Cultivation Simulator: Starting From The Empress' Palace

”What a pity.” Chen Mo muttered softly.

”What?” Jin Wu was stunned.

”Nothing, let’s continue on our way.”

According to the simulation, this Tiger Demon had just broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage and was in a weakened state. It was ambushed by two Great Demons, barely managed to kill them, and then had to feign death and self-destruct to preserve its dignity as a king.

What Chen Mo regretted was that the Nascent Soul Realm demon body self-destructed just like that, which was truly a waste.

The terrifying fluctuation spread throughout the mountains. Having decided not to take the risk, Chen Mo naturally moved further away from the Beast Mountains.

Until nightfall, Chen Mo finally felt that the terrifying fluctuation gradually subsided, and the thunderclouds gathering in the sky also dissipated.

”Succeeded?” Wang Wen turned his head to look toward the direction of the Beast Valley. Although he didn’t dare to approach, he was quite curious about the Great Demon who was about to form a Nascent Soul.

”It’s rumored that the higher the realm, the harder it is to break through. Once you break through, a lightning tribulation would appear. The Human Race is favored by the Heavenly Dao, which greatly increases the chance of surviving the tribulation, whereas the Demon Race is not favored, and the power of the tribulation during a breakthrough is much higher than that of the Human Race. This is why demon beasts must turn into human form to cultivate in the later stages...”

Jin Wu also looked toward the direction of the Beast Gorge and said: ”Even if this Tiger Demon can successfully break through, it would be in its weakest state at this moment. If its enemies...”

”Awoooo...” Before Jin Wu finished speaking, a wolf howl came from afar.

”Boom, boom, boom...” Immediately, the earth started to tremble. Even though Chen Mo and the others were relatively far from the Beast Gorge, they could feel a slight tremor.

”Silver Moon Wolf King, Earthquake Bear.” The usually silent Nangong Xue spoke up.

Chen Mo and the others looked at her.

But Nangong Xue said no more and walked forward.

”The Silver Moon Wolf King, Earthquake Bear, and the newly broke through Red Flame Tiger King are all Demon Kings in the Beast Valley. It’s said that the Red Flame Tiger King has always been overbearing, with its Red Flame Tiger Race frequently encroaching on the territories of the Silver Moon Wolves and Earthquake Bears.

If the Red Flame Tiger King successfully breaks through and stabilizes, those two races won’t have a chance to survive. Now, the Silver Moon Wolf King and Earthquake Bear King should be seizing this opportunity to launch an attack on the Red Flame Tiger Race.” Jin Wu walked over and patted Chen Mo on the shoulder, saying.

”They do know how to seize opportunities.” Chen Mo smiled.

”Whether or not they succeed, they have to take this gamble now.” Jin Wu said: ”The law of the jungle is more pronounced in the Demon Race.

Let’s go, it’s getting late, we should find a place to rest.”

”Alright.”

...

Chen Mo had been keeping watch for several nights. Tonight, when he said he would watch again, the three women all disagreed, saying they wanted a turn.

In the end, among Chen Mo’s group, Xiao Jiu kept watch, while Nangong Xue’s side had Jin Wu, Wang Wen, and Wuhua taking turns.

Chen Mo said he wanted to cultivate, and after asking Zhao Qianyi and Jiang Ruoqing to protect him, he entered his tent and sat down cross-legged.

He extracted a core from the system, and with the help of the Nine Thunder Profound Celestial Spear, this powerful demon qi was suppressed.

Looking at this fist-sized, entirely silver Silver Moon Wolf King’s Core, Chen Mo marveled at the wonders of the Cultivation Simulator.

The Silver Moon Wolf King was still alive, yet the simulator managed to produce one.

Chen Mo activated the Thunder Jade Scripture to refine the core.

Although obscured by the Nine Thunder Profound Celestial Spear.

Due to the power of the Thunder Jade Scripture and the Great Demon Core, some movement inevitably leaked out during cultivation.

The two sisters whispering across felt a strong fluctuation and glanced toward Chen Mo’s tent, then looked at each other.

Even Jin Wu, Wang Wen, and Wuhua showed surprised expressions.

Jin Wu’s guess in his heart was confirmed.

Nangong Yue kept staring at Chen Mo’s tent, causing Nangong Xue to scold her several times.

In the second half of the night.

A violent explosion sounded in the distance, like a bolt from the blue, waking everyone up. They promptly went to higher ground, looking toward the direction of the Beast Gorge.

Apart from the overwhelming flames, nothing else was visible.

In the tent, Chen Mo opened his eyes with satisfaction, clenched his fist, and murmured: ”Foundation Establishment Perfection.”

But at this moment, Chen Mo finally understood why Chi Xuzi said it would be good enough if he reached the Golden Core Realm by one hundred years old because he could feel that the energy needed to break through to the Golden Core Realm is ten times that of the breakthrough from Late Stage Foundation Establishment to Perfection.

Reaching Foundation Establishment Perfection consumed a Great Demon’s Core.

How many Great Demon Cores would one need to break through to Golden Core?

At the same time.

In the Beast Valley.

Upon hearing the violent explosion, one of the two Red Flame Tigers defending against the Earthquake Bear and Silver Moon Wolf’s assault spoke: ”The Earthquake Bear King and Silver Moon Wolf King were killed by our King. What’s with this explosion?”

Then it turned to the other Red Flame Tiger next to it and said: ”Chi Ya, I’ll hold them off, you quickly go check what happened inside?”

Called Chi Ya, the Red Flame Tiger immediately turned around and rushed inside.

Not long after, Chi Ya shouted: ”Chi Shi, it’s bad, our King... our King is dead.”

”What?” Chi Shi killed a Silver Moon Wolf with one paw, and with fierce eyes said: ”Who did it?”

”There are traces of human presence inside...”

”Humans?”

...

After the violent explosion in the second half of the night, the forest never quieted. Beast roars started from that moment and didn’t stop, throwing the entire mountain range into chaos.

When Chen Mo realized something was wrong, a beast roar sounded not far from their campsite.

”Master, a demon beast is coming our way.” Xiao Jiu transmitted.

Meanwhile, Nangong Xue and Nangong Yue also grew vigilant, clearly noticing something was amiss.

”Little Brother Chen, let’s go quickly, it’s a Red Flame Tiger.” Jin Wu jumped down from a tree and said to Chen Mo before helping Nangong Xue and the others pack up.

Chen Mo, Zhao Qianyi, and Jiang Ruoqing had slept in their clothes, so there wasn’t much to pack, but the tent was borrowed from Jin Wu, so Chen Mo and the others went over to help.

”Thank you.” Seeing Chen Mo come to help, Nangong Yue expressed her gratitude.

”No need, we should be thanking you. Let’s go as soon as we’re done.” Chen Mo said.

”Okay.”

...

While escaping, Chen Mo and the others initially thought the Red Flame Tiger’s appearance was just an accident, and they just needed to avoid it.

But soon they found that the Red Flame Tiger seemed to be targeting them specifically, and more Red Flame Tigers were joining the chase.