Chapter 38: The Impending Extinction of the Human Race!

However, you did not choose to directly break through the Golden Elixir realm. Instead, you opted to continue suppressing your cultivation, feeling that the quality of your spiritual energy within could further improve.

In the thirteenth year, the Yuan Nourishing Grass you previously planted had matured once again, allowing you to continue refining the Nourishing Yuan Pill.

Spending three months' time, you refined more than a hundred Nourishing Yuan Pills.

You preemptively handed over all the surplus two thousand Refining Viscera Pills accumulated over the years to Lu Yuanwu, then instructed everyone not to disturb you.

After completing all preparations, you entered the Spirit Field Sanctuary.

In the fourteenth year, after six months of continuous seclusion, you sat inside the thatched hut, enveloped by dense spiritual energy. These energies flowed into your body like a steady stream, endlessly replenishing it.

Your body was filled with a continuous flow of spiritual energy, traversing through your meridians. Each passage was akin to the comfort brought by sunlight.

The spiritual energy within your body continued to compress and condense. Day after day, month after month, you sat there quietly, resembling a stone, with your entire focus absorbed in the unceasing wash of spiritual energy.

You understood that this was a crucial step from Foundation Building to Golden Elixir, the moment where your efforts were about to bear fruit.

During these months of seclusion, you neither ate nor drank. Though physically fatigued, your spirit grew increasingly vigorous. You gritted your teeth, persisting, guiding the spiritual energy to wash and refine within your meridians for cultivation.

Finally, on a beautiful sunny morning, you sensed that your breakthrough was imminent.

Immediately after, a faint golden light burst out from within you, shooting straight into the sky, illuminating the entire Spirit Field Sanctuary.

It felt like thunder booming in your mind, or like a sprout suddenly bursting forth. A profound sensation erupted, surging toward your spiritual platform. This was the power of the Golden Elixir, the culmination of your efforts over more than ten years, finally achieving the Golden Elixir realm.

Upon seeing this, Su Xing clenched his fists tightly, murmuring as if in a dream:

"This... is the Golden Elixir realm?"

There's a saying, isn't there? "Swallowing a Golden Elixir within the abdomen, my destiny is in my own hands, not subject to fate!"

As soon as this simulation ends, with sufficient resources, Su Xing can immediately achieve the Golden Elixir stage!

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Su Xing continued the simulation.

You became a distinguished Golden Elixir stage cultivator, significantly enhancing your strength.

Upon concluding your seclusion, you returned to the real world. The high-ranking military officials of Da Xia, upon hearing news of your emergence, were exceptionally excited and promptly sought you out.

The one who came to meet you was still Jin Congxue's grandfather, Lu Yuanwu, looking somewhat solemn.

Alarmed, you hurriedly inquired about the reason.

Lu Yuanwu informed you of the urgent situation at the frontline, with the possibility of the Demon Suppressing Pass being breached at any moment. Even Jin Congxue had suffered severe injuries, and currently, the output of healing elixirs from the instances was dwindling, insufficient for the frontline warriors.

Upon hearing this, you fell into a momentary silence. You knew that despite the impending attack by the colossal beasts and the devastation of Da Xia nearly a year ago, you still wanted to try, to see if your efforts could delay the breach of the Demon Suppressing Pass.

According to the experience from previous simulations, by the fourteenth year, the Demon Suppressing Pass should have already been breached. However, the extended period the frontline managed to withstand might be due to the vast amount of elixirs you provided to the humans.

Over the years, you refined tens of thousands of Refining Viscera Pills, and you brought close to two thousand Master-tier professionals to the entire human race. Though Master-tier professionals weren't the pinnacle of combat strength, they were crucial support at the frontline of the Demon Suppressing Pass.

You knew that defeating those powerful demon clan members was nearly impossible with your current strength, even if you broke through to the Golden Elixir stage. The disparity was just too great.

Therefore, you decided to take a different approach: refining more elixirs to create more powerful individuals for the human race!

Seeing this, Su Xing nodded slightly. His primary goal in this simulation was essentially accomplished.

Even though his cultivation in body refinement hadn't reached the Refining Viscera stage, achieving the Golden Elixir stage was an unexpected joy.

The remaining year or so wasn't enough for him to attempt further breakthroughs in cultivation or learning new elixirs.

Instead, trying to change or delay the extinction of the human race through his efforts might be a worthwhile attempt.

With a determined mind, Su Xing continued the simulation.

You first provided Lu Yuanwu with a list of herbs, specifying how much you needed for yourself. You informed him that you could refine a type of healing elixir called the Healing Pill, capable of rapidly treating severe injuries of Master-tier professionals and gradually healing even those of Master-tier professionals.

Lu Yuanwu was greatly surprised by your words. He frankly stated that although the healing elixirs in the instances could instantly heal injuries, their effectiveness diminished significantly for higher-tier professionals. As for Master-tier professionals, the effects of those healing elixirs would be greatly reduced. As for Grandmaster-tier professionals, unless they used precious high-level healing elixirs, recovery was challenging.

Your words reignited hope in Lu Yuanwu. He fervently supported you, swiftly arranging for his subordinates to provide you with mountains of medicinal materials.

You watched the medicinal materials, having already reached the Golden Elixir stage as a cultivator and having a basic understanding of the path of alchemy, easily concocted the Healing Pills, a lesser-grade elixir.

You found a special metal capable of withstanding high temperatures from the instance and hired a master forger to customize over a dozen alchemy furnaces.

You started refining the Healing Pills at an incredibly fast pace, multitasking effortlessly. Within an hour, you could refine five furnaces of Healing Pills.

Spending a month's time, you refined tens of thousands of Healing Pills, which flooded the frontline, significantly relieving the pressure on the professional warriors there.

In the fifteenth year, through your relentless efforts, you managed to delay the defeat at the Demon Suppressing Pass by more than a month. However, due to the overwhelming difference in strength, casualties among the professional warriors at the Demon Suppressing Pass became increasingly severe. Eventually, the entire pass was breached.

One day, Lu Yuanwu found you. He had lost an arm in the Demon Suppressing Pass, looking aged by more than ten years.

He told you that the moment of the human race's extinction was imminent. It wasn't just due to the breach of the Demon Suppressing Pass but also because of the consecutive deaths of the top-tier human combatants.

You fell silent, observing the weathered Lu Yuanwu, feeling a complex mix of emotions. You inquired if there was a way to defeat the demon clan.

At Lu Yuanwu's weak, pale smile in response, he said: "Unless a miracle occurs, no, unless a true god-level powerhouse is born within the human race."

(End of this chapter)