xing was still inside the spirit field grotto-heaven, but the grotto-heaven now contained far more spirit chickens and spirit carp. Moreover, his living-dead puppet Little Beauty had been upgraded to Peak Nascent Soul stage, approaching Spirit Transformation!

“Only one month—then let’s begin!”

Su Xing swallowed the Spirit Awakening Pill in his hand, then activated the Great Wisdom state!

After just a few breaths, Su Xing felt his intelligence and comprehension surge by more than a hundredfold!

Problems that were previously impossible to grasp could now be solved with ease.

“Hmm, it’s far from true enlightenment… but this level of comprehension is already heaven-defying!”

Su Xing said calmly.

Not wanting to waste another moment, he immediately began studying the micro spirit-gathering formation.

He brought out the specialized materials for constructing the micro spirit-gathering formation.

Su Xing first attempted his work on a spirit carp.

With a thought, the spiritual energy circulation pathways of the spirit carp became clearly visible to Su Xing’s eyes.

Su Xing began attempting to inscribe the sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation…

Over the course of one day, Su Xing made dozens of attempts, but every single one failed.

“As expected, the spirit carp are still too weak. I need to try on a stronger creature…”

Su Xing turned his gaze toward the spirit chickens in their pen.

At this point in the simulation—roughly the tenth year into the future—the spirit chickens had bred through a dozen or so generations.

Having consumed vast quantities of Spirit rice, Su Xing’s spirit chickens could now truly be called spirit pets.

To put it bluntly, even some Peak Qi Refinement cultivators wouldn’t necessarily be a match for Su Xing’s chickens.

He extended one hand, using spiritual energy to pull a chicken over and grip it firmly.

The spirit chicken immediately squawked in terror, feathers flying everywhere.

Su Xing frowned slightly at the shower of feathers, then used his divine sense to subdue the spirit chicken and plucked out every last feather.

Feathers drifted to the ground, revealing bare white chicken skin. Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.

This made inscribing the micro spirit-gathering formation on the spirit chicken much more convenient.

…

Half an hour later, the spirit chicken in Su Xing’s hands exploded into a cloud of bloody mist.

“What a shame…”

Su Xing let out a soft sigh. It was unclear whether he was lamenting the failed formation or the wasted chicken meat.

His gaze swept toward the remaining spirit chickens in the coop. Hundreds of spirit chickens trembled in fear…

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye…

Hundreds of spirit chickens had already died at Su Xing’s hands. The once noisy, clucking chicken coop now held only a scant few spirit chickens.

Among them, three spirit chickens had sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formations clearly inscribed on their backs!

“Whew~ Half a month of formation practice and enlightenment… equivalent to five years of normal formation work!”

“I’ve finally crossed the threshold of the sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation!”

Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.

But he hadn’t yet fully mastered the sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation.

What Su Xing could currently manage was merely inscribing it on spirit chickens.

Compared to humans, the spiritual energy circulation pathways in spirit chickens were far simpler.

Going forward, Su Xing needed to take it a step further!

With that thought, Su Xing turned his gaze toward Little Beauty, the puppet cultivator who was approaching the Spirit Transformation stage.

In a mere ten years, she had grown from a Peak Foundation Establishment cultivator to Peak Nascent Soul.

That speed was far faster than Su Xing’s own back in the day.

Of course, back then Su Xing hadn’t possessed aptitude comparable to a Heavenly Spirit Root, nor had he enjoyed the luxury of cultivating in a mid-grade grotto-heaven.

“It’s just a pity that although Little Beauty has become a Peak Nascent Soul puppet cultivator, she still lacks autonomous consciousness…”

Su Xing shook his head slightly and simply beckoned Little Beauty over.

Then he began attempting to inscribe a sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation on Little Beauty’s body.

Spirit ink, spirit brush… formation materials…

Su Xing’s divine sense carefully traced the spiritual energy circulation pathways within Little Beauty’s body.

Then his brush danced like dragons and serpents, every stroke placed with perfect precision…

Several hours later.

Su Xing smiled knowingly and nodded with satisfaction.

“The sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation — success!”

With a thought, Su Xing channeled spiritual energy into his eyes. He could see the surrounding spiritual energy surging toward Little Beauty’s dantian at an astonishing speed.

The sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation was at least fifty percent more effective than before!

“Not bad. Although puppet cultivators differ from regular cultivators, the general principles are largely the same… With just minor modifications, I can inscribe the sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation on myself!”

Su Xing murmured.

Over the next day, Su Xing didn’t continue practicing formations. Instead, he restored his spiritual energy and mental state back to peak condition.

The sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation was no easy task to inscribe, even for a Body Integration cultivator.

One day later, Su Xing began attempting to inscribe the sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation on himself.

The entire process went without a single hitch — remarkably smooth.

After all, Su Xing had already succeeded multiple times, having experimented on spirit carp, spirit chickens, and puppets before finally attempting it on himself.

Su Xing closed his eyes, sensing the automatic operation of the micro spirit-gathering formation at his dantian. After a long while, he opened his eyes and said:

“Excellent. With this formation in place, my spiritual energy absorption speed has increased by roughly thirty to forty percent overall… And since the formation operates automatically, the actual benefits may be even higher!”

Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.

At this point, there were approximately fourteen days remaining before the immersive simulation ended and the Spirit Awakening Pill’s effects wore off.

Su Xing planned to accomplish one final task within these fourteen days.

Refining the Nine Revolutions Pill!

With practiced ease, he retrieved the medicinal ingredients, placed them into the furnace, then activated the Separation Fire Technique…

At the right moment, Su Xing added the Dragon Pearl obtained from Old Dog Dragon.

…

And so, fourteen days slowly passed.

At a certain moment, inspiration struck Su Xing like divine revelation, and he opened the furnace to retrieve the completed pill!

Inside the ancient pill furnace, a perfectly round pill slowly took form, eventually descending into Su Xing’s hand, wrapped in spiritual energy.

It was none other than the Nine Revolutions Pill!

With the Nine Revolutions Pill in hand, Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.

“Excellent. The quality of this Nine Revolutions Pill is far superior to the previous one!”

Su Xing was in no rush to consume the pill.

He planned to save it for after reaching Primordial Unity third layer or even fourth layer, then take it to break through an entire realm in one go!

…

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

In his mind, the memories from this month-long simulation remained intact.

Su Xing’s comprehension of both the micro spirit-gathering formation and Nine Revolutions Pill refinement had reached new heights.

“Wonderful! Not only did I save one simulation reward selection, I even saved hundreds of millions of energy that would have been needed to extract rewards!”

“It seems I’ll need to make good use of the Spirit Awakening Pill from now on!”

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

【After consuming the Spirit Awakening Pill, your comprehension of the micro spirit-gathering formation and Nine Revolutions Pill refinement advanced further.】

【Over the following year, you continued taking Rebirth Pills daily, diligently improving your Body Tempering cultivation.】

【In the ninth year, your cultivation reached the latter half of Primordial Unity second layer, not far from Primordial Unity third layer.】

【That same year, you took over the position of Transhuman Faction leader from Luo Shuying.】

【After becoming faction leader, you leveraged your “Self-Help Guru” talent to further expand your influence within the cult.】

【Everything you did was solely in preparation for Blood Three’s arrival…】

【In the tenth year, one day you were going about your routine within the Advent Cult.】

【A figure appeared behind you at some unknown moment.】

【It was none other than Blood Three, whom you had been waiting for all this time!】

【Just as before, Blood Three inquired about Old Dog Dragon’s whereabouts.】

【As always, you explained that Old Dog Dragon had killed people and stolen treasures, and was ultimately slain by you in retaliation.】

【In the moment of Blood Three’s fury, you promptly revealed your own identity.】

【Sure enough, Blood Three’s brow furrowed deeply upon hearing this. He then casually grabbed several Heavenly King-stage Elders and performed a Soul search on them.】

【From the memories of these Elders, the information he obtained was largely consistent with what you had said.】

【This left Blood Three somewhat silent.】

【Because the Advent Cult needed a representative on Earth — someone to regularly transmit signals to him.】

【With Old Dog Dragon now dead, you were undoubtedly the best candidate.】

【This meant Blood Three couldn’t simply kill you, so he revealed his true identity.】

【Upon hearing Blood Three reveal his identity, you activated your acting skills.】

【From confusion to shock, then to terror and finally reverence…】

【The entire performance lasted several minutes, and the perfectly timed shifts in your facial expressions were worthy of an Oscar.】

【Then, gritting your teeth, you produced the precious treasure you had obtained — the charred branch of the innate Fusang Divine Tree!】

【Sure enough, Blood Three’s eyes lit up the moment he saw the divine tree branch.】

【This branch contained insights into the Great Dao of wood and fire — beneficial even to those at realms beyond immortality!】

【Even among the Three Thousand Worlds, this branch was incomparably precious.】

【And so, Blood Three accepted the branch without hesitation, then scrutinized you carefully.】

【Unsurprisingly, he discovered your portable spirit field space and sighed that you were indeed someone blessed with great fortune.】

【However, a portable space held no appeal for a cultivator of his caliber.】

【He stated that the branch was of great use to him and asked what reward you desired.】

【You hastily expressed your wish for an opportunity to travel from Earth to the Three Thousand Worlds.】

【After hearing your request, Blood Three pondered for a moment, then produced a travel pass and a communication jade slip, handing both to you.】

【He told you to report Earth’s intelligence to him annually. After a decade or so, you would be permitted to leave this world.】

【You nodded eagerly in agreement.】

【Satisfied with your attitude, Blood Three tore open space and departed from Earth…】

In the Real World, Su Xing let out a breath of relief as he read the simulation text before him.

“Finally managed to bluff my way past that Blood Three!”

“So next up, the spirit vein dragon… shouldn’t be discovered, right?”

Su Xing felt a surge of anticipation.

It was only the tenth year of the simulation. There were still a full eighteen years before Earth’s destruction!

Over those eighteen years, Su Xing could absolutely use the Spirit Vein Dragon to obtain even more low-grade, or even mid-grade spirit liquid!

Once extracted, his Body Integration stage cultivation going forward would undoubtedly proceed far more smoothly!

“This move of mine is called ‘sacrificing the tail to survive’!”

“That black tree branch was equally precious, but its current usefulness to me pales in comparison to the spirit vein dragon… This was the right choice!”

Su Xing was very pleased.

Going forward, Su Xing simply needed to extract the Spirit Vein Dragon, place it in the spirit field grotto-heaven, and collect spirit liquid on a regular basis.

Beyond that, Su Xing also needed to find ways to further improve his Body Tempering cultivation and reach higher levels as soon as possible!

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

【After Blood Three’s departure, you breathed a sigh of relief.】

【Over the following month, you stayed quietly within the Advent Cult. After confirming there were no issues, you once again ventured to the Myriad Wood Sect ruins.】

【This time, you released the spirit vein dragon trapped within the formation and guided it into the spirit field grotto-heaven.】

【Old Dog Dragon’s soul had long since been completely annihilated, and Blood Three was far away in the Three Thousand Worlds — there was no way he could sense the spirit dragon’s aura.】

【And so, you let the Spirit Vein Dragon settle in the spirit field grotto-heaven with peace of mind.】

【Over the past ten years, you had accumulated two million drops of low-grade spirit liquid, not having used a single drop.】

【In the eleventh year, the arrival of the spirit vein dragon further increased the spiritual energy concentration within the grotto-heaven.】

【Your grotto-heaven’s low-grade spirit liquid output reached over five thousand drops! Nearly three hundred thousand drops of low-grade spirit liquid produced per year!】

【Even more exciting, the spirit field grotto-heaven finally began producing mid-grade spirit liquid — approximately fifty thousand drops per year!】

【And fifty thousand drops of mid-grade spirit liquid was worth the equivalent of five hundred thousand drops of low-grade spirit liquid!】

【Thus, your cultivation resources grew at an astonishing rate each year!】

【You had no intention of using these resources, planning instead to extract them all at once later for future use.】

【Moreover, after the Body Integration stage, you couldn’t possibly use Dual Focus to simultaneously advance both Body Tempering and Qi Refinement — the efficiency would be far too low!】

【And so, two years slowly passed.】

【During these two years, you reported intelligence to Blood Three annually.】

【Of course, what he learned was only what you wanted him to know.】

【In the thirteenth year, you consumed the last of the Rebirth Pills refined from dragon meat, and your cultivation naturally reached Primordial Unity third layer!】

【Upon reaching Primordial Unity third layer, your strength increased by roughly two to three fold.】

【You needed to break through just one more layer to reach Primordial Unity realm mid-stage! At that point, your strength would increase by over fifty percent!】

【But now you faced a new problem — you had run out of Rebirth Pills…】

【Legendary-stage Rebirth Pills were of little use to you anymore. Only pills refined from Demon Emperor blood and flesh essence could help you break through further!】

【Perhaps you had one other option — consuming that Nine Revolutions Pill would certainly allow you to break through to Primordial Unity fourth layer!】

【But after some deliberation, you decided to wait until your Body Tempering cultivation truly could not advance further before consuming it, in order to maximize the Nine Revolutions Pill’s effectiveness!】

【To achieve a further breakthrough, you needed to obtain Demon Emperor blood and flesh essence.】

【And so, you set your sights on the three Demon Emperors at the Slaughter Battlefield of the Beast Taming World…】