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Chapter 194: The Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning Reappears (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Spring passed and autumn came. In the blink of an eye, two years of hot and cold seasons had gone by.

Dragon Fish Island, Evergreen Pavilion.

Fang Xiwatched the fine drizzle outside, letting out a long sigh. Ever since the last time, **Ruan Xing Ling** hinted at becoming his **Daoist Companion** and he rejected her, she had remained on **Maple Leaf Island**, rarely visiting.

He knew that as time passed, more and more friends would fail to keep pace with him, gradually drifting further and further away.

**Wei Yi Xi** was like this, and so was **Ruan Xing Ling**!

"Island Master, please have some tea!"

Beside him, **Xiahou Ying** sat kneeling respectfully, skillfully brewing spirit tea.

"Hmm, not bad. . ."

Smelling the tea's aroma, **Fang Xi** praised her. Under his guidance, her cultivation had advanced to the third level of **Qi Refinement**, and she would likely break through to the mid-stage of **Qi Refinement** soon.

Presumably, soon they would be able to eat second-order spirit rice with every meal.

After his usual daily recreation, **Fang Xi** dismissed **Xiahou Ying** and entered his cultivation chamber.

This was his most private and secluded place, protected by layers of formations. Even if **Xiahou Ying** were to recklessly intrude, she would be blasted into ashes by the Divine Wood Thunder!

...

**Da Liang World**. Wujing, **Martial God Gate**.

Fang Xiwas currently reading a book.

During this period, talents had emerged from within the **Martial God Gate**, proposing several developments for **Blood-Qi Martial Arts** that quite enlightened him.

Among them, the one **Fang Xi** considered most promising was to continuously strengthen and purify 'True Vigor', eventually condensing it into a tangible object, much like a pill!

‘Blood-qi. . . forming a pill? **Core Formation**? ’

‘Could it be that the Three Thousand Great Daos all ultimately lead to the same destination, despite different paths. . . ’

‘Or perhaps, this **Da Liang** is also one of the Immortal Dao's subordinate minor worlds? ’

‘But can one person condense two **Golden Cores**? ’

‘If not, then this conceptualized method of blood-qi pill formation would inevitably conflict with a cultivator's **Core Formation**. . . ’

Fang Xiput down a secret record and sighed. If he could only choose between blood-qi pill formation and Immortal Dao **Core Formation**, he would undoubtedly choose Immortal Dao **Golden Core**!

After all, beyond the Immortal Dao **Golden Core**, there were still numerous realms and cultivation methods/secret arts one could choose to cultivate and advance to. But once one formed a blood-qi pill, they would have to pioneer the next major realm. The uncertainty was too high!

Not taking an existing path and instead venturing to pioneer a new one—that wasn't something **Fang Xi** would do. After all, he always acted prudently.

"Sigh. . . If **Blood-Qi Martial Arts** lead to a dead end, then perhaps the only remaining value of this world lies in—Demons?"

Fang Xisighed and entered a secret prison of the **Martial God Gate**. This prison was built underground and comprised nine levels.

The first few levels merely held some traitors of the **Martial God Gate** and those who had lost their struggles. Upon seeing **Fang Xi**, the Gate Master of the **Martial God Gate**, arrive, they either clutched the railings made of various special metals, crying out about their injustice, or cowered in the corners, terrified.

The further down one went, the darker the light became. Eventually, even sounds from outside gradually faded, replaced by complete silence.

"When **Martial Gods** go crazy, they really dare to do anything. . ."

Fang Xiopened an iron door and arrived at the deepest part of the nine-level celestial prison. Behind each specially made door were imprisoned various. . . Demon Servants! Or Demonic Beast Infectees!

There was no other way; this was also **Fang Xi**'s request!

Thus, the **Martial Gods**, relying on their martial prowess, captured traces of demon infectees and imprisoned them for study.

It proved that demons were more akin to a collection of laws. As long as one avoided several of the killing laws, the destructive power of demon servants wasn't very great.

"Blood Demon!"

Fang Xiarrived before an iron door, looking at the label on it: "Cannot let a single drop of demonic blood contaminate flesh and blood, or it will rapidly devour it, transforming into a pool of blood? Best to separate with jade, followed by gold?"

He opened the iron door and entered the four-sided sealed chamber. To his surprise, the walls of this chamber were covered in gold leaf, and on the golden offering table in the very center, a jade bottle was placed.

Fang Ximanifested a greenish magical power hand, grasped the jade bottle, and slowly opened it.

A drop of dark red blood flowed out. It had been placed here for an unknown number of days, yet it still looked as if it had just separated from its host, a vibrant, dripping crimson.

‘Back then, my magical power could barely erase the aura of the **Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning** after unknown generations. . . ’

‘But now? ’

Fang Xitook out a magic artifact longsword and pressed its tip against the blood drop. Within his Dantian Qi Sea, a drop of liquid magical power rapidly diminished, transforming into a dark green light that enveloped the blood drop.

Sizzle!

A violent corrosive sound erupted as the blood bead and liquid magical power intertwined and evaporated. . .

In the end, that drop of demonic blood had completely vanished.

And **Fang Xi** silently circulated his magical power, restoring the depleted drop of liquid magical power.

"With the quality of my current magical power, neutralizing a drop of demonic blood is no problem. . . Even **Martial Gods** can do it, but what if there's more? Or even. . . a sea of blood?"

"The 'Demons' of this world. . . truly fascinating. . . I fear they might have touched upon some characteristics of **Core Formation**, or even higher realms?"

"In this situation, even if I really find the **Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning**, I might not succeed. . ."

"Fortunately, my goal can be lowered a bit. I don't need to subjugate the **Progenitor Demonic Tree**, but merely obtain its seeds. . ."

After all, the **Progenitor Demonic Tree** was actually quite peaceful. Last time, when **Fang Xi** was messing around in the demonic domain, it didn't react much, only stirring a little when he finally tried to break through the demonic domain.

Just as **Fang Xi** was thinking this, while flipping through numerous experimental reports on demons and testing cultivators' destructive power against them, a confidant quickly ran over, his face beaming with joy:

"Gate Master, great news!"

"Oh, what happened?"

Fang Xilooked at the severed hand still moving inside the cell, frowned, sealed the area with a formation, and then stepped out to inquire.

"The **Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning**. . . has been found!"

The confidant replied exuberantly.

"Oh? That's really good. Who was the first to discover it?"

Fang Xichuckled. The reward he had offered for the Beast Blood Pill had indeed paid off now.

"It was Protector **Zhou Tong**. . ."

"Ah, him. . . he's truly remarkable."

Fang Xisighed with emotion. Ever since **Zhou Tong** first exchanged for a Beast Blood Pill and failed his breakthrough, he had been subtly suppressed by the other **Martial Gods**.

As a result, even with his accumulated contributions, he was still somewhat short.

Fortunately, by finding the **Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning** this time, he had rendered a great service and could directly be rewarded with a Beast Blood Pill, which would be enough for him to break through.

...

Guang Province.

This province was located in the southwest of **Da Liang**, with countless mountains and valleys, jungles and miasma, and sparse population.

On this day, above a vast, untamed jungle, over a dozen gigantic, winged human figures swept across the sky, moving like lightning and flint.

On the ground, the common folk, who lacked a bit of worldly knowledge, immediately knelt by the roadside to pray upon seeing over a dozen winged, red-armored divine beings descend from the heavens.

"**Zhou Tong**, is this the place?"

Fang Xilikewise cast the secret art of the **Martial God True Body** and Qi Manifesting Wings, transforming into a blood-red figure with enormous wings, and asked **Zhou Tong** beside him.

This old **Grandmaster**, having finally broken through after receiving the Beast Blood Pill he bestowed, had condensed a **True Vigor Giant** that displayed a reddish-copper hue. Although slightly shorter than the surrounding **Martial Gods**, it exuded a sense of indestructibility.

"Reporting to the Gate Master, it is indeed 'Three Rivers City' ahead. . . I happened to be traveling nearby and discovered that the entire city had a demonic disaster outbreak, forming a demonic domain. . . exactly like the demonic domain of the **Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning** shown in the illustrated records."

"This **Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning** would hide for a period, then emerge to devour people. Before all the people in Three Rivers City were consumed, it would not move its territory."

**Zhou Tong** answered loudly. And after flying over a mountain range, **Fang Xi** also saw on the horizon the confluence of three rivers.

This place should have originally been a large city, but it was now completely covered by the pitch-black demonic domain.

Even the **Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning** tattoo on his back began to stir restlessly.

"Indeed, it is. . . the **Progenitor Demonic Tree**!"

Fang Xilooked at the inverted black bowl and muttered.

This demon, at last, we meet again!

"Heh heh. . . Is this the famous **Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning** that countless **Grandmasters** in the sect dreamt of? It's nothing special after all!"

**Liu Ru Yan** flew with disappearing tracks, arriving above the demonic domain, revealing a slightly ferocious smile: "Gate Master. . . Now that all thirteen **Martial Gods** of our **Martial God Gate** are here, why don't we just uproot this tree directly?"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding **Martial Gods** also revealed bloodthirsty smiles.

"Damn it, Beast Blood Pills really shouldn't be consumed; they make your brain go wonky. . ."

Fang Xifelt utterly speechless towards the muscle-headed barbarian mentality of the **Martial Gods** in his sect.

Now, his **Divine Consciousness** could reach eighty zhang, and with a quick scan, he could sense the unfathomable depths of the demonic domain.

‘This feeling. . . it almost seemed to merge with the earth and the void. . . a quasi-third-order Interdicting Great Formation? ’

‘Every single one of you **Martial Gods**, if you can shake this formation by even half a bit, I'll let you be the Gate Master! ’

‘The crucial thing is, it's fine if you mess around and get yourselves killed, but it wouldn't be good if you implicated me. ’

Fang Xirolled his eyes inwardly, but his expression turned cold: "Descend and make camp! Without my orders, no one is to act against the **Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning**'s demonic domain!"

Under the strict orders of the **Martial God Gate** Master, the **Martial Gods** reluctantly landed and began to set up camp.

Then **Zhou Tong** also captured a nearby hunter, who reported that the **Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning** had only appeared a month ago.

"A month ago?"

Fang Xilooked at the enormous demonic domain not far away, pondering silently.

In his heart, countless thoughts revolved.

‘Fortunately, the target has been found. Leaving a few **Martial Gods** to guard it should prevent the **Progenitor Demonic Tree** from escaping again. . . and even if it does, it can still be tracked! ’

‘As for me? ’

‘Even if I'm to venture into the **Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning**'s demonic domain, I must at least return and re-refine the 'Earth-Shaking Great Array' to ensure a safe retreat. . . ’

Last time, the aura of this **Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning** wasn't so terrifying. **Fang Xi** could successfully escape with just a first-order formation-breaking talisman.

This time, he felt the **Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning**'s demonic domain was almost comparable to a third-order Interdicting Great Formation, so of course, he needed the 'Earth-Shaking Great Array' as insurance.

‘Perhaps. . . I could even refine the conceptualized 'Vertical Earth Golden Light' spirit artifact before considering this matter. . . ’