Cultivation Simulator: Starting From The Empress' Palace

After the explanation, the Artifact Spirit asked if everyone understood.

All twenty people nodded their heads.

The Artifact Spirit waved its hand.

The next second, the Spirit River, as if released from a seal, sent a wave crashing towards the crowd, strangely.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

Lights flashed across their bodies, protecting them from the waves.

Chen Mo was somewhat amazed because as the wave struck him, it felt like a giant mountain colliding into him, as if every drop of water here weighed a thousand pounds.

Two disciples even took a slight step back under the wave’s impact.

”Begin.”

As the words of the Artifact Spirit fell, twenty people transformed into colorful streaks of light from different directions, showcasing their Great Divine Techniques to capture the mystical spirits within the river.

At this time, the mystical spirits did not appear as docile as before, being as slippery as eels and extremely difficult to catch.

Moreover, the Spirit River exerted an incredibly strong suction force which, if not properly defended against, could drain one’s entire True Qi upon falling in, leaving no strength to gather mystical spirits.

Thus, they had to withstand the waves and avoid falling into the water while capturing mystical spirits and watching out for sudden moves from compatriots.

This demanded great True Qi and quick reactions from everyone.

Chen Mo layered ten levels of defense using True Qi on himself and then condensed a small ship from True Qi to save the energy expended on flying.

Landing on the True Qi Ship, an immense True Qi surged from within Chen Mo, condensing above into a gigantic ten-zhang handprint, which suddenly plunged into the Spirit River.

In an instant, water splashed everywhere.

The handprint caught dozens of mystical spirits, but the next second, they gnawed through the True Qi handprint, creating a hole, and slipped away through it.

Chen Mo was greatly astonished by this.

After much effort, he managed to catch one mystical spirit but found it couldn’t be placed into a space ornament.

Chen Mo had to take a wooden bucket from a Blood Pearl, place the mystical spirit inside, and seal the opening with several layers of True Qi.

But shortly after, the mystical spirit gnawed a hole in the bucket and even gnawed a hole in the True Qi Ship, eventually escaping back into the Spirit River while Chen Mo wasn’t paying attention.

If not for Chen Mo noticing something amiss later, he would have fallen into the water.

This was exceedingly difficult to capture.

”Use Jade Artifacts.” Just then, a transmission sounded in Chen Mo’s ear.

Chen Mo glanced around and saw Wang Chen flying in the air, with a Jade Jar hanging from his waist with a True Qi Lock Chain. After capturing a mystical spirit, he quickly placed it into the Jade Jar, covering the mouth with a Jade Slab.

Activating the Ancient Heavy Pupils, Chen Mo saw that the mystical spirit in the Jade Jar indeed calmed down.

Chen Mo observed other disciples and found they were also using Jade Artifacts to contain the mystical spirits.

Chen Mo nodded at Wang Chen.

After confirming the suitable container for mystical spirits,

Chen Mo flew into the air.

He used the Red Dragon Demon Arm, throwing a fierce punch at the Spirit River below.

The river water exploded open, and several mystical spirits flew into the air with the splashed waves.

Chen Mo, quick to react, used Body Shifting continuously, capturing the mystical spirits over several days and quickly sealing them into the Jade Jar.

However, this method was highly inefficient.

As the commotion grew, the mystical spirits, like frightened fish, scattered everywhere, making it impossible to catch a single one with a punch and consuming much True Qi instead.

Chen Mo scanned his surroundings.

Boom! Boom!

Violent and unparalleled impacts constantly erupted in the Spirit River, shattering the mountain-like waters, causing waves continuously.

The disciples captured mystical spirits from these waves.

The method used was the same as Chen Mo’s.

”Open!”

At this moment, they heard a fierce shout and looked towards where the sound came from.

They saw a giant Longsword forming above Xuan Cheng, emitting an overwhelming Sword Intent.

With Xuan Cheng’s fierce shout, the giant sword slashed down into the Spirit River below.

Boom!

The entire Spirit River was instantly split in half, and at the center, the water stopped flowing.

Xuan Cheng’s hands swiftly performed sealing while chanting incantations and moments later, his sleeves swelled and rapidly extended, appearing above the break in the flow, and a massive suction force surged out of the sleeve, pulling mystical spirits in.

”The Universe in a Sleeve!”

Everyone was amazed.

This was an Earth Tier Upper Grade Divine Technique, difficult to cultivate.

Once mastered, the sleeve could become a world, swallowing everything.

”Truly worthy of Brother Xuan Cheng!”

While saying this, their gaze swept towards Chen Mo.

It’s well known that Chen Mo had surpassed Xuan Cheng to secure first place in the previous competition, and they were curious about his harvest.

However, from Chen Mo’s current situation, it was evident he hadn’t caught many.

”As expected, without the aid of Dao Artifacts, it’s far inferior to Brother Xuan Cheng.” Some disciples sneered.

Gu Sha dismissed it.

Back when Chen Mo defeated him, he hadn’t used any Magical Treasures.

Gu Sha didn’t bother Chen Mo and instead found a place to catch mystical spirits on his own.

”The Universe in a Sleeve.”

Chen Mo muttered, and it was hard to say he wasn’t envious.

This method was remarkably effective for capturing mystical spirits.

Some disciples attempted to use Divine Techniques to freeze the Spirit River, but the waters were too turbulent to freeze, consuming a lot of True Qi instead.

After watching for a while, Chen Mo finally withdrew his gaze, murmuring, ”I must think of another way.”

If he continued with the previous method, he wouldn’t capture many mystical spirits, even if he exhausted his True Qi.

Suddenly, he thought of a way.

He didn’t linger in the chaotic Spirit River but flew to the river’s far side.

Chen Mo prepared to test if his idea was viable.

Finding a relatively secluded spot, Chen Mo stopped.

The Spirit River was vast and boundless; although there were many mystical spirits, they dispersed when disturbed.

Catching them one by one was too troublesome.

Chen Mo’s idea was to attract the mystical spirits together so they could be caught easily.

He sat cross-legged in the air and performed the Emperor’s Divine Sealing Skill, gradually releasing the Power of the Stars absorbed earlier into the waters below.

Since these mystical spirits were born of the Power of the Stars.

The Power of the Stars must attract mystical spirits.

Indeed, using the Power of the Stars to fish, where the Power of the Stars was the bait, and the fish were the mystical spirits.

Half an hour later.

Just as Chen Mo predicted, the mystical spirits in the water were indeed drawn by the Power of the Stars and swam over one after another.

The fish were about to take the bait, and a net was necessary.

Chen Mo directly used the Power of the Stars to form a massive fishing net, setting it in the waters where he released the Power of the Stars to let them fall into the trap.