Chapter 477: The Game with Crimson Moon, a Huge Windfall of 500 Million Primal Energy!
In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly.
"A thousand four hundred years of simulation... it's roughly the maximum cultivation time limit..."
"In the following time, I should transform into the Lesser Demon persona... but the Xenomorph talent can only be used once..."
"It seems the simulation has reached its end..."
Su Xing sighed, his gaze falling upon the simulation panel.
[Under the onslaught of the alien invasion of the Demon Realm, the human race suffered continuous defeats.]
[Despite your strength as a top human power, you were unable to resist the overwhelming tide.]
[Ultimately, you were worn down and killed by several first-rank divinities. Before your death, you managed to slay one first-rank divinity.]
[You are dead!]
[Ding, the simulation has ended!]
Back in the real world, Su Xing saw the text on the panel and nodded.
"As expected, the simulation had to end here... within the Five Great Realms, it's very difficult to break the 1,500-year simulation limit!"
"However, the simulation's main objectives have been achieved. Let's see the rewards from this simulation..."
Su Xing muttered, his gaze shifting to the reward list.
[Spirit Sword Body]: Golden Talent, priced at 10 Primal Energy.
[Great Shaman Body Tempering Art Cultivation Progress]: The Heavenly Origin Divine Tree within your body has grown to eleven zhang in height, your vitality and blood essence are as scorching as a great sun. As long as vital areas aren't completely destroyed, you can quickly recover from injuries! Priced at 3 million Primal Energy!
[Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm, Mid-Stage]: Priced at 1 Primal Energy.
[World Assimilation Secret Technique (Great Completion): Not far from perfection, contains the effects of assimilating worlds and incorporating them into your spiritual domain. Upon mastering it completely, you can attempt to assimilate an entire small world. Priced at 2 million Primal Energy!
[World Fusion Secret Technique (Great Completion): Not far from perfection, originated from an ancient Da Luo Golden Immortal... Priced at 2 million Primal Energy!
Su Xing scanned the rewards. Except for the Spirit Sword Body, the rest were all useful to him.
Without hesitation, Su Xing chose to take the remaining four rewards.
[Ding, congratulations on taking the Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivation... Remaining Primal Energy: 106,606,695.]
[Ding, congratulations on taking the Great Shaman Body Tempering Art cultivation progress... Remaining Primal Energy: 103,606,695...]
[Ding, congratulations on taking the World Assimilation Secret Technique (Great Completion)... Remaining Primal Energy: 101,406,695...]
[Ding, congratulations on taking the World Fusion Secret Technique (Great Completion)... Remaining Primal Energy: 99,406,695...]
As the simulator's prompts echoed in his ears, Su Xing's cultivation level increased again.
After a short while, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, sensed the aura around him, and furrowed his brows slightly.
"Indeed, after advancing to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, single simulations have become incredibly limited in their benefits..."
Su Xing carefully felt his body, noting progress in both body refinement and energy refinement.
However, his overall strength only improved by less than half a percent.
"Sigh... for significant improvement, I can only rely on minor breakthroughs in realm... like from the early to mid-stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal..."
"Or perhaps, an improvement in my comprehension of the Dao..."
Su Xing muttered.
The slight increase after this simulation was within his expectations.
"Excluding the time spent comprehending the Dao... out of the fourteen hundred years of simulation, the time I spent improving my cultivation was only about a thousand years..."
"And during those thousand years, I simultaneously improved both body refinement and energy refinement systems. This level of improvement is already quite good!"
Su Xing silently analyzed the situation.
In the simulation, with his current energy cultivation level and the use of the Heavenly Mirror, maintaining a 30-fold time difference between the inner and outer worlds would exhaust his energy and only allow him to focus on the Great Shaman Body Tempering Art, hindering his energy cultivation progress.
Conversely, if he maintained a 10-fold time difference, he could cultivate both body refinement and energy refinement simultaneously without significant hindrance.
After all, with the Zhengyi Qi Refinement Art, an hour of daily energy cultivation would guarantee maximum efficiency.
"One simulation, a thousand years of cultivation... with the Heavenly Mirror's boost, that's equivalent to ten thousand years of cultivation..."
"Ten thousand years, from the early stage to the mid-stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm... it's indeed a significant leap!"
It's worth noting that even talented Taiyi Golden Immortals usually take over five million years to reach the peak of the realm!
Su Xing's cultivation aptitude primarily comes from talents like the Void Spirit Root, Innate Lifeless Pulse, and Late Bloomer.
But those who can reach the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, who among them lacks talent?
Almost all Taiyi Golden Immortals possess the Void Spirit Root, and most also have several suitable physiques for cultivation.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to reach Taiyi Golden Immortal at all.
"Moreover, the path I've chosen is the Five Elements Dao. The Five Elements Qi is complex and heterogeneous, making it more difficult to transform into immortal energy compared to a single type of Qi..."
"Therefore, my cultivation aptitude among Taiyi Golden Immortals can only be considered average..."
With a nearly equal starting point in aptitude, the reason why Su Xing still maintains a faster cultivation speed is partly due to the Zhengyi Qi Refinement Art.
The seven-fold cultivation speed boost provided by this art is considered top-tier among cultivation arts practiced by Taiyi Golden Immortals and even Da Luo Golden Immortals.
Ordinary Taiyi Golden Immortals absorb Qi at a rate of about three to five times.
Thus, Su Xing still has a significant advantage.
"However, the biggest advantage is the abundance of resources!"
"The Heavenly Mirror... in the Spirit Field Cave Heaven, the abundant immortal liquid ensures that I can use it to enhance my cultivation every day... at least several times faster than cultivators of the same realm!"
Su Xing thought this way.
However, the higher one ascends in the Taiyi realm, the longer cultivation takes.
Especially from the late stage to the peak of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, the difficulty is probably ten times greater than from the early to mid-stage.
"Based on this..."
Su Xing analyzed the situation and muttered:
"I'm afraid it will take no less than three years to reach the peak of Taiyi!"
Thinking of this, Su Xing let out a long breath.
Three years, Su Xing could afford to wait.
"Just, the improvement of the Great Shaman Body Tempering Art... is truly a headache!"
Su Xing rubbed his temples.
A thousand years in the simulator, combined with the Heavenly Mirror's ten-fold acceleration, Su Xing had cultivated for ten thousand years!
The Heavenly Origin Divine Tree had only barely grown from ten zhang to eleven zhang...
"The seventh layer of the Great Shaman Body Tempering Art, when cultivated to its limit, achieves Blood Rebirth, possessing the unparalleled regenerative ability in the world!"
"But to distinguish the depth of cultivation, besides the increase in the strength of blood essence... the Heavenly Origin Divine Tree is the most direct indicator!"
"The seventh layer of the Great Shaman Body Tempering Art, at the Lesser Completion stage, the Heavenly Origin Divine Tree reaches a hundred zhang... at the Great Completion stage, it reaches a thousand zhang!"
"And if one can cultivate it to the Perfect Completion stage, the Heavenly Origin Divine Tree within the body will grow to... a terrifying ten thousand zhang in height!"
Thinking of this, Su Xing couldn't help but feel excited.
"Legend has it that the ancient Ancestral Witches possessed terrifying power comparable to saints... and their Heavenly Origin Divine Trees were comparable to entire worlds!"
"What kind of terrifying power would that be?"
"But..."
Su Xing sighed. Based on his current progress of one zhang per simulation, to cultivate it to the Perfect Completion stage would require at least hundreds of simulations, taking more than ten years...
"Too slow! Or rather..."
"Unless, I can draw a red-tier body refinement talent..."
Thinking of this, Su Xing's eyes lit up.
His current probability of drawing red-tier talents was not low, averaging one for every four or five simulations.
Calculated that way, it didn't seem so difficult...
"Also, the two secret techniques for improving the spiritual domain are not far from perfection..."
"Once they're completely cultivated... I can also attempt to assimilate worlds! My strength will improve even further then!"
Su Xing made some plans.
There were still a few days before the next simulation.
"Now, it's time to go to Earth and ask Crimson Moon for the reward in advance!"
"By the way, discuss matters concerning Earth..."
Su Xing narrowed his eyes, using his Lesser Demon persona and spatial laws, he quickly headed towards Earth!
...
Half a month passed quickly.
In early December of New Era 2027, Su Xing finally arrived near Earth.
"It's time to face Crimson Moon again..."
Su Xing narrowed his eyes, not rushing to the Endless Abyss.
Instead, he used spatial laws to conceal himself in a separate space, taking a stroll on Earth.
The sky was still illuminated by the Crimson Moon.
The Demon Suppressing Pass was basically completely suppressed, and the human race was huddled on Earth.
The good news was that the human race on Earth, including the professional cultivators, was still safe.
Before Crimson Moon completely destroyed Earth and sacrificed these humans, they were out of danger.
Of course, Su Xing's "secret visit" to Earth was under Crimson Moon's watchful eye!
And Su Xing wasn't hiding it from Crimson Moon, he was even deliberately doing it for Crimson Moon to see!
The moment Crimson Moon arrived on Earth, the game between them... had begun!
After pretending to take a stroll on Earth, Su Xing acted as if he was very interested.
Then, he tore open space and went to the Endless Abyss.
After Su Xing entered the Endless Abyss, Crimson Moon quickly sent a messenger to bring him to the bottom of the abyss.
Upon reaching the bottom of the abyss, Su Xing saw Crimson Moon as he wished.
Compared to half a year ago, Crimson Moon's aura had clearly strengthened.
This former Lord of Slaughter was gradually regaining his peak strength...
"Lesser Demon Sovereign... you've come?"
In the pitch-black space, a crimson eye opened, looking at Su Xing.
Su Xing wasn't the least bit flustered, simply saying:
"Yes! I'm here to collect my debt. The flesh and blood essence you promised me, shouldn't it be paid now?"
Su Xing continued to act strong, or rather, this was more in line with his current "Lesser Demon Sovereign" persona.
Favored by the "Mother Goddess", a talented individual, who controls the Lesser Demon race and is flattered by many, a "hot-headed" alien newcomer!
"Hahahaha... Lesser Demon Sovereign, you're as straightforward as ever!"
"The flesh and blood essence you requested... has been prepared a long time ago!"
Having said that, the crimson eye flickered, and a layer of space appeared before Su Xing, filled with mountains of flesh and blood essence of various levels.
Su Xing's eyes lit up at the sight, and he didn't stand on ceremony.
He directly used spatial laws to store all the flesh and blood essence within his own created space.
Afterwards, Crimson Moon continued to engage in polite conversation with Su Xing, asking about his recent situation and so on.
While Su Xing replied absentmindedly, he casually found a spot to sit down and listened leisurely to Crimson Moon's rambling.
In the blink of an eye, a day passed.
The two acted like "old friends" who hadn't seen each other for years, chatting for a whole day.
Seeing that Su Xing showed no sign of leaving, Crimson Moon finally asked the question on his mind:
"Lesser Demon Sovereign... could it be that you have something else to discuss?"
Su Xing stood up, thinking that the groundwork was laid, and said in a casual tone:
"Yes! I see your current domain is quite nice... how about you give it to me?"
"I just happen to need a fertile space to nurture my people!"
Upon hearing Su Xing's words, the air around them seemed to freeze for a second.
Crimson Moon seemed to reveal a hint of killing intent.
But soon, Crimson Moon reacted and asked in a deep voice:
"What you mean, is it Earth near the Abyss... and other small worlds?"
Su Xing nodded.
"What else? Could it be I want this desolate Abyss?"
"My people need fertile land to nurture enough food."
"I think Earth, and a few nearby small worlds are quite good... just pack them all up and give them to me!"
Hearing Su Xing's words, Crimson Moon finally felt relieved.
His first reaction was that Su Xing was eyeing his painstakingly cultivated Endless Abyss, wanting his "former subordinates".
Upon realizing that it was about Earth and other small worlds, Crimson Moon calmed down and considered the feasibility of this deal.
If it were Crimson Moon from earlier, he might not have agreed to this deal.
After all, Earth was once part of the Luotian World, and it might contain certain secrets.
However, in recent years, despite Crimson Moon spending countless efforts exploring it, he still hadn't obtained most of the Luotian inheritance.
Even if there were some inheritances, they were fragmented and useless to him.
Therefore, Crimson Moon had planned to sacrifice all the living beings on Earth a year later, and at the same time obtain Earth's "World Origin".
World Origin, a product born from the destruction of a world, is very beneficial to alien races.
The stronger the world, the more World Origin it provides!
The World Origin provided by a Great Thousand World is countless times greater than that of a small world...
While Earth is a small world, due to its special nature, the World Origin it possesses is not inferior to some Minor Thousand Worlds.
Therefore, it also has some value to Crimson Moon.
However, now Su Xing has proposed a deal!
As a main god about to be resurrected, he desperately needed allies, and naturally, he didn't want to offend Su Xing, this "Lesser Demon Sovereign"!
And if he refused the deal, it might lead to a rift between them.
"If the conditions are suitable... it's not impossible!"
Crimson Moon thought to himself, then said:
"Earth, although a small world, has a solid foundation and may still hold some secrets... it's impossible to simply gift it away!"
"I wonder what conditions the Sovereign can offer in exchange?"
"If it's suitable, I can trade this world to you!"
Su Xing was overjoyed in his heart, but on the surface, he still frowned slightly, pretending to be impatient, and said:
"If you agree, I will provide you with ten million low-level Lesser Demons within the next hundred years!"
Hearing Su Xing's words, Crimson Moon's heart stirred.
Ten million low-level Lesser Demons are enough to support the cannon fodder needed for invading a Minor Thousand World for hundreds of years!
But it was obvious that Crimson Moon wasn't satisfied with that, so he said:
"Not enough! At least one hundred million low-level Lesser Demons!"
Crimson Moon opened his mouth like a lion, one hundred million low-level Lesser Demons, enough cannon fodder to invade several Medium Thousand Worlds!
Su Xing naturally disagreed, so he retorted:
"At most twenty million!"
"No, at least eighty million..."
...
Finally, after a round of bargaining, Crimson Moon agreed to sell the entire Earth and several surrounding small worlds to Su Xing in exchange for providing fifty million low-level Lesser Demons within a hundred years.
From Crimson Moon's perspective, he had made a killing!
These fifty million low-level Lesser Demon cannon fodder are enough for him to try invading several Medium Thousand Worlds!
And in a Medium Thousand World, the living beings, blood essence, and World Origin it provides are far more valuable than Earth!
Therefore, Crimson Moon was secretly delighted at the moment!
"Humph, foolish Lesser Demon... he probably doesn't know the role of fifty million low-level Lesser Demons on the battlefield, does he?"
"However, the more generous he is, the greater the profit I can gain!"
Crimson Moon thought to himself.
As for Su Xing's perspective...
Su Xing never intended to provide Crimson Moon with Lesser Demon cannon fodder!
It was a complete empty promise!
After all, a hundred years later, Su Xing would probably have long since left, or even killed Crimson Moon!
Who would he give the Lesser Demon cannon fodder to then?
Therefore, a deal with absolutely zero cost, Su Xing naturally had to take it!
Both parties had their own schemes, and they reached an agreement.
Crimson Moon then said:
"Lesser Demon Sovereign, I will be completely resurrected within a year!"
"At that time, I will lead the entire Abyss to escape into the void... and Earth will be destroyed by me!"
"Before that, you must take over Earth, can you do it?"
Su Xing sneered in response, thinking that Crimson Moon was testing him!
So, Su Xing waved his hand, and a mountain at the bottom of the Abyss was uprooted and banished into his own created separate space.
The sixth-rank spatial law was completely displayed.
"Hehe... coincidentally, the law I control is precisely the spatial law!"
"Within a year, I will make a small breakthrough... at that time, I will take over the entire Earth!"
Seeing Su Xing demonstrate this, Crimson Moon's face flashed with surprise.
Spatial law is one of the top laws.
It's no less powerful than his Slaughter Law.
"Using the spatial law as the foundation of his divinity? Seems like a high potential!"
Crimson Moon looked at his "ally" again!
The spatial law has the full potential to break through to the main god level!
Thus, Su Xing's strategic importance in Crimson Moon's eyes increased even further.
Not only does he control the Lesser Demon race, but he also possesses a top-tier law.
Even if Crimson Moon recovers his strength in the future, Su Xing will still be a solid ally to him!
"Hahaha! As expected of the Lesser Demon Sovereign favored by the Mother Goddess!"
"Alright then... within a year, wait for my news!"
Su Xing nodded in satisfaction.
...
After bidding farewell to Crimson Moon, Su Xing used spatial laws to travel at an astonishing speed towards the direction of the Void Realm.
After traveling for a full week, he carefully sensed his surroundings, confirmed there was no danger, then transformed back into his original form and traveled for another week.
"Whew... this should be about right!"
Su Xing stopped in a void and opened the simulation panel.
612,390,000 Primal Energy!
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 478: Red Talent - Witch Ancestor! Exploring the Eighth Heaven!
The batch of flesh and blood essence from Crimson Moon provided Su Xing with a little over 500 million Primal Energy!
At this moment, Su Xing once again had the resources to enhance his cultivation, enough for a period of future simulations.
"Tsk tsk, a full 500 million Primal Energy!"
"Crimson Moon is truly generous!"
Su Xing marveled. After all, previously, he had accumulated 500 million Primal Energy over half a year, obtained from numerous alien divinities.
Now, just from a single trade with Crimson Moon, he had gained 500 million Primal Energy!
How could Su Xing not be excited?
"Hmm, there are five simulation opportunities remaining... 600 million Primal Energy, it's indeed time to start a new round of simulations!"
Currently, Su Xing was in his human form, and it was rare for him to go out.
This would allow him to maximize his gains through the "main body - Lesser Demon persona" simulation method!
Thinking this, Su Xing silently said:
"Begin simulation!"
[Simulation 204 begins. Current remaining Primal Energy: 612,396,347... Remaining simulation opportunities: 5.]
[Simulation start!]
[Drawing a talent costs 1 Primal Energy. Do you wish to draw?]
"Yes!"
[Ding, congratulations on drawing the red talent Witch Ancestor. Next draw: 80% chance of golden talent, 20% chance of red talent...]
[Witch Ancestor]: Red Talent. You possess an astonishing bloodline inheritance and have terrifying potential in body refinement, comparable to the Twelve Witch Ancestors.
"Damn, Witch Ancestor!"
Su Xing exclaimed, looking at his newly drawn red talent with immense satisfaction.
Witch Ancestor was undoubtedly the highest-level body refinement talent Su Xing had ever drawn.
From talents like Uproot Mountains and Godly Strength to the previous Ancient Witch Body, Su Xing's body refinement talents had gradually improved.
However, the Ancient Witch Body only granted him the body refinement talent of the ancient Witch race.
While it was considered top-tier in this era, in the grand scheme of history, within the ancient Witch race, it could only be considered a minor genius, not a rare prodigy.
"Witch Ancestor! Just the word 'Ancestor' itself... is enough to reflect its value!"
Su Xing's eyes flashed with a strange light, his mind recalling ancient texts he had read.
In ancient times, the human race was weak, and the rulers of the world were the Demon Beasts and the Witch race!
Among them, the most powerful of the Witch race were the Twelve Ancestral Witches!
Legend has it that the Twelve Ancestral Witches each possessed terrifying cultivation aptitude and strength.
Even the weakest Ancestral Witch possessed the peak strength of a Da Luo Golden Immortal, while those like Gonggong and Zhu Rong had the power of a semi-saint.
Furthermore, it was rumored that among the Twelve Ancestral Witches, one named Houtu, controlled reincarnation and the earth's veins, achieving Sainthood!
This shows the terrifying talent of the twelve Witch Ancestors.
"A red-tier Witch Ancestor talent... I wonder how much stronger it is than the previous Ancient Witch Body?"
"It's worth a try!"
Su Xing muttered, preparing to thoroughly test the effects of this new talent.
"Besides improving my strength... it's also time to start searching for the Soul Severing Grass and the Mystical Saint Branch..."
Su Xing muttered.
During the past six months, Su Xing had also tried using the Time Rewind function, but he had not reached the era when the Mystical Saint Branch existed, wasting a simulation opportunity.
As for the Soul Severing Grass, Su Xing had gathered some intel.
The Soul Severing Grass is located in the Eighth Heaven of the Nine Heavens Realm!
After breaking through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, Su Xing barely qualified to enter the Eighth Heaven.
"The Soul Severing Grass is rare in the Eighth Heaven, but I've already learned its specific location from the Master of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion."
"As long as my luck isn't too bad, it shouldn't take more than a few searches to find it!"
After confirming the goals of this simulation, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
[Please choose a bonus...]
"I choose to enhance the Late Bloomer talent..."
[Within the Spirit Field Cave Heaven, you realize you are in a simulation!]
[As planned, you go to the Azure Cloud Sect to trade and collect Luotian inheritance, and ten years later, you travel to the Heavenly Secrets Realm.]
[After arriving in the Heavenly Secrets Realm, you spend the next few decades traveling to the Fifth Heaven to collect some spiritual herbs and transplant them into the Luotian Realm.]
[In the 70th year, you leave the Heavenly Secrets Realm and travel to the Demon Realm.]
[In the 100th year, you successfully obtain the Luotian Black Bead and plan to travel alone to the Nine Heavens Realm.]
[In the 101st year, you arrive at the Seventh Heaven and decide to close yourself off for cultivation and comprehend the Dao.]
In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded.
"Since I'm going to the Eighth Heaven, I naturally need to prepare well..."
"My current strength is roughly enough for the Eighth Heaven."
"However, the alien races in the Eighth Heaven are too dangerous. Searching for the Soul Severing Grass might not be smooth..."
"From the 100th year onwards, after the immersive simulation ends, it's only been four hundred years... the remaining time should be enough for me to search!"
Su Xing also understood that there were gains and losses.
Since he was going to search for the Soul Severing Grass in the Eighth Heaven, he wouldn't be able to enjoy the benefits of the lower realms, such as the Void Realm and the blood essence treasures from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.
Fortunately, he had already plundered a batch of treasures in the Fifth Heaven and nurtured them in the Luotian Realm.
With the ten-fold time difference, it could provide Su Xing with some of the resources he needed for cultivation.
Su Xing silently said:
"Start the immersive simulation. Duration: 274 years!"
[Ding... Remaining Primal Energy: 612,296,347...]
With the prompt, Su Xing's consciousness entered the simulated world.
...
When Su Xing opened his eyes again, he was already within the Seventh Heaven.
Finding a secluded spot, Su Xing laid down numerous protective and concealment formations before beginning to comprehend the Spatial Dao.
After taking the first sip of Enlightenment Tea, the first three-year comprehension session officially began.
Feeling the Dao insights emanating from the numerous Spatial Treasures around him, Su Xing's comprehension of the Spatial Dao rapidly increased.
Three years later, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, revealing a surprised expression.
"Hmm? Comprehending the Dao in the Nine Heavens Realm... seems to be much more efficient than in the lower realms!"
Su Xing was pleasantly surprised.
In the Seventh Heaven, the speed of comprehending the Dao was about 50% faster than in the Five Great Realms of the lower realm!
"Dao Insight Treasures have their limits..."
"Since the Dao has entered the sixth rank, the boost from those Spatial Treasures has only become a mere 20-30%."
"Instead, the speed of comprehension has greatly increased in the Seventh Heaven!"
Su Xing pondered.
"In ancient times, the upper and lower realms, the upper realm was closer to the Dao... that's why powerful figures frequently appeared in that era!"
"No wonder it's said that the secrets of Sainthood might lie within the Ninth Heaven... the Dao insights in the upper realm are indeed much faster than in the lower realm!"
Su Xing was overjoyed by this discovery.
A 50% increase in comprehension speed might not seem like much, but for Su Xing, it was a huge change!
If Su Xing previously needed three years (in the real world) to push a Dao to the seventh rank, now it would only take two years!
The improvement speed was undeniably fast!
"Just the Seventh Heaven has such a boost... what about the Eighth Heaven?"
Su Xing was even more excited.
"However, exploring the Eighth Heaven for the first time... might be a bit risky!"
"Let's use up the Enlightenment Tea and Comprehension Pills first..."
Thinking of this, Su Xing couldn't wait any longer and continued to comprehend the Spatial Dao.
In the blink of an eye, another two hundred and seventy years passed.
In the final year before the immersive simulation ended, Su Xing prematurely ended his seclusion.
Carefully experiencing the gains from his two hundred and seventy years of seclusion, Su Xing was very satisfied.
"The efficiency has indeed increased by more than 50%!"
"At this rate, within five simulations, the Spatial Dao will probably reach the Lesser Completion stage of the sixth rank!"
"Reaching the Perfect Completion stage of the sixth rank, at most a hundred simulations, and it will be achieved!"
Su Xing was very satisfied. If the Spatial Dao reached the Perfect Completion stage of the sixth rank,
Su Xing could easily travel back and forth between the various realms!
Traveling from the Azure Cloud Sect to the Endless Sea Realm would only take a month!
Thus, Su Xing could travel from the Qingyuan Realm to the Heavenly Secrets Realm in just half a year!
The time it would take to reach the Demon Realm could be compressed to within two years!
Reaching the Demon Realm within two years to obtain the Luotian Black Bead was a completely acceptable price for Su Xing!
"Tsk tsk... this is just the amplification effect of the Seventh Heaven..."
"Logically, the Eighth Heaven is even higher... it might be even closer to the 'Dao'!"
Thinking of this, Su Xing looked up at the sky, eager to explore it.
With no further hesitation, Su Xing used his spatial power, took a step, and crossed millions of miles.
Then, at an astonishing speed, he headed towards the Eighth Heaven.
About a month later, Su Xing could feel the "pressure" from the Eighth Heaven growing stronger.
Soon after, Su Xing saw the "barrier" separating the Seventh Heaven and the Eighth Heaven!
"This is..."
Su Xing frowned slightly, looking at the boundless expanse of water above him.
Waves rippled, reflecting Su Xing's image on the surface.
"Passing through this water surface will lead to the Eighth Heaven?"
Su Xing pondered. He could feel that there was an invisible force attracting him from the water surface above.
To be cautious, Su Xing activated 8,100 protective sword qi and released his spiritual domain for ten miles around him.
After shielding his heavenly secrets, Su Xing dove into the water.
Like a fish, Su Xing swam upwards at an extremely fast speed.
Suddenly, at a certain moment, Su Xing felt a dizzying sensation, as if the world had turned upside down.
After a few breaths, Su Xing broke through the surface and appeared in an unfamiliar world.
"Hiss... such rich spiritual Qi!"
Su Xing's eyes widened as he looked around.
After emerging from the water, Su Xing clearly felt that he was no longer in the Seventh Heaven.
"Here, it's the Eighth Heaven!"
"The concentration of spiritual Qi... is at least equivalent to a top-grade blessed land!"
Su Xing blinked. He didn't know if his "birthplace" after entering the Eighth Heaven was a "treasured land" within the Eighth Heaven, but it seemed unlikely.
So, the greater probability was...
Every random location in the entire Eighth Heaven possesses the level of spiritual Qi found in a top-grade blessed land!
And if it were the "secret realms" and "treasured lands" within the Eighth Heaven, they would probably be at least at the Cave Heaven level!
Perhaps, the "Great Cave Heaven" that Su Xing had painstakingly created might even form naturally in the Eighth Heaven!
"Tsk tsk, the upper realm... truly is the treasured land that cultivators in ancient times dreamed of!"
Su Xing was only surprised for a moment before quickly reacting, soaring out of the lake.
Then, he concealed his aura, trying to avoid being discovered by other living beings.
After all, the Eighth Heaven was the home ground of alien races!
Billions of alien races exist in the Eighth Heaven, while human cultivators are only a few dozen.
If he were discovered by the alien races, Su Xing would be in big trouble!
After leaving the lake, Su Xing used his escape technique, keeping his divine sense within a ten-mile radius, quickly observing the environment of the Eighth Heaven.
After about an hour.
Despite moving slowly and exploring the Eighth Heaven, Su Xing had traveled millions of miles with his speed.
By now, Su Xing had roughly determined his location and the general situation of the surrounding area.
Based on the information Su Xing had previously gathered.
The Eighth Heaven is roughly divided into five regions.
Corresponding to the Five Great Realms in the lower realm: East, South, West, North, and the Central Realm, and they are just as vast as the entire realm!
The difference is that there are no Endless Sea Realms separating each region.
Traveling through the realm is very easy. Theoretically, to cross the entire Eighth Heaven.
With the aid of spatial nodes, at Su Xing's speed, it would only take a thousand years to succeed.
"However... the Eighth Heaven is almost entirely the home ground of alien races!"
Su Xing narrowed his eyes.
Within a million miles around him, the number of alien races he could sense was over a million!
Each alien race was at least of Legendary strength or higher.
And there were quite a few alien divinities...
In comparison, Su Xing hadn't seen a single human cultivator.
After all, in the vast Eighth Heaven, there were only the few dozen led by the Master of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion!
"Whew... but the spiritual Qi of the Eighth Heaven is indeed much higher than in the lower realm!"
Su Xing had just detected over a hundred Cave Heaven-level treasure lands.
On average, there was a Cave Heaven every ten thousand miles.
There were even one or two top-grade Cave Heavens...
However, these Cave Heavens were mostly occupied by alien races.
"Great Cave Heavens are still rare in the Eighth Heaven..."
Su Xing quickly determined his location.
Because he entered the Nine Heavens Realm from the Demon Realm.
Therefore, Su Xing's location was in the "center of the Western Region" of the Eighth Heaven.
"My location... seems to be less than a hundred million miles from the Soul Severing Grass..."
Su Xing narrowed his eyes. This was also the reason why he chose to enter the Eighth Heaven from the Heavenly Secrets Realm.
This place was very close to the location of the Soul Severing Grass he had obtained.
"No need to rush to find the Soul Severing Grass... let's first feel the speed of comprehending the Dao in the Eighth Heaven!"
After finding a hidden cave, Su Xing began to comprehend the Spatial Dao.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed.
Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, revealing a look of surprise.
"The Eighth Heaven... the amplification of comprehending the Dao is at least 80%!"
"And it's not evenly distributed..."
"In some places, the boost to comprehending the Dao can reach double, or even more!"
Su Xing summarized.
The Eighth Heaven boosts the speed of comprehending the Dao by 80% to 200%!
The highest comprehension speed is three times that of the lower realm!
"The more treasured a land is, the richer the spiritual Qi, the more efficient comprehension of the Dao becomes!"
"However, those treasured lands are mostly occupied by alien races... finding a place with a double boost is already difficult!"
The Dao insights required by human cultivators and the "Law Power" of alien races are essentially the same.
And the alien races in the Eighth Heaven occupy the most valuable areas, so their speed of comprehending the laws is naturally faster.
"Even so, a speed of comprehension equivalent to double that of the lower realm... is still a huge improvement for me!"
Su Xing estimated that if he could cultivate in the Eighth Heaven for a long time, perhaps in just over a year, his mastery of the Spatial Dao could reach the peak of the sixth rank!
At that time, Su Xing could try to go to the Heavenly Secrets Realm to obtain the Luotian Black Bead...
"The Eighth Heaven is a good place!"
Su Xing sighed, then headed towards the location of the Soul Severing Grass in his memory.
...
The immersive simulation ended quickly, and Su Xing's consciousness returned to his main body.
Before the immersive simulation ended, Su Xing had explored the location of the Soul Severing Grass.
"However, getting that Soul Severing Grass... isn't going to be easy!"
Su Xing narrowed his eyes.
"That Soul Severing Grass is actually located in a treasure land at the level of a Great Cave Heaven!"
"And within that treasure land, the number of alien divinities alone is no less than a thousand, with over a hundred second-rank divinities, several first-rank divinities..."
"Among them, there's an aura that makes me feel apprehensive, probably a peak first-rank divinity!"
Rubbing his temples, Su Xing felt a headache coming on.
The good news was that Su Xing had found the location of the Soul Severing Grass.
The bad news was that the treasure land where the Soul Severing Grass was located was an important stronghold of the alien races.
With Su Xing's current strength, he probably couldn't obtain it for now...
"Whew... confirming the location is enough!"
"As for obtaining the Soul Severing Grass, as long as my strength reaches a certain level, it's only a matter of time!"
"Next, I'll find a hidden location to continue cultivating... of course, if I can find a way to meet up with the Master of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, that would be even better!"
Su Xing thought this way, his gaze falling upon the simulation panel.
[In the 380th year, you find a hidden cave mansion in the Eighth Heaven and begin cultivating...]
[Entering the Luotian Realm, with a ten-fold time difference between the inner and outer worlds, you consume blood essence treasures and cultivate the Great Shaman Body Tempering Art.]
[Thus, 220 years pass in the outside world!]
[In the 600th year, for you within the Luotian Realm, you have already cultivated for a full two thousand years!]
[At this time, the Heavenly Origin Divine Tree within your body has grown to twelve zhang, and your blood essence and strength have also slightly increased.]
[Under the boost of the 'Witch Ancestor' talent, in just over two hundred years, it's equivalent to nearly a thousand years of your previous cultivation progress!]
[Your talent for cultivating the Great Shaman Body Tempering Art has greatly improved. At this rate, you can reach the Perfect Completion stage of the seventh layer in two to three years, far exceeding your energy cultivation talent.]
[However, the problem is that the spiritual herbs and treasures you had accumulated earlier have been depleted.]
[You need to find more blood essence treasures to support your cultivation.]
[In the Eighth Heaven, there are countless spiritual herbs and treasures in various treasured lands and secret realms... more importantly, the flesh and blood essence of those alien races are highly beneficial to you!]
[Especially the flesh and blood essence of first-rank divinities, for you, is equivalent to top-tier spiritual herbs and treasures!]
[Thus, you begin to try hunting first-rank divinities...]
(End of Chapter)