"Advancement to the Nascent Soul Realm succeeded."
A trace of a smile appeared at the corner of Su Yang's eyes.
After five simulations, Simulated Su Yang had already reached the Nascent Soul Realm. Could Su Yang himself still be far from it?
"What is this...?"
Su Yang discovered that the simulation text had stopped changing and dissipated directly.
Another scroll unfurled before his eyes.
"Is this a scene of Simulated Su Yang undergoing his tribulation?"
Within the scroll—
Above a stretch of loess plateau.
The sky was dark and oppressive, countless storm clouds gathering overhead. From time to time, muffled thunder rumbled within them.
On the ground, Simulated Su Yang stood with his sword in hand, his expression grave as he stared at the storm clouds above.
Suddenly.
The heavens exploded with a thunderous boom.
Dazzling lightning tore through the clouds, illuminating the entire world in an instant.
And where the lightning descended—
Was precisely where Simulated Su Yang stood.
"Come at me!"
Simulated Su Yang shouted.
Blazing flames ignited around his body, radiating brilliant scarlet firelight.
Facing the lightning, he neither dodged nor retreated.
The longsword in his hand shot into the sky.
It transformed into a streak of silver light and cleaved head-on toward the lightning.
"Whoosh."
The lightning was torn straight into two.
The lightning within the storm clouds immediately became restless, and the muffled thunder that followed was several times—ten times—louder than before.
It was as though the human undergoing tribulation had utterly enraged it.
The remaining eight bolts of lightning all struck down at once.
Without a second's pause, without a moment's respite.
Yet even this could do nothing to Simulated Su Yang.
His aura abruptly became nearly ten times stronger than before.
His long hair danced in the wind, firelight bathing his body.
It made him look like both god and demon.
The flying sword swiftly returned to his hand.
Bolt after bolt of lightning was split apart and extinguished.
Only the final three still retained nearly half their power.
They struck viciously against his body.
Yet this only left the surface of his skin slightly charred.
His aura remained powerful.
As the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation passed—
Strands of pure spiritual energy descended from the sky.
His body immediately recovered, and his aura rose another level.
The Nascent Soul within his dantian also became more crystalline and translucent.
The scene ended there.
"So this is the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation of the Nascent Soul Realm?"
Outside the simulation, Su Yang's expression turned solemn.
The power of those final three tribulation bolts had rivaled a Nascent Soul Early Stage True Lord's all-out attack.
If Simulated Su Yang had not possessed divine abilities and spiritual treasures protecting his body—
He likely would not have withstood them so easily.
"I wonder, if I directly use the system to raise my cultivation, will I need to undergo a lightning tribulation?"
"If I do... then that will be troublesome."
If Su Yang's divine abilities and external treasures failed to reach Simulated Su Yang's level—
A lightning tribulation that Simulated Su Yang could survive might strike him dead in reality.
That would be ridiculous.
"I won't reach the Nascent Soul Realm until at least after the next simulation ends. I'll see how things stand then."
Su Yang steadied himself and continued looking at the simulator.
At that moment, the simulation text reappeared.
[Venerable Moon Sword congratulated you on becoming a Nascent Soul True Lord.] [You put on a show of modesty, while inwardly rejoicing wildly.] [After a round of celebration, you asked Venerable Moon Sword about the investigation into the Strange Lifeforms.] [She said that she had already grasped many traces. If necessary, she could find them now.] [However, the Strange Lifeforms on Fenghua Island seemed more intelligent and would actively avoid human cultivators.] [Unlike the few Strange Lifeforms she had seen in the Seven Islands Alliance, which were foolish and frenzied. Whenever they saw any lifeform with spiritual energy, they would kill and absorb it, madly pursuing every trace of spiritual energy.] [You fell into thought.]
"Could the intelligence of these Strange Lifeforms also vary in level?
"Or do they normally possess intelligence, with one kind being completely driven by instinct while the other can resist it?"
Su Yang made a conjecture.
The Su Yang in the simulation arrived at a similar conclusion.
[You told Venerable Moon Sword your speculation.] [Venerable Moon Sword felt it was very likely. Now, they only needed to verify it.] [She decided to draw out the Strange Lifeform. A brief test would reveal the answer.] [If there was an opportunity, she would kill it directly.] [If there was no opportunity, they still had to determine whether the Strange Lifeforms here differed from those in the Seven Islands Alliance.] [You felt somewhat hesitant. You wanted to see what a Strange Lifeform looked like, but you were also afraid of being killed by one.] [Please choose...] [1. Request to accompany Venerable Moon Sword to deal with the Strange Lifeform. (Extremely high risk)] [2. Follow Venerable Moon Sword and observe the battle from afar. (Some risk)] [3. Do not go. What was there to see about a bizarre-looking lifeform? Find somewhere to hole up and wait for the result. (Very safe)]
"Option two, then. A compromise. As long as I'm careful, there shouldn't be much of a problem."
Su Yang made his decision swiftly.
[You requested to go with Venerable Moon Sword.] [After giving it some thought, she agreed.] [Venerable Moon Sword took you to the enormous pit at the center of the island.] [It was a gigantic pit more than a hundred thousand li in both length and width.] [At this time, the bottom of the pit had already been filled nearly halfway with groundwater.] [Venerable Moon Sword told you to wait above while she went down herself to search for the Strange Lifeform.] [Several days later, enormous ripples suddenly spread across the calm water below.] [Venerable Moon Sword emerged from the water.] [Then, a huge monster with hundreds upon thousands of legs appeared right behind her.]
"Why isn't it showing the scene at a time like this? I wanted to see what the Strange Lifeform looked like!"
Su Yang complained.
He could not see it now.
He could only wait until the simulation ended, then exchange for the simulation memories to look through them.
[You used the Water Moon Mirror spell to observe the Strange Lifeform's appearance.] [You saw that its dozens of pairs of compound eyes were filled with scarlet light. Just as Venerable Moon Sword had described to you, it was savage and frenzied.] [You were puzzled and continued observing the battle.] [On the water's surface, the Strange Lifeform launched its hundreds upon thousands of legs at Venerable Moon Sword simultaneously.] [But Venerable Moon Sword evaded them all by withdrawing and flashing away.] [The sword-shaped spiritual treasure in Venerable Moon Sword's hand flew out and divided from one into ten thousand.] [It became flying swords filling the sky, shooting down from above.] [The Strange Lifeform emitted a piercing explosive shriek. Dozens of enormous tornadoes surged up from the water and blocked its front, tearing apart the flying swords one after another.] [Only the single true flying sword pierced through the tornadoes and blew apart its head.] [But in the blink of an eye, its head had recovered. Its aura had merely weakened by the slightest thread.] [At that moment, another, slightly smaller Strange Lifeform actually emerged from the water.]
"There's actually more than one Strange Lifeform on Fenghua Island."
Outside the simulation, Su Yang's expression grew more solemn.
"Then why was there not the slightest news of them in the last simulation?"
"Could something be suppressing or controlling them?"
Su Yang made a conjecture.
Suddenly, his expression changed drastically.
[The second Strange Lifeform charged straight toward you.]
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