71 – Breaking Through to Great Transcendence!

【You are extremely surprised that the ancient jade has shown a reaction. You spend five thousand lower-grade spirit stones to successfully bid for this red treasure pearl. After the auction ends, you begin to study this red treasure pearl. You find that even with all your effort, you can’t leave a single mark on it, leaving you in awe.】

【However, the ancient jade reacts again, causing the red treasure pearl to emit light. Then the red pearl becomes transparent, and a drop of blood appears before you, leaving you shocked.】

【You sense incredibly strong energy fluctuations from it. You suspect this blood is the essence blood of some super-powerful entity. It is very likely left by a former strong figure of the Chi Tribe. Otherwise, the ancient jade wouldn’t have reacted.】

【Next, you want to store this drop of essence blood and leave the capital city. However, the energy fluctuations formed after the essence blood emerged have already spread out, attracting the attention of many strong figures in the capital.】

【Some Spirit Origin Realm experts surround you, wanting you to hand over the treasure. To this, you respond coldly. Wealth moves people’s hearts. These Spirit Origin Realm experts, disregarding your deterrent as an elder of the Sword Spirit Sect, want to attack you to seize the opportunity.】

【In response, you display amazing strength, easily killing all the offending enemies, and leave the capital city effortlessly. After this battle, your name shakes the world. The entire world knows that you are an invincible strong figure at the pinnacle of the Spirit Origin Realm.】

【Even the Sword Spirit Sect did not expect you to be so powerful, shocking them. They speculate that you must have been hiding your strength before. For a while, they are somewhat suspicious of your purpose in joining the Sword Spirit Sect. So powerful and a Tier-4 alchemist, there is no need for you to join their sect.】

【At this time, you do not return to the Sword Spirit Sect but find an uninhabited mountain forest to start consuming the essence blood, aiming to break through to the Great Transcendence. You have a premonition that the energy contained in this drop of essence blood is enough to rival the amount of high-grade spirit stones required to break through to the Great Transcendence.】

【Sure enough, after three months of seclusion, you successfully break through to the first realm of the Great Transcendence, the Spirit Sea Realm. The liquid Spirit Origin in your dantian surges like an ocean, extremely powerful. At this moment, you truly feel the might of the Great Transcendence. In your memory, you could fight transcendental-level great demons across levels entirely because of the formidable combination of your peak-level Sword Intent and Red Flame Technique. Otherwise, trying to injure a transcendental-level great demon as a half-step transcendence would be very difficult.】

【After breaking through to the Spirit Sea Realm, you are in high spirits and no longer plan to follow the imperial route. After all, it has lost its meaning. After reaching the Spirit Sea Realm, lower-grade spirit stones are of minimal use to you. You need middle-grade or even high-grade spirit stones to cultivate faster.】

【You know very well that continuing to stay on this Profound Turtle Continent makes it very difficult to progress further. Because of this, you have the idea of leaving the Profound Turtle Continent.】

【However, before leaving, you plan to venture into the Great Xia Royal Family’s forbidden area once more to explore its secrets. You enter the forbidden area and accept the second trial; you die in it.】

【Because of your death, this simulation ends】

“???”

Wang Ping looked at the simulation content and was completely dumbfounded.

Originally, seeing himself break through to the Great Transcendence, he thought he could travel anywhere in the world.

However, after the breakthrough, not even a month passed before he died.

Even the entire Profound Turtle Continent probably didn’t know he had broken through to the Great Transcendence before he died.

This seems too absurd.

“It seems this forbidden area is even more terrifying than I imagined.”

Wang Ping, collecting his thoughts, became extremely serious.

He had long known that this Great Xia forbidden area was dangerous. Venturing into it after breaking through to a half-step transcendence almost killed him.

But he did not expect that breaking through to the Great Transcendence and then entering would result in instant death. It beggars belief.

The stronger he became, the quicker he died; this place was too eerie.

“Perhaps the trial still involves fighting zombies of the same realm. But just having broken through to transcendence, I might be considered ordinary within the Transcendence realm. Fighting against five or more enemies of the same realm all at once is normal to result in death.”

Wang Ping pondered, many thoughts flashing through his mind.

After all, the farther one progresses in cultivation, the more challenging it becomes.

Before reaching half-step transcendence, you could crazily overpower enemies of the same level, even battling across levels, but it’s different once in Transcendence.

No one who breaks through to Transcendence is simple, and thinking to battle multiple foes at once or fight across levels becomes very difficult.

Unless your talent far exceeds the entire realm of Great Transcendence, battling across levels becomes possible.

“Reckless… I must admit, my ego got the better of me.”

Wang Ping chuckled bitterly.

In this life simulation, after breaking through to the Great Transcendence, his mindset change was quite normal.

After all, he tried many times, all ending in failure.

Finally breaking through to the Great Transcendence, truly invincible, wanting to explore the forbidden area’s secrets was very normal.

In his memories, he had never fallen in the forbidden area. Achieving transcendence, he believed it even less likely.

“I thought Great Transcendence meant invincibility, but died even quicker. Luckily, I have the Life Simulator… Otherwise, crossing into the fantasy world, no number of lives would suffice.”

After calming his mind, Wang Ping shook his head and couldn’t help but sigh.

“Ding, reward successfully generated. The host can choose one reward from the options below:
①. Early Stage Spirit Sea Realm cultivation.”

“Just one reward? Aren’t you forcing me to choose cultivation?”

Looking at the rewards in front of him, Wang Ping couldn’t help but twitch his mouth slightly.
Sure enough, Wang Ping had no choice at all. His cultivation directly began to rise, his dantian rapidly expanding, undergoing earth-shattering changes.

At the same time, the spirit essence, as red as flames, also swiftly began to liquefy, forming an ocean of liquid spirit essence within the expanding dantian.

Fortunately, the System’s process of elevating cultivation was very silent…
Otherwise, if it caused a major commotion, the entire royal city would suffer.

Under the pressure of a Spirit Sea Realm expert, not to mention the tens of millions of ordinary people in the royal city… even Innate Realm cultivators would likely be crushed to death by the pressure.

Only Spirit Origin Realm cultivators at the peak or those genius Spirit Origin Realm cultivators could barely withstand the pressure.

The Great Transcendence Realm… it is a process of transcending the mundane, a significant transformation of life’s level, truly powerful. Even Spirit Origin Realm experts find it hard to resist its pressure.

This really doesn’t leave me any options…

Wang Ping, feeling the immense power within himself, could only smile helplessly.
Breaking through to the Spirit Sea Realm is a good thing…
This powerful feeling is indeed addictive…

But after breaking through to the Spirit Sea Realm, the amount of spirit stones needed for the next Life Simulation will definitely increase greatly.

I’m afraid the spirit stones obtained from this little place of Profound Turtle Continent won’t be enough to support multiple simulations…
This is practically forcing me to leave this small place of Profound Turtle Continent…

Well, it’s not the System’s fault for pushing me… This Life Simulation was too brief; there was no possibility for other rewards to appear.

Wang Ping sighed lightly, calming his mood, and fully restrained his aura to prevent it from leaking.

Then, Wang Ping asked in his heart: “System, how many spirit stones do I need to perform a paid simulation now…”

“Ding, a paid simulation requires 1,000 mid-grade spirit stones or 20 high-grade spirit stones. The host doesn’t have enough spirit stones to perform a paid simulation…”

Wang Ping was speechless.
Although he knew that after the breakthrough, the situation would become very troublesome…
He didn’t expect it to become this troublesome…

After breaking through to the Spirit Sea Realm, he actually can’t use low-grade spirit stones for simulation anymore…

Considering the exchange ratio between mid-grade and low-grade spirit stones, even if he could use low-grade stones for paid simulation, each simulation might cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of low-grade spirit stones…
Even if he emptied out the entire Profound Turtle Continent, he wouldn’t be able to simulate too many times.

This opportunity is really a mixed blessing…

Wang Ping shook his head, feeling resigned.
One opportunity solved his long-pending issue of breaking through to the Great Transcendence Realm…
But it also disrupted his plans entirely, leaving him unable to perform paid simulations.

Of course, Wang Ping didn’t dwell on this issue…
Since he had already broken through, it was time to consider his next steps…

If paid simulations can’t be used, then he won’t use them… After all, there’s still the free simulation.
Although it takes ten days to accumulate a usage opportunity, it’s enough for exploring a safe route.

Besides, he can try to get some spirit stones from the people in the group. Anyway, there are more ways than difficulties…

The only thing Wang Ping worries about is the potential group tasks…
Although he has now reached the early stage of the Spirit Sea Realm, without enough free simulation attempts, he still feels uneasy…

After all, group tasks are too dangerous. In the last group task, although strength was important and completing the task required sufficient strength, strength was not the most critical factor. Without the Life Simulator, it would have been a total wipeout.

However, it’s pointless to overthink… Next, I’ll just wait for the auction to start…

Wang Ping shook his head and entered a state of cultivation… He needed to stabilize his realm and adapt to the immense power of the Spirit Sea Realm.
Otherwise, even exerting more than fifty percent of his full strength would be problematic…

In the blink of an eye, six days passed… The auction was about to begin, and Wang Ping opened his eyes.

Although my control over my strength still has some shortcomings… requiring a lot of actual combat to perfect it, my realm is much more stable now. Next, I should go to the auction.

With these words, Wang Ping stood up and disappeared from the spot.
The Great Xia Auction House is located near the center of the Great Xia Royal City, well-connected in all directions.

At this moment, the avenues were bustling with traffic. Numerous cultivators and dignitaries lined up in a long queue, orderly entering the auction house.

However, Wang Ping, with his distinguished status, did not queue. When he arrived at the entrance of the auction house, a prominent figure in ornate clothing from the auction house personally greeted him and invited him inside.

“Master Wang, I will be waiting outside the door. If you need anything, just call me…”

The woman in the ornate clothing respectfully said to Wang Ping.

Although she held a noble status and had reached the Innate Realm in strength, she was nothing in front of Wang Ping.

After all, this man standing before her was a fourth-rank alchemist, a Spirit Origin Realm expert, and an esteemed elder of the Sword Spirit Sect, a figure whom she had been severely reminded by her superiors not to slight in any way.

In fact, if Wang Ping wanted to do something, even if she held a significant position in the auction house, she would not dare resist, or she would lose her head.

Of course, if Wang Ping took a liking to her, it would also be her honor.

“Hmm, you wait outside.” Wang Ping nodded, his expression calm.

At this, the woman stole a glance at Wang Ping. Seeing that he had no interest in her whatsoever, she could only leave the private room in disappointment.

“Red Flame Pearl, the essence blood of a Scarlet Clan expert?”

Wang Ping leaned back on the luxurious sofa chair in the private room, squinting as he gazed at the auction stage below through a one-way glass.

After breaking through to the Spirit Sea Realm, Wang Ping could more deeply understand the terror of the essence blood that appeared in the Life Simulator.

Just one drop of essence blood could allow him to break through to the Spirit Sea Realm.

It’s hard to imagine how powerful the owner of this essence blood was in their lifetime.

At least a Spirit Embryo Realm expert, perhaps.

No… If a drop of blood from a Spirit Embryo Realm expert could easily allow one to break through to the Spirit Sea Realm, it could create numerous Spirit Sea Realm cultivators.

Although there are three realms in the Great Transcendence, each with drastic differences, it still shouldn’t be this exaggerated.

Could the owner of this essence blood have been a Spirit Nurturing Realm expert, or even higher?

“If they were truly so powerful, what kind of force could annihilate the Scarlet Clan, forcing them to flee to the Profound Turtle Continent… And even then, they couldn’t escape their clutches.”

Wang Ping sighed inwardly.

The stronger he became, the more he understood the horror of the Scarlet Clan’s enemies.

Previously, he had been somewhat naive.

As Wang Ping pondered, he also sensed that more and more cultivators were entering the auction house.

Especially those in the private rooms, each possessing at least the peak of the Innate Realm.

Of course, Innate Realm cultivators aren’t qualified for private rooms; they represent various major forces.

Throughout the auction house, there were as many as twenty Spirit Origin Realm experts, three of whom were above the seventh level.

Among them, there was even one Spirit Origin Realm expert deeply concealed, not staying in a private room but in a regular seat, with a cultivation level reaching the astonishing ninth level of the Spirit Origin Realm.

Moreover, Wang Ping sensed a familiar aura… It was from an elder of the Sword Spirit Sect.

“No wonder there were Spirit Origin Realm experts in the Life Simulator who dared to seize my things without fearing the Sword Spirit Sect… Truly impressive.”

After scanning the auction house with his spiritual sense, Wang Ping chuckled playfully.

A Spirit Origin Realm expert above the seventh level, if a rogue cultivator, might not easily offend the Sword Spirit Sect, but wouldn’t fear it either.

Even if the Sword Spirit Sect was powerful, what could they do to me, a free-spirited wanderer? If I’m provoked, I could launch guerilla attacks and crazily kill disciples of the Sword Spirit Sect.

In that case, the Sword Spirit Sect would indeed face a headache.

Therefore, in Great Xia, no force would easily offend Spirit Origin Realm experts, especially those above the seventh level.