Others Level Up, but I Pursue Cultivation!

But even those sword cultivators with superior sword Dao aptitude would need thousands of years to break through this barrier and merge their sword with the Dao!

"However... being a sword cultivator means wielding formidable suppression power within the same realm!"

Su Xing's lips turned up slightly.

Although a sword cultivator wasn't invincible within the same realm, it was extremely rare for anyone of the same level to defeat them.

To be a sword cultivator inherently meant a form of suppression!

Ordinary cultivators, even those of genius level, would be reluctant to engage in combat with a sword cultivator of the same realm!

In short, all sword cultivators were maniacs!

"It is better to go for it straightforwardly than to take roundabout ways!"

Sword cultivators often fought putting their lives on the line... Even if those genius cultivators could win, they would likely suffer indelible scars and naturally avoid fighting a sword cultivator.

"However, for me, achieving sword cultivation and becoming a sword immortal... the greatest significance lies in the upper limit of my body-protecting sword aura being raised!"

"Two thousand strands of body-protecting sword aura is now far from the limit... If I continue to enhance my cultivation, even cultivators at the Heavenly Immortal realm could be threatened!"

Su Xing was very satisfied; half of this simulation's goal had been completed.

Next was attempting to pass through the Yin-Yang Fire Tribulation.

Su Xing stroked his chin, recalling the specific process of overcoming the "Three Calamities of Immortality."

Among them, the Yin-Yang Fire Calamity was the most crucial checkpoint for breaking through from the Human Immortal Realm to the Earth Immortal Realm.

Cleansing the internal organs with the Yin-Yang Fire, purging the impurities.

This process was often long and difficult to undertake simultaneously.

Yang Fire enhanced the internal organs, improving the cultivator's internal refinement. Yin Fire purged the impurities, enhancing aptitude.

"The current difficulty is that the place contains both Yin and Yang fires simultaneously... making it challenging to undergo long-term baptism!"

Su Xing frowned slightly, thought for a while, but could not come up with a perfect plan.

The only way was to undergo baptism of one fire first, half a day at a time, accumulating gradually.

"Alas, that is the only way!"

Su Xing took a deep breath, but fortunately, after taking the Yin-Yang Pill, the benefits would be lifelong, without any time limitations.

Otherwise, just collecting the Yin-Yang Pills would take Su Xing a lifetime to accomplish...

Having a plan in mind, Su Xing's gaze turned to the simulation panel.

[After achieving sword cultivation and becoming a sword immortal, you did not slack off...]

[You quickly headed to Huangsha City, where you stayed for a few days before heading to the rumored birthplace of the Yin-Yang Fire...]

[You took the Yin-Yang Pill, entered the perilous area, and felt the damage from the Yin-Yang Fire lessen significantly. However, the benefits for the constitution's baptism were as strong as ever.]

[After a moment of contemplation, you decided to undergo the baptism of the Yang Fire first!]

[Every day during the day, you went to the place of Yang Fire, using the extreme heat for the baptism of your internal organs...] Experience more on My Virtual Library Empire

[At first, you felt some discomfort, the heat was unbearable. But as the Yang Fire baptism continued, your body's resistance grew significantly.]

[At night, you would leave the perilous Yin-Yang Fire area and return to Huangsha City.]

[Out at dawn, back at dusk...]

[For the next thirty years, it was the same routine!]

[In the 110th year, after thirty years of persistent cultivation, you felt your understanding of the Great Dao of Fire further deepening!]

[The Yang Fire constantly cleansing your internal organs, you felt you were not far from fully overcoming the Yang Fire Calamity.]

[Your aptitude also grew somewhat during this process.]

[Thus, another ten years passed...]

[In the 120th year, one day, you had an epiphany, a certain shackle inside you seemed to have been broken...]

[You knew that you had smoothly passed through the Yang Fire Calamity!]

[Only the Yin Fire purification was left to fully pass the Yin-Yang Fire Calamity, allowing you to ascend to the Earth Immortal Realm!]

[A cultivator who has undergone the baptism of one fire but has not fully passed the Yin-Yang Fire Calamity is also known as—half-step Earth Immortal Realm!]

In the real world, Su Xing paused for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile.

"So... the half-step Earth Immortal Realm cultivation level has appeared after all!"

Su Xing sighed, but he could understand.

For a Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivator to become an immortal, they must pass through the Five Trials of Immortality Transformation.

In comparison, the Yin-Yang Fire Calamity seemed much simpler.

"Never mind... Based on this time frame, I should be able to fully ascend to the Earth Immortal Realm in the next simulation!"

"Moreover, there is the body-protecting sword aura that needs further cultivation..."

Su Xing thought to himself, his gaze shifting back to the simulation panel.

"But I can't waste the time that follows either!"

Su Xing muttered, silently reciting:

"Use immersive simulation for ten years!"

[Ding, you have successfully used immersive simulation for ten years, remaining Origin Energy Source 127,583 points...]

Su Xing's vision shifted, and he found himself in a city.

The main city of the Yellow Sand Realm, Huangsha City!

"Whew... With the Great Talent Maturing Late and Great Wisdom in Foolishness talents still active for over seven years, it amounts to roughly a sixfold increase in cultivation speed!"

"This means that ten years of immersive simulation... equates to about forty-five years of hard cultivation!"

A strange light flashed in Su Xing's eyes.

This was his first time choosing such a long duration for immersive simulation.

The aim was to quickly elevate his body-protecting sword aura to a higher realm!

In comparison, the 3,600 plus Origin Energy Source points seemed like a cost Su Xing could bear.

"Since that's the case, let's officially begin cultivating!"

Su Xing took a deep breath, officially preparing to comprehend the body-protecting sword aura...

In the first year, Su Xing's body-protecting sword aura increased by thirty strands, accumulating a total of 1,930 strands!

In the third year, Su Xing's body-protecting sword aura reached two thousand strands!

In the seventh year, the number of body-protecting sword aura strands was 2,150 strands!

In the tenth year... the immersive simulation ended!

The number of body-protecting sword aura strands Su Xing possessed finally settled at 2,200 strands!

When Su Xing opened his eyes again, he had returned to the real world.

A trace of bewilderment inevitably flashed in Su Xing's eyes.

Having spent ten years in immersive simulation, it was equivalent to Su Xing truly living in that simulation timeline for ten years!

During those ten years, Su Xing only did one thing, cultivate the body-protecting sword aura!

Even with Su Xing's disposition, the monotony felt somewhat unbearable...

"Whew... Ten years, finally over!"

Su Xing took a deep breath, recollecting the dusty memories, and verified his current time point.

"I am now... still in the simulation..."

Going over his pre-immersive simulation memories, Su Xing rubbed his temples and murmured:

"Immersive simulation... really is quite hard to endure, huh?"

"This rushed ten-year passage of time... is a significant mental challenge as well!"

"Perhaps learning a memory-sealing technique will be necessary in the future!"

For Su Xing, a month of immersive simulation was not particularly long.

But ten years... was indeed too long...

Even though an immortal's memory wouldn't fade like a mortal's, there would still be a sense of unfamiliarity.

After adjusting for a moment, Su Xing adapted his mindset and looked back at the simulation panel.

[After passing the Yang Fire Trial, you knew that your cultivation level was hard to advance further and thus trained in body-protecting sword aura...]

[After ten years of cultivation, your body-protecting sword aura reached 2,200 strands!]

[The power of the body-protecting sword aura further increased!]

[In the 130th year, one day you had a premonition, a massive sense of crisis surged...]