Chapter 480 – Minor World Assimilation, Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master Proves His Dao to Become a Saint?

Chapter 480 – Minor World Assimilation, Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master Proves His Dao to Become a Saint?

After experiencing four simulations, Su Xing’s Qi Refinement and Body Tempering cultivation had both achieved breakthroughs.

The only regret was that his spatial Dao was still some distance from sixth realm Minor Mastery.

“Hoo… but the power of faith is truly wondrous. The lesser demon disguise’s spatial laws are about to step into sixth realm Minor Mastery!”

“Under the Luotian Ancestor’s guidance, I can also attempt my first minor world assimilation!”

“There’s one last simulation opportunity remaining. The 209th simulation — it’s time to begin!”

Before officially starting the simulation, Su Xing habitually reviewed and planned things out.

Over four simulations, his cultivation had improved considerably, costing nearly 200 million origin energy in total.

Su Xing still had 388,596,203 points of origin energy on hand.

“From my current position, it would take roughly half a month to return to the Void Realm…”

“Naturally, I can’t waste simulation opportunities…”

“After all, leaving the Void Realm each time requires some justification. Transforming into my true body for cultivation is the only way to maximize returns…”

“The panel can store a maximum of five simulation opportunities… meaning at most every month and a half, I’ll need to go out and transform into my true body to run simulations…”

Su Xing mulled it over and decided this wasn’t a difficult matter.

After all, over the past half year, he had been cooperating and communicating with various foreign race deities. Leaving the Void Realm was considered normal and wouldn’t arouse any suspicion.

“Hoo, let’s start the simulation!”

Su Xing’s gaze flickered as he silently chanted:

“Begin simulation!”

【209th simulation initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 388,596,203 points… Remaining simulation attempts: 0.】

【Simulation begins!】

【Drawing a talent costs 1 point of origin energy. Draw?】

“Yes!”

【Ding! Congratulations, you have drawn the gold talent Xuanniao Divine Physique. Next draw probability: gold talent 80%, red talent 20%…】

【Xuanniao Divine Physique】: Gold talent. One of the Hundred Great Divine Physiques of the cultivation world, inherited from the ancient period divine beast “Heavenly Mandate Xuanniao” Bloodline. Possessing this talent provides slight improvements to fortune, constitution, and speed.

Su Xing glanced at the new talent and nodded slightly.

The Xuanniao Divine Physique was a decent talent.

However, as Su Xing’s constitution and talents grew increasingly monstrous, gold talents could now only bring him improvements at the “slight” level.

To achieve any notable improvement, he would need at least a red talent.

“Even the smallest mosquito is still meat! Let’s prepare for the simulation…”

Su Xing murmured.

After experiencing four simulations previously, Su Xing could now officially begin assimilating a minor world.

This meant that Su Xing’s Spirit Domain could advance toward becoming an Immortal Domain.

What Su Xing wanted to test this time was just how great a boost an Immortal Domain would provide him at his current level!

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【Please select a Plus One talent…】

“I choose to empower the Late Bloomer talent…”

【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you realize you are in a simulation.】

【You arrive near Earth, wanting to find an opportunity to assimilate Earth into your Spirit Domain.】

【But unfortunately, within the Endless Abyss, Red Moon still watches with predatory intent.】

【After patiently waiting for several months, you realize there is no way to proceed. With Red Moon’s strength growing ever stronger, you can only leave.】

【You travel to the Azure Cloud Sect and successfully reach a deal with Qingyunzi.】

【Over the following years, you begin searching for the Luo Tian legacy within the Azure Origin Domain while simultaneously seeking a suitable minor world to assimilate.】

【Among the Three Thousand Worlds, the territories are boundless, with countless minor worlds of every kind.】

【The majority of these minor worlds possess living beings and cultivation civilizations.】

【After continuous searching, you find a newly born minor world.】

【This minor world was born only a few million years ago, yet it already possesses complete Great Dao laws, has given rise to faint spiritual energy, and supports various spirit beasts.】

【Furthermore, this minor world contains no traces of cultivation civilization, making it extremely suitable for assimilation.】

【Thus, you arrive at this minor world, fully releasing your Spirit Domain and activating the secret technique.】

【Within your perception, every plant and tree, every mountain and river, even every living being within the minor world becomes spiritually connected to you…】

【Following the method of world assimilation, you slowly incorporate this minor world into your Spirit Domain.】

【Your Spirit Domain begins to gradually merge with this minor world as one…】

【The entire process is extremely lengthy…】

【In the blink of an eye, three hundred years pass!】

【In the 320th year, when you once again examine your Spirit Domain, you discover enormous changes.】

【The range of your Spirit Domain has grown from its original 100,000 li (50,000 km) directly to 220,000 li (110,000 km)!】

【This is the size of that minor world!】

【Simultaneously, this minor world has vanished from the void, becoming a part of your Spirit Domain.】

【Including every tree and flower, every living being within this minor world.】

【All of them have entered your Spirit Domain, completely intact!】

【No — with this massive enhancement to your Spirit Domain, it has now truly stepped into the Immortal Domain level!】

【By activating your Immortal Domain, you can channel this minor world’s power and fortune into yourself… your comprehension of the Great Dao laws begins to surge!】

【Under the empowerment of the Immortal Domain state, your spatial Dao directly reaches sixth realm Minor Mastery level!】

【You begin to observe the condition of all living beings within your Immortal Domain.】

【For all the living beings within the Immortal Domain, they have barely perceived any change and continue living according to their original trajectories.】

【But you can expend magical power at a cost to easily alter the minor world’s terrain and rivers.】

【With a thought, you release the Great Dao of Earth, and a mountain ten thousand zhang (33.3 km) tall rises from the ground.】

【You release the Water Dao, and mountains, rivers, and oceans appear within the Spirit Domain…】

【Within this space, you are like a creator god, omnipotent.】

【Satisfied with this, you spend several more decades adapting to the process.】

【By the 350th year, you leave the Azure Origin Domain and head toward the Celestial Demon Domain…】

In the Real World, Su Xing frowned slightly upon seeing this.

“Converting an entire minor world takes three hundred years!?”

“That amount of time… is far too long!”

Su Xing’s plan was to assimilate all of Earth into a part of his minor world.

Earth’s area was roughly the same size as this minor world, so wouldn’t it also require at least three hundred years?

“No, wait… after all, this was only my first minor world assimilation. The time spent was inevitably longer!”

“As I assimilate more and more minor worlds and my Immortal Domain grows stronger, the time required should decrease drastically…”

“The Immortal Domain’s boost to me is also not to be underestimated… under the enhancement of world power, my spatial Dao can directly advance by one minor realm!”

“If I wished, this power could also be channeled into the Great Dao of the Sword, the Five Elements Dao, or any other Great Dao!”

Su Xing’s eyes gleamed.

From sixth realm entry to sixth realm Minor Mastery was merely the difference of one minor realm.

But the gap in supernatural art power and Great Dao comprehension was a full twofold difference!

Therefore, as long as Su Xing activated his Immortal Domain, the power of his supernatural arts could instantly double!

“Tsk tsk… worthy of the Luotian Ancestor’s signature technique… this Immortal Domain is truly extraordinary!”

Su Xing nodded slightly.

With the evolution from Spirit Realm to Immortal Domain, Su Xing’s “Spirit Domain” amplification had undergone a qualitative leap!

The Spirit Domain’s range had directly increased to 220,000 li (110,000 km) — more than doubling!

“Back then, Sword Immortal White Emperor’s Spirit Domain range was only a little over 100,000 li (50,000 km)… he couldn’t even match my current level!”

“In attainment on the path of Spirit Domain, I have already surpassed White Emperor!”

Su Xing felt a stir of emotion. Granted, this was partly because White Emperor himself was not proficient in the path of Spirit Domain.

But Su Xing’s aptitude and attainment on the path of Spirit Domain were truly remarkable.

After all, the “Immortal Domain” was a power that presumably only Great Firmament Golden Immortals could master!

And Su Xing, having only recently stepped into the Supreme Unity Golden Immortal level, already possessed such power — how could he not be excited?

Yet amid his joy, Su Xing also felt some concern.

“Assimilating one minor world… to directly expand my Spirit Domain to 220,000 li (110,000 km), just how much origin energy will that cost?”

“And does the Spirit Domain’s assimilation of minor worlds have an upper limit? Can it grow without restriction?”

Questions swirled in Su Xing’s mind. After breaking through to a new realm, new problems followed one after another.

“Fortunately, I can go ask the Luotian Ancestor… As someone who has reached the pinnacle of the Spirit Domain path, she should know!”

Su Xing’s gaze turned toward the simulation panel. He wanted to first go to the Celestial Demon Domain to retrieve the Luotian Black Pearl!

【Year 360: You successfully arrived at the Celestial Demon Domain and obtained the Luotian Black Pearl.】

【You activated the Luotian Black Pearl and consulted the Luotian Ancestor about the path of Spirit Domain cultivation.】

【The Luotian Ancestor was astonished by your attainment in the Spirit Domain path — you had actually already assimilated your first minor world!】

【After her surprise subsided, the Luotian Ancestor began instructing you in the subsequent methods of Spirit Domain cultivation.】

【For the path of the Spirit Domain, assimilating the first minor world is the most difficult step.】

【This was precisely why the Luotian Ancestor had created the Spirit Domain secret technique — to better facilitate the assimilation of the first minor world.】

【Once you successfully assimilate a minor world, you fully form an Immortal Domain and gain the means to borrow world power.】

【Thereafter, like adding fuel to a fire, you must gradually assimilate portions of other worlds into this minor world.】

【The subsequent assimilation process accelerates a hundredfold, until you encounter the first bottleneck. Only by breaking through the bottleneck can assimilation continue.】

【This process is extremely lengthy, requiring tens of thousands of years or even longer to expand the Immortal Domain’s scope to the size of a lesser chiliocosm.】

【After that, a Medium Chiliocosm… then a Greater World…】

【As the Immortal Domain’s scope continuously expands, the Spirit Domain’s effects gradually strengthen…】

【The Luotian Ancestor imparted to you numerous methods of cultivating the Immortal Domain.】

【You used shadow-recording stones to document each one.】

【Afterward, you asked the Luotian Ancestor whether the choice of the first minor world made any difference.】

【The Luotian Ancestor informed you that there was not much difference, because the first minor world was merely a foundation. It would need to be continuously expanded afterward, and as the Immortal Domain’s scope grew larger, whether it was the first world or those expanded into later… all would become part of the final Immortal Domain!】

【Additionally, the Luotian Ancestor informed you that the expansion of the Immortal Domain’s scope was closely related to divine sense, cultivation level, physical constitution, Spatial Dao Comprehension, and other factors.】

【If you wanted the Immortal Domain to be sufficiently vast, you would need stronger divine sense, enough to envelop the entire Immortal Domain.】

【Stronger cultivation and deeper Great Dao comprehension could also reduce the difficulty of cultivating the Immortal Domain. The two complemented each other…】

【Beyond that, you could seek out resource-rich minor worlds and assimilate them into your Immortal Domain.】

【The more resource-rich the Immortal Domain, the more resources a cultivator could mobilize…】

【The Luotian Ancestor shared with you extensive experience in Spirit Domain cultivation, and you recorded each point…】

【Year 370: You departed the Celestial Demon Domain and headed for the Eighth Heaven.】

In the Real World, Su Xing read this with a contemplative expression.

“The choice of the first minor world doesn’t have much impact… After all, if needed later, I can simply assimilate other worlds!”

“However, for me, assimilating worlds in reality takes far too much time!”

“Even with the hundredfold acceleration in subsequent world assimilations, assimilating Earth would still take two or three years…”

After a pause, Su Xing continued:

“But as the Spirit Domain grows stronger, and since Earth is part of the Luotian Realm, and I carry the Luotian Mirror, the assimilation speed might be somewhat faster…”

“As for choosing resource-rich minor worlds to assimilate, that shouldn’t matter much to me.”

After all, assimilating worlds in reality took far too much time, and Su Xing couldn’t possibly waste his time on that.

The more resource-rich a world, the more mineral deposits it contained, and naturally the more origin energy needed to extract it.

This was exactly why Su Xing had chosen a newly born minor world.

It had fewer mineral veins, containing only ordinary ores and living creatures. Spiritual energy had only just emerged, so naturally the origin energy required was less.

As for the lacking spiritual energy, spirit plants, and mineral veins — Su Xing could make up for those slowly over time.

“A minor world is merely tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of li in diameter. Both its area and the strength of its living creatures are quite low, making assimilation relatively easy.”

“But even the smallest lesser chiliocosm — wouldn’t its scope exceed a million li (500,000 km)?”

“To expand the Immortal Domain from minor world size to lesser chiliocosm size… I’m afraid it would take more than a dozen assimilations!”

“That would definitely be an enormous expenditure…”

Though the cost was considerable, Su Xing had already experienced the Spirit Domain’s effects firsthand.

Being able to directly elevate the power of the Great Dao by one minor realm at the sixth realm was definitely impressive.

“Afterward, perhaps I can slowly assimilate barren minor worlds or world fragments, paying the smallest price to expand the Immortal Domain’s area!”

Su Xing thought to himself.

“As for this simulation, it’s time to continue with immersive simulation!”

Su Xing silently intoned:

“Activate immersive simulation… duration: 274 years!”

【Ding… Remaining origin energy: 388,496,203 points…】

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

…

Before long, the two-hundred-plus years of immersive simulation concluded, and Su Xing’s consciousness returned.

Within the spirit field grotto-heaven, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, nodding with satisfaction.

“The Eighth Heaven truly allows one to comprehend the Great Dao significantly faster…”

“I’m getting ever closer to the sixth realm Minor Mastery of the spatial Dao.”

“Next, I’ll continue raising my strength within the Eighth Heaven!”

Su Xing’s gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【Year 645: Your closed-door cultivation ended, and you began training.】

【Hunting foreign races to harvest blood essence, exploring treasure grounds to obtain qi and blood-type natural treasures… your cultivation steadily advanced.】

【In the blink of an eye, nearly a thousand years passed!】

【Year 1,600: The Primordial Energy Tree within your body reached fifty-six zhang (186.5 m), and your cultivation approached Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Second Layer late-stage.】

【As a result of your nearly thousand years of hunting in the Eighth Heaven, the foreign races’ defenses had grown increasingly thorough.】

【With first-tier deities becoming difficult to hunt, the blood essence you obtained grew scarcer, and your strength advancement slowed.】

【This year, you followed your plan and transformed into a lesser demon deity.】

【Over the following centuries, you traveled to the Heavenly Secrets Domain and gathered followers.】

【Year 2,100: With sufficient followers, you began accumulating the power of faith.】

【Year 2,600: You expended all your power of faith, channeling it entirely into enhancing your spatial laws!】

【Your mastery of spatial laws finally broke through the threshold… reaching the sixth realm Minor Mastery!】

【Drawing on your experience from previous simulations, you survived the calamities of Year 2,300 and Year 2,500.】

【Year 2,700: The White Emperor and the Celestial Demon General led the human race’s forces in a final counterattack!】

【This year, all of the human race’s territory was reduced to just over a hundred minor worlds near the Celestial Secrets Realm.】

【Leveraging your foreknowledge, you avoided this round of purges and survived.】

【Until Year 2,800…】

【In the Grey Wolf Realm, the Talong Chief God and Tu’nah Chief God held their position, supported by over ten first-tier deities.】

【In this world, you should have been perfectly safe…】

【Yet you knew that this year, you would die!】

【The anticipated day soon arrived. A beam of white light… descended upon this world!】

【The immense radiance cleaved the entire Grey Wolf Realm in two, a stark division like night and day.】

【You, along with over ten first-tier deities, died without any power to resist!】

【In your final moments, you witnessed the Talong Chief God and Tu’nah Chief God’s desperate struggle…】

【You saw the Talong, a being the size of a planet, cleaved in half by that beam of light.】

【There was nothing more. You died!】

【Ding — this simulation has ended!】

After the simulation ended, Su Xing gazed at the text before him, lost in thought.

“Year 2,800… dead again?”

In the previous simulation, after Su Xing had transformed into a lesser demon, he had also died to this same “beam of light.”

At that time, Su Xing had been utterly powerless to resist, unable to even discern where the killing blow had originated.

This time, Su Xing had hidden in the Grey Wolf Realm — a stronghold guarded by chief gods.

Yet even the Talong and Tu’nah Chief Gods had been completely powerless to resist…

“So this is power that surpasses the Great Firmament Golden Immortal!”

Su Xing quickly realized something, his eyes lighting up:

“The Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master — has he proved his Dao to become a Saint?!”

This was the only variable Su Xing could think of!

“What a pity… it came too late!”

“The price the human race paid was too great!”

“Of the Three Thousand Worlds, ninety-nine percent of the human race has been exterminated… only those final hundred-odd worlds remain…”

“And on the foreign races’ side, it’s not as if they lack Saint-level combat power!”

Su Xing’s expression turned grave as he thought of the Sovereign-realm powerhouse among the foreign races — the one they called the “Great Existence.”

“Victory or defeat… remains uncertain!”