First Visit to the Beast Taming World, Finally Killing Old Dog Zong! (Beginning of Month, Seeking Monthly Votes)
by spirapiraSu Xing gave a slight nod, his gaze turning to the simulation panel.
【Under the dragon’s guidance, you easily left the dragon’s lair.】
【You found yourself in a valley.】
【Your divine sense surged outward like a tidal wave, perceiving everything within a radius of thirty thousand zhang with perfect clarity.】
【You were surprised to discover that within your perception, there were quite a number of powerful life signatures.】
【These auras possessed strength at the Heavenly King or even Martial Emperor level!】
【Within your perception alone, there were dozens of beings with such auras!】
【What surprised you even more was that the owners of these auras were not humans, but spirit beasts of all shapes and forms!】
【There were wild boars as tall as small mountains, giant pythons as thick as long rivers…】
【Giant eagles soaring through the sky, comparable in size to airplanes…】
【Enormous brown bears standing dozens of meters tall…】
【You rode on the red dragon’s back, weaving through these incredibly powerful beasts.】
【They were all beasts, but the spirit beasts of this world seemed to harbor no natural hostility toward humans — completely different from the demon beasts at Demon-Sealing Pass.】
【From the mouths of these exotic creatures, you learned they were called spirit beasts!】
【And in this world, there existed powerful humans known as beast tamers.】
【Beast tamers could command spirit beasts in battle, and even borrow the power of spirit beasts to grant themselves tremendous strength…】
【From these spirit beasts, you learned that ten thousand li from here stood a city called Beast Taming City — the most fortified city of the human race.】
【You rode on the red dragon’s back, flying toward Beast Taming City.】
【A day quickly passed…】
【Among spirit beasts, red dragons were considered one of the less friendly types toward humans, often proud and difficult to tame.】
【Therefore, the moment you descended upon Beast Taming City riding a red dragon, it caused quite a commotion among the city’s civilians.】
【Soon, several Legendary-stage powerhouses riding flying spirit pets demanded that the red dragon land.】
【You hadn’t come here to fight, so there was naturally no need to cause unnecessary commotion.】
【After the red dragon landed, those Legendary powerhouses saw you on the dragon’s back.】
【Because you had tamed a red dragon and could understand the language of spirit beasts, they assumed you were some powerful beast tamer.】
【They relaxed considerably, showing no hostility toward you, and even invited you to stay in Beast Taming City for a few days.】
【You agreed to their request and joined Beast Taming City.】
【After staying in Beast Taming City for a period of time, you learned that this world also faced attacks from the demon race!】
【And this world also had something similar to the Slaughter Battlefield…】
【The city lord of Beast Taming City took you for a Legendary beast tamer and invited you to join the battle against their common enemies.】
【Wanting to learn more about this world, you agreed.】
【You arrived at the Slaughter Battlefield that existed within the Beast Taming World.】
【To your surprise, the forces of this world far surpassed those of Earth’s humans!】
【On the battlefield, you saw hundreds of spirit beasts with Legendary auras, and even several spirit beasts whose auras were so powerful they made your heart tremble — these were spirit beasts rivaling the Emperor-level!】
In the Real World, Su Xing’s eyes narrowed when he saw this.
“Hundreds of Legendary beings… several Emperor-level ones!”
“Such power is indeed far greater than Demon-Sealing Pass…”
Joy stirred in Su Xing’s heart. Worlds that could produce such powerhouses often possessed even more abundant resources.
Su Xing planned to take advantage of this simulation to thoroughly explore this so-called Beast Taming World.
His gaze returned to the simulation panel.
【You stayed at the Beast Taming World’s Slaughter Battlefield. To avoid exposing your identity, you merely directed the Legendary red dragon to muddle through on the battlefield without drawing attention.】
【But to your surprise, the Beast Taming World was actually holding its own against the foreign race on the Slaughter Battlefield.】
【In just a few short months, you witnessed the fall of no fewer than ten Legendary foreign race members.】
【For the first time, you realized that some worlds didn’t need to huddle behind city walls to fight the foreign race — they could meet them head-on in open battle.】
【You stayed in the Beast Taming World for a full year.】
【Until year twenty-four, when everything changed.】
【One day, a demon with double pupils descended upon the Slaughter Battlefield.】
【This demon could kill Legendary beast tamers with a wave of his hand. Even Emperor-level beast tamers couldn’t last more than three rounds against him.】
【You watched with your own eyes as he crushed everything before him, single-handedly annihilating the entire top-tier power of the Beast Taming World!】
【And you survived only by hiding in the spirit field grotto-heaven, narrowly escaping disaster.】
【You remained in the spirit field grotto-heaven for several months.】
【Several months later, you returned to the Beast Taming World, only to find that everything had changed…】
【The once-abundant vitality of this world was gone. The powerful spirit beasts that could once be seen everywhere were all dead.】
【All you could see were the enormous skeletal remains scattered across the land — the corpses of dead spirit beasts…】
【You wandered through the desolate Beast Taming World, your divine sense probing throughout.】
【Yet you discovered that this world seemed to have lost all vitality…】
【It wasn’t just the spirit beasts, the mountains, rivers, and trees that had lost their life… it was as if the entire world itself had lost its vitality…】
【You returned to the Slaughter Battlefield. Sure enough, all the demons had already retreated.】
【A suspicion began to form in your mind…】
【You found the dragon’s lair where you had first arrived and returned to Earth.】
【You secretly recorded the coordinates of this dungeon, planning to explore it further in future simulations.】
Su Xing frowned slightly at this, as if recalling a previous hypothesis of his.
“In year twenty-five, hundreds of Legendary demon beasts and Emperor-level demon beasts descended upon Demon-Sealing Pass… So that’s it — after conquering another world, the demon race freed up their forces!”
“And the world they conquered was most likely this very Beast Taming World!”
Su Xing took a deep breath.
Both the numbers and the timing matched up perfectly.
He couldn’t help but be certain now — the Legendary demon beast army that appeared in year twenty-five had come from the Beast Taming World!
“As I suspected, the foreign race has always been waging war on multiple fronts…”
“And our battlefield at Demon-Sealing Pass against the foreign race is perhaps only a tiny fraction of the whole picture.”
“Once some powerful world falls, the foreign race’s armies are freed up to intensify their invasion of other worlds!”
Su Xing took a deep breath, but what worried him most wasn’t any of this.
It was… that mysterious demon who could kill Legendary and Emperor-level powerhouses with a mere wave of his hand!
“To possess such strength… he must be at least a Saint-stage powerhouse!”
“A… Demon Saint?!”
At this thought, Su Xing’s expression darkened.
“The situation is developing in the worst possible direction!”
Just as Su Xing had anticipated, the demon race didn’t lack more powerful forces.
It was simply that for certain worlds, they didn’t need those powerful forces to intervene — they could take them regardless!
Or rather… the strength of an entire world wasn’t enough for the demon race to take seriously!
“But why didn’t the Demon Saint just directly destroy the Beast Taming World himself?”
“Was it because he couldn’t spare the time… or is there some other reason?”
Su Xing frowned slightly. The information available to him was still too limited.
But one thing he could be certain of — the moment any sign of a force capable of truly opposing the foreign race emerged on Earth… it would be snuffed out!
“Thank goodness I haven’t been exposed… otherwise, if I attracted the foreign race’s attention, it would be a near-certain death!”
Su Xing took a deep breath. Next, he prepared to obtain the coordinates of the Beast Taming World dungeon.
“Activating immersive simulation mode, duration one hour…”
【Ding…】
A few seconds later in the Real World, Su Xing’s consciousness returned to where it had been.
At the same time, Su Xing had acquired the coordinates of the Beast Taming World dungeon.
“The secrets of this world, the secrets of the foreign race… they seem to be drawing ever closer…”
“But first, let me finish this simulation!”
Su Xing took a deep breath and turned his gaze back to the simulation panel.
【After returning to Earth, you quickly received news that a Legendary demon army had attacked Demon-Sealing Pass.】
【It had happened a month ago, and by now Demon-Sealing Pass had already been shattered, with nearly all of humanity’s top powerhouses killed in battle…】
【Upon hearing this news, you became even more certain that this demon army was the same one that had invaded the Beast Taming World.】
【Several months later, the sky-darkening Amalgamated Beast descended upon Earth and swallowed the planet whole!】
【You were consumed into the Amalgamated Beast’s belly. Everything around you rapidly disintegrated…】
【You held on with your Protective Hardened Qi, surviving the collisions between world fragments, but perished in the spatial turbulence…】
【Your divine sense slowly dissipated…】
【You died!】
【Ding, this simulation has ended!】
After the simulation ended, Su Xing took a deep breath.
As expected, the timeline matched up perfectly!
“It seems I’ll need to be even more careful going forward… I absolutely must not reveal my identity, or I’ll attract even more powerful enemies to assassinate me…”
Su Xing was confident that with his current strength, he no longer feared ordinary assassination attempts.
But if the enemy could effortlessly slaughter Legendary and Emperor-level powerhouses with a mere flick of the wrist, Su Xing had no confidence in dealing with that.
At this thought, Su Xing felt an even greater urgency to increase his strength. “When it comes down to it, it’s all about power! If I were strong enough, things wouldn’t be like this…”
“Oh well, my current situation is still relatively safe. I’ll just develop step by step for now!”
Su Xing’s gaze turned to the simulation rewards.
【Blissfully Lost】: Purple talent. Price: 1,000,000 energy points.
【Twenty Years of Alchemy Experience】: Upon redemption, existing alchemy insights will increase by a small margin. Price: 2,000,000 energy.
【Formation Dao (Introductory)】: Master the construction principles of multiple formations including the Fire-Gathering Formation, Concealment Formation, and Water-Gathering Formation. Comprehension of spirit-gathering formation placement reaches Minor Mastery Peak, sufficient to construct composite formations. After learning ten composite formations, can advance to Formation Minor Mastery. Price: 20,000,000 energy.
【Spirit-Gathering Flowers x7,000 (Mature), Spirit-Gathering Flower Seeds x3,000】: Price: 730,000,000 energy.
【Low-Grade Spirit Liquid, 2 Million Drops】: Price: 200,000,000 energy.
Su Xing first eliminated this simulation’s talent.
Blissfully Lost had indeed shown some use in this simulation.
Specifically, it allowed Su Xing to persist for several years while obsessively grinding Spirit-Gathering Flowers.
But Su Xing already possessed the talent unyielding perseverance, whose effects were even better than the “fun-loving” Blissfully Lost. There was no need to pick it again.
“As for the 2 million drops of spirit liquid…”
Su Xing shook his head slightly.
He knew that choosing spirit liquid would be short-sighted.
If he could bring out both the Spirit-Gathering Flowers and the formation knowledge, why would he ever worry about lacking spirit liquid?
That was the strategy for the long haul.
“I choose to bring out the Spirit-Gathering Flowers… and the Formation Dao introduction!”
As Su Xing’s words fell, the simulator’s notification chimed in his ears.
【You have successfully brought out Spirit-Gathering Flowers x7,000 (Mature) and Spirit-Gathering Flower Seeds x3,000. Cost: 730,000,000 energy. Remaining energy: 512,360,000 points.】
【You have successfully brought out Formation Dao (Introductory). Cost: 20,000,000 energy. Remaining energy: 492,360,000 points.】
As the notifications concluded, Su Xing’s simulation energy had plummeted by more than half.
But in return, a flood of memory fragments materialized in Su Xing’s mind out of thin air.
They were his insights into the Formation Dao from within the simulation.
Spirit-gathering formations, Fire-Gathering Formations… basic formations, composite formations…
A massive surge of knowledge poured frantically into Su Xing’s mind.
Su Xing closed his eyes for a long while, then slowly opened them.
A flash of something unusual passed through his gaze.
“So my previous understanding of the spirit-gathering formation was actually this shallow… Relying on sheer quantity alone makes it extremely difficult to achieve a qualitative change in spiritual energy…”
“But composite spirit-gathering formations produce effects that far exceed the simple sum of their parts…”
Su Xing discovered that the Formation Dao could fill many of the gaps in his current cultivation.
By deploying formations to alter the surrounding environment and create conditions favorable for combat, he could dramatically increase his fighting strength and defeat enemies with far greater ease.
Or he could use formations to assist in cultivation and reshape the distribution of spiritual energy…
Beyond that, the uses of formations were virtually inexhaustible…
Su Xing slowly rose to his feet and surveyed his surroundings.
Sure enough, between the field ridges of the grotto-heaven blessed land, over ten thousand adorable little white flowers were blooming in unison.
With every rhythmic pulse of their petals, they absorbed a small amount of spiritual energy and exhaled even more!
Su Xing observed them carefully, then nodded with satisfaction. “Not bad. At this rate of development… within a week at most, it can advance to a mid-grade grotto-heaven!”
Su Xing was in no rush to transplant the Spirit-Gathering Flowers or set up composite spirit-gathering formations.
Instead, he prepared to disguise his appearance, suppress his aura, shield his heavenly secrets, and then go find Old Dog Zong!
“I’ll wait until dusk, then head for Shuangqing City…”
Su Xing glanced at the sky and murmured.
Autumn was deepening, the days growing shorter and the nights longer.
Under the cover of darkness, Su Xing flew on his sword at an altitude of ten thousand meters. In less than two hours, he arrived at Shuangqing City.
After confirming three times over that his heavenly secrets were properly shielded and that his appearance and build had been completely altered, Su Xing arrived outside Shuangqing City and spread his spiritual sense outward like a tide.
Of course, Su Xing didn’t unleash his spiritual sense at full power. Instead, he maintained a range of roughly ten thousand zhang.
He also slightly suppressed the intensity of his spiritual sense.
Then, Su Xing pretended to be casually strolling through the city, releasing his spiritual sense without restraint.
Time passed until the following morning.
Following the memories from his simulation, Su Xing bought several steamed buns from a roadside stall.
He casually tossed over a piece of gold, then prepared to leave.
The reason he did this was to disguise himself as a recently awakened cultivator.
After all, what modern person would pay for things with gold and silver?
With that, Su Xing leisurely walked to the location where, in his simulation memories, he had killed Old Dog Zong.
“The timing should be about right…”
Su Xing glanced at the sky, yawned leisurely, and continued walking forward.
Just then, a voice called out from behind him.
“Senior, please wait!”
Su Xing’s steps paused slightly. He turned around and, sure enough, saw a Daoist priest with an honest and straightforward face.
Under the observation of his Subtle Realm spiritual sense, Su Xing had no difficulty recognizing that this was Old Dog Zong in disguise.
Su Xing put on the air of a distinguished senior and frowned at Old Dog Zong.
Old Dog Zong spoke up: “Senior, we are both fellow cultivators… May I ask if Senior has recently awakened? Which world do you hail from?”
“This humble one has established a small presence in this world… If Senior does not find it beneath him, this junior can show Senior around and help familiarize you with this world!”
Old Dog Zong wore the expression of a kindly benefactor, and it was indeed quite convincing.
Upon seeing Old Dog Zong reveal himself, Su Xing raised an eyebrow, the corners of his mouth curling upward irrepressibly.
The next instant, powerful Elemental Force Entwinement coiled around both fists as he hurled them directly at Old Dog Zong’s skull.
BOOM!
Under the force of millions of tons, Old Dog Zong was instantly blasted into a mist of blood.
A dark soul flickered out from the blood mist, seemingly trying to flee.
But how could Su Xing give him the chance?
He immediately flung out a Separation Fire Technique, utterly annihilating Old Dog Zong’s soul!
With that, Old Dog Zong—body and soul—was completely destroyed, vanishing from this world forever!
After finishing, Su Xing picked up Old Dog Zong’s storage bag and stored it within his spirit field grotto-heaven.
He then deployed the Heavenly Secrets Concealment Art, erasing every trace connected to himself.
Silently scanning a shadowed corner not far away, Su Xing channeled his spiritual energy, stepped onto his flying sword, and headed north.
Along the way, Su Xing’s heart was still beating a little faster than usual.
After all, this wasn’t a simulation—he had truly killed Old Dog Zong in the real world!
“Tsk tsk, just like that, Old Dog Zong has vanished from this world… I won’t be seeing him in future simulations anymore. Come to think of it, I’ll almost miss him…”
Su Xing quipped to himself inwardly.
His sword flight wasn’t particularly fast, mainly because Su Xing wanted to wait for the figure trailing behind him.
More than half an hour later, Su Xing stopped in a familiar mountain range a thousand li away.
Choosing a relatively flat patch of ground, Su Xing set out a stone table and a pair of stone stools.
Then, following the method from his memories, he leisurely brewed a pot of tea.
Seeing that the timing was about right, Su Xing called out in a clear voice:
“Is it not a joy to have friends come from afar?”
“Why not show yourself and share a moment together?”
With that, Su Xing took a slow, unhurried sip of tea.
Before long, a figure that had been lurking in the shadows appeared not far from Su Xing. It was Luo Shuying.
“Who are you, and why did you kill Grand Protector Zong?”
Luo Shuying asked in a low voice.
The reason she dared to reveal herself was her confidence in her own movement technique.
This was Su Xing’s first time seeing Luo Shuying in reality.
He felt both a surge of excitement and a touch of curiosity.
“A traitor to the human race—why should he not be killed?”
Su Xing looked at Luo Shuying calmly and countered with a question.
Sure enough, upon hearing Su Xing’s challenge, Luo Shuying—just as in the simulation—gripped her dagger, her guard fully raised.
“In that case, go ahead and make your move…”
Seeing Luo Shuying like this, Su Xing knew it was time to put his Self-Help Guru skills to work and thoroughly bamboozle her.
“Young lady, you’re of the Spirit Clan, aren’t you…”
Su Xing adopted the manner of a distinguished senior and proceeded to subject Luo Shuying to a solid half hour of persuasive manipulation.
Sure enough, Luo Shuying progressed from initial suspicion to half-belief, and ultimately placed her complete trust in Su Xing, even revealing her own name.
Su Xing knew the moment was ripe, so he finally declared:
“Luo Shuying, serve under me!”
“The alien races will eventually be driven from this world!”