Chapter 554: Charging Toward Divine Transformation (Requesting Monthly Votes)
Chapter 554: Charging Toward Divine Transformation (Requesting Monthly Votes)
Whoosh!
A biting wind swept through the canyon, carrying fierce gale-force winds and numerous ice shards.
On the ground lay numerous demonic beast corpses.
"This time, shattering the void, I didn't expect to be spotted by two Nascent Soul cultivators. . . Thankfully, they only saw us emerge from the void turbulence, so there's no need to silence them permanently."
Encountering void turbulence and surviving such a catastrophe, though rare, was not unheard of in records!
For instance, that Yama Demon Lord from the Red Sun Realm was also such a Son of Fortune, even more fortunate than Fang Xi.
After all, to safely traverse two worlds as a Core Formation cultivator—that was the mark of a true Son of Fortune!
"What a pity. . . he died many years ago, so there's no Fortune Gu to absorb. . ."
In the Red Sun Realm, Fang Xi still had two unfortunate named disciples.
Their newly promoted cultivation method was slow, far inferior to the bloody and brutal old methods, occasionally leading to setbacks that forced Fang Xi to intervene.
And those cultivators who practiced the old methods and could condense Golden Cores with divine abilities were naturally individuals blessed with no small amount of fortune. With accumulation over time, their numbers were quite significant.
"It's best to leave for now. The overlord of this place, the Ice God Palace, seems to be the strongest force in the Human World. . . and I indirectly exterminated one of their Nascent Soul cultivators."
Back in the Long Evergreen Park mystic realm, that white-browed youth's Nascent Soul cultivator was likely from the Ice God Palace.
But what was done was done, and Fang Xi felt no remorse whatsoever.
With a flick of his sleeve, the ground full of demonic corpses vanished, all moved into the Mountain Sea Pearl to feed the Demonic Tree.
He himself transformed into a streak of azure light, randomly choosing a direction, and with a few flashes, vanished into the horizon. . .
...
Inside the Mountain Sea Pearl's cave abode.
Beneath the Demonic Tree.
Fang Xi sat cross-legged and opened the last storage bag from the Liu family's twin devils.
"Hmm. . . all the same."
He had already opened the storage bags of Zixia Zhenjun and other cultivators, finding nothing noteworthy.
Upon opening this last storage bag, he let out a surprised sound and took out a jade paste box.
Inside the box was, astonishingly, a spiritual tree.
"The Five Dragons Treasure Tree? It can enlighten dragon spawn. . . If the Horned Dragon clan knew about this, I wonder what price they'd be willing to pay to acquire it?"
"However, the enlightenment of dragon spawn has its limits, and it's of little use to me."
Fang Xi transplanted the Five Dragons Treasure Tree into his spirit herb garden. Beside it, Horned Dragon revealed its true form, a small three-foot-long Horned Dragon, circling the Five Dragons Treasure Tree, looking incredibly covetous.
"If this item suffers any damage, I'll peel your skin off!"
He coldly snorted, then went to where the Taisui resided. After a moment of thought, two jade boxes appeared in his hand.
Upon opening them, two inner cores emerged, shimmering with black and red light.
The Taisui immediately trembled, transmitting feelings of intense craving through their Divine Consciousness contract.
"That seaweed demon's inner core is one thing. . . but the Black Taisui's inner core has already reached the late-stage Nascent Soul realm. . . and I wonder if there are any hidden dangers?"
Fang Xi murmured.
He now understood much about the workings of the Boundless Sea Realm's operations.
That black mountain of flesh suppressed at the bottom of the Boundless Sea Realm was definitely a fifth-order Black Taisui!
It should have originally been a demonic beast, but the array spirit sea turtle called it a demonic creature, meaning it had certainly transformed into a Demon race entity in its later stages.
Such a being, combining the strengths of both demonic beasts and demons, was almost undying and unkillable in the Human World. Even ancient divine ability cultivators couldn't slay it, only seal it.
According to Fang Xi's estimation, besides its undying and unkillable characteristic, it should also possess innate divine abilities like 'manifest myriad avatars', capable of freely splitting off spores to grow into entirely new Black Taisuis!
Of course, this kind of growth had to start from the lowest rank, and might not even succeed, but it was still incredibly terrifying.
The mechanism of the Boundless Sea Realm's operations was to continuously extract Black Taisui spores on the first layer, transforming them into Black Taisui sub-bodies, which cultivators would then kill to claim rewards, thereby continuously weakening the Black Taisui.
But somehow, over time, no one understood the deeper meaning, and even the array spirit became demonized, almost allowing it to escape.
With its innate divine ability to manifest myriad avatars, it might indeed be possible for it to demonize an entire realm.
"Fine, I'll give you this seaweed inner core first. Let's see if you can live up to expectations. . ."
Fang Xi put away the Black Taisui inner core and tossed out the crimson inner core.
The inner core landed on the Taisui's surface, immediately enveloped by countless snowy white flesh, quickly vanishing from sight. . .
Witnessing this, Fang Xi couldn't help but recall a piece of black spiritual mushroom sealed in his hand.
This item was formed when the Black Taisui demonized the array spirit sea turtle, and its rank was subtly higher than a fourth-order superior-grade Black Taisui inner core.
Fang Xi currently didn't dare to begin researching it.
He pondered for a moment, then a silver light shimmered before him, and his External Avatar stepped out.
"You did well this time; that sword strike was truly clean and decisive!"
After a word of praise, Fang Xi assimilated the External Avatar as usual, then had it take the box sealing the 'black spiritual mushroom fragment' and return to the Kyushu World.
...
Kyushu World.
Fangxian University, Femtometer Research Institute.
"Haha. . . Well, well, if it isn't the Law Enforcement Hall Master, finding time today to inspect my institute's work?"
Huo Yunzi, clad in a white lab coat, said with a laugh to Fang Xi.
In his heart, he found this rapidly rising Law Enforcement Hall Master quite peculiar.It seemed just a century ago, the other party was merely an ordinary university graduate student, and he himself had even considered being his doctoral supervisor.
Who would have thought that in just a few decades, this person would actually condense a Nascent Soul and be appointed Law Enforcement Hall Master by the Fang Xian Dao Master!
Now, the ascended Fang Xian Dao Master's reputation in the Kyushu World had reached its peak due to ending the moon demon disaster.
Even though his appointment of the Law Enforcement Hall Master was quite sudden, most people had accepted it.
"I'm not here to inspect work today. . ."
Fang Xi smiled. Although he claimed to possess supervisory authority, he rarely exercised it, maintaining a very low profile.
"Today, I came to Professor Huo Yunzi to analyze an item. This is a nanometer-level organism I occasionally obtained, possibly even femtometer-level. . . it also possesses characteristics like being undying and unkillable, and manifesting myriad avatars. . ."
Fang Xi briefly introduced the Black Taisui.
"Oh?"
Upon hearing this, Huo Yunzi's eyes immediately lit up: "This bears some resemblance to one of my research topics. . . a femtometer-level organism? I must truly witness it today."
"Remember to prepare the highest-grade protective laboratory. . . otherwise, if this contamination leaks, the consequences might be no less severe than the moon demon disaster. . ."
Fang Xi's expression was grave.
"Don't worry, I naturally know the regulations."
Professor Huo Yunzi didn't take it lightly and immediately went to prepare.
Not long after, both of them, clad in protective suits, entered a pure white laboratory.
Bang!
The heavy door slowly closed, followed by several outer doors. Talismans flickered, initiating seals and various sterilization procedures.
"Begin!"
Fang Xi nodded and took out the jade box.
The jade box, held by a mechanical arm, was sent into another observation room.
Separated by a thick layer of glass, the two each operated an experimental robot to manipulate the jade box.
Fang Xi tore off the talisman, directly opening the jade box, and the Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light finally dissipated.
Inside the jade box, a black spiritual mushroom-like fragment was emitting an eerie glow.
Suddenly!
The black spiritual mushroom fragment collapsed like a sand dune, transforming into countless tiny black particles that rapidly spread outwards.
A spark shot out from one experimental robot, and it actually stopped moving.
Immediately after, black spiritual mushrooms, fungi. . . continuously grew from its interior.
The next moment, another robot also fell to the ground, its surface sprouting countless fungi. . .
"This rate of reproduction?"
Huo Yunzi sighed with emotion, gazing at the laboratory which was gradually decaying, filled with numerous fungal plants, as if it had become a primeval forest. His eyes lit up: "What excellent material. . . Old Yan must not know about this, or he'll definitely want a share!"
"Professor Yan is a big shot in biology. I think it would be good for him to join this research, of course, the first authorship of the paper will still be yours."
Fang Xi paid no heed to such matters; he only wanted results.
"This. . . very well. . ."
Recalling Zhang Huohua's identity as 'Law Enforcement Hall Master', Huo Yunzi could only reluctantly agree.
After all, the materials were provided by the other party.
A moment later, the preliminary analysis results were out.
"A completely new life form. Those countless spores actually possess a mother consciousness. . . similar to the collective consciousness of an ant colony or a beehive. . ."
"Its vitality is extremely strong, perhaps it can be used for alchemy. . ."
Fang Xi read the inspection report, his brows furrowed: "But if this consciousness cannot be resolved, I'm afraid there will be major problems. . ."
Huo Yunzi looked at the various data, also frowning: "It seems we still need personal guidance from the Heavenly Works Pavilion Head. He is a grandmaster in the field of consciousness studies. . ."
Fang Xi immediately nodded.
Gui Axe Zhenjun's 'latent dragon's might' was still fresh in his memory; the other party's research into the field of consciousness had undoubtedly reached a profound level.
Just as the two were conversing, Fang Xi suddenly sensed something, transforming into a streak of escape light, he flew out of the Femtometer Research Institute and arrived high above the city.
Although there was a flight restriction order, for someone of his current status, it was simply nothing at all.
Fang Xi gazed in a certain direction outside the city and murmured, "Divine Transformation? ! It seems after acquiring many spiritual items from the Western Desert and East Sea, someone has finally cultivated to the peak Nascent Soul realm and is about to take that step?"
Just then, a communication connected. It was Gui Axe Zhenjun.
The screen suddenly split, showing another location which was a desolate wilderness. Five-colored spiritual energy gathered in the sky, forming streaks of aurora—it was indeed the Divine Transformation heavenly phenomenon!
"White Brow has, in the end, walked ahead of us. . ."
Gui Axe Zhenjun said indifferently.
"White Brow Zhenjun?"
Fang Xi nodded, zooming in on the screen.
The first step of Divine Transformation was, naturally, to draw forth the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth, transforming it into a five-colored aurora heavenly phenomenon!
This step appeared to be proceeding quite smoothly, while Tumo Venerable was controlling the 'Twelve Heavenly Stems Grand Divine Evil Array' to protect White Brow Zhenjun.
With this Sky Palace Master sealing off outer space, even if the two Demon Venerables wished to interfere, they would be powerless.
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