New Exchange, Su Yang's Strength

"6000 Simulation Points, plus what I had left over, that's over 7000. What should I exchange for?"

Su Yang looked over the exchange reward options and began to deliberate.

Soon, he made a decision.

"In terms of cultivation base, my foundation still isn't deep enough. Skip!"

"Although the Short-Lived identity can enhance my talent in a roundabout way, it would also reduce the Simulation Points I earn from lifespan in the future. I have to skip that too."

"The True Yang Spirit Body talent can boost my cultivation talent and matches my current main spiritual root attribute. Plus, it's cheap. I can take it."

"The most crucial things are the Origin Body Refining Techniques and spells. If I exchange for them now and simulate later, I can aim for a higher-quality Golden Core and Nascent Soul. I have to get them. Unfortunately, the Third-Order spell package is too expensive to afford. I can only exchange for the Origin Body Refining Techniques first."

"Finally, there's the simulation memory. 200 points isn't much. It'll let me see what a Strange Lifeform looks like in advance. I'll take it."

"As for the rest, they're irrelevant. I'll save the Simulation Points."

After a round of analysis, Su Yang immediately spoke.

"System, exchange for the True Yang Spirit Body talent, all Second-Order Origin Body Refining Techniques, all Third-Order Origin Body Refining Techniques, the Second-Order Spell Gift Package, and the simulation memory."

[Exchanging.]

[Exchange successful. 5820 Simulation Points deducted. Remaining Simulation Points: 1289.]

As this line of text appeared, Su Yang immediately felt his body undergo a transformation.

His body temperature rose slightly, and his flesh, blood, and bones seemed to become denser. Most crucially, his perception of external spiritual energy—

under the coordination of his Genuine Yang Spiritual Root—

became far more acute.

Absorbing spiritual energy also became much easier than before.

Su Yang understood that this was because his physique had evolved from an ordinary mortal body into a True Yang Spirit Body.

Next, he felt countless insights surge into his mind, and Spell Seeds took form within his dantian.

At the same time, his origin became profoundly deeper, increasing by more than tenfold.

"So this is what it feels like to have six Second-Order Spell Seeds?" Su Yang's eyes flashed with sharp light.

"With them stabilizing my dantian, my mana mobilization has become much easier. Now, the mana I can channel into a single sword strike is at least thirty percent more than before. More importantly, the nature of my mana has become sharper."

Su Yang raised his hand, and a Sword Qi shot out from his fingertip, actually leaving a scratch on the tea table in front of him.

"A tea table made from Third-Rank High-Grade Spirit Wood. Even though it doesn't have the defensive power of living Third-Rank High-Grade Spirit Wood, an ordinary Foundation Establishment peak cultivator couldn't leave a single mark on it. And I didn't even use force."

"Right now, even if my offensive power can't compare to a Golden Core cultivator, it probably isn't far off."

Su Yang had a certain estimate of his own strength.

"But the most crucial thing is still my current origin."

Su Yang's mind sank completely into the depths of his body.

In the endless darkness, a dazzling golden light the size of a basketball flickered.

This was Su Yang's current body origin.

His previous body origin had already been considered outstanding among Foundation Establishment cultivators, but it was only the size of a goose egg.

More than ten times smaller than now.

"Is the effect of mastering the Second-Order Origin Body Refining Technique this heaven-defying?"

"No, it's not that the Second-Order Origin Body Refining Technique's effect is heaven-defying."

Su Yang quickly realized.

It was that he, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, had achieved mastery in the Third-Order Origin Body Refining Technique—that was what was truly heaven-defying.

After all, it was common knowledge that spells could only be cultivated at the same realm or a lower one.

Cultivating a higher-realm spell while at a lower realm was completely impossible.

At least, he had never heard of it happening.

But with the system's help, it was achievable.

If he, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, could cultivate the Third-Order Origin Body Refining Technique, or even the Fourth-Order, to mastery or even breakthrough limits—

just how profound would his origin become?

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Was a Superior Golden Core really the limit of Golden Core quality?

Su Yang had thought so before, but he no longer believed that now.

It was entirely possible for him to cultivate a Perfect Golden Core or even a Supreme Golden Core, surpassing the Superior grade.

"Exchanging for the Fourth-Order Origin Body Refining Technique requires too many Simulation Points. Once I cultivate the Third-Order Origin Body Refining Technique to mastery or breakthrough limits, I can attempt to break through to Golden Core. By then, condensing the Origin Artifact should be effortless, and its quality should be a cut above even a Superior Golden Core."

Su Yang had made up his mind.

Then he sat upright, closed his eyes, and began to absorb the reward from this exchange—the thing that impacted him the most: the simulated memories.

A quarter of an hour later, Su Yang steadied his mind.

Perhaps because this simulation hadn't lasted long, the impact of the simulated memories on him was far less than the last time.

But the value he gained was far greater.

For instance, the feeling of facing the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation and how to deal with it, as well as the experience of crossing blows with numerous Nascent Soul and even Spirit Transmutation cultivators.

None of it could be fully expressed through mere simulated text.

The most crucial part was the image of the Strange Lifeform.

Originally, after reading the simulated text's description, Su Yang had assumed it would be hideously ugly.

But now that he truly knew what this lifeform looked like, Su Yang felt that, although the Strange Lifeform's appearance didn't conform to human aesthetics, it carried a sense of nobility and sanctity.

As if it were a lifeform on a higher level than cultivators.

Even a female cultivator of peerless beauty would feel inferior in its presence.

"The origin of the Strange Lifeform must be greater than I imagined."

"And the master of the Pillar of Heaven who brought it here must be far more terrifying than I initially guessed."

He had originally thought the Pillar of Heaven's master was at most an eighth- or ninth-rank lifeform.

Now it seemed that might not be the case.

It was likely connected to the legendary immortals in some way.

Only in the presence of something related to immortals

would cultivators feel that their own life level was far inferior.

Otherwise, even though the gap between Qi Refining and Tribulation Transcendence was vast, the difference was in strength, not life level.

"This world actually has immortals—the waters run deep!"

Su Yang sighed.

But this didn't have much to do with him in reality just yet.

He'd leave the detailed exploration and experiments to Simulated Su Yang.

"Right, the system said it would upgrade after five simulations. I wonder if it succeeded this time."

Su Yang remembered and quickly said, "Open the system panel."

Name: Su Yang Age: 16 years, 0 months Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Layer 3 Identity: Tianjian Sect Sword Child (Light Blue), Orphan of the Lan Clan (Light Green) Talents: Genuine Yang Spiritual Root (True Green), Clear Sword Heart (True Green), True Yang Spirit Body (Light Green), Talent for Formations (True White), Inferior Fire Spirit Root (True White), Nascent Soul Bloodline (Light White) Abilities: First-Rank Formation Master (True White), Locate Position and Acupuncture Point (Light White) Spells: First-Rank Limit-Breaking Sword Technique ×9 (Details available), Second-Rank Limit-Breaking Sword Technique ×6, Second-Rank Perfected Origin Body Refining Technique ×3, Second-Rank Great Achievement Attribute Spells ×3, Third-Rank Great Achievement Origin Body Refining Technique ×3. Remaining Simulation Count: 0 Energy: 700 Simulation Points: 1289 Simulator Level: 1 (Next upgrade condition: Total simulation count reaches 10, and cultivation reaches Nascent Soul.) Other: Simulator Upgrade Gift Pack ×1.