Chapter 211 – Battle Against Blood Dragon Ancestor: A Primordial Unity Realm Cultivator? (5k)

Su Xing rubbed the space between his brows, absorbing the memories flooding his mind.

The Blood Demon Sect… or rather, the entire Blood Demon Realm’s method of producing low-level cultivators was crude and brutal!

The Blood Demon Realm didn’t consist solely of cultivators.

There were also many cities filled with ordinary people.

Moreover, the number of ordinary people was enormous—the population of this entire realm exceeded billions!

The Blood Demon Realm vigorously encouraged reproduction.

Every year, children who had turned ten were subjected to a… Battle of the Immortal Path!

The so-called Battle of the Immortal Path was essentially forcing those ten-year-old children to begin cultivating the Blood Immortal Scripture.

After one year of cultivation, a thousand children would be placed into a sealed environment.

And then… through slaughter!

The sole surviving child would become a Qi Refinement cultivator… and would be able to absorb the blood sacrifices obtained through the killing.

Receiving the so-called… Blood Coagulation Pills!

With Blood Coagulation Pills in hand, one could quickly advance to the Foundation Establishment stage!

After Foundation Establishment, there was a killing tournament once every ten years.

A hundred participants entered, only one survived, and that person would receive Blood Coagulation Pills as a reward.

Furthermore, after cultivating the Blood Immortal Scripture, Foundation Establishment cultivators had lifespans of less than fifty years.

Golden Core cultivators lived only eighty or ninety years…

Nascent Soul cultivators, a mere hundred and twenty years…

And the deeper one cultivated, the more Blood Coagulation Pills one consumed, the greater the reduction in lifespan!

Of course, the vast majority of Blood Demon Sect cultivators never lived to reach those ages.

Because in the killing battles held once every decade, ninety-nine percent of Foundation Establishment cultivators—and even Golden Core cultivators—would perish within them…

Only after reaching the Nascent Soul stage did things improve slightly, as one could use Blood Spirit Stones for cultivation, which reduced lifespan somewhat less severely.

So… every Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and even Spirit Transformation cultivator that Su Xing had seen was a victor who had clawed their way through round after round of slaughter!

“Hiss~ Absolutely horrifying!”

“This isn’t just using an entire realm’s cultivators—it’s using every single person of the human race in an entire realm to sustain the cultivators at the very top!”

“Such savage law of the jungle… truly worthy of being called heretical cultivators!”

Su Xing finally understood. The path of cultivation was not as peaceful as he had imagined.

Whether it was Old Dog Dragon, Old Dog Zong, Perfected One Myriad Wood… or now the Blood Demon Realm.

When spiritual energy was depleted, it became humans devouring humans, cultivators devouring humans!

“Compared to the Blood Demon Realm, Old Dog Zong actually seems like an orthodox cultivator… how truly laughable!”

Su Xing let out a soft sigh.

Looking back at Old Dog Zong’s entire life, he had spent most of it running. It was only after being cuckolded that he fell into heretical cultivation while on the run.

At most, he had committed the act of blood-sacrificing a city…

Compared to the Blood Demon Realm, the gap was immeasurable!

“No wonder the Blood Coagulation Pills, Blood Spirit Stones, and Blood Spirit Liquid all carry such astonishing karmic weight. Actions like these must have long incurred the loathing of the world’s will, surely?”

Su Xing sighed softly, a trace of doubt also forming in his mind.

Just who was this Blood Immortal?

To be so utterly devoid of conscience—having already ascended to immortality, was he not afraid of karmic retribution?

One had to understand that the more powerful a cultivator became, the more they feared intangible, metaphysical forces like karmic debt and cause-and-effect.

Because at critical moments, these very things could be what caused a mighty cultivator to fall.

After a moment of contemplation, Su Xing headed toward the Blood Demon Sect once more.

Following the memories he had extracted, Su Xing quickly arrived at the rear mountain of the Blood Demon Sect.

After shattering the formation array guarding the rear mountain, Su Xing entered the Blood Demon Sect’s forbidden ground.

This was the very place where the Blood Demon Sect produced Blood Coagulation Pills, Blood Spirit Stones, and Blood Spirit Liquid!

Upon entering the forbidden ground, Su Xing immediately sensed the thick stench of blood, the towering resentment… and the terrifying karmic weight.

Su Xing furrowed his brows slightly and murmured:

“I shouldn’t linger here long… otherwise the karma will attach to me and hinder my cultivation!”

So Su Xing began his search swiftly.

As far as the eye could see, there were nothing but skeletal remains… some with frames barely half the size of a normal person…

Beside pools of blood sat Blood Coagulation Pills that had yet to finish coalescing.

On the corpses, Blood Spirit Stone crystals were faintly beginning to form.

And deeper within, submerged in pools, were Blood Spirit Parasites that made one’s scalp tingle, continuously spitting out Blood Spirit Liquid…

Not long after entering the forbidden ground, Su Xing felt a heaviness settle in his chest that he couldn’t shake.

Without much deliberation, Su Xing unleashed wave after wave of sword qi.

Countless blades of sword qi instantly blanketed the entire forbidden ground of the Blood Demon Sect.

Innumerable blood pools, Blood Spirit Stones, and blood sacrifice arrays were all destroyed by Su Xing.

Only after finishing all of this did Su Xing leave the forbidden ground, finally satisfied.

He felt the oppressive weight in his chest dissipate at last.

“The Great Dao takes myriad forms… but the heretical path is never the true way!”

Su Xing shook his head slightly, feeling nothing but exhilaration in his heart.

Soon, the immersive simulation time ended, and Su Xing returned to the Real World.

Back in the Real World, Su Xing murmured:

“Compared to Earth, the humans in the Blood Demon Realm are the ones truly living in hell, aren’t they?”

There, every ordinary person existed for one sole purpose—reproduction…

And that reproduction was solely to provide blood sacrifice targets for the Blood Demon Sect’s cultivators… just how cruel was that?

Su Xing shook his head slightly and turned his gaze back to the simulation panel.

“Now I just need to wait quietly and see whether that Blood Dragon Ancestor truly is Protector Dragon.”

【Within the Blood Demon Sect, you destroyed everything in the forbidden ground.】

【You felt an unbridled exhilaration in your heart, and in the unseen workings of fate, you seemed to receive the blessing of some mysterious force.】

【You continued to remain within the Blood Demon Sect, quietly awaiting the arrival of Blood Dragon Ancestor’s true body.】

【Three days later, within the range of your divine sense, a familiar aura rapidly approached.】

【This aura… belonged to Protector Dragon!】

Back in the Real World, Su Xing chuckled at the sight of this:

“He showed up in just over a month?”

“So the Blood Demon Sect wasn’t completely unguarded against me after all… they previously said it would take at least three months, or up to half a year…”

“But as expected, Protector Dragon really is Blood Dragon Ancestor!”

Su Xing was somewhat excited at this point.

He had previously determined that Protector Dragon’s divine sense strength should still be at the Void Return Great Perfection level.

If it really was Protector Dragon, Su Xing wasn’t worried at all.

With that thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【Blood Dragon Ancestor—that is, Protector Dragon—rapidly closed in on your position.】

【When he laid eyes on you, a chilling smile crept across Blood Dragon Ancestor’s face.】

【He had clearly recognized you as the very person who had grievously wounded his soul in the Void Realm.】

【Protector Dragon swiftly swept the entire Blood Demon Sect with his divine sense. Upon discovering that every cultivator had been slaughtered, he showed no reaction whatsoever.】

【But when he found that the Blood Demon Sect’s forbidden ground had been destroyed by you, he flew into a towering rage!】

【Evidently, in his heart, the tens of thousands of Blood Demon Sect cultivators—or even his own descendants—were worth less than the cultivation resources in that forbidden ground.】

【Old Dog Dragon let out a furious roar, unleashing a torrential wave of blood intent from his body as he charged straight at you.】

【A great battle was about to erupt!】

Seeing this, the corner of Su Xing’s mouth curled upward:

“As expected, Old Dog Dragon really is Blood Dragon Ancestor!”

“Heh, I grievously wounded his soul before. Now that he’s still injured, he shouldn’t be a match for me, right?”

With that thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【Seeing Old Dog Dragon charging at you, you remained calm and unhurried.】

【Protective Hardened Qi and primordial energy armor instantly enveloped your body.】

【Elemental Force Entwinement coiled around both your fists as you threw a punch straight at Old Dog Dragon.】

【BOOM! The two fists collided!】

【The terrifying force nearly changed the color of heaven and earth, as the ground began cracking apart layer by layer…】

【To your utter disbelief, your strength was actually slightly inferior to Old Dog Dragon’s…】

【You were sent flying dozens of meters, while Old Dog Dragon only retreated a few meters before steadying himself.】

【Gazing at Old Dog Dragon dozens of meters away, your expression grew grave.】

【Because this Old Dog Dragon was not a Void Shattering realm cultivator at all — he was a Primordial Unity realm cultivator!】

【In terms of pure physical strength, Old Dog Dragon exceeded yours by more than fifty percent!】

【And this was even under the effects of Elemental Force Entwinement… which meant Old Dog Dragon was likely a mid-stage Primordial Unity realm cultivator.】

【Seeing that a single punch hadn’t finished you off, Old Dog Dragon’s face showed a flash of surprise.】

【He mistook you for a Primordial Unity realm cultivator, because only a Primordial Unity realm cultivator could possess such terrifying strength…】

【Old Dog Dragon decided to stop holding back. With a furious roar, his entire body began to transform…】

【His frame grew several times larger… scales sprouted across his entire body, and his hands became dragon claws…】

【In mere moments, Old Dog Dragon had transformed into a dragon several hundred zhang long, covered in crimson-black scales!】

【Antlers of a deer, head of an ox, eyes of a rabbit, body of a serpent, talons of an eagle!】

【This was unmistakably a true dragon straight from Eastern mythology!】

【Unlike the spirit dragon you had encountered before, which was formed from a spirit vein taking shape… you could sense that Protector Dragon was a true Eastern dragon with genuine dragon bloodline flowing through his veins!】

【That terrifying pressure made your heart tremble…】

【But having come this far, you could not afford to show the slightest retreat.】

【Though you were merely at late-stage Void Shattering realm, your foundation was flawless. Combined with Earth Sword at Perfection, you dared to fight even a mid-stage Primordial Unity realm cultivator…】

【So you raised the Blackice sword in your hand, wrapped it with Elemental Force Entwinement, pushed your speed to its absolute limit, and charged at Protector Dragon’s true form.】

【After just a few exchanges, you realized you had been gravely mistaken.】

【The dragon race possessed terrifying bloodline potential. In true form, its physical strength was comparable to a late-stage Primordial Unity realm cultivator.】

【In a single clash, your Protective Hardened Qi shattered on impact.】

【Your primordial energy armor was soon reduced to tatters…】

【After several more exchanges, your physical body was on the verge of breaking apart…】

【With no other choice, you sent your divine soul out of your body…】

【Your divine soul was annihilated by Protector Dragon…】

【You died!】

【Ding — this simulation has ended!】

After the simulation ended, Su Xing stared at the text before him, speechless for a long time.

Finally, a look of shock appeared on his face.

“This Protector Dragon… is actually a Primordial Unity realm cultivator!”

“Body Tempering to Primordial Unity… that’s even harder than reaching Body Integration through Qi Refinement!”

Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly, but then considered that the dragon race’s talent for physical cultivation was among the very best across all myriad races.

Who knew how long this Protector Dragon had lived? That he could cultivate his body to the Primordial Unity realm actually seemed plausible.

“Damn it, I was too careless this time!”

“I only knew Protector Dragon was a Void Return stage Qi Refinement cultivator… I never imagined his Body Tempering cultivation would be this powerful!”

“Add in the dragon race’s true form… with its regenerative ability and physical strength both being first-rate, I probably won’t be able to fight him until I’ve reached Body Integration and Primordial Unity realm in both cultivation paths, right?”

But Su Xing quickly recalled a talent he had once drawn.

Dragonslayer!

Dragonslayer — a purple talent that provided an extremely potent suppressive effect against the dragon race!

If Su Xing could successfully bring out this talent, he might actually be able to fight Old Dog Dragon…

“Still, I’d need to at least reach Body Integration stage before I could take on Old Dog Dragon, right?”

Su Xing shook his head slightly.

All of this was within the context of simulations. In the Real World, Su Xing would choose to play it even safer, waiting until his cultivation level was enough to completely crush Old Dog Dragon before making his move.

“But… I still haven’t obtained any information about the Blood Immortal… It seems the only way to learn about the Blood Immortal and the Advent Cult’s leader is through Old Dog Dragon!”

Su Xing pondered this deeply.

Soon, Su Xing fetched paper and pen, and laid out a plan for his current enemies and future development.

At present, Su Xing had identified five hypothetical targets!

The first was Five Elements Master!

Five Elements Master was the weakest among Su Xing’s hypothetical enemies — one he was confident he could handle right now.

After defeating Five Elements Master and exploring the Five Elements Sect ruins, Su Xing would obtain the Five Elements Mutual Generation technique and the Five Elements Formation Dao, along with a portion of the Five Elements Sect’s legacy. The gains would be considerable.

The second target was to eliminate Perfected One Myriad Wood.

With Su Xing’s current strength, he had some confidence in killing Perfected One Myriad Wood.

But to be safe, Su Xing could wait until after breaking through to Body Integration before killing Perfected One Myriad Wood in reality.

The rewards from killing Perfected One Myriad Wood would undoubtedly be enormous.

A spirit dragon, hundreds of thousands of Spirit stones, spirit herbs aged thousands of years, living-dead puppets, and the Myriad Wood Sect’s alchemy arts…

These were all things Su Xing desperately wanted.

As for the third target — it was the Slaughter Apostle on the Slaughter Battlefield.

Based on Su Xing’s estimates, the Slaughter Apostle’s strength was roughly at mid-to-late Emperor-level, equivalent to mid-to-late Body Integration stage.

However, on the Slaughter Battlefield, the Slaughter Moon’s suppressive effect on Su Xing would severely hamper his strength.

Therefore, to be safe, Su Xing would also need to wait until after reaching Body Integration before attempting an expedition there.

“After killing the Slaughter Apostle… the passage from this world to the outside can be opened!”

“When that time comes, I should finally be able to reach the true Three Thousand Worlds, right?”

The thought excited Su Xing.

He still had an Azure Cloud Token in his storage bag.

If he could travel to the greater world, he would be able to find information about the Azure Cloud Sect…

Su Xing’s fourth hypothetical enemy was naturally Protector Dragon.

Protector Dragon was the strongest known combatant of the Advent Cult that Su Xing was aware of.

Qi Refinement at Void Return Perfection, Body Tempering at mid-stage Primordial Unity realm… plus dragon bloodline!

Su Xing estimated this would be the most troublesome of his four enemies.

“To kill Protector Dragon, the Dragonslayer talent is absolutely essential… Beyond that, I need to raise my cultivation as high as possible — at minimum Qi Refinement at Body Integration plus Body Tempering at Primordial Unity realm… before I can be fully confident!”

“However, while the rewards from killing Protector Dragon would be plentiful… it might also invite unnecessary trouble!”

“Namely the Advent Cult’s possible leader… and the Blood Immortal who created the Blood Immortal Scripture!”

After a pause, Su Xing murmured:

“And these two might be the same person…”

“At the same time, this is my final hypothetical enemy — and the most powerful one!”

“Of course, beyond these five, there’s also the Double-Pupiled Demon Saint who needs to be dealt with… though facing a Demon Saint-level opponent probably requires reaching Body Integration Great Perfection before I can even attempt it!”

Su Xing recorded his plans in his little notebook.

As the number of simulations grew, Su Xing’s planning for each simulation became increasingly meticulous.

Because every single simulation represented a massive leap in strength for Su Xing — none could be wasted!

“Good… the immediate priority is still to further increase my strength!”

“And find a way to make contact with other worlds as soon as possible… but I can’t rush this. I need to advance step by step, with my own safety as the top priority!”

Su Xing nodded slightly.

If an opportunity appeared right now that would allow Su Xing to immediately enter the greater world and make contact with the true cultivation world —

But the condition was that it would expose him — Su Xing would refuse without hesitation!

Because staying alive was more important than any other opportunity!

Beyond this, there was another concern that had been lingering in Su Xing’s heart.

“Qingyunzi… based on my previous interactions, this master I picked up for cheap should be a righteous-path cultivator…”

“But when faced with heaven-defying fortune, even the most upstanding cultivators might do unspeakable things… just like Perfected One Myriad Wood!”

“If Qingyunzi learned that I grew from nothing to Body Integration stage in just a year or two… would it bring me a fatal disaster?”

Su Xing shook his head slightly. He still didn’t know enough about this.

“Forget it. Let me look at the rewards from this simulation first!”

Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation rewards.

【Tilt Master】: Purple talent. Price: 1,000,000 energy.

【Twenty Years of Alchemy Experience】: Upon redemption, existing alchemy insights will increase by a small amount. Price: 2,000,000 energy.

【Void Shattering Grand Perfection】: Void Shattering realm cultivation. Through one’s own mighty power, see through all illusion. Price: 200,000,000 energy.

【Divine Sense, 350 Kilometers (Subtlety Realm)】: The beginning of boundless divine sense. Has already broken through the divine sense limits of ordinary Void Return stage cultivators, yet still possesses enormous growth potential. Price: 790,000,000 energy!

【Blood Immortal Scripture】: Created by a mighty cultivator. Requires neither spirit roots nor spiritual energy to cultivate. A shortcut method for unorthodox cultivators… yet an important secret lies hidden behind this scripture. Price: 1,000,000,000 energy.

【Blood Condensation Pills x100,000】: Cultivation pills containing impure spiritual energy. Their refinement method is cruel, and consuming them damages one’s lifespan. Price: 1,000,000,000 energy.

【Blood Spirit Stones x10,000】: Cultivation stones containing impure spiritual energy. Crystallizations of resentment and spiritual energy. Their refinement method is cruel, and using them damages one’s lifespan. Price: 1,000,000,000 energy.

【Blood Spirit Liquid, 1 Million Drops】: Cultivation spirit liquid containing traces of impure spiritual energy. Purified through the Blood Spirit Parasite, but consumption still damages one’s lifespan and deepens karmic debt. Price: 1,000,000,000 energy.

【Blood Spirit Gu x1】: A spirit parasite that devours lifespan, spiritual energy, and the essence of flesh and blood. It feeds on resentment and can purify impure energies. Price: 1,000,000 energy.

Su Xing looked at the simulation rewards before him, surprise flashing in his eyes.

“This Blood Immortal Scripture is actually worth a full billion energy? That puts it on the same level as the Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique? A true immortal art!”

“And these Blood Coagulation Pills, Blood Spirit Stones, spirit liquid and spirit parasites… though their refinement methods are cruel, the energy they contain is far more than I expected!”

Deep within Su Xing’s mind, a bold idea was beginning to take shape.