Chapter 294 – Ten Years of Immersion, Half-Step Earthly Immortal Realm!

【In the Hundred Thousand Mountains, you possess one enormous advantage — your familiarity with the surrounding terrain!】

In the Real World, Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this.

The Hundred Thousand Mountains — Su Xing had explored them many times in previous simulations.

He had a fairly clear understanding of the power distribution in the core regions.

If the Advent Cult officers fled into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, ordinary human cultivators might not dare pursue them, fearing attacks from demon cultivators.

But for Su Xing, only a handful of demon cultivators in the Hundred Thousand Mountains could actually threaten him. Moreover, he was personally familiar with each of the Demon Kings and felt quite confident.

“Heh, fleeing into the Hundred Thousand Mountains? That’s truly running into a dead end!”

“In that case… I should be able to handle these Advent Cult officers with ease!”

“Blood Ninety-Nine and those other blood-coded officers should all be at Human Immortal Realm Peak… I might be able to find the Yin-Yang Pills!”

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

【The group of cultivators pursued them to the outskirts of the Hundred Thousand Mountains’ core region, but dared not venture any deeper.】

【And so you disregarded the others and pursued the three Human Immortal Realm Peak Advent Cult officers alone.】

【At first, the three Advent Cult officers assumed a large group of independent cultivators was assisting in the pursuit behind you.】

【But as you continued deeper, they realized you were pursuing them alone, and their courage grew.】

【You found this rather amusing. Watching the three Human Immortal Realm Peak officers stop in their tracks, you unhesitatingly slashed out with a single sword strike.】

【The spirit sword Blackice in your hand erupted with three feet of sword radiance. An unadorned, plain strike — no particularly intense sword radiance — cleaving straight toward one of the Human Immortal Realm Peak officers.】

【This single stroke of sword radiance contained the ultimate Sword Dao elevated to the Perfection level of origin of the sword, instantly beheading him with one strike…】

【After that single sword strike, the Human Immortal Realm officer fell. The other two Advent Cult officers instantly erupted with escape speeds comparable to Earthly Immortal realm cultivators, fleeing toward the core of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.】

In the Real World, Su Xing felt somewhat embarrassed seeing this.

“Damn, these evil cult cultivators… never mind their combat abilities, their survival skills are absolutely first-rate!”

Su Xing shook his head slightly.

Counting all the evil cultivators he had encountered, especially the likes of Old Dog Zong, each one ran faster than the last.

“Well, I suppose it’s understandable!”

“Being a villain comes with its own pressures… once your performance drops, you get hunted by righteous cultivators. The slow runners were probably weeded out long ago!”

Su Xing grumbled helplessly, then turned his gaze back to the simulation panel.

【After killing this Advent Cult officer, you took his storage treasure.】

【Sure enough, you found a Yin-Yang Pill inside — likely prepared for his breakthrough to the Earthly Immortal realm.】

【At the same time, you discovered an identity token bearing the designation Blood Ninety-Seven.】

【You pocketed the Yin-Yang Pill, then continued pursuing the other two Advent Cult officers via sword flight.】

【These two Advent Cult officers clearly had considerable experience in staying alive. They split up and fled, covering a thousand li (500 km) in the blink of an eye.】

【You chose a direction at random to pursue, and moments later encountered Blood Ninety-Nine!】

【Blood Ninety-Nine, who had once casually struck at you, now appeared no more than an ant in your eyes.】

【You could see the terror on her face as she scrambled desperately to flee.】

【But before absolute power, the desire to survive became insignificant.】

【You lightly slashed out with a single sword strike, the origin of the sword surging fiercely, aimed straight at Blood Ninety-Nine’s head!】

【A single stroke, and head parted from body…】

【You successfully obtained Blood Ninety-Nine’s identity token, as well as a Yin-Yang Pill.】

【To your slight disappointment, the quality of this Yin-Yang Pill was even inferior to the one obtained from killing Blood Ninety-Seven.】

【If you could obtain a supreme-grade Yin-Yang Pill, your chances of surviving the Yin-Yang Fire Calamity would increase enormously!】

【And so you hesitated no further, pursuing the last Advent Cult officer.】

【This pursuit had already taken you into the core region of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.】

【To your surprise, this Advent Cult officer actually stopped inside a bull-horn-shaped mountain.】

【He then produced a jade slip, seemingly trying to call for help…】

【Your heart immediately tightened — could the Advent Cult have planted moles among the demon cultivators of the Hundred Thousand Mountains as well?】

【The truth was exactly as you had predicted!】

【Soon, a bull-headed demon cultivator with purple horns on his head and a body as massive as a small mountain charged out…】

【Your expression turned grave, for this was one of the thirty-six Demon Kings of the Hundred Thousand Mountains — the Purple Bull Demon King!】

【His strength had already reached Peak Earthly Immortal realm!】

【And judging by this Advent Cult officer’s demeanor, he clearly knew this Purple Bull Demon King…】

In the Real World, Su Xing frowned slightly upon seeing this.

“The Advent Cult’s officers… they haven’t just infiltrated the human race — they even have moles among the demon cultivators?”

After a brief moment of surprise, Su Xing found it reasonable.

After all, if they had moles among humans, it was only natural that they would buy off demon cultivators too…

“But looking at it this way… the earlier events make sense now!”

“The rapid downfall of the thirty-six Demon Kings within the Hundred Thousand Mountains was precisely because there were moles among the demon cultivators as well…”

“Purple Bull Demon King, huh? Noted…”

Su Xing murmured. This was valuable intelligence for him.

It could perhaps be put to use in future simulations.

“But a Peak Earthly Immortal realm cultivator… can I contend with that at my current strength?”

Su Xing rubbed his chin. He estimated that if he leveraged the No Martial Virtue talent, he might be able to successfully kill this Purple Bull Demon King.

But what he needed was precise timing, since No Martial Virtue could only be triggered once.

If the conditions were deemed outside of a sneak attack state, it wouldn’t activate at all…

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

【After the Purple Bull Demon King appeared, the Advent Cult officer hid behind him.】

【Just as you predicted, the Advent Cult was in collusion with this Purple Bull Demon King!】

【The instant the Purple Bull Demon King spotted you, a look of surprise crossed his face, quickly followed by displeasure.】

【He clearly realized he had been used — his identity was now known to you…】

【Though displeased, the Purple Bull Demon King knew this must never be exposed, or he would certainly be hunted by both demon cultivators and humans alike.】

【And so, the Purple Bull Demon King launched his attack against you!】

【His twin horns erupted with staggering power as he charged straight at you…】

【That single thrust seemed capable of sundering mountains and draining the sky of color!】

【A look of interest appeared on your face…】

【Ever since you advanced to the second tier of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, you had never fought a strength-type cultivator.】

【Now, facing a Peak Earthly Immortal realm strength-type demon cultivator, you were eager to test your own level.】

【You knew it would be unlikely to defeat this bull demon through pure physical strength alone, but you were quite confident you could keep yourself unharmed.】

【With that thought, your eyes narrowed. Power erupted throughout your body as primordial energy instantly coated your surface.】

【After reaching the second tier of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, your pure physical strength combined with primordial energy approached ten units of the power of mountains and rivers…】

【To say a single punch could shatter Mount Tai… would not be an exaggeration!】

【But this Peak Earthly Immortal realm bull demon possessed equally terrifying strength!】

【When the two forces collided, you felt as though you had crashed into a mountain.】

【With an explosive roar, you held your ground, contending against this Peak Earthly Immortal realm bull demon with absolute power.】

【Boom boom! In an instant, the horrifying brute force tore through the air, warping the surrounding space…】

【Even more terrifying force drove straight into the earth, causing the ground to collapse. Cracks thousands of zhang deep snaked for a thousand li (500 km), nearly splitting the mountain ranges around the core region of the Hundred Thousand Mountains in two…】

【In moments, several nearby rivers reversed course and poured into the mountain crevasses, while underground currents burst forth to the surface…】

【Before your eyes, the surrounding terrain was being reshaped — a new lake, river, and basin forming where none had existed before…】

In the Real World, Su Xing raised an eyebrow at this.

“Sigh, is combat between powerful cultivators always this terrifying?”

“A casual wave of the hand can shatter mountains and reshape terrain… before I knew it, I’ve become a powerful cultivator myself!”

Su Xing felt somewhat emotional.

He understood that the ability to crush a planet in an instant was not something achievable through magical power and physical strength alone.

To suppress an entire world through the might of a single immortal…

Perhaps one would need to reach the Golden Immortal stage and truly master a Great Dao law before that became possible.

Su Xing shook his head slightly — he was getting ahead of himself.

Right now, the priority was dealing with this Purple Bull Demon King.

“Hmm, feigning weakness to the enemy… that never fails as a good strategy!”

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

【The Purple Bull Demon King was clearly startled by your astonishing might, but then a look of fervent excitement appeared on his face.】

【”It has been thousands of years since anyone has dared contest me in strength—”】

【The Purple Bull Demon King declared with domineering pride, then his pair of horns grew thicker and larger, thrusting straight at you…】

【In an instant, the Purple Bull Demon King’s strength surged by several degrees. Caught off guard, you were launched flying by that monstrous force, hurled back dozens of li before smashing heavily into the ground, forming a massive crater.】

【You immediately deployed Protective Sword Aura in combination with primordial energy armor, wrapping yourself in tight protection to prevent bodily injury…】

【But even so, you felt wisps of pain…】

【Yet this pain only made you more excited!】

【A stratagem suddenly formed in your mind. You deployed the Heavenly Secrets Concealment Art, hiding your aura.】

【Sure enough, the Purple Bull Demon King took the bait!】

【As a Peak Earthly Immortal realm Demon King, his strength ranked among the top three of all thirty-six Demon Kings in the Hundred Thousand Mountains!】

【In fact, not a single Demon King could claim absolute certainty of killing him…】

【Below the Heavenly Immortal realm great demons, the Purple Bull Demon King had few equals…】

【It was precisely this that had made the Purple Bull Demon King increasingly arrogant!】

【When he sensed your aura gradually weakening, most of his vigilance dissipated. He believed that under his strike, you had already lost the greater part of your combat power…】

【Therefore, he moved in to inspect…】

【The moment the Purple Bull Demon King drew close, you instantly unleashed nineteen hundred strands of Protective Sword Aura, combined with the No Martial Virtue talent, delivering your absolute strongest strike!】

【This strike soared like a rainbow piercing the sun, aimed straight at the Purple Bull Demon King’s vital points!】

【The Purple Bull Demon King was, after all, a Peak Earthly Immortal realm cultivator. As the sword aura was about to reach him, he had already begun to react…】

【But he was half a step too slow!】

【The sky full of sword aura left countless wounds on the Purple Bull Demon King’s body, each deep enough to expose bone… several vital points were struck…】

【The Purple Bull Demon King’s eyes turned blood-red with pain, having lost part of his reason.】

【But the Purple Bull Demon King was, in the end, a Peak Earthly Immortal realm Demon King. His life force was terrifyingly vigorous…】

【After taking the full brunt of your Protective Sword Aura, he did not die immediately. Though his aura had withered by more than half and his strength was plummeting rapidly, he clung to life.】

【But you were not about to pass up this opportunity to kick someone while they were down!】

【Under these circumstances, you once again locked in close combat with the Purple Bull Demon King…】

【This battle lasted several hundred exchanges!】

【In the end, the Purple Bull Demon King was ground down and killed through sheer attrition…】

【You had slain a Peak Earthly Immortal realm cultivator!】

In the Real World, Su Xing drew a deep breath at this, his eyes gleaming with pleasant surprise.

“So now, my strength has reached the level of Peak Earthly Immortal realm!”

“Tsk tsk, Protective Sword Aura plus No Martial Virtue… it really does throw all fairness out the window!”

“And the Protective Sword Aura’s power is still far from its peak. Once my comprehension of the Great Dao of the Sword deepens enough and the number of Protective Sword Aura strands increases further… perhaps even the Heavenly Immortal realm won’t be beyond my ability to challenge!”

In Su Xing’s heart, boundless heroic spirit surged at this moment.

Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators — across all of the Three Thousand Worlds, they were considered significant figures!

In most lesser chiliocosms, the Heavenly Immortal realm was essentially the ceiling…

Even in a massive organization like the Azure Cloud Sect, Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators could serve as Elders!

“And this is… still far from the limit!”

“My Great Shaman Body Forging Art still has a long way to go… and my Qi Refinement cultivation hasn’t even reached the Earthly Immortal realm yet!”

“If I cultivate the Great Shaman Body Forging Art to the Mastery-level, the potential will only be even more terrifying!”

With that thought, Su Xing nodded in satisfaction.

Based on his estimates, Red Moon’s current strength was roughly at the True Immortal or Mystic Immortal realm — definitely not yet at the Golden Immortal realm!

And Su Xing — it seemed he wasn’t far from this realm either?

“It’s just that Qingyunzi’s strength…”

Su Xing shook his head slightly. The gap between himself and Qingyunzi was still far too vast!

That was an existence who had severed one or two of the Three Corpses, surpassing Grand Luo and approaching the half-saint level!

Even if Qingyunzi was in seclusion, Su Xing was still far from being a match for him…

What’s more, the man was the Azure Cloud Sect’s ancestral founder, with countless powerful subordinates at his command. Any single True Immortal stepping forward would be more than Su Xing could contend with.

Previously, Su Xing had sold intelligence on Qingyunzi to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, not without the intention of using them to test Qingyunzi’s strength.

But even a behemoth like the Celestial Secrets Pavilion had no designs on Qingyunzi.

Let alone Su Xing, a mere nobody at the Human Immortal Realm?

“When it comes down to it, cultivation realm is the true foundation!”

“This time, once I obtain the Yin-Yang Pill, I can attempt to break through and survive the yin-yang fire calamity…”

Anticipation stirred in Su Xing’s heart as his gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【After slaying the Purple Bull Demon King, you immediately gave chase toward the Human Immortal Realm Peak Advent Cult cadre.】

【After spending several hours, you successfully tracked him down and captured him alive!】

【From his storage ring, you found a token bearing the mark Blood Seventy-Nine! As well as one supreme-grade Yin-Yang Pill!】

【You chose not to kill him outright, because your slaying of the Purple Bull Demon King could very well spark conflict and division between the human race and the Hundred Thousand Mountains… At this juncture, the two races still needed to stand united against the foreign race!】

【You brought Blood Seventy-Nine back to the independent cultivator gathering area in White Emperor City…】

【Sure enough, three days later, a Heavenly Immortal realm great demon came knocking, demanding accountability for the Purple Bull Demon King’s death.】

【For this reason, a human Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator who had been lurking in the shadows also revealed himself, confronting the demon face to face.】

【When you produced concrete evidence proving that the Purple Bull Demon King had been colluding with the Advent Cult, the Heavenly Immortal realm great demon was left speechless and withdrew…】

【Not only were you not reprimanded, you even received a generous bonus reward.】

【Year thirty-four, you returned to White Emperor City and continued studying the Three Talents Sword Art.】

【That same year, after settling your family and friends, you set off for the Black Water Realm…】

【Piloting the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, you passed through several spatial nodes and arrived safely in the Black Water Realm.】

【At this point, there was still one year before the secret realm would emerge.】

【You continued cultivating in peace…】

【Year thirty-five, the secret realm emerged. You successfully seized a total of 180 stalks of Origin-channeling Flower, and also successfully slew several Advent Cult heretic cultivators…】

【After completing all this, you prepared to leave the Black Water Realm and head for the Yellow Sand Realm!】

【That same year, piloting the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, you arrived safely in the Yellow Sand Realm.】

【Upon arriving in the Yellow Sand Realm, your first priority was not to rush toward the location of the yin-yang fire calamity, but rather to continue diligently comprehending the Three Talents Sword Art.】

【This bout of cultivation lasted twenty years!】

【Year fifty-five, you sensed that you were not far from fully comprehending the Great Dao of the Sword, but there was still some distance remaining…】

【The unification of the Three Talents Sword Art was stuck at the final bottleneck!】

【With no other option, you could only continue grinding through bitter cultivation, polishing your Dao comprehension…】

【And so, another twenty-five years passed.】

【Cultivation knows no seasons — in the blink of an eye, it was year eighty!】

【In recent years, your Late Bloomer talent finally took effect, and you felt the speed of cultivating the Three Talents Sword Art increase considerably…】

【But you were always just a hair short. That epiphany of entering the Dao through the sword remained perpetually out of reach…】

【Left with no choice, you consumed a Spirit Awakening Pill, and with the combined reinforcement of the Great Wisdom state and Late Bloomer, you launched an assault on the Sword Dao!】

【Quickly, one month passed!】

【Finally, on the very last day, you successfully pierced through the barrier and entered the Dao through the sword!】

【Congratulations, you have comprehended the Three Talents Sword Art… your comprehension of the Great Dao of the Sword has reached the Dao Embryonic Form stage!】

In the Real World, Su Xing let out a long breath of relief upon seeing this.

“Eighty years of simulation… plus one Spirit Awakening Pill equivalent to twenty years of bitter cultivation — only then did I finally comprehend the Great Dao of the Sword!”

“And that was still under the dual reinforcement of Innate Sword Physique and Acquired Dao Physique…”

“If it were someone with ordinary sword cultivation aptitude, how long would this take?”

Su Xing let out a light sigh.

Cultivation demanded aptitude… and sword cultivation even more so!

Those with low or even middling aptitude for the sword would have been eliminated long before achieving immortality…

But even those sword cultivators with superior aptitude in the Sword Dao would likely need over a thousand years to break through this barrier and enter the Dao through the sword!

“However… being a sword cultivator means overwhelming suppression within the same realm!”

The corner of Su Xing’s mouth curled upward.

Sword cultivators might not be truly invincible within the same realm, but those who could defeat a sword cultivator at the same level were exceedingly rare.

Sword cultivation inherently represented a form of suppression!

Ordinary cultivators, even those at the prodigy level, were unwilling to cross swords with a sword cultivator of equal realm!

In a word — sword cultivators were all lunatics!

Rather die charging straight ahead than seek the winding path!

Sword cultivators fought as if their lives meant nothing… Even if those prodigy cultivators could win, they would very likely be left with indelible scars. Naturally, no one wanted to tangle with a sword cultivator.

“But for me, entering the Dao through the sword and becoming a Sword Immortal… the greatest significance lies in raising the upper limit of my Protective Sword Aura!”

“Two thousand strands of Protective Sword Aura is now far from my ceiling… If I continue strengthening my cultivation, I could even threaten Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators!”

Su Xing was quite satisfied. Half of this simulation’s objectives had already been accomplished.

Next up would be attempting to survive the calamity of the twin fires of yin and yang.

Su Xing rubbed his chin, recalling in his mind the specific process of surviving the Three Calamities of Immortals.

Among them, the calamity of the twin fires of yin and yang was the most critical barrier in breaking through from the Human Immortal realm to the Earthly Immortal realm.

Using the twin fires of yin and yang to temper the five viscera and six bowels — Shedding Impurities and Cleansing Marrow.

This process was typically prolonged and difficult to undergo simultaneously.

Yang fire refined the five viscera and six bowels, enhancing a cultivator’s internal organ cultivation; yin fire shed impurities and cleansed marrow, improving aptitude.

“The current difficulty is that both yin and yang fires exist simultaneously at that location… It’s very hard to undergo prolonged tempering!”

Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly. After pondering for a while, he still couldn’t come up with a perfect solution.

The only approach was to undergo the tempering of one fire first, spending half a day each session, accumulating progress over time.

“Sigh, this is the only way!”

Su Xing took a deep breath, though fortunately the Yin-Yang Pill’s effects were permanent once consumed — there was no time limit.

Otherwise, just collecting enough Yin-Yang Pills alone could take Su Xing an entire lifetime…

With a plan already in mind, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【After entering the Dao through the sword and achieving the rank of Sword Immortal, you did not slacken…】

【You quickly headed to Yellow Sand City, and after briefly residing there for a few days, set off for the rumored location — the birthplace of the twin fires of yin and yang…】

【You consumed the Yin-Yang Pill and entered the forbidden zone, finding that the damage from the twin fires of yin and yang had been significantly reduced, while the benefits and the tempering of your constitution remained as potent as ever.】

【After a moment of deliberation, you decided to undergo the yang fire tempering first!】

【Each day during daylight hours, you ventured to the yang fire zone, using the extreme heat to temper the five viscera and six bowels within your body…】

【At first you found it somewhat unbearable, the scorching heat nearly intolerable, but as the yang fire tempering continued, you felt your physical resistance growing considerably.】

【At night, you would leave the yin-yang fire forbidden zone and return to Yellow Sand City.】

【Setting out at sunrise, returning at sunset…】

【For the next thirty years, it was always thus!】

【Year one hundred and ten, after thirty years of unwavering cultivation, you sensed that your comprehension of the Great Dao of Fire had been steadily deepening!】

【The yang fire continuously scoured and tempered your five viscera and six bowels, and you felt that completely surviving the yang fire calamity was no longer far off.】

【Your aptitude, too, had seen some improvement throughout this process.】

【And so, another ten years passed…】

【Year one hundred and twenty, one day you felt a stirring within — a certain shackle inside your body seemed to have been shattered…】

【You knew in your heart that you had successfully survived the yang fire calamity!】

【To complete the twin fires of yin and yang, you needed only the yin fire to cleanse your marrow, and you would fully survive the yin-yang fire calamity and advance to the Earthly Immortal realm!】

【Having passed through the tempering of one fire but not yet fully survived the yin-yang fire calamity, cultivators at this stage were also known as — half-step Earthly Immortal realm!】

In the Real World, Su Xing froze for a moment upon seeing this, then shook his head with a wry smile.

“After all that effort… the half-step Earthly Immortal realm cultivation still showed up!”

Su Xing sighed, though he could understand why.

Even Tribulation Crossing stage cultivators ascending to immortality needed to pass through the Five Trials of Becoming Immortal.

By comparison, the yin-yang fire calamity was considerably simpler.

“Well, so be it… Based on this timeline, by the next simulation, I should be able to fully advance to the Earthly Immortal realm!”

“Besides, there’s still the Protective Sword Aura that needs further cultivation…”

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

“But the remaining time can’t be wasted either!”

Su Xing muttered, then silently intoned:

“Activate immersive simulation, duration: ten years!”

【Ding, you have successfully activated the immersive simulation. Duration: ten years. Remaining origin energy: 127,583 points…】

Su Xing’s vision shifted and transformed, and he found himself standing within a city.

The Yellow Sand Realm’s capital — Yellow Sand City!

“Whew… The Late Bloomer talent, plus over seven more years of Wisdom in Foolishness — that’s roughly a six-fold cultivation speed bonus!”

“In that case, ten years of immersive simulation… is equivalent to roughly forty-five years of bitter cultivation!”

A peculiar gleam flashed through Su Xing’s eyes.

This was the first time he had chosen such an extended immersive simulation.

The purpose was to push his Protective Sword Aura to a more profound level as quickly as possible!

Compared to that goal, the thirty-six hundred or so origin energy points seemed like an acceptable price to pay.

“Since that’s the case, let the cultivation officially begin!”

Su Xing took a deep breath and formally began comprehending the Protective Sword Aura…

Year one: Su Xing’s Protective Sword Aura count increased by thirty strands, bringing his total to one thousand nine hundred and thirty!

Year three: the number of Protective Sword Aura strands Su Xing had mastered reached two thousand!

Year seven: Protective Sword Aura count — two thousand one hundred and fifty strands!

Year ten… the immersive simulation ended!

Su Xing’s Protective Sword Aura count ultimately settled at two thousand two hundred strands!

When Su Xing opened his eyes once more, he had already returned to the Real World.

An unmistakable flash of disorientation passed through Su Xing’s eyes.

Ten years of immersive simulation — it was equivalent to Su Xing having truly lived ten years within the simulation’s timeline!

And for those ten years, Su Xing had done only one thing: cultivate the Protective Sword Aura!

That kind of monotony was trying even for someone of Su Xing’s mental fortitude…

“Whew… ten years, finally over!”

Su Xing took a deep breath. Sealed memories resurfaced in his mind, and he confirmed his temporal bearings.

“Right now, I’m in the simulation…”

Running through his pre-immersion memories, Su Xing rubbed the space between his brows and murmured:

“Immersive simulation… it really is quite grueling, isn’t it?”

“Those ten years of fleeting time rushing by… it’s an enormous psychological challenge!”

“Perhaps in the future, learning a memory-sealing technique will be necessary!”

For Su Xing, one month of immersive simulation was not particularly long.

But ten years… was genuinely too much…

Even though an immortal’s memories wouldn’t fade like a mortal’s, there was still a certain sense of unfamiliarity.

After adjusting for a while, Su Xing settled his state of mind and turned his gaze back to the simulation panel.

【After surviving the yang fire trial, you recognized that your cultivation realm was difficult to advance further, so you turned to cultivating the Protective Sword Aura…】

【After ten years of cultivation, your Protective Sword Aura count reached two thousand two hundred strands!】

【The power of your Protective Sword Aura has been further enhanced!】

【Year one hundred and thirty, one day you felt a sudden premonition — an immense sense of crisis washed over you…】