With Cultivation Simulator in a Chaotic World-Chapter 188 - 186: Initiation

"Hmm..."

Pei Min nodded slightly, his face showing little expression.

"You seem quite calm."

"This is nothing, it doesn’t even require Sword Immortals; even ordinary folks can control the mundane world..."

"Oh? That’s interesting."

Pei Min paused for a moment, then suddenly soared upwards, flying onto a tall mountain.

The mountain was very high, its peak piercing the clouds, yet once atop, the world transformed again.

A faint ripple passed over Yuu Dingshan’s body, seemingly responding to the surroundings, as if a veil was lifted from the surrounding environment...

What unfolded before Pei Min’s eyes was a brand new world, towering mountains floating amidst the clouds.

Figures could be seen maneuvering flying swords between the mountains.

Pei Min’s pupils contracted.

"This is..."

Yuu Dingshan chuckled softly at this, having thought the young man wouldn’t be surprised at all.

"Alright, let me take you for the initiation then..."

[Celestial Sword Calendar, year 97,926, the twenty-ninth day of the seventh month, you broke through to the ’Sword Immortal’ realm.]

[In a battle with Sword Immortal Yuu Dingshan, you felt a certain power within your body stirring.]

[You obtained the Five Elements Swordsmanship of Mortal Sword Saint Old Ning; you can feel that this sword technique is quite profound.]

[You left the mundane world with Yuu Dingshan, entering the heavens from Hubei County’s Yihe Heavenly Mountain and discovered a brand new world in the skies.]

[The Spiritual Qi here is incredibly dense, as if the entire Qi of the mundane world had risen to midair.]

[From Yuu Dingshan’s mouth, you learned this place called ’Sword Mountain River’ is a vast cultivation environment developed by countless Sword Immortals, invented by the United Sword Institute over tens of thousands of years.]

Sword Mountain River houses innumerable academies, each with its own unique Sword Dao, allowing countless academies to compete and flourish, continually spreading their Sword Dao.

Sword Mountain River is vast; the place where Pei Min is located is the Wood Element Ding Domain, merely a designation for an area without much significance.

[You arrived at a strange place resembling an inn, where ordinary people provide thoughtful services to you. You simply absorbed Spiritual Qi again to strengthen the Sword Essence in your body.]

[On the seventh day of cultivation, Yuu Dingshan came and gave you a Sword Cultivator’s Basic Manual, from which you learned a lot of common knowledge.]

For instance, the First Realm for Sword Cultivators is Opening Body.

The Second Realm is Condensing Intent.

The Third Realm is Gathering Yuan.

These three great realms are in fact the first realm of the cultivation system.

However, the division here is more detailed.

All Sword Cultivator initiates must first cultivate Qi Blood Martial Arts, starting with exposure to Swordsmanship from the mundane, which is Opening Body.

Opening Body is just the foundational realm, the most basic.

The Second Realm, Condensing Intent, is about condensing Sword Intent, the most challenging aspect; only by forming Sword Intent can one be called a Sword Cultivator.

The Third Realm doesn’t need much explanation; it involves using Sword Intent to shatter the final barrier between immortals and mortals, fusing True Qi with Sword Intent to transform it into Sword Essence, a special kind of True Essence.

However, here, once Sword Essence is condensed, it possesses the True Essence strength of mid-stage Qi Refining in the cultivation system.

In other words, Pei Min directly skipped the first two realms, arriving at the third realm, Gathering Yuan.

"No wonder..." The environment in the Jianghu is indeed well-suited for the condensation of Sword Intent. Those sheltered flowers struggling to condense Sword Intent find it quite difficult, often requiring some cultivation techniques for assistance.

But the conflicts in the Jianghu are fraught with danger; without danger, Sword Intent cannot be condensed, and each Sword Cultivator seed is precious, creating a contradiction. Hence, the entire mundane world is treated as a crucible.

[You quickly organized the information from the knowledge booklet and continued with your cultivation.]

[On the thirty-second day of cultivation, Yuu Dingshan came looking for you.]

[The initiation ceremony officially began.]

Yuu Dingshan led Pei Min over one towering mountain after another, flying towards the largest Cloud Mountain at the center.

"This place is the United Main Hall of our Wood Element Ding Domain, also shared by all academies..." Yuu Dingshan whispered.

"Our academy recruits disciples from three main sources: first, the offspring of the Sword Immortals; second, disciples recruited from the mortal world; and third, A-Class Seeds like you who enter the path of Dao through martial arts..."

Back then, the Cyan Cloud Sect paid considerable attention to disciples who entered the path of Dao through martial arts, but not as much as here.

Entering the path of Dao through martial arts is a significant advantage, as it means breaking through to this realm without the benefits of cultivation techniques, making the Sword Dao purer.

"My academy is called the Battle Absolute Sword Institute..."

The hall gradually filled with people, and Yuu Dingshan whispered a word to Pei Min, gave him a glance, and left.

In the hall, over a thousand people had already gathered, and Pei Min’s gaze was drawn to the center of the hall.

There was a gigantic sand table there.

The sand table vividly depicted a vast expanse of landscape, with countless tiny black human-like figures slowly moving about.

An old woman with a light veil floated above the sand table, her eyes flashing with countless runes, while she waved a single hand, causing changes on the sand table.

"Another one has come..."

"Very good, this year we have three people; not bad..."

The old woman gently waved off the veil from her head, which transformed into a band of azure light floating behind her.

Streams of sword light also flew in from the outside...

"This time, I will take a good look."

"Hmph, our Cyan Cloud Sword Institute hasn’t gotten an A-Class Seed in five years, don’t compete with me, old man."

"Old ghost, are you blaming others for your own incompetence?"