Chapter 527 – High Above, the Red Moon Falls!
by spirapiraChapter 527 – High Above, the Red Moon Falls!
After testing the full might of the complete Luotian Realm, Su Xing prepared to officially depart from the Celestial Demon Domain.
“Next, it’s time to annihilate those chief gods!”
“Every chief god I kill yields a massive amount of world origin, not to mention… the divinity alone would take me quite a while to digest!”
As he spoke, Su Xing gazed down at his own hands.
“With my current strength, slaying a chief god shouldn’t take more than a few days, right?”
…
Having accomplished the primary objective of his visit to the Celestial Demon Domain, Su Xing lingered no longer and finally departed.
After all, across the Three Thousand Worlds and Five Great Domains, there were far too many places infested with foreign races!
Since Su Xing’s goal was the annihilation of the foreign races, he couldn’t confine himself to a single domain!
“Come to think of it, before I leave, I should check out those Death Wastelands!”
Su Xing’s eyes lit up.
The Death Wastelands of the Endless Sea were teeming with countless foreign race members!
Among them, first and second-tier deities were not few in number.
If Su Xing wiped them out, he could likely gain a considerable amount of origin for free.
With that thought, Su Xing took the time to return from the Endless Sea to the Heavenly Secrets Domain.
…
Ten days later, the Heavenly Secrets Domain.
Su Xing spent some time annihilating several Death Wastelands before smoothly arriving at the Heavenly Secrets Domain.
“Tsk tsk, the foreign races in those Death Wastelands provided nearly ten thousand points of world origin. Not bad at all!”
“Now then, I should head to the Azure Origin Domain as quickly as possible and slay Red Moon!”
That’s right — Su Xing’s first target was naturally Red Moon!
This old monster who had lived for countless years was exceedingly cunning.
If Su Xing prioritized hunting other chief gods first, and this old monster caught wind of it, it might hide the Endless Abyss somewhere in the void and lay low for a few hundred years.
In the vast expanse of the void, even Su Xing would have a hard time finding it.
And now, with Su Xing’s strength being sufficient, it was time to eliminate this hidden threat first.
“Divinity imbued with the Death law… I’m actually looking forward to it…”
With that thought, Su Xing accelerated toward the Azure Origin Domain.
His seventh realm Major Mastery Great Dao of Space, bolstered by his Spirit Domain, easily broke through to the eighth realm!
And with the amount of world power Su Xing could currently mobilize, maintaining the eighth realm Great Dao of Space for several days posed no issue.
“So this is the eighth realm Great Dao of Space?”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes, inwardly marveling.
At this moment, within Su Xing’s perception, every void node in the expanse of space was clearly mapped out!
With a mere thought, Su Xing could travel from one void node to another.
In less than a single breath, he could traverse an immeasurable distance!
“Tsk tsk… with the eighth realm Great Dao of Space, I only need to head to the next void node. No more flying through space at all!”
“This way, my travel speed increases by dozens of times!”
Su Xing’s lips curled upward.
With a single step, he arrived outside a void node.
“From the Heavenly Secrets Domain to the Azure Origin Domain, the fastest route requires 13,679 void nodes…”
“Reaching where Red Moon is hiding should take only half a day…”
“Tsk tsk, so this is the power of a Saint?”
“Less than a day to cross an entire domain!”
“And this is merely the early stage of the eighth realm Great Dao of Space… If it reached eighth realm Peak…”
“I could probably cross a Great Domain in the span of a breath! Arrive at any location with a single thought!”
Su Xing sighed with emotion and swiftly headed toward where the Red Moon’s Abyss was hidden.
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Half a day later, the Azure Origin Domain.
Within the endless void, an eerie silence and desolation prevailed.
Su Xing stood alone in this stretch of void, his gaze trained on a certain direction several void nodes away.
“Tsk tsk… that old dog Red Moon really does have impressive concealment abilities…”
Su Xing smacked his lips.
With his current spatial Dao, he could naturally see that several void nodes away, within that seemingly empty stretch of void, an enormous Endless Abyss lay hidden.
Its scale was so massive that all thousand layers combined were nearly comparable to a Medium Chiliocosm.
“Tsk tsk… any cultivator below the seventh realm in spatial Dao wouldn’t notice anything amiss even if they passed right by!”
“But unfortunately for you, you’ve run into me…”
Su Xing took a deep breath.
Red Moon was someone he absolutely had to eliminate!
“But before I make my move, it would be better to run one more simulation for greater certainty…”
With that thought, Su Xing silently chanted:
“Begin simulation!”
【Simulation #480 initiated. Remaining world origin: 23,262 points. Origin energy: 790,000 points. 2 simulation attempts remaining!】
【Please select simulation mode: Simulate Future, time reversal, Comprehend Time.】
“Simulate Future!” Su Xing chanted silently.
…
After roughly a brief moment, Su Xing’s aura suddenly surged by a small margin.
After digesting his newly gained strength, Su Xing smiled and said:
“Red Moon, it’s time for you to die…”
With that, Su Xing took a single step forward, crossing several void nodes in the span of a breath, and descended into that stretch of void.
In the silent void, Su Xing’s gaze locked onto a certain direction ahead, as if staring back at a crimson moon.
Clearly, at the moment Su Xing discovered Red Moon, Red Moon also discovered Su Xing.
“Human… how dare you appear before me again!”
A sinister, shadowy figure suddenly materialized in the void, with faint red light flickering around it.
Su Xing merely smiled faintly and said:
“Naturally, I’ve come to take your life!”
With that, Su Xing extended his palm and pulled it apart from the center, as if opening a pair of doors.
In the next instant, an incomparably massive world of blood-red, immeasurable in width and length, abruptly appeared in the void.
With just one move, Su Xing had broken Red Moon’s spatial concealment technique and dragged the Endless Abyss back into the void.
And at the very bottom of the Endless Abyss, that crimson moon began to flicker violently.
“No, impossible!”
“It hasn’t been that long since we last met… how could you have reached this level?”
Red Moon was instantly shocked.
From this single display, it couldn’t discern Su Xing’s exact level of power.
But it could tell that Su Xing had already achieved the rank of Great Firmament Golden Immortal!
Hearing the voice beside his ear, Su Xing let out a cold laugh and offered no reply.
He merely murmured to himself:
“This Endless Abyss is quite a fine thing… best not to damage it if possible. It would give me more resources to work with later…”
With Su Xing’s current level of insight, he could naturally discern the origins of this Endless Abyss.
This was likely a world that Red Moon, at the peak of its power, had forged by devouring countless worlds and blending numerous world origins together!
It was equivalent to a massive portable dimension, and even possessed some of the effects of a Spirit Domain.
Its value was so great that even a Great Firmament Golden Immortal would covet it.
“It would be perfect to leave for Earth’s human race as a training ground…”
After this silent thought, Su Xing’s figure flickered and he appeared at the very bottom layer of the Endless Abyss.
Beneath his feet stretched an endless expanse of crimson earth.
Above his head, the sky was sunless and dark, a blood-red hue like liquid gore!
Only that crimson moon flickered intermittently, sending chills through one’s heart.
“Heh, human! I don’t know how you managed this…”
“But since you’ve come seeking death, no one can save you!”
Red Moon’s voice echoed through the air, laced with boundless fury.
Clearly, in Red Moon’s view, while it might not have been able to kill Su Xing out in the void, here within the Endless Abyss — its own domain — Su Xing would be no match.
But was reality truly as it wished?
In the very next second, the crimson moon in the sky blazed to life.
Immediately after, countless beams of red light rained down like laser fire upon the deepest layer of the Endless Abyss.
The Law of Slaughter!
The Law of Slaughter at the seventh realm!
Under such might, let alone a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal — even a cultivator who had reached Supreme Unity Celestial Venerable would have to retreat!
But Su Xing stood his ground, letting the red light fall, unshaken in all directions!
For within three feet before Su Xing, an invisible force wrapped in layers of golden light.
It rendered him impervious to all arts, undisturbed by all evils!
Primordial energy — One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws!
“Heh heh, I can withstand even the eighth layer Death law… so what chance does your Law of Slaughter have?”
Su Xing let the Law of Slaughter batter against his primordial energy barrier.
The nearly nine-million-zhang (29,970 km) Celestial Primordial Tree within his body was Su Xing’s trump card!
Setting everything else aside, with just this Law of Slaughter alone, even if Red Moon attacked nonstop for an entire year, it might not be able to breach Su Xing’s One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws!
“Tsk tsk… but as expected, it has indeed entered the chief god realm!”
“After the Death law entered the seventh realm, even the Law of Slaughter followed suit?”
Though Su Xing felt no panic, he remained three parts vigilant.
The seventh realm Death law was a supreme law, and it did possess the ability to threaten Su Xing.
Meanwhile, up in the sky, when Red Moon saw that its Law of Slaughter had failed to produce any effect, it was immediately startled.
But immediately after, an even denser Law of Slaughter surged toward Su Xing.
Slaughter light condensed into beams.
Slaughter spears forged into lances…
Dozens of supernatural arts attacked from all directions.
Yet Su Xing remained unmoved, merely maintaining his primordial energy barrier, his gaze still fixed on the crimson moon in the sky.
“At the end of the day, the essence of these dozens of techniques… is nothing but the Law of Slaughter!”
“And with merely the seventh realm Law of Slaughter… you cannot break my defense!”
Su Xing pondered silently.
It wasn’t that Red Moon was holding back.
After all, this creature had been the Lord of Slaughter for countless years.
Apart from its seventh realm Death law, the Law of Slaughter was its most formidable ability.
But clearly, Su Xing had chosen the perfect moment to strike!
After countless years of death, Red Moon had only fully revived a few years ago and had just recently ascended to chief god.
Its Law of Slaughter still lingered at the seventh realm, not even close to reaching seventh realm Minor Mastery.
“Since you refuse to fight with everything you have, don’t blame me for being merciless!”
Su Xing drew a deep breath. In the next instant, he appeared high in the sky.
Then he threw a punch!
An incomparably majestic force followed, shaking the earth and sky, causing all thousand layers of the Abyss to tremble!
Atop that ferocious fist wind, the crucial element was primordial energy!
The ultimate primordial energy — One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws!
Even when the Celestial Demon General had swung that world-destroying axe back then,
though the raw power was staggering, the true key was the primordial energy imbued upon it!
Whether axe or fist, they were merely vessels for unleashing primordial energy!
Sure enough, as this punch shot forth, violent, pure primordial energy surged toward the crimson moon in the sky!
The crimson moon in the sky reacted immediately.
Torrents of slaughter energy poured from the Red Moon, forming layer upon layer of crimson barriers that firmly encased it.
But when those slaughter barriers met Su Xing’s primordial energy,
after holding for just a few breaths, a soft crack sounded, and the slaughter barrier shattered like glass.
The terrifying primordial energy continued its cascade, crashing toward the crimson moon in the sky.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Several thunderous explosions rang from the sky. When Su Xing looked again, the crimson moon had already dimmed considerably.
“One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws!”
“A technique of the Wu Clan… truly effective!”
“I’d like to see how many punches you can withstand today!”
With that, Su Xing held nothing back. His vital energy erupted like a blazing sun, and terrifying primordial energy cascaded toward the crimson moon in the sky.
Even the Ancestral Shamans of the ancient period might not have dared to bombard with primordial energy as recklessly and unreservedly as Su Xing!
After all, even Body Tempering cultivators like the Celestial Demon General used their primordial energy sparingly!
Though it was said to be inexhaustible, it still depleted with use…
And prolonged combat consumed it enormously… without primordial energy, a Body Tempering cultivator was like a swordsman with a dull blade — five or six tenths of their power, gone.
But Su Xing couldn’t be bothered with such concerns!
He wasn’t here to fight a war of attrition with Red Moon.
His goal was to kill Red Moon as quickly and as brutally as possible!
To avoid alerting the foreign races…
And indeed, this brutally direct method of primordial energy bombardment proved remarkably effective!
As the primordial energy continued to cascade, Red Moon’s aura in the sky rapidly withered.
In less than a day, its aura had already diminished by ten to twenty percent.
And at this point, the crimson moon in the sky could finally bear it no longer and played its trump card.
“Human, today you walk your own path to death!”
“I shall grant you death!”
Red Moon’s furious voice rang out, followed by an eerie black light that surged from the crimson moon, crashing toward Su Xing below.
“Here it comes!”
Su Xing’s heart tensed. This was precisely what he had been guarding against!
The seventh realm Law of Slaughter posed limited threat to Su Xing, but the Death law… that was a different matter entirely!
“But if the Celestial Demon General could withstand even the eighth realm Death law, why wouldn’t I be able to handle a mere seventh realm law?”
Su Xing thought to himself.
In his earlier simulation, what Su Xing had tested was precisely how well primordial energy could resist the Death law!
Now that Red Moon had finally played its final trump card, Su Xing naturally gave it the respect it deserved.
And so, an even more surging tide of primordial energy erupted from within his body, becoming purer and more turbulent.
Combined with sword aura, it formed ring after ring of protection around Su Xing.
“Protective Sword Aura!”
The Sword Dao at seventh realm Major Mastery possessed a sword intent that could only be described as terrifying.
Coupled with Su Xing’s One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws primordial energy cultivation, was there any attack in this world that couldn’t be blocked?
Ten thousand layers of Protective Sword Aura encased Su Xing.
That wisp of black Death law, like a drop of ink falling into clear water, rapidly corroded Su Xing’s Protective Sword Aura.
A hundred layers, five hundred, a thousand…
In merely a few breaths, Su Xing’s ten thousand layers of Protective Sword Aura had already lost fifteen hundred!
And that wisp of Death law was finally spent!
“Heh heh, the Death law… nothing more than this!”
Su Xing’s lips curled upward.
In the next second, boundless primordial energy and sword intent surged forth, restoring the fifteen hundred layers of sword aura!
Under One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws, even the seventh realm Death law couldn’t make a ripple!
Seeing this from the sky, Red Moon’s heart sank instantly, its eyes flashing with disbelief.
“No, impossible!”
“How can there be something in this world that the Death law cannot kill? What kind of… monster are you?”
Following its incredulous roar, Red Moon went berserk, holding nothing back whatsoever.
Cluster after cluster of black light surged from the crimson moon, crashing relentlessly against Su Xing!
Ten… dozens… even hundreds of attacks imbued with the Death law!
Watching from below, Su Xing nodded slightly and said:
“Worthy of the former head of the Seven Deadly Sins… it seems the Death law has grown considerably in recent years!”
“I can’t drag this out any longer. Let’s finish this quickly!”
With that, Su Xing gripped the Blackice sword, and countless waves of sword aura and sword intent surged toward the crimson moon in the sky.
Occasionally interspersed with Void Slash and Yin-Yang Five Elements Immortal Burst.
Every supernatural art that struck Red Moon would invariably weaken its aura by a fraction.
And though the Death law corroded Su Xing’s primordial energy dozens of times faster now,
Su Xing’s total primordial energy reserves were immense, and his recovery was swift. In the short term, he needn’t worry about defense and could go all-out on offense!
And so, with each strike Su Xing unleashed, Red Moon’s aura weakened further.
While Red Moon’s Death law was completely blocked by primordial energy.
The outcome was self-evident!
Even so, it took Su Xing a full seven days before Red Moon’s aura was whittled down to almost nothing.
“Tsk tsk, worthy of a foreign race chief god…”
“The innate advantage of the foreign races — that health bar is far thicker than any Great Firmament Golden Immortal’s!”
Su Xing murmured.
“But this is where it ends!”
“The moment my true self was exposed, your fate was sealed!”
With that, Su Xing held nothing back and unleashed his most devastating trump card.
His Spirit Domain opened fully in an instant!
Thirty-seven million li (18,500,000 km) of Spirit Domain allowed Su Xing to mobilize terrifying world power.
In mere moments, Su Xing’s seventh realm Peak Great Dao of Thunder broke into the eighth realm and surged straight to eighth realm Minor Mastery!
“Myriad Laws… Apocalypse Thunder!”
Lightning crackled across Su Xing’s entire body.
The whole Endless Abyss seemed struck by apocalyptic thunder, as purple radiance completely eclipsed the crimson hue.
Countless purple rays ultimately coalesced into a single bolt of purple lightning, massive as a flood dragon, that struck straight at the crimson moon in the sky.
And at that very moment, Su Xing also activated his talent — No Martial Virtue.
No sneak attack needed — a talent usable only once per target that doubled the power of any supernatural art!
This single strike from Su Xing surpassed the limits of a Great Firmament Golden Immortal.
It even faintly approached the might of a Saint…
And it ultimately sealed Red Moon’s fate!
As the purple radiance faded,
high above, the Red Moon fell…