Chapter 304 – Strength Surges, Physical Body Reaches Heavenly Immortal Realm! [8k]
by spirapira【And so, another five years passed…】
【In year one hundred and fifty, you completely repaired the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel…】
【Through decades of artifact refining, your craftsmanship had improved further, and you could now attempt to forge top-grade immortal treasures…】
【However, top-grade immortal treasures required materials far too precious!】
【Forging a single top-grade immortal treasure required materials valued at nearly one hundred million high-grade spirit stones — over ten times the cost of forging a superior-grade immortal treasure…】
In the Real World, Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this.
“Nearly one hundred million high-grade spirit stones… that’s over ten million top-grade spirit stones!”
“Only a True Immortal could possess that many assets, right?”
Top-grade immortal treasures were originally designed for True Immortals to wield, and only in their hands could they unleash their full power.
It was no exaggeration to say that a well-suited magical treasure could boost a cultivator’s combat power by over thirty percent.
Because of this, many True Immortals were willing to spend thousands or even tens of thousands of years’ worth of savings to forge a single top-grade immortal treasure.
“Tsk tsk, being able to forge top-grade immortal treasures would make someone a Grand Artifact Refinement Grandmaster… but I’m still a bit short of that level…”
Su Xing shook his head slightly and turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【Over the next ten years, you refined artifacts day and night, occasionally visiting the Celestial Secrets Pavilion to gather intelligence on the Three Thousand Worlds.】
【In year one hundred and sixty, after visiting the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, you received a piece of news that shook you to the core.】
【The Lesser Azure Cloud Realm had completely lost contact — it had been thoroughly invaded by the alien races!】
【Upon learning this, you fell silent for a long time, but could only accept the reality.】
【The alien forces were too powerful. A mere lesser chiliocosm, even one that had been holding firm, could not possibly resist them.】
【At the same time, over these years in the Cangwu Realm, you had also discovered traces of the Advent Cult.】
【By a chance encounter, you came across a heretical cultivator who hunted you down, intending to force you to refine artifacts for him.】
【This heretical cultivator possessed Peak Earthly Immortal realm cultivation. After several skirmishes, you slew him…】
【After killing this heretical cultivator, you found a token on his body, engraved with the codename ‘Blood Forty-Three’…】
【You were shocked — it seemed the Cangwu Realm had also become a future target for alien conquest…】
【But you estimated that given the Cangwu Realm’s strength, holding out for another hundred years wouldn’t be a problem…】
【One day, your talent Blessed by Fortune sent you a warning.】
【After performing divination, you learned that a deadly tribulation was approaching…】
【So you boarded the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, preparing to flee the Cangwu Realm.】
【But the moment you emerged from the void node, you encountered an enemy you never expected!】
【A high-ranking cadre of the Advent Cult — Blood Three!】
【Blood Three had somehow obtained your whereabouts and launched a pursuit to kill you…】
【His physical body and magical power were so formidable that he could actually traverse the void with his body alone…】
【Your flying vessel was destroyed by him, and you were captured alive by Blood Three…】
【You lost consciousness.】
【When you awoke again, you found yourself inside a massive formation array, with a pair of blood-red eyes looming overhead.】
【Whispered ravings reached your ears…】
【Your consciousness gradually crumbled…】
【You died!】
【Ding! This simulation has ended!】
After the simulation ended, Su Xing frowned slightly.
“The Advent Cult — like a centipede that refuses to die even after being cut in half!”
“There are even traces of the Advent Cult in the Cangwu Realm!”
Without a doubt, this was bad news for Su Xing. In this simulation, he hadn’t died at Qingyunzi’s hands but had instead been killed by Blood Three.
Blood Three’s strength, however, exceeded Su Xing’s expectations somewhat.
“He could actually traverse the void with nothing but his physical body and magical power… he must have very few opponents even among Golden Immortal realm powerhouses, right?”
Su Xing sighed, then continued:
“And then there’s the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, destroyed around year one hundred and sixty… perhaps if I intervened, I could delay its destruction?”
Su Xing estimated that with his current strength, he should be able to postpone Earth’s destruction by several decades.
If the red-eyed aliens invaded later, then the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm should also be able to hold out for several more decades.
“The good news is that Qingyunzi hasn’t found my trail for now… which means as long as I evade the Advent Cult’s searches, I can simulate for even longer…”
Su Xing thought this to himself, then turned his gaze to this simulation’s rewards.
【Thunder Body】: Purple talent. Price: 1 origin energy.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Art Layer Three (Beginner)】: A legacy technique left behind by the ancient Wu Clan. The third layer draws upon the power of the stars to temper the body, enabling one to cultivate the Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation and the Heavenly Spirit supernatural art “Myriad Stars Attraction.” Beginner mastery of the third layer is equivalent to early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm combat power. Price: 100,000 origin energy.
【Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method (Incomplete)】: A divination art passed down from the Star Shaman lineage of the ancient Wu Clan. When cultivated to a profound level, one can glimpse the Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny — a supreme secret art that can be cultivated further. Price: 90,000 origin energy.
【Low, Mid, and High-Grade Star Stones x10 Each】: Formed from the fallen power of celestial stars, and also a vital cultivation resource for Star Shamans. Price: 16,650 origin energy.
【Artifact Refining Comprehension】: Comprehension of the Dao of artifact refining. Capable of forging up to superior-grade immortal treasures. Upon redemption, advancement to the peak of Artifact Refinement Grandmaster — just one step away from becoming a Grand Artifact Refinement Grandmaster. Price: 50,000 origin energy.
Looking at the simulation rewards before him, Su Xing didn’t hesitate and declared decisively:
“I choose the Great Shaman Body Forging Art Layer Three (Beginner) and Artifact Refining Comprehension…”
【You have successfully brought out Artifact Refining Comprehension. Cost: 50,000 origin energy. Remaining origin energy: 221,196 points…】
【You have successfully brought out Great Shaman Body Forging Art Layer Three (Beginner) cultivation. Cost: 100,000 origin energy. Remaining origin energy: 121,196 points…】
As the notification faded, two streams of profound energy surged into Su Xing’s body.
A vast wealth of artifact refining experience flooded into Su Xing’s mind.
All those previously incomprehensible refining techniques and obstacles he had encountered were resolved with ease.
In mere moments, Su Xing had become a true Artifact Refinement Grandmaster!
He could now forge superior-grade immortal treasures!
“Tsk tsk… an Artifact Refinement Grandmaster! In the Three Thousand Worlds, that’s basically a walking spirit stone printing press!”
Su Xing smacked his lips. The profits from artifact refining were substantial indeed.
A single lower-grade immortal treasure required materials costing roughly one to two hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones to forge.
As an Artifact Refinement Grandmaster, if he was willing to charge handsomely, taking thirty percent as profit wouldn’t be difficult at all.
Taking ten lower-grade immortal treasures forged per year as an example, that would be three to four hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones in annual profit!
And mid-grade immortal treasures? A single one required a million high-grade spirit stones to forge.
Superior-grade immortal treasures? Ten million high-grade spirit stones per piece!
Even accounting for the difficulty and material losses, Su Xing’s net profit would still be around ten percent…
“Tsk tsk, the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation — pills, artifacts, talismans, formations — taken to their extremes, they’re all insane money-making machines!”
Su Xing was somewhat excited.
Just then, the aura around Su Xing’s body began to change rapidly.
Su Xing hurriedly focused his mind and carefully absorbed the experience.
In just a brief moment, Su Xing’s power began to surge explosively!
One hundred and fifty units of mountain-and-river power… two hundred units of mountain-and-river power!
Finally, Su Xing’s pure physical strength reached three hundred units of mountain-and-river power!
The Great Shaman Body Forging Art had officially advanced to the third layer!
With Su Xing’s Body Tempering cultivation, he could now fight Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators!
And hidden within the third layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, beyond the enhancement to Su Xing’s physique and strength, were two bloodline supernatural arts…
Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation, and Myriad Stars Attraction!
Su Xing closed his eyes for a moment, digesting the memories flooding his mind. A flash of golden light passed through his eyes.
He murmured softly:
“Grow… grow… GROW!”
The next second, Su Xing’s height shot upward where he stood…
Ten feet tall… thirty feet tall… a hundred feet tall!
If Su Xing wished, he could easily transform into a giant a thousand feet in height!
But Su Xing didn’t do so. With a thought, he returned to his original form.
“Beyond the physical transformation… the Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation seems to have another application!”
Su Xing let out a sharp cry, and behind him appeared the phantom of a figure a thousand feet tall, clad in golden armor from head to toe. The figure bore a thirty-percent resemblance to Su Xing, yet looked like an ancient Great Shaman.
After this phantom appeared, though Su Xing’s physical body remained unchanged, the power within him seemed to become inexhaustible.
With the aid of the Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation phantom behind him, Su Xing could unleash nearly a thousand units of mountain-and-river power in short bursts!
And if he added the amplification from primordial energy… that would be nearly ten thousand units of mountain-and-river power!
Not only that — after the Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation appeared, Su Xing vaguely sensed that he had formed a connection with the stars in the sky above.
If Su Xing was willing to pay a certain price — including but not limited to cultivation and lifespan — he could pull down the stars from the heavens!
The higher his cultivation, the more powerful the stars he could draw upon!
At Su Xing’s current level, pulling down the moon still seemed slightly beyond his reach, but summoning meteors from the cosmos wouldn’t be a problem!
“Tsk tsk… Myriad Stars Attraction, Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation! The ancient Wu Clan truly deserved their title as supreme rulers of heaven and earth… the power is just too formidable!”
Su Xing’s heart was pounding with excitement.
It was no exaggeration to say that with his current strength, he could fight even a mid-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator!
And if Su Xing was willing to pay a certain price to pull stars from the heavens, even a late-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator who let their guard down might capsize in the gutter…
“Tsk tsk… my Body Tempering cultivation has now completely surpassed my Qi Refinement cultivation!”
Su Xing blinked, but then immediately felt a bit worried.
Reaching Beginner mastery of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art’s third layer had already cost Su Xing a full 100,000 origin energy…
This meant that if Su Xing wanted to advance to Minor Mastery of the third layer, he would need 300,000 origin energy… and reaching Perfection of the third layer would require 900,000 origin energy!
With Su Xing’s current reserves… he was far from being able to afford such amounts.
“Sigh, it seems I’ll have to put Body Tempering cultivation on hold for now… I should focus on advancing my Qi Refinement cultivation first!”
Su Xing murmured to himself.
His current Qi Refinement cultivation was at Earthly Immortal Realm First Layer, but he had accumulated plenty of resources, so advancing to Earthly Immortal realm Perfection wouldn’t be too difficult.
Advancing his Qi Refinement cultivation would bring Su Xing numerous benefits.
He could travel through the void over greater distances… and improving his artifact refining and pill refining skills would become more convenient!
A major reason Su Xing struggled to forge top-grade immortal treasures was that his cultivation level was insufficient.
“So for the next simulation, I’ll focus on advancing my Qi Refinement cultivation!”
Su Xing made a brief mental plan.
After extracting the simulation rewards, Su Xing checked the time, applied his disguise and breath-concealing technique, and conducted his trade with Lu Yuanwu.
This week, he once again received 20,000 origin energy.
At the same time, Lu Yuanwu guaranteed that by the next weekly trade, he would bring 20,000 tons of fourth-order exotic metal.
After the trade was complete, Su Xing spent a week repairing four puppets.
Going forward, Su Xing would deploy these puppets as the core of his network, dispatching them across the entire Seven Kingdoms and Twelve Domains to continuously deliver origin energy to him.
Only when all of Earth’s resources could no longer satisfy the origin energy required for Su Xing’s weekly simulations would he have no choice but to venture into the Three Thousand Worlds…
On November 4th, 2025, Su Xing went to trade with Jin Congxue.
From a single trade, Su Xing gained an additional 30,000 origin energy. After returning to the spirit field grotto-heaven, Su Xing initiated a new round of simulation.
“Begin simulation!”
【Simulation #111 initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 172,352 points… Remaining simulation attempts: unlimited.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a gold legendary talent costs 1 origin energy. Draw?】
Su Xing thought for a moment but chose not to draw a new talent.
“The Innate Severed Meridians talent… it’s time to put it to use!”
Su Xing murmured, spending a few points of origin energy to successfully draw his previously obtained Innate Severed Meridians talent!
【Innate Severed Meridians】: Gold talent. You are innately unable to improve your cultivation through consuming pill-type resources, but your cultivation speed in a natural state becomes double the original rate…
“Unable to consume pills for cultivation… but fortunately, using spirit liquid to advance my Qi Refinement cultivation doesn’t count as pills… and Star Stones aren’t pills either!”
Su Xing murmured, turning his gaze to the simulation panel.
【Ding! Congratulations on obtaining the gold talent Innate Severed Meridians. Simulation begins!】
【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you became aware that you were in a simulation.】
【Ten days later, you entered the Luotian Instance…】
【After leaving the Luotian Instance, you returned to the spirit field grotto-heaven and devoted yourself to cultivation.】
【You cultivated for 2 hours each day, and cultivated on each solar term day. Your cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.】
【However, Earthly Immortal realm cultivation required over ten times the resources consumed at the Human Immortal realm.】
【Though your daily cultivation was over ten times faster than an ordinary Earthly Immortal realm cultivator, the consumption was proportionally greater.】
【In your daily cultivation, a single double-hour required nearly a thousand drops of high-grade spirit liquid.】
【On solar term days, you needed over ten thousand drops of spirit liquid…】
【And so, after two years of cultivation, you felt your cultivation improving daily, but you had consumed a million drops of high-grade spirit liquid.】
【In the third year, although the high-grade spirit liquid you had previously stockpiled totaled well over ten million drops, at this rate it wouldn’t last much longer.】
【If you wanted to maintain your cultivation speed, you would need to acquire more spirit liquid…】
【This year, your spirit field grotto-heaven began producing high-grade spirit liquid, but only about ten thousand drops per year — a mere drop in the bucket compared to your cultivation needs…】
【And so, you raided the Advent Cult’s treasury and the Blood Demon Realm, and slew Old Dog Dragon.】
【That same year, you made a trip to the Beast Taming World to eliminate the threat there.】
【In the fourth year, you left behind several talismans and a few low-grade immortal treasures for Great Xia, then departed Earth with your family and friends.】
【After arriving at the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, you sold several key pieces of intelligence and earned a considerable amount of spirit stones.】
【You stayed in White Emperor City for several years, selling spirit stones and purchasing spirit liquid, yet only managed to gather a million drops of low-grade spirit liquid…】
In the Real World, Su Xing sighed upon seeing this.
“Sigh, even immortals are poor!”
“The amount of spirit liquid an Earthly Immortal realm cultivator consumes in their cultivation is enormous… It often takes ten thousand years of accumulation just to have enough for cultivation.”
“Spirit liquid isn’t something ordinary cultivators would sell either — they keep it all for their own cultivation… But using spirit stones for cultivation is far too slow…”
Su Xing thought it over. The spirit liquid he had on hand should be enough for about ten more years of cultivation. Within those ten-plus years, he had to find new sources of income.
And the fastest way to generate income and obtain spirit liquid was, naturally, robbery!
Robbing the Advent Cult’s heretical cultivators!
With that thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【In the fifth year, White Emperor City rallied its independent cultivators to exterminate an Advent Cult branch.】
【You disguised yourself as an ordinary Earthly Immortal realm independent cultivator, hiding among the ranks of cultivators sent to destroy the Advent Cult…】
【Over the course of three years, you charged to the front lines every time. With your extraordinary strength, the number of Advent Cult cadres who died by your hand totaled a full twenty or so, and the number of Advent Cult members below the Human Immortal realm was simply too many to count.】
【In this way, you accumulated ten million drops of high-grade spirit liquid, ten million drops of mid-grade spirit liquid, and over thirty million drops of low-grade spirit liquid…】
【After this wave of plundering, your wealth was considerable, but fearing that the Advent Cult might discover your identity, you left the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm…】
【In the ninth year, you piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel and traveled through nearly ten void nodes, arriving at the Star Realm.】
【Over the following eleven years, you remained in the Black Water Realm, cultivating in hiding.】
【In the twentieth year of the simulation, your cultivation broke through to Earthly Immortal Realm First Layer mid-stage. Over these years, you consumed several million drops of high-grade spirit liquid, making remarkable progress.】
【In the twenty-eighth year, your cultivation reached Earthly Immortal Realm First Layer late-stage.】
【In the thirty-fifth year, your cultivation reached Earthly Immortal Realm First Layer Peak.】
【That year, the Origin-channeling Flower Secret Realm opened. After collecting all the Origin-channeling Flowers, you waited at the entrance of the Secret Realm to ambush anyone who came.】
【Sure enough, three Advent Cult cadres arrived. You killed them one by one, seizing a wealth of resources, including over a million drops of high-grade spirit liquid…】
【After your cultivation reached Peak Earthly Immortal realm, you remained in the Black Water Realm, preparing to break through to Earthly Immortal Realm Second Layer.】
【In the fortieth year, your accumulated efforts finally bore fruit as your cultivation broke through.】
【Congratulations on becoming an Earthly Immortal Realm Second Layer cultivator!】
In the Real World, Su Xing was filled with emotion upon seeing this.
“In merely forty years, reaching Earthly Immortal Realm Second Layer — this speed is truly unprecedented!”
Su Xing did some rough calculations. Although his spiritual root was merely a tri-element mutated Heavenly Spirit Root, his cultivation speed far exceeded that of ordinary cultivators, owing to his talent bonuses and sufficient spirit liquid.
The seventh-order micro spirit-gathering formation on his person doubled Su Xing’s cultivation speed.
The Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art increased Su Xing’s cultivation speed by more than threefold!
The Innate Severed Meridians talent doubled his cultivation speed again…
Combined with the constant supply of high-grade spirit liquid, Su Xing’s forty years of cultivation were equivalent to one or two thousand years of bitter practice for an ordinary Earthly Immortal realm cultivator.
“It’s just a pity I haven’t drawn a gold-quality spiritual root yet, otherwise my cultivation speed could be even faster!”
Su Xing sighed, estimating that reaching mid-stage Earthly Immortal realm in this simulation shouldn’t be too difficult.
His gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【After breaking through to mid-stage Earthly Immortal realm, you sensed that continuing to stay in the Black Water Realm might be dangerous.】
【So you piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, traversed nearly ten void nodes, and arrived at the Star Realm.】
【In the forty-first year, after your magical power recovered, you assumed the identity of a lost Artifact Refinement Grandmaster and wandered among the various tribes of the Star Realm.】
【Sure enough, once the cultivators of the Star Realm learned you were an Artifact Refinement Grandmaster, their attitudes completely changed.】
【The cultivators of this realm, long cut off from the outside world, were in constant need of various precious immortal treasures.】
【And so, in between your cultivation sessions, you began refining magical treasures for the cultivators of the various tribes.】
【From the low-grade immortal treasures needed by Human Immortal realm cultivators, to the high-grade immortal treasures needed by Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators — you could refine them all.】
【With your masterful artifact refining skills, your reputation quickly spread throughout the Star Realm.】
【Each year you refined only three immortal treasures — one low-grade, one mid-grade, and one high-grade — yet you still earned one and a half million high-grade spirit stones per year.】
【Moreover, you accepted payment for your refining services only in spirit liquid. Though spirit liquid was precious, you still managed to earn two to three hundred thousand drops of high-grade spirit liquid per year.】
【Over the following decades, you stayed in the Star Realm cultivating and refining artifacts, occasionally also playing the role of a daring sky thief, stealing star observation methods from various tribes.】
【And so, nineteen years passed.】
【In the sixtieth year, your cultivation reached Earthly Immortal Realm Second Layer mid-stage.】
【You had also nearly finished collecting the Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method, lacking only the portions from the last few tribes…】
【And so, another twenty years passed.】
【In the eightieth year, your cultivation reached Earthly Immortal Realm Second Layer late-stage!】
【That same year, you finally finished collecting the complete Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method!】
【After completing your collection of the Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method, you began attempting to memorize it…】
In the Real World, Su Xing’s face lit up with joy upon seeing this.
“Phew… After several simulations, I’ve finally gathered the complete Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method. Looks like I can start comprehending the deeper mysteries of the Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny!”
Joy surged in Su Xing’s heart as he silently intoned:
“Activate immersive simulation, duration one month…”
【Ding…】
As the simulation notification sounded, Su Xing’s consciousness entered the simulation world. He then consumed a Spirit Awakening Pill and began memorizing the Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method.
Three days later, Su Xing had completely memorized the entire cultivation process of the Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method. Although he hadn’t yet achieved comprehension, the gains were still substantial.
“This Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method… borrowing the power of the stars to comprehend the Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny, it’s truly profound!”
Su Xing exclaimed in admiration. But during the process of studying and memorizing, he also learned something important.
Several cosmic cycles ago, in addition to the Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method, the Star Shamans had also possessed the even more powerful 《Greater Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method》!
However, this technique had long been lost, and Su Xing had no way of learning about it for the time being.
“Sigh, well, let’s just start formally comprehending the Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method then!”
Su Xing took a deep breath and sat upon a vast plain, the countless stars above seemingly resonating in perfect harmony with his breathing.
And so, a week passed…
On the tenth day of the immersive simulation, Su Xing opened his eyes with a slight frown.
“A week of immersive simulation… equivalent to several years of contemplation, and I haven’t even grasped the basics?”
Su Xing was somewhat troubled. He had underestimated the difficulty of cultivating the Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method.
“The Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method is not only difficult to comprehend… the ancient Wu Clan script within it is even harder to understand. The characters themselves contain the Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny…”
“With my current level of comprehension in cause and effect and destiny, it seems I can’t yet directly comprehend it?”
Su Xing fell into thought.
After cultivating the Eight Trigrams Divination Art to Perfection, Su Xing’s understanding of the origin of cause and effect and destiny had already reached Major Mastery.
If he advanced two more steps, he would completely illuminate the Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny and comprehend the Dao Embryonic Form.
“The Eight Trigrams Divination Art… it seems there’s still room for further progress. If I achieve Thorough Mastery of the national fortune and personal fortune chapters, I should be able to comprehend the embryonic forms of both Daos…”
Su Xing suited action to word. He decided to temporarily set aside the Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method and instead squeeze out the last remaining value of the Eight Trigrams Divination Art to further elevate his Dao comprehension.
And so, twenty days passed, and the immersive simulation ended.
…
Twenty days of immersive simulation was equivalent to over ten years of contemplation.
Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, a look of satisfaction on his face.
“Not bad. My understanding of the origin of cause and effect and destiny has advanced another step… I’ve finally reached Perfection!”
Su Xing extended his hand, and with merely a thought, two ethereal, gossamer-thin threads appeared in his palm.
With Su Xing’s current level of cultivation and comprehension, he could even change a mortal’s fate with a wave of his hand.
Even a beggar, once Su Xing altered their cause and effect of destiny, would bear the aura of an emperor!
“However, manipulating cause and effect and destiny too frequently harms oneself, inviting karmic entanglements… Unless absolutely necessary, it’s best not to carelessly alter others’ fates!”
Su Xing murmured, then turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【Your Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny has advanced further…】
【Afterward, you remained in the Star Realm, hoping to find traces of the Greater Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method…】
【And so, ten years passed…】
【In the ninetieth year, your cultivation reached Earthly Immortal Realm Second Layer Peak!】
【You began attempting to break through to Earthly Immortal Realm Third Layer…】
【And so, three years passed…】
【In the ninety-third year, congratulations on successfully breaking through to Earthly Immortal Realm Third Layer!】
【However, over these years, despite your painstaking search for the Greater Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method, you found no trace of it.】
【Continuing to stay in the Star Realm was becoming unsustainable, as your spirit liquid expenditure exceeded your income, and more than half of your previously accumulated spirit liquid had been consumed.】
【So you decided not to remain in the Star Realm, and instead prepared to travel to the Medium Chiliocosm — Cangwu Realm — for cultivation!】
【In the ninety-fourth year, after passing through five void nodes, you successfully arrived at the Cangwu Realm…】
【You recuperated in the Cangwu Realm for several months, restoring your strength to its peak.】
【In the ninety-fifth year, you visited the Gold Coin Trading Company, preparing to conduct trade and purchase a large quantity of spirit liquid!】
【You displayed the cultivation of an Earthly Immortal realm cultivator and were admitted to the Gold Coin Trading Company’s VIP room, where you met a company manager.】
【Under the manager’s astonished gaze, you produced over ten stalks of Spirit-Gathering Flowers and expressed your desire to trade with the Gold Coin Trading Company.】
【The manager gave you a fair price — one stalk of Spirit-Gathering Flower was worth two hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones…】
【This meant that your ten-odd stalks of Spirit-Gathering Flowers were worth only around twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones…】
【If you directly traded the Spirit-Gathering Flowers with the Gold Coin Trading Company for spirit liquid, ten stalks would fetch roughly five thousand drops of high-grade spirit liquid…】
In the Real World, Su Xing frowned slightly upon seeing this.
“Ten stalks of Spirit-Gathering Flowers, worth five thousand drops of high-grade spirit liquid…”
“Then the ten thousand stalks in my spirit field grotto-heaven would only trade for five million drops of high-grade spirit liquid…”
Su Xing mulled it over. His spirit field grotto-heaven produced roughly ten thousand drops of high-grade spirit liquid per year.
Five hundred years’ worth of high-grade spirit liquid production…
“Sigh, this deal is really a huge loss!”
“Spirit liquid prices are truly exorbitant!”
Su Xing thought it through. Those five million drops of high-grade spirit liquid would last him only about four or five years of cultivation at most, and that was being extremely frugal.
Without high-grade spirit liquid, Su Xing would have to resort to mid-grade or low-grade spirit liquid… or even spirit stones for cultivation.
At that point, his cultivation speed would inevitably plummet.
“Sigh, but there’s no other choice! I still have to trade!”
Su Xing murmured, then turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【The value of spirit liquid exceeded your expectations, but you still sold five thousand stalks of Spirit-Gathering Flowers in one go, purchasing two million five hundred thousand drops of high-grade spirit liquid.】
【After obtaining sufficient spirit liquid, you remained in the Cangwu Realm and continued cultivating.】
【And so, fifteen years passed.】
【In the one hundred and tenth year, your cultivation reached Earthly Immortal Realm Third Layer mid-stage.】
【Over these ten-plus years of cultivation, you had exhausted your high-grade spirit liquid, and spent over ten million drops of mid-grade spirit liquid as well.】
【The declining cultivation speed meant you had to find new ways to obtain more resources.】
【Fortunately, over the years, you had accumulated quite a collection of immortal treasures.】
【You sold over ten mid-grade immortal treasures, earning ten million high-grade spirit stones. With these spirit stones, you once again purchased two million drops of high-grade spirit liquid.】
【You visited the Gold Coin Trading Company and requested that they escort you to the Tianyuan Realm.】
【The person who received you this time was not the vice president, Little Zi, but rather a manager.】
【This manager informed you that the last Golden Immortal who conducted a void voyage to the Tianyuan Realm had departed over a hundred years ago…】
【The timing of the next voyage was unknown, but they would inform you once there was news…】
In the Real World, Su Xing frowned slightly upon seeing this.
“In the previous simulation, that vice president Little Zi said… the flights were once every hundred years…”
“But this time, the manager’s story has changed?”
Su Xing pondered for a moment, muttering:
“It seems the schedule for void voyages isn’t fixed after all… If I want to reach the Tianyuan Realm, I’ll have to wait until around the two hundredth year of the simulation…”
“The main reason is that long-distance void voyages require Golden Immortal realm cultivators to escort them… but those Golden Immortal realm cultivators don’t always have the time…”
Su Xing thought it over. Since he couldn’t travel to the Tianyuan Realm ahead of schedule, he would have to find a way to fend off Blood Three’s pursuit from the Advent Cult.
“Around the one hundred and sixtieth year of the simulation, the Advent Cult targets me… Perhaps I could seek the Gold Coin Trading Company’s protection to stop Blood Three’s pursuit?”
With that thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【Carrying over two million drops of spirit liquid, you returned to your grotto-heaven and continued cultivating.】
【And so, another fifteen years passed.】
【In the one hundred and twenty-fifth year, your cultivation reached Earthly Immortal Realm Third Layer late-stage.】
【That year, your accumulated mid-grade spirit liquid was completely exhausted, leaving you with only low-grade spirit liquid for cultivation. Your cultivation speed slowed considerably…】
【Fortunately, alongside your cultivation, you had also been gathering materials and refining immortal treasures.】
【Over these years, you had refined three high-grade immortal treasures, which you planned to sell in exchange for spirit liquid to continue cultivating.】
【In the one hundred and thirtieth year, you visited the Gold Coin Trading Company and sold three high-grade immortal treasures, hoping to exchange them for ten million drops of high-grade spirit liquid.】
【However, the Gold Coin Trading Company informed you that ten million drops of high-grade spirit liquid was too enormous a quantity to fulfill all at once.】
【So you received three million drops of high-grade spirit liquid, with the remaining seven million drops to be paid by the Gold Coin Trading Company within thirty years…】