367: Fifteen simulations

[Ding! The fifteenth simulation begins—]

[After confirming the start of the simulation, you sit cross-legged and begin to meditate and rest your spirit.]

[This time you already had a plan in mind, so your mind was exceptionally calm.]

[After dawn, you head straight to the Jia Residence and take the title deed for the blood red stone mine.]

[Returning to your own residence, you think carefully and decide not to move against Squire Shen for now—to avoid alerting Liu Ruyan and causing unnecessary complications.]

[On the second day, you find that the little fellow Qin Han actually ate all ten million Low-Grade Spirit Stones you left behind. You are both pained and amazed.]

[On the third day, although you already have a black gold twin fish jade pendant in your hand, you are still worried that the original one might be picked up by someone else, causing some trouble. So you go out again and pick it up.]

[On the fourth day, you run into Cheng Rongrong at Wangyue Tower. You strike secretly and help Fragrant Lord Qiao deal with Zhao Yi.]

[On the fifth day, Liu Ruyan exits seclusion as scheduled. You plant a Slave Contract on her and then help her neutralize the poison in her body.]

[On the eighth day, you find Qin Yu and hand over the immortal medicine and nine-leaf green lotus to her. You discuss some follow-up matters with her, such as having her go to the Cloud Heaven Sect to exchange the immortal medicine for that supreme-grade spirit vein, and so on.]

[On the ninth day, Liu Ruyan takes you away from the Tianhuang Secret Realm and heads to Ningyue Immortal Mountain.]

[In the second month, the qingming mirror disappears without a trace. The Liu Clan Immortal Family issues an Immortal Realm bounty, searching for it with all their might.]

[In the third month, you set off for the time-space pagoda. Relying on that 'black gold jade pendant,' you are successfully assigned a cultivation stone room.]

[In the second year, you stay in seclusion within the time-space pagoda for ten years, and your cultivation reaches Nascent Soul Peak.]

[In the fifth year, another thirty years pass in the pagoda; your Physical Body refinement reaches Perfection, achieving Supernatural Power Realm Perfection.]

[In the ninth year, forty years pass in the pagoda, and your Nascent Soul Stage Divine Soul finally reaches Perfection.]

[In the tenth year,]

[Liu Ruyan takes you away from the Liu Clan Territory to a part of the Shattered Star Continent on Tailan Star.]

[You begin seclusion, preparing for a Breakthrough to Soul Transformation.]

[Liu Ruyan opens up an Immortal Cave nearby to focus on protecting you.]

[A month later, you successfully break through to the Soul Transformation Stage.]

[But you do not exit seclusion; instead, you continue to meditate, sensing the Space Law, Time Law, Law of Poison, and so on.]

[In the twelfth year,]

[Relying on the Spirit Treasures 'xuantian treasure mirror' and 'soul-eroding pearl,' you quickly gain basic mastery of the Time Law and Law of Poison.]

[Afterward, your 'Space Law' also successfully gains basic mastery.]

[Finally, with the Heaven-Defying Aptitude of the Spotless Sword Body, you also gain basic mastery of the Divine Ability 'Three Talents Soul Slaughter.']

[At the same time, relying on the 'immortal slaying sword,' your 'Sword Law' also successfully gains basic mastery.]

['Sword Law' once formed means any casual sword strike of yours possesses extraordinary power.]

[You still do not exit seclusion, turning instead to devotedly comprehend the Divination Technique and Aura Gazing Technique. Once you gain basic mastery of these two Cultivation Techniques, you begin your closed-door cultivation.]

[In the fifteenth year,]

[After three years of seclusion, you find that your cultivation has barely progressed, as if an invisible wall is blocking you, making progress difficult.]

[This makes you—unavoidably—envy the Epiphany you had last time.]

['How on earth does one achieve an Epiphany?']

[You ponder deeply for three days and three nights, yet still have no clue.]

[You suddenly remember the 'xuantian treasure mirror'; it has the ability to accelerate time, so you excitedly ask the artifact spirit:]

['Xuantian, can you accelerate time for an area?']

['Uh... yes, Master!' Xuantian's voice sounds a bit guilty.]

['What's the maximum acceleration?']

['Um... ten times... yes, right, it's ten times!']

[Hearing its answer, your lips twitch silently.]

[This fellow actually dares to lie.]

[You clearly remember that a hundredfold acceleration is its norm.]

[This coward is hiding its capabilities again.]

[You directly order: 'Accelerate time by a hundredfold within the range of this Immortal Cave.']

['Alright!... Huh? I, I really only have ten times...']

['Hmm?' You deliberately let your tone grow cold.]

['Master, haste makes waste! If cultivation is also accelerated, the Foundation will become unstable, making it very difficult to break through to Void Refining in the future!']

[Its voice grows smaller and smaller, carrying a hint of nervousness.]

['Then why didn't I find it difficult when I broke through to Soul Transformation before?' you ask.]

['Master, that's because your previous Nascent Soul Stage Foundation was exceptionally solid!' Xuantian replies immediately.]

['Moreover, the higher the cultivation, the greater the hidden dangers of doing this. You'd be better off trying other methods, like breaking through by comprehending the Dao,' it adds.]

[You nod, having expected this—the cultivation the System gives you has absolutely no fluff!]

[But for now, there truly is no other way.]

[Besides, this will only affect you in the simulation; your cultivation in reality will not be impacted.]

[And even if there is a slight impact, it's hard to encounter an opponent in the same realm who can rival you.]

[After thinking it through, you still order decisively: 'Do as I say!']

['Okay, okay! Please don't be angry, this little one will start immediately!']

[As soon as its voice falls, an invisible yet vast power quietly descends, gently enveloping the entire Immortal Cave.]

[The flow of light and shadow inside the cave seems unchanged, but a strange 'sense of detachment' arises—]

[As if this place has quietly slipped out of the river of normal time, becoming a small world with a completely different flow rate.]

[In the twentieth year,]

[Relying on the hundredfold time difference, you have already cultivated bitterly in the cave for five hundred years.]

[However, your brows are tightly knit.]

[After five hundred years of sitting in silence, although your cultivation has improved, the progress is slow.]

[At this rate, breaking through to Mid-Spirit Transformation will likely take forever.]

[Although only five years have passed in the outside world, you have truly sat in silence for five hundred years.]

[Though your cultivation has progressed, your patience truly cannot hold out.]

[Five hundred years, it's really not something a person can endure.]

[Actually, if calculated by the five years of outside time, your speed is already considered quite good.]

[How should I put it?]

[Calculated, it's roughly the same as the cultivation speed of those Cultivators with Medium Grade True Spirit Roots.]

[This shows that even with this hundredfold time acceleration, you are only comparable to a Cultivator with mid-level Aptitude.]

[Compared to those true prodigies, such as those with supreme-grade spirit roots, Immortal Spiritual Roots, or Chaos Spiritual Roots, the gap is simply like heaven and earth.]

[You understand in your heart—the essence is still that your Spiritual Root is too poor.]

[If the Spiritual Root is no good, no matter how much time passes, it probably won't solve the fundamental problem.]

[This is also related to the fact that your cultivation has reached Soul Transformation—]

[Once the life level of a Spirit Transformation Cultivator has already leaped, the threshold for cultivation naturally cannot be compared to the past.]

[Before Soul Transformation, breathing in Spiritual Qi and condensing true essence was the Great Dao; after Soul Transformation, relying solely on absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi is like trying to put out a burning cart of wood with a cup of water.]

[What is truly critical is the touching and comprehension of Laws.]

[Spiritual Qi is the wood, and Law is the fire. No matter how much wood there is, it will not burn without fire; if the fire is not strong, a mountain of wood is also in vain.]