Chapter 242 – Primordial Unity Great Perfection, Facing the Demon Saint! (10,000 words, please vote!)

Su Xing looked at the simulation text before him, his brow furrowing slightly.

“Can this really succeed… There are experts above the Immortal level stationed in the Advent Cult’s valley!”

Su Xing felt that his simulated self’s decision to make such a choice was certainly not a pointless suicide mission.

But the information conveyed by the simulation text was limited, and Su Xing had to keep reading.

【After completing your preparations, you did not rush to act.】

【Instead, you cast the Heavenly Secrets Concealment Art and quietly slipped into the valley’s forbidden zone.】

【You secretly observed the passages leading out of the valley and confirmed that they were indeed guarded by cultivators.】

【However, these cultivator guards were not entirely beyond your ability to resist.】

【There were six cultivators guarding the passage in total. They took turns standing watch, rotating every three days, and each one was a Mahayana-stage cultivator.】

【Based on your observations, you discovered that one particular shift of guards was slightly weaker in strength—only one early-stage Mahayana and one mid-stage Mahayana guard.】

【Against these two cultivators, you were not entirely without a chance of escape.】

“Mahayana-stage guards… that seems somewhat weak, doesn’t it?”

Su Xing frowned slightly. In theory, with the Advent Cult’s power, stationing Loose Immortal-level guards shouldn’t be difficult at all.

After careful consideration, Su Xing came to a realization.

“I was overthinking it… Most of the evil cultivators in the valley entered willingly…”

“Even if some cultivators regret it and want to escape, they’re mostly Spirit Transformation or Void Return stage cultivators who believe they can’t become blood seedlings.”

“But cultivators at the Mahayana level and above are virtually guaranteed to become blood seedlings, so they have absolutely no reason to flee the valley… That’s why Mahayana-level guards are already more than sufficient!”

After figuring this out, a glimmer of hope flashed in Su Xing’s eyes.

If it was only two Mahayana cultivators, Su Xing might actually be able to escape the valley!

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【Having made up your mind, you waited quietly for one month. One day, you finally seized the moment after the guards’ shift change and prepared to force your way through the passage.】

【You knew full well that you had only one chance, and you had to be fast. Otherwise, once the Advent Cult’s Blood-coded cadres were alerted, death would be certain.】

【The two Mahayana cultivators leaned casually against the passage walls, chatting. In the decades since the valley’s establishment, there had never been a single defection.】

【You concealed your aura, used the Eight Trigrams Divination Art to completely mask your karmic signature, then quietly approached the two Mahayana cultivators.】

【The two cultivators remained relaxed, completely unaware of your presence.】

【In that instant, you erupted with sudden violence!】

【With a single wave of your hand, you unleashed your most powerful strike.】

【Activating True Sword Intent while simultaneously triggering the origins of speed and force you had comprehended, an incomparably terrifying wave of sword qi slashed toward the weaker of the two cultivators.】

【He had not the slightest defense prepared!】

【The terror of the Heaven Sword Art was displayed to its fullest extent in this moment.】

【Under the overwhelming sword qi, the early-stage Mahayana cultivator’s body was instantly riddled with gashes, his physical form sent flying backward like a tattered kite.】

【Then, a faint glow emerged from his ruined body…】

【Primordial Spirit Departure!】

【With a single strike, you had slain this early-stage Mahayana cultivator, forcing his primordial spirit to flee his body.】

【At the same time, the other mid-stage Mahayana cultivator reacted. A flash of panic crossed his eyes before he quickly formed hand seals, a fan-shaped magical treasure appearing in his grasp.】

【You did not hesitate. After your ambush on the early-stage Mahayana cultivator, you produced two eighth-rank talismans and slapped them directly toward the Mahayana cultivator.】

【One eighth-rank Dragon-Binding Talisman, and one eighth-rank Gold Blade Talisman.】

【Of these two talismans, one specialized in control and the other in offense. Together, they managed to temporarily trap the early-stage Mahayana cultivator.】

【After dealing with the two guards, you did not hesitate and charged toward the passage, only to be blocked by an invisible barrier of energy.】

【You quickly realized what was happening and retrieved a command token from the Mahayana cultivator’s body. With the token in hand, you successfully escaped from the valley.】

【The moment you left the valley, a terrifying aura surged from behind you. Your heart lurched, knowing that the valley’s top-tier cultivators had already reacted.】

【Several auras at peak Mahayana level burst forth from the valley, pursuing you.】

【Without hesitation, you summoned a magical treasure approaching spirit sword quality, cast the Sword-Controlling Technique, and dove into the Hundred Thousand Mountains ahead.】

【At Perfection level, the Sword-Controlling Technique allowed you to travel 360,000 li per day.】

【But after your Heaven Sword Art reached Mahayana and you comprehended True Sword Intent, your speed doubled again, allowing you to travel 720,000 li per day!】

【This speed already exceeded that of most Mahayana-stage cultivators…】

【In the blink of an eye, you had appeared several hundred li away, yet you did not relax in the slightest, for the cultivators behind you were still in relentless pursuit.】

【A distance of several hundred li was but a moment’s work for them.】

【The auras of the Mahayana cultivators behind you gradually fell further and further behind, yet you did not let your guard down, for you knew that within the valley, there were still Immortal-realm cultivators.】

【You produced another eighth-rank Speed Escape Talisman. Upon activation, your sword flight speed increased by another thirty percent, and you transformed into a streak of light, fleeing deep into the Hundred Thousand Mountains.】

【Your astonishing escape speed quickly left the pursuing Mahayana cultivators far behind.】

【You relaxed slightly and flew toward the location of Azure Cloud City.】

【According to your intelligence, Azure Cloud City was separated from this valley by the entire breadth of the Hundred Thousand Mountains. The distance was immeasurable, and even at full sword flight speed, it would take half a year to arrive.】

【Moreover, the Hundred Thousand Mountains were largely devoid of human presence, yet teeming with ferocious demon beasts. These demon beasts were not of the foreign races, but they still harbored hostility toward humans and would attack passing cultivators.】

【It was even rumored that within the Hundred Thousand Mountains, there existed powerful demon beasts above the Immortal realm.】

【The pursuing auras behind you grew more and more distant, soon falling beyond your sensing range entirely.】

【Based on your estimation, if the Mahayana cultivators could not catch you, they would likely dispatch Immortal-realm cultivators to continue the pursuit.】

【That would be your greatest challenge.】

【With this in mind, you dared not hesitate. While maintaining sword flight, you simultaneously cast the Eight Trigrams Divination Art to shield your karmic secrets and erase any traces left along your path.】

【Hours passed like this…】

【By now, you were well over several hundred thousand li from the valley, gradually penetrating into the core region of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.】

【The faint roars of demon beasts echoed through the mountains, and you sensed the terrifying auras of flying demon beasts far in the distance, sending a chill through your heart.】

【After a moment’s hesitation, you decided that sword flight was far too conspicuous. Not only would it attract the Advent Cult’s attention, but the demon beasts along the way would also detect you more easily.】

【So you decided to descend into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, traveling on the ground, using the demon beasts along the route as cover to seek a chance of survival.】

【With this in mind, you transformed into a streak of light and plunged into the mountain forest.】

【Spreading your divine sense outward, you immediately detected several demon beasts with terrifying auras within a thousand-li radius. The strongest among them had an aura no weaker than your own.】

【The demon beasts seemed to sense your divine sense. You hastily withdrew it, limiting its coverage to a thousand zhang around you to guard against ambush, then dove into the forest and headed deeper into the mountains.】

【Relying on Blessed by Fortune and your divination skills, you managed to avoid danger time and again, steering clear of powerful demon beasts’ territories.】

【After several days of this, you were already more than 500,000 li from the valley.】

【During these days, you occasionally sensed powerful Mahayana cultivators searching overhead, seemingly members of the Advent Cult hunting for your whereabouts.】

【But with your Shielding Heavenly Secrets active, even Mahayana cultivators found it difficult to detect your trail.】

【And so, you traveled through the Hundred Thousand Mountains for over a month.】

【During this month, you killed numerous Body Integration-stage demon beasts, harvesting their blood essence and demon cores, making slight progress in your Body Tempering cultivation.】

【By now, you had gradually approached the core region of the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Along the way, you had even encountered demon immortals above the Immortal realm.】

【Fortunately, they showed no interest in an insignificant creature like you, allowing you to survive.】

【It had been over a month since you fled the valley, and you estimated you had covered nearly ten million li.】

【But the ominous premonition in your heart, the warnings sent by Blessed by Fortune, kept your pulse racing and your feet moving without rest.】

【Yet every time you attempted divination, you received no results whatsoever.】

【You suspected the gap between your strength and your enemy’s was simply too vast, rendering divination useless.】

【After several more days of flight, you suddenly sensed a cold wind sweep past from behind.】

【Your heart jolted. Turning around, sure enough, a black-robed man had appeared behind you.】

【An Advent Cult cadre, codename Blood Ninety-Nine!】

【An enemy approaching the peak of the Human Immortal Realm. You knew you had no chance of victory whatsoever.】

【Without looking back, you immediately took to sword flight and shot deeper into the Hundred Thousand Mountains.】

【A cat-and-mouse expression of amusement played across Blood Ninety-Nine’s face.】

【He gave you a casual glance and remarked that your aura-concealing techniques were indeed impressive, and that constantly moving through the Hundred Thousand Mountains was the only reason you had managed to flee this long.】

【But to him, you were still nothing more than an ant.】

【With a wave of his hand, he cast a technique. A mass of blood-colored spiritual energy coalesced into an enormous palm and reached for you.】

【You knew that against such a formidable foe, your only option was to unleash your strongest strike.】

【So you gritted your teeth and activated the Heaven Sword Art once more. True Sword Intent slashed toward the blood-colored palm.】

【But the gap in power was too great. The blood-colored palm merely faded by thirty percent before it still firmly trapped you.】

【At that very moment, a terrifying roar erupted from the distance, reverberating through the mountain forest. Within a radius of ten thousand li, every bird and beast was startled.】

【Blood Ninety-Nine, who had been composed just moments ago, immediately ceased hesitating and reached for you.】

【At the same time, a golden light streaked toward this location. In an instant, a majestic, several-zhang-tall white-browed tiger with blazing eyes appeared before you.】

【Upon seeing this tiger, Blood Ninety-Nine hesitated no longer. He struck you dead with a palm and annihilated your soul…】

【You died!】

【Your talent Die With Eyes Open activates!】

【You witnessed the respectful demeanor Blood Ninety-Nine showed the tiger, addressing it as “Tiger Immortal.”】

【Tiger Immortal stated bluntly that any cultivator above the Immortal realm entering the core of the Hundred Thousand Mountains was considered a provocation against the demon race.】

【But Blood Ninety-Nine countered that this location was still tens of thousands of li from the core, that he had not entered it, and that he had only come to eliminate an Advent Cult traitor.】

【Tiger Immortal fell silent for a moment, then exhaled a breath of spiritual energy and took your storage bag.】

【Blood Ninety-Nine’s expression shifted slightly at this—he clearly knew your storage bag contained rare treasures like Spirit-Gathering Flowers.】

【But facing Tiger Immortal, he dared not act presumptuously. He merely offered a brief salute, transformed into a streak of light, and swiftly departed the Hundred Thousand Mountains.】

【After obtaining your storage bag, Tiger Immortal extracted the Spirit-Gathering Flowers within. A look of satisfaction crossed his face, and he departed…】

【Ding! This simulation has ended!】

After the simulation ended, Su Xing could not hide the disappointment in his eyes.

“Damn it, was I really that close… If I had escaped into the core region of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, even Advent Cult cadres wouldn’t have dared to pursue me…”

After a pause, Su Xing sighed.

“As expected—beneath the Immortal level, all are ants!”

“Even if I escaped the Advent Cult’s grasp, the Hundred Thousand Mountains are fraught with danger at every turn. The chances of successfully crossing them aren’t high either…”

Su Xing shook his head slightly and fell into deep thought.

From what he could see, once he entered the Advent Cult’s passage, it was essentially nine deaths and one life—or even ten deaths with no life at all. His only option was to gamble on the slim hope of escaping through the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

“When it comes down to it, the problem is the mismatch between my age and my cultivation. My cultivation advanced too quickly… But changing my age is virtually impossible…”

Su Xing let out a sigh.

Even using the Lifespan-Burning Art only consumed one’s maximum lifespan—it did not increase one’s actual age.

“So as things stand, raising my Body Tempering cultivation… and finding a way to cross worlds through a different passage—that’s the best strategy!”

“Moreover, once my cultivation is sufficient, I’ll even be able to protect my personal space. When the time comes, I’ll cross the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm carrying tens of thousands of Spirit-Gathering Flowers, and freed from the Advent Cult’s constraints… only then can I truly grow!”

Su Xing summarized the gains and losses of this simulation, then turned his gaze toward the reward list.

【Breaking Bad】: Purple talent, priced at 1 million energy points.

【Twenty Years of Alchemy Experience】: After redemption, existing alchemy insights will increase by a small margin. Priced at 10 million energy.

【Primordial Chaos Realm, Eighth Layer】: Break through to Primordial Unity, shatter falsehood, and bring the physical body and power to a new level. Outstanding Primordial Unity cultivators can briefly traverse the void. At Primordial Unity late-stage, the physical body becomes incomparably formidable. Priced at 1.5 billion energy.

【Three Talents Sword Art: Heaven Sword (Major Accomplishment)】: Sword art left behind by Sword Immortal Lü Dong. When cultivated to the Perfection realm, one may discover the mystery of achieving Sword Immortal status through the Dao of the sword. At Major Mastery, the Heaven Sword Art grants comprehension of True Sword Intent, making the practitioner among the finest swordsmen in the world, comparable to a Mahayana cultivator. Priced at 800 million energy.

“The Primordial Unity eighth layer cultivation and the Major Mastery Heaven Sword Art are naturally the top choices…”

“But if I want to redeem both rewards, I’ll need 2.3 billion energy… and I have less than ten million on hand…”

Su Xing did some quick calculations. If he wanted to successfully extract both rewards, after trading with Lu Yuanwu, he’d still need to make another trip to the Baili Trading Company. The dungeon items from the past month or two should be worth several hundred million energy — that should be enough.

With that thought, Su Xing didn’t hesitate and immediately began applying his disguise and concealing his aura.

Half an hour later, Su Xing appeared in a great mountain eight hundred li from Capital City.

Martial Sovereign Lu Yuanwu had already been waiting for some time.

Lu Yuanwu respectfully handed over the new week’s exotic metals to Su Xing, and Su Xing wasted no time either — after passing over ten thousand pills, he turned and left.

After leaving Capital City, Su Xing changed his appearance once more, concealing his trail along the way, before finally riding his sword to Guang Province.

Only after retrieving the dungeon items from the Baili Trading Company did Su Xing make his way back to Capital City.

As Su Xing’s movement speed grew ever faster, all of this took him less than half a day.

Back in the spirit field grotto-heaven, Su Xing converted the items he’d obtained through trading into simulation energy.

Including the remaining eighty-some million energy, the total came to nearly 2.4 billion — just enough to redeem the simulation rewards.

Su Xing murmured:

“Right now I still have twenty thousand Essence Nurturing Pills on hand… that’s worth about four billion energy. Looks like I’ll need to convert pills one more time after this. Next time, I’d better bring more out!”

Su Xing planned to go all-in next time — bring out several hundred thousand pills in one go.

After a brief pause, Su Xing looked at the reward list and said decisively:

“Redeem Primordial Unity eighth layer cultivation, and Major Mastery Heaven Sword Art!”

【You have successfully extracted Primordial Unity eighth layer cultivation. Energy spent: 1.5 billion points. Remaining energy: 910.88 million points.】

【You have successfully extracted Three Talents Sword Art: Heaven Sword (Major Mastery). Energy spent: 800 million. Remaining energy: 110.88 million points.】

As the notification faded, two streams of mysterious energy flowed into Su Xing’s body.

Immediately after, the aura around Su Xing’s entire body began surging even further!

Primordial Unity fifth layer… Primordial Unity sixth layer… Primordial Unity seventh layer!

Finally — Primordial Unity eighth layer!

In just a few breaths, Su Xing had leapt from a mid-stage Primordial Unity cultivator directly to late-stage Primordial Unity!

After the explosive surge in cultivation, Su Xing closed his eyes to regulate his breathing, striving to adapt to his newly acquired power…

Moments later, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes.

“Primordial Unity eighth layer… approaching the power of eight mountains… With pure physical strength alone, Body Integration stage and Primordial Unity Great Perfection cultivators wouldn’t be a match for me!”

Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.

He was confident that if he faced Old Dog Dragon head-on again, it would take no more than a few dozen exchanges before Su Xing could cut him down.

However, what contributed most to Su Xing’s growth in strength this time wasn’t the increase in cultivation — it was the Major Mastery Heaven Sword Art!

Su Xing willed it, and a small sword, formless as wind, appeared in his hand, quietly settling into his palm.

“Major Mastery Heaven Sword Art… comprehending True Sword Intent, I can now generate sword aura?”

Su Xing experimented for a while. The small sword formed from sword intent in his hand split into three, then transformed into nine, and finally orbited around Su Xing’s body, hovering without falling.

“This sword aura seems to work on the same principle as Protective Hardened Qi…”

Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.

The sword aura formed from sword intent combined offense and defense as one — capable of taking the head of a Mahayana cultivator at its peak, and shielding oneself against myriad techniques at its base.

“It’s just a pity that right now I’ve only achieved a preliminary comprehension of True Sword Intent… The sword aura I can summon is limited, so both defense and offense still fall a bit short…”

Su Xing gazed at the sword aura circling his body, lost in thought.

“Sword aura… it seems like it can coexist simultaneously with the Protective Hardened Qi formed from primordial energy?”

“If I study this carefully, could I merge the two into one… making the Protective Hardened Qi even more powerful?”

At this thought, Su Xing’s eyes lit up.

After entering late-stage Primordial Unity, his Protective Hardened Qi was still quite useful and remained Su Xing’s primary defensive method.

But it still couldn’t withstand attacks from a Mahayana cultivator…

If Su Xing could modify it — just as he had transformed Spirit Burst into the Five Elements Spirit Burst — wouldn’t its power increase dramatically?

“Furthermore… if I want to cross that chaotic void flow, aside from needing Major Mastery in Body Tempering, I’ll also need a superior defensive technique… This improved Protective Hardened Qi would perfectly meet the requirements!”

Su Xing nodded slightly, silently adding this to his plans.

“But for now, the priority is still finding a way to reach Primordial Unity Perfection… then seeking the opportunity to achieve Major Mastery in Body Tempering!”

…

Over the next few days, Su Xing continued as always, crafting puppets every day.

In one week’s time, Su Xing crafted three more puppets, naming them Pill Nineteen, Pill Twenty, and Pill Twenty-One.

With that, twenty-one alchemy puppets now provided Su Xing with ten thousand five hundred Fasting Pills per week.

During this time, Su Xing also found a moment to meet with Luo Shuying.

Last month, Su Xing hadn’t shown up as promised. Luo Shuying complained briefly but still handed over the intelligence she’d gathered from the Advent Cult.

Of course, Su Xing already knew most of this information.

However, from Luo Shuying, Su Xing also learned that many of the Advent Cult’s undercover agents had been eliminated one by one, which greatly frustrated the cult. They were now preparing to train new agents.

Beyond that, Luo Shuying had also brought Su Xing a good amount of spirit herbs.

After accepting the thousand-plus spirit herbs, Su Xing told Luo Shuying she no longer needed to bring him herbs going forward.

Su Xing made this decision because the herbs missing from the treasury, along with the Organ Tempering Pills and Essence Nurturing Pills, could easily be connected.

Moreover, Su Xing had already planted several thousand stalks of lower-grade spirit herbs like Yellow Immortal Essence and Essence Nurturing Grass in his spirit field grotto-heaven.

In a few decades, even if his supply of spirit herbs couldn’t be called inexhaustible, multiplying the quantity several times over would be no problem.

…

Returning to the present — inside the spirit field grotto-heaven, Su Xing looked at the puppet before him and nodded in satisfaction.

“Not bad. Now I have tens of thousands of Fasting Pills on hand again… Come next week, that’s another fifty million energy in revenue…”

Su Xing was quite satisfied with this. Little by little, it added up. The second-order exotic metal mine dungeon he’d redeemed would become Su Xing’s primary energy source in the future.

Glancing at the time, Su Xing applied his disguise and concealed his aura, preparing to head to the Villa to meet with Jin Congxue.

Jin Congxue was wearing a bright red dress today, looking stunningly beautiful, graceful and alluring.

Su Xing enjoyed a pleasant meal, then chatted with Jin Congxue.

“Little Xing, your big sister is preparing for her advancement to Heavenly King-stage… Once I become a Heavenly King-stage powerhouse, your sister will be immortal~”

Hearing Jin Congxue’s words, Su Xing rolled his eyes, thinking to himself that Heavenly King-stage powerhouses couldn’t actually achieve immortality. At most, they could extend their lifespan to five hundred years.

Still, advancing to Heavenly King-stage was indeed a big deal, so Su Xing asked:

“Sis Xue, when are you planning to advance to Heavenly King?”

Jin Congxue thought for a moment and said:

“My current level is still a bit short of Grandmaster Perfection… In about two to three months, I should be able to achieve Heavenly King.”

Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this, thinking that when he had some free time, he could craft some fifth or sixth-tier talismans — powerful enough to counter Heavenly King and Sovereign-level enemies. With those, Jin Congxue’s advancement shouldn’t face too many problems.

“Actually…”

Su Xing started to say something, then stopped.

He knew that the existence of Class Users might be part of a staggering conspiracy, but if he spoke of it, no one would likely believe him.

What’s more, on Earth, tens of billions of people were all Class Users.

Only by obtaining sufficient evidence from the Three Thousand Worlds could Su Xing possibly address this hidden danger.

The meal was soon over, and Su Xing stealthily made his way back to school, entering the spirit field grotto-heaven.

The new week’s goods brought Su Xing another two hundred million-plus in simulation energy.

Once the cooldown was complete, Su Xing silently intoned:

“Begin simulation!”

February 10th, 2025 — Su Xing began his 74th simulation.

【Ding! This simulation consumes 7,400 energy points. Remaining energy: 324.88 million points. Remaining simulations: unlimited.】

【Simulation begins!】

【Drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points. Drawing a gold legendary talent costs 1 million energy points. Will you draw?】

Su Xing didn’t hesitate, silently intoning:

“Draw gold-quality talent!”

【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained Celestial Resonance. Probability of drawing a gold-quality talent next time: 60%…】

【Celestial Resonance】: Purple talent. You possess astonishing talent in the musical arts. When studying music-related cultivation methods, supernatural arts, and techniques, you learn by analogy and pick them up with exceptional ease.

Seeing the newly drawn talent, Su Xing was slightly disappointed.

“Well, it’s not a gold talent again… Looks like this simulation will have to proceed according to the original plan…”

Su Xing murmured to himself.

For this simulation, he had set several goals.

First, Body Tempering cultivation — advance to Body Tempering Primordial Unity Perfection. This was a must.

With Nine Revolutions Pills plus Dragon Race blood and flesh essence, even without venturing into the Three Thousand Worlds, Su Xing could cultivate to Great Perfection.

Second, the Eight Trigrams Divination Art still needed further refinement.

If he could cultivate it to the Perfection realm, he might be able to shield himself from an Immortal’s perception, gaining a sliver of hope for escaping the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

Finally, the Lifespan-Burning Art also needed to reach the Perfection realm.

“But this time… staying on Earth, my strength should be enough to contend with that Demon Saint… I wonder, if I kill that Demon Saint, how will the foreign races react?”

Su Xing felt a flicker of anticipation as he turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you became aware that you were in a simulation.】

【You set out to find Lu Yuanwu and completed a trade with him. Nothing dangerous occurred.】

【You accumulated one day’s worth of Great Wisdom state bonus, then departed for the Luotian Assembly dungeon.】

Su Xing activated immersive simulation…

【After leaving the Luotian Assembly dungeon, your Dao of Puppetry also improved.】

【Half a month later, you went to meet Luo Shuying as arranged, and joined the Advent Cult alongside her.】

【You quickly rose to the position of Protector, gaining tens of thousands of devoted followers.】

【At the same time, you began devoting yourself to pill refinement…】

【Thus, two years passed swiftly. During this time, you visited the Luotian Assembly dungeon once more and activated immersive simulation.】

【In the third year, the spirit herbs from the Advent Cult’s treasury, combined with the spirit herbs cultivated in your spirit field grotto-heaven, allowed you to refine three hundred thousand Essence Nurturing Pills and Organ Tempering Pills…】

【You secretly handed these pills to Lu Yuanwu, hoping to rapidly bolster humanity’s mid-tier combat strength.】

【Year four. You continued expanding your influence within the Advent Cult, and your reputation grew ever higher.】

【At the same time, you began arduously cultivating the Eight Trigrams Divination Art.】

【The final realm of the Eight Trigrams Divination Art’s Human Fortune Chapter was the Perfection realm. It was said that upon achieving it, one could shield oneself from the perception of heavenly beings!】

【The so-called “heavenly beings,” in your understanding, referred to Immortals.】

【This meant that if you cultivated the Human Fortune Chapter to Perfection, you might truly be able to escape Blood Ninety-Nine’s pursuit, hide within the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and roam free like a fish leaping into the vast ocean.】

【But the final layer of the Eight Trigrams Divination Art proved far more difficult than you had imagined.】

【Each day, aside from managing your reputation within the Advent Cult, you devoted yourself to studying the Dao of divination.】

【And so, three years slowly passed…】

【Year seven. Your comprehension of the Eight Trigrams Divination Art still remained at the Major Mastery realm, but compared to before, you had made considerable progress.】

【This year, you attempted to cultivate the Eight Trigrams Divination Art: National Fortune Chapter, but discovered it was extremely difficult to comprehend, and divination consumed vast amounts of lifespan. You set it aside for the time being.】

【That same year, you orchestrated the elimination of the Transhuman Faction’s leader within the Advent Cult and took his place.】

【Simultaneously, you began plotting to eliminate Old Dog Dragon.】

【Year eight. You traveled to the Myriad Wood Sect ruins and effortlessly slew Perfected One Myriad Wood, retrieving the branch of the innate Fusang Divine Tree.】

【You deliberately flaunted it before Old Dog Dragon, and sure enough, he harbored thoughts of killing you to seize the treasure.】

【You lured Old Dog Dragon out of Great Xia and fought him for dozens of rounds before easily cutting him down.】

【You spent several months refining Rebirth Pills and a single Nine Revolutions Pill, preparing to use them to advance your body tempering cultivation.】

【And so, over the next three years, you devoted yourself to bitter cultivation while simultaneously studying the Eight Trigrams Divination Art.】

【At the same time, you attempted to refine Perfected One Myriad Wood’s corpse into a living-dead puppet, but ultimately failed…】

【Year eleven. Blood Three, having been unable to contact Old Dog Dragon for a long time, finally descended upon Earth.】

【At this point, you were the most powerful Advent Cult leader on Earth.】

【Using the innate Fusang Divine Tree branch as a bribe, you successfully won over Blood Three. Not only were you spared from investigation, but you also obtained a pass to leave Earth.】

【However, you had no intention of leaving Earth this time. What you truly desired was to maintain contact with Blood Three — with that, Earth would be entirely under your control.】

【Year twelve. After consuming over six hundred Rebirth Pills, your cultivation advanced to late Primordial Unity eighth layer, but you found yourself unable to break through to the ninth layer.】

【You chose not to consume the Nine Revolutions Pill. Instead, you traveled to the Beast Taming World’s Slaughter Battlefield.】

【Year thirteen. You successfully slaughtered several hundred Legendary demon beasts and three Demon Emperors, refining several hundred Rebirth Pills in the process.】

【The essence of Demon Emperor flesh was far inferior to dragon flesh essence, but it was still considerably faster than bitter cultivation alone.】

【After consuming the Rebirth Pills, your cultivation steadily advanced.】

【And so, another two years passed.】

【Year fifteen. One day, a feeling stirred within you, and you finally broke through once more, reaching the Primordial Unity ninth layer!】

【At this point, you were merely a single step away from Primordial Unity Perfection. With one Nine Revolutions Pill still in hand, breaking through to Perfection was practically a certainty!】

【But you were in no rush to consume it. Out of caution, you continued tempering your physique, planning to take the pill at the critical moment.】

【Year sixteen. Your mastery of the Eight Trigrams Divination Art improved further, and you could faintly glimpse the splendor of the Perfection realm.】

【At this point, when you deployed the Heavenly Secrets Concealment Art, you were confident that even Tribulation Crossing realm experts would struggle to detect you.】

【But you knew there was still a long road ahead before reaching Perfection.】

【And so, another three years passed.】

【Year nineteen. Your body tempering cultivation had improved slightly, but you still remained at the early phase of Primordial Unity ninth layer.】

【Meanwhile, in addition to studying the Human Fortune Chapter, you began contemplating the National Fortune Chapter.】

【You discovered that the National Fortune Chapter could alter the fortune of a region, a nation, or even an entire realm!】

【Furthermore, at its most profound levels, it could even shield an entire region from existence, making it nearly impossible for high-level cultivators to divine.】

【While cultivating the National Fortune Chapter, you felt your Human Fortune Chapter had also improved slightly, drawing ever closer to Perfection.】

【And so, another three years passed.】

【Year twenty-two. Your body tempering cultivation reached the mid-phase of Primordial Unity ninth layer.】

【At the same time, you hesitated no longer and prepared to select an auspicious day to consume the Nine Revolutions Pill and break through to Primordial Unity Perfection in one decisive push!】

【One day, after performing a divination, you felt a sudden intuition — the auspicious moment was today.】

【Without hesitation, you immediately began preparations for the breakthrough.】

【After consuming the Nine Revolutions Pill, an endless surge of power flooded into your body… your physical strength climbed ceaselessly…】

【One month later, you successfully broke through, advancing to Primordial Unity Perfection!】

【At this point, your full strength had finally reached the power of ten mountains!】

【At the same time, you sensed that your physical body had reached its absolute limit. To advance further, the only path was to break through to the Body Tempering Mastery-level!】

【Year twenty-three. Having reached Primordial Unity Perfection in body tempering, you threw yourself entirely into researching the Eight Trigrams Divination Art.】

【Your divination skills grew ever more masterful. Even from tens of thousands of miles away, you could trace a person’s future trajectory from the faintest of clues.】

【However, the subject of your divination had to be weaker than you. If you divined a cultivator stronger than yourself, there was a chance they would sense it, and you risked losing lifespan.】

【And so, another four years passed.】

【Year twenty-seven. Your comprehension of the Eight Trigrams Divination Art’s Human Fortune Chapter drew ever closer to Perfection. You needed only a single catalyst to successfully reach the Perfection realm.】

【So you hesitated no more. You accumulated an entire month’s worth of Great Wisdom state bonuses, consumed a Spirit Awakening Pill, and made your final push.】

【After taking the Spirit Awakening Pill, your comprehension soared a hundredfold or more. You threw yourself into studying the Eight Trigrams Divination Art.】

【In the blink of an eye, twenty days passed…】

【Then, at a certain moment, inspiration struck like divine revelation, and your comprehension of the Eight Trigrams Divination Art crossed into the Perfection realm!】

【You could feel that your Heavenly Secrets Concealment Art had become vastly more fluid. Even those two full realms above you in cultivation would struggle to detect your whereabouts.】

【Furthermore, with your cultivation level, if you were willing to expend some lifespan, you could potentially divine the whereabouts of Mahayana-stage cultivators.】

【At this moment, your Spirit Awakening Pill’s effects still had ten days remaining. You began attempting to cultivate the Lifespan-Burning Art.】

In the Real World, Su Xing finally let out a breath of relief when he saw this, and sighed:

“The Eight Trigrams Divination Art — Human Fortune Chapter at Perfection! Evading the perception of Human Immortal Realm cultivators! Divining the whereabouts of Mahayana cultivators above one’s own level… This art truly is a technique that borders on the Dao!”

“Now, I just need to learn the Lifespan-Burning Art and I’ll be set!”

After a brief pause, Su Xing silently recited:

“Activate the immersive simulation function. Duration: ten days…”

【Ding. You have successfully activated immersive simulation. Energy consumed: 24 million points. Remaining energy: 296.08 million points.】

As the simulator’s notification faded, Su Xing’s vision shifted and transformed.

Then, Su Xing resolutely began cultivating the Lifespan-Burning Art…

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed, and the immersive simulation ended.

…

After returning to the Real World, a flash of amazement passed through Su Xing’s eyes.

“The Lifespan-Burning Art — it really is a secret technique perfectly suited for me! Burning lifespan… can massively boost combat power! For me… how is this any different from having no side effects at all?!”

The corner of Su Xing’s mouth curved upward slightly.

For an ordinary Body Integration stage cultivator, reaching Body Integration would have taken over a thousand years.

And a Body Integration cultivator’s total lifespan was only three thousand years.

This meant they could never bring themselves to burn lifespan for a massive combat power boost.

But for Su Xing, of the three thousand years of Body Integration lifespan, two thousand nine hundred of them were utterly useless.

Using them as fuel? Nothing could be more fitting!

“Lifespan-Burning Art — Perfection. Done!”

Su Xing exhaled a long breath.

Ten days of comprehension under the Spirit Awakening Pill was equivalent to three years of bitter cultivation!

And so, Su Xing’s Lifespan-Burning Art had finally reached Perfection!

If he reached late-stage Body Integration, Su Xing could burn a thousand years of lifespan to wield power comparable to an early-stage Mahayana cultivator!

Su Xing closed his eyes slightly and began planning his next steps.

“Right now, there’s less than one year until the Demon Saint descends upon Demon-Sealing Pass…”

“With my current strength — Primordial Unity Perfection, Heaven Sword Art at Major Mastery — defeating an early-stage Demon Saint shouldn’t be a problem! Even against a mid-stage Demon Saint, I should be able to put up a fight…”

“I just wonder… after defeating the Demon Saint, how much additional simulation time will I gain?”

A faint glimmer of anticipation stirred in Su Xing’s heart.

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【The Human Fortune Chapter had reached Perfection, and the Lifespan-Burning Art had been cultivated to Perfection as well. With everything in place, you needed only to wait for the Demon Saint’s arrival to engage in a decisive battle.】

【But you had no intention of wasting the remaining time, and began studying the contents of the National Fortune Chapter.】

【And so, one year slowly passed…】

【Year twenty-eight. You had concealed your identity, disguised as an ordinary soldier, and had been stationed at Demon-Sealing Pass for an entire year.】

【One day, as you performed your routine divination, the hexagram was hazy and uncertain — a sign that something momentous was about to occur.】

【You sacrificed more of your lifespan and began divining the fate of Demon-Sealing Pass.】

【You divined that Demon-Sealing Pass would face a great calamity. Whether it could survive hung in the balance — it could go either way.】

【You knew in your heart: this was the omen of the Demon Saint’s imminent attack!】

【And so, you began adjusting your condition. Each day you nourished your spirit sword Blackice, honing yourself to peak state.】

【One month later…】

【One day, you felt it — an incomparably powerful aura appeared beyond Demon-Sealing Pass.】

【Betraying nothing, you made your way to the top of Demon-Sealing Pass’s walls. Sure enough, you saw the Double-Pupiled Demon Saint, hands clasped behind his back, hovering in midair, his eyes filled with cold indifference.】

【Behind him stood over a hundred Legendary demon beasts and a single Demon Emperor.】

【These were all unfamiliar faces. You deduced that the Demon Saint had temporarily pulled these forces from other battlefields.】

【With a casual wave of the Demon Saint’s hand, the hundred-plus Legendary demon beasts, two Demon Emperors, and an uncountable horde of lesser demons surged madly toward Demon-Sealing Pass.】

【The demon race was launching their total assault on Demon-Sealing Pass!】

【At the same time, over a dozen Legendary powerhouses within Demon-Sealing Pass all turned ashen-faced.】

【Even the Peak Emperor among them wore a grave expression, a hint of despair flickering in his eyes.】

【But there was no retreat. The human race’s Peak Emperor gritted his teeth and charged toward the demon beast army below.】

【Yet the Demon Saint needed only a single strike to force the human Emperor back.】

【Seeing this, despair deepened among the human ranks…】

【At the critical moment, you concealed yourself no longer. You stepped upon the void and stood suspended a thousand meters above the earth.】

【Spirit sword Blackice in hand, with a single raise of your arm, a sword aura stretching ten thousand zhang tore across the blood-red earth…】

【With one swing of your sword, dozens of Legendary demon beasts were cleaved in two, one Demon Emperor was wounded, and the number of low-rank demons slain was beyond counting.】

【A chasm stretching dozens of miles long and fathomlessly deep appeared ten miles before Demon-Sealing Pass, as if a heavenly abyss had been carved into the world…】

【You held your sword in one hand, standing upon the edge of the abyss, and slowly spoke a single sentence:】

【Those who cross this line — shall die!】