Chapter 912: Past Body
Chapter 912: The Past Self
The Temporal Pool.
The pool water had long since evaporated, and the countless corpses of temporal demon beasts had all turned into white bones, as if scoured by the passage of endless ages.
At the bottom of the pool, that figure gradually solidified, turning half its body slightly.
This was a tall, imposing man wearing a purple robe, with branching dragon horns growing from his head.
Outside the Temporal Pool.
Chirp!
Accompanied by a shrill bird cry, a massive yellow bird, with only four heads remaining, flapped its wings, descending like a hurricane passing through.
"Quick, now's the time!"
"By decree!"
Wei Tong Ya's complexion was pale. His hands formed a seal, and streams of magic power continuously poured into the 'Zhao Yao Fan'.
With a gentle shake of the banner, dozens of hazy, gray mists appeared, like chains, binding the four-headed yellow bird.
The yellow bird struggled ceaselessly, flapping its wings, as terrifying law power overflowed.
Finally, with a mournful cry, it was sucked into the Zhao Yao Fan under the combined force of the two True Spirits.
On the Zhao Yao Fan, countless demon entities formed from bloodstains seemed to come alive, furiously attacking the yellow bird.
Poof!
The four-headed yellow bird let out a tragic wail, ultimately crushed by countless demon runes, and abruptly exploded, transforming into a large mass of essence blood.
"It's done!"
Seeing this, Wei Tong Ya's face lit up with joy, and he continued chanting incantations.
The Zhao Yao Fan trembled, spitting out a large mass of essence blood imbued with yellow light, which merged into the body of a yellow-robed figure sitting cross-legged nearby.
Pale yellow smoke continuously seeped from the seven orifices of this yellow-robed figure, whose aura appeared weak, only at the Integration stage.
But after devouring this large mass of essence blood, its aura surged dramatically, stabilizing firmly at the Mahayana level.
"This 'Heavenly Demon Gestation Art' is truly mysterious, capable of allowing me to manipulate most of my essence blood to leave my body and form an avatar puppet with eighty percent of my peak combat strength. . . If not for some hidden dangers, it would truly be a supreme avatar life-saving technique."
The yellow-robed figure opened its eyes, and one head after another grew from its shoulders, each uttering different words that combined to form this sentence.
It turned out that the yellow-robed figure here was the true body of the Nine-Headed Yellow Bird.
It had shockingly used some Heavenly Demon divine ability to create a Mahayana-level puppet to preside over the Myriad Demon Grand Array and test Fang Xi's divine abilities!
"How strong is Qing Hezi?"
The Wolf Ancestor and Serpent Ancestor asked, their heads bowed low.
"He is even stronger than the rumors say. " The yellow-robed figure answered solemnly, "The Di Family's three brothers are likely in grave danger. . ."
"What a pity. . ."
The White-Haired Wolf Ancestor let out a strange laugh, his tone betraying no real sadness.
In fact, the Di Family's three brothers had set out together due to their persuasion and coercion.
In these tumultuous times for the demon race, they absolutely would not allow the three Mahayana cultivators of the Jiuchi race to hold back their strength!
"Now the alien race and our race are dependent on each other, like lips and teeth. . . That human Mahayana arrived very quickly; someone must go to resist him to successfully delay until the Ancestral Dragon turns around."
The Serpent Ancestor flicked its tongue, "If our race surrenders, that human Mahayana can directly kill their way to their ancestral lands. . . A Mahayana traversing the barren wilderness is only slightly troublesome."
Although they had formed an alliance, the demon race still put the Jiuchi race in a difficult position when it was opportune.
After all, the demon race had its own pride.
The struggle between the human, demon, and devil races was one thing.
How dared a mere Jiuchi race try to reap the benefits of their conflict? That possibility had to be cut off!
Just then, a long, drawn-out dragon roar suddenly emanated from the Temporal Pool.
The purple-robed figure had completely turned around, revealing a squarish face.
On his purple robe, a dark, profound dragon pattern shimmered faintly; every part of its divine grace, every scale, seemed to be the finest elucidation of Dragon Script.
"Through countless eons, what year is this eve?"
The Ancestral Dragon spoke, his gaze sweeping over the three demon race True Spirits.
"Greetings, Ancestral Dragon Senior!"
The Serpent Ancestor and Wolf Ancestor immediately transformed into a black-robed woman and a white-robed old man, respectfully bowing with the yellow-robed figure and Wei Tong Ya: "It is now the 267th year of the Jia Mao cycle of the New Demon Calendar. . ."
"So many years have passed already? This old man is not the true body, merely a 'past self' shaped by the remains and the laws of time when the true body ascended. . ."
The Ancestral Dragon said faintly, "This old man's time can only be maintained for a few short days. When this fragment of time is exhausted, this old man will also disappear. . . Who is the great enemy of the demon race now? Are you all prepared?"
"Preparations are complete. The great enemy our race faces now is the human race's 'Qing Hezi'. This person has already tracked us down through our spies to this vicinity. . ."
The yellow-robed figure hastily reported, then conjured an image of Qing Hezi.
"Our race's great enemy, is it ultimately still from the human race?"
The Ancestral Dragon's past self gazed at the youthful figure in green robes, falling into silence for a moment: "This old man never imagined that our race's situation has declined to such a degree. . ."
On his body, the sense of ancient vicissitude became even more pronounced.
The Wolf Ancestor and Serpent Ancestor, however, trembled, feeling that as time flowed, the strength of this Ancestral Dragon's past self was also rapidly increasing.
"When Ancestral Dragon ascended back then, he was a Nine-Tribulation Mahayana. . . His past self is the same, and with the sharp laws of time, he might even be comparable to a True Immortal!"
"With such a profound trump card revealed, our race is sure to win this time!"
...
"Ah!"
The world was filled with an emerald hue, revealing a phantom image of the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm. Along with a scream, a Nascent Soul indistinguishable from an ordinary human was forced out of the void.
"Go!"
Fang Xi let out a soft cry. His Shinto Avatar and main body attacked simultaneously.
The 'Disaster and Calamity Dispelling Karmic Luck Mystic Light' stripped away most of Di Zun's karmic luck, and then his main body acted, suppressing with the power of his Spirit Domain.
Di Zun's Nascent Soul was enveloped in a layer of emerald-green radiance, like a small insect solidified in amber.
A look of shock and fury flashed across his face, and he suddenly spat out a profound light from his mouth and nose.
Within the profound light was a talisman with a missing corner.
Crack!
Under this talisman, countless emerald-like lights actually shattered.
But at the same time, more threads of law appeared in the void, piercing through Di Zun's Nascent Soul.
Di Zun's Nascent Soul instantly found itself unable to even self-detonate, wrapped in a large amount of Grand Unity Azure Wood Divine Light, and drawn into the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm.
Once inside his own spiritual realm, Fang Xi could mobilize the world's power within the realm to suppress it. A mere Mahayana Nascent Soul would absolutely not be able to escape.
"What a pity. . ."
He transformed into a stream of light, returning to his original position, where he saw the bodies of Di Zun and Di Shi.
Although these two Mahayana cultivators had fled in different directions, Fang Xi chased them down one by one, ultimately annihilating them completely.
Among them, Di Shi's desperate struggle before death actually made Fang Xi somewhat constrained, and he successfully self-detonated his Nascent Soul.
Di Zun, however, had ill luck. Both his body and Nascent Soul were sealed. Next, Fang Xi would inevitably use him for practice, attempting to create a Myriad Calamity Puppet.
"My lord. . ."
Qing Xu Tong Zi and the other two Mahayana cultivators respectfully saluted when they saw Fang Xi return.
Fang Xi's power was already beyond words, leaving them with no desire to resist in the slightest.
"Di Zun's Nascent Soul has been captured by me. . . Now, the Jiuchi race probably has no Mahayana cultivators left."
Fang Xi said indifferently.
"Good! Those who offend our human race, though far away, shall be slain!"
Che Xuan Yuan was overjoyed: "Next, it's the demon race? In this old man's opinion, the previous places we visited did not encounter this level of resistance, which shows that we have indeed hit a vital point this time, our direction is accurate, and we should press forward quickly."
"There's something unusual about that yellow bird; it might be too late now."
Fang Xi gazed in the direction of the Temporal Pool, his eyes profound: "A great battle is imminent. . . I intend to rest for a moment first."
...
True Immortal World.
The Shinto Avatar appeared, holding a resplendent, golden palace in its hand.
The Fang Xian Dao Palace remained radiantly resplendent in the True Immortal World.
But the demon cultivators, savage beasts, and even ordinary demon beasts that Fang Xi had deliberately placed inside it. . . all shrieked and turned into dust!
"Indeed. . . The Fang Xian Dao Palace is an Immortal Abode Rare Treasure, or rather, a spatial-attribute immortal artifact. Its original storage function hasn't disappeared. . . But living beings brought from the Earthly Immortal World cannot survive; even an immortal artifact couldn't protect them."
Fang Xi could sense that all those demon beasts had been utterly obliterated under the laws of the True Immortal World!
How terrifying were the laws of heaven and earth in the True Immortal World?
Even a True Immortal, facing this world, would probably be like an ant.
Trying to sneak in would be extremely difficult.
"Only my main body and I, protected by the supreme treasure, can remain unharmed?"
"The laws of the True Immortal World are indeed much stricter than the Earthly Immortal World. . . At least, bringing people secretly into the Earthly Immortal World poses no major problem. . ."
Fang Xi pondered silently.
However, since the True Immortal World's laws only targeted living creatures, and the spiritual plants and Immortal Jade reserves within the Fang Xian Dao Palace were still intact, he had few worries.
At this moment, he transformed into a golden stream of light, his face obscured by a golden glow, and arrived at the Black Marsh Market.
War was imminent!
He naturally needed to carry a large amount of Immortal Jade to purchase True Immortal-grade assets!
For this, Fang Xi did not hesitate to slow down the offensive against the demon race, reassigning his Shinto Avatar to handle this matter.
As for his main body?
It would absolutely not make a move until the safety of the True Immortal World was confirmed.
In front of the market's octagonal jade archway.
"Senior, do you require a guide?"
A group of cultivators, seeing the Shinto Avatar openly displaying its Mahayana magic power fluctuations, immediately brightened and offered fawning smiles.
Fang Xi, with his hands behind his back, said coldly: "No need!"
He then walked into the Black Marsh Market, leaving the greeters utterly disappointed.
...
Old Ge's Shop.
"A Heavenly Punishing Nine Halberd Talisman, you say? Ten thousand Immortal Jade. That's a good deal."
Fang Xi raised a hand, and a pile of Immortal Jade appeared, making the talisman shop owner's eyes gleam: "Honored guest is truly generous! Please, come inside for tea. . ."
He could tell that Fang Xi wasn't activating an 'Item-Storing Talisman', but possessed a genuine storage treasure, which was exceptionally rare even in the North Star Immortal Domain.
"Mm."
Fang Xi entered the back of the shop, and the owner served spiritual tea.
He took a small sip and asked, "Do you have any other True Talismans of Immortal Abodes?"
"Of course!"
The talisman shop owner smiled: "Our shop also has the 'Nine Palaces Heaven-Concealing Talisman', which offers unparalleled defense. Besides that, we also have the 'Summoning Armor Talisman', which combines talismans with the Path of Puppetry, capable of summoning an extraordinarily powerful Golden-Armored Divine General for half an hour. . ."
Fang Xi was speechless inwardly; this shop owner certainly hadn't mentioned all this before. . .
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