Chapter 508 – Ascending to First on the Prodigy List, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master’s Answer!
by spirapiraChapter 508 – Ascending to First on the Prodigy List, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master’s Answer!
Blood Two, having plunged into the Blood River, let out a voice dripping with resentment and fury.
“Damn you! You all deserve to die!”
“Now I have merged with the Blood River as one. So long as the Blood River flows endlessly, I shall never die!”
“I’d like to see just how you plan to kill me!”
Having spoken, Blood Two manipulated the terrifying Blood River, sending it surging toward the Celestial Vessel.
Clearly, after realizing it was impossible to trade his life for Su Xing’s, Blood Two, on the verge of death, intended to drag every cultivator aboard the Celestial Vessel down with him!
Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly. Though he did not fear the Blood River, its eerie, terrifying emotions and power could indeed inflict enormous harm on cultivators below the Great Firmament level.
If Su Xing wanted to slay Blood Two, he would truly have to do as Blood Two said — slowly consume and drain the Blood River dry bit by bit.
And that would undoubtedly consume a massive amount of primordial energy…
“Great Firmament Golden Immortals are truly difficult to kill…”
Su Xing’s brow furrowed tightly.
But the White Emperor beside him let out a cold snort:
“The Blood River won’t dry up, and you won’t die? How could anyone possibly kill you?”
“If it were your Blood River Ancestor saying those words, I might believe it a little…”
“But you alone are far from qualified!”
With that, the White Emperor slashed out with a single sword strike.
This strike was unlike anything Su Xing had seen before.
It was not the breathtaking “essence of the sword itself”!
Rather, it was a far more fierce and violent sword intent.
As if — a great sun were plunging into a river!
Yes, Su Xing felt there was no more fitting description than a great sun plunging into a river!
When that sword strike slashed out, what Su Xing felt was not merely pure sword intent, but also the blazing heat of a great sun.
This was the Peak seventh realm Great Dao of Fire!
Clearly, the White Emperor possessed an Ethereal Root, and had also cultivated the Five Elements Dao to Peak seventh realm!
As this sword strike descended, within the dim void, it was as if a great sun had risen.
Then that sun-like sword radiance plummeted at extreme speed, crashing toward the Blood River…
Was Blood Two powerful?
Indeed, very powerful — the strength of a Great Firmament Golden Immortal was beyond question!
Especially with the Blood River unleashed, its terrifying aura of slaughter and blood was nearly comparable to an entire small world.
But this vast river, compared to the White Emperor’s “Great Sun Sword Technique,” was truly insignificant in comparison!
If the sun in the sky were to plunge into a great river, what would happen?
Without a doubt — even before the sun fully drew near, the river would dry up completely!
And right now, exactly that scene was unfolding…
That sun-like sword radiance directly evaporated the seemingly endless Blood River!
In this moment, even Su Xing couldn’t help but feel genuine admiration.
“The Blood River flows endlessly, life persists forever?”
“If that’s the case, then let this surging Blood River dry up entirely!”
The White Emperor had the power to do exactly that!
As this technique of the great sun plunging into the river played out, Su Xing felt the gap between himself and the very strongest.
A sword cultivator whose Sword Dao was unmatched under heaven, and who stood at the absolute pinnacle in the Five Elements Dao as well!
“Tsk tsk… Among all human race cultivators across the Three Thousand Worlds, the White Emperor’s offensive prowess is surely number one!”
Su Xing sighed inwardly.
Before him, the dried-up Blood River also symbolized the end of Blood Two’s life.
Great Firmament Golden Immortal Blood Two — fallen!
Feeling the biting sword intent beside him, Su Xing said sincerely:
“Truly worthy of Senior White Emperor. That technique of the great sun plunging into the river… simply astonishing!”
Hearing Su Xing’s praise, the White Emperor couldn’t help but reveal a trace of smug satisfaction on his face.
Even the strong enjoyed being praised!
Especially when praised by another top-tier powerhouse.
After basking in self-satisfaction for a moment, the White Emperor began to carefully examine Su Xing.
“Tsk tsk… Where exactly do you hail from?”
“Though you’re only at Peak Supreme Unity Golden Immortal, the strength of your physical body rivals that of a Great Firmament Golden Immortal… It reminds me of that madman from the Celestial Demon Domain!”
After hearing this, Su Xing thought for a moment and went with his usual cover story:
“This junior is a successor of Luo Tian. After obtaining the Luo Tian legacy, I trained bitterly for countless ages before finally entering the Supreme Unity Celestial Venerable realm…”
A flash of surprise crossed the White Emperor’s face.
“A successor of Luo Tian? And yet you wield such excellent swordsmanship… How truly strange!”
“However, with your level of strength… it seems the first place on the Prodigy List is about to change hands!”
Su Xing smiled at this but said nothing more.
He had come here to display his strength precisely for the prestige of being first on the Prodigy List, hadn’t he?
First on the Prodigy List could secure an audience with the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master.
The Human List, Earth Ranking, Heaven Ranking — the higher one went, the greater the benefits and the more precious the questions one could ask!
Su Xing even suspected that first place on the Heaven Ranking was the key to meeting the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master, which was why he was so determined to claim that position.
After chatting briefly with the White Emperor, the group soon returned to the Celestial Vessel.
The White Emperor also extended an invitation for Su Xing to join the Celestial Secrets Pavilion.
Su Xing did not refuse. After all, he still needed to borrow the power of the Celestial Secrets Pavilion to advance his Five Elements Dao into the seventh realm!
After witnessing the White Emperor’s great sun plunging into the river technique, Su Xing felt that his own Five Elements Dao was not far from the seventh realm.
After the Celestial Vessel Defense Battle, the Celestial Vessel arrived safely at the Celestial Secrets Realm.
And Su Xing, as he had hoped, entered the Mirror of the Void.
After experiencing the Mirror of the Void’s baptism once more…
When light and shadow merged together, Su Xing captured a sliver of the future’s power.
Thereafter, Su Xing’s Five Elements Dao successfully advanced to the seventh realm!
Space, Sword Dao, Five Elements — Su Xing had reached the seventh realm in all three Great Daos.
At this moment, Su Xing’s strength had risen yet another level.
After leaving the Void Realm, Su Xing quickly received a summons from the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master. His divine sense entered the Primordial Void Realm.
There, Su Xing smoothly met the phantom of the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master.
A gentle voice reached his ears.
“You are this generation’s first on the Prodigy List?”
“I don’t seem to have heard your name before…”
“Appearing for the first time and charging straight onto the Heaven Ranking to claim first place?”
The Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master was clearly puzzled.
By all reason, even the most prodigiously talented cultivators would have a traceable growth trajectory along their journey.
To put it most simply:
Every first-place holder — or even top-ten ranker — on the Heaven Ranking throughout history had invariably been a former first-place holder on the Earth Ranking and Human List.
This was beyond question!
And someone like Su Xing, who had never appeared on the Prodigy List before, showing up for the very first time and claiming the Heaven Ranking’s top position — the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master was seeing this for the first time.
After speaking, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master extended her hand and began divination.
Her brow furrowed slightly…
Su Xing watched as the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master produced a divination instrument and performed careful calculations.
After casting over a dozen divinations in succession, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master finally stopped.
The way she looked at Su Xing was as if she were gazing upon a monster.
“How is this possible? You’re actually a person with no past?”
“Your past… it all seems to have occurred within a mere few hundred years?”
“This… this is impossible!”
The Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master was stunned.
Had she not been fully confident in her abilities to read people and perform divination, and certain that the person before her was absolutely human, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master might have nearly believed that the person before her was an avatar of some other being!
Seeing the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master so shaken, Su Xing was somewhat surprised as well.
In previous simulations, Su Xing had also been first on the Earth Ranking…
But this was the first time the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master had attempted to divine his past…
Without a doubt, this was a new development that came from reaching first place on the Heaven Ranking!
Just as Su Xing was hesitating over whether to tell her about his ability to “endlessly reincarnate”…
The Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master before him suddenly seemed to recall something, her tone turning urgent:
“You’re the one I’ve been waiting for, aren’t you?”
“A person with no past, no future… impossible to divine!”
“Countless ages ago, I established the Prodigy List… it must have been for the sake of waiting for this very day!”
As she spoke, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master studied Su Xing once more, then sighed:
“But your strength seems a bit lacking… there might not be enough time…”
“If you had appeared a million years earlier, perhaps everything would still have been possible!”
The Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master seemed to fall into a period of self-doubt.
But her gaze quickly regained its resolve as she addressed Su Xing:
“Child, come find me!”
“Come to the Ninth Heaven to find me… I’ve placed everything you could want, including the answers, there!”
“As long as you can make it there, there is still a chance!”
With those words, the phantom of the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master gradually dissipated, as if she had completed her mission.
…
When the immersive simulation ended, Su Xing returned to reality, his eyes flashing with intense shock.
“The Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master was truly waiting for me?”
“She waited for me for tens of millions of years? She seemed to have known all along that I would appear… What on earth is going on?”
Countless doubts arose in Su Xing’s heart.
In previous simulations, Su Xing had learned that the reason the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master held the Prodigy List was because of a dream!
A dream that could not be divined!
Guided by that dream, she had established the three rankings of Heaven, Earth, and Mortal, answering questions for the top-ranked prodigies and even providing resources!
But the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master couldn’t divine his past…
This left the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master deeply confused — his undivine-able nature was similar to that dream…
Was that why the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master believed the person she had been waiting for was Su Xing?
These were Su Xing’s speculations, but whether they could be verified would require him to try for himself.
“The Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master can only be met in the Ninth Heaven?”
Su Xing shook his head slightly. He didn’t even have the confidence to clear the Eighth Heaven yet!
How could he possibly reach the Ninth Heaven?
“But… it’s almost within reach!”
“As long as my strength improves a bit more, I’ll eventually have the confidence to head for the Ninth Heaven!”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes.
According to his intelligence, the passage from the Eighth Heaven to the Ninth Heaven was strictly guarded by the foreign race.
To date, only the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master had broken through that blockade and entered the Ninth Heaven!
Perhaps the current Su Xing didn’t have the confidence to reach the Ninth Heaven…
But after dozens or hundreds of simulations, that wouldn’t necessarily remain the case!
“I’m about to meet the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master? That’s truly… something to look forward to!”
Su Xing’s gaze flickered.
“But for now, improving my strength is far more important!”
Su Xing murmured to himself.
His main objectives for simulations remained only two:
Overcome the Nine Tribulations of Great Firmament, and advance his Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation!
With this in mind, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【After leaving the Primordial Void Realm, you did not rush to seek out the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master.】
【Because you knew the time was not yet right. You began training even harder to improve your cultivation.】
【When you had previously joined the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, you had stated that you needed to break through to Great Firmament Golden Immortal as quickly as possible. As long as you occasionally took on missions, you would have ample time to cultivate within the Celestial Secrets Realm.】
【Under the Luotian Realm’s seventy-fold time dilation, each year was equivalent to seventy years of cultivation!】
【Year 400: The second batch of Celestial Primordial Fruits ripened… You consumed a Celestial Primordial Fruit, and the Celestial Primordial Tree within your body grew at a visible rate.】
【It grew roughly half a zhang (1.67 m) each year, meaning your primordial energy and physical body were continuously strengthening.】
【And so, four hundred years quietly passed…】
【Year 800: The Celestial Primordial Tree within your body had reached sixteen thousand five hundred zhang (54.95 km).】
【You also participated in the Heavenly Secrets Domain’s first major battle against the foreign race…】
【After this battle concluded, you continued cultivating as always.】
【And so, another hundred years passed…】
【Year 1,000: News arrived that the Southern Barbarian Domain had been completely invaded — this was within your expectations.】
【Year 1,500: The Azure Origin Domain was completely occupied. Qingyunzi led a group of cultivators in fleeing to the Celestial Secrets Realm.】
【Year 1,600: The Celestial Demon Domain was completely occupied… The passage for extraterritorial foreign races to reach the Celestial Demon Domain was unsealed.】
【The Heavenly Secrets Domain also lost more than half its worlds…】
【Year 1,800: The human race began organized counterattacks.】
【But the foreign races were too powerful!】
【The foreign races, led by the Seven Deadly Sins, had over twenty chief gods among their ranks!】
【Even fighting one against two, the human race’s top powerhouses were not enough to resist… As for Supreme Unity Golden Immortal-level combat power, the human race was simply crushed outright…】
【And so, after desperately holding on for two hundred years…】
【Year 2,000: An even more terrifying enemy appeared… the Sovereign of Death!】
【This time, the victor was not the first-generation Red Moon, but the second-generation Red Moon!】
【It was unknown what price he had paid, but he had actually ascended to the Sovereign realm!】
【But the Sovereign realm represented an overwhelming victory against the human race’s strongest…】
【After a battle steeped in despair, you died…】
【Ding! This simulation has ended!】
After the simulation ended, Su Xing looked at the text before him with a slight frown.
“The future… has changed again!”
“This time it was the second-generation Red Moon who won? But he… clearly never mastered the Death law!”
Su Xing fell silent for a moment, guessing that perhaps other Sovereigns among the foreign races had helped the second-generation Red Moon defeat the first-generation Red Moon, seizing the Death law, thereby breaking through as chief god and achieving the Sovereign realm!
“So I must find a way to slay the first-generation Red Moon!”
“Simply destroying his chance of ascending to Sovereign isn’t enough… because that terrifying enemy among the foreign races will make corresponding adjustments as well!”
Su Xing took a deep breath. Currently, the struggle between the two generations of Red Moon had already begun.
This was actually advantageous for Su Xing.
At least the two Red Moons fighting each other would deplete their strength through internal conflict.
But now it seemed he had to resolve the Red Moon situation as quickly as possible — within a few years!
“My current strength isn’t enough to swiftly deal with the Red Moon… If it forcibly breaks through to chief god, that would be very troublesome!”
“I’ll steadily improve my strength first… With the simulator, my strength will definitely grow faster than the Red Moon’s!”
Su Xing was quite confident. He first looked at this simulation’s rewards.
【Supreme Bone】: Red talent. Price: 100 origin energy.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results】: One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws, capable of fighting anyone under heaven. Celestial Primordial Tree within the body reached seventeen thousand zhang (56.61 km). Price: 10,000,000 origin energy.
【Tribulation of Faith insight】: After facing a terrifying Sovereign-level enemy, you still held fast to the conviction in your heart, resolute and unyielding. Price: 10,000,000 origin energy.