While Others are Leveling Up, I Alone Will Cultivate Until Mahayana Before Making My Move 168

## Chapter 166: A New Village Beyond the Willow Grove, Finding the Ultimate Place! (5k)

[In the tenth year, aside from your cultivation and contemplation of the如意观想图, you began exploring various copies.]

[However, for you who were already nearing legend status, ordinary copies posed little danger.]

[In a year’s time, you explored dozens of copies, hoping to find a suitable ultimate place, but you failed.]

[In the eleventh year, aided by your wisdom and insight, you finally made progress in your cultivation of the如意观想图.]

[This year, your spiritual sense range expanded to four thousand five hundred zhang!]

[In the twelfth year, after several years of exploring over one hundred copies, you even slaughtered many imperial-level copy bosses.]

[Although there were similar places like Yinxie之地 in the copies, none were suitable for you. You still couldn’t find the ultimate place you sought.]

[In the thirteenth year, your spiritual sense range further broke through, reaching close to five thousand zhang.]

[Since you couldn’t find the ultimate place, you had to focus on refining the Refining Void Pill.]

[You didn’t lack materials like凝神木, but you did lack Spring Dew Pure Water.]

[Thus, on the day of the Spring Awakening, you tried to collect Spring Dew Pure Water.]

[Activating your spiritual force, you floated in the sky, your spiritual sense extending outwards, constantly monitoring the clouds and lightning in the sky, keeping an eye out for potential rain.]

[But when the raindrops fell, you were stunned.]

[Tens of thousands of raindrops fell at the same time, with a sequence that was impossible to capture, even with milliseconds as the unit of measurement.]

[Even though your spiritual sense range was strong enough, it was still far from being able to perceive the first ten drops of rain.]

[You knew that your spiritual sense was not yet strong enough, so you decided to continue to cultivate it!]

[In the fourteenth year, as you spent more and more time contemplating the如意观想图, your soul power grew stronger.]

[Initially, you could only contemplate for half an hour before feeling dizzy and unable to continue, but now you could contemplate for close to an hour.]

[You knew this was a result of your spiritual sense transformation. Under the contemplation of the如意观想图, your spiritual sense not only expanded in range, but also underwent a hidden change.]

[This year, your spiritual sense range grew to five thousand two hundred zhang!]

Su Xing saw this and felt both joy and worry.

The joy was that in the simulation, both the body-protecting qi technique and his spiritual sense had significantly improved.

The worry was that the ultimate place and the Refining Void Pill’s refinement were still stalled.

“On Blue Star, most copies don’t pose much danger to me…”

“Copies like those Bronze and Gold levels, their strongest enemies are just Bronze and Gold level bosses. How harsh can the environment be in such copies?”

Su Xing sighed. He could ask the Great Summer military if they had “forbidden copies.” Rumor had it that those copies were so dangerous that even a Martial Emperor couldn’t survive.

If Su Xing went into those copies, maybe he could find one or two ultimate places?

Su Xing secretly made a note of it, but then started worrying about the Refining Void Pill’s refinement.

“Spring Dew Pure Water… The first drops of rain on the day of Spring Awakening, it really does require an extremely high level of spiritual sense!”

“With my current spiritual sense of over five thousand zhang, even though the range is enough, my utilization of it is still too shallow. If I need to distinguish something within milliseconds, it’s still too difficult!”

Su Xing sighed again.

He didn’t have any good solutions for this.

Right now, the only thing he could think of was to continue cultivating his spiritual sense.

Perhaps by constantly contemplating the如意观想图, his spiritual sense would breakthrough. And then, he might be able to successfully collect Spring Dew Pure Water.

After thinking for a while, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel again.

[In the fifteenth year, you temporarily abandoned your attempts to collect Spring Dew Pure Water.]

[You instead focused entirely on improving your spiritual sense and cultivating the body-protecting qi.]

[Your daily cultivation time increased to four hours.]

[The rest of the time, you tried to collect more information about the ultimate place.]

[In the same year, your spiritual sense range increased to five thousand four hundred zhang, but it still remained at the Five Senses realm.]

[In the sixteenth year, your spiritual sense broke through again, growing to five thousand six hundred zhang.]

[However, you also discovered that due to years of excessive consumption of凝神丹, your mind occasionally felt dazed.]

[The effects of凝神丹 started to decline, and your spiritual sense growth slowed down.]

[In the seventeenth year, although the Great Summer military was worried about your safety, they told you the coordinates of several “forbidden-level” copies at your insistence.]

[You started trying to explore “forbidden-level” copies.]

[Your first target was a copy called Red Lotus Devil’s Lair.]

[Legend had it that inside this copy, there was a powerful Flame Demon, and several Martial Emperor-level professionals had died within its depths.]

[You prepared for a few days, adjusted your state to its peak, and then entered this copy.]

[The copy’s environment was located deep within a cave, with the temperature increasing the further you went down.]

[But you were already immune to heat and cold. The high temperature was no threat to you.]

[After exploring for a month, you killed all the demons you encountered and finally reached the bottom of the Red Lotus Devil’s Lair, where you met the rumored Flame Demon.]

[But this Flame Demon was only comparable to a peak Martial Emperor.]

[Although its strength was impressive, it was still no match for you. You managed to defeat it after some effort.]

[Approaching the Flame Demon’s lair, you carefully investigated the area and discovered that there was a deeper cave under the Flame Demon’s nest.]

[You followed this cave down for tens of thousands of meters, finally discovering a precious Strange Metal mine!]

[This Strange Metal mine produced a red-colored Strange Metal, which, besides being tough, also possessed a scorching high-temperature property.]

[Without hesitation, you crossed the Strange Metal mine and continued exploring downwards.]

[Finally, you discovered a lava pool with extremely high temperatures.]

[Joy filled your heart, and you tried to jump into the lava pool.]

[You felt a slight pain and a burning sensation.]

[You stayed in the lava pool for three days and nights, ultimately climbing out in disappointment.]

[Although this lava pool could be considered an ultimate place, for you, who was at the pinnacle of the Divine Force realm.]

[Taking a lava bath was just a routine operation. It wouldn’t allow you to break through your physical limits.]

Su Xing saw this and frowned slightly, murmuring:

“It’s true that ultimate places are not easy to find… Even something like a lava pool isn’t a limit for me…”

Su Xing was slightly disappointed, but then he became interested in this copy called Red Lotus Devil’s Lair.

“This copy actually produces Strange Metal minerals?”

“And this Strange Metal ore also has a special flame attribute… Strange Metal with special attributes… This is at least a level three, or even a level four Strange Metal mine!”

Su Xing’s eyes lit up.

You see, this mine was useless in the simulation.

But for Su Xing, it meant a lot of simulation energy!

More importantly, because of the presence of the Flame Demon, the Great Summer country hadn’t explored this copy.

So this copy mine should still be in an unopened state.

Thinking about this, Su Xing’s mind was set:

“Activate the immersive simulation function. Duration one hour!”

[Ding, congratulations on using immersive simulation. 100,000 energy points spent. Remaining energy: 12,440,000 points.]

Su Xing’s vision shifted, and in the next second, he found himself outside the copy mine.

Su Xing secretly memorized the coordinates of this copy, preparing to explore it when he had the chance.

Soon, the immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world.

In the real world, Su Xing frowned slightly, muttering:

“That Red Lotus Devil’s Lair copy, although the Strange Metal production is very high, the environment is too harsh for ordinary people, they can’t even survive…”

“It’s impossible to send low-level professionals to mine on a large scale. I can only take a look myself when I have the chance…”

Su Xing temporarily put aside the Strange Metal mine copy and focused on the simulation panel.

[After leaving the copy, you continued to explore other “forbidden-level” copies.]

[But you were disappointed to discover that although the monsters in these copies were strong, some were even comparable to legendary beings, even you had to avoid them.]

[But these copies didn’t necessarily form natural ultimate places, so you still didn’t find a suitable place.]

[In the eighteenth year, you continued to cultivate diligently, your spiritual sense range grew to close to six thousand zhang.]

[Even more surprising was that even though your spiritual sense was growing rapidly, you still hadn’t felt the bottleneck.]

[In the nineteenth year, you made a small breakthrough in your mastery of body-protecting qi.]

[You persisted in cultivating spiritual force techniques and contemplating the如意观想图 every day.]

[Another two years passed.]

[In the twenty-first year, your spiritual sense range increased to six thousand five hundred zhang.]

[Due to the excessive consumption of凝神丹, you felt that your spiritual sense growth had reached a bottleneck. At the same time, the pills’ toxins had accumulated deep within your body.]

[But you were not worried about this. You simply continued to cultivate the contemplation diagram, stabilizing and improving your spiritual sense.]

[In the twenty-third year, through your unremitting cultivation, your body-protecting qi technique finally achieved a small accomplishment, reaching the Lesser Completion level!]

[Lesser Completion level body-protecting qi was not only more defensive, but you could also maintain it for three hours!]

[In the same year, your spiritual sense range increased to six thousand eight hundred zhang!]

[In the twenty-fifth year, the alien races launched a massive invasion of the Demon-Suppressing Pass.]

[The Demon-Suppressing Pass was destroyed overnight. Giant beasts descended upon Blue Star, swallowing the entire Great Summer country in one gulp.]

[You were swallowed into the beast’s belly, but due to your strong physique, you didn’t die immediately.]

[You forcibly activated your spiritual force and used your body-protecting qi technique!]

[The body-protecting qi firmly protected you, temporarily blocking the terrifying spatial turbulence around you.]

[As the entire continent shifted, the world spun and shook around you.]

[You struggled to maintain your spiritual force and elemental force, keeping yourself balanced.]

[You tried to enter the Spirit Field Paradise, but the spatial turbulence in the beast’s stomach was too strong, and you couldn’t enter the Spirit Field Paradise.]

[Suddenly, an immense pressure descended upon you. You roared and pushed your body-protecting qi to its limit, barely resisting the pressure.]

[You looked around, and the continents, mountains, rivers, and all life were gone. Around you, there was only nothingness.]

[Suddenly, you heard thunder booming in your ears!]

[You carefully observed and realized that the thunder was coming from the spatial turbulence in the beast’s stomach.]

[And in those shattered spaces, there were clearly small worlds.]

[The rapid collision of worlds produced this turbulence, and the collision further generated phenomena similar to lightning.]

[A bolt of lightning struck you. You had no way to resist and were directly annihilated along with your soul.]

[You died!]

[Ding, simulation ended!]

After the simulation ended, Su Xing widened his eyes and murmured:

“What a twist of fate! I was stuck, then suddenly found a solution!”

“Yes… Why didn’t I think of this before? The spatial area within this beast’s stomach, isn’t that the perfect ultimate place?”

“But… Is this a bit too extreme? Even stronger cultivators might not be able to withstand the forces of a collapsing world, let alone those at the Void Shattering realm?”

Su Xing couldn’t help but frown slightly.

The good news was that he had a lead on the ultimate place.

The bad news was that this place was too extreme, and with his current strength, he couldn’t withstand it!

“I wonder how long I need to hold on in this ultimate place to break through from the pinnacle of the Divine Force realm to the Void Shattering realm?”

“Or… Even if I successfully break through to the Void Shattering realm, but die immediately afterward, I should be able to bring that cultivation level back, right?”

Su Xing thought for a moment.

He was certain that with the terrible environment of the beast’s stomach, it was definitely a terrifying ultimate place, definitely meeting his requirements for breaking through his limits and entering the Void Shattering realm.

As for whether he would still die after breaking through to the Void Shattering realm… Su Xing wasn’t worried.

Because, in principle, even if he broke through to the Void Shattering realm and died the next second, he could still bring the cultivation level back through the simulator.

Su Xing’s only worry was whether he could withstand this ultimate place.

“Based on the current situation, I probably can’t hold on…”

“Maybe if I cultivate my elemental force and body-protecting qi to perfection, I can survive a little longer in the beast’s stomach?”

Su Xing thought thoughtfully, his goal gradually becoming clear.

He needed to grind his elemental force and body-protecting qi to the Perfection realm first. Then, he would try to withstand this ultimate place.

“Moreover, my spiritual sense growth is also amazing… Although I took too many pills in this simulation, resulting in pill toxins in my body.”

“But those pills were taken in the simulation, what does it have to do with Su Xing in the real world? I can directly bring out my spiritual sense realm, right?”

Su Xing smiled slightly.

It seemed that breaking through to the Void Shattering and Returning Void realms was on track.

He just needed to continue grinding, and he wouldn’t be far from breaking through.

Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the rewards for this simulation.

[Animal Friend]: Purple quality innate talent, price 1 million energy points.

[Ten Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy comprehension, price 500,000 energy points.

[Elemental Force Cultivation Insights]: Contains insights into elemental force cultivation. Selecting it allows for deeper mastery of elemental force, price 10 million energy points.

[1 Million Drops of Low-Grade Spirit Liquid]: Price 100 million energy points.

[Body-Protecting Qi (Lesser Completion Level)]: Elemental force technique. Lesser Completion level body-protecting qi. Within three feet of qi, all things are impervious. If the qi doesn’t break, then the person is safe. Price 50 million simulation energy points.

[如意观想图 (Beginner Level)]: Selecting it grants some contemplation comprehension of the如意观想图, and simultaneously increases the spiritual sense range to seven thousand zhang (Five Senses realm). Price 40 million energy points.

Su Xing glanced at the simulation rewards.

Without a doubt, his goal was the body-protecting qi and the如意观想图.

“Selecting the如意观想图 actually directly increases the spiritual sense range?”

Su Xing was overjoyed. This如意观想图 had doubled his spiritual sense range in just one simulation, truly an unparalleled technique.

“The only pity is… I don’t seem to have enough simulation energy right now?”

Su Xing frowned slightly.

He currently had a little over 10 million energy points.

But just the body-protecting qi and the如意观想图 cost 90 million energy points!

Even with the simulation energy from next week’s goods, Su Xing would barely reach 40 million.

After all, the transactions with Jin Cong Xue and the Great Summer military would take a few weeks to finalize, and Su Xing wouldn’t be able to enjoy the income from those mine copies for now.

“Looking at it this way, there are only two ways for me to obtain a large amount of simulation energy right now.”

Su Xing muttered.

First, he could go to the百里府 again. There was a certain risk, but the amount of energy he could get would likely be considerable.

Second, he could go to the Red Lotus Devil’s Lair copy.

“The Red Lotus Devil’s Lair copy, if I remember correctly, the coordinates seem to be on the Great Summer border, and it’s strictly sealed off by the border defense troops, it won’t be easy to enter…”

Su Xing mumbled: “Looks like I can only go to the百里府 again!”

Going to the百里府 naturally had risks for Su Xing.

But with his current strength, a Martial Emperor wouldn’t be a match for him. Even if a Legendary expert intervened, Su Xing had a way to escape!

If all else failed, he could just grab the energy and then hide in the Spirit Field Paradise, which shouldn’t be a problem.

Thinking this, Su Xing didn’t hesitate.

He first bought the nearest plane ticket to East Fortune Province.

After packing up a few things, Su Xing set off for East Fortune Province.

Eighteen hours later, the plane landed smoothly at an airport in East Fortune Province.

As soon as Su Xing got off the plane, he ran to an unpopulated mountain and began disguising himself and concealing his aura.

A Disguise Pill, an Aura Concealing Pill, and a Voice-Altering Pill.

After completing the familiar process, Su Xing’s appearance completely changed.

Then, Su Xing ran hundreds of kilometers and arrived at the outskirts of the 百里府 in Guang Province.

“Logically speaking, the 百里府 should have no idea when I will return, or even if I will return. So they shouldn’t have many preparations, right?”

Su Xing stroked his chin and thought.

But to be safe, Su Xing still released his spiritual sense, instantly engulfing the entire 百里府.

In his perception, the powerful aura of the 百里府 was the same as last time.

Over ten Heavenly Kings, and three Martial Emperor-level experts.

After confirming that there were no traps set for him, Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief and sneaked into the 百里府…

At this time, in the house of the 百里府’s head of the family, 百里屠.

Su Xing quietly appeared behind 百里屠 and said in a hoarse voice:

“Old Master 百里, long time no see… How are you doing lately?”

(End of Chapter)

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