Others Level Up, but I Pursue Cultivation!

[Seeing that the magical treasure in your hand is gone, the Six-winged Deity reveals a ferocious grin and continues to charge at you.]

[You completely abandon swordsmanship, using only your physical body and Origin Force to face it head-on.]

[The Six-winged Deity finally understands the true meaning of "One Force Breaks All Laws!"]

[You grow stronger as the battle rages on, your Origin Force surging endlessly. Without your trusty sword, you grow furious and discard all defense, exchanging blow for blow with the Six-winged Deity.]

[Although the Six-winged Deity possesses a formidable physique, how could it possibly defeat you?]

[Thus, another year and a half pass…]

[After a battle lasting two and a half years, you finally sever the last of the wings on its back.]

[Your injuries, however, are quite severe.]

[The Minor Thousand World that had been occupied by the Foreign Race is reduced to dust in the Void by the residual waves of your battle.]

[The battlefield, one year ago, shifted into the Void.]

[The Six-winged Deity had initially thought that the Void would be his domain.]

[Yet he didn't anticipate that, even in the Void, a Body Refinement Cultivator like you remained as powerful as ever...]

[You let out a thunderous roar, and a colossal Witch Clan shadow, 10,000 feet tall, manifests behind you.]

[Suddenly, a rumble echoes from distant reaches of the Void...]

[This battle has already reached a stalemate, neither willing to yield.]

[The Six-winged Deity is oblivious to the swiftly approaching star from the distant Void.]

[At that moment, the Six-winged Deity's lips curl into a smirk, seemingly spotting your weakness. His figure flickers, and the terrifying bone sword pierces through your Body-Protecting Sword Aura, stabbing into your chest, leaving half of the bone sword exposed.]

[With this strike, your chest is completely pierced.]

[As the bone sword penetrates your body, you feel your life force being incessantly drained...]

[However, what the Six-winged Deity fails to notice is that you start to smile as well.]

[With a roar, you grasp the bone sword and, leveraging the Dao of Space, instantaneously teleport several thousand miles away.]

[At the same time, a star the size of a Minor Thousand World crashes downward.]

[The Six-winged Deity has no time to react and is struck by the falling star.]

[Divine Skill: Universal Starfall!]

[After you broke through to the sixth layer of the Grand Witch Body Refining Decision, the power of this Divine Skill can only be described as world-ending.]

[Even from several thousand miles away, you can sense the aura of the Six-winged Deity dwindling.]

[Ultimately, until total annihilation...]

[You laugh skyward in triumph from afar—this battle has ended in your victory.]

[Yet the bone sword lodged in your chest remains unremoved, and you feel your eyelids growing unbearably heavy with each passing moment.]

[Grinding your teeth, you pull the bone sword from your chest, coating the wound with immortal power. With your final reserves of strength, you retreat to a Minor Thousand World to seek refuge.]

[Arriving at this unfamiliar Minor Thousand World, you rush into the Spirit Field Cave and lose consciousness...]

[In the real world, Su Xing raised an eyebrow as he read this.]

["The Six-winged Deity is undoubtedly the strongest opponent I've ever defeated… With his strength, he's surely capable of breaking into the top five of the Earth Rankings!"]

["Nevertheless, I still won!"]

[Meanwhile, Su Xing also noted how the simulation showed him falling unconscious at the end.]

["Could this battle have triggered the Heart of a Strong One!?"]

[Su Xing couldn't help but feel a pleasant surprise.]

["I wonder which aspect of my strength will improve from this Heart of a Strong One trigger?"]

[Su Xing gazed at the simulation panel expectantly.]

[When you woke up from your coma, a month had already passed.]

[This grueling battle left you gravely injured. Although your Witch Clan bloodline and innate talent helped accelerate your recovery...]

[Your strength remains below half of your peak capacity.]

[You decide to recuperate in this Minor Thousand World for half a year and return to battle once your strength is restored.]

[In the meantime, you carefully examine your abilities and confirm that the Heart of a Strong One has indeed been triggered!]

[As your Divine Sense scans inward, you clearly sense that the Origin Force Tree within your Dantian has grown by approximately two feet.]

[From its original height of three feet, it has now expanded to five feet!]

[The total quantity of your Origin Force has nearly doubled, becoming even more refined, and your physical body has grown significantly stronger.]

[You estimate that the trigger of the Heart of a Strong One has granted a level of power equivalent to what would have required a hundred years and fifty Heaven's Origin Fruits to achieve!]

[After this battle, your overall strength has increased considerably. Next time you encounter the Six-winged Deity, you're confident that you'll secure victory with far less struggle.]

[Half a year later...]

[Your injuries are fully recovered, and you've returned to peak condition.]

[Thus, you leave the Minor Thousand World where you temporarily sought refuge, slaughtering all the Foreign Race powerhouses within it before departing.]

[Upon returning to the Human Race stronghold, many Human Race elites, including Emperor Bai, are utterly stunned.]

[After three years of silence, they had assumed you had perished at the hands of the Foreign Race.]

[But when you present the bone sword of the Six-winged Deity, the faces of all Golden Immortals in attendance turn pale.]

[The identity of this crimson bone sword's owner is beyond dispute.]

[The Six-winged Deity, a supreme genius among the Foreign Race, heralded as one of the prospective successors to the Six-winged Demon Clan Leader.]

[He was reputedly invincible under Taiyi...]

[But now, with you casually presenting the bone sword, it confirms that the Six-winged Deity has been slain by your hand!]

[This ten-year conflict ends swiftly thereafter...]

[And you emerge from this battle as one of the Heavenly Secrets Domain's most rapidly rising geniuses.]

[The feat of slaying the Six-winged Deity propels you to a higher rank on the Heavenly Genius Rankings, reaching fourth on the Earth Rankings!]

[You are now only one step away from the top three of the Earth Rankings, though you know that this step will be incredibly difficult to take.]

[The top three of the Earth Rankings represent the most extraordinary geniuses of the Human Race, individuals so rare they might only appear once in ten thousand years...]

[To take that step into the top three, you'd need to advance the Dao of Space to the Sixth Realm and elevate your cultivation level further.]

[After this battle, you return to the Heavenly Secrets Realm.]

[What surprises you is that the reward for slaying the Six-winged Deity, combined with your previous achievements, is just barely enough to earn you the right to use the Mirror of Void.]

[Without hesitation, you enter the Mirror of Void...]

[In the real world, Su Xing couldn't suppress his joy as he read this.]

["In this simulation, I accomplished only a handful of tasks, yet the contribution points were still sufficient..."]

["This indicates that in future simulations, as long as I complete the three-hundred-year Immortal Boat attack, the five-hundred-year annihilation of the Red Pupil Divine Residence, and the eight-hundred-year battle where both the Shadow Divine Residence and the Six-winged Deity are slain... these four tasks might be enough to earn the usage rights to the Mirror of Void!"]

[No need for tedious task execution—this was undoubtedly excellent news for Su Xing.]

[This implied that Su Xing would have more time to cultivate and still not miss out on the benefits offered by the Mirror of Void's enhancements.]

["This marks my second opportunity to use the Mirror of Void..."]

["According to the simulation's description, the Mirror of Void can only be used once in a lifetime."]

["I wonder if this simulation allows me to use it?"]

[Su Xing felt a mixture of nerves and anticipation, knowing that this decision was crucial to his future growth.]

[His gaze fell back on the simulation panel.]

[In the eight-hundred-and-twentieth year, after entering the Mirror of Void, you meet the Artifact Spirit of the mirror.]

[It informs you that it senses the presence of an old friend within you...]

[This revelation startled you, and you instantly realized it was referring to the Luo Tian Mirror embedded within your possession.]

[As one of the three Chaotic Supreme Treasures, it seemed natural that the Mirror of Void would have some form of resonance with it.]

[Previously, the Luo Tian Mirror's severe damage had prevented the Mirror of Void from sensing it.]

[Now, with part of the Luo Tian Mirror restored, the Mirror of Void could indeed detect its existence.]

[Much to your relief, the Mirror of Void harbors no hostility toward you, and it proceeds to ask what aspect of your strength you wish to enhance.]

[Would it be your cultivation level, Dao Comprehension… or perhaps something else...]