Chapter 479 – Restarting the Deity Hunting Plan! The Terrifying Effects of the Shaman Ancestor Talent!

Chapter 479 – Restarting the Deity Hunting Plan! The Terrifying Effects of the Shaman Ancestor Talent!

In the Real World, Su Xing’s heart stirred when he saw this.

“That’s right! Although the Eighth Heaven is dangerous… it’s absolutely an excellent place for cultivation!”

“Setting aside the abundant spiritual energy and the endless array of treasure grounds… just the blood essence of those first-tier deities alone would be supreme nourishing resources for me!”

The Great Shaman Body Forging Art’s sixth layer required Celestial Primordial Fruits to enhance the primordial energy within his body.

But the seventh layer required extreme life force and vital blood.

Apart from some top-tier natural treasures and pills, ordinary vital blood treasures provided very limited growth for Su Xing.

Yet top-tier natural treasures were exceedingly rare.

Their effects were even inferior to the blood essence of alien races!

“So that’s how it is! I need to return to my old profession… and find ways to hunt alien deities!”

Su Xing was quite tempted. After obtaining the Shaman Ancestor talent, his body tempering aptitude had multiplied several times over, already surpassing his Qi Refinement aptitude.

If he had a sufficient supply of blood essence, it would absolutely be like adding wings to a tiger.

Within two to three years, cultivating the Great Shaman Body Forging Art to the seventh layer Perfection would be no problem at all!

“When the time comes and I break through to the Great Shaman Body Forging Art’s eighth layer, I’ll truly possess Great Firmament Golden Immortal combat power!”

Su Xing murmured.

To achieve Great Firmament Golden Immortal combat power through Qi Refinement would probably require another three to four years.

But focusing on the Great Shaman Body Forging Art could save him over a year…

That year-plus was extremely critical for Su Xing!

“Moreover, thanks to the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art, I only need to spend a small amount of effort to raise my Qi Refinement cultivation! I won’t fall too far behind…”

Thinking of this, Su Xing felt even more strongly that the “hunting plan” in the Eighth Heaven was highly feasible.

“The only difficulty is… alien races hold absolute dominance in the Eighth Heaven…”

“I must be extremely cautious… before I can attempt to hunt first-tier deities!”

Su Xing mentally simulated several plans, wanting to test whether he could successfully hunt first-tier deities.

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【Over the next period, you spent ten years exploring the alien race outpost intelligence within a radius of tens of millions of li.】

【In the Eighth Heaven, the alien races had assembled the forces of several main legions, and the number of high-ranking alien beings was extremely large.】

【Within just a radius of tens of millions of li, you sensed at least two outposts containing the aura of first-tier deities.】

【Although you were confident in slaying a single first-tier deity alone, killing an alien deity could take anywhere from several months to several years.】

【During that time, if alien reinforcements arrived and you found yourself outnumbered, the situation would become very unfavorable for you.】

【So you continued expanding your search range, looking for “isolated” alien deity outposts.】

【Another ten years passed…】

【Year 620. After more than twenty years of exploration, you finally found two suitable alien outposts.】

【One of the alien outposts contained one first-tier deity and three second-tier deities… and within a radius of hundreds of millions of li, no other first-tier deities existed.】

【For you, this was a perfect ambush location.】

【Afterward, you spent another three years investigating the first-tier deity’s strength, defensive formations, and other details within this outpost.】

【Your luck was quite good. The outpost housed a crimson-eyed deity who had only recently entered the first-tier deity level, with strength far inferior to yours.】

【Thus, you began your hunting operation.】

【You set up concealment formations in advance around the outpost to weaken the fluctuations from battle.】

【Then, you entered the outpost alone and began a large-scale massacre!】

【Sword qi filled the sky, sweeping through the alien lives within the outpost like cutting grass.】

【Tens of thousands of alien divine beings and dozens of alien deities were quickly slaughtered by you.】

【Soon, only the first-tier deity and the three second-tier deities remained within the outpost.】

【These four alien beings began to counterattack… and your chosen strategy was to first kill the second-tier deities, then free your hands to go all out against the first-tier deity.】

【Fighting one against four, you spent two hours slaying the three second-tier deities.】

【Entering a one-on-one battle, you began to go all out against the first-tier deity.】

【This crimson-eyed deity’s strength was far inferior to Red Moon’s. Its Law of Slaughter had only just entered the sixth realm, and the power of its various supernatural arts also fell far short.】

【More importantly, the crimson-eyed deity possessed a physical body, allowing you to easily wound it…】

【What followed was a prolonged war of attrition. You leveraged your advantage of foreknowledge and deep familiarity with the Redeyed Clan’s methods.】

【This battle lasted six months.】

【In the end, you used the Yin-Yang Five Elements Spirit Burst to successfully slay it!】

【After eradicating this outpost, you swiftly collected the blood essence and swept the outpost clean of all natural treasures.】

【Afterward, you fled millions of li away, leaving the outpost far behind.】

【Half a year later, other alien deities noticed the anomaly at this outpost and dispatched forces to investigate.】

【But you had long since vanished, retreating into a hidden cave dwelling to begin cultivation.】

In the Real World, Su Xing fell into deep thought upon seeing this.

“The Five Great Domains of the lower realm are, after all, the human race’s home turf. The alien races are distributed relatively scattered… making it difficult for them to provide support!”

“But in the Eighth Heaven, the alien races are densely distributed. If multiple first-tier deities join forces, even I would be drawn into a bitter fight, or even killed!”

“Therefore, I must seek out first-tier deities at remote outposts and eliminate them one by one…”

After a pause, Su Xing continued:

“Beyond that, the blood essence of second-tier deities, while not as potent as that of first-tier deities, is still a top-tier natural treasure… If consumed in large quantities, it would also help my cultivation of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!”

“Therefore, without absolute certainty, second-tier deities should be the primary hunting targets! First-tier deities can be hunted depending on the situation…”

“Even when hunting second-tier deities, the natural treasures within their outposts are of great use to my cultivation!”

“If two alien outposts are separated by only tens of millions of li, reinforcements could arrive within a year or even just months…”

“Therefore, adopting guerrilla tactics—strike once and relocate—is the safer approach…”

Su Xing reviewed his experience hunting the first-tier deity.

He finally understood why powerhouses like the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master chose to adopt “guerrilla warfare” tactics!

In the Eighth Heaven, alien races were densely distributed, while the human race was few in number—yet all were powerful.

Employing highly mobile harassment and targeted elimination was indeed the best approach.

“Mm, I’ll adopt this plan going forward!”

“Let me first see how long the gains from eradicating a first-tier deity outpost can sustain my cultivation.”

Su Xing’s current strength was still limited, but as he grew stronger, eradicating alien forces would also become easier.

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【Year 623. You entered the Luotian Realm and began cultivation.】

【In the blink of an eye, over seventy years passed in the outside world, while nearly eight hundred years passed within the Luotian Realm.】

【Year 700. With your blood essence and vital blood natural treasures exhausted, you successfully emerged from seclusion.】

【The Celestial Primordial Tree within your body approached thirteen zhang (43.29 m). Your cultivation drew ever closer to Golden Immortal, First Layer late stage.】

【The gains from eradicating a single first-tier deity outpost were enough to sustain over eighty years of cultivation.】

【Thus, over the next several centuries, you adopted guerrilla tactics and hunted alien deities.】

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

【Year 1,200. Over the course of five hundred years, you hunted a total of two first-tier deities and over thirty second-tier deities.】

【And nearly five hundred years of cultivation had also allowed the Celestial Primordial Tree within your body to grow to seventeen zhang (56.61 m)!】

【Growing nearly one zhang (3.33 m) every hundred years…】

【Your cultivation was now only a single step away from Supreme Unity Golden Immortal First Layer late stage!】

【However, as time passed, centuries of hunting had caused your legend to spread among the alien races.】

【More and more alien races prepared in advance, not only gathering together to prevent you from hunting them individually, but several first-tier deities even joined forces to search for your whereabouts.】

【Fortunately, you were skilled in the spatial Dao, and with the Great Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny helping you conceal your aura, you had yet to be discovered.】

【And so, another three hundred years passed…】

【Year 1,500. Over the past three hundred years, you successfully hunted another first-tier deity, but encountered an ambush and sustained severe injuries before fighting your way out.】

【Before you knew it, you had spent over a thousand years in the Eighth Heaven.】

【But across the vast expanse of the Eighth Heaven, you had not found any trace of the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master or other human race members.】

【This year, the Celestial Primordial Tree within your body grew to nineteen zhang (63.27 m), and your cultivation officially broke through to Supreme Unity Golden Immortal First Layer late stage!】

【Over the past century, hunting alien first-tier deities had become increasingly difficult, and your cultivation progress had slowed.】

【Under these circumstances, you decided to assume your lesser demon disguise identity…】

【Year 1,500: You transformed into the lesser demon disguise!】

【Soon, your existence attracted the attention of the alien race army.】

【Having disappeared for over a thousand years, you reappeared in the alien races’ sight.】

【Before long, you were dispatched to the Heavenly Secrets Domain in the lower realm.】

【Over the next hundred years, you cultivated lesser demons in the Heavenly Secrets Domain, accumulating followers.】

【Year 1,600: Red Moon found you. His contest with the second-generation Red Moon had reached a critical juncture.】

【Red Moon wished to devour the second-generation Red Moon and glimpse the Sovereign realm.】

【And the second-generation Red Moon harbored the very same intent…】

【Previously, you had collected fees from both generations of Red Moon, yet had no intention of actually doing anything for them.】

【You stayed out of it and continued cultivating followers.】

【Until Year 2,000, when your several hundred Lesser Demon Apostles and hundreds of millions of lesser demon followers temporarily reached their upper limit, making further breeding difficult in the short term.】

【So you began accumulating power of faith…】

【Year 2,300: One of your strongholds was attacked by the White Emperor.】

【Across the entire world, countless alien race deities were slain by human cultivators led by the White Emperor…】

【Fortunately, you learned of this in advance and fled without a trace…】

【Over the next two hundred years, that ominous premonition grew ever stronger, while the Heavenly Secrets Domain steadily lost ground under the alien races’ invasion.】

【Until Year 2,500!】

【The effects of the Calamity Tribulation Physique grew increasingly powerful, and you sensed that you would face an unprecedented assassination.】

【You expended all of your power of faith… Your mastery of spatial laws surged rapidly!】

【Several months later, the Celestial Demon General led a contingent of human cultivators to hunt down alien races!】

【This battle was exceptionally brutal. The Talong Chief God personally took the field and engaged in a great battle with the Celestial Demon General.】

【You never learned the outcome of the battle, because amid the war, you were killed by the joint assassination of two Supreme Unity Golden Immortals…】

【You died!】

【Ding! This simulation has ended!】

After the simulation ended, Su Xing did not rush to select his rewards. Instead, he began reflecting on the gains and losses of this simulation.

The first four hundred years were the optimal template Su Xing had devised.

Trading with Qingyunzi, collecting vital blood-type heavenly treasures, then going to obtain the Luotian Black Pearl.

Though he could not borrow the power of the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, Su Xing still saved several hundred years, using that time to explore the Eighth Heaven.

And after obtaining the Luotian Black Pearl, Su Xing could also begin attempting to assimilate the Luotian Realm.

After that, the two-hundred-plus years of immersive simulation were also essential!

“Afterward, I could perhaps conduct the immersive simulation within the Eighth Heaven itself — achieving twice the results with half the effort!”

Su Xing murmured.

“And after four hundred years… that’s when the real exploration of the Eighth Heaven begins, along with cultivation time!”

“I already know the location of the Soulsever Grass, but my strength is still insufficient to obtain it for now…”

“Meanwhile, the Eighth Heaven is teeming with high-level alien races that can provide blood essence, along with all manner of heavenly treasures nurtured over hundreds of millions of years — all immensely useful to me!”

“It’s somewhat dangerous, but a thousand years of continuous cultivation yields rapid growth!”

After a pause, Su Xing continued:

“After Year 1,500, when hunting alien races is no longer feasible, transforming into the lesser demon disguise is well within expectations!”

“The struggle between the two generations of Red Moon will surely end in one of their deaths! After all… this concerns the Sovereign realm!”

Su Xing’s brow furrowed tightly. In the simulation, after he had transformed into the lesser demon disguise, he naturally didn’t concern himself with the struggle between the two Red Moons.

But in reality, Su Xing had to pay close attention.

If one generation of Red Moon successfully devoured the other and ascended to the Sovereign realm…

Then the human race would truly be at the brink of extinction!

“Fortunately, neither generation of Red Moon is easy to deal with. It shouldn’t be that simple to determine a victor!”

“If circumstances allow, perhaps I can even fan the flames and make them both suffer devastating losses…”

“Finally, the time nodes at Year 2,300 and Year 2,500… if I prepare in advance, I may be able to avoid death…”

Su Xing closed his eyes and reviewed everything, and once he was certain nothing had been overlooked, he turned his gaze to this simulation’s rewards.

【Ancestral Shaman】: Red talent. Price: 100 origin energy.

【Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results】: The Celestial Primordial Tree within the body has grown to nineteen zhang (63.27 m), with life force and vital blood blazing like a great sun… Price: 24 million origin energy!

【Supreme Unity Golden Immortal First Layer late stage cultivation】: Price: 1 origin energy.

【World Assimilation Secret Art (Perfection)】: Not far from Perfection. Contains the effect of assimilating worlds and incorporating them into one’s Spirit Domain. Once fully mastered, one may attempt to assimilate an entire minor world. Price: 3 million origin energy!

【Body-World Fusion Secret Art (Perfection)】: Not far from Perfection. Originated from an ancient Great Firmament Golden Immortal… Price: 3 million origin energy!

This simulation’s harvest was nothing short of enormous for Su Xing!

Especially after obtaining the Ancestral Shaman talent, the growth of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art could only be described as explosive!

In just a single simulation, a mere thousand years, the Great Shaman Body Forging Art had advanced tremendously. The Celestial Primordial Tree had grown a full eight zhang (26.64 m), nearly doubling…

“The World Assimilation and Body-World Fusion secret arts have also finally reached the Perfection realm. From now on, I can attempt fusing with a minor world…”

Su Xing nodded slightly. Of these five rewards, there was no question — he wanted every single one!

“I choose to bring out…” Su Xing silently recited.

【Ding! Congratulations on bringing out the red talent Ancestral Shaman… Remaining origin energy: 612,296,237 points…】

【Congratulations on bringing out Supreme Unity Golden Immortal cultivation… Remaining origin energy: 612,296,235 points…】

【Congratulations on bringing out Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results… Remaining origin energy: 588,296,235 points…】

【Congratulations on bringing out World Assimilation Secret Art (Perfection)… Remaining origin energy: 584,996,235 points…】

【Congratulations on bringing out Body-World Fusion Secret Art (Perfection)… Remaining origin energy: 581,996,235 points…】

Five consecutive chimes rang out, and Su Xing gently closed his eyes, receiving the feedback of memories and cultivation.

His Qi Refinement cultivation had advanced from Supreme Unity Golden Immortal First Layer mid-stage to late stage — the change wasn’t particularly dramatic.

But it still represented what would take an ordinary Supreme Unity Golden Immortal hundreds of thousands of years to accumulate.

The true massive improvement was the growth of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art — the Primordial Energy Tree within his body had grown from eleven zhang (36.63 m) to eighteen zhang (59.94 m)!

Su Xing could keenly sense that his terrifying regenerative power had increased by roughly twenty percent once again…

The two Spirit Domain cultivation secret arts had also been fully mastered by Su Xing to Perfection.

Letting out a long breath, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes and said with satisfaction:

“No wonder the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Seventh Layer at Peak, is said to grant regeneration from a single drop of blood… My current life force hasn’t even reached its limit yet!”

“Once cultivated to Perfection… my physical body’s life force will likely rival that of an entire world!”

Su Xing nodded contentedly.

“At this rate, within a dozen or so simulations, I’ll be able to cultivate the Great Shaman Body Forging Art to the seventh layer Minor Mastery, with the Primordial Energy Tree surpassing a hundred zhang (333 m)!”

Su Xing was deeply satisfied with his strength increase from this simulation.

At his current realm, achieving this level of growth was already considered exceptionally good.

“Right now, I still have five simulation opportunities remaining! Close to six hundred million origin energy!”

“I’ll use four simulations first to push my cultivation up another level!”

With that, Su Xing rode his momentum and began consecutive simulations.

Each simulation, Su Xing employed roughly the same strategy.

Trade with Qingyunzi, accumulate heavenly treasures, head to the Celestial Demon Domain to obtain the Luotian Black Pearl.

Then, after the hundredth year, arrive at the Eighth Heaven and begin immersive simulation!

The only difference was that within the Eighth Heaven, Dao comprehension was far superior to the Seventh Heaven!

After several simulations, Su Xing found a suitable location for secluded comprehension, allowing him to contemplate the Great Dao with twice the results for half the effort!

After that came hunting first-tier deities of the alien races to obtain blood essence.

And after Year 1,500, transforming into the lesser demon disguise to build up power of faith!

Through these successive simulations, Su Xing’s strength continuously rose!

…

Under Su Xing’s meticulous planning, the 205th, 206th, 207th, and 208th simulations concluded smoothly!

Having run four simulations in a row, Su Xing wearily rubbed his brow.

It was mainly the immersive simulations — contemplating the Great Dao for over a thousand consecutive years was still quite mentally taxing for him.

“However, the progress I’ve made is also enormous!”

Su Xing’s eyes gleamed as he glanced at his attribute panel.

【Cultivation: Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Second Layer mid-stage; Great Shaman Body Forging Art Seventh Layer, Initiation (Primordial Energy Tree: fifty zhang (166.5 m))】