Chapter 51: Choice of Rewards

Waking up, Su Xing felt a bit helpless.

Cultivating and advancing in realms of cultivation was never easy. Breaking through a small realm often took several years, not to mention breaking through larger realms.

Even though Su Xing's talent was outstanding, maintaining a yearly breakthrough in a small realm was challenging. It required the assistance of medicinal pills to achieve such progress.

After all, each simulation for Su Xing only represented fifteen years of cultivation time, and every year of cultivation was precious.

It was precisely because of this that after Su Xing swallowed a large number of medicinal pills to enhance his cultivation, he inevitably accumulated some medicinal poison in his body.

[Tenth year, your Qi refining cultivation has advanced to the Triple Golden Elixir Realm. Over the past year, you've used spiritual energy daily to dispel the medicinal poison in your body, reducing it significantly.]

[Eleventh year, you continue to take one Refining Viscera Pill daily to enhance your body refining cultivation. However, due to the excessive medicinal poison in your body, your cultivation has not broken through.]

[Twelfth year, with your unremitting efforts, your cultivation has advanced to the Eighth Refining Viscera Realm.]

[Fourteenth year, your cultivation has broken through to the Ninth Refining Viscera Realm!]

One day, Guardian Shadow approached you. It had been several years since you last saw Guardian Shadow, and you sensed that his aura seemed much stronger than before. However, his emotions were more unstable, occasionally revealing a bloodthirsty crimson color in his eyes.

He informed you that the real world was on the brink of destruction. As the Elder he favored the most, he presented the corpse of a demonic beast, one that appeared to be of advanced rank.

His emotions seemed out of control as he revealed that everything was a deception. The followers of the Coexistence Faction had been wiped out in disguise, and the Fanatic Faction had launched an attack on the other two factions. The main tribe would arrive within a month. The only way for you to survive was to join the main tribe.

Guardian Shadow was willing to personally transform you, taking you to the world where the main tribe resided, opening up a new life for you.

Faced with Guardian Shadow's request, you hesitated for a moment but ultimately refused. You expressed unwillingness to become a half-human, half-beast monster.

After hearing your refusal, Guardian Shadow fell silent for a long time, not saying much. He seemed to have known your thoughts beforehand, expressing respect for your choice and acknowledging your contributions over the years. He promised to fulfill one request for you.

For you, having achieved the purpose of this simulation, you were momentarily unsure about what request to make. Suddenly, you had an idea. You asked for the complete version of a cultivation technique called "Changchun Gong" in the hands of the Sect Guardian.

Guardian Shadow was taken aback but shook his head, stating that the Sect Guardian had died in the recent battle, and the whereabouts of his legacy were unknown. Therefore, he couldn't fulfill your request.

Unable to obtain Changchun Gong, you casually made another request. Despite knowing Guardian Shadow for more than a decade, you had never seen his true appearance beneath the mask. So, you requested to see Guardian Shadow's real face.

After hearing your request, Guardian Shadow hesitated for a moment but eventually removed his mask.

When Guardian Shadow's mask was lifted, you were stunned. Beneath the mask was an extraordinarily beautiful woman with flowing hair and skin as fair as snow, resembling a woman stepping out of a painting.

At this moment, Guardian Shadow no longer concealed her voice. She told you to take care of yourself and mentioned that if you changed your mind, you could find her anytime.

In the end, Guardian Shadow left. You didn't know where she would go, and perhaps she had her own story that led her to betray humanity and join the Descendence Cult.

September 23, 2037, a new era. On this day, which should have been the Mid-Autumn Festival, the entire human race was engulfed in immense panic.

A colossal beast, covering the sky and earth, appeared. It swallowed the entire Da Xia Kingdom in one gulp.

You died at the age of 37!

Your innate talent didn't go in vain...

Ding, the simulation is over!

After the simulation, Su Xing came back to his senses.

Overall, the information contained in this simulation was vast, and the rewards obtained were indeed abundant.

"Guardian Shadow, turns out to be a woman..."

Su Xing was somewhat surprised, obviously not expecting this twist at the end.

From the results of this simulation, it seemed that the entire human race had already been wiped out, and the outcomes of the three factions within the Descendence Cult also seemed different.

The followers of the Coexistence Faction were almost completely annihilated by the Fanatic Faction, and the fate of the remaining Fanatic Faction members was uncertain.

Only the Natural Faction seemed to have escaped calamity, transforming themselves into a different race and seemingly finding refuge in another world.

Su Xing shook his head, but the outcomes of these three factions were not what he had hoped for. Becoming a different race, would he still be truly himself?

Therefore, it was evident that joining the Descendence Cult wouldn't lead to a good end either.

The most crucial point that puzzled Su Xing was why his age this time became 37.

"In this simulation, the apocalypse arrived after fourteen years. Is it because today is January 7, 2024? Probably not, or else I should still be 38 years old..."

"Perhaps, it's because I joined the Descendence Cult, helped them with a lot of things, and accelerated the invasion of the real world by the otherworldly beings by several months..."

Before, after joining the Da Xia military, Su Xing had once delayed the arrival of the otherworldly beings by a month.

"If that's the case... joining the Descendence Cult might only allow me to cultivate for fourteen years..."

Su Xing sighed softly. It was an inevitable situation.

After all, within the simulator, the Descendence Cult had provided him with too much...

Enough medicinal pills for Su Xing to consume until he was satisfied, completely speeding up his cultivation progress several times over.

"Before finding a better cultivation path, if I want to enhance my cultivation, I still have to fleece the Descendence Cult's resources!"

Su Xing looked at the rewards of this simulation.

[Innate Divine Power]: Blue-tier talent, priced at 100,000 energy points.

[Ninth Refining Viscera Realm]: Body refining cultivation, with the side effect of eliminating internal medicinal poison. Priced at 1 million energy points.

[Fourteen Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, priced at 140,000 energy points.

[Fourth Golden Elixir Realm]: Fourth stage of Qi refining cultivation. Due to your continuous consumption of Nourishing Essence Pills, the elixir in your Dantian has become more condensed, approaching the quality of a top-grade elixir. Priced at 300,000 energy points.

[1,000 Refining Viscera Pills]: Priced at 10 million energy points.

The blue-tier talent, Innate Divine Power, was a must-have for Su Xing. After all, it was an upgraded version of the Great Strength talent, greatly improving Su Xing's body refining talent.

As for the remaining choices, Su Xing could currently afford body refining cultivation, alchemy insights, and Qi refining cultivation.

Su Xing didn't hesitate much and quickly made his choice.

"I choose the blue-tier talent, Innate Divine Power, and the cultivation of the Ninth Refining Viscera Realm!"

(End of this chapter)