Chapter 473 – Two Consecutive Simulations, the Great Shaman Body Forging Art Finally Enters the Seventh Layer!
by spirapira“Good heavens, an entire deep pool of immortal liquid… Is this the heritage of an ancient sect?”
“Just how many hundreds of millions of immortal liquid are in here? It’s probably enough for me to cultivate all the way to Great Firmament Golden Immortal!”
Su Xing blinked, his heart surging with excitement.
All of this heritage—it would all be his in the future!
“And over there…” The Luotian Ancestor extended his hand and pointed again, his voice ringing out at just the right moment.
Within Su Xing’s line of sight, across this half of the Luotian Realm—
Secret Realms appeared one after another, treasure mountains surfacing in succession.
Countless ores, materials, and rare treasures piled into mountains…
Long-extinct immortal herbs and spirit plants, along with heavenly materials and earthly treasures, filled entire Secret Realms to the brim…
Spirit-Gathering Flowers blanketed the mountain wilds, their numbers beyond counting…
An entire mountain constructed from magical treasures.
A hundred-zhang (333 m)-tall Scripture Pavilion, packed with all manner of precious cultivation technique legacies!
“Good heavens, this isn’t the Luotian Realm at all!”
“This is simply an inexhaustible treasure vault!”
Even though Su Xing had anticipated something like this, he was still stunned by the extravagant sight before him.
Like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden for the first time, Su Xing grinned from ear to ear.
“The Luotian Sect, a top-tier ancient sect… millions of years of accumulation, and most of it is probably right here…”
Su Xing mused silently.
No wonder the Luo Tian legacies he had found in the outside world were so extremely limited in number.
It turned out that most of the legacies and treasures had long been gathered by the Luotian Ancestor, hidden inside this Luotian Black Pearl and entrusted to the Celestial Demon General for safekeeping.
“It makes sense, when you think about it… Without even Supreme Unity cultivation, how could anyone possibly protect such an enormous inheritance?”
Su Xing understood now.
Beside him, the phantom of the Luotian Ancestor saw that Su Xing had seen enough, and spoke:
“Rest assured—as long as you pass the trial and prove yourself worthy, all of this heritage will be yours!”
“However… before that, you must first incorporate the Luotian Realm into your Spirit Domain…”
Su Xing gave a slight nod, desire and curiosity mingling as he asked:
“Ancestor, how do I turn the Luotian Realm into part of my Spirit Domain?”
“Since my Spirit Domain reached one hundred thousand li (50,000 km), its range hasn’t expanded at all!”
The Luotian Ancestor nodded slightly and said:
“That is precisely what I intend to teach you next…”
“You shall first study under me and learn how to turn a small world into part of your own Spirit Domain…”
Before long, the Luotian Ancestor began transmitting his insights on Spirit Domain cultivation to Su Xing, as well as how to fully assimilate a small world.
Under the guidance of this Great Firmament Golden Immortal—the foremost Spirit Domain master in all of history—Su Xing’s mastery of Spirit Domain techniques improved rapidly.
…
The immersive simulation soon ended, and Su Xing’s consciousness returned to reality.
“Whew~ The Luotian Black Pearl really is an extraordinary inheritance!”
“If I can just obtain that black pearl, it would probably be enough to sustain my cultivation even beyond Great Firmament Golden Immortal!”
A surge of longing rose within Su Xing’s heart.
“Unfortunately, the Luotian Black Pearl is far away in the Celestial Demon Domain… With my current cultivation and spatial Dao attainment, getting there would take at least twenty years…”
“The top priority is improving my spatial Dao above all else!”
Su Xing quickly settled on his course—the spatial Dao would be his primary focus for the foreseeable future!
“I also need to break through to the seventh realm of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art as soon as possible!”
Su Xing murmured, his gaze turning to the simulation panel.
【Year 930: You entered the Luotian Mirror, spending more of each day strengthening your vital blood.】
【Simultaneously, under the Luotian Ancestor’s instruction, you began gradually mastering the arts of “World Assimilation” and “Body-World Fusion.”】
【Thus, two hundred and seventy years passed quietly.】
【Year 1200: You received word from the Celestial Demon General… the Southern Barbarian Domain had been completely overrun!】
【This was a full hundred years earlier than in your previous simulation!】
【Year 1400: The Azure Origin Domain was completely overrun…】
【Year 1430: The foreign race launched a massive invasion of the Celestial Demon Domain.】
【Besieged by internal and external threats, the combined forces of the Fourth Legion and the Seventh Legion pushed the Celestial Demon Domain to the brink of total collapse…】
【Facing the encirclement of several first-tier deities, you ultimately managed to kill one first-tier deity in a counterattack, but exhausted your own strength and perished…】
【You died!】
【Ding! This simulation has ended!】
Looking at the simulation text before him, Su Xing furrowed his brow tightly.
“It’s… gotten faster again?!”
“The destruction of the Southern Barbarian Domain… has accelerated by nearly another hundred years!”
“As expected, the foreign race’s invasion is accelerating, and it’s almost certainly related to my advancement to Supreme Unity Golden Immortal!”
“That being among the foreign race must have sensed my growth… and sped up the invasion once more!”
“If that’s how it is… then let’s see who’s faster!”
Fighting spirit blazed in Su Xing’s eyes as he turned to this simulation’s rewards.
【Great Sun Thunder Physique】: Gold talent. Price: 10 origin energy.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results】: The Primordial Energy Tree within your body has reached nine zhang (29.97 m), nine chi (3 m), nine cun (29.97 cm). Primordial energy is nearly limitless. Physical body and recovery greatly enhanced. Only one step away from entering the seventh layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art! Price: 30,000,000 origin energy!
【World Assimilation Secret Art (Minor Mastery)】: Created by the ancient Great Firmament Golden Immortal “Luo Ling’er.” Contains the effect of assimilating a world and incorporating it into one’s Spirit Domain. Once fully mastered, one may attempt to assimilate an entire small world. Price: 500,000 origin energy!
【Body-World Fusion Secret Art (Minor Mastery)】: Created by an ancient Great Firmament Golden Immortal… Allows one to merge their Spirit Domain with a world, accelerating Spirit Domain growth. Within the domain’s range, supernatural art and Great Dao comprehension are enhanced. Price: 500,000 origin energy!
Looking at the four rewards before him, Su Xing selected everything except the Great Sun Thunder Physique.
【Congratulations on bringing out the Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results. Cost: 30,000,000 origin energy… Remaining origin energy: 127,860,358…】
【Congratulations on bringing out the World Assimilation Secret Art (Minor Mastery)… Remaining origin energy: 127,360,358…】
【Congratulations on bringing out the Body-World Fusion Secret Art (Minor Mastery)… Remaining origin energy: 126,810,358…】
As the Chime notifications fell one after another, vast quantities of memories flooded into Su Xing’s mind.
Centuries of the Luotian Ancestor’s teachings, the methods for assimilating a world into one’s Spirit Domain, and insights into the future cultivation of Spirit Domain…
Su Xing gradually absorbed this wealth of experience.
At the same time, Su Xing’s physical strength was rapidly increasing.
Vital blood and recovery further enhanced!
Compared to before his Tribulation Transcendence, Su Xing’s life force and vital blood had increased roughly sevenfold!
Gradually adapting to the surging vital blood and physical power within his body, Su Xing stretched his limbs and said with satisfaction:
“The Great Shaman Body Forging Art truly is profound… My life force is already terrifyingly strong!”
“If I fully step into the seventh layer, my life force would increase by at least tenfold compared to before!”
“Regrowing severed limbs would take mere moments… As long as my brain and heart remain intact, I’d recover rapidly!”
“At the Peak of the seventh layer… regeneration from a single drop of blood would be well within reach!”
Su Xing’s heart brimmed with anticipation.
“And the Luotian Ancestor’s two great secret arts are truly exceptional as well!”
Su Xing carefully examined his gains and realized his prior understanding of Spirit Domain had been far too shallow.
But now that he had mastered the two secret arts, Su Xing could begin attempting to assimilate a small world.
“If the opportunity arises, assimilating Earth would naturally be the best choice!”
“I still have two simulation chances left, and over a hundred million origin energy—so let’s keep simulating!”
Su Xing didn’t hesitate, immediately launching the next round of simulation!
“Begin simulation!”
【Simulation #203 initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 126,810,358… Remaining simulation attempts: 1.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a talent costs 1 origin energy. Draw?】
“Yes!”
【Ding! Congratulations, you have drawn the gold talent Innate Poison Physique. Next draw: 80% chance for gold talent, 20% chance for red talent…】
【Innate Poison Physique】: Gold talent. One of the Hundred Great Divine Physiques of the cultivation world. Grants astonishing talent for the Dao of Poison, excels in the use of poisons, and greatly enhances resistance to toxins!
Su Xing merely glanced at this new talent before turning his attention elsewhere.
He had already mastered enough Daos—the Dao of Poison wouldn’t add much to his arsenal at this point.
Though the poison resistance was a nice bonus.
“I’ll just grab it when the simulation ends…”
Su Xing’s gaze returned to the simulation panel.
【Please select your Plus One…】
“I choose to enhance Late Bloomer…”
【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you realize that you are in a simulation!】
Just like the previous simulation, Su Xing proceeded to repair the Luotian Mirror, travel to the Luotian Sect to trade, and exchanged for a large quantity of vital blood treasures.
He collected the Luo Tian legacy and arrived at the Heavenly Secrets Domain in roughly twenty years.
Then he headed to the Fifth Heaven to collect vital blood treasures…
Until eighty years later, when the Late Bloomer talent triggered, Su Xing began cultivating with all his might.
Seizing the right opportunity to join the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, Su Xing began accumulating contributions and earned a single chance to enter the Mirror of the Void.
【Year 430. In the Celestial Secrets Realm, you begin preparing to comprehend the Great Dao…】
Su Xing gazed at the text before him and silently recited:
“Activate immersive… duration 274 years!”
【Ding… remaining origin energy: 126,710,358 points…】
…
Soon, the immersive simulation ended and Su Xing’s consciousness returned.
His comprehension of the spatial Dao had grown somewhat closer, but there was still a considerable distance to sixth realm Minor Mastery.
“Next, I’ll prepare for the great battle and head to the Celestial Demon Domain!”
Su Xing recited silently.
And so, in the ensuing simulation, Su Xing participated in the eight-hundred-year Heavenly Secrets Domain war and performed outstandingly.
After the war ended, he headed to the Celestial Demon Domain as always.
He activated the black pearl and received guidance from the Luotian Ancestor.
Every day he consumed vital blood treasures, strengthening his physical body!
Until year 1200…
【Year 1200. The Southern Barbarian Domain has been completely invaded… The Celestial Demon Domain suffers even more invasions from the foreign race!】
【Under such a dire crisis, you cultivate frantically, drawing ever closer to the seventh layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!】
【A hundred years pass leisurely… Inside the Luotian Mirror, you cultivate for another three thousand years!】
【Finally, one day, you feel as though your body has shattered its shackles, becoming incomparably free and unrestrained.】
【The physical power that had reached its limit is reinvigorated, its latent potential unleashed once more!】
【With a mere thought, the Ancestral Shaman phantom behind you becomes increasingly real, as if it has come alive!】
【The Primordial Energy Tree within your body grows another inch!】
【A Primordial Energy Tree ten zhang (33.3 m) tall!】
【At the same time, your body’s regenerative ability reaches a terrifying level!】
【Regrowing a severed arm takes no more than a few breaths. The vital blood burning within your body blazes like a great sun in the void, as if it could incinerate all things!】
【Congratulations, you have successfully broken through to the seventh layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!】
Gazing at the text before him, Su Xing finally couldn’t help but laugh with unbridled joy.
“The Great Shaman Body Forging Art has entered the seventh layer as I wished!”
“Cultivated to its peak, regeneration from a single drop of blood… what a truly terrifying ability!”
Su Xing could already envision it — after cultivating to the seventh layer Peak.
Regeneration from a single drop of blood, combined with Su Xing’s own One More Shot talent — he would be an unkillable monster!
Even if outmatched in strength, killing Su Xing in a short time would be utterly unrealistic.
“If my spatial Dao also advances to sixth realm Major Mastery…”
“Tsk tsk, my ability to survive would be nothing short of terrifying!”
After learning of “that existence” among the foreign race, Su Xing was even more inclined to improve his survival capabilities!
“By my calculations, this simulation should be ending soon…”
“Before year 1400, if I can find a way to transform back into a lesser demon deity, I should be able to harvest another wave of faith!”
Su Xing pondered for a moment, then prepared to give it a try.
【Year 1300. After your advancement in the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, you travel to a region of the void and transform back into the form of a lesser demon deity!】
【Afterward, you traverse mountains and seas, returning to the Azure Origin Domain!】
【Faced with your disappearance of over a thousand years, the foreign race is quite surprised and inquires about the reason.】
【You simply explain that you accidentally wandered into the Endless Sea and were lost within it for a millennium before finally escaping.】
【Though the reason is somewhat far-fetched, the foreign race does not suspect you of being a traitor.】
【By this time, the Azure Origin Domain has nearly been completely conquered and no longer needs you.】
【Thus, you are reassigned to the Heavenly Secrets Domain to cultivate lesser demon cannon fodder…】
【And so, five hundred years pass in the blink of an eye…】
【Year 1800. You have cultivated three hundred Lesser Demon Apostles and hundreds of millions of lesser demon followers, preparing to begin harvesting the power of faith.】
【Without sufficient information, you cannot deduce whether you will encounter danger again.】
【So every hundred years, you expend most of your power of faith to enhance your comprehension of spatial laws.】
【Your mastery of spatial laws improves slowly…】
【As time passes, more and more misfortunes begin to gradually descend upon you.】
【You exercise extreme caution at every turn, preserving your life, always hiding in safe areas behind the foreign race’s lines, never venturing to the front.】
【This year, you receive intelligence: the Celestial Demon Domain has fallen!】
【The Celestial Demon General leads a group of powerful fighters to break through the encirclement and rendezvous with the White Emperor, preparing to defend the last remaining half of the Heavenly Secrets Domain!】
【At this point, four of the human race’s Five Great Domains have been invaded… The foreign race draws ever closer to complete victory!】
【The conflict between the foreign race and the human race continues…】
【You hide within a foreign race stronghold, safely absorbing the power of faith and improving your comprehension of spatial laws.】
【And so, another five hundred years pass!】
【Year 2300. The foreign race stronghold where you are stationed is hit by a surprise attack led by the White Emperor and his human forces.】
【You perish alongside the other foreign race deities in the stronghold…】
【Ding, this simulation has ended!】
“It’s finally over!”
“By year 1800, all four domains are lost, and the human race holds only the Heavenly Secrets Domain… With their top-tier powerhouses gathered, they should indeed be able to hold out for quite some time…”
“And year 2300 — the White Emperor’s raid that kills me. I should pay attention to that and try to avoid this crisis…”
Su Xing thought to himself.
Having advanced to first-tier deity, although his combat power couldn’t match most Supreme Unity Golden Immortals, his primary cultivation of the spatial Dao meant that unless he faced veteran Supreme Unity or even Great Firmament Golden Immortals, he would have some chance of escape.
Therefore, Su Xing could also consider living longer, trying to witness the outcome of the final war between the human race and the foreign race…
After only briefly planning ahead, Su Xing quickly turned his attention to this simulation’s rewards.
“The seventh layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art! Here I come!”
Su Xing’s gaze fell upon the rewards list.
【Innate Poison Physique】: Gold talent. Price: 10 origin energy points.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results】: Primordial Energy Tree at ten zhang (33.3 m), advancement to the seventh layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art. Life force and vital blood blaze as fiercely as a great sun — as long as vital areas are not completely destroyed, injuries can be rapidly recovered! Price: 20,000,000 origin energy points!
【World Assimilation Secret Art (Major Mastery)】: Contains the effect of World Assimilation, incorporating it into the Spirit Domain. Upon complete mastery, one may attempt to assimilate an entire minor world. Price: 1,000,000 origin energy points!
【Body-World Fusion Secret Art (Major Mastery)】: Created by an ancient Great Firmament Golden Immortal… Price: 1,000,000 origin energy points!
This simulation had been largely the same as the previous one.
The only difference was that Su Xing now knew the timing of his fatal crisis.
And after completing the advancement of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, he transformed into a lesser demon deity and simulated another thousand years.
“After all, if I want to fool Red Moon later, the lesser demon deity’s spatial law comprehension still needs to keep improving!”
“And this simulation’s rewards — both secret arts have improved further, not far from Perfection now!”
Without overthinking it, Su Xing claimed all four rewards.
【Congratulations on claiming Innate Poison Physique… remaining origin energy: 126,710,347 points…】
【Congratulations on claiming World Assimilation Secret Art (Major Mastery)… remaining origin energy: 125,710,347 points…】
【Congratulations on claiming Body-World Fusion Secret Art (Major Mastery)… remaining origin energy: 124,610,347 points…】
【Congratulations on claiming Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results. Cost: 20,000,000 origin energy points… 106,710,347 points remaining…】
Four consecutive Chimes rang out, and a flood of memories surged into Su Xing’s body.
The World Assimilation technique and the Body-World Fusion technique both improved rapidly.
With this, Su Xing’s confidence in assimilating all of Earth grew even greater!
And immediately after, Su Xing’s aura began to skyrocket!
“Is it coming… the seventh layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!”
Joy spread across Su Xing’s face as he felt his physical body undergo a sublime transformation in this very moment.
Vital blood and life force — a tenfold increase compared to sixth layer Peak!
An astonishing wave of heat surged outward in all directions with Su Xing at its center!
Like a great sun illuminating the world!
But under Su Xing’s control, it quickly subsided.
Only after a full half-day did Su Xing finally let out a long breath, adapting to his “completely renewed” body as he said with a hint of joy:
“So this is the seventh layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art?”
“From the outside, there doesn’t seem to be any difference…”
With that, Su Xing didn’t hesitate for a moment. He drew the Blackice sword, wrapped it in primordial energy, and triggered Void Slash…
Swinging it down toward his own left arm!