Chapter 311 – Gold Spiritual Root Talent, Five-Element Mutated Super Spirit Root! [8k]
by spirapiraWith this thought in mind, Su Xing silently recited:
“Begin simulation!”
【The 114th simulation begins. Current remaining origin energy: 328,762 points… Remaining simulation attempts: none.】
【Simulation start!】
【Drawing a gold legendary talent costs 1 point of origin energy. Draw?】
Su Xing didn’t hesitate and silently recited:
“Yes!”
【Ding, congratulations on obtaining the gold talent Five-Element Mutated Super Spirit Root. Probability of drawing a gold talent next time: sixty percent…】
【Five-Element Mutated Super Spirit Root】: Gold talent. You are born with five-element spiritual roots, capable of sensing the spiritual energy of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Moreover, your comprehension of lightning spiritual energy is extraordinarily high. With Super Spirit Root aptitude, achieving immortality within a thousand years is no pipe dream!
“Holy crap… it finally dropped! A gold spiritual root talent… Five-Element Mutated Super Spirit Root!”
Su Xing took a deep breath, so excited that he couldn’t help but blurt out a curse!
Currently, the greatest obstacle to Su Xing’s advancement in Qi Refinement cultivation was his insufficient spiritual root!
Although his cultivation had progressed rapidly at the Earthly Immortal realm, that was because he had sufficient resources and the blessings of multiple physiques and cultivation techniques.
But even so, breaking through bottlenecks between minor stages had become incredibly difficult!
Just the small bottleneck from early stage to mid stage might require two or three attempts.
For ordinary cultivators, a failed bottleneck breakthrough could potentially damage their potential, making further progress nearly impossible.
But for Su Xing, since everything reset with each simulation, he wouldn’t encounter these problems.
“Regardless, a gold-quality Super Spirit Root has arrived at exactly the right time!”
“With this Super Spirit Root… my chances of breaking through to the Heavenly Immortal realm have increased by another ten percent… ninety-eight percent certainty!”
Su Xing was in an excellent mood.
With an ordinary Heavenly Spirit Root, if resources were sufficient and preparations adequate, the probability of breaking through to the Human Immortal realm was about fifty-fifty.
The probability of a Heavenly Spirit Root cultivator breaking through to the Earthly Immortal realm dropped to less than ten percent.
And wanting to break through to the Heavenly Immortal realm… the probability was probably less than one percent!
So Su Xing’s Super Spirit Root aptitude had arrived at precisely the right moment!
“However… if that’s the case, I’ll need to slightly adjust my plan for this simulation…”
Su Xing already had a plan in mind and turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you realized you were in a simulation.】
【One week later, you traded with Lu Yuanwu and successfully obtained one hundred thousand tons of fourth-order exotic metal…】
【Two days later, you went to the Luotian Instance and reaped considerable rewards…】
【You stayed on Earth for three years, preparing for your journey to the Three Thousand Worlds.】
【In the fourth year, you took out all the items from the spirit field grotto-heaven and severed your connection with it…】
【After losing the spirit field grotto-heaven, you clearly felt that the karmic ties between you and Qingyunzi had diminished significantly…】
【You left behind many puppets on Earth and refined several tenth-rank talismans.】
【Afterward, you passed through the dimensional rift and traveled to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【Arriving at the familiar northern region of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, you sold your intelligence and obtained a large batch of resources. You joined White Emperor City, displayed Peak Earthly Immortal realm cultivation, and became an Elder of a White Emperor City branch.】
【You did not linger long in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm. Instead, you piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel and headed for the Black Water Realm.】
【From the Black Water Realm, you obtained a portion of the Luotian Sect’s legacy.】
【After resting for half a year, you traveled to the Cangwu Realm…】
【You made contact with the Cangwu Realm’s merchant association, displayed Heavenly Immortal realm Body Tempering strength, and used the innate Fusang tree branch as payment to exchange for a fist-sized Spatial Origin Stone!】
【In the seventh year, after completing all of this, you piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, preparing to return to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!】
【This time, you wanted to test whether, with your own strength, you could prevent the destruction of the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!】
【You piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel and hovered in the void for a long time. You activated the Spatial Origin Stone and, with the aid of the Void Spirit Stone and the Void Stone, opened a portable blessed land!】
【Because the quality of the Spatial Origin Stone was considerably higher than before, you successfully opened a portable blessed land spanning a hundred zhang (333 m) in radius!】
【Unfortunately, your cultivation and magical power were insufficient. If you had Heavenly Immortal realm cultivation, you were confident you could have opened a blessed land of three hundred zhang (999 m)!】
【You replanted Spirit-Gathering Flowers and various spiritual plants into the blessed land… The spirit field blessed land gradually began advancing toward a spirit field grotto-heaven!】
【In the tenth year, you returned to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm. With the strength of a White Emperor City Elder, you assisted Celestial Demon City in jointly resisting the alien races!】
In the Real World, Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this.
“Good, everything is proceeding according to plan… However, the only hidden danger in this simulation is whether Qingyunzi will detect my presence ahead of time.”
Su Xing furrowed his brows slightly, deep in thought.
Currently, Su Xing’s Qi Refinement cultivation was at Perfection of the Earthly Immortal realm, and his Body Tempering cultivation was at the third layer early stage of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, equivalent to early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm Body Tempering.
If you added Sword Dao, Myriad Stars Attraction, Spirit Burst, and various talent bonuses on top of that, Su Xing’s combat power wouldn’t falter even against a late-stage Heavenly Immortal!
“Heavenly Immortal realm strength… that’s already an absolute main force on the Celestial Demon City frontlines!”
“If I rack up enough kills on the battlefield in this simulation and accumulate sufficient war merits, will it draw premature attention from White Emperor City and the Celestial Demon Prison?”
“And there’s also my Qi Refinement cultivation… breaking through the Heart-Shattering Thunder tribulation and reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm should be a natural progression…”
After a pause, Su Xing continued pondering:
“In the previous simulation, it took until the two hundred and twenty-fifth year before Qingyunzi found me… With Qingyunzi’s half-saint strength, if he locked onto my position, finding me would take at most a few years, maybe a decade or so…”
“This means that severing the spirit field grotto-heaven can indeed confuse Qingyunzi’s perception!”
Although Su Xing didn’t know the exact reason, he could already put it to the test.
Even if he failed, it would merely be a waste of one simulation attempt…
With a plan already in mind, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【Because of your outstanding strength, you obtained the position of Myriarch as soon as you joined Celestial Demon City.】
【You volunteered, stating your willingness to lead a cultivator unit and fight on the front lines against the alien races.】
【The Celestial Demon City higher-ups were very pleased with your initiative. Not only did they assign you a ten-thousand-strong army, they also provided you with two Human Immortal realm cultivator adjutants!】
【Though you were nominally a Myriarch, the authority in your hands was no different from that of an Earthly Immortal realm commander.】
【You decided to hone your swordsmanship while slaying alien races!】
【Based on the sword-training methods of senior cultivators obtained from Luo Qingniu, you decided to first spend thirty to fifty years killing alien races to temper your Sword Dao!】
【And so, ten years passed!】
【In the twentieth year, you successfully became a frontline Earthly Immortal realm commander of Celestial Demon City!】
【In these ten years, you slew dozens of Lesser Divine Power alien race members and three Medium Divine Power ones!】
【Such a record was without question the best among anyone below the Heavenly Immortal realm!】
【Your actions and strength immediately caught the attention of the Celestial Demon City and White Emperor City higher-ups.】
【Every cultivator in Celestial Demon City knew that there was a powerful Sword Immortal whose blade could slay alien gods… He fought with unmatched ferocity and won every battle!】
【Moreover, this Sword Immortal deeply cherished the soldiers under his command. Despite fighting against the alien races, he maintained a casualty ratio of one to a hundred, slaughtering countless enemies…】
【As your fame spread widely across the Celestial Demon City frontlines, more and more cultivators wanted to befriend you.】
【The army you led was named Tianyuan!】
【The Tianyuan Army — victorious in every battle, fearless in the face of death!】
【Each year you also received numerous rewards. Not only could you have first pick of spoils from every battle, White Emperor City even provided you with a hundred thousand drops of high-grade spirit liquid annually as support.】
【But for you, the frontline battles actually posed no danger, because the strongest alien races on the battlefield at this time were at most at the peak of Greater Divine Power… not a single True God had even appeared.】
【Moreover, over these ten years, you continuously honed your swordsmanship… You had already reached the point where you could slay alien races with the simplest of sword techniques!】
【With every swing of the sword, with every battle, you gained new insights into the sword!】
【In the day-after-day battles on the front lines, another ten years passed!】
【In the thirtieth year, the Tianyuan Army under your command was targeted by the alien races. A Greater Divine Power alien led hundreds of thousands of alien soldiers in an assault on you…】
【In this battle, though the Tianyuan Army was filled with despair, they did not retreat even half a step!】
【Only you knew that this Greater Divine Power alien was nothing remarkable… Because in terms of pure strength, this alien god was merely at the early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm…】
【And so, in this battle, you revealed a small portion of your true strength.】
【At first, you used the alien god to hone your swordsmanship, battling it for several hours. Your sword techniques improved considerably…】
【Once the alien god’s strength began to wane, you struck decisively. Two thousand strands of Protective Sword Aura lashed out, slaying it with a single blow!】
【In this battle, the Tianyuan Army’s thirty thousand soldiers suffered over thirty percent casualties…】
【But they had completely annihilated an alien army of hundreds of thousands!】
【News of this earth-shattering victory quickly spread throughout Celestial Demon City…】
【Every high-ranking official in Celestial Demon City learned that a genius Sword Immortal named Su Ye could, with Earthly Immortal realm cultivation, defy the heavens and slay a Heavenly Immortal!】
【From that point on, you became famous in a single battle… and were promoted to general of the Celestial Demon City frontlines!】
【Several months later, the White Emperor Tower branch’s True Immortal realm Tower Master personally came to see you. He offered you much encouragement and, in the name of White Emperor City, provided you with a wealth of resources.】
【These resources meant little to you, because your goal this time was to build a reputation large enough while simultaneously tempering your swordsmanship!】
【And so, another five years passed!】
【In the thirty-fifth year, while leading the Tianyuan Army in battle outside, you encountered yet another Greater Divine Power alien!】
【After hundreds of rounds of fierce combat, you slew it at the cost of only minor injuries!】
【At that moment, all of Celestial Demon City erupted in celebration!】
【With Earthly Immortal realm cultivation, you had slain two Greater Divine Power aliens comparable to Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators within five years — such a feat was rare even across the entire Three Thousand Worlds…】
【But only you knew that this Greater Divine Power alien was not merely at early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm strength. Its true combat power was already comparable to a mid-stage Heavenly Immortal!】
【It was just that defying the heavens to slay an early-stage Heavenly Immortal while at Peak Earthly Immortal realm was already heaven-defying… If you were to also slay a mid-stage Heavenly Immortal, that would seem abnormal…】
【What you sought was to build a great enough reputation, not to invite unnecessary trouble.】
【After slaying the second powerful alien god, your status within Celestial Demon City rose even higher!】
【Including yourself, the entire Celestial Demon City frontline currently had only seven Heavenly Immortal realm combat forces, plus one True Immortal realm city lord who served as guardian…】
【Of course, you knew that the true trump card within Celestial Demon City was the avatar of the Celestial Demon General!】
In the Real World, Su Xing nodded with satisfaction upon seeing this and murmured:
“Good… Now I have a certain degree of fame in Celestial Demon City and even across the entire Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!”
“But with my current influence, would it be feasible to prematurely launch a cultivator alliance against the alien races?”
After some deliberation, Su Xing still felt it wasn’t realistic.
Su Xing’s current reputation probably wouldn’t matter to those truly powerful cultivators.
At most, word would reach the ears of some True Immortal and Mystic Immortal realm immortals…
Unless Su Xing’s fame could reach an even higher level!
“Then… it’s also time to attempt the Heavenly Immortal realm breakthrough!”
Su Xing murmured.
The Heart-Shattering Thunder tribulation required for breaking through from the Earthly Immortal realm to the Heavenly Immortal realm wasn’t as troublesome as the Yin-Yang Fire Tribulation.
The Heart-Shattering Thunder tribulation only occurred once. As long as you endured that single bolt of thunder that attacked the soul, you could smoothly advance to the Heavenly Immortal realm!
“Then, let’s go all in!”
A flash of determination crossed Su Xing’s eyes as he turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【In the thirty-sixth year, you publicly announced you were entering seclusion, stating that you sought a breakthrough in cultivation…】
【Upon learning this news, the Celestial Demon City higher-ups were deeply shaken. You already possessed Heavenly Immortal realm strength at Peak Earthly Immortal realm…】
【If you successfully broke through to the Heavenly Immortal realm, wouldn’t you be able to defy the heavens and slay mid-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators? At the very least… you would be invincible among early-stage Heavenly Immortals!】
【But to prevent any accidents, Celestial Demon City kept this secret for you and provided a secluded cultivation ground suitable for your breakthrough.】
【Your seclusion site was located in a mountain range a thousand li (500 km) outside Celestial Demon City. This area was within Celestial Demon City’s territory, and ordinary cultivators dared not approach.】
【You produced millions of drops of spirit liquid, continuously consuming them as the magical power within your body grew ever more formidable!】
【The breakthrough of every cultivation stage required an increase in magical power, so naturally you needed to prepare sufficient resources!】
【You continuously circulated the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art, and countless drops of high-grade spirit liquid were absorbed and refined by you…】
【In the blink of an eye, three years passed!】
【In the thirty-ninth year, after three years of settling, the magical power within your body had become incredibly dense, like an inflated balloon that could not accommodate even a wisp more…】
【And so, in this year, you formally prepared for your breakthrough!】
【Your divine sense continuously gathered, and that profound, ineffable sensation washed over you once more!】
【Seizing the moment, you summoned all your strength and called down the tribulation of lightning from the heavens!】
【As your mind stirred, winds and clouds roiled in an instant. Dark clouds piled up and gathered overhead…】
【Terrifying thunder covered an area of a thousand li (500 km) in the blink of an eye!】
【Before long, cultivators were drawn by this phenomenon…】
【At first, they merely assumed this was an ordinary Thunder Tribulation — a Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator attempting to ascend…】
【But there were those with sharp eyes who recognized it at once: this was a Heart-Shattering Thunder!】
【The heavenly thunder strikes without harming the body… It wounds only the soul!】
【This was a sign of a Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator’s breakthrough!】
【And as the Heart-Shattering Thunder tribulation gathered, the Celestial Demon City higher-ups also breathed a sigh of relief.】
【Ever since you announced your seclusion for tribulation three years ago, they had been waiting in anticipation.】
【But for three years you showed no movement, and they had nearly feared something had gone wrong…】
【Yet now, finally seeing the phenomenon of the Heart-Shattering Thunder tribulation, the Celestial Demon City higher-ups felt the weight lift from their hearts…】
【You sat cross-legged atop the mountain peak, your gaze piercing through the clouds to behold the gathering thunder.】
【The lightning was thin as a strand of hair and appeared to carry no power, but you still dared not underestimate it…】
【A moment later, the first bolt of Heart-Shattering Thunder descended…】
【Visions appeared before your eyes, but before you could even make them out clearly, you had already broken free of the illusion and successfully weathered the first bolt of Heart-Shattering Thunder!】
In the Real World, Su Xing’s lips curled upward upon seeing this.
“Tsk tsk, these are the benefits of having powerful divine sense and a strong mental state!”
“Back when I crossed the Heart Refinement Trial, my mental fortitude was already tempered to be incredibly solid… This mere first Heart-Shattering Thunder is naturally something I can endure!”
“And my Celestial Unity Realm divine sense also gives me an absolute advantage in this regard!”
“Most importantly… the Heavenly Thunder Sacred Body possesses a natural resistance against illusions and phantasms!”
“Although it’s only an incomplete Heavenly Thunder Sacred Body… it’s still more than enough!”
Su Xing’s mind recalled the intelligence he had on the Heart-Shattering Thunder tribulation.
The Heart-Shattering Thunder tribulation lasted approximately one month in total, with a total of 86,400 bolts of thunder striking down!
One bolt would strike roughly every thirty seconds, and the cultivator would be plunged into an illusion each time…
Only by enduring all the Heart-Shattering Thunders and shattering all 86,400 illusions could one fully ascend to the Heavenly Immortal realm!
“This wave! It’s like having a dragon land right on their face… Actually, never mind, I’d better not jinx it!”
Su Xing obediently turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【After the first illusion was shattered, immediately… the second Heart-Shattering Thunder struck down!】
【Once again, in merely a single breath, you smoothly passed through the second illusion…】
【Then the third… the tenth… the hundredth…】
【Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye it was the eighteenth day of your tribulation… and you were about to face your 53,600th Heart-Shattering Thunder!】
【In just over half a month, you had passed through more than 53,000 illusions!】
【The illusions during the first few days had no effect on you whatsoever…】
【But as you passed through more and more illusions… the illusory phenomena grew increasingly powerful!】
【Now, each time you passed through an illusion, it took approximately one minute inside the illusion, while only thirty seconds passed in reality…】
【Fortunately, with your Heavenly Thunder Sacred Body, such illusions still posed no threat…】
【In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed!】
【On the twenty-eighth day, a total of 80,000 Heart-Shattering Thunders had struck from above, and you had passed through 80,000 illusions…】
【Less than three days remained until you would fully overcome the Heart-Shattering Thunder tribulation, with only 6,400 illusions left!】
【But you showed not the slightest sign of relaxation. On the contrary, every nerve in your body was wound tight!】
【Because the Heart-Shattering Thunder tribulation grew more difficult the further you progressed, and the time needed to shatter each illusion grew longer and longer.】
【By now, the time you needed to pass through each illusion had risen to 1 hour.】
【And the moment you shattered one illusion, thirty seconds later, the next would come crashing in…】
【The endless stream of illusions ceaselessly battered and tempered your willpower!】
【If it were an ordinary cultivator, a single illusion at this point would likely take several days to escape. But your willpower was extraordinarily strong, and you could shatter each one in merely 1 hour…】
【Time passed second by second as you continuously entered and exited illusions…】
【On the twenty-ninth day, the time to shatter each illusion had risen to a full shichen.】
【Within the illusions, there were demons and ghosts, monsters and phantoms… or seductive beauties, wealth and power…】
【But none of it could move your heart. Your will remained as firm as ever…】
【Finally, the thirtieth day arrived!】
【You had fewer than a thousand illusions remaining.】
【But now, each illusion required several shichen even for you to fully escape…】
【You experienced illusion after illusion, shattering them one by one…】
【After the 86,000th illusion descended, the time you needed to pass through each one had risen to a full month!】
【In these illusions, you saw your family and companions, saw Qingyunzi, Blood Three… you saw the fears buried in your heart!】
【But you did not fear them. You faced your fears head-on and had the courage to shatter them!】
【Time flew by…】
【Before you knew it, 86,390 Heart-Shattering Thunders had already struck…】
【By now, each time you entered an illusion, you had to remain within it for decades… while in the outside world, only an instant had passed!】
【You had already lost count of how many illusions you had experienced… You only knew that very few remained!】
【On this day, all the cultivators in the outside world—including those in Celestial Demon City—were closely watching you!】
【Because once you passed this tribulation and broke through to the Heavenly Immortal realm, you would become one of the top powerhouses in all of the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!】
【Finally, on this day, the Advent Cult made their move!】
【Several Heavenly Immortal and Earthly Immortal realm cadres with blood-character designations attacked, attempting to strangle you—a prodigy of the White Emperor Tower—before you could emerge!】
【However, in this simulation, you were no longer alone!】
【Several powerhouses from the White Emperor Tower and Celestial Demon City had been watching over you the entire time. Even True Immortal realm powerhouses intervened, blocking the relentless waves of attacks on your behalf!】
In the real world, Su Xing felt his palms grow sweaty as he read this.
“The Heart-Shattering Thunder tribulation!”
“The further you go… the stronger the illusions become!”
“The first 86,000 Heart-Shattering Thunders and illusions were manageable… but for an ordinary cultivator, each of the final 400 might as well be an entire lifetime!”
“From 86,000 to 86,400—that’s essentially 400 cycles of reincarnation!”
“Even the willpower of an Earthly Immortal realm cultivator… would struggle to maintain a sense of self through that, wouldn’t it?”
“But… Earthly Immortal realm cultivators typically consume a Heart-Shattering Pill before attempting the tribulation, increasing their chances of success by at least ten percent…”
“And I have the Heavenly Thunder Sacred Body, which is a natural counter to tribulation illusions!”
After a pause, Su Xing murmured:
“It’s a shame the Heavenly Thunder Sacred Body isn’t complete… otherwise crossing the Heart-Shattering Thunder tribulation would have been even easier!”
“As for the help from Celestial Demon City and the White Emperor Tower…”
The corner of Su Xing’s mouth curled upward. He wasn’t surprised by this at all.
Or rather, this was precisely one of Su Xing’s objectives!
If a Peak Earthly Immortal realm cultivator with no backing or foundation attempted their breakthrough, the commotion from the Heart-Shattering Thunder tribulation would be enormous, easily drawing the attention of other cultivators.
It was inevitable that those with ill intentions—like the Advent Cult—would try to interfere…
But in this simulation, Su Xing had considerable prestige and status, enough to compel the White Emperor Tower and Celestial Demon City to help him through his tribulation!
With the support of these factions, Su Xing could put all worries behind him and focus entirely on crossing the tribulation!
“Just a few more bolts of tribulation lightning left—hold on!”
Su Xing’s palms were sweating as his gaze locked onto the simulation panel!
【In the blink of an eye, several more bolts of tribulation lightning passed!】
【By now, even you were beginning to lose yourself within the illusions. Each one… required an entire lifetime to shatter!】
【In the blink of an eye, the final Heart-Shattering Thunder descended!】
【And this time, you were plunged into a different kind of illusion…】
【In the illusion, you returned to Earth!】
【You became that ordinary working man, burdened with car and house loans, supporting elderly parents and young children…】
【A drunk truck driver, headlights blazing like daylight… and then you transmigrated to Class-User Earth!】
【In your youth, you were carefree and unburdened…】
【Although both your parents were ordinary people, life in the countryside was comfortable enough…】
【A few years later, a little tagalong sister appeared in your memories…】
【But the older she grew, the more defiant this sister became!】
【Until the year you turned eighteen… you were discovered to have a hidden class: Cultivator!】
【From that moment, you soared to the heavens!】
【You were specially recruited into Great Xia’s highest institution of learning…】
【You yearned to change your family’s fate through your own efforts! To escape that impoverished village…】
【But the reality that you could not gain any experience points… left you utterly disheartened!】
【Four years of university passed in a daze…】
【You went from being a prodigy to a cripple!】
【But thankfully, you still had your good friend Fatty Yu… and your family never once looked down on you!】
【Until one day… you regained the ability to gain experience!】
【You began leveling up like mad… Bronze, Silver, Gold!】
【In just three short years, you became a Heavenly King-stage powerhouse!】
【Another five years passed… and you became one of Great Xia’s apex Legendary Class Users!】
【At the age of forty, you broke through to Emperor-level, standing your ground at Demon-Sealing Pass, refusing to retreat even unto death…】
【Time and again you slaughtered the terrifying creatures upon that blood-red earth, continuously gaining power!】
【Until the year you turned fifty… an incomparably terrifying alien appeared before you.】
【In an instant, Demon-Sealing Pass teetered on the brink of collapse. Countless soldiers perished… Even your closest brother, Yu Yan, died saving you—devoured by the alien!】
【In that battle, you ultimately erupted with boundless potential!】
【You broke through on the battlefield, becoming a Saint-stage… that is, a Mahayana stage cultivator!】
【You successfully slew that terrifying alien… and ensured humanity’s survival!】
【After that battle, your mental state grew ever more composed… You had lost your closest friend, and now only one thought remained in your heart: vengeance!】
【You would grow ever stronger, pushing toward the legendary God-level! To utterly annihilate the alien race!】
【In the year you turned one hundred, you finally became the God-level Class User you had always dreamed of!】
【But on that day… a voice entered your ears!】
【You fought desperately to resist… but it was futile!】
【Your body began moving beyond your control… whispers filled your ears…】
【You saw a sea of crimson red!】
【In the very last instant before your consciousness faded… you broke free of the illusion!】
【…】
【You lifted your gaze toward the layers of thunderclouds above…】
【In an instant, the thunderclouds dispersed, leaving ten thousand miles of clear sky!】
【And upon your body, a dazzling golden light burst forth, awe-inspiring to behold!】
【Your magical power and aura surged ceaselessly upward…】
【Congratulations, you have ascended to become a Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator!】
In the real world, Su Xing watched his own breakthrough, yet his eyes held neither joy nor sorrow.
“That final illusion… Even if I were like an ordinary Class User, able to gain experience, what of it?”
“Leveling up step by step, farming for gear… Without the simulator, without the Luotian inheritance, without Jin Congxue or Luo Shuying…”
“Even if I ultimately became a God-level Class User, in the eyes of the Red Moon, I’d still be nothing more than a pawn!”
Su Xing frowned slightly. He had a nagging feeling that something was off.
“If that illusion reflected reality… then doesn’t that mean the ultimate fate of all Class Users is to become part of the Red Moon?”
“Or rather… could it be that Class Users were always just a fraud created by the Red Moon!?”
Su Xing vaguely grasped something deeper, but he wasn’t entirely certain…
“Then again, maybe it was just an illusion after all?”
Su Xing shook his head slightly. Regardless, he had successfully endured the Heart-Shattering Thunder tribulation and become a Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator!
“So going forward… my status in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm should be even higher, shouldn’t it?”
“And then there’s the tempering of my Sword Dao…”
Su Xing looked thoughtful as his gaze returned to the simulation panel.
【Having endured all 86,400 Heart-Shattering Thunder bolts, you successfully became a Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator!】
【Your prestige within Celestial Demon City was unrivaled!】
【The Celestial Demon General’s external avatar within Celestial Demon City even granted you a personal audience!】
【He declared that you were an excellent seedling—not only possessing outstanding talent, but your pure heart of hatred toward the alien races also brought him great satisfaction!】
【You were somewhat overwhelmed by the honor. Afterward, you accepted the goodwill of Celestial Demon City’s upper echelon.】
【You led the Heavenly Abyss Army and continued fighting on the front lines!】
【Because you knew that in just over a decade, the red-eyed aliens would appear!】
【When that time came, the balance of power in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm would shift… Therefore, you had to secure a large enough advantage now!】
【You led the Heavenly Abyss Army, ceaselessly slaughtering aliens. The number of aliens that fell to your forces each year numbered in the millions!】
【And so, another eleven years passed…】
【In the fiftieth year, an alien deity possessing Greater Divine Power, rivaling a late-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator, launched a sneak attack against you!】
【You did not retreat. You calmly led your subordinate forces and successfully turned the tables on the aliens!】
【After seven days and seven nights of fierce battle with this alien deity, you successfully slew it!】
【This time, you did not conceal your battle record…】
【The entirety of Celestial Demon City, from top to bottom, learned that you—with merely early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivation—had defeated a being comparable to a late-stage Heavenly Immortal in reverse!】
【One must know that the higher one’s cultivation, the greater the gap in strength between levels!】
【A mid-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator could simultaneously fight two early-stage Heavenly Immortals without being at a disadvantage!】
【A late-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator… possessed such immense strength and profound magical power that an early-stage Heavenly Immortal could never hope to compare!】
【Yet you had done precisely that!】
【All of Celestial Demon City erupted in celebration, with countless words of praise showered upon you!】
【They declared you the most talented sword cultivator the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm had seen in tens of thousands of years!】
【The shockwaves from this feat were even greater than when you had fought above your level as an Earthly Immortal against a Heavenly Immortal!】
【Until several months later, you received a piece of news…】
【You had been inducted into the Three Thousand Worlds Prodigy Rankings—on the Human List!】