Chapter 261 – Grand Accomplishment Perfection, Ninth-Order Formation Dao Master!

Su Xing’s gaze swept over the rewards from this simulation, his mind briefly contemplating.

“Body Tempering Grand Accomplishment realm, Perfection cultivation… this is a must-take!”

“As for the rest, it’s a choice between the gold talent and the Formation Dao Comprehension…”

Su Xing didn’t hesitate, directly choosing the Formation Dao Comprehension.

After all, Formation Dao Comprehension was Su Xing’s goal, and the seventh-order micro spirit-gathering formation would also allow him to cultivate much more rapidly!

As for the “Entering the Dao Through Formations” talent, being a Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation type, Su Xing temporarily placed it in his talent pool. He could take it out and use it at an appropriate time without any issue.

Thinking thus, Su Xing silently intoned:

“I choose Body Tempering Grand Accomplishment realm, Perfection, and Formation Dao Comprehension!”

【Ding, you have successfully extracted Grand Accomplishment realm, Perfection cultivation. Energy cost: 4 billion. Remaining energy: 10,984,730,000…】

【Ding, you have successfully extracted Formation Dao Comprehension. Energy cost: 3 billion. Remaining energy: 7,984,730,000…】

The simulator’s notification chime sounded in his ears as two streams of mysterious energy surged into Su Xing’s body.

In the next instant, Su Xing’s aura began to skyrocket.

Body Tempering Grand Accomplishment Eighth Layer… Body Tempering Grand Accomplishment Ninth Layer!

Finally — Body Tempering Grand Accomplishment realm, Perfection!

Su Xing’s physical strength and power surged explosively once more by several levels!

At this moment, Su Xing’s pure physical strength alone had reached the staggering power of a thousand mountains!

If augmented with primordial energy and the origin of power, the explosive force he could unleash in a short burst would be even more terrifying!

Saying that a single punch could trigger earthquakes and tsunamis… would not be the slightest exaggeration!

After regulating his breathing for a while, Su Xing adapted to the explosive increase in power.

Beyond the growth in Body Tempering cultivation, comprehension regarding Formation Dao also flooded into Su Xing’s mind.

Countless insights about Formation Dao knowledge, arrangement procedures, methods of breaking formations, and more surged into his consciousness.

In just a brief moment, Su Xing had become a true Formation Dao Master — just one step away from becoming a Formation Dao Grandmaster!

“Ninth-order Formation Dao Master… now low-level formations are child’s play in my hands… I can arrange them in mere moments!”

Su Xing nodded with satisfaction. The tremendous improvement in Formation Dao brought him numerous benefits.

Now, looking at the spirit-gathering formation in his spirit field grotto-heaven through Su Xing’s eyes, it already appeared somewhat crude.

“This week, I’ll first renovate all the formations within the spirit field grotto-heaven… a ninth-order spirit-gathering formation will be enough to boost the spiritual energy concentration in the grotto-heaven by over thirty percent!”

“Combined with the seventh-order micro spirit-gathering formation, my cultivation speed will be more than double what it was during the Body Integration stage!”

Su Xing murmured, feeling quite satisfied.

During the Body Integration stage, breaking through a single layer might have required ten to twenty years.

But at the Mahayana stage, if Su Xing had sufficient resources, he could maintain that same pace and rapidly advance to Mahayana stage, Perfection!

Su Xing glanced at the time. Rather than rushing to arrange formations, he disguised his appearance, concealed his aura, and went to meet Lu Yuanwu.

Arriving at the agreed-upon location, Lu Yuanwu had been waiting for some time.

“Senior! Here are this week’s exotic metals…”

Lu Yuanwu’s face bore a smile as he came forward from afar to greet him.

Clearly, Lu Yuanwu was in an excellent mood — the pills must have shown initial results, greatly elevating his standing within Xia’s military.

Su Xing took the exotic metals and casually converted them into four billion simulation energy.

Then with a thought, twenty thousand pills materialized before Lu Yuanwu.

“Transaction complete. See you around…” Su Xing said flatly, channeling spatial Dao power to vanish instantly from the spot and reappear a kilometer away.

Su Xing sensed the depletion of spatial origin within his body and frowned slightly.

“With my current comprehension of the spatial Dao, it’s still too shallow… although I can manage short-distance teleportation, the consumption is rather steep…”

Su Xing only tested it briefly before switching to sword flight, heading toward the Age of Immortals and Martial Arts dungeon.

Meanwhile, Lu Yuanwu watched Su Xing’s figure vanish in an instant, unable to detect the slightest trace, and his expression grew solemn.

“Senior’s strength… *hiss*— is that spatial power? I’m afraid this senior is no weaker than our human race’s Emperor-level powerhouse!”

Lu Yuanwu’s heart surged with admiration once more as he murmured:

“Senior is truly a hidden master of this era, noble and magnanimous… while exotic metals are precious to ordinary people, before a powerhouse of this caliber, they’re probably not even worth mentioning…”

“I think… Senior is probably being so generous because he wants to help revitalize our Great Xia human race, right?”

Lu Yuanwu couldn’t help but fill in the gaps with his imagination. In his view, the price of Third Rank exotic metals and those pills were utterly incomparable — what Su Xing was doing was no different from giving them away for free.

…

Meanwhile, Su Xing arrived at the Age of Immortals and Martial Arts dungeon, then entered the spirit field grotto-heaven to begin arranging the seventh-order micro spirit-gathering formation.

“Before arranging it on myself, let me test it on Little Beauty first…”

With a thought, Su Xing summoned the puppet cultivator Little Beauty and began arranging the seventh-order micro spirit-gathering formation on her.

The entire process lasted several hours. Throughout, Su Xing’s divine sense remained intensely focused as his work flowed like calligraphy, fully integrating his comprehension of Formation Dao into the palm-sized micro spirit-gathering formation.

Several hours later, Su Xing let out a long breath of relief.

“After several hours, it’s finally done!”

“The difficulty of arranging a seventh-order micro spirit-gathering formation… is indeed comparable to a ninth-order formation!”

After completing the formation, Su Xing carefully examined the spiritual energy fluctuations on the puppet cultivator Little Beauty.

Sure enough, Little Beauty’s rate of spiritual energy absorption had improved further, now even comparable to Su Xing’s current level.

“A seventh-order micro spirit-gathering formation… equivalent to Super Spirit Root aptitude! Truly remarkable!”

Su Xing exclaimed with admiration.

Currently, Little Beauty’s cultivation had already reached Golden Core Stage, Second Layer!

Within the spirit field grotto-heaven, spirit liquid was abundant, and Su Xing regularly fed her Essence Nurturing Pills and other pills.

This meant the puppet cultivator Little Beauty’s cultivation progress was far faster than Su Xing’s had been back in the day!

Su Xing estimated that at this rate, in half a year at most, Little Beauty would be able to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

“Tsk tsk, a puppet enjoying treatment far better than what I had back then… with cultivation speed approaching Super Spirit Root level, condensing a Nine-Revolution Golden Core and a superior Nascent Soul shouldn’t be difficult…”

Su Xing couldn’t help but marvel inwardly.

After arranging the micro spirit-gathering formation for the puppet cultivator Little Beauty, Su Xing rested for several hours before beginning to arrange the seventh-order micro spirit-gathering formation on himself.

Soon, several hours passed…

Su Xing rubbed between his eyebrows, an involuntary smile forming at the corners of his mouth.

“Seventh-order micro spirit-gathering formation — done!”

“My cultivation speed is now over sixty percent faster than before!”

Su Xing nodded with satisfaction, but at the same time, while arranging the micro spirit-gathering formation, he had discovered a problem.

His divine sense wasn’t sufficient!

Su Xing’s Subtle Realm divine sense had possessed absolute dominance during the Spirit Transformation stage.

But now, having entered the Mahayana stage, Su Xing’s divine sense of two hundred thousand zhang could only be considered average — barely sufficient for arranging a seventh-order micro spirit-gathering formation.

“It seems… it’s time to improve my divine sense as well!”

Su Xing murmured. Divine sense was an indispensable part of one’s cultivation strength.

For Su Xing, a stronger divine sense would bring advantages in pill refining, artifact forging, talisman drawing, and formation arrangement alike…

“And then there are those puppets I’ve deployed outside… if my divine sense were powerful enough to cover all of Great Xia! Then I probably wouldn’t need to worry about unexpected incidents!”

Su Xing made his resolution.

In future simulations, he needed to accelerate the improvement of his divine sense!

Beyond the current practical needs, there was another compelling reason to improve his divine sense.

Among the “five trials” of Tribulation Transcendence, one was called the Divine Sense Trial!

It required Su Xing’s divine sense to be powerful enough to successfully pass this trial during tribulation crossing!

…

Su Xing rested briefly, then began renovating the formations within the spirit field grotto-heaven.

The original seventh-order spirit-gathering formation was upgraded by Su Xing to a ninth-order spirit-gathering formation.

Though both were at the intermediate compound spirit-gathering formation level, the spiritual energy gathering efficiency was greatly improved.

This meant the rate of spirit liquid accumulation in the spirit field grotto-heaven could also see a modest increase!

Besides upgrading the spirit-gathering formation, Su Xing also transformed the Breath-Concealing Formation into a Xuanyuan Breath-Concealing Formation, greatly enhancing the effect of Shielding Heavenly Secrets.

Additionally, at his dedicated pill refining location, Su Xing arranged several fire-element formations, such as the Fire-Gathering Formation and the Fire Essence Formation.

These could make flames more stable and slightly more powerful, modestly improving Su Xing’s pill refining and artifact forging efficiency.

Finally, Su Xing naturally didn’t forget the Water-Gathering Formation used for collecting spirit liquid.

After further renovation, the Water-Gathering Formation’s efficiency improved, and the loss during spirit liquid condensation was also reduced.

Su Xing even specially arranged a Water-Splitting Formation, connecting it to the Spirit Well in front of the thatched hut.

This further increased the spiritual energy concentration of the spirit spring water, making it even sweeter and more refreshing.

After completing all of this, Su Xing began modifying his several dozen alchemy puppets.

In addition to refining Fasting Pills, Su Xing also implanted them with a new function:

Refining Beauty-Preserving Pills!

Considering the future trend of the Tarot Society expanding into overseas markets, Beauty-Preserving Pills would certainly be an important product.

And this type of low-grade pill could be easily refined by alchemy puppets.

Su Xing arranged everything within the spirit field grotto-heaven in perfect order. By this time, more than four days had already passed.

With less than three days remaining, Su Xing didn’t waste them. He made a trip to the exotic metal vein and mined two thousand cubic meters of fourth-order exotic metal.

After refinement, these exotic metals could bring Su Xing close to two billion in simulation energy.

…

Time quickly arrived at April 21st, 2025 of the New Era. Su Xing left the Age of Immortals and Martial Arts dungeon and headed to the Villa for his scheduled meeting with Jin Congxue.

Jin Congxue wore a sexy black bodycon dress today, making Su Xing’s heart involuntarily beat faster.

“Here are this week’s exotic metals and goods…”

Jin Congxue handed over several storage rings.

Su Xing nodded and handed over the past weeks’ Fasting Pills along with the newly mined raw exotic metal ore to Jin Congxue.

“Oh, right… I’ve also accumulated Beauty-Preserving Pills. Aren’t you planning to open up the overseas market? These should be enough for now…”

Su Xing handed over several thousand Beauty-Preserving Pills.

Jin Congxue listened and gave a slight nod:

“When I have time in the next couple of days, I’ll personally make a trip to America… Beauty-Preserving Pills should be very popular there!”

Su Xing nodded in response: “Right! Also, bring back a few of those special artifacts from overseas for me to take a look at…”

Su Xing said casually, and Jin Congxue nodded slightly after hearing him.

Although Su Xing currently had a stable source of energy, the dungeons in other countries overseas might still contain materials unknown to him that could bring massive amounts of energy.

…

After bidding farewell to Jin Congxue, Su Xing returned to the spirit field grotto-heaven, preparing to start a new round of simulation.

This week, Jin Congxue’s goods plus the exotic metals had brought Su Xing close to 4.5 billion energy, and combined with the 4 billion energy Lu Yuanwu brought, Su Xing’s total energy reached nearly 16.5 billion!

“Begin simulation!”

【Ding! This simulation consumes 8,400 energy points. Remaining energy: 16,510,330,000. Remaining simulation attempts: unlimited.】

【Simulation begins!】

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

Su Xing didn’t hesitate. Currently, the base probability of drawing a gold talent was fifty percent. This meant that even with the simulator’s notoriously stingy draw rates, at most two or three attempts would yield a new gold talent.

“Draw a gold talent!”

【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the purple talent The Cut Sleeve. Probability of drawing a gold talent next time: 60%…】

【The Cut Sleeve】: Purple talent. You have a masculine appearance with a distinct air of the cut sleeve. When forming a Dao companion bond with someone of the same sex, cultivation speed during dual cultivation increases by fifty percent.

Su Xing: ???

Seeing the newly drawn purple talent, Su Xing’s scalp immediately went numb.

“Damn it, you couldn’t pay me to use this talent… Never mind a fifty percent increase in cultivation speed… even if it were five hundred percent, uh, well, we’ll talk about that when the time comes…”

Su Xing couldn’t help but complain. He quickly tagged this talent with the “Gift of Roses” label — when the time was right, perhaps he could gift it to some other cultivator.

“Alright, with a fifty percent probability, not getting it on the first try is perfectly normal…”

Su Xing consoled himself.

“Since the talent draw was a bust… then this simulation will proceed according to the original plan!”

In Su Xing’s goals, the next priority was to push with full force toward Mahayana Stage, Perfection and lay the groundwork for his tribulation in advance.

“Currently my Qi Refinement realm is at Mahayana Stage, Second Layer… ideally within three simulations I can break through to Mahayana Stage, Perfection!”

“My divine sense also needs strengthening as soon as possible. It’s been a long time since I visited the Primordial Void Realm, and the Ruyi Visualization Method needs further cultivation too!”

After a pause, Su Xing added:

“Of course, improving actual combat strength comes first!”

“If I can comprehend the Heaven Sword Art to Perfection… entering the Dao through the sword, I might be able to possess Immortal realm combat power ahead of schedule!”

Su Xing quickly formulated his plan. This simulation’s goals could be summarized as:

Grind cultivation, grind divine sense… and practice the Heaven Sword Art on the side. If luck triggered a Spontaneous Epiphany, that would be a massive windfall!

With that in mind, Su Xing’s gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you realize you are in a simulation!】

【You trade with Lu Yuanwu as agreed, and nothing unexpected occurs.】

【Ten days later, you travel to the Luo Tian dungeon to study the Dao of Puppetry.】

【…After leaving the Luo Tian dungeon, you contact Luo Shuying and join the Advent Cult.】

【Over the next two years, you remain within the Advent Cult, occasionally refining pills while devoting most of your energy to cultivating your divine sense.】

Su Xing nodded slightly at this. Currently, the pills he had provided to Xia’s military in reality were enough to sustain them for twenty-five years, which meant during the simulation, he could save those two years and focus entirely on improving his strength.

“It’s time to enter the Primordial Void Realm again, devour the Primordial Void, and grow my divine sense…”

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【In the third year, you dedicate four double-hours daily to cultivation, improving your Qi Refinement realm, while spending the remaining time wandering the Primordial Void Realm.】

【With the Blessed by Fortune talent’s enhancement, over two years you devour several Profound-tier spirits of the Primordial Void and dozens of Yellow-tier spirits of the Primordial Void.】

【At the same time, you set aside two double-hours daily to comprehend the Heaven Sword Art, attempting to achieve an epiphany regarding the origin of the sword.】

【Thus, another four years pass.】

【In the seventh year, you engineer the elimination of the Transhuman Faction’s leader and take their place.】

【This year, your cultivation breaks through to Mahayana Stage, Third Layer!】

【Simultaneously, your divine sense range further expands to 1,500 li (225,000 zhang).】

【In the eighth year, using the innate Fusang tree branch as bait, you engineer the elimination of Old Dog Dragon.】

【After killing Old Dog Dragon, you breathe a sigh of relief and redouble your cultivation efforts.】

【Thus, two years pass.】

【In the tenth year, through spirit-wandering through the Primordial Void and devouring spirits of the Primordial Void, your divine sense range grows to 1,600 li.】

【In the eleventh year, Blood Three descends upon Earth. You offer the innate Fusang tree branch and obtain a passage permit.】

【After Blood Three departs, you guide the spirit vein dragon into the spirit field grotto-heaven.】

【After the spirit vein dragon enters the spirit field grotto-heaven, spiritual energy becomes even more abundant, and spirit liquid production increases by thirty percent.】

【In the thirteenth year, you consume millions of drops of spirit liquid, and your cultivation reaches mid Mahayana Third Layer.】

【Thus, another two years pass.】

【In the fifteenth year, during spirit-wandering through the Primordial Void, your luck is astonishing — you encounter an Earth-tier spirit of the Primordial Void. After successfully devouring it, your divine sense grows by several dozen li.】

【At the same time, you obtain a divine sense combat technique called the “Golden Sword Spirit Tempering Method,” but its effects are inferior to the Ruyi Golden Cauldron method, so you do not cultivate it.】

【This year, your divine sense range reaches 1,800 li!】

In the real world, Su Xing nodded with satisfaction at this.

“Not bad. Both divine sense and cultivation are steadily growing…”

“And I actually encountered an Earth-tier spirit of the Primordial Void? Earth-tier spirits of the Primordial Void… can produce ancient divine sense techniques! Though the quality wasn’t great…”

“But if I could encounter a Heaven-tier spirit of the Primordial Void, I might obtain an extremely powerful divine sense combat technique!”

At this thought, Su Xing felt a hint of anticipation rise within him.

“There’s no rush to head to the Three Thousand Worlds just yet. Thanks to the spirit vein dragon, my cultivation speed on Earth is actually even faster than in the Three Thousand Worlds…”

“I’ll wait until the Demon-Sealing Pass truly can’t hold any longer… then it won’t be too late to head to the Three Thousand Worlds!”

With that in mind, Su Xing’s gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【In the sixteenth year, you continue spirit-wandering through the Primordial Void. As your divine sense continuously grows, you are able to capture spirits of the Primordial Void almost every month, steadily increasing your divine sense.】

【Meanwhile, spirit liquid also rapidly accumulates in the spirit field grotto-heaven. Each year you harvest nearly 500,000 drops of low-grade spirit liquid and 50,000 drops of mid-grade spirit liquid.】

【Thus, two years pass.】

【In the eighteenth year, your divine sense range grows to 1,900 li. The majority of northern Great Xia falls within your divine sense perception.】

【In the nineteenth year, you make a trip to the Beast Taming World, slaying hundreds of Legendary demon beasts and three Demon Emperors.】

【That same year, your cultivation advances to late Mahayana Stage, Third Layer.】

【In the twentieth year, your cultivation of the Heaven Sword Art makes slight progress, but you still fail to break through to the Perfection realm. Without triggering a Spontaneous Epiphany, perfecting your sword intent within a hundred years would be extremely difficult.】

【Thus, another five years pass.】

【In the twenty-fifth year, your divine sense range grows to 2,100 li, but your divine sense intensity remains at the realm of subtlety.】

【Therefore, in addition to spirit-wandering through the Primordial Void, you also dedicate some time to studying the Ruyi Visualization Method.】

【In the twenty-sixth year, your cultivation breaks through to Peak of Mahayana Stage, Third Layer.】

【You begin preparations for breaking through to Mahayana Stage, Fourth Layer.】

【In the twenty-eighth year, the Double-Pupiled Demon Saint descends upon the Demon-Sealing Pass. With your current strength, you can naturally crush him with ease.】

【But you choose to play hard to get, stalling for as much time as possible.】

【This year, your divine sense grows to 2,200 li.】

【In the thirtieth year, you make your first attempt to break through to mid-stage Mahayana.】

【You prepare a million drops of spirit liquid for the breakthrough.】

【Half a year later, you emerge from seclusion. Unfortunately, this breakthrough attempt has failed.】

【The advantage provided by your Heavenly Spirit Root has been nearly exhausted at the Mahayana stage, and your sea of spiritual energy far exceeds that of ordinary Mahayana cultivators. Your spiritual power is extraordinarily dense, making breakthrough all the more difficult.】

【But you are not discouraged. You continue stockpiling spirit liquid, preparing for your next breakthrough attempt.】

【In the thirty-third year, the Demon Saint discovers something amiss and leaves the Demon-Sealing Pass.】

【And you have also accumulated sufficient spirit liquid. You launch your second attempt at breaking through to mid-stage Mahayana!】

【During this breakthrough, the spirit vein dragon plays a crucial role. It exhales a breath of pure spiritual energy, helping you successfully break into Mahayana Stage, Fourth Layer!】

【Congratulations on becoming a mid-stage Mahayana cultivator!】

【After advancing to mid-stage Mahayana, your sea of spiritual energy further expands. The density of your spiritual power is comparable to that of a Mahayana Stage, Perfection cultivator!】

【You are pleasantly surprised by this, but remain humble and focused, diligently consolidating your cultivation.】

In the real world, Su Xing let out a long breath at this sight and said with satisfaction:

“Excellent! At merely mid-stage Mahayana, my spiritual power density is already comparable to Mahayana Stage, Perfection!”

“Then during the Spiritual Power Trial of the Five Tribulation Trials, I’ll have a natural advantage! I’ll be able to convert even more immortal power!”

The Five Tribulation Trials — one of them was called the Spiritual Power Trial.

This trial was the process of converting spiritual energy into immortal power!

The denser one’s spiritual power, the greater the advantage in this trial!

Su Xing estimated that by the time he reached Mahayana Stage, Perfection, his spiritual power density would probably be comparable to an ordinary Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator who had already passed the Spiritual Power Trial and condensed immortal power.

As the saying goes: one step ahead, every step ahead!

Ensuring his spiritual power exceeded that of cultivators at the same realm would allow Su Xing to maintain his strength advantage even after reaching the Immortal realm!

“In the thirty-third year, I’ve already advanced to Mahayana Stage, Fourth Layer… It seems reaching Mahayana Stage, Fifth Layer in this simulation shouldn’t be a problem!”

Su Xing increasingly appreciated the spirit vein dragon’s power. Without its help, he would probably have been stuck at early-stage Mahayana for several more years, perhaps even a decade.

【After advancing to mid-stage Mahayana, you continue spirit-wandering through the Primordial Void, strengthening your divine sense.】

【Thus, three years pass.】

【In the thirty-seventh year, your divine sense grows to 2,500 li!】

【The growth in divine sense intensity brings improvements to your puppet manipulation, formation deployment, and aura concealment. You benefit greatly.】

【But as your cultivation continues to rise, your Qi Refinement advancement speed becomes increasingly slow.】

【Thus, three years pass.】

【In the fortieth year, your cultivation still remains at early Mahayana Stage, Fourth Layer, though you are not far from the mid-period.】

【At the same time, your divine sense maintains a growth rate of one hundred li every three years, reaching 2,600 li!】

【You also know that the day of the alien races’ major invasion of the Demon-Sealing Pass is fast approaching, and you currently do not have the confidence to contend against God-level alien beings.】

【So you decide to head to the Three Thousand Worlds and continue your cultivation journey.】

【However, compared to before, this time you possess one absolute advantage — your mastery of spatial origin…】

【This means you can bring some precious resources with you to the Three Thousand Worlds…】