Chapter 344 – The Star-Moon Shuttle’s Power, Finally Reaching the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!
by spirapiraChapter 344 – The Star-Moon Shuttle’s Power, Finally Reaching the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!
【Thirty years passed in the blink of an eye.】
【In year three hundred and eighty, you had gained thorough understanding of the Star-Moon Shuttle’s internal and external construction. Combined with your insights into the Formation Dao and artifact Dao, the repair project, though massive, was progressing steadily.】
【By this year, you had already repaired the majority of the Star-Moon Shuttle. Only the final few dozen formations and the reshaping of the outer hull remained before it would be fully complete.】
【Over these years, you continuously gathered materials needed to repair the Star-Moon Shuttle, and the restoration work advanced steadily.】
【In the blink of an eye, another twenty years passed.】
【In year four hundred, after decades of effort, this immortal vessel—ten thousand zhang (33.3 km) in length, capable of accommodating tens of thousands of people—was finally successfully repaired by you!】
【And you witnessed firsthand the formidable power of this high-grade supreme post-celestial treasure…】
【Whether it was the complexity of its internal formations, the preciousness of the materials used, or the sailing speed it exhibited—none of it was anything the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel could compare to!】
【After repairing the Star-Moon Shuttle, the very first thing you did was experience this work of art among immortal treasures.】
【You entered the main cockpit and channeled your immortal power, shrinking the Star-Moon Shuttle to a form ten zhang (33.3 m) in length. In this configuration, the Star-Moon Shuttle’s travel speed was at its fastest!】
【Like the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, the Star-Moon Shuttle also possessed the ability to freely change its size—as small as one inch, and as large as ten thousand zhang (33.3 km)…】
【What satisfied you even more were the Star-Moon Shuttle’s powerful propulsion and defensive formations.】
【Each time its defensive formation activated, it could even withstand attacks from True Immortal realm Strange Voidbeasts!】
【Furthermore, it possessed three power settings. First gear could travel ten million li (5,000,000 km) per day—an energy-saving mode powered by spirit stones, suitable for long-distance voyages.】
【Second gear could travel up to thirty million li (15,000,000 km) per day, sailing through the void at speeds several times greater than the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, but it required consuming large quantities of spirit stones.】
【Third gear could travel up to hundreds of millions of li per day, but required infusing massive amounts of magical power to sustain. Only cultivators at the Golden Immortal realm or above could handle it.】
【With your current cultivation and magical power, you could barely manage to activate second gear, maintaining a sailing speed of twenty million li (10,000,000 km) per day…】
【You tested piloting the Star-Moon Shuttle, departing from the Verdant Wood World. In a mere ten years, you passed through dozens of lesser chiliocosms, roaming freely through the cosmos, carefree and unbound…】
In the Real World, Su Xing couldn’t help but press his palms together in delight when he saw this.
“Incredible—with this Star-Moon Shuttle, it’s truly a night-and-day upgrade!”
“The Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, even at full power… could only travel ten million li (5,000,000 km) per day. But with the Star-Moon Shuttle, the speed has directly doubled!”
“This means that originally, a trip to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm would take me about twenty-two days… but the return journey will only take about eleven days!”
“A full half of the travel time saved!”
“And once my cultivation grows stronger, the speed will be even faster!”
After a pause, Su Xing continued:
“More importantly, the Star-Moon Shuttle has the capability for long-range voyages!”
“With this immortal vessel, two-thirds of the puzzle for crossing the Endless Sea is now complete… I just need to break through to the Mystic Immortal realm, and then I can attempt it!”
Su Xing’s heart surged with excitement.
One must understand that even Golden Immortal powerhouses would not dare to easily cross the Endless Sea.
Yet Su Xing possessed a secret navigation chart, the Star-Moon Shuttle… and on top of that, his magical power was abundant and his combat strength far exceeded cultivators of the same realm. Only then did he dare to attempt such a feat.
“Good—now that the Star-Moon Shuttle has been successfully repaired, this simulation’s objective is essentially complete…”
“I just wonder how much energy it will cost to extract the Star-Moon Shuttle.”
Su Xing didn’t know yet. He planned to explore that after the simulation ended.
“But right now, there’s one more thing I need to try… and that’s having the cultivators in the Luotian Realm help cultivate Sky-Mending Flowers!”
“This flower is the key to my breakthrough of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Fourth Layer. I can’t afford to be negligent!”
With that thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【In year four hundred and ten, you piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel to a remote minor realm.】
【This nameless minor realm couldn’t even be considered a lesser chiliocosm. The strongest person in this world possessed only Body Integration stage strength…】
【You decided to remain in this realm, peacefully researching the method for cultivating Sky-Mending Flowers.】
【You entered the Luotian Realm and consulted Shennong Youtian about the matter of cultivating Sky-Mending Flowers.】
【Shennong Youtian informed you that Sky-Mending Flowers had indeed nearly gone extinct, but the Luotian Sect still possessed some Sky-Mending Flower seeds.】
【If you needed them, Shennong Youtian was confident he could cultivate mature Sky-Mending Flowers within a century…】
【Upon hearing this, joy welled up in your heart. You immediately entrusted this plan to Shennong Youtian for execution. His spirit cultivation techniques were no less skilled than yours, and with his help, you could save a great deal of time.】
【And so, in the time that followed, you waited for news from Shennong Youtian while advancing your own cultivation.】
【In the blink of an eye, another forty years passed…】
【In year four hundred and fifty, after two hundred years of arduous cultivation, your cultivation was only a single step away from True Immortal Realm, Third Layer.】
【But after reaching the True Immortal realm, every step of cultivation advancement became incomparably difficult. Even with sufficient spirit liquid for daily cultivation, it was still hard to maintain the godlike speed of progress you once had.】
【In year four hundred and sixty, your cultivation finally advanced one step further, reaching True Immortal Realm, Third Layer.】
【In year four hundred and sixty-three, one day you felt inexplicably unsettled, and your Blessed by Fortune talent frantically sent warnings.】
【You knew—Qingyunzi had found you…】
【Before Qingyunzi reached you, you inquired about the progress of the Sky-Mending Flower cultivation from Shennong Youtian.】
【He informed you that the Sky-Mending Flowers had been successfully planted, and needed less than fifty more years to reach maturity…】
【You nodded with satisfaction upon hearing this, then quietly awaited Qingyunzi’s arrival.】
【Three days later, Qingyunzi arrived. By now, he had been consumed by the evil corpse and had lost the vast majority of his sanity.】
【But you still sought that final sliver of hope. You admitted that you had inherited the Luotian legacy, and that the supreme treasure, the Luotian Mirror, was on your person!】
【Upon hearing your words, Qingyunzi’s evil corpse showed a look of surprise and ceased its soul search on you.】
【You seized the opportunity to propose that you were willing to hand over the Luotian Mirror in exchange for your life being spared…】
【With that, you attempted to activate your sea of consciousness and summon the Luotian Mirror’s true form.】
【Forcibly summoning the Luotian Mirror had already caused considerable damage to your cultivation foundation…】
【But Qingyunzi was quite pleased with it. He transformed into a streak of black light and entered the Luotian Realm, apparently to undergo the Luotian Realm’s trial.】
【Moments later, Qingyunzi returned to you with an ugly expression on his face, and without hesitation launched a killing strike at you.】
【You already knew what had happened. With Qingyunzi’s aptitude, he had only been able to obtain first-tier authority…】
【In fact, it was even below your authority level!】
【And this was clearly something Qingyunzi could not accept…】
【Facing the attack of a half-saint, you had no power to resist whatsoever…】
【You died!】
【Ding, this simulation has ended!】
After the simulation ended, Su Xing let out a long sigh.
“Sigh, as expected… I still died at Qingyunzi’s hands…”
Su Xing knew that after Qingyunzi had been consumed by the evil corpse, the Luotian legacy had become an obsession rooted deep in his heart.
Therefore, Su Xing had planned to give up the Luotian Mirror in exchange for more simulation time…
After all, giving it up in the simulation meant nothing—in the next simulation, Su Xing would have it again.
But what Su Xing hadn’t expected was that even when he was prepared to relinquish the Luotian Mirror, he still couldn’t escape his fatal calamity!
“The Luotian Mirror can accept multiple masters… but the Supreme Grade authority is ultimately unique!”
“Even if the Luotian Mirror acknowledged Qingyunzi as its master, he would only have first-tier authority… and I could strip Qingyunzi of his authority at any time!”
“Under those circumstances, how could Qingyunzi possibly tolerate my existence?”
Su Xing let out a sigh. He truly hadn’t expected that even a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, or even a half-saint, couldn’t obtain the Luotian Mirror’s Supreme Grade authority…
Just how high were the Luotian Mirror’s requirements for aptitude?
“Tsk tsk, in the Luotian Mirror’s eyes, I must be a peerless prodigy—since the dawn of primordial chaos, there probably hasn’t been anyone with better aptitude than mine, right?”
Su Xing naturally knew that his “aptitude” was somewhat inflated.
After all, the time he had spent cultivating was far more than a mere thousand years. If you counted the duration of each simulation… he had been cultivating for over ten thousand years!
“In the Three Thousand Worlds, there are probably prodigies with better aptitude than mine… but at the same cultivation realm, my age is definitely the youngest!”
“And it’s precisely this point… that caused the Luotian Mirror to misjudge, I suppose?”
Su Xing felt rather helpless. Since he had already obtained the Luotian Mirror and successfully had it acknowledge him as master…
It would be difficult for Su Xing to shake off the pursuit of Qingyunzi’s evil corpse…
Either flee to another great domain, or resolve the problem of Qingyunzi’s evil corpse!
“For now, it seems that fleeing to another great domain offers more hope…”
Su Xing only needed to steadily advance his cultivation, and he believed it wouldn’t be long before he could see a far more vast world!
“Sigh, well… at least this simulation’s objectives have been completed. Let me check the simulation rewards!”
A thought stirred in Su Xing’s mind as he turned to this simulation’s reward list.
【Blood Sacrifice Forging】: Gold talent. Price: 10 origin energy points.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Scripture, Third Layer (Perfection)】: A body tempering method inherited from the ancient Wu Clan. Cultivated to the third layer at Perfection, granting physical strength comparable to Celestial Immortal realm Perfection. Enables the use of Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation and Heavenly Spirit supernatural art Myriad Stars Thunder Attraction. Price: 300,000 origin energy points.
【True Immortal Realm, Third Layer】: Having survived the Three Calamities of Immortals and achieved True Immortal status, the Great Dao lies ahead, with a lifespan of one cosmic cycle! Price: 600,000 origin energy points!
【Star-Moon Shuttle】: A space-type supreme post-celestial treasure. At its smallest, a mere inch like a shuttle in one’s hand; at its largest, a thousand zhang (3.33 km), capable of accommodating tens of thousands. It can sail through the void, easily traversing hundreds of void nodes. Only at the Golden Immortal realm can its full potential be unleashed. At maximum speed, its void travel is comparable to a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal. Currently fully repaired; requires Golden Immortal realm to bring out its full capabilities. Price: 700,000 origin energy points.
“The Blood Sacrifice Forging talent, while a gold talent… doesn’t seem useful for now. If I ever need to do artifact refining in the future, I could use it briefly… but the side effects are probably considerable!”
After some deliberation, Su Xing didn’t hesitate and declared decisively:
“I choose to extract the Great Shaman Body Forging Scripture, Third Layer (Perfection) cultivation… and the Star-Moon Shuttle!”
Thinking of all the benefits the Star-Moon Shuttle would bring, Su Xing was filled with eager anticipation.
“With this Star-Moon Shuttle, I can reach the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm within a week!” Su Xing thought.
【Congratulations on successfully extracting the Star-Moon Shuttle. Cost: 700,000 origin energy points. Remaining origin energy: 699,377 points…】
【Congratulations on successfully extracting Great Shaman Body Forging Scripture, Third Layer (Perfection) cultivation… Cost: 300,000 origin energy points. Remaining origin energy: 399,377 points…】
Two notification sounds rang out in succession. Su Xing’s origin energy rapidly dwindled, and moments later, less than four hundred thousand points remained…
Su Xing looked at the origin energy he had spent, his heart aching.
But he could only console himself: “It’s all worth it!”
As his words fell, a surge of energy flooded into Su Xing’s body.
Su Xing’s physical cultivation grew rapidly in mere moments, finally breaking through to the Third Layer Perfection in one fell swoop. At this moment, Su Xing’s pure physical strength alone was more than enough to easily slay a late-stage True Immortal realm cultivator!
“Tsk tsk, the Great Shaman Body Forging Art… truly marvelous!”
“If I were to operate at full power and channel the power of the stars into my body… once I step into the Fourth Layer, I might not be much weaker than the Mystic Immortal realm…”
Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.
But what delighted Su Xing the most wasn’t the progress in the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, but rather the palm-sized little boat “model” that had appeared in his hand!
A supreme post-celestial treasure — the Star-Moon Shuttle!
Su Xing examined the inch-sized “model” in his hand carefully, marveling at its exquisite craftsmanship while also feeling that it weighed as much as a thousand catties.
“Tsk tsk… as expected of a top-grade supreme post-celestial treasure! Just from its appearance alone, the Star-Moon Shuttle’s magnificence far surpasses the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel!”
A thought stirred in Su Xing’s mind as he disembarked from the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel, then shrank it down to a palm-sized boat and stored it away.
Immediately after, Su Xing gave a light toss, and the Star-Moon Shuttle transformed into an immortal vessel ten zhang (33.3 m) in size, appearing before him.
Its streamlined hull, its ink-black exterior — it looked supremely imposing.
Upon the hull were engraved patterns of the sun and moon, and beneath those celestial bodies, a pair of hands white as jade.
As if one need only reach out to grasp all the stars, sun, and moon in one’s palm…
Su Xing couldn’t wait to enter the Star-Moon Shuttle. After familiarizing himself briefly with the control formation, he found himself unable to put it down.
Without delay, Su Xing eagerly experienced the thrill of piloting it.
With the propulsion formation pushed to only the second gear…
The Star-Moon Shuttle transformed into a streak of meteoric light, hurtling along its predetermined course at breakneck speed…
Feeling the Star-Moon Shuttle’s tremendous power and the thrill of piercing through the void, Su Xing couldn’t help but exclaim:
“Tsk tsk, the gap between the Star-Moon Shuttle and the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel… is like the difference between a Ferrari and a Sambar!”
The Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel: “So love does fade, doesn’t it?”
…
Su Xing piloted the Star-Moon Shuttle, speeding toward Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.
What originally would have required half a month of travel was completed ahead of schedule in just one week!
At noon on February 24th, 2026 of the New Era, when that emerald-green world node appeared within Su Xing’s divine sense, he immediately sat up straight.
Through the glazed dome at the front of the Star-Moon Shuttle, Su Xing saw Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, tens of thousands of li away!
“Finally… we’re here!”
Su Xing drew a deep breath, his heart surging with excitement.
“A world of immortal cultivation, right before my eyes… at last, I’m about to make first contact!”
In his simulations, Su Xing had visited this realm dozens, even hundreds of times — but those had been merely simulations!
Now, arriving here in person, his excitement was naturally beyond measure. The feeling was entirely different…
In just a few breaths, Lesser Azure Cloud Realm drew ever closer.
Seeing this, Su Xing activated the Star-Moon Shuttle’s Concealment Formation.
In an instant, the Star-Moon Shuttle vanished into the void, its aura completely hidden away!
This was the power of the Star-Moon Shuttle’s Concealment Formation!
Even Golden Immortal realm cultivators would find it difficult to detect the Star-Moon Shuttle’s presence…
Su Xing piloted the Star-Moon Shuttle and descended into the northern reaches of the Hundred Thousand Mountains. After confirming there were no cultivators or high-level demon cultivators within a thousand li (500 km), Su Xing landed safely and stored the Star-Moon Shuttle away.
With a light leap, Su Xing’s feet touched the soil of Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
Feeling the thin spiritual energy flowing through the air, Su Xing said excitedly:
“So this… is Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!”
Looking up, the sky of Lesser Azure Cloud Realm was a blue so vivid it almost seemed to glow.
And in the distance, the lush, hundred-zhang (333 m)-tall towering trees were something that could never be seen on Earth…
After sensing Lesser Azure Cloud Realm’s spiritual energy for a moment, Su Xing shook his head slightly:
“As expected, with the overall decline of spiritual energy… the spiritual energy here is still far inferior to the spirit field grotto-heaven!”
After a pause, Su Xing’s gaze turned toward a certain direction:
“That direction… that should be Lesser Azure Cloud City, right?”
“But before heading to Lesser Azure Cloud City… I need to disguise myself and conceal my aura first!”
As he spoke, Su Xing employed a disguise technique, beginning to alter his appearance.
The disguise technique Su Xing had learned was no mere temporary change of appearance.
Combined with Body Tempering methods, it could truly reshape the bones and features within his body!
In this way, Su Xing’s bone structure was completely transformed into an entirely different person…
Only his facial features retained a thirty-percent resemblance to his original appearance…
Moments later, Su Xing had transformed from a graceful, handsome young man standing at one meter eighty into a towering, muscular brute standing at two meters thirty!
“Then, I shall go by the alias Su Ye!”
“Hmm, a Peak Earthly Immortal realm cultivator who specializes in Body Tempering and the Sword Dao!”
With a thought, Su Xing adjusted his cultivation aura to Peak Earthly Immortal realm…
Peak Earthly Immortal realm cultivation was more than sufficient in Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.
Apart from a very small number of Celestial Immortals and True Immortals, virtually no cultivator would dare provoke an immortal of this level.
“If I directly revealed True Immortal realm cultivation, it would be too conspicuous… and easily attract unnecessary attention!”
“But the transactions I’m planning… also require a certain level of cultivation to intimidate others, lest some covetous eyes fall upon me…”
Su Xing thought this to himself, then channeled the power of space. A single step carried him several hundred li away.
The reason he didn’t use the supernatural art Earthshrink Golden Light was naturally to avoid being detected by any keen observers…
In merely one hour, Su Xing appeared outside White Emperor City, hundreds of thousands of li from where he started.
…
Outside White Emperor City, Su Xing surveyed the magnificent city before him.
“Tsk tsk, a city of immortals indeed… it’s truly beyond anything Demon-Sealing Pass could compare to!”
Su Xing sighed inwardly, then strode boldly through the city gates.
At this moment, cultivators came and went in an endless stream throughout Lesser Azure Cloud City. Most wore Daoist robes and carried themselves with the bearing of immortals… even though the vast majority were merely minor immortals at the Golden Core or Nascent Soul stage, they certainly had the airs down…
The moment he entered the city, Su Xing was approached by several low-level cultivators who blocked his path.
“Esteemed… Immortal! You seem rather unfamiliar? Is this your first time visiting White Emperor City?”
Su Xing looked at the several low-level cultivators before him — merely Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stage at best.
Su Xing instantly recognized who these low-level cultivators were…
The “Know-It-Alls” of White Emperor City!
Of course, “Know-It-All” was merely a flattering title these low-level cultivators gave themselves.
Most cultivators preferred to call them “errand runners”!
In short, these cultivators were mostly below Nascent Soul stage, and they made their living by guiding visiting cultivators, providing information, and earning “service fees” in return!
For instance, which herb shop in White Emperor City offered the best spiritual medicines at fair prices.
Which artifact forge had the finest weapons and magical treasures…
These “Know-It-Alls” could rattle off the answers with ease.
They even knew which pleasure houses had the most beautiful fairy-like ladies… and which cultivator’s Dao companion was having an affair with another cultivator… they were up to date on all the gossip!
This was naturally not Su Xing’s first time at White Emperor City. His familiarity with this place was no less than that of these “Know-It-Alls.”
But in reality, this was Su Xing’s first time here, and to better fit his current cover identity as “Su Ye,” Su Xing decided to hire these “Know-It-Alls”…
And so, Su Xing grandly waved his hand, pointed at the three Know-It-Alls before him, and declared:
“You… you, and you! You three, show this lord around White Emperor City!”
“If this lord is pleased, you’ll be well compensated!”
With that, Su Xing casually tossed over seven or eight low-grade spirit stones.
When the three low-level cultivators saw Su Xing’s extravagant manner, their eyes immediately lit up, and the same thought arose in all three minds simultaneously.
A big client has arrived!
Like these three minor cultivators, the Know-It-Alls were considered the bottom rung of White Emperor City’s cultivators.
They possessed no particular skills, having simply stayed in White Emperor City long enough to become well-acquainted with its ins and outs.
However, White Emperor City didn’t receive many unfamiliar faces every day… and even when strangers did arrive, they didn’t necessarily need the help of Know-It-Alls.
And even if they needed help… it wouldn’t necessarily fall to them!
Therefore, in a good year, they could barely scrape together twenty or thirty low-grade spirit stones.
But most of that was squandered on the lovely lasses in the shops of the West City market quarter…
A cultivator as “extravagant” as Su Xing was a first for them!
“Right away! Esteemed Immortal! Whatever you need… us three brothers know everything there is to know in White Emperor City…”
The three minor cultivators eagerly flanked Su Xing on both sides, looking every bit like obsequious lackeys.
The other “Know-It-Alls” at the city gate were immediately filled with regret.
They had naturally noticed that this “unfamiliar cultivator” carried an extraordinary bearing — they couldn’t even discern Su Xing’s cultivation level.
But Su Xing’s disguised appearance didn’t exactly look like someone easy to deal with, so they had hesitated and not dared to step forward, thus missing this opportunity.
“Esteemed Immortal… where might you hail from?”
“No wonder this humble one heard the magpies calling outside my door this morning!”
“Turns out it was because I was destined to meet your esteemed self!”
These minor cultivators poured on the flattery so thick that even Su Xing couldn’t help but blush.
With a wave of his hand, another ten-odd low-grade spirit stones were tossed their way.
After walking with these minor cultivators for a while, Su Xing finally spoke up:
“Ahem, this lord… this old man has come to White Emperor City for the first time, in order to purchase a batch of low-grade mineral ores!”
“Might you know which market in White Emperor City offers quality ores at fair prices?”