Cultivation Simulator: Starting From The Empress' Palace

Roar!

In a wooded area, the roar of beasts echoed. Chen Mo stood on a tree trunk, gazing into the distance several miles away.

On the ground there, four snow-white wolves, each about three meters large, were eyeing a half-meter tall rabbit in front of them with blood-red beast eyes. These four wolves were demon beasts comparable to the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm.

The rabbit’s eyes were filled with panic.

Suddenly, a snow wolf pounced. The rabbit kicked with its hind legs, stepping on the snow wolf, then fled to the left. At that moment, the other three snow wolves also lunged, the rabbit dodged one, but another snow wolf clamped its teeth into the rabbit’s leg while the fourth wolf pinned it to the ground.

Just as the snow wolf was about to bite into the rabbit’s neck and end its life, a flying sword shot out from the bushes, intercepting the rabbit’s life. Then an orange light flew out of the rabbit’s body, heading towards the bushes.

The four snow wolves were enraged by this, fixating their beastly eyes on the bushes, growling angrily.

Moments later, two figures burst out from the bushes, and in just a few breaths, they had dealt with the four snow wolves and earned points for slaying them.

Just as they were about to extract the inner cores from the demon beasts.

"Boom!"

A beam of purple light swooped down from the sky with ferocious power, forcefully impacting the ground and sending the two flying.

"Who?" The two steadied themselves, holding their flying swords, eyes warily scanning the dust and smoke.

The purple light was a spear planted in the ground, with a young man in an inner disciple’s robe leisurely standing atop it, looking down at them with disdain:

"Junior apprentices, you don’t need me to act; just hand over your points, and you’ll suffer less."

"Gu Sahen." The two exchanged a glance, showing apprehension because Gu Sahen was a strong Half-Step Nascent Soul Realm cultivator and ranked 79th on the Golden Core List. They looked towards Gu Sahen’s chest and found an imprint with 1050 points.

"Split up and run."

Each had 50 points, knowing full well that they had painstakingly accumulated these points from Level One beasts.

A single Golden Core Realm demon beast granted only 50 points.

How could they give away their precious points without a fight?

Seeing the two split and flee, Gu Sahen just smiled lightly, not moving, but merely raising a hand. A powerful force poured from the spear into the ground, and then two purple chains burst from the earth, locking the two men’s legs and dragging them into the soil.

A moment later, two beams of orange light emerged from the soil, rushing into Gu Sahen’s chest.

In an instant, the 1050 points became 2300 points.

With a flick of his fingers, Gu Sahen parted the soil again, pulling the two figures out with purple chains and laying them on the ground, both already unconscious.

Gu Sahen glanced at them indifferently, preparing to retrieve his spear and leave when the vibrant world before him suddenly shifted, remaining only in black and white, and even the falling leaves seemed slower.

"Whoosh!"

At that moment, a black streak shot towards him.

It was a completely dark longsword.

Just when it was about thirty meters away, it vanished.

But in the blink of an eye, the longsword reappeared just a meter from him, multiplying from one into three swords.

"Merak Flying Sword!"

Gu Sahen’s face changed. While one hand raised to block, he retreated swiftly.

"Clang!"

Sparks flew as two black sword shadows shattered under Gu Sahen’s defense, the true sword coming within ten centimeters of his chest before being swatted away with the spear handle.

As he breathed a sigh of relief, he felt movement behind him.

Alarm bells rang in his mind, but it was too late.

Chen Mo suddenly lunged from behind, using the Red Dragon Demon Arm with two opened Profound Gates and the Galaxy Constellations Fist to strike heavily at Gu Sahen’s back.

A glow flared up—Gu Sahen’s protective magical artifact, but even so, the powerful strike sent Gu Sahen flying, and it was only after nearly a hundred meters that he stabilized by planting his spear into the ground.

"Clang..."

The sound of the sword echoed as Chen Mo, now visible, gripped Tianwen, leaping into the air, and as soon as Gu Sahen steadied himself, attacked again. The Red Dragon Demon Arm opened another Profound Gate, slashing down toward his head.

Clang!

The sword light flashed, and although Gu Sahen was a skilled Half-Step Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, his reaction was quick. He raised his spear to block, but with little force to muster, he was hammered by the sword’s immense power, impacting the spear handle against his chest and forcing him to kneel with one knee.

"Whoa..."

Fire sparks flew as Tianwen scraped against the spear handle.

"You—"

Gu Sahen was about to shout angrily when he saw the opponent retract his sword and kick towards him. As he crossed his arms to defend, the opponent retracted his leg midway and thrust with the sword instead.

Gu Sahen was horrified, with the two of them being so close that his spear was useless. He stamped the ground with one foot, propelling himself skyward to evade the deadly strike.

Seeing Gu Sahen dodge even that, Chen Mo couldn’t help but feel admiration.

However, he was determined.

Chen Mo used Body Shifting to reappear above Gu Sahen, with four opened Profound Gates of the Red Dragon Demon Arm. Tianwen was stored inside the Blood Pearl, replaced by the Nine Thunder Profound Celestial Spear, which he swung heavily downward.

Gu Sahen’s reaction was remarkable; he raised his eyes to block. But having just launched into the air, he was smashed back down, doing a split on the ground, and lost his grip on the spear.

Just as he kicked with his feet to launch another counterattack.

A dragon’s roar echoed by his ears.

Gu Sahen looked up to see the spear tip just one centimeter from his neck, clearly feeling the pressure it exerted.

"Concede. This senior brother, hand over your points." Chen Mo looked down at Gu Sahen, a smile on his face.

"It’s you?!" Gu Sahen’s pupils contracted, recognizing who he was facing.

Meanwhile.

In the outside world, the disciples erupted in amazement.

Previously, when Chen Mo defeated the Ice Spirit, he merely took advantage of the situation.

But this time, Chen Mo truly overpowered Gu Sahen.

How long had it been since he became an inner sect disciple, and he was already going toe-to-toe with a Half-Step Nascent Soul Realm like Gu Sahen?

This could only mean that upon entering the Golden Core Realm, he had already made his way onto the Golden Core List.

The last one to do so was Zhao Fujin.

No wonder they’re a couple.

By the Celestial Pool.

Nangong Xue watched the scene on the water’s surface, her red lips slightly parted, unable to close for a long time as her eyes flickered with uncertainty.