Cultivation: But Not a Game

Chapter 313 - 222: Turmoil of the Heart, Returning to the Fallen Star Islands Again, Test_2

"A bit of a problem!"

"But this problem... isn’t really a big issue."

After all, the premise of such a thought is that there’s indeed this desire within oneself; the Blood God Curse merely amplifies his heart’s desire.

"I still need to find a way to purify this thing."

The first Great Celestial Tribulation was fine, but the second, the Earth Immortal Tribulation, will have a Heart Demon Tribulation. If he doesn’t find a way to resolve it, the Heart Demon Tribulation will probably explode, far more terrifying than a normal Heart Demon Tribulation, and he might not be able to withstand it.

The Immortal Bone is immune only to the Heart Demon, but it can’t be immune to the celestial tribulation.

Of course, there’s no rush for this; the Earth Immortal Tribulation is at least decades or even over a hundred years away from him, so there’s ample time to prepare. Su Yu quickly put it aside and started enjoying this rare leisure.

After that, they wandered in this seabed. He released Ao Run to specifically search for big and small bosses in the seabed to drive them over for eradication.

With Ao Run’s help, their efficiency improved significantly, and the speed of their Dao cultivation accumulation increased rapidly.

Su Yu did not suppress his inner desires; rather, he followed his true heart and released the power from the Blood God Curse according to his innermost thoughts, so the curse’s power wouldn’t gradually accumulate.

And the consequence of following his true heart was that Chu Xinyue’s heart became unsettled.

The two spent more than half a month training levels alone, equivalent to him flirting with her from time to time for more than half a month. The key was that she did not reject this in her heart, which was the main reason for her heart’s disturbance.

So after more than half a month, she couldn’t help but leave Su Yu and go back first.

Su Yu smiled slightly, looking at the time; there was about a month left before the sword duel between the human military and the Horned Demon People’s Tianyan Sect at the Fallen Star Islands.

But he was not in a hurry to make his way back; he stayed here to continue cultivating.

Together with Ao Run, he fiercely farmed bosses at the seabed for more than half a month and finally stopped when they were about to run out of time.

He first returned to Ten Thousand Poison Island, as Gu Zhiqiu had collected 360 spirit monster essences that met his standards, including three big boss essences above level 170.

He gave it a little thought and refined all these big boss essences into Vajra Divine Generals. After refining at level 170, they only remained at level 140, with two terrifying templates and one unmatched template.

He took out over a hundred of the remaining essences and refined them into Vajra Divine Generals, with 210 left refined into Gui Shui Divine Generals.

After refining the essences, he casually took 200,000 taels of gold from the guild to keep on hand.

Now he had a total of 470,000 taels of gold on him; if he encountered something good on the side of Fallen Star Islands, he could directly buy it.

Then he returned to the sect, spent sect contributions to redeem a Great All Heaven Cloud Forbidden Skill, combining it with the original Little All Heaven Cloud Forbidden Skill to synthesize a Great and Little All Heaven Cloud Forbidden Skill, a complete restriction method encompassing most restrictions in this world.

After combining them, the layers of the cloud forbidden fell from the original four to two.

Then Su Yu decisively spent 11.6 billion cultivation points and 13,500 Dao practices to upgrade this Great and Little All Heaven Cloud Forbidden Skill to five layers, reaching perfection in one go.

A five-layer Great and Little All Heaven Cloud Forbidden Skill could refine most materials in the world, and in the future, he wouldn’t worry about finding treasures anymore.

After finishing all this, under the guidance of his master, Su Yu also exchanged for a Devouring Soul and Subduing God Fusion Spirit Great Skill.

This wasn’t for his own cultivation, but for his avatar Red Dragon’s cultivation.

Once all preparations were complete, Su Yu activated the Great Transposition Talisman, and with a dramatic change in space, he crossed over hundreds of millions of kilometers to appear in Longwan City at the Fallen Star Islands.

He exhaled lightly and opened the Virtual Divine Net to check the regional channel, immediately seeing that the most-discussed local topic was the upcoming duel.

However, he checked the duel rules and found some differences from before.

Originally, successful candidates were rewarded 1,000 merit points, and each opponent defeated in the sword duel was rewarded an additional 1,000 merit points, with extra small merits for winning streaks of three, five, and seven matches, and large merits for ten and twenty, along with exploration privileges in the Fire Domain.

It was now changed to 1,000 merit points upon selection, 1,000 merit points for defeating each opponent in the sword duel, and now, instead of winning streaks, accumulating wins in three, five, and seven matches awarded one small merit each, while accumulating ten and twenty wins awarded one large merit each, along with exploration privileges in the Fire Domain.

The rewards were the same, but the only difference was no longer having to win consecutively, just needing to accumulate enough victories.

Su Yu immediately went to the military sub-division to apply for registration.

"You’re coming to register just before the deadline?"

The officer at the registration point shook his head, waved his big hand, and transported Su Yu to an arena, pointing to the man standing on the opposite side of the platform:

"Registration is very simple. Just defeat him according to the normal arena rules; the faster you do it, the higher your ranking."

Su Yu nodded, glanced at the countdown, and took out the Nine Circles Immortal Banner, tossing it into the air, quickly summoning all the more than a thousand Dharma Protectors within.

"Hmm?"

A sound of astonishment came from the void:

"Tier Nine Treasure?"

The man across was likely a real person dedicated to testing. Seeing Su Yu’s move, he immediately summoned an eight-tier treasure bell to hover above his head, then waved his hand and eighteen crimson flags flew out to form a formation, while holding an eight-tier flame treasure fan—all top-notch treasures above eight tiers.

Su Yu didn’t know this person’s exact strength. Considering only 50 people would be selected for the Qi cultivation duel, with billions of human Qi Cultivation Cultivators on the Fallen Star Islands and tens of thousands probably registering, he was certain the criteria were stringent, so he dared not hold back, opening with full power from the start.

He threw the Nine Circles Immortal Banner, rapidly enlarging it to a mountain, crashing down.

The opponent immediately prepared to counterattack, deploying the defense treasures as well as scattering the eighteen flags, linking flames into a curtain.

The celestial stave descending from over a thousand meters high pressed down on the fire curtain.

"Now’s the chance!"

Su Yu drew the Tier Nine Star God Sword and activated the Void-Splitting Great Divine Skill, unleashing three consecutive hundred-meter sword blades.

The first spatial sword blade swept through, tearing open the fire curtain that even the celestial stave could support.

The second spatial sword blade swept through, causing the protective treasure bell to emit a loud clang and shake violently.

The third spatial sword blade swept through, causing the protective treasure bell to tilt and fall.

Subsequently, the celestial stave dropped, shattering the fire curtain, and the eighteen large flags were smashed away.

"Oh?"

The officer above the space expressed surprise, saying:

"Spatial divine skill?"

Su Yu’s opponent was even more astonished, his body flickering as he tried to evade the celestial stave, but a circle of divine wind suddenly appeared overhead, binding him. The celestial stave smashed down with a booming sound, instantly sealing him and his treasure within the Nine-Ring Celestial Stave.

Su Yu flashed into the celestial stave and swung his sword, slashing three more times in succession.

The Void-Splitting Great Divine Skill was not a one-time ultimate move but an ultimate move lasting ten seconds, with each slash containing the power of the spatial laws that could tear everything apart.

The fourth spatial sword blade swept through, breaking through the protective aura.

The fifth spatial sword blade swept through, and a layer of spiritual light shimmered on his body, making the space tremble and disappear, leaving the sixth spatial sword blade in vain.

Su Yu was wondering if his opponent had used spatial divine skill to escape, when a loud voice reached his ears:

"You’ve won, stop now."

Su Yu immediately withdrew his treasure, a spatial fluctuation swept over, and in a flash, he returned to his previous location.

Cheng Shayu, one of the chief officers of Longwan City’s military, looked Su Yu up and down, and asked:

"Where did you come from? Which sect are you from? I’ve never seen you before."

Su Yu quickly clasped his fists in salute:

"Su Yu, from Blue Mountain Island, Core Disciple of Xuanzhen Immortal Sect."

"Blue Mountain Island?"

Cheng Shayu thought for a moment and then suddenly realized:

"For such a small place to produce a genius like you? Quite rare."

He flipped his hand and took out a token, tossing it over. Su Yu hurriedly caught it and heard Cheng Shayu say:

"You have been selected. Don’t wander around these next few days; meet at the branch the day after tomorrow, and we’ll head to the Fire Domain together."

"By the way, that wasn’t all your strength just now, was it?"

Su Yu thought for a moment and seriously replied:

"I actually excel in swordsmanship, water skill, and transformation arts."

Cheng Shayu raised an eyebrow, rather surprised, and asked:

"So you’re saying that you didn’t fully exert your real strength just now?"

"Yes."

"To what extent did you exert it?"

Su Yu thought for a moment and held up three fingers:

"I have two more ultimate moves harnessing the power of space, each stronger than the last."

"Hmm?"

"You have such strength?"

Cheng Shayu’s pupils suddenly glowed, as if using some pupil technique to look him up and down, growing more astonished the more he observed.

He retracted the pupil technique after a while, visibly softening his expression, and said:

"Unexpected that a small place like Blue Mountain Island could produce someone like you, very impressive. With your accumulation, at least a First-Grade Dao Foundation, there’s a certain probability of forming a Super-grade Immortal Foundation. Do you have such ambitions?"

Su Yu replied:

"Junior does have this ambition and is currently working hard to accumulate for it."

"That’s good, you should strive for it."