Chapter 481 – World Power Bestowed, Su Xing’s Auction Begins
by spirapira“Even if the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master became a Saint… it was still too late!”
“Two thousand eight hundred years later, the human race was nearly driven to extinction… Could the appearance of a single Saint at that point truly turn the tide?”
Su Xing shook his head slightly. He wasn’t optimistic.
Even if the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master was extraordinarily talented, having become a Saint at the final moment—
It would merely prolong the human race’s dying struggle…
Among the foreign races, there were already beings at the Sovereign realm, with far deeper foundations than the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master.
Moreover, the battle between the two generations of Red Moon would very likely catalyze the emergence of a “Sovereign of Death”!
Either the first-generation Red Moon would devour the second-generation Red Moon, perfecting its own Death law to ascend to the Sovereign realm.
Or the second-generation Red Moon would win, stealing the Death law from the first-generation Red Moon to become a Sovereign…
Regardless of the outcome, it would be tremendously disadvantageous for the human race!
“Besides… at the rate reality is progressing, the human race may not even survive to the two thousand eight hundred year mark!”
Su Xing shook his head slightly. With the help of his Calamity Tribulation Physique, the human race had held on until the two thousand eight hundred year mark.
If Su Xing hadn’t assumed his lesser demon disguise identity, the human race would have lasted two thousand five hundred years at most.
“I can’t place my hopes on the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master… I need to rely on my own strength!”
Su Xing’s gaze was resolute.
“However, that final beam of light that destroyed the Grey Wolf Realm with overwhelming force… it truly demonstrated that a Saint’s combat power far exceeds that of a Great Firmament Golden Immortal!”
Su Xing murmured.
“In this simulation, my Spirit Domain has finally advanced another step! Let me see what rewards I’ve earned this time…”
Su Xing looked at the reward list.
【Xuanniao Divine Physique】: Gold talent, priced at 10 origin energy.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results】: The Celestial Primordial Tree within the body has reached fifty-six zhang (186.5 m) in height, with life force and blood energy blazing like a great sun… Priced at 18 million origin energy!
【Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Second Layer mid-stage cultivation】: Priced at 1 origin energy.
【World Power · Spirit Domain (Small World)】: The Spirit Domain has advanced into the Immortal Domain level. World power returns to the self. By harnessing the world power within the Spirit Domain, one can temporarily enhance Great Dao comprehension. Current Spirit Domain range: 220,000 li (110,000 km). Can elevate sixth realm Great Dao comprehension by one minor realm. Priced at 198.76 million origin energy. (Spirit Domain range valued at 120 million origin energy, small world total value 78.76 million origin energy…)
Looking at the four rewards before him, Su Xing’s gaze fell on the last one.
“World power, Spirit Domain? Holy shit… it actually costs nearly 200 million origin energy? That’s insanely expensive!”
Su Xing had anticipated that the Spirit Domain’s cultivation results would be very costly, but he hadn’t expected it to be this expensive!
The Spirit Domain range had expanded by 120,000 li (60,000 km), with an average value of 10 million origin energy per 10,000 li (5,000 km), totaling 120 million!
“As for the small world’s price…”
Su Xing was glad he had chosen a relatively barren small world.
Had it been a more valuable small world, it probably would have cost even more origin energy!
“Phew… a price of 200 million really is quite steep!”
“But a supernatural art as powerful as the Spirit Domain is something I absolutely must learn…”
Whether to enhance his combat power or for the future naturalization of Earth, Su Xing had to pay this origin energy.
Without much hesitation, Su Xing claimed all four rewards.
【Ding, congratulations on claiming the gold talent Xuanniao Divine Physique… Remaining origin energy: 388,496,192…】
【Congratulations on claiming Supreme Unity Golden Immortal cultivation… Remaining origin energy: 388,496,190…】
【Congratulations on claiming Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results… Remaining origin energy: 370,496,190…】
【Congratulations on claiming World Power · Spirit Domain (Small World)… Remaining origin energy: 171,736,190…】
As the Chime notifications fell one after another, a mysterious transformation occurred within Su Xing’s body.
His Qi Refinement cultivation had only improved slightly, still remaining at Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Second Layer mid-stage, though he was no longer far from the late stage.
The more significant progress was still in the Great Shaman Body Forging Art. The Celestial Primordial Tree within his body had reached fifty-six zhang (186.5 m), not far from the hundred-zhang (333 m) height required for the Minor Mastery realm.
Of course, what Su Xing was most anticipating was the enormous progress in his Spirit Domain!
The spirit field grotto-heaven where Su Xing resided began expanding rapidly.
In just a quarter of an hour, it grew from 100,000 li (50,000 km) to 220,000 li (110,000 km).
Its area had expanded several times over!
As a complete small world merged into the Spirit Domain, Su Xing sensed that many new living beings had appeared within it.
With a thought, towering peaks thousands of zhang high rose from the ground, and great rivers spanning ten thousand li (5,000 km) appeared across the land.
Within this Spirit Domain, Su Xing was like an omnipotent creator, able to reshape the world’s terrain at will.
“Even the consumption for Great Dao comprehension has decreased considerably…”
Su Xing took a deep breath and tried using the full power of his Spirit Domain.
With a thought, the entire Spirit Domain—220,000 li (110,000 km) in range—already qualified as a relatively large small world.
And with the bestowal of “world power,” Su Xing’s comprehension of the Great Dao of Space effortlessly broke through its bottleneck.
Sixth realm Minor Mastery of the Great Dao of Space!
Though it was only an improvement of one minor realm, Su Xing felt that his mastery of spatial Dao had nearly doubled!
At full power, he could easily shatter the void and traverse tens of millions of li in an instant.
“Hiss… With Great Dao comprehension, the higher you go, even the gap of a single minor realm becomes vastly enormous!”
Su Xing remarked with some emotion.
“The only regret is that this is merely borrowing the Spirit Domain’s power for a temporary boost in Great Dao comprehension—it’s not permanent… It can only last about a quarter of an hour…”
Su Xing sensed that in this Great Dao-enhanced state, it could only be sustained for a brief quarter of an hour.
Of course, this was also because Su Xing’s Spirit Domain had just broken through to the Immortal Domain level—its world range and world power were still insufficient.
Once the Spirit Domain’s range grew further, the boost to Great Dao comprehension would become terrifyingly greater.
“Phew… even this temporary enhancement is nothing to scoff at!”
“And it’s not just the Great Dao of Space… the Five Elements and the Great Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny can also be temporarily elevated by one minor realm under the enhancement of world power!”
Su Xing was fairly satisfied with this.
During the duration of the world power enhancement, Su Xing’s strongest offensive capabilities could be boosted by at least fifty percent!
Alongside the satisfaction of his power increase, Su Xing couldn’t help but look at his simulation panel with some concern.
“I only have just over 170 million origin energy left… and my simulation attempts are used up…”
Su Xing rubbed his chin.
Simulation attempts weren’t a problem for Su Xing—he averaged one new attempt per week.
Over the next few years, he would have at least two to three hundred simulation opportunities.
But with origin energy running low, Su Xing had to take this seriously.
“At the Supreme Unity Golden Immortal realm, every single layer of Qi Refinement cultivation requires a full 100 million origin energy!”
“This amount of origin energy is barely enough to advance me to Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Third Layer Peak… not even enough to break through to Supreme Unity mid-stage!”
“However, if I use it to advance the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, it should be enough to reach seventh layer Minor Mastery…”
But neither the Great Shaman Body Forging Art nor his Qi Refinement cultivation’s minor realm breakthroughs would be sufficient to produce a qualitative change in Su Xing’s strength.
So…
“Making money! I still need to earn money!”
“I need to earn more origin energy!”
Su Xing took a deep breath.
After infiltrating the foreign races, his speed of acquiring origin energy had indeed increased substantially.
But compared to the daily skyrocketing energy expenditure that came with advancing in realm, it was still somewhat inadequate.
“According to the original plan… over the next year, the gifts from the foreign race deities would be worth at most one to two hundred million origin energy… far from enough!”
Su Xing did the math based on his current progress.
His Qi Refinement cultivation would, after about twenty simulations, barely break into Supreme Unity mid-stage.
That alone would be an expenditure of 200 million origin energy.
And the Great Shaman Body Forging Art’s progress was even more pronounced—breaking into seventh layer Minor Mastery within two months wouldn’t be difficult.
That would be another nearly 200 million origin energy…
Adding in the costs of advancing the Spirit Domain, Great Dao comprehension, and other expenses, the origin energy was completely insufficient.
“I need to find new income streams! I absolutely must!”
Su Xing quickly pondered how much more he could extract from the foreign races.
“Within two and a half years, there’s still a sum of origin energy from Red Moon, worth around 500 million…”
“More importantly, there’s the second-generation Red Moon! A full 3 billion origin energy—if only I could get my hands on it early!”
Su Xing mused. If he could plan ahead to exploit the conflict between the two generations of Red Moon…
Perhaps he could extract even more origin energy from both of them?
“Beyond that… those foreign race deities still have plenty of blood essence I can swindle from them…”
After racking his brain, Su Xing finally hit upon a brilliant idea—
Auctioning off low-tier lesser demons!
“That’s right! I can absolutely create hype in advance and sell off low-tier lesser demons in bulk to those lesser demon deities!”
Su Xing’s eyes lit up as he considered the feasibility of this plan.
First, those lesser demon deities who wanted to befriend and curry favor with Su Xing were mostly quite wealthy!
They basically all commanded some small legion, with no shortage of second-tier and third-tier deities under them, and even more God-level subordinates than could be counted.
And the reason they were so eager to curry favor with Su Xing — wasn’t it precisely to obtain more lesser demon cannon fodder?
One million lesser demon cannon fodder was enough to cover the expendable losses for invading a small world!
Ten million lesser demon cannon fodder could allow those legions to invade a lesser chiliocosm!
And one hundred million lesser demon cannon fodder would be sufficient for a century-long assault on a Medium Chiliocosm!
Thinking of this, Su Xing’s eyes grew brighter and brighter.
“I won’t just sell low-level lesser demon cannon fodder… I’ll also sell commander-level lesser demons, even God-level lesser demons!”
“One million lesser demon cannon fodder in exchange for one million worth of origin energy — that’s not unreasonable, right?”
“One lesser demon deity, directly exchanged for ten million origin energy — that’s not unreasonable, right?”
Su Xing took a deep breath. His grand plan for making a fortune was already taking shape!
“I can totally dangle promises in front of those alien deities — as long as they give me origin energy… I’ll supply them with lesser demon cannon fodder within the next hundred years!”
“As long as I demonstrate my abilities, one billion lesser demon cannon fodder within a hundred years would be effortless… I could even amass over a billion origin energy in a short period!”
“As for when the hundred-year deadline arrives… I already said it’s just empty promises — naturally, it’s impossible to fulfill!”
After running through his plan repeatedly and confirming there were no flaws, Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.
“Half a month’s time — I should head back to the Void Realm first!”
With that thought, Su Xing stepped into the void, continuously tearing through space as he raced toward the Void Realm.
……
Half a month later, Su Xing was no longer far from the Void Realm.
By now, Su Xing had accumulated two new simulation opportunities.
Before returning to the Void Realm, he naturally had to use up all his simulation opportunities.
And so, Su Xing activated the 210th and 211th simulations in succession.
After two simulations, Su Xing’s gains were considerable.
The Great Shaman Body Forging Art had advanced further, and the Primordial Energy Tree within his body had grown to sixty-five zhang (216.5 m).
His Qi Refinement cultivation had also reached Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Second Layer late-stage.
At the same time, Su Xing had begun attempting to assimilate the Luotian Realm, and his domain range had expanded by ten thousand li (5,000 km), reaching 230,000 li (115,000 km).
The spatial Dao was drawing ever closer to sixth realm Minor Mastery.
And the lesser demon disguise’s mastery of spatial laws was also steadily advancing toward sixth realm Major Mastery.
The only regret was that the simulations still couldn’t surpass 2,800 years.
Under that terrifying white-light supernatural art, Su Xing had absolutely no power to fight back.
Since his Qi Refinement cultivation had yet to break through, the two simulations had only cost Su Xing tens of millions of origin energy.
His remaining origin energy stood at 131,505,679 points.
“Phew… two consecutive simulations, and my strength has improved yet again!”
“As I am now, I can be considered to barely possess Supreme Unity True Master-level strength… enough to crush the vast majority of Supreme Unity Golden Immortals!”
Su Xing sensed the power within his body and was quite satisfied.
“It’s time to return to the Void Realm and begin the plan!”
With a thought, Su Xing shifted into his lesser demon disguise identity, then headed toward the Void Realm.
One day later, Su Xing arrived at the Void Realm and found that succubus deity.
“Amumei, I’d like to contact those friendly first-tier deities… and I need you to announce a message for me…”
The succubus deity felt slightly puzzled, but still replied:
“Esteemed Lord of the Lesser Demons… whatever you need, please just give the order!”
“I will convey the message to the other first-tier deities according to your requirements…”
Su Xing didn’t mince words and said directly:
“One month from now, I shall host a banquet and hold an auction in the Void Realm…”
“And the contents of the auction are…”
Su Xing explained his plan to “auction lesser demons” to the succubus deity.
Of course, the fact that he would ultimately flee with the profits was something Su Xing would absolutely never mention.
Succubus Amumei was quite shocked after hearing this. Her alluring red lips parted slightly, wide enough to swallow a whole eggplant.
In the end, the succubus deity still replied:
“Esteemed Lord of the Lesser Demons… your request, I shall convey to the other first-tier deities as quickly as possible…”
“I’m sure those legion commanders will be very interested in this…”
Soon, the news of Su Xing’s lesser demon cannon fodder auction spread like a tidal wave, reaching the ears of dozens of first-tier deities.
……
One month later, the Void Realm!
Within a certain alien stronghold, a raised platform resembling a human race auction stage had been hastily constructed.
Su Xing now stood atop the auction platform, while below him sat dozens of powerful first-tier deities and hundreds of second-tier deities.
So many alien deities gathered in one place — such a sight could probably only be seen during wars to annihilate Greater Worlds.
Of course, this time Su Xing had lured these alien deities together with profit, naturally intending to make a killing!
“Ahem… fellow clansmen, I’ve invited you all here today for the purpose of strengthening our race!”
“And more importantly, to revitalize our kind and hasten the invasion of the human race’s worlds!”
“Though our race is strong, the human race is no pushover either…”
“I’m sure that during the wars, many of your elite soldiers have fallen in battle…”
“That’s when you need more cannon fodder!”
“And today, I’m here to provide everyone with more cannon fodder, so that your elites don’t have to die!”
Su Xing spoke eloquently, his tone full of concern for the alien race.
He wanted to stoke the desires of these first-tier deities.
But these first-tier deities had all lived for millions of years, having weathered countless storms. Su Xing’s empty words alone could hardly move them.
So Su Xing wasted no more time and went straight into his demonstration.
On an open area in front of the platform, ten thousand newly matured low-level lesser demons stood — possessing only Foundation Establishment stage strength. In the alien armies, they were cannon fodder among cannon fodder.
Below the platform, hundreds of alien deities watched with great interest, curious to see what trick Su Xing had up his sleeve.
“Ahem!”
Su Xing cleared his throat and said:
“I am the chosen one selected by the great Mother Goddess… and the Mother Goddess has bestowed upon me tremendous power!”
“And my first power is the ability to enhance lesser demons!”
With that, Su Xing waved his hand, and specks of the power of faith scattered like starlight over the ten thousand lesser demon cannon fodder.
Soon, a miraculous scene unfolded!
In mere moments, the ten thousand lesser demon cannon fodder below underwent a massive transformation!
Their bodies grew visibly stronger, and every lesser demon’s frame swelled by a full size!
This “evolution” lasted roughly a quarter of an hour.
Every alien deity was staring wide-eyed at those ten thousand lesser demon cannon fodder.
Originally, these ten thousand lesser demon cannon fodder had been equivalent to the human race’s Foundation Establishment stage.
But with Su Xing’s enhancement, in just moments, they directly possessed Golden Core stage strength!
In other words, they were equivalent to Grandmaster or even Heavenly King-stage among the alien races.
Not only that, some of the sturdier lesser demon cannon fodder even possessed strength comparable to Martial Sovereign and Legendary lesser demons.
One had to understand — Legendary lesser demons were already considered commander-level among lesser demon cannon fodder, capable of leading lesser demon armies in battle!
After Su Xing finished using the power of faith, he swept his gaze across the area below the auction platform, observing the reactions of the alien deities below. He nodded with satisfaction.
“Ahem! That’s right — my first ability can catalyze the growth of lesser demons, elevating those originally weak cannon fodder by one or two realms!”
“Enhanced lesser demons, while still cannon fodder… are at least elite among cannon fodder, capable of playing a much greater role on the battlefield!”
“Moreover, within the next hundred years… I’m confident I can breed and enhance over one billion elite lesser demon cannon fodder!”
The moment Su Xing said this, the alien deities below exchanged glances.
Clearly, this display from Su Xing had piqued their interest.
Enhanced lesser demon cannon fodder held considerable strategic value for these legion commanders.
Of course, the prerequisite was sufficient quantity — millions at the very least!
Watching the first-tier deities below transmitting messages to each other and whispering amongst themselves, Su Xing knew it was time to add more fuel to the fire.
So Su Xing waved his hand, dismissing the ten thousand lesser demon cannon fodder, leaving behind only one particularly robust lesser demon.
Then, Su Xing took a deep breath as the power of faith coalesced into a massive fruit that descended upon the sturdy lesser demon.
The next second… that lesser demon’s aura underwent an earth-shaking transformation!
Heavenly King-stage… Legendary-stage… Saint-stage… Demigod… God-level!
Before the astonished gazes of all the first-tier deities, this originally weak lesser demon’s realm soared ever higher.
Divine power surged ceaselessly, divinity converged without end, and godhood rapidly crystallized!
In the end, it had actually transformed directly into a God-level lesser demon!
“No… impossible!”
“A new lesser demon deity has actually been born!”