Chapter 370: Primordial Soul Lamp (For the Platinum Alliance Leader)
Chapter 370: Primordial Soul Lamp (For the Platinum Alliance Leader)
"Primordial Soul Lamp!"
Fang Xi's eyes were deep, as he silently recalled this demonic secret art from the Yama Dao Master's memories.
As the name suggested, this secret art was a spell that allowed a cultivator to leave a trace of their soul within an Ever-Bright Lamp!
Strictly speaking, it was actually a means for those Demonic Cultivator sects to control their disciples.
Any disciple who entered the inner sect would generally have to leave a Primordial Soul Lamp in the Ancestral Hall.
The Yama Dao Master naturally left one in his own sect, but it should have completely extinguished by now.
"However, the secret arts of these major demonic sects are truly extraordinary. The Primordial Soul Lamp they create has unique uses. . . if one spares no expense, it can even gradually nurture and strengthen this trace of soul, and then at the opportune moment, be used to refine an External Avatar!"
That's right!
However, this particular secret art was not present in the Yama Dao Master's memories!
Otherwise, Fang Xi wouldn't mind comparing it with what he had learned.
"But it doesn't matter. . . as long as it can cultivate and strengthen the soul, it's quite good. It can be considered a secret art for increasing one's soul power."
Re-absorbing the soul nurtured and strengthened within the Primordial Soul Lamp could boost one's own soul, making it a rare and invaluable secret art among demonic cultivators.
"A powerful soul naturally leads to powerful Divine Consciousness, which also has certain benefits for breaking through major realms."
To refine a Primordial Soul Lamp, naturally, some rare materials were needed.
Fang Xi touched his storage ring, and over a dozen jade boxes flew out, each emitting different colored light.
He lightly blew, and the first jade box opened directly, revealing a section of dark green ghost wood, brimming with spiritual energy and carrying faint wisps of Yin energy.
"Third-order ghost wood. . ."
This ghost wood was a harvest he had obtained from previously eliminating ghost cultivators on Emerald Island. Not only was it a third-order spiritual wood, but it also carried faint wisps of Yin energy, capable of nourishing the soul, making it perfectly suited as the main body for refining a 'Primordial Soul Lamp'.
Fang Xi formed a hand seal, and a flash of green light appeared above his head. A Nascent Soul with greenish-black skin, two horns, and a face remarkably similar to his own emerged—it was the External Avatar.
The External Avatar still held the Star-Patterned Chessboard in its embrace. At this moment, it simply grinned, opened its mouth, and exhaled a wisp of jet-black Nascent Soul Flame.
"Refining a 'Primordial Soul Lamp' doesn't require overly profound artifact crafting techniques, but it does require Nascent Soul-level flame. . . Among the righteous sects in the Yuan Kingdom, it seems quite taboo for Nascent Soul cultivators to use similar methods to restrict Core Formation cultivators. . . But who cares? What's a mere Hunyuan Sect Nascent Soul going to do to me?"
Watching the third-order ghost wood, instead of burning, slowly melting within the jet-black Nascent Soul Flame, a hint of satisfaction appeared on Fang Xi's face.
He could finally formally refine artifacts!
Seeing this, Fang Xi immediately flicked his finger, opening the other jade boxes, revealing various precious spiritual materials.
After refining them one by one and continuously adding them to the dark green liquid formed from the third-order ghost wood, its color began to deepen. . .
By the end, it was pitch black.
Witnessing this, Fang Xi immediately formed hand seals with both hands, sending out streaks of verdant Wood Spirit Divine Light into the black liquid, pulling it into a slender shape, like a precious lotus lamp.
Several months later.
Fang Xi gazed at the pitch-black lotus lamp base in his hand, a look of delight on his face: "The Primordial Soul Lamp base is complete. . . Next. . . is to light it."
He didn't act immediately, but instead sat cross-legged to recover his cultivation and spirit.
Three days later, Fang Xi felt completely replenished, his state restored to its peak. With a flash of green and yellow light in his eyes, he formed a strange hand seal. A fleeting look of pain crossed his face, and he let out a muffled groan.
A faint wisp of his soul flew out from his sea of consciousness and landed on the Primordial Soul Lamp.
The Primordial Soul Lamp flickered, then ignited a wisp of green lamp flame.
Fang Xi immediately endured the severe pain in his sea of consciousness and carefully added specially refined lamp oil to it.
Upon receiving the lamp oil, the green lamp flame immediately stabilized, forming a halo that enveloped the entire precious lotus lamp, appearing exceptionally wondrous.
"My Primordial Soul Lamp. . . is done."
Fang Xi looked at the Primordial Soul Lamp in his hand. After placing it securely, he immediately began to swallow pills to replenish the vital energy lost from splitting a wisp of his soul.
He had tried this method of splitting his soul when refining his External Avatar, and at that time, he had split off a significant portion.
Now, it was merely a wisp, and his magic power and Divine Consciousness were far stronger than before, so there weren't many lingering side effects.
After a short month of recuperation, he fully recovered.
Following this. . .
Fang Xi found an opportunity to fly to Peach Blossom Island, where he placed the Primordial Soul Lamp in the underground cavern of Emerald Cliff and commanded the Black Fire Demonic Corpse to guard it.
He himself transformed into a streak of green light and returned to Dragon Fish Island.
Then, Fang Xi took a deep breath and activated the All-Heavens Precious Mirror, his entire being vanishing instantly. . .
Not long after.
Light flashed.
Fang Xi reappeared in his original spot. He looked around and shook his head: "Did it fail?"
If the experiment had succeeded, he should have appeared in the underground cavern of Emerald Cliff, beside his Primordial Soul Lamp.
"It seems. . . a mere wisp of soul power isn't enough for the All-Heavens Precious Mirror to consider it another one of my avatars. . ."
He stroked his chin, feeling that this was reasonable.
Otherwise, if he could just casually discard some artifacts imbued with soul imprints, wouldn't he be able to run rampant across the world, teleporting at will?
"At the very least, the soul must be as powerful as an External Avatar. . ."
"I need to collect more soul-nourishing items to cultivate the Primordial Soul Lamp. . ."
Fang Xi stroked his chin. Suddenly, a flash of light appeared in his hand, revealing the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
This top-grade artifact had been severely damaged in the previous battle with the Young Palace Lord, but there were still many living souls remaining within it.
If he were to refine it slightly and use it to fuel the Primordial Soul Lamp, it would make excellent lamp oil. . .
As for damaging the banner?
Anyway, this top-grade artifact's power was already impaired, and he now had the Star-Patterned Chessboard.
Not to mention this fourth-order spiritual treasure, even if he were to take out the 'Life and Death Seal' from the Demonic Tree, its power, after years of cultivation through the 'Seed Treasure Art', would probably already surpass that of the current Ten Thousand Souls Banner. . .
As Fang Xi pondered, he suddenly touched his glabella, feeling a ripple of spiritual energy on Dragon Fish Island.
Dark clouds gathered in the sky, and demonic qi permeated the air, stirring up wind and rain. . .
Splash!
The rain poured down like an overturned bucket. Within the rain curtain, there were also whirlpools formed by spiritual energy.
"Green Horned Dragon. . . is about to advance to the third-order?"
Fang Xi's Divine Consciousness stirred slightly, and a streak of green fire light appeared beneath him, allowing him to ride his Green Fire Luan and soar. It was indeed the Green Fire Luan!
The Green Fire Luan spread its wings, and the surrounding rainwater was immediately evaporated in mid-air, creating a vacuum zone. The surrounding mist was dreamlike and illusory.
Towards the fish farm.
Splash!
A green shadow surged forth, soaring straight into the nine heavens, as if intending to face the terrifying lightning tribulation. . .
Of course. . . in reality, no lightning tribulation fell. There was only the rising wind and pouring rain, along with a few natural claps of thunder.
On Dragon Fish Island, many cultivators were startled by this scene. After emerging from their cave dwellings, they collectively fell into a daze: "A second. . . Demon King advancing. . ."
"Just how many Core Formation opportunities does the Dragon Fish Island Lord possess?"
...
Roar! Roar!
Time passed, an unknown duration, when a dragon's roar echoed through the nine heavens.
Countless spiritual energies converged, transforming into droplets of spiritual liquid, which were then absorbed by a green inner core like a long whale drawing water.
This inner core was crystal clear like jade, imbued with the aura of a Flood Dragon. Suddenly, it transformed into a streak of light and returned into the Green Horned Dragon's mouth.
Crack!
A crack appeared on the Green Horned Dragon's forehead, then spread throughout its body, as sheets of dead skin continuously peeled off.
The newly emerged Green Horned Dragon was nearly ten zhang in size, with fish scales, a snake tail, a single green horn on its head, and no more fins on its belly. The four small bumps that had been there before also disappeared, replaced by four Flood Dragon claws, each with three toes.
A rich sense of majesty emanated from the Green Horned Dragon.
Only now did it complete its species leap, thoroughly activating the trace of Flood Dragon bloodline within its body, transforming into a true third-order Green Flood Dragon!
Around Dragon Fish Island, countless fish shoals appeared, seemingly paying homage to their Dragon King.
And on the island, numerous small beasts scurried about in panic, seemingly unable to withstand the faint Flood Dragon's coercion.
Even the spiritual beasts of cultivators mostly became agitated.
This was dragon's might!
Even if it was just the majesty of a Flood Dragon, it was not something ordinary first or second-order demon beasts could endure.
"It's truly not easy. . . a Green Jade Carp I casually caught on Peach Blossom Island back then. . . able to advance all the way to a third-order Flood Dragon."
Fang Xi sighed with emotion: "Excellent, excellent. . . It wasn't in vain that I used a third-order inheritance to refine the Demonic Blood Flood Dragon's inner core and the last bit of Flood Dragon essence blood into a pill. . . Now, with Green Horned Dragon and Green Fire Luan together, we finally have the auspicious 'Dragon and Phoenix bringing prosperity', and pulling the carriage will be even more impressive."
Hearing Fang Xi muttering to himself, the Green Fire Luan below seemed to show a hint of disdain in its phoenix eyes.
Then, it transformed into a streak of light, appearing before the third-order Green Flood Dragon, letting out a clear phoenix cry.
The third-order superior-grade demonic qi was wantonly unleashed.
The Green Horned Dragon's originally majestic Flood Dragon head immediately drooped, its former dragon's might nowhere to be found, and it even seemed to carry a hint of fawning. . .
"Enough, Green Fire Luan. . . don't scare it anymore."
Fang Xi tapped the Green Fire Luan beneath his feet and said to the Green Horned Dragon: "Let me see what innate divine ability you have awakened."
The Green Horned Dragon thought for a moment, then let out a long cry, its body instantly shrinking from nearly ten zhang to the length of a chopstick, then landing in Fang Xi's hand.
"Size as one pleases? No. . . it seems a bit different."
Purple light flickered in Fang Xi's eyes, and he suddenly smiled: "And it's paired with an aura concealment technique. . . To be able to conceal your demonic qi to this extent, even a mid- or even late-stage Core Formation cultivator might not be able to discover your true hidden strength. . ."
"A dragon can be grand or small, it can ascend or hide. When grand, it stirs clouds and exhales mist; when small, it hides within the shell. When ascending, it flies through the cosmos; when hiding, it lurks within the waves. . . This Latent Dragon Divine Ability suits you quite well. . ."
"But how did a proper third-order Green Flood Dragon awaken such a powerful stealth divine ability? Could it be that you actually have some turtle bloodline?"
Fang Xi played with the green noodle in his hand, a look of confusion appearing on his face.
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