Chapter 512 – Milking the Thunder Tribulation, Strength Skyrockets!
by spirapiraSu Xing had already planned it out — he was going to squeeze every last drop of value from this Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation!
“But the simulation isn’t over yet… Right now, I can still push my cultivation up another notch!”
Su Xing murmured, his gaze turning to the simulation panel.
【Year Eleven: You successfully weathered the Thunder Tribulation and achieved the rank of Great Firmament Golden Immortal, free and unfettered between heaven and earth!】
【After enduring a million tribulation bolts, your magical power reached Great Firmament Golden Immortal Layer Three!】
【Combined with the enhancements from the Great Shaman Body Forging Art and your Spirit Domain, your strength far surpassed that of ordinary Great Firmament Golden Immortals!】
【At this moment, you were completely certain that aside from the White Emperor, Qingyunzi, the Celestial Demon General, and the mysterious Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master, no other Great Firmament Golden Immortal of the human race could be your match!】
【Your strength was sufficient to rank in the top five of the human race!】
【Even against those who had lived nearly a hundred million years, like the Southern Barbarian Emperor and Sea Emperor Daluo, you felt no fear whatsoever…】
【But in your heart, you knew that Great Firmament Golden Immortal was still not enough!】
【It was still impossible to reverse the future annihilation of the human race!】
【So you did not slacken, and continued cultivating diligently!】
【You first returned to the Celestial Demon Domain to fulfill your agreement with the Celestial Demon General and suppress the foreign races there.】
【Compared to before, having undergone the baptism of the Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation and advanced to Great Firmament, your overall strength had increased several times over.】
【So you decided to team up with the Celestial Demon General for a major operation!】
【You laid out a plan, first creating the illusion that the Celestial Demon General was absent from the Celestial Demon Domain, then luring the enemy deep inside…】
【In merely ten years, you succeeded in one decisive stroke, shattering the foreign race forces!】
【This single battle annihilated nearly one-third of the Fourth Legion’s foreign race army, including dozens of first-tier deities!】
【After suffering such heavy losses, the foreign race’s Fourth Legion clearly became much more conservative, adopting a defensive strategy.】
【Over the following decades, you continued working with the Celestial Demon General to eliminate the foreign races.】
【By Year Fifty, the Fourth Grand Legion’s forces had been whittled down by nearly half, and would pose no threat to the Celestial Demon Domain for some time.】
【So you left the Celestial Demon Domain and headed for the Nine Heavens Domain…】
【For the time ahead, you planned to comprehend the Great Dao within the Nine Heavens Domain…】
In the Real World, Su Xing saw this and gave a slight nod, silently reciting:
“Activate immersive simulation, duration 274 years…”
【Ding — remaining origin energy: 12,778,860,000 points…】
As the Chime faded, Su Xing’s consciousness entered the simulated world.
Appearing on the familiar Eighth Heaven, Su Xing began cultivating the Celestial Star Observation Method, comprehending the Great Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny.
After advancing to Great Firmament Golden Immortal, Su Xing’s efficiency in comprehending the Great Dao had grown considerably.
Before long, over two hundred years passed and Su Xing’s Dao-Enlightenment Tea was exhausted.
Awakening from his contemplation, Su Xing made a quick calculation and said:
“I’ve been in seclusion for nearly two hundred and forty years…”
“The Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny isn’t far from sixth realm Major Mastery!”
“It’s time to head to the White Cloud Realm…”
With that thought, Su Xing wasted no time and set off for the White Cloud Realm.
Several days later, within the White Cloud Realm, Su Xing continued his cultivation.
But merely three months later, Su Xing suddenly awoke from his seclusion.
“Hm? This aura… it’s the Celestial Secrets Pavilion’s Celestial Vessel!”
Su Xing raised an eyebrow.
It was only the 290th year of the simulation, and the Celestial Vessel had arrived this early!
That was a full five years earlier than before…
“The Celestial Vessel’s arrival means that more worlds within the Heavenly Secrets Domain have been invaded by the foreign race…”
“That’s why they’ve been forced to relocate the immortal seedlings from these small worlds…”
Su Xing’s expression turned grave. This meant that the entity among the foreign race playing this chess game against him had once again accelerated the invasion strategy!
It had now become a full-blown race against time!
Would that hidden mastermind behind the scenes manage to have the foreign race invade the Three Thousand Worlds and find Su Xing first…
Or would Su Xing’s strength grow enough to expel the foreign race?
Su Xing had no way of knowing, because after breaking through to Great Firmament Golden Immortal, his cultivation speed had become slower and slower…
At this rate, even reaching Great Firmament Golden Immortal Perfection would require several decades!
Note — several decades in reality!
That meant Su Xing would need to undergo over a thousand or even more simulations just to raise his cultivation to Peak Great Firmament Golden Immortal.
Of course, this speed was still far faster than any other cultivator…
But Su Xing couldn’t gamble. He didn’t know when the foreign race would launch their full invasion!
If that Sovereign among the foreign race sent another avatar to invade the Three Thousand Worlds… it would be all over.
“So I need to grow stronger even faster!”
“With my current magical power, I can easily maintain a hundredfold time differential in the Luotian Realm… It shouldn’t take a thousand simulations, but I still can’t let my guard down!”
“And the Luotian Mirror’s core — perhaps I should find a way to obtain it too…”
Su Xing murmured.
…
And so, Su Xing boarded the Celestial Vessel and headed toward the Celestial Secrets Pavilion.
It wasn’t until twenty years later, in Year 310, that the Celestial Vessel was ambushed by the foreign race.
Su Xing displayed his full strength, joining forces with the White Emperor to slay Blood Three in a single strike!
Another ten years later, Su Xing arrived at the Celestial Secrets Realm and, with the aid of the Mirror of the Void, successfully elevated his Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny to seventh realm Major Mastery…
…
The immersive simulation soon ended, and Su Xing’s consciousness returned.
“Phew… The future is growing more and more unpredictable!”
“But all I can do right now is work even harder to raise my cultivation!”
Su Xing’s plan remained unchanged — prioritize advancing the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!
After all, the time needed to cultivate all the way to Great Firmament Golden Immortal Perfection was simply too long.
His gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【Year 330: You remained in the Celestial Secrets Realm, continuing your cultivation.】
【With the Luotian Realm, you could control a hundredfold time differential between inside and outside!】
【Three and a half days in the outside world equaled one year within the Luotian Realm!】
【One year outside meant a hundred years within!】
【Thanks to the Luotian Realm, the first batch of Celestial Primordial Fruits matured in a mere ninety years.】
【Every thirty years thereafter, you could harvest forty-nine Celestial Primordial Fruits and use them to continuously temper your primordial energy.】
【With the Luotian Realm’s assistance, the advancement speed of your Great Shaman Body Forging Art increased dramatically.】
【Around Year 700, the first great war between the foreign race and the Heavenly Secrets Domain erupted ahead of schedule!】
【This time, it was the foreign race that initiated the war!】
【But fortunately, under the White Emperor’s leadership, the human race held firm and repelled the Heavenly Secrets Domain’s foreign race forces with relatively light casualties.】
【Year 900: Word arrived that the Southern Barbarian Domain had been completely overrun by the foreign race, and the Southern Barbarian Emperor had fallen in battle!】
【Year 1,000: The Eastern Domain fell as well…】
【Year 1,200: The struggle between the two generations of Red Moon concluded with the first-generation Red Moon emerging victorious.】
【With the Azure Origin Domain on the brink of collapse, Qingyunzi led a portion of his disciples and Azure Origin Domain cultivators in fleeing to the Celestial Secrets Realm.】
【Year 1,400: As the Five Great Domains fell one after another, even the Celestial Demon Domain could no longer hold…】
【Most critically, the Celestial Demon General was besieged by five chief gods of the foreign race and killed in battle!】
【At this point, the last hope for the human race’s Five Great Domains rested solely on the Heavenly Secrets Domain…】
【Year 1,500: After nearly a hundred thousand years of bitter cultivation within the Luotian Realm, your Celestial Primordial Tree had grown to 55,000 zhang (183.2 km)!】
【And in that same year, the first-generation Red Moon finally broke through to the Sovereign realm!】
【Countless foreign race armies pressed at the borders, attacking the Celestial Secrets Realm…】
【This battle was extraordinarily brutal. Under the absolute crushing of superior strength, the Celestial Secrets Realm could not hold.】
【You died in battle!】
【Ding — this simulation has ended!】
Looking at the text before him, Su Xing furrowed his brows deeply.
Year 1,500 — the foreign race had launched their full invasion and taken the Celestial Secrets Realm, far sooner than before…
“Time is growing more and more pressing!”
“It seems the one behind the foreign race is moving faster and faster…”
Su Xing felt somewhat helpless. The gap in strength between the human race and the foreign race was simply too vast…
Even now, Su Xing suspected that the human race’s overall strength was already inferior to the foreign race’s.
It was only because the foreign race wanted to annihilate the human race at minimal cost while strengthening themselves that they were taking their time.
But once they sensed a threat, they would accelerate the invasion!
Just like… the foreign race’s invasion of Earth all those years ago!
“But worrying won’t help… My rate of improvement is already very fast!”
“Once I break through to Great Firmament Golden Immortal, my subsequent plans can unfold!”
“That Sovereign among the foreign race wants to accelerate the annihilation of the human race… And I need to weaken the foreign race’s strength as soon as possible!”
“What we’re competing over now is nothing but time!”
Su Xing murmured, then turned his gaze to this simulation’s rewards.
【Myriad Medicine Divine Physique】: Gold talent. Price: 10 origin energy.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results】: One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws, able to fight anyone under heaven. The Celestial Primordial Tree within your body has reached 55,000 zhang (183.2 km). Price: 810,000,000 origin energy.
【Great Firmament Golden Immortal cultivation】: Having weathered the Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation and formed the Great Firmament Dao Fruit, henceforth transcending heaven and earth, free and unfettered in the world. Cultivation has reached the middle stage of Golden Immortal Layer Three. Price: 4,000,000,000 origin energy.
【Eternal Thunder Physique (incomplete)】: One of the ancient era’s physique types, an existence surpassing even holy physiques. With this physique’s enhancement, one possesses astonishing comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder, directly glimpsing its ultimate mysteries, with vastly increased sensitivity to thunder spiritual energy. Price: 900,000,000 origin energy.
【World Power — Spirit Domain】: Range has reached 2,700,000 li (1,350,000 km). Price: 100,000,000 origin energy.
The rewards from this simulation were nothing short of enormous — one could even say this was the most explosive leap in strength since Su Xing began simulating!
By weathering the Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation, Su Xing’s Great Dao of Thunder had not only entered the seventh realm.
The Great Shaman Body Forging Art had grown by nearly 28,000 zhang (93.24 km)! Equivalent to doubling Su Xing’s cultivation progress in the Great Shaman Body Forging Art in one go!
And the Eternal Thunder Physique was no longer far from full completion.
“Tsk tsk… A full 900 million origin energy, and it’s still an incomplete Eternal Thunder Physique. Just how extraordinary is this physique?”
“Of course, the most crucial thing is the middle stage of Golden Immortal Layer Three cultivation!”
Su Xing clenched his fist in excitement.
Great Firmament Golden Immortal Layer Three cultivation — if Su Xing had followed the normal simulation progression, it would have taken at least several years.
Yet this time, after enduring the Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation, he reached it directly!
If he extracted the Great Firmament Golden Immortal cultivation, Su Xing’s magical power would be at least ten times more potent!
Even his Spirit Domain had seen considerable growth.
But Su Xing knew he couldn’t extract the Great Firmament Golden Immortal cultivation just yet — for the sake of better milking!
So Su Xing silently recited:
“I choose to extract the Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results, the Eternal Thunder Physique, and the Spirit Domain…”
【Ding — you have successfully extracted the Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results. Remaining origin energy: 11,968,860,000 points…】
【Ding — you have successfully extracted the Eternal Thunder Physique (incomplete). Remaining origin energy: 11,068,860,000 points…】
【Ding — you have successfully extracted World Power — Spirit Domain. Remaining origin energy: 10,958,860,000 points…】
As three consecutive Chimes rang out, Su Xing felt an enormous transformation in his aura!
First, Su Xing felt the completion rate of his Eternal Thunder Physique surge dramatically!
His sensitivity to lightning and thunder spiritual energy increased tremendously, as if all the thunder elements drifting about were part of his own body.
This level of affinity far surpassed anything before!
Following that, Su Xing’s Spirit Domain range expanded by another 100,000 li (50,000 km)!
This made his Great Dao comprehension gains more enduring and allowed him to harness even more world power.
As for the greatest advancement, it was naturally the leap in the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!
Violent primordial energy gathered around Su Xing.
Su Xing’s skin seemed to be wreathed in a faint layer of golden light!
Then, the phantom of the Celestial Primordial Tree within his body began rising higher and higher.
27,000 zhang (89.91 km)… 30,000 zhang (99.9 km)… 40,000 zhang (133.2 km)…
All the way to 55,000 zhang (183.2 km)!
The Celestial Primordial Tree had more than doubled in height, and its overall size had expanded several times over!
At the same time, Su Xing felt his primordial energy, physical body, and vital blood had grown by roughly… threefold!
This was physical strength far beyond what he’d possessed before!
“So this is what One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws feels like? The Great Shaman Body Forging Art’s upper limit is still far from reached!”
“No wonder the Celestial Demon General could rival a half-saint with nothing but the eighth layer Perfection of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!”
Su Xing marveled inwardly. As he was now, if he faced Blood Two again, killing him wouldn’t seem particularly difficult, would it?
“Phew… But there’s no rush to extract the Great Firmament Golden Immortal cultivation!”
“Let me milk the Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation a few more times and see just how much my Great Shaman Body Forging Art can improve!”
“I still have four simulation attempts and over ten billion origin energy!”
“If I use them all up… I wonder what level my strength will reach!”
A thought stirred in Su Xing’s mind as he prepared to launch a new round of simulations.
“Begin simulation!”
【Ding…】
…
Su Xing proceeded just as in the previous simulation — weathering the Thunder Tribulation, slaying foreign race warriors, cultivating.
But across four consecutive simulations, Su Xing only survived to around Year 1,500 each time. The longest he managed was a mere 1,600 years.
【You died at the hands of the Sovereign of Death, Red Moon…】
【Ding — this simulation has ended!】
After four simulations, Su Xing let out a long breath.
“The Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation is certainly a tremendous opportunity, but the effects diminish with each repetition!”
“The million tribulation bolts refining one’s cultivation base go without saying… At most it only reaches the late stage of Great Firmament Golden Immortal Layer Three.”
“But whether it’s the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, the Spirit Domain, or comprehension of the Great Dao of Thunder — each time is worse than the last!”
“The second time through the tribulation, I could still manage to raise the Celestial Primordial Tree by over 10,000 zhang (33.3 km)… But by the third time, it was less than 7,000 zhang (23.31 km)…”
“The four simulations combined barely matched the effect of the first Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation…”
“Continuing to milk it further won’t yield much more benefit…”
Su Xing shook his head slightly.
Even though the Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation’s effects diminished each time, the overall boost to Su Xing had still been nothing short of tremendous!
The tempering and strengthening of his primordial energy alone was worth twenty or thirty simulations of bitter cultivation…
“Going through the tribulation five times total saved me at least four or five years!”
Su Xing was quite satisfied with this. He turned his gaze to the final simulation’s rewards.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results】: One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws, able to fight anyone under heaven. The Celestial Primordial Tree within your body has reached 80,000 zhang (266.4 km). Price: 120,000,000 origin energy.
【Great Firmament Golden Immortal cultivation】: Having weathered the Myriad Laws Thunder Tribulation and formed the Great Firmament Dao Fruit, henceforth transcending heaven and earth, free and unfettered in the world. Cultivation has reached the middle stage of Golden Immortal Layer Three. Price: 4,000,000,000 origin energy.
【World Power — Spirit Domain】: Range has reached 3,300,000 li (1,650,000 km). Price: 150,000,000 origin energy.
【Divine Sense (Unity of Heaven and Man)】: Great Firmament divine sense, spanning hundreds of millions of li, enveloping the entire Greater World in a single thought. Price: 1,000,000,000 origin energy.
【Eternal Thunder Physique】: The primordial first bolt of Purple Firmament Divine Thunder has entered the body. As the ancestor of all thunders under heaven, cultivation along the Dao of Thunder is completely unobstructed. Price: 1,000,000,000 origin energy.
The simulation rewards before him were nothing if not lavish.
Across five simulations, Su Xing’s Great Shaman Body Forging Art had gone from newly entering the eighth layer to nearly reaching eighth layer Minor Mastery!
With a Celestial Primordial Tree standing 80,000 zhang (266.4 km) tall, Su Xing’s primordial energy and physical strength had increased five to sixfold compared to before…
Beyond that, he could now officially extract his Great Firmament Golden Immortal cultivation.
His Spirit Domain had also progressed further, reaching 3,300,000 li (1,650,000 km).
“And then there’s this Unity of Heaven and Man divine sense… Spanning hundreds of millions of li — that should be the level of divine sense wielded by Great Firmament Golden Immortals!”
“Most Great Firmament Golden Immortals operate at this level — one thought, one world… Unless you specifically specialize in divine sense cultivation, this level is more than sufficient!”
Su Xing said, then turned his gaze to the final reward.
An innate talent worth a billion origin energy!
“The primordial first bolt of Purple Firmament Divine Thunder entering the body, ancestor of all thunders under heaven… This physique probably surpasses even a red-tier holy physique!”
“I wonder just how far the Eternal Thunder Physique will push my aptitude for the Great Dao of Thunder?”
A hint of anticipation stirred in Su Xing’s heart.
Without a moment’s hesitation, Su Xing extracted all five rewards.
【Ding — you have successfully extracted the Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results, Great Firmament Golden Immortal cultivation, World Power, Eternal Thunder Physique…】
【Remaining origin energy: 3,436,570,000 points…】
As a cascade of Chimes rang out, Su Xing’s origin energy plummeted.
Over ten billion origin energy had existed in Su Xing’s hands for less than a single day before shrinking back down to just over three billion.
But at the same time, Su Xing’s cultivation and aura underwent an unprecedented, astonishing transformation…