Chapter 498 – The Plan Begins, Su Xing Meets the Celestial Demon General’s Avatar!
by spirapiraChapter 498 – The Plan Begins, Su Xing Meets the Celestial Demon General’s Avatar!
After leaving the Void Realm, Su Xing arrived at the Celestial Secrets Realm and began attempting to break through to the seventh realm of the Great Dao of Space!
“Tsk tsk, let’s give it a try then — with my current Great Dao of Space… just how fast can I go?”
As soon as Su Xing finished speaking, he took a single step and crossed hundreds of millions of miles.
This single step — previously Su Xing could only accomplish it by relying on his Spirit Domain, but now he did it with effortless ease.
“Tsk tsk… my Great Dao of Space Comprehension has improved enormously compared to before — the change is absolutely earth-shattering!”
“Most crucially, the consumption of Great Dao of Space energy is pitifully low. I can maintain this speed as my normal state of travel…”
Previously, when Su Xing used the seventh realm of the Great Dao of Space, he needed to rely on his Spirit Domain, and could maintain it for half a month at most.
Moreover, the consumption of his Great Dao of Space Comprehension was enormous — often depleting it completely in less than a week.
But now, Su Xing had no such concerns whatsoever.
“As expected, one’s inherent Dao comprehension is merely the foundation… the Spirit Domain simply amplifies that foundation further!”
After a brief pause, Su Xing continued:
“However, right now I still need to test… how the Great Dao of Space Comprehension performs after the Spirit Domain enhancement!”
With that thought, Su Xing activated his Spirit Domain with a single thought, boosting his spatial Dao!
Almost instantly, Su Xing felt his already powerful Great Dao of Space Comprehension reach an unprecedented level of intensity!
The Great Dao of Space continuously ascended… and finally broke through to the seventh realm Minor Mastery!
Though it was merely the difference between Minor Mastery and entry level, Su Xing felt his Great Dao of Space Comprehension had more than doubled!
With this in mind, Su Xing took a single step forward…
The next second, Su Xing appeared three hundred million miles away!
“Whew… my speed is roughly one and a half times greater than before! But the consumption of Great Dao of Space Comprehension is also much higher…”
Su Xing nodded slightly, quickly understanding.
The speed boost from his Spirit Domain state could only be used as a life-saving measure.
Under normal circumstances, it was best not to attempt it — the consumption was too great!
With that thought, Su Xing dismissed the Spirit Domain enhancement.
“However… with my current speed, traveling to the Celestial Demon Domain will be far faster!”
With this in mind, Su Xing headed toward the Celestial Demon Domain.
In merely three months, Su Xing crossed directly from the Heavenly Secrets Domain over the Endless Sea and arrived at the Celestial Demon Domain!
Upon arriving at the Celestial Demon Domain, Su Xing met with the Celestial Demon General.
And successfully obtained the Luotian Black Pearl.
Afterward, Su Xing proceeded as always to the Eighth Heaven to comprehend the Dao.
Soon, the two hundred and seventy-four year immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing’s consciousness returned.
……
In the Real World, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, a look of satisfaction on his face.
“The Great Dao of Space has finally broken through to the seventh realm!”
“My ability to escape danger has risen to another level! Even some Great Firmament Golden Immortals might not match my speed!”
“But after breaking into the seventh realm of the Great Dao of Space, the difficulty of further comprehension has increased enormously…”
Su Xing shook his head slightly. In the latter portion of the immersive simulation, he had spent roughly a hundred years comprehending the Great Dao of Space.
Even with the help of Dao-Enlightenment Tea, Su Xing had only felt the slightest bit of improvement.
And this was while using the Wisdom in Foolishness state!
At this rate, even decades of comprehension might not be enough to break through to the eighth realm of the Great Dao of Space!
“I should first advance to Great Firmament Golden Immortal… then consider improving my seventh realm Daos! Forcing comprehension now only yields half the results for twice the effort…”
“For now, I should push as many Daos as possible to sixth realm Peak!”
So Su Xing thought.
“After the Great Dao of Space broke into the seventh realm… I can’t waste the remaining time either!”
“I need to attempt a breakthrough in the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Eighth Layer as well…”
At this point, Su Xing still had several hundred years of simulation time remaining, and naturally couldn’t let it go to waste.
His gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【Year 600: You concluded your comprehension… and began attempting to cultivate Celestial Primordial Fruits!】
【You maintained the Luotian Mirror’s operation at full power, achieving a time differential of one hundred times compared to reality.】
【In this state, you consumed more than two-thirds of your magical power daily.】
【Fortunately, your centuries of prior accumulation had brought your immortal liquid reserves to a staggering level, enabling you to sustain this for such an extended period.】
【Thus, seventy-five years passed in the blink of an eye.】
【Year 675: The first batch of Celestial Primordial Fruits ripened.】
【You maintained the time differential between the inside and outside of the Luotian Realm at fifty times, consuming less than half your magical power daily — barely enough to sustain your body tempering cultivation.】
【From then on, every sixty years in the outside world, a new batch of Celestial Primordial Fruits ripened within the Luotian Realm.】
【You remained inside the Luotian Mirror, consuming Celestial Primordial Fruits and purifying your primordial energy…】
【In this manner, over eight hundred more years passed in the blink of an eye…】
【Year 1,480: You sensed that after continuously consuming Celestial Primordial Fruits, all of your primordial energy and nourishment had been invested into the Primordial Energy Tree within your body!】
【The moment the Primordial Energy Tree reaches ten thousand zhang (33.3 km), you would undergo a complete qualitative transformation, achieving the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Eighth Layer.】
【But for now, this was the necessary accumulation from quantitative change to qualitative change…】
【By this year, however, the simulation had become extremely difficult to sustain…】
【Within the Eighth Heaven, human race cultivators had been nearly wiped out, and two Supreme Unity Celestial Venerables had even perished in battle!】
【Only a handful of cultivators remained, clinging to survival.】
【Under these circumstances, you naturally could not continue cultivating the Great Shaman Body Forging Art.】
【So you voluntarily transformed into a lesser demon…】
【Afterward, you expended several centuries’ worth of accumulated power of faith, and after exhausting it all, you sensed a slight improvement in your godhood.】
【Before the two thousandth year arrived, you chose to end the simulation…】
【Ding! This simulation has ended!】
After the simulation ended, Su Xing nodded slightly.
“I could only hold on until year 1,480… not far off from 1,500!”
“Once my strength improves, perhaps I can endure even longer…”
“But for now, I could try leaving the Eighth Heaven and see whether I can last longer in the Heavenly Secrets Domain…”
With Su Xing’s current seventh realm Great Dao of Space, he was already capable of leaving the Eighth Heaven and returning to the lower realm.
The question was whether he could endure longer in the lower realm.
“I can give it a try later…”
“Currently, my lesser demon disguise’s cultivation has become very difficult to advance — there isn’t enough time, and power of faith can only be accumulated slowly…”
“And more importantly, the lesser demon disguise’s strength isn’t that critical anymore!”
Su Xing said this as his gaze turned to the rewards from this simulation.
【Desolate Demon Physique】: Gold talent, priced at 10 origin energy.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Art Cultivation Progress】: Minor purification of primordial energy; still a great distance from reaching the realm of One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws. Priced at 1 origin energy.
【World Power · Spirit Domain (Lesser Chiliocosm)】: The path of the Spirit Domain has entered the Immortal Domain level; the world’s power returns to oneself… Current Spirit Domain range: 1.65 million li (500,000 km). Can elevate seventh realm Dao comprehension by one minor stage, and sixth realm Dao comprehension by two minor stages. Priced at 10 million origin energy.
【Celestial Sun Soul-Severing Pill】: A supreme elixir of unparalleled quality, perfect grade. Can allow high-realm cultivators to undergo the heart demon tribulation again. Six pills total, priced at 6 million origin energy.
All four rewards were things Su Xing needed.
So without hesitation, he chose to bring them all out.
【Ding! You have successfully brought out the Desolate Demon Physique, Great Shaman Body Forging Art Cultivation Progress, World Power · Spirit Domain… Remaining origin energy: 2,097,590,000…】
As the successive Chimes sounded, Su Xing’s strength saw another slight improvement.
But at Su Xing’s current level, unless there was a major breakthrough in cultivation, achieving a significant boost was already very difficult.
With a thought, Su Xing looked at the six pills that had appeared in his hand, a satisfied expression crossing his face.
“Six perfect-quality Celestial Sun Soul-Forging Pills, each worth a million origin energy… Though somewhat expensive, they save me several months of real-world pill refining time, so it’s not a waste.”
Glancing at the simulation panel, Su Xing murmured:
“Three simulations remaining… I’ll save one in case of emergencies!”
“The remaining two simulations will both be used for purifying primordial energy and improving Dao comprehension…”
So Su Xing thought.
Currently, as Su Xing gradually interfered with the real-world timeline, he was also gradually coming into the sights of the foreign race and the Advent Cult.
To guard against unforeseen events, Su Xing would naturally keep one simulation opportunity in reserve as a safety net.
“Begin simulation!” Su Xing silently intoned.
……
Following this, Su Xing completed his 328th and 329th simulations.
In these two simulations, Su Xing employed the same strategy as before.
He attempted to kill Red Moon, stripping Red Moon of any hope of becoming a Sovereign.
Then he gave Qingyunzi the Celestial Sun Soul-Forging Pills to aid in his breakthrough.
He then traveled to the Celestial Demon Domain to obtain the Luotian Black Pearl, followed by nearly three hundred years of Dao comprehension.
With the help of the Late Bloomer talent, Su Xing’s Five Elements Dao drew ever closer to sixth realm Peak.
After the three hundredth year of each simulation, Su Xing began cultivating Celestial Primordial Trees and consuming Celestial Primordial Fruits to purify his primordial energy.
Across two consecutive attempts, Su Xing’s maximum survival reached nearly 1,600 years.
By this point, the Heavenly Secrets Domain was also nearing destruction.
Of course, consuming close to a thousand Celestial Primordial Fruits in each simulation also brought Su Xing’s Great Shaman Body Forging Art ever closer to the eighth layer.
After two consecutive simulations, Su Xing’s origin energy had 2,067,360,000 points remaining.
His strength had once again improved slightly.
“Hoo… my simulation attempts are nearly used up. Next, it’s time to head to the Celestial Demon City frontline!”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes, deciding to launch his next major move!
Head to the Celestial Demon City frontline and annihilate every foreign race in the entire Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!
“With my current Supreme Unity Celestial Venerable combat power… accomplishing this would naturally be effortless. The only question is, how much time will it take?”
“The people of Azure Origin Domain don’t yet know how great a threat the foreign races will pose a thousand years from now, so they haven’t paid it much attention.”
“But I’m different… since I’ve seen the outcome of the future, I must take action now!”
Heading to the Celestial Demon Realm frontline to annihilate the foreign races—Su Xing had already attempted this in previous simulations.
The risk, while present… was minimal!
After all, Blood Three, the strongest member of the Advent Cult in Azure Origin Domain, was no match for Su Xing.
And Red Moon was still lurking deep within the Endless Abyss.
Only those two chief gods of the Void Realm posed any threat to Su Xing.
But those two chief gods needed to maintain the overall situation and would almost never pay attention to the insignificant Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.
After all, Lesser Azure Cloud Realm was merely a lesser chiliocosm.
“If things go smoothly, annihilating the foreign races in Lesser Azure Cloud Realm would take no more than two or three months, yet yield tens of millions of origin energy.”
“I might even lure out a big fish…”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes. Since Blood Four was already dead, could Blood Three be far behind?
If he could slay Blood Three, not only would he eliminate a key member of the Advent Cult, he would also inherit the entire fortune of a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal.
When that happened, wouldn’t that be another hundred million or more origin energy in hand?
For Su Xing as he was now, opportunities to gain a hundred million origin energy in one stroke were rare indeed…
“Then… onward to the Celestial Demon City frontline!”
With that, Su Xing took a single step, crossing tens of millions of li, and appeared inside Celestial Demon City.
This time, Su Xing once again assumed the identity of Daoist Dragon, and made no effort to conceal his aura.
The instant Su Xing arrived at Celestial Demon City, a towering figure like a giant clad in black armor appeared before him.
“Who are you? Why… have you appeared here?”
The newcomer was, naturally, the Celestial Demon General’s avatar.
He furrowed his brow slightly, a trace of concern in his gaze as he looked at Su Xing.
Clearly, he had sensed Su Xing’s aura—a being that even surpassed himself!
“Why would a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal appear in this lesser chiliocosm?”
The Celestial Demon General asked again. He could sense that Su Xing was a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal, but could not gauge Su Xing’s specific combat power.
Su Xing paused for a moment upon hearing this, then said:
“My Daoist title is Daoist Dragon… as for my identity, you may consider me an heir of the Luotian Sect…”
After some thought, Su Xing decided to reveal part of his identity.
After all, with Su Xing’s current strength, he could defend the identity of Luotian heir no matter what!
As for… those forces that wished to kill Su Xing—let them first consider whether they were even a match for him!
Supreme Unity Celestial Venerable, invincible beneath the Great Firmament—that was no joke.
Sure enough, after hearing Su Xing’s words, the Celestial Demon General’s avatar fell silent for a moment before speaking:
“An heir of Luotian, you say… after tens of thousands of years, another one has appeared?”
“But… what business brings you to Lesser Azure Cloud Realm? Surely you didn’t come just to tell me your identity…”
The Celestial Demon General was quite shocked. Before the Luotian Sect was destroyed, hundreds of thousands of its disciples had departed with the sect’s treasures to preserve its legacy.
In the countless years that followed, any cultivator who obtained the Luo Tian legacy and was willing to carry on Luo Tian’s dying wishes could call themselves an heir of Luotian.
Over the span of ten million years, individuals blessed by fortune from small worlds would occasionally appear.
Some obtained a storage ring containing the remnant soul of a Luotian disciple who had been an Elder.
Others discovered a small pocket dimension filled with countless spirit plants and spirit liquid.
A number of these cultivators, through their own talent and effort, had reached considerable heights.
For example, Yellow Sand Daoist from ages past—Su Xing had once obtained one of his legacies.
Or Luo Shuying, who specialized in spiritual consciousness. Though not particularly powerful, she could still be considered a Luotian heir.
Cultivators like these had appeared in considerable numbers over the past ten million years.
But across all those millennia, Su Xing was the only one who had cultivated to the Supreme Unity Golden Immortal realm!
After ten million years, most of the sects that once held grudges against the Luotian Sect had dissolved into the passage of time.
Of course, perhaps some forces still remembered and secretly targeted Luotian disciples.
But first, Su Xing’s current strength was more than sufficient for self-preservation.
Second, the Celestial Demon General was trustworthy.
“My true body is in the Celestial Demon Domain… your cultivation has now reached the requisite level!”
“If you wish, you may travel to the Celestial Demon Domain and claim a legacy that the Luotian Ancestor left behind long ago…”
“Of course, I am merely an avatar, so I don’t know the specific details…”
After some thought, the Celestial Demon General’s avatar shared this information with Su Xing.
Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this, accepting the Celestial Demon General’s goodwill.
He then continued:
“Having received the grace of Luo Tian’s legacy, I naturally must also carry on Luo Tian’s dying wishes…”
“Therefore, I intend to exterminate the foreign races… and restore peace and a clear, bright world to the human race!”
“And my first stop begins right here in Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!”
“Lesser Azure Cloud Realm has been deeply threatened by the foreign races in recent years… especially with the recent appearance of red-eyed aliens on the battlefield!”
“According to my investigation, these red-eyed aliens very likely originate from a chief god known as the Lord of Slaughter, who has already been resurrected…”
“Therefore, I will stay in Lesser Azure Cloud Realm for a few months and wipe out every last one of the foreign races!”
Su Xing briefly explained his purpose in coming to Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, harboring no ill intent.
More importantly, he was informing the Celestial Demon General of the potential future threat, so the human race could prepare early!
Su Xing obviously couldn’t reveal that he could see the future, so using Luo Tian’s dying wishes as his reason was the perfect cover.
The Celestial Demon General was stunned for a moment, then couldn’t help but show an expression of delight.
“Fellow Daoist Spirit Dragon… do you truly mean this?”
“I do!” Su Xing affirmed.
Upon hearing this, the Celestial Demon General’s avatar could not contain the joy in his heart.
As the Great Firmament Golden Immortal who hated the foreign races more than anyone… the Celestial Demon General’s avatar had been created with the very mission of eradicating them!
No other powerhouse despised the foreign races more than the Celestial Demon General.
And apart from Su Xing, no one understood the threat of the foreign races better than the Celestial Demon General.
But precisely because of this, the Celestial Demon General’s avatar’s position meant he could not act rashly!
He had been stationed in Lesser Azure Cloud Realm for tens of thousands of years, continuously striking at the surrounding foreign races.
Until recent years, as the foreign race numbers had grown ever larger, the Celestial Demon General had also sensed something abnormal.
After investigation, the Celestial Demon General admitted that even he was not confident he could completely annihilate the foreign races of Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.
Because the cost would be too great and the odds too slim!
If the Celestial Demon General were defeated, the foreign races would invade Lesser Azure Cloud Realm even more brazenly, and in mere decades the realm would likely be destroyed.
And aside from the Celestial Demon General, hoping for some other powerhouse to personally crush the foreign races of Lesser Azure Cloud Realm was virtually impossible.
Throughout the entire Azure Origin Domain, worlds like Lesser Azure Cloud Realm were countless, and there simply weren’t enough powerhouses who could reliably accomplish such a task.
The Celestial Demon General had calculated that to annihilate the foreign races of Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, one would need either five or more Golden Immortals deployed simultaneously,
or a single Supreme Unity Golden Immortal!
But there were only so many Golden Immortals and Supreme Unity cultivators in all the world—how could this possibly be achieved?
And today, the Celestial Demon General had finally waited for this moment.
With this thought, the Celestial Demon General’s avatar asked eagerly:
“Fellow Daoist Spirit Dragon, how do you plan to deal with Lesser Azure Cloud Realm’s foreign races?”
“The foreign races in Lesser Azure Cloud Realm may be stronger than you imagine…”
Su Xing said nothing in response. He simply activated the Great Shaman Body Forging Art in silence.
The aura of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Seventh Layer instantly washed over the Celestial Demon General.
Upon sensing this aura, the Celestial Demon General’s avatar’s expression immediately shifted, and he regarded Su Xing with solemn respect.
Body Tempering and Qi Refinement both at the Supreme Unity realm!
This combat power was on par with a Supreme Unity True Master!
“So it is Spirit Dragon True Master before me… in that case, annihilating the foreign races is a foregone conclusion!”
The Celestial Demon General’s avatar finally broke into a smile. This was the happiest day in all the tens of thousands of years he had been stationed in Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.
At this moment, the Celestial Demon General had only one thought:
A Supreme Unity True Master taking personal action—this was a guaranteed victory!
The Celestial Demon General’s avatar then said:
“Then I shall immediately order all forces of Celestial Demon City to launch an all-out assault on the foreign races!”
Su Xing nodded slightly and replied:
“Very well!”