Others Level Up, but I Pursue Cultivation! - Chapter 160

Chapter 160: Chapter 136: Talent, Am I Passerby A? (5000-word large chapter)_3
 

[You still did not restrain your desires and arrogance and felt the impact these emotions had on you.]

[You saw the people who once supported you turning against you, and your close friends gradually distancing themselves.]

[You seemed to have some enlightenment in your heart, realizing what these emotions had made you lose.]

[In the tenth year, you began to gradually reflect on your actions over the years, considering the good and bad brought by money and power.]

[Perhaps this state was called enlightenment, but unlike the Great Dao enlightened by cultivators, what you comprehended was the human path, the path of the seven emotions and six desires.]

[You disappeared from the public eye for a while. During this time, you forced yourself to stay in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, spending every day in the company of flowers, plants, and trees, eating Spirit Rice and drinking from the Spiritual Spring, living a life of plain meals.]

[At first, you found it very unaccustomed, longing for the fine wine, wealth, and the respectful, admiring eyes from those outside.]

[But you knew you had to overcome this hurdle, or you would truly be lost in these emotions and desires.]

[So, you forced yourself to stay in the Spirit Field Blessed Land, besides cultivation, you studied elixirs and spirit plants daily, accompanied by the mountains and waters.]

[In the twelfth year, gradually, your heart began to calm down. You no longer crazily obsessed over the power and desires of the past.]

[Every month, besides the necessary flesh essence of the Demon Emperor, you barely met others, getting used to solitude and patience.]

[In the same year, your Body Refinement Cultivation Level broke through to the Third Layer of the Divine Strength Realm!]

[In the thirteenth year, you were able to control your emotions very well. You believed you had passed the majority of the heart-refinement stage, but being inherently cautious, you decided to stabilize further and did not rush to break through the three barriers.]

[Two years slowly passed, your mind became more peaceful, and you gained deeper insight into emotions like greed and arrogance.]

[In the fifteenth year, you returned to the real world, active in the public eye.]

[But this time, you donated all the wealth you previously possessed, from treasures to equipment, wanting nothing and pursuing only the path.]

[This act earned you endless praise from countless people, but you just smiled it off. People’s recognition might make you happy but could no longer shake your true heart.]

[In the sixteenth year, you believed you were fully prepared and began to prepare to break through the three barriers!]

[On a fine and sunny morning, you returned to the Spirit Field Blessed Land, ensuring no outside disturbance, and initiated the trial of the Third Layer of Divinity Transformation, the Greed Barrier’s trial!]

[Your consciousness slowly sank into the Nascent Soul. When you awoke again, you became the person with the most power and wealth in the world.]

[In this world, one percent of people controlled one hundred percent of the wealth, and your family was that one percent.]

[You became the ultimate producer of this world!]

[All the wealth created by everyone belonged to you. As far as the eye could see, all the factories, skyscrapers, and every piece of land bore your name.]

[Your siblings indulged in all this, believing themselves inherently superior to others.]

[You, too, drifted along, indulging daily in money and power.]

[But you always felt different from your siblings. The wealth they were obsessed with always seemed somewhat lacking in your eyes, leaving you somewhat uninterested.]

[But you never comprehended why you were different from them.]

[Until one day, you saw a little girl rummaging for food in a trash heap. Her bright blue eyes, pure and beautiful, awakened your memory!]

[You realized you were in the illusion of the Third Layer of the Divinity Transformation’s Greed Barrier!]

[When you became aware of it, the illusion around you slowly dissipated!]

[Congratulations on successfully breaking through the Greed Barrier of the Divinity Transformation’s Third Layer!]

Looking at the long string of text before him, Su Xing let out a deep breath and said with some surprise,

“I didn’t expect the version of me in the simulator to be so resolute… to train my mind in advance to break through the three barriers!”

At the same time, Su Xing also understood more about the rules for breaking through the five barriers of Divinity Transformation.

“I see, in the real world, a cultivator’s mind state also has some influence on their self in the illusionary realm!”

“Although the memory is lost, the mind state remains… If the cultivator themselves is someone indifferent to fame and wealth and solely pursuing the path, the likelihood of passing the five barriers of Divinity Transformation will be greater!”

Su Xing seemed to have some enlightenment. What he did in the simulation indeed allowed him to better break through the Greed Barrier.

“Then next, it should be the turn of the remaining Arrogance Barrier and Anger Barrier, right? What kind of illusions will I face?”

Su Xing was somewhat curious, looking at the simulation panel.

[After breaking through the Greed Barrier, you came out of the illusion and successfully returned to the real world.]

[As you gradually passed the five barriers one by one, you felt subtle changes within yourself. Your understanding of nature’s spiritual energy grew stronger; wherever your heart willed, spiritual energy could be wielded like an extension of your limb.]

[At the same time, you felt as if you comprehended something. This feeling was indescribable, and after pondering, you thought only by completely breaking through the five barriers could you grasp this mysterious feeling.]

[Thus, you rested for only three days before entering the trial of the fourth barrier, the Arrogance Barrier again!]

[Your consciousness slowly drifted away. When you opened your eyes again, you became the king of an empire!]

[The empire you ruled was the most powerful nation in the world. All the small countries were terrified by your every move.]

[Your every joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness decided the fate of a nation!]

[You enjoyed this feeling, enjoyed others prostrating at your feet.]

[But what you didn’t expect was that one day, a subordinate small country you ruled dared to defy your orders!]