Chapter 496 – The Sovereign’s Avatar Descends, the Lesser Demon Disguise Seen Through!
by spirapiraChapter 496 – The Sovereign’s Avatar Descends, the Lesser Demon Disguise Seen Through!
As his words fell, Su Xing’s consciousness entered the simulation timeline.
…
When he opened his eyes again, Su Xing once more appeared at the bottommost layer of the Endless Abyss.
The sky filled with red, the blood-colored continent, and that round Red Moon overhead — all seemingly unchanged since time immemorial.
“Here we go again! Red Moon!”
“If I don’t try soon, there won’t be many chances left…”
Su Xing took a deep breath and launched his offensive toward the Red Moon in the sky.
Half a year had passed, over twenty simulations completed, and Su Xing had cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years within the simulated world.
This time, the gap between Su Xing and Red Moon was even smaller!
After three days and three nights of fierce battle, Su Xing could clearly feel that Red Moon’s aura had weakened by several levels compared to before!
And at this moment, Su Xing was still nearly at full strength.
“It’s about time… let me try once more!”
In an instant, Su Xing activated his Spirit Domain to maximum, and sword intent surged throughout his entire body!
At this moment, Su Xing’s Sword Dao briefly ascended to the seventh realm!
Then, drawing upon tens of thousands of years of comprehension within the simulation and having observed the White Emperor’s strike, he slashed!
“Sword One!”
As Su Xing’s words fell, a beam of sword radiance sliced toward the Red Moon in the sky.
This strike gathered all Sword Dao under heaven, representing the sword itself!
Though the supernatural art was only at Minor Mastery, it already possessed the embryonic form of the sword!
That beam of sword radiance fell upon the Red Moon at extreme speed.
Su Xing saw the Red Moon in the sky dim briefly for one second, before an even more dazzling red light appeared, instantly engulfing the entire Abyss.
“Human… I want you dead!”
When that incomparably furious voice reached him, Su Xing already knew — he had failed once again.
Without hesitation, Su Xing activated his Time Stop talent.
He also briefly elevated his Great Dao of Space to the seventh realm.
At this moment, Su Xing played every card he had, crossing billions of miles in an instant.
But three seconds later, a terrifying blood-colored radiance still surged toward Su Xing.
Seventh realm — Law of Slaughter!
Su Xing felt his life force rapidly diminishing.
But he didn’t dare look back, continuing to race toward the Azure Cloud Realm.
At Su Xing’s full speed, it took only an hour to reach the Azure Cloud Realm.
But even so, Red Moon had still stripped away his One More Shot talent.
…
Soon the immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to reality.
Slowly opening his eyes, Su Xing sighed and said helplessly:
“What a pity… failed again!”
Su Xing shook his head slightly. Over the past half year, he had attempted this more than once.
But every single time ended in failure!
Su Xing’s strike did possess the power to instantly kill Red Moon.
But it could only instantly kill a first-tier deity-level Red Moon…
When facing that strike, Red Moon abandoned the Death law and forcibly broke through to the chief god realm using the Law of Slaughter!
After breaking through to chief god, there was naturally no need to continue fighting.
Even though the Law of Slaughter wasn’t a supreme law, it was still one of the top-tier laws, no less powerful than Su Xing’s Sword Dao and spatial laws.
Had Su Xing not activated his Time Stop talent to flee, he would have been killed by Red Moon in short order!
“Sigh… killing Red Moon is basically impossible now!”
“It can break through to chief god at any time… it’s just that its ambitions are too great — it wants to enter the chief god realm with seventh realm Death law!”
“However, my strike has severed Red Moon’s hope of reaching the Sovereign realm… which is why it was so furious.”
Su Xing sighed helplessly. He had truly given his all this time.
Though he hadn’t managed to slay Red Moon, at least the simulation timeline could last a bit longer.
“So next up, I’ll strike against the foreign race forces, then delay the destruction of the Azure Origin Domain…”
“And also, have Qingyunzi take the Celestial Sun Soul-Forging Pill!”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes. After hundreds of refinement attempts over the past half year, he had finally become capable of refining supreme-quality Celestial Sun Soul-Forging Pills.
And with Su Xing’s help, Qingyunzi had taken the Celestial Sun Soul-Forging Pill.
But the results weren’t entirely satisfactory…
Thinking this, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【Year 2: You stayed in the Azure Cloud Realm for one year, refining Celestial Sun Soul-Forging Pills.】
【You successfully produced six pills, all of perfect quality!】
【You gave the Celestial Sun Soul-Forging Pills to Qingyunzi…】
【You knew this method carried significant risk… The Celestial Sun Soul-Forging Pill would either help Qingyunzi sever the evil corpse and restore his true self.】
【Or… it would directly accelerate demonic corruption, causing Qingyunzi to lose himself completely!】
【In previous attempts, both outcomes had occurred, with demonic corruption happening even more frequently!】
【But this time, you possessed the Heaven-Sent Fortune Supreme talent, which might aid Qingyunzi’s breakthrough.】
【A single Celestial Sun Soul-Forging Pill would suffice, but for safety, you gave all six to Qingyunzi.】
【Based on previous experience, Qingyunzi would enter an extended closed-door cultivation — as short as one year, as long as three.】
【The results would be known within three years at most.】
【During those three years, you didn’t waste time either — you launched a sweeping invasion against the foreign races in the lesser chiliocosms near the Azure Cloud Realm.】
【During this period, you encountered Blood Three.】
【You successfully slew Blood Three…】
【Finally, in Year 5, Qingyunzi emerged from seclusion!】
【Within the illusion realm, Qingyunzi finally defeated the evil corpse and preserved the self corpse!】
【But among the Three Corpses, the loss of the good corpse could never be compensated…】
【With one of the Three Corpses permanently missing, Qingyunzi’s strength would forever remain at the half-saint realm, unable to advance further.】
【The good news, however, was that Qingyunzi maintained his sanity and was no longer consumed by the evil corpse.】
【After completing all this, you finally breathed a deep sigh of relief. Though the path to Sainthood was closed, achieving this much could be considered blessed fortune.】
【Most importantly, the Azure Origin Domain desperately needed a stabilizing pillar at this time!】
【Once recovered, Qingyunzi could once again take charge, ensuring the Azure Origin Domain would stand strong for at least a thousand years.】
【That year, you also left the Azure Origin Domain to seek your own opportunities.】
【Year 5: You arrived at the Heavenly Secrets Domain and began traveling through it, seeking a flash of insight that might break through to the seventh realm.】
【And so, nearly three hundred years passed…】
【Year 300: You returned to the White Cloud Realm.】
【During your nearly three hundred years of travel, you seemed to have moments of inspiration, yet they remained elusive.】
【You knew you were only one final opportunity away from breaking through to the seventh realm of the Great Dao of Space!】
【And so, you boarded the Celestial Secrets Pavilion’s Celestial Vessel.】
【Year 320: The Celestial Vessel defense battle was triggered. You single-handedly slew that first-tier deity, shaking the entire Heavenly Secrets Domain with your fame.】
【Your Supreme Unity Celestial Venerable strength was quickly exposed, and you ascended the Prodigy List, ranked third on the Heaven Ranking!】
【Year 330: You arrived at the Celestial Secrets Realm.】
【You entered the Mirror of the Void, hoping to borrow the power of this primordial chaos treasure to deepen your comprehension once more…】
In the Real World, Su Xing nodded slightly as he read this.
“No matter what, Qingyunzi has at least kept his sanity!”
“So the Azure Origin Domain should be able to hold out much longer this time…”
“As long as the Azure Origin Domain isn’t destroyed, the human race can endure a while longer…”
He had lost his chance at Sainthood but preserved his sanity, retaining half-saint strength.
This was already the best result among Su Xing’s dozen-plus attempts over the past half year.
It seemed the Heaven-Sent Fortune Supreme talent had indeed played a role.
“Peak Supreme Unity Golden Immortal, Peak sixth realm Great Dao comprehension… still some distance from the seventh realm.”
“But traveling through the Heavenly Secrets Domain and gaining some fortunate inspiration, I’m on the verge of breaking through to the seventh realm of spatial Dao!”
Su Xing murmured.
Currently, his cultivation had reached the absolute limit of his current realm and could rise no further.
Therefore, there was no need to venture to the Eighth Heaven to devour blood essence.
He planned to make another attempt, to see whether the Mirror of the Void could push his Great Dao comprehension into the seventh realm.
“Then, let’s begin!”
“Using immersive simulation, duration 274 years…”
【Ding… remaining origin energy: 2,243,690,000…】
The Chime sounded, and Su Xing’s consciousness entered the simulated world.
…
Celestial Secrets Realm, within the Void Realm.
Su Xing opened his eyes and presented his request to the Mirror of the Void’s Artifact Spirit.
“I wish to experience future comprehension of the spatial Dao…”
The Artifact Spirit’s voice reached his ears: “With your current level of spatial Dao comprehension, the probability is that it’s still insufficient to break through to the seventh realm… Are you certain you wish to try?”
Su Xing nodded slightly. “I’m certain!”
“Then as you wish!” the Artifact Spirit said.
Su Xing then felt himself transported into that space once more.
Soon, a humanoid silhouette of light slowly merged with Su Xing.
During this process, Su Xing genuinely experienced the comprehension required for the seventh realm of the Great Dao of Space!
But that was all it amounted to!
When Su Xing came back to his senses, he had already left the Void Realm.
“What a pity… still not quite enough!”
Su Xing murmured. He could clearly feel he was tantalizingly close to the seventh realm of the Great Dao of Space.
If before he had been one step away from the seventh realm of the Great Dao of Space, now he had taken most of that step.
He was at the point of having one foot across the line — once he crossed it completely, Su Xing would achieve the seventh realm of the spatial Dao!
“Hah… but the Mirror of the Void’s ability to extract from the future… isn’t omnipotent either!”
Su Xing shook his head slightly. With his current cultivation and insight, he could now see through the workings of this ability.
The so-called ability to extract from the future was actually simulating Su Xing’s future state.
Then directly infusing that portion of Great Dao comprehension into Su Xing’s body.
This method could indeed let Su Xing briefly experience the process of achieving the seventh realm of the Great Dao.
But it had its limits.
Of course, under the Mirror of the Void’s projections, it could determine whether the user was capable of reaching the seventh realm.
So it wasn’t a complete waste… the countless years of time it saved were the most precious thing.
But for Su Xing, it was an opportunity to steadily increase his Great Dao comprehension.
“Perhaps… in another simulation or two, my Great Dao of Space Comprehension will break into the seventh realm!”
Su Xing blinked, his heart filled with anticipation.
“Next up… I’ll make another trip to the Celestial Demon Prison and head to the Eighth Heaven!”
Only a few months had passed in the immersive simulation — there was still plenty of time.
Su Xing spent two years traveling to the Celestial Demon Domain to obtain the Luotian Black Pearl, then proceeded to the Eighth Heaven to begin contemplating the Great Dao.
The Great Dao of the Sword and the spatial Dao could not be broken through by mere contemplation alone.
From here on, it was more about opportunity and fortune.
Countless Peak Supreme Unity Golden Immortal cultivators were stuck at this very stage, unable to comprehend the seventh realm of the Great Dao.
But fortunately, Su Xing had already taken half a step forward, and a complete breakthrough wasn’t far off.
“For the remaining time, I’ll cultivate the Five Elements Dao!” Su Xing murmured.
And so, Su Xing switched to cultivating the Five Elements Dao.
Like this, another two hundred and seventy-some years passed…
After the immersive simulation ended, Su Xing’s consciousness returned to reality.
…
Within the spirit field grotto-heaven, Su Xing’s consciousness returned, and a look of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.
“Hah… the Five Elements Dao has also reached sixth realm Major Mastery!”
“Now with the Spirit Domain, the Five Elements Dao can temporarily unleash seventh realm power as well!”
Su Xing nodded slightly. With the Spirit Domain’s assistance, Su Xing could be said to possess the combat power of three Great Daos all at the seventh realm.
Space, Sword, and Five Elements Dao — all top-tier Great Daos.
Though the duration was limited, Su Xing had vaguely surpassed the Supreme Unity Celestial Venerable realm.
“Hah… next, I need to find a way to claim first place on the Heaven Ranking…”
“Only then can I interact with the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master’s phantom once more…”
Su Xing murmured, but in this simulation, he was only ranked third on the Heaven Ranking of the Prodigy List.
It wasn’t that Su Xing’s strength was limited to this level, but rather that he lacked opportunities to prove himself.
As far as Su Xing currently knew, across the entire Three Thousand Worlds including the Nine Heavens Domain, there were only four existing Supreme Unity Golden Immortals among the human race besides himself!
All four had lived for over ten million years. Though they hadn’t broken through, their research into supernatural arts and Great Dao comprehension was extraordinarily profound.
Their combat power, while perhaps inferior to a Great Firmament Golden Immortal, could hold their own in short-term confrontation.
In fact, the Supreme Unity Celestial Venerable ranked first on the Prodigy List boasted the record of fighting a Great Firmament Golden Immortal for a full year without defeat!
If Su Xing wanted to replace him and claim first on the Heaven Ranking, he would likely need to defeat a Great Firmament Golden Immortal.
“So… the only soft target among the Great Firmament Golden Immortals is Blood Two!”
“With my current strength, to beat Blood Two, I’d need at least two Great Daos at the seventh realm, plus world power, to even stand a chance…”
Su Xing contemplated his chances of reaching first on the Heaven Ranking.
“But before that, I should focus on cultivation and truly advance my Qi Refinement to Supreme Unity Perfection!”
Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【Year 600: After the immersive simulation ended, you entered the spirit field grotto-heaven to cultivate.】
【This cultivation lasted five hundred years!】
【Year 1,100: One day, your aura naturally reached completion, and you finally stepped into Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Perfection, unable to advance any further.】
【Next, what remained was to begin weathering the Nine Tribulations.】
【And this was yet another great tribulation testing both magical power and Daoheart.】
【Year 1,200: The human race’s powerhouses on the Eighth Heaven could barely hold their ground. Under the foreign race’s accelerated assault, there was no longer a place for you to survive.】
【So you transformed into your lesser demon form.】
【You left the Nine Heavens Domain and returned to the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】
【This year, only the Heavenly Secrets Domain and the Azure Origin Domain remained under human control…】
【Next, you spent several hundred years accumulating believers, and several hundred more absorbing the power of faith.】
【Year 2,000: The Heavenly Secrets Domain was on the verge of destruction. The White Emperor fell in battle…】
【And you, too, reached the end of the simulation.】
【Year 2,000: With the fall of the human race’s last territory, a passage appeared in the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】
【Through that passage, you saw countless foreign race members preparing to claim the territories of the Five Great Domains… saw countless human cultivators enslaved and raised like blood sacrifices by the foreign race.】
【And a figure descended upon the Celestial Secrets Realm.】
【The avatar of the Void Sovereign!】
【The Void Sovereign’s avatar saw you… peering through the timeline, it detected the anomaly within you.】
【The Void Sovereign seized your consciousness… your identity as a human was discovered.】
【You died!】
【Ding, this simulation has ended!】
Seeing the notification before him, Su Xing shook his head helplessly.
“Killed by that Sovereign again… when facing such a powerful being, even the Xenomorph talent reveals flaws?”
Su Xing shook his head. His lesser demon disguise had reached the peak of a first-tier deity in both divine power and divinity.
He was only missing the final godhood to step into the chief god realm.
But as the foreign race accelerated their invasion, that Void Sovereign’s avatar had actually descended upon the Three Thousand Worlds once more.
Though he wasn’t directly seen through in his true form, the slightest flaw was enough for the Void Sovereign to use the power of time to seize his consciousness.
Su Xing was naturally dead beyond any doubt.
“But thankfully, my simulated self automatically conceals the simulator… otherwise, if the Sovereign discovered it, that would pose some hidden dangers, wouldn’t it?”
Su Xing murmured.
As a Void Sovereign who had mastered the laws of time, Su Xing couldn’t show enough respect no matter how much he gave.
“In the future, if a Sovereign’s avatar descends… I should end the simulation early!”
Su Xing thought to himself.
This meant the three-thousand-year era had thoroughly come to an end.
From now on, each simulation would only give Su Xing two thousand years of usable time.
And that was only because Su Xing had interfered with the outcome of the battle against Red Moon.
Otherwise, things would end even sooner…
“But fortunately, the simulation’s objectives were largely achieved… and my cultivation has finally reached Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Perfection…”
Su Xing nodded slightly and turned his gaze to this simulation’s rewards.
【Heaven-Sent Fortune Supreme】: Red talent, priced at 100 origin energy.
【Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Perfection】: Cultivation has reached Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Perfection. To reach the Great Firmament realm, you need only weather the Nine Tribulations and achieve Great Dao comprehension. Priced at 100,000,000 origin energy.
【World Power · Spirit Domain (Lesser Chiliocosm)】: The Spirit Domain has advanced to the Immortal Domain level. The world’s mighty power returns to the self… Current Spirit Domain range: 1,640,000 li (820,000 km). Can elevate seventh realm Great Dao comprehension by one minor stage, and sixth realm Great Dao comprehension by two minor stages. Priced at 30,000,000 origin energy.