[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-with-cultivation-simulator-in-a-chaotic-world":3,"chapter-with-cultivation-simulator-in-a-chaotic-world-with-cultivation-simulator-in-a-chaotic-world-chapter-52":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","With Cultivation Simulator in a Chaotic World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1130502,1461,"Chapter 52: Evil Technique","with-cultivation-simulator-in-a-chaotic-world-chapter-52",52,"\u003Cp>The first specializes in Water Techniques, with cultivation just a hair’s breadth from stepping into the Seventh Layer; frequently taking on missions, this person’s combat awareness is not weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s quite normal for Zhu Chen to lose to him; instead, many are surprised that Zhu Chen reached the second place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Outer Sect competition often allows some Sixth Layer Qi Refining cultivators to enjoy Inner Sect resources in advance, thus breaking through to the Late-Stage Qi Refining, slightly enhancing the sect’s overall strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dark horse like Zhu Chen is quite rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a pity... Senior Brother Zhu... is getting old.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hint of regret appeared in the eyes of a certain disciple below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At sixty-one, in the world of mortals now, besides those princes and ministers, wealthy gentry, and magnates, few can live to sixty-one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Qi Refining cultivators, sixty-one is already more than half of their lifespan, and Zhu Chen is only at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, with cultivation getting more difficult the further one progresses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are many like that Senior Brother who competed with Zhu Chen for the top sixteen who have been stuck at the Late-Stage Qi Refining barrier for decades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Chen, however, was unconcerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ming also didn’t mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You successfully won the top five in the Outer Sect competition, entering the Inner Sect in advance.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You’ve achieved second place in the Outer Sect competition, earning the sect’s rewards; you’ve received twenty bottles of Qi Gathering Pills, twenty pieces of Low-grade Spirit Stone, and one High-Tier Long Saber Magical Artifact.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Qi Gathering Pills and Low-grade Spirit Stone are of equivalent value; typically, an Outer Disciple can only claim one piece of Low-grade Spirit Stone per year, which, combined with the sect’s Spiritual Qi, suffices for a Qi Refining early-stage cultivator’s everyday practice in the sect for a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ming has, in one go, won resources equal to forty years of daily practice for an Outer Disciple, and the high-tier artifact, crafted personally by an Elder and tailored to Zhu Chen’s fighting style, is even more precious, a rarity beyond what many Inner Sect disciples possess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Upon entering the Inner Sect, your reputation has already spread throughout, and you can feel the curiosity of others toward you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The salary for an Inner Sect disciple is five times that of an Outer Disciple, and the Foreign Affairs Hall also allocates more high-tier missions to Inner Sect disciples.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Upon stepping into the residence prepared for Inner Sect disciples, cries from a woman outside the residence catch your attention. You choose...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A· Ignore B· Go out and check]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ming, looking at these words, felt puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Chen usually had no disputes with anyone, and had no female acquaintances; he was either engrossed in cultivation or swiftly completing missions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daily, he maintained decent relationships with fellow disciples, with his reputation of integrity spreading through most of the Outer Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If something unusual happens, there must be a demon behind it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go out and check!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Chen frowned slightly, a flash of cold light in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who makes such a clamor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of Zhu Chen’s door stood a graceful and spirited woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon Jiang Ming’s appearance, she immediately fell to her knees on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Daughter of Lady Yi from the Silent Tower, begging Master Demon Saber to stand up for my daughter!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Demon Blade? This title left Jiang Ming somewhat dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like he had returned to those days when he roamed the Jianghu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Yi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bit of a memory, she seemed like an effective subordinate once; only after Jiang Ming betrayed the Silent Tower did she choose to stay, and Zhu Chen didn’t stop her, naturally breaking off contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When did Lady Yi have a daughter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back when she first entered the Silent Tower, Lady Yi was merely a sixteen-year-old girl, mischievous yet obedient after being disciplined by Zhu Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this woman before him resembled the Lady Yi of the past a bit in appearance...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vivid memories conflicted with reality, and an overwhelming sense of time passing surfaced from within, yet Zhu Chen wasn’t one for melancholy and swiftly severed this slight emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Demon Saber has already vanished, I am now an Inner Sect disciple of the Cyan Cloud Sect, a Foreign Affairs Hall Steward, Zhu Chen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Zhu Chen said this, he turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Demon Saber! Only you can save me now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Immortal Zhao Yang! Immortal Zhao Yang is slaughtering and tormenting us servant disciples! Master Demon Saber, for the sake of our past as Jianghu people, I beg you... I beg you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Chen felt someone clinging to his thigh, he turned and seriously confirmed, \"Zhao Yang?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Inner Sect disciple, Zhao Yang? Slaughtering and tormenting servants?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Inner Sect didn’t have many disciples, at most under two hundred, comparable to five or six classes from a previous life, easily memorable for a cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-yes...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get up, lead me there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve agreed? I’ll take you there immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To wherever he is slaughtering and tormenting you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Chen’s hand subtly grasped the long saber at his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not intervening for this woman’s sake, for if all former Jianghu associates came to him, how could he continue his cultivation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only thirty percent of his motive was for the former Jianghu associates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aim of making a name in the Inner Sect accounted for twenty percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining fifty percent was because... If Zhao Yang does this, it’s likely he is cultivating an Evil Technique!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, it’s a forbidden technique across all sects that involves slaughtering innocents for cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cyan Cloud Sect is not a righteous sect, but definitely not a demonic one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone harbors the intent to slaughter the mundane, they’re essentially uprooting the Cyan Cloud Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the sake of the sect and the Cyan Cloud Sect, Zhu Chen wouldn’t sit by and do nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before departing, Jiang Ming first used a Communication Spiritual Artifact to inform a few colleagues and Elders in the Foreign Affairs Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he arrived at a cave mansion’s entrance and knocked on the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yang was astonishingly practicing such an Evil Technique within his own cave mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who goes there?\" A raspy voice sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhu Chen.\" Zhu Chen frowned, his hand on the saber’s hilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door opened, revealing a hollow-eyed, emaciated man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the cave mansion, there were no peculiar auras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Chen casually said, \"This girl...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the True Essence surged, and the black saber, carrying a black-red saber light, swept forward directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, pitch-black flesh crazily grew, transforming into a long saber, just about to block the saber light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Chen’s saber move, seemingly prepared beforehand, twisted, sending the long saber with True Essence flying violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Splurt!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yang was knocked backward, pinned to the cave mansion’s wall, staring at Zhu Chen with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mysterious glint flashed in Zhu Chen’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments ago, his Greedy Celestial Demon suddenly began to stir restlessly; this anomaly prompted Zhu Chen to take decisive action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Zhu Chen rapidly dispatched information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several figures swiftly departed their dwellings, flying towards Zhu Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha... how did you find out...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was it merely based on what this woman said?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though pinned against the wall, with the True Essence flowing from the High-Tier Magical Artifact, the black saber severely suppressing him, Zhao Yang managed to curl a sly smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, noticing Zhu Chen’s hands already weaving seals and forming incantations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiery flames surged forward; half a minute later, nothing remained pinned by the black saber but charred remains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shadowy figure burst free, making for Jiang Ming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How dare you!\" A sea-like Divine Sense rolled over, the elderly voice carrying tremendous power.\u003C\u002Fp>",1291,"2026-06-03T11:55:46.755Z","2026-06-03T11:55:52.566Z",1,"novelbin.me","0a80fd8595a981bd314538fe5a2cb5e18ce09f0fbe0e7584ed4d11003d19c04b","with-cultivation-simulator-in-a-chaotic-world-chapter-303","with-cultivation-simulator-in-a-chaotic-world-chapter-302",535,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwith-cultivation-simulator-in-a-chaotic-world-cover.jpg"]