Chapter 290 – Gold Talent Saintly Hand of Alchemy, First Arrival at the Yellow Sand Realm【8k】
by spirapiraAs the simulation notification faded, a stream of mysterious energy surged into Su Xing’s body.
The aura of Su Xing’s cultivation began to climb relentlessly.
In just a few breaths, it skyrocketed from the fourth layer of the Human Immortal Realm to the peak of the sixth layer.
Just one more step, and he would become a late-stage Human Immortal Realm cultivator!
“What a shame… just a little short. But next simulation, I should be able to smoothly break through to Human Immortal Realm, Grand Perfection!”
A flash of confidence gleamed in Su Xing’s eyes.
Next simulation, he wouldn’t need to search for Qingyunzi and could simulate for at least a hundred and twenty years.
On top of that, with the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, he could attempt to travel to other worlds — perhaps he could simulate even longer.
And for every additional year of simulation, under Late Bloomer’s blessing, the gains were doubled!
“Why does it feel like… after the Human Immortal Realm, cultivation progress is actually much faster than during the Tribulation Crossing stage?”
The corner of Su Xing’s mouth curled upward. The faster his cultivation improved, the more advantageous it was for him!
The only thing he needed to worry about was acquiring simulation energy.
Su Xing spent some time adapting to his increased cultivation.
At this moment, the magical power within his body had increased by over fifty percent compared to a week ago.
“Oh right, there’s also the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel!”
Su Xing hastily looked down at the tiny boat beneath his feet, barely an inch long, resembling an exquisite model.
Su Xing stepped back a few paces, and with a thought, infused a wisp of immortal power into the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel.
As the immortal power entered it, a dazzling golden light flashed across the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel.
The inch-long model boat instantly transformed into a vessel three zhang (9.99 m) long and one zhang (3.33 m) wide — large enough to accommodate several people.
If Su Xing wished, he could even make the boat expand to a hundred zhang (333 m) long and thirty zhang (99.9 m) wide!
Packed tightly, it could hold well over a thousand people…
“Tsk tsk, with this Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel… even if Earth were about to be destroyed, I could take my family and friends and flee!”
Su Xing felt a surge of excitement.
With his previous capabilities, he could have escaped alone to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.
But the people he cared about — Jin Congxue, Luo Shuying, Wang Qingxuan, Yu Yan… or his family — none of them could have fled with him.
But now things were different. With the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, Su Xing could absolutely bring a group of people and escape first.
“If it truly came to that desperate point… I could only abandon Earth and take a group of people to escape first…”
Su Xing murmured.
He was quite open-minded about it. Su Xing didn’t insist on being the hero who saved all of humanity.
As long as his family and friends were safe, that was enough…
Su Xing could even board the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel with over a thousand humans before Earth’s destruction and ferry them to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm. That would count as an act of virtue.
At the very least, it would ensure humanity wouldn’t go extinct…
With that thought, Su Xing couldn’t wait to test out the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel.
Stepping inside the boat, the previously semi-open vessel without a canopy now had a glass-like dome covering it.
From inside the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, one could clearly see outside, but from the exterior, the interior was completely hidden from view.
Unlike what Su Xing had imagined, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel even had a high-tech feel to it.
On its control console were numerous formation switches.
High-altitude flight, world traversal… or full-speed flight, defensive formation buttons…
Invisibility formations, breath-concealing formations, spirit-gathering formations, spatial formations… everything one could ask for!
It could even launch magical attacks powerful enough to slay immortals!
Of course, all of this required spiritual energy or immortal qi as fuel!
It could use large quantities of spirit stones as a power source, or Su Xing could channel his own immortal power to operate it — extremely user-friendly.
“Tsk tsk… worthy of being an immortal treasure! This Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel is absolutely essential for robbing, killing, and making getaways!”
Su Xing was very satisfied with the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel.
Unfortunately, there was no occasion to use it on Earth just yet.
In the future, perhaps Su Xing could try an immersive simulation…
“It’s about time — I need to go find Lu Yuanwu!”
Su Xing murmured.
He then disguised his appearance and concealed his aura before heading off to trade. Another twenty thousand origin energy secured.
This week, Su Xing also made a trip to America via sword flight.
On one hand, he wanted to check if the puppet cultivator Little Beauty was having any problems.
He found that she was doing quite well. She had disguised herself as a blonde, blue-eyed beauty, and not only had she sold a considerable amount of goods, she had even recruited several followers.
After confirming things were fine on the American front, Su Xing visited the Abyss dungeon.
This week, Su Xing farmed monsters back and forth between the twentieth and thirtieth floors of the Abyss.
Over six days, the Abyss Stones he collected were worth a total of ten thousand origin energy!
On September 2nd, Su Xing entered the Immortal Martial dungeon and brought out the exotic metal ore.
……
New Era, September 2nd, 2025. Inside a villa in Capital City.
Su Xing gazed at Jin Congxue before him. A black dress paired with light makeup gave her quite the queenly air.
“Ah Xing, here are this week’s goods and exotic metal…”
Jin Congxue handed over two storage rings, and Su Xing reached out to accept them.
Su Xing grinned and, as always, passed over the pills and exotic metal ore in return.
Noticing Jin Congxue seemed hesitant about something, Su Xing asked curiously:
“Snow Sis, you seem a bit down. Is something bothering you?”
Jin Congxue’s small face flushed bright red as she pouted:
“A certain someone promised to take me to the movies… It’s been almost a month, and there hasn’t been a peep!”
Su Xing blanked for a moment, then nodded:
“Oh! You want me to go see a movie with you? You should’ve said so earlier!”
Su Xing had been fairly free recently. With various puppets handling tasks, he had at least one rest day per week.
Seeing Su Xing’s nonchalant attitude, Jin Congxue immediately grew unhappy and huffed:
“Shouldn’t you be the one inviting me? Now that I’ve said it… it’s turned into me inviting you!”
Seeing that Jin Congxue genuinely seemed about to get angry, Su Xing froze for a moment before hastily saying:
“Let’s go — we’ll go see a movie right now!”
“I’ll buy the tickets right away…”
Jin Congxue’s eyes lit up when she heard this, and the two prepared to head into the city to find a cinema showing a new film.
Before leaving, Su Xing mused thoughtfully:
“Sigh, women truly are the greatest obstacle on my path of cultivation…”
With Su Xing’s way of thinking, there was probably no chance he’d ever understand Jin Congxue’s little romantic thoughts…
……
After the movie, Su Xing returned to the spirit field grotto-heaven.
The simulator’s cooldown had just ended, and Su Xing prepared to start the new week’s simulation.
“Begin simulation!”
【The 102nd simulation begins. Current remaining origin energy: 103,199 points… Remaining simulation attempts: none.】
【Simulation start!】
【Drawing a gold legendary talent costs 1 origin energy point. Draw?】
“Yes!” Su Xing intoned silently.
【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the gold talent Saintly Hand of Alchemy. Probability of drawing a gold talent next simulation: 60%…】
【Saintly Hand of Alchemy】: Gold talent. Your skill in the art of alchemy is astonishing. You have the potential to become a Grandmaster of Alchemy, capable of refining pills that possess spiritual sentience…
Looking at the newly drawn talent, Su Xing first felt a twinge of disappointment.
A gold-quality spiritual root — it had been so long, yet he still hadn’t drawn one…
But after reading the new talent carefully, Su Xing’s eyes lit up.
“Saintly Hand of Alchemy… this seems like an upgraded version of the purple alchemy talent!”
“Pills that possess spiritual sentience means…”
Su Xing rubbed his chin. He had once heard that supremely powerful beings who had walked the path of alchemy to its very end could grant consciousness to pills.
Such pills could even achieve immortality!
For example, the Dragon-Tiger Pill was originally a high-grade pill used to enhance a cultivator’s dragon and tiger strength.
But in the hands of an alchemy grandmaster, the Dragon-Tiger Pill could even transform into a real dragon and tiger, possessing combat power rivaling an immortal!
“However… this alchemy talent has come at exactly the right time!”
“The Earth Origin Pill needed for the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art still needs to be refined by hand… this alchemy talent is perfect for that!”
Su Xing murmured, his gaze turning to the simulation panel.
This time, the goal was Human Immortal Realm, Grand Perfection!
【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you realize you are in a simulation.】
【A few days later, you go to find Luo Shuying.】
【You obtain the token to the Spirit Clan ancestral land and travel to the Spirit Realm.】
【You successfully acquire the inheritance legacy left behind by the Luotian Sect…】
【Another half month later, you enter the Luotian dungeon to study the Dao of Puppetry…】
【For the next year, aside from cultivation, you spend your days repairing puppets.】
【You dispatch the repaired puppets to various countries across Earth, having them establish forces, conduct trade, and further expand the scale of the Celestial Secrets Pavilion.】
【A year quickly passes.】
【In the second year, you sense that you are about to break through to the late stage of the Human Immortal Realm.】
【For this purpose, you make a trip to the Myriad Wood Sect ruins.】
【After reinforcing the Xuanyuan Breath-Concealing Formation, you set up prohibitions to shield the karmic secrets, then place the Spirit Vein Dragon inside the spirit field grotto-heaven…】
【Sure enough, as you predicted, Old Dog Dragon does not sense the Spirit Vein Dragon’s presence.】
【Even though they are both of the Dragon Race, under the dual concealment of formations and the Heavenly Secrets Concealment Art, even a Mystic Immortal would struggle to detect it — let alone a mere Void Shattering realm hybrid dragon.】
【You place the Spirit Vein Dragon in the spirit field grotto-heaven and care for it attentively, quickly earning the Spirit Vein Dragon’s favor.】
【Another year passes.】
【In your third year, you begin preparations to break through to the seventh layer of the Human Immortal Realm!】
【This seclusion lasts an entire year…】
【Just as you are about to fail the breakthrough, the Spirit Vein Dragon exhales a breath of pure immortal qi, helping you successfully break through to the late stage of the Human Immortal Realm!】
【Congratulations, you have broken through to the seventh layer of the Human Immortal Realm!】
Su Xing’s eyes lit up at this, and he nodded slightly.
“Not bad. It really is about time to let the Spirit Vein Dragon out…”
“With the formations in place, Old Dog Dragon can’t sense it… as long as I keep the spirit dragon in the spirit field grotto-heaven, the grotto-heaven might even upgrade further!”
Su Xing’s current grotto-heaven quality had already reached mid-grade.
If the Spirit Vein Dragon moved in, perhaps within a few months it could reach high-grade.
At that point, Su Xing’s cultivation speed and spirit liquid output would both increase further.
“Excellent! Breaking through to the seventh layer of the Human Immortal Realm in one attempt — this raises the odds of reaching Human Immortal Realm, Grand Perfection in this simulation!”
Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.
Then his gaze turned back to the simulation panel.
【After breaking through to the seventh layer of the Human Immortal Realm, you remain on Earth to continue cultivating.】
【Fifteen years quickly pass…】
【In the seventeenth year, your cultivation advances to the mid-phase of the seventh layer of the Human Immortal Realm.】
【This year, you make a trip to the Beast Taming World to deal with hidden threats…】
【In the twenty-eighth year, the Demon Saint descends upon Earth…】
【You guard Demon-Sealing Pass for five years, and the Demon Saint retreats in defeat.】
【In the thirty-third year, your cultivation advances to the late phase of the seventh layer of the Human Immortal Realm.】
【That same year, you travel from the Slaughter Battlefield to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【Upon arriving in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, the first thing you do is go to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion to sell intelligence.】
【But you have not forgotten — in two more years, the Origin-channeling Flower will bloom in the Black Water Realm!】
【The Origin-channeling Flower is a crucial material for refining the Earth Origin Pill. You absolutely must make a trip to the Black Water Realm.】
【You travel to the southern part of the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm and locate the spatial coordinates connecting to the Black Water Realm.】
【Then, piloting the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, you sail into the void.】
【The Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel travels through the void, surrounded on all sides by chaotic void currents.】
【Occasionally, you can even spot Void Strange Beasts slumbering or hunting in the void.】
【These Void Strange Beasts are immensely powerful — the weakest possess immortal-level strength, and according to legend, the most powerful Void Strange Beasts rival even Grand Luo Golden Immortals!】
【You raise the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel’s protective formation, resisting the erosion of the void.】
【Seven days later, you arrive at the first void node.】
【Piloting the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, you successfully pass through the spatial node, crossing countless stretches of void…】
【With this, you need only pass through two more void nodes to successfully reach the Black Water Realm.】
In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly at this.
Traveling between worlds was extremely difficult — otherwise, even immortals wouldn’t find it so hard to reach other worlds.
If one measured the distance between lesser chiliocosms purely by distance, even between adjacent ones, it would take a Heavenly Immortal a thousand years of flight to arrive.
This was where the void’s spatial nodes came in, enabling long-distance spatial jumps.
Each jump could traverse hundreds of millions of li.
Adjacent minor worlds typically required crossing two to three void nodes.
For distant lesser chiliocosms, one might need to cross dozens of void nodes.
Therefore, long-distance jumps were impossible for anyone below the True Immortal realm.
Otherwise, their immortal power simply couldn’t sustain the immortal vessel’s flight…
“Fortunately, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel has an energy storage function, and my magical power has also improved tremendously compared to before…”
“This time, I should be able to safely reach the Black Water Realm, right?”
Su Xing felt slightly nervous.
In a previous simulation, his world-crossing had failed, and he was forced to land in a world on the verge of destruction, which had cost him a great deal of simulation time.
This time, he absolutely could not repeat that mistake…
With that thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【After passing through the first void node, more than half of the immortal power in your body was consumed.】
【So you activated the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel’s energy storage function for automatic navigation.】
【In just three days of travel, you consumed tens of millions of drops of low-grade spirit liquid, making your heart ache terribly.】
【After your magical power recovered, you once again injected your own immortal power for navigation.】
【One week later, you passed through the second void node.】
【Another ten days later, you arrived at the spatial coordinates of the Black Water Realm.】
【Piloting the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, you slowly descended…】
【Congratulations, you have successfully arrived at the Black Water Realm!】
【According to your intelligence, the most powerful sect in the Black Water Realm only had Earthly Immortal realm cultivators presiding over it, far weaker than the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【But you also knew that the Black Water Realm had definitely been infiltrated by the Advent Cult.】
【That Mahayana stage blood seedling from before had originated from the Black Water Lesser Realm…】
【And two years later, the opening of the Origin-channeling Flower secret realm might very well be another fierce battle.】
【The Black Water Realm — ninety-nine percent of its area was covered by ocean.】
【And the location where the secret realm would open was also deep beneath the sea, ten thousand zhang (33.3 km) below the surface.】
【Su Xing arrived at the secret realm’s location early, used the water-repelling pearl, and carved out an underwater cave dwelling nearby, ensuring he could enter the moment the secret realm opened.】
【But at the same time, you harbored some worries.】
【The Advent Cult’s forces in this Black Water Realm were not weak — when the secret realm opened, would Advent Cult members come?】
Seeing this, Su Xing felt somewhat curious.
“This Black Water Realm should be like Earth, already corroded beyond recognition by the Advent Cult…”
“But Old Dog Dragon’s strength is mediocre… Could there be even more powerful existences within the Black Water Realm’s Advent Cult?”
What Su Xing worried about was that if high-ranking blood-code cadres appeared here, things would not bode well.
Thinking this, Su Xing’s gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【To ensure that all the Origin-channeling Flowers would be yours, you continued training bitterly, hoping to improve your cultivation further.】
【In the thirty-ninth year, your cultivation remained at the seventh level, late-stage Human Immortal Realm.】
【But the moment the secret realm opened, you charged in without hesitation.】
【According to your intelligence, the Origin-channeling Flowers were the most precious natural treasures in this secret realm, hidden in its deepest depths.】
【On the third day after you entered the secret realm, several figures also entered.】
【You explored the secret realm, and with the help of your Blessed by Fortune talent, you smoothly reached its deepest depths and harvested all the Origin-channeling Flowers.】
【But just as you prepared to leave, three figures surrounded you.】
【You didn’t know their identities, but judging from the karmic threads on them, they had to be heretical cultivators!】
【One late-stage Earthly Immortal realm cultivator, one early-stage Earthly Immortal realm cultivator, and one Human Immortal Realm Peak cultivator…】
【You suspected that all three were Advent Cult members!】
【A fierce battle erupted.】
【Fighting one against three, you initially fell into a disadvantage, but after you schemed to kill the early-stage Earthly Immortal realm cultivator, the pressure immediately lessened.】
【This battle lasted an entire day and night, causing the whole sea to boil.】
【You activated nineteen hundred strands of Protective Sword Aura, combined with No Martial Virtue, and instantly killed the late-stage Earthly Immortal realm cultivator…】
【With only the Human Immortal Realm Peak cultivator remaining, you slew him with ease, then performed a soul search on him.】
【After the soul search, just as you expected, all three were Advent Cult cadres!】
【Codenamed Blood Forty-Nine, Blood Fifty-Nine, and Blood Ninety-One…】
【From these three people’s storage artifacts, you obtained a large amount of spirit stones and spirit liquid, along with many cultivation resources.】
【Between the three of them, their storage artifacts contained nearly ten million drops of mid-grade spirit liquid, plus several million spirit stones — enough for you to cultivate for a long time.】
【You carefully inspected every magical treasure, and any that bore even the slightest mark were completely destroyed.】
【After confirming you’d left no loose ends, you piloted your spirit vessel and spent a month returning to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm…】
In the Real World, Su Xing raised an eyebrow at this.
“Blood Forty-Nine, Blood Fifty-Nine… and Blood Ninety-One?”
“So the Advent Cult really did know about this secret realm. In previous timelines, these Origin-channeling Flowers were most likely obtained by them!”
Su Xing’s understanding of the Advent Cult became even more comprehensive.
“It seems the Advent Cult is even stronger than I imagined…”
“Perhaps all cadres ranked in the top sixty are Earthly Immortal realm cultivators!”
“And Blood Forty-Nine is already late-stage Earthly Immortal realm… Those ranked above forty might have reached the Heavenly Immortal realm?”
Su Xing fell silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed.
After reaching the Immortal realm, cultivation advancement slowed considerably and required massive resources.
If it were robbing ordinary cultivators, Su Xing couldn’t bring himself to do such things.
But these Advent Cult cadres — weren’t they purely walking treasure troves for Su Xing?
“Tsk tsk, looks like I’ve found my path to wealth in the future…”
“Ten million drops of mid-grade spirit liquid… tsk tsk, that’s enough for me to cultivate for a good ten or twenty years!”
Spirit liquid — naturally, the more the better.
Su Xing nodded with satisfaction, his gaze returning to the simulation panel.
“Next, advance my cultivation to Perfection-level Human Immortal realm as soon as possible!”
【After returning to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, you immediately entered seclusion to cultivate.】
【With ample spirit liquid supporting you, your cultivation progressed rapidly.】
【In the forty-fifth year, your cultivation advanced to Human Immortal Realm Peak.】
【After five years of accumulating your foundation, you attempted to break through to the eighth level of the Human Immortal Realm!】
【In the fiftieth year, you successfully broke through to the eighth level of the Human Immortal Realm!】
【At this time, on the Celestial Demon City frontlines, red-eyed aliens had already begun arriving one after another.】
【You knew that this Red Moon descent was earlier than usual, so you trained even harder.】
【Besides cultivating, you also purchased intelligence about other lesser chiliocosms near the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【The vast majority of lesser chiliocosms were experiencing alien invasions.】
【Some lesser chiliocosms had even been completely annihilated by the aliens.】
【This gave you a headache, and you could only try your best to select worlds that were farther from the frontline battlefield and relatively safer…】
【Like this, fifteen years quickly passed.】
【In the sixty-fifth year, your cultivation advanced to the mid-stage of the eighth level of the Human Immortal Realm.】
【As your cultivation advanced, you felt your training speed growing ever slower…】
【In the eightieth year, your cultivation advanced to the late-stage of the eighth level of the Human Immortal Realm.】
【After years of investigation, you had already determined a preliminary escape route. You didn’t plan to sit and wait for death in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, and prepared to flee to another lesser chiliocosm.】
【Through your investigation, you found three worlds suitable for escape!】
【They were the Spirit Beast Realm, the Yellow Sand Realm, and the Star Realm.】
【You had been to the Spirit Beast Realm before. It too was suffering alien invasion, but the severity was far less than the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【Based on your estimation, the Spirit Beast Realm would likely be fully invaded after the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【The Star Realm was the farthest world from the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, separated by three minor worlds and requiring passage through thirteen void nodes.】
【Star Realm cultivators all possessed a peculiar ability — they could channel the power of stars to enhance themselves, making them generally stronger than cultivators of the same level.】
【It was also the strongest cultivation world among the three lesser chiliocosms.】
【But with your current magical power, you might not be able to reach the Star Realm.】
【As for the Yellow Sand Realm, it was located to the west of the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm — a relatively barren world.】
【Because the world was barren and its cultivators were not weak, the alien invasion came later.】
【Interestingly, in this world, nearly ninety-nine percent of the area was covered by desert.】
【Moreover, in the Yellow Sand Realm, most cultivators had earth spiritual roots, and over ninety percent of them also practiced Body Tempering!】
Seeing this, Su Xing murmured:
“The Yellow Sand Realm, also practicing Body Tempering…”
“It seems harsh environments also cause shifts in cultivators’ primary cultivation focus…”
Su Xing pondered this thoughtfully.
He first ruled out the Spirit Beast Realm.
Su Xing had been to that realm before, but Qingyunzi had tracked him down, which meant fleeing to the Spirit Beast Realm wasn’t safe.
“And the Star Realm… seems a bit too far?”
“Perhaps after reaching the Earthly Immortal realm, it would be safer to travel there…”
Su Xing murmured, having made his decision, and turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【After your analysis, you decided the Yellow Sand Realm was most suitable for escape. Though this world was remote with scarce cultivation resources, you had ample spirit liquid — more than enough for cultivation.】
【But the Yellow Sand Realm was still a full six void nodes away from the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【You prepared to cultivate further, planning to advance your cultivation before heading there.】
【Like this, another eight years of seclusion passed.】
【In the eighty-eighth year, your cultivation advanced to the peak of the eighth level of the Human Immortal Realm.】
【You entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough, pushing toward the ninth level of the Human Immortal Realm.】
【You succeeded…】
【In the ninetieth year, one day you felt a stirring in your heart, and smoothly became a ninth-level Human Immortal Realm cultivator.】
【After breaking through to the ninth level of the Human Immortal Realm, you didn’t immediately head to the Yellow Sand Realm.】
【You had something more important to do — refine the Earth Origin Pill!】
【Over these years, you had already gathered all the materials needed to refine the Earth Origin Pill.】
【So you took a Spirit Awakening Pill and prepared to begin refining the Earth Origin Pill…】
In the Real World, Su Xing’s heart stirred at this, and he silently thought:
“Use immersive simulation, duration thirty days…”
【Ding…】
His vision shifted, and Su Xing’s consciousness entered the simulator.
“An eleventh-tier pill, the Earth Origin Pill… with Saintly Hand of Alchemy and the Spirit Awakening Pill boosting me, I wonder how long it’ll take to learn?”
Su Xing pursed his lips. Currently, his understanding of alchemy was only barely enough to refine tenth-tier pills — far from the level of an alchemy Grandmaster.
But if he successfully refined the Earth Origin Pill, he would officially cross the threshold into alchemy Grandmaster status.
“The Earth Origin Pill is a minor pill… perfect for grinding proficiency!”
Su Xing thought to himself.
In the Three Thousand Worlds, pills were categorized as major or minor.
Major and minor didn’t refer to the quality or rank of the pill, but rather to the refinement time and how many times it could be consumed.
For example, the Nine Revolutions Pill required dozens of days to refine a single one and could only be consumed once in a lifetime — that was a textbook major pill.
But the Earth Origin Pill, the Primordial Martial Pill, and others were all minor pills. One could open the furnace and refine them multiple times per day, with each refinement taking only a few hours.
They could also be consumed regularly to supplement cultivation — such were minor pills.
Su Xing took the Spirit Awakening Pill, activated the Great Wisdom state enhancement, and combined with the Late Bloomer talent’s assistance — one month of refinement could match twenty years!
And the Saintly Hand of Alchemy made Su Xing’s understanding of pill refinement instantly become far more lucid.
On the first day of immersive simulation, Su Xing opened the furnace twice to refine the Earth Origin Pill, both ending in failure.
Every day after that, Su Xing refined two batches, all failures…
But through failure, Su Xing summarized his experiences, feeling his grasp of the Earth Origin Pill and his understanding of alchemy rapidly improving.
Until the fifteenth day.
While refining the Earth Origin Pill, a flash of insight struck Su Xing’s mind, and the entire process proceeded exceptionally smoothly.
But at the moment of pill formation, a tiny error resulted in three inferior-quality Earth Origin Pills.
“Hmm… half a month to produce inferior Earth Origin Pills. At this rate… I should reach Beginner-level within a month!”
Su Xing took a deep breath and continued refining.
And so, by the twenty-third day, Su Xing’s pill refinement success rate had reached ten to twenty percent.
His Earth Origin Pill refinement had genuinely reached Beginner-level.
Looking at the silvery-white pill in his hand, which contained wisps of primordial energy, Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.
“The Earth Origin Pill… assists in the blooming of the primordial energy flower within the body… stimulates primordial energy growth to achieve the effect of stepping into the second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art and supplementing second-layer cultivation!”
Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.
For the remaining seven days of immersive simulation, Su Xing didn’t waste them either, continuing to refine Earth Origin Pills.
…
The immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing’s consciousness returned.
Recalling the memories of refining Earth Origin Pills in his mind, Su Xing summarized:
“One month of immersive simulation, Earth Origin Pill refinement success rate reached thirty percent, fully at Beginner-level… but there’s still quite a gap before Minor Mastery-level.”
“However, my alchemy skills have now reached Grandmaster-level!”
“Once I’ve completely mastered the Earth Origin Pill, refining eleventh-tier pills in the future won’t be so difficult…”
Su Xing was fairly satisfied with this.
His gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【You spent one month successfully reaching Beginner-level in Earth Origin Pill refinement.】
【Afterward, you wasted no time preparing to head to the Yellow Sand Realm…】
【Arriving at the spatial node in the southwestern part of the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, you activated the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel and sailed into the void…】
【Seven days later, you crossed the first void node.】
【Continuing onward toward the Yellow Sand Realm…】
【Crossing the void to reach other worlds was even more difficult than you had imagined.】
【For the first four void nodes, you could still alternate between spirit liquid and magical power to ensure the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel’s smooth navigation.】
【But after over a month of void travel, as you attempted to cross the fifth void node, your magical power had already become somewhat unstable.】
【At this point you understood — because the void lacked spiritual energy and its environment was peculiar, it was an extremely harsh environment for cultivators.】
【Cultivators with deep magical reserves could endure for a long time, and even though your foundation was solid and your magical power was now comparable to an ordinary early-stage Earthly Immortal realm cultivator, you still struggled to hold on.】
【But fortunately, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, as a half-step supreme post-celestial treasure, was tougher than you had imagined.】
【Through the rough and tumbling latter half of the journey, the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel ultimately sailed safely through all six void nodes, arriving at the Yellow Sand Realm!】
【But upon landing in the Yellow Sand Realm, both the external and internal formations of the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel had suffered varying degrees of damage.】
【You could only make an emergency landing, and ultimately the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel could no longer fly.】
【For this simulation, you could only remain in the Yellow Sand Realm…】
【After arriving in the Yellow Sand Realm, the first thing you did was investigate the power structure of this world.】
【According to your intelligence, the Yellow Sand Realm did have cultivators at the Heavenly Immortal realm…】
【Moreover, their Body Tempering cultivation alone was comparable to the Heavenly Immortal realm — their Body Tempering had been forged through the Yellow Sand Realm’s extremely harsh environment.】
【The cultivators within the Yellow Sand Realm were extraordinarily united, living in the few scattered oases.】
【What surprised you was that the cultivators of this world were actually proficient in the Dao of Puppetry.】
【After confirming that the Yellow Sand Realm’s cultivators were formidable and that the alien invasion situation wasn’t too dire, you carved out a cave dwelling deep in the desert.】
【What you hadn’t expected was that the Yellow Sand Realm was rich in earth and fire spiritual energy. Because you possessed the Blazing Flame Divine Physique, your cultivation speed actually increased slightly…】