Chapter 607: Chapter 26: The Dual Harvest of the Virtual World
The Virtual World was forced to shut down due to Wang Sheng’s Nirvana.
For twelve years, the people of Datong had not been able to enter the Virtual World for Cultivation.
The Virtual World had become an indispensable part of life, and many cultivators found the long period without access difficult to accept.
Especially after coming into contact with the Chaotic Realm, cultivators of all levels realized the immense power of the Virtual World.
During the two years that Wang Sheng spent recovering from his injuries, including the time to rebuild the Virtual World, the cultivators of Datong almost constantly discussed the Virtual World.
Their discussions were simple: when would the Virtual World return?
“Without the Spirit World, one realizes the difficulty of cultivation. Now, even a breakthrough to the Grandmaster requires extreme caution. It’s tough, so tough!” lamented a martial artist of Grandmaster Level. His talent was not great, and having experienced the invasion of the Chaotic Realm, he only broke through to Grandmaster in middle age, narrowly escaping death in a life-and-death breakthrough.
When he thought back to the situation twelve years ago, his feelings were complex, filled with envy and jealousy.
The risk-free breakthroughs to Grandmaster and even Great Grandmaster were too enviable.
“Senior, is it really possible to break through to the Second Realm without any risk?” asked a young man who sat at the same table as the middle-aged man. The young man had a strong presence, clearly also a cultivator, appearing to be around fifteen or sixteen years old.
This age was quite delicate.
When the Virtual World still existed, he was very young, only two or three years old, with little memory. Typically, he wouldn’t refer to levels using terms like Grandmaster or Great Grandmaster.
Regarding the legends of the Virtual World, he was skeptical.
“It’s even more formidable than you can imagine. You must have suffered greatly when you broke through to the seventh level of body refinement, right?” The middle-aged man immediately recognized the young man’s Cultivation System, the Body Cultivation of Martial Saint Zhu Xiao.
At fifteen or sixteen years old, being at the seventh level of body refinement was considered quite talented in Datong.
“Yes, if it hadn’t been for a piece of Spiritual Medicine, I might’ve faced many complications.” The young man frankly admitted that regardless of the system, there was a threshold between the First Realm and transitioning to the Second Realm.
If one had the guidance of a more powerful cultivator it’d be easier, but lacking that, one would suffer significantly.
“Your circumstances seem decent; you even had Spiritual Medicine. But if this were twelve years ago when the Spirit World existed, breaking through such a threshold would have been as simple as eating and drinking. There would be no need to waste Spiritual Medicine. The Spirit World could simulate the state of breakthrough.
For example, with your Body Cultivation, the Spirit World could simulate the outward discharge of Qi Force, simulate a hundred percent successful breakthrough, and then in reality, you would naturally break through with no bottlenecks.”
Twelve years ago, the middle-aged man had broken through in the Spirit World himself.
Hence the profound sense of loss he felt now.
The young man finally understood the power of the Virtual World. The outward discharge of Qi at the seventh level of body refinement was the biggest threshold that stopped countless people. Was this really no issue more than a decade ago?
He too exhibited a look of envy.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man continued, “That’s just the tip of the iceberg. The breakthroughs for Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters are even more formidable… If the Spirit World still existed, perhaps I could’ve witnessed the grandeur of the Great Grandmaster Realm…”
“Senior will surely achieve your desire,” despite Grandmasters no longer being as rare as before, in some small places they still represented strength, and the young man showed great respect.
Moreover, this Grandmaster of the Second Realm had answered so many of his questions.
The middle-aged Grandmaster shook his head, not saying much more.
Twelve years ago, when the Chaotic Realm invaded, that magical world disappeared, and who knew if something had gone wrong.
Their conversation sparked further discussion among the others.
“The cultivators from the Chaotic Realm said that their every breakthrough between realms is achieved over a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and even then, success is not guaranteed.”
“I once heard that their dead at the Seventh Realm outnumber the living of the Seventh Realm, all dying in the attempt to break through to the Eighth Realm, but the Eighth Realm only has so few…”
The more one came into contact with the Chaotic Realm, the more the cultivators understood the difficulty of cultivation.
“Never mind the Chaotic Realm, in our own Datong, many have died trying to break through to the Fourth Realm within various systems.”
“Indeed, but who knows how much fewer than in the Chaotic Realm. The help of the Spirit World in breakthroughs is incredibly powerful; Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, they are merely byproducts.”
“Truly, the true strength of the Spirit World lies in paving the way forward, offering countless opportunities for trial and error.”
“Not just that… Rumor has it that inside the Martial Arts Tower of the Spirit World, accessing the sixth level can provide knowledge for deducing the path forward in one’s journey…”
Sometimes, without noticing, everyone started to miss it after the disappearance of the Spirit World.
“So what if we talk about it… The Spirit World has been gone for twelve years, and who knows if it’s departed forever…”
One statement caused everyone to go silent with a sigh.
However, at that moment, a familiar voice rang out.
[The Spirit World is hereby renamed as the Virtual World, reopening.
This update covers the entire planet, and all intelligent beings of Datong can log in.
A number of cities have been added, with a main city established in each state and prefecture of Datong.
The ranking list is updated. The Hidden Dragon List is set up, divided into state lists and overall lists, open to cultivators under thirty years of age for potential-based rankings; the Strong List is established with only one overall list, and all the strong ones of the world can choose whether to join it. Both lists will be updated every three months, and the top ten ranked will receive rewards from the Virtual World.
A new Immortal Ladder is added, where the strongest top ten individuals in every realm become immortalized for eons.
New Opportunity Lands are added. The vast Virtual World hides countless opportunities. By entering caves, currently, one can obtain up to Seventh Realm legacy.]