Chapter 511: Demonic Fire Refinement of the Nascent Soul (To celebrate Pillar Killer Taobaibai)
Chapter 511: Demonic Fire Refinement of the Nascent Soul (To celebrate Pillar Killer Taobaibai)
'Indeed, what's given for free always costs the most. . . '
Gazing at the aged Nascent Soul True Monarch, who was bowing deeply before him, only asking for him to accept the treasure without demanding anything in return, Fang Xi sighed inwardly.
After a moment's thought, he nodded and said, "Very well, I shall accept this item. . ."
"Many thanks, Daoist friend!"
A hint of joy immediately appeared on Yunzhu Zhenjun's face, and then he took his leave.
He already believed in his heart that Fang Xi was a devoted cultivator, a type of cultivator who rarely participated in the disputes of the cultivation world, single-mindedly focused on pure cultivation, and thus highly valued their state of mind. Even if no promise was given, accepting the item had already forged a karmic bond.
Should the Three Immortals Sect ever face difficulties in the future, this Tian Kui Zhenjun would be a great help.
"These old Nascent Soul monsters, each one of them is cunning and sly with age. . ."
He had already gathered all these materials, but now he needed to perform some preliminary refining.
Inside the artifact refining room.
Fang Xi was processing a piece of millennium ice jade when he suddenly touched his storage ring, and a small grayish-white pagoda appeared.
"Soul Suppressing Pagoda!"
As a top-tier void-type treasure within the 'Celestial Demon Extermination Manual', he naturally wouldn't miss it.
However, after several days of continuous refining with his Nascent Soul fire, the Soul Suppressing Pagoda showed no response at all.
This led Fang Xi to speculate that perhaps, like the Five Elements Ring, humans couldn't use the demon race's treasures.
'It's not entirely impossible. . . but I would need to fundamentally re-refine this pagoda and transform it into a version suitable for human cultivators. . . '
'My artifact refining skills in this area are somewhat deficient; it would be better to hand it over to the Kyushu World. . . '
Fang Xi secretly made his decision, and a colorful jade slip appeared in his hand.
His Divine Consciousness entered it, and he immediately saw dense text and images within the jade slip. At the very beginning, was the name of this fourth-tier mid-grade pill refinement legacy—the 'Langhuan Pill Scroll'!
"This item truly has an affinity with me. . ."
"Time is the greatest director; it always ensures the right items fall into the right hands. . ."
A slight curve appeared on Fang Xi's lips.
Although he now possessed the accumulated knowledge of the Kyushu World and no longer particularly valued this pill scroll, it was still quite good to keep as a collection and to enrich his knowledge of pill refinement.
...
Months later, a piece of news that shocked the Western Desert Cultivation World spread!
The Black Dragon Sect was found to be colluding with the demon race, with conclusive evidence, and was ruthlessly annihilated!
It was rumored that the late-stage Nascent Soul Grand Cultivator, Heitian Zhenjun, was besieged by several Grand Cultivators and perished on the spot, his Dao extinguished, not even his Nascent Soul escaping.
All high-level cultivators of the Black Dragon Sect were individually identified and terribly slaughtered; the low-level disciples who luckily survived also had their cultivation crippled, reduced to mortals.
Furthermore, the Grand Elder of the Gu Immortal Sect inexplicably perished, and his life-bound soul Gu enshrined in the Ancestral Hall died. The entire Southern Domains immediately fell into leaderless chaos, even allowing the demon race to break through the defenses for a time, and the originally excellent situation almost collapsed overnight.
In the end, it was the Saint Fire Cult that organized a group of cultivators and barely managed to push the front line back.
Because this incident was too significant, even Fang Xi, who usually lived in seclusion, heard this news when he occasionally went out to replenish his materials.
"The Black Dragon Sect. . . is finished. . ."
"Even a major power with a legacy spanning thousands, even tens of thousands of years, ultimately cannot withstand the erosion of time?"
"Perhaps. . . only true Immortals can achieve true longevity."
He sighed inwardly, his heart seeking the Dao growing even firmer.
...
One year later.
Fully prepared, Fang Xi sat cross-legged in his seclusion chamber.
Before him, a silver light flashed in the void, and his Outer Dao Nascent Soul emerged, tossing over a Gu worm.
This Gu worm resembled an eight-legged spider, its entire body like white jade, with streaks of silver patterns on its surface.
"This 'Fortune Gu', I have thoroughly analyzed it. The analysis report is here."
The Outer Dao Nascent Soul handed a report to Fang Xi.
Fang Xi swiftly skimmed through it, and upon reaching the end, an expression of pleasant surprise couldn't help but appear on his face: "So it can be done this way?"
"Naturally. Since this 'Fortune Gu' can devour fortune, it can also naturally nourish in return. . . Normally, you can use this Gu to absorb the fortune of those with great opportunities, and when you're breaking through a major realm, use a secret art to make it disgorge that fortune, blessing yourself. It should be of some help. . ."
The Outer Dao Nascent Soul's expression was indifferent: "However, the concept of fortune is ultimately ethereal, and many cultivators don't believe in it. . . According to calculations, this kind of fortune blessing can at most increase the breakthrough probability by only six or seven percent. It's merely better than nothing."
"At the very least, it resolved the issue of it secretly absorbing my own fortune, and I gained an additional means of dealing with enemies. That's not bad at all."
Fang Xi was quite satisfied with this; after all, it was a freebie.
He looked at the Outer Dao Nascent Soul, his expression serious: "It's time to begin!"
'Zhang Huohua' remained calm. A black light flashed above his crown, and the Outer Dao Nascent Soul emerged.
Fang Xi took a deep breath and once again performed the 'Assimilation Art'. . .
...
Inside the artifact refining room.
A complex and exquisite formation stood silently, embedded with a large number of superior-grade spirit stones.
Even at its core, there were several supreme-grade spirit stones, radiating astonishing spiritual light.
In the six corners of the room, different types of demonic fire burned.
Bone-Melting Blood Flame, Profound Corpse Fire, Myriad Poison Demonic Flame, Three Yang Demonic Fire, Red Lotus Demonic Flame. . . and finally, Yellow Springs Ghost Fire.
The six great demonic fires burned quietly, each of various colors, steadily raising the room's temperature and emitting a soul-stirring aura.
A flash of azure light.
Clad in an azure robe, Fang Xi, holding his Outer Dao Nascent Soul in his hand, appeared outside the formation, making a final check of the array.
"Although the secret art given by Red Refining demon is generally not bad, if I were to follow the original version, the chances of failure would be very high. . . It might even lead to the demonic fire running wild, reducing the Outer Dao Nascent Soul to ashes."
"Now, this secret art of Demonic Fire Refinement of the Nascent Soul has been improved by the Kyushu World, so it can be said to have a very high success rate. . . and it guarantees that even if it fails, you will have a chance to escape. Remember to seize it."
Fang Xi gave a word of instruction, then had the Outer Dao Nascent Soul go to the middle of the formation and sit cross-legged.
The Outer Dao Nascent Soul's small face was serious as it formed hand seals. Behind it, the Yama Heavenly Son Dharma Idol appeared. This Dharma Idol, originally several feet tall, continuously shrunk, and amidst the sounds of incantations, it completely merged into the Nascent Soul's body.
At this moment, the Outer Dao Nascent Soul's essence, qi, and spirit had all reached their peak.
Seeing this, Fang Xi flicked his finger.
A pill as white as jade flew out, and in mid-air, it was enveloped by a streak of innate Nascent Soul fire spat out by the Outer Dao Nascent Soul. It was then swallowed and slowly refined.
This was the 'Ice Profound Pill', a spiritual pill refined primarily from various cold-attribute spiritual herbs, specifically designed to protect the origin of the Nascent Soul infant and allow it to withstand the erosion of demonic fire.
It was not originally present in the secret art given by Red Refining Demon Zun.
As the Outer Dao Nascent Soul refined the Ice Profound Pill, cold qi condensed around its body, forming a layer of ice crystal armor which it wore.
"The effect is good. Begin!"
Fang Xi took a deep breath, and a stream of azure magic power surged forth, activating the entire formation.
Buzzing!
The formation rumbled, and array patterns lit up, forming a peculiar hexagonal restriction. In each corner, a pillar of light shot into the sky.
Whoosh!
The six demonic fires slowly rose within the pillars of light, hovering in mid-air.
"Quick!"
As Fang Xi formed a hand seal, the Bone-Melting Blood Flame was the first to transform into a scarlet radiance, landing on the Outer Dao Nascent Soul and beginning to burn fiercely.
Sizzle!
The layer of ice armor on the Outer Dao Nascent Soul's body shimmered. Its small face serious, it formed hand seals, then suddenly opened its small mouth, actively absorbing a wisp of demonic fire and swallowing it.
In an instant, the Outer Dao Nascent Soul seemed to suffer the punishment of a thousand cuts, its small face contorting.
'This Outer Dao Nascent Soul was formed through a shortcut back then; to reshape its foundation, it truly has to be broken down and rebuilt from scratch. . . '
Fang Xi sighed, his hand seals changing rapidly: "Again!"
The grayish-white Profound Corpse Fire trembled, then fell into the Bone-Melting Blood Flame.
The two-colored demonic fire burned, even causing the ice armor to continuously melt.
The Outer Dao Nascent Soul protected its body with cold qi, barely enduring the Bone-Melting Blood Flame, then opened its small mouth again to absorb the Profound Corpse Fire.
Following that came the Myriad Poison Demonic Flame, the Three Yang Demonic Fire, the Red Lotus Demonic Flame. . .
By the time the final Yellow Springs Ghost Fire joined, the Outer Dao Nascent Soul was already enveloped by a terrifying mixed demonic flame, multicolored and dazzling.
Sizzzz!
The combination of six demonic fires represented an even more terrifying power.
The ice armor on the Outer Dao Nascent Soul's body had completely vaporized, revealing its dark greenish-black body, which continuously showed burn injuries.
"Quick!"
Fang Xi's hands continuously changed various hand seals, blessing the formation.
If the Nascent Soul were to be refined solely by demonic fire, it would turn to ashes in less than an instant.
Therefore, he first used the 'Ice Profound Pill' to protect a trace of the Nascent Soul's origin, and then used the formation to suppress the power of the various demonic fires.
Otherwise, if any single demonic fire were allowed to unleash its full power, the Outer Dao Nascent Soul would have long been gone. . .
"Ah!"
Suddenly, the Outer Dao Nascent Soul clutched its head and began to scream miserably.
The multicolored mixed demonic fire even rapidly refined its origin, making the Outer Dao Nascent Soul appear even thinner, with some areas even beginning to crumble. . .
"Go!"
Seeing that the secret art had reached a crucial moment, Fang Xi immediately activated the formation's full power.
Amidst the roaring of the formation, superior-grade spirit stones instantly exploded, turning into powder, and even the supreme-grade spirit stones instantly dimmed, clearly having massive amounts of spiritual energy absorbed from them!
A pillar of light descended, enveloping the Outer Dao Nascent Soul, allowing it to maintain a moment of clarity.
"Yama Heavenly Son, Six Paths of Reincarnation!"
The Outer Dao Nascent Soul, with one finger pointing to the sky and one to the earth, let out a furious roar: "Hmph!"
The mixed demonic flame enveloping it trembled, instantly transforming into six fire dragons of various colors. The Outer Dao Nascent Soul opened its mouth and sucked them in, one by one, into its belly.
"Ah!"
Having swallowed various extremely violent demonic fires into its belly, the Outer Dao Nascent Soul could no longer maintain its composure and collapsed to the ground, screaming miserably again.
The misery of its screams made even Fang Xi wince and turn his head away.
However, under his concentrated Divine Consciousness, he also saw favorable changes occurring.
Patches of burnt skin on the Outer Dao Nascent Soul's body turned to ash and rapidly peeled off. . . then a layer of brand-new form grew.
Destruction and rebirth were constantly in a tug-of-war.
Under these circumstances, the only thing that could be relied upon was the Outer Dao Nascent Soul's mental fortitude.
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