[Cultivation: Innate Great Perfection (Not Yet on the Immortal Path)]
[Cultivation Techniques: Nameless Calming Heart Method, Celestial Demon Heart Devouring Technique, Red Gold True Body, Red Gold Flame-breaking Palm, Cyan Smoke Step, Whale Swallowing Skill, Iron-blood Battle Garb, Iron-breaking Saber Skill]
[Jiuzhou Influence: Unknown Ant]
[Evaluation: As a mortal without a Spirit Root, you have reached the limit of a mortal's capabilities. Alas, not being on the Immortal Path, you remain an ant. How can an ant be a match for an Immortal?]
[Simulation Overall Rating: B+]
[Reincarnation First Simulation Reward: Randomly draw a total of twenty percent of Li Jin's Mortal Cultivation or Martial Arts Achievement]
[Would you like to submit this simulation? Once submitted, the character card is locked, simulation points are awarded, and character card abilities exchange is opened.]
[Remaining simulation attempts for this reincarnation: 4]
[Spirit Points required to start a new simulation this reincarnation: 2]
[Tip: 1. The first simulation reward is only given during the first simulation of each reincarnation. 2. Unused simulation attempts will be converted into simulation points and additional rewards; please cherish your simulation attempts. 3. Reincarnation time, family background, and talent have been anchored for this cycle.]
The golden text on the scroll transformed, eventually becoming the assessment of this simulation.
The feeling of observing reincarnation from a higher dimension dissipated.
Jiang Ming quickly looked at the simulation assessment.
"B+?"
A fifty-year-old Innate Great Perfection Martial Artist, the pinnacle of Mortal Martial Dao, a rare genius in Jianghu.
However, in the entire Jiuzhou World, even in the mortal Jianghu, this Jiang Ming could barely be called a genius.
With three great talents, the dedicated guidance of Innate Martial Artist Li Hongqiu, resources provided by the Li Family and Red Gold Gang, coupled with an opportunity at the foot of the cliff in Changsha County, and obtaining the top evil technique Celestial Demon Heart Devouring Technique in the Imperial Palace, Jiang Ming seemed to have it all, yet this reincarnation simulation only yielded a B.
Jiang Ming gazed at the settlement panel, a contemplative look in his eyes.
The panel provided ample information.
For instance, the evaluation already informed Jiang Ming that without a Spirit Root, becoming a cultivator was impossible. So based on the panel's hint, achieving an A-rating requires Li Jin to slay a cultivator as a mortal martial artist, defying an Immortal!
Besides the hint from the panel, the overall rating is related to survival time, cultivation, techniques... and most importantly, Jiuzhou Influence.
Jiang Ming interpreted it as the influence his reincarnated simulated life has on Jiuzhou, others, heaven and earth, and the environment... So the main purpose of the simulated life is to expand influence? Only then can there be a high rating.
If one always remains hidden, causing no influence on the external world, the rating would rather be low.
"Does the Jiuzhou Derivative Simulator want me to influence Jiuzhou?"
Jiang Ming slightly furrowed his eyebrows.
The subsequent implication from the settlement panel is one: the fewer the simulation attempts, the greater the gains.
If Jiang Ming wishes to reincarnate the same life five times to exploit a bug, it's basically impossible to obtain a hundred percent of Li Jin's abilities with a single simulation reward.
"But opening the same simulated reincarnation requires Spirit Points?"
Jiang Ming's eyebrows nearly knitted together.
Reality is dangerous, and Jiang Ming originally planned to simulate until he obtained some talismanic artifacts from a cultivator to have some trump cards in reality.
"Accept the reward, do not submit this simulation."
[You have obtained Red Gold Flame-breaking Palm (Returning to the Essence), Cultivation: Mortal Martial Arts Acquired Late Stage]
The cultivation of Late-Stage Acquired Stage is less than one-tenth compared to Innate Great Perfection Cultivation. The major reward this time is clearly still the Red Gold Flame-breaking Palm.
Before Jiang Ming could react.
A flood of memories filled his mind.
In that instant, Jiang Ming seemed to have lived through decades.
Countless scenes flashed through Jiang Ming's mind like a carousel, though in retrospect, it felt like personal experiences.
There were moments of beginners learning the palm technique, despite great talent, they still painstakingly practiced basic skills for three years before engaging in the Red Gold Flame-breaking Palm.
The palm technique was initially successful, embedding palm imprints on granite without shattering the stone.
Breaking the enemy with a single palm, the palm technique reaching mastery.
Mountain epiphanies, the palm technique returning to the essence.
Killing enemies in battle, the palm technique becoming instinctual.
Insights on accumulated strength, the Red Gold Flame-breaking Palm thoroughly transcending the secret tradition of the Red Gold Gang, forging a new path, earning the title of Grandmaster.
For a moment, an aura of world-weariness from Jianghu affairs flashed over Jiang Ming's body, then swiftly vanished.
Simultaneously, Jiang Ming's thin body rapidly expanded, and his height shot up.
Wisps of smoke emerged from his internal organs, muscles, and bones, ultimately transforming into a surging force of Qi-Blood.
Meanwhile, a trace of Qi from the blood and flesh of grains gathered and transformed into Inner Strength in his Dantian.
Qi-Blood and Inner Strength are the two fundamental powers for mortal martial artists in the Jiuzhou World, the palm technique, fist technique, or external hard skills cultivate Qi-Blood, while the Inner Power Heart Method cultivates Inner Strength.
According to records Jiang Ming obtained in the Rainbow Kingdom Palace, the legendary Immortals extend in these two directions too, externally refining the body and internally refining True Qi.
Dual cultivation in both paths is required to surpass the innate stage, where Qi-Blood no longer floats, fully rooting in the body, all apertures open wide, constructing the Heaven and Earth Bridge, drawing in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, transforming Inner Strength into True Qi, performing bone marrow cleansing, akin to evolution.
Innate martial artists possess ghostlike forms, steel-like bodies, and their punch power equals that of bullets, easily shattering stones with one hand, yet such power is no match before a cultivator.
After experiencing death replay, Jiang Ming longs for the power of cultivators more than ever.
But contemplating these matters now feels too distant.
Presently Jiang Ming needs to deal with what's before his eyes.
As the simulation ended, the golden light around him, along with the scroll that the simulator had transformed into turned illusory and transparent.
Darkness once again swallowed the light.
Jiang Ming could even feel a faint Yin Qi and chill, his ears again filled with the barely audible sound of sobs and howls.
Jiang Ming's gaze burned like a torch, fixedly staring at the doorway.
He realized he wasn't as fearful as before, unsure if it was the confidence brought by his cultivation, or the decades-long experience of practicing the palm technique in his mind.
The Qi-Blood in Jiang Ming's entire body began to surge.
The Red Gold Flame-breaking Palm is originally a top-tier palm technique for cultivating Qi-Blood. After Li Jin's decades of insights, it surpassed its origin, and solely practicing this technique is enough to become a notable pre-innate power in the Great Yuan Martial World.
The Qi-Blood obtained in Jiang Ming's cultivation surged along, causing his muscles to writhe and gather strength.
At the moment the golden light dissipated, Jiang Ming's Qi-Blood surged like mercury, his body burst out like a cannonball, rushing forward with the ferocity of a descending tiger.
"Rip—"
The sound of clothing tearing resounded, Jiang Ming's shirt easily turned into shreds.
Despite Jiang Ming's robust and powerful physique, his toes lightly touched the ground, resembling a swallow diving into water, creating a visually incongruent sensation.
This is due to the extraordinary control of his body that the palm technique grants, not to mention the accompanying stepping technique's assistance.
Jiang Ming darted to the door, his arm snaking out like a serpent, effortlessly piercing through the heavy door.
Inner Strength and Qi-Blood surged, unexpectedly igniting a burst of flame.
Outside the door, screams erupted in an instant.
Jiang Ming was momentarily stunned because his palm and arm indeed caught on fire.
But even post-innate, such phenomena were impossible to trigger!