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    Su醒 let out a long sigh of relief.

    For the past few years, there had been no progress, and Su醒 thought that this simulation would not allow him to break through to the Divine Transformation Realm, Great Perfection.

    Yet, he achieved this goal in the final two years.

    “However, it seems that mentality has a significant impact on cultivation… Gaining insight in a specific environment can accelerate breakthroughs, right?”

    Su醒 stroked his chin, lost in thought.

    His gaze landed on the simulation panel.

    【Raging spiritual Qi boils within your body, while you diligently operate the Thousand Flames Decision, gradually absorbing the spiritual Qi from the spiritual liquid and converting it into your own spiritual force.】

    【The entire process went exceptionally smoothly, and this breakthrough lasted for a full week!】

    【After a week, you, who had been closing your eyes for a long time, slowly opened your eyes, feeling the enhanced aura within your body. Your heart was filled with joy.】

    【Congratulations on successfully breaking through to the Divine Transformation Realm, Great Perfection!】

    【After breaking through to the Divine Transformation Realm, Great Perfection, your strength has significantly increased. The spiritual force within your body surges like a mighty river.】

    【You have an unprecedented level of confidence in your own strength. You decide to gauge how far you are from the legendary realm.】

    【Year Twenty-Five, the situation in the Demon-Suppressing Pass is precarious.】

    【Human cultivators are dying off left and right, but the demon horde remains rampant, their numbers undiminished.】

    【One day, the demons launched a final assault on the Demon-Suppressing Pass.】

    【In this battle, human casualties were extremely heavy. Even over a hundred Heavenly King Level cultivators perished!】

    【You realize that the Demon-Suppressing Pass is on the verge of collapse. You want to seize this last chance and fight with everything you have.】

    【Your target is a legendary giant beast.】

    【This giant beast stands three hundred feet tall, its face is monstrous, and its entire body is covered in spines. It resembles a black mountain.】

    【In front of it, you are as insignificant as an ant.】

    【But you still launch an attack!】

    【You instantly unleash your Elemental Force, the Elemental Force armor enveloping every inch of your skin. The Ink Ice Sword unsheathes and cuts directly at the giant beast’s head.】

    【With a single blow, a rain of blood pours down, and a wound several meters deep appears on the giant beast’s neck.】

    【The sudden pain enrages the giant beast. Its crimson eyes glare at you, and its massive hand, like a mountain, swings towards you.】

    【BOOM!】

    【You are sent flying back thousands of meters by this blow, slamming hard onto the ground, creating a huge crater.】

    【A mouthful of blood spews out as you slowly crawl up from the ground. You are completely unconcerned about your injuries, and you watch the giant beast with a warlike gleam in your eyes!】

    【Although the giant beast’s palm had boundless strength, it was partially dissipated by your Elemental Force. The remaining force only caused minor internal injuries.】

    【This makes you realize that even against a legendary giant beast, you are not completely powerless after unleashing your Elemental Force!】

    【You once again gather your spiritual force, soar into the air, and unleash your Elemental Force, attacking the legendary giant beast.】

    【This battle lasted for a full hour!】

    【All the remaining soldiers in the Demon-Suppressing Pass are shocked by you.】

    【In their eyes, you are a powerful cultivator, but still a Martial Emperor Level cultivator.】

    【A Martial Emperor battling a legendary beast! This is an astonishing sight they have never imagined!】

    【In this battle, you suffer serious injuries. Your body is covered in wounds, and even the Elemental Force surrounding you becomes unstable.】

    【The prolonged battle and sustained Elemental Force output have taken a heavy toll on your physical stamina. You can barely activate your Elemental Force to fight against it.】

    【On the other hand, the legendary giant beast also bears over a hundred wounds from your attacks. Blood stains the battlefield.】

    【The most severe wound is on the giant beast’s eye. Its eye, as large as a boulder, has been pierced by you. The pain makes the giant beast even more furious.】

    【Finally, after hundreds of rounds of fierce fighting, your Elemental Force can no longer hold. You are turned into a meat pie by the giant beast.】

    【Your primordial spirit escapes and prepares to flee temporarily. However, a black shadow rushes towards you, aiming directly at your primordial spirit. In the next second, your consciousness gradually fades away…】

    【You are dead!】

    【Ding! This simulation has ended!】

    After the simulation ends, a look of surprise spreads across Su醒’s face.

    “Divine Transformation Realm, Great Perfection, combined with the Divine Power Realm, Great Perfection… Indeed, I can now go toe-to-toe with a legendary giant beast!”

    “I was able to hold on for a full hour! Although I ultimately died at the hands of the legendary giant beast…”

    Su醒 is quite delighted. You see, while he was at a disadvantage during the battle with his Elemental Force, it was still a close fight.

    And the reason he died was because his Elemental Force was exhausted.

    If his Elemental Force had been strong enough, Su醒 might have been able to exhaust the legendary giant beast!

    “But… what was that black shadow at the end?”

    Su醒 is a little confused.

    Ordinary giant beasts, even those at the legendary level, do not attack primordial spirits because their senses are weak and they cannot hunt down primordial spirits.

    But that black shadow seemed to be a monster that specifically hunts primordial spirits?

    Su醒 furrows his brow, unsure about this.

    His body was crushed into a meat pie, so naturally his eyes were gone.

    If his body was intact, perhaps he could have seen what that black monster truly was?

    In any case, Su醒 is quite satisfied with the result of this simulation.

    His Qi and Body cultivation have both reached Great Perfection, and his Elemental Force has also achieved Minor Mastery in the External Projection stage.

    Su醒’s goals have been exceeded.

    “Then let me see what reward options I have this time?”

    His gaze shifts to the simulation panel.

    【Cold-Faced Emperor】: Purple Quality Innate Talent, priced at 1 million Energy.

    【Ten Years of Alchemy Experience】: Alchemy insight, priced at 500,000 Energy.

    【Divine Transformation Realm, Great Perfection Cultivation】: Qi Refining cultivation, priced at 30 million Energy.

    【Elemental Force Cultivation Insights (External Projection Minor Mastery): External Projection Minor Mastery Elemental Force insight, priced at 50 million Energy.

    【Lower Grade Spiritual Liquid 100,000 drops】: Priced at 10 million Energy.

    【100 Million Jin of Spirit Rice】: Priced at 100 billion Energy.

    Su醒’s eyes land on the last option, and he raises an eyebrow.

    “Damn, 100 billion Energy, are you trying to rob me?”

    This 100 million jin of Spirit Rice is probably all the accumulation from Su醒’s 20 years of saving.

    While the quantity is not small, Su醒 naturally will not choose Spirit Rice again like he did when he first started simulating.

    After all, the effect of Spirit Rice was very obvious during the Body Refining and Forging Bone Realm, and it helped him make huge leaps in strength at the time.

    But now, Spirit Rice doesn’t really help Su醒 that much.

    More importantly, Su醒 has the ability to produce Spirit Rice steadily.

    If he spends one or two hours every day farming, it’s not difficult to produce 10 million jin of Spirit Rice per year.

    “I’ll keep the Cold-Faced Emperor talent for later. I don’t need it now… And I might even be seen as a stoic, second-rate kid, right? (smlz)”

    Su醒 glances at his remaining simulation Energy.

    Only 64.37 million points.

    His goal is to exchange for the Divine Transformation Realm, Great Perfection cultivation and the Minor Mastery Elemental Force Cultivation Insights.

    This requires 80 million simulation Energy.

    There is a 16 million Energy shortfall…

    “Sigh, looks like I’ll have to wait another week before I can exchange for the rewards…”

    Su醒 shakes his head slightly. Unless absolutely necessary, he really doesn’t want to approach the百里商会 to ask for help again. The risk is too high.

    Thinking this, Su醒 calls Jin Cong Xue.

    He basically asks Jin Cong Xue to meet earlier next week, and he also intends to implement the plan to collaborate with the Great Summer military using Spirit Rice.

    After arranging a meeting with Jin Cong Xue for next week, Su醒 carefully plans his future path of development.

    “Without realizing it, I’ve already reached Divine Transformation Realm, Great Perfection, combined with the Divine Power Realm, Great Perfection!”

    Su醒 feels a sense of wonder in his heart. From the time he obtained the simulation cheat to now, it’s only been ten months, and he has already achieved such remarkable progress in strength.

    This is probably unprecedented throughout history.

    But Su醒 does not feel arrogant or conceited. He always has a deep sense of crisis in his heart.

    “If I do nothing now, in 14 years, Blue Star will be completely destroyed…”

    “And the strength of that terrifying giant beast, I still have no clue about it. How terrifying is it?”

    Su醒’s eyes still carry a look of worry and concern.

    “But next, I need to figure out how to break through to the Void Breaking and Returning Void Realm!”

    “After all, the stronger my cultivation realm is, the stronger my overall strength will become!”

    Su醒 falls into deep thought.

    He already has an idea of how to break through to the Void Breaking Realm.

    External Projection Elemental Force, Elemental Force supernatural powers, plus finding a limit location, Su醒 can use his life as a bet to seek a breakthrough.

    “I already have External Projection Elemental Force. But to be safe, I should cultivate it to Great Perfection before I have absolute confidence!”

    “As for Elemental Force supernatural powers, the Protective Qi taught by Niu Ru Lie is enough. All I need is to practice hard.”

    “And regarding the limit location, I need to find one…”

    Su醒 shakes his head slightly.

    There are no particularly limiting places on Blue Star. Even the deep sea, tens of thousands of meters deep, is not much pressure for Su醒.

    If he wants to find a limit location, he must search in the instances.

    Moreover, with Su醒’s pride, he naturally wouldn’t want to be just the weakest Void Breaking cultivator.

    He needs to find a limit location that is dangerous enough. Combined with Elemental Force supernatural powers and his own Elemental Force, he can become a truly powerful Void Breaking cultivator!

    “No matter what, the breakthrough to the Void Breaking Realm is already on the right track… But I still have no clue about how to reach the Returning Void Realm!”

    Su醒 sighs softly and mutters,

    “I still have to go to the Luo Tian Great Assembly instance again and ask about the Returning Void Realm breakthrough!”

    Su醒 realizes that the Luo Tian Great Assembly instance is truly his treasure trove.

    Whenever he encounters a problem or a bottleneck, he can always find the answers he wants in the Luo Tian Great Assembly instance.

    With a clear plan for the future, Su醒 shifts his attention to the temporary granary he has built.

    “Some of the Spirit Rice in the Spirit Field is about to ripen. I need to hurry up and ripen another batch… I should be able to barely gather 2 million jin of Spirit Rice?”

    Su醒 does what he says and begins to ripen Spirit Rice using his Wood attribute spiritual force.

    The Divine Farmer descendant talent grants him an astonishing speed in cultivating plants.

    Soon, a week passes.

    Within the week, the amount of Spirit Rice harvested, along with the 1 million jin he had left behind, barely reaches 2 million jin, enough to meet the first year’s trading requirements with the Great Summer military.

    He also took the time to refine three thousand pills.

    On this day, with all his preparations complete, Su醒 is ready to discuss the Spirit Rice plan with Jin Cong Xue.

    In the private villa room, Su醒 and Jin Cong Xue dine face-to-face.

    While Su醒 enjoys his meal, Jin Cong Xue informs him of her plan.

    “Based on my estimate of the value of Spirit Rice, within 1 million jin, our risk is relatively low…”

    “After all, my Jin Clan Trading Company still has some face. But if we trade a larger amount with the Great Summer military, it might attract the attention of those with ill intentions.”

    Su醒 nods slightly after listening, remembering the simulation result, and asks,

    “What if we trade 2 million jin of Spirit Rice per year? Do you think the Great Summer military would allow us to contract a few mine instances?”

    Jin Cong Xue furrows her brow after hearing this and thinks for a moment,

    “2 million jin of Spirit Rice, if we manage it carefully, is enough for 200,000 to 300,000 Bronze and Silver Level practitioners to reach higher levels in a year.”

    “That’s a considerable number, enough to attract the attention of the Great Summer Country…”

    Jin Cong Xue mumbles to herself, seemingly weighing the pros and cons.

    Finally, she says,

    “Trading 2 million jin of Spirit Rice per year should be doable. The risk index won’t exceed 0.5%…”

    “Of course, I need to change my story to the outside world. I’ll say that the Taro Trading Company discovered a hidden instance.”

    “And this instance produces Spirit Rice, with an annual output of about 2 million jin.”

    “This way, the Great Summer military becomes our only partner. As long as we don’t allow the Spirit Rice to flow out, I believe the Great Summer military won’t refuse!”

    Su醒 nods slightly after listening.

    Based on the simulation result, trading 2 million jin of Spirit Rice per year is indeed quite safe.

    Jin Cong Xue thinks for a moment and adds,

    “If we provide the Great Summer military with 2 million jin of Spirit Rice per year…”

    “I’m confident we can get the contracting rights to the output of four mine instances!”

    “And these four mine instances are all of higher quality than the previous two. There’s even a chance to produce second-order Strange Metal!”

    Su醒 raises an eyebrow after hearing this.

    He previously calculated the simulation Energy income based on the output of the original two mine instances.

    But now Jin Cong Xue says that the new mine instances produce higher quality Strange Metal. Doesn’t that mean he can obtain more simulation Energy?

    So Su醒 quickly asks,

    “Oh? The new contracted mine instances are of higher quality? What’s the approximate weekly output?”

    Jin Cong Xue ponders for a moment and estimates,

    “I mentioned before that the mine instances the Trading Company contracted through auctions are secondary mine instances. The Strange Metal output is not high, and mining is difficult.”

    “But this year, the military district should have run out of secondary mine instances they’re willing to part with. They’re all primary mine instances they’re currently mining themselves.”

    “For a secondary mine instance, under full-scale mining, the weekly output is about 300 tons of Strange Metal, and it’s almost impossible to mine second-order Strange Metal.”

    “But for primary mine instances, the mineral resources are much richer, and mining is easier… The weekly output is about 400 to 500 tons, with a chance to mine second-order Strange Metal!”

    Pausing for a moment, Jin Cong Xue adds,

    “Overall, the value of a primary mine instance is about 50% higher than a secondary mine instance, or even more!”

    Su醒’s eyes light up upon hearing this.

    His previous estimate was that the output of the four mine instances would be over 30 million simulation Energy per week.

    Now it’s 50% higher. Including the chance of obtaining second-order Strange Metal, doesn’t that mean just these four mine instances can provide 50 million simulation Energy?

    Adding in the Taro Association’s other businesses…

    He could get over 80 million simulation Energy per week!

    Rounding it up, that’s a small goal!

    “Wow, this is truly an unexpected surprise!”

    Su醒 is in a very good mood after hearing this.

    But Jin Cong Xue thoughtfully tells Su醒,

    “There’s an 80% chance we can settle this, but there’s a certain risk… To avoid any investigation leading back to you, shouldn’t we make our meetings more discreet?”

    Su醒 nods slightly, then has an idea.

    He takes out a Concealing Pill and a Disguising Pill from his pocket and swallows them.

    Moments later, Su醒 transforms from a young man in his early twenties into a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties with a bushy beard.

    “How about this? I’ll use this identity to meet you from now on?”

    Su醒 speaks in a deliberately rough voice, imitating a middle-aged man’s tone.

    Jin Cong Xue is startled by Su醒’s incredible disguise skills. She’s stunned for a while before saying,

    “Well… I still think your original appearance is much better…”

    “But for the sake of safety, we can only meet like this from now on…”

    Su醒 nods.

    The two chat for a while, and then Su醒 returns to his dorm with his new week’s goods and enters the Spirit Field Paradise.

    Upon entering the Spirit Field Paradise, Su醒 can’t wait to exchange this week’s goods for simulation Energy.

    Over 30 million Energy points!

    Adding to the 60 million he had left before, his simulation Energy once again reaches 95 million points!

    “I choose to bring out the Divine Transformation Realm, Great Perfection cultivation and the External Projection Minor Mastery Elemental Force mastery!”

    Su醒 stares at the simulation panel and silently recites.

    【You have successfully brought out the Divine Transformation Realm, Great Perfection cultivation, costing 30 million Energy, leaving 65.04 million Energy points.】

    【You have successfully brought out the Third Stage Elemental Force Mastery (Minor Mastery), costing 50 million Energy, leaving 15.04 million Energy points.】

    As the simulation panel’s prompt sound echoes, two mysterious forces descend upon Su醒.

    The next second, the aura around Su醒 begins to rise steadily.

    Divine Transformation Realm, Seventh Stage… Divine Transformation Realm, Eighth Stage… Divine Transformation Realm, Ninth Stage!

    Finally, Divine Transformation Realm, Great Perfection!

    In just a few breaths, Su醒’s cultivation leaps from Divine Transformation Realm, Seventh Stage to Divine Transformation Realm, Great Perfection!

    This speed is undoubtedly astonishing.

    You see, in the simulation, Su醒 took a whole week just to break through from Divine Transformation Realm, Ninth Stage to Great Perfection.

    But thanks to the simulation panel’s magical power, the cultivation feedback allows Su醒 to upgrade his realm in an instant!

    Feeling the surge of spiritual force within his body, a look of delight crosses Su醒’s face as he mutters,

    “Divine Transformation Realm, Great Perfection… The fullness of the spiritual force within my body has increased by at least 60% to 70% compared to before!”

    “Compared to when I first entered the Divine Transformation Realm… My spiritual force is at least three times greater!”

    Su醒 can’t help but smile.

    The abundance of spiritual force means Su醒 can fight for longer periods and learn more advanced techniques and supernatural powers.

    Su醒 diligently controls and masters his new cultivation and spiritual force. After a quarter of an hour, he manages to suppress his aura again.

    But this time, Su醒’s strength breakthrough is not limited to this!

    At the same time as his Qi Refining cultivation breaks through, a subtle change occurs in the Elemental Force within Su醒’s body…

    (End of Chapter)

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