Humanity Is About to Perish!

But you did not choose to break through directly into the Golden Core Realm. Instead, you continued suppressing your cultivation, because you felt that the Spiritual Qi Quality within your body could still be improved further.

In the thirteenth year, the Essence Nurturing Grass you had planted earlier matured once more, and you continued refining Essence Nurturing Pills.

You spent three months refining more than a hundred Essence Nurturing Pills.

You handed all two thousand surplus Organ Refinement Pills you had accumulated over the years to Lu Yuanwu in advance, then told everyone not to disturb you.

After making all the necessary preparations, you entered the Spiritual Field Blessed Land.

In the fourteenth year, six full months had passed since you entered secluded cultivation. You sat inside the Thatched Cottage, surrounded by dense Spiritual Qi that flowed into your body in an endless stream like trickling water.

Your body was filled with ceaseless Spiritual Qi like a flowing brook. It coursed through your meridians, and every circuit felt as comfortable as being bathed in sunlight.

The Spiritual Qi within you compressed and condensed without end, day after day, month after month. Like a stone, you sat there quietly, as though the entire world had nothing to do with you. All your thoughts were focused on the unending wash of Spiritual Qi.

You understood that this was the crucial step from Foundation Establishment to the Golden Core Realm. The moment when all your efforts would be rewarded had arrived.

By then, you had been in secluded cultivation for several months. For months, you had gone Without Eating or Drinking. Though your body was exhausted, your spirit grew ever more alert. You gritted your teeth and persevered, constantly guiding the Spiritual Qi to circulate through your meridians for tempering and cultivation.

Finally, on a bright and sunny morning, Fortune and Spirit Arrive, and you sensed that you were about to break through.

Immediately afterward, a faint golden radiance burst from your body and shot into the sky, illuminating the entire Spiritual Field Blessed Land.

It was as though spring thunder had exploded in your heart, or as though spring bamboo shoots had suddenly burst from the earth. A profound sensation erupted without warning and surged toward your Spiritual Platform. That was the power of the Golden Core. After more than ten years of effort, you had finally attained the Golden Core Realm.

Seeing this, Su Xing clenched his fists. As if caught in a dream, he muttered:

"So this is... the Golden Core Realm?"

How did that saying go again? Swallow a Golden Core, and my fate shall be mine, not Heaven's!

Once this simulation ended, so long as Su Xing paid enough resources, he would immediately be able to reach the Golden Core Stage!

Su Xing forcefully suppressed the excitement in his heart and continued the simulation.

You became a proud Golden Core Stage cultivator, and your strength increased dramatically.

Your secluded cultivation ended, and you returned to the Real World. When Great Xia's military higher-ups learned that you had emerged, they were exceptionally excited and came to find you at once.

The one who came to speak with you was still Jin Congxue's grandfather, Lu Yuanwu. He looked rather grave.

Your heart skipped a beat, and you hurriedly asked why.

Lu Yuanwu told you that the war on the front lines was dire. Demon Suppressing Pass could be breached at any time. Even Jin Congxue had already suffered severe injuries, and the Healing Potions produced in Dungeons were becoming fewer and fewer. The frontline soldiers no longer had enough to use.

You fell silent at his words. You knew that less than a year remained before the Giant Beasts attacked and the entire Great Xia was destroyed, but you still wanted to try. You wanted to see whether your efforts could delay the Giant Beasts' assault on Demon Suppressing Pass.

According to the experience from previous simulations, Demon Suppressing Pass should already have fallen in the fourteenth year. The reason the front lines had managed to hold out for an extra year or so this time was perhaps because you had provided humanity with a large supply of pills over the years.

Over more than ten years, you had refined over ten thousand Organ Refinement Pills and brought nearly two thousand Grandmaster Level Professionals to humanity. Grandmaster Level Professionals might not have been top-tier combatants, but they were absolutely the backbone of the Demon Suppressing Pass front lines.

You knew that, with your strength, defeating those powerful members of the Demon Race was basically impossible. Even if you had broken through to the Golden Core Stage, the gap between you was still as vast as heaven and earth.

Therefore, you decided to take another path: refine more pills and create more powerful experts for humanity!

Su Xing nodded slightly when he saw this. His objective in this simulation had basically been achieved.

Although his Body Tempering Cultivation had failed to break through to the Organ Refinement Realm, reaching the Golden Core Stage was already an unexpected delight.

The remaining year or so was not enough for him to attempt another breakthrough in cultivation or learn new pills.

Instead, trying to see whether his own efforts could change or delay humanity's destruction would be a worthwhile attempt.

Su Xing made his decision and continued the simulation.

You first gave Lu Yuanwu a list of medicinal herbs and told him to provide you with as much as he could. You told him that you could refine a healing medicine called the Healing Pill, which could quickly treat the severe injuries of Master Level Professionals and even slowly heal the wounds of Grandmaster Level Professionals.

Lu Yuanwu was shocked when he heard this. He said bluntly that although the Healing Potions in Dungeons could instantly restore injuries, they only worked on low-level Professionals. Once one reached Master Level, the effects of those Healing Potions were greatly reduced. As for Grandmaster Level Professionals, recovery was difficult unless they used precious high-grade Healing Potions.

Your words rekindled Lu Yuanwu's hope. He strongly supported you and swiftly arranged for his subordinates to provide you with mountains of medicinal ingredients.

Looking at the herbs, you began displaying your skills. Since you were already a Golden Core Stage cultivator and had gained an Initial Glimpse into the path of alchemy, refining unranked pills like Healing Pills was effortless for you.

You found a special Dungeon-produced metal capable of withstanding the high temperatures of Li Fire, then hired a master smith to custom-make more than a dozen Alchemy Furnaces.

You began refining Healing Pills. Your alchemy speed was extremely fast, and you could Multitask. In a single two-hour period, you could refine five batches of Healing Pills.

You spent a month refining over ten thousand Healing Pills. These Healing Pills flooded into the front lines, greatly easing the pressure on the frontline Professionals.

In the fifteenth year, through your unrelenting efforts, you delayed the defeat of Demon Suppressing Pass by more than a month. But in the end, due to the overwhelming disparity in strength, the casualties among the Professionals at Demon Suppressing Pass grew increasingly severe, and the pass was ultimately breached.

One day, Lu Yuanwu came to find you. He had lost an arm at Demon Suppressing Pass, and his entire appearance had aged by more than ten years.

He told you that the moment of humanity's extinction was not far away. This was not merely because Demon Suppressing Pass had fallen, but also because humanity's top combatants had died one after another.

You fell silent. Looking at the weathered Lu Yuanwu, His Mood Was Somewhat Complex. You asked Lu Yuanwu whether there was any way to defeat those members of the Demon Race.

Lu Yuanwu gave a pale, powerless smile. He said, "Unless a miracle occurs—no, unless humanity gives birth to a True God Level expert."