Chapter 458 – Great Shaman Body Forging Art Perfection, Lesser Demon Plan Activated!

Chapter 458 – Great Shaman Body Forging Art Perfection, Lesser Demon Plan Activated!

The power brought by Peak Golden Immortal Great Perfection and Major Mastery of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art vanished within Su Xing’s body like a mountain flood draining away.

At the same time, a new and entirely different power was born within him.

Peak second-tier deity!

Divine power, reaching first-tier deity level!

Speed laws, spatial laws, and the Laws of Destiny and Karma were all at the fifth realm…

His physical strength was roughly equivalent to a Peak Golden Immortal cultivator—among the alien races, this could only be considered average.

“Hoo… although this isn’t the first time I’ve transformed, every transformation still feels incredibly wondrous!”

Su Xing smacked his lips and took a moment to adjust to the body of the lesser demon deity.

“In terms of raw strength… even though I can now be considered a ‘half-step first-tier deity,’ the lesser demon’s power is ultimately too weak…”

“My current strength is roughly equivalent to a Late Golden Immortal… I’m afraid even after this body breaks through to the first-tier deity realm, it still won’t match the strength of my true body…”

Su Xing shook his head slightly. Lesser demons were, after all, the lowest-ranking race among the alien tribes.

Though Su Xing had enhanced it several times, its overall combat power still remained at a below-average level…

“However… the strength of a lesser demon deity doesn’t lie in its personal power, but in its strategic importance!”

“A second-tier lesser demon deity could be called the object of faith for all lesser demons. Not only can it rapidly breed new lesser demons, it can also directly bestow divine power upon Lesser Demon Apostles…”

“That’s why the status of a lesser demon deity is so high among the alien races!”

Su Xing’s eyes flickered.

According to his calculations, if this lesser demon disguise were promoted to the first-tier deity level, its status among the alien races would likely rival that of a chief god among the Ten Emperor Clans!

Moreover, the alien races would devote all their resources to cultivating this lesser demon disguise!

“Just a bit more… and it’ll be nearly ready to advance to first-tier deity!”

Su Xing murmured.

…

Su Xing remained in his lesser demon deity form within the Star Realm for roughly a quarter of an hour.

Soon, Su Xing could sense that quite a few cultivators at the Celestial Immortal level and above in the Star Realm had detected the presence of this disguise.

Before those cultivators could arrive, Su Xing reverted to his true form, tore open the void, and appeared within the Purple Star Tribe.

Everything had proceeded exceptionally smoothly.

“Next, all that’s left is to wait quietly…”

Su Xing mentally calculated the Luo Tian legacies near the Star Realm.

“Round-trip travel time is within one month… although I’ve already taken most of the Luo Tian legacies.”

“But now that the Dao of Speed has entered the sixth realm, my range of action will be somewhat larger…”

“There are roughly two more Luo Tian legacies I can collect… I shouldn’t waste them!”

With that thought, Su Xing willed himself into the void, then swiftly headed toward the locations of those two remaining Luo Tian legacies.

…

At the same time, in an unknown space somewhere, a consciousness stirred from its slumber.

Two first-tier deities appeared before this consciousness.

“It has appeared again… I can feel it—a new kin!”

“A deity of the lesser demon race… It will be of great use to our race in the coming war!”

“Spare no cost… reach that place as quickly as possible and bring It back…”

As the voice faded, the mysterious consciousness sank back into slumber.

At the same time, the two first-tier deities began racing toward the Star Realm at full speed.

…

In the blink of an eye, over half a month passed, and the date arrived at February 17th, 2027 of the New Era.

On this day, Su Xing collected all the legacies from the two planned locations.

“The two Luo Tian legacies brought me nearly eight million origin energy in returns…”

“My remaining simulation attempts have reached three, and the Great Shaman Body Forging Art isn’t far from sixth layer Perfection… it’s time to check on the movements of the alien races!”

Su Xing willed the simulation panel into existence.

“Begin simulation!”

【Simulation #167 initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 26,691,381 points… Remaining simulation attempts: 2.】

【Simulation begins!】

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

“Yes!”

【Ding! Congratulations, you have drawn the gold talent Immortal Martial Divine Physique. Next draw gold talent probability: 80%, red talent probability: 20%…】

【Immortal Martial Divine Physique】: Gold talent. One of the Hundred Great Divine Physiques. A wondrous trait within one’s bloodline that allows Qi Refinement and Body Tempering cultivation to be utilized more effectively.

“Immortal Martial Divine Physique…”

Seeing the newly drawn talent, Su Xing’s eyes lit up slightly.

This new talent appeared to be quite excellent and would surely boost his combat power further.

“My Qi Refinement cultivation has already reached its limit…”

“Right now, it’s the Great Shaman Body Forging Art that needs to advance to sixth layer Perfection as soon as possible!”

“Beyond that, I also need to see when the alien races will locate the lesser demon deity disguise…”

Su Xing already had a plan in mind. His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【Please select the target for the Plus One talent augmentation…】

“I choose to augment Late Bloomer…”

【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you realize you are in a simulation.】

【Half a month later, you sneak back to the vicinity of the Star Realm.】

【You conceal your aura and shield your karmic secrets near the Star Realm, remaining there for approximately half a month…】

【On March 15th, you sense two powerful, malevolent auras descending upon the Star Realm!】

【They are two alien first-tier deities!】

【One of them is from the Shadow Tribe, and the other belongs to a race among the aliens known as the ‘God Clan’—the Tu’nah Clan!】

【After merely sensing the auras of these two alien deities, you have already formed your judgment and swiftly distance yourself from the area.】

【Several years later, you travel to the Thousand Isles Realm and locate Blood Four.】

【As planned, you must once again slay Blood Four to make a name for yourself!】

【With your increased strength, this time you only spend one year to successfully kill this Advent Cult officer who had just entered the Supreme Unity realm.】

【Your reputation begins to resound throughout the Three Thousand Worlds…】

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

“So… it’s the Tu’nah Clan?”

“It seems the alien side really does care about the lesser demon deity!”

Su Xing rubbed his chin, recalling the intelligence gathered through the lesser demon deity.

Among the alien races, there existed races with terrifying innate talents—some even surpassing the Ten Emperor Clans.

That was… the God Clan!

Members of the God Clan were born with power at the divine level—born as gods!

However, the God Clan was extremely difficult to reproduce, and aside from their higher starting point at birth, their aptitude was only roughly on par with the Emperor Clans.

Therefore, because their numbers were limited, most God Clan members among the alien races kept a very low profile and were not a primary fighting force in the invasion of the Three Thousand Worlds.

The Tu’nah Clan was one race within the God Clan, naturally gifted at peering into destiny and possessing astonishing talent in the art of divination.

“It seems… they want to use the Tu’nah Clan to track my whereabouts…”

Su Xing nodded slightly, though he wasn’t worried. His lesser demon deity transformation was flawless—not even a Saint could see through it, let alone these God Clan members.

“So… the deities dispatched by the alien races will arrive at the Star Realm in approximately one month.”

“For me, I still have six or seven simulation opportunities… more than enough to promote the lesser demon deity to the first-tier deity level!”

Su Xing nodded slightly. The timing of the aliens finding him was just right and wouldn’t cause too much delay.

With that, his gaze turned back to the simulation panel.

【After slaying Blood Four, you quickly ascend to the number one position on the Earth Ranking.】

【Afterward, you proceed with your plan—trading at the Azure Cloud Sect, mentoring Fairy Ziling, and collecting Luo Tian legacies…】

【In year thirty, you successfully arrive at the White Cloud Realm in the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】

【Over the next two hundred-plus years, you cultivate as usual.】

【In year three hundred and twenty, the Celestial Vessel defense battle erupts…】

【In year four hundred, the Celestial Primordial Fruit ripens, and your cultivation speed of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art skyrockets…】

【In year five hundred, the Primordial Energy Tree within your body grows to nine zhang (29.97 m)!】

In the Real World, Su Xing mentally spoke:

“Activate immersive simulation… duration: one hundred years!”

【Ding… remaining origin energy: 26,654,881 points…】

…

Soon, the hundred-year immersive simulation ended. Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, a look of relief on his face.

“Finally, the Dao of Destiny and Karma has barely entered the fifth realm, Minor Mastery…”

“And the Greater Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method has finally reached the introductory level…”

During this immersive simulation, Su Xing had used all of the Dao-Enlightenment Tea, the Dao-Hearing Pill, and one Inevitable Epiphany on comprehending the Greater Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method.

Combined with one use of the Mirror of The Void, he had barely managed to push the Greater Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method to the introductory level.

The difficulty of the Dao of Destiny and Karma was evident…

“Strictly speaking, my talent in this Dao is truly only average. Being able to reach the fifth realm was already the result of piling on pure resources.”

“Trying to reach the sixth realm next will probably be even more difficult…”

Su Xing sighed, hesitating over whether to continue spending time on the Dao of Destiny and Karma.

“However, aside from the Dao of Destiny and Karma… advancing in other Great Daos doesn’t seem to offer much help in the short term either…”

“I can’t exactly pin my hopes on the Great Dao of Space or Great Dao of Speed reaching the seventh realm, can I?”

Su Xing shook his head slightly. The time required for that would be even more terrifying.

Moreover, before reaching Supreme Unity, attempting to comprehend a sixth realm Great Dao would yield half the results for twice the effort — a losing proposition.

“Besides that… there’s the question I asked the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master…”

Su Xing narrowed his eyes, recalling the question he had posed to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master during the simulation.

In this simulation, Su Xing’s question had been: among the foreign races, were there existences at the Saint level?

At the time, upon hearing Su Xing’s question, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master’s answer was: Yes — above chief god lies the Sovereign realm!

“The Sovereign realm… sovereign over the life and death of all things, the rise and fall of all living beings… foreign races no less powerful than Saints?”

Su Xing took a deep breath. Though he had anticipated this, only now, hearing the name of this realm from the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master’s own mouth, did the matter truly feel settled.

“For me right now, worrying about such things is still far too premature!”

“Next, I should finish reaching Perfection in the sixth realm of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art as soon as possible!”

Su Xing’s gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【In the six hundredth year, your comprehension of the Dao of Destiny and Karma reached the fifth realm, Minor Mastery.】

【Afterward, you prepared to set out for the Celestial Demon Domain.】

【In the six hundred and thirtieth year, you successfully arrived at the Celestial Demon Domain.】

【After activating the Celestial Demon Token, you met with the Celestial Demon General… Everything proceeded according to your plan — promoting the Rebirth Pill, searching for Celestial Sun Grass, and cultivating the Great Shaman Body Forging Art.】

【In the blink of an eye, six hundred and seventy years passed…】

【Time arrived at the one thousand three hundredth year.】

【Under the Celestial Demon General’s protection, you cultivated in safety.】

【The Primordial Energy Tree within your body had reached nine zhang (29.97 m) and seven chi (2.33 m). You drew ever closer to Perfection in the sixth layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art.】

【Over these centuries, you explored more of the core region.】

【Three of the ten major zones you had mapped out had been explored, but none yielded any trace of Celestial Sun Grass. You continued your search…】

【That year, the Southern Barbarian Domain was completely invaded…】

【In the one thousand five hundredth year, the Primordial Energy Tree within your body grew to nine zhang (29.97 m), nine chi (3 m), and nine cun (29.97 cm).】

【The Great Shaman Body Forging Art finally reached the sixth layer, Perfection. You felt you had hit a major bottleneck and could not advance further for the time being.】

【That same year, the Azure Origin Domain was completely invaded…】

In the Real World, Su Xing let out a long breath of relief upon seeing this.

“Finally… the Great Shaman Body Forging Art has reached the sixth realm, Perfection!”

“This simulation’s cultivation goal for my main body has been successfully achieved…”

“Next, it’s time to raise the lesser demon disguise’s realm!”

Su Xing pondered for a moment.

In the previous simulations, the power of faith collected by his lesser demon deity persona had all been used to enhance divinity.

In other words, the so-called power of laws…

For foreign races, as long as one law reached the sixth realm, one was considered to have attained the level of a first-tier deity.

If one wished to comprehend other laws, that could be attempted after becoming a first-tier deity.

And Su Xing’s choice was… spatial laws.

“Spatial laws grant extremely powerful life-saving abilities… They’re the most suitable power of laws for the lesser demon deity.”

“After all, the lesser demon disguise carries the Calamity Divine Physique. Self-preservation must be the top priority…”

“Once spatial laws reach the sixth realm, I can then upgrade my godhood and formally advance to first-tier deity!”

“I wonder what new abilities the lesser demon disguise will gain after advancing to first-tier deity?”

Su Xing felt a touch of anticipation.

“This simulation is also about the right time for the lesser demon disguise to make its appearance.”

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【After the Great Shaman Body Forging Art reached the sixth layer, Perfection, you left the core region of the Celestial Demon Domain and transformed into your lesser demon deity form.】

【You successfully joined the foreign races. Enjoying abundant resources, you began cultivating followers.】

【In the two thousandth year, with over a hundred Lesser Demon Apostles under your command and countless billions of lesser demon followers, you began collecting the power of faith…】

【In the two thousand five hundredth year, you used all the power of faith to enhance your divinity.】

【Your comprehension of spatial laws rapidly increased…】

【Several years later, you encountered the White Emperor’s hunt.】

【You died!】

【Ding — this simulation has ended…】

Su Xing stared at the simulation text before him, frowning slightly.

“Strange… why has the timing of the White Emperor’s hunt moved up again? I remember it was clearly at the two thousand six hundredth year before…”

Su Xing thought it over. The only explanation was… the human race’s situation had likely grown even more dire.

So the White Emperor had accelerated his hunting schedule…

“Whew, good thing I used the power of faith ahead of time…”

Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief and turned his gaze to the simulation rewards.

“Great Shaman Body Forging Art, sixth layer Perfection — here I come!”

【Immortal Martial Divine Physique】: Gold talent. Price: 10 origin energy points.

【Spirit Realm 65,000 Li (32,500 km)】: Spirit Domain metamorphosis. Upon reaching the Spirit Realm level, supernatural arts and the spatial Dao receive a massive power boost within the Spirit Realm’s range. The Spirit Realm gradually evolves toward a real world. Price: 500,000 origin energy points.

【Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results】: Great Shaman Body Forging Art, sixth layer Perfection. Primordial Energy Tree at nine zhang (29.97 m), nine chi (3 m), nine cun (29.97 cm). Primordial energy flows endlessly. Only one step away from reaching the seventh layer. Price: 6,000,000 origin energy points!

“Three rewards — naturally, I’m taking every single one out.”

Su Xing didn’t hesitate, silently willing it in his mind.

The simulator’s Chime sounded by his ear.

【Ding — congratulations on bringing out Immortal Martial Divine Physique… remaining origin energy: 26,654,870 points…】

【Congratulations on bringing out Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results… remaining origin energy: 20,654,870 points…】

【Congratulations on bringing out Spirit Realm 65,000 Li (32,500 km)… remaining origin energy: 20,154,870 points…】

As three consecutive chimes faded, Su Xing felt his physical power surge once more.

Every muscle in his body briefly swelled before returning to normal.

Su Xing’s physical strength and raw power had increased by over thirty percent, finally reaching a state of flawless Perfection.

“Sixth layer Perfection… with physical power alone, I should be on par with a half-step Supreme Unity Golden Immortal, shouldn’t I?”

“If I want to go further… the only path is to break through to the seventh layer!”

Su Xing narrowed his eyes. The seventh layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art would once again enhance a cultivator’s regeneration and vitality!

If one cultivated the seventh layer to Perfection, it would be possible to achieve a level where, even if one’s physical body was completely destroyed, as long as a single drop of vital blood remained, one could regenerate from that drop!

“If the Great Shaman Body Forging Art reaches the seventh layer, Perfection… then below the Great Firmament Golden Immortal level, no one would be able to kill me!”

Su Xing recalled in his mind what was needed to enter the seventh layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art.

The power of qi and blood!

To break from the sixth layer into the seventh, there was only one requirement: extreme qi and blood power!

As long as one’s physical strength and qi-blood reached the threshold, one could enter this realm!

But with Su Xing’s current accumulation, he clearly hadn’t reached that level yet.

“I still need… more precious natural treasures that can enhance qi and blood power before I’ll have a chance at reaching the seventh layer…”

Su Xing murmured.

Whether it was Supreme Unity Golden Immortal or the seventh layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Su Xing couldn’t rush either one.

After all, his current origin energy reserves were far too low…

For now, what Su Xing needed was to first elevate his lesser demon disguise to the first-tier deity realm.

“There’s still nearly a month before the foreign races descend on the Star Realm… For now, I need to head back to the vicinity of the Star Realm first!”

With that, Su Xing tore open the void and deployed the power of space, hurtling toward the Star Realm’s vicinity at an astonishing speed.

…

Over twenty days later, in a stretch of void near the Star Realm.

Su Xing scanned the surrounding void, and after confirming there was no danger, murmured:

“In five days at most, the foreign races will arrive at the Star Realm…”

“Now, it’s time to transform into my lesser demon deity form and prepare in advance!”

With that, Su Xing willed the change, and his entire form rapidly shifted into the appearance of the lesser demon disguise.

After transforming into the lesser demon deity, Su Xing’s overall power dropped drastically, but in the vicinity of the Star Realm, there were very few beings that could pose a threat.

“In five days, those two first-tier deities will arrive… Surely my luck won’t be that bad, right?”

Su Xing rubbed his chin. He planned to remain in this foreign deity form the entire time while waiting.

“But before I actually meet those two first-tier deities… let me raise my realm a bit further!”

Su Xing’s eyes gleamed as he looked at the simulation panel.

At this moment, the panel showed over twenty million origin energy points, with a full five simulation attempts remaining!

“Although I’ve transformed into a lesser demon, I’ve only temporarily lost my main body’s power… The simulator can still be used as always!”

“Then, let me see — what changes will there be if I start the simulation directly as a lesser demon?”

A spark of curiosity flickered in Su Xing’s mind as he silently intoned:

“Begin simulation!”