Chapter 780: Prestige (Bonus Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)
Chapter 780: Prestige (Bonus Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)
A few days later.
Fang Xi, using the Black Market Master's attack on him as a pretext, declared full-scale war on the 'Black Heaven Pavilion'!
Myriad races populated Trapped Sky Island, and the Black Heaven Pavilion was merely formed by a group of seventh-rank alien cultivators, led by the Black Market Master. It was considered one of the stronger alien factions, but it was far from representing all alien cultivators.
After all, to be fair, if the alien races on Trapped Sky Island united their efforts, it would be possible for them to uproot all human, demon, and yao cultivators.
However, this was simply impossible, as there were significant enmities among the alien races themselves. For instance, the Water Clan and Fire Clan were born archenemies, their hatred ran deeper than that between humans, demons, and yao, and they were destined to clash like fire and water upon meeting.
Thus, Fang Xi's declaration of war on the 'Black Heaven Pavilion' at most angered only a portion of the alien cultivators, not all of them.
With the 'Black Market Master' already dead by his hand, everything that followed proceeded smoothly.
Fang Xi merely made a trip to the black market and smoothly took over most of the Black Market Master's inheritance.
Now that the strongest Black Market Master was dead, the remaining members naturally scattered.
Only a few loyal alien cultivators still wished to avenge the Black Market Master, and Fang Xi naturally sent them to meet the Black Market Master with ease; among them were two mid-stage Void Amalgamation cultivators!
These two major alien cultivators belonged to the 'Heart Clan'. This clan invariably gave birth to twins, whether brothers or sisters, and they possessed the innate talent of 'Hearts United as One' from birth. When two mid-stage Void Amalgamation Heart Clan members joined forces and combined with their secret arts, they were capable of matching a late-stage Void Amalgamation Grand Cultivator!
The remnants of the Black Heaven Pavilion struggled in their death throes. Under the leadership of these two Heart Clan cultivators, they somehow managed to persuade several other seventh-rank entities, gathering a total of seven top-tier seventh-rank experts. On Fang Xi's way back to Blacksen Sea, they set up the 'Seven Absolutes Heaven Extinguishing Array', intending to severely blunt the prestige of the human race.
The outcome was self-evident!
The moment they met, Fang Xi, having detected the array trap, unceremoniously unleashed his trump card, the Supreme Pole Star Life-Ending Divine Light, sending the pair of 'Heart Clan' Void Amalgamation cultivators on their way.
Pitiably, these two great experts perished in frustration before even unleashing their most potent combined attack; they died a suffocating death.
Among the remaining alien experts, there were quite a few with long lifespans, such as the Stone Clan Old Ancestor, who probably acted due to old grudges!
Fang Xi showed no politeness either. With the Fifth Generation Qing He Sword, Erwu Soul-Slaying Gourd, and Blood Fiend Banner all unleashed, he first beheaded the Stone Clan Old Ancestor. After the battle, apart from one seventh-rank alien cultivator who used an odd innate escape art and barely managed to escape with its life, all other Void Amalgamation aliens were annihilated by him!
After this battle, the name of Wang Family Ancestor resonated throughout Trapped Sky Island, and he was hailed as the 'Foremost Cultivator of Trapped Sky Island'.
Outsiders even rumored that he was a banished immortal descended to the world, possessing the might of a Mahayana cultivator!
Influenced by this, human cultivators were incredibly invigorated, and the name of the Kyushu School also resounded throughout Trapped Sky Island.
The demon and yao races, on the other hand, felt uneasy, fearing that the Wang Family Ancestor would remember the racial animosity and easily annihilate them. . .
Fortunately, the Wang Family Ancestor seemed content with the gains from the Black Heaven Pavilion. After that great battle, he returned to Blacksen Sea for secluded cultivation and did not instigate a cruel war of races, allowing many high-level cultivators to breathe a sigh of relief.
If the Wang Family Ancestor had pressed them relentlessly, they were not without means to perish together!
...
"Grandm. . . Grandma. . ."
Inside the cultivation cave, the little fox Su San watched, wide-eyed, as her grandmother transformed into a six-tailed white fox, possessing a noble and graceful demeanor, and lay prostrate at Fang Xi's feet.
"Little San. . . Now, both you and I are Master's little pets. You entered his service earlier than me, so you can just call me 'Elder Sister'. . ."
The six-tailed fox demon raised its head and let out a languid sound.
"Whimper. . ."
Su San lowered her head, appearing utterly despondent.
She knew clearly in her heart that she would probably never in her lifetime escape the palm of that human cultivator.
...
On Trapped Sky Island, the Wang Family Ancestor, who had struck fear into the hearts of aliens and whose renown shook the region, was, at this moment, no longer in his cultivation cave.
Penglai Immortal Pavilion.
Rumble!
Lightning flashed, and bolts of thunder crashed down.
From within the dark clouds, a clear phoenix cry suddenly rang out.
Subsequently, a seven-colored flame ignited the sky-filling thunderclouds, like a vast fiery cloud stretching for ten thousand miles.
Ninefold Lightning Passed!
The External Avatar's expression was relaxed. Holding the Five Fires Seven Birds Fan, it had clearly passed the minor heavenly tribulation and advanced to the late-stage Return to Void realm!
Compared to the main body, this cultivation speed was naturally quite ordinary.
However, once the main body ventured into the Demon Race territory one day, even ascending to the Void Amalgamation stage at light speed would not be too difficult.
"Good, good. . . another breakthrough."
Fang Xi watched as his External Avatar successfully passed the tribulation and advanced to the late-stage Return to Void realm, and he couldn't help but feel rather satisfied.
"With this level of strength and divine abilities, plus a few life-preserving items I'll give you, you can go explore new worlds. . ."
An External Avatar, after all, is meant to be used this way!
The External Avatar's expression was cold and aloof, as if long accustomed to this.
Above its head, there was also a massive eight-legged spider-like Gu worm, lurking within its fortune.
This was a 'sixth-rank Fortune Gu', obtained from Shen Suanzi.
After being refined by Fang Xi, it was given to the External Avatar to suppress its own fate and fortune.
As for the previous fifth-rank Gu? It was directly fed to the sixth-rank Gu worm to increase its vitality by a few points.
"The sixth-rank Fortune Gu can turn misfortune into blessing. Your trip to the other world this time will be fraught with danger. . . so it's perfectly suitable. Furthermore, it possesses the 'Misfortune Dispelling Fortune Mystic Light', which perfectly matches the Netherworld Banner. . ."
Fang Xi planned to have his External Avatar wield the Netherworld Banner.
With such a combination, doubling both fortune and destructive power, and after reaching late-stage Return to Void, it could also cultivate several secret arts from the 'Myriad Manifestations True Demon Arts'. Even if it encountered a Void Amalgamation cultivator, even if it couldn't win, it would still have some confidence in escaping.
The reason for this was that the star world was quite different.
Among the Three Thousand Lower Realms beneath the Earthly Immortal World, strictly speaking, they still had to abide by the realm laws of the Earthly Immortal World; thus, although their developments varied, their spells and divine abilities were generally universal.
However, for the small worlds beneath another Great Thousand World. . . it was hard to say.
Even if the Immortal Dao was in decline, the emergence of other power systems was entirely possible.
"After all, it's my own avatar. . . if it goes to a small world again, it might be suppressed by the realm's power the moment it appears. . . "Fang Xi pondered for a moment, and then threw out half of a gray-black inkstone.
The External Avatar didn't offer thanks, but merely opened its mouth and transformed the inkstone into a demonic light, swallowing it into its Dantian.
With this item protecting it, no matter what situation it encountered, it should at least be able to send out a distress signal and buy some time to be pulled back to the Earthly Immortal World.
"Once this exploration is successful, then I'll go take down the Zizai Tianmo Wang. . ."
Fang Xi looked in the direction of the Demon Race and sighed with emotion.
Recently, he had finally received news that something seemed to have gone wrong with the Zizai Tianmo Wang's advancement to the Mahayana realm. Its power had drastically decreased, and it was almost unable to maintain its position as one of the Demon Race's Six Kings.
Within the Demon Race, such competition would only be more brutal and intense.
'Although the fragment can't run away, that demonic cultivation base, though, can't be wasted. . . '
Fang Xi mused to himself.
Just then, Yunxi and Madam Baolian arrived together.
"Congratulations. . ."
Yunxi Xianzi smiled and offered her congratulations.
Generally speaking, a cultivator's external avatar's cultivation was far inferior to their main body's.
Now, with Fang Xi's main body in early-stage Void Amalgamation and his External Avatar in late-stage Return to Void, to outsiders, this was a perfectly natural state of affairs.
"Thank you."
Fang Xi chuckled: "You two are here, do you have something important to discuss?"
"Indeed, there is an important matter."
Yunxi Xianzi said: "Among our sect's outer elders, one person sought to meet Shui Lingxin, claiming to have a fortunate opportunity to present. . . Baolian and I went to investigate, and discovered it's a secret realm located at the Three Realms Mountain battlefield!"
"A secret realm?"
Fang Xi pondered: "What rank is it, I wonder? And who is this outer elder who presented the secret realm?"
"Its rank should not be low. As for that outer elder, his name is. . . Liang Rulong!"
Yunxi Xianzi said.
"Liang Rulong, you say? Then he should be met."
Fang Xi chuckled softly.
Hearing this, Madam Baolian couldn't help but feel surprised, wondering what that Divine Transformation elder had done to actually catch the eye of a Void Amalgamation cultivator.
...
"Liang Rulong, respectfully greets Grand Elder!"
Liang Rulong was led to the waterside pavilion, his gaze straight ahead, and immediately performed a great bow.
A glint of spiritual light flashed in Fang Xi's eyes, and he couldn't help but smile.
This Liang Rulong had practiced the 'Witchcraft' he researched back then, and his progress was not bad.
Unfortunately, after reaching Divine Transformation, it became quite ordinary.
This divine ability could still be used as a trump card during the Nascent Soul stage, but at the Divine Transformation stage, it was merely a slightly novel divine ability.
If Liang Rulong were to advance to Return to Void, he would probably need to find another powerful method.
This secret art had a limit and could not continuously serve the needs of a Dao Protector.
Ever since Fang Xi advanced to Void Amalgamation, he immediately became a Grand Elder of Penglai Immortal Pavilion. If not for this, Shui Lingxin wouldn't have agreed.
"Rise!"
He commanded faintly, allowing Liang Rulong to rise, without any intention of acknowledging him; he simply said: "You discovered a secret realm in the Three Realms Mountain, why didn't you explore it yourself?"
"Reporting, Grand Elder, that secret realm was within the demon race's sphere of influence at the time, and extremely dangerous. . . Even now, it's close to the battlefield. With this junior's strength alone, it is truly difficult to explore. . . But I can confirm that the senior who left behind the secret realm was of a very high cultivation level, with a high probability of being a Mahayana cultivator."
Liang Rulong respectfully answered.
For Void Amalgamation cultivators, secret realms left behind by Mahayana cultivators were naturally very appealing.
"I see. This time, the intelligence you offered will naturally be investigated by my disciples. If what you say is true, you will be credited with a great merit and added to the list of Return to Void seeds."
Fang Xi immediately saw what Liang Rulong wanted and gave him a reply that stirred his heart.
"Many thanks, Grand Elder. . ."
Liang Rulong had originally expected complications. He had also thought it over repeatedly, confirming that he couldn't gain anything from the secret realm himself, and that the risk was too great, which was why he was forced to sell the information as a stepping stone for advancement.
Unexpectedly, he had gained trust so easily.
What he didn't know was that Fang Xi would only send disciples from the Penglai Immortal Pavilion to explore it.
So-called disciples, or faction's wings. . . were actually meant to be cannon fodder when it mattered most.
If disciples died, more could be recruited; as long as the benefits of that secret realm could be uncovered, it would be worth it.
The second update will be a little late.
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