Chapter 368 – Immersive Simulation Ends, the White Emperor Appears!

Chapter 368 – Immersive Simulation Ends, the White Emperor Appears!

The immortal vessel departed the White Cloud Realm, transforming into a streak of light as it sailed into the void.

Through the transparent barrier on the immortal vessel, the cultivators inside could easily observe the conditions outside.

Because Bai Yutang had performed exceptionally well, the three of them were granted a relatively private room where they could rest.

It was the first time the siblings had left the White Cloud Realm, and seeing what lay beyond the world, much like Su Xing had once felt, they were filled with curiosity.

But after watching for a long time, the monotonous scenery of the void inevitably grew tedious.

Su Xing, having long grown accustomed to void travel, simply surveyed the conditions inside the vessel.

The interior space of the immortal vessel was extraordinarily vast, yet it carried several hundred thousand people.

These people came not only from the White Cloud Realm but from other worlds as well.

According to Xiao Zhanlong, they had taken on cultivators from seventy-eight different worlds this time, all heading to the Celestial Secrets Realm ahead of schedule.

……

When Su Xing opened his eyes again, he had returned to the Real World.

“Whew… this immersive simulation has finally ended!”

“What a bountiful harvest!”

Su Xing felt a wave of emotion—a full ten years of immersive simulation.

Su Xing had befriended the Bai siblings, and after his cultivation had fallen and been restored again, his comprehension of the path of cultivation had deepened further.

More importantly, Su Xing had successfully arrived at the Heavenly Secrets Domain and begun exploring its conditions!

“If all goes well, I hope this simulation will let me successfully meet the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master and clarify a few things…”

Su Xing recalled that before this immersive simulation ended, he had still been aboard the immortal vessel.

The vessel had departed from the White Cloud Realm, its destination the Celestial Secrets Realm.

Along the way, it needed to pass through over a hundred lesser chiliocosms, stopping at each to pick up more cultivators.

Therefore, the entire journey would take roughly thirty-some years.

When Su Xing’s immersive simulation ended, the vessel was still voyaging through the void.

“Next time, I hope we can safely reach the Celestial Secrets Realm…”

“Although we have a powerful escort like Xiao Zhanlong along the way, for some reason I can’t shake this ominous premonition…”

Su Xing shook his head slightly.

This immersive simulation had yielded enormous gains.

These gains were more about growth in mental fortitude…

Throughout his cultivation journey, Su Xing had never experienced any real setbacks, but the process of rebuilding his cultivation in this immersive simulation would make his future path on the Dao much smoother.

Even one as powerful as a Grand Luo Golden Immortal had to treat their mental state with the utmost care.

All the more so for Su Xing, who needed this kind of mental growth!

After pondering for a moment, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【Year 290: You boarded the immortal vessel and voyaged through the void alongside a multitude of cultivators, departing from the White Cloud Realm and heading toward the Celestial Secrets Realm.】

【In the blink of an eye, ten years passed…】

【During these ten years, you remained aboard the immortal vessel, recovering your cultivation daily.】

【Year 300: Your cultivation was finally fully restored!】

【At the same time, this year your disciple Bai Yutang successfully broke through to the Void Return stage!】

【And Bai Xiaoxiao also successfully advanced to the Spirit Transformation stage…】

【Over these ten years, under Xiao Zhanlong’s leadership, you stopped at over a dozen more lesser chiliocosms, selecting talented cultivators from each to bring to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion.】

【As you visited more and more worlds, the space on the immortal vessel grew increasingly scarce, nearly reaching full capacity.】

【Year 310: The immortal vessel now carried millions of low-ranking cultivators from over a hundred different worlds, all bound for the Celestial Secrets Realm.】

【Watching the number of cultivators aboard the vessel grow ever larger, an ominous premonition stirred faintly in your heart.】

【The vessel carried cultivators of remarkable aptitude from various worlds—over a million of them.】

【Ranging from Nascent Soul and Spirit Transformation stage cultivators to Tribulation Transcendence and Immortal realm cultivators… they represented the hope of the Heavenly Secrets Domain for the next millennium to ten millennia!】

【If this vessel were destroyed, the entire Heavenly Secrets Domain could face a generational gap in cultivators for the next ten thousand years.】

【Such a golden opportunity would never be overlooked by the aliens that had already invaded the Heavenly Secrets Domain, nor by the Advent Cult…】

In the Real World, Su Xing’s expression grew heavy as he read this.

“That’s right—every Spirit Transformation cultivator aboard this vessel… in a few hundred or thousand years, could become an Immortal!”

“In ten thousand years, those cultivators could become Celestial Immortals or even True Immortals!”

“If I were a member of the Advent Cult… I would never pass up such an opportunity!”

With this thought, Su Xing became even more certain that the Advent Cult had definitely prepared a contingency to attack this flying vessel!

“So then, let’s see how the Celestial Secrets Pavilion plans to handle this…”

Su Xing was curious. The Celestial Secrets Pavilion couldn’t possibly have failed to consider this—they must have prepared countermeasures.

The only question was whether those countermeasures would be sufficient.

His gaze returned to the simulation panel.

【Over a year passed. The immortal vessel safely traversed several more lesser chiliocosms, and the vessel was now nearly filled to capacity with cultivators.】

【You drew ever closer to the Celestial Secrets Realm…】

【But you noticed that the closer you got to the Celestial Secrets Realm, the more cautious Xiao Zhanlong—the person in charge of this voyage—became.】

【Xiao Zhanlong, once an incorrigible drinker, had not touched a single drop of alcohol in three full years… as if bracing for something.】

【From Xiao Zhanlong’s demeanor, it was not hard for you to guess that something was indeed about to happen.】

【Year 315: Bai Xiaoxiao successfully broke through to the peak of Spirit Transformation.】

【And the astonishingly talented Bai Yutang was already not far from the Body Integration stage.】

【This year, your comprehension of the Great Dao had nearly fully recovered. You began employing the Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny, attempting to divine future fortune and calamity.】

【But after multiple divinations in succession, you sensed an invisible fog that seemed to obstruct your readings.】

【You even expended a thousand years of lifespan, barely managing to divine that a calamity would strike within the next six months.】

【But as for how the calamity would arrive, you could not determine.】

【Cautious by nature, you told your two disciples to hide inside your Portable Grotto-Heaven in the coming days, to guard against any unexpected events.】

【In the blink of an eye, several months passed.】

【One day, sure enough, eerie fluctuations rippled through the void beyond the vessel.】

【A beam of brilliant light shot from hundreds of thousands of li away, striking the vessel with pinpoint accuracy.】

【Fortunately, at that very moment, a transparent formation barrier rose over the vessel, firmly blocking the beam.】

【Even so, the entire vessel shook violently.】

【You had been meditating in your room when the sudden tremor jolted you awake. Through the barrier, you sensed numerous powerful auras rapidly approaching.】

【You sighed at the sight—it seemed the attack had come at last!】

【The next second, Xiao Zhanlong stepped through the void and landed atop the vessel, his gaze locked onto a certain direction hundreds of thousands of li away.】

【The vessel and the attackers were heading toward each other. In mere moments, they had already closed the distance.】

【And you finally saw the enemies lying in ambush!】

【It was an entire alien legion, numbering over ten thousand!】

【Every single alien was an existence above the divine realm.】

【You could even sense that over half of them possessed True God-level strength… and quite a few aliens wielded power comparable to True Immortals or Mystic Immortals!】

【What shocked you even more was that in this alien legion, every single alien had red eyes!】

【The aura of the alien at their head made even your heart tremble…】

【Compared to the forces aboard this vessel, the alien legion was overwhelmingly more powerful!】

【You couldn’t help but wonder—facing such formidable enemies, how would Xiao Zhanlong respond?】

In the Real World, Su Xing’s heart lurched when he saw this.

That the alien legion was powerful had been within Su Xing’s expectations.

But these red-eyed aliens…

“Hiss~ Why would red-eyed aliens appear here?”

“Could it be that Red Moon truly didn’t die back then… and even made it to the Heavenly Secrets Domain!”

Su Xing’s expression turned grave. He knew all too well how tenacious Red Moon was, and how powerful and numerous the red-eyed aliens were.

And this Red Moon was actually so hard to kill that it survived the joint assault of two Supreme Unity Golden Immortals—and even made it to the Heavenly Secrets Domain?

“The Heavenly Secrets Domain… is that Red Moon’s and the aliens’ next target?”

Su Xing understood the importance of this intelligence.

Red Moon’s tenacity lay not only in its own formidable power, but in the endless hordes of red-eyed aliens that posed a dire threat to the human race!

“But there’s no point worrying about all that right now…”

“Whether the vessel can even survive this crisis is still uncertain… If we truly can’t hold, I’ll have no choice but to flee!”

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

【As the alien legion drew ever closer to the vessel—】

【Xiao Zhanlong, standing alone atop the vessel, couldn’t help but let his expression turn solemn.】

【The next second, he let out two bold laughs, produced a wine gourd, and downed most of its contents in a single gulp. A celestial sword engraved with a golden dragon appeared in his hand.】

【Then, with a single slash, sword light swept across tens of thousands of li, instantly slaying several thousand alien gods!】

【Under that single strike, every alien god below the Greater Divine Power level perished.】

【Over eighty percent of the ten thousand-strong alien force was annihilated in an instant… The remaining twenty percent were mostly wounded, staring at Xiao Zhanlong in terror.】

【The power of this strike had already surpassed the Golden Immortal level, reaching the realm of Supreme Unity!】

【But the aliens did not remain in disarray for long. Before much time had passed, the alien Chief at their head stepped through the void and appeared a hundred li (50 km) from the vessel.】

【Xiao Zhanlong’s expression grew grave, for this was an alien god comparable to a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal!】

【Without a moment’s hesitation, the two supreme combatants clashed…】

【The exchange between Supreme Unity Golden Immortals could destroy worlds with the slightest gesture.】

【If that alien god were to free its hands, the vessel would surely be doomed, millions of cultivators would die… and the Heavenly Secrets Domain’s future could face a generational collapse in cultivation.】

【On the alien side, the powerful alien god pinned down Xiao Zhanlong, while the remaining alien gods charged toward the vessel and began their slaughter.】

【But Xiao Zhanlong was not the only guardian aboard the vessel.】

【The next second, hundreds of powerful cultivators leaped from the vessel. Every one of them possessed strength above the Celestial Immortal level, with the strongest approaching the Mystic Immortal realm. They flew toward the alien gods, and a great battle erupted instantly.】

【The entire vessel descended into panic in an instant. Countless cultivators had their hearts in their throats.】

【If the vessel were struck, these millions of cultivators could not possibly survive in the void.】

【Compared to these cultivators, you remained far calmer, your divine sense continuously monitoring Xiao Zhanlong’s battle.】

【You knew in your heart that only the battle between Xiao Zhanlong and the alien Chief would determine the fate of the entire vessel!】

【If Xiao Zhanlong fell, millions of cultivators would perish!】

【But from your observation, the two seemed evenly matched, and this battle could last for years.】

【Meanwhile, the vessel continued on its planned course toward the Celestial Secrets Realm.】

【At this pace, the vessel might arrive safely at the Celestial Secrets Realm.】

【However, events unfolded beyond expectations.】

【Under the cover of the alien forces, a group of black-robed figures quietly approached the vessel…】

【According to your divine sense, this group numbered around ten. Even the weakest among them possessed Celestial Immortal-level cultivation… and the one at their head had a cultivation level so deep that even you could not see through it!】

In the Real World, Su Xing furrowed his brow tightly upon reading this.

“The leader of those black-robed figures must be at least… at the Golden Immortal or even Supreme Unity Golden Immortal level!”

Su Xing immediately felt a wave of dread.

An organization fond of wearing black robes—Su Xing’s first thought was the Advent Cult!

“Then… is the one leading them Blood Two? Or one of the top-ten cadres?”

A faint worry crept into Su Xing’s heart. If it truly was Blood Two making a move…

Without another Supreme Unity Golden Immortal, there would be no stopping him!

“It looks like things are about to go badly! These millions of cultivators and the vessel probably won’t survive… I should take the siblings and flee as soon as possible!”

Su Xing felt helpless.

If it really was Blood Two, there was nothing he could do.

His gaze returned to the simulation panel.

【Aboard the vessel, you kept a wary eye on that group, ready to flee at any moment.】

【Clearly, you were not the only one who had noticed them—Xiao Zhanlong had detected them as well.】

【But strangely, Xiao Zhanlong showed not the slightest hint of panic, focusing solely on fighting the alien god.】

【You noticed this too, and curiosity stirred in your heart—could the Celestial Secrets Pavilion have yet another card to play?】

【With that, you relaxed slightly and began to observe the approaching group more carefully.】

【In the space of a breath, the group was less than ten li (5 km) from the vessel.】

【At this rate, the vessel could be destroyed in the very next instant!】

【Yet at that exact moment, an unassuming wooden sword flew from atop the vessel, crossing the distance in the blink of an eye and passing through the group.】

【The next second, nine of the ten black-robed figures were dead—including one at the peak of the Mystic Immortal realm!】

【Only the one at their head barely managed to block the strike, though his expression turned grim.】

【Your heart shook at the sight—could there be yet another sword cultivator hidden aboard the vessel?!】

【And judging by the power of that swordsmanship—instantly killing someone at the peak of Mystic Immortal—this was very likely a Sword Immortal above the Supreme Unity level!】

【Your heart settled a little, and you quietly waited for the outcome of this battle.】

【The leader of the black-robed figures, upon seeing the wooden sword, sneered coldly: “What a grand gesture from the Celestial Secrets Pavilion—to actually enlist the mighty White Emperor himself as an escort!”】