Chapter 1040: Divine Mountain Anomaly
Chapter 1040: Divine Mountain Anomaly
“Hmm? ”
Suddenly, Fang Xi’s gaze seemed to alight on something, as he looked towards a certain spot.
The power of the Laws of Time faintly fluctuated, and then a dragon-horned middle-aged man emerged. It was none other than Ao An!
“I hadn’t expected that your past incarnation, instead of trying to rescue your true form, would still persist in pursuing me? ”
Fang Xi chuckled with a touch of emotion.
“I also hadn’t expected that Your Excellency wouldn’t leave? Could it be that you’re relying on having an External Avatar? ”
Ao An replied coldly.
“Whether it is or not, won’t you find out by trying? ”
“Then, Master, how should one deal with it? ”
Fang Xian bowed again, evidently treating this as a classroom for observing live combat.
“You’re asking for death! ”
Ao An’s eyes flickered.
Three strange fingernails, like meteors, shot towards Fang Xi.
Clang!
In mid-air, a small dragon-scale shield suddenly appeared, blocking all three purple meteors.
“The Law of Time is exceedingly special; to contend with it. . . one must also cultivate related Laws. ”
Fang Xi said unhurriedly: “As for the External Avatar technique like this past incarnation, it’s truly a bit tricky. . . If one hasn’t cultivated Laws like Karma or Destruction, then one can only rely on one’s Divine Consciousness being powerful enough, and then unleashing special Divine Consciousness secret arts, to directly attack all of its avatars. ”
As he instructed Fang Xian, the Mountain Pearl Avatar swung its sword, and the True Forms of the Five Peaks emerged, trapping Ao An within.
“Hmm? You. . . you’ve actually hidden so much? ”
Behind Ao An, a colossal purple true dragon, ten thousand zhang tall, emerged.
The true dragon opened its dragon maw, and streams of purple qi breath landed upon the Five Peaks, causing the mountains to subtly ripple, yet they still withstood the assault.
This single sight alone made Ao An realize that Fang Xi had absolutely hidden a great deal: “With such cultivation, why did you flee? ”
“Among us cultivators, who doesn’t keep a trick up their sleeve? Masks beneath masks are the norm! ”
The Mountain Pearl Avatar chuckled and declared: “Little Immortal, watch closely! The set of Seven Emotions Sword Arts I’m about to unleash specifically targets a cultivator’s joy, anger, sorrow, and delight, using emotions as its strings. . . It is a method to target the true form through the External Avatar. ”
He waved the Earth Virtue Sword in his hand, and inexplicably, seven-colored threads appeared in the void, like lute strings.
Fang Xi’s swordplay also changed with it, as if casually plucking the strings of a lute; with every swing of the sword, powerful emotional force surged forth, transforming into sword light!
“Master is so formidable! ”
It was Fang Xian’s first time witnessing such dazzling and captivating sword arts, and he couldn’t help but admire them.
“Actually, these are all clumsy techniques. To use this set of Seven Emotions Sword Arts to attack the true form through an avatar requires one’s divine sense to be at least nearly twice as strong as the opponent’s. . . ”
Fang Xi’s main body, however, shook his head: “Therefore, it’s also a sword art for bullying the weak. However, with the multitude of various Celestial Immortals and Ghost Immortals in the cultivation world, who are fond of delving into life-preserving techniques, there are many Immortals who possess avatars, so it’s not entirely useless. . . ”
The master and disciple pair were calm and composed, while Ao An’s expression was grim; his past incarnation loosely grasped with its right palm, and a dragon-scale whip appeared.
Roar!
A dragon’s roar emerged from this Immortal Artifact, and with every flick of the dragon-scale whip, it seemed to cause the River of Time to subtly ripple. . .
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Abundant Snow Mountain.
“Ah! ”
Star Whirlwind Child shrieked, his two eyeballs bursting with a bang, leaving behind two dark, ghastly blood-filled cavities, a truly horrifying sight.
Not only that, his four limbs were simultaneously pierced by branches, and like Yu Xuan, he was hung high.
On the Dao-corrupted monster’s body, the human-face-like tree burls seemed to grow several sizes larger, opening wide to devour the man’s Nascent Soul.
Star Whirlwind Child was truly unlucky; he was already being pursued by the Dragon and Phoenix, suffering severe injuries, and then he was attacked by a Dao-corrupted monster comparable to the third step of Merging with the Dao; Feng Huang and Ao An also didn’t join forces with him, so his demise was only natural.
“Another Immortal! ”
Around Feng Huang’s body, countless Phoenix Seal characters surged, resisting the black wooden thorns falling from the sky, her expression cold: “Legend has it that such monsters can advance by devouring cultivators like us, and it truly lives up to its reputation. . . Now that Star Whirlwind Child is dead, you and I need not hold back any longer. ”
“Precisely so. ”
Ao An nodded.
Although he had separated many past incarnations, it seemed harmless to his magic power, but in reality, it had greatly constrained his mind.
At this moment, he formed hand seals, and the Dao Seed of Time floated above his head.
Feng Huang likewise formed hand seals, causing the Dao Seed of Void to appear; the two Dao Seeds merged once more, the cosmos unified, and a wisp of the true essence of the Grand Dao of Time-Space evolved!
Whoosh!
The time-space turbulence swept across, shattering countless wooden fences.
The cage created by the Dao-corrupted monster, was instantly reduced to ashes.
“Good, let us combine our strength and directly destroy this monster. . . Such Dao-corrupted monsters, after death, might condense some Dao Rhyme treasures, such as the ‘Star Essence Liquid’ of the North Star Immortal Palace! ”
Seeing that the time-space turbulence had already surrounded the Dao-corrupted monster, Ao An couldn’t help but let out a long laugh.
But at this moment, his expression changed, and he clutched his forehead.
Within his pupils, a seven-colored radiance seemed to flash.
Joy, anger, sorrow, delight. . . The threads of the Seven Emotions converged out of thin air, transforming into an incomparably brilliant sword light, directly piercing his Nascent Soul!
“Ah! ”
Ao An screamed, his Nascent Soul actually severed by a single strike of the Seven Emotions Sword Light!
“This is. . . ”
Watching it revert to its original form and fall from mid-air, Feng Huang was greatly startled: “Someone used a supreme sword art to directly sever the true form’s Nascent Soul through an avatar? Was it one of those Immortals who were being pursued earlier? That person’s sword arts, I fear, have already reached a level that can astound heaven and earth, and make ghosts weep! ”
Recalling that the other party had clearly already taken the initiative to leave, yet Ao An relentlessly pursued him, it truly tasted of seeking one’s own demise.
“Fortune and misfortune have no gate; they are summoned by man alone! ”
Feng Huang sighed.
At this moment, without Ao An’s Dao Seed of Time, that spatial-temporal secret art immediately lost control.
Countless time-space turbulences vanished instantly.
The Dao-corrupted monster roared, and a large number of vicious wooden thorns flew out, skewering the Ancestral Dragon’s corpse.
Streams of bloody patterns emerged from the black wooden branches, and the Dao-corrupted monster’s original injuries were rapidly recovering, its aura even surging dramatically.
The human-head-like tree burl let out a strange cry, and its body swelled once more.
In the void, eerie, dark green runes flickered, surging towards Feng Huang.
“Sigh. . . ”
Feng Huang sighed softly, and with her right hand, drew a line in the void.
A terrifying void rift appeared, devouring the dark green runes.
Then, her figure gradually became illusory, and instantly vanished. . .
As a refiner of the Dao Seed of Void, as long as she wished to leave, this Dao-corrupted monster would simply be unable to trap her.
After losing its target, the Dao-corrupted monster continuously roared, and suddenly, a large number of black limbs, resembling human torsos, sprouted from it.
Black viscous liquid flowed, seeming to envelop the entire Abundant Snow Mountain, bringing an ominous aura. . .
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Whoosh!
The Earth Virtue Sword hummed, transforming into a streak of light, and landed back in the hand of the Mountain Pearl Avatar.
“Congratulations, Master, on slaying a great enemy. ”
Fang Xian quickly congratulated him.
“Enough. . . ”
Fang Xi’s main body waved a hand, and put away his External Avatar, sighing: “We Immortals do not dwell on temporary glory or disgrace, because our goal is eternal life and freedom. We act only for profit. This time counts as a losing deal; one past incarnation, once scattered, leaves nothing. . . At most, I just severed his main body to vent some anger. ”
“That person, just for a bit of prideful contention, came to pursue us, and even lost his life for it! ”
“When you act in the future, take this as a warning! ”
After all, the former Fang Xian Dao Lord loved to take risks; even though he could divine heavenly secrets and succeeded a hundred out of a hundred times, as long as there was one mistake, it would lead to utter defeat!
Fortunately, according to Fang Xi’s observations, the current Fang Xian inherited his lineage, acting very steadily, and thus shouldn’t follow the old path of the Fang Xian Dao Lord.
“Your disciple understands. . . Master, where shall we go next? ”
A hint of anticipation gleamed in Fang Xian’s eyes.
“Sigh. . . The free meals at Fengyuan Chamber of Commerce are no longer an option. For now, we can just find any Immortal City to settle down in, and see how things develop first. ”
Fang Xi sighed.
He still needed to pass the Seven Decays of Taiyi, and he wondered if the destruction of Fengyuan Chamber of Commerce counted as the sixth decay?
However, the final decay of the Seven Decays of Taiyi would certainly be the Decay of Dao Heart. If he were in a dangerous place at that time, it would be quite troublesome.
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Sun Moon Divine Mountain.
The Mountain Pearl Avatar seemed to be put away by Fang Xi, but in reality, using its spiritual mark to sense the Sun Moon Divine Breath Great Array, it re-entered Thousand Steles Mountain.
Before a Jade Stele Mountain.
‘The Thousand Sword Elder truly lives up to his name as a Dao Venerable, having delved deeply into many Laws. . . ’
Fang Xi stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the strange runes before him, secretly pondering the various transformations of the Eight Gates Sword Array: “Of course. . . it’s also possible that over countless years, through the ability of ‘Grand Dao Echoes,’ the essence of all cultivators’ wisdom has been absorbed. . . ”
If not for such a blessed land of geomancy, his desire to elevate the Laws of the Eight Gates Sword Array and the Laws of Reincarnation to the Dao Seed realm might not have been so easy.
‘Compared to other comprehenders, I am like a Pixiu, only taking in, never letting out. . . ’
He smiled faintly, and began to comprehend again.
Although he had decided to take the Dao Seed of Reincarnation as his foundation, to attain the Reincarnation Dao Monarch realm.
But after becoming a Dao Monarch, he would still need to merge multiple Dao Seeds, to form a Grand Dao!
The Thousand Sword Elder was also a Dao Venerable, and might even be quite powerful among Dao Venerables.
Comprehending the Dao of this Dao Venerable would still be quite beneficial for Fang Xi’s future choices.
He immersed himself in the sea of Laws, seemingly forgetting the passage of time outside.
After an unknown amount of time passed, Fang Xi opened his eyes, and with a sweep of his Divine Sense, he saw a woman in white, purer than snow, appear beside him, who also seemed to be comprehending the jade stele.
“Daoist Friend Luo, we meet again. . . ”
He smiled faintly, greeting her.
“You. . . who are you? ”
Luo Mi looked at Fang Xi, a hint of bewilderment in her clear, deer-like eyes.
“Master, don’t pay attention to this person! He’s a big bad guy! ”
Before Fang Xi could reply, the sword spirit at her waist immediately spoke up, its tone rather resentful.
“I’m not a bad person. . . ”
Fang Xi rubbed his nose, and suddenly his expression changed.
Luo Mi beside him was the same, looking up at the Sun Moon Divine Mountain in the sky. . .
Update will be a bit late tomorrow morning.
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