Ya Fei

Day 2,150: You successfully refine a Grade 6 Break-Obstacle Pill. Hai Bodong is ecstatic and becomes even more respectful toward you.

Day 2,160: You take Qing Lin and Hai Bodong with you to the Black-Corner Region.

Day 2,520: With your peak Dou King cultivation and reputation as a Grade 6 alchemist, you firmly establish yourself in the Black-Corner Region. Numerous factions attempt to invite you to join them, all of which you refuse.

Day 2,722: A secret realm opens somewhere in the Black-Corner Region. You enter the realm with Hai Bodong and Qing Lin, where you obtain numerous precious medicinal herbs such as the Snake Soul Fruit, Water Spirit Lotus, Seven-Leaf Danshen, Dou Spirit Flower, Break-Emperor Grass, and Emperor-Extreme Fruit.

Day 2,723: Inside a building within the realm, you contend with a Dou Emperor for the cultivation technique and battle skills kept there. The Dou Emperor is shocked by your strength and, wary of Hai Bodong standing by your side, chooses to retreat. Inside the building, you obtain the Earth-tier high-level matching cultivation technique Thunder Suppression Art, the Earth-tier low-level battle skill Thunder Burst, the Earth-tier mid-level battle skill Thunder Suppression Palm, and the Earth-tier mid-level movement technique Lightning Flash Thunder Sound.

Day 2,725: Sensing that the space in the secret realm is becoming unstable, you decisively take Hai Bodong and Qing Lin and depart. Outside the realm, you run into the Dou Emperor you previously drove off, who is now accompanied by two other Dou Emperors. They demand you hand over the treasures obtained from the realm. You refuse, and you end up engaging in battle with one of the Dou Emperors.

Day 2,728: Outnumbered, you and Hai Bodong fight while retreating all the way back to the Black-Corner Region. You spend an Emperor-Extreme Pill to hire a Dou Emperor to assist you; unable to gain an advantage against a three-on-three matchup, the attackers withdraw.

Day 3,132: As you prepare to break through to become a Dou Emperor, Han Feng suddenly appears with five Dou Emperors and one Dou Ancestor to attack you. It turns out your Heavenly Flame was exposed and discovered by him. Unable to escape, you and Hai Bodong are ultimately killed in battle.

Ding, this simulation has ended.

Available items from this simulation: Break-Obstacle Pill, Dou Spirit Flower, Thunder Suppression Art.

Please make your selection.

Xiao Jie takes a deep breath. He did not expect that in this simulation, he would be on the verge of breaking through to Dou Emperor within ten years. It seems he truly needs to go out and venture into the world.

In the end, he died under the siege of Han Feng and the others. It seems his Heavenly Flame must have been exposed at some point, leading them to strike at the critical moment of his breakthrough. He hadn't expected Han Feng to be so cautious—going as far as to hire a Dou Ancestor just to deal with him and Hai Bodong.

Regaining his focus, Xiao Jie looks at the three options before him. Having already made up his mind, he speaks.

"Select Break-Obstacle Pill."

He can obtain the Dou Spirit Flower and Thunder Suppression Art from the secret realm, but the materials for the Break-Obstacle Pill require trading with Medusa, a peak Dou Emperor. As a mere Dou King, that would be far too dangerous, making the Break-Obstacle Pill the optimal choice.

Xiao Jie casually stores the pill bottle containing the Break-Obstacle Pill into his storage ring and enters a state of cultivation.

Three days later, inside the Mittel Auction House.

"Young Master Xiao Jie, you've arrived? Please, take a seat. Are you here to purchase medicinal herbs today, or...?" the manager of the Mittel Auction House asks.

"I am here to purchase herbs, and incidentally, to sell some pills I have refined. These are the Grade 1 Qi Recovery Pills, Grade 1 Rejuvenation Pills, and a Grade 2 Bone-Growing Pill I refined. Take a look and name a price," Xiao Jie says after retrieving the pills from his storage ring.

The manager stares in shock at the bottles containing the pills. He knows it has been little more than a month since Xiao Jie purchased his cauldron, yet he is already capable of refining Grade 2 pills. He had heard with his own ears that Xiao Jie claimed to have refined this Grade 2 Bone-Growing Pill, and the manager's respect for him deepens further.

"Young Master Xiao Jie, please wait a moment. The pills must be inspected by a specialized appraiser. This is not out of distrust, but simply the rules. I hope you can forgive me."

"Mm, that is only right. I shall wait here. In the meantime, have your people prepare the herbs I require."

"Yes, Young Master Xiao Jie, I shall arrange for them to be prepared for you immediately."

The manager leaves with the pills. A quarter of an hour later, he returns with two people. One of them is Ya Fei, and the other is a haughty-looking man in his forties or fifties, who is a Grade 2 alchemist.