Chapter 278 – Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny, Physical Body at Mid-Stage Human Immortal Realm! [First Update, Requesting Monthly Tickets]

The simulator’s notification chimed in his ears.

【Ding! You have successfully extracted Eight Trigrams Fortune Divination Art Comprehension. Cost: 2 billion energy. Remaining energy: 19,541,790,000…】

【Ding! You have successfully extracted Twelfth-Tier Formation Comprehension. Cost: 8 billion energy. Remaining energy: 11,541,790,000…】

As the simulator notifications faded, Su Xing’s energy plummeted drastically. At the same time, two surges of energy flooded into his body.

A vast trove of memories concerning destiny and cause and effect poured into Su Xing’s mind along with the Eight Trigrams Fortune Divination Art Comprehension.

Faintly, Su Xing seemed to see countless transparent, invisible threads — too many to count.

Those were the threads of cause and effect wound around Su Xing!

At the other end of each thread was a person or thing connected to Su Xing.

The karmic relationships varied in depth — these people were either Su Xing’s friends and family, or his partners in cooperation…

Su Xing’s parents, Su Xiaomei…

Or Lu Yuanwu, Jin Congxue, Luo Shuying, Yu Yan…

Among them, those with the deepest karmic ties to Su Xing, aside from family, were friends like Jin Congxue and Luo Shuying…

“Hmm? This thread… seems a bit strange…”

Su Xing frowned slightly. He noticed a thread so fine it was nearly imperceptible extending from his body straight up into the heavens.

This thread of cause and effect seemed to have been forcibly severed by someone… to the point where Su Xing couldn’t even sense who was connected at the other end…

“Such a weak karmic connection… it barely even counts as cause and effect…”

Su Xing shook his head slightly. He had plenty of threads of cause and effect on him, so he didn’t pay it much mind.

At this moment, two new types of Origin Force had appeared on Su Xing’s panel — Cause and Effect Origin and Destiny Origin — both at the Beginner level.

Su Xing nodded slightly. Just as he had predicted, by seeing through appearances to the essence, what the Eight Trigrams Divination Art cultivated was the Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny.

Besides the Eight Trigrams Divination Art, Su Xing’s knowledge of the Formation Dao also surged rapidly.

A Twelfth-Tier Formation Dao Grand Grandmaster held a status in the cultivation world comparable even to a Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator!

Of course, Su Xing’s title of Twelfth-Tier Formation Dao Grand Grandmaster had “quite a bit of water in it”!

After all, the only formation he knew above the eleventh tier was the Xuanyuan Breath-Concealing Formation.

“Not bad… the materials needed for this formation are fairly common… I can gather them from the storage artifacts I obtained before.”

Su Xing was rather satisfied with this.

Glancing at the time, Lu Yuanwu had probably been waiting for quite a while by now.

Su Xing disguised himself and concealed his aura, then headed to the agreed-upon location.

When Lu Yuanwu saw Su Xing appear, he hurried forward and said:

“Senior… here is this week’s exotic metal…”

Lu Yuanwu courteously handed over a storage ring containing two thousand tons of Third Rank exotic metal.

Su Xing nodded slightly, converted it into four billion simulation energy, then handed back a storage ring filled with twenty thousand pills.

Lu Yuanwu flashed an ingratiating smile, didn’t bother counting, and put the storage ring away.

Just as Lu Yuanwu thought Su Xing was about to leave, Su Xing suddenly said:

“Our transaction method… may need to change a bit…”

Lu Yuanwu was immediately startled and said in a panic:

“Senior! Please don’t… Is there something you’re unhappy about?”

“Is the price too low? Damn it! I told them ages ago to give me more exotic metal, but they kept being stingy…”

“Senior, don’t worry. After I go back this time, I guarantee I’ll bring more exotic metal — four thousand tons… no, I can bring five thousand tons of Third Rank exotic metal!”

Lu Yuanwu gritted his teeth and said hastily.

Su Xing found this somewhat amusing, but shook his head slightly and said:

“No, I think you’ve misunderstood me…”

“What I mean is, I’ve temporarily run out of those pills… but I have a higher-grade pill. Would you be interested?”

Lu Yuanwu was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion: “A higher-grade pill… Senior, could you elaborate?”

Su Xing nodded slightly and said:

“The two types of pills I gave you before were mainly effective for Master-stage Class Users… Long-term use could improve their strength and accelerate their advancement to Grandmaster-stage Class Users…”

“But those two pills were still too low-grade… Their effects on Grandmaster-stage Class Users are quite poor.”

Lu Yuanwu’s expression became complicated.

Pills that could promote the birth of Grandmaster-stage Class Users were considered low-grade?

Those pills… were treasures beyond measure for all of humanity, alright?

If anyone else had said this, Lu Yuanwu would have beaten them to death.

But it was Su Xing saying this, so Lu Yuanwu could only flash an ingratiating smile and ask, following Su Xing’s lead:

“So… what do you mean, Senior?”

Hearing this, Su Xing smiled faintly and took out two bottles of pills, handing them to Lu Yuanwu.

“These two pills are called the Primordial Martial Pill and the Dragon Spirit Pill… They correspond to strength-type and spirit-type Class Users respectively!”

“They can increase their power… Within one year of use, they can help Grandmaster-stage Class Users increase their strength by over fifty percent!”

“At that point… their probability of breaking through to Heavenly King-stage will increase dramatically!”

Hearing Su Xing’s words, Lu Yuanwu’s expression immediately lost all composure, and his breathing became rapid.

“Is… is there really such a miraculous item in this world?!”

“Senior! You… name your price! However many you have, I’ll take them all!”

Lu Yuanwu spoke rapidly, terrified that Su Xing might change his mind.

Su Xing mulled it over. He didn’t actually have that many Primordial Martial Pills on hand — only about a thousand or so.

But that didn’t mean Su Xing had no way to get more Primordial Martial Pills…

In the Three Thousand Worlds, the Primordial Martial Pill was… a genuinely low-tier pill.

Its counterpart, the Dragon Spirit Pill, was meant for Nascent Soul stage cultivators to take…

Su Xing estimated that a single Primordial Martial Pill or Dragon Spirit Pill was worth anywhere from a few hundred to a thousand or so low-grade spirit stones…

If Su Xing wanted, he could buy hundreds of thousands of them in a matter of minutes.

The problem was, he didn’t know how much energy these pills were worth in the simulator.

But he estimated that a single Primordial Martial Pill was probably only worth around one or two hundred thousand energy…

If one Primordial Martial Pill could be exchanged for two million simulation energy — that is, one ton of Third Rank exotic metal — that would basically meet Su Xing’s expectations.

So Su Xing held up one finger, just about to name his price.

Lu Yuanwu was immediately startled and blurted out:

“Senior, one pill for a hundred tons of Third Rank exotic metal… isn’t that a bit expensive?!”

Lu Yuanwu was getting anxious. He desperately wanted these pills that could produce Heavenly King-stage powerhouses.

After all, in all of Great Xia, there were only a few hundred Heavenly King-stage powerhouses…

Su Xing fell silent for a moment, then retracted his one finger, spread both palms open, and held up ten.

“You’ve misunderstood me. Ten Primordial Martial Pills… for one hundred tons of Third Rank exotic metal…”

“Ten Primordial Martial Pills can basically guarantee that a Grandmaster-stage powerhouse’s strength increases by fifty percent… As for the probability of advancing to Heavenly King-stage after that, well, you understand.”

Lu Yuanwu nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

If a Grandmaster-stage powerhouse increased their strength by fifty percent and still couldn’t break through to Heavenly King-stage, they might as well find a wall and bash their head against it!

“Then, Senior… the quantity for the transaction? Such precious pills… you probably don’t have many, right?”

Su Xing smiled mysteriously and said:

“The quantity of the transaction depends on how much exotic metal you can produce… However much you have, I’ll take it all!”

Su Xing could hardly believe it — ten Primordial Martial Pills were worth 100 tons of Third Rank exotic metal from Xia’s military…

That meant ten Primordial Martial Pills equaled 200 million energy!

On average, each Primordial Martial Pill netted Su Xing 20 million simulation energy…

The price was a full hundred times that of the Organ Tempering Pill!

And it was practically all profit!

But considering the gap in strength between Heavenly King-stage and Grandmaster-stage powerhouses, and the difference in their numbers…

Great Xia had ten to twenty thousand Grandmaster-stage powerhouses, but only a few hundred at Heavenly King-stage…

A single Heavenly King-stage Class User was more useful on the battlefield than a hundred Grandmaster-stage Class Users!

And Heavenly King-stage powerhouses had lifespans of five hundred years!

How many people could only dream of such a thing?

And for Xia’s military, spending a hundred tons of Third Rank exotic metal to gain one Heavenly King-stage powerhouse was naturally a worthwhile trade…

Just as Su Xing was wondering how much exotic metal Lu Yuanwu could produce, Lu Yuanwu gave a bashful smile.

“Senior… our Xia military has… considerable assets…”

“Ahem, how about a weekly transaction of 1,000 Primordial Martial Pills? What do you think?”

Su Xing was momentarily stunned. A thousand Primordial Martial Pills meant ten thousand tons of Third Rank exotic metal — twenty billion simulation energy!

Just how much exotic metal did Xia’s military have stockpiled? They could put up ten thousand tons of Third Rank exotic metal per week?

Although Third Rank exotic metal had an astounding density… if placed in the Real World, that would still amount to dozens of cubic meters…

So Su Xing asked curiously:

“Xia’s military is that wealthy? You have that much exotic metal on hand?”

Lu Yuanwu shook his head hastily and said:

“Not at all! It’s really just, you know, a teensy little hundred million or so… all accumulated over thousands of years!”

“Senior, as long as you provide the pills, I guarantee we’ll mobilize the entire nation’s resources to supply you with exotic metal!”

Lu Yuanwu’s words were somewhat vague.

Su Xing didn’t really know just how vast Xia’s military’s resources truly were…

But he figured that ninety-nine percent of the exotic metal mining instance dungeons in the vicinity of Great Xia were probably controlled by the military.

The quantity shouldn’t be small, right?

So Su Xing pointed at the Primordial Martial Pills in Lu Yuanwu’s hands and said:

“Alright, then it’s settled! You can take this bottle of pills back for testing…”

Lu Yuanwu nodded repeatedly, cradling the Primordial Martial Pills against his chest like a precious treasure, terrified that Su Xing might change his mind.

Su Xing chuckled to himself, then his figure flickered and appeared dozens of miles away as he headed toward the Age of Immortals and Martial Arts instance.

After Su Xing left, Lu Yuanwu was still standing in place, giggling foolishly.

“A hundred tons of Third Rank exotic metal… for one Heavenly King-stage powerhouse?”

“If only this trade could go on forever!”

“The number of Heavenly King-stage powerhouses in Great Xia… could multiply hundreds of times over within ten years!”

Lu Yuanwu made up his mind — when he returned this week, he would definitely convince those old stubborn holdouts to hand over all exotic metal mining rights and oversight to him.

That way, he could provide even more exotic metal for the Senior!

…

On the other side, after arriving in the Immortal Martial World, Su Xing skillfully began crafting puppets.

Over the course of the week, he produced three mining puppets.

The total number of mining puppets reached twenty-two, capable of excavating exotic metal ore worth eleven billion energy per week for Su Xing…

Once he was done, Su Xing brought the ore back to Earth and headed to the Villa.

After discussing business with Jin Congxue, Su Xing then “tenderly” gave Jin Congxue a full-body massage using wood-element immortal power, leaving her thoroughly refreshed…

Ahem, the proper kind!

When the simulation ended, Su Xing contentedly took nearly ten billion simulation energy and returned to the spirit field grotto-heaven.

On July 7th, 2025 of the New Era, Su Xing prepared to begin a new round of simulation.

【Ding! This simulation costs 9,400 energy. Remaining energy: 25,831,790,000. Remaining simulation attempts: 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?】

“Draw a gold talent!”

Su Xing said silently.

【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the purple talent Fire’s Delight. Probability of drawing a gold talent next time: 60%…】

【Fire’s Delight】: Purple talent. You can excite fire-attribute spiritual energy, slightly increasing your sensitivity to fire elements and accelerating your absorption of fire spiritual energy…

“Hmm? A cultivation-enhancing purple talent?”

Su Xing glanced at it briefly, then lost interest.

This talent’s effect wasn’t even as good as the gold talent Blazing Flame Divine Physique!

“Hah… since the talent is no good, let’s proceed with the original plan!”

Su Xing murmured softly.

His objective for this simulation was clear.

Cultivate the Eight Trigrams Divination Art to Perfection level, and deepen his comprehension of the Dao of cause and effect and destiny!

And while he was at it… it was also time to start cultivating the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!

“The Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation… heh, if I bring out the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, how would you handle that?”

Su Xing felt a hint of anticipation as he turned his gaze toward the simulation panel.

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

【You took out the thousand-odd Primordial Martial Pills you had on you and successfully traded with Lu Yuanwu…】

【Ten days later, you headed to the Luotian Instance…】

【After emerging from the Luotian Instance, you joined the Advent Cult.】

【After joining the Advent Cult, you devoted yourself to cultivation.】

【Each day, you spent several hours on the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, and devoted all remaining time to practicing the Eight Trigrams Divination Art…】

【Soon, five years passed.】

【In the fifth year, you discovered that without sufficient blood essence to sustain it, the Great Shaman Body Forging Art progressed slowly. After five years, you hadn’t even reached Beginner-level.】

【Fortunately, your progress with the Eight Trigrams Divination Art was relatively swift. Through deep contemplation, your comprehension of the Destiny and Cause and Effect Origins grew ever more profound.】

【And so you devoted all your efforts to studying the Eight Trigrams Divination Art…】

【In the seventh year, you killed the leader of the Transhuman Faction…】

【In the eighth year, you killed Old Dog Dragon…】

【In the eleventh year, Blood Three descended. You offered up the spirit vein dragon and obtained a passage permit.】

【After Blood Three departed, you continued cultivating as always.】

【In the blink of an eye, nine years passed.】

【In the twentieth year, your comprehension of the Eight Trigrams Divination Art advanced further, and the National Fortune Chapter was not far from reaching Perfection…】

【That year, you made a trip to the Beast Taming World.】

In the Real World, Su Xing gave a slight nod upon seeing this.

The trajectory in the simulation matched his prior expectations.

“Since Earth lacks Demonic Beast Blood Essence… then I’ll focus on comprehending the Eight Trigrams Divination Art while on Earth!”

“And wait until I reach the Three Thousand Worlds to cultivate the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!”

This approach was undoubtedly the most cost-effective choice.

“After the thirty-third year, once I defeat the Demon Saint and force it to retreat, I can buy myself another stretch of time…”

Su Xing thought to himself, turning his gaze back to the simulation panel.

【After returning from the Beast Taming World, you continued cultivating the Eight Trigrams Divination Art.】

【In the blink of an eye, eight years passed.】

【In the twenty-eighth year, the Demon Saint descended…】

【You employed the same tactics as before, stalling for five years.】

【In the thirty-third year, the Demon Saint noticed something amiss and prepared to retreat…】

【But at that moment, your research into the Eight Trigrams Divination Art was just one step away from fully reaching the realm of Perfection!】

【And so, without hesitation, you consumed a Spirit Awakening Pill, activated the Great Wisdom state, and prepared to make the final push!】

【One month later… your research into the National Fortune Chapter successfully advanced to the Perfection level!】

【At this point, both the upper and lower chapters of the Eight Trigrams Divination Art had reached Perfection!】

【You were also surprised to discover that your comprehension of the Destiny and Cause and Effect Origins had reached the Minor Mastery level!】

【Using your Destiny Origin insights, you could determine any ordinary person’s destiny trajectory for the next several years with just a single glance.】

【But the further into the future, and the higher the target’s cultivation, the more blurred your observation of their destiny became…】

【As for the Cause and Effect Origin, it could even allow you to forcibly reverse the cause-and-effect relationships of things!】

【For example, dark clouds gathering in the sky, about to rain…】

【By reversing cause and effect, you could make the clouds disperse and the sun emerge…】

【Or during scorching summer heat with heavy rain pouring down… you could reverse cause and effect and make goose-feather snowflakes fall from the sky!】

【The target of cause and effect could be objective natural laws, or people and objects…】

【This made you even more astonished at the terrifying power of the Dao of cause and effect!】

【However, you also discovered that every reversal of cause and effect inflicted damage upon yourself and required a certain price…】

【Either consuming lifespan, or consuming cultivation…】

【And the greater the scope and causality of the reversal, the higher the price you had to pay!】

【Some forced reversals of cause and effect were even beyond your ability… for instance, you could not bring back to life someone whose lifespan had been exhausted…】

【Beyond that, you also gradually discovered that cause and effect could be guided along their natural course!】

【When the first signs of something appeared, you could amplify its cause infinitely, making the outcome far more likely to manifest!】

【Going with the flow of cause and effect required far less of a price than reversing it… and was much easier.】

【Through constant use and contemplation of the Eight Trigrams Divination Art, your comprehension of the Cause and Effect and Destiny Origins deepened considerably.】

Su Xing’s heart stirred when he saw this.

“So that’s how it is… reversing cause and effect—the greater the reversal, the higher the price!”

“No wonder even those mighty cultivators must go with the flow…”

In that moment, Su Xing vaguely gained some enlightenment regarding the Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny…

“Then next, it’s time to leave Earth and head to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm to cultivate the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!”

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

【After the Eight Trigrams Divination Art reached Perfection, you had an epiphany—the Personal Fortune and National Fortune chapters did not exist independently… but rather complemented each other, greatly amplifying their power!】

【In fact… if you could integrate the two chapters, your comprehension of the Dao of destiny and cause and effect would deepen even further…】

【But you knew that achieving Thorough Mastery was not something that could happen overnight. Besides, Perfection-level Eight Trigrams Divination Art was already more than sufficient!】

【Now, relying solely on the Eight Trigrams Divination Art to shield karmic secrets and destiny, you could even block the perception of Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators!】

【And if combined with the Xuanyuan Breath-Concealing Formation, it might not be impossible to even fool True Immortal realm cultivators!】

【Without further hesitation, you headed to the Slaughter Battlefield, making your way toward the Red Moon.】

【Along the way, you also sensed the Red Moon’s gaze upon you… You discovered that between yourself and the Red Moon, there was even a severed thread of cause and effect, which made you all the more curious…】

【Presenting your passage permit and passing through the spatial rift, you arrived at the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!】

【Appearing in the familiar northern reaches of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, the first thing you did was go to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion to sell intelligence…】

【You sold all the intelligence you had previously obtained regarding the Advent Cult, the Red Moon, and Qingyunzi.】

【After acquiring a large sum of spirit stones, you headed to Celestial Demon City.】

【Boarding a flying vessel, you arrived outside Celestial Demon City several months later.】

【At this time, Celestial Demon City was recruiting rogue cultivators. After demonstrating your strength, you easily obtained the position of Chiliarch.】

【From then on, you participated in battle every month, heading to the front lines to slay several Demigod-level aliens.】

【At the same time, you purchased large quantities of God-level blood essence, consuming it daily, which accelerated your progress in the Great Shaman Body Forging Art.】

【Seven years passed in this manner.】

【In the fortieth year, after yet another day of cultivation and dietary supplementation, your Great Shaman Body Forging Art finally broke through completely to the first layer’s initial stage!】

【Your physical defense, building upon the foundation of your immortal body, increased by another fifty percent!】

【At the same time, your strength surged to the power of four thousand mountains!】

【At this point, relying purely on physical strength alone, you could defeat early-stage Human Immortal Realm cultivators!】

【Each layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art is divided into Initial Entry, Minor Mastery, Major Mastery, and Perfection… corresponding respectively to the early, mid, late, and Perfection stages of the equivalent immortal realm!】

【The blood essence you used for cultivation was mostly equivalent to late-stage Human Immortal Realm.】

【If you had Earthly Immortal realm blood essence, your cultivation speed would increase even further!】

【In the blink of an eye, another five years passed.】

【In the forty-fifth year, as your battlefield experience and performance accumulated—having slain several alien gods of minor divine power—you were promoted to Myriarch and gained the attention of an Earthly Immortal realm commander.】

【After becoming a Myriarch, your connections expanded enormously. You spent large quantities of spirit stones purchasing Human Immortal Realm Peak and Earthly Immortal realm blood essence…】

【Thereafter, you continued diligently cultivating the Great Shaman Body Forging Art.】

【The path of Body Tempering was far more painful than Qi Refinement. Every day you had to temper your physique and strengthen yourself.】

【But correspondingly, your power was also growing rapidly…】

【In the blink of an eye, another five years passed.】

【In the fiftieth year, red-eyed aliens began appearing on the battlefield.】

【Pressure on the front lines increased dramatically. Fortunately, more than a decade prior, forces like Celestial Demon Prison and the Celestial Secrets Pavilion had already sent reinforcements to the front…】

【Despite the mounting pressure, Celestial Demon City was still able to hold.】

【In the fifty-fifth year, you happened upon information about blood essence from an alien god of Medium Divine Power. You spent a fortune to purchase several dozen jin of blood essence.】

【Medium Divine Power was comparable to the blood essence of an Earthly Immortal realm demonic beast… You consumed less than half a jin (250 g) daily, and your cultivation progressed rapidly.】

【Five more years passed in this manner.】

【In the sixtieth year, you informed the higher-ups about the possibility of an alien ambush.】

【That same year, thanks to your early warning, two Heavenly Immortal realm great demons were saved from disaster.】

【You were rewarded with an entire Earthly Immortal realm beast’s blood essence, weighing over three hundred jin (150 kg)!】

【With sufficient high-grade blood essence, your cultivation progress accelerated…】

【Ten years passed in this manner.】

【In the seventieth year, your cultivation of the first layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art was approaching Minor Mastery level, and your strength was nearing the power of five thousand mountains…】

【Unfortunately, the Earthly Immortal realm blood essence was exhausted, and your cultivation progress slowed once more.】

【Another ten years passed.】

【In the eightieth year, through unceasing cultivation, you were merely one step away from reaching Minor Mastery of the first layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art.】

【But over the past ten to twenty years, the situation on the front lines had grown increasingly dire.】

【You knew that if you continued staying on the front lines, there was a real possibility of death, and so you began devising an exit strategy.】

【In the eighty-second year, you were dispatched to the front lines, joining an Earthly Immortal realm commander to defend an important city.】

【At year’s end, the city was ambushed by aliens. Two alien gods of Medium Divine Power—comparable to Earthly Immortal realm cultivators—launched a joint surprise attack on the city.】

【Seeing that the Earthly Immortal realm commander could barely hold, and knowing that if the city fell, your death would be certain…】

【You held nothing back!】

【You activated your embryonic Spirit Domain, amplifying your strength… then unleashed fourteen hundred sword auras, bolstered by the No Martial Virtue buff, slashing toward one of the alien gods!】

【This single sword strike changed the color of heaven and earth, turning rivers to blood…】

【That alien god, comparable to an early-stage Earthly Immortal realm cultivator, was wounded by your single strike!】

【With one alien god injured, the Earthly Immortal realm commander’s pressure was greatly reduced… He successfully held out until other Earthly Immortal realm powerhouses arrived as reinforcements.】

【From this battle, your name resounded far and wide!】

【But you chose this very moment to make a graceful retreat…】

【After delivering that strike, you collapsed to the ground coughing blood, putting on an appearance of having burned through your last reserves…】

【The Earthly Immortal realm commander was shocked at the sight. Nearby cultivators crowded around you in concern.】

【You explained that this single sword strike had consumed most of your cultivation and lifespan, and that you didn’t have long to live. Therefore, you wished to retire from the front lines… and return to your homeland to live out your remaining days.】

【A Heavenly Immortal realm general, upon hearing of your deeds, was deeply moved…】

【Not only did he personally see you off, he even gifted you some medicinal pills and several hundred jin of Earthly Immortal realm blood essence…】

【With that, you successfully extricated yourself from Celestial Demon City, preparing to find a secluded place to devote yourself to cultivating the Great Shaman Body Forging Art…】

In the Real World, the corner of Su Xing’s mouth twitched at this.

“Damn, I really am a sneaky bastard!”

“That move… retreating to advance—what a brilliant play!”

This was the eighty-second year of the simulation. If he could withdraw from the front lines, the remaining time might be enough to break through to the Minor Mastery stage in one push!

At that point, Su Xing’s pure physical strength alone would be comparable to a mid-stage Human Immortal Realm cultivator!

Add in the Protective Sword Aura and No Martial Virtue buff, and with each simulation, Su Xing would have at least a chance of delivering a strike at the Earthly Immortal realm level!

“Not bad… let’s see how much longer the simulation can continue!”

“I wonder how long the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm can hold out… and I need to watch out for potential trouble from Qingyunzi and the Advent Cult!”

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

【After leaving the Celestial Demon City front lines, you burrowed deep into the Hundred Thousand Mountains and carved out an underground cave dwelling.】

【Then, you set up the Xuanyuan Breath-Concealing Formation and employed the karmic secret shielding power of the Eight Trigrams Divination Art. Even a Mystic Immortal realm cultivator would find it difficult to detect any trace of you!】

【Only then did you cultivate in peace, bringing out the Earthly Immortal realm blood essence and training in the Great Shaman Body Forging Art…】

【Time flew by, and eight years quickly passed…】

【In the ninetieth year, one day you felt a stirring in your heart—the first layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art officially broke through to the Minor Mastery level!】

【From this point on, your pure physical strength alone could match a mid-stage Human Immortal Realm cultivator!】

(One more update coming at noon~)