Chapter 263 – The Gold Talent Has No Martial Virtue! Path of the Sword Immortal! (10,000 words, two-in-one)
by spirapiraReal World. Su Xing frowned slightly at what he saw.
Sure enough, just as he had previously guessed, the foreign races’ invasion of the Three Thousand Worlds was deepening continuously.
Now even the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm had fallen into a bitter war.
“The Hundred Thousand Mountains have been breached. The demon cultivators were an important fighting force for the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm… yet they were destroyed from within by the Advent Cult!”
“Meanwhile, the White Emperor Tower, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, and the Azure Cloud Sect all possess their own headquarters… they certainly won’t fight to the death to protect the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm…”
Su Xing analyzed the future situation.
The Lesser Azure Cloud Realm was the gateway to the Azure Cloud Realm and should have been defended at all costs.
But the most fatal issue was that something had gone wrong with Qingyunzi… a Grand Luo Golden Immortal whose stance was wavering made the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm even harder to hold.
“Sigh… who knows how many years the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm can actually hold out?”
“If it falls, where will those hundreds of millions of cultivators go?”
Su Xing sighed and turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【The once-prosperous White Emperor City saw a sharp decline in cultivator numbers.】
【Most rogue cultivators, either voluntarily or by force, headed to the front lines to fight against the foreign races.】
【As a guest Elder of the White Emperor Tower, you also had a certain obligation to participate in the war. However, considering your identity as a formation master, you only occasionally repaired some formation treasures at the logistics department.】
【Thus, three years passed.】
【Year 73. The number of cultivators in White Emperor City dwindled further. Some cultivators you were once familiar with had gone to the front lines one after another, never to return.】
【You sighed inwardly, knowing it was time to flee.】
【So on a moonless night, you left White Emperor City and headed for the Hundred Thousand Mountains.】
【The Hundred Thousand Mountains — though all thirty-six Demon Kings had perished, there were still several Heavenly Immortal realm great demons, and the number of demon cultivators was not small.】
【You had prepared sufficient supplies. Even in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, you could live quite comfortably.】
【Most importantly, with the Hundred Thousand Mountains as cover… it was safe!】
【Thus, another five years passed.】
【Year 78. You had spent five years in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and your cultivation had grown further.】
【Your divine sense reached 1,750 kilometers this year.】
【But the only thing you found regrettable was that despite practicing the sword for two double-hours every day, you had never triggered an epiphany regarding the Heaven Sword Art.】
【Your comprehension of sword intent remained at the Major Mastery level.】
【One day, you cast a divination and foresaw that a life-or-death tribulation would befall you in the coming days.】
【You were puzzled, unsure whether this tribulation would come from Qingyunzi or the Advent Cult…】
【To be safe, you left the Hundred Thousand Mountains and fled across the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【You wanted to reach the Celestial Secrets Pavilion to see if you could secure a spot to escape to another world…】
【But before you could reach the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, a figure appeared behind you.】
【The newcomer was not Qingyunzi, but Blood Three!】
【Clearly, your betrayal of the Advent Cult and the matter of passing through the black corridor had been exposed.】
【Over the years, the Advent Cult had followed the trail and uncovered your identity.】
【Against Blood Three, you had no power to resist whatsoever…】
【He performed a soul search on you.】
【Your consciousness gradually scattered…】
【You died!】
【Ding! This simulation has ended!】
After the simulation ended, Su Xing frowned slightly.
“Only lived seventy-eight years, huh… it seems defecting from the Advent Cult carries certain risks after all. Blood Three actually came after me?”
“The space behind that black corridor — clearly, the Red Moon would never allow others to know about it… so that’s why the Advent Cult hunted me down?”
Su Xing estimated that perhaps Blood Three, or even the entire Advent Cult, had been searching for information about him all along. It was just that in previous years they needed to focus on intensifying their invasion of the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm and had no time to deal with Su Xing.
Once the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm had been largely invaded, they freed up resources to search for Su Xing.
“Still, the objectives of this simulation were mostly achieved… Mahayana Stage, Fifth Layer — not bad at all…”
“Divine sense also reached 1,750 kilometers…”
Su Xing nodded slightly and turned his gaze to this simulation’s rewards.
【The Cut Sleeve】: Purple talent. Price: 1,000,000 energy points.
【Seventy Years of Alchemy Experience】: After redemption, existing alchemy insights increase by a small margin. Price: 70,000,000 energy.
【Divine Sense, 1,750 km】: Subtle Realm divine sense, already reaching the limit of ordinary Mahayana stage cultivators. Price: 2.2 billion energy.
【Mahayana Stage, Fifth Layer】: Mahayana stage cultivator, comprehending Origin Force, seeking Dao essence. Spiritual power resonates with heaven and earth; the sea of spiritual energy is boundless… Price: 6 billion energy.
【Heaven Sword Scripture Comprehension】: Major Mastery-level Heaven Sword Art. True Sword Intent comprehension at Major Mastery level. Price: 1.5 billion energy.
This simulation had clear objectives, so the reward options were fairly straightforward.
Without the slightest hesitation, Su Xing silently declared:
“I choose to bring out Mahayana Stage, Fifth Layer cultivation… and Divine Sense, 1,750 km!”
As his words fell, the simulator’s notification chimed in his ears.
【Ding! You have successfully brought out Divine Sense, 1,750 km. Energy spent: 2.2 billion. Remaining energy: 14,232,530,000 points…】
【Ding! You have successfully brought out Mahayana Stage, Fifth Layer cultivation. Energy spent: 6 billion. Remaining energy: 8,232,530,000 points…】
As the simulator’s notifications faded, two streams of mysterious energy surged into Su Xing’s body.
First came the tremendous boost in cultivation!
Mahayana Stage, Second Layer… Mahayana Stage, Third Layer… Mahayana Stage, Fourth Layer!
Su Xing successfully crossed a minor bottleneck, becoming a mid-stage Mahayana cultivator!
But it didn’t end there. Su Xing’s cultivation continued to rise, only slowly stopping at Mahayana Stage, Fifth Layer.
“At Mahayana Stage, Fifth Layer… the density of my spiritual power already surpasses Mahayana Stage, Perfection cultivators, touching the threshold of the Tribulation Crossing stage!”
The corners of Su Xing’s mouth curved upward slightly.
The enhancement to his sea of spiritual energy was even more powerful than Su Xing had imagined.
Su Xing estimated that by the time he reached Mahayana Stage, Eighth or Ninth Layer, his spiritual power would probably already surpass ordinary Tribulation Crossing cultivators who had passed the Spiritual Power Trial!
And what had been enhanced wasn’t just Su Xing’s Qi Refinement cultivation!
With a thought, Su Xing left the spirit field grotto-heaven and appeared in the outside world.
Then his divine sense spread out like a tidal wave.
In just a few breaths, Su Xing’s divine sense had achieved complete coverage of Capital City.
Then it radiated outward to several cities surrounding the capital…
In the end, nearly the entire northern plains — two or three provinces in Great Xia’s north — were within the range of Su Xing’s divine sense!
“Divine Sense, 1,750 kilometers… just enough to detect the situation of those two puppets heading to the Northern Yuan Trading Company…”
Su Xing nodded slightly. Capital City was located in northern Great Xia, so Su Xing could sense the Northern Yuan Trading Company’s situation.
But Jinling City, or the even more distant Guang Province — those were more than ten thousand li from Su Xing. With his current divine sense range, there was simply no way to cover them.
“If my divine sense range could grow to ten thousand li… even if I were in the capital, every move in Jinling City would be within my perception!”
Su Xing murmured. His divine sense strength still needed further improvement!
Su Xing glanced at the time. Lu Yuanwu had probably been waiting for quite a while by now.
So Su Xing began disguising his appearance and concealing his aura, then went to meet Lu Yuanwu.
Moments later, Su Xing had four billion simulation energy in hand, then rode his sword toward the Age of Immortals and Martial Arts dungeon.
Over the following week, Su Xing continued mining exotic metal ore as usual.
Exotic metal ore would be an important energy source for Su Xing in the foreseeable future.
…
A week passed quickly, and Su Xing took a batch of fourth-order exotic metal ore to meet with Jin Congxue.
Since the previous week had been spent setting up formations, the quantity of exotic metal was relatively small.
As a result, this week’s goods plus the exotic metal totaled only 2.5 billion energy.
After exchanging pleasantries with Jin Congxue, Su Xing returned to the spirit field grotto-heaven to prepare for his next simulation.
“Phew, I still have over 14 billion simulation energy on hand. I won’t be short for a while…”
“But constantly mining exotic metal myself isn’t a sustainable solution. I need to figure out how to develop puppets specifically for mining!”
Su Xing’s current mastery of the Dao of Puppetry was already sufficient.
What he lacked now were puppet blueprints.
In the Three Thousand Worlds, there naturally existed puppets specifically designed for mining spirit vein ores.
These puppets’ specialized designs allowed them to mine ore at low cost and high efficiency.
If Su Xing could get his hands on these puppet blueprints, he could save himself a great deal of time.
“It seems that for this simulation trip to the Luotian Realm dungeon, I’ll need to specifically consult about methods for crafting this type of puppet…”
Su Xing set a small goal in his mind.
Seeing that the simulation cooldown was up, Su Xing prepared to simulate.
On April 28th, 2025, of the New Era, Su Xing punctually began a new round of simulation.
“Begin simulation!”
【Ding! This simulation consumes 8,500 energy points. Remaining energy: 14,728,760,000. 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, declaring decisively:
“Draw gold talent!”
【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the gold talent No Martial Virtue. Probability of drawing a gold talent next time: 50%…】
【No Martial Virtue】: Gold talent. This talent can only be used once per simulation. Against an elder whose age exceeds yours, you may use “ambush” — damage from your first attack is doubled. (PS: Young man, you have no martial virtue!)
“Holy crap, another gold drop!”
Su Xing took a deep breath and examined the description of his newly drawn gold talent.
“No Martial Virtue… this seems to be a conceptual talent!”
“First-strike damage doubled in an ambush scenario?”
Su Xing muttered, then his eyes lit up.
The prerequisite was that the target had to be an “elder” older than Su Xing — a condition he promptly ignored entirely.
In the Three Thousand Worlds, anyone stronger than Su Xing was probably thousands or tens of thousands of years older than him at minimum… this talent’s prerequisite could be said to trigger one hundred percent of the time!
“First-strike damage doubled… that actually seems pretty fierce!”
Su Xing rubbed his chin. His current strongest attack method was naturally the Protective Sword Aura — seven hundred and twenty streams of sword qi unleashed simultaneously!
Even a Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator would be severely wounded or even perish under that technique…
And if the damage were doubled again…
Whether it could instantly kill a Human Immortal Realm powerhouse, Su Xing wasn’t sure — after all, the gap between immortals and mortals was simply too vast!
Without achieving immortality, one is but an ant…
But to say that ninety-nine percent of Tribulation Crossing stage cultivators would be instantly killed by Su Xing’s technique — that should be no exaggeration!
“Tsk tsk, this talent is really something! I finally drew a talent that directly enhances combat power!”
The corners of Su Xing’s mouth curved upward slightly.
At the same time, he couldn’t wait to elevate his Heaven Sword Art comprehension!
If the Heaven Sword Art could be raised to the realm of Perfection and combined with the “No Martial Virtue” talent, he could probably even slay immortals!
“It seems I’ll need to slightly adjust my goals for this simulation…”
“This gold talent is an absolute must to bring out. Secondly, advancing my cultivation can’t be neglected either… And of course, if I can achieve Perfection in the Heaven Sword Art, that would be even better!”
With that thought, Su Xing looked toward the simulation panel with anticipation.
【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you became aware that you were in a simulation.】
【You went to trade with Lu Yuanwu. Nothing unexpected occurred during the transaction.】
【Ten days later, you traveled to the Luotian Realm dungeon.】
【After emerging from the Luotian Realm dungeon, you had gained considerable insight into the Dao of Puppetry. You consulted Ghost Granny on a method for crafting miner puppets.】
【Some time later, under Luo Shuying’s guidance, you joined the Advent Cult.】
【After joining the Advent Cult, you began your daily cultivation and study of the Heaven Sword Art.】
【You spent four double-hours each day practicing swordsmanship, and your skills grew slowly but steadily.】
【At the same time, you began consuming spirit liquid for your daily cultivation.】
【And so, three years passed.】
【In the third year, your comprehension of the Heaven Sword Art had grown slightly, but you were still far from touching the boundary of Perfection in the origin of the sword.】
【Every movement had been rehearsed hundreds of thousands of times in your mind, every sword technique committed to memory. But an epiphany regarding the origin of the sword required the sedimentation of time — it was not something achievable overnight.】
【And so, another three years passed…】
【In the sixth year, your Qi Refinement cultivation advanced further, reaching mid-stage Mahayana Stage, Fifth Layer.】
【In the seventh year, you eliminated the leader of the Transhuman Faction and took their place.】
【In the eighth year, you schemed to eliminate Old Dog Dragon, removing a hidden threat.】
【Everything proceeded smoothly according to your plan.】
【And as time went on, your mastery of the Heaven Sword Art gradually deepened, and your comprehension of the origin of the sword grew ever more profound.】
【In the tenth year, you entered closed-door cultivation for a full year, consuming a million drops of mid-grade spirit liquid. Your Qi Refinement cultivation grew ever more refined.】
【In the eleventh year, Blood Three descended upon Earth. You offered up the innate Fusang tree branch and obtained a transit pass.】
【You were in no hurry to travel to the Three Thousand Worlds. Instead, you remained on Earth, continuing to comprehend swordsmanship and advance your cultivation.】
【And so, another three years passed.】
【In the fourteenth year, your cultivation rose to late-stage Mahayana Stage, Fifth Layer.】
【That same year, you traveled to the Beast Taming World and slew all the Legendary and Emperor-level foreign races.】
【In the fifteenth year, you cherished your time on Earth. Because you knew that venturing into the Three Thousand Worlds would carry some degree of danger.】
【And on Earth, for at least the first thirty years, you were absolutely safe.】
【In the tranquility of steady cultivation, another five years passed.】
【In the twentieth year, your cultivation rose to Mahayana Stage, Fifth Layer Peak — just one step away from a breakthrough.】
【In the twenty-first year, you continued practicing the Heaven Sword Art for four double-hours each day, yet still failed to trigger an epiphany.】
In the real world, Su Xing sighed when he saw this.
“What a shame… Still no epiphany on the Heaven Sword Art… Without an epiphany, it’ll probably take two or even three simulations to grind it all the way to the Perfection realm.”
Su Xing had attempted to cultivate the Heaven Sword Art during previous simulations as well, hoping to trigger an epiphany and save on simulation attempts.
But if an epiphany continued to elude him, he couldn’t afford to keep waiting.
Only by elevating his strongest technique could he attain Immortal realm combat power as quickly as possible!
Once he possessed Immortal-level combat power, the things Su Xing could accomplish would multiply — such as extending Earth’s timeline… or exploring the secret realms of the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.
“The focus of this simulation still needs to be on comprehending the Heaven Sword Art!”
Su Xing steeled his resolve and turned his gaze back to the simulation panel.
【Over the next two years, you practiced swordsmanship daily, building your foundation.】
【In the twenty-third year, you accumulated a million drops of spirit liquid and broke through to Mahayana Stage, Sixth Layer in one decisive push!】
【Thanks to the spirit vein dragon’s presence, spirit liquid was generated at a rapid pace within the spirit field grotto-heaven, giving you access to even more cultivation resources.】
【And so, another five years passed.】
【In the twenty-eighth year, you still had not triggered an epiphany in the Heaven Sword Art.】
【That year, the Double-Pupiled Demon Saint descended upon Demon-Sealing Pass.】
【You employed your old tactics, standing guard at Demon-Sealing Pass for a full five years…】
【In the thirty-third year, the Double-Pupiled Demon Saint discovered something amiss and departed from Demon-Sealing Pass.】
【That year, your cultivation reached mid-stage Mahayana Stage, Sixth Layer.】
【Seeing that an epiphany in the Heaven Sword Art remained elusive, you decided to travel to the Three Thousand Worlds to see if you could find an opportunity.】
【With your current mastery of spatial origin, you could bring out approximately eight to nine cubic meters of resources.】
【So you brought out all ten thousand Spirit-Gathering Flowers, along with the accumulated hundreds of thousands of drops of mid-grade spirit liquid and millions of drops of low-grade spirit liquid, keeping them for cultivation purposes.】
【After completing these preparations, you headed for the Slaughter Battlefield.】
【Traveling toward the red moon, you reached the end of the Slaughter Battlefield and entered that strange space.】
In the real world, Su Xing murmured silently:
“Activate immersive simulation… duration thirty days!”
【Ding — You have successfully activated immersive simulation… Remaining energy: 14,650,960,000 points…】
As the simulator’s notification faded, Su Xing appeared before the familiar chaotic void currents.
He then swallowed a Spirit Awakening Pill, activated the Great Wisdom state enhancement, summoned his Protective Sword Aura, and began comprehending the power of space…
…
The immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world.
Back in the real world, Su Xing let out a sigh.
“What a shame. I was just a hair away from reaching Major Mastery in spatial origin comprehension…”
A thought stirred in Su Xing’s mind as he tried to activate his spatial origin.
Although he hadn’t reached Major Mastery, compared to before, the spatial power within Su Xing’s body had grown tremendously stronger.
Currently, Su Xing could use his spatial origin to protect roughly sixteen cubic meters of space — meaning he could bring even more items to the Three Thousand Worlds!
“As for teleportation… I can seemingly reach anywhere within a five-kilometer radius instantly, and I can use it twice in quick succession!”
Su Xing nodded with satisfaction at this teleportation ability.
Whether for making a grand entrance or saving his life, it was absolutely superb!
His gaze returned to the simulation panel.
【After passing through the World Gate, you arrived in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【Outside the familiar Hundred Thousand Mountains, you regained consciousness.】
【Drawing on your previous memories, you quickly pinpointed your coordinates and set off for White Emperor City.】
【You rented a room at an inn in White Emperor City and stayed for one year.】
【During that time, you sold one hundred Spirit-Gathering Flowers, earning ten million low-grade spirit stones.】
【Although there was some risk involved, with your level of strength, ten million spirit stones were well within your ability to protect.】
【In the thirty-fourth year, you visited the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, intending to purchase relevant intelligence.】
【This time, the intelligence you wished to purchase concerned methods for rapidly improving Sword Dao comprehension.】
【The conditions were somewhat demanding, but after paying eight million spirit stones, you obtained a crucial piece of intelligence.】
【Within the Three Thousand Worlds, there exists a mysterious fruit known as the Sword Spirit Fruit. This fruit inherently contains the origin of the sword. If consumed by a cultivator with an Innate Sword Physique, a single fruit is equivalent to a hundred years of bitter cultivation for an ordinary sword cultivator, vastly increasing one’s Sword Dao comprehension!】
【Upon receiving this news, your heart surged with excitement, and you wanted to purchase information on the Sword Spirit Fruit’s location.】
【However, this fruit was exceedingly rare. None existed in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm. The Celestial Secrets Pavilion told you that perhaps one of the great powers of the Three Thousand Worlds might possess such a fruit.】
【Hearing this, you sighed, knowing you would have to visit the Azure Cloud Sect once more!】
Su Xing raised an eyebrow at the text before him.
“Sword Spirit Fruit… a miraculous fruit that enhances Sword Dao comprehension!”
“The Three Thousand Worlds truly hold endless wonders… If I can obtain these precious resources, they’ll definitely accelerate my growth!”
Consuming a single Sword Spirit Fruit was equivalent to a hundred years of bitter cultivation for an ordinary sword cultivator.
And with Su Xing’s Innate Sword Physique, after consuming it, the effect would probably be equivalent to about ten years of bitter cultivation!
That was comparable to one month’s effect of the Spirit Awakening Pill!
When calculated this way, visiting the Azure Cloud Sect was well worth it…
“Tsk tsk. Although Qingyunzi looms over me like a mountain, and going to the Azure Cloud Sect will definitely shorten my simulation lifespan… those rare treasures are just too tempting!”
Su Xing knew that in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, as a rootless rogue cultivator, obtaining such precious natural treasures would be nigh impossible.
But if he were inside the Azure Cloud Sect, that would be an entirely different story…
With that thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【You resolved to travel to the Azure Cloud Sect.】
【But before that, you needed to first go to Lesser Azure Cloud City and make contact with True Immortal Danfire.】
【So without further hesitation, you set off immediately, taking an airship to Lesser Azure Cloud City.】
【You cultivated peacefully within Lesser Azure Cloud City. After several years, the Azure Cloud Sect’s enrollment ceremony officially began!】
【After the enrollment concluded, you presented your identity and received True Immortal Danfire’s attention. He referred to himself as a junior in your presence and treated you with great respect.】
【True Immortal Danfire informed you that in a few years, he would be traveling to the Azure Cloud Realm to return to the Azure Cloud Sect, and you could accompany him then.】
【You naturally agreed, and continued cultivating peacefully in Lesser Azure Cloud City.】
【In the fortieth year, your cultivation advanced once more, reaching mid-stage Mahayana Stage, Sixth Layer of Qi Refinement.】
【At the same time, your comprehension of the Heaven Sword Art grew more refined, but to your disappointment, you still had not triggered a Spontaneous Epiphany.】
【That same year, under True Immortal Danfire’s escort, you traveled to the Azure Cloud Realm.】
【The flying vessel traversed the void, and one month later, you arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect.】
【Simultaneously, the news that Qingyunzi had not yet perished spread throughout the entire sect.】
【You received precious gifts from several senior brothers and sisters, and were also granted a grotto-heaven level cave dwelling.】
【After some time, you contacted Fairy Ziling and traded Spirit-Gathering Flowers with her.】
【You obtained 1.5 million contribution points and began looking for a way to purchase a Sword Spirit Fruit.】
【The Sword Spirit Fruit was extraordinarily precious — even for Immortal realm cultivators, it was something one could only encounter by chance, never by seeking it.】
【But within the Azure Cloud Sect, rare treasures were piled like mountains. In the sect’s treasury, you did manage to find a Sword Spirit Fruit.】
【A single Sword Spirit Fruit was worth 500,000 sect contribution points!】
【Though the price was steep, you exchanged for it without hesitation.】
【After obtaining the Sword Spirit Fruit, you returned to your cave dwelling and prepared to consume it.】
【The Sword Spirit Fruit was entirely golden, its exterior shaped like a tiny sword. With just a single bite, the entire fruit transformed into sword radiance and plunged into your body.】
【Immediately, you felt a thread of True Sword Intent rampaging through your body.】
【You quickly sat down in meditation and began digesting this surge of sword intent…】
【The Innate Sword Physique talent played an enormous role at this moment.】
【Three days later, when you opened your eyes again, a flash of sword radiance gleamed within them.】
【Consuming the Sword Spirit Fruit did not directly bring your Heaven Sword Art comprehension to Perfection, but it was equivalent to over ten years of bitter cultivation.】
【You could feel that you had caught sight of the threshold of sword intent Perfection. With at most another fifty or sixty years of sword practice, you would successfully break through to True Sword Intent Perfection.】
【The only regret was that such a precious spirit fruit could only be consumed once in a person’s lifetime.】
In the real world, Su Xing felt a pang of regret upon reading this.
“What a shame… Even after consuming the Sword Spirit Fruit, my sword intent still hasn’t reached Perfection…”
“The difficulty of this Heaven Sword Art is truly absurd… Even with my Innate Sword Physique, it takes one to two hundred years of bitter cultivation to go from entry-level to Perfection.”
“If it were an ordinary sword cultivator, wouldn’t it take two or three thousand years to master?”
Su Xing smacked his lips, feeling somewhat emotional.
The cultivation world truly valued innate talent above all else.
Ordinary cultivators simply couldn’t practice the sword at all!
The most difficult part of perfecting the Heaven Sword Art still lay in comprehending the origin of the sword…
True Sword Intent was the foundational building block of the Great Dao of the Sword. If one cultivated it to Perfection, there would be hope of entering the Dao through the sword and achieving the status of Sword Immortal!
However, cultivators at the Immortal realm had lifespans of ten thousand years. Spending two or three thousand years to become a Sword Immortal didn’t seem entirely unreasonable…
“It’s just that there are only about twenty years left. I’m afraid the Heaven Sword Art won’t reach Perfection in this simulation…”
Su Xing felt a slight pang of disappointment, but it was simply a matter of running one more simulation.
With that thought, his gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【After consuming the Sword Spirit Fruit, your comprehension of sword intent increased greatly, but there was still some distance before reaching Perfection in the origin of the sword.】
【At this point, there were still over ten years before Qingyunzi emerged from seclusion.】
【You decided to extract maximum value from the Azure Cloud Sect. In between cultivation sessions, you cataloged the rare treasures in the sect’s vault, hoping to find items of great use to yourself.】
【After your survey, you were surprised to discover that the Azure Cloud Sect’s vault contained quite a few treasures at the innate treasure and supreme post-celestial treasure level!】
【These treasures were all listed on the Celestial Secrets Pavilion’s ‘Heaven, Earth, and Man’ three rankings. If they were in the outside world, they would certainly spark bloody conflicts among minor thousand world cultivators.】
【But within the Azure Cloud Sect, as long as one had sufficient sect contribution points, even an ordinary disciple could exchange for them.】
【Of course, the contribution points required were astronomical — even second-generation disciples would find it difficult to produce such amounts.】
【You didn’t pay much attention to those supreme treasures, instead searching for rare materials that would be useful to you.】
【Among them, you discovered a ninth-order pill called the ‘Mysterious Spirit Pill,’ which could promote divine sense growth. When taken while cultivating divine sense techniques, the effects were outstanding.】
【A single Mysterious Spirit Pill was worth thirty thousand contribution points, and it could be taken multiple times — a pill you could afford to exchange for.】
【There was also ‘Body Tempering Liquid’ for refining the physique, which was extremely beneficial for body cultivators seeking to strengthen their physical forms…】
【After recording the effects of various rare treasures, you continued to cultivate diligently.】
In the Real World, Su Xing saw this and murmured:
“Use immersive—”
【Ding…】
After the immersive simulation ended, Su Xing nodded with satisfaction. He had now memorized the details of most of the rare treasures in the Azure Cloud Sect’s vault.
If needed in the future, Su Xing could accumulate contribution points and go exchange for them.
His gaze returned to the simulation panel.
【Qingyunzi would not emerge from seclusion for another ten years, and you were safe during this period, so you decided to stay a while longer.】
【Your grotto-heaven residence was rich with spiritual energy. Cultivating daily, your cultivation progressed at an extremely fast pace.】
【Three years passed in this manner…】
【In the forty-third year, your cultivation advanced to late-stage Mahayana Stage, Sixth Layer.】
【At the same time, your comprehension of True Sword Intent continued to strengthen.】
【You continued to stay within the Azure Cloud Sect to cultivate, occasionally using the sect’s channels to gather news about the Three Thousand Worlds.】
【What you cared about most was the Advent Cult’s forces and cadre composition!】
【According to Azure Cloud Sect intelligence, the Advent Cult had originally been born several cosmic cycles ago, emerging as a heretical organization after the fall of the Luotian Realm.】
【The most mysterious and powerful figure of the Advent Cult was naturally its Chief — the Blood Immortal!】
【Rumor had it that the Blood Immortal possessed Grand Luo Golden Immortal strength, making him a top-tier powerhouse even in the Three Thousand Worlds!】
【Beneath the Blood Immortal were cadres with ‘Blood’ designation codes.】
【According to Azure Cloud Sect intelligence, cadres with Blood designation numbers within ten all possessed Golden Immortal realm strength!】
【Those with Blood designation numbers within twenty possessed True Immortal cultivation or above…】
【Even cadres with Blood designation number one hundred possessed strength at Human Immortal Realm Peak.】
【Upon learning this intelligence, you were deeply shocked and became even more wary of the Advent Cult.】
【Such terrifying power was nearly on par with the Azure Cloud Sect itself…】
【From the intelligence, you learned that the Advent Cult’s various cadres were often scattered across different minor thousand worlds, coordinating with the alien races to carry out invasions.】
【Worlds that were currently being invaded and had lost contact with the outside were known as Chaotic Realms…】
【Once successfully invaded by alien races, there was virtually no possibility of reclaiming them… Everything within those worlds would become nourishment for the alien races.】
In the Real World, Su Xing frowned deeply at this.
“Following this logic, Earth… should be classified as a Chaotic Realm?”
“No wonder… apart from the Advent Cult, almost no top-tier forces can intervene… It seems the alien races have marked Earth as a meal on their plate!”
Su Xing let out a sigh, feeling somewhat helpless.
The enormous gap between Earth and the alien races was enough to drive any human to despair.
In the original timeline, in merely fifteen years, all of Earth and the surrounding dungeon worlds would be devoured.
And that wasn’t even the worst case. As long as the alien races freed up their hands, even dispatching a single God-level or above powerhouse would likely shrink that timeline dramatically.
“But things are different now… As long as I gradually and subtly strengthen the human race’s power and grow stronger myself… what does it matter if the alien races invade?”
Su Xing always maintained a certain confidence in his heart. Given enough time, no matter how powerful the alien races were, he would crush them!
Perhaps Su Xing would be the only variable…
His gaze returned to the simulation panel.
【Your time in the Azure Cloud Sect yielded much intelligence, deepening your understanding of the Three Thousand Worlds.】
【For the next seven years, you stayed peacefully within the Azure Cloud Sect.】
【In the fiftieth year, your cultivation advanced to Mahayana Stage, Sixth Layer Peak, just one step away from breaking through to Mahayana Stage, Seventh Layer!】
【You knew that in a few more years, Qingyunzi would emerge from seclusion.】
【So you requested to leave the Azure Cloud Sect and venture to other worlds for training.】
【Having learned from previous experience, the information you filed stated that you would remain in the Azure Cloud Realm for training.】
【But privately, you secretly contacted Fairy Ziling and asked her to take you to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm and keep it confidential.】
【As payment, you gifted her one thousand Spirit-Gathering Flowers, and she transported you to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【After returning to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, you disguised your appearance and concealed your aura, created a new identity, and settled in White Emperor City to cultivate in peace.】
【Five years passed in this manner.】
【In the fifty-fifth year, you took out the million drops of top-grade spirit liquid obtained from the Azure Cloud Sect, preparing to break through to Mahayana Stage, Seventh Layer in one go!】
【You succeeded. Congratulations on becoming a late-stage Mahayana cultivator…】
【During these five years, your comprehension of the Heaven Sword Art also grew increasingly refined, vaguely touching upon the threshold of Perfection.】
【That same year, feeling that staying within White Emperor City was unsafe, you prepared to leave and head for a more distant city.】
【You boarded an airship, preparing to travel to Celestial Secrets City.】
【This was the Celestial Secrets Pavilion’s main city in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm. Commerce was extremely developed there, even more prosperous than White Emperor City.】
【After a month aboard the airship, crossing tens of millions of li, you arrived at Celestial Secrets City and went into hiding there.】
【Three years passed in this manner…】
【In the fifty-eighth year, you wanted to become a guest Elder of the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, but learned that the pavilion did not recruit external members.】
【All members of the Celestial Secrets Pavilion were cultivated from childhood…】
【With no other option, you could only abandon the idea.】
【In the fifty-ninth year, you suddenly received word that the Celestial Secrets Pavilion was preparing to withdraw its operations from the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm. They would leave behind only a few shops to sell intelligence, but Celestial Secrets City was emptied out almost overnight…】
Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly at this and murmured:
“The fifty-ninth year… At this point, Qingyunzi should have already emerged from seclusion!”
“So, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion must have caught wind of something? They think the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm can’t be held, so they’re cutting their losses early?”
Su Xing could understand this.
Strictly speaking, the branch operations these neutral major powers like the White Emperor Tower and the Celestial Secrets Pavilion maintained in various minor thousand worlds were like overseas investments…
But now, with overseas wars intensifying and profits declining, it was only natural to divest…
“If the Celestial Secrets Pavilion is pulling out… I need to leave Celestial Secrets City as soon as possible too…”
Su Xing thought this, and his gaze returned to the simulation panel.
【The Celestial Secrets Pavilion grew increasingly desolate, and you also made preparations to leave.】
【At this point, you had few options left.】
【You had previously stayed in White Emperor City, making it easy to leave traces that Qingyunzi could discover.】
【Going to Lesser Azure Cloud City would be tantamount to seeking death.】
【After careful deliberation, you decided to head for Celestial Demon City!】
【Celestial Demon City was the main city of the Celestial Demon Prison, located in the southernmost part of the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, and also the frontline area where battles with alien races took place…】
【It was at the opposite end from Celestial Secrets City, separated by hundreds of millions of li…】
【You rode an airship for several months, circling around the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains, then disembarked at a small city tens of millions of li outside Celestial Demon City.】
【For the remaining journey, you planned to travel by sword flight, which would minimize your exposure.】
【Along the way, you disguised your appearance and concealed your aura, changed your identity several times, and blocked your own karmic secrets, hoping to evade Qingyunzi’s detection.】
【In the sixtieth year, after many twists and turns, you finally arrived at Celestial Demon City.】
【Compared to the other cities, Celestial Demon City had far fewer cultivators, and its immortal commerce was nowhere near as developed.】
【But the cultivators in Celestial Demon City were far more fierce, with deeper cultivation levels, their entire beings radiating killing intent.】
【Along the way, you rarely saw cultivators below the Void Return stage within the city. Body Integration and Mahayana stage cultivators instead made up the majority.】
【But what you never expected was that the moment you arrived, you were conscripted as a laborer and forcibly sent to the front lines of the battlefield.】
【On the front lines, cultivators died in battle every day. Even Immortals couldn’t guarantee their survival.】
【After merely a few months on the front lines, you sensed multiple Immortal-level alien auras that posed extreme threats to you.】
【You quickly realized the front lines were no place for you. So you demonstrated your Alchemy Art and Talisman skills, declaring that you could refine and craft seventh and eighth-order pills and talismans.】
【Your status as an alchemy master and Talisman Master got you transferred to the logistics division, which was undoubtedly much safer.】
【Each day, your duties consisted of refining a quota of pills and talismans. Your remaining time was spent cultivating sword intent.】
【So close to the battlefield, you watched familiar faces vanish day after day.】
【This feeling was all too familiar — as if you had returned to those years on Earth, decades ago.】
【This drove you to pour even more desperate effort into comprehending the Heaven Sword Art… hoping to reach Perfection as soon as possible!】
【Perhaps it was the killing aura and combat of the battlefield that caused a shift in your mental state…】
【In the sixty-third year, your third year in Celestial Demon City, one day while practicing your sword, you fell into a mysterious and profound state.】
【Congratulations, you have triggered a Spontaneous Epiphany!】
【In your perception, every move and form of the sword seemed to possess its own unique charm. Every scene from a hundred years of sword practice seemed to flash vividly before your eyes.】
【Sword Momentum, sword aura… power, speed!】
【In this moment, you seemed to have captured a trace of something extraordinary… a detail you had never noticed before!】
【This epiphany lasted a full seven days and seven nights!】
【It was the longest epiphany you had ever experienced…】
【And your comprehension of the Heaven Sword Art successfully crossed into the realm of Perfection!】
【Following that, the True Sword Intent you carried also reached the realm of Perfection…】
【But the gains from this epiphany didn’t end there!】
【What excited you most was that during the epiphany, you came to understand the path forward!】
【Fusing the Heaven Sword Art’s Sword Momentum, sword aura, power, and speed into one… then combining them with sword intent would allow you to break through beyond Perfection!】
【The Three Talents Sword Art — uniting the three swords of Heaven, Earth, and Man… would allow you to enter the Dao through the sword!】
【And achieve the status of Sword Immortal!】