Chapter 415: Divine Nascent Soul (For White Silver Grand Alliance Leader's Celebration)
Chapter 415: Divine Nascent Soul (For White Silver Grand Alliance Leader's Celebration)
“True Monarch Lingfeng. . . ”
“It seems the fluctuations from the battle I sensed earlier were from the Seven Kills Demon Lord leading his people to besiege and kill this person. . . ”
Gazing at the jade bottle and the spiritual bird fan, Fang Xi was speechless.
“True Monarch Lingfeng was also taken care of. . . ”
“Speaking of which. . . now, the Yuan Kingdom’s three major Nascent Soul forces are all leaderless. . . As ‘Yun Jizi, the rogue cultivator of the Yuan Kingdom,’ I now have a legitimate claim, and can completely bring the entire Yuan Kingdom under my rule. . . Wait, no, there’s still the Seven Fiends Hall. Although the Seven Fiends Hall is one of the Jiang Kingdom’s top Nascent Soul forces, and there might be more than one Nascent Soul old devil, with the strongest Seven Kills Demon Lord falling, they’re bound to withdraw. . . Indeed, I’ve brought peace to the Yuan Kingdom once again. ”
As for releasing True Monarch Lingfeng, Fang Xi had no such intention.
He hadn’t captured this person himself, after all.
Moreover, his interactions with the Hunyuan Sect hadn’t been particularly pleasant.
Fang Xi then, with a flash of verdant and yellow light in his eyes, attempted to perform Soul Scouring.
A moment later. . .
He slowly retracted his Divine Consciousness and sighed.
Nascent Soul cultivators, with their Nascent Souls guarding their very being, possess incredibly powerful souls, making them difficult to Soul Scour even in an unconscious state.
This caused some of his ideas to vanish completely.
Otherwise, if he could Soul Scour three Nascent Souls consecutively, it would be akin to acquiring all of their accumulated wealth and knowledge, which would truly be extraordinary.
Fang Xi reimposed a restriction on True Monarch Lingfeng's Nascent Soul. For a moment, he scratched his head, unsure how to deal with it. "No matter," he thought, "I'll just keep it imprisoned with Old Freak Gu and Old Freak Chi's Nascent Souls for now."
He continued to examine the Seven Kills Demon Lord’s storage belt, a flicker of joy quickly appearing on his face.
“As expected of the Seven Fiends Hall’s Grand Elder, this Seven Kills Demon Lord is indeed incredibly wealthy. . . ”
With a flash of light, three supreme-grade spirit stones appeared in Fang Xi’s hand, along with a vibrant, jade-like spiritual flower.
“Three supreme-grade spirit stones, and a ‘Spirit Eye Flower’. . . ”
“Beyond that, there were countless demonic cultivation materials. . . over five hundred high-grade spirit stones. . . ”
“There were quite a few jade slips as well, I wonder if his Seven Fiends Demonic Art is among them. . . ”
“And an exotic treasure, the ‘Wind Stabilizing Pearl’. . . ”
A moment later, Fang Xi’s expression suddenly shifted slightly, and a jade box appeared in his hand.
Upon opening it, he saw three dark, dull-colored thunder pearls inside.
“Divine Fiend Thunder Pearls. . . in terms of power, they shouldn’t be inferior to the Soul Exterminating Ancient Thunder Pearls in the slightest. . . ”
Such thunder pearls require a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator to extract poisonous fiend qi from the earth’s core and fuse it with nine heavens lightning essence, making their power boundless.
Even Fang Xi wouldn’t want to face their sharp edge directly.
“If I had to fight the Seven Kills Demon Lord one-on-one without using the Withered Glory Mystic Light, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be his match. . . ”
“So, why would someone who’s doing perfectly fine insist on seeking death? ”
Fang Xi poured out the jade slips one by one and began to casually flip through them.
Time passed, though he knew not how much.
Although he hadn’t found any fourth-tier pill recipes or the Seven Kills Demon Lord’s own demonic cultivation secret arts, remembering the <Red Blood Demonic Scripture> he had obtained from Old Freak Chi, Fang Xi felt a sense of calm.
Moreover, some of the jade slips detailed the customs and traditions of the Jiang Kingdom, or secrets of the Seven Fiends Hall, which greatly broadened his horizons.
“Oh? ”
As Fang Xi picked up another blood-colored jade slip and instinctively scanned it with his Divine Consciousness, his expression suddenly shifted.
He felt his Divine Consciousness being unceremoniously bounced back.
“This jade slip. . . ”
At this point, Fang Xi began to carefully examine the blood-colored jade slip. Its form was ancient and rustic, with traces of soil infiltration, appearing to be an antique.
“There seems to be a small restriction within it. . . ”
As a quasi-fourth-tier formation master, Fang Xi possessed exceptional insight. After a brief appraisal, he recognized: “If forcefully broken, the jade slip might shatter. . . ”
“It can be bypassed. . . but the simplest way is to refine it with demonic magic power! It might even require demonic magic power at the Nascent Soul level. ”
Such a task might be difficult for an orthodox Nascent Soul cultivator, but for Fang Xi, it was easily within his grasp.
He tapped his glabella, and his External Avatar emerged, exhaling a mouthful of dense black mist.
The blood-colored jade slip rapidly absorbed the dense black mist, becoming even more smooth and lustrous.
At this point, Fang Xi tried sending his Divine Consciousness in again.
Indeed, his Divine Consciousness now entered without any hindrance.
Subsequently, a secret technique appeared before Fang Xi’s eyes.
It wasn’t some demonic cultivation secret art as he had expected, but a cultivation method for refining a supreme demonic treasure!
“Divine Nascent Soul Sword? ! ”
After a long while, Fang Xi withdrew from his state of comprehension, his fingers unconsciously tapping the jade slip: “According to its description. . . if this ‘Divine Nascent Soul Sword’ is refined, even if it’s just a minor completion, it would indeed possess boundless power. . . ”
He seemed to recall something, and rummaged through his storage belt, pulling out an iron box.
Upon opening it, a small, palm-sized sword appeared within.
The sword was entirely black, yet vein-like patterns spread across its blade. Its edges appeared somewhat rough, clearly indicating it was a crude embryo, not yet fully refined.
Upon seeing this sword embryo, Fang Xi’s expression suddenly stirred, and he exhaled a wisp of green Nascent Soul fire.
Hiss! Hiss!
As the green Nascent Soul fire approached the sword embryo, a black demonic light emerged from the blade. With a mere swirl, it devoured the wisp of Nascent Soul fire, causing it to vanish without a trace.
Wailing!
From the sword embryo, a sound like ten thousand ghosts wailing and weeping seemed to emanate.
Hearing this piercing sword wail, the Nascent Soul within Fang Xi’s Sea of Qi Dantian suddenly opened its eyes, a hint of terror appearing within them.
“Indeed. . . the main material is ‘Nine Nether Demonic Iron’. . . If the ‘Divine Nascent Soul Sword’ is refined, it would greatly harm a cultivator’s Nascent Soul. . . ”
“To secretly search for materials and refine this sword embryo, this Seven Kills Demon Lord must have committed countless killings. . . Now that the sword embryo is complete, it saves me a lot of trouble. Only the final step of ‘sword offering’ remains, and then it can barely be used. ”
The power of this ‘Divine Nascent Soul Sword’ would naturally far surpass that of the ‘Blood Transformation Demonic Saber’.
As Fang Xi thought of the secret method for ‘sword offering’ within the cultivation method, his expression turned somewhat strange.
“To refine the Divine Nascent Soul Sword, one needs to use a cultivator’s Nascent Soul to sharpen its edge. . . At least three cultivator Nascent Souls are needed for the Divine Nascent Soul Sword to achieve minor completion. If one wishes for the demonic sword to achieve grand completion, then it’s best to use nine. . . resulting in the ‘Nine Sons Divine Nascent Soul Sword’! ”
“I wondered why this Demon Lord would go to such lengths for a mere Resentful Soul Lure, pursuing me relentlessly. . . Turns out he had designs on this old man’s body, ptui. . . no, his Nascent Soul! ”
Fang Xi fiercely cursed the Seven Kills Demon Lord.
In reality, what he didn’t know was that the Seven Kills Demon Lord didn’t possess any secret art for Soul Scouring Nascent Souls. He had kept True Monarch Lingfeng’s Nascent Soul specifically to use it in refining the Divine Nascent Soul Sword.
This Demon Lord had already invested immense effort into refining this sword, believing that once the divine sword reached grand completion and was wielded with his demonic cultivation, he would no longer fear the ‘Tian Du Mojun’.
After cursing, Fang Xi rubbed his chin, falling into thought once more.
The main steps for refining the ‘Divine Nascent Soul Sword’ had largely been prepared by the Seven Kills Demon Lord.
‘Nine Nether Demonic Iron’ was a top-tier demonic material, incredibly rare and hard to find even in ten thousand years. Now that it had been forged into a crude embryo, it would truly be a pity not to complete it.
As for the final step of ‘sword offering’ and sharpening the edge. . .
Fang Xi flicked his sleeve, and two jade boxes flew out, landing beside the jade bottle.
“True Monarch Lingfeng, Old Freak Gu, Old Freak Chi. . . Exactly three Nascent Souls! ”
“Perhaps I can give it a try when I return? ”
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Ice Fiend Lake was a famous cultivation spot in the Jiang Kingdom, spanning a thousand li and resembling a vast marsh.
Within the lake, ‘Ice Soul Fiend Qi’ would occasionally be produced, usable as a Foundation Establishment spiritual item, making it quite valuable.
Thus, along the lake’s edge, there were numerous rogue cultivator gathering points and cultivation cities.
From time to time, cultivators would ride boats to patrol the lake, trying their luck.
But everything changed decades ago.
Teams of cultivators directly blockaded Ice Fiend Lake, prohibiting rogue cultivators from approaching.
At first, the rogue cultivators who originally occupied Ice Fiend Lake were quite unconvinced and wished to argue, for after all, the rogue cultivators within the Jiang Kingdom were a considerable force, even having Nascent Soul cultivators like ‘Huang Yungong’.
But once these cultivators revealed their banners, all the rogue cultivators fell silent one after another and quickly began to relocate. . .
Lishang Demon Palace, Seven Fiends Hall, Wishful Thinking Sect. . .
These were almost all top-tier major sects of the Jiang Kingdom. With such sects united, even Huang Yungong would have to retreat three paces.
One day.
A streak of black demonic light appeared, shooting towards the Ice Fiend Lake region.
“Esteemed Senior. . . ”
A team of cultivators was patrolling nearby. One of the Core Formation cultivators, simply glancing at the ferocious man within the demonic light, subtly changed his expression and respectfully stepped forward to bow: “Are you here to attend the alliance meeting? Please come to ‘Ice Fiend Pavilion’ to rest for a moment. . . ”
“No need. This Seat wishes to first observe the so-called void manifestation. You may lead the way. ”
Fang Xi spoke with his hands clasped behind his back, in an antiquated and self-important manner.
“This. . . Yes! ”
Recalling instances of Nascent Soul old monsters being temperamental and often acting stubbornly, the Core Formation cultivator could only force a bitter smile. He instructed the patrolling cultivators to report back and led the way himself.
After venturing several dozen li into the lake, Fang Xi saw a somewhat illusory white arc of light in the sky!
This white arc of light stretched for a hundred li, with a width of several dozen li, resembling a crack in the sky, suspended in mid-air!
Around the white light, faint silver glimmers flickered, and within the crack, faint, indistinct scenes seemed to be visible. . .
“Indeed, it’s a void fissure. . . ”
Upon seeing this scene, a peculiar glint flashed in Fang Xi’s eyes.
“Are you a Lishang Demon Palace cultivator? ”
He scanned him with his Divine Consciousness, finally speaking to the Core Formation cultivator leading the way.
“That is correct, Junior Zuoqiu Zi of the Lishang Demon Palace greets Senior. ”
Zuoqiu Zi hastily reported.
“What are the Demon Palace’s countermeasures for this void manifestation? ”
Fang Xi asked casually.
“Senior may not know, but such void manifestations cannot be sealed at all and are continuously expanding. . . We can only establish a patrol mechanism and issue warnings once it fully erupts. . . ”
Zuoqiu Zi explained the Lishang Demon Palace’s countermeasures one by one: “The Realm Descent is imminent. . . As for what happens next, perhaps only the various sects’ Grand Elders and numerous Seniors can decide. ”
“So that’s how it is. ” Fang Xi nodded: “Has Huang Yungong arrived yet? ”
“Huang Yungong has already arrived. Senior, could you possibly be ‘Yun Jizi’? ”
Zuoqiu Zi seemed to realize something, his eyes lighting up.
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