The depths of the ocean were cold and dark. Only turbulent currents surged endlessly, with bubbles appearing from time to time.
Within the dark currents, the figures of a group of great white sharks emerged. Each was three to four meters long, spindle-shaped, with gray-white backs and white bellies. They had triangular dorsal fins and two massive pectoral fins, cutting rapidly through the seawater.
Each great white shark had a rope tied to its body. The other end of the rope was attached to something resembling a fishing net, which held wooden crates. The sharks dragged these crates as they moved forward.
Bai Sha was among the many great white sharks, calmly observing her companions.
They were no ordinary great white sharks. They were sharks that had awakened their intelligence and were qualified to step onto the path of cultivation and become Demon Cultivators.
After becoming a Demon Cultivator, one would gain powerful and fearsome strength, and their lifespan would increase tremendously!
However, to become a Demon Cultivator, one first needed a cultivation art. Only by cultivating an art could one become a Demon Cultivator.
Cultivation arts were incredibly precious. For ordinary intelligent demonic creatures, they might search their entire lives without ever obtaining an art to formally become a Demon Cultivator. Countless intelligent creatures ultimately died with regrets, still longing for an art.
Under these circumstances, how to quickly obtain an art became a research focus for many creatures. The primary method they adopted was to pledge loyalty to existing Demon Cultivators and receive an art as a reward for their service.
After transmigrating and becoming a great white shark, Bai Sha also took this path. Along with many other great white sharks, she pledged loyalty to a Demon Cultivator who called herself the “White King.” This figure’s true form was also a great white shark. The “Raging Waves Art” she cultivated was extremely suitable for great white sharks, making her the natural first choice for the species.
As long as one served the White King for ten years, they could obtain the first layer of the “Raging Waves Art” and formally become a Demon Cultivator!
But only Bai Sha knew that the White King did not have much longer to live.
‘In three days, a Demon Cultivator will arrive to kill the White King. Every shark following her will also be slaughtered by that cultivator, who calls himself Jian Yun…’
Bai Sha knew she couldn’t follow the conventional path. Since her transmigration, she had seen too many intelligent demonic creatures buried in the ocean’s depths. As for the unintelligent sea life, their existence was even more precarious; they could die at any moment.
This ocean was no paradise, but a cruel meat grinder. To survive, she had to become a Demon Cultivator. Without becoming one, everything was meaningless.
With this thought, Bai Sha’s gaze fell upon the wooden crate dragged by the great white shark leading the formation.
Just then, a bend appeared ahead. The leading great white shark immediately turned, causing the wooden crate it was dragging to swing along. It traced a clear arc in the water and slammed into a seabed rock. The surprisingly sharp edge of the rock sheared through the rope, causing the crate to tumble out of the net.
The leading great white shark paused immediately and turned its body to look back.
But Bai Sha was faster. As if she had known this would happen, she darted to the crate’s side in a flash. Under the astonished gazes of the other sharks, she clamped her jaws around the crate.
“Bai Sha, what are you doing?! How dare you touch the White King’s property!”
The shocked and angry voice of the leading great white shark rang out.
“Simulate!”
Ignoring the other sharks, Bai Sha quickly recited silently in her mind.
With her recitation, the entire world instantly froze. The sharks that were instinctively surrounding her and preparing to charge were all locked in place, before transforming into scene after scene that flew into Bai Sha’s mind.
[Simulating Week 1: You discovered you’ve been reborn. Overjoyed, you rolled in the sea and hit your head on a rock, recovering for a week.]
[Simulating Week 2: You’ve planned your approach for this life. You sought out the great white sharks you knew, hoping to join the White King’s faction. Many sharks wished to serve the White King, requiring several tests to be passed. But you seemed to know the test content perfectly, earning the White King’s recognition with the best performance.]
[Simulating Week 3: Although the White King appreciates you, you must still start from the bottom. You need ten years of loyal service to receive the art and become a Demon Cultivator.]
[Simulating Week 4: Your previous test performance earned the jealousy of other great white sharks. Influenced by a few individuals, the others began to ostracize you. However, you noticed the situation in time and used a small trick to reverse it, making the sharks excluding you accidentally offend the White King and get expelled. The others reconciled with you.]
[Simulating Month 3: The White King recently took a liking to a delicacy but could only describe it without knowing its name. She sent many sharks to find it. You retrieved the delicacy in the shortest time, earning the White King’s praise and receiving leave that could be used at any time.]
[Simulating Month 11: You finally used the brief leave granted by the White King. At the bend of a deep-sea abyss, you crashed into rocks to sharpen their edges. Using ropes to drag the rocks, you mimicked the turning motions of swimming. After many attempts, you finally determined the precise sharpness the rock edges needed to maintain.]
[Simulating Month 12: You returned to the White King’s service and proactively took a mission: to escort goods back from another Demon Cultivator on behalf of the White King. A total of fifteen great white sharks went together. When the expedition leader accidentally let the cargo fall from the net at a bend, you seized the opportunity to snatch it.]
…
[This experience has successfully been converted into a Simulated Experience.]
[You may choose one reward from this experience.]
[1: Retain your cultivation from this experience.]
[2: Retain one item in your possession from this experience.]
Looking at the options appearing before her, Bai Sha sighed with emotion in her heart.
This was actually her second life. In her first life, she had been ignorant and took several months to pass the tests and join the White King’s faction. That was why she could pass so easily in her second life, using her foreknowledge.
As for the ultimate goal of her second life, it originated from something she heard about in her first life.
It was said that the White King had purchased some supplies from another Demon Cultivator, but during the process, some kind of error occurred. The seller had mistakenly shipped an art that the White King hadn’t purchased.
The matter of this art being transported had become a topic of casual conversation and gossip among the great white sharks.
Therefore, Bai Sha’s goal in her second life was this art.
“I choose to retain the item in my possession.”
As Bai Sha spoke, selectable items appeared in her mind. The only thing available for her to choose was the object stored inside the wooden crate she had snatched earlier. It turned out to be a palm-sized gray stone tablet, carved with a pattern of raging waves.
Bai Sha chose to keep it without hesitation.
In the next moment, she retreated from the darkness. When she reappeared, she was lying alone on the ground inside a dark cave on the seabed.
“Clack!”
The palm-sized gray stone tablet fell before her eyes.
Bai Sha stared at the tablet. A stream of information naturally surfaced in her mind.
“Raging Waves Art”!
This was the cultivation art.
Retracting her gaze, Bai Sha summoned a status panel visible only to herself and took a look.
Name: Bai Sha
Cultivation: None
Simulation Count: 3
Simulation Saves: 1
“Simulation Count is still at 3. There should be a way to increase it, right? I wonder how. Saves… I only have this one save currently. Saves should also be increasable.”
Putting away the panel, Bai Sha looked back at the stone tablet recording the “Raging Waves Art.”
She, Bai Sha, was going to become a Demon Cultivator!
