Chapter 453 – The Celestial Demon General’s Wrong Decision, Destruction of the Celestial Demon Domain! (6k)

Chapter 453 – The Celestial Demon General’s Wrong Decision, Destruction of the Celestial Demon Domain! (6k)

【In a mere thirty-odd years, you slew over a hundred alien deities, and your authority within the Celestial Demon Prison rose to Heaven-Eight!】

【In the entire Celestial Demon Prison, only a scant few dozen individuals could achieve this level of authority.】

【At the same time, through years of combat in the core region of the Celestial Demon Domain, you gained a far more comprehensive understanding of the aliens’ strength!】

【The number of aliens within the Celestial Demon Domain was no fewer than those in the Heavenly Secrets Domain, and their power was equally terrifying.】

【Nearly every year, the top powerhouses of the Celestial Demon Domain’s core had to take action multiple times… all for the purpose of striking down scattered aliens.】

【And beyond these scattered aliens, within the Celestial Demon Domain there existed an extraordinarily powerful alien legion!】

【The Fourth Grand Legion of the alien race!】

【Led by two chief gods, with dozens of first-tier deities under their command… nearly a thousand second-tier deities, and countless alien gods making up their ranks…】

【But thanks to the Luotian Ancestor’s seal, the entire Fourth Grand Legion was unable to break through the core region of the Celestial Demon Domain.】

【Even so, were it not for the Celestial Demon General personally standing guard here, the seal would likely have been destroyed long ago, and the Celestial Demon Domain along with it.】

【Every hundred years, the Celestial Demon General had to reinforce the seal. Even with the Celestial Demon General’s formidable strength, facing the entire Fourth Legion, he could only employ guerrilla tactics, leading a portion of the Celestial Demon Prison’s elite powerhouses to combat these aliens.】

【Over a million years, though the Fourth Legion had failed to expand, the top powerhouses within the Celestial Demon Prison had also been continuously falling in battle…】

【What was even more terrifying was that, with the passage of time, the seal jointly laid by the Celestial Demon Domain’s Heavenly Dao and the Luotian Ancestor had begun to gradually weaken.】

【Occasionally, powerful aliens would emerge from the passage and join up with the Fourth Legion, further breaching the two layers of seals.】

【You understood that the Celestial Demon Prison’s situation was far from as calm as it appeared on the surface.】

【Whether it was the passage seal or the Fourth Legion’s seal, if either one were broken, the entire Celestial Demon Domain would likely be destroyed.】

【It was precisely for this reason that the Celestial Demon General dared not leave easily.】

【Yet human cultivators developed slowly, and the birth of Golden Immortals was exceptionally difficult… the entire Celestial Demon Domain might not produce a single Golden Immortal in a thousand years.】

【Conversely, every few hundred years of battle saw the fall of high-ranking cultivators in the Celestial Demon Domain.】

【The overall strength of the Celestial Demon Prison was steadily declining…】

【Under these circumstances, you presented the Rebirth Pill formula that you had painstakingly developed!】

【This formula was undoubtedly a priceless treasure for all cultivators within the Celestial Demon Domain!】

【Though it would offer little help to the Celestial Demon Domain’s situation in the short term… if one looked ahead to a century, a millennium, or even ten thousand years, its impact would be staggering!】

【Cultivators who originally needed a thousand years to forge an immortal body might achieve the level of a body-tempering immortal in just two or three hundred years!】

【And the Rebirth Pill’s primary ingredient—alien blood essence—was an inexhaustible resource for the Celestial Demon Domain.】

【The Celestial Demon General understood how critical this formula was to the entire Celestial Demon Domain.】

【If given sufficient time to cultivate new practitioners, the Celestial Demon Domain could even truly suppress the entire Fourth Grand Legion.】

【And so, the Rebirth Pill formula was successfully promoted throughout the Celestial Demon Domain.】

【As the one who presented the formula, your authority was elevated directly from Heaven-Eight to Heaven-Three!】

【Those possessing Heaven-Three authority in the entire Celestial Demon Prison could be counted on one hand, though authority was of little practical use to someone of your current stature…】

【In the seven hundred and sixtieth year, you asked the Celestial Demon General whether there was a way to contact him directly upon entering the Celestial Demon Domain.】

【The Celestial Demon General pondered for a moment, then gave you a specially crafted communication token.】

【This communication token could only be used in moments of life-or-death crisis… as long as it was activated within the Celestial Demon Domain, the Celestial Demon General would sense it instantly!】

【When that time came, the Celestial Demon General would rush over at the fastest speed possible.】

【You quietly kept this communication token.】

In the Real World, Su Xing’s eyes lit up when he saw this.

“Not bad. With this communication token… in the next simulation, I won’t need to spend so much time slowly climbing authority levels in the Celestial Demon Prison…”

“The moment I set foot in the Celestial Demon Domain, I’ll be able to contact the Celestial Demon General!”

“This will save quite a bit of time…”

After a pause, Su Xing continued:

“However, spiritual energy is thin throughout the entire Celestial Demon Domain… but with constant battles occurring, it’s actually better suited for improving body tempering cultivation!”

“Next, I should continue advancing the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!”

Su Xing wanted to see how long this simulation could last.

Of course, he couldn’t neglect improving his cultivation in the meantime.

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【In the eight hundredth year, the Primordial Energy Tree within your body finally grew to five zhang (16.65 m) and one chi (33.3 cm).】

【That year, you accompanied the Celestial Demon General to the core region of the Celestial Demon Domain to reinforce the seal, while simultaneously searching for traces of Celestial Sun Grass…】

【But Celestial Sun Grass was not easily found. After months of searching, you had discovered nothing.】

【Then new alien deities broke free from the seal, forcing you to return to the stronghold to fight.】

【And so, within the Celestial Demon Domain, you alternated between scouting for Celestial Sun Grass, hunting aliens… and steadily improving your cultivation.】

【Time quickly arrived at the one thousandth year of the simulation!】

【That year, your Qi Refinement cultivation finally advanced to the late stage of Golden Immortal Seventh Stage!】

【The Primordial Energy Tree within your body had also grown to five zhang (16.65 m) and three chi (99.9 cm)… years of constant combat had accelerated your progress in the Great Shaman Body Forging Art by thirty percent.】

【The Celestial Demon General continued as always, reinforcing the seal once every hundred years.】

【But with the passage of time, the aliens pouring out from the passage grew inevitably stronger.】

【In the most recent century, three first-tier deities had surged out in succession!】

【And aliens of such power could only be opposed by a scant few individuals in the entire Celestial Demon Prison, making the defense of the Celestial Demon Domain increasingly difficult.】

【Fortunately, in recent years, thanks to the promotion of the Rebirth Pill, in just two or three hundred years, the mid-to-lower tier combat forces of the Celestial Demon Domain had sprung up like bamboo shoots after rain.】

【The number of cultivators possessing an immortal body had increased by roughly thirty percent compared to two hundred years prior!】

【You were pleased by this, but still devoted the majority of your time to cultivation…】

【Time quickly arrived at the twelve hundredth year, when the Celestial Demon General delivered shocking bad news.】

【The great realm within the Azure Origin Domain, the Tianyuan Realm, had been conquered!】

【Two veteran Peak Supreme Unity Golden Immortals, including the Tianyuan Sect’s Sect Master, had fallen in battle…】

【Over two-thirds of the Azure Origin Domain’s territory had been invaded by the alien race…】

In the Real World, Su Xing frowned slightly upon seeing this.

“As expected… after what happened with Red Moon, the timeline for the Azure Origin Domain’s destruction has been pushed even further forward!”

“To delay the Azure Origin Domain’s destruction… it seems the only hope lies with Qingyunzi…”

“Unfortunately, there’s still no trace of Celestial Sun Grass…”

Su Xing let out a sigh, though he wasn’t in a rush.

Su Xing had countless opportunities to search for traces of Celestial Sun Grass—even if each simulation only explored a small area.

As long as Celestial Sun Grass existed in this world, Su Xing would find it!

“Thinking about it this way, perhaps I need to divide the core region of the Celestial Demon Domain… and systematically explore a fixed area in each simulation…”

The moment the thought crossed Su Xing’s mind, his simulated self immediately carried it out.

【Hundreds of years of searching had failed to locate Celestial Sun Grass, leading you to adopt a zone-by-zone exploration approach.】

【You divided the entire core region of the Celestial Demon Domain into ten major zones, then further divided each major zone into ten smaller zones.】

【Afterward, you would systematically explore only one small zone every hundred years…】

【This way, even though the Celestial Demon Domain was vast beyond measure, through precise division, you would know exactly which areas lacked Celestial Sun Grass, saving time for future explorations.】

【With your new exploration plan established, you spent the next several hundred years alternating between exploration and diligent cultivation.】

【Time quickly arrived at the fourteen hundredth year of the simulation!】

【That year, the Celestial Demon General informed you… the Southern Barbarian Domain had completely fallen, and the Great Firmament Golden Immortal Southern Barbarian Emperor had perished in battle…】

【Upon hearing this news, your heart trembled—this was a full hundred years earlier than in your previous simulation!】

【The pace of the alien race’s invasion of the Three Thousand Worlds… had accelerated once again!】

【Fortunately, being situated within the Celestial Demon Domain, you were not greatly affected.】

【Under the Celestial Demon General’s protection, you had already surpassed your own record from the main body’s simulation!!】

【A full fourteen hundred years of simulation… had allowed the Primordial Energy Tree within your body to reach five zhang (16.65 m) and six chi (2 m)!】

【Your cultivation realm was also infinitely close to Peak Golden Immortal Seventh Stage…】

【But good times don’t last…】

【With the Southern Barbarian Domain’s complete invasion, the alien race freed up a considerable portion of their active combat forces.】

【The entire Seventh Legion that had invaded the Southern Barbarian Domain redeployed nearly half of its aliens to fight across the other four great domains.】

【First to bear the brunt was the western domain closest to the Southern Barbarian Domain—the Celestial Demon Domain!】

【The alien race traversed the great domains using black vessels, bypassing the Heavenly Secrets Domain entirely… thus choosing the nearest Celestial Demon Domain as their primary invasion target!】

【Under these circumstances, hundreds of alien deities and tens of thousands of alien gods poured into the Celestial Demon Domain…】

【In an instant, the entire situation in the Celestial Demon Domain underwent a massive upheaval!】

【Even though, over the past seven hundred years, the Rebirth Pill had helped elevate the Celestial Demon Domain’s core fighting force by an entire tier—】

【Cultivators who originally had the potential of only Earthly Immortals could now potentially reach the realm of body-tempering Celestial Immortals thanks to the Rebirth Pill.】

【But a mere few decades of battle inflicted devastating losses on the Celestial Demon Domain, setting its strength back by several hundred years…】

【Under these circumstances, the Celestial Demon General made a monumental decision.】

【To leave the Celestial Demon Domain alone and venture to the Southern Barbarian Domain to slay the Six-Winged Chief God!】

【In the Celestial Demon General’s view, as long as the Southern Barbarian Domain was thrown into chaos, the Seventh Legion’s aliens would be unable to invade other great domains.】

【And so, in the fourteen hundred and fiftieth year, the Celestial Demon General departed for the Southern Barbarian Domain.】

【According to his plan, if all went smoothly, he should return within fifty years.】

【But as a precaution, he entrusted you with the method for reinforcing the seal, and informed you that during his absence, you would serve as the acting Chief of the Celestial Demon Prison.】

【With your mere Golden Immortal cultivation, under normal circumstances, you naturally could not bear such a heavy responsibility.】

【But over the past several hundred years, you had already forged deep bonds with the powerhouses of the Celestial Demon Prison.】

【Moreover, having contributed the Rebirth Pill, your appointment as acting Chief met with little resistance.】

【To prevent an alien uprising, the Celestial Demon General publicly announced he was entering closed-door cultivation, while secretly departing the Celestial Demon Domain. Only a handful of people, yourself included, knew the truth.】

In the Real World, Su Xing raised an eyebrow at this.

“No wonder my lesser deity incarnation was ambushed by the Celestial Demon General in the Southern Barbarian Domain…”

“The Celestial Demon General’s objective that time was actually to directly slaughter the Six-Winged Chief God?”

Su Xing resolved a lingering doubt in his mind.

“However, after the Celestial Demon General leaves, the danger level throughout the entire Celestial Demon Domain will skyrocket!”

“I wonder… whether I can hold on until the Celestial Demon General returns…”

Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly, vaguely sensing that this simulation might be nearing its end.

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【In the first ten years after the Celestial Demon General secretly departed, nothing unexpected occurred in the Celestial Demon Domain.】

【You led the forces of the Celestial Demon Prison, continuously hunting the foreign deity reinforcements sent by the Seventh Legion. The situation remained largely unchanged.】

【But as the Celestial Demon General’s prolonged absence continued, the Fourth Grand Legion of the foreign races seemed to detect something amiss and began sending foreign deities who had broken through the seal to probe.】

【As time passed, these probing foreign deities grew increasingly powerful…】

【Finally, the simulation reached year one thousand four hundred and eighty.】

【The Fourth Legion paid an enormous price, sacrificing two first-tier deities, and allowed a Peak first-tier deity of the foreign races to break through the seal!】

【A Peak first-tier deity foreign race member — virtually invincible below the Great Firmament!】

【In the entire Celestial Demon Domain, only two people could contend with it.】

【One was Shi San, ranked ninth on the Prodigy List, with Peak Supreme Unity Golden Immortal cultivation.】

【The other was Lu Jiutian, vice chief of the Celestial Demon Prison, whose cultivation was known as half-step Great Firmament Golden Immortal… ranked third on the Prodigy List’s Heaven Ranking!】

【Under the combined efforts of these two, the Peak first-tier deity foreign race member was naturally slain.】

【But Lu Jiutian and Shi San were both seriously injured…】

【At this point, the sealed foreign races finally confirmed beyond all doubt that the Celestial Demon General was not in the Celestial Demon Domain.】

【And so, the entire Fourth Legion of foreign races desperately attempted to break through the seal.】

【The passage sealed by that single tear of the Heavenly Dao began to show faint signs of loosening.】

【Under these circumstances, you had no choice but to accelerate your plan to reinforce the seal.】

【Thus, under the cover of the Celestial Demon Prison’s leadership, you attempted to reinforce the seal…】

【But this time, the foreign races had clearly made up their minds. In one decisive push, they sacrificed several first-tier deities and released the Fourth Legion’s commander — the Void Chief God.】

【The Void Chief God — its form was a gargantuan worm comparable in size to a planet, possessing terrifying strength and devouring power…】

【Against a chief god comparable to a Great Firmament Golden Immortal, you naturally had no power to resist.】

【The reinforcement of the seal failed…】

【And you died at the hands of the Void Chief God.】

【You died!】

【Ding, this simulation has ended!】

In the Real World, Su Xing furrowed his brow tightly upon seeing this.

“As expected… without the Celestial Demon General, the Celestial Demon Domain simply cannot hold against the Fourth Grand Legion!”

“Still, this simulation yielded considerable gains… nearly fifteen hundred years of main-body simulation time is definitely a new record!”

Su Xing took a deep breath. The Celestial Demon General’s secret departure was undoubtedly a massive gamble.

If he successfully killed the Six-Winged Chief God, it would be enough to secure another thousand years of peace for the Celestial Demon Domain.

But unfortunately, the gamble was lost.

Next, the entire Celestial Demon Domain would plunge into crisis.

Even if the Celestial Demon General rushed back, the Celestial Demon Domain would likely suffer devastating losses…

“Sigh… looks like in the next simulation, I can only try to persuade the Celestial Demon General not to go to the Southern Barbarian Domain!”

“But even if he doesn’t go to the Southern Barbarian Domain… it’s just a slow death anyway!”

Su Xing shook his head and turned his gaze to this simulation’s rewards.

【Nine Nether Underworld King Physique】: Gold talent, priced at 10 origin energy points.

【Spirit Realm 45,000 Li (22,500 km)】: Spirit Domain metamorphosis, reaching the Spirit Realm level. Within the Spirit Realm’s range, the power of supernatural arts and spatial Dao is massively enhanced. The Spirit Realm gradually evolves toward a real world. Priced at 600,000 origin energy points.

【Peak Golden Immortal Seventh Stage cultivation】: Priced at 1 origin energy point.

【Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results】: Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Sixth Layer Major Mastery. Primordial Energy Tree at five zhang (16.65 m) six chi (2 m). Primordial energy flows endlessly. Priced at 5,500,000 origin energy points!

【Luotian Black Pearl】: Contains the Luotian Ancestor’s lifelong insights into the Spirit Realm, seals half of the Luotian Realm, and contains partial fragments of the Luotian Mirror. Priced at one trillion origin energy points.

【Celestial Demon General’s communication token】: Within the range of the Celestial Demon Domain, activating this token allows the Celestial Demon General to sense it. Priced at 100 origin energy points.

【Rebirth Pill refinement experience】: Contains refinement insights for twelfth-rank and thirteenth-rank Rebirth Pills. Priced at 100,000 origin energy points.

【Star-Moon Shuttle (Modified)】: Supreme-grade supreme post-celestial treasure. After modification by Grand Artifact Refinement Grandmaster Su Xing, it possesses astonishing flight speed and defensive power, capable of prolonged travel through the void. Priced at 1,000,000/5,000,000 origin energy points.

Su Xing stared at the simulation rewards before him, eyes wide.

“The Luotian Black Pearl… worth one trillion origin energy points!?”

Su Xing’s vision went dark instantly. He had been thinking about whether he could bring this black pearl out of the simulation.

But the astronomical figure of one trillion origin energy points immediately crushed that idea.

“Damn it, if I had one trillion… who’d need some black pearl!”

Su Xing shook his head slightly. It seemed the Luotian Black Pearl could only be obtained from the real world!

After carefully selecting this simulation’s rewards, Su Xing decided that the Spirit Realm cultivation insights, Qi Refinement and Body Tempering cultivation, and the Celestial Demon General’s token were worth bringing out!

Beyond those, there was the modified Star-Moon Shuttle, which would make Su Xing’s travel much easier — also a fine reward.

Su Xing’s heart stirred, and the simulator’s Chime sounded in his ears.

【Ding, congratulations on bringing out Spirit Realm cultivation insights… remaining origin energy: 21,147,587 points…】

【Congratulations on bringing out Golden Immortal cultivation… remaining origin energy: 21,147,585 points…】

【Congratulations on bringing out Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results… remaining origin energy: 15,647,585 points…】

【Congratulations on bringing out Celestial Demon General’s token… remaining origin energy: 15,647,475 points…】

【Congratulations on bringing out Star-Moon Shuttle (Modified)… remaining origin energy: 15,097,475 points…】

After the Chime faded, Su Xing’s aura surged explosively in a short span of time!

His Qi Refinement cultivation soared from early Golden Immortal Seventh Stage directly to Peak Golden Immortal Seventh Stage!

The Primordial Energy Tree within his body grew by one zhang (3.33 m) and one chi (33.3 cm), boosting Su Xing’s total primordial energy by another thirty percent…

With a thought, a palm-sized black vessel fell into Su Xing’s hand — naturally, the modified Star-Moon Shuttle.

“Not bad. The base flight speed is at least twice as fast as before… and it’s sufficient for me to voyage through the void!”

Su Xing nodded with satisfaction. The modified Star-Moon Shuttle’s base speed was equivalent to a Golden Immortal voyaging through the void.

At the same time, a black token appeared in Su Xing’s hand.

On the token, the characters “Celestial Demon” were inscribed in bold, flourishing strokes!

Su Xing blinked, gazing thoughtfully at the token in his hand.

“If I were to activate this token in this realm… would the Celestial Demon General sense it?”

After a moment of contemplation, Su Xing concluded it probably wouldn’t work.

After all, the description clearly stated that the Celestial Demon General could only sense it within the range of the Celestial Demon Domain!

Spending a quarter of an hour, Su Xing gradually adapted to the growth in his cultivation, then began planning his next steps.

“Now that I know about the Luotian Black Pearl from the simulation, it’s undoubtedly an extra layer of insurance!”

“No matter how dire the situation becomes… I can find a way to bring my family and friends to the Celestial Demon Domain.”

“The resources within the Luotian Black Pearl are enough for me to advance to Great Firmament Golden Immortal!”

“I’d only need to survive another hundred years of simulation… and becoming a veteran Great Firmament powerhouse shouldn’t be difficult!”

Su Xing murmured.

His earlier concern had been the inability to find enough resources to fuel his simulations!

But now with the Luotian Black Pearl, Su Xing’s worries were greatly diminished.

At the very least, Su Xing could find a way to become a Great Firmament Golden Immortal!

With this safety net in place, the things Su Xing could accomplish… were undoubtedly far greater!

“I already know Blood Four’s location… the net worth of a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal must be at least tens of millions of origin energy points, right?”

“So then, should I attempt to kill Blood Four and make a name for myself on the Prodigy List?”

Su Xing felt tempted.

“However, that depends on how much my strength can grow in the upcoming simulations…”

“If killing Blood Four takes more than two months, the costs would outweigh the gains…”

Su Xing thought to himself.

“Right now, I still have three simulation attempts and tens of millions of origin energy points!”

“I still haven’t found information on Celestial Sun Grass, Soulsever Grass, and the rest… looks like it’s time to start a new round of simulations!”

Su Xing had already made his decision — he needed to find at least one or two of the main ingredients for the Celestial Sun Soul-Forging Pill, right?

“And traveling to the Celestial Demon Domain… is undoubtedly the method that yields the most main-body simulation time!”

“Simulating over fifteen hundred years is also the best way to advance my cultivation!”

“If I could find a way to trigger Heart of the Strong, that would be even better!”

“In the next few simulations, I might be able to use this method to quickly cultivate to Peak Golden Immortal!”

“Once I reach Peak Golden Immortal, attempting to kill Blood Four might not take nearly as long…”

Su Xing mentally mapped out his simulation plans going forward.

Over a hundred simulations had allowed Su Xing to chart out the optimal path for advancing his cultivation.

Since the goal of this next simulation was to boost his cultivation as much as possible while searching for the main ingredients of the Celestial Sun Soul-Forging Pill, the destination would once again be the Celestial Demon Domain.

With that decided, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel and silently intoned:

“Begin simulation!”

【Simulation #164 initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 15,097,475 points… remaining simulation attempts: 2.】

【Simulation begins!】

【Drawing a talent costs 1 origin energy point. Draw?】

“Yes!”

【Ding, congratulations on drawing the red talent Thousand Illusions. Next draw gold talent probability: 80%, red talent probability: 20%…】