Chapter 520 – Return to the Eighth Heaven, Confronting the Celestial Secrets Avatar!
by spirapiraChapter 520 – Return to the Eighth Heaven, Confronting the Celestial Secrets Avatar!
Red Moon, at present and even for the next several decades, was not that powerful.
Having once been one of the Seven Deadly Sins and now having comprehended the Death law, what could not be overlooked was that…
After dying once, Red Moon’s strength had certainly fallen far from its peak.
At most, its power was merely comparable to that of the Succubus Chief God.
Therefore, the difficulty in killing Red Moon was solely because it hid within the Endless Abyss.
And the Endless Abyss was like a mobile Medium Chiliocosm, capable of appearing at any location in the void.
As long as Red Moon did not reveal itself, it was nearly impossible to determine its position.
But Su Xing had a way to learn Red Moon’s location.
Thinking of this, Su Xing’s heart stirred. He activated his Xenomorph talent and transformed into the form of the lesser demon deity.
By now, the lesser demon disguise’s divine power and divinity had long since reached the peak of a first-tier deity.
The only thing lacking was godhood…
However, condensing godhood was no easy matter.
Even with Su Xing borrowing the power of faith, progress was extremely slow.
If he wanted to advance to chief god rank… Su Xing actually had a better method!
And that was… devouring the Succubus Chief God’s godhood and divinity!
With just a few more devourings, the lesser demon disguise could very well break through to the chief god level in one fell swoop!
However, the lesser demon disguise didn’t need to come out of hiding just yet, so Su Xing decided not to waste simulation opportunities on it.
And right now, the reason Su Xing “logged into” the lesser demon disguise was naturally to… ascertain Red Moon’s location!
With a thought, Su Xing’s consciousness quickly connected to the divine domain.
The moment he logged into the divine domain, Su Xing discovered hundreds upon thousands of messages.
These had been sent by the various foreign race chief gods and deities to Su Xing over the past few years.
After all, the lesser demon deity had been missing for several years straight.
Of course… the foreign races couldn’t possibly suspect the lesser demon disguise of betrayal.
At most, they would assume he had gotten trapped in some special space and was temporarily unreachable.
Su Xing picked out a few important messages and replied to them.
He indicated that he was currently in a special space and temporarily unable to leave.
Then, Su Xing found the first-generation Red Moon.
This “good ally” of Su Xing’s had sent him quite a number of messages over these past few years!
From asking about Su Xing’s current location to inquiring how he had been recently.
And the most recent message from the first-generation Red Moon read:
“Did that son of mine find you? What benefits did he offer… does our alliance still count?”
Clearly, the first-generation Red Moon had learned about the second-generation Red Moon’s efforts to find Su Xing.
But the specifics were unknown to the first-generation Red Moon.
Yet from this message alone, Su Xing could already sense a trace of anger and wariness from the first-generation Red Moon.
After thinking for a moment, Su Xing quickly sent a reply.
“Dear ally, I’ve finally escaped danger!”
“Several years ago, I was hunted by the second-generation Red Moon… I barely managed to enter a strange space and escaped with my life!”
“I obtained some fortunate encounters in that space… but my strength alone is insufficient to fully explore it…”
“Where are you now? I may come find you in a while…”
After sending the message, Su Xing quietly waited for a moment.
Before long, Red Moon’s reply came.
“Esteemed Lord of the Lesser Demons, I had no idea you suffered such a calamity!”
“That scheming son of mine cannot be trusted… the alliance between us is the one that’s truly unbreakable!”
“Over these past years, I’ve prepared quite a supply of blood essence for you… you can come find me here (a set of coordinates)…”
“When you arrive, we can discuss the exploration of that strange space in detail…”
Upon receiving this reply, the corner of Su Xing’s mouth curved upward:
“Got it!”
Using the lesser demon disguise’s identity to obtain Red Moon’s location intel…
The accuracy was very high, but the opportunity would only come once!
Once Red Moon sensed danger, the location of its Endless Abyss would very likely shift…
But for now, the specific location should be trustworthy!
After all, Red Moon would never in a million years expect a traitor to exist within the foreign races.
As for the possibility of Su Xing colluding with the second-generation Red Moon…
Setting aside the fact that the second-generation Red Moon was currently in the Eighth Heaven…
Even if they had colluded, on Red Moon’s own territory, it wasn’t particularly afraid.
Moreover, at this point, Red Moon still more or less trusted Su Xing…
“Once I know Red Moon’s exact location, I’ll be able to kill it within the simulation…”
Su Xing murmured, then without hesitation, transformed back into his true form.
The simulation continues!
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【Year 10: Following the intelligence you obtained, you brought Qingyunzi along and carefully searched the location Red Moon had revealed.】
【Though Red Moon had hidden itself well, with the Endless Abyss having completely burrowed into a dimensional pocket…】
【Relying on your seventh realm Great Dao of Space, you still managed to find Red Moon!】
【And so, joining forces with Qingyunzi, you fought for several months before finally slaying Red Moon!】
【After sealing Red Moon away, you traveled to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion.】
【By this time, your reputation across the Three Thousand Worlds had become exceptionally renowned.】
【You began striking against the foreign race legions within the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】
【Until Year 70, you traveled to the Eighth Heaven and began your contemplation…】
Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this and silently thought:
“Use immersive simulation, duration 300 years…”
【Ding…】
As the Chime sounded, Su Xing’s consciousness entered the simulated world.
Within the familiar Eighth Heaven, Su Xing retrieved the Succubus Chief God’s divinity.
It was a peculiar mass of energy that radiated an alluring aura, making one involuntarily want to draw closer.
“The law of Desire, the law of Lust, hm…”
Su Xing shook his head slightly. He had no intention of studying these two Great Dao laws for the time being.
Among the seventeen Great Daos that the Lord of the Succubi had mastered, four aligned with Su Xing’s own.
They were speed, strength, space… and the Great Dao of Destiny!
Thus, Su Xing extracted the pure law power from this divinity.
Then he consumed the Dao-Enlightenment Tea and began his contemplation.
In the blink of an eye, fifty years passed…
On this day, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes. Sensing the changes in the Great Dao laws around him, his gaze brightened.
“The effect… is actually this good!”
“With the aid of the Dao-Enlightenment Tea, in a mere fifty years, I’ve managed to fully absorb the insights of all four laws… and the efficiency is more than ten times faster than using Dao essence treasures!”
Su Xing did a quick calculation.
These fifty years alone were equivalent to the results of two immersive simulations.
Both speed and the Great Dao of Strength had advanced to sixth realm Minor Mastery.
Even the Great Dao of Space and Great Dao of Destiny had seen considerable improvement…
“Tsk… no wonder the foreign races and the human race are irreconcilable. Not only can the foreign races grow stronger by devouring humans…”
“We of the human race can also become more powerful by absorbing the divinity of foreign races!”
A sharp gleam flashed through Su Xing’s eyes.
The only pity was that the Succubus Chief God’s primary laws did not align with his own Great Dao law specializations.
The four types of Great Dao laws remaining in the divinity had all been completely absorbed by Su Xing.
“What a shame. It seems I’ll have to wait until next time… to continue with immersive contemplation…”
Su Xing shook his head slightly, but even so, he was extremely satisfied.
With the help of the Dao-Enlightenment Tea and the Succubus Chief God’s laws, the effectiveness of each of Su Xing’s immersive simulations had improved enormously compared to before.
“There are still over two hundred years of simulation time remaining… I’ll continue comprehending the Time Dao!”
Su Xing thought to himself.
Ever since raising the Great Dao of Thunder to seventh realm Peak, Su Xing had paused his comprehension of other Great Daos.
After all, even if he raised the Sword Dao, Five Elements Dao, and others to seventh realm Peak, Su Xing still couldn’t possibly match the Sovereign of Death.
Only the Time Dao was a Great Dao law capable of creating miracles!
Furthermore, improving the Time Dao provided a significant boost to Su Xing’s cultivation speed!
Faced with the foreign races’ ever-accelerating invasion in the future, squeezing the human race’s living space tighter and tighter…
Perhaps one day, the human race wouldn’t even be able to hold out for a thousand years.
Though this had no immediate impact on Su Xing, what he had to consider was that each simulation’s duration would be greatly reduced, which would significantly slow his rate of strength improvement.
But once the Time Dao could advance to the sixth or seventh realm, Su Xing had no doubt whatsoever.
His cultivation speed would increase by several hundred times, even up to a thousand times!
At that point, every simulation would bring a significant boost to Su Xing’s strength.
Of course… the most crucial thing was that the Time Dao was a supreme Great Dao!
An existence surpassing even the Death law and the void laws!
Only by advancing the Time Dao to the Saint realm would Su Xing be confident of defeating the Sovereign of Death and the Void Sovereign.
And so, as Su Xing steadily contemplated the Time Dao, another hundred-plus years flashed by.
By Year 270, Su Xing departed the Eighth Heaven and returned to the lower realm.
As always, Su Xing protected the Celestial Secrets Pavilion’s Celestial Vessel and killed Blood Two.
Afterward, Su Xing traveled to the Void Realm to enhance his Great Dao of Space Comprehension.
By the time he finished this entire sequence of steps, it was already the three hundredth year of the simulation!
And this time, there were still a full seventy years remaining before Su Xing’s immersive simulation would end…
…
“With my current strength, I should be able to head to the Eighth Heaven now!”
“Even if I encounter the Chief God of Slaughter, I’d have the power to fight!”
“And even against two or more chief gods, I’d still have a chance to escape with my life…”
Su Xing murmured to himself. What occupied his thoughts was the message the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master had left for him.
Travel to the Ninth Heaven to glimpse the path to Sainthood!
Although Su Xing’s current cultivation was still far from Great Firmament Golden Immortal Perfection…
That didn’t stop him from heading to the Eighth Heaven first to gather intelligence.
“Come to think of it… the Celestial Secrets Avatar seems to still be in the Eighth Heaven…”
“It’s about time I made contact with the Celestial Secrets Avatar.”
Su Xing pondered for a moment. That Celestial Secrets Girl from the past had left quite an impression on him.
With that thought, Su Xing swiftly set off for the Eighth Heaven.
With Su Xing’s current strength and Spatial Dao Comprehension, it took merely a day or two before he smoothly arrived at the Eighth Heaven.
Here, just as he had seen before, it was the gathering ground for the foreign race armies.
Over five chief gods, nearly a thousand first-tier deities — the combined forces of the foreign race’s 1st and 2nd Legions were all deployed in the Eighth Heaven.
And the human race’s living space was being squeezed here as well.
Upon entering the Eighth Heaven, Su Xing extended his divine sense to cover hundreds of millions of miles, quickly detecting the auras of numerous first-tier deities.
“So… how exactly do I find the Celestial Secrets Avatar?”
Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly. The Eighth Heaven was so vast that it was equivalent to the combined area of the Five Great Domains.
Even with Su Xing’s strength, finding a single person was no easy task.
Previously, Su Xing had encountered several Celestial Secrets Avatars, but they had all been at the Supreme Unity Golden Immortal realm.
As far as Su Xing knew, the strongest among the Celestial Secrets Avatars had actually broken through to Great Firmament Golden Immortal!
And that was precisely the one Su Xing wanted to find.
“Rather than searching for the Celestial Secrets Avatar across the vast Eighth Heaven, I should let them come find me…”
An idea formed in Su Xing’s mind.
The Celestial Secrets Avatars were avatars created by the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master. Though they were independent entities, each wielding their own supernatural arts…
Without a doubt, all Celestial Secrets Avatars excelled in the Dao of Divination!
As long as Su Xing left a trail, the Celestial Secrets Avatar would surely be able to find him…
So then, how could he get the Celestial Secrets Avatar to come looking for him?
“Make a scene! The bigger the commotion, the better!”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes, quickly reaching a decision.
“As long as I kill foreign race members in the Eighth Heaven and create a big enough commotion, it’ll draw the Celestial Secrets Avatar’s attention!”
“No, that’s still not enough…”
“I need to unite the human race’s powerhouses in the Eighth Heaven, launch a counterattack against the foreign race, and at the same time root out the traitors hiding among the humans…”
For the Su Xing of the past, navigating the Eighth Heaven had required extreme caution.
Never mind chief gods — even being targeted by multiple Peak first-tier deities would have been a death sentence.
But for the current Su Xing, the Eighth Heaven was no longer dangerous.
As long as he was careful, he could at the very least preserve his life!
With that resolve, Su Xing quickly sprang into action.
He first headed to the Qilian Mountain Range at the edge of the western region, and soon found the familiar Zhenqian True Master.
At the same time, he encountered two first-tier deities who were hunting Zhenqian True Master down.
And so, Su Xing naturally stepped in…
Displaying the power of a Supreme Unity Celestial Venerable, Su Xing overwhelmingly slew the two first-tier deities.
Afterward, Su Xing naturally received Zhenqian True Master’s invitation.
Soon, under Zhenqian True Master’s guidance, Su Xing met several of the Eighth Heaven’s powerhouses.
Over the course of ten years, he found roughly a dozen Supreme Unity Golden Immortals.
After that, Su Xing joined forces with another Supreme Unity Celestial Venerable, leading this group of human powerhouses in a counter-slaughter against the foreign race!
It took a full fifty years.
The number of first-tier deities who fell at Su Xing’s hands exceeded one hundred!
And under these circumstances, the traitor hiding among the human race finally showed their true colors!
During one operation, the foreign race had advance knowledge of Su Xing and his companions’ whereabouts.
They even dispatched a chief god, along with dozens of first-tier deities, to encircle and annihilate them.
Under normal circumstances, this would have been an absolute catastrophe for the Eighth Heaven’s powerhouses.
But seeing that the hidden human traitor had exposed themselves, Su Xing stopped concealing his strength.
He directly engaged the chief god in a grand battle!
This chief god hailed from the six-winged foreign race and was not ranked among the Seven Deadly Sins.
Therefore, its strength was only equivalent to an ordinary Great Firmament Golden Immortal.
With Su Xing’s power, he could naturally defeat it, and even slaughter every single one of the dozens of first-tier deities it had brought along!
Although the Six-Winged Chief God ultimately escaped with its life, Su Xing’s plan had succeeded.
He had rooted out the human traitor and created a large enough commotion.
“Next, I just need to wait for the Celestial Secrets Avatar to come find me…”
Su Xing did some mental calculations.
It was only the two hundred and eightieth year of the immersive simulation — there were still twenty years left.
And so, for the next twenty years, Su Xing continued striking at the foreign race.
Day after day, yet the Celestial Secrets Avatar still hadn’t appeared.
Just as Su Xing was beginning to doubt whether the Celestial Secrets Avatar would come looking for him at all…
In the second-to-last year of the immersive simulation, a mysterious woman found Su Xing.
…
Somewhere in the Eighth Heaven, within a Grand Grotto-Heaven Secret Realm, Su Xing was in secluded cultivation.
An aura suddenly appeared within this Secret Realm.
The moment Su Xing opened his eyes, a voice reached his ears:
“A person with no past… why have you appeared here!”
She’s here!
Sensing this aura, Su Xing focused his gaze.
Sure enough, he saw a woman dressed in black.
Her expression was cold, and her looks could barely be considered top-tier.
“Hmm? It’s not the Celestial Secrets Girl…”
Su Xing felt a flicker of confusion, but still asked:
“Why do you call me a person with no past?”
“And who are you?”
Su Xing didn’t answer her question, instead posing two questions of his own.
The black-clad woman fell silent for a moment before replying:
“I am an avatar of the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master. You may call me Mo’er…”
“As for why I determined you are a person with no past… it’s because I’ve divined the last million years and found no trace of you whatsoever!”
“Every person in this world must leave traces! Even a mere mortal is no exception… let alone a Great Firmament Golden Immortal. To cultivate to such a level, one must inevitably have left traces!”
“But you — for nearly a million years, you have no trail at all… Only in the last few hundred years have you barely begun to leave some traces…”
“Yet you seem to have appeared out of nowhere, already possessing the cultivation of a Great Firmament Golden Immortal… Can you tell me how you managed that?”
The Celestial Secrets Avatar who called herself Mo’er asked Su Xing with evident curiosity.
After hearing this, Su Xing thought for a moment and said:
“Because I am Luo Tian’s successor… I spent hundreds of thousands of years cultivating in seclusion, and only emerged into the world after achieving the Great Firmament Golden Immortal level!”
Upon hearing Su Xing’s words, Mo’er furrowed her brows tightly.
Hundreds of thousands of years to achieve Great Firmament Golden Immortal?
This explanation didn’t seem to hold water.
While Mo’er was puzzling over this, Su Xing also carefully observed her expression, and finally said:
“Actually, I’ve comprehended the Time Dao… It’s through the Time Dao that I was able to grow so rapidly!”
“I can even glimpse traces of the past and the future…”
Su Xing’s words were shocking — he directly revealed that he had comprehended the Time Dao.
“And in the past, I once met a Celestial Secrets Avatar named the Celestial Secrets Girl… Where is she now?”
Su Xing was somewhat curious. Thinking of that massive phantom abacus, a vague guess formed in his mind.
After hearing Su Xing’s words, Mo’er first wore an expression of complete disbelief.
“How is that possible? The Time Dao… since ancient times, it has existed only in legends!”
“Even Saints can only touch upon a corner of the Time Dao by leveraging other supreme Daos… No one has ever truly comprehended the Time Dao!”
Seeing that Mo’er didn’t believe him…
Su Xing said nothing more, and simply manifested his Time Dao.
In an instant, within a radius of ten feet, the flow of time diverged from the outside world by a factor of several dozen.
And clearly, Mo’er sensed this change!
Her entire body trembled, and she stood frozen in place.
“The Time Dao… it’s actually the Time Dao!”
“Of the Dao’s fifty, Heaven deploys forty-nine, and one escapes…”
“Are you… that one which escaped?”