Chapter 241 – Comprehending the True Meaning of the Sword, Possessing Mahayana-Level Combat Power! (Two-in-One, Please Vote!)
by spirapiraChapter 241 – Comprehending the True Meaning of the Sword, Possessing Mahayana-Level Combat Power! (Two-in-One, Please Vote!)
In the Real World, Su Xing stared at the text before him and fell into deep thought.
Clearly, whether or not he carried the Azure Cloud Token would make a difference.
“If I bring the Azure Cloud Token out, I can head straight for the Azure Cloud Sect. If Qingyunzi bears me no ill will, I could very well soar to greatness!”
“But bringing the Azure Cloud Token carries a certain risk. I’m not sure if they have something like body searches. If they find my Azure Cloud Token, I’ll probably be dead for certain…”
Thinking this, Su Xing felt somewhat conflicted.
Risk was always proportional to reward!
If he didn’t carry the Azure Cloud Token, even after reaching the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, with the resources at his disposal, it would be difficult to grow quickly…
With this thought, Su Xing steeled his resolve:
“Since that’s the case, I’ll take the gamble! If I can successfully bring the Azure Cloud Token out, I’ll truly take off!”
It was just one simulation. Su Xing was prepared to take the risk.
His gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【After much deliberation, you decided to take the risk and bring the Azure Cloud Token out.】
【You used primordial energy to cut an incision in your abdomen and hid the Azure Cloud Token inside your body.】
【Then you deployed the Heavenly Secrets Concealment Art and layered multiple seals on top of it.】
【You were confident that even the divine sense of a Mahayana-stage cultivator would be unable to detect anything unusual within your body.】
【Once your preparations were complete, you went to meet Old Fifth Song as agreed.】
【The meeting point was outside a restricted zone behind the valley’s rear mountains — a place where virtually no cultivators ever went.】
【You quickly spotted Old Fifth Song, and with him, a mysterious figure clad in a black robe.】
【The mysterious black-robed figure wore no mask, yet you simply could not make out his features.】
【The mysterious figure’s aura was deep and unfathomable like an abyss, making it impossible to see him clearly.】
【But judging from Old Fifth Song’s behavior, he was extremely deferential toward the mysterious figure, even somewhat fearful…】
【Upon seeing you arrive, Old Fifth Song hurriedly whispered a few words to the mysterious figure.】
【The mysterious figure nodded slightly upon hearing this, then casually tossed you a black robe.】
【The mysterious figure’s voice reached your ears: “Put it on.”】
【Without hesitation, you donned the black robe, somewhat curious about how the mysterious figure planned to get you out of the valley.】
【But the mysterious figure merely told you to follow behind him and not speak.】
【You did as instructed.】
【The mysterious figure led you all the way to the restricted zone behind the mountains. No one stopped you.】
【Before long, you arrived at what appeared to be an exit from the valley.】
【Here, numerous cultivators of terrifying strength stood guard.】
【These cultivators, upon seeing someone, all straightened up with expressions of deep respect.】
【You saw the mysterious figure present a token engraved with the characters “Ninety-Nine”!】
【In that instant, you formed a judgment about the mysterious figure’s identity! A high-ranking blood-numbered officer of the Advent Cult — Blood Ninety-Nine!】
【At the same time, it became clear to you that this Blood Ninety-Nine was likely the backer behind the Song clan brothers.】
【Following behind Blood Ninety-Nine, you left the valley with ease and emerged into the outer Hundred Thousand Mountains.】
【Blood Ninety-Nine channeled his spiritual energy, grabbed hold of you, and then flew like a phantom. In mere moments, you appeared tens of thousands of miles away.】
【In these mountains, there was no one else around. Blood Ninety-Nine began demanding the remaining portion of spirit stones.】
【You didn’t hesitate, producing another hundred Spirit-Gathering Flowers and handing them to Blood Ninety-Nine.】
【Throughout this, your gaze never left him, but he showed no intention of leaving.】
【Sure enough, he ordered you to hand over your storage bag for inspection.】
【Your heart went cold upon hearing this, but you could clearly feel that before Blood Ninety-Nine, you had absolutely no ability to resist.】
【So, gritting your teeth, you handed the storage bag over.】
【Inside the storage bag, apart from spirit stones and magical artifacts, the most precious items were the remaining hundred-plus Spirit-Gathering Flowers.】
【After examining the storage bag’s contents, Blood Ninety-Nine’s eyes lit up, and he claimed the storage bag as his own.】
【Throughout this, you remained silent, but secretly added this person to your blacklist.】
【In your heart, you only prayed that Blood Ninety-Nine would keep his word and let you go. Even if you lost all your treasures, with that token, you would still have a chance to make a comeback.】
【But you never expected that after seizing your storage ring, Blood Ninety-Nine had no intention of letting you leave at all.】
【A terrifying wave of energy surged toward you. You desperately tried to activate your Origin Force to resist.】
【But the gap in power was too great…】
【Before death, only one thought remained in your mind — Immortal realm!】
【Within the Advent Cult, the blood-numbered officer ranked ninety-nine already possessed Immortal-level power!】
【You were effortlessly blasted to pieces by Blood Ninety-Nine, your body and soul annihilated…】
【Ding, this simulation has ended!】
In the Real World, Su Xing stared at the simulation text before him, momentarily speechless.
“Damn it, so Blood Ninety-Nine never intended to let me leave alive!”
“And here I was, actually pondering whether or not to bring the Azure Cloud Token…”
A flash of hatred crossed Su Xing’s eyes.
He’d been set up. The other party had simply wanted to slaughter a fat sheep — there was never any intention of a fair trade.
“But… why would Blood Ninety-Nine take such a risk, just to make some quick money?”
Su Xing furrowed his brows slightly.
Even for a numbered officer, casually killing a blood seedling candidate seemed improper.
Unless… Blood Ninety-Nine had no choice! He urgently needed an enormous sum of spirit stones!
“So… Blood Ninety-Nine is preparing for a breakthrough?”
Su Xing pondered. The most common reason a cultivator would need a massive amount of spirit stones was for a realm breakthrough.
“But Blood Ninety-Nine is already at the Human Immortal realm… Could he possibly be trying to break through to Earthly Immortal!?”
Su Xing’s heart shook, and he once again raised his estimation of the Advent Cult’s overall strength by another notch.
“It’s just a pity… I wasn’t able to leave the valley again in this simulation…”
“It seems I won’t be getting out of the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm’s exterior anytime soon… If I want to reach the outside quickly, I still need to raise my body tempering cultivation and traverse the void!”
Su Xing took a deep breath, forming plans for his next objective.
“Fortunately, with Old Dog Dragon’s Nine Revolutions Pill plus trading in the valley, I should be able to break through at least two body tempering realms per simulation!”
“That way, body tempering Major Mastery won’t be far off!”
“When the time comes, I’ll find a way to improve my Protective Hardened Qi… Perhaps then I’ll be able to cross through the chaotic void currents and reach the other passage in that strange space!”
Su Xing had a vague premonition that the black passage was the true path to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!
The Advent Cult’s passage was likely only a temporary one they had carved open…
“But for now, let me first select my simulation rewards!”
Su Xing’s gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【Miao Gu Master】: purple talent, priced at 1,000,000 energy points.
【Twenty Years of Alchemy Experience】: after redemption, existing alchemy insights will increase by a small margin. Priced at 10,000,000 energy.
【Primordial Chaos Realm, Fifth Layer】: break through to Primordial Unity, shatter illusion, body and strength ascend to a new level. Outstanding Primordial Unity cultivators can briefly traverse the void. Priced at 1,500,000,000 energy.
【Low-Grade Spirit Liquid 8 Million Drops, Mid-Grade Spirit Liquid 900,000 Drops】: priced at 1,700,000,000 energy.
“Even though I didn’t make it to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm… the gains from this simulation are undoubtedly staggering!”
Su Xing murmured.
Beyond the items on the reward list, Su Xing had already obtained numerous other gains.
For instance, insights into the Dao of Puppetry, the Lifespan-Burning Art, the sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation, various intelligence reports… and other memory-based rewards.
Compared to before, now that Su Xing’s simulation energy was more abundant, the rewards obtained purely from the reward list probably only accounted for half. The other half came from the memories Su Xing gained through immersive simulation — and those were equally important!
“However, what I want from this simulation’s rewards is the body tempering cultivation and the spirit liquid…”
“The total cost is 3.2 billion energy, but I currently only have a little over 1.1 billion…”
Su Xing decided to wait a bit. Today he would first trade with Lu Yuanwu — that would be another 2 billion energy coming in.
Add in this week’s goods, and it would barely be enough for Su Xing to redeem both items.
With this thought, Su Xing glanced at the time, estimating that Lu Yuanwu had probably already arrived at the meeting point.
Without further hesitation, Su Xing began disguising his appearance and concealing his aura, then flew toward the agreed location.
In the nameless mountains, Lu Yuanwu waited anxiously.
Su Xing slowly revealed himself and said:
“Is this week’s exotic metal ready?”
Lu Yuanwu’s face lit up at the sound of the voice. He hurriedly presented a storage ring and said:
“Senior! One thousand tons of Third Rank exotic metal — it’s all right here!”
Su Xing took the storage ring and directly converted it into simulation energy.
Just like that, 2 billion simulation energy was in hand, leaving no trace whatsoever.
Su Xing then handed ten thousand Organ Tempering Pills to Lu Yuanwu and turned to leave.
Along the way, Su Xing was extremely cautious, changing his appearance several times before finally returning to the Capital Academy and entering the spirit field grotto-heaven.
“Not bad. I’m less than 100 million energy short of redeeming this simulation’s rewards…”
Su Xing nodded with satisfaction, deciding to spend a week refining puppets first, then officially redeem his rewards after seven days.
“But before that, it’s time to inscribe the sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation!”
Su Xing muttered to himself, then summoned the puppet cultivator Little Beauty and began inscribing the sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation on her dantian.
The entire process took roughly several hours.
Without the slightest mishap, Su Xing successfully inscribed the formation.
With this, Little Beauty’s cultivation progress speed would henceforth surpass that of a Heavenly Spirit Root cultivator!
After completing all this, Su Xing spent the following week refining three more puppets.
He named them Pill Sixteen, Pill Seventeen, and Pill Eighteen.
Thus, with eighteen puppets, they could automatically produce nine thousand Fasting Pills per week!
During this period, Su Xing also found time to inscribe a sixth-order micro spirit-gathering formation on himself.
This caused Su Xing’s Qi Refinement cultivation speed to surge upward by another small margin.
Time quickly arrived at February 3rd. Su Xing prepared to meet with Jin Congxue as scheduled.
This meeting concluded quickly. After receiving the new week’s goods, Su Xing could barely contain his eagerness to return and improve his cultivation.
Jin Congxue rolled her eyes flirtatiously several times, watching Su Xing leave early.
After returning to the spirit field grotto-heaven, Su Xing immediately took out the goods and once again converted them into 200 million energy!
At this point, Su Xing’s total energy was finally sufficient to redeem both of this simulation’s rewards.
“I choose to redeem the spirit liquid… and the Primordial Unity fifth layer cultivation!”
Su Xing declared without hesitation.
【Ding, you have successfully brought out 8 million drops of low-grade spirit liquid and 900,000 drops of mid-grade spirit liquid. Energy cost: 1,700,000,000 points. Remaining energy: 1,659,690,000 points.】
【You have successfully brought out Primordial Unity fifth layer cultivation. Energy cost: 1,500,000,000 points. Remaining energy: 159,690,000 points.】
As the simulator’s notification faded, a mysterious energy descended into Su Xing’s body.
The first thing Su Xing sensed was the surging increase in strength and aura throughout his entire body!
Primordial Unity second layer… Primordial Unity third layer…
From early-stage Primordial Unity, he gradually advanced toward early-stage Peak, then broke through naturally into Primordial Unity fourth layer, becoming a mid-stage Primordial Unity cultivator!
And that wasn’t all. After entering mid-stage Primordial Unity, Su Xing’s cultivation showed no signs of stopping its explosive growth.
Finally—Primordial Unity fifth layer!
In mere moments, Su Xing’s strength had climbed several levels!
“Not bad! A Primordial Unity fifth layer cultivator possesses close to four mountains of force!”
Su Xing’s eyes brightened slightly. It was exactly as he had predicted.
Following this trend, once he reached Primordial Unity sixth layer, Su Xing’s pure physical strength should approach five mountains of force!
At that point, he would directly rival a Primordial Unity realm Perfection cultivator!
“It’s just a pity that late-stage Primordial Unity cultivators generally have some comprehension of the Essence of Strength… Otherwise my advantage would be even greater!”
Su Xing shook his head slightly.
Cultivators who could reach Body Integration or the Primordial Unity stage were no simple individuals.
Take the Body Integration stage, for example—without a Nine-Revolution Golden Core, ordinary cultivators simply couldn’t reach Body Integration!
Therefore, Su Xing’s Nine-Revolution Golden Core advantage had essentially vanished.
“However… a transcendent Nascent Soul still carries certain advantages all the way to the Mahayana stage… So among peers of the same rank, in a pure contest of Qi Refinement cultivation, I still have very few rivals!”
Su Xing murmured.
Su Xing’s foundation was solid. Although he was currently only at Body Integration first layer, if competing purely in Qi Refinement techniques, ordinary early-stage Body Integration cultivators would be no match for him.
Add in the fact that Su Xing was at Primordial Unity mid-stage with four mountains of force, and even late-stage or Perfection Body Integration cultivators might not gain the upper hand against him.
On top of that, with the Heaven Sword Art, Spirit Burst, and his comprehension of the Great Dao of strength and speed, Su Xing could be called invincible below the Mahayana stage.
“Right… there’s also the newly acquired Lifespan-Burning Art. Once I find time to study it later, I’ll have one more trump card in my hand!”
Su Xing’s eyes brightened slightly.
Then his gaze turned to a large wooden crate before him.
Opening the crate, rows upon rows of small porcelain bottles came into view.
A full eight million drops of low-grade spirit liquid and nine hundred thousand drops of mid-grade spirit liquid!
Combined with the five million drops of low-grade spirit liquid Su Xing had previously accumulated.
Su Xing’s spirit liquid reserves had reached an astonishing level!
“In the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, ten drops of low-grade spirit liquid can easily be exchanged for one low-grade spirit stone, and ten drops of mid-grade spirit liquid can be exchanged for ten low-grade spirit stones…”
“By that calculation, these spirit liquid reserves alone are worth over two million spirit stones!”
Su Xing was fairly satisfied with this.
Of course, he wouldn’t be foolish enough to trade these spirit liquids for spirit stones.
Spirit liquid was, for him, the ideal cultivation resource.
With these spirit liquids, he could guarantee that his cultivation speed during the Body Integration stage would not only avoid slowing down, but would actually be slightly faster than during the Void Return stage!
Su Xing stored away all these resources and revealed a satisfied smile.
Seeing that the next simulation cooldown was almost up, Su Xing began planning his goals for the next simulation.
With spirit liquid now abundant, Su Xing’s body tempering and Qi Refinement cultivation would both improve rapidly for the foreseeable future.
But a person’s energy was limited. A single simulation lasted at most thirty-five years, and Su Xing couldn’t cover everything.
If he focused on improving body tempering cultivation, his Qi Refinement cultivation would be difficult to advance…
After thinking for a while, Su Xing murmured.
“For now, body tempering cultivation is still more important… Setting aside the fact that my combat power at the Primordial Unity stage exceeds Body Integration…”
“Just for that black passageway alone, if I want to traverse the void, I need to reach the body tempering Major Mastery realm!”
Su Xing decided to first raise his Body Tempering Primordial Unity to the Perfection realm before considering improvements to his Qi Refinement cultivation.
“Beyond that… there’s also the Heaven Sword Art, which I should put some effort into comprehending! If I can reach Major Mastery-level, that would be ideal!”
“And the Lifespan-Burning Art is also a trump card for killing enemies above my rank…”
Su Xing rubbed the space between his brows. After coming into contact with the Three Thousand Worlds, although he had gained much,
Su Xing had also increasingly recognized his own shortcomings.
Listing out all the areas that needed improvement layer by layer, and seeing that the cooldown had finished, Su Xing murmured:
“Begin simulation!”
On February 3rd, 2025, Su Xing began his 73rd simulation.
【Ding! This simulation consumes 7,300 energy points. Remaining energy: 159,690,000 points. Remaining simulation attempts: unlimited.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points. Drawing a gold legendary talent costs 1,000,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?】
Su Xing didn’t hesitate, mentally reciting:
“Draw a gold-quality talent!”
【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the purple talent Breaking Bad. The probability of drawing a gold-quality talent next time is 50%…】
【Breaking Bad】: Purple talent. Your aptitude for poison research and poison-type cultivation arts far surpasses ordinary people, allowing you to quickly learn and master advanced arts of the poison Dao.
“As expected, I still couldn’t draw a gold talent…”
Su Xing shook his head lightly, not surprised by this.
Based on his experience from the previous two draws, he only had a high probability of drawing one when the chance was above sixty or seventy percent.
“Still, this poison Dao does suit my temperament… It’s just a pity it came a bit too late…”
Su Xing sighed. Poisoning was undoubtedly a method well-suited to playing it safe, but unfortunately Su Xing’s energy was limited and he couldn’t spare the attention to study it.
His gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you realize you are in a simulation.】
【You skillfully went to meet Lu Yuanwu and conducted your trade. No issues were encountered during the process.】
【Over the following ten days, you accumulated the Great Wisdom talent bonus and prepared to enter the Luotian Assembly instance.】
【You entered the Luotian Assembly instance…】
“Use…”
【Immersive simulation… Remaining energy: 157,290,000 points.】
The immersive simulation ended quickly, and Su Xing returned to the Real World.
As always, he studied the Dao of Puppetry. Now that simulation energy was abundant, immersive simulation had become Su Xing’s default choice for every run.
(PS: To avoid padding the word count, from now on the first two years of each simulation will default to entering the Luotian instance for study. If there is Luotian-related plot content, it will be described in detail. Immersive simulation costs will be automatically deducted during settlement~)
His gaze returned to the simulation panel.
【After some more time passed, through Luo Shuying’s introduction, you joined the Advent Cult.】
【With your outstanding strength, you secured the position of Protector and gained a large following of admirers.】
【Over the next two years, you continued refining pills as usual.】
【During this period, you visited the Luotian Assembly instance once more.】
【In the third year, you handed over the more than 200,000 pills you had refined over these two years to Lu Yuanwu.】
【Afterward, you began diligently building your influence within the Advent Cult.】
【In the blink of an eye, another two years passed.】
【In the fifth year, through your deliberate maneuvering, your status within the Advent Cult rose ever higher.】
【At the same time, you continued attempting to comprehend the Heaven Sword Art, but unfortunately, progress after reaching Minor Mastery was slow.】
【That same year, Luo Shuying broke through to become a Mid-stage Legendary powerhouse. Within the Advent Cult, you had over ten Elder and Protector-level figures who supported you…】
【In the sixth year, after your body tempering cultivation reached Primordial Unity mid-stage, progress slowed.】
【Even with daily cultivation practice and occasional consumption of Rebirth Pills, progress remained nearly stagnant.】
【You understood that you needed Demon Emperor-level or Dragon Race blood essence to help you break through quickly.】
【You were in no rush. You simply maintained steady cultivation of the Heaven Sword Art and body tempering, devoting more of your attention to managing the Advent Cult.】
【In the eighth year, through your machinations, the current leader of the Transhuman Faction was successfully replaced by you.】
【Although Old Dog Dragon vehemently opposed this, you had bribed the Zealot Faction leader in advance, and combined with the support of numerous followers, Old Dog Dragon could not dominate unilaterally.】
【In the ninth year, you began devising ways to eliminate Old Dog Dragon.】
【You traveled to the Myriad Wood Sect ruins, killed Perfected One Myriad Wood, and extracted that branch of the innate Fusang Divine Tree.】
【Old Dog Dragon, as expected, attempted to kill you and seize the treasure.】
【You lured the battlefield outside Great Xia’s borders and fought him for several hundred rounds, successfully slaying him.】
In the Real World, Su Xing looked at the simulation text before him and nodded with satisfaction.
“As expected, once my strength improved… stomping weaklings really is satisfying!”
Su Xing felt somewhat emotional.
Just a few simulations ago, Su Xing had been far from being Old Dog Dragon’s match.
Later, when the Heaven Sword Art reached Minor Mastery, Su Xing could barely fight Old Dog Dragon to a draw, only managing to slay him at the cost of severe injuries.
Then the time before that, killing Old Dog Dragon required a full day and night of battle.
But now, Su Xing needed only several hundred rounds to kill Old Dog Dragon.
“It seems this little dragon’s strength has been left far behind me!”
“Just wait a bit longer… Once I’m a bit stronger, I’ll be able to kill Old Dog Dragon with ease!”
“As expected, steady and careful management—those formidable enemies of the past will eventually be trampled beneath my feet!”
Su Xing reflected thoughtfully.
His gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【After killing Old Dog Dragon, you did not waste the resources. You skinned him and stripped his bones…】
【Afterward, you used the Dragon Race blood essence to refine several hundred Rebirth Pills.】
【By consuming these pills daily during cultivation, your body tempering cultivation progressed rapidly!】
【You were in no hurry to go to the Beast Taming World to kill enemies. Instead, you cultivated steadily, quietly awaiting Blood Three’s arrival.】
【In the tenth year, after consuming Rebirth Pills, your cultivation reached the middle of Primordial Unity fifth layer.】
【In the eleventh year, your cultivation improved further, reaching the late stage of Primordial Unity fifth layer.】
【In the twelfth year, Blood Three arrived as you had planned.】
【Although he was displeased that you had killed Old Dog Dragon, when you offered the innate Fusang Divine Tree branch, his attitude toward you improved.】
【You put your acting skills to work, successfully deceived Blood Three, and obtained that passage permit.】
【After Blood Three departed, you became the Advent Cult’s highest leader on Earth.】
【In the thirteenth year, your cultivation remained stuck before the threshold of Primordial Unity sixth layer, but you had no intention of consuming a Nine Revolutions Pill.】
【You began plotting to obtain Demon Emperor blood essence.】
【In the fourteenth year, you traveled to the Slaughter Battlefield in the Beast Taming World, spending one year killing three Demon Emperors and several hundred Legendary demon beasts.】
【Afterward, you consumed the Demon Emperor blood essence, and your cultivation improved somewhat.】
【Two years passed in the blink of an eye…】
【In the sixteenth year, your body tempering cultivation finally advanced, stepping into Primordial Unity sixth layer!】
【At this point, you possessed five mountains of force, and your pure physical strength alone rivaled that of a Primordial Unity realm Perfection cultivator!】
【The only thing that somewhat disappointed you was that your comprehension of the Heaven Sword Art progressed slowly…】
【And so, another two years passed.】
【In the eighteenth year, while casually watching your younger sister Su Nian’an practice swordplay, you suddenly felt a flash of inspiration and entered a certain profound state.】
【You triggered a Spontaneous Epiphany!】
【In this profound state of insight, you seemed to see the figure of an ordinary sword cultivator, practicing the sword tirelessly day after day for decades on end…】
【And so, three days slowly passed…】
【Three days later, when you opened your eyes once more, your comprehension of the Heaven Sword Art had reached the Peak of Minor Mastery-level!】
“Three days of epiphany, equivalent to thirty years of comprehension… and it only reached the Peak of Minor Mastery-level?”
Su Xing frowned slightly. Cultivating this Heaven Sword Art was even more difficult than he had imagined!
“However, I still have one Spirit Awakening Pill—one month of cultivation equivalent to ten years… Factoring in the remaining ten-plus years of cultivation in this simulation, I should be able to successfully advance the Heaven Sword Art to Major Mastery-level!”
Su Xing murmured, a hint of anticipation stirring in his heart.
“Major Mastery-level Heaven Sword Art, combined with Primordial Unity late-stage cultivation… fighting a Demon Saint above my rank is no longer just a dream!”
After many simulations, Su Xing finally had the confidence to face a Demon Saint at Demon-Sealing Pass!
His gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【Year nineteen: after making progress with the Heaven Sword technique, you clearly felt your strength rise to a new level.】
【But you continued training diligently in swordsmanship, hoping to cultivate it to Major Mastery as soon as possible!】
【Year twenty: not only did you consolidate your Primordial Unity sixth layer cultivation, you even advanced further, drawing close to the mid-stage of the sixth layer.】
【You wanted to push your cultivation to the Peak of the sixth layer, so that after consuming the Nine Revolutions Pill, you could break through directly to the late-stage of Primordial Unity seventh layer!】
【Then, with the help of Old Fourth Song’s breakthrough pill, perhaps your cultivation could reach Primordial Unity eighth layer!】
【Year twenty-one: you continued your arduous cultivation of the Heaven Sword Art, drawing ever closer to Major Mastery.】
【Year twenty-two: you had accumulated three months’ worth of Great Wisdom state bonuses and prepared to attempt cultivating the “Lifespan-Burning Art”!】
In the Real World, Su Xing nodded upon seeing this and said:
“Then let’s give it a try… activate immersive simulation! Duration: one month!”
【Congratulations on using immersive simulation… remaining energy: 85,290,000 points.】
Su Xing’s vision shifted and transformed. A jade slip appeared before him, and he began studying the Lifespan-Burning Art.
In the blink of an eye, one month passed…
The immersive simulation time ended, and Su Xing returned to the spirit field grotto-heaven.
Su Xing slowly opened his eyes and murmured:
“What a shame… spending an entire month, combined with the Great Wisdom talent, and I only managed to cultivate it to Minor Mastery…”
Su Xing shook his head slightly.
At Minor Mastery-level, the Lifespan-Burning Art could burn a maximum of five hundred years of lifespan, temporarily boosting one’s magical power by four minor realms.
This meant that Su Xing, at the first layer of Body Integration stage, would possess magical power comparable to the fourth layer of Body Integration stage.
“It’s a pity that only at Perfection can you burn a thousand years of lifespan in one go… and fight above your realm!”
“I originally thought I could save one use of the Spirit Awakening Pill, but I miscalculated!”
Su Xing sighed, feeling somewhat pained.
To cultivate the Lifespan-Burning Art to Perfection, he would need the dual support of the Spirit Awakening Pill and the “Great Wisdom state.”
“But this time, the Spirit Awakening Pill has a more important use!”
Su Xing murmured, his gaze turning to the simulation panel.
【Your progress in cultivating the Lifespan-Burning Art left you unsatisfied, and you decided to pause your training.】
【Over the next two years, you continued tempering your body daily and practicing the Heaven Sword Art.】
【Year twenty-four: your body tempering cultivation successfully broke through to the mid-stage of Primordial Unity sixth layer, though progress was slower than you had anticipated.】
【That same year, you began refining Spirit Awakening Pills and Nine Revolutions Pills.】
【One month later, you successfully refined both types of pills.】
【Because you had refined them twice before, the quality of this batch of Nine Revolutions Pills surpassed the previous ones.】
【Year twenty-five: one day, on a sudden whim, you performed a divination upon yourself.】
【Faintly, you sensed birdsong and the fragrance of flowers wafting before you, as if you stood in a melodious valley, feeling utterly refreshed in body and spirit.】
【This was an omen of great fortune!】
【So you hesitated no longer. You swallowed the Spirit Awakening Pill, activated the Great Wisdom state bonus, and began attempting to break through the Heaven Sword Art…】
【One month slowly passed.】
【On the final day, in a single moment of sudden inspiration, the Heaven Sword Art that you had painstakingly cultivated for so many years finally crossed into the realm of Major Mastery!】
【After the Heaven Sword Art reached Major Mastery, you faintly sensed something different had emerged within your swordsmanship…】
【This was sword intent!】
In the Real World, Su Xing’s eyes lit up at this sight, and he couldn’t help feeling excited.
“Twenty-five years of arduous cultivation, and with the help of epiphany and the Spirit Awakening Pill — equivalent to over fifty years of hard training — the Heaven Sword Art has finally reached completion!”
Su Xing sighed inwardly.
The Heaven Sword Art was truly extraordinarily difficult to cultivate.
Even with his Innate Sword Physique aptitude, cultivation had taken fifty years.
For an ordinary sword cultivator, wouldn’t it take a thousand years to reach this level?
“Though cultivation was indeed difficult… this Heaven Sword Art is truly terrifying!”
“To actually comprehend the legendary sword intent!”
A flash of excitement passed through Su Xing’s eyes.
Sword intent in the cultivation world was not the same as the sword intent from the wuxia novels of Su Xing’s previous life.
According to the information Su Xing had obtained from the Luotian Sect:
Sword intent was one of the most fundamental elements in constructing the Great Dao of the Sword, also known as the origin of the sword!
All Great Daos were constructed from several, or even dozens, of origins!
Among them, the Great Dao of the Sword, beyond the basic origins of strength and speed… the most crucial was the origin of the sword!
Without exaggeration, after comprehending the origin of the sword, Su Xing’s future understanding of the Great Dao of the Sword was practically guaranteed!
“No wonder they say the Three Talents Sword Art is a peerless sword technique that leads directly to the Great Dao of the Sword. If cultivated to the realm of Perfection… one could truly enter the Dao through the sword and achieve the rank of Sword Immortal!”
A trace of anticipation flickered in Su Xing’s eyes.
Even without reaching Perfection, after comprehending the true intent of the sword, Su Xing was confident he could defeat an early-stage Mahayana cultivator while still in the late-stage Primordial Unity realm!
“And if the Heaven Sword Art were cultivated to Perfection… wouldn’t that mean one could slay an Immortal while at the Peak of Mahayana!?”
A vague conjecture formed in Su Xing’s mind.
Beyond Peak Mahayana, there was actually one more minor realm before reaching Immortality.
It was called the Tribulation Crossing realm!
This was a realm beyond the Mahayana stage, where one could summon heavenly tribulation at any time and ascend to Immortality!
Therefore, if one could truly slay an Immortal while at Peak Mahayana, such a prodigy might not appear even once in ten thousand years throughout the entire cultivation world!
“Phew… can’t get ahead of myself. What matters right now is improving my cultivation…”
His gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【After the Heaven Sword Art reached Major Mastery, your strength became unrivaled on Earth!】
【Even the Peak Emperor of the human race at Demon-Sealing Pass would be no match for you.】
【But you remained neither arrogant nor rash, knowing that even more terrifying enemies awaited you in the Three Thousand Worlds.】
【So you strove to raise your body tempering cultivation, pushing it as close to the Peak of Primordial Unity sixth layer as possible!】
【Thus, three years slowly passed…】
【Early in year twenty-eight: your body tempering cultivation remained stalled at the mid-stage of Primordial Unity sixth layer, just one step away from the late-stage.】
【But you knew you could wait no longer, so you prepared to take the Nine Revolutions Pill.】
【On a fine, sunny morning, you consumed the Nine Revolutions Pill, preparing to break through to Primordial Unity seventh layer in one decisive push!】
【Entering Primordial Unity seventh layer meant becoming a late-stage Primordial Unity cultivator. There was a minor bottleneck involved, making this breakthrough more difficult than usual.】
【But the Nine Revolutions Pill’s medicinal power was abundant, and pure energy continuously washed through your body…】
【Thus, one month later.】
【You successfully entered Primordial Unity seventh layer, becoming a late-stage Primordial Unity cultivator!】
【What pleasantly surprised you was that the Nine Revolutions Pill’s residual medicinal power nearly pushed you into the latter half of Primordial Unity seventh layer.】
【At this point, less than three months remained before the Demon Saint’s descent.】
【You faced two choices: remain at Demon-Sealing Pass to face the Demon Saint… or travel to the Three Thousand Worlds and participate in the blood seedling tournament, delaying things by seven years…】
In the Real World, Su Xing fell into deep thought upon seeing this.
“That Demon Saint at Demon-Sealing Pass… I’m not certain whether he’s at the early stage of Demon Saint…”
“If he’s early-stage, I shouldn’t fear him! But after killing him, I’d likely be completely exposed, losing the opportunity to enter the Three Thousand Worlds.”
“On the other hand, if I enter the Three Thousand Worlds, I can obtain the ‘Mystic Body Pill’ and attempt to break through to Primordial Unity eighth layer!”
Su Xing reasoned that to maximize his gains, improving his cultivation should take priority.
Heading to the Advent Cult’s valley would be more beneficial for advancing his body tempering cultivation!
But if he stayed on Earth, he could use the Spirit Vein Dragon to obtain more spirit liquid… which would be more helpful for advancing his qi refinement cultivation.
“For this simulation, let’s prioritize body tempering cultivation first… once I reach Primordial Unity Perfection, I’ll face that Demon Saint in battle!”
Su Xing decided to hold off for now.
With that thought, his gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【After careful deliberation, you decided to travel to the Three Thousand Worlds and seek the opportunity to break through to Primordial Unity eighth layer.】
【After storing the Spirit-Gathering Flower seeds inside your body, you were ready.】
【You traveled to the Slaughter Battlefield, racing toward the direction of the red moon.】
【Several days later, you encountered the Slaughter Apostle. After presenting your pass, you were granted entry to that mysterious space.】
【You cast a deep glance at the black tunnel in the distance, knowing the time was not yet ripe. Then you stepped into the Advent Cult’s temporary passage…】
【The world spun around you, accompanied by the tearing sensation of crossing the void, and you fell unconscious…】
【When you awoke again, you found yourself in a dilapidated room within the valley settlement, your body bearing significant injuries and signs of bandaging.】
【Having entered the late-stage of Primordial Unity, your physical constitution was considerably stronger.】
【Though still injured, with the “Unkillable Cockroach” talent, your wounds would heal within ten days.】
【Ten days later, your injuries had healed, and you returned to your old trade… brothel bodyguard.】
【Using your bodyguard wages and robbing those foolish freeloaders, you quickly accumulated your first pot of gold.】
【You used this gold to purchase a residence, set up formations, and prepared for the next blood seedling tournament.】
【Year twenty-nine: the blood seedling tournament was held on schedule.】
【In this tournament, you killed over a hundred Void Return stage cultivators. Though your performance was outstanding, you only became a blood seedling candidate.】
【However, the spirit stones and resources accumulated on these cultivators earned you a handsome profit.】
【You used these materials to exchange for a considerable amount of blood and flesh essence from Body Integration stage demonic beasts.】
【Over the next two and a half years, you cultivated Spirit-Gathering Flowers while diligently improving your body tempering cultivation.】
【Year thirty-one: your cultivation finally reached the late-stage of Primordial Unity seventh layer.】
【So you sought out Old Fourth Song, preparing to exchange for the “Mystic Body Pill” needed for your breakthrough.】
【From Old Fourth Song’s hands, you obtained the Mystic Body Pill along with other necessary resources.】
【Then you began preparing for your assault on Primordial Unity eighth layer…】
【One month later, you successfully broke through, becoming a Primordial Unity eighth layer cultivator!】
【At this point, your pure physical strength approached seven and a half mountains of force, which already exceeded the upper limit of an ordinary Great Perfection Primordial Unity cultivator.】
【Everything was proceeding according to your plan.】
【Year thirty-two: the next blood seedling tournament was held on schedule.】
【Living by the principle of surviving one more day being one more day, you maintained your status as a blood seedling candidate.】
【After this tournament, Old Fourth Song became a blood seedling, and a new merchant — Blood Old Fifth Song — took his place.】
【You kept your guard up against Old Fifth Song, knowing he dealt in the business of robbing his own customers.】
【You realized there was no way to smuggle yourself out of the valley through Old Fifth Song, so you sought other methods.】
【You secretly observed the cultivators in the valley, hoping to find someone who had a way to leave.】
【And the four hundred Spirit-Gathering Flowers remaining in your storage ring were your greatest asset.】
【Year thirty-four: after two years of painstaking searching in the valley, you had memorized every cultivator who came and went.】
【But to your dismay, you discovered that once cultivators entered this valley, there was no way for them to leave.】
【There was only one way out: become a blood seedling and leave the valley!】
【At this point, with less than half a year until the blood seedling tournament, you knew with certainty that you would die in six months.】
【So you decided to take a gamble…】
【You spent two hundred Spirit-Gathering Flowers to exchange with Old Fifth Song for several treasures that could enhance your combat power.】
【A sword-type magical treasure approaching spirit sword grade, several eighth-order talismans capable of trapping Body Integration or even Mahayana cultivators, and various other auxiliary items.】
【After completing these preparations, you adjusted your strength to its peak.】
【Since death was certain in six months anyway, why not take a gamble…】
【You prepared to fight your way out of the valley by force!】