Chapter 424 – Sweeping the Endless Abyss, Final Arrangements on Earth!
by spirapiraChapter 424 – Sweeping the Endless Abyss, Final Arrangements on Earth!
An enormous, scarlet pupil suddenly snapped open at the very bottom of the Abyss.
Through countless layers of the Abyss, that pupil seemed to perceive Su Xing, who was on the one hundred and first layer.
“Interesting… below the hundredth layer of the Abyss, another insect with enough strength to reach this place has appeared…”
“But this aura… wait, something’s wrong!”
“The threads of cause and effect on this human… could it be one of those annoying human cultivators?”
A chilling gleam flashed through those scarlet pupils.
Before long, several figures appeared before Red Moon’s true body.
“You lot, go see what exactly is happening…”
…
Meanwhile, Su Xing had already fought his way from the one hundred and first layer of the Abyss to the one hundred and tenth.
By now, the red-eyed aliens in the Abyss had risen in strength from roughly early-stage Weak Divine Power to mid-stage Weak Divine Power.
Equivalent to mid-stage Human Immortal cultivators among the human race.
However, for Su Xing, anything below Golden Immortal was no different.
【Ding! Large quantity of origin energy detected… valued at 17,568 points of origin energy. Absorb?】
“Yes!”
Su Xing answered silently.
In a mere half hour, Su Xing had fought from the one hundred and first layer to the one hundred and tenth layer of the Abyss.
This alone had netted him over a hundred thousand origin energy!
“Ahh, never has there been such a wonderful moment!”
Su Xing smacked his lips, in quite a fine mood.
It was as if he could simply harvest a few waves of fodder and have massive amounts of origin energy pour into his coffers.
“Still, I’ve already entered the one-hundredth-something layer of the Abyss. I should be within Red Moon’s line of sight by now, shouldn’t I?”
Su Xing murmured.
But he wasn’t worried. Before coming, he had already disguised his appearance, concealed his breath, and shielded his karmic secrets.
After stepping into the fifth layer of the Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny, Su Xing was confident that even Red Moon could not deduce his causal connections or true identity.
“Based on the intelligence I obtained earlier, this Endless Abyss shouldn’t contain any existence capable of threatening me aside from Red Moon.”
“And Red Moon has not yet fully revived. With Its current strength, as long as I’m careful, It would have difficulty killing me directly…”
By Su Xing’s judgment, Red Moon’s current strength was roughly between Peak Golden Immortal and half-step Supreme Unity Golden Immortal.
That was Red Moon in its normal state.
But if Red Moon were to pay any price necessary, it could likely recover a sliver of its prime power, at which point its strength would be approximately at the Supreme Unity Golden Immortal level.
Therefore, Su Xing had no need to fear Red Moon too much.
If worst came to worst, he could simply use the power of space to leave the Endless Abyss.
“All that gleaming origin energy! The Abyss still has so many layers… I mustn’t let it go to waste!”
Su Xing murmured, then descended into the next layer of the Abyss.
…
One week later.
On the two hundredth layer of the Abyss.
Su Xing’s Spirit Realm spread like a tide, engulfing the entire two hundredth layer.
Invisible spatial blades rampaged across the two hundredth layer.
A few breaths later, several alien deities at the peak of Greater Divine Power collapsed into pools of blood.
Several fist-sized, high-quality Abyss Stones appeared in Su Xing’s hands.
With a thought, the Chime sounded in his ears once more.
【Ding! Large quantity of origin energy detected… valued at 277,896 points. Absorb?】
“Yes!”
Su Xing answered silently.
In just a few minutes, Su Xing had netted another two hundred thousand-plus origin energy.
He glanced at the number on the simulation panel—
Remaining origin energy: 4,567,399 points…
“Tsk tsk, in just one short week, I’ve earned over four million origin energy from this Endless Abyss.”
“That efficiency is truly terrifying!”
Su Xing smacked his lips.
He knew that the deeper he went, the faster he would accumulate origin energy!
But for Su Xing, whether it was Greater Divine Power, alien True Gods, or whatever second-tier deities—there was no difference.
“However, this is as far as I’ll go… it’s time to leave the Endless Abyss!”
With that, Su Xing moved and departed from the Endless Abyss.
It wasn’t that Su Xing didn’t want to continue earning origin energy.
Rather, he sensed that if he continued exploring downward, there would be a certain degree of risk.
This risk wouldn’t threaten Su Xing’s life, but it would certainly bring him trouble.
It might even force Su Xing to leave Earth ahead of schedule.
And right now, Su Xing still hadn’t collected the origin energy from Xia’s military.
At this point, there was no way Su Xing would leave early.
“After three more weeks, once everything is taken care of, I’ll come explore again!”
Su Xing gazed at the Endless Abyss with some reluctance.
…
After Su Xing departed, three alien deities with terrifying auras appeared on the two hundredth layer of the Abyss.
After a fruitless search, they returned to the bottom layers of the Abyss.
…
Several minutes later, Su Xing returned to Great Xia.
“Three weeks from now will be the time to leave Earth… but before then, I must make thorough preparations!”
“Three weeks is enough time for me to accomplish a great deal!”
With that, Su Xing turned and entered the Luotian Realm.
He activated a thirty-fold time differential between inside and outside.
Three weeks in the Real World was equivalent to two years inside the Luotian Realm!
However, the simulator’s cooldown timer was ultimately calculated based on real-world time flow.
“Two years… although my magical power will be greatly consumed each day, it’s more than enough for me to refine numerous puppets, pills, and magical treasures… and leave behind many contingency measures!”
For the first three months, Su Xing mobilized the heroic spirits within the Luotian Realm—including Shennong Youtian—millions of alchemists in total, who refined pills together with him.
In just three months, they produced nearly a hundred varieties of pills, from first-rank to tenth-rank.
From cultivation-assisting pills to those that temporarily boosted combat power, and more…
With the several treasure vaults Su Xing had obtained from the Three Thousand Worlds, he had no shortage of pill-refining materials whatsoever.
After three months, Su Xing had this batch of alchemists continue refining pills.
As for himself, he began crafting puppets.
Joining Su Xing in puppet-crafting were dozens of puppet master heroic spirits from within the Luotian Sect.
Crafting puppets took Su Xing a full year.
In that year, Su Xing crafted nearly a hundred Spirit Transformation stage puppets, fifty Void Return stage puppets, and thirty Body Integration stage puppets.
One Mahayana stage puppet.
Three puppets with Human Immortal Realm strength.
There were even two puppets that Su Xing had obtained from Yellow Sand Daoist’s ruins, which after Su Xing’s restoration, possessed strength approaching late-stage Celestial Immortal.
These puppets were naturally not crafted by Su Xing alone, but were the combined effort of the puppet masters within the Luotian Realm.
Su Xing planned to leave these puppets within Perfected One Myriad Wood’s ruins.
He would tell Jin Congxue how to access them, so that if any unforeseen circumstances arose, these puppets might prove useful.
Beyond that, Su Xing also crafted dozens of magical treasures.
The most important among them were three jade pendants that Su Xing left behind.
Each of these three jade pendants contained a full-power offensive supernatural art from Su Xing.
…
Three weeks later, Su Xing departed the Luotian Realm and returned to reality.
“Whew, these two years… that was truly a grind!”
Su Xing shook his head slightly and murmured:
“Now then, it’s time to go handle things…”
Su Xing first went to the puppet organization’s location.
He recalled every single puppet that had been deployed externally.
After all, these puppets were all crafted by Su Xing. If they were left scattered across Earth and Blood Three happened to find any trace, that would be bad.
Su Xing had always been meticulous in his work, and he planned to erase all traces he had left behind before departing.
Recalling all the puppets, along with the goods sold over the past month, brought Su Xing close to a million origin energy in profit.
After finishing all this, Su Xing returned to Great Xia.
…
Great Xia, Capital City, inside the Villa.
Su Xing, Jin Congxue, and Luo Shuying—the three of them were alone together in one room.
For Su Xing, aside from his own family, these two women were the people closest to him over the years.
At this moment inside the Villa, the two women were silent, their faces somewhat pale, as if they sensed something.
Jin Congxue spoke first:
“So, you’re planning to leave this planet and go somewhere else?”
“How long will it take? Will you come back? Can I go with you?”
Hearing Jin Congxue’s words, Su Xing shook his head slightly:
“There is a very powerful enemy who will come to this planet in the future…”
“And his objective in coming is singular—to find me and kill me…”
“With my current strength, I’m not yet his match… so I must go away for a time.”
“As short as half a year, as long as one year, and I will return!”
“When that time comes, the entire landscape of Earth will undergo enormous change!”
“In fact… Earth may never again have to worry about the threat of those alien races!”
Facing the two people he trusted most, Su Xing held nothing back. Aside from things he couldn’t speak of, he told them everything.
“Xue-jie, the Tarot Trading Company still needs to keep operating as normal going forward… it’s just that the pills can no longer be sold externally… exotic metal remains the primary acquisition target for the future.”
“So I still need you to handle some matters for me here on Earth… you can’t leave…”
Su Xing shook his head slightly, refusing Jin Congxue’s request to accompany him off Earth.
First of all, Jin Congxue was a native of Earth. Her parents, her clan, and her friends were all here.
There was no way she could abandon everything and leave Earth with Su Xing.
Secondly, Su Xing truly needed someone trustworthy to handle affairs on his behalf after he left.
Finally, Jin Congxue’s strength was still insufficient. Venturing to the Three Thousand Worlds would be far too dangerous.
Even though Jin Congxue had remarkable aptitude, she had only cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage.
And a Nascent Soul cultivator, in the war Su Xing would face in the future, wouldn’t even qualify as cannon fodder!
After hearing Su Xing’s explanation, Jin Congxue felt some disappointment but said nothing more. She knew she had to stay on Earth.
After arranging matters for the two women, Su Xing was about to leave the Villa.
Behind him, however, appeared the figure of Luo Shuying.
“I want to go with you…”
Su Xing turned around at her words and saw Luo Shuying before him, lightly biting her lip, her eyes filled with unwavering determination.
Unlike Jin Congxue, Luo Shuying had always been someone who committed fully once she set her mind to something.
Normally, she would never go against Su Xing’s orders, but now, Luo Shuying displayed a resolve she had never shown before.
Su Xing saw the determination in Luo Shuying’s eyes.
After careful consideration, Su Xing agreed to her request.
“Alright, then you shall leave with me…”
There were reasons for allowing Luo Shuying to leave Earth.
First, unlike Jin Congxue, Luo Shuying was not from Earth—she was of the Spirit Clan.
In other words, a descendant of the Luotian Sect!
Second, Luo Shuying had once worked for the Advent Cult.
She was later discovered to be a traitor, and this matter was reported to Blood Three.
If she continued to stay on Earth, her life would likely be in danger.
Therefore, Luo Shuying accompanying Su Xing off Earth was definitely a wise choice.
“Then I’ll have to inconvenience you for a moment…”
With a thought, Su Xing drew Luo Shuying into his Portable Grotto-Heaven.
After handling matters with the two women, Su Xing made a trip to his hometown.
His sister Su Nian’an was serving in Xia’s military. Su Xing gave her a jade pendant along with several magical treasures.
Surely his sister would be safe.
He then returned home, told his parents he would be away on a business trip for a while, and left several protective measures near the two elders.
He took out several bottles of immortal elixir that could extend one’s lifespan, told his parents they were health supplements, and gave them to the two elders.
Finally, Su Xing made a trip to Demon-Sealing Pass, where he secretly had someone deliver several life-saving items to Fatty Yu.
He also planted two Mahayana stage puppets at Demon-Sealing Pass to covertly protect Fatty Yu.
After completing all of this, Su Xing felt slightly more at ease.
“Matters on Earth are more or less taken care of now…”
For these people close to him, Su Xing had not brought them along to the Three Thousand Worlds.
After all, they were temporarily safe staying on Earth. If they followed Su Xing, they might actually face mortal danger.
Blood Three also had no way to discover Su Xing’s true identity, so his family was not in any immediate danger.
“Now then, it’s time to make the final trade with Lu Yuanwu…”
Su Xing murmured.
…
An hour later, Su Xing’s figure appeared in the core area of Xia’s military.
Lu Yuanwu stood respectfully before Su Xing and produced several storage rings:
“Senior, everything you requested is inside…”
“The exotic metals and dungeon artifacts accumulated by our Xia military over thousands of years… they are all in here!”
Sensing Lu Yuanwu’s solemnity, Su Xing gave a slight nod.
These few small storage rings seemed to carry the entirety of Great Xia’s—indeed, the entire human race’s—hopes!
“Don’t be so serious. The next time this old man comes, you may well learn everything!”
“Next, I will erase a portion of your memories… as a precaution against certain things. Is that alright?”
Su Xing said to Lu Yuanwu.
Lu Yuanwu was somewhat puzzled but could only nod.
After erasing the portions of Lu Yuanwu’s memory that might expose Su Xing’s true identity—
Su Xing departed from Xia’s military.
…
Inside the spirit field grotto-heaven, Su Xing sent his consciousness into the storage rings to see just how much Great Xia had accumulated over thousands of years.
First, what met Su Xing’s eyes were mountains upon mountains of various dungeon artifacts!
Literally piled like mountains, stacked densely together.
Their quantity was over a hundred times what the Baili family had traded!
“So this is… the depth of a nation’s millennia of accumulation…”
Su Xing was not surprised by this. These strange and varied dungeon artifacts—even if those trading companies and private collectors possessed many, how could they possibly compare to an entire nation?
【Ding! Large quantity detected… valued at 5,340,000 origin energy. Absorb?】
“Yes!”
Su Xing answered decisively. This single batch of dungeon artifacts alone provided nearly five million origin energy!
“Tsk tsk, and this is just the appetizer!”
“The exotic metals up next—that’s the main course!”
Su Xing slowly shifted his gaze toward the remaining storage rings…