Chapter 503 – Entering the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Eighth Layer! Tribulation of Magical Power Overcome!
by spirapira“Begin simulation!”
【Simulation #336 initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 2,184,690,000… Remaining simulation attempts: 3.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a talent costs 1 point of origin energy. Draw?】
“Yes!”
【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the gold talent Barbarian King Body…】
【Barbarian King Body】: Gold talent. The Barbarian King clan of ancient times possessed powerful physiques and astonishing strength. After obtaining this talent, Body Tempering aptitude and strength increase slightly.
“Barbarian King Body…”
Su Xing shook his head slightly, losing interest after just a glance.
The Barbarian King clan was indeed not weak—at least stronger in talent than the human race.
But they still couldn’t compare to the primordial Wu Clan…
And the gold-level rating meant its help to Su Xing was limited.
“Hoo… Time to begin a new round of simulation!”
“This time, I definitely won’t forget to cut off Red Moon’s path to becoming a Sovereign!”
Su Xing murmured.
Before the last simulation began, he had forgotten to hunt Red Moon, leading to a devastating outcome.
But because of that, he had witnessed White Emperor’s sword strike and comprehended the seventh realm of Sword Dao.
“So… a blessing in disguise?”
“Was it Heaven-Sent Fortune Supreme at work?”
Su Xing pondered thoughtfully.
His gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【Please select Philosopher’s Stone enhancement…】
“I choose to enhance Late Bloomer…”
【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you realized you were in a simulation!】
【You left the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm and began searching for Red Moon’s whereabouts.】
【Based on the intelligence in your mind and your sense of the Abyss’s aura, after some effort, you successfully found Red Moon.】
【Although your magical power had fallen to Golden Immortal, your physical cultivation had not declined, and your Sword Dao had entered the seventh realm!】
【At this point, your strength still surpassed Red Moon’s!】
【You fought a bloody battle with Red Moon for an entire month… ultimately forcing it into the chief god realm!】
【You activated your Time Stop talent and successfully escaped…】
【You traveled to the Azure Cloud Sect and delivered the Celestial Sun Soul-Forging Pill to Qingyunzi.】
【Next, you planned to safely overcome the Tribulation of Magical Power within the Azure Cloud Realm…】
In the Real World, Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this.
“Qingyunzi can successfully recover his half-saint cultivation… Even if that half-saint level has some impurities, the Azure Cloud Sect is still one of the safest places!”
“Overcoming the Tribulation of Magical Power here is the most suitable choice!”
“After my magical power recovers to Golden Immortal, the Luotian Mirror’s time differential should reach tenfold… I hope I can fully recover my Supreme Unity Perfection cultivation!”
Su Xing’s eyes held a glimmer of hope as he looked toward the simulation panel.
【After arriving at the Azure Cloud Sect, you remained in seclusion within your cave dwelling, but in truth entered the Luotian Realm.】
【Your magical power was even more abundant than when you were at Late Golden Immortal, barely sufficient to maintain a tenfold time differential without affecting your cultivation.】
【Within the Luotian Realm, you practiced the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art daily while also beginning to nurture the Celestial Primordial Tree.】
【Occasionally, you would return to the Azure Cloud Sect to discuss the art of spirit cultivation with Fairy Ziling.】
【In the fiftieth year, Fairy Ziling successfully entered the Supreme Unity Golden Immortal realm.】
【You continued to stay in the Luotian Realm to cultivate.】
【Until six hundred years had passed…】
【In the six hundred and fiftieth year, you successfully broke through to Golden Immortal Perfection.】
【Without needing to undergo tribulation or facing any bottlenecks, you spent merely half a year before breaking into the Supreme Unity Golden Immortal realm!】
【This year, your cultivation re-entered the first stage of Supreme Unity, yet your magical power was comparable to an ordinary mid-stage Supreme Unity Golden Immortal.】
【While maintaining a fifteen-times internal-external time flow differential, your daily magical power consumption of one-tenth did not affect your cultivation.】
【Like this, several hundred more years passed…】
【Until around the eight hundred and fiftieth year.】
【This year, the first batch of Celestial Primordial Fruits ripened. In addition to practicing the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art, you also occasionally began purifying primordial energy.】
【Like this, another hundred-some years passed!】
【Year one thousand. By this time, the situation in the Azure Origin Domain had grown somewhat dire.】
【But with Qingyunzi, a half-saint, holding the fort, it had not yet reached a moment of existential crisis.】
【As for Red Moon, it had lost all hope of advancing to the Sovereign realm. Still a chief god, it was locked in a struggle with the second-generation Red Moon over the seat of Lord of Slaughter…】
【This year, your cultivation broke through to mid-stage Supreme Unity, with magical power comparable to late-stage Supreme Unity. You could barely maintain an eighteen-times time differential without affecting your cultivation.】
【Like this, another three hundred years passed!】
【Year one thousand three hundred. The Azure Origin Domain, under relentless waves of attacks, could no longer hold.】
【Qingyunzi could not hold it alone. Eight or nine tenths of the Azure Origin Domain’s territory had been consumed.】
【To preserve remaining forces, you followed a group of cultivators and Qingyunzi to the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】
【Year one thousand four hundred. You successfully broke through to late-stage Supreme Unity Golden Immortal!】
【At this point, your cultivation had caught up to your previous Supreme Unity Perfection level.】
【You activated the twenty-times time differential and launched your assault toward your former realm.】
【By this time, the other four major domains had already been completely invaded. Only half of the Heavenly Secrets Domain remained, struggling to hold on.】
【Because you needed to overcome the Tribulation of Magical Power, you temporarily did not participate in frontline combat.】
【You remained in the Celestial Secrets Realm, cultivating in peace.】
【Year one thousand eight hundred. The Heavenly Secrets Domain’s situation had reached a moment of existential crisis.】
【Only the Celestial Secrets Realm and some nearby worlds still held out. Not even one in ten thousand of the human race’s territory remained, but fortunately the number of powerhouses still stood firm.】
【This was also your longest simulation… Qingyunzi, as a worthy guardian of your Dao, had blocked several assassination attempts for you.】
【Finally, in year one thousand eight hundred and eighty!】
【Your magical power was fully restored to Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Perfection!】
【Your entire body’s magical power was transparent and luminous, approaching the Great Firmament… The Tribulation of Magical Power was completely overcome!】
【Your magical power was a full two times greater than when you were previously at Supreme Unity Perfection!】
In the Real World, Su Xing let out a long sigh of relief upon seeing this.
“Finally… I’ve successfully overcome the Tribulation of Magical Power!”
“One step closer to Great Firmament Golden Immortal! As for the remaining tribulations… that will depend on fortune!”
“Even I don’t know when I’ll be able to break into Great Firmament Golden Immortal…”
After a brief pause, Su Xing continued:
“However, the Great Shaman Body Forging Art is already not far from breaking through to the eighth layer!”
“After overcoming the Tribulation of Magical Power, the time differential within the Luotian Realm can definitely be even faster… and then cultivation of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art will be even swifter!”
Su Xing thought to himself.
“Nearly one thousand nine hundred years in—the simulation should be ending soon…”
Su Xing looked toward the simulation panel.
【After overcoming the Tribulation of Magical Power, your strength has drawn infinitely close to a Great Firmament Golden Immortal.】
【Even against a true Great Firmament, you would not be at a disadvantage.】
【Thus, you began to be active on the frontlines of the battlefield.】
【Over a thousand years of cultivation and the consumption of several hundred Celestial Primordial Fruits had also made your primordial energy increasingly refined. You were not far from breaking through to the eighth layer.】
【Until year two thousand…】
【The human race was weakened, its territory gone. The Void Sovereign of the foreign race finally launched a full invasion of the Celestial Secrets Realm.】
【Led by White Emperor, the Celestial Demon General, and Qingyunzi, a host of powerhouses fought back desperately… but ultimately failed!】
【You died!】
【Ding! This simulation has ended!】
As the Chime’s notification faded, Su Xing looked eagerly at the rewards.
【Barbarian King Body】: Gold talent. Sale price: 10 origin energy.
【Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Perfection cultivation (Tribulation of Magical Power overcome)】: Having overcome the Tribulation of Magical Power of the Nine Tribulations of Great Firmament, your cultivation is abundant and approaches Great Firmament Golden Immortal. Sale price: 50,000,000 origin energy.
“Tsk tsk… Just overcoming the Tribulation of Magical Power alone cost a hundred million origin energy!”
“If all Nine Tribulations were overcome… wouldn’t that be close to a billion origin energy?”
Su Xing clicked his tongue. Viewed this way, advancing to the Great Firmament realm… would require at least a billion origin energy!
And then there was the cost of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Eighth Layer…
“Sigh, origin energy is going to run out again!”
Su Xing felt somewhat helpless. Years of painstaking accumulation of origin energy would soon be spent.
“But after the Great Shaman Body Forging Art breaks into the eighth layer, it’ll be time to make a trip to the Azure Cloud Sect!”
Su Xing didn’t hesitate and chose to claim the rewards.
【Ding… Remaining origin energy: 2,134,690,000…】
As the Chime sounded, Su Xing’s cultivation was restored to Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Perfection.
At the same time, Su Xing’s magical power was more than double what it had been before!
“Hoo… The feeling of growing stronger truly is wonderful~”
Su Xing stretched his muscles. He still had 2.1 billion origin energy and two simulation attempts remaining.
Breaking through to the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Eighth Layer—that should be enough, right?
With that thought, Su Xing didn’t hesitate and initiated a new round of simulation.
“Begin simulation!”
【Simulation #337 initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 2,134,690,000… Remaining simulation attempts: 2.】
……
Soon, the new round of simulation ended.
This time, Su Xing devoted all his energy to refining primordial energy.
And with the Tribulation of Magical Power overcome and his magical power doubled—
Even while maintaining a seventy-times internal-external time differential, he could still sustain the refinement of primordial energy.
After all, Body Tempering was different from Qi Refinement—its demands on magical power were not as high.
And with the simulation spanning nearly two thousand years, Su Xing had consumed close to two thousand Celestial Primordial Fruits, making his efficiency far greater than before.
This time also brought Su Xing to within a single step of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Eighth Layer!
“It feels… just about right!”
“Breaking through to the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Eighth Layer is right before my eyes!”
Su Xing didn’t hesitate and initiated simulation #338!
“Begin simulation!”
……
The new round of simulation proceeded as always.
First, he attempted to kill Red Moon.
But Red Moon would ultimately force a breakthrough to the chief god realm, and Su Xing failed every assassination attempt.
Afterward, Su Xing would travel to the Azure Cloud Sect and stay for one thousand three hundred years.
With the help of the Luotian Mirror, Su Xing continuously refined his primordial energy—equivalent to one hundred thousand years of cultivation!
Around the one thousand three hundredth year, Qingyunzi led Su Xing and the others to the Celestial Secrets Realm.
Around the one thousand five hundredth year… Su Xing’s Great Shaman Body Forging Art finally showed progress!
His gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【Year one thousand five hundred. You continued to cultivate within the Luotian Realm.】
【After consuming the last Celestial Primordial Fruit in your possession, you felt a change occurring in your physical body and primordial energy…】
【Turning your divine sense inward, you sensed that the Celestial Primordial Tree within your body had undergone an earth-shattering transformation.】
【It was as if the divine tree was constantly trembling…】
【Countless crystalline lights gathered upon the Celestial Primordial Tree within your body, like true Celestial Primordial Fruits.】
【And the Celestial Primordial Tree, which had originally stood at nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang (33.3 km)… at this moment, finally grew one more zhang.】
【Officially breaking through ten thousand zhang (33.3 km)!】
【Though it was only a difference of one zhang (3.33 m), you felt that your strength had undergone an earth-shattering transformation!】
【Your primordial energy had completed a qualitative change!】
【Congratulations! The Great Shaman Body Forging Art has broken into the eighth layer!】
【With a mere thought, you released primordial energy, only to find it coated with a layer of golden light visible only to yourself.】
【At this moment, your primordial energy had truly been imbued with the characteristic of One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws!】
【At this moment, your strength has truly reached the level of a Great Firmament Golden Immortal!】
【Moreover, against someone like Blood Two—an existence who had only just entered the Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm—you even had the possibility of defeating them!】
In the Real World, Su Xing couldn’t stop the corners of his mouth from rising. Even his voice trembled slightly.
“Finally… I’ve finally broken through to the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Eighth Layer!”
Su Xing pumped his fist forcefully.
At this moment, the word “excited” could hardly describe Su Xing’s emotions.
From the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Seventh Layer Perfection to the eighth layer—this was a true qualitative leap!
It meant that Su Xing’s strength now truly stood at the pinnacle of the Three Thousand Worlds.
He had truly become one of the very top handful among the human race.
Without exaggeration, across the Three Thousand Worlds… among countless living beings…
Among the human race, Su Xing’s strength could now rank in the top ten!
As for Supreme Unity Celestial Venerables?
Sorry, but what were those supposed to be?
Though they were said to be infinitely close to Great Firmament Golden Immortals…
Even the previous Su Xing couldn’t have fought against a Great Firmament Golden Immortal!
“Come to think of it… the current me is undoubtedly first on the Prodigy List, right?”
Su Xing rubbed his chin.
The Great Shaman Body Forging Art had broken into the eighth layer, but Su Xing’s cultivation realm was still Supreme Unity Perfection.
This meant that Su Xing was still technically at the Supreme Unity Golden Immortal level.
“Perhaps… in the next simulation, I could try seizing the number one position on the Heaven Ranking?”
“That should… lead to new developments…”
Su Xing pondered thoughtfully.
“But first, let me finish watching this simulation!”
“Even though my combat power has entered the Great Firmament Golden Immortal tier… it still won’t change the outcome of humanity’s destruction…”
After a sigh, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【After entering the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Eighth Layer, you became a true pillar of the human race.】
【As the saying goes, when the ceiling falls, it crushes the tallest first… But now, among the human race, there were barely any taller than you.】
【You began fighting in the Heavenly Secrets Domain, participating in the defense of the Celestial Secrets Realm.】
【But the foreign race’s strength was, after all, greater than the human race’s…】
【Against an absolute disparity in power, the outcome could not be changed!】
【Even though you managed to pin down a foreign race chief god…】
【In year two thousand… the foreign race’s Sovereign arrived at the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】
【Even with you and a host of Great Firmament and half-saint powerhouses resisting, the result of this battle need not be stated…】
【You died!】
【This simulation has ended!】
After the simulation ended, Su Xing took a deep breath and turned his gaze toward the reward list.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Eighth Layer】: Qi and blood vigorous as a world unto itself, strength powerful enough to shatter the Greater World. Primordial energy has completed its metamorphosis, possessing the characteristic of “One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws.” In the entire history of the Wu Clan, only the Twelve Ancestral Shamans ever reached such a level. Sale price: 1,000,000,000 origin energy!