Others Level Up, but I Pursue Cultivation!

Su Xing felt a surge of joy upon seeing this.

According to the description in the Condensing Pill Art, the Nine Revolution Golden Core underwent nine cycles of rotation.

With each additional rotation, an extra pattern would appear on the Golden Core in the dantian, increasing the potential upper limit of spiritual power by ten percent compared to before.

When nine patterns were simultaneously carved, the Nine Revolution Golden Core would reach perfection, and the spiritual energy within the body would be more than double that of an elite Golden Core cultivator!

Su Xing saw that the simulator had finally depicted himself achieving the first revolution of the Golden Core. He sighed slightly and said:

"The cultivation of the Nine Revolution Golden Core is truly challenging! Even with my True Spiritual Root talent and the secret techniques of the Condensing Pill Art, it still took me nearly three years to condense a single pattern."

Su Xing sighed softly, feeling fortunate that he had abundant resources in the simulation; otherwise, who knew how long it would take to condense the Nine Revolution Golden Core.

Su Xing continued the simulation.

[You deeply comprehended the mysteries of the first revolution of the Golden Core. The ancient and mysterious patterns on the core enchanted your spirit like the most exquisite artwork.]

[You attempted to circulate the spiritual energy within your body but were surprised to find that your cultivation level had dropped by one realm, falling from the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage to the ninth level of the Golden Core Stage. However, the total amount of spiritual energy in your body remained unchanged.]

[A sudden inspiration struck you, and you realized that perhaps the so-called Nine Revolution Golden Core was a method to increase the quality of spiritual energy by compressing cultivation. Although your realm had dropped, your strength had not weakened. If you could re-cultivate to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage, wouldn't your strength increase significantly?]

[Thus, you began taking Essence-Nourishing Pills daily to elevate your cultivation.]

[In the same year, due to your meritorious service in alchemy each month, you were promoted to the eighteenth Elder of the Descending Sect by Shadow Protector, code-named Elder Yao.]

[After becoming an Elder, you had more time to elevate your cultivation and engrave the Nine Revolution Golden Core, speeding up the cultivation of the Golden Core significantly.]

[In the fourth year, your cultivation returned to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage. You realized that your spiritual energy and cultivation were about ten percent stronger than before, proving your hypothesis.]

[You spent four hours each day engraving patterns on the Golden Core, refining the spiritual energy within.]

[In the fifth year, you continued compressing and refining your internal spiritual energy, and engraved patterns on the Golden Core. With your previous experience in cultivating the Nine Revolution Golden Core, your speed had increased considerably.]

[In the sixth year, you engraved the second pattern on your Golden Core, achieving the second revolution of the Golden Core, but your cultivation fell back to the ninth level of the Golden Core Stage.]

[In the seventh year, you spent a year regaining the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage.]

Su Xing saw this and sighed slightly:

"So that's it. Increase the upper limit and quality of spiritual energy, let the cultivation level drop by one realm, and then re-cultivate. Repeating this nine times must be the essence of the Nine Revolution Golden Core."

Su Xing finally understood why the cultivation of the Nine Revolution Golden Core was so difficult and time-consuming.

Each engraving of a pattern and each dispersal of power to re-cultivate required an enormous amount of time and effort.

"I possess the True Spiritual Root talent, and my cultivation speed is about thirty times that of ordinary cultivators. Even then, it takes me a whole year to re-cultivate from the ninth level of the Golden Core Stage to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage. Ordinary cultivators would need thirty years!"

"Repeating this process, ordinary cultivators would spend nearly three hundred years just on re-cultivation... adding the time needed to engrave the Golden Core patterns, it would take almost four hundred years, while a Golden Core Stage cultivator's lifespan is only three hundred years!"

Su Xing shook his head slightly and murmured: "It seems that only dual-type spiritual root cultivators might have the qualifications to condense the Nine Revolution Golden Core. The cultivation speed of dual-type pseudo spirit roots is seven to eight times that of mixed spirit roots...

"But even then, with the time needed to engrave the patterns, dual-type pseudo spirit root cultivators would still need nearly a hundred years to cultivate the Nine Revolution Golden Core."

"By that time, even Golden Core cultivators would be getting old, losing the chance to further advance in cultivation, making it rather counterproductive…"

Pausing, Su Xing pondered.

"Therefore, only True Spiritual Root cultivators might attempt to cultivate the Nine Revolution Golden Core. Each increase in the Golden Core's revolution enhances potential by about ten percent. With sufficient spiritual medicine, it would take three to five years to engrave a pattern, meaning over thirty years to complete the Nine Revolution Golden Core..."

Su Xing calculated briefly and realized the immense difficulty and cost of cultivating the Nine Revolution Golden Core.

If Su Xing had not possessed the future simulator, with its ability to simulate thirty years within just two or three weeks, he probably would not have easily attempted to cultivate the Nine Revolution Golden Core.

"However, the greater the cost, the greater the gain! Once a Nine Revolution Golden Core cultivator succeeds, their true combat capabilities would rival Nascent Soul cultivators. Moreover, taking the lead step by step, the Nine Revolution Golden Core is the true broad avenue to greatness!"

Calming his somewhat excited emotions, Su Xing continued the simulation.

[In the eighth year, you continued engraving patterns on the Golden Core to prepare for cultivating the third revolution of the Golden Core.]

[In the ninth year, you succeeded in cultivating the third pattern, achieving the third revolution of the Golden Core. Your cultivation fell back to the ninth level of the Golden Core Stage.]

[In the tenth year, after a year of diligent cultivation, you returned to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage.]

[In the eleventh year, you began attempting the fourth revolution of the Golden Core. At the same time, you looked for ways to enhance the strength of the Human Race to sustain longer cultivation.]

[Over the course of a year, you sent Wang Qingxuan to the sect's treasure vault multiple times, using all the contribution points you accumulated over the years to exchange for thousands of Yellow Immortal Essences.]

[Besides cultivation, you spent four hours each day refining Organ Refining Pills. Over a year, you refined tens of thousands of these pills.]

[Having planned ahead, you never revealed the Organ Refining Pills before in this simulation. By the first appearance of these pills in the world, no one should be able to link them to you.]

[In the twelfth year, to be cautious, you took both the Disguise Pill and Breath Concealing Pill to alter your appearance and presence. Disguised, you met Lu Yuanwu alone, handing him nearly thirty thousand Organ Refining Pills you had refined over the year. You explained the usage, instructing him to claim they were created by an alchemist within the military.]

[Having completed this, you quietly returned to the Descending Sect base, unsure if high-level figures within would discover your betrayal.]

[Fortunately, your worries were unfounded. Everything within the sect remained normal, with no one having uncovered your betrayal.]

[In the same year, you cultivated the fourth revolution of the Nine Revolution Golden Core, once again dropping your level to the ninth level of the Golden Core Stage.]

Su Xing felt somewhat relieved upon seeing this. His previous simulation, where he directly provided Essence-Nourishing Pills to the Great Xia Military, had been too rash and easily detectable.

Thus, in this simulation, Su Xing changed his approach, introducing the never-before-seen Organ Refining Pills, surmising that the Descending Sect would not easily discover the link, even if they did, without solid evidence.

Su Xing continued reading.

[In the thirteenth year, your cultivation once again reached the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage.]

[One day, Shadow Protector came to find you. She had not notified you in advance. You were alone at home and forgot to wear your mask. Shadow Protector saw your face.]

[Upon seeing your handsome appearance, Shadow Protector visibly froze. It seemed that she was somewhat shy.]