Chapter 312 – Ascending the Prodigy Rankings, Fame Across the Three Thousand Worlds, Becoming the Celestial Demon General’s Disciple! [8k]
by spirapiraIn the Real World, Su Xing raised an eyebrow at this, the corners of his mouth curling upward as he said:
“After working so hard for so long… I’ve finally gained some fame in the Three Thousand Worlds!”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes, intelligence about the Prodigy Rankings flashing through his mind.
The Three Thousand Worlds Prodigy Rankings were divided into the three rankings of Heaven, Earth, and Mortal!
These Prodigy Rankings weren’t limited to any single minor or major world—they covered the entire Three Thousand Worlds!
Just like the Treasure Rankings, the Prodigy Rankings were also evaluated by the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, and in the eyes of all cultivators across the Three Thousand Worlds, they held supreme authority!
As far as Su Xing knew, the three rankings of Heaven, Earth, and Mortal each corresponded to immortals of different realms.
Among them, Human Immortals, Earthly Immortals, and Heavenly Immortals could qualify for the Human List based on their demonstrated strength, battle records, age, and potential.
True Immortals and Mystic Immortals could ascend to the Earth Ranking.
Golden Immortals and Supreme Unity Golden Immortals were placed on the Heaven Ranking…
As for Grand Luo Golden Immortals, every single one was a powerhouse whose name shook the Three Thousand Worlds. Using some so-called Prodigy Rankings to measure such beings would be rather laughable.
“The three rankings of Heaven, Earth, and Mortal each take at most a hundred people… Although the Human List technically allows cultivators of all three realms—Human, Earth, and Heaven—in reality, the top hundred is almost entirely dominated by Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators!”
“Perhaps once every few thousand years, one or two Peak Earthly Immortal realm cultivators with heaven-defying talent might barely squeeze onto the bottom of the Human List… but they would soon break through to Heavenly Immortal anyway!”
Su Xing recalled information about the rankings in his mind. He had paid attention to similar intelligence before.
But he never expected that he himself would one day make it onto these rankings…
“In the Three Thousand Worlds, how many prodigies are there? Yet those who can make it onto the three rankings of Heaven, Earth, and Mortal—if not the top hundred of their realm, they’re close enough!”
Su Xing still remembered the battle records of several cultivators who had made it onto the Human List.
“Three thousand years ago, Ji Wuchang, an independent Sword Immortal from White Emperor City, used his late-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivation to slay a mid-stage True Immortal realm human traitor of the Advent Cult in a cross-realm battle… and was ranked third on the Human List!”
“One thousand six hundred years ago, Zuo Yingxin, a direct disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect, used her late-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivation to slay an early-stage True Immortal realm evil cultivator in a cross-realm battle… and was ranked ninth on the Human List!”
“Six hundred years ago, the young generation’s Sacred Son of the Tianyuan Sect struck, using his mid-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivation to slay a Peak Heavenly Immortal realm evil cultivator in a cross-realm battle… and was ranked twenty-third on the Human List…”
“Five hundred years ago, a disciple of the Celestial Demon Prison used Peak Earthly Immortal realm cultivation to kill a Greater Divine Power alien at the cost of severe injuries, and was ranked ninety-sixth on the Human List…”
The criteria for making the Human List were complex. The most fundamental judgment was based on a cultivator’s realm and battle record! Secondary factors were their talent and age…
For example, Su Xing had used early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivation to slay a Greater Divine Power alien—comparable to late-stage Heavenly Immortal realm—and thus earned his place on the Prodigy Rankings.
As for his exact ranking, Su Xing wasn’t sure, but he estimated it would be somewhere between the top fifty and top thirty.
“With my current strength at the early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm… if I use the No Martial Virtue talent, I should be able to fight a Peak Heavenly Immortal realm cultivator… but as for the True Immortal realm, the gap is too large!”
“Early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm fighting Peak Heavenly Immortal realm… that should be enough for the top fifteen on the Human List?”
“And if my age were factored in… I could probably even contend for the top five!”
Su Xing shook his head slightly. Age was one of his biggest secrets in the simulations, and he naturally wouldn’t reveal it easily.
Su Xing thought for a moment and murmured:
“If I remember correctly… that Senior Sister Ziling from the Azure Cloud Sect seems to be a top-twenty prodigy on the Heaven Ranking?”
“Fairy Ziling, with Peak Golden Immortal realm cultivation… yet she has a record of fighting a mid-stage Supreme Unity Golden Immortal to a standstill… truly terrifying!”
Su Xing smacked his lips. A Heavenly Immortal fighting a True Immortal was already astonishing… For a Peak Golden Immortal to challenge a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal—the difficulty was astronomically higher!
Only the absolute top prodigies of immortal sects had even a sliver of possibility…
“Speaking of which, although the Celestial Secrets Pavilion doesn’t participate in the power struggles of the Three Thousand Worlds… its prestige among righteous factions is second to none…”
“Whether it’s the three Prodigy Rankings of Heaven, Earth, and Mortal, or the three Treasure Rankings of Heaven, Earth, and Mortal—all are evaluated by the Celestial Secrets Pavilion… and cultivators universally recognize their authority!”
Su Xing murmured.
Currently, he possessed two items that had been rated on the Treasure Rankings. The first was the supreme post-celestial treasure, the Spirit Vein Dragon!
The second was a branch of the innate Fusang Tree, an innate treasure…
Besides these two rankings, the Treasure Rankings also had a Human List!
Only supreme post-celestial treasures crafted by Grand Artifact Refinement Grandmasters could make it onto that list!
Every treasure on the Treasure Rankings was held by cultivators of formidable power!
After all… a treasure’s fame also required battles between cultivators to be demonstrated…
“However, making the Prodigy Rankings isn’t entirely a good thing… Although as an independent cultivator like me, major factions will certainly compete for my allegiance…”
“But facing assassinations from the Advent Cult, and challenges from other cultivators on the Prodigy Rankings… that’s also quite a headache!”
Su Xing sighed, his gaze turning to the simulation panel.
He was rather curious—based on his performance in this simulation, exactly what rank would he hold on the Human List of the Prodigy Rankings?
【The city lord of Celestial Demon City, a True Immortal realm powerhouse, personally delivered a piece of intelligence to you.】
【You took out this intelligence and saw that it was information about your placement on the Prodigy Rankings!】
【The information read as follows: Su Ye, Human List rank forty-eight. Age unknown—based on his performance during the Heart-Shattering Thunder tribulation, estimated to be at least ten thousand years old… Birthplace unknown, most likely from a minor world. Affiliated faction: White Emperor Tower, independent cultivator… Specializes in the sword. Sword Dao approaching the Initial Glimpse boundary. Sword Dao supernatural art is a top-tier Earth Fiend supernatural art. Weapon is a half-step supreme post-celestial treasure. Dual cultivator of qi and body, with exceptionally formidable body cultivation… Past battle record: at Peak Earthly Immortal realm, slew two alien gods comparable to early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm. At early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm, his potential remained undiminished, further slaying an alien comparable to late-stage Heavenly Immortal realm…】
In the Real World, Su Xing raised an eyebrow at the intelligence obtained from the simulation.
“I have to say, this intelligence is quite accurate… They even know about my Sword Dao realm, supernatural art, weapon, and dual cultivation of qi and body?”
Su Xing’s expression grew somewhat grave, and he continued:
“However, they got the age wrong… In the Celestial Secrets Pavilion’s eyes, I’m apparently an old monster who’s lived for ten thousand years?”
A strange look appeared on Su Xing’s face.
Age was obviously not easy to determine. Even for the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, unless a powerful cultivator personally met Su Xing or had him undergo an age assessment, they couldn’t tell for certain.
The Celestial Secrets Pavilion’s guess was likely based on Su Xing’s outstanding performance during the Heart-Shattering Thunder tribulation, which led them to believe he was an old monster who had lived for ten thousand years.
After all, the longer one lived, the more one typically experienced, and the stronger one’s resistance to illusions became…
And seeing that Su Xing’s vitality showed no signs of decline, they estimated his age couldn’t be too great, settling on around ten thousand years.
“Tsk tsk… If my actual age of less than a hundred years in the simulation were revealed, it would probably scare those cultivators to death…”
Su Xing’s eyes held a hint of eagerness to try, but after deliberating several times, he abandoned the idea.
After all, achieving the Heavenly Immortal realm at less than a hundred years old… that would be far too outrageous!
At that point, Qingyunzi and the Advent Cult would surely want to probe the secrets hidden within Su Xing…
“All in all, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion’s intelligence is indeed quite accurate… If it were an ordinary prodigy, their entire background would probably be laid bare!”
“But… I wonder what changes my life will undergo after making the Prodigy Rankings?”
Su Xing was somewhat curious, his gaze turning to the simulation panel.
【You silently pocketed this intelligence, showing neither joy nor sorrow, perfectly composed, then continued leading the Heavenly Abyss Army in battle at the Celestial Demon City front lines!】
【This year, your comprehension of the Sword Dao grew ever deeper. The aliens felled by your sword numbered in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions!】
【And so, another ten years passed…】
【Over these years, since you ascended the Prodigy Rankings, the aliens’ vigilance against you had clearly intensified!】
【On the battlefield, those Greater Divine Power aliens no longer dared to engage you lightly… Even when you pursued them relentlessly, those alien gods would abandon their armor and flee into the distance.】
【As a result, in ten years you managed to kill only one Greater Divine Power alien. The rest of the time, you could only pass the days by cutting down aliens below the Earthly Immortal realm…】
【In the sixtieth year, red-eyed aliens began appearing on the Celestial Demon City front lines!】
【Those red-eyed aliens feared neither death nor pain, and their numbers were terrifying—impossible to kill, impossible to eradicate… In merely three years since their appearance, they had reversed the aliens’ losing momentum on the battlefield by more than half!】
【On this day, the upper echelons of Celestial Demon City convened a meeting to deal with the red-eyed aliens!】
【Including you, seven Heavenly Immortals and dozens of Earthly Immortal realm commanders were able to participate…】
【During the meeting, the True Immortal realm city lord specifically raised this matter, stating that he had received intelligence about the red-eyed aliens’ arrival decades ago…】
【Therefore, they had been sending cultivators from other worlds as reinforcements, never expecting this day to actually come!】
【This True Immortal realm city lord seemed to know the origins of the red-eyed aliens… and knew what enemy they were facing, but he did not elaborate further.】
【You were lost in thought, sensing that this Celestial Demon City lord knew some secrets about the Red Moon. You decided to inquire further.】
【But unexpectedly, after the meeting ended, this True Immortal realm city lord took the initiative to ask you to stay, as if he had something to tell you…】
In the Real World, Su Xing raised an eyebrow at this and murmured:
“Could it be that this city lord truly knows secrets about the Red Moon and has something to tell me?”
“Use immersive simulation, duration one day!”
【Ding…】
Su Xing didn’t hesitate. This intelligence was exactly what he urgently needed…
In a flash, Su Xing appeared in the simulation world. Before him stood a dark-skinned, powerfully built bald man.
“Brother Su, please sit…”
This Celestial Demon City lord, despite his burly, rough-hewn appearance, was extremely courteous toward Su Xing.
Su Xing sat down on a couch upon hearing this and asked curiously:
“May I ask, City Lord, why you’ve asked me to stay?”
The city lord smiled and said in a low voice:
“Brother, this time it’s not me looking for you… It’s that lord who wants to see you!”
Su Xing raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. In Celestial Demon City, the only being a True Immortal realm city lord would address as “lord” was none other than that avatar of the Celestial Demon General!
Su Xing was about to inquire further when a gentle breeze swept past him, and a towering man clad in black armor, his aura as deep as an abyss, appeared at Su Xing’s side.
It was the avatar of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal, the Celestial Demon General!
Su Xing hurriedly bowed in greeting: “Lord Celestial Demon General…”
The Celestial Demon General nodded slightly, regarding Su Xing with a look of appreciation in his eyes, and said:
“Su Ye, this old man asks you—are you willing to join my Celestial Demon Prison?”
Su Xing was stunned for a moment and instinctively replied: “My lord, am I not already fighting for the Celestial Demon Prison?”
The Celestial Demon General shook his head upon hearing this and said:
“That’s not the same… Your current identity is as a White Emperor Tower Elder, an external member stationed at Celestial Demon City, not a core disciple of my Celestial Demon Prison…”
“If you’re willing, I can have a word with that White Emperor. He wouldn’t dare refuse to release you. You may join my Celestial Demon Prison at any time and become this old man’s direct disciple!”
Su Xing’s heart pounded upon hearing this. If he truly became the Celestial Demon General’s disciple, wouldn’t that mean he no longer needed to fear Qingyunzi?
At least… as a fellow Grand Luo Golden Immortal, Qingyunzi wouldn’t dare easily move against the Celestial Demon General’s direct disciple, right?
But Su Xing was also somewhat worried. He was currently a White Emperor Tower Elder. If he left White Emperor Tower to become the Celestial Demon General’s disciple, would the White Emperor be displeased?
At that moment, the Celestial Demon General spoke:
“I know what you’re thinking… Relax, that White Emperor fellow is different from ordinary Grand Luo Golden Immortals!”
“He doesn’t care much about lineage and disciples… After founding White Emperor Tower, he never directly participated in its management… And if he’s unwilling, this old man will simply beat him until he is!”
Su Xing was stunned by the Celestial Demon General’s words. The Celestial Demon General… there was more to those words than met the ear!
The White Emperor was the universally acknowledged strongest sword cultivator in the Three Thousand Worlds—a bona fide Grand Luo Golden Immortal!
And sword cultivators had first-rate combat power among those of the same realm!
Yet from the Celestial Demon General’s tone, he seemed to not even regard the White Emperor as a threat… In other words, between two Grand Luo Golden Immortals, the White Emperor wasn’t the Celestial Demon General’s match?
“Tsk tsk… Could this be what the legends say about there being differences even among Grand Luo Golden Immortals?”
Su Xing thought to himself.
He also recalled previous simulations where the Celestial Demon General’s avatar had held its ground against Qingyunzi—who had severed his good nature and self corpse—for quite a long time…
Could it be that the Celestial Demon General’s combat power was among the very top even among Grand Luo Golden Immortals?
“Goodness… With such a massive thigh to hug, if not now, then when?”
“Besides… if I could travel to the greater world where the Celestial Demon Prison is located, even if it means constant warfare… that’s still better than dying at the hands of Qingyunzi or the Red Moon!”
With this thought, Su Xing addressed the Celestial Demon General’s avatar before him:
“Master, please accept my respects! Su Ye’s sole love in life is fighting on the battlefield… My lifelong wish is to slay every last alien in existence!”
“And you, my lord… are my idol!”
Su Xing spoke with such genuine emotion that, without realizing it, his Self-Help Guru talent had taken effect.
Upon hearing Su Xing’s words, the Celestial Demon General’s expression remained unchanged, but his shifting breathing betrayed the pleasure he felt!
Nobody was immune to flattery…
Not even a Grand Luo Golden Immortal!
The Celestial Demon General nodded slightly and said:
“Good. This old man’s judgment was indeed correct… You were born for the battlefield!”
“If this old man isn’t mistaken… you should be a dual cultivator of qi and body, and your body cultivation has also reached the Heavenly Immortal realm, correct?”
Su Xing was startled by the Celestial Demon General’s words. His body cultivation realm was something even the Celestial Secrets Pavilion’s intelligence had been vague about, yet the Celestial Demon General had seen through it at a single glance?
So Su Xing simply nodded and admitted:
“Yes. Your disciple first advanced his body cultivation to the Heavenly Immortal realm… and only then achieved Heavenly Immortal realm in qi cultivation…”
After receiving Su Xing’s personal confirmation, the Celestial Demon General couldn’t help but reveal a glimmer of joy in his eyes as he said:
“Excellent! This old man is also a dual cultivator of qi and body, and both my qi refinement and body tempering realms have reached the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm!”
“In terms of body tempering alone… this old man considers himself second to none among any Grand Luo Golden Immortal!”
“In the future, if you have any questions… you may come ask me at any time!”
Su Xing nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, but inwardly he didn’t take it to heart.
Although the opportunity to directly consult a Grand Luo Golden Immortal was precious…
The Great Shaman Body Forging Art that Su Xing cultivated was inherited from the Luotian Sect—this absolutely could not be easily revealed!
Just as Su Xing was pondering, the Celestial Demon General continued:
“The reason this old man sought you out, aside from taking you as a disciple, is to inform you of two matters…”
“The first matter is this: the alien forces are overwhelming, and given the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm’s current situation, it likely cannot hold out much longer… Disciple, do you wish to continue staying in Celestial Demon City to fight, or would you prefer to go to a safer world?”
Su Xing hesitated for a moment upon hearing the Celestial Demon General’s question, then asked directly:
“Master, can I go to the Celestial Demon Prison to fight? There are also countless aliens there…”
The Celestial Demon General’s face showed delight upon hearing Su Xing’s words, but he shook his head:
“I’m afraid not… The Celestial Demon Prison is separated from the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm by over a thousand spatial nodes… This old man is not well-versed in the spatial Dao, so going directly to the Celestial Demon Prison would not be easy for you!”
“What I mean is… would you like to go to the Tianyuan Realm first? The Tianyuan Realm is not far from here… and it’s situated in the deep rear—you’d likely be safe there for a thousand years…”
“Once you’ve arrived at the Tianyuan Realm, this old man will find a way to bring you to the Celestial Demon Prison afterward.”
Su Xing contemplated the Celestial Demon General’s words.
“The Tianyuan Realm… Although there’s no threat from the aliens, the threats from the Advent Cult and Qingyunzi still exist… Staying there would actually be worse than remaining in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!”
“At least here, with the Celestial Demon General’s protection, I don’t have to worry about Qingyunzi making a move. Unless Qingyunzi is truly willing to tear off all pretenses…”
“Moreover, in this simulation, I still want to further improve my Sword Dao realm… Fighting on the front lines is clearly what suits me best!”
Su Xing weighed his options internally and quickly made a decision:
“Master, your disciple is unwilling to seek safety and comfort…”
“I wish to continue staying in Celestial Demon City and fight… If the day truly comes when the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm falls, your disciple will preserve this useful body to fight the aliens another day!”
What Su Xing meant was essentially this:
I don’t want to leave yet—I want to kill a few more aliens. But if the day comes when death is truly imminent, I’ll retreat and preserve my life so I can kill even more aliens later…
The Celestial Demon General was reasonably satisfied with Su Xing’s answer, and nodded:
“That works as well… Then stay and defend the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm for another hundred years… If the realm is about to fall, I will naturally send you away!”
Su Xing was inwardly delighted—he had genuinely feared the Celestial Demon General would ask him to live and die with the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm…
At this point, the Celestial Demon General continued:
“The final matter concerns the red-eyed aliens… Disciple, do you know the origins of those red-eyed aliens that have appeared on the battlefield recently?”
Su Xing’s heart stirred upon hearing this, but he said nothing.
The Celestial Demon General went on:
“Those red-eyed aliens, though powerful in strength and vast in number… strictly speaking, they are not truly living beings. They are merely empty shells…”
“All of the red-eyed aliens originate from the Red Moon, a chief god among the alien races!”
“The Red Moon is an alien deity who presides over the divine offices of slaughter and death. At its peak, its power was so formidable that even this old man found it incredibly troublesome to deal with…”
“Yet who would have thought that after all these years… the god of slaughter, who was supposed to have died, has actually resurrected!”
Su Xing was shaken to the core.
The Red Moon was a chief god?
Was this the alien equivalent of… a Grand Luo Golden Immortal?
And its divine office was slaughter and death… That sounded absolutely terrifying and invincible!
Seeing Su Xing’s silence, the Celestial Demon General assumed he was confused and explained:
“Although the alien races’ power hierarchy differs from ours as cultivators… it can roughly be mapped in correspondence!”
“Immortals at the Human Immortal, Earthly Immortal, and Heavenly Immortal realms… correspond to alien deities of weak, Medium Divine Power, and Greater Divine Power!”
“True Immortal, Mystic Immortal, and Golden Immortal correspond to the aliens’ True God, third-tier Divine Sovereign, and second-tier Divine Sovereign…”
“Supreme Unity Golden Immortal corresponds to the aliens’ first-tier Divine Sovereign…”
“And Grand Luo Golden Immortal is roughly equivalent in power to the aliens’ chief gods…”
After a pause, the Celestial Demon General continued:
“Legend has it that there are nine chief gods among the alien races, and the Red Moon is the chief god of slaughter, presiding over slaughter and death…”
“Several cosmic cycles ago… when the aliens first invaded the Three Thousand Worlds, the Red Moon was already one of the most powerful deities among them!”
“At that time… the red-eyed aliens under the Red Moon’s command were renowned for their fearlessness of death and their inexhaustible numbers… Those red-eyed aliens were known as the Red Moon’s vassals!”
“As long as the Red Moon’s true body did not die… the red-eyed aliens, those vassals, would exist forever!”
“Several cosmic cycles ago, in that war that lasted tens of thousands of years, the number of human cultivators who died at the hands of the red-eyed aliens numbered in the hundreds of millions!”
At this point, the Celestial Demon General seemed to recall something, and a flash of sorrow passed through his eyes.
“In that battle… the Red Moon should have died. But no one expected that the divine office it wielded would be so powerful—even with both soul and spirit annihilated, it could still resurrect… Who knows what kind of contingency it had arranged?”
“However, the Red Moon’s strength… is certainly far below its peak. Even after resurrection, it would need at least a thousand years to recover. That is precisely why the red-eyed aliens keep slaughtering ceaselessly—to provide nourishment for the Red Moon…”
After a pause, the Celestial Demon General added:
“The red-eyed aliens are fearless of death and too numerous… Going forward, the situation on the Celestial Demon City front lines will likely deteriorate steadily…”
“Therefore, be as careful as you can in battle… Don’t let those red-eyed aliens overwhelm you with sheer numbers…”
With that, the Celestial Demon General gave Su Xing a few more words of advice.
Su Xing nodded in agreement, and finally asked the question that had been puzzling him:
“Master, I’d like to ask… are divine offices and Great Dao laws similar in some way?”
In Su Xing’s prior experience, the special energy contained within divine offices seemed remarkably similar to the Great Dao laws of the cultivation world… To a certain extent, they could even be converted into one another!
But without question, there were differences between the two!
The intelligence Su Xing had gathered was certainly incomplete, so he wanted to hear what the Celestial Demon General thought about this.
Sure enough, upon hearing Su Xing’s words, the Celestial Demon General let out a sigh, and a single sentence exploded like thunder beside Su Xing’s ears.
“This old man suspects that the reason the alien races invaded the Three Thousand Worlds… was precisely for these divine offices!”
Under Su Xing’s shocked gaze, the Celestial Demon General explained:
“Divine offices and Dao origins… belong to the same lineage. We cultivators, upon slaying aliens, also have methods to extract their divine offices and convert them into our own comprehension of the Great Dao!”
“And the aliens, even more so!”
“The alien races seem to possess an innate, uncanny ability… to extract a cultivator’s comprehension of Dao origins from their body and convert it into a part of their own divine office…”
Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this. What the Celestial Demon General had said thus far confirmed Su Xing’s earlier suspicions.
But Su Xing still had one more doubt, so he asked:
“Master, but I’ve heard… that the aliens’ divine offices are unique—each type of divine office is possessed by only one alien deity… Yet we cultivators can all cultivate the same Dao origin. Why is that?”
Upon hearing Su Xing’s words, the Celestial Demon General shook his head slightly:
“Who says the aliens’ divine offices are unique? This old man… has personally slain alien deities who shared the same type of divine office!”
“It’s just that the aliens’ divine offices possess a principle of supremacy!”
“That is, the higher the realm of the divine office holder—for example, a chief god who wields the divine office of life and death—then if there are also True God or Divine Sovereign-level alien deities who wield life and death, they must be vassal deities subordinate to that chief god…”
“It’s similar to… the same type of divine office being overwhelmingly dominated by one particularly powerful deity. Only when that position is vacated can other deities rise to claim it…”
“And the more powerful the divine office, the more this holds true!”
After hearing the Celestial Demon General’s words, Su Xing pondered carefully before finally understanding.
In simple terms, the alien divine offices formed a pyramid structure. Within the same type of divine office, the strongest occupied the apex, with others ranked below according to their power…
After explaining all this to Su Xing, the Celestial Demon General offered a few more words of encouragement before finally taking his leave.
…
Soon, the immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to reality.
“The information gained from this immersive simulation… is absolutely critical!”
“The existence of the Red Moon… A deity of slaughter and death who gains power through killing?”
Su Xing’s expression grew grave, and an uneasy premonition stirred in his heart.
It seemed that… all the Class Users on Earth gained experience and grew stronger through… killing as well?
Was there some connection between the two?
“I hope… it’s not what I’m thinking!”
Su Xing let out a sigh and turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【After being summoned by the Celestial Demon General, you chose to remain in Celestial Demon City, continuing to slay aliens on the front lines… honing your swordsmanship!】
【In the blink of an eye, another ten years passed…】
【The inexhaustible red-eyed aliens on the battlefield became your finest whetstones!】
【Year Seventy: Over the past decade, with the sword in your hand, you slew a staggering one million red-eyed aliens!】
【You could feel that your exploration of the Sword Dao was continuously progressing… You seemed to have found the Sword Dao that belonged to you alone, drawing ever closer to the Initial Glimpse threshold!】
【But as the war raged on, though you still had strength to spare, the ordinary cultivators in Celestial Demon City had long been pushed to their breaking point…】
【Originally, cultivators in Celestial Demon City fought in rotation—in a given year, a single cultivator army would participate in battle for at most a hundred days…】
【But now, they were required to fight for nearly half the year…】
【Every cultivator lost from Celestial Demon City was one that could not be replaced, and replenishment was extremely difficult… Meanwhile, the red-eyed aliens were inexhaustible!】
【Under this relentless attrition, the balance of power between the two sides began to shift…】
【But fortunately, over these decades, the Heavenly Abyss Army under your command had achieved distinguished merit!】
【Over decades of warfare, the aliens who perished at the hands of the Heavenly Abyss Army—from Legendary and Saint-stage aliens at the lowest… to Greater Divine Power aliens at the highest—numbered in the tens of millions!】
【It was precisely because of the Heavenly Abyss Army’s existence that the human cultivators in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm still maintained a slight advantage!】
In the Real World, Su Xing’s eyes lit up when he saw this. He smacked his fist into his palm and exclaimed:
“That’s right! One person’s strength is limited… But I can absolutely form an army to truly fight the aliens!”
“With my Self-Help Guru talent boosting me… While I wouldn’t call myself a god of war, any army I command would absolutely fight as one!”
“On top of that, in the simulation… I have the innate advantage of foreknowledge, so any army I lead would certainly win far more than it loses…”
“I can also refine qi, refine pills, craft Talismans… I could even personally provide my army with enough weapons and supplies!”
The more Su Xing thought about it, the brighter his eyes became.
It seemed… Su Xing truly could form an army that belonged entirely to him!
Or rather… it was time for Su Xing to establish his own force within the Three Thousand Worlds!
Su Xing didn’t ask for much in terms of numbers… If he could increase the Heavenly Abyss Army’s size to a hundred thousand… all of them elite soldiers, that alone would be enough to significantly change the tide of battle in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!
“The Heavenly Abyss Army… A promising start!”
Su Xing nodded slightly, already forming a preliminary plan in his mind.
He turned his gaze back to the simulation panel.
【Leveraging your prestige, cultivators continued to join the Heavenly Abyss Army…】
【Though casualties in the Heavenly Abyss Army were high, it offered the best treatment of any force in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!】
【You even occasionally took personal action, refining magical weapons and armaments for your subordinates, and providing spirit liquid and Spirit stones to aid their cultivation…】
【In the blink of an eye, another ten years passed.】
【Year Eighty: Over the past decade, cultivators would occasionally challenge you!】
【These cultivators were either prodigies… or Advent Cult spies attempting to assassinate you!】
【But regardless of their identity, you defeated every one of them in no more than three sword strikes!】
【Once, a cultivator at the early-stage Heavenly Immortal realm who was renowned throughout the Medium Chiliocosm challenged you, hoping to prove himself against you… But you drew your sword only once, and two thousand strands of Protective Sword Aura were enough to shatter his will to fight…】
【As you continued to defeat challenger after challenger, your prestige within the Heavenly Abyss Army grew ever higher…】
【By this time, you had already activated the Late Bloomer talent. Just as you had anticipated… the Late Bloomer talent also enhanced your progress in the way of the sword!】
【Year Eighty-Five: You made further advances in the Sword Dao.】
【At this point, with sword in hand, relying solely on sword intent and sword techniques, you could even slay Medium Divine Power aliens… requiring no more than three strikes!】
【But as your fame grew and your threat to the aliens intensified… you noticed that red-eyed aliens on the battlefield began specifically targeting you!】
【Year Ninety: As always, you led your Heavenly Abyss Army in pursuit of the aliens… leaving rivers of blood and mountains of alien corpses in your wake…】
【As you pressed the pursuit, what you hadn’t expected was that you had fallen into a trap set by the aliens!】
【Two Greater Divine Power aliens had been lying in wait, commanding a formidable army of red-eyed aliens, and launched an ambush against you!】
【And these two Greater Divine Power aliens… were both comparable to late-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators!】