For now, I'll focus on obtaining the late-stage Golden Core cultivation first.
After receiving the reward, the liquid magic power within Wang Yuan's body solidified further, eventually condensing into a pill.
A Golden Core.
His cultivation steadily rose: early-stage Golden Core, mid-stage Golden Core, late-stage Golden Core.
The aura of late-stage Golden Core erupted outwards, and within moments, cultivators in parts of Kang Prefecture felt a vast and powerful presence.
"Golden Core stage cultivator?"
In the Wang family, the patriarch, at the peak of Foundation Establishment, turned pale.
This aura seemed to emanate from within the family?
Why would there be a Golden Core stage cultivator in the family?
The patriarch's expression changed drastically.
The Wang family, being a small clan, had its strongest at the peak of Foundation Establishment; there would never be a Golden Core stage cultivator.
"This..."
As he was unsure what to do, the aura vanished.
It was as if it had never existed.
This left the patriarch and many elders bewildered.
When they sat down to discuss what had happened, they generally concluded that the Golden Core cultivator must have been passing by the Wang family.
And now that the aura had disappeared, it meant they had left the Wang family. After all, if they were just passing through, they wouldn't linger.
Although this explanation still had some logical inconsistencies, such as why they didn't pass by in the sky but revealed their aura amidst the Wang family's houses. Was it earth-moving techniques? Even Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators usually flew, not burrowed underground?
Precisely because they couldn't reconcile this logic, the matter became an unsolved mystery for the Wang family.
Meanwhile, Wang Yuan, having obtained such immense power, left the Wang family in less than a moment and walked among the mountains and forests.
"Late-stage Golden Core..."
Through several simulations, Wang Yuan vaguely foresaw that in remote small prefectures like Kang Prefecture and Ming Prefecture, there were no late-stage Nascent Soul great cultivators, only a few Nascent Soul cultivators.
In the few simulations involving demon invasions, the local Nascent Soul cultivators of Kang and Ming Prefectures were defeated by demon Nascent Soul cultivators. There was never mention of late-stage Nascent Soul great cultivators intervening, so the strength of these two prefectures was thus limited.
Below Nascent Soul, late-stage Golden Core was the highest. Wang Yuan could now go anywhere in Kang, Ming, and even nearby prefectures, and wield immense power, as long as he didn't have the bad luck to encounter a Nascent Soul elder.
In the past, the Wang family's ancestor was only at the early-stage Golden Core, yet he established the Wang family. Now, generations after the Wang family ancestor's demise, the Wang family, though facing a decline in talent and a shadow of its former glory, was still the foremost immortal cultivation family within a thousand-mile radius.
Wang Yuan's current cultivation was late-stage Golden Core, stronger than the Wang family ancestor of the past. It would be possible to establish a family or sect with a Golden Core ancestor presiding over it, given some time.
However, as Wang Yuan's mind settled, he abandoned the idea of making a grand appearance in reality. With that much time, he could reach the Longevity Realm through the simulator.
In the mountains, he casually used his magic power to carve out an opening in a cave, waited for a day, and then received a new simulation opportunity.
[At sixteen years old, you possess late-stage Golden Core cultivation. You actively reveal your cultivation, establish a sect, and build your own force in Kang Prefecture.]
[At twenty years old, your sect, the Azure Origin Sect, has grown to hundreds of members, with many Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stage cultivators joining.]
[At twenty-nine years old, the Heavenly Pot Mountain ancient ruins open. With a single command, you send a Foundation Establishment stage disciple to reap its rewards. With the Azure Origin Sect, a sect with a Golden Core ancestor as its backing, the Foundation Establishment disciple you dispatched easily repelled minor sect forces and rogue cultivators, harvesting all treasures from the Heavenly Pot Mountain ancient ruins and submitting them to the sect.]
[At thirty-six years old, you have a large number of disciples collecting cultivation resources. You use these resources to cultivate, but progress remains slow at the late-stage Golden Core cultivation.]
[At forty-five years old, you discover small groups of demons in some mountain forests in Kang Prefecture. After capturing them, you learn that the demons in the Hundred Thousand Mountains plan to invade Kang Prefecture.]
[At forty-eight years old, more and more demon scouts are sent to Kang Prefecture from the Hundred Thousand Mountains. The top sects in Kang Prefecture have discovered traces of demons.]
[At fifty-two years old, Nascent Soul Spirit Lords rally numerous Golden Core cultivators to clear the demons within Kang Prefecture.]
[At fifty-eight years old, traces of Nascent Soul stage demons are suspected to have appeared in Kang Prefecture.]
[At sixty-one years old, the Azure Origin Sect is sealed by the demon's Heavenly Profound Lock Spirit Formation. Relying on your late-stage Golden Core strength, you forcefully break out of the formation and kill seven Golden Core demons who were key to the formation.]
[At sixty-two years old, the demons launch a full-scale invasion of Kang Prefecture. Several Nascent Soul cultivators fall. You attempt to flee but are pursued and killed by a Nascent Soul demon.]
[Your sect, the Azure Origin Sect, is destroyed.]
[Simulation has ended.]
[You may choose one of the following three rewards.]
[One: Late-stage Golden Core cultivation.]
[Two: Heavenly Profound Lock Spirit Formation diagram.]
[Three: Heavenly Demon Blood.]
Wang Yuan had not expected this simulation to end so quickly.
He had died at the hands of demons. A dignified Golden Core stage cultivator, who could live for five hundred years, lost his life in his early sixties.
This simulation did not yield many benefits.
One could tell from the fact that his cultivation was still late-stage Golden Core.
Due to the short duration this time, his cultivation could not be improved.
As for the Heavenly Profound Lock Spirit Formation diagram, it was merely a Golden Core stage formation. Wang Yuan was not skilled in formations, so even if he obtained it, he wouldn't be able to use it.
As for Heavenly Demon Blood?
This was the first time "Heavenly Demon Blood" had appeared.
Perhaps it was the blood of a late-stage Nascent Soul demon, or perhaps the blood of a Transcendent stage demon.
However, Wang Yuan did not wish to choose this. Just like the half-demon physique in previous simulations, transforming into a demon bloodline at this stage offered no advantage.
Wang Yuan himself was not particularly fond of it.
"Perhaps I should see what happens if I repeatedly choose late-stage Golden Core cultivation."
Wang Yuan chose the first option, late-stage Golden Core cultivation.
He was already at late-stage Golden Core himself. He wondered what the result would be if he chose late-stage Golden Core cultivation again. Would they stack?
He was quite curious about this.
But when the result came out, his heart was filled with regret. It only added a bit more progress to his late-stage Golden Core.
It was not a stacking effect, but rather the cultivation he had at over sixty years old in the simulator overwriting his current cultivation.
Given Wang Yuan's talent, even if he cultivated for another fifty years, he would still be stuck at late-stage Golden Core. The gain from this simulation was merely advancing Wang Yuan from late-stage Golden Core towards the peak of late-stage Golden Core, without truly reaching perfection.