Chapter 426 – A New Round of Simulation, and a Way to Narrowly Avoid Red Moon!
by spirapira“That was close… I almost died!”
At this moment, Su Xing felt immensely grateful that he hadn’t recklessly entered the Endless Abyss, and had instead run a simulation beforehand!
Although he’d wasted one simulation opportunity… Su Xing had preserved his life!
Beyond his relief, Su Xing began reflecting on his mistakes.
It had been many simulations since he’d encountered a situation where he died right at the start.
But this time, he had still underestimated Red Moon, resulting in his death directly at Red Moon’s hands!
“So, could it be that after my recent leap in strength… I’ve gotten a bit too cocky!?”
Su Xing searched his conscience, and indeed, he had been getting carried away.
To the point where he’d nearly forgotten that his greatest advantage was time…
As long as he had the simulator, every month—even every week—Su Xing’s strength was improving!
Therefore, there was absolutely no need to fight over short-term gains and losses.
“Play it safe! I still need to play it safe!”
“I absolutely cannot get cocky just because I’ve achieved a little success, becoming a Golden Immortal… counting as a top-tier powerhouse of the Three Thousand Worlds!”
Su Xing kept reminding himself.
Admittedly, Su Xing’s current strength placed him among the top powerhouses across the entire Three Thousand Worlds.
But let’s not forget—what kind of beings were Su Xing’s enemies!
Red Moon…
This was once a chief god of the alien races, the clan leader of one of the ten great Emperor Clans—the Red Eye Tribe!
The being who had personally destroyed the strongest human faction, the Luotian Sect!
Even though Red Moon had just been revived and retained less than one percent of its power… it still wasn’t something a mere Golden Immortal like Su Xing could challenge!
Blood Three…
The fourth-in-command of the Advent Cult, humanity’s greatest traitor organization.
A true Supreme Unity Golden Immortal powerhouse…
As for the demonized Qingyunzi, that went without saying!
A true great power of the current world, a Great Firmament Golden Immortal… no, a half-saint level existence!
Thinking of this, Su Xing kept reminding himself.
Don’t get cocky. Absolutely do not get cocky!
One step at a time. Even if his strength improved and he didn’t need to be quite so cautious, being careful and prudent was never wrong!
“From now on, unless my odds of success are at least ninety-eight percent… it won’t be worth me personally getting involved…”
Su Xing reminded himself.
Carefully reviewing this simulation, Su Xing searched for any oversights.
Whether there were any loopholes he could exploit.
“The Blackice sword was destroyed again trying to save me this time… As expected, a supreme post-celestial treasure can no longer keep up with the enemies I’ll face in the future.”
“I need to find or upgrade my magical treasures as soon as possible…”
After a pause, Su Xing thought of something else and murmured:
“Phew… if I remember correctly, it was only after the four hundredth floor of the Abyss, when I killed those three second-tier deities, that Red Moon’s true body descended…”
“So, perhaps I could explore up to the three hundred and ninety-ninth floor of the Abyss?”
“Or, sweep through the first three hundred floors of the Abyss at an even faster speed?”
Su Xing deliberated carefully and felt this plan might be feasible.
“Sigh, asking me to just give up those tens of millions of origin energy… I really can’t bear to!”
Su Xing shook his head slightly.
Currently, he had three simulation attempts remaining.
Su Xing was prepared to try once more!
“As for the rewards from this simulation…”
Black lines appeared on Su Xing’s forehead.
This simulation, he’d only survived for a little over half a month. What kind of reward could there possibly be?
Could he really bring out that Jewel-Radiant Body and turn himself into a walking spotlight?
Su Xing shook his head, clearly rejecting this idea.
“Then, let’s just start a new round of simulation!”
Su Xing’s heart stirred as his gaze fell on the simulation panel.
“Begin simulation!”
【Simulation #155 initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 24,867,876 points… Remaining simulation attempts: 2.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a talent costs 1 origin energy point. Draw?】
“No…”
Su Xing didn’t immediately draw a talent.
Instead, he thought of a certain talent he had drawn before.
I’m Background Extra A!
What reminded Su Xing of this was actually the inspiration he got from the spotlight talent, Jewel-Radiant Body.
【I’m Background Extra A】: Your presence is extremely low, like a background extra in the corner of a manga. Even the people closest to you, or your enemies, will often overlook your existence. Note: After obtaining this talent, please do not jaywalk carelessly—drivers are very likely to not notice you.
This was a purple talent that Su Xing had drawn a very long time ago.
In terms of talent tier, a purple talent was essentially useless to the current Su Xing.
However…
“Every talent has its appropriate scenario… just like the Blessed with Descendants talent from before…”
“This talent once helped me interfere with Old Dog Dragon’s perception… perhaps it could also have some effect on Red Moon!”
Su Xing thought to himself.
He didn’t expect this talent to completely block Red Moon’s perception—that would be rather unrealistic.
But even if it could only provide a slight interference, it would be worthwhile for Su Xing!
After all, when facing a potential life-or-death crisis, every useful tool had to be utilized!
“Come to think of it, there are quite a few talents in the purple talent pool… I should be able to draw it, right?”
Su Xing attempted to draw the old Background Extra A talent.
A moment later, several black lines appeared on Su Xing’s forehead.
Just drawing this purple talent had cost Su Xing a hundred origin energy points!
That was enough energy to bring out a red talent!
“But at least I finally drew it…”
Su Xing didn’t hesitate and formally prepared to simulate!
【Ding, please select the target for the Plus One talent enhancement…】
“I choose to enhance… Late Bloomer!”
Su Xing said decisively.
That’s right—Su Xing didn’t choose to enhance the Background Extra A talent.
Because the Plus One talent could only strengthen talents within the simulation.
But in reality, the Background Extra A talent Su Xing possessed was at the purple tier!
To maximize the accuracy of replicating the situations Su Xing might encounter in the future, he couldn’t tamper with this talent.
Then, let the simulation formally begin!
Su Xing clenched his fist, and a familiar surge of excitement rose in his heart.
His gaze fixed on the simulation panel.
【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you become aware that you are in a simulation.】
【You strolled around the busiest street in the Capital City, yet not a single gaze fell upon you. No one noticed your existence.】
【You headed to the Endless Abyss.】
【The moment you entered the Endless Abyss, you went all out, with no regard for the consumption of immortal power and Great Dao comprehension.】
【From Gold-stage aliens to alien deities, all died indiscriminately at your hands.】
【You rushed forward at a frenzied pace, taking only two days to fight your way to the two hundredth floor of the Abyss…】
【But after entering the two hundred and first floor, your killing speed inevitably slowed somewhat.】
【After another three days, you fought your way to the three hundredth floor of the Abyss…】
【Without stopping, you continued pressing deeper into the Abyss…】
【Another four days passed, and you finally reached the four hundredth floor of the Abyss.】
【All four hundred floors of aliens had perished at your hands.】
【At this moment, you also sensed a faint threat.】
【Without a moment’s hesitation, after sweeping through all the aliens on the four hundredth floor, you tore open space and left the Endless Abyss.】
【After returning to Earth, you still didn’t dare linger.】
【You tore open space and found a weak point in Earth’s barrier…】
【You successfully left Earth!】
【After leaving Earth, you pressed on without stopping, piloting the Star-Moon Shuttle the entire way, pushing your spatial Dao and Great Dao of Speed to their absolute limits…】
【Sparing no cost, half a day later, you arrived at the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【You were temporarily safe.】
In the Real World, Su Xing let out a long breath of relief upon seeing this.
“As expected, as long as I kill fast enough and don’t encounter those three alien deities, I won’t draw out Red Moon!”
Previously, Su Xing had taken a full half month to go from the first floor to the four hundredth floor of the Abyss.
This was naturally because Su Xing hadn’t used his full strength.
But this time, having learned his lesson, Su Xing took only nine days to fight his way to the four hundredth floor.
It was precisely those saved days that allowed Su Xing to escape with his life!
“Not bad. It seems speed really does matter… It could also be the combined effect with the Background Extra A talent.”
The corners of Su Xing’s mouth curled up. Regardless, he had found a temporarily safe path.
“The most basic objective of this simulation has been achieved…”
“But I can’t waste the remaining time either!”
“The stronger I become, the greater my chances of surviving against Red Moon!”
Su Xing didn’t intend to be stingy with his simulation attempts and prepared to continue improving his cultivation.
“Currently, my body tempering cultivation has the Great Shaman Body Forging Art at the sixth layer introductory stage, with a five-chi (1.67 m)-tall Primordial Energy Tree… Once it grows to one zhang (3.33 m), it will count as entering Minor Mastery.”
“Then let me prioritize improving body tempering cultivation…”
Su Xing thought to himself.
However, since Su Xing had unlocked the simulator’s new function allowing him to bring out additional rewards…
In a single simulation, cultivation improvement might not be limited to just qi refinement or body tempering alone.
Advancing both simultaneously might be the better choice.
With this in mind, Su Xing’s gaze returned to the simulation panel.
【After arriving at the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, you did not choose to report Earth’s intelligence to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion.】
【Instead, you quietly stayed in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm for a year. During this year, there was no intelligence about Earth’s destruction.】
【It wasn’t until the second year, when large numbers of red-eyed aliens began appearing on the battlefield, that you knew Red Moon’s complete revival was drawing ever closer.】
【Meanwhile, you closely monitored intelligence on Blood Three, and learned from the Celestial Secrets Pavilion that Blood Three had traveled to the region near Earth.】
【You knew in your heart that the Red Moon and Blood Three had joined forces…】
【But fortunately, even though they had discovered your existence and regarded you as a successor of the Luotian Sect—】
【Earth was still safe for the time being. At most, the alien invasion at Demon-Sealing Pass would become more ferocious.】
【Next, you made a trip to the Azure Cloud Sect and successfully traded with Qingyunzi.】
【Qingyunzi was still in a state of being devoured by the evil corpse. In order to suppress the evil corpse, Qingyunzi could barely use any of his magical power.】
【You knew that in a few hundred years, Qingyunzi would be completely consumed. If you wanted to find a way to help Qingyunzi resolve the evil corpse, your only chance lay in going to the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】
【Year three: you began collecting treasures of the Luotian Sect scattered across various locations, while simultaneously nurturing the Celestial Primordial Tree within the Luotian Realm.】
【Year thirty: you set out for the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】
【Year forty: you arrived at the Heavenly Secrets Domain without incident.】
【Over the next two hundred–plus years, you remained in the White Cloud Realm.】
【Using magical power to maintain a thirty-fold time flow differential between the inside and outside of the Luotian Realm, while also practicing the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art for 2 hours each day.】
【Because of the immortal liquid, your rate of magical power recovery was greatly enhanced.】
【A single drop of immortal liquid was equivalent to over a hundred drops of supreme-grade spirit liquid, and far purer at that.】
【The thousand drops of immortal liquid produced daily by the spirit field grotto-heaven were more than sufficient for you to maintain the time differential between the inside and outside of the Luotian Realm.】
【You now had the energy to spare for 2 hours of cultivation each day, and your cultivation slowly advanced…】
【In the blink of an eye, three hundred years had passed.】
【After over two hundred years of arduous cultivation, your cultivation had finally reached the peak of Golden Immortal, First Layer.】
【That same year, the Celestial Primordial Tree matured and began condensing Celestial Primordial Fruits.】
【That year, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion’s Celestial Vessel also arrived at the White Cloud Realm.】
【You boarded the Celestial Vessel and followed it to the Celestial Secrets Realm.】
【Year three hundred and twenty: the Celestial Vessel was attacked, and you distinguished yourself with outstanding performance…】
【Year three hundred and thirty: you joined the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, becoming an Elder within the organization — a position of considerable status.】
【Over the next seventy years, you maintained the power of the Luotian Mirror, cultivated the Celestial Primordial Tree, and simultaneously advanced your Qi Refinement cultivation…】
【Time quickly arrived at the four hundredth year.】
【That year, the first batch of Celestial Primordial Fruits ripened.】
【Over the following century, you devoted your primary efforts to advancing your Body Tempering cultivation.】
【Consuming one Celestial Primordial Fruit every two years, forty-nine fruits were precisely enough for your century of cultivation needs.】
【And a hundred years later, the next batch of Celestial Primordial Fruits had already ripened.】
【Year five hundred: having fully absorbed forty-nine Celestial Primordial Fruits, the Primordial Energy Tree within your body had grown approximately one chi (33.3 cm), from five chi (1.67 m) to six chi (2 m) in length.】
【At the same time, you could feel that your primordial energy and physical body had both increased by roughly twenty percent.】
【Once the Primordial Energy Tree reached one zhang (3.33 m), you would be considered to have entered Minor Mastery of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Sixth Layer.】
【That year, the second batch of Celestial Primordial Fruits ripened. You went out to execute a mission and slew a crimson-eyed deity.】
In the Real World, Su Xing nodded slightly at this.
“Not bad — Body Tempering cultivation is growing steadily… and taking on missions along the way. If I keep this up, by the time the great war arrives in eight hundred years, I’ll have enough contribution points to use the Mirror of The Void again and further boost my strength.”
“But this time, which aspect of my strength should I focus on improving?”
Su Xing hadn’t decided yet. The Mirror of The Void was most effective when one had hit a bottleneck.
Although his Qi Refinement cultivation had reached Peak Golden Immortal, First Layer, using the Mirror of The Void directly to break through would be somewhat of a waste.
Su Xing could likely break into the second level of Golden Immortal on his own.
“Forget it — let me run the immersive simulation first!”
“A hundred-year immersive simulation opportunity mustn’t be wasted!”
With that thought, Su Xing silently intoned:
“Use immersive simulation, duration: 100 years…”
【Ding — you have successfully activated immersive simulation… remaining origin energy: 24,831,376 points…】
As the Chime faded, Su Xing’s consciousness entered the simulated world.
……
Simulation timeline, within the Luotian Realm.
Su Xing was in no rush to comprehend the Great Dao. Instead, he first adjusted the time differential between the inside and outside of the Luotian Realm.
“A thirty-fold time differential consumes too much magical power… I’ve tried it before, and it even had a noticeable impact on my Dao comprehension.”
“Let me try a tenfold time flow differential instead — that should be barely manageable…”
With a thought, Su Xing adjusted the time flow between the inside and outside of the Luotian Realm to tenfold.
After sensing the rate of magical power consumption for a moment, Su Xing nodded slightly and said:
“The consumption is roughly one-third of what it was before — that’s still acceptable… Then let me begin formally comprehending the Great Dao!”
Prior to this, Su Xing’s comprehension of the Great Dao of Space had already reached Major Mastery of the fifth realm.
His basic goal for this simulation, then, was to reach Peak of the fifth realm.
If the opportunity presented itself, Su Xing wanted to attempt a breakthrough to the sixth realm of the spatial Dao!
With that in mind, Su Xing wasted no time. He consumed Dao-Enlightenment Tea and began comprehending the Great Dao of Space.
……
In the blink of an eye, the hundred-year immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to reality.
Opening his eyes slightly and digesting the memories flooding his mind, Su Xing said with some regret:
“Peak of the fifth realm of spatial Dao — I’ve achieved that much… But unfortunately, I’m still one step away from the sixth realm!”
After reaching Peak of the fifth realm, Su Xing had clearly felt a force that seemed to be preventing him from breaking into the sixth realm.
Su Xing understood — it was because his cultivation was still insufficient!
The sixth realm of the Great Dao was something only a Peak Golden Immortal — or rather, a half-step Supreme Unity — could attempt to break through.
Once one entered the sixth realm, it meant completing the most crucial step in the transition from Golden Immortal to Supreme Unity.
For this reason, the sixth realm of the Great Dao was often regarded as the hallmark of a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal.
“The sixth realm of the Great Dao — the True Realm of the Dao — truly isn’t easy to break through…”
“Especially for the spatial Dao, which is one of the more profound Great Daos, making it all the more difficult…”
Su Xing estimated that just to break from Peak of the fifth realm into the sixth realm of the Great Dao, he would need at least three more hundred-year immersive simulations!
The cost was considerably higher than he had imagined.
But at this moment, Su Xing had another option.
Use the Mirror of The Void to break into the sixth realm of the Great Dao in one fell swoop!
“Strictly speaking, comprehension of the spatial Dao — or any Great Dao for that matter — is merely memory…”
“So as long as my true body uses the immersive simulation, then leverages the Mirror of The Void to break into the sixth realm… I won’t even need to spend additional origin energy…”
Su Xing was eager to try.
He had already identified the target for this use of the Mirror of The Void — to help his Great Dao of Space successfully break through to the sixth realm!
“I hope… it all goes smoothly!”
Su Xing offered a silent prayer, then turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【Year five hundred and ten: after a century-long seclusion within the Luotian Realm, your comprehension of the spatial Dao has reached Peak of the fifth realm.】
【Next, you continued cultivating the Celestial Primordial Tree, advancing your Body Tempering cultivation, while also working on Qi Refinement and the path of Spirit Domain.】
【Year six hundred and ten: your Great Shaman Body Forging Art advanced further, and the Primordial Energy Tree within your body reached seven chi (2.33 m).】
【Year seven hundred and ten: the Primordial Energy Tree reached eight chi (2.66 m)… you drew ever closer to Minor Mastery of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Sixth Layer.】
【Year seven hundred and fifty: the range of your Spirit Domain expanded to twelve thousand li (6,000 km).】
【Year seven hundred and ninety: after several centuries of cultivation, with the aid of immortal liquid, you finally broke through, advancing your cultivation to Golden Immortal, Second Layer!】
【Year eight hundred: the Primordial Energy Tree within your body reached eight chi (2.66 m) and nine cun (29.97 cm).】
【That same year, the first great war between the alien races and the Heavenly Secrets Domain erupted.】
【Over the next ten years, you slew several hundred alien deities in succession, performing brilliantly in the conflict.】
【After killing the Shadow Deity and the Six-Winged Deity in succession, your ranking on the Prodigy List rose to fourth on the Earth Ranking!】
【The only regrettable thing was that, as your strength had grown and you had fought the Six-Winged Deity multiple times before, you already knew his weaknesses.】
【As a result, this time when you killed the Six-Winged Deity, you did not sustain particularly severe injuries.】
【You did not trigger the Heart of the Strong talent…】
【Year eight hundred and ten: the first alien war ended, and you returned to the Celestial Secrets Realm.】
【You used all of your contribution points, along with a large quantity of treasures, to exchange for one opportunity to use the Mirror of The Void.】
In the Real World, Su Xing nodded slightly at this.
“Qi Refinement cultivation breaking into Golden Immortal, Second Layer — that was within expectations…”
“Even though it was only a secondary focus, if I couldn’t reach Golden Immortal, Second Layer in five hundred years, I’d be doing a disservice to my talents…”
“The improvement in Body Tempering cultivation has also been fairly smooth. In the next simulation, I should be able to officially break into Minor Mastery of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Sixth Layer.”
After a brief pause, Su Xing said with some regret:
“The only shame is that the Heart of the Strong talent didn’t trigger — a wasted opportunity…”
Su Xing shook his head lightly. He had anticipated this.
After all, as his strength continued to grow, fewer and fewer beings could pose a genuine threat to him.
A Supreme Unity Golden Immortal could perhaps inflict near-fatal wounds on Su Xing, thereby triggering Heart of the Strong.
But Su Xing wasn’t confident he could survive an encounter with a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal.
Even if Su Xing called upon Xiao Zhanlong, it wasn’t certain that Xiao Zhanlong could protect him against a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal-level powerhouse.
Only the White Emperor possessed that level of strength.
But with Su Xing’s current status, he wasn’t important enough to request a Great Firmament Golden Immortal’s personal protection.
“Sigh, the Heart of the Strong talent is excellent for directly boosting strength… it’s just becoming harder and harder to trigger…”
Su Xing planned to think of something later — to see if there was a way to trigger Heart of the Strong again.
But for now, Su Xing’s priority was to advance his spatial Dao.
“The sixth realm of the spatial Dao… the legendary True Realm of the Dao!”
“Is it truly within reach now?”
Su Xing felt a surge of excitement. Gazing at the simulation panel, he silently intoned:
“Use immersive simulation, duration: one year…”
【Ding — you have successfully activated immersive simulation… remaining origin energy: 24,831,311 points…】
As the Chime faded, Su Xing’s consciousness entered the simulated world.
……
At this moment, within the Mirror of The Void at the Celestial Secrets Pavilion headquarters.
This was not Su Xing’s first time here, and he was already quite familiar with how to use the Mirror of The Void.
Soon, at Su Xing’s request, the Mirror of The Void began helping him deepen his comprehension of the spatial Dao.
That radiant yet somewhat dreamlike humanoid silhouette once again approached Su Xing.
Only this time, it seemed different from before.
Su Xing found himself in an expanse of black space, seemingly empty of everything.
Before him, only a luminous passage remained, within which a silhouette that closely resembled Su Xing yet whose features couldn’t quite be discerned slowly merged with his body.
In an instant, countless memories — insights into the spatial Dao — flooded into Su Xing’s mind.
Su Xing could feel his comprehension of the spatial Dao rising at an astonishing rate.
Under this overwhelming surge, Su Xing inevitably lost consciousness temporarily.
Before blacking out, a question arose in Su Xing’s mind.
“Strange… that silhouette… it seemed somehow more real this time?”