With Cultivation Simulator in a Chaotic World-Chapter 231 - 221: Responsibility

Pei Min sat cross-legged in the Elder Cave Mansion of the Battle Absolute Sword Institute.

Here, in the deepest part of the Battle Absolute Sword Institute, there was no noise, only fresh mountain air and the crisp sounds of Spiritual Sparrows and Spirit Beasts, full of vitality.

In the distance, some slight noises from disciples cultivating could be faintly heard.

Pei Min’s expression, however, was not particularly pleasant at this moment.

"Sword Spirit Heaven..."

In stark contrast to this place was the absolute stillness of the Reflection World, where Sword Cultivators continuously charged towards the Void Black Insects.

"No wonder..." Pei Min murmured.

"The inability of Sword Venerables in this realm to break through to Divinity Transformation, is it because of this...? And does Sword Mountain River’s advocacy for cultivation without external aids also stem from the Reflection World...?"

Jiang Ming’s brows also furrowed.

The path taken by Sword Cultivators in Sword Spirit Heaven is one that even in the Jiuzhou Cultivation Realm is exceptionally challenging, the path of ancient cultivators.

During the time of ancient cultivators in Jiuzhou, there were no Foundation Establishment Pills, Golden Core Pills, or Boundary Breaking Pills—these pills used for breaking through realms—and thus the foundations of ancient cultivators were much more solid compared to the Jiuzhou Present Cultivators.

However, from the perspective of present-day cultivators in Jiuzhou, the cultivation techniques of ancient cultivators are completely unacceptable.

Though their foundations were slightly more solid, the efficiency was too low. With the development of the Alchemy Dao, it brought about an explosive growth in cultivation civilization. With such a large base of cultivators, the number of powerful figures also increased, and Jiuzhou far exceeded the ancient era recorded in strength.

"Jiuzhou ancient cultivators... this is the era before the development of the Hundred Skills of Cultivation. According to the records of the Nine Rivers, ancient Immortals also emerged in ancient times, who may not be inferior to the Immortals of the current era, but apart from the Immortals, ancient cultivators were less efficient in cultivation compared to the present era."

"Although ancient cultivators emphasized not relying on external aids, this so-called ’not relying on external aids’ merely means not using pills, Fake Cores, or external means to directly strengthen themselves, rather than not using resources.

On the contrary, in ancient times, resources were far more abundant than in the era of the Nine Rivers. At that time, the Spiritual Qi of any place surpassed several resource-rich areas within the Nine Rivers... It is rumored that the reduction of resources indirectly accelerated the progress of the Hundred Skills of Cultivation..."

Information like this flickered through Jiang Ming’s mind.

Ouyang Yun, being a master of the Alchemy Dao, has considerable understanding of its development, which involved the so-called ancient era.

As for the other history of Jiuzhou, that is known only by other specialists.

However, Ouyang Yun repeatedly saw praises for the Hundred Skills of Cultivation in various texts.

"The Sword Cultivators of Sword Mountain River have achieved such numbers due to Sword Mountain River’s plundering of resources from the entire Sword Spirit Heaven. Almost all of the world’s resources are provided to Sword Cultivators, enabling them to unabashedly walk the path of ancient cultivators..."

"And the reason for walking the path of ancient cultivators..."

Jiang Ming’s gaze slightly narrowed.

"Is it due to the transformation by Sword Immortals of Sword Spirit Heaven...?"

The Record Jade in Pei Min’s hand does not have detailed descriptions of this, instead, it presents several hypotheses; in these ten thousand years, many Sword Cultivators possibly have not clarified the thoughts within.

"One possibility is the transformation by a Sword Cultivator of that era of Sword Spirit Heaven. According to the scant words about Immortals in the records, Immortals possess the ability to refine an entire Pocket World; Sword Spirit Heaven is nothing more than the Pocket World dwelling of this powerful Immortal."

"And when this Immortal unexpectedly perished, he transformed the world to be most suitable for the path he practiced as a means for his second life to once again step onto the Immortal Path. This is why there are so many Sword Scriptures in Sword Spirit Heaven, why all Sword Scriptures, although profound, have an ancient essence..."

"The second hypothesis is..."

Jiang Ming’s gaze slightly narrowed again.

"Sword Spirit Heaven should not inherently possess certain Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures; the source of some of these Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures is..."

"The flesh and blood of the Ancient Moon’s Immortals..."

Jiang Ming gasped.

"Sword Cultivators who cut down Void Black Insects, some Void Black Insects would fall to Sword Spirit Heaven, with their bodies containing extremely pure energy that transforms into Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures within Sword Spirit Heaven. Upon consuming these treasures, one’s body might also develop a trace of the corresponding aura... The consequences brought by this...could be unimaginable..."

"As for the specific outcomes, no one knows, but Sword Mountain River has been suppressing this possibility for eighteen thousand years... leading to those few massacres against other cultivators..."

"Only the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Materials transformed by Sword Mountain River would be cleansed by the world’s faint consciousness cooperating with the remnants of Sword Intent left in Sword Spirit Heaven and thus would only be suitable for consumption by Sword Cultivators..."

"No wonder... no wonder the resources within Sword Mountain River are suitable for Sword Cultivators..." Jiang Ming murmured.

"Not only that... If those non-Sword Cultivators were consuming and using Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures that naturally grew in Sword Spirit Heaven, these cultivators would not encounter too many problems... But... Sword Mountain River hangs in the sky, having devoured too much Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism...resulting in very few naturally grown Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures in the world..."

"Most cultivators have grown by consuming Abnormal Spiritual Materials, possessing a significant amount of aura from the Ancient Moon Immortal Demon Corpse within them, hence, the World Will of Sword Spirit Heaven subtly excludes and suppresses them..."

"No wonder the Golden Core True Masters of the Broken Cocoon Alliance are so weak..."

The power of Golden Core Sword Cultivators within Sword Mountain River generally exceeds that of the Nine Rivers Golden Core from Ouyang Yun’s era; the inheritance of the Nine Rivers Golden Core is not lacking, and their quality is also not lacking.