Chapter 398 – Sword Dao Fifth Realm, Slaying the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign!

【You battled the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign all along the way, unleashing terrifying combat shockwaves across the void.】

【Battles between late-stage Golden Immortal powerhouses could destroy worlds as a matter of course.】

【But the void was vast and boundless, and the battle between you two was like fireworks, illuminating only a small patch of space.】

【This battle lasted a full three years!】

【Relying on your terrifying physical regeneration, your new insights into the Sword Dao, and the inexhaustible magical power flowing within your body, you held your own against the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign without falling behind.】

【But as time wore on, you gradually began to feel your strength waning. If you continued fighting like this, you would eventually show signs of defeat.】

【Under these circumstances, you tore open the void and fled far away into a lesser chiliocosm…】

【After entering the lesser chiliocosm, you changed your appearance and assumed your Lesser Demon disguise identity.】

In the Real World, Su Xing let out a soft sigh upon seeing this.

“Still fell a bit short! But in this simulation, I fought a late-stage Golden Immortal powerhouse for three years without defeat. I’ve essentially crossed the threshold of late-stage Golden Immortal…”

“In the next simulation, once the Great Dao of the Sword successfully enters the fifth realm, I won’t be at any disadvantage against this Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign. I might even have a chance to defeat him!”

Su Xing was in no rush. With every simulation, his strength would undergo a transformation.

“As for what comes next, the Lesser Demon disguise’s strength also needs to be further elevated… Reaching Greater Divine Power shouldn’t be much of a problem!”

Su Xing murmured, his gaze turning to the simulation panel.

【In the year 810, you transformed into the appearance of a Lesser Demon and cultivated within that lesser chiliocosm.】

【Your existence quickly drew the attention of the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign, who enthusiastically invited you to join the Seventh Grand Legion.】

【What followed was the same as always — you accompanied the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign to the Grey Wolf Realm, this world occupied by the foreign races… and began your cultivation.】

【As always, aside from devouring blood essence for cultivation, you used your own misfortune to disrupt the karmic fortune of the entire foreign race.】

【In the blink of an eye, four hundred years passed!】

【In the year 1,200, your realm finally advanced another step, and you became a Lesser Demon of Greater Divine Power!】

【This news quickly swept across the majority of the foreign races!】

【A Lesser Demon of Greater Divine Power — such a being hadn’t been born in ten thousand years!】

【The entire Lesser Demon Tribe worshipped you as a deity… They placed their hopes on you becoming the first True God in the history of the Lesser Demon Tribe!】

【After all, given the Lesser Demon Tribe’s circumstances, as long as one became a True God, they could enter the Ancestral Land and receive the “baptism”!】

【You were quite curious about the so-called Ancestral Land, so you continued to cultivate diligently.】

【At the same time, several powerful first-rank Divine Sovereigns sent you invitations, hoping you would join more powerful legions.】

【But you paid them no heed and remained in the Seventh Grand Legion.】

【In the year 1,280, the Seventh Grand Legion was finally annihilated under your “sabotage,” and you joined the 3rd Grand Legion.】

【From then on, you settled down in the 3rd Grand Legion to cultivate. Due to your presence, the 3rd Grand Legion’s overall strength steadily declined.】

【Until the year 1,500, when the 3rd Grand Legion received orders to invade a Medium Chiliocosm.】

【You followed the legion into battle…】

【This time, you did not escape death, perishing at the hands of a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal…】

【Ding, this simulation has ended!】

Su Xing looked at the simulation text before him and nodded slightly.

“The Lesser Demon disguise identity has finally reached Greater Divine Power… One more step, and it’ll be True God!”

Su Xing was rather looking forward to seeing what the so-called Ancestral Land of the foreign races actually looked like.

Moreover, some of Su Xing’s future plans in the Real World would require the help of his Lesser Demon disguise identity.

Therefore, the stronger the Lesser Demon identity became, the better.

With this in mind, Su Xing turned his gaze to this simulation’s rewards.

【Longevity Physique】: gold talent, priced at 10 origin energy.

【Mystic Immortal Realm, Seventh Layer】: Condense the five qi within your chest, Five Qi converging upon the origin, and only then can you ascend to the rank of Mystic Immortal! Priced at 2,000,000 origin energy.

【Spirit Domain Cultivation Results】: A 5,000-li (2,500 km) Spirit Domain, beginning to gradually transform from Spirit Domain to Spirit Realm level. The Spirit Domain’s influence on reality grows stronger. Priced at 170,000 origin energy.

The Longevity Physique, though a powerful gold talent, was of little use to Su Xing at this point.

So Su Xing said as usual:

“I choose to bring out the Mystic Immortal Seventh Layer cultivation… and the Spirit Domain Cultivation Results!”

【Ding, you have successfully brought out Mystic Immortal Realm, Seventh Layer. Cost: 2,000,000 origin energy. Remaining origin energy: 4,843,657…】

【You have successfully brought out Spirit Domain Cultivation Results. Cost: 170,000 origin energy. Remaining origin energy: 4,673,657…】

Just like that, over two million origin energy was spent in the blink of an eye.

Su Xing felt a pang of reluctance, but the increase in strength was equally staggering.

Going from Mystic Immortal Fifth Layer to Mystic Immortal Seventh Layer, the density of Su Xing’s magical power had roughly doubled!

Combined with his Spirit Domain range finally reaching five thousand li (2,500 km), Su Xing’s spirit field grotto-heaven had also grown even more vast, further boosting his combat power!

“Not bad. After the next simulation, I’ll have nothing to fear from late-stage Golden Immortal cultivators!”

Su Xing looked at his remaining two simulation attempts and his several million origin energy, but felt no urgency to simulate just yet.

“The Star Realm — if I want to fully control it, I’ll need to employ some methods!”

Su Xing’s mind stirred, and he vanished from the Purple Star Tribe.

Arriving at an open plain, Su Xing took a deep breath. A wondrous radiance then erupted from his body.

Su Xing’s body began to grow at a rate visible to the naked eye, expanding wildly.

One zhang (3.33 m)… ten zhang (33.3 m)… a hundred zhang (333 m)… a thousand zhang (3.33 km)… ten thousand zhang (33.3 km)!

In the end, Su Xing transformed into a Wu Clan giant standing one hundred thousand zhang (333 km) tall, truly capable of holding up the heavens!

The strength of the Wu Clan was often correlated with physical size.

With Su Xing’s Ancient Shaman Physique, combined with his Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Fifth Layer (Perfection), the maximum he could achieve was a giant of one hundred thousand zhang (333 km)!

What kind of concept was a giant of one hundred thousand zhang (333 km)?

Anyone within ten thousand li (5,000 km) of Su Xing could see his form!

“Phew, this size should be more than enough!”

Indeed, Su Xing’s plan was to let his Wu Clan giant form appear before the eyes of every cultivator in the Star Realm!

A Wu Clan giant standing one hundred thousand zhang (333 km) tall far exceeded the imagination of any Star Realm cultivator.

Even the strongest being in the Star Realm could not transform into a giant anywhere close to ten thousand zhang (33.3 km).

Su Xing intended to use his overwhelming strength to announce the return of the “Lord of the Stars”!

At the very least, he would ensure his fame spread rapidly across the entire Star Realm!

And so, over the following week, Su Xing assumed his one-hundred-thousand-zhang (333 km) giant form and walked through every corner of the Star Realm.

Every tribe within the Star Realm came to know of this giant’s existence.

After completing all this, Su Xing reverted to his original appearance and returned to the Purple Star Tribe.

…

Within the Purple Star Tribe, the old man Xingnu had already heard intelligence about the “Wu Clan giant.”

Naturally, it wasn’t hard to guess that this Wu Clan giant was none other than the Su Xing standing before him!

“Lord of the Stars, sir… was that your true form you revealed earlier?”

Su Xing nodded and said:

“That’s right. After that spectacle… those tribes should be even more convinced of the Lord of the Stars’ existence!”

“Now, I’m going to pass you another jade slip. Recorded within it is the Great Shaman Body Forging Art… a body-tempering method from the Wu Clan lineage. When cultivated to a profound level, one can become a towering giant!”

With that, Su Xing handed the Great Shaman Body Forging Art to old Xingnu, and continued:

“All tribes that come to participate in the Star Assembly — as long as they offer sufficient Star Stones — may obtain this technique!”

Hearing Su Xing’s words, admiration deepened in Xingnu’s eyes, though a trace of worry also appeared.

“My lord, such a precious technique…”

Before he could finish, Su Xing waved his hand dismissively.

“The prosperity of the Star Realm cannot rely on the Lord of the Stars alone. Every cultivator in the Star Realm must be given the ability to cultivate!”

Hearing Su Xing’s words, Xingnu nodded firmly and hesitated no more.

After Xingnu departed, Su Xing took a deep breath and murmured:

“The seeds have been planted. Now I simply wait for the harvest!”

The Great Shaman Body Forging Art that Su Xing had given out was a version he had personally refined and streamlined, containing only the first five layers.

But that was more than enough for the Star Realm natives to cultivate to the equivalent of peak of Mystic Immortal!

Moreover, given the Wu Clan descendant bloodlines of the Star Realm’s inhabitants, cultivating the Great Shaman Body Forging Art would likely yield twice the results with half the effort.

In the future, these people would all become Su Xing’s assets!

With Su Xing presenting himself as the “Lord of the Stars,” combined with the Great Shaman Body Forging Art and the Lesser Celestial Cycle Star Observation Method, along with all the benefits he promised — there was no fear of those tribes’ cultivators not flocking to his side!

In just that single week, Xingnu had already collected over thirty thousand Star Stones.

Looking at the Star Stones in his storage ring, Su Xing’s mind stirred as he attempted to convert them into origin energy.

【Ding, detected a large quantity of material containing origin energy. Value: 1,217,065 points… Absorb?】

Su Xing did a quick mental calculation. Over thirty thousand Star Stones yielded only 1.2 million origin energy.

This meant only a portion of them were of high quality; the majority of Star Stones were of lower quality.

“Still, over a million origin energy isn’t bad at all!”

“The word has already spread. Over the next month, even more tribes should come seeking us out. I’ll just wait patiently for a month!”

As for this month, it was the perfect time for Su Xing to accumulate simulation attempts.

At this point, Su Xing’s simulation attempts had returned to three.

Su Xing prepared to begin a new round of simulation, and along the way, see how the Star Realm had responded.

“Begin simulation!”

【Simulation #145 initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 5,892,678… Remaining simulation attempts: 2.】

【Simulation begins!】

【Drawing a gold legendary talent costs 1 origin energy. Draw?】

“Yes!”

【Ding, congratulations! You have obtained the gold talent Solar Divine Physique… Probability of drawing a gold talent next time: 80%…】

【Solar Divine Physique】: gold talent, one of the Hundred Great Divine Physiques. You are naturally born with a partial inheritance of the Solar Star, granting you extremely high affinity for fire-element supernatural arts and spiritual energy. Ordinary evil spirits and demons find it difficult to approach you.

“Solar Divine Physique, huh?”

Su Xing glanced at the new talent’s description and found that this physique was indeed quite formidable.

But it still fell considerably short compared to Su Xing’s current Five Elements Holy Physique.

Furthermore, Su Xing didn’t have many talent slots remaining. He hadn’t even rushed to bring out a talent like the Longevity Physique.

“Right now I urgently need to raise my strength. The matter of talents can be put off for later…”

Su Xing’s gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【Ding, please select Plus One…】

“I choose Late Bloomer…”

【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you realize that you are in a simulation.】

【You stayed in the Star Realm for one month, quietly waiting for the tribes coming to participate in the Star Assembly.】

【Within one month, a total of 534 tribes participated one after another, offering a combined total of approximately 300,000 Star Stones…】

【Compared to before, the number of tribes participating in this Star Assembly increased by nearly threefold. Your display of the Wu Clan giant form and the spreading of news achieved tremendous success.】

【You took these Star Stones and departed from the Star Realm.】

【After another half month or so, you arrived at the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】

【You presented intelligence from Earth…】

【Afterward, you rushed to Earth at full speed and within just three months, relocated the entire human race of Earth to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.】

【Next, you made a trip to the Azure Cloud Sect and successfully reached a deal with Qingyunzi.】

【After obtaining the Dao-Enlightenment Tea, you began searching for the Luotian Sect’s legacy within the Azure Origin Domain.】

【Year 10: Two Supreme Unity Golden Immortals returned wounded. The alien races accelerated their invasion.】

【Year 30: You collected most of the legacies within the Azure Origin Domain and decided to head for the Endless Sea.】

【Year 50: You successfully crossed the Endless Sea and arrived at the White Cloud Realm.】

【Upon arriving at the White Cloud Realm, you devoted yourself to cultivating in this realm.】

【In the blink of an eye, the 300th year arrived…】

In the Real World, Su Xing gave a slight nod upon seeing this and murmured:

“The early development went smoothly. Next comes the battles against the alien races and preparing to comprehend the Sword Dao!”

“This time, I must successfully advance my Sword Dao into the fifth realm!”

Anticipation filled Su Xing’s heart as his gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【This year, the Celestial Vessel from the Celestial Secrets Realm arrived.】

【You boarded the Celestial Vessel and cultivated steadily aboard it.】

【Year 310: Your cultivation successfully reached the mid-stage of Mystic Immortal Seventh Layer…】

【Year 320: The alien races ambushed the Celestial Vessel. A great battle was imminent.】

【In this battle, you performed outstandingly, slaying a second-rank alien divine sovereign and over a thousand alien gods, earning the White Emperor’s recognition.】

【Year 330: You successfully arrived at the Celestial Secrets Realm and followed behind the White Emperor, studying the Sword Dao.】

In the Real World, Su Xing silently recited:

“Activate immersive simulation…”

【Ding… remaining origin energy: 5,867,128 points…】

Su Xing’s consciousness quickly entered the simulated world.

Over the next seventy years, Su Xing followed behind the White Emperor, wholeheartedly studying the Sword Dao.

…

When the immersive simulation ended, Su Xing returned to the Real World.

Upon returning to the Real World, the joy on Su Xing’s face was impossible to conceal.

“The Great Dao of the Sword has finally entered the fifth realm — the realm of true proficiency!”

Su Xing’s mind stirred, and countless streams of sword intent swirled around him. That piercing sword intent nearly warped the entire space of the spirit field grotto-heaven.

With the Sword Dao entering the fifth realm, Su Xing’s overall combat strength increased by at least thirty percent!

“The number of Protective Sword Auras has finally broken through its upper limit and can continue to increase!”

“As I am now, I truly possess the strength of a late-stage Golden Immortal!”

The fifth realm of the Sword Dao — that was something only ordinary Golden Immortals could comprehend.

Yet Su Xing hadn’t even reached Mystic Immortal Perfection and had already comprehended the fifth realm!

“I’m actually quite looking forward to it. I wonder if the current me is a match for that Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign?”

Su Xing’s gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【Year 400: Under the White Emperor’s guidance, your Sword Dao finally entered the fifth realm!】

【The Sword Dao has accompanied your growth all along, and even now remains one of your most powerful techniques.】

【After the Sword Dao entered the fifth realm, the power of Void Slash also grew further.】

【This year, you decided to go alone to hunt the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign, to test your current strength.】

【Upon arriving at the world where the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign resided, you quickly found it. A great battle was imminent…】

【The Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign was of the Red-Pupiled alien race, blessed with extraordinary talent… Besides being supremely skilled in illusion arts, it also possessed terrifying close-combat physical abilities.】

【Even your physical body at Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Fifth Layer (Perfection) was slightly inferior in comparison…】

【At first, you merely probed each other, holding strength in reserve.】

【Soon, three months passed… and the battle entered its white-hot phase.】

【The battle between you nearly engulfed half the world… If it continued, the countless living beings in that world would likely perish at your hands.】

【Therefore, you decided to lead the battlefield into the void — and this was exactly what the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign wanted.】

【In the void, alien Divine Sovereigns could unleash their full combat power!】

【However, your physical body was formidable, and with the Five Elements, speed, and Sword Dao all having entered the fifth realm, you were confident you would not be at a disadvantage even fighting in the void.】

【This battle lasted a full three years!】

【In the void, there was no spiritual energy to replenish. Even though you had condensed the Five Qi within your chest, your spiritual energy would eventually run out.】

【Fortunately, you had prepared sufficient spirit liquid in advance. Even in a war of attrition, you could outlast and drain this Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign to death!】

【From the beginning, when the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign was calm and composed, to eventually sustaining injuries…】

【By the fifth year of battle, the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign had already begun to harbor thoughts of retreat.】

【It had never encountered a human like you — clearly suffering severe injuries, yet recovering at a terrifying speed.】

【And whether it was the Sword Dao or the Five Elements Dao, both posed a genuine threat to the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign.】

【Finally, in the seventh year of battle, the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign took a direct hit from your Five Elements Spirit Burst, and at last resolved to flee. It tore open a rift in the void, preparing to escape.】

【But how could you let it have its way?】

【You gathered yourself for a moment, raising your sword intent to its absolute peak…】

【That silver sword radiance — your strongest sword technique, “Void Slash” — swiftly cleaved through space, bolstered by No Martial Virtue, and struck toward the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign’s eyes.】

【In an instant, both eyes ruptured. The Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign’s gaze was filled with thick disbelief, but ultimately it perished under that single sword strike…】

【The Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign’s life force began to gradually dissipate…】

【You quickly discovered residual divinity around the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign’s corpse…】

【This fragment of divinity symbolized slaughter and contained the Law of Slaughter… It was an extremely close match with the Great Dao of Killing you cultivated.】

【You took the divinity and returned to the Celestial Secrets Realm, successfully submitting the mission.】

In the Real World, the corners of Su Xing’s mouth curled upward.

“Finally, after so many attempts… I’ve finally slain the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign!”

Just four or five simulations ago, Su Xing was no match whatsoever for this Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign.

And now, after years of grueling battle, Su Xing had slain the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign.

Su Xing’s strength had climbed from early-stage Golden Immortal all the way to late-stage Golden Immortal!

Such growth was truly astonishing!

Amid the joy of his increased strength, Su Xing felt a touch of worry.

“Sigh, but without the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign to serve as a catalyst, how am I supposed to trigger Heart of the Strong going forward?”

“I can only keep searching to see if there’s a suitable existence that can help me trigger Heart of the Strong…”

Su Xing shook his head slightly.

By this point it was already year 400, and Su Xing still hadn’t found a suitable target for triggering Heart of the Strong.

And as Su Xing’s strength grew, the enemy he’d need to find next would have to be at the Perfection stage of Golden Immortal!

Such a powerhouse would be difficult to find whether among the alien races or the human race.

“If there’s truly no other way, I’ll just have to try my luck in the great war of year 800…”

Su Xing pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【Year 410: You returned to the Celestial Secrets Realm and began cultivating.】

【In the blink of an eye, ninety years passed.】

【Year 500: You successfully absorbed the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign’s divinity. Your comprehension of the Great Dao of Killing surged rapidly, and your Great Dao of Killing entered the fourth realm!】

【That same year, your Spirit Domain expanded to six thousand li (3,000 km)!】

【Year 505: Your cultivation advanced to the late-stage of Mystic Immortal Seventh Layer.】

【Year 600: Your cultivation advanced to the Peak of Mystic Immortal Seventh Layer.】

【You entered seclusion, seeking a method to break through…】

【After a full thirty years of seclusion, your cultivation finally took another step forward, successfully reaching Mystic Immortal Eighth Layer!】

【The magical power within your body grew thirty percent more dense.】

【But the bad news was that despite searching for a full two hundred years, you still hadn’t found a suitable target to trigger Heart of the Strong.】

【The opponents were either too strong or too weak… There was simply no opportunity to trigger Heart of the Strong.】

【But you did not give up, continuing your search while cultivating even harder.】

【Year 730: Your cultivation finally reached the mid-stage of Mystic Immortal Eighth Layer…】

【After over a hundred years of searching, you still hadn’t found a suitable target. You began waiting for the coming great war.】

【Year 790: Your Spirit Domain expanded to six thousand six hundred li (3,300 km)!】

【Only ten years remained until that battle.】

【You began accumulating reserves, conserving energy and adjusting yourself to peak condition, awaiting the arrival of the great war.】

【Year 800: The Celestial Secrets Pavilion declared war on the alien races, preparing to eradicate several worlds occupied by alien forces.】

【Over these years, the alien races had continuously invaded the Heavenly Secrets Domain. Most worlds that had been invaded were reduced to “dead realms” devoid of any life.】

【However, quite a few suitable worlds had been chosen by the alien races as bases of operation.】

【Many alien legions occupied those worlds, using them to launch continued invasions into the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】

【Over the years, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion had continuously investigated the coordinates of these worlds, sacrificing the lives of many cultivators in the process.】

【Ultimately, they locked down the coordinates of several worlds and prepared to annihilate the alien legions entirely!】

【This operation was led by the White Emperor, commanding nearly ten thousand immortals above the True Immortal realm and nearly a hundred Golden Immortals…】

【On the alien side, there were a full five legions’ worth of fighting power, with several Supreme Unity Golden Immortals among them.】

【As a high-end combatant of the human race, you naturally participated in this battle…】