Chapter 476 – The Death Law Appears: Su Xing, Instantly Killed!
by spirapiraSu Xing took a deep breath and gently tossed the seven-colored flower.
The little seven-colored flower passed through the red barrier, through the Absolute Counter… arriving before the crimson pupil high in the sky.
One second before the Five Elements Immortal Burst detonated, Su Xing used his spatial supernatural art to escape the deepest layer of the Abyss!
The next second, a brilliant five-colored radiance engulfed the entire deepest layer of the Abyss!
And following the five-colored radiance came the ultimate black and white that symbolized yin and yang!
The Yin-Yang Five Elements Immortal Burst — a direct hit!
Within the absolute time-stop zone, even a Great Firmament Golden Immortal could not dodge Su Xing’s attack!
“So then, at such close range with the power of yin-yang and the Five Elements… can you withstand it, Red Moon?”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes, pushing his divine sense to its absolute limit, trying to see clearly what was happening at the deepest layer of the Abyss.
As the entire deepest layer of the Abyss shattered like crumbling stone…
Even space itself was nearly annihilated under the ultimate power of yin-yang and the Five Elements.
Su Xing finally saw Red Moon’s true form…
“It actually… survived?”
Su Xing’s brow furrowed tightly as he gazed upon the crimson pupil now fully exposed in the void — like a moon, round and red.
This was the first time Su Xing had intuitively felt the power of “time-stop.” Even against an opponent stronger than himself, he could land a devastating blow!
However, the Yin-Yang Five Elements Immortal Burst was ultimately… not enough to slay Red Moon!
But it had been effective!
Su Xing could sense that Red Moon’s aura had weakened by roughly one-third!
That was three times more damage than the total he had inflicted over the past ten days combined!
What a pity, though…
“Beginner-level sixth realm Five Elements and yin-yang power… the destructive force still isn’t enough?”
“Or is it that… my current magical power is still too weak?”
Su Xing let out a sigh, knowing full well that this attempt had failed.
His strongest offensive technique, combined with his “time-stop” trump card, had merely managed to severely wound Red Moon…
The gap between Su Xing and Red Moon was still enormous!
At this moment, the Red Moon that Su Xing had struck displayed a complex mixture of emotions.
Confusion? Rage? Terror? And a trace of greed…
In that instant just now, Red Moon had completely failed to see how Su Xing had damaged its origin!
By the time it reacted, half the Abyss had already been reduced to ash.
And its origin had been severely wounded…
“What… what kind of ability is this? Why do I feel like… something was stolen from me just now?”
What terrified Red Moon was not that Su Xing’s strike had the power to severely wound it.
Rather, it seemed to sense that something had been stolen from it, yet it could not perceive what!
After the confusion, this emotion transformed into greed!
As long as it killed this human before it, it could uncover the astonishing secrets hidden within him.
In truth, with Red Moon’s divine rank, it should have been able to instinctively detect the anomaly that had occurred.
Namely, that three seconds of time had been “stolen” from it!
Three seconds — even for mortals, that was brief, even negligible.
Let alone for beings of immense power?
Any single period of their secluded cultivation contained countless sets of three seconds!
But being able to steal three seconds from such an existence spoke volumes about the extraordinary rank of Su Xing’s talent!
The reason Red Moon couldn’t detect it was that during its time in death, it had lost too much power and even inherited memories…
Had it been at its peak, possessing peak chief god-level strength, it might not have failed to notice those three “stolen” seconds.
But even then, it would have merely noticed…
For any existence that did not wield the power of time, there was no way to resist those three “stolen” seconds!
Nevertheless, though it couldn’t detect the theft, this did nothing to diminish Red Moon’s fury toward Su Xing!
“Human… do you have any idea how many ages it cost me to accumulate that origin energy?”
“Do you know… how furious I am right now?”
“Since you wish to taste the flavor of death… then let me show you what true death really is!”
The Red Moon hanging in the void grew ever deeper in color.
From its normal red it shifted to deep crimson, then darkened further to a murky blood-red…
Within that murky red, a wisp of black gradually spread outward.
A speck of black light no larger than a fingernail fully coalesced, then drifted as if carried by the wind until it appeared before Su Xing.
The instant this black speck appeared, every hair on Su Xing’s body stood on end, and his entire body could no longer move…
In the mere instant he laid eyes upon it, Su Xing understood what it was…
Death!
This was the Death law!
The most fundamental Death law… its power was approximately approaching the level of the seventh realm!
“Death… itself?”
Su Xing’s movements had nearly frozen solid, and his thoughts, before this black light, seemed to slow to an unbearable crawl.
In the distance, Red Moon had clearly weakened considerably after releasing this black radiance.
Evidently, the Death law was not a power that a mere first-tier deity could wield!
Even Red Moon, once at the peak of chief god power, had only barely grasped a sliver of it between the boundary of life and death, and had miraculously managed to preserve it.
Every use of the power of death was a drain on Red Moon’s deepest reserves!
And now, in order to kill this detestable human before it, and to investigate this human’s secrets, Red Moon had deployed that sliver of Death law.
The black speck returned to the Red Moon.
Its previously weakened aura recovered considerably.
Its tone was devoid of joy or sorrow, as if carrying no emotion whatsoever.
“Human… having witnessed true death, you should feel honored!”
“And now… I shall claim all of your secrets!”
With that, a beam of red light surged from within the Red Moon, gradually forming into an enormous hand.
Just as that hand was about to seize Su Xing’s corpse…
That “corpse” miraculously began to move!
Great Dao laws, power of qi and blood, lifespan, magical power, divine soul…
In a single instant, it was as though death had never occurred!
Su Xing jolted awake as if rousing from a long slumber, gasping for air in great heaves, his face etched with terror.
“That was close! I almost… died for real!”
Su Xing’s heart pounded furiously as he sensed the red hand about to grab him, and in a flash he put distance between them.
Casting one deep look at the Red Moon floating in the distant void, Su Xing projected his voice through divine soul transmission:
“Big eyeball! Consider yourself lucky this time!”
“Your young master isn’t playing with you anymore… I’m out of here!”
With that said, Su Xing held nothing back, desperate to squeeze out every last drop of his power of space.
Tearing open the void, Su Xing crossed tens of millions of li in an instant.
In mere moments, Su Xing had traversed an unfathomable distance.
Only Red Moon was left, standing frozen in place…
“No! Impossible!”
“How can any living creature in this world resist the power of death!?”
The enormous red eyeball flickered erratically.
Scarlet blood vessels covered its pupil.
It was clear that Red Moon was caught in a state of extreme rage, terror, and bewilderment!
And yet… there was nothing it could do!
Red Moon had not yet fully revived, and its mastery of the spatial Dao was inferior to Su Xing’s.
By now, Su Xing had already fled to some unknown stretch of void… Red Moon could never catch up no matter what!
Heaven only knew what price it had paid to invoke that wisp of Death law.
Yet it had gained… nothing.
…
One hour later!
In the void outside the Azure Cloud Realm, Su Xing gasped for breath without pause.
His Great Dao of Space Comprehension was nearly depleted, and the continuous spatial traversals had placed enormous strain on both his stamina and physical body!
In just one short hour, Su Xing had pushed his Great Dao of Space to its absolute limit!
From the Endless Abyss near Earth, to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, and then straight to the outskirts of the Azure Cloud Realm!
He had passed through over a dozen void nodes, crossing an incalculable distance…
Looking at the Azure Cloud Realm now within arm’s reach, Su Xing finally felt a measure of relief.
“Red Moon, the Death law… what a terrifying ability indeed!”
Su Xing’s heart was still pounding rapidly, its powerful pulse telling him that he was still alive!
The scenes from one hour ago still replayed before his eyes!
That blackness that seemed capable of annihilating all things was still vivid in his memory!
“Fortunately, the Death law was only approaching the seventh realm… it hadn’t truly reached the seventh realm yet!”
Su Xing recovered himself and narrowed his eyes, reflecting on that moment between life and death one hour ago!
The Power of Laws approaching the seventh realm was indeed terrifying!
It was a crushing superiority of rank, rendering all of Su Xing’s defensive measures—even his qi and blood pushed to the extreme—completely ineffective!
But fortunately, death… takes time.
From the moment the Death law fell upon Su Xing to the point where it would have killed him completely was only a brief instant.
But it still required time!
Though in that instant Su Xing’s consciousness had nearly frozen, his talent One More Shot still triggered!
And that was what created the “illusion” of Su Xing becoming a corpse before rapidly reviving!
“Truly terrifying… if that Death law had fully entered the seventh realm, it would have triggered even faster!”
“At that point, even One More Shot probably couldn’t save me!”
Su Xing murmured.
After all, One More Shot only allowed Su Xing to instantly recover to his peak state no matter how close to death he came or how grievous his injuries were.
It did not bring him back from the dead!
“So even the One More Shot talent isn’t invincible after all!”
Su Xing’s heart still pounded with lingering fear.
Originally, relying on his time-stop and One More Shot talent, he had felt secure and fearless.
He had figured that no matter how outmatched he was, preserving his life wouldn’t be a problem!
But the instant the Death law appeared, Su Xing had lost all ability to resist.
He had even nearly… if his luck had been just slightly worse, Su Xing wouldn’t have even had the chance for One More Shot!
“The Death law… what a terrifying law indeed!”
Su Xing rubbed his brow with some resignation.
This simulation’s probing mission would end here!
The good news was that Su Xing had uncovered Red Moon’s trump card.
The bad news was that this trump card was far too powerful!
So powerful that even Su Xing would have absolutely no means of resistance for the next year or two!
“Unless I master a Great Dao on the same level as death… or advance to Great Firmament Golden Immortal!”
Su Xing shook his head slightly.
It seemed that before Red Moon’s revival, Su Xing had no chance.
His only window of opportunity was after Red Moon revived but before it had recovered its chief god-level power—that is, before the Death law broke through to the seventh realm.
Only then would Su Xing have the slightest chance.
And the time this left Su Xing was approximately four years!
Four years from now, even if Su Xing possessed the strength of a Great Firmament Golden Immortal, killing Red Moon—who wielded the Death law—would still be extraordinarily difficult!
“Alas, as things stand, the only way to save Earth… is to rely on the status of a lesser demon deity!”
Su Xing sighed. Fortunately, the situation hadn’t yet reached a dead end.
Relying on his lesser demon disguise identity, Su Xing was confident he could protect all of Earth.
When the time came, even if Red Moon’s strength was restored—
Once he no longer had to worry about vulnerabilities and could extend the battle lines… Su Xing wouldn’t be as afraid!
“So the lesser demon disguise’s mastery of spatial laws… must advance to sixth realm Major Mastery as soon as possible!”
Su Xing murmured.
There were still nearly ten years remaining until the immersive simulation ended.
Su Xing went to the Azure Cloud Sect, completed his trade with Qingyunzi, stayed at the Azure Cloud Sect for several years, then headed for the Heavenly Secrets Domain.
…
The immersive simulation soon ended, and Su Xing returned to reality.
Rubbing his brow, Su Xing murmured:
“The good news is that after that battle, Red Moon suffered considerable losses… its revival has been delayed by half a year!”
“The time needed to recover its chief god-level strength has also been pushed back by a year or two…”
“But that doesn’t change anything fundamental!”
“Before I truly possess the power to kill Red Moon, I absolutely cannot reveal any weaknesses in reality!”
Su Xing thought to himself.
“This simulation’s primary objective has been achieved… probing Red Moon’s strength!”
“The objective was indeed accomplished… but Red Moon can’t be touched for the time being!”
“Then for the remaining time, I’ll cultivate with everything I have!”
Su Xing wanted to test how his cultivation speed would change after advancing to Supreme Unity.
“After reaching Supreme Unity Golden Immortal, the accumulation needed to advance in realm is far too great… I probably can’t improve as quickly as before!”
“However, it’s merely a matter of time and accumulation!”
Su Xing murmured, his gaze turning to the simulation panel.
【Year 10: You arrived at the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】
【You traveled to the Fifth Heaven and explored the Heavenly Secrets Domain, searching for various natural treasures to boost your cultivation and qi and blood.】
【Year 80: You returned to the White Cloud Realm and formally began cultivating.】
【By this point, within your spirit field grotto-heaven, an entire pond of immortal liquid had accumulated.】
【Each day you practiced the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art, drawing in immortal liquid like a vortex and converting it into pure cultivation power…】
【Yet it was still too slow!】
【The magical power of a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal was like a boundless, inexhaustible ocean.】
【Though cultivating with immortal liquid increased your power rapidly, it was still merely a larger bucket—trying to fill an entire ocean with buckets was ultimately far too slow…】
【The good news was that you could now remain within the Luotian Realm to increase your cultivation!】
【By controlling the internal-external time differential at tenfold, your daily magical power consumption was less than one percent.】
【Such minuscule consumption had virtually no effect on your cultivation speed.】
【And so, over two hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.】
【Year 300: The Celestial Secrets Pavilion’s Celestial Vessel arrived…】
【Year 320: The Celestial Vessel Defense War erupted!】
【Following your plan, you entered the Heavenly Secrets Domain and cultivated daily using the Luotian Realm.】
【Until two hundred years later.】
【Year 520: You began comprehending the Great Dao!】
In the Real World, Su Xing saw this and silently recited:
“Activate immersive simulation… duration: 274 years!”
【Ding… remaining origin energy: 106,606,697 points…】
…
Soon, over two hundred years of immersive simulation concluded.
Su Xing’s consciousness returned to reality.
“Not bad… with the help of the Mirror of the Void and various Dao essence treasures, my spatial Dao has drawn closer to sixth realm Minor Mastery…”
“The great war of year 800 is also about to erupt!”
“Let’s see how this simulation turns out.”
Su Xing’s gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【Year 800: A great war erupted in the Heavenly Secrets Domain!】
【This war lasted a hundred years, but you did not participate. Instead, you traveled to the Celestial Demon Domain!】
【After arriving at the Celestial Demon Domain, you found the Celestial Demon General and activated the Luotian Pearl.】
【You began studying the Spirit Domain secret technique under Luotian Ancestor while continuing to cultivate diligently.】
【After the Great Shaman Body Forging Art broke through the seventh layer, your qi and blood and physical body shattered their shackles and grew once more.】
【The Primordial Energy Tree within your body also resumed its growth!】
【But it was still too slow… the advancement of Body Tempering cultivation was even slower than Qi Refinement cultivation…】