Chapter 514 – Comprehending the Time Dao, Promoting the Rebirth Pill!
by spirapiraChapter 514 – Comprehending the Time Dao, Promoting the Rebirth Pill!
Su Xing gazed at his single remaining simulation opportunity, his heart pounding with excitement.
“How about… I try this so-called Time Dao comprehension first?”
“As for the arrangements in the Celestial Demon Domain, there’s no rush—it can wait a week…”
With that thought, Su Xing silently intoned without hesitation:
“Begin simulation!”
【Simulation #363 initiated. Remaining: 2,436 world origin, 560,000 origin energy!】
【Please select simulation mode: Simulate Future, Time Reversal, Comprehend Time】
“Comprehend Time!”
Su Xing silently intoned without the slightest hesitation.
【Ding. This Comprehend Time session costs 100 world origin. Remaining: 2,336 world origin, 560,000 origin energy…】
【Notice: Your consciousness will be transmitted to an unknown space-time…】
【Transmission beginning!】
As the Chime faded, the world before Su Xing’s eyes began to spin, and his consciousness drifted further and further away.
……
“This is… where…”
“I… who am I?”
Within an expanse of nothingness, a strand of consciousness was abruptly born.
It seemed to be merely a perspective—possessing neither great wisdom nor the ability to act.
All it had was a faint spark of sentience and thought.
This consciousness had forgotten its origins, its past, and everything about itself.
In its eyes, there was only chaos and void…
Within this chaotic space, time seemed to have lost all meaning.
With no point of reference, time appeared to exist in a state of eternal stillness…
Day after day, year after year, an unknowable span of time passed…
Perhaps ten thousand years, or perhaps a hundred million.
Before this consciousness, there was nothing at all—not even a single speck of dust, let alone life.
Finally!
Within the void that had remained unchanged since the dawn of eternity, a faint shift appeared.
Accompanied by a beam of white light from an unknown source, a single speck of dust materialized within the nothingness.
How tiny this speck of dust was—barely visible to the naked eye.
To this vast void, it was utterly insignificant.
But to this consciousness, it was the only change in the void across countless eons.
Amid the endless monotony, this consciousness began to observe the changes in this speck of dust.
Every trajectory of its movement, every expansion and division.
Untold tens of thousands of years passed.
The speck of dust grew from the size of a hair strand to finally reach the size of a fist.
And then, it began to divide.
Two identical specks of dust appeared…
They began moving through the void in random patterns.
They collided. They merged and separated.
In this process, time seemed to gain meaning at last.
And this monotonous, patternless movement was the sole amusement of this consciousness.
Because it was the only variable in this chaotic, empty space…
From a single speck of dust, they continuously merged and dispersed.
Their volume steadily expanded.
Finally, after an immensely long time…
Perhaps billions of years.
The original speck of dust, after countless cycles of movement and aggregation, had grown—at least in part—to the size of a planet!
At this point, they could no longer be called dust.
Rather, it was an enormous fireball!
As large as a planet, scorching hot above and below, impossible to approach.
This incomparably massive fireball existed for hundreds of millions of years.
Finally, one day within the empty void, change came once more.
Another enormous fireball, in its random drift, collided with the one before it.
The tremendous force of impact sent countless planet-sized bodies scattering in every direction.
And amid the colossal collision, the fireball spun ceaselessly, releasing vast quantities of heat.
This collision lasted for hundreds of millions of years.
Until one day, the consciousness noticed that water vapor had begun to condense upon the surface of the fireball.
The vapor gathered and gathered, until it finally became a great rain that fell into the enormous craters formed by the impact.
This rain fell for millions of years!
The accumulation of rainwater gave birth to the first life on this planet.
A microorganism so tiny it was imperceptible to the naked eye—not even the size of a speck of dust.
“Is this… one of my kind…”
Within the void, the consciousness posed its first question of wonder. It could sense that within this minuscule life form, smaller even than dust, there seemed to exist a consciousness similar to its own.
After that, everything seemed to accelerate!
As vast quantities of rain accumulated, an enormous body of water called an ocean came into being.
And within this world, more and more tiny life forms began to appear.
They were so small that the naked eye could not observe them—only consciousness could sense their presence.
At first, within this world’s vast ocean, these minuscule lives could scarcely encounter one another.
Until their numbers grew and grew…
The tiny organisms began to devour each other.
And so their bodies grew larger and larger, their forms more and more defined.
After several more billion years.
These life forms had developed the most basic classifications of species and types.
They attacked and devoured one another…
But their lives were very brief.
From a few years to a few decades…
To the consciousness in the void, this was barely the blink of an eye.
Then, everything seemed to hit fast-forward.
In the eyes of this consciousness, the forms of life in that world began to shift ceaselessly.
Their bodies grew larger and larger. Their intelligence grew higher and higher.
Until one day, a portion of life left the ocean and ventured onto land.
It was a green organism called moss…
They could survive on the arid continent, spreading life across the land.
And so life in both the ocean and on land began to change rapidly.
Until a species of fish appeared upon the land.
They had left the sea, and their forms transformed swiftly.
From lizards to birds to four-legged beasts…
Another unknowable number of billions of years passed.
The consciousness in the void felt somewhat weary, so it decided to take a brief nap.
When its sentience was restored and the consciousness awakened,
it looked again upon that world, and everything had changed once more.
At some unknown point, a species of bipedal creature had appeared in this world.
At first they were very weak, serving as prey for other species, able only to hide in the tall trees for shelter.
Tens of millions of years passed in this manner.
These frail bipedal creatures had, miraculously, come to dominate the world.
They began to harness a wondrous power, seemingly able to absorb a potent energy from the air called “spirit,” strengthening themselves.
The consciousness in the void began to feel joy.
Because these beings who called themselves the human race—their lives were finally no longer so brief.
Some individual humans could even live for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years…
Though to the consciousness, this was still fleeting.
The consciousness in the void had existed for an unknowable span of time. All it could do each day was watch the fascinating stories that unfolded among these living beings.
And as time marched on, the number of planets bearing life… seemed to steadily increase.
The race that called itself humanity began to appear in other worlds.
Their range of habitation expanded ceaselessly…
But compared to the vastness of the void, it was all still so small.
Because the void itself was still expanding at an astonishing rate, far outpacing the speed of humanity’s proliferation.
Gradually, the consciousness in the void realized that even those powerful individual humans would eventually die. Though they had mastered the potent force called “spirit,” they were ultimately destined to perish.
War, death, the birth of new life…
Everything cycled endlessly before the eyes of this consciousness.
Finally, after untold billions more years.
The consciousness in the void grew tired, grew weary. It decided to sleep a very long sleep.
……
When Su Xing opened his eyes again, a wave of disorientation washed over him.
Even with the divine soul of a Great Firmament Golden Immortal, it seemed impossible to bear the weight of what he had experienced!
Before his eyes, a line of text appeared.
【Ding. Comprehend Time session concluded…】
【You have obtained one Time Dao insight…】
Su Xing shook his heavy head. It felt as though he had slept for a very, very long time.
Yet in the Real World, merely a quarter of an hour had passed.
“Time Dao insight…”
Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly. In the next instant, a massive flood of memories and insights surged into his mind!
Within these memories, Su Xing seemed to have become that consciousness born from the void.
Without even a single companion, without any being to communicate with — utterly alone.
All it could do each day was quietly observe the myriad things of the world and the changes of the human race.
The difference was that everything that consciousness had experienced had been compressed and accelerated.
After a long while, Su Xing rubbed his brow. Having digested those memories, he felt deeply moved.
“A mayfly between heaven and earth, a grain amidst the vast ocean…”
“The human race — even the myriad living beings of the world — are they all just an insignificant fraction of existence?”
Su Xing fell into contemplation.
“The only way to comprehend time… is to experience it?”
“Experience enough time… and after time passes, you can feel its changes!”
“Until finally, you master time…”
Su Xing instinctively glanced at his panel. Sure enough, a new line of text had appeared.
【Dao Insight: Time Dao (Not Yet Initiated)】
Seeing this line, Su Xing finally understood the purpose of the simulator’s new function, Comprehend Time.
“It projects a portion of my consciousness into a certain world domain, letting me witness everything that occurs within it across the long river of time?”
“No! Or rather, what I see doesn’t matter!”
“What truly matters is the insight into time! The time experienced!”
Su Xing quickly figured it out.
As long as he accumulated enough sessions, he could truly master time!
Of course, that would take far, far too long!
And what Su Xing currently possessed was merely an uninitiated Time Dao!
“So… the Comprehend Time function can only help me get initiated in the Time Dao!”
“After initiation, cultivating the Time Dao is probably similar to other Great Daos?”
Su Xing speculated.
“But the price… is too steep!”
Su Xing shook his head slightly.
A single session of Comprehend Time required 100 world origin points, equivalent to one hundred million origin energy!
Even with Su Xing’s wealth, he could only afford around twenty sessions.
“Hah… the cost of comprehending the Time Dao is far too great!”
“From the looks of it, it might take dozens or even over a hundred sessions to grasp even a sliver of the Time Dao and achieve initiation!”
“And before initiating the Time Dao, it provides virtually no improvement to me…”
Su Xing shook his head. Clearly, for him at this stage, comprehending the Time Dao was not a worthwhile investment.
“The Time Dao can only be accumulated slowly… spending simulation attempts and world origin to comprehend it alongside my regular cultivation — that’s the right approach…”
So Su Xing thought.
“For now, I’ll wait a week for the new simulation opportunity to cool down. Then I can formulate a detailed plan to deal with the foreign races of the Celestial Demon Domain!”
Su Xing quickly made his decision.
“As for this week, perhaps it’s time to start promoting the Rebirth Pill!”
A gleam flashed in Su Xing’s eyes.
He had already been promoting the Rebirth Pill in the Azure Origin Domain with excellent results.
But clearly, the Celestial Demon Domain was where the Rebirth Pill could truly shine!
Using foreign race blood essence to forge pills that strengthen oneself — whether for the powerhouses or ordinary cultivators of the Celestial Demon Domain, this would be an enormous boost.
“So, it’s time to discuss this with the Celestial Demon General…” Su Xing murmured.
…
The core region of the Celestial Demon Domain, the gathering place of the Celestial Demon Prison’s powerhouses.
The Celestial Demon General looked at the pill formula and bottle of pills before him and asked:
“You’re saying this pill uses foreign race blood essence as its ingredient, requires minimal resources, and its effects are even several times greater than blood essence alone?”
The Celestial Demon General couldn’t help but feel skeptical.
Over countless years, the Celestial Demon Domain had seen pills based on blood essence before.
But almost without exception, their effects fell far short of consuming blood essence directly.
Now that Su Xing claimed he could produce such a miraculous pill, how could the Celestial Demon General not be astonished?
However, the Celestial Demon General was not skilled in the art of alchemy, so he passed the formula and pills to a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal beside him.
That Supreme Unity Golden Immortal was clearly an Alchemy Paragon.
After carefully examining the formula and discerning the pill’s medicinal properties, an expression of disbelief spread across his face.
“This pill… truly seems to have no issues!”
“Whether in terms of medicinal properties or pharmacological principles, it perfectly draws out the effects of blood essence. It even mitigates to some degree the side effects of consuming blood essence directly!”
“The only question is: what grade is this pill, and what is the highest realm of Body Tempering cultivator it can be effective for?”
With that, the Supreme Unity Golden Immortal turned to Su Xing.
Su Xing pondered for a moment before replying:
“This pill is called the Rebirth Pill. It was originally an ancient formula… after my refinements, its effects have reached this level!”
“As for the pill’s grade… it doesn’t really have one!”
“In my hands, if I had chief god-level blood essence, it would be no difficulty to refine a pill that could enhance the Celestial Demon General’s qi and physical body!”
At these words, the surrounding cultivators erupted in an uproar — excitement tinged with skepticism.
A pill that could enhance the Celestial Demon General’s physical body? Now that was quite the bold claim!
But Su Xing didn’t bother explaining further. Instead, he said:
“However, I need a sufficient supply of blood essence! Currently, most of the blood essence I have is relatively low-grade…”
“If I had large quantities of deity-level blood essence, the pills I refine could elevate the cultivation of everyone present!”
Hearing this, the alchemy-proficient Supreme Unity Golden Immortal didn’t hesitate for a moment. He activated a storage ring.
The next second, two first-tier deity corpses appeared, along with dozens of second-tier deity corpses, and over a hundred third-rank deity corpses!
He declared:
“If you can truly refine pills of that quality, say no more… blood essence won’t be a problem!”
Su Xing was quite surprised — these corpses alone were worth over 200 million origin energy!
And this wasn’t even all of it!
One after another, the high-ranking members of the Celestial Demon Prison produced foreign race corpses.
In moments, over twenty first-tier deity corpses had appeared before Su Xing.
Hundreds of second-tier deity corpses… and third-rank deity corpses numbering well over a thousand!
“Good heavens… the value of these corpses is at least two billion origin energy!”
A gleam flashed in Su Xing’s eyes.
And it still wasn’t over!
The Celestial Demon General beside him clapped Su Xing on the shoulder and said:
“You just focus on your alchemy! Blood essence won’t be an issue!”
“If it’s not enough, just ask me. I’ll go fetch another batch from the core region…”
With that, the Celestial Demon General handed over a storage ring.
Su Xing took it and swept it with his divine sense, instantly stunned.
The foreign race corpses stored in this ring were even more numerous than everything the other powerhouses had given combined!
“Good heavens… dozens of first-tier deity corpses, and even more second and third-tier deity corpses…”
“The total value is probably no less than four billion origin energy!”
Su Xing took a deep breath and quickly understood.
These foreign race corpses were likely the accumulated spoils of these powerhouses over millions of years!
Their daily routine was nothing but slaying foreign races!
Of course, most of the blood essence had already been consumed.
But blood essence, even for high-realm cultivators, could only be absorbed in very limited quantities before becoming indigestible.
The Rebirth Pill was different!
At equivalent potency, the Rebirth Pill’s absorption rate was over ten times faster than raw blood essence!
These cultivators could take it monthly, continuously drawing out its medicinal effects to strengthen themselves.
“This batch of blood essence… the pills I can refine from it would last these dozens of powerhouses several hundred years!”
Su Xing did some silent calculations.
If he refined all of it into Rebirth Pills, the total medicinal potency would be roughly twenty times that of consuming the blood essence directly!
And with much faster absorption!
Of course, Su Xing had no intention of refining all of it into Rebirth Pills.
He’d simply help himself to a modest ninety percent?
The remainder, once refined into Rebirth Pills, would still yield double the effects of this entire batch of blood essence!
With his mind made up, Su Xing spoke:
“Senior Celestial Demon General, this batch of blood essence is of great use to me. I’ll need to keep a portion for my own use… the rest I’ll refine into pills with roughly double the total potency of this batch of blood essence!”
“Distributed among each powerhouse, that’s about a hundred-plus pills each — enough to last ten years of consumption…”
Before Su Xing could finish, the Celestial Demon General cut in:
“Double the potency, faster absorption — that’s more than enough!”
“As for the remaining blood essence, do with it as you please…”
“Oh, and if you run short on blood essence, just ask me. I’ll go grab some more from the core region…”
Su Xing was struck speechless by the Celestial Demon General’s magnanimity.
Tsk tsk — now this was a job worth doing!
A thousand percent profit margin, and the boss didn’t even care how much you skimmed, as long as results were delivered!
Without the slightest hesitation, Su Xing declared:
“Agreed. Give me half a month, and I can refine roughly five thousand Rebirth Pills — more than enough to distribute among everyone!”
“As for the formula, I’ll provide it to the Celestial Demon Prison free of charge, so it can be rolled out to all branch divisions for alchemy production as soon as possible…”
The Celestial Demon General nodded. Setting everything else aside, the formula alone was a priceless treasure for the entire Celestial Demon Domain!
“Very well, we’ll do as you say!”
“By the way… your strength seems to have grown again?”
The Celestial Demon General looked Su Xing up and down, a curious expression on his face.