Chapter 928: Fall of a Dao Monarch (Celebrating my Ten Steps One Kill Alliance Master)
Chapter 928: Fall of a Dao Monarch (Celebrating my Ten Steps One Kill Alliance Master)
After advancing to the Mahayana stage, his magic power was already perfected, leaving no room for further advancement.
Fang Xi went into seclusion, mainly to study the Taisui, the Da Liang Demons, and other Dao Fruit creations.
As early as back then, he had foresightfully brought out a batch of 'Demons' and other Dao Fruit creations from the Da Liang world and handed them over to the Kyushu world for research.
However, they had never managed to research anything conclusive.
This was all because the Dao Fruit's grade was too high!
It wasn't until Fang Xi was about to touch upon the True Immortal level that he gradually gained some personal understanding.
These understandings still mainly came from the cultivation method aspect.
His Nascent Soul, which was beginning to transform into a Primordial Spirit, had absorbed the essence of the Ancestral Demonic Tree and gradually touched upon the power of the Dao Fruit.
It actually caused the 'Threads of Life and Death Laws' that his main cultivation method focused on to directly leap to the level of a 'Proto-Dao Seed of Illusion'!
According to a batch of ancient texts confiscated from the demon race, True Immortals cultivate the Dao!
The power of laws continuously condensed upwards, finally sublimating into a 'True Grand Dao Seed', which is the Dao Monarch realm!
He wasn't even an Immortal yet, but he had already condensed a Proto-Dao Seed in advance, which naturally brought immense benefits for breaking through to the Dao Monarch realm.
This was also one of the reasons he could remain unperturbed and was part of his confidence to remain unmoved by Celestial Immortal inheritances.
At this moment, his External Avatar came before Fang Xi, sat cross-legged, and a three-foot-tall Nascent Soul appeared.
Fang Xi smiled faintly and activated his assimilation technique.
Following that, he fell into contemplation.
'The plan in the True Immortal World was proceeding smoothly. . . '
'In a few years, I will be able to openly and righteously, as a Mahayana cultivator, head to Blazing Sun Immortal City. . . '
'However, these two avatars both had some issues. '
The External Avatar was trapped by a demonic tribulation, and might even be entangled in a Demon Monarch's karma, which made Fang Xi a bit worried.
Aside from that, the Shinto Avatar also had the trouble of 'Daoization' and 'losing self'.
Fang Xi ordered the Shinto Avatar to stay far from Trapped Sky Island, the main base of the Shinto Path, and go to the Earthly Immortal World, where he did not plan to develop the Shinto Path, to take charge; this also had the implicit meaning of helping the avatar resist corruption.
"These two great avatars still needed to be recalled. . ."
"Now, meditating in seclusion and combining it with many predecessors' notes from the True Immortal World, I found that cultivation after becoming an Immortal emphasizes absolute purity and the manifestation of all from a single primordial qi; having too many avatars is overly troublesome and not a good thing. . ."
"But back then, refining these avatars was difficult, and trying to recall them smoothly without a trace of corruption would be even more difficult. . ."
"If I directly destroy these two great avatars, it would instead damage my origin. . . Hmm, the Shinto Avatar would cause less damage, after all, it is an avatar of an avatar."
"All these matters still need to be resolved by finding a solution in the True Immortal World."
Fang Xi's main body wore a strange expression.
Cultivators from lower realms are limited by their vision and knowledge, and sometimes take detours in their cultivation, which is unavoidable.
Fortunately, in the end, it could all be remedied.
Moreover, he only had one External Avatar, which had no significant impact on breaking through to the Immortal realm.
Within the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm.
Fang Xi strolled to a spiritual root of heaven and earth with gnarled branches, a pensive expression on his face.
Before him was precisely the legacy of Dao Lord Fang Xian, that very Ginseng Fruit Tree!
This spiritual root of heaven and earth had made indispensable contributions to the growth of the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm.
But at this moment, regarding whether to bring it into the True Immortal World, he felt a hint of hesitation.
After a long while, he finally smiled with equanimity: "Since you're willing to gamble, then I'll gamble with you. . ."
Within this spiritual root of heaven and earth, perhaps lay hidden Dao Lord Fang Xian's post-rebirth contingency plan!
With Dao Lord Fang Xian's mastery of divination arts and the amplification of the Fang Xian Dao Palace, he shouldn't have actively sought his own demise just to expose a human Mahayana cultivator.
'Perhaps, like Shen Suanzi, he divined a vague future. . . and thus made choices to seek good fortune and avoid disaster, making the choices most beneficial to himself? '
Fang Xi pondered this in his heart.
If Dao Lord Fang Xian had continued down that path, achieving the Mahayana stage wouldn't have been a big problem.
But whether he could pass the Ninefold Immortal Lightning Tribulation was truly hard to say.
Even if he passed the Ninefold Immortal Lightning Tribulation and ascended to become an Immortal, he would still have to take a trip to the 'Immortal Cleansing Pool'.
Fang Xi wasn't sure if this matter was good or bad, but as a cultivator accustomed to holding his own destiny in his hands, he would certainly be unwilling.
Fang Xi himself would definitely not take a trip to the Immortal Cleansing Pool.
The reason was simple!
The native cultivators of the True Immortal World directly became Immortals after passing the Ninefold Lightning Tribulation, and there was no mention of them having to take a trip to the Immortal Cleansing Pool!
Not to mention, the Earthly Immortal World and the nearby Middle Thousand Worlds ultimately ascended to the North Star Immortal Domain, where there might be a batch of human, demon, and devil Immortals; as a human junior ascending there, it was hard to predict whether it would bring fortune or disaster.
'Could it be, this was also a form of 'lying flat'. . . directly lying flat into the True Immortal World? '
'Dao Lord Fang Xian naturally couldn't have divined that I possessed the All-Heavens Precious Mirror, but perhaps he vaguely divined that such a method was his best choice for a stable ascension to Immortality? '
'Between certain death and a slim chance of survival, he chose the slim chance of survival? '
'Never mind, I'll gamble with you then. '
......
The True Immortal World.
In a desolate wilderness.
This place had already been surveyed by the External Avatar; it was a place where both humans and beasts were extinct.
Deep underground.
Inside a temporary cave dwelling that had been opened.
With a flash of silver light, Fang Xi's figure emerged.
"This is. . . the True Immortal World?"
Even though he had already experienced it once with his External Avatar, the main body, with its Mahayana cultivation, personally sensing it was still different.
"Truly. . . what exhilaration!"
"With my current strength, if I were to unleash my full power in the Earthly Immortal World, it would already subtly exceed the world's limits and be met with a backlash from the world's laws. . . But in the True Immortal World, there's no such worry. "Suddenly, Fang Xi's expression changed!
A flash of emerald green light, and behind him, a void was opened.
Immediately, he arrived within the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm.
*Whoosh! *
The emerald-like void trembled, as if under immense external pressure, the entire space continuously shrank.
Void after void collapsed, devouring large amounts of spiritual mountains, spiritual fields. . . Everything was as if doomsday had arrived!
The Ancestral Demonic Tree rustled, and on its emerald-like leaves, golden and silver patterns simultaneously shimmered.
The Myriad Wood Mother Qi boiled, transforming into dense spiritual domain power, mixed with golden and silver radiance, merging into the void, as if stabilizing everything.
Fang Xi's expression subtly changed, his figure instantly teleported near the Ancestral Demonic Tree, the Longevity Art circulated, and Mahayana-level magic power surged forth.
Not only that, he raised a hand and beckoned, and silver phoenix seal characters transformed into a flock of birds, flying towards the various broken voids to preserve the most important assets within the spiritual realm.
"Master, save me. . . ah!"
A miserable shriek came through.
Fang Xi saw an immortal tea tree directly turn to dust and ashes, and the Tea Elder within it cried out in alarm, his soul completely scattered.
"As expected, even though the immortal tea tree's seeds came from the Immortal World, its soul was that of an alien from the Earthly Immortal World, and it still couldn't complete the 'smuggling' process?"
"This is the might of the True Immortal World's laws; even True Immortals would find it hard to resist, and I am powerless. . ."
He sighed: "The control group I set up is finished, the Ginseng Fruit Tree might be in some danger. . ."
Fang Xi shifted his gaze and came to the vicinity of the Ginseng Fruit Tree.
He saw that although countless green leaves fell from the tree and the surrounding void trembled, there was no descent of True Immortal World laws to erase its sentience.
"Dao Lord Fang Xian. . . has truly fallen?"
Fang Xi's heart sank, knowing that his greatest suspicion had come true.
At this moment, he had no time for anything else and began to fully exert himself to maintain the stability of the spiritual realm.
An unknown amount of time passed until the raging void storm finally subsided.
Fang Xi's Divine Consciousness swept through, reaching far and wide, and he couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh.
He saw that the scope of the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm had instantly shrunk by over ninety percent!
'This was still because what I cultivated was an Earth Immortal legacy, which originally stemmed from the Immortal World. . . Otherwise, if it were any other void treasure, it would have been ruined long ago! '
'Although the spiritual realm has now shrunk by ninety percent, the void laws are more complete, which is a great thing! '
'At least, I gained a void treasure! Others can only use Item-Storing Talismans, while cultivators with the Earth Immortal legacy can use cave-heaven treasures; even if I became a traveling merchant or a porter, I could still earn cultivation resources, right? '
Fang Xi faintly perceived the benefits of the Earth Immortal legacy.
Of course, this was entirely a joke.
Given the preciousness of an Earth Immortal seed, it would receive attention from major Immortal Domain forces and wouldn't fall to the point of becoming a porter.
A flash of green light.
He then arrived before a spiritual field.
He saw that the spiritual rice cultivated within, such as Jade Void Rice and Nine Dragons Rice, was completely intact and had not suffered destructive blows.
While in the beast pens on the other side, several low-grade demon beasts had already turned to ashes. . .
"Sentient life?"
Fang Xi vaguely grasped the limitations of the True Immortal World's laws.
"All sentient beings from lower realms who had not reached the True Immortal level and rashly attempted to 'smuggle' themselves would only end up as ashes. . ."
"Even unawakened demon beasts or spiritual plants that had developed sentience were no exception!"
"But inanimate objects like ores, or demon beast flesh, blood, and bones, and ordinary spiritual plants, were not much of a problem!"
"Dao Lord Fang Xian's scheme, I'm afraid. . ."
Fang Xi shook his head and came to the vicinity of the Ginseng Fruit Tree.
He saw that although this spiritual root of heaven and earth looked miserable, a vibrant life force was being nurtured within it.
As the master of the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm, Fang Xi naturally had a complete grasp of the state of the spiritual plants in his own backyard garden.
With a sweep of his Divine Consciousness, he found within the crown of the Ginseng Fruit Tree a tiny flower bud, a tender sprout.
"Blooms once every three thousand years, bears fruit once every three thousand years, and the fruit matures after another three thousand years. . ."
"The Ginseng Fruit has finally grown?"
"Is this stimulated by the True Immortal World's environment?"
Fang Xi gazed at the flower bud that was still a tender sprout, and a sudden sadness arose in his heart, knowing that Dao Lord Fang Xian had truly departed. . .
'This secret method was probably similar to Long Qingzi's posthumous birth secret art. . . '
'Both involved, after complete annihilation, leaving behind a seed within a spiritual root of heaven and earth to regenerate into another being. . . '
'Strictly speaking, they were already two separate individuals. '
'Precisely because of this, this Ginseng Fruit, which had only just begun to gestate, could be considered a native creature of the True Immortal World, and thus escaped the destruction of the crushing laws? '
'This newly gestated life was like a blank slate, like an innocent infant. . . '
'A blank slate is good too. . . '
Fang Xi suddenly let out a long breath.
If Dao Lord Fang Xian had truly revived, facing this person who might have held his own secrets, he would have been in a dilemma.
After all, his golden finger was his greatest secret, and Fang Xi would not let anyone know.
But at this moment, this new life had only just begun to gestate, and even if it were born, it would have no memories of its past life; it was simply more thorough than reincarnation!
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