[Three years later, you spent 300 high-grade spirit stones to purchase resources and mastered the simplified divine ability, Wind Riding Lightning.] [Your speed increased dramatically.] [Seven years later, you spent 500 high-grade spirit stones to purchase resources and mastered the simplified divine ability, Blazing Sun Spirit Body.] [Your physical body's strength greatly increased.] [Ten years later, you spent 450 high-grade spirit stones to purchase resources and mastered the simplified divine ability, Sky Swallowing Bright Sun Sword.] [Your explosive attack power greatly increased.] [Your strength improved tremendously.] [You assessed your own strength. In every aspect, you had reached the domain of a Nascent Soul Overlord.]
"Nascent Soul Overlord? Isn't that already about on par with True Monarch Mingyang?"
Simulated Su Yang was this strong? He was only at the second level of Nascent Soul.
Outside the simulation, Su Yang himself was stunned.
In the cultivation world, possessing overlord combat power at the second level of Nascent Soul was as absurd as an elementary school student from his previous life becoming the top scorer of the college entrance examinations.
For an ordinary Nascent Soul True Lord to attain overlord combat power, he had to meet at least three requirements.
He had to condense a Nascent Soul of at least mid-grade quality, possess Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation, and master divine abilities in multiple areas, such as explosive attacks, speed, and physical body enhancement.
Note that these had to be true divine abilities, not the simplified divine abilities Simulated Su Yang had learned.
Only then could it be considered normal Nascent Soul Overlord combat power.
But what about Simulated Su Yang?
Not only had he merely cultivated simplified divine abilities, his cultivation was only at the second level of Nascent Soul, yet he had directly reached the level of a Nascent Soul Overlord.
No wonder even Su Yang himself found it ridiculous.
But upon careful thought, there were still traces to follow.
The most important factor was naturally the limit-breaking foundation laid by the Supreme Golden Core he had condensed.
Although its brilliance had not continued after he broke through to Nascent Soul,
his original foundation had not vanished outright. Instead, it had transformed into reserves.
This made Simulated Su Yang several times stronger than Nascent Soul True Lords who had cultivated top-tier Nascent Souls, in terms of mana quality, soul quality, and physical body strength.
In addition, it was related to Bright Flame Qi.
Yes, that simplified divine ability.
The one that theoretically would not provide much enhancement to a Nascent Soul True Lord.
Yet when Simulated Su Yang cultivated it, he used the innate spirit fire born alongside his constitution, Skyfall Fire.
This made Bright Flame Qi especially compatible with him.
The boost it granted him could rival that of ordinary enhancement-type divine abilities.
The combination of the two was what created Simulated Su Yang's overlord combat power.
"Simulated Su Yang already possesses Nascent Soul Overlord strength. Once his cultivation reaches the peak of Nascent Soul and he masters several true divine abilities, wouldn't he be able to contend with a Deity Transformation Venerable?"
"And if he masters top-tier divine abilities? Wouldn't he have a chance of defeating, or even killing, an ordinary Spirit Transformation cultivator?"
A Nascent Soul killing a Spirit Transformation cultivator!
What an obscure phrase that was.
After giving it some thought, Su Yang felt that Simulated Su Yang's future was truly boundless.
The simulation continued.
[You challenged the Nascent Soul Heavenly Sword Path.] [The final gatekeeper unexpectedly possessed Nascent Soul Overlord combat power as well.] [After a fierce battle, you defeated him.] [You passed the Nascent Soul Heavenly Sword Path.] [You obtained a large amount of Sect Contribution.] [A bell rang within the Heavenly Sword Path, celebrating the birth of another Nascent Soul Overlord in the sect.] [Several peak masters and hall masters, along with many elders, appeared outside the Heavenly Sword Path array.] [They saw you walk out from the Heavenly Sword Path.] [Every one of them was utterly stunned.] [Who could have imagined that not long after breaking through to Nascent Soul, you would already possess Nascent Soul Overlord combat power?] [In terms of strength, you had already reached the same level as them, or even surpassed them.] [True Monarch Mingyang laughed heartily and patted your shoulder. "It seems the title of Sun Sword True Lord will belong to you in the future."] [You showed no false modesty and nodded directly. "I will claim it."] [After exchanging a few pleasantries with them, you returned to your residence and continued cultivating diligently.] [At 205 years old, during a cultivation session, your Fire Intent reached minor achievement.] [At 210 years old, your first spell broke through to major achievement.] [At 216 years old, you broke through to the third level of Nascent Soul.] [At 233 years old, your alchemy reached the mid-stage of the fourth grade.] [At 253 years old, all your fourth-grade sword techniques broke through to major achievement.] [At 256 years old, all your elemental spells broke through to minor achievement.] [At 260 years old, you were trapped at the threshold between the third and fourth levels of Nascent Soul, unable to break through for a long time.] [You knew that this was the limit of your talent; it was no longer enough to support a swift breakthrough.] [Please choose...] [1. Bitter cultivation (You can break through after 52 years.)] [2. Consume a Fourth-grade Peak Barrier Breaking Pill (80% chance of breaking through directly.)] [3. Travel the world (You may break through quickly, or you may remain trapped at the bottleneck.)]
"Choose option two."
Su Yang made his decision swiftly.
A Fourth-grade Peak Barrier Breaking Pill was certainly precious to other Nascent Soul True Lords.
But to Simulated Su Yang, whose wealth was no less than that of a Venerable,
it was merely the tip of a hair on the nine oxen.
[You spent one-tenth of your Sect Contribution to exchange for a Fourth-grade Peak Barrier Breaking Pill from the sect.] [You consumed the Fourth-grade Peak Barrier Breaking Pill.] [Your cultivation reached the fourth level of Nascent Soul.] [You continued cultivating bitterly.] [At 266 years old, your first fourth-grade Origin Body Refining Technique broke through to minor achievement.] [At 277 years old, Ancient Yuan Dan Venerable said that he wanted to visit Minghuang Island once more.] [After a brief calculation, you knew that his daughter had only a few years left before reaching the end of her lifespan.] [Unable to bear letting your teacher miss his daughter's final moments, you agreed.] [With your current strength, you could already cross the sea to Minghuang Island alone, but you still could not match the speed of a seagoing ship.] [You chose to travel there by sea.] [Three months later, a seagoing ship departed from Qixia Island for Minghuang Island.] [You left your Nascent Soul-level avatar at Tianjian Sect, then boarded the ship.] [At 288 years old, you arrived at Minghuang Island once again.] [You discovered that the once utterly ruined dock had been rebuilt. Even its spirit vein had reached upper fourth-grade quality.] [You asked a Nascent Soul True Lord working at the dock about the Strange Lifeform from back then.] [He told you that the Strange Lifeform still attacked the coastal towns of Minghuang Island from time to time.] [As a result, over the past hundred-plus years, the number of towns by the sea had greatly decreased.] [Only a few important locations remained, and this dock was one of them.] [You asked in some confusion, "Then how is safety ensured? Surely Void Returning Kings cannot remain stationed here long-term?"] [Dock True Monarch replied, "That isn't necessary."] [All the remaining locations have been equipped with Sixth-grade Grand Arrays, and Spirit Transformation peak Venerables holding Sixth-grade Spiritual Treasures are stationed there.] [With the two combined, they are enough to delay or even withstand a sixth-grade Strange Lifeform.] [As long as a Void Returning King arrives, everything will cease to be a problem.] [You indicated that you understood.] [But you still had doubts about certain matters.] [You continued asking for guidance.] [Although sixth-grade Strange Lifeforms were powerful, with such frequent attacks, shouldn't they have been intercepted by Void Returning Kings long ago?] [Upon hearing this question, Dock True Monarch's face filled with anger.] [He told you that all of this was because of the Dark Soul Society.]
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