Chapter 477 – The Game Against Red Moon, A Massive Haul of 500 Million Origin Energy!
by spirapiraReal World. Su Xing nodded slightly.
“Fourteen hundred years of simulation… that’s about the maximum time limit for cultivation…”
“The remaining time should have been spent transforming into the lesser demon disguise… but the Xenomorph talent can only be used once…”
“It seems the simulation has to end here…”
Su Xing sighed and turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【Under the massive invasion of the Celestial Demon Domain by foreign races, the human race was ultimately forced into steady retreat.】
【With your strength, though you were among humanity’s top powerhouses, you were still unable to resist the overwhelming tide.】
【In the end, you were worn down and killed under the siege of several first-tier deities. Before dying, you managed to kill one first-tier deity in return.】
【You died!】
【Ding, this simulation has ended!】
Real World. Su Xing nodded slightly at the text before his eyes.
“As expected, the simulation had to end here… Within the Five Great Domains, it’s very difficult to break past the fifteen-hundred-year simulation limit!”
“But the simulation’s objectives have been largely achieved. Let me first check the rewards from this simulation…”
Su Xing murmured, turning his gaze to the reward list.
【Sword Spirit Physique】: Gold talent, priced at 10 origin energy.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results】: The Celestial Primordial Tree within the body has grown to eleven zhang (36.63 m) tall. Life force and blood qi are as scorching as the blazing sun. As long as vital areas are not completely destroyed, injuries can be rapidly recovered! Priced at 3,000,000 origin energy!
【First Layer mid-stage Supreme Unity Golden Immortal cultivation】: Priced at 1 origin energy.
【World Assimilation Secret Art (Major Mastery)】: Not far from Perfection. Contains the effect of assimilating worlds and absorbing them into one’s Spirit Domain. Once fully mastered, one may attempt to assimilate an entire lesser world. Priced at 2,000,000 origin energy!
【Body-World Fusion Secret Art (Major Mastery)】: Not far from Perfection. Created by an ancient Great Firmament Golden Immortal… Priced at 2,000,000 origin energy!
Su Xing scanned the rewards. Apart from the Sword Spirit Physique, all of them were useful to him.
Without hesitation, Su Xing chose to bring out all four remaining rewards.
【Ding, congratulations on bringing out Supreme Unity Golden Immortal cultivation… Remaining origin energy: 106,606,695】
【Congratulations on bringing out Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results… Remaining origin energy: 103,606,695…】
【Congratulations on bringing out World Assimilation Secret Art (Major Mastery)… Remaining origin energy: 101,406,695…】
【Congratulations on bringing out Body-World Fusion Secret Art (Major Mastery)… Remaining origin energy: 99,406,695…】
As the simulator’s Chime sounded in his ears, Su Xing’s cultivation rose once more.
A moment later, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes. After sensing the aura around his body, he furrowed his brows slightly.
“As expected, after advancing to Supreme Unity Golden Immortal, a single simulation’s improvement to me has become extremely limited…”
Su Xing carefully assessed himself. Both his Body Tempering and Qi Refinement had made progress.
But his overall strength had increased by less than half a tier.
“Hoo… If I want a noticeable improvement, I can only hope for minor breakthroughs in realm… such as from early to mid-stage Supreme Unity Golden Immortal…”
“Or improvements in Great Dao comprehension…”
Su Xing murmured.
The meager improvement after this simulation was within Su Xing’s expectations.
“Excluding the time spent on Great Dao comprehension… over fourteen hundred years of simulation, the time my true body spent improving cultivation was only about a thousand years…”
“And in those thousand years, simultaneously improving both the Body Tempering and Qi Refinement systems, this level of progress is actually quite excellent!”
Su Xing silently ran some calculations.
Within the simulation, at his current level of magical power and while using the Luotian Mirror—
Maintaining a thirty-fold time differential between inside and outside, the drain on magical power meant he could only focus exclusively on the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, while his Qi Refinement cultivation could not advance.
Conversely, if he maintained only a tenfold time differential—
Then Su Xing could cultivate both Body Tempering and Qi Refinement simultaneously without being overly affected.
After all, with the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art, Su Xing only needed to cultivate Qi Refinement for two hours per day to ensure maximum efficiency.
“One simulation, a thousand years of cultivation… With the Luotian Mirror’s enhancement, that’s equivalent to ten thousand years of cultivation…”
“Ten thousand years, advancing from early to mid-stage of First Layer Supreme Unity Golden Immortal… that really is tremendous progress!”
One had to understand that even talented Supreme Unity Golden Immortals typically needed over five million years to reach Peak Supreme Unity Golden Immortal!
Su Xing’s cultivation aptitude was primarily reflected in the enhancements from talents like Ethereal Root, Innate Severed Meridians, and Late Bloomer.
But among those who could cultivate to the Supreme Unity Golden Immortal realm, whose talent could possibly be lacking?
Virtually every Supreme Unity Golden Immortal possessed an Ethereal Root, and most also had several physique types suited for cultivation.
Otherwise, they simply could not have reached Supreme Unity Golden Immortal.
“Moreover, what I cultivate is the Five Elements Dao. Five Elements spiritual energy is complex and mixed, making it indeed somewhat more difficult to convert into immortal power compared to a single type of spiritual energy…”
“Therefore, my cultivation aptitude among Supreme Unity Golden Immortals can only be considered ordinary…”
In a state where aptitude was roughly equal, the reason Su Xing could still maintain a leading cultivation speed—
Part of it was due to the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art.
A sevenfold cultivation technique enhancement was considered top-tier even among the techniques cultivated by Supreme Unity Golden Immortals and Great Firmament Golden Immortals.
Ordinary Supreme Unity Golden Immortals absorbed spiritual energy at roughly three to five times the normal rate.
So Su Xing’s advantage was still considerable.
“However, the greatest advantage is still the abundance of resources!”
“The Luotian Mirror… and in the spirit field grotto-heaven, the ample supply of immortal liquid ensures I can use immortal liquid to improve my cultivation daily… That alone makes me several times faster than cultivators of the same realm!”
Su Xing thought to himself.
However, in the Supreme Unity realm, the further one progressed, the longer cultivation took.
Especially from late-stage to Peak Supreme Unity Golden Immortal—the difficulty was likely ten times that of going from early to mid-stage.
“Calculating it this way…”
Su Xing ran the numbers and murmured:
“I’ll probably need no less than three years to advance to Peak Supreme Unity!”
At this thought, Su Xing let out a long breath.
Three years—Su Xing could still afford to wait.
“It’s just that improving the Great Shaman Body Forging Art… that’s really giving me a headache!”
Su Xing rubbed the space between his brows.
A thousand years in the simulator, combined with the Luotian Realm’s tenfold acceleration—Su Xing had cultivated for ten thousand years!
And the Celestial Primordial Tree had barely grown from ten zhang (33.3 m) to eleven zhang (36.63 m)…
“The Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Seventh Layer—cultivated to its ultimate limit of regeneration from a single drop of blood, the recovery power is the greatest in the world!”
“But in distinguishing the depth of one’s cultivation, aside from the increase in blood qi strength… the Celestial Primordial Tree is the most direct indicator!”
“Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Seventh Layer Minor Mastery—Celestial Primordial Tree at one hundred zhang (333 m)… Major Mastery—Celestial Primordial Tree at one thousand zhang (3.33 km)!”
“And if one could cultivate to Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Seventh Layer Perfection, the Celestial Primordial Tree within the body could grow to a terrifying… ten thousand zhang (33.3 km)!”
At this thought, Su Xing couldn’t help but feel his heart surge with excitement.
“Legend has it that the ancient Ancestral Shamans possessed terrifying power rivaling Saints… and the Celestial Primordial Trees within their bodies were comparable to an entire world!”
“What kind of terrifying might must that have been?”
“But…”
Su Xing sighed. At his current pace of growing one zhang (3.33 m) per simulation—
To reach Seventh Layer Perfection, he would need at least several hundred simulations, over ten years of time…
“Too slow! Unless…”
“Unless I can draw a red-tier Body Tempering talent…”
At this thought, a gleam appeared in Su Xing’s eyes.
His current probability of drawing a red talent wasn’t low—on average, he could draw one every four or five simulations.
When he thought about it that way, it didn’t seem all that difficult…
“And the two secret arts for improving my Spirit Domain aren’t far from reaching Perfection either…”
“Once I’ve fully mastered them… I can attempt to assimilate a world! At that point, my strength will improve even further!”
Su Xing made his plans.
There were still a few days until the next simulation.
“Now, it’s time to go to Earth and demand early payment from Red Moon!”
“And while I’m at it, discuss matters regarding Earth…”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes and, assuming his lesser demon identity, deployed spatial laws and sped rapidly toward Earth!
…
Over half a month passed quickly.
In early December of New Era 2027, Su Xing finally arrived near Earth.
“It’s time to face Red Moon once more…”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes but was in no rush to head to the Endless Abyss.
Instead, he deployed spatial laws to conceal himself in a pocket dimension and took a tour around Earth.
In the sky above, that crimson Red Moon still shone.
Demon-Sealing Pass had been essentially completely suppressed, and the human race had all retreated to huddle on Earth.
The good news was that the humans of various nations on Earth, including Class Users, were still safe for the time being.
Before Red Moon completely destroyed Earth and sacrificed these humans, they were in no danger.
Of course, Su Xing’s “covert visit” to Earth was entirely under Red Moon’s watchful gaze!
And Su Xing had no intention of hiding it from Red Moon—he was even doing it deliberately for Red Moon to see!
From the moment Red Moon had arrived at Earth, the game between the two sides… had already begun!
After making a show of touring Earth, Su Xing put on an expression of great interest.
He then tore open space and headed for the Endless Abyss.
After Su Xing entered the Endless Abyss, Red Moon quickly sent an envoy to escort him to the deepest layer of the Abyss.
Upon arriving at the deepest layer, Su Xing got his wish and met Red Moon.
Compared to half a year ago, Red Moon’s aura had clearly grown considerably stronger.
This former Lord of Slaughter was gradually recovering his peak strength…
“Lord of the Lesser Demons… you’ve come?”
In the pitch-black space, a crimson eye opened, gazing at Su Xing before it.
Su Xing showed not the slightest panic and simply said:
“That’s right! I’m here to collect on a debt. The blood essence you promised me—it should be ready for delivery by now, shouldn’t it?”
Su Xing continued to act domineering—or rather, this better fit his current persona as the “Lord of the Lesser Demons.”
Favored by the Mother Goddess, naturally gifted, commanding the lesser demon race, and courted by multiple factions—a brash young upstart among the foreign races!
“Hahahaha… Lord of the Lesser Demons, you are as direct as ever!”
“The blood essence you requested… has naturally been prepared long ago!”
With that, the red eyeball before him flickered, and a spatial pocket appeared in front of Su Xing, filled with mountains of blood essence of various grades.
Su Xing’s eyes lit up at the sight, and he didn’t stand on ceremony.
He directly deployed spatial laws, storing all the blood essence into a space he had opened up himself.
Afterward, Red Moon exchanged pleasantries with Su Xing for a while, asking how things had been going for him lately and so on.
Su Xing replied absent-mindedly while casually finding a spot to sit down, leisurely listening to Red Moon talk.
In the blink of an eye, a day had passed.
The two chatted for an entire day, as if they were old friends who hadn’t seen each other in years.
And now, seeing that Su Xing showed no signs of leaving, Red Moon voiced the question in his mind:
“Lord of the Lesser Demons… do you perhaps have other business?”
Hearing this, Su Xing stood up, figuring he had laid enough groundwork, and said casually:
“That’s right! I see your current domain is quite nice… why not give it to me?”
“I happen to need a fertile stretch of space to nurture my clansmen!”
After hearing Su Xing’s words, the surrounding air seemed to freeze for a second.
Red Moon before him seemed to radiate a flash of killing intent.
But quickly, Red Moon caught himself and asked in a deep voice:
“Are you referring to Earth near the Abyss… and the other small worlds?”
Su Xing nodded and said:
“What else? You think I’d want this godforsaken Abyss of yours?”
“My clansmen need fertile land to cultivate sufficient blood food!”
“I think Earth and the several small worlds nearby look quite good… just bundle them all together and hand them over to me!”
Hearing Su Xing’s words, Red Moon finally relaxed.
His first reaction had been that Su Xing had his eyes on the Endless Abyss he had painstakingly built up—that he wanted his “former subordinates.”
Once he realized Su Xing was referring to Earth and other small worlds, Red Moon calmed down and began considering the feasibility of this trade.
Had this been the Red Moon of long ago, he might not have agreed to such a deal.
After all, Earth had once been part of the Luotian Realm and might contain certain secrets.
But in recent years, despite Red Moon expending countless efforts exploring, he still hadn’t obtained most of the Luo Tian legacy.
Even the fragments of legacy he had found were incomplete and useless to him.
Therefore, Red Moon had already planned to sacrifice all living beings on Earth in one year’s time while also extracting Earth’s “world origin.”
World origin was a product born from the destruction of a world, greatly beneficial to foreign races.
The more powerful the world, the more world origin it could provide!
The world origin provided by a Greater World was countless times more than that of a small world…
And although Earth was classified as a small world, due to its special nature, the world origin it possessed was no less than that of some lesser chiliocosms.
Thus, it still held some value for Red Moon.
But now, Su Xing was proposing a trade!
As a chief god on the verge of resurrection, he desperately needed allies and naturally didn’t want to offend this “Lord of the Lesser Demons”!
And if he refused the trade, it might create a rift between them.
“If the conditions are sufficient… it’s not out of the question!”
Red Moon thought to himself, then said:
“Though Earth is merely a small world, it has considerable hidden depth and may still hold secrets… Giving it away for nothing is out of the question!”
“What conditions can you offer in exchange?”
“If the terms are right, trading you this world is acceptable!”
Su Xing was already overjoyed inside, but on the surface he furrowed his brows slightly, putting on an impatient expression, and said:
“If you agree, I will provide you with ten million low-grade lesser demons within the next hundred years!”
Hearing Su Xing’s offer, Red Moon’s interest was piqued.
Ten million low-grade lesser demons would be enough cannon fodder to sustain an invasion of a lesser chiliocosm for several hundred years!
But clearly, Red Moon was not satisfied with this, and said:
“Not enough! At least one hundred million low-grade lesser demons!”
Red Moon opened with an outrageous demand—one hundred million low-grade lesser demons would be enough cannon fodder to invade several Medium Chiliocosms!
Su Xing naturally didn’t agree, and countered:
“Twenty million at most!”
“No, at least eighty million…”
…
In the end, after a round of haggling, the two settled on a price of fifty million low-grade lesser demons to be provided over one hundred years.
Red Moon sold the entirety of Earth, along with several surrounding small worlds, to Su Xing as a package deal.
From Red Moon’s perspective, he had made out like a bandit!
These fifty million low-grade lesser demon cannon fodder were enough for him to attempt invading several Medium Chiliocosms!
And Medium Chiliocosms, whether in terms of the living blood food they provided or their world origin, were worth far more than Earth!
And so, at this moment, Red Moon was secretly gloating!
“Hmph hmph, foolish lesser demon… probably doesn’t even know what fifty million low-grade lesser demons can accomplish on a battlefield!”
“But the more generous you are, the greater the profit I can reap!”
Red Moon thought to himself.
As for Su Xing’s perspective…
Su Xing had absolutely no intention of providing Red Moon with lesser demon cannon fodder!
This was a complete swindle—getting something for nothing!
After all, a hundred years from now, Su Xing would probably have long since slipped away, or Red Moon might even have been killed by Su Xing himself!
When that time came, who would he deliver the lesser demon cannon fodder to?
Therefore, since this deal had absolutely zero cost, Su Xing was naturally going to take it!
Both parties harbored ulterior motives, yet hit it off perfectly.
Red Moon then said:
“Lord of the Lesser Demons, within one year, I will fully resurrect!”
“At that time, I will lead the entire Abyss into the void… and Earth will be destroyed by me!”
“Before that happens, you must come to claim Earth. Can you manage that?”
Hearing this, Su Xing let out a cold laugh, knowing Red Moon was testing him!
So Su Xing waved his hand, and an entire mountain at the deepest layer of the Abyss was uprooted on the spot, banished by Su Xing into an alternate dimension he had opened up.
His sixth realm spatial laws were displayed in full.
“Heh heh… as it happens, the Power of Laws I’ve mastered is precisely spatial laws!”
“Within one year, I’ll make a minor breakthrough… and when the time comes, I’ll take over all of Earth myself!”
Seeing Su Xing’s display, a flash of astonishment crossed Red Moon’s face.
Spatial laws were among the top-tier laws.
They were absolutely no weaker than the Law of Slaughter he himself commanded.
“So his divinity is built on a foundation of spatial laws? His potential must be very high!”
Red Moon sized up his “ally” once more!
Spatial laws absolutely carried the potential to break through to the chief god level!
With this, Su Xing’s strategic significance in Red Moon’s eyes grew even greater.
Not only did he command the lesser demon race, but he also possessed a top-tier law.
Even after Red Moon recovered his full strength in the future, Su Xing would remain a solid ally to him!
“Hahahaha! As expected of the Lord of the Lesser Demons, favored by the Mother Goddess!”
“Very well then… within one year, just wait for my word!”
Hearing this, Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.
…
After bidding farewell to Red Moon, Su Xing deployed spatial laws and raced toward the Void Realm at an astonishing speed.
Only after traveling for a full week, carefully extending his senses and confirming there was no danger, did Su Xing revert to his true form before traveling for another week.
“Phew… this should be far enough!”
Su Xing came to a stop in a stretch of void and opened the simulation panel.
612,390,000 origin energy!