Chapter 378 – Celestial Demon City Falls, the Celestial Demon General Strikes!
by spirapiraChapter 378 – Celestial Demon City Falls, the Celestial Demon General Strikes!
After leaving the Nine Heavens Domain, Su Xing spent more than ten years exploring dozens of inheritance sites left by the Luotian Sect within the Azure Origin Domain.
Having collected a vast number of inheritances, Su Xing returned to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.
By now, the situation in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm had descended into chaos once more…
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In Celestial Demon City within the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, Su Xing read through the intelligence reports before him, his expression gradually turning grave.
After a long while, Su Xing closed his eyes slightly and said with a frown:
“This alien offensive is truly unprecedented in its terror!”
According to the intelligence, more than half of the three thousand six hundred human strongholds on the Celestial Demon City frontline had already been overrun.
The number of red-eyed aliens was greater than ever before, and the human side could barely hold their cities in defense.
At this point, it was only around the one hundred and fiftieth year of the simulation.
By all rights, at this stage in previous simulations, the human race still held an absolute advantage.
It was only as the red-eyed aliens’ strength gradually increased that humans would begin losing ground…
But this time, the red-eyed aliens’ overall strength had risen by at least three tiers!
On the frontline battlefield, alien True Gods could be seen everywhere, numbering no fewer than several hundred!
There were even dozens of third-tier Divine Sovereign aliens, rivaling human Mystic Immortals!
What did dozens of Mystic Immortals mean?
Even the Tianyuan Sect, the second-largest sect in the Azure Origin Domain, had accumulated only around a hundred Mystic Immortals over a million years.
Every single Mystic Immortal was a precious combat asset for the human race!
Yet such terrifying combat power—the alien side could field dozens of them outright!
And moreover… their numbers were still growing!
“Hiss… where on earth are all these red-eyed aliens coming from?”
“What exactly is Red Moon’s true ability? An undying body… the Dao of slaughter, summoning these endless red-eyed aliens?”
Su Xing pondered ceaselessly.
Dozens of third-tier Divine Sovereigns were terrifyingly powerful existences even for Su Xing.
If Su Xing encountered them, he could only flee immediately—there was absolutely no possibility of resistance.
Let alone for ordinary human cultivators—the shock would be beyond measure.
“Because of my influence this time… the Heavenly Abyss Army has already absorbed quite a few outside rogue cultivators, including two or three Mystic Immortals…”
“But that’s already the limit… attracting more high-realm cultivators isn’t easy…”
“Yet a mere few Mystic Immortals, compared to the red-eyed aliens’ forces… the gap is still far too wide!”
“Without any exaggeration, if the aliens launched an all-out attack regardless of cost… the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm simply cannot hold!”
After a pause, Su Xing looked toward a certain direction within the city.
“Right now, the only hope… is for the Celestial Demon General to act!”
“But if the Celestial Demon General acts… the aliens certainly won’t sit idly by. Red Moon’s true body probably won’t appear, but the Advent Cult will definitely intervene!”
Su Xing knew in his heart that to completely annihilate the red-eyed aliens, Red Moon’s true body had to be utterly destroyed.
But Red Moon was no fool—its true body had always been well hidden. Apart from the best opportunity on Earth, there was currently no way to find it…
“Things are getting thorny!”
Su Xing said with a grave expression.
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Soon, the immersive simulation ended.
In the spirit field grotto-heaven, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes. After casting his memory technique, the sealed memories gradually unlocked.
Rubbing the space between his brows, Su Xing said with some weariness:
“I didn’t expect that this choice… would trigger such an enormous change!”
“Like a butterfly stirring up a typhoon… one small move affects everything. As long as I saved Luo Shuying, the aliens would make a major move…”
After a moment of silence, a flash of determination passed through Su Xing’s eyes.
Luo Shuying absolutely had to be saved!
If he didn’t save her, the barrier in Su Xing’s heart would never be overcome!
As for the consequences—Su Xing would bear them alone!
“Cultivation… strength! In the end, it all comes down to these two things!”
“I must raise my strength as quickly as possible… and be fully prepared before the butterfly effect completely erupts!”
“From here on… it’s a race against time!”
The time left for Su Xing was running out…
One year—life or death would be decided this time!
With this thought, Su Xing turned his gaze back to the simulation panel.
【Year 150: The situation in Celestial Demon City descended into turmoil…】
【The frontline battles saw repeated defeats… The aliens’ massive invasion threw the cultivators of the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm into panic…】
【At this critical juncture, you returned to Celestial Demon City… Countless rogue cultivators began watching and waiting, wanting to see whether the legendary Sword Immortal War God could turn the tide…】
【However, upon your return to the Celestial Demon City frontline, you did not immediately launch a killing spree against the aliens, but instead coordinated with Celestial Demon City’s cultivators and commanded the Heavenly Abyss Army in defense…】
【The assassination attempt from before was still fresh in your mind.】
【You knew the aliens surely had more assassinations planned for you… Once you pushed deep into the frontlines for decapitation strikes, you would inevitably be targeted by those with Golden Immortal-level strength.】
【Therefore, you decided to adopt a defensive strategy—sustaining war through war… and raising your cultivation as quickly as possible!】
【You commanded the Heavenly Abyss Army to slay aliens on the frontline while collecting their blood essence, then brought that blood essence into the Luotian Mirror.】
【Within the Luotian Realm, the alchemists of the former Luotian Sect helped you refine Rebirth Pills…】
【You spent a certain amount of spiritual power to bring these Rebirth Pills back to the Real World.】
【In this way, the objective of sustaining war through war was achieved.】
【Soon, ten years passed…】
【Year 160: Over these ten years, the aliens continuously intensified their invasion, but the Heavenly Abyss Army’s strength had also been growing steadily!】
【In a mere ten years, over a hundred cultivators with Human Immortal physiques had been added to the Heavenly Abyss Army!】
【In the past, the aliens grew stronger by devouring human cultivators… and the human cultivators only grew weaker with each battle.】
【But now, thanks to your presence, the human side could also sustain war through war, rapidly increasing in strength!】
【Thus, both sides reached a delicate equilibrium, and the frontline could barely hold.】
【Meanwhile, you cultivated the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art, striving to raise your own cultivation.】
【Year 180: Your cultivation successfully advanced to the mid-stage of True Immortal seventh layer.】
【Each minor bottleneck breakthrough made your spiritual power increasingly dense and formidable.】
【Year 200: The aliens organized a general assault on Celestial Demon City.】
【In this battle, the Heavenly Abyss Army performed brilliantly. Nearly a thousand cultivators rivaling immortals took the field, firmly blocking the alien offensive on the frontline.】
【You then used yourself as bait to lure out the aliens’ strongest fighters.】
【In the end, the Celestial Demon General single-handedly slew over a dozen third-tier alien Divine Sovereigns!】
【After this battle, the aliens’ offensive weakened noticeably, giving Celestial Demon City a chance to catch its breath…】
【But you knew this was only temporary. You still didn’t understand Red Moon’s true capabilities, and exactly how many red-eyed aliens existed remained an open question…】
【After this battle, your ranking on the Prodigy List rose once again, reaching sixty-third on the Earth Ranking…】
In the Real World, Su Xing saw this but felt no relief whatsoever.
“With the Rebirth Pills, the Heavenly Abyss Army will certainly grow stronger and stronger…”
“But I’m afraid that can only serve as a delaying measure…”
“Just how much power do the aliens possess? Red Moon is merely one deity among the aliens, yet commands such massive forces… what about the alien race as a whole?”
The more Su Xing thought about it, the heavier his expression became.
“But I still have time… In one year, how far can my cultivation grow?”
Su Xing honestly had no idea.
At the True Immortal stage, advancing his cultivation was already this difficult.
Let alone the Mystic Immortal and Golden Immortal realms?
“For now, I need to fully understand the situation in the simulation… so that in the future, I can make more thorough preparations in reality!”
Su Xing had a vague premonition that reality and the simulation seemed to be continuously merging.
As time went on, that great catastrophe seemed to be drawing closer to reality as well…
His gaze returned to the simulation panel.
【Year 240: Your cultivation successfully advanced to the late stage of True Immortal seventh layer…】
【Over these forty-odd years, the frontline situation at Celestial Demon City remained tense… Although new recruits continuously joined the Heavenly Abyss Army, Celestial Demon City’s overall strength was declining…】
【The aliens’ strength, however, continued to rise!】
【You had a premonition that if things continued this way, the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm might not survive another hundred years…】
【Year 250: Your Spirit Domain range successfully grew to 2,500 zhang (8.32 km)…】
【Beyond the advancement of your Qi Refinement cultivation, the growth of your Spirit Domain gave you even more powerful means of engaging enemies.】
【Every ten years or so, you consumed a Dao-Hearing Pill, then slowly digested the insights from the pill, and your Spirit Domain progressed at astonishing speed.】
【Year 270: You consumed your last Dao-Hearing Pill, and your Spirit Domain grew to 2,800 zhang (9.32 km) that year!】
【Year 290: You used your Inevitable Epiphany opportunity and devoted all your effort to comprehending your Spirit Domain.】
【Afterward, you spent ten years absorbing the growth of your Spirit Domain.】
【Year 300: Your Spirit Domain range grew to 3,300 zhang (10.99 km)…】
【At this point, your Spirit Domain could finally be considered to have entered the realm of Minor Mastery…】
In the Real World, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly with satisfaction:
“Not bad. It seems the Spirit Domain’s growth rate is even faster than I expected!”
“I’ve heard that a Spirit Domain must reach ten thousand zhang (33.3 km) to be considered Major Mastery… and beyond Spirit Domain Major Mastery, there seem to be even higher levels…”
Su Xing had a feeling that the Spirit Domain was far less simple than he imagined.
In the past, the Luotian Sect’s founding patriarch had dominated the Three Thousand Worlds with the Spirit Domain alone—this was proof of its immense power!
Today, if Su Xing wished to stand at the summit of the Three Thousand Worlds in the future, he too would need to invest tremendous effort into the path of Spirit Domain.
“A Spirit Domain of 3,300 zhang (10.99 km)… that’s enough for now.”
“In this simulation’s future, without Dao-Hearing Pills, relying solely on myself probably won’t improve it much. The priority should be on Qi Refinement cultivation…”
With this thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【After your Spirit Domain reached 3,300 zhang (10.99 km), you devoted more of your attention to advancing your cultivation.】
【Year 330: Your cultivation successfully reached the Peak of True Immortal seventh layer.】
【You began preparing for your breakthrough…】
【However, fate had other plans… That same year, the aliens launched a general assault on Celestial Demon City!】
【This attack came suddenly and without warning—Celestial Demon City had virtually no time to prepare.】
【The alien side committed everything they had…】
【Countless red-eyed aliens appeared as black dots on the horizon—over a thousand alien True Gods… dozens of third-tier Divine Sovereigns, a sight that made even your heart tremble.】
【Blackice sword in hand, you slaughtered ceaselessly on the frontline… The terrifying killing intent radiating from you made even your personal guards afraid to approach.】
【The Blackice sword in your grip hummed softly, its refreshing coolness seeping into your heart and restoring your calm.】
【Your sword rose and fell—only the simplest sword techniques and sword intent—yet with every stroke, an alien deity perished.】
【And so, you fought without sleep or rest for an entire month…】
【Yet in the end, the strength of one person was not enough…】
【When you came to your senses again, the Heavenly Abyss Army soldiers who had been charging behind you had long since been routed, leaving only a few dozen personal guards barely able to keep pace with you…】
【On the battlefield, alien corpses were piled into mountains, and rivers of reeking blood pooled before Celestial Demon City…】
【Gazing upon this mountain of corpses and sea of blood, you were dazed for but an instant before leading your guards back into the killing.】
【This battle lasted a full three years!】
【Of the six hundred thousand Heavenly Abyss Army soldiers, fewer than two hundred thousand remained by the end… and over eighty percent of Celestial Demon City’s cultivators had perished!】
【Under these circumstances, you knew in your heart… Celestial Demon City could no longer hold.】
【And so, you began preparations to relocate the theater of war.】
【Year 333: You took a month or so to visit the Star Realm, and successfully reached an agreement with the cultivators there.】
【If the aliens continued their large-scale offensive, the primary battlefield would be relocated from the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm to the Star Realm.】
【After completing these arrangements, you returned to Celestial Demon City to continue fighting.】
【In the ceaseless battles, your swordsmanship and Body Tempering cultivation advanced rapidly…】
【Year 335: Finally, Celestial Demon City fell!】
【At that moment, a terrifying aura locked onto you—a second-tier alien Divine Sovereign! Possessing strength rivaling a Golden Immortal!】
【You managed to hold your ground for only a brief moment before suffering grievous injuries, forced to fight and retreat simultaneously.】
【At the brink of life and death, a massive black battle-axe came hurtling from the edge of the sky, as if cleaving apart the very divide between heaven and earth.】
【With a single stroke, it severed the life force of that alien Divine Sovereign!】
【A Golden Immortal-level alien Divine Sovereign—slain!】
【Following the trajectory of the returning axe, you saw the Celestial Demon General—clad in black armor, like a god of war and demons incarnate!】
【With every axe swing, an alien Divine Sovereign fell!】
【In that moment, you truly grasped the terrifying might of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal!】
【Though this was merely an avatar with only Golden Immortal-level cultivation… it was far beyond what any ordinary Golden Immortal could compare to!】
【With Celestial Demon City fallen, the Celestial Demon General had finally acted at the most critical moment!】
【In mere moments, over a dozen alien Divine Sovereigns died by his hand.】
【Just when you thought the Celestial Demon General would turn the tide… several figures appeared on the battlefield!】
【A full six existences rivaling Golden Immortals!】
【Three Advent Cult evil cultivators… and three second-tier alien Divine Sovereigns!】
【Among them, one figure was very familiar to you—it was the Advent Cult cadre who had once hunted you down…】
【At this moment, a vicious grin adorned his face as all six Golden Immortal-level combatants struck at the Celestial Demon General simultaneously!】
【If they were ordinary Golden Immortals, the Celestial Demon General’s Spirit Transformation avatar might still have been able to fight…】
【However, among these six Golden Immortal-level combatants, the auras of two had clearly reached the level of Supreme Unity.】
【Under these circumstances… the Celestial Demon General showed not the slightest trace of fear!】
【He hurled his massive battle-axe aside and let out a thunderous roar…】
【In the next instant, before your very eyes, the Celestial Demon General’s physical body began to grow, larger and larger…】