Chapter 494 – Collecting the Luo Tian Legacy, World Power Advances!
by spirapiraChapter 494 – Collecting the Luo Tian Legacy, World Power Advances!
In the Real World, Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this, not at all surprised by the breakthrough.
He had been stuck at Peak Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Seventh Stage for several simulations already.
Combined with this simulation’s Late Bloomer upgrade, a breakthrough was only natural after such prolonged accumulation.
“Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Eighth Stage… I’m getting closer and closer to the Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm!”
Su Xing felt a surge of excitement.
“But beyond cultivation… my Spirit Domain also seems about due for a breakthrough!”
Su Xing’s current Spirit Domain was nine hundred and ninety thousand li (495,000 km), and it had been settling for quite some time.
As long as he could break through to one million li (500,000 km), it would reach the size of a lesser chiliocosm.
At that point, the world power Su Xing could draw upon would increase dramatically!
“And the Great Shaman Body Forging Art… I wonder how much a single round of cultivation can improve it?”
Su Xing felt a hint of anticipation as his gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【Year 900: You successfully broke through to Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Eighth Stage.】
【With sufficient blood essence and vital blood treasures still in your possession, your cultivation of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art continued at a rapid pace.】
【Year 1,000: The Celestial Primordial Tree within your body grew to 7,130 zhang (23.74 km).】
【Year 1,160: With Luotian Ancestor’s assistance, your Spirit Domain range finally advanced another step.】
【Your Spirit Domain successfully broke through to the million-li (500,000 km) level, allowing you to draw upon even more world power!】
【Over the following centuries, your cultivation continued to progress steadily.】
【Until Year 1,800, when the human race’s position in the Eighth Heaven became untenable.】
【Most of the powerful cultivators had been killed… and you were unable to locate the strongest Celestial Secrets Avatars.】
【You assumed your lesser demon disguise form…】
【You returned to the lower realm to accumulate power of faith.】
【The first-generation Red Moon harbored immense hostility toward you and even wanted to strike you down.】
【But as the Lord of the Lesser Demons, your existence was “beneficial” to the foreign race’s war effort, so it had no choice but to relent.】
【Meanwhile, the struggle between the two generations of Red Moon had reached a fever pitch over the past millennium.】
【The first-generation Red Moon had mastered the Death law and still held the potential to advance to Sovereign.】
【The second-generation Red Moon had also departed the Eighth Heaven and begun seeking opportunities to ambush and kill the first-generation Red Moon.】
【…】
【By Year 2,800, you had exhausted your power of faith, and your divine power finally reached the mid-stage of first-tier deity.】
【That same year, the white light supernatural art descending from the heavens killed you.】
【And this time, with your increased strength, you finally managed to discern some details!】
【It was an enormous golden abacus that enveloped the entire Heavenly Secrets Domain.】
【With each bead that fell, a member of the foreign race died.】
【And the white light formed by that abacus effortlessly took your life…】
【You died!】
【Ding! This simulation has ended!】
In the Real World, Su Xing raised an eyebrow at this.
This simulation had yielded some critical intelligence.
“The battle between the two generations of Red Moon… in the future, it has escalated to a life-or-death struggle, even brought completely out into the open!”
“But would the foreign race allow such a situation?”
After pondering for a moment, Su Xing quickly figured it out.
“The foreign race normally wouldn’t engage in internal conflict… but the matter of advancing to Sovereign is simply too significant!”
“At Peak chief god, they’re already at the very top of the foreign race’s hierarchy, no longer bound by many restrictions!”
“Even that Sovereign… might not necessarily intervene in this matter!”
“Of course… the most important reason is that a single Sovereign is far more valuable than two chief gods!”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes.
Clearly, the foreign race’s Sovereign—the one suspected of having mastered void laws—was treating the two generations of Red Moon like gu insects in a jar!
Whoever won would have the chance to advance to Sovereign!
“Beyond that… the white light that killed the lesser demon deity at the end can essentially be confirmed as the work of the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master himself!”
“But that abacus… does it belong to Celestial Secrets Girl, or the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master?”
Su Xing fell into contemplation.
“Hah… regardless, this simulation’s harvest was enormous!”
“Let me check this simulation’s rewards first!”
【Philosopher’s Stone】: Red talent, priced at 100 origin energy.
【Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Eighth Stage Cultivation】: Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Eighth Stage, lifespan of a hundred cosmic cycles, ranked among the world’s top powerhouses, priced at 100 million origin energy.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Art Cultivation Results】: Seventh layer Major Mastery, Celestial Primordial Tree within the body at 7,300 zhang (24.31 km), vitality rivaling a lesser world, physical body no longer possessing any fatal weaknesses. As long as bodily organs retain vitality, blood qi can be expended to recover. Priced at 10 million origin energy.
【World Power · Spirit Domain (Lesser Chiliocosm)】: The path of Spirit Domain has entered the Immortal Domain realm. The world’s great power returns to oneself. By borrowing the world power within the Spirit Domain, one can briefly elevate Great Dao comprehension. Current Spirit Domain range: 1 million li (500,000 km), having reached the lesser chiliocosm standard. Can raise seventh realm Great Dao comprehension by one minor realm, and sixth realm Great Dao comprehension by two minor realms. Priced at 110 million origin energy.
Looking at the four rewards before him, Su Xing didn’t hesitate and chose to extract all of them.
The simulator’s Chime sounded in his ears.
【Ding! You have successfully extracted the Philosopher’s Stone talent. Remaining origin energy: 2,421,520,000 points…】
【Ding! You have successfully extracted Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Eighth Stage… Remaining origin energy: 2,321,520,000…】
【Ding… Remaining origin energy: 2,200,520,000 points…】
As the successive chimes rang out, Su Xing’s strength surged once more!
The ocean-like magical power within his body grew another thirty percent thicker, as if it were inexhaustible.
And Su Xing’s physical strength had also increased by thirty percent.
Ever since the Great Shaman Body Forging Art had entered the seventh layer Major Mastery, his vitality and life force had completely transcended the boundaries of the human race.
He had truly reached the level of an Ancestral Shaman!
Just how exaggerated was Su Xing’s life force now?
For example, even if Su Xing were chopped into over a hundred pieces of flesh by a Great Firmament Golden Immortal—to the point where his organs were unrecognizable—
As long as his organs still had vitality, such as a remaining hand or half a heart,
Su Xing could channel his life force and blood qi to rapidly regenerate his physical body!
Of course, even with such terrifying regenerative power, Su Xing was still far from invincible.
There were still many ways to kill Su Xing.
For instance, delivering over a thousand attacks each powerful enough to kill him, completely reducing him to a pulp of ground meat—then Su Xing could not revive.
Of course, if the Great Shaman Body Forging Art reached seventh realm Perfection, he could revive from even a single drop of blood essence!
Another example would be using overwhelmingly powerful divine sense to annihilate Su Xing’s primordial spirit.
Once the primordial spirit was destroyed, Su Xing naturally could not revive.
Or laws such as the Death law or Destruction law—laws that inflicted instant death—could also kill Su Xing.
“However, even so… below the Great Firmament, there’s essentially no one who can kill me now!”
Su Xing murmured.
The final reward extracted from this simulation was the Spirit Domain.
Su Xing could feel that the spirit field grotto-heaven he resided in had expanded by another ten thousand li (5,000 km).
Though it was only ten thousand li (5,000 km)—a mere one percent improvement—it represented a qualitative leap!
Su Xing could sense that his Spirit Domain had finally reached the lesser chiliocosm level!
The Great Dao laws within this world were now more complete!
Slowly opening his eyes, Su Xing adjusted to the Spirit Domain’s growth and said with some curiosity:
“The Spirit Domain has crossed a major threshold… let me test its effects first!”
Naturally, the first thing Su Xing tried was the world power’s enhancement of spatial laws.
His sixth realm Peak spatial laws easily broke through to seventh realm entry level.
However, they still couldn’t break through to seventh realm Minor Mastery…
“Hm? My Great Dao foundation still isn’t sufficient?”
Su Xing raised an eyebrow. Under the world power’s enhancement, his Great Dao of Space comprehension was superior to before, yet it still hadn’t reached the seventh realm Minor Mastery level.
“But… the duration I can maintain it has extended by a full thirty times!”
Su Xing felt the gradual consumption of world power.
Now he could maintain the seventh realm Great Dao of Space for a full three days—vastly superior to the previous hour or so!
“What about enhancing other Great Daos?”
Su Xing tested the Sword Dao and the Great Dao of Thunder in succession.
Both of these Great Daos were at sixth realm Minor Mastery.
Under the world power’s enhancement, they could be directly elevated to sixth realm Peak.
And they could be maintained for an entire month!
“Tsk tsk… the Great Dao of the Sword at sixth realm Peak really is formidable!”
“If my own Great Dao of the Sword advances to sixth realm Major Mastery… could I briefly reach the seventh realm level with the help of world power?”
At this thought, Su Xing’s eyes lit up.
If that were truly the case, Su Xing’s combat power would genuinely reach the level of a Supreme Unity Celestial Venerable!
He might even rank in the top ten of the Prodigy List… no, the top five!
“The Spirit Domain… truly is a formidable power! At its core, it’s really about channeling world power!”
“No wonder Luotian Ancestor was once hailed as the strongest in combat among all Great Firmament cultivators!”
Su Xing marveled once more.
After his strength had increased, Su Xing’s sense of security surged, and his mood improved considerably.
But even amid his joy, Su Xing remained vigilant:
“It’s also time to consider the plan going forward…”
After three years undercover at the foreign race’s headquarters, Su Xing was temporarily no longer short on origin energy.
His strength had also undergone earth-shaking changes!
Across the entire Three Thousand Worlds, it was no exaggeration to say that as long as he didn’t encounter enemies on the level of a foreign race chief god or Blood Immortal, Su Xing had the power to protect himself.
Even facing Blood Two, that kind of evil cultivator who had just entered the Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm—
Su Xing was not without hope of preserving his life.
By borrowing world power to temporarily elevate his Great Dao of Space to the seventh realm—that was Su Xing’s trump card!
Su Xing had tested it before. When the Great Dao of Space stepped into the seventh realm, there would be a qualitative transformation!
From the Azure Cloud Realm to the South Sea Realm would take only one week!
This meant that in the seventh realm state of the Great Dao, Su Xing needed only one week to cross half the Azure Origin Domain!
Such escape speed, combined with Su Xing’s talents and vitality, meant that even at the hands of a Great Firmament Golden Immortal, preserving his life was not impossible.
So… Su Xing’s current goal was singular!
Advance to Great Firmament Golden Immortal!
In Qi Refinement, Body Tempering, and even Great Dao comprehension—reaching the Great Firmament Golden Immortal level in every aspect!
And this required, more than anything, the accumulation of time.
In as few as half a year, or as many as one year, Su Xing’s cultivation would once again hit a bottleneck.
“The path of cultivation grows harder with each step… Three Flowers gathered Above the Crown, Five Qi converging upon the origin… the Three Calamities of wind, fire, and thunder, the five signs of celestial decay!”
“Each tribulation permanently bars some cultivators from ever advancing beyond that realm.”
“And the advancement from Supreme Unity Golden Immortal to Great Firmament… what must be endured is called: the Nine Tribulations!”
“These are calamities even more terrifying than the Three Calamities and the five signs of celestial decay!”
The so-called Nine Tribulations:
First: Qi flooding the dantian, magical power becoming translucent. Second: repaying karma, settling good and evil. Third: heart free of attachments, forgetting the mortal mind.
Fourth: indifference to fame and fortune, controlling greed. Fifth: banishing lust and wickedness, heart like a clear pool. Sixth: seeing through illusion, upholding the true self.
Seventh: transcending heaven and earth, roaming freely through the world. Eighth: conviction unwavering, guarding one’s sense of self. Ninth: never forgetting one’s original aspiration, for only then can one see things through to the end.
Only by passing all Nine Tribulations could one achieve the Great Firmament Dao Fruit!
Those Supreme Unity Celestial Venerables who had been trapped in the Supreme Unity realm for tens of millions of years had often failed to pass one particular tribulation, leaving them stuck.
But if one could comprehend even a single tribulation, they would soar to the heavens and break through into Great Firmament!
“The Nine Tribulations of Great Firmament are a test of the Daoheart, as well as a measure of one’s foundation and cultivation!”
“With guidance from numerous predecessors, and if fortune favors me, the breakthrough shouldn’t be too difficult!”
After a pause, Su Xing continued:
“So for now, the best strategy is to reach Supreme Unity Perfection within half a year to one year!”
“As for Great Dao comprehension, I can make up for it while contemplating the Nine Tribulations!”
Thinking of this, Su Xing looked toward a certain direction.
“Earth has no lingering threats, and there’s no going back to the Void Realm…”
“So from here on, I’ll travel across the Azure Origin Domain!”
“There are still many Luo Tian legacies I haven’t collected… Once the Celestial Sun Soul-Forging Pills are refined, I’ll go see that Qingyunzi!”
So Su Xing thought.
At present, Su Xing still had four simulation chances remaining.
Without hesitation, Su Xing continued simulating to boost his strength.
Moments later, the 302nd through 305th simulations—four consecutive simulations—were completed.
And this further elevated Su Xing’s strength.
His cultivation reached mid-stage Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Eighth Stage, the Great Shaman Body Forging Art advanced further, and the Celestial Primordial Tree within his body reached 8,300 zhang (27.64 km)!
His Spirit Domain range reached 1,100,000 li (550,000 km).
The Great Dao of the Sword drew even closer to sixth realm Major Mastery.
After the four simulations, Su Xing rose and stepped into the void.
“Let me check on the Star Realm first… Three years have passed, and the Star Stones should be mostly collected by now.”
With that, Su Xing took a single step, crossing hundreds of millions of li.
Every few minutes, Su Xing would arrive at a void node, then leap across countless distances once more.
In less than a single day, Su Xing arrived at the Star Realm.
Over the course of three years, the Star Assembly had indeed concluded successfully.
And from Xingnu’s hands, Su Xing received that enormous sum of Star Stones.
Converted to origin energy, it amounted to over one hundred million—a considerable income indeed.
Su Xing didn’t linger long in the Star Realm. He stayed just one day, and before departing, left behind the complete Great Shaman Body Forging Art.
After all, the tribes of the Star Realm were descendants of the Twelve Ancestral Shamans, and they were worthy of this legacy.
After leaving the Star Realm, Su Xing embarked on a long journey.
Su Xing had planned a route starting from the Star Realm, with the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm as his destination.
Along the way, he would pass through over ten thousand void nodes and hundreds of lesser chiliocosms.
Among them were a total of ninety-six Luo Tian legacies, large and small.
Altogether, this covered one-third of the Azure Origin Domain.
Su Xing planned to spend half a year visiting all ninety-six legacy sites.
Not only would this yield a large sum of origin energy, it would also provide Su Xing with abundant resources.
It was only because his spatial Dao had reached sixth realm Peak that Su Xing had the confidence to cover it all within half a year.
Three years ago, it would have taken him at least ten years.
And during this half year, Su Xing’s cultivation would also gradually approach the limit of his current realm!
With a plan firmly in mind, Su Xing set foot upon this journey.
…
The sun and moon turned, the seasons changed.
In the blink of an eye, half a year had passed.
August of the year 2030 in the New Era. Thousand Isles Realm.
Su Xing silently entered this Medium Chiliocosm, the final destination of his journey.
“Whew… Half a year has gone by so fast!”
Su Xing smacked his lips, still feeling like he hadn’t had enough.
“Once the day comes when there’s no longer any danger of foreign race invasion… touring all Five Great Domains might be a fine choice!”
Over the past half year, Su Xing had traversed over one hundred and sixty different worlds.
Nearly every day, he would arrive at a new world.
Along the way, he encountered many interesting sights he had never noticed before.
For example, in a lesser chiliocosm called “Little Punk Realm,” the cultivators within excelled at beast taming and were obsessed with raising chickens.
Their most powerful spirit chicken even possessed immortal-level combat power…
And in another lesser chiliocosm called “Bengal Realm,” humans and beasts coexisted harmoniously.
The cultivators there even considered it an honor to mate with giant lizards…
Truly, the world was vast and full of wonders!
Over the half year, Su Xing had explored all ninety-six Luo Tian legacies, and his wealth had grown considerably compared to before.
Even a Great Firmament Golden Immortal might not match Su Xing’s current fortune.
Lazily stretching his body, Su Xing sent out his divine sense, instantly blanketing half of the Thousand Isles Realm.
His target appeared within his divine sense range.
“Tsk tsk… Since I’m passing through, might as well take care of this while I’m at it!”
Su Xing took a single step and appeared on a large island within the Thousand Isles Realm.
The Thousand Isles Realm was extremely peculiar—there was no seawater in this world. Ninety percent of its area consisted of freshwater lakes.
Thousands of islands of varying sizes were scattered like stars across the vast freshwater lake, and the entire world was named after them.
At this moment, in the marketplace on this large island, the owner of a certain tavern was greeting his customers as usual.
“Come in, sir! We’ve got fresh wine today…”
The owner was hunched over, his manner humble—like a small-time nobody whose back had been bent by the weight of life.
Upon spotting his target, Su Xing’s lips curled upward as he walked over to the owner.
The owner looked up, a hint of confusion in his eyes, and asked with practiced ease:
“I don’t think I’ve seen you before, sir. Are you here for a meal or a room…”
Su Xing studied the owner with great interest and said:
“Tsk tsk, not bad disguise work…”
With that, the spirit sword Blackice appeared in Su Xing’s hand, and he slashed out with a single strike.
The owner, who had been hunched over a moment ago, saw this sword coming and his expression changed drastically.
In an instant, his back straightened, and a crimson glow appeared around his body.
With an eerie posture and angle, he dodged Su Xing’s strike.
A thread of terror in his eyes, the old man demanded:
“Sir, there are no grudges between us… Why strike to kill?”
The old man gritted his teeth, refusing to acknowledge the fact that his cover was blown.
But Su Xing sneered coldly:
“A high-ranking cadre of the Advent Cult—Blood Four! A man the whole world deserves to kill!”
Seeing that Su Xing had seen through his identity, Blood Four dropped his disguise.
Reverting to his true appearance, he revealed a cruel smile:
“Hehehe~ How did you find me?”
“You dare make a move in the Thousand Isles Realm… Aren’t you afraid our battle will destroy this world?”
Hearing this, Su Xing’s expression turned strange, and he answered honestly:
“Killing you won’t require that much trouble…”