Chapter 397 – Subduing the Star Realm, Three Flowers Converge Above!
by spirapiraWhen Su Xing spoke these words, he was utterly righteous and sincere.
There wasn’t the slightest hint of deceit in his manner.
Combined with the enhancement of his “Self-Help Guru” talent, Xingnu no longer harbored any doubts whatsoever.
Tears streamed down the old man’s face as he spoke with trembling excitement. In the end, he knelt before Su Xing and said:
“You… you’ve finally acknowledged your identity… This old servant has waited for this day for a full forty thousand years!”
“Our lineage has been awaiting the return of the Lord of the Stars since thirty-seven generations ago…”
“Spanning over three million years… Now the wish of all the Star Shaman descendants has finally been fulfilled in this old man’s hands!”
Su Xing listened to Xingnu’s words, a flicker of surprise in his eyes.
The Star Realm lineage had been waiting for the Lord of the Stars for a full three million years?
Perhaps… they had begun waiting ever since the Star Shaman race migrated to the Star Realm?
Su Xing only gave it a brief thought. He had no interest in the history or heritage of the Star Shaman race.
Right now, all he cared about was how much benefit he could extract from the Star Shaman race!
With that in mind, Su Xing said to Xingnu:
“Ahem, actually, my return to the Star Realm this time…”
“Besides bringing you the Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method, I also need you to help me with something!”
“I need Star Stones — the more, the better!”
Upon hearing Su Xing’s words, Xingnu naturally agreed with the utmost respect, saying:
“Lord of the Stars… the entire Star Realm belongs to you. However many Star Stones you want, they are naturally yours…”
“However…”
“Star Stones are formed from the condensation of extraterrestrial meteorites, and their numbers are scarce… Even the entire Star Realm doesn’t have that many!”
“If it were just our Purple Star Tribe alone, even if we exhausted the entire tribe’s resources, we could only gather a few thousand Star Stones…”
“But if we rally all the tribes of the Star Realm, we may be able to present you with a sufficient number of Star Stones!”
At this point, Xingnu spoke even more reverently:
“I humbly request that the Lord of the Stars issue the order to convene the Star Assembly…”
“Inviting all tribes of the Star Realm to attend…”
“The Star Realm has been divided for far too long… It is time for unification!”
Hearing Xingnu’s words, Su Xing fell into thought.
Clearly, a unified Star Realm would provide far greater benefits to Su Xing!
The Star Realm had thousands of tribes. If they remained divided, any single tribe could offer Su Xing very little help.
But if he could rally the power of the entire Star Realm, Su Xing would possess terrifying support and resources.
As for whether the various Star Realm tribes would submit as Xingnu had…
Su Xing wasn’t worried.
The Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method was something every tribe revered as sacred scripture!
If they wanted to cultivate it, they would have to acknowledge Su Xing as their master.
On top of that, Su Xing possessed the “Self-Help Guru” talent, and his personal strength was overwhelmingly powerful.
With a carrot in one hand and a stick in the other, Su Xing refused to believe the Star Realm tribes wouldn’t submit.
With that thought, Su Xing nodded slightly:
“Since that’s the case, I’ll leave the matter of the Star Assembly to you.”
“Approximately how long will it take?”
Xingnu thought for a moment, then said:
“The various tribes of the Star Realm are very far apart from one another… and they each operate independently.”
“Even if this old servant gathers the tribes in the name of the Lord of the Stars, it will still take considerable time…”
“However, at most a year, and at minimum half a year, the majority of the tribes will have assembled!”
“The Star Assembly lasts for three years… After this old servant spreads the word throughout the realm, tribes will arrive one after another…”
After a brief pause, Xingnu said with some confidence:
“This old servant cannot speak for others, but the tribes that are vassals of our Purple Star Tribe will certainly rush here at the fastest speed possible…”
After hearing Xingnu’s description, Su Xing gradually organized his thoughts.
The gist was that over the next half year to one year, these tribes would arrive one after another.
Su Xing simply needed to wait quietly for the Star Stones to come pouring in!
Even so, Su Xing still said:
“I have critical use for the Star Stones. The sooner the better on your end… Collect as many Star Stones as you possibly can for me!”
Hearing Su Xing’s words, Xingnu wasted no time and said directly:
“Lord of the Stars… I will issue the order immediately to collect every Star Stone in the Purple Star Tribe and deliver them all to you!”
With that, Xingnu first arranged accommodations for Su Xing, then issued the order to collect Star Stones, and sent word to all major tribes to convene the Star Assembly!
…
Su Xing arrived at his temporary residence, turned around and entered the spirit field grotto-heaven, opened the simulation panel, and prepared to begin a new round of simulation.
Three full weeks had passed since his last simulation.
Su Xing had now accumulated three simulation attempts!
Combined with over six million origin energy, Su Xing was ready to boost his cultivation first.
He also wanted to check whether any unexpected events would occur at the Star Assembly…
With that thought, Su Xing opened the simulation panel and silently intoned:
“Begin simulation!”
【Simulation #144 initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 6,869,207 points… Remaining simulation attempts: 2.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a gold legendary talent costs 1 origin energy point. Draw?】
“Yes!”
【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the gold talent Longevity Physique… Next gold talent draw probability: 80%.】
【Longevity Physique】: Gold talent. You are born with the gift of longevity; your lifespan is ten times that of cultivators at the same realm.
“Hm? Ten times the lifespan — Longevity Physique!?”
Su Xing blinked. This was undoubtedly a game-breaking talent!
Ten times the lifespan of cultivators at the same realm meant that at the Golden Immortal stage, Su Xing would possess tens of millions of years of lifespan!
Comparable to a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal!
If an ordinary cultivator obtained this talent, they wouldn’t need to worry about lifespan at all. They could simply hunker down and outlast the ages.
With sufficient lifespan, they could accumulate cultivation and supernatural arts… until they became a hegemon of the Three Thousand Worlds!
But lifespan was no longer of much use to Su Xing!
Su Xing currently had over five hundred thousand years of lifespan, and each simulation didn’t come close to using it all…
“Tsk tsk, what a shame… This Longevity Physique talent isn’t useful for now, but it’s definitely a broken-tier talent. Keeping it for later will definitely come in handy!”
Su Xing murmured. What mattered most to him right now was increasing his strength!
“Currently, my Body Tempering cultivation has reached the fifth layer Perfection… I wonder if, without the Primordial Energy Tree, I can use Heart of the Strong to break into the sixth layer?”
“If not, I’ll have no choice but to focus entirely on advancing my Qi Refinement cultivation!”
Su Xing thought to himself.
“And the progress of the Star Assembly also needs attention…”
His gaze fell on the simulation panel.
【Ding! Please select a talent for Plus One enhancement…】
“I choose to enhance Late Bloomer…”
【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you realized you are in a simulation!】
【You left the spirit field grotto-heaven and waited quietly in the Purple Star Tribe.】
【One day later, Xingnu found you and presented Star Stones of various qualities, totaling over eight thousand…】
【These Star Stones represented the entire Purple Star Tribe’s complete inventory.】
【After that, you waited quietly in the Purple Star Tribe for one month.】
【Within that month, a total of one hundred and seventy-two tribes came to attend the Star Assembly, presenting over one hundred thousand Star Stones.】
【You stayed in the Star Realm for half a year.】
【During this half year, a total of over one thousand seven hundred tribes attended the Star Assembly, presenting over six hundred thousand Star Stones.】
【After half a year, you left the Star Realm and headed to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【In the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, you reported the news from Earth…】
【Afterward, you prepared to return to Earth to evacuate the human race.】
【However, the moment you approached Earth, you felt a stinging pain between your brows, and the Blessed by Fortune talent frantically sent warnings…】
【You performed a divination and learned that if you continued toward Earth, you would face a life-or-death calamity.】
【You instantly understood — Blood Two must have already arrived at Earth and set up an ambush…】
【Under these circumstances, you couldn’t take the risk and had no choice but to temporarily return to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
In the Real World, Su Xing’s brow furrowed tightly as he read this.
“By my calculations, Blood Two will arrive at Earth in seven months at the latest?”
“There’s not much time left for me!”
Seven months meant Su Xing could run at most twenty-odd more simulations.
Only if he could achieve strength rivaling a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal within those twenty-odd simulations would Su Xing be able to protect himself against Blood Two!
“And seven months is the latest estimate… Ideally, reaching Supreme Unity Golden Immortal strength within half a year would give me a decent margin of safety.”
At this thought, Su Xing felt an even greater sense of urgency!
“No, I can’t linger too long in the Star Realm… One month at most, then I must leave and return to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!”
Su Xing estimated that obtaining a hundred thousand Star Stones within one month wasn’t too shabby.
The exact amount of origin energy they would yield was uncertain due to varying Star Stone quality.
But one thing was certain — after consuming this batch, Su Xing would need to head back.
After all, this outing had already taken longer than the previous one!
“Based on the simulation, it seems only about a quarter of the Star Realm’s major tribes can attend the Star Assembly within half a year.”
“Considering the distance factor… ultimately, more than half should attend within a year…”
“Within three years, perhaps two-thirds?”
Su Xing mulled it over.
After millions of years, the fact that nearly two-thirds of the Star Realm’s cultivators were still willing to acknowledge him as the Lord of the Stars was already remarkably good.
“But there’s still a gap before completely subduing the Star Realm!”
Su Xing considered that to fully restore and control the Star Realm, he would likely need to entice them with tangible benefits.
The title of Lord of the Stars alone might not be enough!
“In that case, let’s go all in!”
Su Xing already had a plan forming in his mind.
But for now, the simulation needed to continue, and his cultivation advancement needed to accelerate.
His gaze returned to the simulation panel.
【Year five: the Celestial Secrets Pavilion dispatched two Supreme Unity Golden Immortals to investigate Earth.】
【You accompanied the two Supreme Unity Golden Immortals and successfully relocated Earth’s human race into the Spirit Domain.】
【The battle between four Supreme Unity Golden Immortals was beyond your ability to participate in, so you returned to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】
【Over the next five years, you traveled to the Azure Cloud Sect and traded for Dao-Enlightenment Tea.】
【Year ten: the two Supreme Unity Golden Immortals returned, gravely wounded…】
【You then spent thirty years collecting the Luotian Sect’s legacy.】
【After completing all of this, you chose not to remain in the Azure Origin Domain, but instead headed for the Heavenly Secrets Domain!】
【Year fifty: you arrived at the South Sea Realm.】
【Year sixty: you successfully crossed the Endless Sea and reached the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】
【After arriving at the White Cloud Realm, you cultivated there.】
【Since your Body Tempering cultivation had reached its limit with no further advancement possible, you could only devote more time to advancing your Qi Refinement cultivation and studying the Spirit Domain.】
【In the blink of an eye, two hundred and forty years passed…】
【Time quickly reached year three hundred!】
【This year, your cultivation finally reached the late stage of Mystic Immortal fifth layer.】
【Your Spirit Domain range expanded to three thousand eight hundred li (1,900 km)…】
【You successfully boarded the Celestial Vessel sent by the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, heading for the Celestial Secrets Realm.】
【Year three hundred and twenty: the Celestial Vessel was ambushed by foreign race raiders.】
【You slaughtered nearly a thousand foreign race deities, and spent a full half month personally slaying a second-rank Divine Sovereign.】
【Afterward, the Celestial Vessel continued smoothly toward the Celestial Secrets Realm.】
【Year three hundred and thirty: the Celestial Vessel successfully arrived at the Celestial Secrets Realm.】
【Because of your proactive efforts against the foreign races, you earned the White Emperor’s favor. The White Emperor decided to make time to personally guide your swordsmanship.】
In the Real World, Su Xing’s eyes lit up at this.
“It seems not using the immersive simulation early this time was the right call!”
“If the White Emperor personally mentors me, combined with the Dao-Enlightenment Tea… my swordsmanship cultivation speed will be dramatically faster!”
“Reaching the fifth realm of the Sword Dao is no longer just a dream!”
At this thought, Su Xing silently intoned:
“Activate immersive simulation, duration: seventy years!”
【Ding… Remaining origin energy: 6,843,657 points…】
After the Chime faded, Su Xing’s consciousness entered the simulation world.
…
Celestial Secrets Realm, atop a certain great mountain peak.
Su Xing gazed at the figure before him — clad in white robes, holding a wooden sword.
“So, are you ready… to seek my guidance on the Sword Dao?”
“But let me say this upfront—I don’t take disciples. I’m merely giving you a few pointers!”
White Emperor fiddled with the wooden sword in his hands as he spoke lazily.
Su Xing nodded upon hearing this. Having White Emperor offer guidance at all was already exceptional.
“Are you ready then?” White Emperor looked at Su Xing.
This Great Firmament Golden Immortal truly admired Su Xing from the bottom of his heart.
Not only was his talent superb and his temperament excellent—the kid was even handsome!
Were it not for all this, White Emperor wouldn’t have been willing to personally offer guidance.
Countless Supreme Unity Golden Immortals dreamed of having White Emperor teach them even a single move or half a technique, yet none could manage it.
Su Xing understood how precious this guidance was. He took out a cup of pre-brewed Dao-Enlightenment Tea, took a small sip, and felt his comprehension ability surge dramatically.
“Senior, then I shall begin demonstrating my Sword Dao…”
Su Xing was still speaking when White Emperor’s eyes went wide.
“Dao-Enlightenment Tea?! How the hell do you have something this good?”
White Emperor swallowed hard, looking nothing like a Great Firmament Golden Immortal or the world’s greatest Sword Immortal.
A supreme treasure like Dao-Enlightenment Tea was a rare commodity even for Great Firmament Golden Immortals.
Not only because it vastly enhanced the speed of comprehension, but also because this tea… was bitter first, then sweet, with an endlessly lingering aftertaste!
But White Emperor only felt a touch of envy.
With his dignified status as a Great Firmament Golden Immortal, he wouldn’t stoop to stealing a cup of Dao-Enlightenment Tea from Su Xing.
And so, Su Xing began demonstrating his Sword Dao.
Starting from the most basic sword forms, then the heaven-earth-man Three Talents Sword Art… then the sword energy he had honed through slaughtering tens of millions of foreign races and cleaving mountain after mountain.
From Protective Sword Aura… to void sword strikes, and finally Su Xing’s “safety sword intent”—all were displayed before White Emperor without reservation.
And though White Emperor’s Sword Dao was peerless, he carried no airs of a Great Firmament Golden Immortal.
White Emperor’s method of teaching Su Xing swordsmanship was not simply forcing his own Sword Dao onto Su Xing.
It was more like an exchange…
Using his tens of millions of years of experience to guide Su Xing, helping him walk further along the path of the Sword Dao.
Throughout the entire process, Su Xing felt remarkably at ease.
The occasional collision between their Sword Daos produced sparks of inspiration that left Su Xing deeply moved.
Combined with the dramatically enhanced comprehension from drinking the Dao-Enlightenment Tea, along with his Innate Sword Body, Su Xing could draw inferences from one example to many, effortlessly grasping White Emperor’s guidance.
…
Time flew by in the blink of an eye—seventy years passed.
During these seventy years, Su Xing did not discuss swordsmanship with White Emperor every day.
Most of the time, Su Xing conducted his research alone.
But whenever he encountered doubts, he would always seek out White Emperor and request guidance.
Under these circumstances, Su Xing’s Sword Dao comprehension improved at a blazing pace.
In a mere seventy years, Su Xing went from entry-level of the Sword Dao fourth realm straight to fourth realm Major Mastery!
On this day, Su Xing calculated on his fingers and realized the immersive simulation was about to end.
So he wanted to ask White Emperor about a few questions on his mind.
“Senior White Emperor, may I ask—what realm has your Sword Dao reached?”
Upon hearing Su Xing’s words, White Emperor smiled and said:
“The Great Daos of this world are divided into eight realms in total… The eighth realm is where the Great Dao merges with the body, attaining sainthood through the Dao… Any immortal who reaches the eighth realm can already be called a Saint!”
“And I am merely a Great Firmament Golden Immortal. What realm do you think I’m at?”
Hearing White Emperor’s words, Su Xing immediately understood his meaning.
In all the vast world, only a Great Firmament Golden Immortal who had entered the eighth realm of a certain Great Dao could become a Saint!
And below sainthood, the seventh realm was… the Great Dao Fully Realized!
As the foremost sword cultivator of the Three Thousand Worlds, White Emperor had likely reached the peak of the Great Dao’s seventh realm…
But had not yet achieved the eighth!
“White Emperor—the number one Sword Dao practitioner in all Three Thousand Worlds!”
Su Xing felt deeply moved, thinking to himself.
White Emperor saw Su Xing’s expression and knew Su Xing had understood his meaning.
But seeing Su Xing remain silent, he assumed Su Xing’s Daoheart had been damaged after learning just how high his realm was.
So he offered some comfort:
“Ahem, you’re still young!”
“When this genius here was your age, my swordsmanship wasn’t even as good as yours!”
“Right now your Sword Dao is at the fourth realm Major Mastery… you’re not far from the fifth realm!”
“At your age, with your talent—how many in this world can compare?”
White Emperor didn’t know Su Xing’s actual age, and simply assumed he was less than a hundred thousand years old.
After hearing White Emperor’s words, Su Xing didn’t bother explaining further. He simply bowed respectfully to White Emperor and said:
“Senior White Emperor, thank you for your guidance during this time… In the future, I will surely drive out the foreign races and restore peace to the Three Thousand Worlds!”
Hearing Su Xing’s words, White Emperor rolled his eyes and said:
“Hey, kid… quite the bold claim!”
“Even this genius here wouldn’t dare say he could drive out the foreign races…”
Su Xing said nothing more after hearing this.
He was, after all, different!
Every simulation was a new opportunity!
If once wasn’t enough, then ten times. If ten times wasn’t enough, then a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand!
As long as Su Xing simulated enough times, what was there to fear from the foreign races?
…
When the immersive simulation ended, Su Xing’s consciousness returned to reality.
After first digesting the memories, Su Xing felt the explosive increase in his Sword Dao comprehension and nodded with satisfaction.
“At this rate, the next immersive simulation… might be enough to break through to the Sword Dao fifth realm in one push!”
“This speed is far faster than I imagined!”
Su Xing deeply appreciated the difference between having a mentor’s guidance versus studying alone.
Although Su Xing possessed the Innate Sword Body and had extraordinary talent in the Sword Dao,
with the Five Elements Holy Physique boost, his aptitude in the Five Elements Dao should logically be even higher.
Even so, it had still taken Su Xing a full three and a half immersive simulations just to barely step into the fifth realm of the Five Elements Dao!
Yet now, under White Emperor’s guidance, Su Xing had completed the leap from fourth realm entry-level to fourth realm Major Mastery in just a single simulation!
“Excellent—this immersive simulation was absolutely worth it!”
“It seems I can’t keep working behind closed doors anymore. If there are opportunities, I should seek more guidance!”
Su Xing calculated the time—the seventy-year immersive simulation had ended.
That meant it was now the four-hundredth year.
This year, Su Xing would set out on a mission, preparing to seek out the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign.
“I wonder if Heart of the Strong will trigger this time and push my body tempering cultivation further?”
Su Xing felt a hint of anticipation as he turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【Year four hundred: You followed a mid-stage Golden Immortal Elder to jointly exterminate the Red-Pupiled foreign race.】
【With your current strength, plus a mid-stage Golden Immortal Elder, even if you couldn’t defeat the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign, the threat of death wasn’t significant.】
【Sure enough, just as you predicted, the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign’s methods were bizarre and unpredictable. Even though the battle lasted an entire year,】
【you ultimately suffered severe injuries at the hands of the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign. Though part of the reason was that you had been protecting the mid-stage Golden Immortal Elder.】
【This battle was only a narrow defeat. With the Golden Immortal Elder’s help, you both managed to escape with your lives.】
【The two of you fled back to the Celestial Secrets Realm and began recuperating from your injuries.】
【After a month of rest, your injuries fully recovered…】
【At the same time, your cultivation surged in one push, breaking through to the mid-stage of Mystic Immortal sixth-level!】
【A leap of nearly an entire minor realm made your magical power approximately thirty percent more dense.】
【Although your Qi Refinement cultivation successfully broke through, you still felt some regret in your heart.】
【Moving forward, you devoted even more of your attention to advancing your Qi Refinement cultivation…】
In the Real World, Su Xing sighed upon seeing this.
“Heart of the Strong didn’t enhance my body tempering cultivation?”
“Perhaps without the Primordial Energy Tree, body tempering cultivation simply can’t continue advancing?”
Su Xing shook his head slightly, no longer pinning his hopes on Heart of the Strong.
Perhaps breaking through Qi Refinement cultivation to Golden Immortal first, then traveling to the Seventh Heaven to seek the Primordial Energy Tree, was the best course of action!
“Then for this simulation, I’ll push my Qi Refinement cultivation to the seventh level as far as possible!”
The gap between Mystic Immortal sixth-level and seventh-level was the difference between mid-stage and late-stage.
The difference was not trivial.
Once he broke through, Su Xing’s magical power would likely double and then some!
At that point, Su Xing would truly possess the strength to face a late-stage Golden Immortal alone!
With this thought, Su Xing felt anticipation rising as he turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【After breaking through to mid-stage Mystic Immortal sixth-level, you practiced the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art day and night without rest.】
【In the blink of an eye, a hundred years passed.】
【Year five hundred: This year, your Spirit Domain range expanded to four thousand two hundred zhang (13.99 km)!】
【Because your Qi Refinement cultivation had improved and no longer required blood essence supplements, you only took on the most basic missions, devoting the majority of your time to cultivation.】
【Year five hundred eighty: Your cultivation finally broke through to late-stage Mystic Immortal sixth-level.】
【Year seven hundred: Your Spirit Domain range expanded to four thousand eight hundred zhang (15.98 km)!】
【Year seven hundred sixty: After sixty years of cultivation, your cultivation finally climbed to the peak of Mystic Immortal sixth-level!】
【At this moment, you were only a single step away from Mystic Immortal seventh-level…】
【Without a moment’s hesitation, you poured all your energy into pushing for Mystic Immortal seventh-level!】
【In cultivation, time loses all meaning. In the blink of an eye, thirty years passed…】
【On this day, something stirred in your heart, and you turned your gaze toward the nearby Spirit Vein Dragon.】
【The spirit dragon seemed to sense what you were thinking. It opened its maw, and a massive ball of pure spiritual energy gushed forth.】
【After expelling this breath of spiritual energy, the Spirit Vein Dragon wilted considerably and quickly fell into a deep slumber.】
【With the aid of this surge of spiritual energy, you launched your final push toward Mystic Immortal seventh-level!】
【In the blink of an eye, seven days passed!】
【In the end, with this breath of pure spiritual energy, you successfully stepped into Mystic Immortal seventh-level!】
【Congratulations—you have become a late-stage Mystic Immortal cultivator!】
In the Real World, Su Xing felt a surge of joy upon seeing this.
“Phew, I’ve finally made it into late-stage Mystic Immortal…”
“At this rate, the peak of Mystic Immortal isn’t far off either!”
Su Xing did some quick calculations.
At this pace, two or three more simulations at most and he could step into Mystic Immortal Great Perfection.
At that point, he would only need to condense the Three Flowers Above the Crown, and he could smoothly advance to the Golden Immortal realm!
“Calculating the timeline, it’s about time to start preparing to condense the Three Flowers Above the Crown and advance to Golden Immortal…”
Su Xing murmured to himself.
He had previously read extensively about condensing the Three Flowers Above the Crown from the Celestial Secrets Pavilion during his immersive simulations.
The so-called Three Flowers Above the Crown were actually the “magnificent” energy within one’s heart!
In the cultivation world, “flower” was interchangeable with “magnificence”!
And the Three Flowers symbolized the three energies of “essence, qi, and spirit.”
They were also known as the “Heaven, Earth, and Man” Three Flowers!
Once one successfully condensed the Three Flowers Above the Crown, one could achieve the Dao in a single day and advance to the Golden Immortal realm!
“The so-called Human Flower corresponds to refining essence into qi. According to Dao teachings, it means renouncing carnal desire…”
“The Earth Flower corresponds to refining qi into spirit… meaning banishing fear from the heart.”
“As for the final Heaven Flower, it involves refining spirit back into the void—cultivating one’s true spirit to achieve a state of transcendence beyond the material world…”
The Heaven, Earth, and Man Three Flowers were described in ancient texts with layer upon layer of seemingly mystical explanations.
But based on Su Xing’s own research, as well as consulting great cultivators like White Emperor, it was actually quite simple.
It meant casting off desire and achieving transcendence beyond the material!
Previously, when Su Xing had first become an immortal, he had already passed the Heart Tempering Tribulation.
And had survived it multiple times since.
However, the path of cultivation was inherently a process of continuous refinement.
As one’s cultivation rose, those desires would continuously be reborn…
To completely sever them was impossible unless one reached the realm of sainthood.
Su Xing was nowhere near the realm of sainthood right now.
Therefore, he had to condense the Three Flowers Above the Crown, unifying his essence, qi, and spirit, so that evil and corruption could not invade him, and his lifespan would become limitless.
“Soon… Golden Immortal is coming soon!”
Su Xing took a deep breath and turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【After reaching late-stage Mystic Immortal, the magical power within your body grew more than twofold!】
【After several months of adjustment, you brought yourself to peak condition and prepared to face the great battles ahead!】
【Year eight hundred: The first major war between the Heavenly Secrets Domain and the foreign races finally erupted in full!】
【You performed brilliantly in this war. In just a few short years, you successively slew two second-rank Divine Sovereigns, and the number of foreign race divine beings you killed was beyond counting…】
【At the same time, you sensed that elusive, lingering feeling of being watched.】
【Sure enough, the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign had set its sights on you once again!】
【But compared to four hundred years ago, your strength had already risen to another level entirely.】
【Even in a direct confrontation with the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign, you felt no fear whatsoever…】