Chapter 486 – Multiple Simulations, Spatial Laws Reach Major Mastery!
by spirapiraChapter 486 – Multiple Simulations, Spatial Laws Reach Major Mastery!
In the Real World, Su Xing felt a surge of joy upon seeing this.
“After several attempts, I’ve finally broken through to mid-stage Supreme Unity!”
“After this simulation, my magical power will certainly advance even further!”
Su Xing nodded with considerable satisfaction, then added:
“There’s also the Luotian Realm, where Shennong Youtian and the other disciples should be helping me cultivate Spirit-Gathering Flowers. I wonder how many plants this simulation will yield?”
Su Xing was filled with anticipation as his gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【Year 780: You transplanted the Spirit-Gathering Flowers grown over three hundred years within the Luotian Mirror into the spirit field grotto-heaven.】
【Under the tenfold time-flow differential, the Spirit-Gathering Flowers matured at a greatly accelerated rate.】
【In merely three hundred years, you gained an additional one million Spirit-Gathering Flowers, bringing your total count to three million plants.】
【Yet you remained unsatisfied. Ever since your Spirit Domain assimilated a world, the spirit field grotto-heaven had expanded dozens of times over.】
【Your goal was to transplant one hundred million Spirit-Gathering Flowers inside, so as to produce an inexhaustible supply of immortal liquid!】
【And so, another twenty years passed…】
【Year 800: While attending a gathering, you received some news — Zhenqian True Master had perished, body and Dao extinguished!】
【He had been discovered by foreign races and ultimately died under their encirclement.】
【You fell silent for a long time upon hearing this. Over these centuries, Zhenqian True Master was not the first Supreme Unity True Master to die.】
【A Supreme Unity True Sovereign had even died before him… but this also showed that the human race’s living space in the Eighth Heaven was growing ever more constricted.】
【Especially with the emergence of human traitors, these powerhouses found it increasingly difficult to contend against the foreign races.】
【By now, the cultivators of the Eighth Heaven were all living in constant fear, not daring to travel alongside other cultivators, terrified that one among them might be a hidden human traitor.】
【And you naturally chose to act alone.】
【After the meeting concluded, you departed alone and, as was your habit, divined your fate using Blessed by Fortune.】
【To your shock, you discovered that a mark had been placed upon you…】
【Without question, this mark had been left by one of the cultivators you had just met… but you couldn’t determine exactly who.】
【And the one who left the mark could very well be a new human traitor!】
【You had no time to dwell on it and could only erase the mark, while resolving to be far more cautious when attending such meetings in the future!】
【You established a new, concealed cave dwelling and entered the Luotian Realm to cultivate.】
【And so, another five hundred years passed!】
【Year 1,300: You emerged from seclusion early, as your accumulated blood essence was nearly depleted. You had no choice but to participate in the next trade meeting.】
【But over the past century, casualties in the Eighth Heaven had grown increasingly severe, and among the surviving cultivators, the likelihood of encountering a traitor was higher than ever.】
【However, you had some confidence in your life-preserving methods, so you went ahead and attended.】
【At this trade meeting, you encountered two “old acquaintances” you hadn’t expected to see!】
【Tang Yiyi, and Fairy Ziling!】
【Of course, in this simulation, Tang Yiyi did not know you.】
【Fairy Ziling, on the other hand, showed a look of delight upon seeing you.】
【As it turned out, several decades ago, the Seventh Heaven had suffered a massive purge by the foreign races. Every Peak Golden Immortal prodigy in the entire Seventh Heaven had perished in battle.】
【Tang Yiyi survived only because she possessed a life-saving treasure bestowed by the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master, narrowly escaping death and being guided to the Eighth Heaven.】
【Having brushed with death, Tang Yiyi also broke through her limits and successfully advanced to become a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal.】
【As for Fairy Ziling, she had already broken through to Supreme Unity Golden Immortal a thousand years ago and had been protecting the Azure Cloud Sect ever since.】
【Until several years prior, the Azure Origin Domain could no longer be defended and was on the verge of annihilation.】
【At that critical juncture, Sea Emperor Daluo and the second-generation disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect resolved to fight to the death.】
【But the Azure Cloud Sect could not be left without someone to carry on its legacy…】
【Therefore, before the decisive battle, they decided to send Fairy Ziling — the one with the greatest aptitude — to the upper three Heavens, where she would have a slim chance of survival.】
【Fairy Ziling was naturally unwilling, but faced with the pleas of her fellow disciples and Sea Emperor Daluo’s unwavering resolve, she steeled herself and came to this place.】
【Reuniting with old friends, you were naturally overjoyed.】
【Moreover, these two old friends were absolutely trustworthy, which brought you some measure of comfort.】
【But you also knew that neither Fairy Ziling nor Tang Yiyi had yet reached the level of a Supreme Unity True Master, making them the weakest human cultivators in the Eighth Heaven.】
【At this trade meeting, you acquired a large quantity of blood essence and decided not to trade again for the foreseeable future.】
【After leaving the trade meeting, you also warned Fairy Ziling and Tang Yiyi about the existence of human traitors in the Eighth Heaven, urging them to exercise extreme caution.】
【Afterward, you continued to hide yourself away, cultivating in solitude.】
【And so, another three hundred years passed.】
【Year 1,600: The blood essence in your possession was nearly depleted, and your progress in the Great Shaman Body Forging Art had slowed to a crawl.】
【Fortunately, you still had some rare treasures, and you could occasionally hunt foreign race members, allowing you to sustain your cultivation.】
【This year, the Celestial Primordial Tree within your body reached three hundred and fifty zhang (1.17 km)!】
【By Year 1,800, you lacked vital blood treasures and could no longer improve the Great Shaman Body Forging Art. You had no choice but to trade for more blood essence.】
【And at this gathering, you were ambushed!】
【Ambushed alongside you were Fairy Ziling, Tang Yiyi, and four other Supreme Unity True Masters — six in total!】
【A foreign race chief god personally struck, slaughtering every last one of you.】
【Up until the moment of your death, the traitor never revealed themselves. You could only determine that it was one of the other four Supreme Unity Golden Immortals at the trade meeting.】
【You died!】
【Ding! This simulation has ended!】
After the simulation ended, Su Xing’s brow was tightly furrowed.
“With the great calamity approaching, there are so many traitors among the human race!”
Su Xing felt somewhat helpless. Human traitors were something that could never be avoided in any era.
After all, the foreign races were stronger than the human race — that was a fact.
Those powerhouses who had cultivated for countless ages naturally did not want to die and have their Dao extinguished; they too wished to glimpse the path of eternal life.
Betraying the human race was well within expectation.
“This human traitor was hidden extremely deep — they didn’t reveal the slightest flaw even as we were about to die.”
“It seems that Year 1,800 of the simulation is roughly the current limit…”
Su Xing shook his head slightly. If he could avoid this particular crisis, he might be able to cultivate for a few hundred more years.
But there was no real need. First, without sufficient blood essence, Su Xing’s strength would improve slowly.
Second, Su Xing also needed to strengthen his lesser demon disguise further.
“So from here on, at the Year 1,800 mark, I can switch to the lesser demon form and simulate for roughly another thousand years…”
Su Xing thought this to himself, then couldn’t wait to look at the rewards from this simulation.
This time around, Su Xing’s strength had improved quite substantially.
【Innate Sword Body】: Red talent, priced at 100 origin energy points.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results】: Seventh Layer, Minor Mastery. Physical body alone rivals a mid-stage Supreme Unity cultivator; can fight a late-stage Supreme Unity to a standstill. Celestial Primordial Tree within the body stands at 360 zhang (1.2 km); vital energy blazes like a great sun. Priced at 18 million origin energy points.
【Fourth Layer early-stage Supreme Unity Golden Immortal cultivation】: Priced at 100 million origin energy points.
【13 million Spirit-Gathering Flowers】: Priced at 1.3 million origin energy points.
【World Power · Spirit Domain (Small World)】: World’s mighty power, returned unto oneself; briefly enhances Great Dao comprehension of techniques… current Spirit Domain range: 430,000 li (215,000 km). Priced at 10 million origin energy points.
Looking at the four rewards before him, Su Xing was deeply satisfied.
Both his body tempering and qi refinement cultivation had improved, and his Spirit Domain had steadily grown stronger as well.
The only regret was that in this simulation, his lesser demon disguise had not gained any power.
But now that he knew when the crisis would erupt, Su Xing could prepare accordingly in the next simulation!
“Tsk tsk, a single simulation, and the Celestial Primordial Tree grew by sixty zhang (199.8 m)… And once the Celestial Primordial Tree reaches one thousand zhang (3.33 km), the Great Shaman Body Forging Art will have stepped into Seventh Layer Major Mastery!”
Su Xing’s eyes gleamed. At the Supreme Unity Golden Immortal stage, the advantages of dual-cultivating both body tempering and qi refinement were becoming increasingly apparent.
Especially since the Great Shaman Body Forging Art — the Wu Clan’s body tempering technique — was arguably the greatest in all the world.
At merely Seventh Layer Minor Mastery, it could already rival a late-stage Supreme Unity cultivator.
“Once I cultivate the Great Shaman Body Forging Art’s Seventh Layer to Major Mastery… my physical body alone would likely be no weaker than a Supreme Unity True Master!”
“At Seventh Layer Perfection… using nothing but physical strength to kill a Supreme Unity True Sovereign would be no problem!”
“More importantly, the Great Shaman Body Forging Art is progressing rapidly. After another dozen or so simulations, I should be able to reach the Grand Accomplishment realm!”
“At that point, my overall strength will ascend yet another level!”
Thinking of this, Su Xing was eager to get started.
“And there are thirteen million Spirit-Gathering Flowers… Once I successfully bring them out, my total count will reach around fifteen million!”
“And the cost is merely a little over one million origin energy points…”
Su Xing nodded slightly. This amount of origin energy was nothing to him.
Su Xing’s next goal was to have over one hundred million Spirit-Gathering Flowers within the spirit field grotto-heaven!
“I choose to bring them all out…” Su Xing didn’t hesitate, extracting all five rewards.
【Ding! Detected that you possess a talent of the same type — Innate Sword Physique… Superior talent Innate Sword Body automatically replacing…】
【Congratulations on bringing out the red talent Innate Sword Body… Remaining origin energy: 1,087,597,876 points…】
【Congratulations, you have brought out mid-stage Supreme Unity Golden Immortal cultivation… remaining origin energy: 987,597,876 points…】
【Congratulations, you have brought out Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results… remaining origin energy: 969,597,876 points…】
【Congratulations, you have brought out World Power · Spirit Domain cultivation results… remaining origin energy: 958,597,876 points…】
【Congratulations, you have brought out 13 million Spirit-Gathering Flowers… remaining origin energy: 957,097,876 points…】
One after another, the Chimes rang out, causing Su Xing’s aura to grow ever more profound and unfathomable.
A mysterious red light descended into Su Xing’s body — the Innate Sword Body, replacing his original Innate Sword Physique.
Su Xing clearly felt his comprehension of Sword Dao multiply several times over, and even the Blackice sword within his body seemed to grow more intimate with him.
From Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Third Layer Peak to Fourth Layer early-stage.
Though it was merely a breakthrough of one minor realm, it nearly doubled Su Xing’s magical power!
The advancement of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art made Su Xing’s vital blood grow ever more robust.
Su Xing’s Spirit Domain — the spirit field grotto-heaven — expanded by another ten thousand li (5,000 km) in diameter.
In terms of area alone, it was already over a thousand times the size of Earth from his previous life…
But Su Xing’s Spirit Domain still remained at the small world level.
Only when the Spirit Domain’s diameter exceeded a million li (500,000 km) could it be called a lesser chiliocosm.
At the same time, over ten million Spirit-Gathering Flowers appeared within the Grand Grotto-Heaven that Su Xing had arranged.
As time passed, the spiritual energy surrounding Su Xing’s Grand Grotto-Heaven would grow increasingly dense — it was even on the verge of condensing into liquid!
“Tsk tsk… if I had over a hundred million Spirit-Gathering Flowers, the rain falling from the sky would probably be spirit liquid, wouldn’t it?”
Su Xing was quite tempted by the thought.
He made some calculations based on the Grand Grotto-Heaven’s current configuration.
After aggregation through the formations, the daily output of supreme-grade spirit liquid reached a full 150,000 drops!
And immortal liquid — there were even 7,500 drops!
Several times more than before!
“Tsk tsk… if a hundred million Spirit-Gathering Flowers were truly planted,”
“the daily output of supreme-grade spirit liquid would probably reach a million drops!”
“And the amount of immortal liquid would be no less than 50,000 drops!”
“By then, I’d never lack spirit liquid or immortal liquid before reaching Great Firmament Golden Immortal… and the surplus could even be used for trading!”
Su Xing felt a wave of satisfaction in his heart.
Of course, to reach that scale, he would need not only more Spirit-Gathering Flowers but also corresponding formations and supporting resources to ensure everything worked.
“Tsk tsk… this simulation’s harvest was immense, and I even made contact with the human race of the Eighth Heaven.”
“For the next few simulations, I can follow the same approach to rapidly boost my cultivation!”
“At present, I still have four simulation attempts remaining. Let me try three simulations first to test the waters!”
Su Xing didn’t hesitate and began consecutive simulations.
For the 231st, 232nd, and 233rd simulations that followed, Su Xing proceeded steadily according to the template from this simulation.
This way, Su Xing’s strength could be maximized.
In the first hundred years, Su Xing traded with Qingyunzi, searching for the Luo Tian legacy and various vital blood treasures.
He obtained the Luotian Black Pearl and traveled to the Eighth Heaven.
He used immersive simulation to enhance his comprehension…
Then traded with the powerful human cultivators of the Eighth Heaven.
The difference was that this time, Su Xing was far better prepared.
With the ever-increasing number of Spirit-Gathering Flowers, the total within Su Xing’s spirit field grotto-heaven approached fifty million!
And this enabled Su Xing to trade for even more blood essence.
However, even so, Su Xing still couldn’t prevent the human cultivators of the Eighth Heaven from being besieged.
He could only look after himself, transforming into his lesser demon disguise around the 1,800-year mark.
Continuing the simulation for another thousand years…
…
After three consecutive simulations, Su Xing rubbed the space between his brows, looking somewhat fatigued.
At this moment, his strength had improved by another small margin.
【Cultivation: Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Fourth Layer mid-stage, Great Shaman Body Forging Art Minor Mastery (Celestial Primordial Tree: 540 zhang (1.8 km))】
More importantly, Su Xing’s mastery of spatial laws in his lesser demon form had finally advanced to sixth realm Major Mastery!
“Phew… one simulation left. Looks like it’s time to try taking over Earth!”
Su Xing’s heart pounded. Before directly confronting Red Moon, he had to run a simulation first to ensure his safety.
At the same time, Su Xing also wanted to test something…
How large was the gap between him and Red Moon now?
“In half a year… my strength has multiplied several times over, reaching the level of a Supreme Unity True Master!”
“But Red Moon is getting closer and closer to full resurrection… I still can’t let my guard down!”
Su Xing murmured, then deployed the power of space and traveled for three days.
Afterward, he transformed into the appearance of a lesser demon deity, even masking his spatial laws, and arrived near Earth three days later.
He didn’t rush to meet Red Moon.
Instead, he chose to first rehearse in his mind what needed to be done during the simulation. Then Su Xing silently intoned:
“Begin simulation!”
【Simulation #234 initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 869,266,708 points… remaining simulation attempts: 1.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a talent costs 1 origin energy point. Draw?】
“Yes!”
【Ding! Congratulations, you have drawn the gold talent Exquisite Ice Physique. Next draw probability: gold talent 80%, red talent 20%…】
【Exquisite Ice Physique】: Gold talent. One of the Hundred Great Divine Physiques of the cultivation world. Born with an exquisite heart, possessing extremely high talent and comprehension for the Great Dao of Ice. Most commonly appears among female cultivators; if the cultivator is male, their orientation may be altered.
“Exquisite Ice Physique…”
Su Xing frowned slightly. The physique’s effects were quite good — among gold talents, it could be considered powerful.
But the side effects were significant too. Given Su Xing’s current strength and talents, he didn’t particularly need this one.
“This talent… I should find an opportunity to give it to someone else…”
Su Xing thought to himself, his gaze eagerly turning to the simulation panel.
【Please select Plus One…】
“I choose to augment Late Bloomer…”
【In the void, you realized you were in a simulation!】
【You traveled to Earth. After scouting the area around Earth, you went to find Red Moon.】
【Half a year since your last meeting, you sensed that Red Moon’s aura had grown ever more profound and unfathomable.】
【Clearly, this former Chief God of Slaughter was drawing ever closer to full resurrection…】
【But fortunately, your transaction with Red Moon proceeded without incident.】
【Red Moon used the power of space to peel the Abyss away from Earth, setting it adrift in the void and drifting toward the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【You then deployed spatial laws to store Earth inside an alternate dimension you had carved out.】
【With your sixth realm Major Mastery of spatial laws, accomplishing this was effortless.】
【After the transaction concluded, Red Moon approached you and asked you some questions.】
【You were slightly surprised, but maintained your composure and revealed no flaws.】
【You successfully rescued the people of Earth, temporarily freeing them from the crisis of the foreign races.】
【However, you knew that the human race’s crisis was far from over!】
【Red Moon was likely only months away from full resurrection.】
【And once resurrected, Red Moon would set its sights on the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, and even the entire Azure Origin Domain… until the human race was annihilated!】
【You bid farewell to Red Moon, but in your heart, you were calculating the possibility of defeating Red Moon right then and there.】
【In the end, you decided to go all in.】
【You reverted to your true form and headed toward the Endless Abyss…】
【You arrived at the Endless Abyss!】
In the Real World, Su Xing took a deep breath at this sight, calming his emotions.
“In a few months, Red Moon will fully resurrect, and its strength will surely increase further… it may even possess power rivaling a Supreme Unity Celestial Venerable!”
“By then, below Great Firmament, probably no one will be able to kill that old fox!”
“So, even though the odds are slim, I still have to try!”
Su Xing silently intoned:
“Use immersive simulation… duration: one year!”
【Ding… remaining origin energy: 869,266,343 points…】
This time, Su Xing wanted to test the gap between himself and Red Moon!
As the Chime faded, Su Xing’s consciousness entered the simulated world…