Chapter 382 – Finally Reaching the Mystic Immortal Realm, Su Xing Wants to Test the Gap Between Himself and Golden Immortals! [8k, Monthly Tickets Please]
by spirapiraChapter 382 – Finally Reaching the Mystic Immortal Realm, Su Xing Wants to Test the Gap Between Himself and Golden Immortals! [8k, Monthly Tickets Please]
“Heart of the Strong? What kind of talent is this?”
Su Xing was momentarily stunned, then hurriedly looked at the talent’s description.
【Heart of the Strong】: Can only be triggered once per simulation. Whenever you find yourself in a desperate situation, facing mortal peril, as long as you successfully escape, your potential and cultivation will further improve, achieving a breakthrough in cultivation.
Su Xing read through it twice before finally understanding the new talent’s function.
“Hiss~ Heart of the Strong — this talent seems rather powerful!”
“Although the restrictions are considerable, once triggered, the rewards must be astonishing!”
Heart of the Strong, in Su Xing’s view, had two major restrictions.
First, it could only be triggered once per simulation.
Second, it could only activate after facing a life-or-death crisis and surviving.
The effect of Heart of the Strong, put simply, was somewhat like the Saiyan physique from an anime he’d watched in his previous life — growing stronger through battle, breaking past limits after facing mortal danger!
“This talent seems to have some real substance! I can keep it for future use…”
“However, the trigger conditions are extremely harsh. If I’m facing enemies like Qingyunzi or Blood Three… I probably couldn’t trigger it at all, unless I consciously control when this talent activates!”
“I’d need to ensure I encounter a life-or-death crisis during the simulation, then narrowly survive… only then can I maximize the returns!”
Su Xing pondered for a while, and several methods for triggering Heart of the Strong surfaced in his mind.
“The talent is good, but for this simulation, breaking through to Mystic Immortal as quickly as possible is still the priority!”
Su Xing clenched his fists, a glimmer of anticipation in his eyes.
His gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【Ding, please select the talent to enhance with Plus One…】
“I choose the Late Bloomer talent…”
【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you become aware that you are in a simulation.】
【You chose not to head to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, but instead stayed on Earth to see when Blood Three would arrive.】
【Over the next year, you condensed heart-fire qi on Earth.】
【In the second year, you performed daily divinations to assess your safety.】
【Finally, one day the hexagram showed extreme danger — within seven days, a death tribulation was approaching!】
【The only way to survive was to leave Earth…】
【You knew that Blood Three was about to arrive!】
【Blood Three’s arrival came roughly one year after Old Dog Dragon’s death… meaning you had only one year to prepare.】
【Facing this tribulation of life and death, you did not hesitate. You chose to take some of your family and friends, piloted the Star-Moon Shuttle, and headed for the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【After arriving at the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, you quickly reported the intelligence from Earth.】
【You made it explicitly clear that the Advent Cult and Red Moon were both on Earth… and you attempted to request a Great Firmament Golden Immortal to intervene.】
【But unsurprisingly, even the Celestial Secrets Pavilion could not easily mobilize a Great Firmament Golden Immortal, let alone a mere branch pavilion.】
【Under these circumstances, you could only seek to protect yourself.】
【You traveled to the Azure Cloud Sect and successfully completed a transaction with Qingyunzi.】
【When meeting Qingyunzi, you told him about Red Moon and the Advent Cult on Earth, though you concealed the details about the Luotian Mirror.】
【Though Qingyunzi wished to help, he was currently at the lowest point of his power, and was further afflicted by the evil corpse’s consumption. He truly could not spare the effort to resolve the situation.】
【Left with no choice, you departed the Azure Cloud Sect and headed for the Nine Heavens Domain, preparing for the final breakthrough!】
【In the fifth year, you began searching for Luotian Sect inheritances in the Azure Origin Domain.】
【Over more than ten years, you found dozens of inheritances and then traveled to the Nine Heavens Domain.】
【In the twentieth year, within the Fifth Heaven Secret Realm, you entered seclusion to condense heart-fire qi.】
【In the blink of an eye, sixty years passed…】
【In the eightieth year, you were just one final step away from successfully condensing heart-fire qi!】
【With the boost from the Late Bloomer talent, your speed of condensing heart-fire had increased by a full four times!】
【Finally, in the hundredth year, one day inspiration struck and you felt pure magical power surging from your heart.】
【You felt the power of your internal magical energy nearly double once more…】
【Congratulations, you have successfully condensed heart-fire qi!】
【Now, heart-fire, kidney-water, spleen-earth, liver-wood, and lung-metal qi — all Five Elements have been condensed… only the final Five Qi Converging Upon the Origin remains before you can step into the Mystic Immortal realm!】
【Without hesitation, you immediately began preparing for the Five Qi Converging Upon the Origin.】
In the Real World, Su Xing’s expression grew somewhat excited as he read this.
“Finally, the most critical moment has arrived!”
“As long as I successfully complete the Five Qi Converging Upon the Origin, I can step into Mystic Immortal and enjoy a lifespan exceeding five cosmic cycles! Both my magical power and combat strength will undergo a qualitative transformation!”
Su Xing recalled the intelligence he had on Five Qi Converging Upon the Origin.
Condensing the five qi within the chest was, in fact, laying the groundwork for the Five Qi Converging Upon the Origin stage!
As the saying went: the heart stores the spirit, the liver stores the soul, the spleen stores the will, the lungs store the vigor, and the kidneys store the essence!
For cultivators, the five internal organs each corresponded to five fundamental aspects of a cultivator’s being — spirit, soul, will, vigor, and essence!
The vast majority of people had only heard of the kidneys storing vital essence, unaware that each of the five organs had its own purpose.
This was also the reason why a cultivator’s strength would greatly diminish upon losing their physical body…
“Five Qi Converging Upon the Origin isn’t difficult in itself… there are multiple methods for condensing the five qi. The most common method is to wander the mortal world, experiencing the full range of human emotions, in order to achieve Five Qi Converging Upon the Origin!”
“Heart-sorrow, liver-joy, spleen-desire, lung-anger, kidney-pleasure… successfully absorbing these five emotions into the five organs, corresponding to spirit, soul, will, vigor, and essence, achieves the state of Five Qi Converging Upon the Origin!”
“This is also why those half-step Mystic Immortal cultivators love to wander the mortal world… to experience the joys and sorrows of human life.”
“Cultivating the Dao, when it comes down to it… is cultivating the heart!”
After a pause, Su Xing continued:
“Besides wandering the mortal world to seek the five emotions for Five Qi Converging Upon the Origin… there is another method to achieve it!”
“That is, finding five supreme treasures!”
“A heart-fire treasure, corresponding to the Southern Scarlet Emperor’s fire qi converging upon the origin!”
“A liver-wood treasure, corresponding to the Eastern Azure Emperor’s wood qi converging upon the origin…”
“A spleen-earth treasure, the Central Yellow Emperor’s earth qi converging upon the origin…”
“A lung-metal treasure, corresponding to the Western White Emperor…”
“A kidney-water treasure, corresponding to the Northern Dark Emperor…”
The two methods for condensing Five Qi Converging Upon the Origin each had their advantages and disadvantages.
The mortal world method required an enormous amount of time, ranging from ten thousand to tens of thousands of years…
While the five supreme treasures were exceedingly rare and difficult to purchase!
For an ordinary Peak True Immortal, obtaining even one was already extremely difficult, let alone all five.
“However, I already have two of the treasures in hand — heart-fire and spleen-earth… I just need to find three more, and I can break through Five Qi Converging Upon the Origin in one go, saving an enormous amount of time!”
Su Xing murmured to himself. This time, he didn’t plan to waste time, but rather intended to purchase the treasures through sheer wealth.
Otherwise, if he had to experience the mortal world, Su Xing might need to waste anywhere from several to over a dozen simulations…
The two treasures Su Xing had already collected were the Vermilion Bird tail feather and the Five Elements Soil!
The Vermilion Bird belonged to the lineage of the Southern Scarlet Emperor in ancient times, and thus could serve as a heart-fire treasure.
The Five Elements Soil encompassed all things and could serve as a spleen-earth treasure.
“So next, I just need to find the remaining three treasures…”
“The treasures needed for Five Qi Converging Upon the Origin are different from Dao essence treasures — they must be innately formed and conform to the principles of Five Qi Converging Upon the Origin to be considered ideal!”
Su Xing wasn’t sure whether these treasures would be easy to obtain.
But for now, he could only try his luck.
“The Tianyuan Realm, as one of the top Greater Worlds in the Azure Origin Domain, might have five qi treasures at auction?”
Su Xing decided to check the situation in the Tianyuan Realm first.
With this thought, Su Xing’s gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【In year one hundred and one, after successfully condensing heart-fire qi, you decided to head to the Tianyuan Realm to search for news of five qi treasures.】
【In year one hundred and ten, you successfully arrived at the Tianyuan Realm and visited the Gold Coin Trading Company!】
【You displayed your half-step Mystic Immortal cultivation and stated your purpose directly — you had come seeking five qi treasures and hoped to purchase them from the Gold Coin Trading Company.】
【Half-step Mystic Immortal cultivation already made one a figure of considerable renown in the Three Thousand Worlds, holding the rank of Elder even in top-tier factions.】
【Therefore, the president of the Tianyuan Realm branch of the Gold Coin Trading Company personally received you.】
【This president was a true Mystic Immortal cultivator… and naturally understood what resources were needed for the Five Qi Converging Upon the Origin stage.】
【The branch president asked why you did not experience the mortal world, but instead chose to spend a fortune purchasing five qi treasures.】
【You simply stated that you did not wish to waste time…】
【The branch president did not press further upon hearing this, but merely informed you that five qi treasures were extremely difficult to obtain.】
【The last Five Qi treasure auction had been a hundred years ago, where a heart-fire treasure was sold for the staggering price of nearly one hundred million high-grade spirit stones!】
【Even the Gold Coin Trading Company, which claimed to have everything, could not guarantee that five qi treasures would be in stock at all times.】
【You nodded slightly upon hearing this, understanding that treasures of this caliber were not easy to find. You exchanged contact information with the branch president, agreeing that he would notify you once he had any leads.】
【After securing this branch president’s promise, you did not simply wait around. Instead, you searched among various trading companies, hoping to find news of five qi treasures.】
【Fortune ultimately smiled upon you!】
【You only had to wait ten years…】
【In year one hundred and twenty, the Gold Coin Trading Company’s branch president contacted you, informing you that a liver-wood treasure would be auctioned in ten years.】
【You were overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately rushed back to the Azure Origin Domain.】
【In year one hundred and thirty, the auction officially began!】
【The liver-wood treasure was a branch of the sha-tang tree, one of the ten great divine trees of antiquity…】
【This tree grew in the uttermost east; consuming its fruit could grant a cultivator exceptional affinity with water. Though not as precious as the divine fusang tree or the jian-mu tree, it still ranked at the bottom of the innate treasure list…】
【Many cultivators, drawn by the sha-tang tree branch’s reputation, came to participate in the auction.】
【From what you could sense alone, there were no fewer than fifty True Immortal cultivators, and more than ten Mystic Immortal cultivators…】
【You foresaw that competition for this treasure would be fierce, but you had ample wealth and spirit stones. You were determined to obtain this wood!】
【In the end, you successfully won the palm-sized sha-tang tree branch at the staggering price of two hundred million high-grade spirit stones…】
【The moment the branch was in your hands, you perceived the rich essence of wood within it, also suffused with water Dao essence. It was indeed an Eastern liver-wood treasure!】
【After obtaining this treasure, you were elated and continued to stay in the Tianyuan Realm, hoping to win the next Five Qi treasure at auction.】
【Thus, another ten years passed…】
【In year one hundred and forty, you received a tip that traces of a kidney-water treasure had appeared in a certain Secret Realm…】
【Upon receiving this information, you did not hesitate and immediately set off.】
【But being cautious by nature, before entering the Secret Realm, you cast a divination.】
【The hexagram showed that this trip to the Secret Realm carried some risk, but was not fatal.】
【You assumed there were simply demonic beasts guarding the place, and proceeded anyway.】
【However, what you did not expect was that this was actually a trap specifically targeting you!】
【Ten years ago, at that auction, your extravagant purchase of the liver-wood treasure had caught the eye of a Mystic Immortal bandit…】
【This time, he had deliberately spread false information in order to rob you of your treasures!】
【You were unaware of this and simply proceeded to the Secret Realm…】
【In year one hundred and forty-one, upon arriving at the Secret Realm, you encountered the Mystic Immortal who had been lying in ambush for you…】
【He was a mid-stage Mystic Immortal bandit. Though he could not truly be called an evil cultivator, as a rogue cultivator by origin, he occasionally engaged in robbery and killing…】
【But this time, targeting you naturally did not end well for him.】
【Having traveled all this way, since you couldn’t obtain the treasure, you certainly weren’t going to leave empty-handed.】
【You showed not a shred of mercy, battling him for ten days and ten nights before finally slaying him!】
【After this battle, your reputation began to spread widely across the Azure Origin Domain…】
【In year one hundred and forty-five, you entered the Prodigy List’s Earth Ranking, placed at ninety-ninth.】
In the Real World, Su Xing frowned slightly upon reading this.
“Tsk tsk, I didn’t expect that even on the verge of reaching Mystic Immortal realm… I’d still be targeted by other cultivators!”
“But fortunately, with my strength, as long as no Golden Immortal makes a move… all other cultivators are just easy pickings!”
“Right now, I’ve already gathered three five qi treasures. I just need the kidney-water and lung-metal treasures, and I can begin condensing the Five Qi Converging Upon the Origin!”
After a pause, Su Xing sighed:
“Sigh, I can only hope to gather the treasures as soon as possible…”
His gaze returned to the simulation panel.
【After that battle, over the next decade and more, you received no word of any treasures.】
【Not until year one hundred and sixty!】
【That year, you learned from the Gold Coin Trading Company of a lung-metal treasure…】
【In a certain Secret Realm, what appeared to be a White Tiger Descending the Mountain painting had emerged. This painting corresponded to the Western White Tiger’s position and was a rare lung-metal treasure.】
【Without hesitation, you headed straight for the Secret Realm to explore…】
【Blessed with the Heaven-Sent Fortune talent, your luck was remarkable, and coupled with your outstanding strength… you obtained the White Tiger Descending the Mountain painting in merely one year!】
【At this point, you had gathered four of the five five qi treasures. Only the final one remained — the kidney-water treasure…】
【But heaven did not grant your wish. Over the next twenty years, you received no word of any treasures.】
【In year one hundred and eighty, you decided to wait no longer and headed for the Nine Heavens Domain, preparing to comprehend the Five Elements Dao.】
【Because by now, the situation in the Azure Origin Domain had deteriorated. The Lesser Azure Cloud Realm had been destroyed, and the Yellow Sand and Black Water Realms had suffered successive invasions… You had to achieve results as quickly as possible, then travel to the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】
【In year one hundred and eighty-one, you successfully arrived at the Fifth Heaven Secret Realm.】
In the Real World, Su Xing sighed upon reading this.
“I must reach the Celestial Secrets Realm before the two hundred and eighty year mark… only then can I guarantee over nine hundred years of simulation!”
“If I can’t find a kidney-water treasure in the Azure Origin Domain, I’ll have to try looking in the Heavenly Secrets Domain…”
Su Xing estimated that the Heavenly Secrets Domain would certainly have a kidney-water treasure.
After all, the Heavenly Secrets Domain was the core of the Three Thousand Worlds’ five great domains!
With this thought, Su Xing murmured:
“Activate immersive simulation, duration sixty years!”
【Ding! You have successfully used immersive simulation… remaining origin energy: 15,317,545 points…】
As the simulation Chime faded, Su Xing’s consciousness entered the simulated world.
…
Within the Fifth Heaven Secret Realm, Su Xing began preparing to comprehend the Great Dao of Speed.
He took out dozens of Dao essence treasures related to the Great Dao of Speed, brewed himself a cup of Dao-Enlightenment Tea, and began his contemplation.
In the blink of an eye, fifty-four years passed.
Su Xing had spent all fifty-four years contemplating the Great Dao of Speed.
Triple-potency Dao-Enlightenment Tea combined with one opportunity for Inevitable Epiphany—together, they were equivalent to nearly twelve thousand years of contemplation!
Yet Su Xing was still a considerable distance from the fifth realm of the Great Dao of Speed…
“Whew… I’ve reached roughly Minor Mastery of the fourth realm in the Great Dao of Speed?”
“At this rate, I’ll need at least four more simulations before I can step into the fifth realm!”
Su Xing shook his head slightly, though he wasn’t in any particular rush.
He still had enough time. In the Real World, it would take a month at most to step into the fifth realm.
“It’s just that kidney-water treasure that’s proving troublesome!”
Su Xing shook his head, preparing to leave the Nine Heavens Domain.
However, just after leaving the Secret Realm, Su Xing suddenly felt an insight stir within him, and he gazed toward a certain direction in the Fifth Heaven.
For reasons he couldn’t explain, Su Xing had a feeling that a wonderful surprise awaited him in that direction!
Su Xing decided to follow his inner premonition and rode his sword toward the place he sensed.
When Su Xing passed through the mist and arrived at an entirely new Secret Realm, he was startled by the sight before him.
He appeared to be at the bottom of an extremely deep ocean!
“This is a Secret Realm… made entirely of ocean?”
Su Xing cast two spells to make himself a bit more comfortable. As for the water pressure of the ten-thousand-mile deep sea, it had virtually no effect on him whatsoever.
After exploring this Secret Realm for a while, Su Xing soon discovered a powerful demon beast!
It was a giant octopus whose cultivation had already reached the Mystic Immortal level!
The moment Su Xing approached the octopus, it attacked him.
Early-stage Mystic Immortal strength was nothing to scoff at, but for Su Xing as he was now, it still fell short.
In merely a week, Su Xing had successfully slain the octopus demon beast.
Afterward, Su Xing entered the octopus’s lair.
Inside the lair, Su Xing felt something stir in his heart, and he looked toward a certain direction deep within.
A fist-sized black pearl radiated waves of mysterious energy, making it impossible for Su Xing to tear his gaze away.
“This appears to be… a Weak Water Pearl!”
Su Xing’s eyes went wide, his voice tinged with excitement!
The Weak Water Pearl was a treasure formed from the condensation of Weak Water, an innate divine water!
This pearl was ranked on the Treasure Rankings, and though its placement wasn’t particularly high, it was still an innate treasure that even Golden Immortals could only dream of!
Most critically, this Weak Water Pearl was a kidney-water treasure!
It perfectly matched Su Xing’s requirements for condensing the Five Qi!
“Hiss… how could such a treasure appear in the Fifth Heaven?”
“Could this really just be… luck?”
Su Xing couldn’t help but exclaim at his good fortune. This Weak Water Pearl was even more precious than the sha-tang tree branch from before—it should by all rights have appeared in the Sixth Heaven.
It seemed that Su Xing’s Heaven-Sent Fortune talent had truly manifested its power, leading him to such a treasure!
“Now all that’s left is Five Qi converging upon the origin, and Mystic Immortal will be within reach!”
Without hesitation, Su Xing took the Weak Water Pearl and returned to the Secret Realm, preparing for his final closed-door breakthrough!
…
Real World. The immersive simulation ended.
Su Xing slowly opened his eyes as memories flashed through his mind one after another.
“The Mystic Immortal breakthrough is imminent! Once I succeed… I’ll be able to head to the Heavenly Secrets Domain!”
Su Xing’s gaze fell upon the simulation panel.
【In the 240th year, you began preparing for the Five Qi converging upon the origin stage to break through to the Mystic Immortal realm!】
【Taking out the five treasures one by one, you smoothly absorbed the Five Qi from them, feeling the rapid transformation of the immortal power within your body as your cultivation began to gradually shift…】
【In the blink of an eye, ten years passed!】
【In the 250th year, after a full decade of cultivation, one day inspiration struck and you sensed the change in your realm!】
【The Five Qi within your chest continuously condensed—the Five Qi converging upon the origin stage was successfully achieved!】
【In that instant, the immortal power within your body completed its sublimation…】
【At this moment, streaks of thunder seemed to flash across the sky…】
【The Mystic Immortal tribulation was approaching!】
In the Real World, Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this:
“The Mystic Immortal tribulation isn’t exactly a fearsome tribulation…”
“According to the conventions of the cultivation world, the four most difficult tribulations are: Tribulation Transcendence to become an immortal, Celestial Immortal advancing to True Immortal, Mystic Immortal advancing to Golden Immortal, and Supreme Unity advancing to Great Firmament.”
“Given my current foundation, this Mystic Immortal tribulation of lightning shouldn’t pose much of a problem…”
Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
【From high above the Nine Heavens, massive bolts of thunder crashed down upon you.】
【You stood upright upon the earth, watching the thunder approach without the slightest fear…】
【The first bolt of thunder struck… the second bolt of thunder struck!】
【In the blink of an eye, all eighty-one bolts of thunder had descended!】
【But you had only sustained minor injuries, recovering rapidly thanks to your physique’s enhancements. The Mystic Immortal Thunder Tribulation was nothing to you!】
【In fact, during the tribulation, you felt your Great Dao of Thunder advance even further…】
【Congratulations! You have successfully broken through to the Mystic Immortal realm!】
【After breaking through to Mystic Immortal, you feel the very essence of your life has undergone a sublimation!】
【At this moment, you can finally be considered a great cultivator of the Three Thousand Worlds!】
【Throughout the entire Three Thousand Worlds, including the alien races, Mystic Immortals are regarded as top-tier powerhouses…】
【After breaking through to Mystic Immortal, your immortal power is stable and unshakable, the Five Qi circulating endlessly within your chest, and your soul, will, essence, vigor, and spirit have grown to unprecedented heights!】
【You feel that among Mystic Immortals, you are already virtually invincible!】
【Even against a half-step Golden Immortal, you would dare to fight head-on!】
【After the breakthrough, you rested for only a few days before hurriedly piloting the Star-Moon Shuttle toward the South Sea Realm…】
In the Real World, Su Xing let out a long breath upon seeing this.
“Finally, after all that painstaking effort… I’ve reached the Mystic Immortal realm!”
“Mystic Immortal—condensing the Five Qi within one’s chest—is the level at which one truly possesses the ability to sustain prolonged combat!”
“The Mystic Immortal realm is what the alien gods call a third-level Divine Sovereign!”
“The mere fact that one earns the title of Divine Sovereign sets one apart from ordinary gods… and that alone shows just how powerful Mystic Immortals truly are!”
After a brief pause, Su Xing said with a smile:
“There are still over thirty years until the 280th year… Based on previous developments, the White Cloud Realm should be destroyed around the 300th year, so the situation in the Heavenly Secrets Domain hasn’t undergone any major changes yet…”
“I can still make it in time for that encounter with the White Emperor…”
“And with that, I can find a way to see if I can trigger Heart of the Strong!”
Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
【In the 251st year, you set out for the South Sea Realm.】
【With Mystic Immortal cultivation, you could fully power the Star-Moon Shuttle. Combined with the boosts from the Dao of Space and the Great Dao of Speed, your travel speed was nearly double what it had been before!】
【In the 265th year, after only fifteen years, you successfully crossed nearly half of the Azure Origin Domain and arrived at the South Sea Realm!】
【Without the slightest hesitation, you prepared to set out across the Endless Sea.】
【In the blink of an eye, twenty years passed…】
【You spent a full twenty years following the previous route across the Endless Sea and successfully arrived at the White Cloud Realm!】
【In the 285th year, you found the young Bai siblings in the White Cloud Realm.】
【At this time, Bai Xiaoxiao was still just a minor Foundation Establishment cultivator, while Bai Yutang had only recently begun Qi Refinement.】
【Based on previous simulation trajectories, in another fifteen years the White Cloud Realm would be destroyed.】
【Bai Xiaoxiao would die, while Bai Yutang would go on to make a name for himself in the Heavenly Secrets Domain…】
【But since you had come to the White Cloud Realm, you naturally would not allow that to happen.】
【And so, you took the Bai siblings as your disciples and guided them in their cultivation.】
【Using the Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny, you reversed the siblings’ innate talents, dramatically improving their cultivation aptitude.】
【From then on, you cultivated while simultaneously guiding the siblings in their training.】
【In the blink of an eye, fifteen years passed…】
【In the 300th year, as the White Cloud Sect was on the verge of annihilation, you brought the siblings aboard the White Emperor’s immortal vessel…】
【During these fifteen years, you had been cultivating the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art. However, after reaching Mystic Immortal, the immortal power within your body had become immensely dense, and the time needed to advance further had grown even longer…】
【Fifteen years of cultivation, enhanced by the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art and various talents, was equivalent to roughly a thousand years of bitter training for an ordinary True Immortal… yet you were still a considerable distance from mid-stage of the first layer of Mystic Immortal!】
In the Real World, Su Xing sighed deeply upon seeing this:
“After reaching Mystic Immortal, cultivation has become even more difficult!”
“In the Three Thousand Worlds, every single person who manages to cultivate to the Mystic Immortal realm is a heaven-blessed genius…”
“Ethereal Roots, divine bodies, sacred bodies abound… my cultivation aptitude no longer holds much of an advantage…”
“But thankfully, with the boosts from my various talents, one year of my cultivation is still equivalent to decades of bitter training for an ordinary Mystic Immortal.”
“I just wonder how long it would take me, relying on my own cultivation alone, to advance through one full layer?”
Mystic Immortal cultivators had lifespans of hundreds of thousands of years—enough time to raise their cultivation all the way to Mystic Immortal Great Perfection.
However, those who could actually ascend to the Golden Immortal realm were exceedingly few…
Only those with exceptional aptitude and extraordinary fortune could glimpse the mysteries of the Golden Immortal.
Condensing the three flowers atop one’s crown, achieving Golden Immortal—only then could one roam freely across the Three Thousand Worlds and dominate an entire domain…
“Still, there’s the Heart of the Strong talent. If I can use it properly… perhaps it could dramatically increase my cultivation speed!”
Su Xing pondered thoughtfully, then looked at the simulation panel.
【In the 300th year, after boarding the immortal vessel, it sailed toward the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】
【During the voyage, you continued your daily cultivation without fail, yet your progress remained slow…】
【In the blink of an eye, another twenty years passed…】
【In the 320th year, the traveling immortal vessel encountered an ambush by an alien army!】
【Soon, Xiao Zhanlong engaged in battle with the alien Divine Sovereign, while the cultivators aboard the vessel began rallying for a counterattack.】
【This time, you did not conceal your cultivation. Instead, you revealed your Mystic Immortal realm cultivation and defended the immortal vessel!】
【Your purpose, naturally, was to earn the White Emperor’s favor!】
【You displayed extraordinary swordsmanship talent, simultaneously engaging two third-level Divine Sovereigns comparable to Mystic Immortals, without falling behind in the slightest.】
【This battle lasted three days and three nights!】
【In the end, you successfully slew both third-level Divine Sovereigns…】
【Afterward, you went on a rampage across the immortal vessel, cutting down every alien that came near.】
【Such dazzling performance quickly drew the attention of a far more powerful alien!】
【A second-level alien Divine Sovereign comparable to a Golden Immortal had set its sights on you!】
【This was an alien exceedingly skilled in speed—when it moved, even you couldn’t follow its movements!】
【After closing in, it suddenly unleashed a terrifying strike…】
【A single blow shattered the Protective Sword Aura surrounding you… 4,900 layers of Protective Sword Aura, yet they could only barely withstand one strike from a Golden Immortal without killing you.】
【Your brow furrowed tightly as you gazed at this alien god targeting you, yet boundless battle intent surged within your heart.】
【With your cultivation, you were no match for a Golden Immortal… but you were far from powerless to resist!】
【You knew that only by facing this alien god head-on could you court death and find life… and seek a breakthrough!】
【After all, there would never be a better opportunity than this!】
“That’s right, this really is the perfect opportunity…”
Su Xing murmured.
He wanted to test the effects of his new talent, Heart of the Strong.
Heart of the Strong could grant a cultivator a massive surge in cultivation and power after surviving a life-or-death crisis.
But the trigger conditions were incredibly harsh…
Not only did he need to face a genuine life-or-death crisis, he also had to survive it…
Only in this battle aboard the immortal vessel did the human side have the White Emperor present.
If the White Emperor intervened and saved Su Xing’s life—
Then Su Xing might successfully trigger Heart of the Strong…
If the White Emperor didn’t intervene, then Su Xing would simply have the simulation end, nothing more…
After all, having successfully broken through to Mystic Immortal in this simulation, it was far from a loss no matter what happened.
“Then let me see just how vast the gap between me and a Golden Immortal truly is!”
Anticipation gleaming in his eyes, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
【Facing the terrifying alien Divine Sovereign before you, you did not retreat a single step. The Blackice sword hummed in your hand as you slashed toward the alien deity!】
【A single sword stroke spanning three thousand miles—the terrifying sword qi cut toward the alien Divine Sovereign’s vitals…】
【Yet the gap between Mystic Immortal and Golden Immortal was enough to drive one to despair…】
【On the alien god’s pitch-black, massive arms, a terrifying dark current appeared. With a casual swipe, it scattered your sword qi entirely.】
【Then the alien god erupted with terrifying speed and charged straight at you.】
【In the moment between life and death, your potential was pushed to its absolute limit. Holding nothing back, the sublimated five elements immortal power within your body was released at full force!】
【An invisible vortex of immortal power appeared in your hand…】
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