Chapter 409 – Bringing Out Cultivation, Target: Golden Immortal!

Chapter 409 – Bringing Out Cultivation, Target: Golden Immortal!

【In the seven hundredth year, forty years after successfully condensing the second of the Three Flowers Above the Crown, you adapted to your new realm.】

【After concluding your closed-door cultivation, you returned to the Celestial Secrets Realm and went to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion.】

【You inquired about the conditions for obtaining the right to use the Mirror of Nothingness within the Celestial Secrets Pavilion.】

【The White Emperor informed you that using the Mirror of Nothingness required an extremely high level of contributions.】

【In the entire history of the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, only two people had ever used it.】

【And those two were the current Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master and her disciple.】

【Because the Mirror of Nothingness was a treasure of heaven and earth, even more precious than an innate treasure!】

【Moreover, each use would cause some consumption to the Mirror of Nothingness itself. Using it for something as “trivial” as condensing a Heaven Flower would be a waste.】

【Therefore, even if one could use the Mirror of Nothingness, it required an astonishing number of contribution points… or paying a price and offering treasures that the Celestial Secrets Pavilion deemed worthy!】

【After hearing this, you felt somewhat helpless. Even though the right to use the Mirror of Nothingness was extremely difficult to obtain, you were determined to have it.】

【Without the Mirror of Nothingness, you would likely need ten thousand years to successfully step into the Golden Immortal realm.】

【This was unacceptable to you.】

【So you asked the White Emperor exactly what price needed to be paid to obtain the right to use the Mirror of Nothingness.】

【The White Emperor told you that first, you needed sufficient contributions to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion. If your contributions were enough, you could use the Mirror of Nothingness once.】

【But if you met the basic contribution threshold yet still fell short, you could supplement the remainder with precious natural treasures.】

【Hearing that natural treasures could be used as a substitute, joy surged in your heart.】

【You hurriedly asked the White Emperor whether your current contributions were sufficient.】

【But the White Emperor told you they were far from enough.】

【Merely killing two foreign Golden Immortals and defending the Celestial Vessel — though certainly a great merit — would require at least four such feats before your contribution points barely sufficed.】

【If one relied on regular missions to accumulate contribution points, even a Golden Immortal would need ten thousand years to earn a single chance to use the Mirror of Nothingness.】

【Many of the Celestial Secrets Pavilion’s terrestrial Elders stayed within the pavilion precisely to earn this one opportunity.】

【After hearing the White Emperor’s words, your anticipation grew even stronger.】

【What kind of magic did this Mirror of Nothingness possess, that so many Golden Immortals were willing to serve the Celestial Secrets Pavilion for it?】

【You had no way of knowing, and your only choice was to take on as many missions as possible and accumulate contribution points!】

【And so, in the time that followed, you continuously carried out missions for the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, accumulating contributions…】

In the Real World, Su Xing’s brow furrowed tightly as he read this.

“I never expected the chance to use the Mirror of Nothingness would be this demanding!”

“Even a Golden Immortal needs ten thousand years to earn a single use…”

Su Xing did some rough calculations. Roughly four times the contribution points earned from saving the Celestial Vessel — that was no easy feat.

After all, during that operation, Su Xing had not only slain a foreign third-rank Divine Sovereign but also protected millions — perhaps even more — of future cultivator seedlings for the Heavenly Secrets Domain.

Setting aside everything else, such an opportunity came once in a thousand years at best!

Even if Su Xing wanted to complete such feats, the opportunity had to present itself first!

Su Xing’s mind raced with calculations.

“Saving the Celestial Vessel counts as one…”

“The great battle eight hundred years from now — if I perform exceptionally, that could definitely count as another…”

“And the mission to kill the Shadow Tribe’s second-rank Divine Sovereign, plus the mission to kill the Red-Pupiled Divine Sovereign — combined, those two might count as one more?”

“Adding it all up, for the remainder, I might just barely reach the threshold through regular missions?”

For an ordinary Golden Immortal to complete four feats on the level of saving the Celestial Vessel would take ten thousand years.

That meant each one took roughly two to three thousand years…

But Su Xing’s strength was already approaching the peak of Golden Immortal.

Combined with Su Xing’s knowledge of future events…

Three to five hundred years might be enough!

“Phew… but even so, I’d need to wait until after the eight hundredth year before I could enter the Mirror of Nothingness!”

“It’s probably not achievable in this simulation…”

Su Xing shook his head slightly.

Since it couldn’t be done, there was no need for Su Xing to remain in the Celestial Secrets Pavilion any longer.

It would be more reasonable to spend the remaining time advancing the lesser demon disguise’s cultivation.

With this thought in mind, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【After leaving the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, you went out to carry out missions.】

【Upon arriving at a world that had been occupied by foreign races, you assumed the identity of your lesser demon disguise.】

【At this point, your lesser demon disguise’s cultivation had already reached the late stage of third-rank Divine Sovereign.】

【Although your personal combat strength was unremarkable, your status as commander of all lesser demons across the realm was an enormous advantage.】

【In just a few short years, you unified the lesser demons of this world, commanding millions of them.】

【Your believers began spreading among the lesser demons, and the power of faith grew with each passing day.】

【Before long, the foreign races found you and invited you to become the vice commander of the Third Grand Army.】

【You did not refuse. A higher position would help you better cultivate believers.】

【Afterward, you spent three hundred years nurturing fifty Saint-stage believers.】

【All the accumulated power of faith was used to expand the number of believers.】

【Your speed of collecting the power of faith grew faster and faster.】

【By the one thousandth year, you began stockpiling the power of faith in preparation for a breakthrough.】

【Another three hundred years passed…】

【Time quickly reached the thirteen hundredth year. By this year, the number of lesser demon believers you possessed had surpassed one trillion.】

【With the identity of the God of Lesser Demons, even first-rank Divine Sovereigns among the foreign races went out of their way to curry favor with you.】

【After all, every Divine Sovereign wanted their army to win battles, and that required the support of lesser demon cannon fodder.】

【However, under your interference, the foreign races had not won a single war in recent years where the sides were evenly matched.】

【This year, you had accumulated enough power of faith and were ready to break through.】

【On the Faith Tree, hundreds of thousands of faith fruits radiated an alluring glow.】

【With a thought, vast amounts of power of faith began to be consumed, and your cultivation and divine power surged rapidly!】

【Your comprehension of spatial laws and the laws of speed and fate advanced at breakneck pace…】

【Your divine power continued to grow.】

【Your godhood became more refined and condensed…】

【Finally, as that ocean of power of faith was depleted, your cultivation successfully broke through to the peak of third-rank Divine Sovereign!】

【At this moment, you were only one step away from second-rank Divine Sovereign!】

“Phew, peak of third-rank Divine Sovereign — that’s equivalent to the peak of Mystic Immortal… It looks like the lesser demon disguise’s cultivation is going to break through to Golden Immortal before my main body does!”

Su Xing smacked his lips, once again marveling at the power of the lesser demon race’s faith.

What was strong wasn’t any individual lesser demon, but the endless legions of lesser demons whose combined power was staggering!

Su Xing’s lesser demon disguise had practically drained the faith of more than half the entire lesser demon race to reach this level.

“There are still a few hundred years left. I wonder if I can successfully break through to second-rank Divine Sovereign?”

With some anticipation, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【In the thirteen hundredth year, after your breakthrough, you were in excellent spirits and went out to help the foreign races lose a few more battles.】

【Afterward, you occasionally answered the requests of your believers and apostles, and the power of faith continued to grow.】

【And so, another two hundred years passed…】

【Before this, the Six-Winged Chief God had requested that you go to the Southern Barbarian Domain to help with the invasion of the human race.】

【But you declined temporarily, citing the critical period of your divine power advancement.】

【As a result, in the fifteen hundredth year, the Southern Barbarian Domain was completely invaded!】

【After that, you continued accumulating the power of faith.】

【Another three hundred years passed…】

【In the eighteen hundredth year, you could feel the misfortune upon you growing ever more terrifying. Any day now, you might suddenly die.】

【And you had no intention of wasting the vast power of faith you had accumulated.】

【So in this year, you drained the power of faith stockpiled over five hundred years and launched your final assault toward second-rank Divine Sovereign.】

【Your comprehension of laws and your divinity successfully reached the level of a second-rank Divine Sovereign.】

【Your divine power continued to grow, reaching the level of a second-rank Divine Sovereign…】

【Only your godhood remained one step short of second-rank Divine Sovereign.】

【But the power of faith accumulated over several centuries was already completely exhausted…】

【Your cultivation ultimately stalled just before second-rank Divine Sovereign.】

【With no other choice, you could only continue accumulating the power of faith.】

【But as expected, several decades later, you were assassinated by human cultivators.】

【Under the attack of a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal, you were powerless to resist…】

【You died!】

【Ding, this simulation has ended…】

After the simulation ended, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel before him, feeling rather helpless.

“Sigh, just one step short of second-rank Divine Sovereign… Looks like I’ll have to wait until next time!”

“I wonder when my main body will be able to break through to Golden Immortal?”

After thinking it over, Su Xing turned his attention first to the simulation rewards.

【Spatial Origin Body】: Gold talent, priced at 10 origin energy.

【Spirit Domain Cultivation Results】: Nine-thousand-li (4,500 km) Spirit Domain, beginning to gradually transform from Spirit Domain to Spirit Realm level. The Spirit Domain’s influence on reality is stronger. Priced at 200,000 origin energy.

【Half-step Golden Immortal Cultivation】: Successfully condensed the Five Qis gathered in the chest. Two of the Three Flowers Above the Crown have been condensed — the Lead Flower and the Silver Flower. Only the final Gold Flower remains before achieving the unity of Three Flowers at the Crown and attaining the Golden Immortal Dao fruit! Priced at 5,000,000 origin energy.

Su Xing glanced at the prices and immediately felt a pang in his heart.

“Damn, just condensing the Silver Flower costs five million origin energy!? What kind of highway robbery is this?”

“At the Golden Immortal realm, wouldn’t each level of breakthrough cost tens of millions of origin energy?”

Su Xing’s face turned ashen.

At this rate, the twenty-some million origin energy he had on hand really wasn’t much at all!

At most, it would probably only be enough for Su Xing to break into the Golden Immortal stage.

Reaching the second level of Golden Immortal was unlikely…

“Sigh, expensive as it is, cultivation still needs to advance!”

“It seems the plan to shake down the foreign races needs to be executed as soon as possible…”

“Once the lesser demon disguise reaches second-rank Divine Sovereign, it should be about right?”

After a pause, Su Xing continued:

“As for the Spatial Origin Body, I still need it!”

“Going forward, my main focus for Great Dao comprehension will be the Great Dao of Space. Having this talent will undoubtedly make things much easier…”

With this thought, Su Xing silently declared:

“I choose to bring out Spatial Origin Body and half-step Golden Immortal cultivation!”

【You have successfully brought out Spatial Origin Body. Cost: 10 origin energy. Remaining origin energy: 21,236,813 points…】

【You have successfully brought out half-step Golden Immortal cultivation. Cost: 5,000,000 origin energy. Remaining origin energy: 16,236,813 points…】

As the Chime faded, Su Xing’s savings instantly shrank by a quarter.

Five million origin energy, gone in an instant…

But it was all worth it. The very next second, Su Xing’s consciousness and aura began to transform.

A flood of memories poured into his mind, and within his acupoints, a small silver flower gradually unfurled.

In that instant, Su Xing seemed to sense the breath of the Great Dao, to feel the breath of all things between heaven and earth…

The breathing of the Great Dao gradually synchronized with Su Xing’s own breathing rhythm.

Moments later, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes and said:

“The condensation of the Three Flowers Above the Crown is truly marvelous!”

“Though it’s not a direct increase in cultivation or magical power… it’s an elevation in one’s understanding of the Great Dao, a sublimation of life itself!”

“Those five million origin energy… well spent!”

Amid his joy, Su Xing was also somewhat worried about future energy shortages.

“After breaking through to Golden Immortal, I absolutely must make another trip to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm and Earth as soon as possible…”

“I need to gather as much origin energy as I can!”

After that, Su Xing would need to find a way to extort blood essence from the foreign races.

“I still have two simulation chances remaining… Then let’s push through in one breath!”

Without hesitation, Su Xing silently declared:

“Begin simulation!”

【The 150th simulation begins. Current remaining origin energy: 16,236,813 points… Remaining simulation attempts: 1.】

【Simulation starts!】

【Drawing a gold legendary talent costs 1 origin energy. Do you wish to draw?】

“Yes!”

【Ding, congratulations on obtaining the gold talent Netherworld Body… Probability of drawing a gold talent next time: 80%…】

【Netherworld Body】: Gold talent. One of the Hundred Great Divine Physiques. Ordinary humans who approach will feel a bone-chilling cold and extreme discomfort, but it is an exceptional physique for ghost cultivation.

“Hmm? Netherworld Body? That’s useless to me.”

Su Xing shook his head slightly, knowing that not every draw would yield a useful talent.

Thinking over his recent simulations, the talents Su Xing could actually bring out were only the Innate Dao Physique and the Spatial Origin Body.

“But fortunately, Golden Immortal is right around the corner… After reaching Golden Immortal, the simulator might just undergo a new round of updates!”

Su Xing felt a sense of anticipation as he looked at the simulation panel.

【Ding, please select a target for the Plus One talent enhancement…】

“I choose to enhance the Late Bloomer talent…”

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

【You set out for Earth and evacuated the human race…】

【You went to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion…】

【You went to trade with Qingyunzi…】

【You collected all the inheritances of the Luotian Sect.】

【In the thirtieth year, you prepared to travel to the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】

【In the fortieth year, you successfully crossed the Endless Sea and arrived at the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】

【You headed to the Nine Heavens Domain, the Fifth Heaven, to collect more precious natural treasures.】

【With the blessing of the Heaven-Sent Fortune talent, your harvest was bountiful.】

【In the two hundredth year, you formally began comprehending the spatial Dao…】

In the Real World, Su Xing saw this and silently declared:

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

【Ding, you have successfully activated… Remaining origin energy: 16,200,313 points…】