Novels online

Chapter 643: The Celestial Maiden

Chapter 643: The Celestial Maiden

The Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm was extraordinary!

Fang Xi thus chose to arrange a composite grand array, primarily the Heaven-Refining Grand Array, supplemented by the Nine Serene Sand River Grand Array!

Boom!

An endless long river suddenly descended, with countless black sands swirling within, encircling the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm.

Ten thousand miles of sand from the Nine Serene River!

Amidst the swirling black sands, a pitch-black gale capable of refining void appeared!

The boundless gale surged through the fixed entrance of the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm. In an instant, strands of verdant green chains materialized, actually resisting the black wind of the "Heaven-Refining Grand Array," preventing it from advancing even an inch.

"As expected, it's different from the Boundless Sea Realm. . ."

If the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm didn't possess this special quality, then Green Emperor Mountain would not have attained its glorious ancient reputation.

He shook the "Netherworld Banner" in his hand!

Rustle, rustle!

Specks of "Profound Nether Divine Sand" merged into the black wind, combining with each other, causing the power of this array to rise limitlessly, approaching the sixth-tier level!

Whoosh!

Those verdant green chains suddenly crumbled, and the pitch-black curtain of wind swept into the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm, instantly shattering swathes of spirit wood forests.

The verdant Mother Qi of Myriad Woods dispersed, continuously infusing into the array, seemingly tinging every wisp of black wind with a hint of green.

"Haste!"

Fang Xi no longer concealed anything. He unleashed the late-stage Soul Transformation "Withered Glory Chant," striking out with hand seals that transformed into a gigantic wooden wheel in mid-air, half withered and half flourishing, rotating with sudden force!

The Mother Qi of Myriad Woods, as if drawn by some call, swiftly merged into the wooden wheel, causing its verdant half to suddenly turn like jade, while its withered yellow half became even more shriveled, its wood grain as deep as wrinkles.

"Refining the Mother Qi of Myriad Woods. . ."

Upon seeing this scene, Yunxi Xianzi gave a faint smile: "Indeed. . . what the Dragon Fish Island Master cultivates is truly a peerless wood-attribute cultivation method. . ."

Fang Xi inhaled deeply.

The "Mother Qi of All Things" within the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm, transforming from decay to flourishing and then from flourishing to decay, underwent numerous changes, removing many of its impurities, continuously converting into azure-green pills that floated in mid-air.

Although these were not true 'primal qi pills' formed from spiritual energy, but rather formed by leveraging the terrain, they still contained some of the profound mysteries of circulating primal qi.

"Gather!"

Next to him, Little Green had already grinningly pulled out a green gourd, performing a hand seal.

The gourd's mouth opened, swallowing all the azure-green pills suspended in mid-air.

Old Ancestor of the Bai Family watched, his eye twitching imperceptibly. Just as he was about to try his hand, he heard a loud bang!

Boom!

A spirit wood forest was destroyed, revealing densely packed brown roots within.

Countless roots shot skyward, revealing an azure-green figure.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

In the void, countless wood spirit energies surged forth, transforming into wooden blades, wooden swords, wooden thorns. . . raining down like projectiles upon the array's restrictions.

"A Million-Year Wood Sprite! ?"

Gazing at the incredibly ancient, verdant figure that seemed like a spiritual plant come to life, Old Ancestor of the Bai Family couldn't help but exclaim.

Within this spiritual realm, a fifth-tier wood spirit had indeed been born!

"Old Ancestor of the Bai Family, according to our wager, you're up first."

Fang Xi smiled faintly, unconcerned, and transmitted his voice.

"Understood!"

Old Ancestor of the Bai Family's eyes sharpened. He transformed into a streak of light and flew out, the numinous treasure ice mirror in his hand emitting chilling air.

The surfaces of the wooden thorns in the void were all covered in a layer of white frost, falling off with a rustling sound.

The Wood Sprite's eyes were dull. Countless wooden blades and swords swarmed in mid-air.

"You beast, how dare you? !"

Old Ancestor of the Bai Family waved a hand. Ice-element divine light converged, forming a gigantic hand carved from ice, which slammed down horizontally!

Boom!

Heaven and Earth trembled violently. The wooden blades and swords instantly disintegrated into endless fragments. Countless wood shards floated, continuously transforming into pure wood spirit energy in mid-air. . .

"Haste!"

Seeing that Old Ancestor of the Bai Family had gradually suppressed the Soul Transformation-level Wood Sprite, Fang Xi immediately shook the array flag.

Amidst the spatial distortion, these two figures were shifted into another dimension.

"Continue!"

His expression was devoid of joy or sorrow as he directly commanded the others.

Red Refining Demon Lord and the other soul Transformation cultivators dared not be slow, their magic power surging forth.

Within the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm, another spirit wood forest shattered, and the ponds within boiled one after another.

A strange figure, completely enveloped in verdant green armor, covered in various runes, with only a pair of blood-red eyes visible through his helmet, flew out from one of the ponds, uttering an ancient voice: "Who dares to desecrate the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm? Heavenly Wood Spirit General is here! Where are the Heavenly Wood Dao Soldiers?"

Whoosh! Whoosh!

In the spirit wood forest, pairs of eyes suddenly opened on the trunks of ancient trees, then mouths grew out, shouting: "Spirit General, we are here!"

Whoosh!

They pulled out their roots, their branches and leaves intertwining to form thick, ferocious arms, and their roots joined to form two massive legs. They suddenly stood up, transforming into tree-man guards, or rather—Heavenly Wood Dao Soldiers!

A large number of Heavenly Wood Dao Soldiers arranged themselves in a specific order, subtly forming a battle array!

Countless verdant spirit lights flew out, bolstering the Heavenly Wood Spirit General, causing the runes on his armor to light up one after another, his aura rapidly strengthening, far surpassing the Million-Year Wood Sprite from before!

He roared, one hand manifesting a green hurricane, the other filled with Grand Unity Divine Thunder. Wind and thunder converged, smashing down heavily onto the black wind!

Pfft!

A huge bang echoed in the void. The endless black wind shattered, and specks of Profound Nether Divine Sand scattered.

"Grand Unity Divine Thunder?"

Fang Xi's eyes swirled, having already seen through all the transformations of the divine thunder spell in the Heavenly Wood Spirit General's hand. It was clearly a minor application technique transformed from the "Grand Unity Green Wood Divine Light. " For him, who had long mastered this divine light, performing it was a trivial matter.

After achieving the Eternal Evergreen Body, its advantages were not only in extending lifespan and weakening bottlenecks, but also in learning wood-element cultivation methods and spells, possessing unparalleled benefits.

"Chirp!"

Although Little Green enjoyed playing, her strength and luck were both quite poor, making her the second to lose.

At this moment, she very consciously rolled on the ground, transforming into a hundred-zhang-long majestic Green Fire Luan, spitting out "Green Luan True Fire" from her mouth!

This fire was entirely verdant green, yet its temperature was astonishingly high.

When Little Green advanced to the Soul Transformation stage, she clearly underwent new transformations.

At this moment, with a phoenix cry, the Green Luan True Fire transformed into a gigantic fireball in mid-air, with countless runes swirling within, like an azure sun.

Whoosh!

The azure sun suddenly dispersed, turning into streaks of azure rockets.

The light from the battle array formed by the Heavenly Wood Dao Soldiers was utterly unable to stop these rockets; they were pierced through one after another, and each tree-man that touched a wisp of Green Luan flame screamed as they turned to ashes.

The hundred-zhang-long Green Fire Luan swept its wings horizontally, targeting the Heavenly Wood Spirit General!

The azure flames seemed capable of incinerating mountains and boiling seas, immediately engulfing a vast area.

The pitch-black Heaven-Refining Gale continued to howl.

Whoosh!

A spirit herb garden was breached. Within the black gale, silver phoenix seal script flickered.

Thousand-year, ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs. . . fell out of the mystic realm entrance like rain, collected by the Kyushu Mechanized City's cultivators and properly sealed away.

For Fang Xi, he trusted the cultivators of the Kyushu world more.

Moreover, in terms of efficiency in utilizing spiritual herbs, the Kyushu world had left the Human World light-years behind.

"Ten-thousand-year Azure Dragon Ginseng? !"

"Good heavens. . . such a large piece of Purple Cloud Ganoderma?"

"Am I seeing things? How could the Human World still have a spiritual herb like 'Three Cold Fire Grass'?"

...

Within the Heaven-Refining Grand Array, cultivators grew red-eyed upon seeing the spiritual herbs continuously falling out of the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm.

"Hmph!"

Fang Xi coldly snorted: "All spoils of war are to be handed over now. After the battle, compensation will naturally be given according to merit. . ."

He continued to activate the Heaven-Refining Grand Array, constantly destroying the outer perimeter of the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm.

Various extremely rare or legendary spiritual herbs and elixirs appeared one by one, all collected by the Mechanized City.

Whoosh!

A section of the earth shattered, and two wood flood dragons flew out.

These two flood dragons were a thousand zhang long, yet they were not flesh and blood, but formed from countless intertwined tree roots and tendrils.

Red Lian and Yunxi Xianzi exchanged glances, then gracefully flew out.

Whoosh!

A Nine Serene River swept forth, instantly teleporting these four Soul Transformation cultivators into the depths of the river.

Fighting within the "Nine Serene Sand River Grand Array" was naturally greatly beneficial to the two female cultivators.

At the very least, the divine abilities and magic power of those two wood flood dragons were suppressed by several tenths!

Whoosh!

The black wind of Heaven-Refining swept the profound sand, kicking up dust and stones, then suddenly crashed against an unusually thick light curtain.

Specks of Profound Nether Divine Sand exploded, causing a crack to appear in the light curtain, revealing densely packed restrictions within.

The inner area of the mystic realm was vaguely visible.

Seeing this scene, Fang Xi's eyelid twitched.

"After refining for so long, I've only barely breached the outer perimeter of the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm. Not to mention how many good things I've obtained. . . four Soul Transformation existences have already emerged. . ."

"Did the array spirit, White Deer, want me to come at the late Nascent Soul or Soul Transformation stage just to send me to my death?"

However, Fang Xi also knew that White Deer had intended for him to inherit or undergo a trial, not to package up the entire Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm. The difficulty was naturally different!

Perhaps even these four Soul Transformation cultivators wouldn't have been disturbed.

But for Fang Xi, this was naturally irrelevant.

He pondered for a moment, then said to Tumo Venerable and Ghost Axe Venerable: "The situation is unclear for now. Let's first deal with these four Soul Transformation cultivators who have appeared. . ."

Before his words faded, a black light flashed by his side. His External Avatar appeared, then eerily vanished again.

The Heavenly Wood Spirit General, who was fighting against the Green Fire Luan, suddenly roared and violently hammered his chest.

From his nostrils, two streaks of gray-white profound light emerged, transforming into two translucent flying daggers.

The flying daggers were fully inscribed with various mysterious runes, appearing more like sacrificial implements than weapons. Their blades faintly cut through space. One flew towards Little Green.

The other flying dagger, intelligent and responsive, seemed to sense some unknown danger and sliced through a certain void.

A Five Prisons Peacock flew out, its form suddenly shifting into a divine demon body wreathed in purple lightning, and it opened its mouth.

Crack!

A bolt of purple-black lightning instantly struck the flying dagger, greatly dimming its spiritual light.

It was precisely the "Myriad Transformations Divine Demon Body" of the External Avatar!

Wah!

Accompanied by the cry of an infant, behind the Heavenly Wood Spirit General, the Divine Infant Sword materialized. Streaks of bloodstains on its blade seemed to writhe, suddenly growing larger as it slashed down!

Hiss! Hiss!

Streaks of red lines crisscrossed in the void, and the crimson Divine Infant Sword Qi suddenly descended.

The armor on the Heavenly Wood Spirit General's body suddenly erupted with a layer of faint light, and runes flickered, but they were cut through by the crimson sword qi.

The Divine Infant Sword landed on the armor, emitting a piercing sound, only managing to penetrate a fraction of an inch with difficulty.

The External Avatar's expression was even colder as it unleashed a stream of Six Paths Demonic Flames.

The terrifying demonic fire displayed various colors, launching a frontal assault, attracting most of the Heavenly Wood Spirit General's attention.

Little Green, as if by telepathy, immediately let out a long cry, also spitting out a stream of Green Luan True Fire. . .

...

Inner layer of the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm.

Upon the gigantic, jade-green mountain, within the palace.

Liu Xu wiped the corners of her eyes; it seemed some glistening tears had just fallen.

"How many years has it been. . . Ever since following Master to the lower realm, this is the first time I've possessed such a body. . ."

She murmured. Although it was still Liu Xu's voice, her demeanor and temperament were vastly different from Liu Xu's usual self.

Suddenly, she frowned again, a strange expression flickering across her face.

Liu Xu recited a spell, and green light flickered around her, suppressing the strange expression: "Little girl, no need to resist. I am merely borrowing your body for a while. . . A mere Nascent Soul body is not something I truly desire. . ."

Liu Xu, who was currently receiving a legacy, had been possessed by an unknown entity!

The "Liu Xu" at this moment walked back and forth within the palace with an inexplicable expression, finally arriving before a verdant green wall.

"Haste!"

She performed a hand seal, and the verdant green wall opened with a rumble, revealing a secret chamber behind it.

There weren't many things inside the secret chamber: only a broken oil lamp, a rusted suit of armor, and a crimson soul tablet that was already cracked.

The oil lamp had long since gone out, and the armor had no spiritual light left.

"Of Master's four spirit attendants, am I the only one left from back then?"

Liu Xu felt wistful for a long time, then was startled awake by an inexplicable fluctuation.

A small verdant mirror appeared in her hand. After infusing it with magic power, she could see light and shadows flickering in the mirror, showing the scene of the Heavenly Wood Spirit General being beheaded by a giant blood-red sword.

"These subordinates I gathered from the lower realm, even at the Soul Transformation level, are still trash!"

Liu Xu coldly snorted: "Master is currently in slumber; no one is allowed to disturb him! And there's a late-stage Soul Transformation cultivator, as well as that puppet city – they're not easy to deal with. . ."

She looked at the many Soul Transformation cultivators outside, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes. Then, she seemed to think of something and a mysterious smile suddenly appeared on her face.

...

Pfft!

Old Ancestor of the Bai Family was expressionless. Three hundred and sixty-five ice crystal flying swords shimmered around him, forming an icy waterfall.

The Million-Year Wood Sprite opposite him was frozen in the void by the ice mirror, like a gigantic ice sculpture.

After countless flying swords stabbed, the ice crystal sculpture instantly dissolved into countless white ashes. . .

Within the Nine Serene Sand River Grand Array.

As a Candle Dragon opened and then closed its single eye, the two Soul Transformation wood flood dragons disappeared without a trace.

The surprise on Yunxi Xianzi's face had not yet faded when she heard Fang Xi's command: "Continue to set up the array!"

Whoosh!

The black wind, mixed with Profound Nether Divine Sand, continuously battered the light curtain.

An unknown amount of time passed, and finally. . .

That light curtain shattered with a roar, revealing a landscape of mountains and rivers behind it, as well as the gigantic, jade-green mountain.

Boom!

At this moment, around the gigantic mountain, enormous trees rose from the ground, forming a massive wooden wall.

On the wooden wall, countless runes flickered erratically.

The black wind struck the wooden wall, only leaving faint traces.

Moreover, a green light flashed on the wooden wall, and the damage quickly vanished without a trace.

"This array. . . it's somewhat similar to the Myriad Transformations Divine Wood Grand Array, but far surpasses it."

Fang Xi made his judgment after just one glance: "Unless we enter the array and break its core. . . otherwise, with the current power of our twin arrays, it might take a long time to breach. . ."

At this moment, a female cultivator stood gracefully upon the wooden wall.

She floated in the air, her waist slender like a willow, her body light as a catkin—it was Liu Xu!

But Fang Xi noticed something was wrong immediately: "Who goes there?"

"This Celestial Maiden, a servant of my Master, greets all fellow Daoists. . . Why do you attack my Master's spiritual realm?"

The Celestial Maiden Liu Xu was remarkably courteous, completely changing her previous demeanor.

"Attacking the spiritual realm? Hmph. . . Naturally, we are acting on orders from the upper realm."

Fang Xi coldly snorted, causing Old Ancestor of the Bai Family to glance sideways.

He knew the Dragon Fish Island Master's background intimately; he hadn't expected his composure to be so profound that he could tell such a blatant lie without batting an eye.

"Impossible. . . Master has clearly gathered most of this world's pure immortal source qi to 'Sever Connection Between Heaven and Earth. ' How could orders from the upper realm still be delivered?"

The Celestial Maiden Liu Xu said in a daze.

"What? !"

Old Ancestor of the Bai Family and Yunxi Xianzi turned pale with shock. So, the reason for the Human World's decay wasn't due to an alien invasion?

Furthermore. . . to sever the connection between a realm and the upper realm, what kind of divine ability must the "Master" she spoke of possess?

After their initial surprise, their gazes grew dangerous.

"So, your Master is the culprit who made cultivation difficult and ascension even harder in our Human World?"

Yunxi Xianzi murmured: "In that case, this Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm must be destroyed!"

"Hmph!"

The Celestial Maiden Liu Xu said no more, simply performing hand seals.

On the wooden wall, eight wooden gates immediately appeared.

"I have set up this 'Eight Gates Divine Wood Grand Array'. . . I welcome you to break it. If you can, what would my insignificant life matter, even if I give it to you?"

The Celestial Maiden Liu Xu chuckled softly. Green mist gathered around her, and her figure was about to completely vanish.

But at this moment, rays of light flashed in Fang Xi's eyes.

Although this Celestial Maiden Liu Xu was an array master, she was not a true sixth-tier array master!

Fang Xi considered her array mastery to be roughly on par with his own.

But now, with the assistance of the "Taiyi Scripture," with many Soul Transformation cultivators as his wings, and with the Kyushu Mechanized City, which had yet to unleash its full power, he could afford to be simple and direct.

"Breaking the array? Taiyi!"

Fang Xi sneered. He had already seen that those eight array gates were all dead ends.

And with Taiyi Scripture's assistance, he had already calculated the true weak point of the array.

Hum! Hum!

Upon the Kyushu Mechanized City, towering star-patterned pagodas soared into the sky one after another, forming a "Great Heavenly Cycle Star Array!"

Fang Xi's late-stage Soul Transformation magic power surged forth. He extended five fingers, and the three hundred and sixty-five star-patterned pagodas roared, suddenly transforming into an "All-Heavens Ten Earths Sun-Moon Five Stars Demon Subduing Divine Light," which descended into his palm and was refined into lightning pellets.

Seeing Fang Xi toying with divine light capable of destroying Soul Transformation cultivators, the Celestial Maiden Liu Xu's expression drastically changed!

This person's divine abilities and magic power seemed to be even greater than she had imagined!

At this moment, the five-colored lightning pellets in Fang Xi's hand flew out.

Boom!

One lightning pellet struck the divine wood wall, immediately blasting a large hole in it.

Then, boundless divine light erupted, scorching the wooden wall and the roots of the plants, forming a charred pathway.

Whoosh!

Fang Xi's escape light was incredibly fast!

He had long realized that this woman was not simple, and only by acting personally could he swiftly find the array's weakness and kill the Celestial Maiden Liu Xu within this grand array.

"This. . ."

The Celestial Maiden Liu Xu watched Fang Xi charge straight into the array, even deliberately moving through its weak points, rapidly approaching her. Her heart couldn't help but fill with dread.

This person was actually an exceedingly profound array master, whose attainments were subtly even above hers!

Chirp!

Demonic qi surged around Fang Xi. A gigantic demonic palm with nine fingers materialized and slammed down fiercely!

Heaven and Earth spiritual energy violently fluctuated. Endless demonic flames appeared in the void, and faint wails of ghosts could be heard. . .

Around the Celestial Maiden Liu Xu, green leaves appeared one by one, forming a whirlwind within which spiritual light flickered, subtly revealing a green flute.

Pop!

The demonic fire scorched the green leaves, and the gigantic demonic palm pressed down, actually shattering the light on the green flute inch by inch.

The Celestial Maiden Liu Xu's face paled. She suddenly performed hand seals, and a faint flame flickered around her as she fled towards the verdant gigantic mountain.

Or rather, into the palace within that gigantic mountain!

After hiding inside the palace, a smile immediately appeared on her face. A token appeared in her hand, and she began to activate the surrounding restrictions.

Whoosh!

Fang Xi secretly communicated with the "All-Heavens Precious Mirror. " Seeing the palace ahead, he directly charged in.

Boom!

The walls of this palace were incredibly thick, subtly imbued with the power to suppress Divine Consciousness.

After Fang Xi entered, he suddenly felt the surroundings undergo an inexplicable change.

"Good. . . very good. You actually dared to pursue me alone."

Ahead, the Celestial Maiden Liu Xu looked at Fang Xi with a smiling face, her eyes filled with coldness, almost treating him as a dead man.

But at this moment, her expression abruptly changed, and her voice became light and ethereal: "Island Master. . . run quickly, it's a trap. . ."

"Damn it!"

Celestial Maiden Liu Xu cursed angrily, then regained her composure: "You dare to pursue me alone, you must possess profound divine abilities and magical power. . . Unfortunately, compared to my master, your power is merely the difference between a firefly and a brilliant moon. . . Even if you know it's a trap, so what? Today, I shall let you witness the might of this 'Azure Emperor Palace', personally refined by my master!"

A restriction token appeared in her hand, and the entire 'Azure Emperor Palace' rumbled.

Upon the walls, within the flowerbeds, inside the courtyards, streaks of emerald green divine light gathered and flickered. . .

This was the 'Taiyi Azure Wood Divine Light' that Fang Xi was extremely familiar with!

"The restrictions of this palace were personally refined by my master, so even Divine Transformation Perfected cultivators, or even Return to Void cultivators, would not fare well. . ."

Celestial Maiden Liu Xu pointed a jade-like finger at Fang Xi, and shouted, "Strike!"

A column of dark green light emerged, instantly enveloping Fang Xi.

Fang Xi had originally intended to immediately use his 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror', but at this moment, his expression turned peculiar, and he made no move.

Buzz!

Within the light column, streaks of Taiyi Azure Wood Divine Light surged towards him as if they had found their kin, eagerly rushing into his body.

Fang Xi couldn't help but let out a comfortable sigh.

Meanwhile, on the opposite side, Celestial Maiden Liu Xu seemed as if she was about to break down: "This is impossible. . ."