Chapter 845: Yuanjun
Chapter 845: Yuanjun
The paths of the Heavenly Immortal and the Ghost Immortal, it seems, make further advancement difficult after ascending to the True Immortal realm.
However, for many cultivators, to be able to ascend and become an Immortal, to live forever without the worries of lifespan, is likely their lifelong pursuit.
Even if advancement is difficult, it doesn't seem to matter much.
Comparatively, while Heavenly Immortals possess greater cultivation speed and magical power than Ghost Immortals, the calamities of Dao Assimilation and Self-Loss are also exceedingly perilous.
In contrast, apart from slightly weaker magical power and the inability to stray too far from Yin Vein regions, Ghost Cultivators have few other drawbacks.
"In these past years, this concubine has wandered the mortal world and pondered much. . ."
Yunxi Xianzi, however, gracefully bowed: "I am willing to dedicate this body to the Divine Dao, unwavering in my resolve!"
"Very good, then."
Immediately, a golden light flashed, and he summoned the Shinto Avatar of 'Dong Hua Tai Miao Xuan Zhen Wu Liang Chang Qing Da Di', solemnly asking: "Can you uphold this oath you have made?"
Yunxi Xianzi's beautiful eyes were filled with shock.
Upon seeing this Shinto Emperor, she felt as if she were facing the Heavenly Dao itself!
Every word and action at this moment was equivalent to an oath witnessed by heaven and earth; even she dared not defy it. She immediately straightened her robes, bowed, and said with a solemn expression: "I can uphold it!"
"Good. Since that is the case, I hereby enfeoff you as 'Zhaoling Shengyou Sishi Xuanying Yunxi Furen'!"
Fang Xi's Shinto Avatar raised a hand, and a divine edict immediately flew out, transforming into a five-colored stream of light that entered Yunxi Xianzi's forehead.
Yunxi Xianzi's ghost body instantly underwent Yang-transformation, enveloped by the five-colored radiance.
After the light dispersed, a dignified and noble female deity appeared in her place.
Her skin was fair with a hint of rosy blush, and she wore a blue silk pheasant robe with embroidered collar and crimson sleeves, adorned with a pair of white jade pendants. Her head was filled with vermilion hairpins and jade ornaments, radiating extreme opulence and breathtaking beauty.
"Furen" is a respectful title for women within the Divine Dao, the highest of which can be comparable to the rank of "Tiangong".
The rank Fang Xi bestowed, naturally, was that of the highest tier "Tiangong".
Thus, Yunxi Xianzi could be said to have ascended to heaven in a single step, immediately breaking through the early-stage Soul Transformation, mid-stage Soul Transformation, and late-stage Soul Transformation barriers to reach the perfected Soul Transformation realm!
The ring of incense offerings and votive power around her was continuously refined into divine power, making her magical power virtually inexhaustible.
Heaven and earth responded, yet no tribulation descended.
The Divine Dao is the path of upholding heaven's will and observing heaven's conduct. . . it does not go against heaven, so naturally there are no heavenly lightning tribulations.
Of course, while there are no heavenly tribulations, there are human tribulations!
The calamities of Dao Assimilation and Self-Loss constantly affected her, and with the responsibilities of her divine office, she still could not compare to the carefree Immortals.
"Greetings, Emperor!"
Yunxi Xianzi performed a graceful bow, seemingly comprehending many things from her divine office.
"After you return, enter seclusion to convert your divine power, and then continue to protect the people of this land. Your promotion to 'Yuanjun' should occur within a hundred years! " Fang Xi seemed to instruct, yet also made a promise.
Yuanjun is the title of a Celestial Monarch for women, comparable to the Void Amalgamation realm!
Upon hearing this, Yunxi Xianzi felt incredibly agitated in her heart.
After all, with her aptitude, if she hadn't weakened the heavenly tribulation with secret ghost cultivation arts back then, she might not have even been able to advance to the Soul Transformation stage.
As for Void Amalgamation?
That was simply beyond hope.
Yet, after cultivating the Divine Dao instead, it became achievable in the flick of a finger.
The difference was truly as vast as heaven and earth!
This is the good thing about the Divine Dao: as long as there's someone above, promotions are incredibly swift!
Given the vastness of the Earthly Immortal World and the large human population, if Yunxi Xianzi's destiny aligns in the future, she might even have a chance at the Mahayana realm!
Within the Divine Dao, above the "Yuanjun" rank for female deities, there are "Tianfei" and "Tianhou". . .
However, Fang Xi did not intend to promote the Divine Dao in the Earthly Immortal World.
After all, his own foundation still lay in the Immortal Dao.
What's more. . . if the Divine Dao were to flourish greatly, and innate deities were born in response to heaven and earth's senses, he, this "quasi-Heavenly Emperor," would inevitably fall into the same predicament as that other Heavenly Emperor.
His promise to grant Yunxi Xianzi the "Yuanjun" enfeoffment was merely to ensure that the Penglai Immortal Pavilion possessed Void Amalgamation combat power besides himself, lest he return from his travels only to find the Penglai Immortal Pavilion had been annihilated. . .
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Yunxi Xianzi's conversion to the Divine Dao and her instantaneous ascent immediately caused a great uproar within the Penglai Immortal Pavilion.
For cultivators, whether one walked the Ghost Dao or the Divine Dao, as long as it could lead to breaking through realms and extending lifespan, it was worth attempting.
Even Liu Xu, who was initially hesitant, felt a tinge of doubt, and Madam Baolian was practically clinging to Fang Xi.
Alas, not only Yunxi Xianzi but Fang Xi himself also chose to enter seclusion.
He chose seclusion, naturally, to assist his External Avatar in absorbing the demonic art essence of the "Zizai Tianmo Wang" and breaking through to the Void Amalgamation realm!
Of course, before that, the Zizai Tianmo Wang's memories were also a vast treasure trove.
Within the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm.
Beneath the dragon-patterned wall.
A snow-white jade mountain stood proudly. Upon it were the nine large characters "Lin, Bing, Dou, Zhe, Jie, Zhen, Lie, Qian, Xing" (Come forth, soldiers, array yourselves, and advance! ), and around it coiled chains formed from converging rings of Myriad Wood Mother Qi.
Fang Xi stood before the jade mountain, gazing at the "Zizai Tianmo Wang" seemingly frozen within.
Within his eyes, blue and yellow colors flickered alternately, as inches of light submerged into the jade mountain, seemingly attempting to bore into the Zizai Tianmo Wang's eyes.
A moment later.
He opened his eyes with a hint of helplessness: "No. . . This demon truly lives up to its Void Amalgamation Perfected status; its Sea of Consciousness is incredibly solid, and there are layers upon layers of restrictions and traps. . ."
Even so, it had many countermeasures set up in advance.
If not for Fang Xi's powerful Divine Consciousness and his awareness of the danger, preventing him from forcefully delving deeper, he might have suffered a minor setback.
However, as Fang Xi gazed at the jade mountain, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
The harder it was to obtain, the more precious the memories.
Moreover, as a fellow cultivator of the "Myriad Manifestations True Demon Arts", he was largely familiar with the Zizai Tianmo Wang's methods.
After a moment of thought, he came up with several countermeasures.
"Actually, the simplest method would be best. . . First, I'll use my External Avatar to cultivate the demonic art, continuously extracting its demonic dao essence. . ."
"As the External Avatar's cultivation strengthens, the Zizai Tianmo Wang's Divine Consciousness and magical power will naturally weaken. . . In addition to that, I'll combine it with Divine Dao divine abilities. . ."
"Once its magical power falls to the mid-stage or even early-stage Void Amalgamation, breaking through its Sea of Consciousness will naturally be much simpler. . ."
Fang Xi calculated silently, his eyes brightening considerably.
Subsequently, his Shinto Avatar, clad in the imperial ceremonial robes, drifted over. Streams of divine power overflowed, setting up an altar in the void.
At the center of the altar, strikingly, was an eight-legged spider-like Qi Luck Gu!
—Tai Xu Hua Ming Li Tou Qi Xing Fa Tan!
—Disaster Averting and Calamity Dispelling Qi Luck Profound Light!
Fang Xi watched as the five-colored profound light converged, transforming into a colossal, pitch-black plowshare that rolled over the Zizai Tianmo Wang's head, utterly crushing its last shred of Qi Luck, which had been like a flickering candle in the wind. He couldn't help but nod slightly.
"This Zizai Tianmo Wang is truly a Child of Qi Luck of the Demon race. . . Even after being captured and sealed by me within the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm, it still possessed an unbroken thread of vitality. . ."
"However, at this moment, it is powerless to turn back the tide. . . In fact, while refining its cultivation and performing soul-searching, I might inadvertently gain considerable assistance."
He gazed at the Zizai Tianmo Wang, when suddenly, a silver light flashed in his hand.
His External Avatar emerged, staring at the Zizai Tianmo Wang, a faint smile playing on its lips: "With this demon here, even if there's some loss during absorption, I can at least cultivate to the mid-stage Void Amalgamation Perfected, or even break through to the late-stage Void Amalgamation. . ."
"Even if my main body has already reached the mid-stage Void Amalgamation, a sudden surge in cultivation is not ideal."
"It's better to slowly digest it and first break through the major Void Amalgamation realm before anything else. . ."
Fang Xi looked at his External Avatar, feeling very satisfied.
Currently, the expansion speed of his Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm was increasing rapidly, making it highly probable that he would attempt to reach the late-stage Void Amalgamation realm within just two or three hundred years.
The Zizai Tianmo Wang's demonic arts were also incredibly potent; he would have to proceed slowly.
If the plan remained unchanged, his External Avatar should also be able to attempt breaking through to the late-stage Void Amalgamation at that time.
This way, the cultivation levels of his main body, External Avatar, and Shinto Avatar would be quite close, forming a somewhat fragile balance.
"Then my 'Nine Bends Yellow River Three Flowers Immortal Array' truly has hope. . ."
The External Avatar's expression was solemn as it silently circulated its cultivation art.
The Myriad Manifestations True Demon Arts were unleashed at full power, causing a divine demon body to appear behind it.
This was the "Myriad Transformation Divine Demon Body", proficient in all kinds of transformations, capable of mimicking everything in the world, hence "Transforming into Myriad Things"!
At this moment, this "Myriad Transformation Divine Demon Body" stepped into the jade mountain, its entire form igniting with a layer of Six Dao Demonic Flames, like a burning wick, slowly scorching the "Zizai Tianmo Wang" within!
Fang Xi focused his Divine Consciousness to observe. A moment later, however, he shook his head.
Although he had already subdued the "Zizai Tianmo Wang", the opponent's aura was incredibly condensed, and its demonic arts were like a solid block of iron.
Yet, his External Avatar was only at perfected Soul Transformation, and even with its full power, it was like an ant trying to shake a giant tree.
Fortunately, time was entirely on his side. With such accumulation day by day, like the Foolish Old Man moving mountains, he was bound to achieve something.
"The Shinto Avatar must always be present to protect. . . otherwise, there truly would be some trouble."
Fang Xi murmured, truly believing that when facing an existence of the Demon Race's Six Kings level, one could never be too careful.
...
Stars shifted and constellations revolved.
Time flowed leisurely.
In the blink of an eye, over a hundred years had passed.
On this day.
Somewhere in the Earthly Immortal World.
Heavenly lightning struck in succession, transforming into golden and silver two-colored lightning tribulations that descended with a roar.
Its target, strikingly, was a mid-stage Void Amalgamation demonic shadow!
Upon seeing the heavenly tribulation, this demonic shadow showed no fear, but rather a hint of eagerness.
It waved a hand, and streams of demonic banners and demonic blades appeared. . . astonishingly, they were all seventh-rank treasures.
Boundless demonic light soared into the sky, dissolving the lightning tribulations one by one.
After the eighteenth bolt of lightning dissipated, everything returned to normal, as if the storm had passed and the sky had cleared.
"Mid-stage Void Amalgamation achieved."
The External Avatar murmured, its expression utterly calm, then vanished in a flash of silver light.
Several days later, cultivators drawn by the heavenly tribulation cautiously came to investigate the area, but they could not find any trace of the person who had undergone the tribulation. . .
Deep within the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm.
Fang Xi gazed at the "Zizai Tianmo Wang", whose aura had considerably weakened, and his expression suddenly stirred: "Soul-searching. . . it's finally done!"
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