Chapter 353: Possession (For the Silver Grand Alliance Leader)
Chapter 353: Possession (For the Silver Grand Alliance Leader)
Boom!
Two colossal entities collided, unleashing a massive surge of qi waves that roared forth like a mountain collapse and a tsunami, causing the entire Yama Demon Domain to tremble unstably.
The azure-faced, fanged evil spirit opened its blood-red maw and bit fiercely at the Yama Son of Heaven's waist, only to be firmly blocked by the armor formed from the 'Seven Emotions Severed Desires Pill'.
Fang Xi knew the formidable power of this pill; in the hands of a Core Formation cultivator, it could dissolve many attacks.
Now, transforming into armor, it possessed a semblance of 'imperviousness to all techniques'.
No matter how sharp and ferocious the enormous evil spirit's claws and fangs were, they could not pierce the Yama Son of Heaven's defense in the slightest!
"Damn it. . . all of you shall die. . ."
The Young Palace Lord's voice was strained, as he arduously chanted another incantation.
A crimson bolt of lightning from the sky struck one of the Yama Son of Heaven's hands, transforming into a crimson long spear.
Thud!
The Yama Son of Heaven retaliated with a thrust, and the massive crimson spear impaled the gigantic evil spirit!
Innumerable crimson lightning bolts erupted from the spear, intermingled with dark runes.
The enormous evil spirit instantly exploded, transforming into countless lingering souls.
Among them, the three great ghost kings were all struck by the crimson lightning. The Yin-Yang Ghost King shrieked twice, then instantly vanished into ash!
Only the late-stage Core Formation Ghost King wailed, its body shrinking by more than half, before being swept into a somewhat tattered Ten Thousand Souls Banner!
"After this battle. . . tens of thousands of lingering souls, at least half are gone again!"
Fang Xi collected the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and murmured.
"I don't think this is the time to be discussing such things. . ."
The External Avatar gazed at the Yama Son of Heaven, his expression suddenly growing incredibly solemn: "It's about to condense its sixth seal. . . Though I don't know what effect this will have, it's clearly not a good thing for us."
"In that case!"
Fang Xi took out the Mountain Sea Pearl, just as he was about to interrupt the 'Treasure Planting Art' and retrieve the Life and Death Seal.
"Roar!"
The colossal Yama Son of Heaven suddenly let out another earth-shattering roar.
On its body, that layer of crimson skin actually became illusory, and after a brief instability, completely vanished. . .
A vast amount of flesh and blood instantly turned to dust, leaving behind only a skeletal frame with internal organs and armor, looking exceptionally eerie.
Countless black mists emerged from the Yama Son of Heaven, causing its body to continuously shrink.
The Yama Demon Domain trembled, then even began to disintegrate.
A gentle breeze swept across the land, carrying abundant spiritual qi.
Fang Xi couldn't help but take a deep breath, rapidly recovering his expended magic power.
"It's the 'Boundless Sea of Blood Pill'!"
The External Avatar's eyes lit up: "This pill is a False Core, even if he managed to complete it through some means, fighting us consumed too much. . . causing it to dissipate prematurely means it can no longer sustain the Yama Son of Heaven's body."
"Precisely."
Fang Xi transformed into a streak of azure light, arriving before the Yama Son of Heaven's final skeletal head.
He saw several streaks of light flying out, which were Golden Cores guided by a Heavenly Devil Relic, heading towards the pale Young Palace Lord.
This Young Palace Lord, his Daoist robe tattered, his face ashen and resembling a desiccated corpse, was taking out a black and red, longan-sized pill and swallowing it.
"This Young Palace Lord underestimated you two. . ."
He looked at Fang Xi, his expression suddenly turning cold: "One day. . ."
As he spoke, the man formed hand seals, and the Seven Stars Pill Art was cast again, a dreamlike and illusory Golden Core flying out.
Although Fang Xi didn't know the specific effects of this Golden Core, he guessed it surely possessed astonishing escape speed or came with some powerful life-saving divine ability!
"Go!"
He raised his hand and tossed out another 'Air Restriction Talisman'.
Fang Xi had discovered that while this jade talisman was of no real use when properly cast, its high-level void power made it extremely handy and effective for disrupting other teleportations.
As an Air Restriction Talisman flew out, the External Avatar emerged from invisibility, appearing behind the Young Palace Lord and unleashing a punch!
Bang!
A spiritual energy shield on the Young Palace Lord's body turned to ash, and even that Golden Core trembled unstably.
Seeing this, Fang Xi immediately pressed his advantage mercilessly.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Streaks of Verdant Wood Divine Light flew out, forming an emerald-green grand array that trapped the Young Palace Lord within.
Immediately after, Verdant Wood Divine Thunder and Verdant Wood True Fire continuously rained down.
This individual, having collected his Heavenly Devil Relic, still attempted to resist.
At that moment, an emerald-green radiance flashed.
A small, emerald-green blade materialized out of thin air, piercing his Dantian.
The Young Palace Lord's expression instantly withered significantly. Staring at the charging Fang Xi, before he could even react, his head was forcefully ripped off.
"This person's Heavenly Devil Relic is in his Sea of Consciousness. What good is piercing his Dantian?"
The External Avatar said coldly.
As he spoke, he spat out his own Heavenly Devil Relic, also releasing demonic light to suppress a 'Heavenly Devil Relic' that flew out from the Young Palace Lord's head.
"Damn it. . . I originally wanted to capture him alive to perform soul-searching!"
Fang Xi cursed, but could only quickly throw out a Demonic Tree Seed, trying his best to salvage the situation.
However.
Just as he placed his hand on the Young Palace Lord's effeminate-faced and ferocious-looking head, an unexpected change occurred!
Buzzing!
The 'Heavenly Devil Relic', which had ceased moving, suddenly self-detonated!
Boom!
The terrifying demonic light forced Fang Xi's External Avatar to retract his own Heavenly Devil Relic, then exert full effort to suppress it, shielding his main body!
Just as the External Avatar wondered why the Golden Core self-detonation seemed rather weak.
At the core of the explosion, a mass of dark demonic light materialized, from which a tiny infant figure emerged.
It was entirely black, shaped like a baby, yet only palm-sized, with a small horn growing on its forehead and withered, thin limbs, appearing somewhat illusory!
This Nascent Soul bore the appearance of an old man, completely unlike the Young Palace Lord's effeminate features. Its dark pupils stared directly at Fang Xi with a cruel smile, then suddenly flickered, appearing before Fang Xi's main body. The technique used was 'Instant Movement', unique to Nascent Souls!
He formed hand seals, his expression solemn, with a hint of an eerie smile, and flew into Fang Xi's Sea of Consciousness!
Nascent Soul Possession!
Within Fang Xi's Sea of Consciousness, his True Self Primordial Consciousness tensed, knowing it had encountered the greatest crisis of his life!
In the Sea of Consciousness, a dark Nascent Soul appeared, carrying an illusory quality.
But in the next instant.
Before this dark Nascent Soul could act, the phantom of a bronze precious mirror appeared within the Sea of Consciousness!
This was Fang Xi's realization that, in terms of soul and foundation, he could never contend with a Nascent Soul cultivator. Thus, he summoned the phantom of the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror'.
After reaching Core Formation, he already had the ability to summon the phantom of the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror'.
Trying it now in his Sea of Consciousness, he indeed summoned the phantom of the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror'!
"This. . . what is this thing?"
The dark Nascent Soul let out a faint shriek, looking as if it was about to flee.
But it was too late!
A light flashed on the All-Heavens Precious Mirror, faintly echoing with its true form deep within the Sea of Consciousness, and then a silver ray descended.
Before the dark Nascent Soul could even scream, it vanished without a trace within the Sea of Consciousness.
...
Fang Xi opened his eyes, feeling a splitting headache.
The External Avatar stood by, his expression wary.
Only when their eyes met did his expression soften considerably: "That Nascent Soul just now. . ."
"He has reaped what he sowed. . ."
Fang Xi rubbed his temples, still feeling an immense swelling in his Sea of Consciousness.
Although that demonic Nascent Soul was dead, fragments of its memories would occasionally surface within his Sea of Consciousness, like intermittent soul-searching.
Not only that, he felt his own divine consciousness expanding, seemingly having gained considerable benefits from the Nascent Soul's annihilation.
But the lingering side effect was his splitting headache, occasionally plunging him into a segment of memory.
"Go, take me away first."
Fang Xi waved his hand, and the Verdant Wood Divine Light Array instantly dissipated.
The External Avatar immediately cleaned up the battlefield, then soared away on a streak of demonic light, taking Fang Xi with him.
...
Several months later.
Inside a cave dwelling opened by the External Avatar.
The External Avatar stood guard outside.
Fang Xi sat cross-legged, exhaling a long breath: "After all this time, I've finally digested the memories of that Yama Dao Lord. . ."
The opponent had died within his Sea of Consciousness, scattering many memory fragments. This was equivalent to him performing a prolonged soul-search on this Nascent Soul cultivator.
Only now had he barely managed to fully digest the opponent's millennia-long experiences.
Fang Xi tapped his brow, beginning to slowly recall.
"Yama Dao Lord. . . originally a cultivator from the Yama Realm. When he was still a Core Formation cultivator, an accident occurred during a long-distance teleportation array ride. . . he encountered a 'Realm Descent'!"
In the Yama Realm, 'Realm Descent' was a subject of profound study.
According to their theory, beneath the Earthly Immortal World, all Three Thousand Minor Worlds existed in the void, like giant ships on a vast ocean.
The void was boundless, and the ocean similarly limitless, making it nigh impossible for ordinary cultivators to traverse between realms.
But occasionally, accidents happened: two worlds, like giant ships, unexpectedly met in the great sea, even brushing past each other!
At such times, with the assistance of various void arrays, descending into the other world was no longer impossible.
When the giant ships 'brushed past', they might even directly open void channels between the two worlds, allowing cultivators to cross directly!
Of course, 'Realm Descents' were extremely rare occurrences, and their duration varied—short ones lasting a few years, long ones hundreds or even thousands of years!
The two minor worlds would eventually drift further and further apart!
This Yama Dao Lord was accidentally swept into a spatial storm when the Red Sun Realm and the Yama Realm crossed paths.
When he awoke after the teleportation, he found himself in the Red Sun Realm.
This 'Realm Descent' did not involve the two worlds colliding to form a passage, and its duration was extremely short. It seemed only the Yama Dao Lord was unlucky enough to be teleported there, and he had never found any fellow cultivators in this realm after many years.
He diligently studied, yet could never find a way to return, so he resigned himself to his fate and began to establish his forces, which became the Yama Dao Palace.
And within a century, he successfully advanced to become a Nascent Soul cultivator!
Many other things happened during this time, but they could all be ignored.
A century ago, as his lifespan was nearing its end, he risked cultivating the 'Yin Mountain Lord Sacrifice Secret Rite', but failed. His body mutated into a Dao Aberration, forcing him to dangerously employ a secret art, dispersing most of his Nascent Soul into his body to suppress the Dao Aberration, confining it to within the Yama Dao Palace. A small portion of his Nascent Soul, however, split off and secretly hid within the Young Palace Lord's soul-thoughts!
He intended to possess him directly after the Young Palace Lord cultivated the 'Yama Son of Heaven Dao'!
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