Chapter 272 – Destroying the Advent Cult, the Secret of the Mystic Yin Sacred Body! [Two-in-One, Requesting Monthly Tickets]

Chapter 272 – Destroying the Advent Cult, the Secret of the Mystic Yin Sacred Body! [Two-in-One, Requesting Monthly Tickets~]

Su Xing’s heart stirred when he saw this, and he murmured:

“The world in the next part of this simulation is perfect for scouting out Advent Cult strongholds and leaving behind information…”

“Currently, my comprehension of spatial origin has already reached Perfection, but I wonder how much longer it will take to truly comprehend the Great Dao of Space?”

Su Xing took a deep breath and silently recited:

“Use immersive…”

【Ding…】

Su Xing’s consciousness entered the simulated world.

Within the Intent space, Su Xing skillfully consumed a Spirit Awakening Pill, activated the Great Wisdom state, and began comprehending the power of space.

…

The immersive simulation soon ended, and Su Xing returned to the Real World.

Su Xing slowly opened his eyes and murmured:

“Not bad—my understanding of spatial origin has improved further… I can even vaguely sense a nascent form of the Great Dao of Space!”

“At this rate, a few more sessions and I might actually comprehend the Great Dao of Space!”

Excitement gleamed in Su Xing’s eyes.

If he could truly comprehend the Great Dao of Space, it would be worth it even if it cost ten immersive simulations!

“However, this time I shouldn’t take the black passage again. Instead, I’ll join the Advent Cult once more and steal even more intelligence!”

Su Xing had been eyeing the prospect of selling Advent Cult stronghold locations to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion!

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【You stepped into the temporary passage opened by the Advent Cult and traversed worlds…】

【You possess considerable mastery over the power of space. The spatial tearing forces from crossing worlds were largely blocked by your Protective Sword Aura.】

【But you still inevitably fell unconscious…】

【When you regained consciousness, you found yourself in a forbidden zone within one of the Advent Cult’s mountain valley strongholds…】

【You roughly estimated that this time, you had only been unconscious for about ten minutes.】

【Just as you prepared to get up, rustling sounds came from the distance—several valley guards had sensed the fluctuations in the spatial formation and came to investigate.】

【You hurriedly continued pretending to be unconscious…】

【They rummaged through your belongings for a while but found nothing of value.】

【You were hauled away like a piglet, tossed into a rundown courtyard, and roughly force-fed several Healing Pills.】

【After the guards left, you slowly opened your eyes, spat out the pills, and retrieved the storage ring hidden within your body…】

【During this time, you silently memorized the auras of those guards.】

【You, Su Xing, have never been one to hold grudges…】

In the Real World, Su Xing’s mouth twitched when he saw this.

“Damn it, so that’s why I had nothing on me when I first crossed over… these bastards stole everything!”

Su Xing was seething with anger. Fortunately, he’d had the foresight to hide his storage ring inside his body.

“But as my strength continues to grow, crossing worlds has almost no side effects anymore… that’s good news at least!”

Su Xing planned to infiltrate the Advent Cult from within and gather more intelligence!

【In the first few days after arriving at the valley, you pretended to recover from your injuries.】

【Your divine sense detected several people within the valley secretly observing you…】

【After a week of “recuperating,” you began wandering around the valley’s gathering area.】

【Your steps were somewhat unsteady, giving the appearance of someone who had just barely recovered from serious injuries.】

【You took a job as a brothel bouncer, returning to your earliest line of work… robbing clients… freeloading clients!】

【Every day you hung around the brothel without ever losing your virtue, secretly gathering intelligence about the valley.】

【Sure enough, after some time passed, the shadowy figures observing you gradually disappeared.】

【With more room to maneuver, you began finding ways to extract intelligence about other Advent Cult strongholds and their locations.】

【Based on the information you had previously obtained, the Advent Cult had roughly a dozen strongholds of various sizes throughout the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】

【Each stronghold was dedicated to cultivating seeds for the blood seedling tournament, mostly populated by heretical cultivators below the Tribulation Crossing stage.】

【However, several Advent Cult cadres also stood guard at each stronghold, with strength ranging from the Human Immortal Realm to the Earthly Immortal realm.】

【As for powerful cultivators like Blood Nineteen and Blood Three, they did not stay permanently at any single stronghold.】

【But more detailed intelligence was beyond your reach—you could only try to extract it from other cultivators.】

【Your first target was Song Laoliu, the merchant assigned to this valley for the current rotation!】

【In Year Forty-One, nearly a year after arriving at the valley, you made your first contact with Song Laoliu.】

【You spent several tens of thousands of spirit stones purchasing pills and weapons from Song Laoliu, getting acquainted with him.】

【Over the next six months, you traded with Song Laoliu multiple times, often giving him favorable terms. Your relationship grew increasingly close.】

【Half a year after meeting him, you casually revealed your Tribulation Crossing stage cultivation.】

【This instantly made Song Laoliu’s eyes light up, and he exclaimed that you were a strong contender to become a blood seedling!】

【You modestly waved him off, and the two of you grew even closer.】

【After several rounds of trading and drinking on the house, Song Laoliu began trying to recruit you.】

【And you gradually came to understand the background and identity of the Song brothers…】

【The Song clan was the foremost family of Song City in the southwest of the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm. On the surface, they were a renowned immortal merchant dynasty—their ancestors had even produced immortals!】

【But over a hundred years ago, their clan had secretly pledged allegiance to the Advent Cult, all for the chance to seize that sliver of immortal fortune!】

【The Song brothers’ primary task was to send one direct bloodline member into the valley every ten years—this member had to be at least at the Mahayana stage!】

【They would then trade goods between the inside and outside of the valley through established channels.】

【Each transaction yielded profits of double or even several times over!】

【Over a hundred years, they had made an absolute fortune, and their clan had even produced a Loose Immortal!】

【Their patron was naturally the blood-numbered cadre of the Advent Cult: Blood Ninety-Nine!】

【As payment, they had to hand over sixty percent of each transaction’s profits to Blood Ninety-Nine…】

【In return, Blood Ninety-Nine guaranteed their safety and ensured they wouldn’t be harassed by the valley guards.】

【Families like the Song clan were hardly unique—numerous families traded across the valley’s gathering areas, each serving as subordinates to a blood-numbered cadre!】

Su Xing raised an eyebrow when he saw this.

“Well, well—looks like the Advent Cult has its share of corrupt embezzlers too!”

After some deliberation, Su Xing concluded that this “trade between the valley’s interior and exterior” was definitely something the Advent Cult tacitly permitted!

Because those doing it were all mid-to-high-level cadres of the Advent Cult—formidable cultivators in their own right.

Don’t think that Human Immortals, Earthly Immortals… or even Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators didn’t need resources.

In truth, the higher one’s cultivation, the more resources one needed! And the deficit only grew larger!

For example, the spirit stones required for an Earthly Immortal realm cultivator’s breakthrough numbered in the hundreds of millions!

Through normal channels, they could never acquire such resources.

But the valley gathering areas were a different story!

The valley gathering areas were populated mostly by cultivators at the Spirit Transformation stage and above, all heretical cultivators!

Each transaction could bring a merchant profits of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of spirit stones!

A single valley gathering area cycled through a new batch of heretical cultivators every three years, with several thousand each time!

Heretical cultivators were inherently wealthier than ordinary cultivators.

By that calculation, Song Laoliu’s three-year trading volume exceeded one hundred million spirit stones!

After deducting costs and calculating profits, the resources Song Laoliu provided to the blood-numbered cadre over three years amounted to at least twenty million spirit stones!

Over thirty years, that was two hundred million low-grade spirit stones!

Equivalent to the entire fortune of several Human Immortal Realm cultivators!

Such enormous wealth would make even Human Immortal or Earthly Immortal realm cultivators jealous…

“Tsk tsk, no wonder these blood-numbered cadres are so powerful—turns out they’ve been leeching off other heretical cultivators!”

Su Xing sighed in amazement.

Heretical cultivators fed on ordinary cultivators, while these “cadres”—the greater heretics—fed on the lesser heretical cultivators.

It was like a dark law of the jungle—people devouring people!

Su Xing stroked his chin and said:

“If I can figure out the identities and locations of these merchant families… along with the locations of each Advent Cult stronghold, then this mission is complete!”

Su Xing estimated that if he could sell this complete intelligence package to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, he’d not only make a handsome profit—

It might even be enough to force the Advent Cult to sever its own limbs in the Azure Cloud Realm, delaying their invasion of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!

“As for how to get this intelligence, I’ll still need to work on Song Laoliu!”

With that thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【At this point, there was still more than half a year before the next blood seedling tournament, and you prepared to continue cozying up to Song Laoliu to learn more about the Advent Cult.】

【Song Laoliu was somewhat guarded about this, but under your charm offensive and after a few cups of swill, he still revealed quite a bit of useful information.】

【The merchant families like theirs mostly dealt with blood-numbered cadres at the Human Immortal Realm to Earthly Immortal realm level, paying them a cut of the profits.】

【These cadres mostly ranked behind the fiftieth position in the blood-numbered hierarchy, and they in turn paid a portion of their earnings to higher-ranking Heavenly Immortal realm cadres.】

【The various merchant families rarely met one another, and even when they encountered each other during the blood seedling tournament, they would pull their punches.】

【In addition to the Song clan of Song City, you also learned the locations of four other families: the Wei clan, the Liu clan, and others situated in the southwest of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.】

【These families had been colluding with the Advent Cult for a hundred years—they were veritable traitors to humanity!】

【Beyond this merchant intelligence, you also tried to subtly extract the specific locations of the Advent Cult’s major strongholds, but Song Laoliu kept his lips sealed on this matter—or perhaps he genuinely didn’t know.】

【And so, another half year passed.】

【The blood seedling tournament was now imminent!】

【So you decided to change your approach and use the blood seedling tournament to scout out the locations of each stronghold.】

In the Real World, Su Xing’s eyes lit up at this. He clapped his hands and said:

“Of course! The heretical cultivators participating in the blood seedling tournament mostly come from the various strongholds… they probably know the coordinates of their own strongholds!”

“All I need to do is perform a soul search, and I can obtain that information!”

Su Xing thought this plan was feasible and turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【In Year Forty-Two, you participated in the blood seedling tournament, displaying the cultivation of an early Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator.】

【Your primary hunting targets in this tournament were Void Return and Body Integration stage cultivators.】

【Because these heretical cultivators often possessed more information and might know the coordinates of Advent Cult strongholds.】

【Meanwhile, if you killed too many cultivators at the Mahayana stage or above, it would attract attention and investigation.】

【The three-day tournament ended quickly. You killed seventy-eight Void Return stage cultivators, thirty-six Body Integration stage cultivators, and six Mahayana stage cultivators.】

【You performed soul searches on the vast majority of them and obtained a great deal of useful information!】

【Among this intelligence: the Advent Cult had a total of ten strongholds in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, and you had now identified three of them…】

【After the blood seedling tournament ended, you became a blood seedling candidate and returned to the valley.】

【Over the next three years, you continued to hang around Song Laoliu as before, hoping to gather more intelligence.】

【And so, three years passed.】

【In Year Forty-Five, from information Song Laoliu gradually revealed, you obtained intelligence on approximately two more strongholds.】

【That year, you participated in the blood seedling tournament again.】

【In this blood seedling tournament, you performed soul searches on seventy-three people and obtained intelligence on three new strongholds.】

【At this point, you had intelligence on eight strongholds in hand… covering most of the total.】

【Moreover, you had compiled various scattered pieces of intelligence together, which might allow you to deduce the locations of the remaining strongholds.】

【You meticulously recorded all this intelligence and placed it in your storage ring, keeping it on your person at all times.】

【In Year Forty-Six, after failing once more to extract information from Song Laoliu, you decided it was time to kill!】

【Since you couldn’t extract information through conversation, you would simply perform a soul search on Song Laoliu directly!】

【You roughly knew Song Laoliu’s cultivation level—he was a Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator who had passed the Spiritual Power Trial, with the potential to reach the Human Immortal Realm…】

【But such strength was no different from a novice in your eyes, so you began to plan.】

【You secretly observed and calculated the guard rotation schedules, deliberately choosing the shift of those two guards who had searched you when you first arrived at the valley…】

【Without further hesitation, you invited Song Laoliu to drink that very night.】

【Song Laoliu had no guard up against you—he was even somewhat eager to please, knowing your strength was enough to become a blood seedling, and wanting to establish good relations for the future.】

【After a few cups of swill, you suddenly struck! You summoned your Protective Sword Aura and critically wounded Song Laoliu.】

【Then, under Song Laoliu’s terrified gaze, you spoke those words: “Sorry, I’m an undercover agent!”】

【You performed a soul search on Song Laoliu… Unfortunately, Song Laoliu’s memories appeared to have been tampered with. You only obtained partial useful information and no new stronghold intelligence.】

【And now, once the killing of Song Laoliu was discovered, you would certainly be doomed.】

【So that very night, you infiltrated the forbidden zone and struck at the valley exit, instantly killing both guards!】

【After taking the valley’s entry-exit token, you smoothly passed through the barrier, then took to sword flight, soaring toward the depths of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!】

【You flew by sword for several days straight. During this time, your Blessed by Fortune talent kept sending warnings—you knew the Advent Cult’s cadres had likely come to hunt you down!】

【Unlike before, this time you had even killed Song Laoliu, which very likely prompted Blood Ninety-Nine to come personally!】

【Finally, on the fifth day of your desperate flight, Blood Ninety-Nine caught up.】

【Without a word, he unleashed a supernatural art aimed at you.】

【You hurriedly activated your Protective Sword Aura…】

【One thousand four hundred Protective Sword Auras erupted simultaneously, barely managing to block Blood Ninety-Nine’s supernatural art.】

【But three hundred sword auras were destroyed in the process, and your expression turned grave.】

【You knew that Blood Ninety-Nine was a Human Immortal Realm Peak cultivator. With your current strength, you could not fight him head-on.】

【But at this moment, you had no choice but to fight for your life!】

【In a direct confrontation, without the No Martial Virtue talent’s bonus, even your Protective Sword Aura would struggle to pose much of a threat.】

【So without looking back, you plunged headlong into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, fleeing desperately toward the core region.】

【Blood Ninety-Nine sneered at the sight, feeling contempt and a desire to toy with you, and pursued relentlessly.】

【After several hours of frantic flight, Blood Ninety-Nine seemed to grow bored. With a casual wave, he launched another supernatural art that critically wounded you.】

【You crashed to the ground screaming, lying face-down, your fate uncertain.】

【Blood Ninety-Nine approached slowly to check whether you were alive or dead.】

【And just as he drew close—you suddenly exploded into action!】

【One thousand one hundred Protective Sword Auras, carrying towering sword intent, struck directly at Blood Ninety-Nine’s lower body.】

【Sword light blazed in every direction. Blood Ninety-Nine never expected you to have such fighting power in reserve, and your ambush succeeded…】

【In this state, your No Martial Virtue talent bonus activated!】

【This terrifying sword aura was powerful enough to instantly kill a mid-stage Human Immortal Realm cultivator!】

【But Blood Ninety-Nine was after all not far from the Earthly Immortal realm, so he reacted quickly.】

【Yet he still underestimated the power of your strike!】

【The crisscrossing sword light pierced through the defensive technique he had hastily erected, slicing cleanly into his thigh.】

【In a single instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere—Blood Ninety-Nine’s left leg was completely severed!】

【Having crippled Blood Ninety-Nine in one strike and greatly reduced his movement speed, you chose not to engage further. Instead, you swallowed a handful of Healing Pills and fled desperately toward the core region.】

【Behind you, Blood Ninety-Nine let out an anguished howl, his gaze toward you filled with burning hatred.】

【Immortals rarely suffered injuries, but once injured, recovery was exceedingly difficult—it could even shake one’s very foundation!】

【With a leg severed, Blood Ninety-Nine’s future potential would be severely impacted if he didn’t receive immediate treatment…】

【But what you hadn’t expected was that rage had already clouded his judgment. After hastily bandaging his wound, he resumed his pursuit.】

【Fortunately, his combat power was greatly diminished, and you were more familiar with the terrain. You pressed on toward the core region of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.】

【After a week of pursuit, you finally crossed into the core region of the Hundred Thousand Mountains!】

【Before long, a familiar aura approached—it was the Demon King, Tiger Immortal!】

【Tiger Immortal’s aura was unstable, seemingly injured, but relying on the might of the Earthly Immortal realm, he still managed to intimidate Blood Ninety-Nine into retreating!】

【You hadn’t been fleeing for long before Tiger Immortal caught up to you.】

【Tiger Immortal seemed somewhat interested in you, so he reached out and captured you.】

【Facing an Earthly Immortal realm Demon King while injured yourself, you naturally couldn’t resist.】

【Fortunately, you knew Tiger Immortal harbored no killing intent toward you, and you already had a plan to escape…】

【You were brought to Tiger Immortal Fortress by Tiger Immortal, where he interrogated you about your origins.】

【In a Flash of Inspiration, you claimed that you were being hunted because you had discovered a secret of the Advent Cult. Tiger Immortal asked what secret it was.】

【You explained that the internal strife within the Hundred Thousand Mountains and the rapid collapse of Demon King territories were being orchestrated by the Advent Cult behind the scenes.】

【Tiger Immortal initially scoffed at this, but the more he thought about it, the more terrified he became. Over the past several decades, more than twenty Demon Kings had all perished, their territories and forces absorbed — this was indeed far too abnormal!】

【Tiger Immortal panicked, unsure of what to do in the face of such a situation.】

【You seized the opportunity to propose that you could help him and Gold Coin Demon King mend their relationship, but on the condition that he escort Su Xing out of the northern Hundred Thousand Mountains to White Emperor City…】

In the Real World, Su Xing’s eyes lit up when he saw this.

“That’s right! If I can use this as a bargaining chip, I might actually be able to reach White Emperor City!”

“Staying in these Hundred Thousand Mountains, I won’t survive much longer anyway… Better to bring this intelligence out and sell it to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion!”

With this thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【After several attempts on your part, Tiger Immortal agreed to your deal.】

【You employed your old trick once more, traveling to the Gold Coin Demon Fortress and bestowing the Blessed with Descendants talent upon Gold Coin Demon King.】

【Over the next two years, you stayed in Tiger Immortal Fortress without facing any threats.】

【During this time, you consolidated and analyzed the intelligence you had previously gathered, roughly deducing over a dozen Advent Cult stronghold locations throughout the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, as well as the merchant families secretly colluding with the Advent Cult.】

【In the forty-eighth year, Gold Coin Demon King sired offspring and reconciled with Tiger Immortal.】

【You had originally expected Tiger Immortal to break his word, but this demon cultivator, despite his hot temper, conducted himself with honor and integrity.】

【Moreover, you had established a karmic bond with Gold Coin Demon King, so both Demon Kings personally escorted you out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains…】

【With this, the karmic bond between you and Gold Coin Demon King was settled, and he no longer owed you anything.】

【After reaching the northern edge of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, you wasted no time and immediately rushed toward White Emperor City.】

【Upon entering White Emperor City, you rested for several days, then retrieved the intelligence you had compiled over the years.】

Su Xing’s heart stirred when he saw this, and he silently intoned:

“Activate immersive simulation…”

【Ding…】

Su Xing’s figure appeared in the simulation world. Looking at the intelligence jade slips in his hands, he began committing them to memory.

Moments later, the Advent Cult’s stronghold deployments across the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm and all related forces materialized in Su Xing’s mind.

“Not bad. I’ve obtained the locations of thirteen suspected strongholds in total. Eight of them are one hundred percent confirmed, and among the remaining five, two are correct!”

“I’ve also basically obtained the information on the ten major traitor families…”

Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.

The level of detail and accuracy of this intelligence was practically equivalent to Grade-A intelligence!

“Now then, let me test what consequences will come from reporting this intelligence to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion…”

“And while I’m at it, I’ll inquire about intelligence related to the Mystic Yin Sacred Body!”

After disguising his appearance and concealing his aura, Su Xing headed to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion branch within White Emperor City.

Passing through a formation barrier, Su Xing spotted a young woman dozing off with her head on the desk.

Seeing Su Xing enter the shop, the young woman asked lazily:

“Fellow Daoist, are you here to buy intelligence or sell intelligence?”

Su Xing replied, “Both!”

“I have here a detailed report on the Advent Cult’s force deployments throughout the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, as well as intelligence regarding Qingyunzi and the Blood Moon…”

Su Xing produced several jade slips and handed them over, then waited quietly.

The young woman probed the jade slips with her divine sense.

Moments later, her previously relaxed expression turned grave!

“This Blood Moon intelligence has some value, but it’s come too late… Red-eyed aliens have already appeared on the front lines, so at most this can only be classified as Grade-C Upper intelligence!”

Su Xing pondered briefly upon hearing this and nodded slightly.

Indeed, the simulation had already reached the forty-eighth year, not far from the fifty-year mark.

Therefore, Red Moon had already begun to reveal part of its threat, naturally diminishing the value of the intelligence!

While Su Xing was thinking, the young woman continued:

“As for the intelligence regarding Qingyunzi, if you can confirm that within ten years he will act as you’ve described, this roughly qualifies as Grade-B Upper intelligence!”

“And regarding the intelligence on Advent Cult branch strongholds… its value is immense! If it proves accurate, I can rate it as Grade-A Lower intelligence!”

Su Xing nodded slightly. The Advent Cult was a scourge upon the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm and even the Three Thousand Worlds as a whole. Su Xing providing such detailed intelligence naturally warranted a Grade-A evaluation!

“Fellow Daoist, name your price for these three pieces of intelligence. Our Celestial Secrets Pavilion will take them all!” the young woman said confidently.

But Su Xing was in no hurry to name a price. Instead, he asked:

“Does your Celestial Secrets Pavilion happen to have intelligence on the Mystic Yin Sacred Body for sale?”

The young woman nodded slightly and replied:

“The Mystic Yin Sacred Body, one of the ten great sacred bodies, exceedingly rare in this world… Our Celestial Secrets Pavilion not only has intelligence on it, but we even have records of which cultivators possess the Mystic Yin Sacred Body, along with detailed descriptions of its effects!”

Su Xing’s eyes lit up as he inquired:

“And what would the price for this intelligence be?”

The young woman thought for a moment and said:

“Complete intelligence on the Mystic Yin Sacred Body is roughly equivalent to Grade-B Upper level… How about this — I’ll give you a complete Mystic Yin Sacred Body intelligence package, plus one million high-grade spirit stones. How does that sound?”

Su Xing had no need for spirit stones. What he craved was the Mystic Yin Sacred Body intelligence, so he naturally agreed.

The young woman handed over a jade slip, and Su Xing began reading the information.

…

The immersive simulation soon ended, and Su Xing returned to the Real World.

Somewhat wearily rubbing the space between his brows, Su Xing’s eyes were grave as the clues and information in his mind began connecting piece by piece…

“So that’s how it is. The Mystic Yin Sacred Body actually has such a remarkable use!”

Among the intelligence Su Xing had obtained were the currently known possessors of the Mystic Yin Sacred Body across the Three Thousand Worlds.

Among them was none other than the Azure Cloud Sect’s Fairy Ziling!

The Mystic Yin Sacred Body was one of the ten great sacred bodies of the Three Thousand Worlds, with numerous remarkable applications.

The innate cultivation speed granted by the Mystic Yin Sacred Body surpassed even that of an Ethereal Root — it was a cultivation prodigy seen perhaps once in ten thousand years!

Beyond that, possessors of the Mystic Yin Sacred Body were pure and untainted, immune to all heart demons during cultivation, and possessed tremendous resistance to illusory arts and similar techniques.

Most critically, possessors of the Mystic Yin Sacred Body were invariably female cultivators, and they were the ideal partners for dual cultivation!

The first dual cultivation with a Mystic Yin Sacred Body possessor would produce “Mystic Yin Jade Essence.” When this jade essence merged through the yin-yang union of Dao companions, it could grant the dual cultivation partner the effects of “immunity to heart demons” and “severing evil thoughts”!

Moreover, the higher the cultivation of the Mystic Yin Sacred Body possessor, the greater the effect!

“So… it all makes sense now!”

“What Qingyunzi seeks is precisely this Mystic Yin Jade Essence! He wants to use it to sever the evil corpse and preserve his true nature?”

Su Xing drew a deep breath. The Reverse Severing of the Three Corpses to achieve sainthood — severing the good corpse first meant risking interference from the heart demon evil corpse, which could seize one’s consciousness. Even those at the Grand Luo level wouldn’t dare attempt it lightly!

The reason Qingyunzi dared to make such an attempt was precisely because he had the “Mystic Yin Jade Essence” as his trump card!

But obtaining the “Mystic Yin Jade Essence” required the Mystic Yin Sacred Body possessor’s willing consent, and only the first time would produce the effect…

So Qingyunzi had laid his plans over tens of thousands of years, saving Fairy Ziling, all for this single opportunity!

“And the reason Qingyunzi went berserk in previous simulations, with the evil corpse seizing control of his self — that was because he failed to obtain the Mystic Yin Jade Essence… He was rejected by Fairy Ziling?”

“So that’s why he was so furious!”

Su Xing drew a deep breath. All the clues connected in this moment.

“Tsk tsk, what a grand game Qingyunzi has been playing! He began laying the groundwork to achieve sainthood tens of thousands of years ago… He must be very close to truly taking that final step by now, isn’t he?”

Su Xing followed this line of thinking further.

“But whether it’s Qingyunzi’s evil corpse or his self corpse, both are hostile toward me… The one who took me as a disciple back then should have been the divine will of his severed good corpse…”

“The reason he’s my enemy is probably because of Luo Tian’s hidden legacy!”

Su Xing was now utterly certain that Luo Tian’s legacy concealed a great secret related to achieving sainthood!

Otherwise… a half-saint wouldn’t resort to such unscrupulous methods… even going so far as to kill his own disciple!

“Mystic Yin Jade Essence… But even knowing all this, what can I possibly do with my current strength?”

Su Xing sighed.

Compared to those apex powerhouses, he was far too weak.

His only advantage was that he lurked in the shadows, and his strength was growing rapidly…

“Never mind. My primary objective right now is still to complete the six trials of Immortal Transformation as soon as possible!”

Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel, wanting to see what results had come from selling the Advent Cult intelligence.

【Over the following period, you continued hiding in White Emperor City, quietly awaiting the outcome of this affair.】

【Two months later, you noticed a large number of rogue cultivators assembling within White Emperor City, numbering over a thousand, among whom were no shortage of Tribulation Crossing, Human Immortal Realm… and even Earthly Immortal realm powerhouses!】

【You had a suspicion — perhaps they were going to strike at Advent Cult strongholds…】

【Half a year later, roughly half of the cultivators returned, many of them bearing injuries.】

【But these returning cultivators mostly had ruddy complexions and excited expressions… even their swagger when visiting the pleasure houses had become far more brazen.】

【You guessed that Advent Cult strongholds had likely been destroyed…】

【Over the next three years, you repeatedly saw White Emperor Tower rallying cultivators to go and eliminate heretical cultivators.】

【Besides White Emperor Tower, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, Azure Cloud Sect, and even demon cultivators all took action!】

【Your heart was greatly reassured, knowing the Advent Cult would not fare well this time!】

【In the fifty-third year, you visited White Emperor Tower, hoping to investigate the current situation regarding the Advent Cult.】

【You paid a large sum of spirit stones and obtained the relevant information.】

【Currently, seven of the Advent Cult’s ten strongholds in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm had been destroyed, and the ten major merchant families had been executed to the last member…】

【At the same time, you also received an additional piece of complimentary intelligence: the Advent Cult was conducting a massive search and pursuit for you!】

【Even Earthly Immortal realm officers had gotten involved, wanting to tear you to pieces!】

【You immediately sensed danger, knowing that White Emperor City might no longer be safe, and decided to flee to Celestial Demon City on the front lines…】

In the Real World, Su Xing burst out laughing at this.

“Ha! I may not be able to take you on myself… but there are plenty of people who can!”

Su Xing knew that those self-proclaimed righteous cultivators would never pass up such an opportunity. This was essentially a sanctioned form of plunder!

Those Advent Cult heretical cultivators and the ten major merchant families were quite wealthy, after all!

“But unfortunately… in this simulation, my identity has been exposed…”

“It seems my earlier defection has been linked back to me by the Advent Cult. They’ve probably already locked onto my trail!”

Su Xing didn’t know how much longer this simulation could last, but the Advent Cult was likely closing in on him soon.

“Ah well, looks like this simulation is nearing its end… But that’s fine. After all, the objective has been achieved!”

Su Xing murmured, turning his gaze back to the simulation panel.

【After learning that the Advent Cult was hunting you, you acted decisively and prepared to flee to Celestial Demon City.】

【Celestial Demon City housed the avatar of the Celestial Demon General. Surely the Advent Cult wouldn’t dare act rashly there, and perhaps you could survive for several more decades…】

【But Celestial Demon City was hundreds of millions of li from White Emperor City, and you would need to take an airship to reach it.】

【You spent spirit stones to board an airship, hoping to escape safely.】

【But you had underestimated the Advent Cult’s murderous determination!】

【In the second month after you boarded the airship, a figure appeared silently behind you.】

【Advent Cult officer — Blood Three!】

【You were shocked. To kill you, the Advent Cult had actually sent Blood Three himself!】

【In the hands of this supreme cultivator, you had no chance of resistance whatsoever…】

【You died!】

【Ding, this simulation has ended!】

Simulations always ended so abruptly. Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly.

“As expected, I still couldn’t escape the Advent Cult’s pursuit…”

“But with a powerhouse above the Golden Immortal realm like Blood Three personally making a move, my death was all but certain!”

Su Xing felt no regret. In this simulation, the trail from selling the intelligence could perhaps still be traced back to him.

But in future simulations, if Su Xing sold the same intelligence, the Advent Cult would probably be utterly baffled, suspecting there was a traitor within their own ranks!

At this thought, Su Xing smiled knowingly.

“Well then, let’s see what rewards this simulation has to offer!”

He turned his gaze to the rewards list.

【Ancient Shaman Physique】: Gold talent, priced at 10 million energy points.

【Fifty Years of Alchemy Experience】: Upon redemption, existing alchemy insights will increase by a small margin, priced at 50 million energy points.

【Six Immortal Tribulations: Mana Gate】: You have purged all spiritual energy from your body and completely converted it into immortal power. The strength of your immortal power is several times greater than spiritual energy, and your sea of spiritual energy has transformed into a narrow stream of spiritual power one zhang wide. Such an innate foundation is sought for ten thousand years but rarely found. Priced at 5 billion energy points!

“I choose the gold talent Ancient Shaman Physique and the Mana Gate cultivation!”

Su Xing didn’t hesitate for a moment and spoke decisively.

【Ding, a purple talent of the same type — Strength to Uproot Mountains — has been detected. Would you like to replace it?】

“Yes!” Su Xing intoned silently.

【Ding, you have successfully brought out the gold talent Ancient Shaman Physique. Cost: 10 million energy points. Remaining energy: 15,682,490,000 points…】

【Ding, you have successfully brought out Mana Gate cultivation. Cost: 5 billion energy points. Remaining energy: 10,682,490,000 points…】

As the simulation notifications faded, two streams of mysterious energy surged into his body.

The first thing Su Xing noticed was that his vitality had become more abundant and his blood essence more vigorous.

“The Ancient Shaman Physique really is far more powerful than Strength to Uproot Mountains…”

Su Xing’s expression was one of delight. Gold talents had never disappointed him!

After the transformation of his physique and bloodline, Su Xing’s dantian and the spiritual energy throughout his body began to undergo violent changes…

Sensing the turbulent and uncontrollable spiritual energy within his body, Su Xing quickly sat cross-legged and focused his mind, guarding his origin.

Under Su Xing’s inner vision, his dantian and sea of spiritual energy underwent earth-shattering transformations in mere moments!

The original sea of spiritual energy began to rapidly collapse…

At the same time, a new, narrow stream of immortal power began slowly forming…

Moments later, when Su Xing opened his eyes again, the sea of spiritual energy had been replaced by a slender stream of immortal power.

The quantity had decreased significantly, but the transition from spiritual energy to immortal power was a qualitative leap!

Su Xing willed his Heavenly Spirit Root into action, and the spiritual qi within the spirit field grotto-heaven began to be rapidly absorbed.

As the spiritual qi entered his body, it was instantly converted into immortal qi, as if the “impurities” had been purged from it.

Yet it took a full hundred wisps of spiritual qi just to barely produce a single wisp of immortal qi for Su Xing to absorb and convert into cultivation.

“Tsk tsk… No wonder advancement becomes so difficult after reaching immortality. Just this conversion of immortal power alone is incredibly demanding, requiring a hundred times the resources!”

Su Xing clicked his tongue. Immortals had lifespans exceeding ten thousand years and could consume rare treasures to extend their lives further.

If they survived the three calamities and six tribulations without damaging their foundation, they could easily live for ten to twenty thousand years…

But advancing through each minor realm of immortal cultivation required several hundred years of secluded cultivation, and breakthroughs were as difficult as ascending to heaven!

“Still, in what ways exactly does immortal power surpass spiritual energy?”

Su Xing was filled with anticipation. Having passed the Spiritual Power Trial and possessed immortal power —

It was no exaggeration to say that Su Xing was now a “half-immortal.”

But the wonders of immortal power were something Su Xing still wanted to carefully experience…

After wandering around the spirit field grotto-heaven, Su Xing’s eyes first settled on the spirit rice growing in the spirit field.

Su Xing experimentally channeled a wisp of immortal power into the spirit rice…