Chapter 331 – The Threshold of Grand Luo Golden Immortal, Eleven Legendary-Stage Successfully Advance!
by spirapiraIn the Real World, Su Xing frowned slightly at what he saw.
“Ten years of heavenly calamity… yet it only increases potential by one percent?”
“By that calculation, if I simulate a hundred years, my potential—including magical power, aptitude, and the rest—would only increase by roughly ten percent?”
Su Xing mulled it over. The Wind Calamity grew less effective the further it progressed!
Being able to endure the full three hundred years of Wind Calamity would increase one’s innate potential by eighty to ninety percent, making one a true prodigy worthy of the title.
But among the truly top-tier cultivators, competition came down to the slimmest of margins!
Consider this: if two Grand Luo Golden Immortals had a roughly ten percent difference in potential from their time weathering the Wind Calamity… that gap would be absolutely terrifying!
“Apart from that Grand Luo Golden Immortal with the Wind spiritual root… the vast majority of Grand Luo Golden Immortals only endured four to five hundred years of Wind Calamity.”
“It’s not just because the Wind Calamity grows increasingly difficult as time goes on—it’s likely also related to the diminishing returns on potential growth…”
Su Xing estimated that completing the full five hundred years of Wind Calamity would roughly double one’s potential!
But after five hundred years, it would probably take another two to three hundred years just to gain ten percent more… the costs would far outweigh the benefits!
“Moreover, the Wind Calamity in my simulation started relatively weak, bringing even less potential growth in the early stages… reaching a full doubling of potential in the future should be just about enough!”
“But I should still strive for a hundred and ten percent potential increase if possible…”
Su Xing had originally wanted to exploit a bug in the Wind Calamity, hoping to stack potential increases indefinitely.
But now it seemed his hopes would be dashed. The Wind Calamity couldn’t promote growth without limit—there was ultimately a ceiling.
“However, I’m still far from that ceiling right now… at the very least, I need to experience the full Wind Calamity bonus from this simulation!”
With that thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【After your strength fell to the peak True Immortal realm, you continued cultivating within the Azure Cloud Sect. There was no danger, so the impact on you was minimal.】
【And so, another twenty years passed…】
【Simulation Year 200. This was your ninetieth year enduring the Wind Calamity, and its power had increased by more than two tiers compared to before…】
【But your foundation ran deep, and you could still endure. You simply needed to spend more time each day resisting the Wind Calamity.】
【Simulation Year 220. In your hundred and tenth year of the Wind Calamity, its power intensified further, and your combat strength fell to the late True Immortal realm.】
【Year 250. After enduring the Wind Calamity for one hundred and forty years, the cumulative benefit it granted you had reached a full ninety percent…】
【Even some Supreme Unity Golden Immortals would find it difficult to reap more than ninety percent benefit from the Wind Calamity!】
【This made your cultivation even more stable and your future potential even greater. Even after reaching Grand Luo Golden Immortal, you would not fall behind…】
【And so, another thirty years passed.】
【Year 280. In your hundred and seventieth year of weathering the Wind Calamity, your divine soul and physical body were eroded by the calamity, and your strength slipped to the mid True Immortal realm.】
【Year 310. Your strength fell to the early True Immortal realm…】
【This was your two hundred and tenth year enduring the Wind Calamity. By now, the calamity had become incomparably terrifying—even top-tier prodigies would need to rely on a Wind-Calming Pearl to barely hold their ground.】
【But your foundation was simply too deep, and you could still barely resist.】
【Time flew like a shuttle, and another twenty years passed…】
【Year 330. This year, you used your first Wind-Calming Pearl.】
【Against a Wind Calamity that had raged for over two hundred years, the Wind-Calming Pearl’s effectiveness was greatly diminished. A single pearl’s energy would be exhausted in merely ten-odd years.】
【You sighed inwardly, realizing that those Grand Luo Golden Immortals must have relied purely on Wind-Calming Pearls to survive the Wind Calamity beyond three hundred years, perhaps consuming dozens of pearls to manage it…】
【You still had seven unused Wind-Calming Pearls in hand—more than enough to carry you through the remaining time of this simulation…】
【Sure enough, after using the Wind-Calming Pearl, the threat of the Wind Calamity was drastically reduced. Your strength even recovered to the late True Immortal realm…】
【Over the following decades, you used one Wind-Calming Pearl every ten-odd years. Not only could you continue gaining the Wind Calamity’s benefits, but you could even cultivate in relative ease.】
【Year 380. This was your two hundred and sixtieth year enduring the Wind Calamity. Counting the Wind Calamity experienced in your previous simulation, you had endured a total of five hundred and five years, breaking past the five-hundred-year mark!】
【But perhaps because the Wind Calamity’s power was insufficient in its later stages, your potential had only increased by approximately ninety-five percent—not yet reaching a full hundred…】
【And so, you continued using Wind-Calming Pearls to resist the calamity’s assault.】
【Year 400. One day, you felt a stirring within yourself, as if your entire being was undergoing some kind of metamorphosis…】
【You carefully savored the changes happening within your body, and your face soon lit up with joy—the Wind Calamity’s benefit to you had truly reached a full one hundred percent!】
【Throughout all of history, every cultivator who became a Grand Luo Golden Immortal had enjoyed this level of enhancement… One could say this was the threshold for becoming a Grand Luo Golden Immortal!】
In the Real World, Su Xing nodded slightly at this.
“Five hundred years of Wind Calamity… a full doubling of potential! And this is merely the threshold for becoming a Grand Luo Golden Immortal!”
“But this also means that I possess the potential to become a Grand Luo Golden Immortal in the future!”
Su Xing took a deep breath. Virtually all Grand Luo Golden Immortals had weathered over five hundred years of Wind Calamity to obtain a full doubling of potential!
But that didn’t mean weathering five hundred years of Wind Calamity guaranteed one would become a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
Perhaps some Celestial Immortals who had made their name early on might still see their cultivation decline during the Mystic Immortal or Golden Immortal realms—such things were not unheard of…
“Still, a full doubling of potential has already met my basic objective!”
Su Xing murmured.
Becoming a Grand Luo Golden Immortal meant having the power to protect oneself anywhere across the entire Three Thousand Worlds.
“But if I could break past the doubling limit… that would naturally be even better!”
Su Xing took a deep breath. He recalled that among those who held records for breaking through the Wind Calamity in the Three Thousand Worlds, aside from that cultivator with the Wind spiritual root, another Grand Luo Golden Immortal had achieved close to a hundred and ten percent potential growth!
“At realms above Golden Immortal… it all comes down to foundation!”
“Even a mere ten percent more potential represents an enormous gap!”
Su Xing clenched his fists. With a heaven-defying cheat like the simulator at his disposal, if he didn’t fight for that extra ten percent of potential, he’d truly be a fool!
“However, this simulation should be nearing its end soon, right? Qingyunzi must be reaching his limit…”
Su Xing sighed and turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【Year 400. You received a voice transmission from Qingyunzi… he could no longer resist the erosion of the evil corpse.】
【You sighed inwardly, knowing that further delay was likely impossible. You decided to seize this final opportunity to steady your Daoheart and continue weathering the Wind Calamity…】
【Year 403. Qingyunzi found you…】
【Qingyunzi performed a soul search on you…】
【Your consciousness gradually dissipated…】
【You died!】
【Ding! This simulation has ended!】
After the simulation ended, Su Xing’s expression was impassive. He had long anticipated this outcome, and murmured:
“Four hundred years of simulation time… that’s more than enough for my growth right now!”
“Once my cultivation improves further, I’ll think of a way to deal with Qingyunzi’s problem once and for all…”
With that thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to this simulation’s reward list.
He had a hypothesis in mind, waiting to be confirmed…
【Thunder Spirit Physique】: Purple talent, priced at 1 origin energy point.
【Wind-Calming Pearl】: A treasure for resisting the Wind Calamity, also capable of warding off all winds in the world. Priced at 100,000 origin energy points.
【Wind Calamity Cultivation Results (293 Years)】: You have once again successfully endured nearly three hundred years of Wind Calamity. The Wind Calamity is the foremost of the Three Calamities of Immortals. Currently, the enhancement to your magical power, aptitude, divine soul, and physical body totals a full one hundred percent… Priced at 120,000 origin energy points.
【Spirit Field Grotto-Heaven】: A small world spanning one thousand zhang (3.33 km), carved out by the cultivator Su Xing using his comprehension of the Great Dao of Space. The spiritual energy within has reached grotto-heaven level, with various well-developed facilities—a rare immortal’s cave dwelling. Priced at 150,000 origin energy points.
Su Xing’s gaze skipped past the first two rewards and went straight to the Wind Calamity results and the spirit field grotto-heaven.
“Just as I thought—in the simulation, the spirit field grotto-heaven evolved over two hundred years and recovered to grotto-heaven level…”
Su Xing nodded with satisfaction. Previously, due to the expanded area and insufficient Spirit-Gathering Flowers, the grotto-heaven had fallen to blessed land status.
But with the Spirit Vein Dragon present, Su Xing didn’t need to worry about the future spiritual energy of this cave dwelling at all…
It was even possible that a brand-new spirit mineral vein might be born within the dwelling in the future!
“However… what I really want to know isn’t any of that… but whether the arrangements I made inside the dwelling can be brought out!”
Excitement flickered in Su Xing’s eyes.
Within the simulation, his dwelling was far more luxurious than the current one!
Various formations arranged throughout, a mountain of spirit stones, a stream of spirit liquid… and even Five Elements Soil, along with all manner of high-quality spiritual herbs!
All of it was stored within the spirit field grotto-heaven!
If all of this could be brought out… then the gains from this spirit field grotto-heaven would exceed Su Xing’s wildest imagination!
With that thought, Su Xing silently intoned:
“I choose to bring out the Wind Calamity cultivation results… and the spirit field grotto-heaven!”
As Su Xing’s words fell, the simulator’s notification chimed in his ears.
【Congratulations on successfully extracting the Wind Calamity cultivation results. Cost: 120,000 origin energy points. Remaining origin energy: 161,315 points.】
【Congratulations on successfully extracting the spirit field grotto-heaven… Cost: 150,000 points. Remaining origin energy: 11,315 points.】
Two notifications rang out in succession. The origin energy Su Xing had painstakingly accumulated was instantly drained, which naturally pained him greatly…
But immediately after, a massive surge of insight flooded into Su Xing’s mind, and his physical body, magical power, and aptitude all began to rapidly grow!
This was the total cultivation feedback from over five hundred years of Wind Calamity!
From the initial eighty percent enhancement, it had jumped straight to a full one hundred percent!
Don’t underestimate that twenty percent difference—it was precisely those twenty percent that formed a chasm, separating mere prodigies from the seeds of future great powers across the Three Thousand Worlds!
Su Xing closed his eyes briefly, and moments later, he had fully digested all the gains brought by the Wind Calamity.
But when Su Xing opened his eyes, he froze.
“Holy crap… where is this? My renovated spirit field grotto-heaven?”
Su Xing stood there stunned, astonished to discover that he was no longer inside the spirit field grotto-heaven that Qingyunzi had gifted him.
Instead, he was directly inside the thousand-zhang (3.33 km) spirit field grotto-heaven he had created himself!
This spirit field grotto-heaven, whether in terms of its various arrangements or sheer area, far surpassed the previous one!
“Most crucially… this spirit field grotto-heaven belongs entirely to me! No need to worry about Qingyunzi discovering any clues…”
Su Xing’s face lit up with delight.
He first carefully sensed the spirit field grotto-heaven that Qingyunzi had left behind. Sure enough, Su Xing could no longer detect its existence—it had apparently been directly severed.
In its place, this brand-new spirit field grotto-heaven would serve as Su Xing’s logistical stronghold going forward!
“Incredible… thousands of mu of spirit fields, all kinds of precious herbs… a spirit stone mountain, a spirit liquid river—they’re all here!”
Su Xing’s heart pounded with excitement. He then eagerly began searching the spirit field grotto-heaven for something.
Moments later, Su Xing arrived at an open clearing, but it was completely barren — there was nothing here at all…
Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly and murmured:
“Strange… this place was clearly where I cultivated Five Elements Soil! There were even many precious immortal herbs I’d plundered from the Azure Cloud Sect!”
Looking at this barren expanse, Su Xing felt an ominous premonition rising in his heart.
He immediately went to a storehouse behind his thatched cottage… where he had kept treasures and supernatural art manuals collected from the Three Thousand Worlds!
Sure enough, when he opened the storehouse, it was completely empty — not a single thing remained.
Seeing this, Su Xing’s face immediately showed disappointment. He was now certain — his attempt to exploit the bug had failed!
“Damn it, if only I could have brought them out directly! Those treasures were clearly part of my spirit field grotto-heaven too!”
Su Xing snorted, his face full of displeasure.
Indeed, Su Xing’s plan had been to store those treasures inside the spirit field grotto-heaven!
If those treasures could have been brought out along with the spirit field grotto-heaven, Su Xing would have made an enormous profit!
Setting everything else aside… just those several dozen cubic measures of Five Elements Soil alone exceeded the value of this spirit field grotto-heaven itself…
Not to mention the even greater quantity of treasures, medicinal herbs, and materials…
Su Xing sighed and murmured:
“What a shame… I thought I could fleece a good haul, but it seems there’s no way after all!”
Su Xing surveyed his newly acquired spirit field grotto-heaven.
The layout was roughly ninety percent similar to what he had arranged in the simulation’s future…
But those spirit stone mountains and spirit liquid rivers… had all been constructed from resources Su Xing had previously hidden within the spirit field grotto-heaven. It merely saved him the effort of setting them up again.
In other words, what Su Xing previously owned could be rearranged in a different layout and location — but trying to game extra profit from the system? That was a no-go!
“However, the formation arrangements do save me quite a bit of time!”
Su Xing had no regrets either — this spirit field grotto-heaven would be extremely useful in the future.
With the larger area now available, Su Xing could conveniently handle certain matters…
And these formations and building arrangements also saved him several months of work!
“Not bad… completing this before heading to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm is quite satisfying!”
Su Xing murmured, then glanced at the time.
“Counting the time… Lu Yuanwu and the others should be ready to advance to Legendary stage!”
Su Xing promptly disguised himself and concealed his aura, then headed to the agreed-upon location to meet with Lu Yuanwu and the others.
…
Moments later, in a mountain range outside Capital City, Lu Yuanwu and his companions had already been waiting for quite some time.
“Old Lu! Tell me… does this senior really have the ability to help us?”
A bearded Martial Sovereign-stage powerhouse scratched his head and asked.
Although the opportunity to advance to Legendary stage was right before him, he still felt… completely uncertain!
Hearing this Martial Sovereign’s words, Lu Yuanwu replied:
“Old Hu! Just relax… this senior’s origins are mysterious! His strength is unfathomably profound! Most importantly… he and I are on great terms!”
Lu Yuanwu wore a boastful expression, looking nothing like the esteemed and venerable Martial Sovereign-stage powerhouse he was supposed to be…
As he spoke, he leaned down and whispered:
“This senior’s strength has probably reached the peak of Saint-stage… perhaps even God-level!”
“He might be an ancient predecessor left behind by our human race from ten thousand years ago! Even stronger than the one at Demon-Sealing Pass!”
As Lu Yuanwu’s words fell, the dozen or so Martial Sovereign powerhouses around him all showed expressions of deep reverence…
At that very moment, Su Xing took a single step forward, teleporting directly from Capital Academy to appear beside Lu Yuanwu. With some amusement, he patted Lu Yuanwu’s shoulder and said:
“Oh? I hear we’re on great terms?”
Lu Yuanwu’s face immediately flushed with embarrassment. Clearly, he didn’t want to lose face in front of his old comrades, yet didn’t dare offend Su Xing either.
So he hastily changed the subject, producing a storage ring as he said:
“Senior… this is what we previously agreed upon…”
Su Xing nodded slightly, knowing this was the fifty thousand tons of fourth-order exotic metal that Lu Yuanwu had prepared!
Without any pretense of politeness, Su Xing directly accepted the exotic metals, and a thought stirred in his mind.
【Ding — Detected substance containing large quantities of origin energy. Value: 1,000,000 origin energy. Absorb?】
“Yes!”
Su Xing answered decisively.
After absorbing it into origin energy, Su Xing also handed over the pills and talismans he had previously promised Lu Yuanwu.
Seeing that Lu Yuanwu still looked somewhat embarrassed, Su Xing patted his shoulder and said:
“Ahem, everyone… how confident are you in advancing to Legendary stage?”
Hearing Su Xing’s question, these veteran Martial Sovereigns answered in a clamor.
Some said sixty percent, some said eighty percent… there was even one who said ninety percent!
But not a single Martial Sovereign had complete confidence in breaking through to Legendary stage…
And should the advancement fail, what awaited them was obvious enough…
Seeing this, Su Xing thought for a moment and said:
“This old man has enjoyed our cooperation during this period… since you are all Martial Sovereigns, you understand how perilous breaking through to Legendary can be!”
“I have some additional items here that I can trade with each of you individually. They can increase your advancement success rate by at least thirty percent… This is on account of Lu Yuanwu’s face. Whether you want them or not is your own decision!”
With that, Su Xing produced a handful of talismans — roughly ten to twenty sheets, all sixth-order or above.
There were also several pieces of protective equipment comparable to spirit treasures, made of sturdy materials that could function without spiritual energy.
Upon seeing these treasures, the veteran Martial Sovereign powerhouses immediately widened their eyes, scrambling over one another to speak:
“Senior! This long spear of yours… could it possibly have reached the legendary mythical grade!? Heavens!”
“Senior… please, you must sell it to me! I’m willing to pay any price! If I can obtain this spear, I’m absolutely certain I can advance to Legendary!”
A burly middle-aged man hastily spoke up — clearly, he was a Class User whose profession involved spears.
And that wasn’t all. Voices flooded Su Xing’s ears one after another.
“Senior… may I purchase these two talismans?”
“Senior… this immortal-grade treasure armor — can I buy it?”
“Senior…”
Everyone was talking at once. These Martial Sovereign-stage powerhouses who normally struck fear into all who heard their names were now behaving like old men squabbling at a vegetable market, frantically fighting over the goods.
“Old Liu! Have you forgotten that I once saved your life? And now you’re competing with me for this?”
“Bullshit… Beardy! I’ve saved your life three times — it’s about time you repaid me!”
“Stop fighting! Leave some for me…”
These veteran Martial Sovereigns argued until they were red in the face.
Clearly, to have become Martial Sovereign-stage powerhouses, every one of them was an ancestor-level figure from some established family.
Some were even ancient monsters who had guarded Great Xia’s borders in the military for hundreds of years…
To Su Xing, these Martial Sovereign powerhouses might not amount to much in terms of strength… but they were truly wealthy!
…
Before long, the ten to twenty talismans and dozen-plus treasures Su Xing had produced were all snapped up.
And for these items… Su Xing only accepted exotic metal or Abyss Stones as payment…
Even so, Su Xing netted close to five hundred thousand origin energy worth of wealth in one go!
Clearly, for the sake of their lives, these veteran Martial Sovereigns… had truly staked everything they had!
During this time, Su Xing noticed one particularly elderly Martial Sovereign powerhouse. He suspected this was the one who would have failed in the advancement attempt.
So Su Xing took it upon himself to sell him several suitable protective treasures at a reduced price — enough to guarantee absolute safety.
Every Martial Sovereign — every future Legendary — was incredibly precious to Great Xia as it currently stood…
“With these items, it shouldn’t be difficult for all eleven veteran Martial Sovereigns to advance to Legendary without exception!”
Su Xing thought to himself.
“Senior… in that case, we’ll enter the advancement instance now. We leave what comes next in your hands!”
Lu Yuanwu spoke in a grave tone.
Su Xing nodded slightly, then made his way to the pre-selected advancement instances where these veteran Martial Sovereigns would be entering, and waited quietly outside.
“Over the next week, these Martial Sovereign powerhouses should successfully advance one after another, right?”
Su Xing murmured. He didn’t waste this week of waiting — instead, he chose to continue crafting talismans in preparation for upcoming transactions with the puppet organization.
…
Over the following week, all eleven Martial Sovereign powerhouses advanced successfully, one after another.
Not a single one failed!
Upon learning of this result, every Martial Sovereign — Lu Yuanwu included — was utterly stunned!
The failure rate of advancing to Legendary was something every Martial Sovereign knew all too well…
Their one hundred percent success rate was something that would shock all of Great Xia — indeed, the entire human race — if word got out!
And they knew that the reason for such an extraordinary success rate… was entirely because of the senior Su Xing’s assistance…
After they advanced to Legendary, Su Xing deployed further techniques to shield them from Red Moon’s detection.
The entire process proceeded with extraordinary smoothness…
“Senior! We…”
Quite a few of these veteran Martial Sovereign powerhouses actually shed tears, their eyes rimmed red.
At this moment, the way they looked at Su Xing held nothing but reverence!
In the end, it was the eight-hundred-year-old elderly Martial Sovereign — now Legendary — who spoke:
“Senior, your righteousness is beyond measure! To have done all this for the human race… you must have paid no small price yourself?”
As these words fell, the Martial Sovereigns around him all nodded in agreement.
Clearly, in their eyes, such methods were nothing short of godlike!
Hearing this, Su Xing merely pursed his lips in a slight smile and said:
“Very well… now that our agreement is fulfilled, it’s time for me to take my leave…”
With that, Su Xing took a single step forward, departed from this place, and returned to his spirit field grotto-heaven…