Second Paid Simulation

Ling Tian sat cross-legged in his secluded chamber, reviewing the information from his daily free simulation. In the simulation, he had reached the sixth layer of the Nine Heavens Primordial Refinement Technique and the Formation Stage of the Purple Mansion Realm. The daily free simulation had provided him with a clear path forward.

After thinking for a moment, Ling Tian decided it was time to use a paid simulation. Holding the spiritual stones in his hands, he spoke inwardly, "Simulator, I want to do a paid simulation."

The simulator responded with a familiar chime:

[Ding, discovered four low-tier spiritual stones in the host's possession. Do you want to pay two low-tier spiritual stones for one paid simulation?]

Ling Tian noted the increased cost. It was double the previous cost, a clear indication that the simulator scaled its requirements with his progress. He had anticipated this, but he wanted to verify if the cost would continue to increase incrementally or if it would follow a different pattern. After a few breaths, he responded, "Pay."

[Ding, Simulation starting...]

A new screen appeared before him, showing a refreshed talent pool.

[Ding, Talent Refresh Successful, congratulations to the host for refreshing two Talents. You can choose one of them.]

[Resilient Body (white): Your body recovers slightly faster from injuries.]

[Eagle Eye (white): You have excellent vision, useful in spotting distant threats.]

Ling Tian weighed the pros and cons of each talent. "Resilient Body" would help him recover from the intense physical strain of his cultivation techniques and aid in his recovery during battles, while "Eagle Eye" would be useful for spotting distant threats and dangers. After a moment of deliberation, he chose "Resilient Body."

[Ding, the Talent "Resilient Body" (white) was selected. Simulation Starting …]

[Year 1: At 16, you are at the peak of the Blood Tempering Stage. You practice diligently, focusing on the Nine Heavens Primordial Refinement Technique.]

[Year 2: Your cultivation progresses steadily. The talent "Resilient Body" activates, allowing you to recover quickly from the minor injuries left by tempering your body. You find that you recover quicker than your peers, allowing for more training time and a slight edge in combat. This time, you reach the peak of the Marrow Tempering Stage at the age of 17. Your clan hails you as a genius, and the entire city knows your name. The clan provides you with abundant resources.]

[Year 3: At 19, with your talent "Resilient Body" and resources, you push yourself and your body harder, knowing that you can recover faster, and thus you awaken your Dantian and reach the Awakening Stage of the Innate Realm, extending your lifespan to 200 years.]

[Year 4: At 20, you continue practicing the Nine Heavens Primordial Refinement Technique, steadily increasing your cultivation and expanding your Dantian.]

[Year 6: At 22, your cultivation increases steadily. You advance in the fourth layer of the Nine Heavens Primordial Refinement Technique..]

[Year 8: At 24, with the help of the talent "Resilient Body," you push yourself in cultivation beyond your limits and your Dantian reaches its limit. You advance to the peak of the Awakening Stage of the Innate Realm Your younger brother reaches the Awakening Stage of the Innate Realm.]

[Year 9: At 25, you begin opening and clearing your first meridian, advancing to the Connection Stage of the Innate Realm.]

[Year 11: At 27, you continue improving your cultivation, advancing steadily in the fourth layer of the Nine Heavens Primordial Refinement Technique.]

[Year 14: At 30, disciples from the Fiery Fire Sect arrive in the city to recruit new members. You qualify to enter the sect with your brother as outer disciples. This time, you decide to go with him.]

[After days of travel, you reach the Fiery Fire Sect, a first-rate sect with powerhouses in the Divine Transformation Realm. You register as an outer disciple and choose a residence.]

[Year 16: At 32, you clear all your body's meridians, establishing a stable connection between your Dantian and them. This allows for a smooth flow of spiritual energy throughout your body, and you advance to the Integration Stage of the Innate Realm.]

[Year 19: At 35, you find that your talent "Resilient Body" is invaluable during battles and missions, so you perform extremely harsh missions in the sect and gather resources faster. You reach the fifth layer of the technique, further enhancing your talent and accelerating your cultivation progress.]

[Year 23: At 39, your Dantian is filled with purified spiritual energy, and you reach the peak of the Innate Realm.]

[Year 26: At 42, you perfect your Innate Realm to the extreme. You increase your frequency of missions to accumulate Spiritual Stones to purchase a cultivation technique.]

[Year 31: At 47, you purchase the Mystic Spirit Flame Technique, capable of refining spiritual energy and harnessing spiritual flames instead of a liquid form for increased power. This technique can be cultivated till the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm. You find that you have many remaining Spiritual Stones so after thinking for a moment, you choose to buy a body cultivation technique since according to your thoughts, the talent "Resilient Body" can facilitate the process of body refining. You use some of the remaining Spiritual Stones and choose the technique Flame Sovereign Physique, a body cultivation technique that imbues the cultivator with the power and attributes of a sovereign of flames. While practicing this technique, the practitioner will integrate fire into his body enduring immense pain and possibly forming injuries, this is the reason why most would not choose this technique as it could be self-harming. This cultivation technique emphasizes control and mastery over fire, transforming the body into a conduit of pure fire energy that when cultivated to the peak can make a cultivator capable of combating Purple Mansion Realm Expert. You read the Spiritual Realm chapter of the Mystic Spirit Flame Technique and begin the process of condensing spiritual energy into a spiritual fire.]

[Year 34: At 50, 1/3 of the spiritual energy in your Dantian turns into a red spiritual fire, increasing its potency, and you advance to the Initial Stage of the Spiritual Realm. You get promoted to the inner sect.]

[Year 35: You begin practicing the first stage of the Flame Sovereign Physique technique, Fire Veins Integration. You integrate fire elemental energy into your meridians, enhancing the flow of spiritual energy which increases agility and reaction speed, with a minor boost to fire resistance.]

[Year 37: At 53, your younger brother reaches the peak of the Innate Realm. You give him spiritual stones to purchase a good technique.]

[Year 39: At 55, you continue the liquefaction process, converting more spiritual energy into spiritual fire.]

[Year 42: At 58, with the help of your talent, you reach the peak of the Fire Veins Integration Stage. Your veins and meridians glow with a fiery hue, improving energy circulation and physical performance.]

[Year 44: At 60, 2/3 of the spiritual energy in your Dantian is now converted into the spiritual fire, allowing for more powerful fire control, and you advance to the Intermediate Stage of the Spiritual Realm. You start with the second stage of the Flame Sovereign Physique, Blazing Muscles. You undergo intense training while enveloped in fire, strengthening your muscles and tendons. You feel immense and exhilarating pain during the process and accumulate many injuries but your talent "Resilient Body" alleviates them slowly. You doubt if anyone could practice this technique without a talent that accelerates one's healing process. During the second stage of the technique, you substantially increase physical strength and fire resistance.]

[Year 48: At 64, you reach the peak of the fifth layer of the Nine Heavens Primordial Refinement Technique.]

[Year 53: At 69, you fully convert all the spiritual energy within your Dantian into the spiritual fire. You break through to the Advanced Stage of the Spiritual Realm. The Dantian now contains a huge spiritual fire hovering in the middle, providing a vast reservoir of fire spiritual energy for you to draw upon. You also feel your connection with fire spiritual energy deepen, increasing your cultivation speed.]

[Year 54:At 70, you reach the peak of the Blazing Muscles Stage. Your muscles gain a robust, fiery texture, enabling them to withstand extreme heat and exert immense power. At the same time, you are frequently doing missions to hone your combat skills and accumulate Spiritual Stones.]

[Year 57: At 73, your brother advances to the Initial Stage of the Spiritual Realm, gets promoted to the inner sect, and extends his lifespan to 500 years.]

[Year 59: At 75, you perfect your Spiritual Realm to the extreme. The spiritual fire in your Dantian becomes purer and more powerful, capable of refining spiritual energy at a high speed and higher quality. You start practicing the Scorching Bones Stage of the Sovereign Flames Physique. You refine your bones with concentrated fire energy, making them as strong as tempered steel which enhances the structural integrity and overall durability of the body.]

[Year 62: At 78, the inner sect competition starts. You participate and defeat your foes one after another with the help of your extremely perfected Spiritual Realm, powerful hot flames, and your extreme control of spiritual energy. You encounter a participant called Li Mo, who threatens you with his father, an elder of the core sect, and demands that you concede defeat. This time you forfeit for him in order not to cause trouble. You get off the stage and return to your residence.]

[Year 64: At 80, you are still practicing the Nine Heavens Primordial Refinement Technique and you have reached the peak of the Scorching Bones Stage. Your bones emit a subtle, fiery glow, and your skeletal structure becomes nearly indestructible.]

[Year 66: At 82, you are ready to break through to the Purple Mansion Realm. You begin studying the Purple Mansion Chapter of the Mystic Spirit Flame Technique. The Purple Mansion Realm focuses on establishing a personal cultivation space within the Dantian, known as the Purple Mansion, where spiritual energy is stored and refined.]

[Year 69: At 85, with the help of the Mystic Spirit Flame Technique, you establish the initial foundation of the Fire Spiritual Purple Mansion within the Dantian, a stable space where more spiritual energy can be gathered, and advance to the Formation Stage of the Purple Mansion Realm, extending your lifespan to 1000 years. Your Spiritual Fire engraves many symbols on the Purple Mansion in the Dantian, forming a vermillion bird image on it, and then settles in the center of it. The spiritual fire starts absorbing the spiritual energy in your surroundings and creates a massive vortex above your head, absorbing vast amounts of spiritual energy. Once the spiritual fire is saturated, it separates a strand from its own body and begins pouring the remaining spiritual energy absorbed from the surroundings into it, causing it to increase slightly in size and form a second spiritual fire. Finally, the vortex above you dissipates. You feel your power increase many times, along with your flame control, the destructive power of your flames, and your control over spiritual energy, thus allowing for more precise and powerful techniques. Your Fire Spiritual Purple Mansion can now store vast amounts of spiritual energy within the Dantian, allowing for prolonged battles and extended cultivation sessions. The Fire Spiritual Purple Mansion slowly and constantly absorbs the spiritual energy in the surroundings and refines it, making it purer and more potent for use in techniques and spells, and also for the absorption of the spiritual energy by the spiritual fires. Your advancement alerts many disciples, and you get promoted to the core sect.]

[Year 73: At 89, you reach the sixth layer of the Nine Heavens Firmament Refinement Technique, further enhancing your talent and accelerating your cultivation progress. You start practicing the Sovereign Flame Core Stage, the last stage of the technique. You start forming a second heart of pure fire energy within your body, serving as a source of a fire-based bloodline that courses through the body at all times and grants the ability to unleash devastating fire-based attacks and significantly boosts regeneration and stamina.]

[Year 79: At 95, you reach the peak of the Sovereign Flame Core Stage. You finish the formation of your second heart. At this moment, you have perfected the Flame Sovereign Physique Technique and your body alone is capable of withstanding attacks from Purple Mansion Realm Experts. Your body radiates an intense, sovereign flame aura, symbolizing your mastery over fire and your strong physical strength. Also, you are strengthening your initial Fire Spiritual Purple Mansion and advancing steadily in your cultivation. Your Dantian emits a faint purple light, and your spiritual energy becomes more concentrated and pure.]

[Year 82: At 98, you finish strengthening your Purple Mansion and obtain a stable, nascent Purple Mansion, allowing for the initial storage of spiritual energy and enhancing energy manipulation capabilities. You advance to the Expansion Stage of the Purple Mansion Realm. The second small Spiritual Fire starts absorbing the spiritual energy in your surroundings and creates a massive vortex above your head, absorbing vast amounts of spiritual energy. Once the spiritual fire is saturated, it separates a strand from its own body and begins pouring the remaining spiritual energy absorbed from the surroundings into it, causing it to increase slightly in size and form a third spiritual fire. Finally, the vortex above you dissipates. The Vermillion bird image becomes more pronounced and you feel your power increase many times.]

[Year 84: At 100, you reach the seventh layer of the Nine Heavens Primordial Refinement Technique. You go on a mission to explore a secret realm. After arriving, you find many cultivators at the entrance of the secret realm. You enter with them to find out that this is a cultivator's inheritance secret realm. You get excited since only cultivators at the Nascent Soul Realm and above are capable of opening an inheritance realm. After passing through many trials and defeating many others, you finally reach the final test, where you find a black-robed middle-aged man awaiting you. You get frightened because the cultivator in front of you is the same as the image of the cultivator that was placed at the first trial, the owner of this inheritance secret realm. He opens his mouth and emits a huge suction force. You try to resist but to no avail. You get swallowed and refined. You are dead.]

[Simulation Complete.]

[Evaluation: You have made a large progress in cultivation and even practiced a body cultivation technique to perfection, but you happened to encounter an inheritance ground set up by a demonic cultivator to attract cultivators with sufficient talents and swallow them.]

Ling Tian stared at the final line of the simulation record, his mind buzzing with a mix of excitement and frustration. The progress he had made in this simulation was incredible, but the abrupt end highlighted the dangers that come out from nowhere in this cultivation world. He needed to be more cautious to benefit the most from the Life Simulations.

The simulator's voice chimed in, breaking his contemplation.

[Ding, Simulation ended. Generating rewards…. Please select two rewards from the following options:

- Resilient Body (white)]: Your body recovers slightly faster from injuries.

- Comprehension and Experience of the Mystic Spirit Flame Technique (till the Purple Mansion Chapter)

- Comprehension and Experience of the Flame Sovereign Physique (till the Perfection Stage).

- Comprehension and experience of the Nine Heavens Primordial Refinement Technique (till the seventh layer).]