Chapter 405 – New Changes, Su Xing Under Observation

Chapter 405 – New Changes, Su Xing Under Observation

【Cultivating an army of tens of billions of lesser demons was not difficult for you.】

【As the God of Lesser Demons, the talents you possessed allowed you to easily cultivate vast numbers of lesser demons.】

【Moreover, under the enhancement of your divinity, the strength of your lesser demon followers could be greatly amplified.】

【And so, over the next fifty years, you steadily cultivated lesser demon followers, continuously absorbing the power of faith.】

【At the same time, you also paid attention to intelligence from the Southern Barbarian Domain.】

【The Southern Barbarian Domain was indeed the weakest of the Five Great Domains.】

【The entire Southern Barbarian Domain had only the Southern Barbarian Emperor as a Great Firmament Golden Immortal…】

【According to the alien races’ intelligence, the Southern Barbarian Emperor was a veteran Great Firmament Golden Immortal who had been famous for a long time, but he had sustained hidden injuries in his earlier years that had damaged his foundation, making him not particularly powerful among Great Firmament Golden Immortals.】

【Furthermore, the overall strength of the entire Southern Barbarian Domain—whether in terms of the number of powerful experts or its core fighting force—was far inferior to the Seventh Grand Army.】

【In Year 1200, when your lesser demon army was officially deployed to the battlefield, the entire Southern Barbarian Domain was already collapsing like an avalanche.】

【More than two-thirds of its worlds had been occupied by the alien races, and the Southern Barbarian Emperor had been wounded by the Six-Winged Chief God in a great battle 1,200 years ago.】

【The remaining humans had mostly retreated to the northernmost part of the Southern Barbarian Domain, clinging desperately to a mere few hundred remaining worlds with the Southern Barbarian Realm at their core.】

In the Real World, Su Xing’s brow furrowed deeply when he saw this.

“The Southern Barbarian Emperor was wounded by the Six-Winged Chief God twelve hundred years ago?”

“Doesn’t that mean… it happened just recently?”

“Has the Southern Barbarian Emperor already been wounded, or has it not happened yet?”

Su Xing felt unsettled.

It was extremely difficult for a Great Firmament Golden Immortal to be wounded—ordinary injuries would heal rapidly.

But if the damage truly reached one’s foundation, let alone a thousand years, even ten thousand years might not be enough to recover.

“When exactly was the Southern Barbarian Emperor wounded? I should investigate this later…”

Su Xing murmured to himself.

His gaze returned to the simulation panel.

【Next, you attempted to join the battlefield, wanting to test whether your personal calamity could disrupt the speed of the alien invasion.】

【In Year 1300, you personally entered the war, joining a first-rank Divine Sovereign in invading a Medium Chiliocosm.】

【This battle lasted a hundred years. In the end, that first-rank Divine Sovereign was slain by a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal of the human race, and the momentum of the alien invasion was greatly diminished.】

【You narrowly escaped with your life and returned to the alien races’ main camp, continuing to wait for an opportunity.】

【In Year 1500, you entered battle a second time, and another first-rank Divine Sovereign was doomed by your bad luck…】

【This battle once again lasted a hundred years.】

【Time quickly arrived at Year 1600, and the Southern Barbarian Domain still had not been completely conquered.】

【You had indeed, through your efforts alone, delayed the speed of the alien invasion.】

【But the power of the Calamity Divine Physique had its limits…】

【Even though you had doomed two first-rank Divine Sovereigns and slowed the invasion.】

【In Year 1700, the final great battle erupted nonetheless!】

【The Six-Winged Chief God devised a plan to attack a Greater World, luring out the Southern Barbarian Emperor.】

【In this battle, the alien races had set layer upon layer of ambushes. The Six-Winged Chief God, at the cost of severing one of his wings, slew the Southern Barbarian Emperor!】

【However, in his dying moments, the Southern Barbarian Emperor fought back with everything he had, single-handedly killing several first-rank Divine Sovereigns…】

【You were also unfortunately killed by the residual shockwave of the Southern Barbarian Emperor’s final attack…】

【You died!】

【Ding, this simulation has ended!】

After the simulation ended, Su Xing stared at the text before him in prolonged silence.

“So, once again we’ve achieved the outcome where only I get hurt…”

Su Xing sighed, feeling somewhat helpless.

In this simulation, his lesser demon disguise identity had been a case of “serving one master while loyal to another.”

Though he was embedded within the alien army, everything he did was for the sake of the human race.

Unfortunately, the human race had no idea of his true identity.

“Alas, the Xenomorph talent ultimately can’t revert back to human form once you’ve transformed into an alien in the simulation…”

Su Xing shook his head slightly.

In the simulation, one could only permanently become an alien.

But in reality, Su Xing could use the Xenomorph talent countless times.

This gave Su Xing enormous room to maneuver.

“Whew, let me first check the rewards from this simulation…”

Su Xing looked at the rewards list.

【Innate Dao Physique】: Red talent, priced at 100 origin energy.

【Spirit Domain Cultivation Results】: Six-thousand-li (3,000 km) Spirit Domain, beginning to gradually transform from Spirit Domain to Spirit Realm level, with the Spirit Domain’s influence on reality growing stronger. Priced at 100,000 origin energy.

This simulation had been solely focused on deepening his Dao comprehension, so the number of rewards he could extract was relatively small.

Only the Innate Dao Physique talent and the Spirit Domain Cultivation Results were worth taking.

Su Xing didn’t hesitate and silently declared:

“I choose to extract the Innate Dao Physique talent and the Spirit Domain Cultivation Results…”

【Ding, detected that you possess the same type of talent Acquired Dao Physique. Auto-replacing…】

【You have successfully extracted Innate Dao Physique. Cost: 100 origin energy. Remaining origin energy: 1,264,744 points…】

【You have successfully extracted Spirit Domain Cultivation Results. Cost: 100,000 origin energy. Remaining origin energy: 1,164,744 points…】

The rewards extracted from this simulation were few, so his million-plus origin energy was more than sufficient.

As two streams of mysterious energy flowed into Su Xing’s body—

Su Xing could feel that his sensitivity to Dao comprehension had become sharper, several times what it was before.

At the same time, his domain range had grown by a thousand li (500 km), reaching the six-thousand-li (3,000 km) level.

After carefully experiencing the changes in himself, Su Xing let out a long breath of relief.

“Whew, this simulation didn’t cost much origin energy… And I still have three simulation attempts left. Should I improve my Dao comprehension one more time?”

Su Xing pondered for a moment.

If he went one more time, his comprehension of the Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny would likely step directly into the fifth realm.

At that point, Su Xing’s safety would be greatly assured.

“Before finding a large, stable source of energy, I definitely won’t have enough energy to extract cultivation levels in the future…”

“Perhaps I’ll need to accumulate for an entire month before I can advance my cultivation once… As for the excess simulation attempts, naturally the best use is improving Dao comprehension!”

Su Xing thought it over.

He was currently just one step away from the Golden Immortal realm. After reaching Golden Immortal, advancing even one minor sub-realm might require origin energy counted in the tens of millions!

How would Su Xing possibly obtain such quantities of origin energy then?

So his simulation attempts would certainly be in surplus.

Currently, Su Xing had three simulation attempts remaining. In five days, he could return to the Star Realm and harvest the next wave of origin energy.

In the meantime, Su Xing could absolutely run one more immersive simulation.

A single immersive simulation of a hundred years cost thirty to forty thousand origin energy, yet the improvement it brought Su Xing was considerable.

“So, time to begin the next simulation!”

“But before the next simulation, there’s one more thing to take care of…”

Su Xing took a deep breath and looked at a certain talent on his panel.

The red mythical-grade talent—Xenomorph!

Since obtaining this talent, Su Xing had never transformed into an alien form in reality.

And transformations in reality were reversible.

Su Xing was eager to experience how an alien body differed from a human one.

“Then, let me try the alien form…”

Su Xing took a deep breath, focused his attention, and attempted to activate the Xenomorph talent in his mind.

Without hesitation, Su Xing chose the lesser demon disguise form.

The next second, Su Xing felt the power in his body rapidly diminishing.

His originally powerful physical body… gradually became frail and weak.

Of course, this weakness was relative…

Though the physical body of a lesser demon Divine Sovereign wasn’t strong, it still far surpassed that of an ordinary Mystic Immortal.

It was just that compared to Su Xing’s true body, the gap was still enormous…

At the same time, Su Xing’s appearance began to change.

Scales started growing on his previously smooth skin, and his height shot up by a full zhang on the spot.

He had transformed into a humanoid creature roughly five meters tall, his entire body wrapped in black scales.

He carefully examined his transformed lesser demon appearance.

Though it didn’t look human, from a human aesthetic perspective, there was actually a kind of exotic, dark beauty to it.

“Whew… low-ranking lesser demons are arguably the ugliest race among all lesser demons…”

“But after ascending to godhood, the appearance actually undergoes a dramatic transformation…”

Su Xing marveled at this.

One could only say that the aesthetics of intelligent beings were ultimately similar.

Even among alien races, powerful individuals didn’t look too hideous in appearance.

“Whew… this body has roughly the strength of an early-stage Mystic Immortal… but within the same realm, it’s only average, far from being able to fight above its level!”

Su Xing shook his head slightly.

The strength of a lesser demon Divine Sovereign didn’t lie in individual combat power, but in commanding all lesser demons and the status held within the lesser demon race!

“Lesser demon god, the Dao of faith… let me see what’s different about it!”

Su Xing took a deep breath and let his consciousness sink inward. Soon, he entered a wondrous space and saw an enormous divine tree.

The Faith Tree!

At this moment, only a small number of faith fruits hung upon the Faith Tree.

The power of faith that Su Xing could draw upon was pitifully small.

Su Xing tried to connect to the faith network, only to discover with frustration that he didn’t have a single follower!

“Well, of course. Even if there were billions of followers, that was only in the simulation… In reality, I still don’t have any followers!”

“If I want to exert maximum power, I need to appear among the alien races using my lesser demon disguise identity…”

Su Xing murmured.

“When the time is right, I can absolutely pull off something big!”

“Using the identity of the God of Lesser Demons, a trip to the alien races’ main camp might let me swindle quite a few followers… and maybe even obtain a large amount of blood essence!”

The status of a lesser demon Divine Sovereign among the alien races was easy to imagine…

Next, Su Xing tried transforming back into his human form.

In the span of a breath, Su Xing reverted to his true body, with not the slightest side effect.

“Whew, the Xenomorph talent… perfectly switching between two races—it really is powerful!”

Su Xing smacked his lips, feeling a sense of wonder in his heart.

“Then, let’s begin a new round of simulation!”

“Begin simulation!”

【Simulation #148 initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 1,164,744 points… Remaining simulation attempts: 2.】

【Simulation begins!】

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

“Yes!”

【Ding, congratulations on obtaining the purple talent Pure Marrow Jade Body… Next draw has an 80% chance of yielding a gold talent…】

【Pure Marrow Jade Body】: Purple talent. Your form is as pure as marrow jade, and your aptitude for cultivation surpasses that of ordinary cultivators.

Su Xing glanced at the new talent. It was only purple-grade. Though it was an aptitude-boosting talent type, the benefit would likely be limited.

“Whew, since the talent isn’t great, I’ll focus entirely on comprehending the Dao in this simulation!”

Su Xing had already decided to continue contemplating the Dao in this simulation, as that was the most energy-efficient approach.

As for reward selection, the Spirit Domain range was a must-pick for Su Xing.

After all, once it reached ten thousand li (5,000 km), Su Xing could advance his Spirit Domain into a Spirit Realm.

His Spirit Domain range was already six thousand li (3,000 km)—not far from the ten-thousand-li (5,000 km) mark.

“So besides the Spirit Domain, I also need to extract rewards other than cultivation level…”

Su Xing mulled it over and thought Spirit-Gathering Flowers might be a good reward.

These things were universal currency across the Three Thousand Worlds, of extremely high value.

Moreover, after Su Xing’s Spirit Domain had grown to six thousand li (3,000 km), the spirit field grotto-heaven’s six-thousand-li (3,000 km) expanse had become so diluted in spiritual energy that it could barely maintain its blessed land status.

Su Xing would need to set up formations to seal the spiritual energy within a certain section of the spirit field grotto-heaven to serve as his personal cultivation cave.

With a plan already in mind, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.

【Ding, please select the target for bonus enhancement…】

“I choose to enhance the Wisdom in Foolishness talent…”

【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you realized you were in a simulation.】

【You returned to the Star Realm and retrieved the Star Stones…】

【You returned to Earth and took most of the humans with you.】

【In the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, you sold intelligence to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion…】

【You activated the Luotian Mirror and entered the Luotian Realm. There, you entrusted Shennong Youtian and others with cultivating Spirit-Gathering Flowers.】

【Over the next thirty years, you began collecting Luotian Sect legacies.】

【During this period, you received a piece of intelligence: Advent Cult activity near the Star Realm had become increasingly frequent…】

【You went to exterminate Advent Cult members several times, reaping a considerable number of Spirit stones.】

【In Year 30, you set off toward the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】

【In Year 40, you successfully arrived at the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】

【You activated the Fool state. Your wisdom plummeted drastically. You became a simpleton…】

【Over the next three hundred years, you cultivated Spirit-Gathering Flowers within the spirit field grotto-heaven.】

【Although your wisdom had decreased, this did not significantly affect your Spirit-Gathering Flower cultivation.】

【Each year, you were able to grow approximately one thousand Spirit-Gathering Flowers…】

【…】

【Three hundred years passed in the blink of an eye…】

【In Year 340, you had cultivated a total of 40,000 new Spirit-Gathering Flowers.】

【Including those cultivated by Luotian Sect disciples over the three hundred years, you obtained approximately 200,000 Spirit-Gathering Flowers in total…】

【In Year 340, you traveled to a certain Secret Realm in the Fifth Heaven and began secluded cultivation to comprehend the Dao.】

In the Real World, Su Xing was somewhat puzzled when he saw this.

“Advent Cult activity near the Star Realm has become increasingly frequent?”

Su Xing was confused, but didn’t know the reason.

However, since the Star Realm wasn’t far from the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, and the Advent Cult’s operations naturally covered this area, Su Xing didn’t pay it too much attention.

Instead, he was looking forward to the newly cultivated Spirit-Gathering Flowers.

“Not bad. Two hundred thousand Spirit-Gathering Flowers—even a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal would be tempted by that… yet I’ve obtained them so easily.”

“Now then, it’s time to comprehend the Dao…”

“Activating immersive simulation, duration: one hundred years…”

【Ding, you have successfully activated immersive simulation. Remaining origin energy: 1,128,244 points…】

As the Chime faded, Su Xing’s consciousness entered the simulation world.

…

At the same time, in a strange space somewhere within the Azure Origin Domain.

A lesser demon god suddenly opened its eyes from slumber, raised its head, and gazed in a certain direction, lost in thought.

“Hmm? Another god has appeared among our race… Was it newly birthed by the Mother Goddess?”

“The Mother Goddess has finally graced our race with her favor once more!”

This lesser demon god’s emotions suddenly surged with excitement.

Its divine sense rapidly linked into the divine domain…