Chapter 516 – Annihilating the Fourth Legion, Comprehending the Time Dao!

Chapter 516: Annihilating the Fourth Legion, Comprehending the Time Dao!

One day later, in the core region of the Celestial Demon Domain.

Su Xing took out the five thousand-plus Rebirth Pills he had refined in advance and distributed them to the experts of the Celestial Demon Prison.

Afterward, Su Xing informed the Celestial Demon General of his plan.

Including Su Xing and the Celestial Demon General, there were a total of eighty-six human race experts participating in this raid on the Fourth Legion!

Aside from Su Xing, all of them were top-tier experts who had battled in the Celestial Demon Domain for millions of years.

Among the eighty-six, even the weakest was at Late Golden Immortal.

There were nearly twenty experts at Supreme Unity Golden Immortal or above!

This was precisely why the Celestial Demon General had been able to hold the line against the Fourth Legion for so many years!

It wasn’t solely because the Celestial Demon General’s own strength was extraordinary—each and every one of the experts under his command was a warrior capable of fighting one against three!

This operation hinged on speed and surprise, aiming to decapitate as many foreign race deities as possible.

Thus, that very afternoon, all eighty-six experts departed on schedule and arrived at the location of the foreign race.

Before the operation began, Su Xing used Shielding Heavenly Secrets and laid down Breath-Concealing Formations for the experts, allowing them to successfully infiltrate the core region where the Fourth Legion was gathered.

After your advance simulated rehearsal, everything proceeded with extraordinary smoothness.

Soon, you arrived at the foreign race’s core stronghold.

Here, several first-tier deities and dozens of foreign race deities were “patrolling.”

And in that moment, battle erupted!

You and the Celestial Demon General struck first, killing two first-tier deities one after another. Then the remaining experts attacked in succession, slaughtering every one of the dozens of foreign race deities.

After that, you carved a path of slaughter straight toward the foreign race’s core region.

Because these foreign race members had made no advance preparations, they were caught completely off guard.

In just three short days, the number of first-tier deities who died at your hands was no fewer than ten!

And at this point, the foreign race organized their first planned counterattack.

Dozens of first-tier deities joined forces, commanding thousands of foreign race deities, led by none other than one of the Seven Deadly Sins—the Void Chief God, codenamed “Pride”!

However, in the face of absolute power, numbers meant little!

The Celestial Demon General alone could steadily suppress the Void Chief God.

And you were like a tiger among sheep—mere first-tier deities couldn’t last ten rounds against you.

The Great Dao of the Sword at seventh realm Minor Mastery meant the ultimate power of destruction.

With your Great Firmament Golden Immortal body and magical power, killing first-tier deities was as easy as slaughtering chickens and sheep!

This battle lasted an entire month!

This mighty legion composed of thousands of foreign race deities was completely annihilated, with only the Void Chief God escaping with his life.

And you pressed your advantage, surging forward in one breath to kill your way into the Fourth Legion’s sealed core region!

What followed was a war that lasted nearly a year!

Over the course of that year, the number of first-tier deities who died at your hands approached one hundred!

Nearly half of the entire Fourth Legion’s first-tier deities had been slain by you!

Over this year, every Celestial Demon Domain expert had no fewer than dozens of foreign race deity corpses to their name.

The Fourth Legion had lost nearly a million foreign race members at God-level or above!

But after a year, the bountiful results of war finally began to slow.

Because the Fourth Legion’s seal over the Celestial Demon Domain had been completely broken!

At the same time, a second chief god who had long been in slumber—one of the Seven Deadly Sins, the succubus chief god of “Lust”—awoke from her sleep.

……

Early May of New Era Year 2031, core region of the Celestial Demon Domain.

Su Xing and the other experts of the Celestial Demon Prison held a brief meeting.

“Lord Celestial Demon… the succubus chief god has definitely awakened. Should we continue the hunt?”

A Supreme Unity Golden Immortal within the Celestial Demon Prison asked.

The other Supreme Unity Golden Immortals also turned their gazes toward the Celestial Demon General.

Over this past year, the results of the surprise assault on the Fourth Legion had been simply staggering!

Although the Fourth Legion of the foreign race boasted hundreds of millions of members, only three million were at God-level or above.

Those at the deity level or above numbered merely tens of thousands…

In just one year, nearly half of the Fourth Legion’s first-tier deities had fallen—over a hundred killed or wounded in total.

Of those above the deity level, nearly a third had perished—over ten thousand…

Of those at God-level and above, a million had been slain…

The overall strength of the foreign race’s Fourth Legion had been reduced by nearly half.

This was a result unprecedented in the Celestial Demon Domain’s tens of millions of years of history!

And the reason behind it all…

The assembled experts turned their gazes toward Su Xing, who stood off to the side.

Everything was, naturally, because of the addition of a new Great Firmament Golden Immortal!

Slaying first-tier deities as easily as slaughtering chickens and sheep…

Ten thousand streams of sword qi that could effortlessly cut down thousands of God-level foreign race members.

The strategy over this past year had been for the Celestial Demon General to keep the Void Chief God tied down.

While Su Xing was responsible for hunting foreign race deities—the majority of the war’s results had been achieved by Su Xing alone!

Of course, the Celestial Demon Prison had also paid a price.

Of the eighty-six experts from a year ago, only eighty-two remained—four had fallen, including one Supreme Unity Golden Immortal.

But compared to the foreign race’s enormous losses, the human race’s cost was practically negligible…

“Whether we should continue the offensive…”

The Celestial Demon General turned his gaze toward Su Xing, as if seeking his opinion.

Though the Celestial Demon General remained the leader, the monumental results achieved over the past year were all thanks to Su Xing.

Seeing this, Su Xing thought for a moment and said:

“After a year of continuous fighting, everyone is exhausted…”

“But the Fourth Legion is at its weakest right now—we should press our advantage and expand our gains! As for the additional succubus chief god… I trust that with Senior Celestial Demon General’s strength, fighting two at once should be no problem!”

The Celestial Demon General nodded after hearing this. With his physical recovery and vital energy reserves,

even facing two chief gods simultaneously for several years would pose no danger whatsoever.

Seeing the Celestial Demon General nod, Su Xing then revealed his ambition and plan.

“The foreign race’s invasion of the human race has persisted for a long time. Apart from our Celestial Demon Domain, the human race in the other four great domains has been consistently on the back foot!”

“The Eastern Domain and Southern Barbarian Domain especially—at the current rate, they likely won’t last a thousand years before being overrun!”

When Su Xing said this, the other experts couldn’t help but show expressions of shock and disbelief.

Two great human domains overrun within a thousand years—wasn’t that being too alarmist?

Su Xing could tell what they were thinking from their expressions.

But he didn’t offer excessive explanation, and simply said:

“Therefore, we must look further ahead—we must think bigger!”

“We must not only defeat the foreign race’s Fourth Grand Legion, but also find a way to kill a chief god!”

At these words, the surrounding experts all showed expressions of alarm.

Kill a foreign race chief god?

Wasn’t that setting the bar impossibly high?

After all, in the millions of years of warfare between the foreign race and the human race, there had never been a single chief god or Great Firmament Golden Immortal casualty!

The last time something like that had occurred was during the final battle between the Luotian Ancestor and Red Moon and other foreign race chief gods…

Because chief gods were simply too difficult to kill!

Even the Celestial Demon General would find it unrealistic to slay an ordinary chief god.

After all, anyone who had cultivated to such a realm, even if they were outmatched in raw power and defeated in battle, could still find opportunities to escape if they steeled themselves and paid the price!

For example, over the past year, Su Xing and the Celestial Demon General had attempted to kill that Void Chief God multiple times, yet never succeeded.

But the Celestial Demon General knew that Su Xing would not speak without purpose, so he asked:

“What confidence do you have? Can you truly kill a foreign race chief god?”

Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this and said:

“I’m confident—roughly seventy percent or higher!”

“The intelligence I’ve received indicates that the succubus chief god has only just awakened, and her strength hasn’t returned to its peak… Moreover, succubus-type foreign race members aren’t adept at combat…”

“If Senior and I join forces, we have a chance to slay her!”

The Celestial Demon General nodded slightly, though a hint of doubt lingered in his mind.

But… there was still the Void Chief God to deal with!

With just the two of them working together, they could certainly suppress both the Void and succubus chief gods with ease, but to actually kill one… that didn’t seem realistic!

Su Xing guessed what the Celestial Demon General was thinking, and so he added:

“I need to enter seclusion for a period—approximately seven days… By then, my strength will have grown even further!”

“At that time, with Senior and me joining forces, we should have confidence to slay the succubus chief god!”

A gleam of light flashed through the Celestial Demon General’s eyes.

Over the past year, he had come to understand Su Xing’s strength fairly well.

Though not quite matching his own, the gap was remarkably small…

If Su Xing could advance even further, wouldn’t that place him truly at the same level?

With that thought, the Celestial Demon General clapped his hands in approval:

“Excellent! Then let us wait seven days. After seven days, we launch the final war!”

Su Xing nodded, offered no further explanation, and turned to enter the spirit field grotto-heaven.

……

Inside the spirit field grotto-heaven, Su Xing sat cross-legged within the cave dwelling.

Joining forces with the Celestial Demon General to face two chief gods—and even slay one!

Su Xing was not speaking idle boasts!

He had trump cards and confidence to back it up!

And Su Xing’s trump cards and confidence came from…

Su Xing took a deep breath and turned his gaze toward the simulation panel.

【Origin: 26,574 points of world origin, 890,000 origin energy.】

【Remaining simulation attempts: 33.】

More than a year had passed since Su Xing’s advancement to Great Firmament Golden Immortal.

Over the past year, Su Xing had slain no fewer than a hundred first-tier deities, and a considerable number of powerful beings from the Celestial Demon Prison as well.

Aside from reserving a small portion for refining pills, he had converted all the rest into origin!

Nearly 30 billion origin energy! In other words, thirty thousand world origin…

And over the past half year, Su Xing had accumulated over sixty simulation attempts in total.

Of those, thirty simulations had already been spent attempting to comprehend the Time Dao.

After spending 3,000 world origin and expending 30 simulation attempts…

Su Xing was only a single step away from fully comprehending the Time Dao!

More critically, just how far could thirty-odd simulation attempts push Su Xing’s strength?

Even Su Xing himself wasn’t entirely sure…

“Hoo… First, let me comprehend the Time Dao and bring it to the first realm! After that, I’ll raise my cultivation level…”

Su Xing quickly made his decision and initiated a new round of simulation.

【Simulation #395 initiated. Remaining: 26,574 points of world origin, 890,000 origin energy, 32 simulation attempts!】

【Please select simulation mode: Simulate Future, Time Reversal, Comprehend Time.】

“Comprehend Time!”

Su Xing intoned silently.

【Ding. This session of Comprehend Time costs 100 world origin. Remaining: 26,474 points of world origin, 890,000 origin energy…】

【Warning: Your consciousness will be transmitted to an unknown space-time…】

【Transmission beginning!】

…

What followed was Su Xing running three consecutive simulations, from the 395th through the 397th, all devoted entirely to comprehending the Time Dao.

In that primordial void where chaos had just begun to part, Su Xing experienced countless ages.

Though he was merely a wisp of consciousness, he still bore the weight of eons and grasped a single ripple within the Long River of time.

Flowers bloomed and withered, seasons turned and changed…

Stars shifted in their courses, the universe stretched back to the primordial wild…

Su Xing witnessed the era before the human race was born—the age that belonged to the spirits and creatures of heaven and earth.

He witnessed the birth of the Three Thousand Worlds, and he witnessed the primordial demon gods and the innate spirits of heaven and earth.

The Twelve Ancestral Shamans, the great Dragon and Phoenix clans, ten thousand demon tribes paying homage…

And yet, whether it was the once-brilliant Wu Clan or Demon Tribe, or even those races born before heaven and earth who nurtured the innate spirits—

Their entire existences, within the Long River of time, were still nothing more than insignificant ripples…

Su Xing’s eyes gently closed, and a wisp of Time Dao essence emanated from around him.

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed…

When Su Xing opened his eyes again, a flash of ancient weariness passed through them, as though he had witnessed seas turn to mulberry fields and the sun and moon trade places across the ages.

But it was gone in an instant…

Composing his weathered expression, Su Xing let out a long breath and turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【Great Dao Comprehension: Time Dao (First Realm)】

“One year, thirty-four simulations, 3.4 billion origin energy spent… I’ve finally comprehended the Time Dao!”

The corners of Su Xing’s mouth couldn’t help but curl upward.

The Time Dao—without question the pinnacle of the three thousand great Daos, the supreme law, bar none!

“So then… what surprises will the first realm of the Time Dao bring me?”

Su Xing took a deep breath and attempted to use his Time Dao.

A mysterious force enveloped Su Xing’s physical body.

Su Xing quickly identified the first ability.

“It makes the flow of time over my own body extremely slow, so that my biological functions barely deteriorate at all…”

Su Xing raised an eyebrow. This ability was essentially the equivalent of slowing his own aging.

At the first realm of the Time Dao, the upper limit of this deceleration was approximately… tenfold!

This meant Su Xing’s lifespan had been extended by ten times.

“Hoo… It may not be tremendously useful, but for the first realm of the laws of time, this level of power is already quite remarkable!”

And so Su Xing continued experimenting, toying with the Time Dao. Before he knew it, an entire day had passed.

Over the course of that full day, Su Xing nearly exhausted his Time Dao essence, but he finally mapped out all the abilities of the first realm Time Dao.

“The first realm of the Dao is still too weak…”

Su Xing shook his head. The most overpowered aspects of the Dao of time were, naturally, three powers.

Past, future, and present!

According to legend, when the Time Dao was cultivated to its Peak, one could alter the past, suspend the present, and borrow power from the future!

Any single one of these three was an invincible ability.

But the current Su Xing was clearly still unable to achieve any of them.

“However, the first realm of the laws of time, when combined with the Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny, seems to have granted me some ability to peer into the Long River of time!”

Su Xing narrowed his eyes. This was essentially a blurry version of predicting the future.

For top-tier powerhouses—like the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master and those at his level—this was a closely guarded supernatural art, a trump card kept at the very bottom of their arsenal.

But for Su Xing… it was actually somewhat redundant!

“Come to think of it… the simulator’s abilities must be related to the Time Dao!”

“Moreover, such precise prediction of the future would be equivalent to a top-tier level of the Time Dao!”

Su Xing murmured.

Slowing his own vital energy and vaguely predicting the future—these were the two abilities of Su Xing’s first realm Time Dao.

And besides these two, Su Xing discovered yet another ability of the Time Dao.

That was… controlling the flow of time!

Yes, just like the Luotian Mirror, Su Xing, having mastered the first realm Time Dao, could also control the flow of time within a certain range.

The range was approximately one meter around his true body, and the time flow could currently be adjusted up to a maximum of ten times…

“When it comes down to it, the first realm of the Time Dao is still too weak…”

“But if I can advance it to an extremely high realm in the future, it will absolutely be tremendously useful!”

Su Xing murmured. He wasn’t particularly anxious about this—having spent over thirty simulation attempts just to get started on the Time Dao was already quite a good result.

“So then… if I enhance the Time Dao with world power, what changes would that bring?”

A thought stirred in Su Xing’s mind, and he wanted to test it.

He then unleashed his Spirit Domain at full power!

Immediately, the Time Dao surging around Su Xing skyrocketed!

It leapt directly from the first realm of the Time Dao to the third realm, Major Mastery!

And at the same time, Su Xing’s world power plummeted rapidly, and even his Time Dao essence diminished at an alarming rate.

After holding on for merely ten breaths, Su Xing had to stop.

The Time Dao essence around his body had already been nearly depleted, and even his world power had been consumed by a third…

“The Time Dao actually has such enormous consumption!”

Su Xing sighed. One could only say it was worthy of being the pinnacle of the three thousand great Daos, the supreme among supreme laws!

The Time Dao’s consumption was even far greater than that of the seventh realm of space, Sword Dao, and other such Daos!

Su Xing had noticed this before when using his Spirit Domain—the more supreme the Dao, the more world power it consumed.

“Hoo… Still, at least I’ve gotten a handle on some of the functions of the third realm Time Dao!”

A sharp gleam flashed through Su Xing’s eyes.

The third realm Time Dao, beyond enhancing the strength of time flow manipulation, vital energy deceleration, and future prediction…

It possessed an even more overpowered ability—Time Stop!

Yes, pausing time!

Its effect was virtually identical to Su Xing’s red talent, “Time Stop Between Breaths.”

It could similarly be maintained for approximately one breath’s duration…

The difference was that its range was only the surrounding one kilometer…

“Tsk tsk, even so, it’s already extremely powerful!”

“If combined with the Time Stop talent, that’s the equivalent of two breaths of time—about six seconds—enough for me to accomplish a great many things!”

Anticipation gleamed in Su Xing’s eyes.

This was merely the Time Dao at the third realm, Major Mastery, and it already touched upon the level of pausing time.

What about the fourth realm? The fifth realm?

At this thought, Su Xing’s heart surged with anticipation.

“However… the Time Dao is currently far too weak!”

“If I want to kill the foreign race’s chief god and annihilate the Fourth Legion, what I need is a boost in raw strength!”

With this thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

Thirty remaining simulation attempts, over twenty thousand world origin!

Enough to let Su Xing’s strength undergo another transformation!

“Then, let the simulations begin!” Su Xing intoned silently.

【Simulation #398 initiated. Remaining: 26,274 points of world origin, 890,000 origin energy, 32 simulation attempts!】

【Please select simulation mode: Simulate Future, Time Reversal, Comprehend Time.】

“Simulate Future!” Su Xing intoned silently.