Chapter 1101: The Grand Finale
Chapter 1101: The Grand Finale
Earthly Immortal World.
Beneath the Demonic Tree.
Fang Xi's main body's expression grew solemn.
He had been pondering why the "All-Heavens Precious Mirror" had shattered.
Now it seemed, only another Dao Fruit could shatter a Dao Fruit!
However, that other Dao Fruit had not fared well either, directly perishing with it.
"In the distant, unrecorded era, two Dao Fruits perished together in the void near Da Liang, shattering the All-Heavens Precious Mirror. Its most crucial core coincidentally bound to my soul, sending me to the South Barrens Cultivation World?"
A conjecture surfaced in Fang Xi's mind, followed by a sense of urgency.
After all, Dao Fruits were notoriously illogical; death, to them, might just be a joke!
"Could these two Dao Fruits have perished together because they were mutually restricting each other?"
"In that case, my acquisition of the Demonic Tree, making it my second golden finger, was somewhat a happy accident, or perhaps, blessed by destiny. . ."
"To use a Dao Fruit to restrain a Dao Fruit. . ."
At this thought, Fang Xi instantly realized the truth, feeling as if the last shred of the "Grand Dao of All-Heavens Reincarnation" had been thoroughly comprehended.
His eyes seemed to pierce through the myriad worlds, seeing the minor reincarnations within many Great Thousand Worlds, and above all worlds—the Grand Reincarnation of All-Heavens!
"The Dao Venerable realm is but a flip of the hand. . ."
Fang Xi smiled faintly, appearing carefree.
Then, he looked at the Demonic Tree behind him.
The true Progenitor Demonic Tree had long since merged into his Primordial Spirit; this one was merely a sub-strain.
But a Demonic Tree sub-strain that became a World Tree might not be inferior to the Progenitor Demonic Tree!
At this moment, with a thought, a vine from the Demonic Tree behind him drooped down, transforming into a seed.
With a flash of silver light, this Demonic Tree seed vanished.
"Go to Da Liang, continue planting the tree. . . the power of a Dao Fruit. . ."
Fang Xi mused.
The power of a Dao Fruit was profoundly mysterious, difficult to comprehend through normal means.
For instance, the myriad demons in the Da Liang world could all be seen as creations born from a sliver of Dao Fruit power.
And among these creations, each had the potential to grow into a "Dao Fruit" again!
Furthermore, the power of a Dao Fruit would not be consumed; it would only transfer.
It might even increase the more it was "consumed"!
"Refining a Dao Fruit is actually extremely perilous. . ."
"I naturally choose the Dao Fruit of the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror,' but I can definitely utilize the power of the perished Da Liang Dao Fruit to make the two Dao Fruits restrict each other, even causing a 'deadlock' state, to increase my success rate. . ."
That Demonic Tree seed was the medium!
Initially, Fang Xi used it to cultivate the Earthly Immortal World, gaining its origin power.
This time, he aimed to plant a tree in Da Liang to acquire Da Liang's Dao Fruit power.
Dao Fruits reached everywhere, boundless.
If the Demonic Tree in Da Liang acquired a Dao Fruit, it meant the Demonic Tree in the Earthly Immortal World acquired it, and thus, his main body would acquire Da Liang's Dao Fruit power!
"I've refined the Progenitor Demonic Tree, and I frequently consume'dao Monarch Pills' refined from Taisui meat, constantly imbued by the Da Liang Dao Fruit's Dao rhyme. My refinement should inherently have a certain advantage. . ."
With a thought, a bronze ancient mirror appeared in Fang Xi's hand.
Gazing at this golden finger that had accompanied his transmigration, his expression couldn't help but become incredibly complex. He seemed to recall the days on Green Bamboo Mountain, and subsequently, Myriad Islands Lake, and the myriad worlds. . .
...
Spring passed, autumn came.
As the Demonic Tree in the Da Liang world gradually matured, Fang Xi also withdrew his attention.
He had now fully comprehended the "Grand Dao of All-Heavens Reincarnation," capable of becoming a Dao Venerable with a single thought.
However, he decided to hold back for now, planning to severely trick someone.
"My disciple, don't disappoint me. . ."
Fang Xi's gaze seemed to pierce through the void, a faint smile gracing his lips.
...
At the same time.
Somewhere in the True Immortal World.
Streaks of purple qi soared into the sky, transforming into Yin-Yang fish.
Zi Yin Dao Zi's jade crown shattered, his entire body disheveled, and his eyes seemed to carry a hint of blood-red: "I've finally caught you. . . Fang Xian!"
Before him stood Fang Xian, clad in a white robe, in the appearance of a young boy!
Heaven help him! Tens of thousands of years ago, he knew this person was a remnant of the Longevity Immortal Palace, but his subordinates repeatedly failed.
Fang Xian had turned the tables multiple times, escaping death, and his cultivation had even soared. He was now at the Integration stage, specifically the "Forgetfulness" realm!
In the end, all his trusted subordinates were lost. . .
Such failures had even reached the ears of Yin Yang Dao Venerable.
Zi Yin Dao Zi knew that even if he successfully killed Fang Xian this time, he would have completely lost face with his master and would be placed on a different register.
If Fang Xian escaped again this time, he might as well end his own life!
Recalling the previous punishments, Zi Yin Dao Zi's heart trembled. The Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror in his hand, however, burst forth with brilliant light, as swirling black and white radiance cascaded down, sealing off the nine heavens and ten earths.
Fang Xian, who was fleeing, suddenly turned, stopping mid-air: "Zi Yin Dao Zi, let us settle our past grudges today."
No sooner had his voice fallen than his aura abruptly erupted, actually transcending the Integration stage's Forgetfulness realm, reaching the same Path-severing realm as Zi Yin Dao Zi!
"Fang Xian? Fang Xian!"
Zi Yin Dao Zi's eyes were bloodshot. From within his Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror, a profound talisman appeared: "I knew there was something strange about you. This time, I specially borrowed a Dao Artifact. You will surely die without a burial place!"
This talisman was a Dao Artifact, named "Yin-Yang Jade Talisman."
The moment it appeared, it immediately stirred the laws of Yin and Yang, causing the celestial phenomena to shift.
"Good, good."
Fang Xian smiled faintly, and suddenly, a murky yellow river appeared beneath his feet.
This river meandered with nine bends and eighteen turns, vast and mighty, forming a grand formation!
"Heaven Official bestows blessings, Earth Official pardons sins, Water Official resolves calamities. . . North Star grants longevity, Profound Nether diminishes fortune, Grand Void transforms blessings. . . Command!"
It was precisely the "Nine Bends Yellow River Three Flowers Immortal Array"!
"A formation?"
Zi Yin Dao Zi paused, then burst into laughter: "Even if you are a Ninth-Rank peak Immortal Formation Master, facing a Dao Artifact, you will still die!"
He waved his hand, and black and white light enveloped his entire body.
The "Profound Nether Averting Misfortune Purifying Divine Light," which could diminish an immortal's cultivation, landed on his body, instantly being dispelled by countless Yin-Yang fish.
"Yin-Yang Divine Thunder, Roar!"
Zi Yin Dao Zi formed a hand seal, and streaks of black and white divine lightning struck into the "Nine Bends Yellow River Three Flowers Immortal Array."
Large quantities of murky yellow river water rippled, but it stopped at that, unable to successfully break the formation.
"Hmm?"
Seeing this, Zi Yin Dao Zi felt a sudden emptiness in his heart: "This formation. . . it's more than Ninth-Rank?"
"Am I the only one who can call for external aid?"
A Buddhist light flashed in Fang Xian's hand, revealing a Buddhist prayer wheel.
At this moment, as the Wisdom Sarira spun continuously, streaks of light blessed the "Nine Bends Yellow River Three Flowers Immortal Array."
With a Dao Artifact suppressing the array core, the rank of this grand formation was not Ninth-Rank, but Tenth-Rank!
It had reached a level that even Dao Monarchs would pay attention to!
Streaks of "Calamity Dispelling Fortune Resolving Profound Light" passed through the Yin-Yang fish defense, landing on Zi Yin Dao Zi's head, causing the Dao Son to suddenly feel as if a great disaster was impending.
"No!"
His eyes turned blood-red: "I don't believe it, I will definitely win!"
Zi Yin Dao Zi's Dao Heart trembled violently. He suddenly realized that if he could escape this death tribulation today, he would definitely achieve "Slicing the Dao to Illuminate the Self" and ascend to Dao Monarch in the future!
"Years of grudges, settled in one move."
"Supreme North Star, command your demise!"
Fang Xian formed a hand seal, and a black and white intermingled Dao Seed appeared above his head—it was precisely the "Life-Death Dao Seed"!
He walked the path of the "Withered Glory Chant," a direct descendant of the orthodox Longevity Immortal Palace. Naturally, he had long refined his life-bound artifact, cultivated the "Withered Glory Mystic Light," and even gained some comprehension of the laws of time, mastering the "Supreme Pole Star Life-Ending Divine Light"!
Of course, against immortals with infinite lifespans, methods that reduced longevity were fundamentally useless.
Even the "Profound Nether Averting Misfortune Purifying Divine Light," now enhanced by the immortal formation, couldn't knock Zi Yin Dao Zi, who held a Dao Artifact, down from the immortal realm.
Therefore, what Fang Xian used was the "Life-Death Dao Seed"!
To directly reverse life and death, causing Zi Yin Dao Zi to perish!
Whoosh!
Under the blessing of the Dao Artifact, within the Tenth-Rank Immortal Formation, the "Supreme Pole Star Life-Ending Divine Light," fused with the "Life-Death Dao Seed," swept over Zi Yin Dao Zi.
Zi Yin Dao Zi, whose fortune was greatly diminished, opened his mouth, still wanting to say something, but his Primordial Spirit instantly vanished, and his physical body directly fell from mid-air.
"Zi Yin Dao Zi, dead. . ."
Upon seeing this, Fang Xian felt an unprecedented clarity in his mind, and a profound realization surfaced.
"Slicing the Dao to Illuminate the Self!"
Tens of thousands of years of cultivation, he was already at the fourth step of Integration. After slaying his great enemy, he finally entered an enlightenment state!
"If I cannot ascend to Dao Monarch right here, right now, I'm afraid I will be trapped at this bottleneck for countless tens of thousands of years, just like Zi Yin Dao Zi!"
Facing the crucial "Slicing the Dao" breakthrough, Fang Xian did not hesitate in the slightest!
Because he had a good master, who not only bestowed him with a Dao Artifact for protection but also the "Hunyuan Immortal Seal" method for tempering a Golden Immortal Immortal Primordial Spirit!
Above Fang Xian's head, a Golden Immortal Primordial Spirit emerged, threads of inexplicable lines intertwining with the Life-Death Dao Seed, carrying various great karma and great horrors.
"The Dao of Heaven and Earth is not my Dao, sever!"
Within his Primordial Spirit, a trace of golden essence condensed, striking down with a resounding chop!
Clang! Clang!
Between heaven and earth, immortal music resounded like grand bells, allowing every immortal to perceive the profound mysteries of life and death.
It was precisely the phenomenon of a Dao Monarch's ascension—the Grand Dao Profound Sound!
Then, black and white laws emerged, vast and mighty, almost causing the entire True Immortal World to tremble.
The second phenomenon of a Dao Monarch's ascension—Laws Manifest!
Fang Xian had harmonized with the Life-Death Dao Seed, so what manifested were naturally the laws of life and death!
Under the infusion of boundless law power, a Ginseng Fruit Tree soared behind him, lush and verdant.
It was the third phenomenon of a Dao Monarch's ascension—the Tree of the Grand Dao!
The Ginseng Fruit Tree rapidly withered and flourished, then flourished and withered, cycling nine times, finally exploding into chaos!
From within the chaos, an entirely new world was born!
The fourth phenomenon of a Dao Monarch's ascension—Dao Forms Heaven and Earth!
By the time the illusory world slowly dissipated, Fang Xian had successfully harmonized with the Dao, attaining the "Life-Death Dao Monarch" realm!
"Life and death are Yin and Yang!"
Fang Xian still looked like a young boy, but his eyes now carried intense Dao of withering and flourishing, of life and death. He suddenly felt a great terror that made his scalp tingle!
When a Dao Monarch achieved Dao, they leveraged their own laws to influence the laws of the True Immortal World, and the resulting fluctuations were too intense!
For instance, when Fang Xi achieved Dao back then, he manifested five layers of heaven-and-earth phenomena, almost alarming all Dao Venerables. This was actively triggered, and even the All-Heavens Precious Mirror couldn't conceal it.
Now, as Fang Xian achieved the "Life-Death Dao Monarch" realm, under the echoing of the Grand Dao, Yin Yang Dao Venerable was the first to become aware of him!
Within the void, an ancient and weathered Taiji diagram rotated ceaselessly.
Two streams of black and white qi intertwined, condensing into the figure of an elderly man in a black and white Daoist robe.
He had a childlike face and a crane's hair, an immortal bearing, and an aura of life and death cycles.
It was precisely Zi Yin Dao Zi's master, the lord of Tongtian Palace—Yin Yang Dao Venerable!
"Withered Glory remnant, how dare you kill this Venerable's disciple?"
Yin Yang Dao Venerable flicked his sleeve, and the Grand Dao of Yin and Yang descended with a roar. The power of the Grand Dao originated from the power of laws, and its might was far superior to it.
Fang Xian felt as if the laws of life and death in the True Immortal World suddenly vanished, and heaven and earth seemed to turn into nothingness, with only clear qi rising and turbid qi descending. . .
Even his Dao Monarch body seemed about to be ground down and disintegrated by the Yin-Yang smelting furnace. . .
"Is this. . . a Dao Venerable?"
Just as his consciousness was about to blur, a silver seal script flashed rapidly on his forehead—it was the spatial coordinates left by Fang Xi!
The next instant.
With a flash of silver light.
Fang Xi's Universe Great Emperor avatar appeared, his vast Cosmic power sweeping forth, thoroughly pushing away the clear and turbid Yin-Yang qi.
"Hmm? Cosmic Dao Venerable?"
Yin Yang Dao Venerable was surprised upon seeing Fang Xi, then sneered: "This old man felt something was off; there must be a fellow Daoist shielding those Withered Glory remnants, otherwise, why would they be so difficult to catch? So it's you? You are currently being hunted by Spacetime Dao Venerable and can barely protect yourself, yet you dare to show your face?"
His tone, however, carried a hint of apprehension.
After all, it was no secret that Cosmic Dao Venerables involved the Grand Dao of Spacetime, and even Spacetime Dao Venerable couldn't subdue him instantly.
"Since I've come here today, I must ask fellow Daoist to die!"
Fang Xi's divine sense was boundless. He felt the gazes of several Dao Venerables focusing on him, among them Thousand Sword Elder, and he couldn't help but smile.
"To die?"
Yin Yang Dao Venerable sneered, then suddenly chanted a spell.
No, it wasn't a spell, but the pronunciation of a true name in obscure, convoluted, and guttural tones.
The next moment, a beastly form appeared in the void. Its body seemed to perfectly embody spacetime, constantly changing every moment, with only a pair of emotionless eyes remaining eternally unchanged—one eye silver-white, the other pure purple, its aura incredibly savage.
It was precisely Spacetime Dao Venerable, appearing instantly through the Grand Dao's resonance!
"Spacetime Dao Venerable."
Fang Xi nodded, glancing in Thousand Sword Elder's direction.
Seeing no response from Thousand Sword Elder, he couldn't help but smile inwardly.
"Indeed, relying on heaven and earth is not as good as relying on oneself."
He raised a hand and brought Fang Xian into his inner universe.
Then, from within his inner universe, another Fang Xi walked out.
This time, it was naturally Fang Xi's main body, completely different from the single-horned, blood-haired Universe Great Emperor avatar.
But in the eyes of a Dao Venerable, they were fundamentally the same person!
"The avatar is a Dao Venerable, but the main body is only a Dao Monarch. . ."
"No, that's not right. . ."
Spacetime Dao Venerable seemed to sniff, then roared: "It's you! You are the Reincarnation Dao Monarch!"
"Reincarnation Dao Monarch?"
Yin Yang Dao Venerable's hand manifested a black and white longsword, and he chuckled: "It seems one finds what one seeks without effort, after all."
Although he was smiling, his heart was filled with extreme vigilance.
Because no one would intentionally come to die!
Unless. . .
"Indeed, it is this Venerable."
Fang Xi let out a long laugh, his body enveloped in an endless layer of black holes. Within these black holes, his figures from countless Great Thousand reincarnations appeared!
Finally, these figures merged with him one after another, and the vast power of the Grand Dao poured down.
"Dao Venerable?"
"This Grand Dao. . . is it All-Heavens Reincarnation?"
Streaks of divine sense intertwined. Thousand Sword Elder, who was within the Sun Moon Divine Mountain, couldn't help but be startled. He was observing as if present through the Sun Moon Divine Breath Great Array, and at this moment, he felt a twinge of regret.
"With the power of two Dao Venerables, if I had joined, perhaps we really could have killed Spacetime Dao Venerable back then. . ."
"But at this point, it seems too late. . ."
"Dao Venerable?"
A bronze ancient mirror appeared in Fang Xi's hand, and he chuckled softly: "I am no longer one. . ."
Before his words faded, a towering, sky-obscuring illusory image of the Demonic Tree appeared behind him!
With the aid of Dao Fruit power, this Demonic Tree directly absorbed the essence of the Da Liang Dao Fruit, its roots extending into the All-Heavens Precious Mirror.
Combined with the power of a Dao Venerable, it immediately caused the mirror surface of the All-Heavens Precious Mirror to shimmer, revealing a fruit.
This fruit was spherical and hazy, seemingly narrower at the top and wider at the bottom, or perhaps wider at the top and narrower at the bottom, shrouded in chaotic qi, constantly changing.
"Mine!"
Spacetime Dao Venerable roared, spacetime power erupting, yet it found that no matter how it moved, it was always just a hair's breadth away from Fang Xi.
This minuscule difference was impossible to bridge.
It could only watch helplessly as Fang Xi merged with the Dao Fruit, and then gently swung a palm.
Under this palm, within a distant Great Thousand World, numerous Dao Venerables and Dao Monarchs felt a great disaster impending.
"This is. . ."
"Immeasurable Calamity? How could a Dao Venerable's death tribulation suddenly arise?"
In the Shushan world, a giant palm appeared, directly crushing the heavenly realm into a ball, then grabbing a Dao Venerable and several Dao Monarchs from reincarnation, refining them into the power of a single palm strike, which then descended with a roar.
"No!"
Yin Yang Dao Venerable only managed to utter a divine thought before being utterly crushed by the power of the Shushan Great World, transforming into a stream of Yin-Yang qi, which Fang Xi held in his hand, refining it into a Taiji diagram.
At this moment, Fang Xi's form seemed to expand infinitely, capable of enveloping the entire True Immortal World, yet also infinitely small, existing only between a mustard seed and Sumeru.
Spacetime Dao Venerable roared, then vanished directly from the True Immortal World, fleeing into the long river of spacetime.
Not only that, it continuously traced back up the river of time, relying on a wisp of Fang Xi's aura, finally arriving at a certain point in history!
...
The north wind was like a blade, rolling up a thousand piles of snow.
Winter was like a prison, water freezing into ice.
On Green Bamboo Mountain in the South Barrens Cultivation World, the Qi Refinement stage Fang Xi, dressed in a thick cotton padded jacket, clutched a skink, a hint of joy on his face.
But the next moment, as an indescribably monstrous beast appeared, the entire Green Bamboo Mountain turned to dust.
Fang Xi's smile froze, also turning to dust.
Spacetime Dao Venerable roared, even destroying the Human World, completely severing this branch of time.
It spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, seemingly paying a huge price, its aura diminishing significantly.
The next moment, it returned to the True Immortal World, only to see Fang Xi smiling at it, and it couldn't help but despair: "How can this be? I clearly returned to the past and killed you, why do you still exist?"
"You killed the past me, what does that have to do with the present me?"
Fang Xi replied with a faint smile.
The marvel of a Dao Fruit lay in its defiance of logic.
He reached out, and Spacetime Dao Venerable fell into his palm, transforming into a "Spacetime Jade."
"Spacetime and Yin-Yang, unexpectedly?"
As Fang Xi's gaze swept over them, the numerous Dao Venerables felt an intense tremor in their hearts, hastily retreating.
He chuckled self-deprecatingly, casually tossing the "Spacetime Jade" and the "Taiji Diagram" into the spatial turbulence, suddenly feeling a sense of loneliness.
"I was indeed too cautious, deliberately 'gouged' until I surpassed my enemies by a major realm before coming out, which resulted in no sense of accomplishment from annihilating great enemies. . ."
"However, I would prefer to have more such victories without exhilaration. . ."
Fang Xi chuckled, his eyes moving, and he restored the Human World that Spacetime Dao Venerable had destroyed.
With a thought, a thirty-three-story palace appeared, with several figures within it.
"All regrets can be remedied."
"The meaning of cultivation lies in being able to salvage all beauty. . ."
Fang Xi murmured, a wooden mask appearing on his face, as he stepped into the long river of time. . .
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