Upon leaving the bedroom, Xu Xi suddenly felt a lightness in his body, and the summer heat began to hit his face.
He became certain once again that the earlier experience had been an auditory hallucination.
"I didn't expect the simulation to be so mentally draining. Well, considering this simulation lasted nearly a century, it's normal to feel fatigued."
Xu Xi nodded in agreement.
He took out a bottle of Qingxin Pills, designed to refresh and clear the mind.
After swallowing and refining the pill, his weary spirit was restored.
Then, Xu Xi left his home and headed to the nearby bustling Tai Chi Bun Shop, where he ordered three large meat buns and sat down to eat.
The food in the magical world couldn't be called bad, but after spending so much time there, he couldn't help but miss the flavors of Huaxia cuisine.
The noise of people and the flow of traffic surrounded him.
Soon, the steaming hot meat buns were served.
"Hmm, not bad. As always, the skin is thin, and the filling is generous."
"The sweet tofu pudding is also silky smooth."
Xu Xi nodded slightly.
The warm meat juice burst on his tongue, offering an exquisite taste experience. The delicious food soothed his spirit, dispelling the lingering unease from the earlier "hallucination."
"Cultivation... Magic..."
"This time, as my cultivation broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, the Withered Vine Sword I used during the Golden Core stage has become somewhat outdated."
"It's a good opportunity to combine it with a wand and forge something new."
"Cultivation-based magical artifacts aren't restricted by fixed shapes or forms. What truly makes them treasures are the restrictions and Dao patterns inscribed inside and out."
"Magic-based wands, on the other hand, place more emphasis on the materials used to craft them. High-quality wand materials must possess excellent elemental conductivity, amplifying the power of elemental magic."
"Looking at it this way, combining cultivation and magic is definitely promising."
He took a big bite of the meat bun.
Xu Xi pondered deeply.
Having completed two simulations, he was no longer an ignorant ordinary person.
With his mastery of cultivation-based artifact crafting and his expertise in wand-making, the two could be seamlessly combined to create a weapon suitable for both cultivation and magic.
The only challenge lay in finding the right materials.
Xu Xi was already a Saint-level Mage, standing at the pinnacle of the magical system. The next step would be ascension to godhood and immortality.
Finding materials suitable for crafting such a weapon was no easy task.
"Let's see if Supernatural Home has anything," Xu Xi thought, taking out his phone. He somewhat clumsily navigated to Supernatural Home, a trading platform only accessible to supernatural beings after verification.
[Breaking News! Breaking News! Uzi Thunder Special Edition now available! Not 998, just 98 points!]
[TCTD One-Click Battle Qi Horse Transformation Device now on sale!]
[Smart-Type Magic Cannon Pre-Order Now! A hundred fireballs per second, giving your enemies a taste of true despair!]
[Six-Revolving Pure Bullets, Exorcism Gatling Gun, blessed by multiple high monks. Double damage against ghosts and evil spirits! Limited-time offer at 555 points, bullets sold separately!]
On Supernatural Home, the first things that caught his eye were the various official promotions for modern weaponry.
Further down were scattered items from individual supernatural beings, ranging from supernatural mounts to weeds from the cultivation world, creating a dazzling array of options.
"It feels like..."
"If the real world continues to develop like this, the overall vibe is going to get even more bizarre."
Xu Xi sighed in amazement.
He filtered the products to show only wood-attribute supernatural materials.
His Heavenly Spirit Root was wood-based, and wands were often crafted from wood as well, making it convenient to combine the two for the development of a flying sword-wand hybrid.
"A piece of lightning-struck willow wood?"
"A dried-up, unnamed tree trunk with extreme hardness?"
"Just a seed, but it contains an unusually high amount of wood-attribute energy?"
Xu Xi quickly scrolled through Supernatural Home.
Seeing the numerous vaguely described supernatural materials in the product list, he couldn't help but frown.
Over the years, the Supernatural United Bureau had collected many supernatural items, some of good quality and some not. The vague descriptions of these products indicated that even the authorities weren't sure of their true value.
In the end, they could only set a mediocre price and list them on the Supernatural Home trading platform to increase the variety of available goods.
"Neither appetizing nor worth discarding, they're just... meh."
"Judging from the descriptions, some of these materials might be useful to me, but if I guess wrong, I'll just be wasting points."
Xu Xi instinctively weighed the pros and cons.
But then he realized something—he could simply buy them all.
During his second simulation, he had pushed the limits of mortal wisdom. While he couldn't claim to understand everything, he had indeed reached the pinnacle of mortal achievement in the field of magic.
From 1st to 9th-level spells of all attributes.
Dragon Blood Grass cultivation techniques.
Wand-forging optimization, magic device amplification techniques, and mental purification methods.
"For me, these are outdated technologies, with few still being useful. But for the authorities, they're priceless treasures."
"Aside from Saint-level forbidden spells and secrets related to deities."
"All other knowledge can be traded for the items I need."
"It's a win-win situation for both sides."
The more Xu Xi thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.
He wasn't afraid of exposing his knowledge and attracting trouble.
His confidence was directly tied to his strength.
Now that Xu Xi was a Saint-level Mage, standing at the peak of mortal achievement, hiding his abilities and pretending to be weak would be a waste of his simulations.
Wouldn't that mean he had wasted all the soft support from his sister?!
What a waste that would be!
Of course, such a sudden change in strength and the exchange of knowledge with the authorities would require a plausible explanation.
Xu Xi closed the Supernatural Home website and scrolled through his contacts until he found Zhang Yaoguo, the director of the Yanshan City branch of the Supernatural United Bureau.
"Hello, Director Zhang?"
"Ah, yes, yes, I've broken through again. What? You're asking how I did it?"
"Well, I got lucky. I was just lying at home, sleeping, and somehow broke through to the Nascent Soul stage. Oh, and I also received a mage's inheritance."
Xu Xi paused.
He faintly heard a loud thud on the other end of the line, followed by the sound of hurried pill-taking and deep breaths.
After a long pause, the other end finally spoke in astonishment.
"An... inheritance?"
"You've gained another inheritance?!"
"This... it's only been a few days. Even if your luck is good, Mr. Xu, getting inheritances from dreams consecutively is just too..."
Zhang Yaoguo's voice was filled with disbelief.
He couldn't bring himself to believe that someone could be so lucky. But soon, he began to waver.
Xu Xi's previous feat of single-handedly annihilating the Boundary Ruins had been too astonishing.
In comparison, gaining a magical inheritance seemed almost mundane.
Thinking this, Zhang Yaoguo calmed down a little. He exhaled softly and asked, "This is truly shocking, Mr. Xu. What level is the inheritance you received this time?"
"Not much. After waking up, I was just barely a Saint-level Mage."
Life is like a dream.
Simulating life is equivalent to dreaming—that makes perfect sense.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
