Chapter 533 – From Void to Substance, Physical Sainthood!
by spirapiraChapter 533 – From Void to Substance, Physical Sainthood!
When the immersive simulation ended, Su Xing’s consciousness returned to reality.
In the simulations that followed, Su Xing proceeded as he always had.
With the aid of his sixth realm Dao of Time and the Luotian Mirror, Su Xing stayed within the Ninth Heaven, steadily advancing the Great Shaman Body Forging Art.
Within the Ninth Heaven, every year and a half in the outside world was equivalent to a thousand years of cultivation for Su Xing!
Every one hundred and fifty years was equivalent to one hundred thousand years of cultivation!
But Su Xing couldn’t cultivate for too long…
As Su Xing continued to interfere with the trajectory of reality.
As the foreign races across the Five Great Domains were successively exterminated by Su Xing.
Within the simulation, around the five hundredth year, Sovereign realm foreign races descended.
The power of the Sovereign realm — Su Xing had experienced it firsthand.
Even the previous Su Xing was far inferior to that Void Sovereign.
Let alone that mysterious unknown Sovereign who seemingly commanded multiple supreme laws.
But fortunately, the foreign races seemed to harbor some wariness toward the chaotic temporal flow of the Ninth Heaven.
Although in the future around year six hundred, the foreign races would return in force and the Five Great Domains would be nearly annihilated.
The Ninth Heaven still endured.
Until around year fifteen hundred, when that entity known as “Dao” shattered the world.
Only then did the foreign race Sovereigns finally dare to descend upon the Ninth Heaven and destroy it.
“So, the Ninth Heaven is false, but the Dao is real?”
Su Xing pondered this, yet could find no answer.
Shaking his head slightly, Su Xing gathered his thoughts and continued cultivating within the Ninth Heaven.
With roughly fifteen hundred years of total cultivation time, minus the three hundred years needed to comprehend the Great Dao.
Su Xing didn’t have much time left to advance the Great Shaman Body Forging Art.
With roughly a thousand-plus years of outside cultivation time, and with the Time Dao and Luotian Mirror, each simulation was equivalent to just under a million years of cultivation.
This was no small amount of cultivation time.
With nearly a million years of bitter cultivation per simulation, Su Xing drew ever closer to the ninth layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art…
The ninth layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art was also equivalent to the Saint realm!
……
Soon, the simulator’s Chime sounded before Su Xing’s eyes.
【Year 1,500. Within the Ninth Heaven, you died at the hands of the Void Sovereign.】
【Ding! This simulation has ended!】
Looking at the text before him, Su Xing was unsurprised. He simply turned his gaze toward the rewards from this simulation.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results】: After 800,000 years of bitter cultivation, the Celestial Primordial Tree within your body has grown to an immeasurable degree, one step closer to evolving a world, and not far from the ninth layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art. Price: 1 world origin point.
【World Power · Spirit Domain】: Range has reached ten million li (5,000,000 km). Price: 500 world origin points.
【Ten Tribulations of Sainthood · Tribulation of Nine Palaces】: Having weathered the Tribulation of Nine Palaces, you have grasped the power of spacetime and perceived the laws of the universe. Price: 10,000 world origin points.
Looking at the three rewards before him, Su Xing nodded slightly.
“As expected, the Great Shaman Body Forging Art requires a vast accumulation of time to reach the ninth layer…”
“But with each simulation, I can accumulate nearly a million years of cultivation, and with the help of the Celestial Primordial Fruit, it won’t take more than a few dozen simulations… before I can step into the ninth layer!”
Su Xing then turned his gaze to the Tribulation of Nine Palaces he had just weathered, and a genuine smile spread across his face.
“Of the Ten Tribulations of Sainthood, I’ve passed nine. Only the final Tribulation of the Infinite remains before I can attain the Saint’s Dao fruit!”
“But before that, advancing the Great Shaman Body Forging Art to the ninth layer would be the safer approach…”
Su Xing reflected silently. To prove one’s Dao and become a Saint required weathering the Tribulation of the Infinite, and moreover, the Primordial Purple Qi.
Su Xing wasn’t fully confident.
But if Su Xing could first cultivate the Great Shaman Body Forging Art to the ninth layer, his chances would increase dramatically!
“As for the Spirit Domain… it has finally advanced another step!”
“After dozens upon dozens of accumulations, a Spirit Domain range of ten million li (5,000,000 km)… it has finally reached the Greater World level!”
“This was also the strongest power that the Luotian Ancestor once commanded, wasn’t it?”
Su Xing couldn’t contain his joy.
The evolution of his Spirit Domain to the Greater World level brought a terrifying enhancement!
For any Great Dao below the eighth realm, it could directly elevate it by three minor realms!
This meant that any of Su Xing’s Great Daos that had reached the seventh realm Beginner-level could possess seventh realm Peak power in a short time!
With this alone, Su Xing had effectively eliminated any and all weaknesses!
Combined with the simulator, for less critical Great Daos like the Great Dao of Speed, Su Xing only needed to cultivate them to the seventh realm Beginner-level, and that would be more than sufficient.
But beyond this, what excited Su Xing even more was the enhancement to his eighth layer Great Dao!
Su Xing currently commanded only one eighth realm Great Dao — the Great Dao of Space!
Under the effect of his Spirit Domain, this Dao would be directly elevated to the eighth realm Major Mastery!
Though it was only an increase of two minor realms, the enhancement it brought was beyond question.
At this thought, Su Xing could wait no longer and silently intoned:
“I choose to bring out…”
【Ding… Remaining: 309,499 world origin points, 570,000 origin energy points…】
As the Chime faded, Su Xing’s aura surged violently once more.
Moments later, Su Xing had fully absorbed all the cultivation feedback from the simulation.
Su Xing finally opened his eyes and nodded with satisfaction.
“How much does my current strength differ from that of a Saint?”
Su Xing took a deep breath to contain his excitement.
It was no exaggeration to say that after passing the Tribulation of Nine Palaces, advancing his spatial Dao to the eighth realm, and furthering his Spirit Domain —
Su Xing’s strength was not far from that of a Saint.
If one truly had to make a comparison.
Su Xing estimated it would be a thirty-seventy or forty-sixty split.
Of course, Su Xing had never actually fought a Saint.
His comparison was based on the Sovereign of Death and the Void Sovereign.
Against the somewhat weaker Sovereign of Death, it would be roughly forty-sixty.
Su Xing had a forty percent chance of ensuring his own survival, while the Sovereign of Death had a sixty percent chance of killing him.
As for actually killing a Sovereign realm being…
Ahem, the gap was still quite significant!
“But it’s not far off now!”
“I still have sixty-nine simulation chances remaining, and three hundred thousand world origin points…”
“It’s time to press forward without stopping and continue raising my strength!”
With that thought, Su Xing hesitated no further and continued simulating.
Over the next three days, Su Xing remained within the spirit field grotto-heaven, simulating day and night without pause!
From his five hundred and second simulation to his five hundred and fiftieth.
Su Xing had completed a full forty-nine simulations!
This was nearly an entire year’s worth of accumulated simulation chances.
Across these forty-nine simulations, what Su Xing did amounted to the following points.
He primarily cultivated the Time Dao, supplemented by concurrent cultivation of the other three thousand great Daos.
He attended the Dao Hearing Assembly, gradually feeling out the Tribulation of the Infinite and the opportunity to achieve Sainthood.
And the most critical point of all…
Advancing the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!
When the five hundred and fiftieth simulation concluded and Su Xing had absorbed all the cultivation feedback, he closed his eyes and breathed deeply for a long while.
Finally, he spoke:
“The time has come… The Great Shaman Body Forging Art shall break through to the ninth layer!”
Su Xing had a premonition that only one final simulation stood between him and the ninth layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!
Without the slightest hesitation, Su Xing initiated a new round of simulation.
“Begin simulation!”
【Simulation #551 initiated. Remaining: 320,000 world origin points, 790,000 origin energy points, 69 simulation chances!】
【Please select simulation mode: Simulate Future, time reversal…】
“Simulate Future!”
【Draw talent?】
“Yes!”
【Ding! Congratulations, you have drawn a colorful supreme talent: Dao Body!】
【Dao Body】: Colorful talent. Encompasses and accepts all Great Daos under heaven. Your talent for Great Dao laws has reached its absolute limit, allowing you to concurrently cultivate every Great Dao in existence.
Looking at the newly drawn talent before him, Su Xing fell silent.
“Dao Body… So this should be the final supreme talent, shouldn’t it?”
Su Xing had a feeling.
With Su Xing’s current vision and realm of understanding, he could roughly guess what this so-called simulator actually was.
But it was, after all, merely a guess — Su Xing could not yet fully confirm it.
“The Great Dao numbers fifty, Heaven’s workings account for forty-nine, and one escapes through human will…”
“That single thread truly is a remarkable lifeline!”
Su Xing let out a sigh.
Dao Body — this was the second colorful talent he had drawn.
The first had been the Body of Time.
And the sole function of Dao Body was to grant Su Xing a constitution capable of cultivating every Great Dao under heaven!
Previously, Su Xing had drawn a similar talent — the Three Thousand Laws Body.
But although that one claimed to enable cultivation of three thousand laws, mastering too many Great Daos would still produce a burden.
This was precisely why Su Xing hadn’t simultaneously cultivated every Great Dao in existence.
But now, the supreme-level Dao Body clearly had no such hidden drawback.
“Three thousand Great Daos, all converging within my body…”
Su Xing mused thoughtfully, his gaze turning toward the simulation panel.
……
【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you became aware that you were in a simulation.】
【You silently left the Heavenly Secrets Domain and headed for the Eighth Heaven.】
【Relying on your mastery of the Dao of time and space, you quickly discovered a method to enter the Ninth Heaven — the chaotic temporal flow.】
【You did not choose to comprehend the chaotic temporal flow, but instead entered the Ninth Heaven directly.】
【In the second year of the simulation, you found a suitable place for secluded cultivation in the Pangu World.】
【At this point, there were still a full five hundred years before the Dao Hearing Assembly would begin…】
【You entered the Luotian Realm and began arduously cultivating the Great Shaman Body Forging Art.】
In the Real World, Su Xing’s heart stirred when he saw this. He took a deep breath and said:
“The time has come to take that step!”
“Use immersive simulation, duration two thousand years!”
【Ding…】
…
When Su Xing opened his eyes again, he had already appeared within the familiar Luotian Realm.
The Luotian Realm of today had long since been refined by Su Xing, becoming part of his Spirit Domain.
By entering the region where the Luotian Realm was located and borrowing the power of time, Su Xing could maintain a time flow rate of over six hundred times.
One year in the outside world equaled six hundred and sixty-five years of cultivation for Su Xing within the Luotian Realm!
At this moment, Su Xing was contemplating the vital energy flowing through his physical body — energy that had already reached its absolute peak.
Turning his spiritual awareness inward, Su Xing saw within his dantian the illusory Celestial Primordial Tree.
Its enormity was comparable to a lesser chiliocosm.
The main trunk of the Celestial Primordial Tree alone was as vast as a continent, its girth beyond measure.
Not to mention the lush leaves, flowers, and branches adorning this tree.
Su Xing had once visited a world called the Yinmu Realm.
Yet even that towering Yinmu tree could not compare to the magnificence of the illusory Celestial Primordial Tree within Su Xing’s body.
Gauging the growth of the Celestial Primordial Tree within him, Su Xing nodded slightly and said:
“Almost there… All that remains is the final step — from void to substance!”
Su Xing thought silently.
Transforming the Celestial Primordial Tree from void to substance — this was the most critical step.
The Celestial Primordial Tree as it currently existed, no matter how vast it grew, was ultimately illusory, existing only within Su Xing’s physical body.
Like a rootless driftwood, no matter how large it became, it ultimately lacked a true foundation.
But if the transformation from void to substance could be completed successfully, everything would be entirely different!
If the Celestial Primordial Tree took root within his Spirit Domain, Su Xing’s physical body, vital energy, and even his primordial energy would undergo earth-shattering transformations!
As such, as long as the Spirit Domain continued to expand and the Celestial Primordial Tree continued to grow,
Su Xing’s power could increase nearly without limit!
“I really am… quite looking forward to this!”
“From void to substance — once the Great Shaman Body Forging Art enters the ninth layer… true physical sainthood!”
With this thought, Su Xing hesitated no longer and began attempting the transformation from void to substance.
As Su Xing used his own Essence, Qi, and Spirit to gradually transfer the illusory Celestial Primordial Tree from within his body into his Spirit Domain,
The entire process was agonizingly slow and painful…
It required Su Xing to exercise tremendous willpower, pouring an endless stream of primordial energy and vital energy into nourishing this illusory Celestial Primordial Tree.
At first, the illusory Celestial Primordial Tree within Su Xing’s body
simply continued to condense its power, shrinking into a fist-sized fruit…
This was a true Celestial Primordial Fruit!
And the moment this Celestial Primordial Fruit solidified, the Celestial Primordial Tree that Su Xing had originally planted withered and died in an instant.
Su Xing paid no mind to the death of that Celestial Primordial Tree sapling.
In all the world, only one Celestial Primordial Tree could exist at a time.
When one was born, naturally another had to die!
At this moment, Su Xing also came to understand the origin of the Celestial Primordial Fruit he had first obtained.
It was perhaps the “remnant husk” left behind after death by a member of the Wu Clan who had cultivated the Great Shaman Body Forging Art to the ninth layer and truly achieved physical sainthood!
Or perhaps that powerful being had failed during the process of achieving physical sainthood.
Insufficient accumulation, unable to achieve sainthood, leaving behind only this single Celestial Primordial Fruit…
Now, Su Xing himself had also condensed a physical Celestial Primordial Fruit.
If Su Xing were to perish, this Celestial Primordial Fruit would become a legacy for future generations…
“Hah… The first step is finally complete!”
Just the first step of the transformation from void to substance had already consumed an enormous amount of Su Xing’s energy.
In an instant, nearly thirty percent of the primordial energy within Su Xing’s body had been drained!
This was far more exhausting than killing a chief god!
Fortunately, the first step of the transformation from void to substance was also the most difficult.
Having passed this hurdle, what followed was a test of sheer willpower.
Su Xing rested for a brief moment, feeling the recovery speed of his primordial energy crawling along like a snail.
This solidified Celestial Primordial Fruit had drained all the spiritual essence from the Celestial Primordial Tree within his body.
Before long, the Celestial Primordial Tree within Su Xing’s body would wither away naturally.
And Su Xing had to completely materialize it into reality before the Celestial Primordial Tree within his body withered entirely.
And so, Su Xing hesitated no longer.
After carefully planting the Celestial Primordial Fruit, Su Xing began channeling the primordial energy from within his body into it.
As incomparably pure primordial energy surged in,
from the moment the Celestial Primordial Fruit was planted to when it fully took root and sprouted, only a brief moment had passed.
The speed was astonishingly fast!
And as Su Xing continued to pour in primordial energy, the Celestial Primordial Tree grew ever larger.
One zhang (3.33 m)… ten zhang (33.3 m)… a hundred zhang (333 m)!
In just a single night, this Celestial Primordial Tree had fully solidified and matured!
What came next was the time to accumulate its foundation!
Every time Su Xing poured primordial energy into this real Celestial Primordial Tree, the one within his body would weaken proportionally.
All spiritual essence, growth, and primordial energy were being poured entirely into reality!
This was the transformation — from void to substance!
A hundred zhang (333 m)… a thousand zhang (3.33 km)… ten thousand zhang (33.3 km)!
As the Celestial Primordial Tree within Su Xing’s body continued to shrink, the newly planted Celestial Primordial Tree continued to grow!
Day after day, year after year, Su Xing continued transferring the primordial energy from within his body.
Bit by bit, Su Xing watched as the Celestial Primordial Tree within his body grew ever smaller.
In the blink of an eye, two hundred thousand years had passed!
At this moment, within the Spirit Domain, in the region of the Luotian Realm,
A tree that blotted out the sky and sun stood towering within.
The height of this tree — no less than tens of millions of zhang…
The girth of this tree — easily millions of zhang!
This was the result of Su Xing’s full two hundred thousand years of transfer!
It had taken a full two hundred thousand years for Su Xing to completely transform this Celestial Primordial Tree from void to substance!
And at this moment, the Celestial Primordial Tree within Su Xing’s body had also withered down from the size of a small world.
From a world tree, it shrank to tens of millions of zhang, then to millions of zhang… ten thousand zhang (33.3 km), a thousand zhang (3.33 km)…
Until now, the once-enormous Celestial Primordial Tree had been reduced to nothing more than a single illusory Celestial Primordial Fruit.
Holding nothing back, Su Xing poured the very last illusory Celestial Primordial Fruit within his body entirely into the real Celestial Primordial Tree before him!
When the last wisp of illusion vanished, and the transformation from void to substance was complete,
Heaven and earth changed color!
This towering Celestial Primordial Tree — its height far exceeding tens of millions of zhang!
Though not as enormous as its former illusory form, the primordial energy it contained had undergone a fundamental transformation!
At the same time, throughout the entire Spirit Domain, the sky tilted and the earth collapsed.
That Celestial Primordial Tree had taken permanent root!
Simultaneously, Su Xing felt earth-shattering changes in his physical body.
A ray of divine light descended from this real Celestial Primordial Tree.
Merging into Su Xing’s body, his physical form, primordial energy, and even his life force were enormously nourished.
Su Xing’s physical body grew ever stronger.
Ten percent, fifty percent, one hundred percent…
Twofold, fivefold, tenfold!
It took several years, but Su Xing’s physical body and primordial energy had improved by no less than tenfold!
What was even more wondrous was that Su Xing could feel an inexplicable connection between himself and this real Celestial Primordial Tree.
From this moment on, as long as this Celestial Primordial Tree did not die, the primordial energy within Su Xing’s body would flow endlessly!
And the power of Su Xing’s One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws would also increase by dozens of times!
“So this is… what they call physical sainthood?”
Su Xing murmured softly, feeling the completely renewed power within his body.
As if breaking free from shackles, Su Xing’s physical realm had stepped into an entirely new world!
At this moment, Su Xing had officially entered the ninth layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art.
This layer was also known as —
Physical sainthood!
This was a realm that only those few Ancestral Shamans of ancient times had ever reached!
“Now, facing Sovereign realm experts, I can finally hold my ground without any disadvantage, can’t I?”
Su Xing felt neither joy nor sorrow at this moment, yet a great weight had finally been lifted from his heart.
Although Su Xing had been powerful enough before, he had not, after all, been on the same level as the foreign race Sovereigns.
In a life-or-death struggle, Su Xing would ultimately find himself at a disadvantage.
But at this moment, the situation was completely different!
Though it was not Qi Refinement sainthood…
Physical sainthood was still the Saint realm!
“However, physical sainthood is only the beginning!”